Responsible People Research Articles

“Conspiracy theory”: The case for being critically receptive

“Conspiracy theory”: The case for being critically receptive

Precise Fault Location Detection Using IOT

Transmission and distribution lines are used to transmit and distribute electrical power throughout load center. The problem with these lines are, because the loads are unbalanced and their attraction towards various faults as a results of lightning, short circuits, faulty equipment’s, miss-operation, human errors, overload, and aging. To avoid this case and that we need the precise location of fault occurrence. To avoid this situation, we need the exact location of fault occurrence. This problem is handled by a set of resistors representing cable length in KMs and fault creation is made by a set of switches at every known KM to cross check the accuracy of the same. Only way to solve this problem is to come up with a mechanism that can detect the fault in an electricity transmission line automatically and intimate the authorities with a precise location. Through this project we develop a device that uses sensors to sense the incoming & outgoing values and detect healthy and faulty condition. And, the system will be integrated with IoT mechanism, to intimate the responsible people real time with the location information. Moreover technical losses occur naturally and are caused because of power dissipation in transmission lines, transformers, and other equipments. The system prevents the illegal usage of electricity.

LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL UNIVERSITARIA

Social responsibility is something that concerns us all because thanks to it allows us to be responsible people capable of dealing with any circumstance in a responsible and honest way, this responsibility has different branches and one of them is the university responsibility that has been growing as a new policy within many universities to get a better response from people and can take on any challenge, As is the case of the DACEA where this new policy was implemented to prepare, this is a very big challenge because it is not easy to adapt to this system which seeks to have people capable of solving any problem in a fast and effective way.

The work of class: Cash transfers and community development in Tanzania

This article uses the concept of convenience as an analytical prompt to investigate how ideas about work organize a cash‐based social assistance program financed through foreign aid. Productive Social Safety Nets (PSSN) is a nationwide program providing small regular payments to very poor households in Tanzania. Cash transfers as components of social assistance not predicated on working confront assumptions many Tanzanians share about the importance of work as foundational to self‐reliance as the bedrock of personal and national development. The program uses existing architectures of community development to creatively combine Tanzanian values around poor people's responsibility for their own development with World Bank conceptualizations of social assistance as a productive investment. Ethnographic research at the interface between program implementors and beneficiaries provides insights into the attitudes many Tanzanians hold about development and their place in it and sheds light on the ambivalent feelings of insecure middle classes about changing forms of state‐managed social assistance. Implementation involves an intricate orchestration of prescriptive ideals about labor, entitlement, and value organized around labor‐intensive bureaucratic procedures, public works, and community sensitization sessions. Labor making and making visible different kinds of work characterize program implementation. Prevailing attitudes toward social assistance, and the class relations through which they are realized, are perpetuated through ostensibly novel programs.

Vocabulary Learning Autonomy and Vocabulary Size of Turkish ELT Student Teachers: A Correlational Study

