bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
"DESIGNING ATC-BASED CURRICULA: A COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING UNDERTAKING. A CASE STUDY OF THE MOST IN-DEMAND SUB-COMPETENCES REQUIRED BY POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS ON THE ROMANIAN TRANSLATION MARKET "
Authors:   West University of Timișoara, MIUȚESCU Maria Cristina
Published: March 2023

In order to keep up with the accelerating market trends, a convergence between the curricula of academic programmes focused on translator nurture and the requirements imposed by potential employers on the market is, if not compulsory, at least preferable as far as academic training is concerned. This study explores the profile of the translator in an era of modernization and digitization as highlighted by a number of potential employers in the Romanian translation industry. As the updated list of skills imposed to professional translators frequently surpasses those encompassed by the paramount linguistic (bilingual) sub-competence, the need for particular addons has also been considered. In order to gather precise information, quantitative and qualitative research methods were employed, most notably a questionnaire distributed to several enterprises located in Timișoara. This paper seeks to analyse the emerging results and comment on their significance.
"ANALYSIS OF THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE - INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES"
Authors:   University of Craiova, STAMATESCU Claudia-Raluca
Published: March 2023

The analysis of the discourse reveals, through the study of texts, that complex antagonistic world, which underlines the discourse, which the author/speaker often presents as “real world”, although it is not always taken for granted by the readership/audience. Verbal strategies of conviction or persuasion have, in this sense, the objective to overcome this contradiction, trying to present the author’s discourse (in our case the institutional discourse) as being true. The aim is not to build a piece of literature, but to act on the other through words, because the institutional discourse, not only the political or commercial one, tries to persuade, to convince, to conquer its target audience (in our case students from final grade, students, social partners, etc.). At the same time, if we refer to the sphere of the institutional discourse/speech, then the world of words is not subjective, but objective, (re)presenting realities and forms of social behaviour.
"PARADIGM SHIFT: SOME CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ONLINE LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING "
Authors:   University of Craiova, POPA Alina-Roxana
Published: March 2023

The current pandemic brought about unprecedented change in the way we envision education, which was forced to move online overnight, in the felicitous cases where the infrastructure was available. At least in the more theoretical field of foreign language instruction, the digital education era, whether imposed by lockdown periods or not, is here to stay. Despite its disadvantages, the affordances of online language learning cannot be discounted, nor can the prospect of significantly more people opting for online language instruction in the years to come. Hence adapting pedagogies for the virtual learning environment should be high on the universities’ agendas.
"ACTIVITÉS DE COMMUNICATION LANGAGIÈRE EN FRANÇAIS PROFESSIONNEL DANS LE MILIEU UNIVERSITAIRE FRANCOPHONE DE TIMIȘOARA "
Authors:   Politehnica University Timisoara, POPESCU Mihaela
Published: March 2023

Le français professionnel est un concept de date relative récente qui intègre le champ du français langue étrangère. Celui-ci vise l’acquisition des compétences linguistiques transversales à plusieurs secteurs d’activité par un public situé en début de carrière ou par des professionnels qui cherchent un emploi dans une entreprise francophone. L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser les manuels utilisés dans l’enseignement du français dans les filières nonlinguistiques de quatre universités de Timișoara, Roumanie, pour comprendre si les méthodes visent le français langue professionnelle (FLP) ou d’autres champs du français langue étrangère (FLE).
"A BRIEF OUTLINE REGARDING THE BIBLICAL LEXICAL SEMANTICS "
Authors:   University of Craiova, APOSTOLACHE Hermina
Published: March 2023

The biblical text has a very rich history in the context of lexical semantics. This important aspect comes from his millenary tradition, being the most translated text from all times. The Bible or the Holy Scripture contain expressions with symbolical meaning, allegorical constructions used in a spiritual context, etymologically interpretations which give us the possibility to understood the history of terms and their evolution. In our study, we will try to describe in a brief outline the lexical semantics characteristics of the biblical text. In this concern, we will refer to the next points of view: etymology, semantic changes, basic concepts and sense relations. Our research will have as support the official Romanian and English Versions of Bible.
Beyond technology use: a people-centred approach to reconceptualising the adoption of learning technologies
Authors: Liu Qian
Published: March 2023

Research into the adoption of learning technologies has identified predictive factors of individual adoption. However, this research largely assumes technology adoption-as-use, which, I argue, is technology-centric and disregards the role of teachers and their teaching practice. Following a people-centred approach, I sought to focus on teachers’ experiences during technology adoption and in doing so contribute to the notion of adoption-as-process. I undertook interpretive phenomenology research, conducting semi-structured interviews with a group of seven academic teachers in a New Zealand university where a new learning management system (LMS) was implemented following an institutional-wide LMS review. I analysed the interview data using a reflexive thematic analysis method. The findings indicate that technology adoption is more than technology use; it is laden with emotional experiences, learning experiences, experiences of inability to perform and experiences of incongruence in the teaching space. To facilitate appropriate individual adoption, the study calls for future research to focus on adoption-as-process and institutional practice to address emotional responses, enable learning in safe and authentic environments, scaffold performance, and align existing policies and practices with new technologies.
Orthodox Christianity holidays: Heritage of Serbian culture
Authors: Stanković Vladan , Ševo Bojan
Published: March 2023

