bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) BERBANTUAN LKS UNTUK MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA PADA SISWA KELAS IV SDK SADHA
Authors: Wea Raymunda Yosefina , Lawe Yosefina Uge , Noge Maria Desidaria
Published: June 2023

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui  peningkatan aktivitas dan hasil belajar Ipa pada siswa kelas iv sdk sadha tahun ajaran 2021/2022.  Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas IV SDK Sadha berjumlah 33 orang siswa,yang terdiri dari 12 orang siswa perampuan dan 22 orang siswa laki-laki. Penerapan model pembelajaran contextual  teaching and learning (CTL) dapat meningkatkan aktivitas belajar siswa kelas IV SDK Sadha. Hal ini dapat diketahui dari rata-rata presentase aktivitas belajar IPA siswa dari siklus I yaitu 12,98% dengan kategori cukup aktif dan pada siklus II sebesar 20,04% dengan kategori sangat aktif. Rata-rata peningkatan aktivitas belajar dari siklus I ke siklus II sebesar 7,06 atau dalam bentuk persen 42,76%. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa penerapan contextual  teaching and learning (CTL)  dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar Ipa pada siswa kelas IV SDK Sadha Kecamatan Golewa Selatan Tahun Ajaran 2021/2022.
Cross-cultural collaboration through virtual teaming in higher education
Authors: Howard Barbara , Ilyashenko Natalia , Jacobs Lynette
Published: June 2023

Scholars from three universities in three different parts of the world – North America, Africa, and Eurasia – across differentcultures, disciplines, and contexts, collaborated with the objective of advancing transversal skills and intercultural competences through immersing their students in international virtual teamwork. Students and lecturers represented the Appalachian State University (United States of America), University of the Free State (South Africa), and Novgorod State University (Russia). In this article, we share our lessons learned from the challenges we faced in the hopes of deepening understanding in higher education concerning what can be accomplished through remote learning across continents and cultures. This work allowed us to be ahead of the collapse of traditional teaching on campuses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as we had prior experience of online pedagogies reaching across international borders, cultures, timezones, and languages. Even during hard lockdown, when travelling abroad was impossible, our students experienced internationalised curricula, interacted with international scholars and staff, and were able to continue with the programme as planned. We began this work more than five years prior to the pandemic; therefore, these efforts led to successfully switching to online learning in other courses. We began with engaging staff members as well as students in ongoing, project-based collaboration across cultures from these institutions. This required the use of synchronous and asynchronous digital platforms, which would enable staff members and students to work collaboratively for six to eight weeks to create realistic projects. Staff members began to compile the collaborative co-creating courses that would be taught together, thus combining and adapting various pedagogical approaches. We then shared the responsibility for co-facilitating each course, despite different philosophies of teaching and learning. The result was a balanced blend of pedagogies, allowing students to collaborate successfully with students from the other universities. Students overcame a number of challenges: (a) cultural differences; (b) infrastructure for technology platforms; (c) time zones; (d) languages; (e) age and generational differences; (f) unfamiliarity with various pedagogies; (g) interaction with other cultures and settings; and (h) stereotypes fuelled by popular media. We share our journey and the strategies that addressed these challenges, including the use of technology and results from this continued collaboration.
Students' sense of belonging at a South African university during COVID-19
Authors: Mugume Taabo
Published: June 2023

The research on students’ sense of belonging in higher education has evolved into a prominent theme worldwide. Institutional research focuses on the institution understanding itself and helps leaders to rethink improvement initiatives. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has required of institutions to revise student support programmes and approaches to maintain a strong sense of belonging. The theories of belonging by Strayhorn (2012) and Dumford et al. (2019) were adopted to analyse student responses. The aim of the study was to understand students’ sense of belonging and how the university responded to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure a strong sense of belonging. Data were generated through in-depth interviews with 45 undergraduate students from all seven faculties. The findings highlight notable prevention measures intended to limit the spread of the virus on campus and student support in the form of study devices and data. The post-lockdown changes included a return to face-to-face mental health support, drafting COVID-19 catchup plans for first year orientation of 2020 and 2021 cohorts, improving the student voice. Finally, notable principles for responding to a future higher education crisis are highlighted. These initiatives contributed towards establishing and maintaining a strong students’ sense of belonging.
Párbeszéd a Biztonságpiac konferencia múltjáról jelenéről, és a rendészeti piacon betöltött szerepéről
Authors: Fazekas-Pátyodi Szandra , Szabó Csaba
Published: June 2023

Dr György Fialka began his career half a century ago in the field of state security, where he also held senior positions. From 1987 he was also active in higher law enforcement education, and in 2018 he was appointed an honorary associate professor. Since 1995, he has held key management positions in the private security sector, including nine years as Director of Security at GE Budapest Bank. Since 2017, he has been President of the Professional Chamber of Personal, Security and Private Investigators, which has given him the opportunity to monitor and comment on legislative and social changes affecting the profession from the highest position. The President was interviewed by Szandra Fazekas-Pátyodi, Editorial Associate, and Dr Csaba Szabó, Deputy Editor-in-Chief.
Közterületi térfigyelő rendszerek eltérő fejlődése Európában
Authors: Tóth Levente
Published: June 2023

