Real Transformation Research Articles

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE POTENTIAL-FORMING SPACE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTELLECTUAL AND INNOVATIVE DETERMINANTS

The article investigates the methodological principles of transformation of the potential-forming space of regional economic systems under the influence of intellectual and innovative determinants, which is due to the need for further development of regions. It is substantiated that in the conditions of transformation of potential-forming space the development of regional economic systems is accompanied by multivariate socio-economic processes, which leads to the emergence of new challenges, threats and risks. Potential-forming space, the transformation of which affects the development of regional economic systems – is a complex systemic phenomenon, which consists of various resource, technological components. Based on a synergistic approach, a strategic-oriented model of the impact of the transformation of potential-forming space on the development of regional economic systems under the influence of intellectual and innovative determinants can be defined: as reproduction and maintenance of dynamic stability in relation to various factors, challenges, risks and threats. As well as as an activity that in the process of transformation of potential-forming space under the influence of intellectual and innovative determinants aims to take into account various factors and challenges, as well as external and internal environment that ensure stability of all components of regional economic systems. The system-forming properties of the transformation of the potential-forming space for the development of regional economic systems under the influence of intellectual and innovative determinants are highlighted. It is substantiated that the strategic-oriented model of transformation of potential-forming space for the development of regions under the influence of intellectual-innovative determinants outlines the details of such system-forming properties as: complex system, higher-level subsystem, adaptability to real transformations and dissipation. managerial, functional, production, social and other components.

“Welcome to the End of the World!”

AbstractAs the COVID‐19 pandemic is shattering the world, it can also be considered a “dress rehearsal” for the next crisis: climate change. The pandemic showed the worst faces of the global hegemonic system, but the next crisis will signify a crisis that is unthinkable. The global discourse has been demonstrated as a fiction, as global treaties, organizations, and systems were not able to respond to the global crisis, leaving local communities to survive a global problem through their own means. After the failure of the global, we must turn to the local as a way of transforming every paradigm into a culture of life. Homodiversity – against hegemonic identities – needs to emerge. The existence of many coexisting identities, epistemologies, and ways of living must be recognized in order to imagine another reality after the pandemic. It is in the local arena that real transformation can be made. Ecumenism is transcendental in this task as a model of communitarian relationships that can also transform political and economic systems. Karl Barth’s ecumenical theology is of key importance.

Scaling Up Public Development Banks’ Transformative Alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

ABSTRACT Public development banks (PDBs) can accelerate SDGs implementation, by coupling their leverage capacity with systemic and cross-cutting 2030 Agenda alignment practices that catalyse real transformations in their behaviours and investments. This new research assesses how PDBs — from different sizes and geographies — have interpreted and are including sustainable development priorities in their day-to-day discussions, processes and operations. It shows that most PDBs have the interest and willingness to take the necessary steps to mainstream SDG priorities into their strategies and operations. Nonetheless, findings suggest that both strategic and operational endeavours are at the early stages of alignment. Identified innovative practices by PDBs leading the way, should now be shared among their peers in a view of harmonisation and coherence, as a crucial prerequisite to a scaled-up alignment. As for governments, shareholders and other stakeholders, they should also contribute to this alignment endeavour by an enhanced political backing and support to PDBs.

Dealing with the Intangible: Using the Analytical Lens of Hidden Curricula for a Transformative Paradigm of Sustainable Higher Education

There is a broad consensus that universities have the potential to act as drivers of education for sustainable development (ESD) and constitute fundamental vehicles to explore, test, develop and communicate conditions for necessary socio-ecological transformations. This goes hand in hand with stronger acknowledgment of the societal role of universities and the related need for a new transformative paradigm of sustainable higher education. Before such a paradigm can be established, before higher education can be transformative, universities themselves must be transformed. Despite various pioneer projects and frontrunners of sustainable universities, real transformations are still rare though.

Quadratic systems with an invariant algebraic curve of degree 3 and a Darboux invariantq

Let \(QS\) be the class of non-degenerate planar quadratic differential ystems and \(QS_3\) its subclass formed by the systems possessing an invariant cubic \(f(x,y)=0\). In this article, using the action of the group of real affine transformations and time rescaling on \(QS\), we obtain all the possible normal forms for the quadratic systems in \(QS_3\). Working with these normal forms we complete the characterization of the phase portraits in \(QS_3\) having a Darboux invariant of the form \(f(x, y)e^{st}\), with \(s \in \mathbb R\).
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Prospects for Constitutional and Human Rights Transformation through Constitutional Adjudication in Zimbabwe after 2013

