bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Vollautomatisierte Abläufe im Formenbau
Authors: Vollrath Klaus
Published: September 2022

Im Werkzeug-/Formenbau vollzieht sich ein Wandel: Weg vom bisherigen neben- einander von Einzelmaschinen mit hoher Personalintensität, hin zu komplexen Zellen inklusive Handling, in denen diverse Anlagentypen vollautomatisch zusammenarbeiten.
Referenzproduktionsprogramme mit ML generieren
Authors: Kollmar Sebastian , Zinn Peter , Blunck Henrik , Merchiers Andreas
Published: September 2022

Das produzierende Gewerbe sieht sich immer größeren Volatilitäten hinsichtlich des Produktions- und Absatzprogramms ausgesetzt. (Investitions-)Planungszyklen für die Produktion müssen damit in kurzen Intervallen durchgeführt werden.
How to explore within-person and between-person measurement model differences in intensive longitudinal data with the R package lmfa
Authors: Vogelsmeier Leonie V. D. E. , Vermunt Jeroen K. , De Roover Kim
Published: September 2022

Intensive longitudinal data (ILD) have become popular for studying within-person dynamics in psychological constructs (or between-person differences therein). Before investigating the dynamics, it is crucial to examine whether the measurement model (MM) is the same across subjects and time and, thus, whether the measured constructs have the same meaning. If the MM differs (e.g., because of changes in item interpretation or response styles), observations cannot be validly compared. Exploring differences in the MM for ILD can be done with latent Markov factor analysis (LMFA), which classifies observations based on the underlying MM (for many subjects and time points simultaneously) and thus shows which observations are comparable. However, the complexity of the method or the fact that no open-source software for LMFA existed until now may have hindered researchers from applying the method in practice. In this article, we provide a step-by-step tutorial for the new user-friendly software package lmfa, which allows researchers to easily perform the analysis LMFA in the freely available software R to investigate MM differences in their own ILD.
Autentikasi G.mangostana terhadap Adulterasi G. tinctoria dengan Metode Spectrofotometri UV-VIS Kombinasi Khemometrik
Authors: Samsul Hadi  , Kunti Nastiti
Published: September 2022

G. mangostana telah banyak dilakukan penelitian mengenai bagian pericarp buah. Uji aktivitas yang telah dilakukan mulai dari ektrak, fraksi sampai ditemukan senyawa aktif. Berbagai macam uji untuk membuktikan khasiat Garcina mangostana telah dilakukan baik secara insilico,invitro atau invivo. Sehingga untuk menjaga kualitas dari G. mangostana terhadap resiko tercampurnya dengan spesies lain, maka diperlukan penelitian autentikasi G. mangostana terhadap G. tinctoria. Metode yang dipergunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan melihat data spektrum UV-VIS dari berbagai komposisi sampel dikombinasikan dengan kemometrik menggunakan PLS. Hasilnya didapatkan dua daerah panjang gelombang yaitu 249.71-223.87 nm dan 300.2-266.73 nm. Pada 249.71-223.87 nm derivatisasi pertama diperoleh RMSEC 2,25; R2 0.9978; RMSEP 4,1; R20.9945; RMESCV 11,6; R2; 0,9469. Pada 300.2-266.73 nm normal diperoleh RMSEC 0,941; R2 0,9996; RMSEP 2,64; R2 0.9971; RMSECV 18,7; R2 0,8736. Sehingga dari kedua daerah panjang gelombang tersebut model normal 300.2-266.73 nm merupakan model terbaik untuk autentikasi G. mangostana ketika tercampur dengan G. tinctoria.
Investigating the role of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers in colorectal cancer: an epidemiological systematic review
Authors:   Città della Salute e della Scienza University-Hospital, Sacerdote Carlotta , Dansero Lucia
Published: September 2022