Aim: The aim of this study is to provide comprehensive and organised knowledge about the development of public space surveillance systems in Europe, including Hungary.Methodology: In this qualitative, descriptive-analytical research, the Author provides a historical overview that examines the reasons behind the different levels of adoption of public space surveillance systems in various European countries. This is done by studying domestic and foreign literature, as well as analysing and evaluating information available on the internet.Findings: The speed of adoption, the extent of implementation, the supervision and usage methods, and the purpose of installation of these systems vary between countries in Europe. This is mainly determined by the political, social, criminal, economic, and legal context of each country.Value: The comprehensive historical overview that presents the development and history of the application of surveillance cameras is a crucial and much-needed element in Hungarian literature. The research results highlight the varying roles that surveillance cameras play in ensuring the security of public spaces and preventing crime across European countries.
ESG RISKS INTEGRATION, MANAGEMENT, REPORTING AND COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMERCIAL BANKS – A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Misorimaligayo Beatrice Wekhe , Ochieng Edward G. , Osiolo Helen Hoka
Published: June 2023

The purpose and main objective of the study was to carry out a systematic review of literature on ESG risks integration, management and reporting and its associated challenges and opportunities in the banking sector due to inadequacy in literature related to the aspects of strategy, governance, assessment, measurement, management, monitoring, reporting, culture and data and technology in emerging markets and some developed countries. Five steps in the systematic mapping process were employed and findings revealed the need for further investigation on ESG issues and policy action to focus on the scope, scale and magnitude of the associated challenges and opportunities.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGULATION INDEX IN THE BANKING MARKET
Authors: Freimanis Kristaps , Šenfelde Maija
Published: June 2023

There is significant discussion in the academia and industry regarding over-regulation and under-regulation of the financial markets, in particular, banking markets. One of the key measures in such discussion is the intensity of the regulation. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion with development of the overall Regulation Index by introducing the structure and parameters of such index. Authors review current approaches and perspectives of the assessment of the intensity of regulation and develop new Regulation Index. Index data are used from the World Bank’s prepared Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey and the Index of Economic Freedom database. Research methods employed are literature analysis, induction and deduction methods, synthesis, and mathematical analysis. Literature analysis revealed seven key components (building blocks) for the Regulation Index and modelling results revealed the most appropriate set of parameters for those components. Authors set the hypothesis that the order of countries in their stringency of regulatory requirements will be as follows: Germany, UK, USA, Russia. The hypothesis was confirmed in one case and rejected in other cases.
INVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS IN MUNICIPAL BUDGET PLANNING IN LATVIA
Authors: Linina Iveta , Jansevica Gita , Zvirgzdina Rosita
Published: June 2023

The manifestation of democracy in local government development planning is the involvement of citizens in this process. Although municipalities are much closer to residents than national-level administrative institutions, the involvement of residents in the work of municipalities largely depends on the openness and willingness of municipalities to cooperate with residents. Residents’ interest in the development of their municipality is related to their interest in the process and knowledge of municipal budgeting. The purpose of the study is to investigate the involvement of citizens in the process of developing the budget of their municipality, while the tasks are the theoretical basis for planning the municipal process and to analyse the interest in the municipal budget process and the reasons for studying the municipal budget. The empirical study used a survey that was sent to randomly selected residents of Latvian municipalities. As a result of the study, recommendations were developed as to why and how involvement in the budget development planning of one’s municipality can take place.
3D Modeling of the Molecular Gas Kinematics in Optically Selected Jellyfish Galaxies
Authors: Bacchini Cecilia , Mingozzi Matilde , Poggianti Bianca M. , Moretti Alessia , Gullieuszik Marco , Marasco Antonino , Sodi Bernardo Cervantes , Sánchez-García Osbaldo , Vulcani Benedetta , Werle Ariel , Paladino Rosita , Radovich Mario
Published: June 2023

