This study aims to examine and analyze how the integration of leadership and human resource competencies is implemented within the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of East Java Province to improve the effectiveness of election oversight performance. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with data collection techniques through in-depth interviews, non-participatory observation, and institutional document studies. The results show that Bawaslu of East Java Province has systematically implemented the integration of leadership policies and human resource development. This process is implemented through various institutional forums such as plenary leadership meetings, morning roll calls, internal training, and tiered monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. This integration has a positive impact on oversight performance, particularly in terms of reporting consistency, preparedness to deal with disputes, and responsiveness to potential election violations. However, this study also identified challenges such as variations in competency across regions and limitations in training resources.

This study analyzes the transparency strategy of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) through its YouTube channel, TV Parlemen, as part of the legislature’s digital communication. The research is motivated by low public trust in the DPR and the growing demand for open, accessible political information in the digital era. It aims to examine how transparency is implemented via TV Parlemen and to assess the effectiveness of this channel in promoting public access to information. Using a descriptive qualitative method, data were collected through in-depth interviews with officials from the Parliamentary News Bureau, the Head of TVR Parlemen, and political observers, complemented by observation of TV Parlemen content and analysis of supporting documents. The findings show that transparency through YouTube remains largely procedural. Although information is opened via live streaming of plenary and commission meetings, the content is dominated by long formats, technical language, and limited contextual explanation, making it difficult for the general public to understand. Mechanisms of agenda setting and quality control also keep openness within institutional boundaries by filtering certain issues, while the interactive features of social media are underutilized. TV Parlemen tends to operate as a one-way documentation channel, reflected in a very low engagement rate of around 0.01%. The study concludes that the channel functions more as an archive than as a medium of substantive transparency, and recommends more concise, contextual, and interactive content packaging to strengthen public understanding and participation.

The reform of Islamic family law is not only related to legal matters but also to the social and cultural values surrounding it. In Indonesia, the development of Islamic family law has relied on the government and the legislature, as reflected in the enactment of the Marriage Law and the Compilation of Islamic Law. However, the lengthy legislative process, which is often laden with political interests, makes it difficult to accelerate legal reform. This study aims to analyze the role of the Supreme Court, particularly the Religious Chamber, as an institution with the potential to expedite the reform of Islamic family law through its judicial authority. applying a qualitative method and descriptive analysis, this research finds that the Supreme Court contributes significantly to Islamic family law reform through progressive decisions and the Plenary Meetings of the Religious Chamber producing legal formulations. The main findings show that the reform agenda promoted by the Supreme Court focuses on strengthening the protection of women’s and children’s rights. The study also identifies two major challenges in implementation: variations in judges’ adherence to the plenary formulations and limited public access to information regarding the plenary outcomes. These findings underscore the importance of optimizing the role of the Supreme Court as a strategic driver in accelerating the reform of Islamic family law in Indonesia.

The selection process for KIP-Kuliah and Tahfidz scholarships at STMIK Antar Bangsa is still conducted manually through several stages, such as document collection, computer-based tests (CAT), interviews, and file evaluation through plenary meetings. This process often causes delays and carries the risk of subjective assessments, especially when the number of applicants increases significantly. This research aims to design a decision support system implementing the Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) method to enhance effectiveness, objectivity, and transparency in scholarship selection. The system is built using the Laravel 11 framework and MySQL database, integrating selection criteria such as academic achievement, financial condition, and aspects of Al-Qur’an memorization for the Tahfidz scholarship. System testing is performed using the black-box method, accompanied by verification by comparing the results with manual selection. The research results show that this system can perform calculations and ranking of scholarship candidates more quickly and accurately, while successfully reducing subjectivity in decision-making.

This study examines the effectiveness of the strategic session format in teaching sustainable development within a university ecology course, with a particular focus on fostering student engagement. A pedagogical experiment was conducted with first-year undergraduate students, who were divided into four stakeholder groups—Ecologists, Developers, Residents, and Authorities—to work on the following question: “What should a sustainable city of the future be like?” Team roles were assigned based on a diagnostic survey assessing individual collaboration styles. The online session was structured in two stages, combining small-group discussions and plenary meetings, and was moderated by third-year students. The collaboration was supported by digital tools, including online boards and structured templates. Data collection involved student surveys, discussion transcripts, and moderator observations. The results indicate that students preferred the interactive strategic session format over conventional instruction methods. Participants demonstrated high levels of engagement, an ability to analyze complex sustainability issues, and a willingness to reconcile differing stakeholder perspectives. The findings also revealed areas for improvement, which informed further adjustments to the format. This paper offers a documented example of using the strategic session as an educational tool for sustainable development, aligning with active learning principles. It highlights the format’s potential for interdisciplinary learning and its adaptability through accessible digital platforms.

