bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Sensitivity Analysis for Roles Selection in Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Authors: Yau'Mee Hayati Hj Mohamed Yusof  , Awanis Romli  , Ruzaini Abdullah Arshah  , Azira Abdul Aziz
Published: July 2023

The process of retaining leadership succession at higher education institutions (HEI) is crucial since it has entailed the process of selecting the ideal candidate. The goal is to guide universities toward maintaining organizations' excellence in their academic leadership and management (ALM) positions. Due to the lack of established standards for assessing the competency of possible successors at their home institutions, many ALM of Malaysia HEIs is difficult to identify the proper replacement for their posts. This study aims to propose a multi-criteria tacit knowledge acquisition framework (MC-TKAF) for supporting talent development intervention programs in Malaysia HEIs. It will be based on cognitive apprenticeship, socialization, and informal learning theory which is mostly used in acquiring knowledge from expertise to overcome talent bottlenecks among novices. Fuzzy Delphi will be used as the primary methodology in this study to gather agreement regarding the appropriate indicator to measure tacit knowledge competency among ALMs at Malaysian HEIs. There are three phases: Phase 1 involves analysing the current tacit knowledge acquisition (TKA) and identifying the appropriate parameters to build the intended framework. Phase 2 involves using the results of Phase 1 to create a new framework of tacit knowledge acquisition (TKAF) that is appropriate for the HEI environment. Phase 3's final objective is to assess the viability of the Talent Development Intervention Program's (TDIP) Tacit Knowledge Acquisition Framework (TKAF) utilizing the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach. This paper's goal is to offer the hybrid MCDM approach as a talent performance indicator for the multi-criteria tacit acquisition framework. The final Phase 3 of the study design will essentially be the subject of this paper. The built-in indicators in this document may be utilized as a guide for the HEI sectors to create talent performance metrics that are appropriate for each TKA applied.
Influence of Superplasticizer Dosage on the Workability and Compressive Strength of Tenera Oil Palm Shell Concrete
Authors: Mohammed Fadhil Hama  , Mohammed Parvez Anwar  , Lau Teck Leong  , Daryl Ng Chun Pinn
Published: July 2023

This paper investigates the effects of superplasticizers (SP) on Tenera oil palm shell concrete (Tenera OSPC) in comparison to normal weight concrete (NWC) with similar strengths. Two types of Tenera OSPCs were examined: one with coarse-sized aggregates (coarse OPSC) and the other with fine-sized aggregates (fine OPSC). Two methods were employed in this study: in the first method, SP was added while maintaining a constant water-to-cement (w/c) ratio, and in the second method, the water content was reduced by adding SP while keeping the slump similar to the original mix without SP. The results of the first method indicate that a maximum SP dosage of 0.3% is optimal for both types of Tenera OSPC, although it is recommended to use a lower dosage for fine OPSC to prevent segregation. For the second method, it was found that SP dosages of ≤1% are not as effective as observed for NWC when the w/c ratio is reduced, indicating that higher dosages are required. The study identified that SP does not function as intended with Tenera OSPC most probably due to the chemical processes involved.
Hospital Bed Allocation using Three-Stage Weighted Optimization Method for Government Hospital in Pulau Pinang
Authors: Khadijah Mohd Halim  , Wan Khadijah
Published: July 2023

Ineffective bed allocation across hospital departments leads to the imbalance between patients’ needs and resource capacity. This study aims to simulate patients’ arrivals, to measure the departments’ importance and to design a mathematical model for allocating beds which will be realized by the proposed three-stage weighted optimization model. The stages consist of data simulation in ARENA software, weight evaluation based on bed occupancy rate patients’ arrival rates, bed occupancy rate (BOR), patients’ average length of stay (ALOS) and bed operation cost (BOC), and weighted optimization using goal programming (GP) model. The goals to be achieved in this study consists of minimizing the idle beds in departments and the hospital and minimizing the total BOC. The result of the study shows that obstetrics and orthopaedics wards obtained the biggest number of beds while dengue and paediatrics surgery wards obtained the least number. The statistical analysis made to the results shows that patients’ arrival rate is the most influential factor in allocating the beds as its Pearson correlation value to the bed numbers is 0.789, which indicates strong correlation.
A Performance of AFIRO among Asynchronous Iteration Strategy Metaheuristic Algorithms
Authors: Rahman Tasiransurini Ab , Ab. Aziz Nor Azlina , Ibrahim Zuwairie
Published: July 2023