Cluster galaxies are subject to the ram pressure exerted by the intracluster medium, which can perturb or even strip away their gas while leaving the stars undisturbed. We model the distribution and kinematics of the stars and the molecular gas in four late-type cluster galaxies (JO201, JO204, JO206, and JW100), which show tails of atomic and ionized gas indicative of ongoing ram pressure stripping. We analyze MUSE@VLT data and CO data from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array searching for signatures of radial gas flows, ram pressure stripping, and other perturbations. We find that all galaxies, with the possible exception of JW100, host stellar bars. Signatures of ram pressure are found in JO201 and JO206, which also shows clear indications of ongoing stripping in the molecular disk outskirts. The stripping affects the whole molecular gas disk of JW100. The molecular gas kinematics in JO204 is instead dominated by rotation rather than ram pressure. We also find indications of enhanced turbulence of the molecular gas compared to field galaxies. Large-scale radial flows of molecular gas are present in JO204 and JW100, but more uncertain in JO201 and JO206. We show that our sample follows the molecular gas mass–size relation, confirming that it is essentially independent of environment even for the most extreme cases of stripping. Our findings are consistent with the molecular gas being affected by the ram pressure on different timescales and less severely than the atomic and ionized gas phases, likely because the molecular gas is denser and more gravitationally bound to the galaxy.
Constraint on the Accretion of NGC 6946 X-1 Using Broadband X-Ray Data
Authors: Ghosh Tanuman , Rana Vikram
Published: June 2023

We analyze broadband X-ray data of NGC 6946 X-1 and probe plausible accretion scenarios in this ULX. NGC 6946 X-1 is a persistent soft source with broadband continuum spectra described by two thermal disk components. The cool accretion disk temperature T
cool ∼ 0.2 keV and the presence of a ∼0.9 keV emission/absorption broad feature suggest evidence of an optically thick wind due to supercritical accretion. The hot geometrically modified accretion disk has an inner temperature of T
hot ∼ 2 keV with a radially dependent profile T(r) ∝ r
−0.5, expected in a slim-disk scenario. Further, the measurement based on a realistic inclination angle of the disk indicates that the mass of the host compact object is comparable to a ∼6–10 M
⊙ nonrotating black hole or the system hosts a moderately magnetized neutron star with a B ≲ 2 × 1011 G magnetic field. Overall, the detected spectral curvature, high luminosity, flux contribution from two thermal disk components, and estimated accretion rate support the super-Eddington accretion scenario.
Does Feedback from Supermassive Black Holes Coevolve with the Host in Type 2 Quasars?
Authors: Jin S. , Wang J. , Kong M. Z. , Shen R. J. , Zhang Y. X. , Xu D. W. , Wei J. Y. , Xie Z.
Published: June 2023

The feedback from the accretion of central supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is a hot topic in the coevolution of SMBHs and their host galaxies. By tracing the large-scale outflow using the line profile and bulk velocity shift of [O iii]λ5007, the evolutionary role of outflow is studied here on a large sample of 221 type 2 quasars (QSO2s) extracted from Reyes et al. By following our previous study on local Seyfert 2 galaxies, the current spectral analysis on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic database enables us to arrive at the following results: (1) by using the Lick indices, we confirm that QSO2s are, on average, more frequently associated with younger stellar populations than Seyfert galaxies; (2) QSO2s with a stronger outflow tend to be associated with a younger stellar population, which implies a coevolution between the feedback from SMBHs and the host in QSO2s; (3) although occupied at the high L
bol/L
Edd end, the QSO2s follow the L
bol/L
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n
(4000) sequence established from local, less-luminous Seyfert galaxies, which suggests a decrease of the accretion activity of SMBHs and also of feedback as the circumnuclear stellar population continuously ages.
Modeling the Radiation Environment of Energetic Particles at Mars Orbit and a First Validation against TGO Measurements
Authors: Liu Weihao , Guo Jingnan , Zhang Jian , Semkova Jordanka
Published: June 2023

Sending astronauts to Mars will be a milestone of future deep space exploration activities. However, energetic particle radiation in deep space and in the Mars environment is a major risk to the health of future human explorers. The nominal Martian surface radiation field contains primary Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) particles and secondary particles generated in the Martian atmosphere and the regolith. Some of these secondary particles may propagate upward and even be detected at the orbit of Mars contributing to the orbit radiation. Studying the Mars orbit radiation environment is critical for planning future Mars orbital missions. Therefore, we calculate the Martian orbit radiation dose rate considering the primary GCR spectra provided by the Badhwar-O’Neill 2014 model and the secondary particles modeled by the state-of-the-art Atmospheric Radiation Interaction Simulator. Specifically, we calculate the integral dose rate of each particle type and its dependence on orbit height, surface pressure, and solar modulation intensity. Our analysis shows that modulation intensity is the most dominating factor and that different surface pressures make less than a 1% impact. We also derive the sensitive energy range of detected particles contributing to the dose rate and further validate our prediction against the measured data by Liulin-MO on TGO at a circular orbit around Mars. This may conduce to predicting the radiation risks in Mars orbit and providing constructive reference parameters for the crewed space industry.
GWCloud: A Searchable Repository for the Creation and Curation of Gravitational-wave Inference Results
Authors: Baker A. Makai , Lasky Paul D. , Thrane Eric , Ashton Gregory , Cantos Jesmigel , Lakerink Lewis , Leslie Asher , Poole Gregory B. , Reichardt Thomas
Published: June 2023