Review question / Objective: What is the potential role of microRNAs as biomarkers of colorectal cancer. Eligibility criteria: Studies were considered eligible for the systematic review if they met the following criteria: 1) study patients have been diagnosed with CRC; 2) healthy individuals were used as controls; 3) biological samples were plasma or serum or blood; 4) results included any of AUC, sensitivity, and specificity and/or fold change values. Studies were excluded if they were: 1) reviews, meta-analyses, conference abstracts, letters; 2) animals or cells experiments; 3) studies that investigated prognosis, survival, or metastatic cancers only; 4) studies that investigated toxicity or therapy efficacy; 5) studies with insufficient data; 6) studies not published in English language.
PENGARUH VARIASI KONSENTRASI EXPLOTAB PADA SEDIAAN TABLET METODE GRANULASI BASAH EKSTRAK ALGA COKLAT Sargassum sp.
Authors: Lestari Tiara Feni , Agung Giri Samudra  , Dwi Dominica
Published: September 2022

Alga coklat (Sargassum sp.) merupakan tanaman yang mengandung senyawa flavonoid, alkaloid, tanin, dan terpenoid. Salah satu pemanfaatan alga coklat dalam ilmu farmasi adalah sebagai zat aktif dalam obat. Pada penelitian ini obat dibuat dalam bentuk sediaan tablet yang memiliki komposisi sebagai zat aktif utama obat dan bahan penghancur yaitu explotab (sodium starch glycolat). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat tablet dari ekstrak alga coklat (Sargassum sp.) dengan cara sokhletasi menggunakkan pelarut etanol 96%. Tablet dibuat menjadi tiga formula dengan varian konsentrasi explotab yang berbeda agar dapat mengetahui konsentrasi terbaik explotab sebagai bahan penghancur. Ketiga varian konsentrasi tersebut adalah 3%, 5%, dan 7%. Keuntungan bahan explotab sebagai bahan penghancur yaitu kekuatan pada aksi kapiler yang akan menarik cairan ke dalam tablet, sehingga dalam formulasi tablet bahan ini akan mengembang dan menjadikan tablet pecah dan hancur kemudian melarut. Metode yang digunakan pada pembuatan tablet adalah granulasi basah. Hasil uji evaluasi granul meliputi sifat alir, sudut istirahat dan kompresibilitas telah memenuhi syarat. Hasil uji evaluasi fisik tablet yang terdiri dari waktu hancur, kerapuhan, kekerasan, keseragaman bobot dan keseragaman ukuran, namun pada uji kekerasan tablet tidak memenuhi syarat. Konsentrasi explotab yang semakin tinggi maka waktu hancur yang dihasilkan semakin cepat dan kekerasan tablet semakin menurun. Kekerasan tablet berhubungan dengan kerapuhan, dimana semakin keras tablet maka kerapuhannya juga akan semakin kecil.
Adaptation of Organizational Social Entrepreneurship Scale into Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study
Authors: GAFUROĞLU Şahin , İŞCAN Ömer
Published: September 2022

This study aimed to adapt the "Organizational Social Entrepreneurship" scale to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. Following this purpose; It was tried to examine how accurately the scale measures (validity) and how consistent it is when measuring the structure (reliability). Within the scope of validity examinations, explanatory factor analysis was applied to the scale and then the suitability of the model was tested with confirmatory factor analysis. In the second step of the psychometric evaluation, the reliability evaluation was provided with the Cronbach Alpha coefficient, also known as the internal consistency coefficient. In the study, a questionnaire developed for the scale was applied to 305 employees working in various departments of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality. In the final evaluation, the scale is in the form of a 6-dimensional and 20-item structure according to the explanatory factor analysis. The total explained variance rate of the scale was calculated as 80.964% and the internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha) coefficient was calculated as α= 0.946. After the factors were determined by explanatory factor analysis, they were tested with confirmatory factor analysis to test their suitability for factor structures, and all factors were found to be statistically significant. As a result, the findings on the psychometric properties of the Organizational Social Entrepreneurship scale, which was adapted into Turkish, reveal that it can be applied as a reliable and valid tool in studies on social entrepreneurship activities of organizations.
Impact of Dividend policy on Firm Valuein the Corporate Life Cycle
Authors:   Academic Society of Global Business Administration, Han Jiyeon , Jung Kyoung Chol
Published: September 2022

