Problem Situations Research Articles

Analyzing the Development Status of Contemporary Chinese Cosmetics Market via Practices of Merge and Acquisition in the Luxury Industry

China’s cosmetics industry has long been in a situation of potential problems. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the cosmetics industry suffered certain setbacks, resulting in limited development. The cosmetics market in China has always been dominated by foreign products. Through research, it has been found that there are many domestic cosmetics brands, but there is a lack of experience in management and operation. This article analyzes the mergers and acquisitions and development history of international luxury goods groups, and analyzes whether there are any parts that can be used for reference to promote the development of the domestic cosmetics industry. The article found that due to the unified production and non-reliance on manual characteristics of the cosmetics industry, only a portion of experience in management and operation can be learnt. It does not support Chinese brands to develop solely according to the merger and acquisition methods of luxury goods groups.

Holograms for seamless integration of remote students in the classroom

The new global scenario imposed by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has given rise to an atypical and problematic situation in multiple spheres. In very little time, the abrupt change from face-to-face to remote has not only required a rapid widespread use of digital technology, but also a change in methodology and communicative interactions. In the field of education, teachers have had to interact in new environments, with the combined use of face-to-face and non-face-to-face teaching being a major challenge. This paper presents the design and implementation of a cyber presence system for educational environments using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality (MR) headset. A software tool is developed that improves teaching scenarios through communication in mixed environments. The tool enables teachers to integrate the students in the classroom in a common space with remote students connected by videoconference. Our system is not limited to education, however, as it can also be deployed in any setting that requires remote communication, such as companies and governmental institutions.

Geogebra Software And Playful Strategies In Mathematics Learning In Students Of A State Educational Entity Of Piura, 2023

The objective of the investigative study was to determine the effect of GeoGebra Software and playful strategies on mathematics learning in students of a state educational entity in Piura, 2023. The research was quantitative, applied and pre-experimental in design. The sample was 48 students, to whom a written test "I demonstrate my learning in mathematics" was administered, which has a KR-20 reliability of 0.823 and expert criterion validity with an Aiken V of 0.88. The results after the application of the program are positively evident in the achievement levels. Before the program, 85.42% of students were below expected achievement (Start and process) and after, 66.67% were in expected achievement and 8.33% in outstanding achievement. In the hypothesis testing, a significance of less than 5% (p<0.05) was obtained, determining the effect of the program in the four dimensions: solves problematic quantity situations; of regularity, equivalence and change; of form, movement and location; and data management and uncertainty, concluding that the use of GeoGebra software and playful strategies have a significant effect on mathematics learning.

Virtual reality roleplays for patients with depression: A user experience evaluation

BackgroundVirtual reality (VR) has been used successfully and effectively in psychotherapy for a variety of disorders. In the field of depression, there are only a few VR interventions and approaches. Although simple social interactions have been successfully modeled in VR for several mental disorders, there has been no transfer to the field of depression therapy. VR may be employed for psychodynamic psychotherapy to work on interpersonal conflict patterns. In this study, we developed and evaluated a VR intervention for the simulation of roleplay situations in the context of supportive-expressive therapy. MethodsWe conducted a clinical user experience (UX) study at a psychotherapeutic clinic in Düsseldorf, Germany. Eight inpatients with depression and four therapists were included. Semi-structured interviews and qualitative content analysis were used to identify UX issues of the developed VR intervention. Usability questionnaires and technical usage data were also considered. The VR intervention consisted of two therapist-controlled roleplay scenarios designed to support work on the core conflictual relationship theme by allowing patients to interact in typical problematic social situations. Recorded VR roleplays allow for therapeutic debriefing with a change of perspective. Therapists were given the option of using the roleplay in multiple sessions. ResultsAll therapists conducted one session per patient with the VR intervention. From the patient interviews, 26 UX issues were extracted, of which one technical malfunction and two unclarities in the interaction with the VR agent were rated as major problems. From the therapist interviews, 14 UX issues were extracted, of which five were rated as major problems related to the interface in the dialog control or the complex system setup. ConclusionThe main problem was designing a dialog structure that allows both complex conversational flows and a clear control interface. In principle, VR roleplays could be integrated well and safely into therapy. The VR intervention shows promise for providing an emotional experience of interpersonal conflict patterns in the context of psychotherapy. Additionally, other roleplay situations involving various social problem areas must be created and evaluated in terms of the fit to the patients' core conflictual relationship themes.