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events in the era of third-generation observatories like Cosmic Explorer and the Einstein Telescope. Each event is analyzed using Bayesian inference to determine properties of the source including component masses, spins, tidal parameters, and the distance to the source. These inference products are the fodder for some of the most exciting gravitational-wave science, enabling us to measure the expansion of the universe with standard sirens, to characterize the neutron-star equation of state, and to unveil how and where gravitational-wave sources are assembled. In order to maximize the science from the coming deluge of detections, we introduce GWCloud, a searchable repository for the creation and curation of gravitational-wave inference products. It is designed with five pillars in mind: uniformity of results, reproducibility of results, stability of results, access to the astronomical community, and efficient use of computing resources. We describe how to use GWCloud with examples, which readers can replicate using the companion code to this paper. We describe our long-term vision for GWCloud.
Catalog of Planetary Nebulae Detected by GALEX and Corollary Optical Surveys
Authors: Gómez-Muñoz M. A. , Bianchi L. , Manchado A.
Published: June 2023

Planetary nebulae (PNs) consist of an ionized envelope surrounding a hot central star (CSPN) that emits mostly at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. UV observations, therefore, provide important information on both the CSPN and the nebula. We have matched the PNs in the Hong Kong/Australian Astronomical Observatory/Strasbourg Hα catalog with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) UV sky surveys, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release 16, and the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) PS1 second release. A total of 671 PNs were observed by GALEX with the far-UV (FUV; 1344 Å–1786 Å) and/or the near-UV (NUV; 1771 Å–2831 Å) detectors on (GUVPNcat); 83 were observed by SDSS (PNcatxSDSSDR16) and 1819 by Pan-STARRS (PNcatxPS1MDS). We merged a distilled version of these matched catalogs into GUVPNcatxSDSSDR16xPS1MDS, which contains a total of 375 PNs with both UV and optical photometry over a total spectral coverage of ∼1540 Å–9610 Å. We analyzed separately 170 PNs resolved in GALEX images and determined their UV radius by applying a flux profile analysis. The CSPN flux could be extracted separately from the PN emission for 8 and 50 objects with SDSS and Pan-STARRS counterparts, respectively. The multiband photometry was used to distinguish between compact and extended PNs and CSPNs (binary CSPNs) by color–color diagram analysis. We found that compact PN candidates could be identified by using the r − i < − 0.4 and −1 < FUV−NUV < 1 colors, whereas binary CSPN candidates in given T
eff ranges (all with color r−i > −0.4) can be identified in the color region (FUV−NUV) ≤ 6(r−i)+1.3, −0.8 < FUV−NUV < 0.4, and r−i < 0.75.
There is Power in a Good Question
Authors: Ware Vron , Littler Jo
Published: June 2023

In Left Feminisms: Conversations on the personal and the political, published by Lawrence & Wishart in March 2023, Jo Littler interviews fourteen feminist academics, including Vron Ware. In this interview, Vron Ware turned the tables to interview Jo Littler about the book, the process
of compiling it, and her other work. This other work includes the books The Politics of Heritage: The legacies of 'race', with Roshi Naidoo (Routledge, 2005); Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility (Routledge 2018); and, with The Care Collective, The Care Manifesto
(Verso, 2020).
Eavesdropping On The Rich
Authors: Kaker Sobia Ahmad
Published: June 2023

In Serious Money, Caroline Knowles presents a guided tour of the spaces and lifestyles of London's super-rich. Written in an engaging and accessible manner that draws the reader into spaces and conversations otherwise out of bounds, Knowles subtly exposes the paradoxes inherent
within the life and politics of the super-rich in London. She asks simple questions: Who are plutocrats? How do they think about themselves, other people, London? Where does their money come from? How do they spend it? How do they live with their money, and how does money live with them?
Communauté européenne de défense et Communauté politique européenne : Les propositions d’Alcide De Gasperi
Authors: Preda Daniela
Published: June 2023

Au début des années 1950, Alcide De Gasperi s’est engagé de manière décisive pour l’unification politique de l’Europe. La paix est au centre de ses préoccupations et il voit dans la fédération européenne un « mythe de paix ». En partageant les idées des fédéralistes européens, il est allé bien au-delà d’une adhésion générique au projet de Communauté de défense (CED) proposé par les Français. Il s’est battu avec ténacité pour lier l’armée européenne à la création d’une Communauté politique, et donc à la naissance d’une « patrie européenne », et pour transformer l’approche fonctionnaliste en approche fédéraliste.
‘A Body Without a Head’: Ernesto Rossi’s criticism of the EDC project
Authors: Braga Antonella
Published: June 2023