Asynchronous Finite Impulse Response Optimizer (AFIRO) is a metaheuristic algorithm that has been developed as a population-based solution with an asynchronous update mechanism. AFIRO is inspired by the Ultimate Unbiased Finite Impulse Response filter framework. AFIRO works with a group of agents where each agent performs the iteration update asynchronously. In the original paper, AFIRO was compared with the Particle Swarm Optimisation algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, and Grey Wolf Optimizer. Although AFIRO shows a better performance, the comparison seems unfair since the iteration strategy of AFIRO is different from those compared algorithms. Hence, this article further investigates the potential of AFIRO against three existent metaheuristic algorithms with the same iteration strategy, namely Asynchronous PSO (A-PSO), Asynchronous Gravitational Search Algorithm (A-GSA), and Asynchronous Simulated Kalman Filter (A-SKF). The CEC2014 test suite was applied to evaluate the performance, where the results revealed that AFIRO leads 18 out of 30 functions. The Holm post hoc showed that AFIRO performs significantly better than A-SKF and A-GSA while having the same performance as A- PSO. Moreover, the Friedman test disclosed that AFIRO has the highest ranking than A-PSO, A-SKF, and A-GSA. Therefore, it can be concluded that AFIRO performs well in the same iteration strategy category.
Pregnancy-related anxiety level and associated factors in expectant fathers: case-control study in Turkey
Authors: KUŞ Celal , SUCAKLI Mustafa Haki , KOŞAR Yasar , ÇELIK Mustafa
Published: July 2023

Introduction. In the prenatal period, fathers have a significant influence on the well-being of their children. Perinatal behavior and involvement of fathers during pregnancy are known to affect maternal health, fetal outcomes, and the emotions and behavior of the infant after birth. The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of pregnancy on the anxiety level of expectant fathers (EF) and the factors affecting the anxiety level.

Material and methods. This present paper is a case-control study conducted with the spouses of pregnant women who were followed up in healthcare institutions in Turkey between March and June 2016. This study was performed on 232 men with pregnant wives (expectant fathers) with no known chronic or psychiatric illnesses and 316 with non-pregnant wives. This study included men whose informed consent was obtained before being enrolled in the study. Two questionnaires (STAI forms (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 1-2) and a questionnaire developed by the researcher) were applied to the participants.

Results. The mean age of EF was 33.7±6.0 (min=23, max=51). The mean age of men with non-pregnant wives (control group) was 36.5±7.1 (min=23, max=57). The frequency of anxiety in the EF was 9.9% for the STAI-1 and 10.7% for STAI-2. The frequency of anxiety in the control groups was 5.3% for the STAI-1 form and 2.5% for the STAI-2 form. In our study, the mean STAI-1 score of the EFs was 41.2±7.5, the mean STAI-1 score of the controls was 38.0±7.3, and there was a statistically significant difference between each other (p<0.001). The mean STAI-2 score of the EFs was 41.2±7.5, the mean STAI-2 score of the controls was 38.2±6.8, and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (p<0.001). The mean STAI-2 score of the EF group was 43.8±7.3 in the first trimester, 41.6±7.7 in the second trimester, and 39.6±7.0 in the third trimester. It was determined that spouses in the 1st trimester had higher anxiety levels than those in the second and third trimesters, according to the STAI-2 form (p=0.008). EF who had a postnatal babysitter, good sleep quality, did not experience a bad event, and were compatible with wives had a significantly lower level of anxiety (respectively p=0.008, p=0.019, p<0.001, p=0.01).

Conclusions. Particularly in first pregnancies and the first trimester of pregnancy, father candidates may experience anxiety disorders more frequently and intensely. EF may need psychological support during pregnancy. Physicians should evaluate the mother and the father-to-be from a psychological perspective.
Recomendaciones para el mes de Febrero
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para febrero de 2022 se esperan aumentos de las precipitaciones superiores al 20% en el Centro-Sur de Antioquia y sobre algunos sectores de los departamentos de Santander, Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Caldas, Quindío y Risaralda. Para el resto de la región se prevén registros cercanos a los valores históricos. En la mayor parte de la región Orinoquia se prevén disminuciones de las lluvias en más del 20%. Hasta el trimestre marzo - abril - mayo de 2022, se espera continúen las condiciones débiles de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 90%.
Recomendaciones para el mes de Marzo
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para marzo de 2022 se esperan incrementos de las precipitaciones, superiores al 20%, en los departamentos de Nariño y Huila, y sectores de los departamentos de Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Tolima, Cundinamarca, Santander, Norte de Santander y Bolívar. Para Magdalena y Norte de Cesar se prevén reducciones de las precipitaciones entre el 20% y 40%. Para el resto de la región cafetera se esperan valores cercanos a la climatología. Hasta el trimestre abril - mayo - junio de 2022, se espera continúen las condiciones débiles de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 55%.
Recomendaciones para el mes de Mayo
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para mayo de 2022 se prevén lluvias cercanas a sus valores históricos; sin embargo, no se descartan excesos entre 20% y 30% en el Suroriente de Antioquia, algunos sectores del Huila y Santander, en el Centro-Occidente de Cundinamarca y Norte del Tolima. En el Cauca, Centro del Tolima, Magdalena, piedemonte de Casanare y Caquetá, Oriente de Boyacá y de Cundinamarca, se estiman reducciones en las lluvias entre 20% y 40%. Hasta el trimestre julio - agosto - septiembre de 2022, se espera continúen las condiciones débiles de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 52%.
Recomendaciones para el mes de Julio
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para julio de 2022 se prevén lluvias entre 20% y 40% por encima de los registros históricos, en amplios sectores de las regiones cafeteras Norte, Central y Sur. En sectores del piedemonte de la orinoquia y amazonia se pronostican reducciones entre un 20% y 40%. Hasta el trimestre octubre - noviembre - diciembre de 2022 se espera continúen las condiciones débiles de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 60%.
Recomendaciones para el mes de Septiembre
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para septiembre de 2022 se esperan lluvias entre 20% y 40% por encima de los registros históricos en gran parte de la región cafetera. Hasta el trimestre diciembre de 2022 y febrero de 2023 se prevé continúen las condiciones débiles de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 60%.
Recomendaciones para el mes de Noviembre
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para noviembre de 2022 se esperan precipitaciones superiores al 30%, por encima de los promedios históricos, en gran parte de la región cafetera colombiana. Hasta el trimestre diciembre de 2022 y febrero de 2023 se prevé continúen las condiciones débiles de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 60%.
Recomendaciones para el cultivo Enero
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