This scientific paper deals with religious Orthodox holidays and their significance within Serbian culture. The facts that celebration of religious holidays has been very widespread in recent years and that they have been receiving extensive media coverage are indicative of their considerable social importance and topicality. Religious holidays are an inalienable part of the Serbian national heritage, and the UNESCO has even declared slavas to be part of global immaterial cultural heritage. Religious holidays have always had the mission of socializing social groups, as well as individuals. The Orthodox approach to religion has never pretended to abolish or replace before-Christian holidays and rituals with Christian ones. It merely enriched them, drawing on them and endowing them with novel, Christian raiment. This is the very reason why the Orthodox tradition is exceptionally rich in symbiotic layers of the rustic and the Christian. Many old, before-Christian holidays have been preserved thus, acquiring new functions, while the Orthodox Christianity introduced elements of the Eternal, without interfering much with the ingrained habits of community life of earlier eras.
Reliability engineering opportunities in Industry 4.0
Authors: Baro Tijerina , Piña Monarrez , Reyes Escalante
Published: March 2023

Industry 4.0 is based on the internet of things, this means, that in industries or companies the value chain, including processes, products, hardware, and software, among others, exists the necessity to implement new knowledge technologies to implement and control Industry 4.0 interactions, in other words, with the advantages of industry 4.0 such as the used of real-time data, big data, blockchain, human-machine interaction, cyber-systems, among others, the electronic devices that allowed this interaction and electronic data interchange centralize, need to be in the highest possible reliability perform, aiming to be able to carry out all these activities safely and effectively. In this research, the objective is to introduce some general advantages of Industry 4.0 and how reliability engineering is an important ally in the performance of the functions of Industry 4.0. Then, this manuscript presents the necessary knowledge and applications of reliability engineering that can be implemented in Industry 4.0 as stress-strength analysis in the case of equal shape parameters βs =βS; stress-strength analysis βs ≠ βS; Nonnormal capability index and Weibull Capability index, by using Weibull++ Software and mathematical procedure. Another target of this research is to demonstrate that by using reliability engineering it is possible to have better control in such a way that efficiency and productivity stay and even can increases. Also, reliability engineering represents security and stable processes. Finally, with the merging of Industry 4.0 and reliability engineering, the making decision process is more reliable decision-making.
Estado do conhecimento acerca da atuação de professores homens na educação infantil: análise de dissertações e teses entre os anos de 2000 e 2019
Authors: Abreu Irene Silva de , Gonçalves Josiane Peres
Published: March 2023

Este artigo apresenta um estado do conhecimento acerca do exercício profissional de homens na educação infantil, que há muito é exercido majoritariamente por mulheres, devido ao processo de feminização do cuidado e do magistério das crianças pequenas. Com o objetivo de mapear o andamento das pesquisas sobre esse tema, optou-se pela base de dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), com o recorte temporal de 2000 a 2019. Após a leitura do título e de alguns dos resumos dos trabalhos encontrados, a busca resultou em 24 pesquisas, sendo três teses e 21 dissertações. Para o presente estudo, empregou-se a metodologia quanti-qualitativa. Dentre outros resultados, evidenciou-se que o tema se consagrou como objeto de pesquisa a partir da segunda metade da década de 2000, sobretudo nos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Educação (79%) da Região Sudeste (63%), tendo como principais recortes: a) a trajetória/identidade dos profissionais em questão (38%); b) as representações sociais (25%); e c) o exercício profissional (13%). Além disso, 87% das pesquisas registram conflitos devido ao estranhamento social da presença de profissionais homens na educação infantil.
Teaching Visual Accessibility in Introductory Data Science Classes with Multi-Modal Data Representations
Authors: Seo JooYoung , Dogucu Mine
Published: March 2023

Although there are various ways to represent data patterns and models, visualization has been primarily taught in many data science courses for its efficiency. Such vision-dependent output may cause critical barriers against those who are blind and visually impaired and people with learning disabilities. We argue that instructors need to teach multiple data representation methods so that all students can produce data products that are more accessible. In this paper, we argue that accessibility should be taught as early as the introductory course as part of the data science curriculum so that regardless of whether learners major in data science or not, they can have foundational exposure to accessibility. As data science educators who teach accessibility as part of our lower-division courses in two different institutions, we share specific examples that can be utilized by other data science instructors.
Evaluation of the Application of Undergraduate Pre-Clinical Removable Prosthodontic Laboratory Teaching in General Dental Practice
Authors: KOHLİ Shivani , KUMAR SUKUMAR Ashwin , BHATİA Shekhar
Published: March 2023

