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Understanding Inclusion in the Global South: Debating Teachers’ Perspectives and Concerns: The Case of Kenya, Tanzania and India

All people have the right to get education. However, some do not get access to education due to various reasons, such as socio-cultural factors as well as disabilities they have. Inclusive education aims to provide learning chances for all people within the conventional school system, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disabilities, and caste. This study examined the perceptions and concerns of educators about inclusive education. Specifically, the study sought to examine teachers' perspectives towards inclusive education (IE) in the global south and find out the challenges facing the execution of inclusion in secondary schools. This paper used qualitative methodology in reflecting the arguments. The content abstraction technique was employed to compile the data in this paper. The review of literature was done by looking at relevant articles, books, conference presentations, publications, and other papers on inclusive education that could be found on the internet. The findings show that teachers have low perceptions on inclusive education. Furthermore, the findings reveal the significant challenges facing inclusive education, which include the negative attitude (low perception) of teachers and the surrounding community towards people with disabilities. Poor school set-up, lack of skilled personnel, expensive teaching and learning capitals, as well as insufficient amenities and equipment, lead to the difficult implementation of the programmes in regular classes. Therefore, this study recommends that developing countries' governments should put more effort towards improving learning infrastructures, provide teachers' training to ensure that they possess the essential skills needed to assist students with different educational requirements, and finally educate society to accept social diversity. Furthermore, carefully allocating funds to the precise implementation of the necessary activities is the best way to improve inclusive education.
Silicified microbiota from the Paleoproterozoic Dahongyu Formation, Tianjin, China

Abstract. Cherts and silicified dolostones of the ca. 1600 Ma Dahongyu Formation (uppermost Changcheng Group) from North China contain well-preserved microfossils. Cyanobacteria filaments and coccoids dominate the studied Dahongyu microbiota in the Jixian section. These microfossils show the characteristics of endobenthic, epibenthic, and allochthonous microfossils, which illustrated well a vertical distributional view of an intertidal microbiota. Large numbers and size of allochthonous microfossils are the distinguishing characteristics of this new microbiota. A few of these possess ornaments or odd morphology, which suggest their potential eukaryotic nature. Through regional comparisons, it is revealed that there was significant regional disparity within the Yanshan Basin of microbiotas during deposition of the Dahongyu Formation. The newly studied Dahongyu microbiota is similar to the microbiota from the underlying Changcheng Group, with only slight differences. The absence of typical eukaryotes and the emergence of unique microfossils (especially small fusiform microfossils) make the Dahongyu Formation and the subsequent strata of the Jixian Group distinct from contemporaneous eukaryote-bearing strata. In the Dahongyu assemblage, 19 species were recognized, six species were identified informally and seven species were identified in open nomenclature. One new taxon of microfossil was described: Xiaohongyuia sinica Shi and Feng new genus new species.
Preliminary burning prescriptions for ponderosa pine fuel reductions in southeastern Arizona

Natural ponderosa pine fuels can be safely burned with air temperatures between 55 (cid:176) and 75 (cid:176) F, relative humidities between 25% and 50%, and windspeeds less than 10 miles per hour. The moisture content of the surface L layer needles should be between 5% and 10%. Total fuel reduction will depend on H layer moisture. Burning under these conditions will lessen the wildfire hazard by reducing fuel loadings, thinning the stand, removing ladder fuels, and raising the canopy level. are for control and of
Eruptive history of the Karoo lava flows and their impact on early Jurassic environmental change

This paper reports new paleomagnetic and geochronologic data from a ~1500 m thick composite section belonging to the Drakensberg group, the thickest remnant of the Karoo lavas in Northern Lesotho. Flow‐by‐flow analysis of paleomagnetic directions reveals 21 magnetic directional groups, corresponding to single eruptive events, and 16 individual lava flows. The new age determinations of lava flows range from 180.1 ± 1.4 to 182.8 ± 2.6 Ma. These data, combined with previous results, allow us to propose that the main part of the Drakensberg group and the Karoo intrusive complex dated around 181–183 Ma may have been erupted over a period as short as 250 kyr and may have coincided with the two main phases of extinction in the Early Toarcian. This scenario agrees well with the discontinuous rhythm of environmental and biotic perturbations in the Late Pliensbachian‐Toarcian interval.
Predicting the severity of spurious “double ITCZ” problem in CMIP5 coupled models from AMIP simulations