Program Of Formative Assessment Instruments In The Management Of Learning Evidence Of Teachers Of The Arena – Piura, 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the formative assessment instrument program on the management of learning evidence of teachers in La Arena, Piura. It is of the applied type because its specific purpose is to improve a problematic situation that affects teachers, who through the application of the Design of Evaluation Instruments Program improved the management of learning evidence. The study population consisted of 40 teachers at both educational levels. The sample consisted of 26 teachers who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. To achieve this purpose, 15 work sessions were held at the teacher level, and all the sessions contributed to strengthening professional competencies in each of the dimensions of the dependent variable. We worked with a single group of teachers to whom a pre-test was applied, then the program was applied and then a post-test was applied. Comparing the pre-test and the post-test, it is confirmed that there are significant differences, allowing us to demonstrate that the application of the program has had significant effects.

An Investigation of the Complexity of the Problems Posed by Prospective Teachers: The Case of Whole Number

The aim of this case study is to examine the linguistic and mathematical complexity of the problems that prospective primary school teachers posed related to four operations with whole numbers. A Problem Posing Questionnaire was administered to 64 participants and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 of 64 participants. The data was analyzed through frequency analysis and descriptive analysis. The findings of the study revealed that many prospective teachers posed problems based on the single-statement problem root, without any relation/condition. That is, the linguistic complexity of the problems written by the prospective teachers is in the lowest level which is regarded as assignment category, regardless of the complexity of the problem situation. Furthermore, if the problem situations do not contain any relationship, then many prospective teachers had preferred to pose one-step problems. On the other hand, when the information in the problem situation is related to each other, then they were able to pose multi-step problems which could be regarded as complex problems in terms of mathematically. It can be concluded that although the complexity of the problem situation given to the prospective teachers does not affect the linguistic complexity of the problems they pose; it affects the mathematical complexity.

Problem Posing and Problem Solving in Primary School: Opportunities for the Development of Different Literacies

Problem posing and problem solving, involving significant situations for students, encourage effective learning, mathematical reasoning, communication, and connections in/with mathematics, enhancing the emergence of different literacies. Although problem solving is more frequently present in teaching practices, the ability to formulate them must also be developed, since it requires other skills, such as writing a problem statement, establishing connections between reality and mathematical knowledge, and creating and idealizing problematic situations, among others. Financial Literacy and Consumer Literacy promote contexts related to the student’s daily life and are promising in the development of problem posing. These literacies are also relevant to the development of a healthy, balanced, and responsible relationship with money and to raising awareness of the student regarding the importance of their actions in society, the economy, and the environment. This text presents part of a qualitative, descriptive, and interpretive research, developed by a teacher of children in the third year of a Portuguese primary school, involving problem posing and problem solving in Financial and Consumer Education contexts, with the following research question: How does posing and solving problems, in contexts close to the students’ reality, influence the development of different literacies? The results point out the mobilization of different mathematical concepts, in articulation with other areas of knowledge, and the development of skills and knowledge innate to different literacies, namely Mathematical Literacy, Financial Literacy and Consumer Literacy.

초등교사의 소진 경험에 관한 질적메타분석

Objectives This study aims to comprehensively analyze the patterns, causes, and coping strategies of burnout experiences among elementary school teachers in order to understand the phenomenon of burnout and derive policy support measures.
 Methods Qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted by extracting interview quotes and reflective journals from a total of 28 qualitative studies on burnout experiences of elementary school teachers conducted from 2010 to 2022. The 28 qualitative studies included both theses and journal articles, and among the papers used mixed re-search methods, those incorporating qualitative analysis data were included in the study.
 Results The analysis revealed that the emotional changes such as anxiety, frustration, anger, and fatigue, physical changes such as headache, sleep disorders, and immune system weakening, and decrease in work engagement such as cynical or negative attitudes towards teaching were observed as burnout experiences and patterns. The causes of burnout were analyzed as workload and unfair work distribution, difficulties in counseling students as homeroom teachers, conflicts in human relationships such as with parents, colleagues, and school admin-istrators, and personal traits or circumstances such as perfectionism, heavy family responsibilities like childcare. Coping strategies for burnout included seeking psychological comfort through social support from colleagues or students, adopting a more passive attitude such as acceptance or resignation, and taking a more proactive ap-proach to changing problem situations through self-reflection, training, emotional expression practice, or trans-ferring to another school.
 Conclusions The research results suggest that burnout is a problem of perception and negative emotions in re-sponse to problem situations. Therefore, it is necessary to provide social support, opportunities for reflection and learning, and training for emotional expression from the early stages of a teacher's career to enhance their ability to accept and cope with problem situations.