This paper examines the effect of high dividend payout policy on firm value according to the corporate life cycle. For the empirical analysis, we conduct the effect of the interaction term between the corporate life cycle and the dividend payout rate measured by cash flow patterns, on Tobin's Q measured by firm value.
According to the life cycle effect of DeAngelo et al. (2006), we expect that the high dividend payout of the maturity stage will have a more positive effect on firm value than the dividend payout of companies in other life cycles. As a result of the analysis, we confirm that the high dividend payout in the maturity stage is positively associated with firm value compared to the other corporate life cycles. In the analysis, which includes dummy variables in other corporate life cycles except for the maturity stage, the dividend payout in the introduction stage and the decline stage has a lower positive effect on firm value than the dividend payout in other corporate life cycles. On the other hand, we find that the dividend payout in the growth stage has a higher positive effect on firm value than the dividend payout in other corporate life cycles.
As an additional analysis, we divide by market and find that the dividend payout at the maturity stage is positively associated with firm value compared to the other corporate life cycles in all markets. And the dividend payout at the introduction stage and decline stage is negatively associated with firm value. In addition, as a result of analyzing the dividend payout by dividing it by various measurement methods(dividend to sales, net income, equity), we find that the dividend payout of the maturity stage is positively associated with firm value compared to the other corporate life cycles.
This results imply that there is a difference in the value relevance of the dividend payout policy according to the corporate life cycle. Through this, we expect that information of the dividend payout policy effects can work differently according to the corporate life cycle.
Cultural Underpinnings on the Use of Left-Hand in Gbanjong Community of the Tolon District of Ghana
Authors: Shanunu Zakaria , Ibrahim Mohammed Gadafi , Alhassan Eliasu
Published: September 2022

It is a common belief in Ghana’s Tolon District’s Gbanjong community in the Northern region that left-handed people are less effective in society. The research looked into the cultural influences or underpinnings on the use of the left-hand in the Gbanjong community. The study employs a qualitative research methodology. Data was gathered through interviews, observation, and focus groups. There was a review of both primary and secondary literature. For people who use left-hand in the community, a purposive sampling strategy was applied. The study also used a random sample of chiefs, sub-chiefs, and opinion leaders. In all, 47 community members were sampled and interviewed. The study revealed some cultural underpinnings on the use of left-hand in the community, such as bad luck, can only marry chiefs and princes, cannot make quality traditional cultural local meals, myths, Evil and devilish occurrences. There were also some psychosocial and theological biases discovered during the research. The research revealed that left-hand users want changes that take into account their functionally diverse attributes and demonstrate a greater level of cultural tolerance towards them. Individual differences must be recognized and accounted for in all cultural customs and traditional issues, in accordance with Article 3 (1 p.2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The study concludes that the people of the Gbanjong community in Ghana’s Tolon District should not have their choice of hand as a cultural grounding. The study has established that there are somecultural underpinnings or obstacles that exist in the world for left-hand use and contributes to the existing data on social acceptance of persons who are created differently. Keywords: Left-handed, Taboos, Right-hand, Culture, Physical Activity, Customs, Underpinnings
Routledge Handbook of Global Populism, de Carlos de la Torre (ed.)
Authors: Araos Josefina
Published: September 2022