Background: Pre-clinical removable prosthodontic training is an integral part of undergraduate curriculum. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the application of pre-clinical removable prosthodontic laboratory training in general dental practice and relevance of its teaching in undergraduate curriculum.
Methods: A descriptive questionnaire was developed to assess the extent of practice of pre-clinical removable prosthodontic lab skills in their dental practice. The responses were evaluated and statistically analyzed with a significance value of p<0.05. Three hundred-fifty-seven general dental practitioners participated in the study.
Results: 91% with 20 years of dental practice responded positively on the application of prosthodontic training in their practice. 55.7% with two years of training agreed to dedicate more time to clinical prosthodontics training.
Conclusions: 52.9% of the respondents agreed that it would be better to dedicate more time on clinical prosthodontics training rather than pre-clinical removable prosthodontics lab training as a part of the undergraduate prosthodontic curriculum, among which more than 60% of the study participants had two or more years of removable prosthodontics pre-clinical training during dental school.
Practical implications: Clinical expertise of dental graduate is an essential component in the general dental practice. Hence, there is a need to revisit removable prosthodontic curriculum content and time distribution in undergraduate dental program.
Morphologic Variations and Gender Dimorphism in Mandibular First Premolar Root Canal Pattern: A CBCT Study in South Indian Population
Authors: JAMES Nidhi , PURAYİL Tina , PATİL Vathsala , PENTAPATİ Kalyan , VİNEETHA Ravindranath
Published: March 2023

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the variations in the RCM of mandibular first premolars (MFP) in south Indians and also evaluated the gender dimorphism and contralateral symmetry of the pattern.
Methods: 200 Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images of MFP of patients above 18 years were analyzed for the root canal morphology after excluding the distorted images, endodontically treated tooth or fractured root. The teeth were carefully evaluated in cross-sectional, axial and coronal sections and the information regarding the number of roots and the type of root canal as per Vertucci’s classification. Interobserver and intraobserver reliability were also checked.
Results: Single rooted teeth with Type I (73.01%) variation was the most prevalent pattern observed in the study population, which was followed by Type III (14.11%) and Type V (5.52%), respectively. Type IV and Type VIII variations were not found in our study.
Conclusions: In both males and females, type I configuration was the most common pattern with symmetry in contralateral mandibular single-rooted first premolars.
Vital Teeth Bleaching Treatments with In-Office Bleaching: The Case Reports
Authors: GÜR Gürkan , GÜR Gürçağ , ÖZKAN Sevkan , ÇAKAR Çağatay
Published: March 2023

Dental bleaching is one of the preferred treatments by patients to improve facial attractiveness. It is a relatively simple and conservative technique that makes possible to change dental colour by removing discolorations. Four different patients applied to our Faculty for whitening treatment at different times. In clinical examinations, we detected extrinsic discoloration of the teeth. For this reason, we decided to apply office bleaching treatment (Opalescence BOOST, Ultradent Products INC., USA). First of all, measures were taken to protect the lips, gums and oral mucosa. Gums were covered with gingival barrier (OpalDam Green, Ultradent Products INC., USA). Isolation was provided with cotton pellets. 40% Hydrogen Peroxide was applied to the maxillary and mandibular teeth inculuding between the second premolars. After 20 minutes of application, hydrogen peroxide was carefully removed with water and cotton pellets have been replaced. After that, a second 20 minutes application was made with the whitening agent. When the application period was over, it was removed with water and the gingival barrier has been removed. Patients were advised to stay away from products containing coloring dark colors such as cigarettes, tea, coffee, chocolate, red wine, cherries, tomato paste for two weeks. At the controls two weeks later, it was seen that the aesthetic expectation of the patients was met.
Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.
Authors: Blom Henning , Vaškaninová Valéria , Karatajūtė-Talimaa Valentina , Žigaitė Živilė
Published: March 2023

Scales of a new thelodont species, Amaltheolepis terranovi sp. nov., are described from the upper Emsian, Lower Devonian Shevchenkinskaya Formation of Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia. The new species shows strong resemblance with the Emsian “Verdalen assemblage” from Spitsbergen, supporting an Emsian age for the upper part of the Shevchenkinskaya Formation. This conclusion in the context of the various Amaltheolepisassemblages from Spitsbergen allows for a more accurate comparison and correlation between assemblages from different regions in the Northern Hemisphere, suggesting that the type species, Amaltheolepis winsnesifrom Spitsbergen, is Eifelian in age
Intervenciones sociales dirigidas a la niñez de 1964 al 2021: una revisión bibliométrica
Authors: Pleitez-Herrera Miguel Ángel , Aros Erick Leobardo Álvarez
Published: March 2023

El objetivo de este estudio fue explorar la gestión de programas, prácticas e intervenciones sociales en función de la garantía de los derechos de la niñez. Por lo que, a partir de un análisis bibliométrico, se realizó una búsqueda bibliométrica a partir de la base de datos Scopus y un procesamiento de la información a través del software R, “Bibliometrix and  Biblioshiny”, considerando el período temporal de 1964 a octubre de 2021. Al respecto, se visualizaron dos períodos claves, que evidenciaron dos grandes formas de concebir el bienestar social en función de la garantía de los derechos de la niñez. El primero abarcó de 1964 al 2012, donde el énfasis estuvo puesto en el mejoramiento de la economía, y el segundo comprendió del 2013 al 2021, donde se valoriza a la persona como el centro de los procesos de intervención social. Este estudio constituye una pauta para la construcción de un antecedente sobre la evolución de los programas, prácticas e intervenciones sociales y su incidencia en la vida de la niñez.
Congruences for harmonic sums
Authors:   School of Science, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Yang Yining , Yang Peng ,   School of Science, University of Science and Technology Liaoning
Published: March 2023