The severity of the double Intertropical Convergence Zone (DI) problem in climate models can be measured by a tropical precipitation asymmetry index (PAI), indicating whether tropical precipitation favors the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere. Examination of 19 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 models reveals that the PAI is tightly linked to the tropical sea surface temperature (SST) bias. As one of the factors determining the SST bias, the asymmetry of tropical net surface heat flux in Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) simulations is identified as a skillful predictor of the PAI change from an AMIP to a coupled simulation, with an intermodel correlation of 0.90. Using tropical top‐of‐atmosphere (TOA) fluxes, the correlations are lower but still strong. However, the extratropical asymmetries of surface and TOA fluxes in AMIP simulations cannot serve as useful predictors of the PAI change. This study suggests that the largest source of the DI bias is from the tropics and from atmospheric models.
Foster carers’ views of the transition from foster care to adulthood for young people with mental health problems from a life-course perspective

This article aims to build knowledge, from a life-course perspective, of foster carers’ views of the transition from care to adulthood for young people with mental health problems. The following research questions were addressed: How do mental health problems affect the care-leaving process and the linked lives between young people and foster carers? What impacts do young people’s mental health problems have on the timing of lives and social age when they leave a placement in care? We interviewed 18 carers from 13 foster homes in Norway and 17 carers from 14 foster homes in Sweden. The results show how young people’s mental health problems could prevent carers from providing social support to and maintaining positive relations with the young people. This could be because of the young people’s unwillingness to accept support, because their difficulties made them avoid contact, or because they did not want their former carers to know about the problems they were encountering. Mental health problems were a source of concern for the foster carers and of worry for the young people. Carers continued to find ways to help and be available when the young people allowed contact – the lives of the carers and the young people were still linked. It is important to recognize and address the impact of mental health on the care-leaving process and to provide adequate and timely support to young people and foster carers.
Association Between Albumin-Corrected Anion Gap and In-Hospital Mortality and Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Background This study aimed to investigate the association between albumin-corrected anion gap (ACAG) and in-hospital mortality in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (S-AKI). Material/Methods We conducted this retrospective study based on data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database, and assessed the prognostic capabilities of ACAG in comparison with albumin (ALB) and anion gap (AG) to predict in-hospital mortality of patients with S-AKI. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to identify whether ACAG was an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality for the patients, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to clarify its efficacy in predicting in-hospital mortality. We also performed a decision curve analysis (DCA) to determine whether there were net clinical benefits for patients when ACAG was used to predict in-hospital mortality. Results Binary logistic regression analysis showed that ACAG was an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality in patients with S-AKI, with an area under the ROC (AUC) curve of 0.675 (moderate predictive value) for the prediction of in-hospital mortality, higher than that of ALB or AG alone, with the highest Youden’s index (0.2675). The DCA substantiated the superiority of ACAG in net clinical benefits at various threshold probability, enhancing its clinical applicability. Conclusions The research emphasizes the potential of ACAG as a valuable predictive tool for in-hospital mortality in S-AKI patients, which is better than albumin and AG, encouraging its consideration in clinical practice.
Employing Patriotism and Nationalism in Destination Crisis Communication Strategy for the Pandemic

This research primarily aims to investigate the implementation of patriotism and nationalism crisis communication strategies when destination marketers wish to attract domestic tourists to resume their travel consumption following the COVID-19 pandemic. The focal point of the investigation is to explain the mechanisms occurring in potential domestic tourists after communication via this strategy. The research objectives were set to test the causal relationships among destination reputation, trust, intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication, and visit intentions. Data were gathered from 546 potential Thai tourists via a survey questionnaire, with Phuket, Thailand, selected as the crisis scenario. Findings were analyzed via structural equation modeling and suggest that only trust positively impacts intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication. In contrast, visit intentions were positively affected by multiple influential factors (i.e., destination reputation, trust, and intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication). The findings yield suggestions on how to design and enhance the patriotism and nationalism messages to ensure a high level of visit intentions and intentions to conduct secondary crisis communication, for concerned practitioners who are responsible for destination marketing in the post-pandemic time when domestic tourists have become one of the primary and crucial target customers.
OSG-057 Superconducting Gravimeter Noise Levels in Lhasa (China)