Au début des années 1950, avec Altiero Spinelli, l’économiste florentin Ernesto Rossi (1897-1967) a encouragé les dirigeants politiques italiens, en particulier Alcide De Gasperi, à soutenir l’introduction de l’article 38 dans le projet de traité de la CED qui aurait dû conduire à la création d’une communauté politique européenne. Toutefois, cette initiative n’a pas entièrement convaincu Rossi, compte tenu de l’imprécision de mandat préconstituant de cet article 38. Au cours de la campagne pour la ratification de la CED, Rossi manifeste des symptômes d’intolérance à l’égard d’une action politique qui semble désormais improductive, surtout après le changement de la situation internationale suite à la mort de Staline (5 mars 1953). Le 30 août 1954, le refus de l’Assemblée nationale française de ratifier le traité de la CED marque une nouvelle défaite pour les fédéralistes et un recul dans le processus d’intégration, brisant les espoirs de Rossi d’une réalisation à court terme de la fédération européenne.
Fédéralistes européens, mondiaux et atlantistes face à la Communauté européenne de défense et à la Communauté politique européenne
Authors: Billion Jean-Francis
Published: June 2023

Les mouvements fédéralistes fondés à l’époque de la seconde guerre mondiale – Union européenne des fédéralistes (Paris, 1946), World Movement for World Federal Government (Montreux, 1947), et Atlantic Union Committee (1949) né de la Federal Union Inc. (1940) aux États-Unis – vont polémiquer ou s’opposer de la fin des années 1940 aux années de la guerre froide. L’article vise à explorer leurs prises de position face à l’intégration européenne et plus spécifiquement aux projets de Communauté européenne de défense (1950-1954) et de Communauté politique européenne, dont l’échec va provoquer une scission de l’Union européenne des fédéralistes en 1956. Ayant des bases culturelles communes (les écrits d’Immanuel Kant, d’Alexander Hamilton ou de Pierre-Joseph Proudhon) et un même objectif final, la Fédération mondiale, ils pourront se rapprocher progressivement, en Europe puis au plan mondial, des années 1970 à celles suivant la chute de l’URSS.
Les représentations de l’unité chez Jean Monnet
Authors: Bossuat Gérard
Published: June 2023

Quels furent les projets d’unité de Jean Monnet ? Les recherches sur Monnet ont d’abord investi le champ du plan Schuman, oubliant que Monnet avait formulé des projets d’unité européenne atlantique et mondiale dès la période de la Société des Nations. Dès 1919, il voulait organiser le monde pour la paix grâce à la SDN. En 1943, le thème de l’unité européenne est lié à la politique étrangère du général de Gaulle qui, à la différence de Monnet, adopte une politique de force contre l’Allemagne. Il faut attendre le 9 mai 1950 pour voir cette politique cesser officiellement. L’obsession européenne n’est plus centrale dans les projets encore vagues d’Union des hommes ou d’Union universelle. Jean Monnet a toujours recherché la paix, mais a réussi l’Union européenne.
Entre littérature et philosophie d’autrefois : quelques correspondances remarquables
Authors: Stanguennec André
Published: June 2023

Des œuvres littéraires et philosophiques majeures des  xix e et  xx e siècles sont mises en correspondance, jusque dans les années 1960, où sont abandonnées les anciennes références au moi exalté des romans introspectifs, au sens du monde historique des grandes épopées idéologiques, et à l’idéal absolu de l’art, de la religion, de la métaphysique. Cet abandon conduisit à des cas extrêmes d’indifférenciation entre littérature et sciences humaines. Toutefois, l’engouement parallèle pour une autobiographie existentielle non réductionniste ou pour l’enquête policière allégorisant en première personne la réflexion métaphysique, de même que le déferlement des romans de science-fiction cosmiques et théologiques, semblent témoigner du déplacement déguisé d’un désir refoulé, celui de trois absolus, le moi, le monde, Dieu, plutôt que de son irréversible disparition.
Micro-/bio-/nano-/syn-encapsulations and co-treatments of bioactive microbial feed supplementation in augmenting finfish health and aquaculture nutrition: a review
Authors: Puri P. , Singh R. , Sharma J.
Published: June 2023

Finfish and fish products are globally the most acknowledged health-promoting foods. The rising incidence of pathogenic and disease outbreaks have had a sizeable impact on aquaculture. Microbial supplementation of food in the form of probiotics, prebiotics, and their controlled release combinations (=co-encapsulations) as ‘synbiotics’ is noted for its significant biotherapeutic and health benefits. Supplementation of probiotic microbial feed additives in the fish diet claims to improve fish health by modulation of resident intestinal microbiota and by introducing healthy microbiota procured from an exogenous source, capable of combating pathogens, improving nutrient uptake, assimilation, growth as well as survival. Prebiotics are selectively digestible substrates beneficially used by host gut microbes to enhance probiotic effects. Formulating a fish diet with augmented probiotics and prebiotic microbial bio-supplements can ensure a sustainable alternative for establishing fish health in a naturally susceptible aquaculture scenario. Micro-encapsulation, co-encapsulation, and nano-encapsulation are novel strategies of biotechnical interventions in functional feeds for finfish. These aim to improve probiotic persistence, survivability, and efficacy in commercial formulations during probiotic transit through the host-gut environment. This review discusses the importance of co-treatment and encapsulation strategies for improving probiotic and prebiotic potential in aquafeed formulations, reliably improving finfish health and nutritional returns from aquaculture, and, consequently, for consumers.
Comparison of shoulder external rotation fatigue protocols on kinetic determinants and fatigue index in overhead athletes: a cross over study
Authors: Ali R. , Ali I. , Sharma S.
Published: June 2023

