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The aim of the study was to assess the level of legal culture and motivation as important requirements for the profession of student teachers in the context of higher education in Kyrgyzstan. The methodology included content analysis of the curricula of four universities: I. Arabayev Kyrgyz State University, Osh Technological University, Osh State University, and Batken State University. A series of focus groups were organised, involving students (40 participants) and teachers (12 participants), which provided an opportunity to obtain direct feedback on the attitudes of both students and teachers regarding the importance of legal culture and motivation in the educational process. The tasks assigned to students as part of the study included solving legal cases, writing essays on the topic of legal culture, participating in group discussions, and developing lesson plans that incorporate legal aspects. The results of the study showed that most students demonstrated a high level of understanding and application of legal norms in practical situations, as well as a deep awareness of the importance of legal culture and ethical standards in their professional activities. At the same time, some participants experienced difficulties in integrating theoretical knowledge into practical activities, which indicates the need for additional practical classes and training to develop skills in applying legal norms in real pedagogical practice. The findings of the study highlight the necessity of improving curricula, particularly by placing greater emphasis on the development of critical thinking, legal awareness, and professional motivation among students. The theoretical model of training future teachers developed in this study includes components of legal culture, ethical norms, internal motivation, self-regulation, and interest in innovative pedagogical technologies, which are key to the successful professional activity of future teachers.

The digital economy has become an integral part of global GDP, and Asia is well known as an active and growing region that exhibits rapid digital economic development, and that will become the centre of the global digital economy and digital technology. This article seeks to investigate the significant factors influencing digital economy and to propose policy measures to tackle this issue. The study’s method applies quantitative research and focuses primarily on interviewing economic experts based on real data, to gauge the factors that affect the digital economy. The authors analysed the impact of various factors on the digital economy in 5 large Vietnamese cities. The authors still develop and implement the framework of the structural equation model. Based on the survey of 800 economic experts, the data sources included interviews were through directly interviewed survey tools on the basis of standardised questions. Analysis is done using software packages including SPSS version 20.0 and Amos. The results and value addition of the study suggest that there are eight relevant factors which contribute to the digital economy on a Level of 0.01 and a range of eight accepted hypotheses (2). The report covers eight major drivers of the digital economy. The innovation underscores the critical significance of the telecommunications and information technology infrastructure to Vietnam’s digital economy. The model is also applicable to the analysis and assessment of the effect of some of the factors on the digital economy using a useful reference for the agencies, researchers, experts, and economic managers. They also recommended policy proposals to stimulate the digital economy.

Durch den soziookonomischen und technologischen Strukturwandel kamund kommt es zu vernderten Anforderungen an die Innovationsfhigkeitund das Lernpotenzial von Unternehmen und Organisationen. Da die modernen Arbeitssituationen und -prozesse immer weniger simulierbar sind, wird Wissen zur wichtigsten Produktivkraft in einer stark kundenorientierten Welt. Mitarbeiter bentigen berufliche Handlungskompetenz, die durch formelle Lernprozesse nicht erworben werden kann, weshalb wiederum informelle Lernprozesse einen enormen Bedeutungszuwachs erfahren. Eine lernfrderliche Unternehmenskultur rckt dabei in den Mittelpunkt. Dennis Barkmin untersucht in seiner vorliegenden Studie empirisch die Lernkultur in Unternehmen der pharmazeutischen Industrie, da diese in extremem Mae davon abhngig sind, innovativ zu arbeiten. Das Buch zeigt nicht nur interessante Anstze fr Wissenschaftler auf, die sich mit Lernkultur und innerbetrieblichen Lernprozessen befassen, sondern stellt auch eine wertvolle Hilfe dar fr Personal- und Weiterbildungsverantwortliche, die in ihrem Unternehmen die vorhandene Lernkultur bewerten und interne Lernprozesse effektiv gestalten mchten.

Irrigation and fertilization technologies need to be adapted to climate change and provided as effectively and efficiently as possible. The current study proposed pocket fertigation, an innovative new idea in providing irrigation water and fertilization by using a porous material in the form of a ring/disc inserted surrounding the plant’s roots as an irrigation emitter equipped with a “pocket”/bag for storing fertilizer. The objective was to evaluate the functional design of pocket fertigation in the specific micro-climate inside the screenhouse with a combination of emitter designs and irrigation rates. The technology was implemented on an experimental field at a lab-scale melon (Cucumis melo L.) cultivation from 23 August to 25 October 2021 in one planting season. The technology was tested at six treatments of a combination of three emitter designs and two irrigation rates. The emitter design consisted of an emitter with textile coating (PT), without coating (PW), and without emitter as a control (PC). Irrigation rates were supplied at one times the evaporation rate (E) and 1.2 times the evaporation rate (1.2E). The pocket fertigation was well implemented in a combination of emitter designs and irrigation rates (PT-E, PW-E, PT-1.2E, and PW-1.2E). The proposed technology increased the averages of fruit weight and water productivity by 6.20 and 7.88%, respectively, compared to the control (PC-E and PC-1.2E). Meanwhile, the optimum emitter design of pocket fertigation was without coating (PW). It increased by 13.36% of fruit weight and 14.71% of water productivity. Thus, pocket fertigation has good prospects in the future. For further planning, the proposed technology should be implemented at the field scale.