U.S. Engagement and the Conditions for China's Socialization into the Liberal International Order

A long-standing narrative in U.S. engagement policy toward China draws a tacit causal link between engagement and Beijing’s socialization into the U.S.-led liberal international order (LIO).1 Amid recent decreasing faith in engagement, this article constructs a framework tailored to explaining the conditions for China’s state socialization into the hegemonic order when the U.S. tries to engage China. It contends that the socialization of a still-rising China is an arduous cause that hinges on four conditions: the accommodation of China’s interests in international institutions, the existence of a problematic situation, status recognition, and the absence of obstacles to domestic internalization. To test the socialization premise, the article applies the framework to a theoretically most-likely case of China’s socialization—U.S. post-2009 engagement with China on global climate governance. It finds that despite some ambiguous signs of state socialization, China’s adoption of the U.S.-promoted co-leader identity was primarily rooted in domestic changes in interest perception and was thwarted by domestic obstacles—economic development and energy security—to the internalization of the idea of Chinese climate leadership.

The Quintilian School in the history of Social Choice: an early tentative step from plurality rule to pairwise comparisons

We present two texts from Roman Empire times that add two early appearances to the stream of the history of Social Choice Theory. One is from the School of Rhetoric of Quintilian (35–96), a contemporary of Pliny the Younger, who developed an early criticism of Plurality rule and, in search of a better method, sketched a choice by pairwise comparisons. The other is from Aulus Gellius (160–180), who used the term “aporia” applied to a voting problem while commenting on a voting by Plurality that yielded counterintuitive or seemingly illogical results. These early analyses and critiques of Plurality rule reveal the flaws of a system that, despite its intuitive or spontaneous appeal, has evident failures that have triggered theoretical reflection from remote times. The two texts also show how paradoxical and problematic situations serve as powerful incentives for reflection and advancement of knowledge and can trigger attempts to address and refine voting and election methods to find more robust and fair alternatives.

Specialist in court proceedings of the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems and prospects

The article is devoted to the study of the current state of the application of special knowledge in the form of participation of a specialist in the proof process, the peculiarities of legal regulation of the organizational and methodological foundations of his activities. The authors point to the process of “convergence” of two forms of application of special knowledge (expert and specialist) on legal status and functions, which creates problematic situations in the practice of their application. The article presents a look at the difference between the two forms of application of special knowledge, optimization of forensic expertise, as well as, in accordance with the requests of legal practice, improvement of the legal and organizational foundations of the activities of a specialist and an expert.

Expert panel recommendations for topical hemostatic agent use in varied bleeding sites and situations during neuro-spine surgeries

Intraoperative bleeding poses a substantial challenge, particularly in neuro-spine surgeries leading to complications such as hematomas, infections, and hemodynamic instability. Despite their proven efficacy, use of topical hemostatic agents (THAs) lacks comprehensive published literature and guidelines particularly in the Indian setting. The present study provides the first-ever Indian expert panel recommendations for effective adjunct THA use in different intraoperative bleeding sites and situations in neuro-spine surgeries. A comprehensive approach, encompassing a literature review, followed by experience sharing in a meeting using a survey helped integrate expert opinions in the form of practical algorithms to guide THA selection. Our survey results revealed a strong inclination towards specific THAs, flowable gelatin + thrombin being choice of THA for difficult to access and problematic bleeding situations during tumor removal/resection, transsphenoidal hypophysectomy and skull-based procedures. Both oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC)/Fibrillar and flowable gelatin + thrombin were recommended for continuous oozing. ORC/Fibrillar was preferred for arteriovenous and cavernous malformations. This expert-panel guidance on THA use aims to optimize hemostat use practices and improve surgical outcomes in neuro-spine surgery.

Issues of Using Digital Technologies in Agro-Industrial Complex

Digital technologies are actively used in the agro-industrial sector and their use will grow. However, at the moment there is a problematic situation when the term “digital technologies” is actively used in legislation but has no definition. This causes many problems and questions related to distinguishing them from information, information- telecommunication and other technologies, as well as their role and understanding in the system of social relations. This is what the presented publication is devoted to: the formation of conceptual and categorical apparatus in the field of digital technologies.