The purpose of present study is to compare prone lying and half kneeling external rotator fatigue protocols on the kinetic parameters of external rotators and fatigue index in collegiate overhead athletes. Twenty overhead collegiate male athletes were recruited in this randomised cross-over experimental study design with two different shoulder external rotator fatigue protocols. Subjects were performed with prone lying and half kneeling shoulder external rotation fatigue protocol with a washout period of at least 72 h. Outcome measures like peak force, peak velocity, peak power, average power, and total work were observed in concentric and eccentric contraction and fatigue index was assessed before and after fatigue protocols. Concentric peak force (P=0.001), peak velocity (P<0.001), peak power (P<0.001), average power (P<0.001) and total work (P=0.022) showed significant time difference whereas group difference and time× group interaction was found to be non-significant. Similarly, eccentric peak force (P=0.043), average power (P=0.001) and total work (P=0.032) showed only significant time difference. Prone-lying and half kneeling external rotation fatigue protocols reduces the peak force, peak velocity, peak power and total work in concentric contraction and peak force and total work in eccentric contraction in a similar fashion.
Chatterjea type theorems for complex valued extended $ b $-metric spaces with applications
Authors: Abdou Afrah Ahmad Noman
Published: June 2023

In this article, we establish common $ \alpha $ -fuzzy fixed point theorems for Chatterjea type contractions involving rational expression in complex valued extended $ b $-metric space. Our results generalize and extend some familiar results in the literature. Some common fixed point results for multivalued and single valued mappings are derived for complex valued extended $ b $-metric space, complex valued $ b $-metric space and complex valued metric space as consequences of our leading results. As an application, we investigate the solution of Fredholm integral inclusion.
Influence of Blockchain Technology Application in Education on Online Teaching Resources Sharing
Authors: Hao Zhongchao , Bin Yahya Mohd Yamani , Lu Jianwei
Published: June 2023

With the continuous expansion of educational view, blockchain technology develops into the cutting-edge applied science and technology of educational information construction. Blockchain technology can effectively solve such problems as information security and trust crisis in the current application of big data in online education by virtue of its characteristics of decentralization, traceability, multi-party consensus mechanism, and high trust. Blockchain technology is conducive to protecting online educational resources, strengthening the transparency of online teaching resources, simplifying the copyright transaction process, and thus enhancing the scientific and technological innovation ability of teachers. Studies regarding the blockchain technology application in education were analyzed, and the influences of the four aspects of the blockchain technology application in education on online teaching resource sharing were explored. Results showed that the Cronbach α coefficient of the questionnaire designed in this research was 0.856, and the KMO value was 0.859, indicating its good reliability and validity. The cross-institutional learning record storage space, learning certificate management mechanism, and collaboratively developed educational ecosystem of the blockchain technology application in education obviously promoted online teaching resource sharing at a significance level of 5%. The results are important reference values for strengthening the integration of educational resources under blockchain technology, improving the application mechanism of online digital educational resources, and improving the accurate service quality of online educational resources.
A New Method of Teaching ‘Software Operation’ by a Knowledge Sharing Oriented to Practice Teaching Approach
Authors: Ding Qiong
Published: June 2023

The practice teaching of software operation emphasizes operation practice and practical experience, and it lays special attention on the interactions among students and teachers and teaching in accordance with aptitude. As a typical knowledge sharing platform, question-and-answer (Q&A) community is developing fast and can be taken as an assistant teaching method for the practice teaching of software operation to facilitate the teaching knowledge sharing between teachers and students. Most existing studies consider the attention mechanism of the correlation between questions and answers based on the similarity of word vectors, which has resulted in unsatisfactory accuracy and interpretability of the answers given by the model, in view of this matter, this paper studied a new method of teaching knowledge sharing oriented to the practice teaching of software operation. At first, this paper elaborated on the idea of knowledge sharing, and proposed a knowledge answer selection model for practice teaching of software operation based on the aggregation of features and attention to solve the problem with conventional studies which generally focus on the weighting of attention of a single sentence. Comparing the word granularity of sentence sequences to be matched and aggregating the comparison results have solved the problem with conventional methods in ignoring the interaction between the sentence sequences to be matched. At last, experimental results verified the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Student Online Learning Behavior Characteristics Based on Multidimensional Cognitive Model
Authors: Zhang Yuting
Published: June 2023