PPara enero de 2023 se esperan precipitaciones dentro de los promedios climatológicos registrados entre 1991 y 2020. Hasta el trimestre enero - marzo de 2023 se estima que continúen las condiciones de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 60%. A partir del trimestre febrero - abril de 2023 hay una probabilidad del 70% que domine la fase Neutra.
Recomendaciones para el cultivo Febrero
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para febrero de 2023 se estiman lluvias dentro de los registros históricos en la región cafetera colombiana. Hasta el trimestre enero - marzo de 2023 se estima que continúen las condiciones de La Niña, con probabilidades por encima del 60%.
Recomendaciones para el cultivo Marzo
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Para marzo de 2023 se estiman precipitaciones cercanas a los promedios históricos. En los próximos dos meses se espera que inicien las condiciones Neutras.
Recomendaciones para el cultivo mayo
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Mayo hace parte de la primera temporada lluviosa del año, se prevén valores cercanos a la climatología de referencia 1991 - 2020. No obstante, son probables algunos incrementos de la precipitación, entre el 20% y 30%, con respecto a los promedios en algunos sectores del Huila, Cauca y Nariño. Se consolida la primera alerta de vigilancia El Niño, con una probabilidad del 62% de desarrollarse en el trimestre Mayo - Junio - Julio de 2023.
Recomendaciones para el cultivo junio
Authors:   Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
Published: July 2023

Junio es el mes de transición entre la primera temporada de precipitaciones y la segunda temporada de menos lluvias del año. En algunas áreas de las regiones cafeteras Central y Sur, se estiman disminuciones de la precipitación, entre el 20% y 40%, con respecto a los promedios. Para el resto del área, se esperan valores cercanos a la climatología de referencia 1991-2020. Actualmente el Océano Pacífico está en condición Neutra, pero algunos cambios en las variables oceánicas y atmosféricas son consistentes para que en el futuro se desarrolle una condición El Niño.
Flirting with the Muse of Thomas Moore
Authors: Gross Jonathan
Published: July 2023

‘Mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different’, T. S. Eliot wrote. If Tasso’s
Jerusalem Delivered
, Ariosto’s
Orlando Furioso
, and John Hookham Frere’s Pulci imitation
Whistlecraft
influenced
Don Juan
’s style, Thomas Moore’s
Fudge Family in Paris
was also determinative in subtle ways. Byron transformed Moore’s epistolary
Fudge Family
into vernacular
ottava rima
. Moore’s poem about the sweetness and sourness of post-Napoleonic Europe (fudge, cherries, banquets) is also remarkable for its blending of Judaic themes (clothing, feasts, and appetites), motifs that appear in Byron’s allusions to Psalm 137 (‘If I forget thee’) as well as Julia’s letter in Canto II of
Don Juan
. Recent scholarship on food and food studies provides insight into Moore’s poem. Roland Barthes’ psychosociology of food, for example, can be applied to Byron’s ‘poetics of spice’ as adumbrated by Timothy Morton, thereby enhancing our appreciation of Byron’s satire of consumption and Moore’s influence upon it.
Byron to Murray: An Unpublished Letter
Authors: Simmers George , Lister Mary
Published: July 2023

A letter from Byron to John Murray has for two centuries remained unpublished. It has been in the collection of letters and autographs amassed by Theresa, Lady Lewis (1803– 1865), and handed down through later generations of the Lister family. The letter was written in February 1814, when a controversy had erupted about the inclusion in the
Corsair
volume of Byron’s short poem ‘To a Lady Weeping’, which was objected to by many as an insult to the Prince of Wales. During the controversy, John Murray had removed it from new editions of the best-selling
Corsair
volume. Later he restored it, but in this letter, after some polite preliminaries, Byron forcefully tells Murray that he will not be forced into anything that looks like ‘apology or submission’, and that if Murray were to compromise him in this, they should ‘cease to be friends’.