The article is based on the notion that real socio-economic and political transformation did not follow the adoption of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution. Relying on theories of constitutionalism, transformational constitutionalism and transformative adjudication as contemplated by Karl Klare, the question of whether it is possible for the transformation agenda to be accomplished in the absence of political will, and the extent to which the courts can be used as a means of attaining this, is addressed. The article uses a socio-legal research method by drawing arguments from legal and policy-related literature. The jurisprudence of the Zimbabwean Constitutional Court is compared with other jurisdictions such as Kenya and South Africa that adopted interpretative and adjudication methods that have changed the lives of the people, especially with regard to socio-economic and civil and political rights. It is observed that while commendable progress has been made by the Zimbabwean courts, the jurisprudence is still fraught with inconsistencies and lacking in transformative legal culture.

Measurements and geometry

The paper is aimed at demonstrating the points of contact between measurements and geometry, which is done by modelling the main elements of the measurement process by the elements of geometry. It is shown that the basic equation for measurements can be established from the expression of projective metric and represents its particular case. Commonly occurring groups of functional transformations of the measured value are listed. Nearly all of them are projective transformations, which have invariants and are useful if greater accuracy of measurements is desired. Some examples are given to demonstrate that real measurement transformations can be dealt with via fractional-linear approximations. It is shown that basic metrological and geometrical categories are related, and a concept of seeing a multitude of physical values as elements of an abstract geometric space is introduced. A system of units can be reasonably used as the basis of this space. Two tensors are introduced in the space. One of them (the affinor) describes the interactions within the physical object, the other (the metric tensor) establishes the summation rule on account of the random nature of components.

Seven practices for pursuing equity through learning health systems: Notes from the field.

IntroductionDespite learning health systems' focus on improvement in health outcomes, inequities in outcomes remain deep and persistent. To achieve and sustain health equity, it is critical that learning health systems (LHS) adapt and function in ways that directly prioritize equity.MethodsWe present guidance, including seven core practices, borne from theory, evidence, and experience, for actors within LHS pursuing equity.ResultsWe provide a foundational definition of equity. We then offer seven core practices for how LHS may effectively pursue equity in health: establish principle, measure for equity, lead from lived experience, co‐produce, redistribute power, practice a growth mindset, and engage beyond the healthcare system. We include three use cases that illustrate ways in which we have begun to center equity in the work of our own LHS.ConclusionThe achievement of equity requires real transformation at individual, institutional, and structural levels and requires sustained and persistent effort.

Measuring entrepreneurship determinants: empirical analysis

Purpose. The aim of this article is to assess the main determinants that affect entrepreneurial activity, and also the mechanism of its regulation in five countries (Ukraine, Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Germany) during the period from 2007 to 2018. According to the purpose of the article it was empirically tested a number of hypotheses. 
 Methodology / approach. The canonical correlation method is considered as a basic method for maximum correlations between groups of variables. The group of performance indicators includes: GDP per capita, the volume of output at market prices, Global Competitiveness Index as indicators that most completely reflect the results and efficiency of entrepreneurial activity. The group of factor variables includes entrepreneurial activity determinants, which to some extent affect the change of these entrepreneurial efficiency indicators. The advantages of the proposed method is possibility to analyze the multiple relationships between business results and the determinants that determine it.
 Results. The article examines a related area of the economy, namely entrepreneurship, which is largely related to agriculture. The article gradually reveals scientific approaches to identifying the determinants of entrepreneurial activity, followed by the methodology of the conducted research, analysis of results and substantiation of hypotheses. According to the aims of the article, the authors have got the following results: 1. To analyze the entrepreneurial environment, a systematic approach must be applied whereby all the determinants of the entrepreneurial environment are interrelated and influence one another. 2. The canonical correlation method allowed to determine the system of entrepreneurial activity determinants and to confirm the statement that each country has its own system of determinants. It is justified by the heterogeneity of the studied data sample, i.e. the presence of a large difference between the numerical values of indicators for selected countries. 3. The human development determinant is the key to business development in the country. Such conclusions are made on the basis of the determinants system analysis in Germany, where indicators of business efficiency are the highest.
 Originality / scientific novelty. The article proposes a method of assessing the determinants of entrepreneurial activity through the use of the canonical correlation method. This method allows us to investigate the relationship between two sets of variables and is a generalized version of pairwise correlation, as opposed to factor analysis, which is used to establish relationships within one set of variables.
 Practical value / implications. Presented study aims to extend the empirical knowledge on the measurement of entrepreneurship at the country level and its determinants. In assessing the determinants of the entrepreneurial environment, the main causes that lead to incomplete utilization of entrepreneurial potential remain unaccounted for. Particularly practical meaning may have a thorough analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurial activity in different countries. Modern European integration aspirations of Ukraine should be provided with real socioeconomic transformations in which the development of entrepreneurial activity is key. The beginning of an effective process of forming an efficient strategic approach to creating a favourable entrepreneurial environment for every country is to study the existing experience of other countries. For Ukraine, in particular, this is the experience of the EU countries.