Reseña del libro Routledge Handbook of Global Populism, de Carlos de la Torre (ed.)
Pre-encounter Predictions of DART Impact Ejecta Behavior and Observability
Authors: Fahnestock Eugene G. , Cheng Andrew F. , Ivanovski Stavro , Michel Patrick , Raducan Sabina D. , Rossi Alessandro , Abell Paul A. , Chesley Steven , Dotto Elisabetta , Ferrari Fabio , Kolokolova Ludmilla , Kramer Emily , Li Jian-Yang , Schwartz Stephen R. , Soldini Stefania , Tancredi Gonzalo , Bagatin Adriano Campo , Zhang Yun
Published: September 2022

We overview various efforts within the DART Investigation Team’s Ejecta Working Group to predict the characteristics, quantity, dynamical behavior, and observability of DART impact ejecta. We discuss various methodologies for simulation of the impact/cratering process with their advantages and drawbacks in relation to initializing ejecta for subsequent dynamical propagation through and away from the Didymos system. We discuss the most relevant forces acting on ejecta once decoupled from Dimorphos’s surface and highlight various software packages we have developed and used to dynamically simulate ejecta under the action of those forces. With some additional software packages, we explore the influence of additional perturbing effects, such as interparticle collisions within true N-body codes and nonspherical and rotating particles’ interplay with solar radiation pressure. We find that early-timescale and close-proximity ejecta evolution is highly sensitive to some of these effects (e.g., collisions) while relatively insensitive to other factors. We present a methodology for turning the time-evolving size- and spatially discretized number density field output from ejecta simulations into synthetic images for multiple platforms/cameras over wide-ranging vantage points and timescales. We present such simulated images and apply preliminary analyses to them for nominal and off-nominal cases bracketing realistic total mass of ejecta and ejecta cumulative size–frequency distribution slope. Our analyses foreshadow the information content we may be able to extract from the actual images taken during and after the DART encounter by both LICIACube and Earth-vicinity telescopes.
Effect of dietary tryptophan on blood and plasma parameters of striped bass Morone saxatilis, exposed to acute stressors
Authors: Cabanillas-Gámez Miguel , López Lus M. , Bardullas Ulises , Espinoza-Villegas Rosa E. , True Conal D. , Galaviz Mario A.
Published: September 2022

Striped bass, Morone saxatilis, is a marine species that belongs to the Moronidae family, which has great recreational and commercial importance and high production potential for human consumption. This research examines two acute stress factors that can be frequent in fish production units: a) handling is carried out constantly due to maintenance needs, size separation, growth evaluation, and health state, and b) hypoxia likely occur as the culture tank biomass, temperature, and fish metabolic rate increase. Juvenile fish (initial body weight 200 ± 3.0 g) were distributed in 110 L tanks and fed one week with different dietary tryptophan (Trp) levels: CD0.5 (0.5%), D1.0 (1.0%), D1.5 (1.5%) and D2.0 (2.0%). The fish were then exposed to stress by handling (5 min) or hypoxia (45 min). After that, blood hematocrit (Hct), hemoglobin (HB) and plasma cortisol, glucose (GLU), lactate (LACT), total protein (TP), albumin (AL), and globulin (GLOB) were analyzed, and AL/GLOB ratio was calculated. All analyzed parameters showed great sensitivity to acute stressors. Hypoxia increased Hct, cortisol, and GLU and decreased HB and LACT. Handling decreased HB and TP and increased GLU and LACT. D1.0 and D1.5 prevented Hct and LACT disturbance. D1.5 Trp prevented HB disturbance. All Trp supplemented diets prevented GLU change under hypoxia and TP change after handling. The results suggest that Trp played a role in M. saxatilis homeostasis restoration under acute stress.
Development and Initial Validation of a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus–Specific Measure of the Extent of and Reasons for Medication Nonadherence
Authors: Sun Kai , Coles Theresa M. , Voils Corrine I. , Anderson D. Ryan , Eudy Amanda M. , Sadun Rebecca E. , Rogers Jennifer L. , Criscione-Schreiber Lisa G. , Doss Jayanth , Maheswaranathan Mithu , Clowse Megan E.B.
Published: September 2022

Objective

Medication nonadherence is common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and negatively affects outcomes. To better recognize and address nonadherence in this population, there is a need for an easily implementable tool with interpretable scores. Domains of Subjective Extent of Nonadherence (DOSE-Nonadherence) is a measure that captures both extent of and reasons for nonadherence. We refined and evaluated DOSE-Nonadherence for patients with SLE.