This thesis attempts to provide a critical discourse analysis of some selected speeches of the 67th and 68th plenary meetings of the Seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly. These meetings were conducted based on ongoing events in Jerusalem and Gaza in May 2021. The selected speeches were given by political representatives of different states demonstrating and clarifying their stances and attitudes over the complicated rising situation in the Holy City and Gaza. Therefore, they carry loaded words within loaded concepts and ideologies that can influence international public opinion. Methodologically, CDA utilization is necessary in interpreting how ideological statements, public speeches, and stances can be exploited and manipulated to demonstrate support or opposition (hostility) towards parties affecting the masses’ minds. By using relations of power, language also redirects people’s minds away from truths by all available means and tools. Historically, the UN General Assembly is an official gathering for world nations in a diplomatic framework, and annual sessions are conducted to tackle worldwide crises and challenges. From wars and struggles to climate and pandemic challenges, Economic issues to natural disasters. The Middle East, Question of Palestine has been one of the main concerns of the Assembly. The rising situation in Jerusalem and in Gaza in 2021 takes over the seventy-fifth session in 2021 as the escalation state took place.

Community Service (KKN) is a form of community service that is realised through collaboration between students and lecturers in implementing the Tri Dharma of Higher Education. The KKN program of the University of Flores (Uniflor) in Ende Tengah District aims to apply academic knowledge to real-life situations, addressing various community problems. This KKN activity involves observation and field research with a focus on improving infrastructure and environmental cleanliness, where students actively participate in several important activities such as clean friday, community service, and open plenary meetings. In the clean friday program, students, together with sub-district employees and interns, clean the office environment, raising public awareness of the importance of cleanliness. In addition, students also help in community service in Paupire and Onekore Villages and contribute to the improvement of public facilities, including making ornaments and trash bins from environmentally friendly materials. These efforts demonstrate students' concern for the environment and the surrounding community, and have a positive impact on improving the aesthetics and cleanliness of the area. This KKN has succeeded in building synergy between students, the government, and the community in realising positive change. Through participation in government and social activities, Uniflor students not only apply theory but also develop a social spirit and cooperation. This program provides valuable experience in character building and student concern for problems in society.

ABSTRACT National discourse around critical race theory (CRT) has intensified amidst growing social and political unrest, with its role in education a focal point for legislation. With anti-CRT education-related bills introduced across 49 states, this empirical study examines whiteness ideologies in anti-CRT legislative discourse through a critical discourse analysis of Tennessee’s five anti-CRT education-related policy actions between 2021 and 2023. Analyzing over 7 hours of audio from legislative plenary and committee meetings, we identified four themes upholding whiteness ideologies in educational policies: Free Expression of Whiteness and Values, Manufactured Urgency, Unity and Religious-Moral Legitimization of Whiteness, and Pushback on Power, a counternarrative of resistance. This study contributes to the growing body of research examining how whiteness impacts education policymaking through the interplay of identity, power, and privilege. By investigating underlying whiteness ideologies, this research provides a critical snapshot of the current political climate characterised by strong rhetoric for and weak legislative will against the censorship of educational content.

Aims and Objectives: Increased contact between Dutch-speaking and international, English-speaking students and employees at universities in the Netherlands prompts an investigation into how multilingual communication could be used effectively. Using a council at a Dutch university as a case study, this paper examines the role of the chairperson in maintaining a bilingual language policy in meetings that strive to use receptive multilingualism: international participants speak English and use their receptive proficiency in Dutch to understand their interlocutors. It explores how speech actions realized by the chairperson construct the multilingual discourse structures used in meeting practice. Approach: A functional-pragmatic discourse analysis is used to reconstruct the activities of the chairperson within the question/answer speech action pattern. Such an analysis aims to reveal how multilingualism is used to fulfill the institutional purposes of the council. Data and Analysis: The data collection consists of 18 plenary meetings of a Dutch university participatory body over three academic years. Transcripts of interactions with international, English-speaking council members are used to conduct the discourse analysis. Findings/Conclusions: The results show that the chairperson uses Dutch, English, or both languages at four distinct pattern positions: appointing speaker, appointing hearer, checkpoint, and closing the pattern. The chairperson’s use of language at particular pattern positions and with particular addressees shows how languages are used for different purposes. Overall, Dutch is used to address the group, whereas English is used to address individual international members. Originality: This paper illustrates how the chairperson of a council meeting can take an active role in steering speakers’ language use and checking understanding when certain hearers lack proficiency in a language being spoken. Significance/Implications: Inclusive multilingual modes, including receptive multilingualism, can be effective when interlocutors share institutional knowledge. Careful management is needed to ensure that interlocutors maintain the language policy and can understand one another.