The research of the transport infrastructure development in Ternopil

The article is devoted to the problem of studying the state of transport infrastructure of the city of Ternopil in order to further develop a plan for sustainable urban mobility for territorial community of Ternopil city. To satisfy the existing needs of passengers in high-quality transport service, it is necessary to ensure a sufficient number of buses with large and medium passenger capacities. However, according to the principles of sustainable urban mobility, exploitation of the new “green” electric vehicles should be the priority for the modern transport policy of the community. Currently, the most problematic situation with insufficient parking spaces can be observed in the central part of Ternopil. In particular, the city is experiencing such situation due to the growing level of motorization of residents of Ternopil territorial community and, accordingly, the growing demand for the use of individual transport. To solve the current problem, various sources of financing, such as the city budget, the state budget, investments, loans, funds of individuals and legal entities are attracted. Despite this, the implementation of measures still largely depends on the local budget. Analysis of the allocation and development of fundings showed that there has been a prolonged underfinancing of works related to the transport infrastructure of Ternopil. An analysis of the actual indicators of the development of financial resources that have been allocated from the local budget to improve the state of SN for 2020 showed that they did not reach the planned values by 36.4%. Also, in 2020, according to the local budget, it was planned to finance the Program for the development of bicycle infrastructure of the city. The amount of financing was meant to be 2000.0 thousand UAH. However, in fact, no investments were actually made.

БЕРЕЖЛИВОЕ МЫШЛЕНИЕ И СИТУАЦИОННОЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЕ В ОЦЕНКЕ ПОТЕРЬ ПРОВОЗНОЙ СПОСОБНОСТИ АВТОМОБИЛЬНОГО ПАРКА

When planning daily shifts in a motor transport enterprise, the main task is to maximize the use of the vehicle fleet’s carrying capacity, estimated by the amount of cargo that can be transported per shift (day) in the absence of all types of unproductive losses. The solution to this problem can be found within the framework of the concept of lean thinking, the center of which is the identification and elimination of unproductive losses. To identify the factors that caused losses, causal research is used, an example of which, along with others, is the situational approach. The problematic situation is a cause-and-effect complex of factors, the elimination of which ensures an increase in the efficiency of cargo transportation. The situation model contains a quantitative assessment of the goal of eliminating the problem situation, technical and operational indicators characterizing certain types of losses and recommended measures to eliminate them. The purpose of the study is to develop tools for assessing losses in the carrying capacity of a vehicle fleet, based on situational modeling in the implementation of the principles of lean thinking in relation to the transportation of metallurgical cargo. The study used methods of situational analysis, mathematical modeling, and analysis of technical and operational indicators of the transport process. To study the state of the issue, an analysis of scientific literature was carried out. The main results of scientific novelty are: a situational model of vehicle fleet capacity losses; coefficients of loss of vehicle fleet carrying capacity when transporting metallurgical cargo. Calculation of vehicle fleet capacity loss coefficients must be made using the capabilities of intelligent navigation control systems. Further research is expected to be conducted in the direction of developing specific applications of the concept of lean thinking and situational approach to increasing the efficiency of cargo transportation, as well as in the direction of developing digital systems for managing road transport.

Складові механізму відновлення соціально-економічного розвитку регіонів України в повоєнний період

The continuation of the war and the resulting significant losses in the functional capacity of the country’s territories, its human, economic, infrastructural, environmental, and other potentials have long-term negative consequences and limitations on the future development of both individual regions and the country as a whole. The objective reality of the existing problems requires the development and implementation of certain measures in order to minimize the negative consequences of these challenges on the existence and development of any territories in Ukraine. Of relevance are the development of the security space and infrastructure for the functioning of the country and its regions; the need for planning the development and recovery of the affected areas; creating conditions for the return of Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons; formation of safe living conditions; full access to all public services; restoration of functioning and competitiveness of local, regional and national economies, etc. In the face of the challenges caused by the war, these issues have become more specific, aimed at finding ways to rebuild the affected territories of the country, in particular in the post-war period. Analysis and generalization of approaches to the introduction of the components of the recovery mechanism into regional development, determination of its functional orientedness and principles of organization allow us to propose components of the mechanism for recovering the socioeconomic development of the regions of Ukraine in the post-war period, taking into account the security capabilities of both the State and the region. The peculiarity of the study is the formation of components of the mechanism for recovering the socioeconomic development of the regions of Ukraine in the post-war period on the basis of allocation of two kinds of groups: the main groups that correspond to the problem situations of the region and determine the directions of recovery; the auxiliary, or supportive groups, which help in the implementation of the main ones, thereby increasing the impact on solving problem situations. This allows, on the one hand, to generalize the structural elements of the mechanism, and on the other hand, to specify their use depending on functional feasibility. The stage-by-stage distribution of the components of the mechanism for recovering the socioeconomic development of the regions of Ukraine in the post-war period allows them to be grouped taking into account functional capabilities, which makes the mechanism more effective and purposeful in the process of practical implementation.