Zhao found a curious congruence modulo p on harmonic sums. Xia and Cai generalized his congruence to a supercongruence modulo p^2. In this paper, we improve the harmonic sums \[ H_{p}(n)=\sum\limits_{\substack{l_{1}+l_{2}+\cdots+l_{n}=p\\ l_{1}, l_{2}, \ldots , l_{n}>0}} \frac{1}{l_{1} l_{2} \cdots l_{n}} \] to supercongruences modulo p^3 and p^4 for odd and even where prime p>8 and 3 \leq n \leq p-6.
The Slingshot phosphatase 2 is required for acrosome biogenesis during spermatogenesis in mice
Authors: Xu Ke , Su Xianwei , Fang Kailun , Lv Yue , Huang Tao , Li Mengjing , Wang Ziqi , Yin Yingying , Muhammad Tahir , Liu Shangming , Chen Xiangfeng , Jiang Jing , Li Jinsong , Chan Wai-Yee , Ma Jinlong , Lu Gang , Chen Zi-Jiang , Liu Hongbin
Published: March 2023

The acrosome is a membranous organelle positioned in the anterior portion of the sperm head and is essential for male fertility. Acrosome biogenesis requires the dynamic cytoskeletal shuttling of vesicles toward nascent acrosome which is regulated by a series of accessory proteins. However, much remains unknown about the molecular basis underlying this process. Here, we generatedSsh2knockout (KO) mice and HA-taggedSsh2knock-in (KI) mice to define the functions of Slingshot phosphatase 2 (SSH2) in spermatogenesis and demonstrated that as a regulator of actin remodeling, SSH2 is essential for acrosome biogenesis and male fertility. InSsh2KO males, spermatogenesis was arrested at the early spermatid stage with increased apoptotic index and the impaired acrosome biogenesis was characterized by defective transport/fusion of proacrosomal vesicles. Moreover, disorganized F-actin structures accompanied by excessive phosphorylation of COFILIN were observed in the testes ofSsh2KO mice. Collectively, our data reveal a modulatory role for SSH2 in acrosome biogenesis through COFILIN-mediated actin remodeling and the indispensability of this phosphatase in male fertility in mice.
Ideal family size decision and its associated factors among women of reproductive age: community survey in southern Ethiopia
Authors: Endriyas Misganu , Gebru Agegnehu , Assefa Amare
Published: March 2023

Background

Understanding fertility preferences is important for population studies and planning programs. The ideal family size, which is the number of children wanted in one’s lifetime, is one of variables used to measure fertility preferences. However, there was limited information on ideal family size decision in Southern Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was designed to assess ideal family size decision and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 in Southern Ethiopia. Multi-stage stratified cluster sampling was used to select 3,205 study subjects. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, reproductive history, deciding ideal number of children, knowledge and utilization of contraceptives were considered. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were done to describe and assess factors associated with deciding ideal family size. The association between variables was presented using odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals.

Results

We included 3,205 women of reproductive age from which 37.5% respondents could not read and write and 56.5% were housewives. About half of the respondents, 47.1%, did not decide ideal numeric family size or failed to report numeric preferences while 21.6% desire to have five or more children. The mean ideal number of children preferred was 4.5 ± 1.62. Educational status (P < 0.001), overall knowledge about contraceptives (P < 0.001), current contraceptive use (P < 0.001), place of residence (P < 0.001), age (P < 0.004), marital status (P < 0.003) and number of living children (P < 0.003) were factors associated with deciding ideal family size.

Conclusion

Only about half of respondents decided ideal family size from which one fifth prefer high fertility. The mean ideal number of children was comparable with that of Sub-Saharan estimate. Counselling that can empower women to decide family size should be strengthened to empower less empowered women.
Of Poetry and Patronage
Authors: Stewart Devin J.
Published: March 2023

This study analyzes a poem by the Twelver Shiʿi jurist Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿĀmilī (d. 984/1576) that has recently been discovered in a multiple-text manuscript in Iran. It is argued here that the poem dates from 961–63/1554–56 and expresses the author’s disappointment and frustrations with patrons or intermediaries in his efforts to procure a position shortly after he arrived in Safavid territory.
Rattle and Hum
Authors: Garroway Kristine Henriksen
Published: March 2023