Abstract Introduction: In the related literature, knowledge of vocabulary is mentioned to be crucial as one of the crucial parts of language learning. Measuring learners’ vocabulary knowledge is regarded to be essential in that it provides both teachers and learners knowledge of the problematic areas and suggests some practical ways to improve the vocabulary learning process. It could be said that an autonomous learner is a leading actor in his own language learning process because, as stated by Nation (1998), learning is performed by the individual learner. Little (1995) asserts that learner autonomy should be set as an explicit goal in language learning contexts in that autonomy on the part of the learners plays a vital role in student success. So, we hypothesize that vocabulary learning autonomy has a significant influence on the learners’ vocabulary size. Methods: This study aims to investigate Turkish ELT student teachers’ vocabulary learning autonomy, vocabulary size, and the potential relationships between these two variables. Ninety-five student teachers in an ELT teacher education program at a university in Turkey participated in the study. The data were collected via two quantitative data collection instruments: Vocabulary Learning Autonomy (VLA) questionnaire and The Vocabulary Size Test (VST). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlations. As for the VST, the correct answers were counted, and an overall score was found. The participants’ scores were multiplied by 100 to get their total vocabulary size up to the 14th 1000 word-family level. As for the questionnaire, descriptive statistics (mean, frequency, standard deviation) were conducted. Results: The findings revealed that student teachers held a moderate level of vocabulary learning autonomy. The vocabulary size mean score was 77.14, which means that the participants had approximately enough vocabulary to deal with unsimplified written texts, and enough vocabulary to deal with unsimplified spoken texts. Additionally, there were significant and positive relationships between the responsibility and ability dimensions of the VLA scale. However, the findings revealed non-significant correlations among all the VLA’s dimensions and the vocabulary size. Discussion: The findings regarding the participants’ vocabulary learning autonomy showed that the participants held a moderate level of vocabulary learning autonomy. This finding is essential in that one of the most important goals of education is encouraging learners to work more independently both in and out of the classroom (Moir & Nation, 2002). There were significant and positive relationships between the responsibility and ability dimensions of the VLA scale. This finding, which is in line with Koller (2015), suggests that the participants feel capable of learning vocabulary items when they perceive themselves as responsible people instead of a teacher. Based on the results regarding vocabulary size, it is reasonable to conclude that the participants had approximately enough vocabulary for comprehension of unsimplified written texts and enough vocabulary for spoken texts based on Nation’s (2006) research reporting that learners need 8000 to 9000 word-family vocabulary for comprehension of unsimplified written texts and 6000 to 7000 word-family vocabulary for unsimplified spoken texts. Limitations: The research is limited to only first-year student teachers of English and the data consist of only quantitative data. Conclusion: The findings of the present study imply the need to foster vocabulary learning autonomy of learners in teacher education programs. Student teachers hold two identities as learners and teachers of the future. It is crucial to examine their readiness because there is a bulk of evidence in the literature that teachers’ readiness for autonomy affects their ability to foster their students’ autonomy. The findings of the present study imply the need to foster vocabulary learning autonomy and utilizing some strategies to improve vocabulary size.

The Anomaly- and Signature-Based IDS for Network Security Using Hybrid Inference Systems

With the expansion of communication in today’s world and the possibility of creating interactions between people through communication networks regardless of the distance dimension, the issue of creating security for the data and information exchanged has received much attention from researchers. Various methods have been proposed for this purpose; one of the most important methods is intrusion detection systems to quickly detect intrusions into the network and inform the manager or responsible people to carry out an operational set to reduce the amount of damage caused by these intruders. The main challenge of the proposed intrusion detection systems is the number of erroneous warning messages generated and the low percentage of accurate detection of intrusions in them. In this research, the Suricata IDS/IPS is deployed along with the NN model for the metaheuristic’s manual detection of malicious traffic in the targeted network. For the metaheuristic-based feature selection, the neural network, and the anomaly-based detection, the fuzzy logic is used in this research paper. The latest stable version of Kali Linux 2020.3 is used as an attacking system for web applications and different types of operating systems. The proposed method has achieved 96.111% accuracy for detecting network intrusion.

Knowledge and participation of geography teachers toward flood disaster risk reduction in sampang indonesia

Floods occur in Sampang Indonesia every year, due to overflowing Kemuning rivers and rising sea levels during spring tide. The morphological conditions which are hills in the middle and syncline valleys in the south with trellis flow patterns with weak and resistant bedrock exacerbate Sampang conditions. This condition increases the threat of urban flooding and rob flooding. One of strategic effort is to know the characteristics and reduce the threat of flooding through Geography subjects in school. Geography teachers as responsible people, act as facilitators and informers who provide knowledge and shape students psychology about flood disasters. Knowledge and participation of geography teachers are very important in flood disaster risk reduction because the teachers are a source of knowledge that is trusted by students. This is a survey research with univariate and multivariate analysis using a quantitative descriptive approach (single frequency and crosstab). The researcher also used inferential analysis in the form of chi-squared to see the relationship of the variables of knowledge and teachers participation in Sampang District. The results of the study indicate that there is a relationship between teachers knowledge and participation in flood disaster risk reduction presented in the learning process. The analysis results show the probability value or Asymp Sig 0.034. so that the knowledge of the geography teachers is very influential.