A Key to Unlock: Empowering Emotional Intelligence and Experiencing Transformation among School Students through Emotional Intelligence Intervention

India is the largest democracy in the world, and students are called future of the country. Schools are the place for the empowerment and development of good attitude-oriented personality students. The development of good attitude-oriented personality includes both cognitive skills and social cum emotional skills among school students that in turn would lead the country to be a developed country in the near future. In the present world of globalization, all the schools take good effort in imparting education that meet the requirements of present day globalised organizations. But at the same time, the schools are missing the key of upgrading the student’s social and emotional skills which would be the tool to retain success both in their professional and personal life. Hence the present study investigation would be an evidence for proving that upgrading the student’s social and emotional skills through Emotional intelligence intervention would lead to experience the empowerment and real transformation among school students of government schools. The present study would be an experimental study investigating the government school students’ Emotional intelligence before and after Emotional intelligence intervention.

МІЖКУЛЬТУРНЕ СПІЛКУВАННЯ ЯК ЗАСІБ СТАНОВЛЕННЯ ОСОБИСТОСТІ МАЙБУТНЬОГО ВЧИТЕЛЯ

The article is devoted to the research of the problem of intercultural communication as a means of the personality formation of the future teacher in the context of modern social factors. This problem is actualized by the fact that changes in the national education system are determined by global, social, domestic, regional and personal aspects.It requires radical changes both in the training of a new generation of professionals capable of understanding and real transformations in modern education at all stages, from preschool to higher educational institutions. The priority areas of educational tasks in terms of reforming and improving the training of future teachers at the present stage include: the formation of a person who realizes their belonging to the Ukrainian nation, accepts and appropriates its values, preserves and multiplies national culture and language; formation of socio-cultural competencies of future teachers, understanding of the importance and complexity of globalization and integration processes; nurturing national and civic values, understanding the difference between them and the role in the life of civilized society; formation of readiness to conduct interethnic and intercultural dialogue, adherence to the position of respect for traditions, culture, religion and language of the peoples of the world; building general didactic, developmental and educational competencies in order to achieve a high level of professional activity.Intercultural communication based on a broad analysis of research is interpreted as a functionally conditioned, communicative interaction of people, who are the carriers of different cultural communities in terms of their awareness of belonging to different geopolitical, continental, regional, religious, national, ethnic communities and social cultures. A special attention in the organization and implementation of intercultural communication is given to the humanities, which are part of the training of future teachers and have significant intercultural potential. They include foreign languages as a means of learning about the world, communication, cultural exchange, etc.The study claims that socio-cultural education and the organization of broad intercultural communication permeates the professional training of teachers and is aimed at developing the cultural, communicative, general pedagogical spheres of future teachers as socially significant actors, carriers and participants in the dialogue of cultures. Language skills, inthe broadest sense of the term, become an important competence in every person`s life, especially the one of a teacher who communicates with children and youth and should be a certain role model for their students. Creating conditions for mastering the language and its wide use in everyday life is an important and necessary task of modern education, whichshould be provided both at the theoretical and applied levels.

Infrastructure for Structural Transformation: A Comebackof Planning?

This article examines how infrastructure development may best support structural transformation in developing countries. It critiques ongoing emphasis by multilateral financial institutions and other actors on infrastructure as an asset class and their focus on bankable projects. The article considers this approach too narrow for real economic transformation and argues development requires a more holistic approach, one that includes project assessment based on developmental criteria. Drawing on the pioneers of development and more recent literature on infrastructure systems, the article proposes development planning as a more promising approach and assesses how developing countries are faring regarding infrastructure planning for growth and transformation.JEL Classification: H54, O21, O40, P11

Entrepreneurial migrants from/in emerging economies: breaking taboos and stereotypes

Entrepreneurial migration from/in emerging economies, as grand societal and humanitarian challenges that we currently face, underscores the need for scholarly research. In our role as social science researchers, this special issue aimed to stimulate scholars from different social science fields to rethink more broadly about the opportunities for making an impact with our research focus on entrepreneurial migration from/in emerging economies. This article provides an overview of the theoretical, empirical, managerial, and policy implications of entrepreneurial migrants from/in emerging economies research. It puts forward key concepts and measures, explores the relations within the current broader literature on migration and entrepreneurship, and identifies several gaps that represent future research questions. We also introduce eight papers in a special section of this issue, which offer answers to critical gaps and questioning some taboos/stereotypes related entrepreneurial migrants. We conclude by outlining an agenda for engaging the academic community to extend research on entrepreneurial migrants from/in emerging economies. It is the perfect time to “make a difference” through our research, teaching, and interaction with multiple socioeconomic agents to constitute impacts that “endorse a real transformation” for supporting the migrants’ community.