Closed-form ceramic rattles are found throughout the southern Levant. Previous interpretations of these rattles focused primarily on their connection to music and the funerary cult. They overlooked the fact that rattles existed in household contexts, which links them to families and children. This study reassesses the ceramic rattles using an interdisciplinary approach centered on the family. It draws specifically upon household archaeology, anthropology, and sensory studies. It is suggested here that the ceramic rattles of the southern Levant had a dual function. The sound of rattles could quiet children while simultaneously warding off the spirits that were provoked when children cried. In doing so, the rattles would protect the child, and in turn the family unit. While the present study reassesses the ceramic closed-form rattles popular within the southern Levant, it has implications for further research on the other forms of rattles, such as open-form rattles and sistra, found throughout the ancient Near East.
Review of Estudios de intertextualidad semítica noroccidental: Hebreo y ugarítico
Authors: Notarius Tania
Published: March 2023

Estudios de intertextualidad semítica noroccidental: Hebreo y ugarítico. By Gregorio del Olmo Lete. Barcino Monographica Orientalia, vol. 3. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona, 2015 . Pp. 523. €40; €18 (ebook).
Review of Mythopoeïa ou l’art de forger les “mythes” dans l’“aire culturelle” syro-mésopotamienne, méditerranéenne et indo-européenne
Authors: Mouton Alice
Published: March 2023

Mythopoeïa ou l’art de forger les “mythes” dans l’“aire culturelle” syro-mésopotamienne, méditerranéenne et indo-européenne. By Jérôme Pace. State Archives of Assyria Studies, vol. 27. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus ProJect, 2018. Pp. xxvii + 343. $89.50 (paper). [Distributed by Penn State University Press, State College, PA]
Morphometric and Morphologic Assessment of the Placenta, Birth Weight and Associated Risk Factors in Full Term Neonates in Nigeria
Authors: Fubara Bob-Manuel, Ibinabo , Fayeofori Bob-Manuel, Sotonyemieba
Published: March 2023

Placenta is a temporary and dynamic organ which is unique in its development and function on which survival, healthy growth and development of fetus in the uterus mostly depends. The study was carried out to determine the morphometry and morphology of placenta, birth weight and associated risk factor of full-term neonates. The study involved 50 placentae (27 from males and 23 from females). Descriptive statistical method of data analysis was used to analyze the mean, standard deviation and z-test to correlate the mean. The mean and standard deviation of neonatal weight, fetoplacental coefficient, weight of placenta, maximum weight of placenta, thickness of placenta and the length of umbilical cord observed were; 3.21±0.4, 6.36±1.92, 0.54±0.16 21.30±1.04, 2.17±0.28 and 54.16±2.11 respectively. Also, the most predominant type of umbilical cord attachment was eccentric with a frequency of 38. The number of cotyledons was found to be 15 and above for 98% of the placentaes excluding one which had 8 cotyledons. The presence of incomplete artery was observed in the study. The result showed that placental weight correlates significantly with neonatal weight and that abnormal placenta results in poor health of the neonate. The examination of the placenta can be useful for the future postnatal life as it is indicative of neonatal birth weight. and resistance to early adulthood diseases of the neonates. It is, therefore, recommended that physicians pay attention to the placenta.
Perception of Clergymen on the Care and Stigmatization of Persons with Mental Illness in Nigeria
Authors: Oyewole Adeoye
Published: March 2023

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate clergymen's training, knowledge, perception and experience of mental illness.

Methods: The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative study designs conducted among a total of 148 student population of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary Ogbomoso. The stratified random sampling technique was used for the quantitative approach using the (Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) scale and the socio-demographic questionnaire while purposive sampling of the respondents was used for the qualitative approach. Data collated for the quantitative technique was analyzed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.

Results: The Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KII) respondents believe that all mental illnesses are traceable directly or indirectly to spiritual factors, that certain sociocultural discriminations exist and that the local church is a healing community. The Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) benevolence subscale reveals that 76.4% of them want tax money to be spent on treating mental illness although 57.4% view mental hospitals as prisons. The Social restrictiveness subscale showed that 46.6% did not agree to engage women with a previous history of mental illness as babysitters and 37.2% did not agree to have them as neighbours. On the community mental health ideology subscale; about 70.3% have them live in neighbourhoods although 82.4% of them feel the mentally ill are awkward.

Conclusions: With improved mental health knowledge; the Baptist clergymen may ensure referral to orthodox medical services, encourage compliance and banish discrimination against the mentally ill crucial for the WHO scale up program in Nigeria.
Code-Switching in Asian EFL Classroom and the Teachers` Perception
Authors: Sasongko Yora Yalu Setio Wibowo
Published: March 2023

There are many pros and cons related to the use of code-switching in EFL class. The use of code-switching, according to Khaerunnisa (2016) is considered as a useful instrument to help students and teacher in EFL class. In contrast, Macaro (2005) explains that the use of code-switching in EFL class is not sufficient to support students` development in mastering L2 when teachers keep using L1 in their deliverance. This research aims to discuss how teachers react to the use of code switching in class. Furthermore, this research reveals the role of code-switching through the use of it in EFL class. Moreover, the data in this research are taken from scientific articles in three different countries in Asia, namely Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey, therefore library research is applied as the technique of data collecting in this research. The data analysis shows that the use of code-switching in three countries have various use and function. The finding shows that In Indonesia and Turkey, the use of code-switching in EFL class is part of teaching method that enables the teachers to explain the lesson comprehensively. Meanwhile, the use of code-switching in Pakistan tends to be implemented as an instrument to build teachers-students engagement.
Designing Creative Learning Media About Processing of Used Milk Boxes into DIY Art and Craft
Authors: Kosasih Antonius Nicky , Natadjaja Listia , Febriani Rika
Published: March 2023