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The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science Program. III. Strong-lensing Model of Abell 2744 and Its Infalling Regions
Authors: Bergamini Pietro , Acebron Ana , Grillo Claudio , Rosati Piero , Caminha Gabriel Bartosch , Mercurio Amata , Vanzella Eros , Mason Charlotte , Treu Tommaso , Angora Giuseppe , Brammer Gabriel B. , Meneghetti Massimo , Nonino Mario , Boyett Kristan , Bradač Maruša , Castellano Marco , Fontana Adriano , Morishita Takahiro , Paris Diego , Prieto-Lyon Gonzalo , Roberts-Borsani Guido , Roy Namrata , Santini Paola , Vulcani Benedetta , Wang Xin , Yang Lilan
Published: July 2023

We present a new high-precision, JWST-based, strong-lensing model for the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 at z = 0.3072. By combining the deep, high-resolution JWST imaging from the Grism Lens Amplified Survey from Space–JWST and Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam Observations before the Epoch of Reionization programs and a Director’s Discretionary Time program, with newly obtained Very Large Telescope/Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) data, we identify 32 multiple images from 11 background sources lensed by two external subclusters at distances of ∼160″ from the main cluster. The new MUSE observations enable the first spectroscopic confirmation of a multiple-image system in the external clumps. Moreover, the reanalysis of the spectrophotometric archival and JWST data yields 27 additional multiple images in the main cluster. The new lens model is constrained by 149 multiple images (∼66% more than in our previous model) covering an extended redshift range between 1.03 and 9.76. The subhalo mass component of the cluster includes 177 member galaxies down to m
F160W = 21, of which 163 are spectroscopically confirmed. Internal velocity dispersions are measured for 85 members. The new lens model is characterized by a remarkably low scatter between the predicted and observed positions of the multiple images (0.″43). This precision is unprecedented given the large multiple-image sample, the complexity of the cluster mass distribution, and the large modeled area. The improved precision and resolution of the cluster total mass distribution provides a robust magnification map over a ∼30 arcmin2 area, which is critical for inferring the intrinsic physical properties of the highly magnified, high-z sources. The lens model and the new MUSE redshift catalog are released with this publication.
A Spatially Resolved Analysis of Star Formation Burstiness by Comparing UV and Hα in Galaxies at z ∼ 1 with UVCANDELS
Authors: Mehta Vihang , Teplitz Harry I. , Scarlata Claudia , Wang Xin , Alavi Anahita , Colbert James , Rafelski Marc , Grogin Norman , Koekemoer Anton , Prichard Laura , Windhorst Rogier , Barber Justin M. , Conselice Christopher J. , Dai 戴 Y. Sophia 昱 , Gardner Jonathan P. , Gawiser Eric , Guo Yicheng , Hathi Nimish , Arrabal Haro Pablo , Hayes Matthew , Iyer Kartheik G. , Jansen Rolf A. , Ji Zhiyuan , Kurczynski Peter , Kuschel Maxwell , Lucas Ray A. , Mantha Kameswara , O’Connell Robert W. , Ravindranath Swara , Robertson Brant E. , Rutkowski Michael , Siana Brian , Yung L. Y. Aaron
Published: July 2023

The UltraViolet imaging of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey Fields (UVCANDELS) program provides Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/UVIS F275W imaging for four CANDELS fields. We combine this UV imaging with existing HST/near-IR grism spectroscopy from 3D-HST+AGHAST to directly compare the resolved rest-frame UV and Hα emission for a sample of 979 galaxies at 0.7 < z < 1.5, spanning a range in stellar mass of 108−11.5
M
⊙. Using a stacking analysis, we perform a resolved comparison between homogenized maps of rest-UV and Hα to compute the average UV-to-Hα luminosity ratio (an indicator of burstiness in star formation) as a function of galactocentric radius. We find that galaxies below stellar mass of ∼109.5
M
⊙, at all radii, have a UV-to-Hα ratio higher than the equilibrium value expected from constant star formation, indicating a significant contribution from bursty star formation. Even for galaxies with stellar mass ≳109.5
M
⊙, the UV-to-Hα ratio is elevated toward their outskirts (R/R
eff > 1.5), suggesting that bursty star formation is likely prevalent in the outskirts of even the most massive galaxies, but is likely overshadowed by their brighter cores. Furthermore, we present the UV-to-Hα ratio as a function of galaxy surface brightness, a proxy for stellar mass surface density, and find that regions below ∼107.5
M
⊙ kpc−2 are consistent with bursty star formation, regardless of their galaxy stellar mass, potentially suggesting that local star formation is independent of global galaxy properties at the smallest scales. Last, we find galaxies at z > 1.1 to have bursty star formation, regardless of radius or surface brightness.
Isotopic Enrichment of Planetary Systems from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Authors: Parker Richard J. , Schoettler Christina
Published: July 2023