Methods

We refined the reasons for the nonadherence domain of DOSE-Nonadherence through rheumatologist feedback and patient cognitive interviewing. We then administered the refined instrument to patients prescribed oral SLE medications and compared the results to the Beliefs About Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ), the Medication Adherence Self-Report Inventory (MASRI), medication possession ratios (MPRs), and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) blood levels using Pearson correlations.

Results

Five rheumatologists provided feedback; 16 patients (median age 43 yrs, 100% female, 50% Black) participated in cognitive interviews and 128 (median age 49 yrs, 95% female, 49% Black, 88% on antimalarials, and 59% on immunosuppressants) completed the refined instrument. Items assessing extent of nonadherence produced reliable scores (α 0.89) and identified 47% as nonadherent. They showed convergent validity with MASRI (r = −0.57), HCQ blood levels (r = −0.55), to a lesser extent MPRs (r = −0.34 to −0.40), and discriminant validity with BMQ domains (r = −0.27 to 0.32). Nonadherent patients reported on average 3.5 adherence barriers, the most common being busyness/forgetting (62%), physical fatigue (38%), and pill fatigue (33%).

Conclusion

Our results support the reliability and validity of DOSE-Nonadherence for SLE medications. This refined instrument, DOSE-Nonadherence-SLE, can be used to identify, rigorously study, and guide adherence intervention development in SLE.
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Monitoring Takayasu Arteritis
Authors: Schmidt Wolfgang Andreas
Published: September 2022

In this issue of The Journal of Rheumatology, the retrospective study by Ding and co-authors investigated follow-up contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of both common carotid arteries and its correlation with clinical variables in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK).1 The authors analyzed the data of 106 patients who had at least 2 CEUS examinations.
Apprentissage et intelligences du vivant
Authors: Petitat André
Published: September 2022

Plusieurs apports scientifiques invitent à repenser l’apprentissage : l’épigénétique a remis en question la classique opposition entre l’inné et l’acquis, les neurosciences ont ouvert la boîte noire de la cognition, l’éthologie a disloqué le mur élevé entre humains et non-humains, la psychologie de l’enfant a mieux cerné l’articulation du sensorimoteur et du symbolique. L’intégration de ces nouveaux développements emprunte dans ce texte une perspective évolutive, en distinguant apprentissages génomique, sensorimoteur et symbolique. Chaque idéaltype d’apprentissage se caractérise par ses dynamismes propres, les transitions de l’un à l’autre demeurant encore relativement obscures. Cette intégration évolutive sollicite des concepts suffisamment amples pour englober le vivant dans son ensemble et suffisamment différenciables pour réfléchir les dynamiques particulières. L’article propose d’étendre et de différencier les concepts d’information, d’algorithme et d’artefact. Tous les vivants fabriquent et apprennent, et c’est en se plaçant sous l’égide de cette épiphanie “technique” que l’article appelle de ses vœux une analyse de la société numérique et de ses modalités d’apprentissage.
Nonlocal fuzzy fractional stochastic evolution equations with fractional Brownian motion of order (1,2)
Authors: Abuasbeh Kinda , Shafqat Ramsha , Niazi Azmat Ullah Khan , Awadalla Muath
Published: September 2022