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This paper discusses the emerging need for vertical farms by examining issues related to food security, urban population growth, farmland shortages, “food miles”, and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Urban planners and agricultural leaders have argued that cities will need to produce food internally to respond to demand by increasing population and to avoid paralyzing congestion, harmful pollution, and unaffordable food prices. The paper examines urban agriculture as a solution to these problems by merging food production and consumption in one place, with the vertical farm being suitable for urban areas where available land is limited and expensive. Luckily, recent advances in greenhouse technologies such as hydroponics, aeroponics, and aquaponics have provided a promising future to the vertical farm concept. These high-tech systems represent a paradigm shift in farming and food production and offer suitable and efficient methods for city farming by minimizing maintenance and maximizing yield. Upon reviewing these technologies and examining project prototypes, we find that these efforts may plant the seeds for the realization of the vertical farm. The paper, however, closes by speculating about the consequences, advantages, and disadvantages of the vertical farm’s implementation. Economic feasibility, codes, regulations, and a lack of expertise remain major obstacles in the path to implementing the vertical farm.

The article presents innovative approaches to clustering winegrowing and winemaking enterprises as an effective form of management. The purpose of the study is a detailed and systematic consideration of the current issues of clustering of the winegrowing and winemaking enterprises; substantiation of the creation of a cluster in the cross-border region of Ukraine-Moldova as one of the perspective directions of external restructuring. The methodological basis is studies of the national and foreign scientists in the field of enterprise restructuring, laws and regulations of Ukraine. The following general scientific technique and research methods were applied in the study and analysis of the problematic issues of the article: logical - to clarify the concept of “cluster”, «clustering», comparative assessment - in the study of modern approaches to clustering; statistical analysis - in determining the problems, trends and prospects for the development of winegrowing and winemaking enterprises. Various approaches to defining the essence of clustering are presented, which are expressed in the papers of national and foreign scientists. The author substantiates the creation of a cluster of winegrowing and winemaking enterprises in the cross-border region of Ukraine-Moldova. The availability of approaches to the definition of clustering, and their generalization, revealed that the cluster of winegrowing and winemaking enterprises is a voluntary association of existing wineries and established specialized enterprises and units, research institutions that are united by the common goals of preparation and processing of wine=making secondary raw materials, the synergy of the interaction of which participants will ensure the scale effect and enter competitive markets of products derived from winemaking secondary raw materials. The creation of a cluster of winegrowing and winemaking enterprises in the cross-border region of Ukraine-Moldova will increase the innovation and investment activity of the business and will serve as a catalyst for the integration of Ukraine and Moldova into the European and world space.

PurposeThe technology readiness and acceptance model were mostly employed as theoretical bases to analyze tourist behaviors of adoption of innovative technologies that are part of the smart tourism offer. This study attention now turns to the field of smart tourism human resource management and tries to establish a model to explain the relationship between general dimensions of personality with systematic specific dimensions toward ICT acceptance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors adopted the TRAM model as a way to better understand and evaluate the causal relationships between the personality dimensions, factors of perception, attitudes and behavior of users regarding the acceptance and use of innovative technologies. Based on the empirical data of 478 employees operating in tourist organizations, travel agencies and hotels, the authors employed regression analysis as the basic method for examining the research hypotheses and causal relationships between variables in the presented model.FindingsThe analysis revealed that employees in the tourism sector are inclined to adopt new technology, and that technological readiness has an impact on attitudes and intentions toward the use of technologies. Moreover, the results show that the path between the dimensions of technological readiness and intention to use technologies is to a certain extent mediated through perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness.Originality/valueThis research is among the first empirical studies that examine technology readiness and adoption in the context of smart tourism development. Besides the findings extend the literature on the mediating effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use between technology readiness index and technology acceptance behavior.

Recently we have witnessed the worldwide adoption of many different types of innovative technologies, such as crowdsourcing, ridesharing, open and big data, aiming at delivering public services more efficiently and effectively. Among them, ridesharing has received substantial attention from decision-makers around the world. Because of the multitude of currently understood or potentially unknown risks associated with ridesharing (unemployment, insurance, information privacy, and environmental risk), governments in different countries apply different strategies to address such risks. Some governments prohibit the adoption of ridesharing altogether, while other governments promote it. In this article, we address the question of how risks involved in ridesharing are governed over time. We present an in-depth single case study on Singapore and examine how the Singaporean government has addressed risks in ridesharing over time. The Singaporean government has a strong ambition to become an innovation hub, and many innovative technologies have been adopted and promoted to that end. At the same time, decision-makers in Singapore are reputed for their proactive style of social governance. The example of Singapore can be regarded as a revelatory case study, helping us further to explore governance practices in other countries.