This research tests OSG-057 superconducting gravimeter (SG) performance in Lhasa in terms of noise levels in the seismic (2 min to 1 h), sub-seismic (1 to 6 h), and tidal (above 6 h) bands. Based on the Seismic Noise Magnitude (SNM) and Sub-Seismic Noise Magnitude (SSNM), 0.867 and 2.608 respectively, and compared to the noise levels of other SGs in the Global Geodynamics Project (GGP)/International Geodynamics and Earth Tide Service (IGETS), it is concluded that the instrument-site combination in Lhasa has low noise and good quality in both the seismic and sub-seismic bands. The seismic and sub-seismic band results were confirmed by large signal-to-noise ratio amplitude spectra observations below 1 milliHertz (mHz) obtained from OSG-057 data record residuals after the 4/11/2012 M8.6 Sumatra earthquake, and by background free Earth oscillation observations (‘hum’), although very weak. Using the ETERNA Earth Tide Analysis program in the tidal band, it was found that the OSG-057 performs well due to the low average noise amplitudes and small standard deviations. Knowledge of the noise levels of the OSG-057 SG in Lhasa in different frequency bands provides a necessary precondition and reference for its applications to both global and regional geodynamical researches.
The Effect of Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction With Discipline as an Intervening Variable on the Performance of Government Employees

This study aims to examine the effect of work motivation and job satisfaction on employee performance with work discipline as mediation. The sample used was employees of the Natuna Regency Public Works and Spatial Planning Office, totaling 60 people. The analysis method used is Partial Least Square (PLS) which shows work motivation has a positive and significant effect on work discipline, job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employee work discipline, job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employee work discipline, work motivation has a positive and insignificant effect on employee performance, job satisfaction has a positive and insignificant effect on employee performance, and work discipline has a positive and significant effect on employee performance,meanwhile, the indirect influence of work discipline is able to mediate the influence of work motivation on employee performance, and work discipline is able to mediate job satisfaction on employee performance
When “Yes Means Yes”: Short-Term Effects of an Educational Video on Acceptance of Ideals Related to Affirmative Sexual Consent Among Young Adults

Sexual violence is a prevalent problem impacting college students across the United States. One of the prevention efforts suggested to deal with this concern is to better educate young adults about the ideals of sexual consent. Specifically, many colleges and universities have focused their attention to promote the practice of an affirmative sexual consent standard. Using the theory of planned behavior as the theoretical framework, an experimental study was conducted to test the effectiveness of a short educational video on increasing participants’ acceptance of an affirmative consent standard related to sexual consent, as reflected in more positive attitudes, norms, and greater perceptions of behavioral control related to the enactment of affirmative consent within sexual interactions. Participants were also asked about their endorsement of an indirect approach to sexual consent following viewing of the educational video. Overall results found support for most of the hypotheses, as the findings have practical implications for college health practitioners interested in promoting healthier sexual beliefs, specifically the acceptance of an affirmative consent standard for sexual consent.
A wind erosion prediction system to meet user needs

WIND erosion is a serious problem in many parts of the world, and extensive aeolian deposits from past geologic eras give evidence that it is not merely a recent phenomenon. However, human impact on global desertification is an issue of current international concern ( 21 ). Arid or semiarid land now comprises about one-third of the world's total land area, and this land is home to about one-sixth of the world's population ( 8, 13 ). Development of adequate prediction technology for wind erosion is important to provide producers with guidance in the use of potentially erodible land. In the United States the primary technology currently used for predicting wind erosion is based on variations of the wind erosion equation (WEQ) ( 23, 26 ). This prediction system represents integrations over large fields with unchanging surface conditions and long-time scales to produce average annual estimates of soil loss. To account for seasonal variations in field surfaces, a procedure using repeated solutions of the WEQ to compute soil loss by periods was introduced (4) , and further modifications of the WEQ computation procedure were developed to allow soil loss estimates to be simulated on a daily basis in the EPIC model …
Relationship Between Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI), Number of Pregnancies, and Number of Nutrition Education Participation with Circumference Upper Arm (LILA) of Pregnant Women

Pregnant women's nutritional condition is determined by their Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), which measures the body's state of balance. Factors influencing pregnant women's nutritional status include a history of body mass index before pregnancy, the number of pregnancies, and the number of participations in nutrition education. This study sought to discover the link between the history of body mass index before pregnancy, the number of pregnancies, and the number of participations in nutrition education with Mid- Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) of pregnant women in the Working Area of the Tanjung Bintang Inpatient Public Health Center in 2022. The type of research is observational, analytic design, and cross-sectional, conducted from November to December 2022. The population in the study was 286, and the total sample was 80 respondents using the basic method of random sampling. The instrument used is a questionnaire. The data analysis used is the Spearman Correlation test. The results showed that the average Mid- Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)of pregnant women was 25.54 with a standard deviation of 3.01, the average respondent's history of BMI was 22.272 kg/m2, the average number of respondents' pregnancies was 2.31 times, the average participation in nutrition education respondents as much as 2.93 times. The data analysis results showed a relationship between body mass index (p=0.0001) and the number of pregnancies (p=0.004) with the Mid- Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)of pregnant women. There was no correlation between the number of participants in nutrition education (p=0.698) and the Mid- Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)of pregnant women. It is hoped that the results of this study can add to knowledge about the relationship between the history of body mass index before pregnancy, the number of pregnancies, and the number of participants in nutrition education with MUAC for pregnant women.
Finite-Time Boundedness of Switched Time-Varying Delay Systems With Actuator Saturation: Applications in Water Pollution Control