Waste materials are things in the environment that can be used or returned into something good and useful. One of the results of used good processing is a work of art, which can be made DIY by all people, both adults and children. Creating or customize DIY art and crafts can be an opportunity and the beginning step for children, particularly teenage children, to develop creativity. Children’s creativity needs to be developed in early age, so that one day they have special skills that will be useful in the future. Seeing their ambitions, children can learn anything autodidactically, because there’s social media that support their activity in finding education and entertainment. Instagram and YouTube can become a learning media that will be used to get public support for a creative movement as example. From Instagram and YouTube, teenagers can get many tutorials for them to follow, so they can understand step by step and practice. On Instagram, teenagers will get basic materials up to the steps of making, reviews from random people about the art works that has been made. Also, Instagram will be the media that share events, challenge, giveaway, etc. which is also good for get public attention. And about YouTube, YouTube will become a back-up platform if the education content duration is too long. It will be great for teenagers as the study’s subject if Instagram and YouTube merge as creative learning media that can bring out creative young generations, that can create what they want, and become whom they want in their future.
English Language Teaching in Indonesia: Monolingual and Multilingual Practices
Authors: Rozi Naufal Fachrur
Published: March 2023

21st century urges one’s ability to tacitly navigate the increasingly complex linguistic spaces of this modern world and it results in super diverse society (Gallagher, 2020). Kachru’s (1986, as cited in Wardhaugh & Fuller, 2015) arrives with the conceptual framework named world of Englishes. It becomes such pivotal consideration to drive today’s language ideology, including Indonesian. This literature review then aims at unveiling Indonesian EFL teachers’ views about monolingual and multilingual practices by capitalizing English language teaching classroom as the context. Data were derived from relevant research reports that meet the criteria. Criteria comes in threefold. They were conducted in any range of time, were obtained from catch-all indexing, and were done in Indonesian setting. The findings come in agreement that both monolingualism and multilingualism yielded two camps: justifying it and rejecting it in Indonesian EFL context. Implication is then needed to further validate it in accordance with empirical research’s result.
Response to 'The speaking body: Psychotherapists who meditate'
Authors: Goulding Josie
Published: March 2023

First my thanks to Paul Solomon for writing this great article and to the editorial team for giving me the opportunity to read and respond to it.
This article was, for me, a delicious dive into ideas and questions that have long held my interest. Vipassana meditation as a lens to look at these questions was refreshing and stimulating.
Immigrant psychotherapists and New Zealand clients
Authors: Thorpe Mark , Thorpe Miranda
Published: March 2023

There has been a gradual increase in the number of overseas born and trained mental health professionals practicing in New Zealand. This paper, based on an interactive workshop, looks at those factors which shape the therapeutic relationship between immigrant psychotherapists and New Zealand clients. Variables discussed include: a) the therapist's attachment style and resultant ability to tolerate, process and mourn the multiple losses including friends, family and clients; b) the therapist's phase appropriate use of defences; c) the complementary attitudes and projections of the host country, colleagues and clients; and d) the degree of perceived difference between client and therapist.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Authors: Shadman Mazyar
Published: March 2023

Importance

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), defined by a minimum of 5 × 109/L monoclonal B cells in the blood, affects more than 200 000 people and is associated with approximately 4410 deaths in the US annually. CLL is associated with an immunocompromised state and an increased rate of complications from infections.

Observations

At the time of diagnosis, the median age of patients with CLL is 70 years, and an estimated 95% of patients have at least 1 medical comorbidity. Approximately 70% to 80% of patients with CLL are asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, and one-third will never require treatment for CLL. Prognostic models have been developed to estimate the time to first treatment and the overall survival, but for patients who are asymptomatic, irrespective of disease risk category, clinical observation is the standard of care. Patients with symptomatic disease who have bulky or progressive lymphadenopathy or hepatosplenomegaly and those with a low neutrophil count, anemia, or thrombocytopenia and/or symptoms of fever, drenching night sweats, and weight loss (B symptoms) should be offered treatment. For these patients, first-line treatment consists of a regimen containing either a covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor (acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib, or ibrutinib) or a B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 (BCL2) inhibitor (venetoclax). There is no evidence that starting either class before the other improves outcomes. The covalent BTK inhibitors are typically used indefinitely. Survival rates are approximately 88% at 4 years for acalabrutinib, 94% at 2 years for zanubrutinib, and 78% at 7 years for ibrutinib. Venetoclax is prescribed in combination with obinutuzumab, a monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody, in first-line treatment for 1 year (overall survival, 82% at 5-year follow-up). A noncovalent BTK inhibitor, pitobrutinib, has shown an overall response rate of more than 70% after failure of covalent BTK inhibitors and venetoclax. Phosphoinositide 3′-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors (idelalisib and duvelisib) can be prescribed for disease that progresses with BTK inhibitors and venetoclax, but patients require close monitoring for adverse events such as autoimmune conditions and infections. In patients with multiple relapses, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy with lisocabtagene maraleucel was associated with a 45% complete response rate. The only potential cure for CLL is allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant, which remains an option after use of targeted agents.