In this manuscript, we formulate the system of fuzzy stochastic fractional evolution equations (FSFEEs) driven by fractional Brownian motion. We find the results about the existence-uniqueness of the formulated system by using the Lipschitizian conditions. By using these conditions we have also investigated the exponential stability of the solution for the above system driven by fractional Brownian motion. Finally, the applications in financial mathematics are presented and the use of financial mathematics in the fractional Black and Scholes model is also discussed. An example is propounded to show the applicability of our results.
Generalized version of Jensen and Hermite-Hadamard inequalities for interval-valued $ (h_1, h_2) $-Godunova-Levin functions
Authors: Afzal Waqar , Shabbir Khurram , Botmart Thongchai
Published: September 2022

Interval analysis distinguishes between inclusion relation and order relation. Under the inclusion relation, convexity and nonconvexity contribute to different kinds of inequalities. The construction and refinement of classical inequalities have received a great deal of attention for many classes of convex as well as nonconvex functions. Convex theory, however, is commonly known to rely on Godunova-Levin functions because their properties enable us to determine inequality terms more precisely than those obtained from convex functions. The purpose of this study was to introduce a ($ \subseteq $) relation to established Jensen-type and Hermite-Hadamard inequalities using $ (h_1, h_2) $-Godunova-Levin interval-valued functions. To strengthen the validity of our results, we provide several examples and obtain some new and previously unknown results.
Construction of a photosynthetic rate prediction model for greenhouse strawberries with distributed regulation of light environment
Authors: Chen Xinyan , Jiang Zhaohui , Tai Qile , Shen Chunshan , Rao Yuan , Zhang Wu
Published: September 2022

In winter and spring, for greenhouses with larger areas and stereoscopic cultivation, distributed light environment regulation based on photosynthetic rate prediction model can better ensure good crop growth. In this paper, strawberries at flowering-fruit stage were used as the test crop, and the LI-6800 portable photosynthesis system was used to control the leaf chamber environment and obtain sample data by nested photosynthetic rate combination experiments under temperature, light and CO2 concentration conditions to study the photosynthetic rate prediction model construction method. For a small-sample, nonlinear real experimental data set validated by grey relational analysis, a photosynthetic rate prediction model was developed based on Support vector regression (SVR), and the particle swarm algorithm (PSO) was used to search the influence of the empirical values of parameters, such as the penalty parameter C, accuracy ε and kernel constant g, on the model prediction performance. The modeling and prediction results show that the PSO-SVR method outperforms the commonly used algorithms such as MLR, BP, SVR and RF in terms of prediction performance and generalization on a small sample data set. The research in this paper achieves accurate prediction of photosynthetic rate of strawberry and lays the foundation for subsequent distributed regulation of greenhouse strawberry light environment.
Attractivity criterion on a delayed tick population dynamics equation with a reproductive function $ f(u) = ru^{\gamma}e^{-\sigma u} $
Authors: Alsaadi Fawaz E , Huang Chuangxia , Alassafi Madini O , Alotaibi Reem M , Ahmad Adil M , Cao Jinde
Published: September 2022

The aim of this article is to analyze the delay influence on the attraction for a scalar tick population dynamics equation accompanying two disparate delays. Taking advantage of the fluctuation lemma and some dynamic inequalities, we derive a criterion to assure the persistence and positiveness on the considered model. Furthermore, a time-lag-dependent condition is proposed to insure the global attractivity for the addressed model. Besides, we give some simulation diagrams to substantiate the validity of the theoretical outcomes.
Agostinho e o Telos Humano
Authors: De Oliveira Lucio Antônio
Published: September 2022

Este artigo visa analisar as implicações existenciais de uma das sentenças principais das Confissões, a saber, “Tu excitas para que se regozije o louvar te, porque nos fizeste para ti e nosso coração está inquieto enquanto não repousar em ti” (I, i, 1). Para esta finalidade, exploramos o pensamento do autor não apenas nesta obra supramencionada, mas também a partir de algumas que a precederam e que nutrem as colocações feitas neste escrito posterior. A tese básica com a qual o autor trabalha é a de que as inquietações existenciais são inerentes ao homem e significam uma demanda por Deus. Além de destacar o significado psicológico da sentença, esclarecemos a equivocada interpretação de que tal condição implicaria nalguma maldição inerente ao homem, afastando a perspectiva pessimista que pode surgir a partir desta leitura.
Sobre a essência da justiça na filosofia de Platão:
Authors: Hamel Marcio Renan
Published: September 2022