The Book Siberia International Festival is held in Siberia since 2014. Since 2017, it coincides with the scientific forum “Region of readers: The books in the life of the contemporaries” which comprises the business and professional program. At the forum plenary meetings, the professionals interested in reading promotion spoke and made their presentations. The reviews and information materials on book fairs and festivals make the tradition of academic periodicals promoting best practices among the professionals. Reading is an important social practice supported and promoted by the library community, public figures in culture and education, as well as by the state agencies. To analyze the projects implemented in Novosibirsk region, Republic of Kazakhstan and People’s Republic of China, the sociocultural approach is applied: it enables to reflect the joint efforts of the governments, professional communities, art and public organizations, ITcompanies, book publishers, and bookselling organizations. The authors focus in particular on Kazakhstan’s national project “The nation of readers”. The PISA method is used to assess the project effectiveness. The PISA study results evidence on the importance of family reading in educating readers in cooperation with the libraries and educational institutions.

Abstract. Within the framework of European integration, the institution of control over the activities of local self-government bodies in Ukraine is gaining relevance. This is a fairly new institution that has not been fully regulated at the level of national legislation. The Law of Ukraine ‘On Local Self-Government’ contains only one provision that mentions that state control over local self-government bodies is carried out on the basis of the law. Thus, this article is devoted to the study of control over the decisions of local self-government bodies, which is inextricably linked to the decentralisation process. Thus, this article is devoted to the study of control over the decisions of local self-government bodies, which is inextricably linked to decentralisation, and to a comparative legal analysis of the State's control over the activities of local self-government in Ukraine and Poland. The author emphasises the importance of legal regulation of state control over the activities of local self-government in Ukraine. Having analysed the legislative activity of reforming this institution, one can observe a number of shortcomings that may affect the legality in general and the quality of work of local self-government bodies. At this stage, a number of draft laws are still being considered in the second reading by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and are expected to be adopted soon. Today, the reform of local self-government in the context of the national legislation of Ukraine involves the adoption of new laws, the development of new draft laws and amendments to certain other legislative acts of Ukraine regulating the activities of local self-government bodies. The Law of Ukraine ‘On International Territorial Cooperation of Ukraine’ was recently adopted, which will regulate international territorial cooperation between regions and territories of Ukraine and other countries. Starting from 14 August 2024, each local council is obliged to record, store and publish videos of its plenary sessions and meetings of its standing committees. These innovations have been introduced because the Law ‘On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government in Ukraine” on Ensuring Transparency of Local Self-Government’ has come into force. On 24 May 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered in the second reading the Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to the Law and Other Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Development of Democracy at the Local Self-Government Level’, which is still awaiting the signature of the President of Ukraine as well as one of the most important draft laws, which is currently at the second reading stage, the Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Local State Administrations” and Some Other Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Reforming the Territorial Organisation of Executive Power in Ukraine’. Keywords: local self-government; voivode; prefect; local state administrations; decentralisation; public authority.