Analysis of student learning behavior characteristics is an important means for educators to better understand students and improve the quality and effectiveness of teaching in the field of education. It is necessary to refer to students' cognitive levels for analysis of student learning behavior characteristics. However, existing algorithms only focus on the overall performance and grades of students, ignoring the individual differences in learning cognitive levels among students, which affects the accuracy of the analysis results. Therefore, this paper conducts research on student online learning behavior characteristics based on a multidimensional cognitive model. Firstly, a multidimensional and multilevel model for evaluating students' cognitive levels is constructed, and the process of evaluating students' cognitive levels is sustainable and can be adjusted in real-time as students' cognitive levels change. By considering the differences in evaluation levels and students' cognitive levels, targeted observation and extraction of students' online learning behavior characteristics can be achieved. A new model based on variational autoencoder neural network is proposed to perform decoupled representation of students' implicit preferences. By using a regularization term based on maximum mean difference, the model can learn independent hidden vectors sensitive to dynamic and static factors from students' online learning behavior history data and multidimensional cognitive evaluation history data. The experimental results verify the effectiveness of the constructed model.
Comparative Analysis of Cross-Cultural Teaching Management in Big Data Environment
Authors: Wang Lihua
Published: June 2023

Cross-cultural teaching management in the big data environment not only enhances the quality and effectiveness of education but also promotes global cooperation and exchange in education, which has important practical significance and value. Existing methods for analyzing effectiveness and practicality are usually qualitative analysis methods. While this method emphasizes the complexity and diversity of educational phenomena, it may lead to subjectivity and instability in data processing and result presentation, affecting the reliability and objectivity of the analysis results. In this paper, a quantitative comparative analysis of the effectiveness and practicality of cross-cultural teaching management in the big data environment is conducted, which helps educators better understand the needs of students from different cultural backgrounds and develop more targeted teaching plans to improve the quality of education. First, the content of cross-cultural teaching management in the big data environment is explained, and the reasons and implementation process of the comparative analysis of effectiveness and practicality are provided. The evaluation indicators for the effectiveness and practicality of cross-cultural teaching management in the big data environment are determined, and the evaluation methods are given. Experimental analysis results are presented with examples to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Impact of Three Waves of the COVID-19 on Students of Higher Education Institutions—Challenges and Way Forward
Authors: Panneer Sigamani , Dutta Subhabrata , Palaniswamy Udhayakumar , Pushparaj Robert Ramesh Babu , Rose Josiah Stanley , Padmanaban Srinivasan
Published: June 2023

Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people. The mental health of the students of higher educational institutions (HEIs) was worst hit by the coronavirus’ multiple waves and further induced by the great lockdown. Among the students, the impact of COVID-19 depends on various vulnerability factors such as current age, educational status, low economic status, pre-existing mental health problems, and fear of infection. The systematic search was conducted on PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and other databases from January 2020 to September 2022. A total of 80 articles were included in the review based on the eligibility criteria. High prevalence rates of anxiety (3.82–87.7%), depression (21.2–82.4%), and stress (11–81.2%) were reported by the HEI students during the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States of America, Ethiopia, Egypt, Greece, Kosovo, Jordan, China, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and India. A variety of risk factors were also associated with psychological distress such as female gender, young age group of 18–19 years, low socio-economic status, academic delays, history of medical/psychiatric illness, fear of infection, and excessive exposure to COVID-19-related news via social media. The psychological impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of HEI students is higher in magnitude. The review highlights the mental health issues of HEI students and also presents interventions and strategies to help HEI students at various levels.
New Leviathan: The Limits of Reason
Authors: Mohan Brij
Published: June 2023

Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan propounded a thesis which reverberates in the hideous houses of power, pillage, and politics. The New Leviathan is an evolutionary outcome of post-modern technological control, manipulation, capitalist populism, and consumerist globalization. This article is a search for a few answers which explain how civility, humanity, and survival are bedeviled by the forces of counter-development.
Dancing heirs of nomadic culture. The bii biyelgèè dance and heritagisation processes in Mongolia
Authors: Blanchier Raphaël
Published: June 2023

This article questions cultural and heritage-making policies in contemporary Mongolia, using the example of the Oirat’s bii biyelgèè dance, inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent safeguarding in 2009. As it is both the dance of minority groups and a paragon of national nomadic culture, this study proposes to rethink the transmission of the bii biyelgèè within the framework of heritagisation processes. It aims at considering its historical roots (both political and epistemological), as well as the relational positioning of a variety of local actors including recognised “heirs” as well as “users” of heritage. Heritage is viewed as a heuristic lens through which identity-making processes and cultural negotiation in the socialist and post-socialist countries of Eurasia as well as on the global stage can be understood.
Museum and tourism activities in spreading the Nanai traditional beliefs
Authors: Bulgakova Tatiana
Published: June 2023