Juros no contexto da Educação Financeira Crítica e aprendizagem matemática: um estudo sob aspectos dos Registros de Representação Semiótica

Abstract This article aims to examine how transformations through conversion contribute to the different semiotic representation registers—mother tongue, algebraic register, numerical register, fractional register, percentage, and decimal—in the processes of teaching and learning mathematical objects. The starting point involved the design and development of activity sequences based on problem situations from the students’ reality, sparking discussions within the scope of Critical Financial Education. Data analysis was grounded in the Theory of Semiotic Representation Registers. The results reveal gaps in students’ learning when performing certain calculation procedures and in their written communication. Furthermore, the findings suggest that aligning Financial Education with Mathematics teaching creates favorable conditions for students to construct mathematical knowledge, fostering the development of critical, autonomous citizens capable of responding to social contradictions.

Chatbot-Mediated Learning For Caregiving Relatives of People With Dementia: Empirical Findings and Didactical Implications For Mulitprofessional Health Care.

Supporting family caregivers is a major challenge for the healthcare system. The first points of contact are physicians, nurses and social services, which are not easily accessible. For this reason, an information platform has been developed to provide information for family caregivers caring for people with dementia at home. The aim of this article is to provide an insight into the didactic design of this platform. A didactic concept was developed based on didactic target group analysis and interviews with caring relatives (n=6). The didactic concept of the digital platform takes into account the characteristics of family caregivers as learners, such as time constraints and reciprocity. Therefore two different learning paths, a long and a short version, are offered. Reciprocity is supported by information which are related to individual characteristics of the caring relation. This is made possible by an adaptation of the didactic method "anchored instructions": Family caregivers experience a problematic caring situation. They use the platform and central concepts related to this situation are offered as anchors. In chatbot mediated learning, these concepts are identified and, ideally, relevant information is provided in a short version. These concepts are displayed as a learning map and must be proactively selected. Chatbot mediated learning has the advantage that matching concepts are offered as a pre-selection. Especially for inexperienced carers who are not familiar with the concepts, this learning path seems to be suitable. The combination of learning through the "Information for Relatives" website and CML seems to meet all needs. In order to promote learner motivation, the chatbot should not only offer the identified concept, but also those related to this concept, in order to link new knowledge in one's own knowledge network.

Фактор политической стабильности и устойчивости в привлечении прямых иностранных инвестиций в страны Центральной Азии

Abstract. Introduction: the region under analysis is of strategic importance in terms of geopolitics and geo-economics of the post-Soviet territory. Having a special transit potential, the region’s involvement in the modern international processes is actively growing. In addition, the politicalgeographical area of the Central Asia countries is diversified: some of them have a relatively good standard of living and are rich in resources (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), while the others reveal a problematic political situation (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan).; the former demonstrate generally high level of political stability during the post-Soviet period and have stable political systems, while the latter, in contrast, are marked mostly by instability and unsustainability. At the same time, these countries display similar features, such as a significant proportion of public sector and low rates of innovation and technological development; the institution of head of the state plays the role in the political field, regional division of elite groups and clan system are clearly marked, as well as a strong influence of cultural-historical specificity of the society. Objectives: to reveal the importance of the political stability and sustainability factor for attracting foreign direct investment to the Central Asia countries. Methods: the study of political stability and sustainability is built on the system approach, comparative-political analysis, index analysis; the countries investment attractiveness, economic opportunities and economic potential are dealt with through comparative-economic analysis of statistical data; the hypothesis on the influence of political stability and sustainability factor on the influx of foreign direct investment is tested by the extended Dickey-Fuller criterion and the Granger test for causality. Results: the study showed that the factor of political stability and sustainability is not the determining factor for attracting foreign direct investment to the countries of Central Asia. Conclusions: the influx of foreign direct investment into Central Asia countries is likely to be largely dependent on their economic development and/or other factors.

Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine Activism: Remained Problem and Complex Situation

Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine Activism: Remained Problem and Complex Situation