Beliefs about riding a bicycle when mildly alcohol intoxicated

Alcohol intoxication appears to be a contributing factor to many bicycle crashes with serious consequences. Despite this, there is no specific limit on the blood alcohol concentration permissible when cycling in Sweden, and there is very little knowledge of the perception of sobriety associated with cycling. The aim of this study is therefore to identify the behavioural, normative, and control beliefs underpinning cyclists’ attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control associated with riding a bicycle when mildly alcohol intoxicated. A total of 34 participants answered questions based on the theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen, 1991). The results indicate that the participants saw great advantages (practical, free, safe, nice, and better than taking the car), but also disadvantages (impaired ability, danger to oneself, and danger to others) from cycling when mildly alcohol intoxicated. Furthermore, they identified both factors making it easier (small amounts of alcohol, bicycle-friendly infrastructure/conditions, poor alternatives, group pressure, and emergency situations) and more difficult (large amounts of alcohol, aggravating circumstances, bicycle-unfriendly infrastructure/conditions, good alternatives, social censure, group resistance, parenthood, and experience) to opt to cycle when mildly alcohol intoxicated. Finally, some participants believed that certain people (e.g. students, people with poor finances, and nearly everyone) think that it is acceptable to cycle when mildly alcohol intoxicated, while others (e.g. parents, responsible people, and nearly no group) think that it is unacceptable. These results support the use of information dissemination/campaigns to reduce the incidence of cycling when alcohol intoxicated and/or the amount of alcohol consumed in connection with cycling. At the same time, they do not support the introduction of a specific limit on the blood alcohol concentration permissible when cycling, and the potential of improved public transport to reduce the number of inebriated cyclists is uncertain.

МОНИТОРИНГ И МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ ЗДОРОВЬЯ, ОБРАЗА ЖИЗНИ И ФИЗИЧЕСКОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ СТУДЕНЧЕСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ

The article presents a critical analysis and assessment of the current state of foreign experience in monitoring and management of health, lifestyle and physical activity of student youth. An important aspect of lifestyle monitoring is the assessment of physical activity. However, monitoring is not an end in itself; its results are used to develop approaches and methods of correction, and to manage the situation. The concept of health management is becoming more and more popular as a set of measures to preserve and restore the health of large social groups. One such methodological approach is Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR), a model that uses sports and physical activity to teach adolescents to become personally and socially responsible people. This model focuses on two sets of values: personal responsibility and social responsibility. Effort and self-reliance are goals of personal responsibility, while respecting and helping others is social responsibility. The model has been widely adopted as a program for at-risk youth. The Personal and Social Responsibility Questionnaire (PSRQ) was developed as an indicator for assessing young people’s perceptions of personal and social responsibility. Perceptions of personal and social responsibility are positively correlated with intrinsic motivation. Physical education programs based on health and lifestyle management principles can provide students with positive motivational and emotional experiences that will encourage them to continue participating in physical activity. Physical skills are trasferred into other areas of life activity (SBYD – Sports-Based Youth Development), it is claimed that sports can be used as a tool for psychological, emotional and/or academic development. The research has shown that many sports-based youth development programs contribute to the acquisition of life skills (e.g., leadership, self-control) with the ultimate goal of promoting positive social and academic outcomes for young participants. Researchers call this “life skills transfer” (i.e., the idea that the physical, behavioral and cognitive skills that young people acquire in sports can be used in non-athletic settings to promote healthy development). An important result of the development of the concept of monitoring and managing the health and lifestyle of young people is the formation of a consensus on this issue. According to this consensus, physical activity is seen as an all-encompassing term that consists of many structured and unstructured forms in and outside educational settings, including organized sports, physical education, outdoor recreation, motor programs, breaks, and active modes of transportation. such as cycling and walking.