Short-lived radioisotopes, in particular 26Al and 60Fe, are thought to contribute to the internal heating of the Earth, but are significantly more abundant in the solar system compared to the interstellar medium. The presence of their decay products in the oldest solar system objects argues for their inclusion in the Sun’s protoplanetary disk almost immediately after the star formation event that formed the Sun. Various scenarios have been proposed for their delivery to the solar system, usually involving one or more core-collapse supernovae of massive stars. An alternative scenario involves the young Sun encountering an evolved asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star. AGBs were previously discounted as a viable enrichment scenario for the solar system due to the presumed low probability of an encounter between an old, evolved star and a young pre-main-sequence star. We report the discovery in Gaia data of an interloping AGB star in the star-forming region NGC2264, demonstrating that old, evolved stars can encounter young forming planetary systems. We use simulations to calculate the yields of 26Al and 60Fe from AGBs and their contribution to the long-term geophysical heating of a planet, and find that these are comfortably within the range previously calculated for the solar system.
The Role of High-frequency Transverse Oscillations in Coronal Heating
Authors: Lim Daye , Van Doorsselaere Tom , Berghmans David , Morton Richard J. , Pant Vaibhav , Mandal Sudip
Published: July 2023

Transverse oscillations that do not show significant damping in solar coronal loops are found to be ubiquitous. Recently, the discovery of high-frequency transverse oscillations in small-scale loops has been accelerated by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on board Solar Orbiter. We perform a meta-analysis by considering the oscillation parameters reported in the literature. Motivated by the power law of the velocity power spectrum of propagating transverse waves detected with CoMP, we consider the distribution of energy fluxes as a function of oscillation frequencies and the distribution of the number of oscillations as a function of energy fluxes and energies. These distributions are described as a power law. We propose that the power-law slope (δ = −1.40) of energy fluxes depending on frequencies could be used for determining whether high-frequency oscillations dominate the total heating (δ < 1) or not (δ > 1). In addition, we found that the oscillation number distribution depending on energy fluxes has a power-law slope of α = 1.00, being less than 2, which means that oscillations with high energy fluxes provide the dominant contribution to the total heating. It is shown that, on average, higher energy fluxes are generated from higher-frequency oscillations. The total energy generated by transverse oscillations ranges from about 1020 to 1025 erg, corresponding to the energies for nanoflare (1024–1027 erg), picoflare (1021–1024 erg), and femtoflare (1018–1021 erg). The respective slope results imply that high-frequency oscillations could provide the dominant contribution to total coronal heating generated by decayless transverse oscillations.
Vegetation types of the Arid Chaco in Central-Western Argentina
Authors: Zeballos Sebastián R. , Acosta Alicia T. R. , Agüero Walter D. , Ahumada Rodrigo J. , Almirón Martín G. , Argibay Daihana S. , Arroyo Daniel N. , Blanco Lisandro J. , Biurrun Fernando N. , Cantero Juan J. , Márquez Justo , Quiroga Alejandro , Quiroga Raúl E. , Cabido Marcelo R.
Published: July 2023

Aims: We address the following questions: 1) Which are the main vegetation types that currently occur in the Arid Chaco? 2) Do those vegetation types differ in terms of floristic composition, endemism, chorotypes and life forms? and 3) Is there any spatial association between the vegetation types and the environmental heterogeneity of the Arid Chaco?Study area: The southwestern extreme of the Gran Chaco, in Central-Western Argentina.Methods: The survey was based on a dataset comprising 654 relevés collected according to the Braun-Blanquet method. Data were classified by the hierarchical ISOmetric feature mapping and Partition Around Medoids (ISOPAM), and ordinated through isometric feature mapping (ISOMAP). Bioclimatic and edaphic variables were related to the ISOMAP ordination.Results: We recorded 439 vascular plant species, 62 endemic at the national level and 22 endemic species restricted to the study and surrounding environments in Central-Western Argentina. A total of nine vegetation types, belonging to four major clusters, were identified. The most prominent chorotypes included species distributed in the Chaco region and in the Arid Chaco/Monte phytogeographic units. The predominant life forms were micro- and nano-phanerophytes, followed by hemicryptophytes, chamaephytes and mesophanerophytes.Conclusions: Major results highlighted that xerophytic shrublands are the most common vegetation types in this area as a result of the historical and present use, while old growth forests were constrained to areas with low anthropogenic disturbance in the last decades or to protected areas. Most vegetation types (with the exception of halophytic environments) are poorly differentiated from a floristic point of view; however, they clearly differ in physiognomy. The floristic composition of the vegetation types described revealed numerous species in common with other sectors of the Chaco of northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Although the number of species restricted to the Arid Chaco was quite low, the most relevant chorotype included species with Western and Eastern Chaco distribution, conferring a clear Chaquenian identity to this area and discriminating it from other phytogeographic units.

Taxonomic reference: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Zuloaga et al. 2008) and its online update (http://www.darwin.edu.ar).