Quantum chemical study of 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane isomerization to 2,2-dimethyl-3-methoxypropanal, - the general reaction scheme

The results of quantum chemical simulation by B3PW91 method in the 6-31G(d,p) basis for formation of 2,2-dimethyl-3-methoxypropanal from 5,5- dimethyl- 1,3- dioxane in the presence of proton are given. The proposed reaction scheme involves protonation of the parent molecule - formation of the oxonium ion, breaking of C-0 bond with receipt of alkoxycarbenium ion, rearrangement of the alkoxycarbenium ion by two successive 1,3-displacement or 1,5 displacement of positive charge, deprotonation of the oxycarbenium ion with formation of the reaction product. Data on the structure and energy characteristics of molecular products, ions, and transition states are obtained not only for the states characterized minimum Gibbs energy (G298, δG298, δG# 298), but also for possible conformers and transitions between them. Based on the calculations, an energy diagram is drawn up in accordance with the general reaction scheme.Comparison of the estimated activation barriers (δG# 298) for implementation of the reaction in two stages (1,3-migrations) and one-stage 1,5-migration showed that they are comparable in size, the difference is about 2 kcal/mol. Since conversion of 5,5- dimethyl- 1,3- dioxane to 2,2-dimethyl-3-methoxypropanal is an endothermal reaction with heat absorption of 3.4 kcal/mol, it can be assumed that in real conditions transformation of ions as per the reaction coordinate will include both two-stage and one-stage conversion of alkoxycarbenium ion to the oxycarbenium ion.

Using Enterprise Architecture to Integrate Lean Manufacturing, Digitalization, and Sustainability: A Lean Enterprise Case Study in the Chemical Industry

The chemical industry has sustained the development of global economies by providing an astonishing variety of products and services, while also consuming massive amounts of raw materials and energy. Chemical firms are currently under tremendous pressure to become lean enterprises capable of executing not only traditional lean manufacturing practices but also emerging competing strategies of digitalization and sustainability. All of these are core competencies required for chemical firms to compete and thrive in future markets. Unfortunately, reports of successful transformation are so rare among chemical firms that acquiring the details of these cases would seem an almost impossible mission. The severe lack of knowledge about these business transformations thus provided a strong motivation for this research. Using The Open Group Architecture Framework, we performed an in-depth study on a real business transformation occurring at a major international chemical corporation, extracting the architecture framework possibly adopted by this firm to become a lean enterprise. This comprehensive case study resulted in two major contributions to the field of sustainable business transformation: (1) a custom lean enterprise architecture framework applicable to common chemical firms making a similar transformation, and (2) a lean enterprise model developed to assist chemical firms in comprehending the intricate and complicated dynamics between lean manufacturing, digitalization, and sustainability.

Fuzzy Logic for Intelligent Control System Using Soft Computing Applications.

When considering the concept of distributed intelligent control, three types of components can be defined: (i) fuzzy sensors which provide a representation of measurements as fuzzy subsets, (ii) fuzzy actuators which can operate in the real world based on the fuzzy subsets they receive, and, (iii) the fuzzy components of the inference. As a result, these elements generate new fuzzy subsets from the fuzzy elements that were previously used. The purpose of this article is to define the elements of an interoperable technology Fuzzy Applied Cell Control-soft computing language for the development of fuzzy components with distributed intelligence implemented on the DSP target. The cells in the network are configured using the operations of symbolic fusion, symbolic inference and fuzzy–real symbolic transformation, which are based on the concepts of fuzzy meaning and fuzzy description. The two applications presented in the article, Agent-based modeling and fuzzy logic for simulating pedestrian crowds in panic decision-making situations and Fuzzy controller for mobile robot, are both timely. The increasing occurrence of panic moments during mass events prompted the investigation of the impact of panic on crowd dynamics and the simulation of pedestrian flows in panic situations. Based on the research presented in the article, we propose a Fuzzy controller-based system for determining pedestrian flows and calculating the shortest evacuation distance in panic situations. Fuzzy logic, one of the representation techniques in artificial intelligence, is a well-known method in soft computing that allows the treatment of strong constraints caused by the inaccuracy of the data obtained from the robot’s sensors. Based on this motivation, the second application proposed in the article creates an intelligent control technique based on Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC), a feature of intelligent control systems that can be used as an alternative to traditional control techniques for mobile robots. This method allows you to simulate the experience of a human expert. The benefits of using a network of fuzzy components are not limited to those provided distributed systems. Fuzzy cells are simple to configure while also providing high-level functions such as mergers and decision-making processes.