Conclusions and Relevance

More than 200 000 people in the US are living with a CLL diagnosis, and CLL causes approximately 4410 deaths each year in the US. Approximately two-thirds of patients eventually need treatment. Highly effective novel targeted agents include BTK inhibitors such as acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib, ibrutinib, and pirtobrutinib or BCL2 inhibitors such as venetoclax.
Biomimetic Honeycomb Zn Anode Enabled Multi‐Field Regulation toward Highly Stable Flexible Zn‐Ion Batteries
Authors: Liu Huaizhi , Li Jinhao , Wei Donghai , Liu Xiuxue , Cai Zheren , Zhang Hang , Lv Zhisheng , Chen Lei , Li Haicheng , Luo Hongyu , Zhao Yanli , Yu Huihuang , Wang Xiaohu , Chen Fengjun , Zhang Guanhua , Duan Huigao
Published: March 2023

Flexible Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) emerge as a promising entrant for flexible and safe energy systems in the post‐Li era, while the instability of Zn anode including inferior flexibility, uncontrollable plating, and dendrite growth remains a challenge. Naturally inspired, a topology‐optimized biomimetic honeycomb Zn (BH‐Zn) anode through mechanical‐electrochemical processing is demonstrated. Numerical simulations and experimental observations reveal the BH‐Zn engenders smooth current–stress–thermal field distributions, concurrently realizing the multi‐field regulation effect and boosted stability. After in situ alloying, the BH‐Zn enables half‐diminished voltage polarization, superior electrochemical stability of 2000 h cycling, and thermal stability even at 30 mA cm−2. Moreover, the assembled ZIBs manifest over 20 times enhanced capacity retention and are integrated as a self‐powered wearable system for real‐time health monitoring. This strategy can be extended to customizable metal anodes and promises to be applied in stable flexible batteries.
Regulation of Interphase Layer by Flexible Quasi‐Solid Block Polymer Electrolyte to Achieve Highly Stable Lithium Metal Batteries
Authors: Chai Simin , Chang Zhi , Zhong Yue , He Qiong , Wang Yijiang , Wan Yuanlang , Feng MingYang , Hu Yingzhu , Li WeiHang , Wei Weifeng , Pan Anqiang
Published: March 2023

Low safety, unstable interfaces, and high reactivity of liquid electrolytes greatly hinder the development of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Quasi‐solid‐state electrolytes (QGPEs) with superior mechanical properties and high compatibility can meet the demands of LMBs. Herein, a biodegradable polyacrylonitrile/polylactic acid‐block‐ethylene glycol polymer (PALE) as membrane skeleton for GPEs is designed and systematically investigated by regulating the length and structure of the cross‐linked chain. Benefiting from the enriched affinitive sites of polar functional groups (CO, COC, CN, and OH) in highly cross‐linked polymer structure, the designed PALE membrane skeleton exhibits flame‐retardant property and ultrahigh liquid electrolyte uptake property, and the derived quasi‐solid‐state PALE GPEs deliver enhanced stretchability and a higher electrochemical stable window of 5.11 V. Besides, the PALE GPEs effectively protect cathodes from corrosion while allowing uniform and fast transfer of Li+ ions. Therefore, the Li||Li symmetrical battery and LFP or NCM811||Li full‐cell using PALE GPEs exhibit excellent cycling stability coupled with compact and flat inorganic/organic interface layers. And the excellent cycling stability of pouch cells under harsh operating conditions indicates the application possibilities of PALE GPEs in flexible devices with high‐energy‐density.
A Novel Ultra‐Wideband Electromagnetic‐Wave‐Absorbing Metastructure Inspired by Bionic Gyroid Structures
Authors: An Qing , Li Dawei , Liao Wenhe , Liu Tingting , Joralmon Dylan , Li Xiangjia , Zhao Junming
Published: March 2023

Traditional honeycomb‐like structural electromagnetic (EM)‐wave‐absorbing materials have been widely used in various equipment as multifunctional materials. However, current EM‐wave‐absorbing materials are limited by narrow absorption bandwidths and incidence angles because of their anisotropic structural morphology. The work presented here proposes a novel EM‐wave‐absorbing metastructure with an isotropic morphology inspired by the gyroid microstructures seen in Parides sesostris butterfly wings. A matching redesign methodology between the material and subwavelength scale properties of the gyroid microstructure is proposed, inspired by the interaction mechanism between the microstructure and the material properties on the EM‐wave‐absorption performance of the prepared metastructure. The bioinspired metastructure is fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM) and subsequent coating through dipping processes, filled with dielectric lossy materials. Based on simulations and experiments, the metastructure designed in this work exhibits an ultrawide absorption bandwidth covering the frequency range of 2–40 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 180% at normal incidence. Moreover, the metastructure has a stable frequency response when the incident angle is 60° under transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarization. Finally, the synergistic mechanism between the microstructure and the material is elucidated, which provides a new paradigm for the design of novel ultra‐broadband EM‐absorbing materials.
Short Peptide Nanofiber Biomaterials Ameliorate Local Hemostatic Capacity of Surgical Materials and Intraoperative Hemostatic Applications in Clinics
Authors: Yang Zehong , Chen Lihong , Liu Ji , Zhuang Hua , Lin Wei , Li Changlong , Zhao Xiaojun
Published: March 2023