Abbreviations: ISOMAP = isometric feature mapping; ISOPAM = isometric partitioning around medoids.
Energy-to-peak control for switched systems with PDT switching
Authors: Dong Jingjing , Ma Xiaofeng , He Lanlan , Huang Xin , Zhou Jianping
Published: July 2023

This paper investigates the issue of energy-to-peak control for continuous-time switched systems. A generalized switching signal, known as persistent dwell-time switching, is considered. Two different strategies for state-feedback controller design are proposed, using distinct Lyapunov functions and a few decoupling techniques. The critical distinction between these two strategies lies in their temporal characteristics: one is time-independent, while the other is quasi-time-dependent. Compared to the former, the latter has the potential to be less conservative. The validity of the proposed design strategies is demonstrated through an example.
Energy consumption and surface roughness maps for low and moderate speed machining of Aluminum alloy 2014: An experimental study
Authors: Shaukat Umer , Gohery Scott , Molla Tesfaye
Published: July 2023

The rising energy prices and soaring environmental concerns have put an immense pressure on the wide usage of machining processes. The total power consumption during machining includes the power consumed by the machine itself and the power used to remove the material from the workpiece. An accurate prediction of energy consumption during the machining process is the basis for energy reduction. In this study, the specific cutting energy and surface finish for low and moderate-speed orthogonal machining of the aluminum alloy 2014 are evaluated. The measured values for the specific cutting energy and surface roughness are presented as maps on a grid, which is based on the machining parameters including the following: (1) cutting speed and (2) undeformed chip thickness. The specific cutting energy map depicts low energy consumption values of 0.52 J/mm3 for the aluminum alloy 2014 at medium speed machining. The roughness maps depict high roughness values at high cutting speeds. Both maps help in optimizing the machining process to achieve a required surface roughness with minimal energy consumption. A review of a specific cutting energy map demonstrates that energy consumption decreases by increasing the cutting speeds. The decrease in energy consumption at moderate speeds corresponds to the low cutting forces. This potentially happens as a result of thermal softening of the material caused by adiabatic heating. This subsequently leads to an increase in the machinability of the aluminum alloy 2014 at moderate cutting speeds. Furthermore, the decreasing chip thickness and increasing shear angle as a result of increasing the cutting speed confirms the increased machinability of the workpiece at moderate speeds.
Embodying Knowledge and Pedagogy Through an Indigenous Oral System
Authors: Bouvier Vicki
Published: July 2023

Centering and embodying an oral knowledge system to guide learning and assessment challenges educational institution's cognitive imperialism. Through experiences as an educator, the author has witnessed the rush to amalgamate Indigenous content into classrooms without an awareness or knowing that Indigenous knowledge has its own systematic processes of ascertaining and validating knowing. Acknowledging that Indigenous knowledges have systems, just like that of written knowledge, is imperative if institutions are serious about honouring Indigenous knowing, being, and doing. This chapter will provide teachings, as learned from Elder Crowshoe, of an Indigenous oral knowledge system—theory, ontology, and axiology—that guide sharing and acquisition of knowledge. Thereafter, the concepts of truthing, circumambulation, and the third perspective will be detailed with hope to inform educators and students on how knowledge is conceptualized in an oral system and how educators and students alike might share, cultivate, and assess learning and knowledge acquisition.
Circle Work
Authors: Roberts Carolyn
Published: July 2023

Circle work has been used by Indigenous people since time out of mind. This pedagogical practice creates spaces of relationality and community building within our current day educational system. This space that Circle work creates allows for a learning community to understand our interconnectedness as humans and helps to develop empathy for others. Circle work brings people together in our humanity rather than dividing us in our differences, focusing on community building, with the hope of giving people the opportunity to actively decolonize how they educate within the classroom. This practice can be used by all educators willing to step into a wholistic teaching practice within their classroom.
The Art of Teaching
Authors: Lussier Danielle
Published: July 2023

In this chapter, the author discusses the art of teaching, situating the use of beadwork practice mobilized in a classroom setting as an Indigenous legal pedagogy grounded in theories of persuasive legal aesthetic. She situates the pedagogical practice as one to support learning in the four spheres of intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual learning, and unpacks how whole-learner approaches to education can support both Indigenous learners who continue to live with the fallout of decades of forced assimilative education in Canada, and non-Indigenous Learners who are often engaging with Indigenous practices, peoples, and teachings for the first time in university settings as a result of ongoing systemic curricula failure at elementary and high school levels across Canada.
Multimodal Assessment in Higher Education
Authors: Cooshna-Naik Dorothy , Van Laren Linda , Mitchell Claudia
Published: July 2023

This chapter explores the implementation of an alternative form of assessment at a higher education institution (HEI) in Mauritius. As part of their module entitled ‘Mauritian History,' a group of first year undergraduate students of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities were given the opportunity to work on a multimodal assignment which required them to produce a history-related documentary style video. The chapter draws upon students' written reflections collected at different stages of the assignment to share their experiences as creators/producers of knowledge along with their views on this alternative form of assessment at higher education (HE) level. At the end of the assignment, it was found that despite challenges, students felt they gained a lot in terms of content knowledge, personal growth, and emotional development. The implications and recommendations for digitally enhanced multimodal assessment at HE level are presented.
Differing Opinions for One Student
Authors: Tanner Michelle T. , Harrison Nathan E.
Published: July 2023

The Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind has sought to create collaboration between the traditionally opposing language philosophies of ASL/English and Listening and Spoken Language through partnering teachers together to educate students whose families want instruction in both modalities, but not simultaneous instruction in both languages. This collaboration was tested in preschool/early childhood grades and brought opposing viewpoints together and partnerships were not always successful. Through this process of collaboration, teachers learned a great deal about how to professionally work with people who may believe very different things when working toward the common goal of student success. Lessons from the struggles and successes of the collaboration are shared in the story of a Deaf teacher, Natalie, and the teachers she partnered with.
Together but Apart
Authors: Meek David R. , Greene Ashley N. , Donaldson Maggie M.
Published: July 2023

In recent years, there has been more support and push for full inclusion in general education classrooms for all students. This push for inclusion is seen in both mainstream and residential schools. This push has left many teachers feeling overwhelmed and under-supported. A crucial component of inclusive education is teachers' attitudes toward including students with disabilities; how educators generally feel about inclusion will greatly influence how successful the students with disabilities are. The effectiveness of inclusion depends on educators' willingness and acceptance to teach all students, and it also depends on eradicating any attitudinal impediments. A single book chapter will not alleviate the lack of specialized training, but perhaps it will contribute to the very thin bookshelves of teachers working with this population. With support and knowledge, the authors hope that teachers may feel more competent and receptive to having a wide variety of students in their classrooms.
Universal Design for Learning
Authors: Adigun Olufemi Timothy Timothy , Lephoto Malephoto Niko Ruth , Tijani Faisat Anike
Published: July 2023

Lesotho, like many other countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa is working assiduously towards achieving sustainable development goals by 2030 and to ensure effective implementation of inclusive education. However, despite the efforts of the government, the education of deaf learners in the country still suffers some setbacks, partly because education of the deaf has not been given the much-needed attention by training and preparing teachers for deaf learners. While education of teachers for deaf learners is unavailable in either of the two teacher training institutions in the country, this chapter advocates for the infusion of the principles of the universal design for learning in the teacher education curriculum. This chapter therefore examines the current situation of education for the deaf in Lesotho and how existing teacher training institutions, through the proposed UDL model, can improve education provisions for deaf learners in the country. Based on the foregoing, the chapter provides implications for policy, practice, and research.
Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) for Land Tenure Security as a Re-Uniting Tool for International Relations
Authors: Muparari Tsitsi , Mbiriri Mavis , Dzingirai Mufaro , Ali Freeman , Mugandani R. , Dewa Foward , Muchechetere Paul , Mapurisa Trevor P. , Muromo Tanaka
Published: July 2023

Political reference over the implementation of land reform activities in Zimbabwe has become dominant more than the mainstream of scientific diagnosis from land administration while land tenure security is continuously deteriorating. The research aims to identify how and why Zimbabwean land administration research communities must collaborate with European countries and the United States of America by means of a concept called fit-for-purpose land administration. A bibliographic study using VOSviewer to investigate the landscapes of co-authorship and co-occurrences in fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) is done. The research findings show that there is more benefit to collaborate with the Netherlands and Germany in Europe. Partnering with Australia aids the collaboration with the Netherlands and Germany. It is also possible to make ties with the United States of America through the United Kingdom. An engineering dimension rather than a political dimension has the potential to steer international relations between the West, the North, and Zimbabwe in a soft manner.
Information and Communication Systems and Technologies in Health
Authors: Gomes Jorge Vareda , Romão Mário Romão
Published: July 2023

Web portals, sensors, electronic records, video communication, on-line gaming, and mobile apps: these are all examples of information and communication technologies (ICT) applications or devices that might cause benefits to healthcare. ICT has the potential to dramatically change the way individuals or society see the sector and provide tremendous opportunities for supporting professionals, improving effectiveness and efficiency. Healthcare organizations have become more and more challenged on how to assure a fair return from ICT investments. Thus, the application of project management in health is important because it allows more productivity and, as a direct result, more accessibility, higher quality care, and a safer environment to patients. The study of the success of these initiatives has become vitally important for the hospital's performance. The chapter collects relevant data and provide recommendations about the perceived benefits of ICT project implementations, proposing a review of the published work to provide some insights into the benefits of these implementations.
Gamification as an Assistive Tool for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Tuna Ayşe
Published: July 2023

Gamification can increase the efficiency and the benefits to be received from an educational content; therefore, it could be used as a novel tool to help the child to engage more with the content. Because studies have shown that through gamification and gamified educational content, children with ASD's motor, behavioural, and communication skills can improve. However, selecting a tool that is suited for the child's unique needs, and instruments that can be adjusted along the way depending on the child's progress, plays a key role to achieve this goal. Different from the traditional methods, gamification-based approaches are accessible to children with ASD both at home and in school environments. Through gamification and under the guidance of professionals, traditional methods can be delivered in a non-traditional way. This way parents can be involved in their children's education and can keep track of their children's progress through the measurement tools encompassed in the gamification method. This chapter focuses on the abovementioned issues and presents a literature survey.
Is Coteaching an Effective Way of Including Children With Special Educational Needs?
Authors: Katsarou Dimitra , Nikolaou Eleni , Stamatis Panagiotis J.
Published: July 2023