Evaluate the durability and effect of water absorption of recycled aggregate used in pavement

Recycled aggregates RA is the one of the most popular methods used to improve road sustainability, whether from concrete or asphalt pavement materials. The life cycle perspective for all construction material are important to find the way it plays in contributing to the sustainability of the paving system. When evaluate the life cycle the responsible people can check the possibility social, environmental and economic impacts that appeared in life cycle, as well as to evaluate potential trade-offs. This study represents the possibility of using recycled aggregates in the paving to provides the required durability and strength. There are several factors that affect the behavior of the aggregates including strength of aggregates, gradation, specific weight, shape, permeability … etc.). The most important parameter in mix design of pavement is the water absorption of the aggregates. The RA saturated in water more than 24 h and to observe the absorption of aggregates water absorption most be determined. The experimentation shows that pavement contains (recycled asphalt pavement RAP or recycled concrete aggregate RCA)can enhance the performance and durability of the pavement due to the high permeability of the old material that covered the virgin aggregate (mortar in RCA and bituminous in RAP), the interfacial transition zone ITZ enhanced by the new bituminous and made stronger bond between the recycled aggregate (RCA or RAP) and the asphalt. Water absorption measurement of aggregates was analyzed. The results are closely aligned with the time depend on the entire absorption period and when saturation is complete the change become constant. The saturation time of RA that obtained was more than 24 h.

Maintenance management of heritage buildings in Iraq

PurposeHeritage buildings, as any other buildings are subject to decay and deterioration. This issue increases significantly when a country undergoes complicated circumstances of unrest, as is the case in Iraq. The purpose of this study is to rethink the maintenance approach to heritage buildings in Iraq from a systematic management standpoint. It proposes the development of a management system through the functions of proper planning, organizing, directing and controlling. The study aims to scrutinize the weak areas of performance in the investigated work process in Iraq and provide suggestions to address them.Design/methodology/approachThe paper opted for an exploratory study, using interviews with responsible people in Iraqi heritage buildings administration to investigate the procedures applied on maintenance work for the heritage buildings. Besides, maintenance reports were reviewed and three case studies of buildings recently assigned for maintenance were visited and examined to identify the current course of actions at work and to uncover the points of weakness and strength.FindingsThe researchers identified a kind of unreal planning in the maintenance process, which appeared to be a manifestation of corrective maintenance (CM) rather than a preventive one. Such an aspect was highlighted due to several causes, among which most important were as follow (1) the lack of sufficient allocated budgets and (2) the shortage of hand labor and building technicians in this field, including professionals with an architectural training background, who could make practical choices to heritage maintenance thus preventing improper solutions that would harm the authenticity of the asset. Such factors could be mitigated if a good maintenance management system is to be adopted. A proposed system is hereby suggested, upgrading the current guideline and laws by the specialized authorities in addition to recommending the application of digital documentation.Originality/valueThis paper fulfills an identified need to study how maintenance management system can be applied for heritage buildings

ART PIXEL PANELS: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ART IN TEACHER TRAINING

Solid waste improperly disposed causes several environmental problems and affects public health. Especially plastic, produced on a large scale and incorrectly discarded, can negatively affect terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In this sense, this study aimed to sensitize the academic community of the Federal Institute of Paraná Campus Umuarama in relation to the inadequate disposal of waste through the reuse of plastic lids in artistic productions, activities here called "art pixel panels". To this end, undergraduate students in Biological Sciences promoted awareness and collection of plastic caps in potential generators of this waste. At the institution, based on figures researched on the internet and others of their own creation, the panels were constituted with tying schemes for these covers. To carry out the tying, internal wiring extracted from network cables was used, which were already in disuse, in view of their resistance and convenience in handling. Thus, 20 panels were made using more than 30,000 plastic caps. The art pixel panels were displayed in the lobby causing the academic community to reflect on the generation and final destination of plastic, in addition to serving as a source of artistic inspiration. It is believed that, through environmental education and art, it is possible to promote the formation of more aware and responsible people regarding current environmental problems.