Short designer self‐assembling peptide (dSAP) biomaterials are a new addition to the hemostat group. It may provide a diverse and robust toolbox for surgeons to integrate wound microenvironment with much safer and stronger hemostatic capacity than conventional materials and hemostatic agents. Especially in noncompressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH), diffuse mucosal surface bleeding, and internal medical bleeding (IMB), with respect to the optimal hemostatic formulation, dSAP biomaterials are the ingenious nanofiber alternatives to make bioactive neural scaffold, nasal packing, large mucosal surface coverage in gastrointestinal surgery (esophagus, gastric lesion, duodenum, and lower digestive tract), epicardiac cell‐delivery carrier, transparent matrix barrier, and so on. Herein, in multiple surgical specialties, dSAP‐biomaterial‐based nano‐hemostats achieve safe, effective, and immediate hemostasis, facile wound healing, and potentially reduce the risks in delayed bleeding, rebleeding, post‐operative bleeding, or related complications. The biosafety in vivo, bleeding indications, tissue‐sealing quality, surgical feasibility, and local usability are addressed comprehensively and sequentially and pursued to develop useful surgical techniques with better hemostatic performance. Here, the state of the art and all‐round advancements of nano‐hemostatic approaches in surgery are provided. Relevant critical insights will inspire exciting investigations on peptide nanotechnology, next‐generation biomaterials, and better promising prospects in clinics.
Aligned Metal–Organic Framework Nanoplates in Mixed‐Matrix Membranes for Highly Selective CO2/CH4 Separation
Authors: Wang Lei , Bai Xianying , Gu Yawei , Shi Xinxin , Wang Shilong , Hua Jingxian , Hou Rujing , Wang Chongqing , Pan Yichang
Published: March 2023

2D metal–organic frameworks are attractive filler in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) due to the high aspect ratio and contact opportunity at the filler–polymer interface. However, their alignment in polymer matrix remains a challenge to fully play their functions. Herein, to our best knowledge, for the first time, the facile synthesis of KAUST‐7‐NH2 (KAUST, King University of Science and Technology) nanoplate is reported with 1D channels with an aspect ratio greater than 30. The nanoplates are incorporated and aligned in the 4,4′‐(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic anhydride‐2,4‐diaminomesitylene (6FDA‐DAM) polymer matrix under the shear force with a filler loading up to 50 wt%. The large difference in adsorption abilities between CO2 and CH4 from the (001)‐oriented KAUST‐7‐NH2 nanoplate‐based MMMs and the favorable interaction at the filler–polymer interface contribute to the excellent CO2/CH4 separation performance. The resultant membranes show CO2/CH4 selectivity with 66.2% enhancement (surpassed 2008 Robeson upper bound), antiplasticization up to 17 bar, and long‐term stability up to 240 h indicating its good potential for natural gas treatment.
Optical Transitions and Nonreciprocity in Spatio‐Temporally Periodic Layers of Spherical Particles
Authors: Panagiotidis Emmanouil , Almpanis Evangelos , Papanikolaou Nikolaos , Stefanou Nikolaos
Published: March 2023

An extension of the photonic layer multiple scattering methodology to dynamic spherical scatterers, which exhibit a periodic time‐varying response, is presented. The applicability of the method is demonstrated on specific examples of single‐ and bi‐layers of periodically modulated high‐refractive‐index spherical particles arranged on a square lattice. The results provide compelling evidence for strong and tunable inelastic scattering effects under the triple resonance condition, fulfilled for optical transitions between neighboring high‐Q lattice modes of the appropriate symmetry, which originate from multipolar Mie resonances. A consistent interpretation of the underlying mechanisms is provided and potential applications in the design of nonreciprocal devices are discussed.
Continuous‐Flow Enantioselective 1,4‐Addition Reactions of Malonates with Nitroolefins on Ni‐Supported Mesoporous Silica Materials with Co‐feeding of a Chiral Ligand
Authors: Ishitani Haruro , Kanai Kan , Kobayashi Shū
Published: March 2023

A catalytic system is described in which achiral Ni is immobilized on mesoporous silica material with external addition of a chiral modifier enabling continuous‐flow enantioselective reactions with catalyst‐packed bed reactors. Continuous‐flow enantioselective 1,4‐addition reactions of dimethyl malonate with nitroalkenes proceeded with co‐feeding of a chiral diamine ligand, and the corresponding products were obtained in high yields with high enantioselectivities for more than 80 h with a turnover frequency of 3.1 h−1 based on [Ni].