In the Khabarovsk Region (Russia), museums and tourist activities are supposed to safeguard traditions in favour of Nanai and other Indigenous communities. However, paradoxically, the employees of museums and travel agencies diverge from the local Nanai communities both in their business interests and in their interpretation of the nature of the traditions preserved. Without worrying about introducing some bold creative innovations and overcoming the boundaries of traditions and ethnicity, they actually strive to “safeguard the Nanai traditions” not for the Nanai and without the Nanai.However, the new format of museum and tourist activities, which involves the use of participatory methods, has recently begun to form a new innovative reality that could probably suit both opposing sides. Previously, most of the Nanai population were prejudiced against museums and tourism and wary of the risks associated with storing and publicly showing some traditional praxis and objects (especially sacred ones). Currently, however, museums and touristic organisations have started to support innovative ways of continuation of Nanai spiritual practices, bringing them, on the one hand, beyond the ethnic borders and turning museums and tourist sites into places of worship whatever their ethnicity. On the other hand, these institutions contributed to the revival of Nanai spirituality within Nanai communities, giving them a new shape in the communicative space of intercultural dialogue constituted by museums.
Innovative Model of Internet of Things for Industrial Applications
Authors: Jain Jay Kumar , Chauhan Dipti
Published: June 2023

The internet of things is one of the most significant and promising innovations today. In this chapter, the authors proposed the dual probability-based energy estimation model in the wireless sensor network. The dual probability-based function measures the expected value of energy for the transmission of data. This function creates a subgroup of networks based on energy function and carries out the operation of energy management in the context sensor node data processing. This function also integrates cloud-based services with the sensor networks. The benefit of this function is that it increases the throughput of network and quality of service. The proposed model was simulated in MATLAB R-2014a environment, and the results were obtained using different scenarios of network density. Finally, the authors analyzed the performance of our proposed work with respect to the following metrics: data utility, energy consumptions, and data reconstruction error.
5G Network Programmability Enabling Industry 4.0 Transformation
Authors: Makropoulos George , Fragkos Dimitrios , Koumaras Harilaos , Alonistioti Nancy , Kaloxylos Alexandros , Koumaras Vaios , Dounia Theoni , Sakkas Christos , Tsolkas Dimitris
Published: June 2023

The 5G system aims at enabling innovative services of vertical industries by utilizing network programmability to its full extension. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has already established the foundations to provide third parties with 5G Core's capabilities by introducing the Common API Framework (CAPIF) and Service Enabler Layer Architecture (SEAL) on top of the services offered by the Network Exposure Function (NEF). However, a scalable, robust, and secure ecosystem should be set for the verticals that exploit those capabilities. In this context, cloud native approach is becoming a key enabler for that ecosystem, taking advantage of the inherent cloud-native characteristics of the 5G Service-Based Architecture (SBA). The chapter presents the capabilities that 5G provides to verticals as well as the ecosystem that is built around the exploitation of those capabilities. As a matter of better justification and exemplification, Industry 4.0 vertical is targeted while developments related to Vertical Application Enablers (VAEs) for the factory of the future are provided.
Assessment of health status and its correlation with lung function in patients with COPD: a study from a tertiary care centre in north India
Authors: Gupta Ankur , Garg Kranti , Chopra Vishal , Singh Surinder Pal
Published: June 2023

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2023 recommends a comprehensive multidimensional assessment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and stresses the need for evaluation of their health status and quality of life (QOL). COPD assessment test (CAT), clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ) and St. George Respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) are recommended by GOLD for such assessments. However, their correlation with spirometry in the Indian population is not known. Other similar questionnaires like COPD and sleep impact scale (CASIS), functional performance inventory-short form (FPI-SF) and COPD and asthma fatigue scale (CAFS) though used internationally as a research tool, are still in the offspring stage and have never been used in India. A cross-sectional study was hence conducted in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India on 100 COPD patients. Patients were assessed for health status and QOL by CAT, CCQ, SGRQ, CASIS, FPI-SF and CAFS. The relationship between these questionnaires and airflow limitation was investigated. The majority of the patients were males (n=97) and >50 years of age (n=83), illiterate (n=72), had moderate/severe COPD and belonged to group B (n=66). The mean value of forced expiratory volume in one second (%FeV1) decreased with a deterioration in CAT and CCQ score grouping (p<0.001). Patients with poorer CAT and CCQ scores belonged to higher GOLD grades (kappa=0.33, p<0.001). The correlation of health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaires amongst each other, with FEV1 predicted and with GOLD grade was strong to very strong in most of the comparisons (p<0.01 in the majority). On comparison of GOLD grade with mean scores of HRQL questionnaires, it was seen that with the increase in GOLD grading from 1 to 4, the mean value of CAT, CCQ, SGRQ, CASIS, FPI SF and CAFS also deteriorated (p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.005, p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively). Various easy-to-use HRQL scores should be routinely used in outpatient departments for a comprehensive assessment of COPD patients. These questionnaires, in combination with clinical features, can help in providing a rough estimate of the severity of the disease at places where lung function assessments are not readily available.