POLÍTICA E ECONOMIA NO PERSONALISMO DE EMMANUEL MOUNIER

O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar a reflexão política e econômica elaborada pelo filósofo francês Emmanuel Mounier e confluída na corrente filosófica apelidada de personalismo. A cidade futura poderá ser realizada somente através de pequenas comunidades, feitas de pessoas responsáveis e maduras, que vivem ativamente a inserção na comunidade, fugindo, dessa forma, do anonimato que marca a vida nas grandes aglomerações. A análise mounieriana da política é intrinsicamente ligada à perspectiva econômica do personalismo, que tem como ponto de partida a crítica do sistema capitalista e do homem burguês. A economia capitalista mortifica a pessoa e, por isso, necessita formalizar uma economia do rosto novo, um rosto personalista. A passagem de uma economia do dinheiro para uma economia da pessoa exige uma firme ruptura. É em defesa dos valores da pessoa que Mounier conduz uma batalha contra a ética do capitalismo, para substituí-la por uma ética do personalismo. Mounier esboça um modelo econômico na perspectiva da pessoa, cuja socialização substitui toda forma de estatização, desenvolvendo a vida sindical para uma conquista da dignidade da pessoa de cada trabalhador.

Food Waste Behavior among Romanian Consumers: A Cluster Analysis

The main objective of the current study was to conduct an investigation at the national level in order to identify types of consumers depending on their perception of food waste. To do this, an online survey was carried out on a sample of 2541 respondents. Using a K-means clustering model, three clusters of consumers were identified. Cluster 1, “Careless”, consumers who dispose of food and food waste carelessly, are people who come from rural areas or small cities and have a rather low level of education. They do not have much information on the subject of food waste and do not seem to consider it “a problem”. Cluster 2, “Precautious”, composed of responsible people who do not throw away food, are well-informed and consider that all actors in the agri-food chain have a share in the food waste problem. Those who belong to cluster 3, “Ignorant”, are mostly from urban areas and have a high level of education. They were not raised to prevent food waste and therefore lack such habits as adults. They have a fair awareness of this subject, but they do not consider themselves responsible for food waste. The results obtained indicate the need to continue the awareness and education campaigns initiated at governmental and civil society level.

Nudging Away False News: Evidence from a Social Norms Experiment

Many are concerned with the proliferation of false information on social media. This article explores whether “social norm-based nudges” can help address this issue by changing the sharing behaviour of social media users. In order to do so, we conduct an online survey experiment (n = 1,003), where participants are randomly exposed to a social norm-based message while choosing to read and/or share a false news article. The message warns participants that there is an abundance of “false information” online and tells them that most responsible people think twice before sharing articles with their network. Our analysis finds that the nudge reduced the proportion of people willing to share the article by 5.1 percentage points, with a 46.7% increase in the proportion of respondents stating that they do not want to share the article because it is false or inaccurate.

Environmental Manager and its Importance in the Development of the Company

As a result of natural and artificial changes, it is the environment that suffers. The environment is an integral part of the development of society by directly linking natural resources to people. Any area can have tourist potential. The more properly exploited the resources owned by the environment, invested in areas of interest and promoted, the more people in those areas will have to gain. At the same time, the environmental education that the students can learn in the middle of nature, testing the own person the benefits offered by the environment and the consequences that can derive from people's reckless actions can bring significant changes on their personalities and can form responsible people who protect the environment, who live and want to stop the harmful phenomena. Building a bridge between education and the environment, strengthening the connections between people and nature influences both physical and mental health. Awareness of climate change in recent times and the desire to stop these phenomena can save communities from natural disasters, produced more and more often.