The purpose of the article is to carry out a multi-faceted analysis of the dynamics of the development of parliamentarism and digital constitutionalism, to identify possible challenges and threats, as well as prospects for parliaments and parliamentary activity in the conditions of the spread of modern digital (electronic) technologies. Approaches to understanding and defining the phenomena of «parliamentarism», «constitutionalism», «digital constitutionalism», some of their modifications and features are highlighted, their multifaceted nature, transformation in the conditions of modern progressive digital development, electronic democracy is emphasized. Crisis and conflict events have largely become challenges for parliaments and parliamentary activity, as well as digitalization and digitization processes and tools. It is important that parliamentary institutions of various levels (national, supranational, inter-parliamentary associations, their auxiliary bodies and services) contribute to the development and regulation of these processes, using advanced and effective digital technologies tested in practice. The «Digital Compass» for the EU Digital Decade (2030), the concept of digital sovereignty, the adopted charters of digital rights (Catalan, Nice), the Law on Digital Markets, the Law on Digital Services, the Law on Artificial Intelligence, the Declaration on European Digital Rights and Principles should be singled out. (2022), «World e-Parliament Report» of the IPU, the concept of e-democracy of the European Parliament, the resolution on e-democracy of the PACE, recommendations on open government and electronic participation of citizens OECD. Thanks to this, new forms and tools for the implementation of existing human rights are introduced, as well as new digital rights are constituted (to access the Internet, to identity in the digital environment, to protection in the digital environment, non-discrimination, etc.). In the same way, the forms and methods of activity of parliaments are being modernized (expansion of platforms for online broadcasts of plenary and committee meetings, electronic (remote) voting, improvement of interactive websites with access to draft laws and other documents, and systems of electronic petitions and consultations with voters, electronic participation of citizens and public organizations in the legislative process). However, the development of digital parliamentarism and digital democracy is accompanied by numerous challenges (digital inequality, low digital literacy of members of parliaments and parliamentary services, cyber threats, material and financial costs etc.). This requires a thorough study of the issues raised, improvement of digital culture, improvement of parliamentary and non-parliamentary procedures, along with further development of technological infrastructure, cyber security protection of the components of digital parliamentarism.

Analysis of re-recurrent rectal cancer after curative treatment of locally recurrent rectal cancer

Communication is central to environmental politics: from the speeches given at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) plenary meetings and debates among members of parliament in environmental committees to the chanting of demands and grievances in climate protests and, say, everyday discussions about environmental problems among citizens. Through these varied forms of communication, people construct narratives about the environment that shape the way they understand problems, what solutions they think are available and, in the end, what they think should and should not be done (e.g. Louder & Wyborn, 2020). Environmental politics is thereby chiefly a discursive struggle in which people try to make others comply with their narrative about politics and the environment, prescribing its protagonists, heroes and villains, metaphors and plots (cf. Bamberg & Andrews, 2004; Crow & Jones, 2018; Stone, 2012).

Information about the next, traditional, annual International Scientific and Technical Conference “Geoforum-2024” (April 10-12, 2024, Lviv-Bryukhovychi), organized as always by the Western Geodetic Society of UTGC. The conference featured a ceremonial opening, plenary and sectional meetings, presentations, a professional exhibition of geodetic and photogrammetric equipment and modern technologies, as well as scientific and educational literature. A round table was held dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the USK 2000 DGM and the development of the national geodetic reference system. The resolution adopted by the “Geoforum-2024” ISTC is aimed at solving urgent problems in the field. Participants included specialists from various regions of Ukraine and abroad.

The article deals with the problems of constitutional regulation of the institute of early termination of powers of people’s deputies of Ukraine in the context of foreign experience. The author examines the national and foreign experience of establishing the grounds for constitutional and legal responsibility of people’s deputies at the constitutional and legislative levels and the problems of its implementation in practice. In particular, early termination of the powers of a deputy for failure to comply with the requirements regarding the incompatibility of the deputy’s mandate with other activities; early termination of the powers of a deputy in case of entry into force of a guilty verdict against him/her; early termination of his/her powers as a result of failure to join the deputy’s faction of a political party (electoral bloc of political parties) or resignation from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The article analyzes the draft law initiatives to supplement Part 2 of Art. 81 of the Constitution of Ukraine with the following grounds for early termination of powers of a people’s deputy of Ukraine: a court determination of the fact of his/her non-personal voting in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as well as his/her absence without valid reasons at one third of the plenary meetings of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and/or meetings of the committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of which he/she is a member during one regular session and improvement of the mechanism of early termination of powers of people’s deputy of Ukraine. The author concludes that the introduction and application of criminal responsibility measures for improper performance of duties by people’s deputies of Ukraine, including in the form of absentee voting, should not replace or exclude their constitutional and legal responsibility, and the main functional purpose is a negative assessment of illegal actions of the authorities. The author emphasizes that improvement of the institution of constitutional and legal responsibility of people’s deputies of Ukraine, procedural regulation of its grounds and sanctions, primarily early termination of their powers, remains a topical issue of constitutional theory and practice. At present, the grounds for early termination of powers of people’s deputies of Ukraine are not clearly defined in the legislation of Ukraine. However, this type of constitutional and legal responsibility is an effective guarantee of the constitutional order, representative democracy and functioning of parliamentarism. Key words: early termination of powers, constitutional and legal responsibility, people’s deputy of Ukraine, parliament, parliamentarism, constitutional delict, constitutional sanctions, legal responsibility, mechanism of responsibility.