This paper addresses the challenge of ensuring finite-time boundedness in switched time-varying delay systems with actuator saturation. Utilizing Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals, we establish delay-dependent conditions through linear matrix inequalities, ensuring that switched systems with time-varying delays remain finite-time bounded. The paper also introduces the concept of average dwell time for switching signals, providing additional conditions for finite-time boundedness. Furthermore, the finite-time $L_{2} - L_{\infty} $ performance of switched systems with time-varying delays is investigated as a measure of disturbance capability within a finite-time interval. The estimator gain matrix can be determined by solving the linear matrix inequalities. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated through numerical examples.
Association between TNFα-308 G/A and IFN-γ+874A/T Polymorphisms with Oral Lichen Planus

Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic disease that presents with inflammation and has a global prevalence of 0.1-4%. Lesions of the disease occur in the oral mucosa, gums, and rarely in the palate. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between this disease and TNFα-308G/A and IFN-γ+874A/T polymorphisms. Methods: In this case-control study, oral mucosal samples were collected from 50 healthy subjects, and 50 OLP patients presented to the Kerman Faculty of Dentistry were enrolled using a simple sampling method. Subsequently, we used the amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) technique followed by sequencing to determine the presence of TNFα-308G/A and IFN-γ+874A/T polymorphisms in cases and controls. Results: Compared to the control group, the prevalence of A and GA alleles of the TNF gene was higher than the prevalence of G and GG alleles in OLP patients, while the AA genotype of the gene was not found in OLP patients. Regarding IFN gene polymorphism, the relationship between the T allele and the risk of disease was discovered, but it was not statistically significant (P value: 0.068). Conclusion: Although there is a strong relation between the A allele of TNF-α (-308G/A) polymorphism and the risk of OLP, this association between IFN-γ+874A/T genotype and the disease was not strong enough to predict the possibility of developing OLP.
Is National Identity Learned?The Case of Turkish-Cypriot Young Adults in Cyprus

Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots lived apart from 1974 until 2003 as a result of nationalist conflict on the island. This phenomenological study aims to describe how Turkish-Cypriot young adults (born after 1974) learn their national identity by examining how their lived experiences have influenced this learning. Introduction Cyprus is an island nation in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, founded in 1960 (after 82 years of British colonization) and a member of the European Union (EU) since 2004. Cyprus occupies an area of 9,250 square kilometers or 3,500 square miles and has a population of about a million. Cyprus is a divided country as a result of nationalist conflict. Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots, the two major communities on the island, experienced bi-communal violent conflict during the 1960s and 1970s and have lived apart from 1974 until 2003. A number of national self-identifications can be found in the two communities on the island. These are Cypriot, Turkish-Cypriot, Greek-Cypriot, Greek and Turkish. Thus national identity issues on the island are, to say the least, complicated, particularly in regards to the generation that did not experience the violent events between the two communities nor met people from the other community until later in their lives. These are people born between 1975 and 1988. In this study I examined how young adults from the Turkish-Cypriot community, who were born between 1975 and 1988, learn and make sense of their national identity. What are the lived experiences and events in their lives that lead them to form their national identity? Although two main communities exist in Cyprus, the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot, this study examined the national identity of young adults only from the Turkish-Cypriot community. In this paper I present some preliminary findings from the study. A similar study with the respective Greek-Cypriot population was conducted and presented at the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) in 2013. The paper for that presentation can be found in the AERC 2013 proceedings (see Anagiotos & Schied, 2013) Historical Background In Cyprus, issues of nationalist conflict resulted in the separation of the two major communities on the island, the Greek-Cypriot community (around 800,000 population) and the Turkish-Cypriot (around 180,000 population) (Anastasiou, 2008). Difference in national identity was one reason that led to bi-communal violent conflict during 1960s (1963, 1964 and 1967) and indirectly resulted to the division of the island in 1974 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The occupied north part of Cyprus, making up 37.4 percent of the island, is considered by the international community, the United Nations (UN) and the EU as occupied (by Turkey) territory of the Republic of Cyprus (Mallinson, 2005).