A holistic framework for addressing ‘safe’ sexting challenges in Kenya

This paper is based on analysis data arising from a study of sexting perspectives and experiences of college students in Kenya. The study reveals that young people harbour misconceptions about this form of sexual communication, and how to address its associated challenges and negative experiences. The authors use the empirical findings to suggest a framework that identifies seven constructs that critically analyse and describe how agents of socialization processes need to collaboratively work together in order to address the misconceptions, negative perceptions, and behaviors thereof. The proposed framework is conceptualized as a holistic approach with two interacting zones; information and knowledge, and actions, and sustainability. Further, the paper describes the extent to which suggested elements ought to work together to provide the youth with the right information, skills, and competencies required to address issues and challenges associated with sexting. In conclusion, the paper recommends strong guild responsibility and linkages of teachers, parents, and professional associations in the development of educational programmes, policies, and initiatives required to mold youth into responsible people regardless of the new communication technologies.
 Keywords: sexting, youth, framework, communication, socialization

Project Cost Risk Identification and Construction Performance Indicators of High-rise Building in DKI Jakarta (Case Study: PT. X)

According to Skyscraper Center, a website for world’s tall builidings database Indonesia ranked 7th globally for most –have tall buildings country. As for the city category Jakarta itself ranked 10th globally with 407 buildings.A High-rise building project has its own uniqueness such as involves many disciplines and complexities also high risk of uncertainty. Cost factor is one of the biggest risk which is the contractor should consider the most. The most responsible people, the contractor required to understand and have an ability how to manage many aspects such as cost risk to achieve the project goals: the optimum cost performance, quality and schedule which were budgeted and agreed upon. This research aimed to identify the risk of project cost and construction performance indicators.The stages of methodology of this research as followed, studied the relevant issues, identified the research’s concern, prepared the research’s instruments, analyzed the research’s concern and discussed the results. The quantitative method applied in this research. Primary and secondary source of data used in this research.

The protection of the urban landscape during the revolution of 1917: problems and ways to solve them (based on the example of Samara)

The paper examines the conditions existed during the revolutionary crisis, which affected the urban environment, including the violation of public order, discomfort for citizens, a threat to health, life and property. Changes have been identified in the possibilities of free movement of city residents and their use of landscape resources in urban space. The description of the work of garden and park complexes in the conditions of the transitional political process is given. Transformations in the leisure and entertainment landscape of the urban territory that arose in the conditions of the revolutionary period were analyzed: a change in the range of services and opportunities in the work of the citys garden and park ensemble. The author has identified ways to eliminate the problems, ensure the safety of life and preserve a comfortable environment in the city. The manifestation in a specific urban environment of the all-Russian trend of the crisis in the work of government structures to establish order is correlated with the protection of the garden and park zone. The author has also identified the reasons of regional scale, which influenced the work of local management structures, which turned out to be ineffective in resolving this situation, as well as the activities of specific responsible people in countering the destruction of urban space. The study was carried out on the basis of materials about the provincial Volga city Samara. The source base is office documentation as part of the city government fund.

Managing risk and responsibility during a crisis: The COVID-19 pandemic has resurfaced questions about the government's role when disaster strikes - [Spectral Lines

The United States finds itself once more confronting a major natural disaster, albeit one on a scale not experienced since the flu pandemic of 1918. Factors contributing to the crisis are the obvious lack of preparedness on the part of government and the notable absence of coherent decision-making processes for quarantine protocols and the distribution of financial stimulus packages. Add to that the billions of dollars fruitlessly spent on pandemic planning over the past 15 years and endless future congressional inquiries are guaranteed. ¶ Predictably, the inquiries will be framed as they were after the bungled government response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005: “How could this have happened in America, and what is our government obliged to do to make sure that nothing like this national nightmare ever happens again?” The foregone conclusion will be the same: “We failed at all levels of government to meet that fundamental obligation.” Just as inevitably, the inquiries will fail to answer the more fundamental set of questions about the government's and the American people's respective roles and responsibilities in managing risk in the face of disaster.