A presente pesquisa apresenta uma investigação acerca do desenvolvimento da ideia de justiça de Platão em dois de seus diálogos: A República e As Leis. O texto aborda a essência da proposta de justiça em ambos os diálogos, considerando, também, o projeto político defendido por Platão, desde a cidade ideal da República até a cidade possível das Leis, ocorrendo a mesma situação com a ideia de justiça. Para analisar a referida temática, o caminho escolhido na presente pesquisa expõe duas seções, sendo que a primeira seção analisa a essência da justiça na República e a segunda seção trabalha a essência da justiça nas Leis. Ao final, a pesquisa conclui, de forma geral, que, na República, Platão não fez muitas previsões quanto à necessidade de leis postas pelo Estado, aproximando- se de um conceito jusnaturalista, enquanto que, em As Leis, já há uma defesa maior da necessidade da legislação como uma forma ou meio de equilibrar o conflito humano.
The Future of Development
Authors: Mariappen Noleen
Published: September 2022

This chapter delves into the shortfalls of the current model of inclusion within the scope of sustainable development, specifically as it pertains to empowerment of women. It proposes an alternative model for stakeholder engagement and strategic inclusion that offers a means by which investment into sustainable development initiatives that focus on empowerment of women can facilitate strategic and meaningful impact outcomes. The chapter further expands on the importance of transparency and vetting of impact outcomes as well as the need to create a common body of knowledge, strategic stakeholder partnerships, and mechanisms for scalability in order to meet the 2030 SDG agenda.
Gender Equality in Business and the Economy
Authors: Kakati-Shah Rita
Published: September 2022

This chapter discusses achieving gender equality through the novel lens of global citizenship in business and the economy through four key drivers: household, workplace, culture and systemic bias, and politics. Draft bills from the students of Indian universities will then be shared as case studies from the UNPA model simulation. It has taken the United Nations more than 70 years to formulate, conceptualize, and adapt to the reality of the global world we live in and coin the concept of global citizenship, visualized since the creation of the UN in 1945 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Today, global citizenship means going beyond personal, community, and national views to thinking about issues in a truly diverse way that is inclusive to all so that geography, language, and culture aren't barriers to fostering respect, decency, and mutual understanding to all citizens. Equality is a core value of global citizenship, with business and the economy leading the direction that shapes society, with the United Nation's SDG 5, Gender Equality, being at its center.
Business Needs Gender Equality
Authors: Gibbins Annie
Published: September 2022

This chapter outlines the importance of empowering women to be leaders, entrepreneurs, mentors, and inspirational figure heads. This chapter explains the importance of equality, equity, and how to overcome leadership barriers often found in the modern workforce. Emerging from a global pandemic has splintered societal perceptions regarding how we function as a society, an economic workforce, and international collective. Foremost, this chapter has been created to expose the myths behind our mindsets, how to create a global network that empowers women, and as women leaders, how to thrive on topics that matter.
The Impact of Women's Empowerment on SDGs in the Digital Era
Authors: Tennin Kyla L.
Published: September 2022

Women lost more jobs than men during COVID-19 perhaps due to caring for families and homeschooling children. However, is this really the case? Globally, women of the workforce lost $800B in income the first year of the pandemic. Does workforce include women who work in “Corporate America” or corporate jobs? Women who are entrepreneurs also formally and informally employ workers and themselves. Curiously, does the $800B context include more involuntary terminations of employment than voluntary? Are the involuntary terminations due to the assumption that women are nurturers and are immediately expected to become homemakers and homeschoolers during crises? Women have been discriminated against for years including with financial inclusion and gaining an education. Nevertheless, entrepreneurship, UN SDGs, and technology can be catalysts to women's empowerment, women's re-employment, and pandemic global economic recovery with discrimination alleviation.
Role of Impact Investing in the Digital Era
Authors: Vasiliu-Feltes Ingrid
Published: September 2022