Inclusive education is concerned with the effort to overcome barriers that prevent the participation and learning of all children, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, social background, sexuality, disability, or achievement. Inclusive education does not only focus on the barriers students face but focuses on the detailed development of educational cultures, policies, and practice systems as well as in educational institutions, so that they become capable of responding to the diversity of students and treat them equally. Co-teaching involves two or more certified professionals who contract to share instructional responsibility for a single group of students primarily in a single classroom or workspace for specific content or objectives with mutual ownership, pooled resources, and joint accountability. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the benefits of coteaching as an inclusive strategy.
Legal Protection of the Right to Education for People With Special Needs
Authors: Alqodsi Enas Mohammed , Aljahoori Sumaya Abdulrahim
Published: July 2023

The UAE upholds the right to education for every child through compulsory education laws, provision of special tools and services for people of determination, and legislation aimed at eliminating discrimination against individuals with special needs. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research have been tasked with ensuring access to education for people with special needs. Given this commitment, it is essential to examine the sufficiency of legislation in safeguarding the educational rights of people with special needs, allowing them to contribute to society in ways that are compatible with their abilities and circumstances.
An Empirical Study to Determine Rice Insurance Premium
Authors: Tạc Nguyễn Văn , Khai Huynh Viet
Published: July 2023

This study aims to develop rice crop insurance services in the Mekong Delta. The premium is a very important element in an insurance policy, and the calculation of the premium requires both science and judgment. Based on the Bayesian empirical reliability theory approach, this chapter proposes an appropriate approach to calculate the premium for rice in the Mekong Delta, using both temporal and spatial aspects of data to increase the efficiency of statistical estimates. The results have calculated important criteria for the calculation of premiums according to the area yield index of the rice insurance contract, such as threshold yields, probable yields, indemnity levels, pure premium rate, and commercial premium rate. This result contributes to the design and charging of more diversified and reasonable crop insurance products.
Configuration Pathways to Enhance Green Total Factor Productivity
Authors: Guo Yani , Zheng Yunjian
Published: July 2023

Green total factor productivity (GTFP) is a key metric in assessing the high-quality development of the economy. The authors investigate the configuration pathways by which GTFP can be enhanced. The researchers used data from 30 provinces and municipalities in China (excluding Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) as case studies. This study demonstrates that GTFP is influenced by six factors, such as regional innovation ability and digital financial development. These factors contribute to three configuration pathways for achieving high GTFP: innovation market-oriented, economic growth-oriented, and integrated synergistic pathways. Meanwhile, there is consistency and substitutability between some factors. The innovation of this paper lies in the introduction of the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method into the research on GTFP. It can enrich the theoretical research in the field of GTFP and provide valuable reference and pathway options for improving GTFP in China and other countries with similar economic development patterns.
A New Classification Model Based on Transfer Learning of DCNN and Stacknet for Fast Classification of Pneumonia Through X-Ray Images
Authors: Rabbah Jalal , Ridouani Mohammed , Hassouni Larbi
Published: July 2023

Coronavirus has spread worldwide, with over 688 million confirmed cases and 6.8 million deaths. The results could be important as containment restrictions begin to be relaxed and we are not immune to new strains. They underscore the need to introduce increasingly effective techniques to deal with such a spread and help identify new infections more quickly, at a reasonable cost and with a minimum error rate. Machine learning models constitute a new approach, used increasingly in this field. In this proposed work, the authors built a classification model named CovStacknet based on StackNet metamodeling methodology combined with the deep convolutional neural network as the basis for feature extraction from x-ray images. Firstly, the proposed model used VGG16 as a transfer learning of deep convolutional neural networks and achieved an accuracy score of 98%. Secondly, the proposed model is extended to evaluate four other deep convolutional neural networks, ResNet-50, Inception-V3, MobileNet-V2 and DenseNet, and ResNet-50, has achieved the best performance.
Automated System for Colon Cancer Detection and Segmentation Based on Deep Learning Techniques
Authors: Azar Ahmad Taher , Tounsi Mohamed , Fati Suliman Mohamed , Javed Yasir , Amin Syed Umar , Khan Zafar Iqbal , Alsenan Shrooq , Ganesan Jothi
Published: July 2023

Colon cancer is one of the world's three most deadly and severe cancers. As with any cancer, the key priority is early detection. Deep learning (DL) applications have recently gained popularity in medical image analysis due to the success they have achieved in the early detection and screening of cancerous tissues or organs. This paper aims to explore the potential of deep learning techniques for colon cancer classification. This research will aid in the early prediction of colon cancer in order to provide effective treatment in the most timely manner. In this exploratory study, many deep learning optimizers were investigated, including stochastic gradient descent (SGD), Adamax, AdaDelta, root mean square prop (RMSprop), adaptive moment estimation (Adam), and the Nesterov and Adam optimizer (Nadam). According to the empirical results, the CNN-Adam technique produced the highest accuracy with an average score of 82% when compared to other models for four colon cancer datasets. Similarly, Dataset_1 produced better results, with CNN-Adam, CNN-RMSprop, and CNN-Adadelta achieving accuracy scores of 0.95, 0.76, and 0.96, respectively.