In this article we will analyze the speeches delivered during the debate around the legalization of abortion in Argentina, specifically the presentations of guests invited to speak during the informative plenary meetings held in the National Congress during the years 2018 and 2020. The importance of these observation contexts lies precisely in the fact that they involve arguments presented by actors from a plurality of spaces such as civil organizations, international experts, religious figures, professionals in the fields of medicine, law, social sciences, and humanities, etc. In this work, we prioritize the presentations that unfold in a testimonial register.  That is to say, we select those speeches that present testimonies, experiences, or life stories —eithertheir own or from others— in relation to abortion and thus justify their stance for or against legal reform. We argue that these types of narratives unfold an emotional script that emphasizes the painful and undesirable nature of abortion, narrating stories of despair, fear, and suffering, with the figure of the victim as the protagonist. We position ourselves within the sociological analysis of discourse to address the data.

In the field of health and, particularly in biomedicine, continuous reevaluation has allowed us to see with a different attitude what was apparently known; A large part of the medicines from synthetic chemistry, biotechnology and advanced therapies (genetics, somatics, tissue engineering, etc.) are a clear example of this. The search and investigation of new applications for drugs already approved and in clinical use – and even for compounds that did not reach the clinical research phases at the time – is usually called “repositioning”, which makes it possible to have drugs with a profile of safety and efficacy already known, which represents a significant saving in time and development costs and, sometimes, is the only way to develop therapies for rare diseases, as orphan indications. In fact, it is estimated that a substantial part of the known drugs may have new therapeutic uses and that drugs currently in clinical use could be used for numerous applications other than those for which they were originally approved. The high number of authorizations of new indications or their extensions or modifications by the EMA and the FDA, in relation to that of medicines with new active ingredients, highlights that pharmacological research – basic and clinical – does not end with the marketing authorization of a medicine but, on the contrary, there are many that continue to be the subject of extensive and intensive research by their titular laboratories in order to extract the maximum knowledge and health results from products whose development has a very high economic cost and requires large and multidisciplinary human research teams. In order to examine the current innovative activity in the field of new indications for medicines previously authorized in the European Union, we have proceeded to systematically collect and study the contents of all the summaries of the 36 plenary meetings of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) published by the EMA between January 2021 and March 2024, in which 258 positive recommendations for extension of indications were made, for a total of 181 medicines from 74 laboratories. Keywords: Pharmacology; therapeutic repositioning; clinical research; drug authorization; drug evaluation

This research aims to determine the Formulation of Competitive Strategy, Competitive Matching Stage Strategy, Competitive Decision Stage Strategy. The research method uses a quantitative descriptive approach that describes events in the research field. Data collection techniques: direct in-depth interviews with resource persons, observation through observing phenomena at the research location. Study documentation through archives in the education and training office, official records of the results of plenary meetings. Conclusions through analysis are carried out through stages, namely the data input stage with the IFE, EFE, CPM matrices, then the matching stage with the IE, Grand Strategy, SWOT matrices, then the decision stage using the Quality Strategy Planning matrix. Once the selected strategy is known, its implementation is carried out by creating a short-term and long-term logical framework. The conclusion from the strategic analysis carried out is that the company's position is in quadrant I with an aggressive strategy with the chosen strategy being market penetration by carrying out intensive and wider promotions by optimally utilizing information and communication technology.

Fifth Madrid Summer School on Turbulence Editor: Javier Jiménez After a hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic, the fifth biennial Summer School on Turbulence at the School of Aeronautics of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid took place from May 29 to June 30, 2023. It was funded by the Caust grant of the European Research Council, whose goal is to identify causal relations in turbulence and in other fields of physics. As in the preceding four Schools [1–4], the present one aimed to provide a meeting place for theoreticians, experimentalists and simulators in which to develop and test new ideas on turbulence physics and structure, including new techniques such as machine learning and massive Monte Carlo simulations. Around sixty, mostly young, participants from thirty one international groups met for five weeks of collaborative work, primarily using the computational data archived in the receiving institution and, in many cases, also contributing their own. Although the format included some invited seminars and periodic plenary meetings, most of the work took place in small groups whose composition often changed during the workshop. These proceedings reflect the results of the work of these groups, which, in many cases, has later continued in the form of new collaborations.List of Workshop organiser, Acknowledgements are available in this Pdf.