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The Eurasian union: actor in the making?
(Journal of International Relations and Development, 2015) Hassanb M.; Moldasheva K.
Recent studies on regionalism tend to view regions and regional organisations as distinct actors in global affairs. This paper seeks to contribute to these discussions of regions’ actorship capabilities by exploring the regionalisation process among post-Soviet states driven by the Eurasian regionalism project. The progress in regional integration among post-Soviet states, including the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union among Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia with the Eurasian Economic Commission as its supranational body, and the developments within the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, provides rich empirical data for the approaches in contemporary regionalism studies to assess whether or not we are witnessing the emergence of a region with actorship capabilities.
The effects of demographic factors on learners’ flow experience in gamified educational quizzes
(Smart Learning Environments, 2025) Issabek A.; Oliveira W.; Hamari J.; Bogdanchikov A.
In recent years, gamification gained widespread adoption in education aiming to increase students’ positive experiences (e.g., motivation, engagement, and flow state). However, the results of using gamification in education are still contradictory, challenging the community to comprehend the influence of individual factors on learners’ experiences within gamified educational systems. To tackle this challenge, this study explored how various demographic factors (i.e., gender, degree, individualism/collectivism, and masculinity/femininity) impact the flow experience of learners in a gamified educational quiz. A quantitative cross-cultural study involving 205 participants was conducted, utilizing partial least squares structural equation modeling to explore the influence of demographic factors on learners’ flow experience in the gamified educational quiz. The analysis revealed that age has a significative positive association with learners’ flow experience, while individualism has a negative association. These findings provide insights into educational technologies and gamification, offering a deeper understanding of how demographic factors shape learners’ flow experience in gamified educational environments.
Strategic responses of regional economic organizations to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: the cases of ASEAN, EAEU, and EU
(Asia Pacific Business Review, 2022) De Lombaerde Ph.; Moldashev K.; Qoraboyev I.; Qoraboyev I.
The aim of this paper is to undertake a systematic comparative analysis of how regional economic organizations (REOs) in the wider Eurasian region have strategically responded to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. The theoretical framework is based on the external actorness literature, comparative regionalism, and foreign policy analysis. The analysis links the distinctive features of the REOs to the shape and impact of their strategic responses to the Belt and Road Initiative. At the same time, it shows the extent to which REOs play a functional role vis-à-vis their member states and large firms in a macro-regional strategic context.
STEMMING OF KAZAKH LANGUAGE
(Абай атындағы ҚазҰПУ-нің ХАБАРШЫСЫ, «Физика-математика ғылымдары» сериясы, №1(73), 2021) Bogdanchikov A.; Baimuratov O.A.; Ayazbayev D.A.
Nowadays natural language processing is widely used. For instance, it can be used to translate text, in search engines systems, text topic identification. Such applications require preprocessing of text. It should be done, because preprocessing of text can influence on system accuracy. Text preprocessing can be done by several ways. One approach is identifying root of word. Advantage of identifying root of word is that it can save memory of computer, because repeated roots will be saved one time. This paper describes stemming systems, which can identify root of word. In literature review part authors reviewed to stemming algorithms, which can identify roots of words of Russian, Uzbek, Turkish languages. Then authors proposed stemming system, which can identify root of word of Kazakh language. In current paper authors describe how their system works. To test the system words from various parts of speech were entered. Proposed system can identify roots of noun, verb, adjective, numeral words. The system response can be seen in table 1. Pictures below show what kinds of suffixes, endings can be concatenated with root of word of Kazakh language. However not all combinations are shown in pictures. In conclusion part advices for how to develop stemming system are written.
Social Networks and Entrepreneurships – Does Personal Networks Matters?
(Jurnal Pengurusan, 2022) Ugur Ch.
Institutional and social network are several major research traditions in the business and management areas. This paper examines the role of owner/managers’ social network on entrepreneurship initiatives and the underlying socio-cultural factors promoting or impeding SME development in Kazakhstan. A semi-structured interviews were carried-out with thirteen SME owners/managers in Almaty Kazakhstan. It is found that personal networks in general social networks have significant implications on a variety of entrepreneurial activities. SMEs still need to utilize their personal social networks to substitute for formal institutions. Normative institutional elements such as legal and moral are still major factors driving entrepreneurial activities but still lagging behind regulative and cognitive institutional transformation. Business ties and networking ability may mitigate the necessity for external financing. One of the major implication in this study is the need for SME owners/managers to build personal networks and to keep and maintain this network with their peers as well as the government not only for extra information but even for the sustainability of their business. To do this, SME owners/managers need to be regularly in contact with their peers and government officials, offering helps when needed, collaborate on projects, share their goals, get connected on social media and also joining networking events.