Computer Technologies for Designing Close- Fitting Apparel with Specific Properties

In this study, based on the 3D scanning technology and virtual simulation, the digital twins of female bodies were adjusted and developed, and a virtual simulation of wetsuit was carried out. The virtual wetsuit was evaluated through the digital twin morphology, and the wetsuit sewing pattern block was optimized through composite material strain and compression value. The experimental tests show that the digital twins of system "body - wetsuit" based on real data transformation are feasible and practical, and the optimized pattern block guarantees good fit performance.

Osteopontin mRNA expression by rat mesothelial cells exposed to multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a potential biomarker of chronic neoplastic transformation in vitro

Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lung pleura primarily associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are engineered nanomaterials that pose a potential risk for mesothelioma due to properties that are similar to asbestos. Inhaled MWCNTs migrate to the pleura in rodents and some types cause mesothelioma. Like asbestos, there is a diversity of MWCNT types. We investigated the neoplastic potential of tangled (tMWCNT) versus rigid (rMWCNT) after chronic exposure using serial passages of rat mesothelial cells in vitro. Normal rat mesothelial (NRM2) cells were exposed to tMWCNTs or rMWCNTs for 45 weeks over 85 passages to determine if exposure resulted in transformation to a neoplastic phenotype. Rat mesothelioma (ME1) cells were used as a positive control. Osteopontin (OPN) mRNA was assayed as a biomarker of transformation by real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and transformation was determined by a cell invasion assay. Exposure to rMWCNTs, but not tMWCNTs, resulted in transformation of NRM2 cells into an invasive phenotype that was similar to ME1 cells. Moreover, exposure of NRM2 cells to rMWCNTs increased OPN mRNA that correlated with cellular transformation. These data suggest that OPN is a potential biomarker that should be further investigated to screen the carcinogenicity of MWCNTs in vitro.

Ergodynamic cooperative as a driving force for solving the employment problem

The form of association of producers existed at the level of primitive production, but it quickly collapsed under the influence of the labor division. If we create such a form in modern conditions, in addition to taking into account the large role of complex automation of all types of production activities, the existing factors of ergodynamics should also be taken into consideration. The article examines a new approach to the problem of employment based on the adoption of the paradigm of a radical change in the configuration of the production system. It is demonstrated that in the case when the production system consists of a number of producers, among which the connections are broken, the workers released as a result of automation naturally and inevitably pass into the category of unemployed. Trying to organize a new production of new products, manufacturers face a cyclical pattern, increasing the number of unemployed. While maintaining the image of traditional production based on the production system, managers try to find extravagant methods to solve the issue of employment, although, in fact, it is not the problem of employment that is being tackled, but the issue of social support for the unemployed. An analysis of existing trends in production is necessary not only to develop objective measures to enhance efficiency. A comprehensive analysis of trends, combined with the introduction of new approaches to the description of labor activity, allowed revealing and justifying a new look at the strategy for improving production. This makes it possible to describe a new type of production systems, namely self-developing production systems, at the conceptual level. The presence in the description of such production of a model of real transformation of labor activity allows creating a system with an internal structure of self-development. Such self-developing production systems do not need external influences and are invariant in a wide variety of social environments. The article can be useful for both economists and production managers.

Evaluation of the extended modal-domain model in the calculation of lightning-induced voltages on parallel and double-circuit distribution line configurations

This paper evaluates the applicability of the extended modal-domain (EMD) model in the calculation of lightning-induced voltages on parallel and double-circuit distribution lines. The influence of a real and constant transformation matrix and of the fitting technique required in the model on the induced-voltage waveforms is also investigated. It is shown that the EMD model presents good accuracy in most of the tested configurations. Also, in most cases the influence of the frequency selected for the calculation of the transformation matrix required in the EMD model is minimal. On the other hand, the requirement of using strictly real poles and residues and the use of the built-in fitting tool available in the Alternative Transients Program (ATP) have both a detrimental influence on the accuracy of the EMD model, at least in the investigated cases.