The complexity of interactions between the global economy, social trends, cultural aspects, human behavior economics, and their impact on capital markets demand a new approach to investing for future generations. Social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and next generation impact investment models will likely be the trifecta of our post-pandemic economic recovery journey and the foundation for the 5th Industrial Revolution era. Gender disparity represents a prime target for impact investments along climate crisis, economic inequality, racial injustice, and other crises that have been plaguing our society. The pandemic has only accelerated these, and we have noticed an upward impact investing trend that has reached new heights. Ensuring diversity and inclusion in investments is a powerful trend that will persist in the post-pandemic era, promote economic growth, and lead to empowerment of future generations of young women.
Authentic Leadership Being Shared as a Collective
Authors: Rischard Mattius W. , Goodman Hayward Patricia , Chaudhuri Mayurakshi , Brunnquell Claudine , Chattopadhyay Chiranjoy , Mello Alice C.
Published: September 2022

Higher education institutions are embracing virtual meetings with practitioners teaming up to tackle a wide range of issues in higher education. Ironically, the case of this multidisciplinary research team has been learning to successfully collaborate for years prior to the pandemic. The initial analysis compared the team's development to competencies described as a combination of data, technological, and human literacies – termed humanics. This chapter moves the discussion to examine shared competency, shared authority, and authentic leadership. Authentic leadership is not a characteristic held by one team member but can be observed across the team. In the closing of this chapter, the researchers will offer insights based on analysis from participating in the psychological safety index and examples of how a team can develop authentic leadership, grow as a collective, along with impacting the emerging field of digital humanities.
Socially Responsible, Transformative Leadership for STEM Graduates
Authors: Torrisi-Steele Geraldine , Tuxworth Gervase
Published: September 2022

As socially responsible organizations, the role of universities must extend beyond knowledge generation to positive transformation in society. There is a growing recognition of the importance of nurturing socially responsible leadership in STEM graduates but an economic, knowledge-based perspective on leadership of STEM graduates persists. The purpose of the chapter is to direct attention to the necessity of socially responsible leadership development as a focal point in STEM disciplines and to fuel the discussion about how this might be achieved. Beyond providing conditions for learning of discipline knowledge and skills, educators should be influential leaders, guiding and mentoring their students holistically. The chapter serves to prompt reflection on the necessity of socially responsible leadership development as a focal point in STEM disciplines and to fuel discussion about conditions conducive to its development.
Theory and Practice of Multilingual and Multicultural Education in Botswana Lower Primary Schools
Authors: Chebanne Andy , Gabanamotse-Mogara Budzani
Published: September 2022

The chapter discusses issues of languages in education in Botswana. The authors argue that the current language in education practice is at variance with the realities on the ground in which some parts of the population's children do not speak Setswana and English, yet they are required to learn in these languages. Botswana languages in education practice is contrary to theories of multilingualism and multiculturalism that advocate that where there are many languages, there should be proper planning to facilitate learning and also democratize of the curriculum. The discussion limits itself to early primary education level where the learning difficulties are acute, and a solution is required to manage language learning difficulty by using mother tongue medium of instruction.
Parental Involvement in Language Education in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts
Authors: Tlali Phenyane Geremiah , Matee Lihotetso Gloria
Published: September 2022

Using Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory, this chapter explored possible challenges and opportunities imposed by parents in the language education and language use of their children in multilingual and multicultural contexts. It also discovered possible pedagogical implications from the challenges and opportunities imposed by parents in the teaching and learning of language in multilingual and multicultural primary schools in Lesotho. Data were collected through leaners' focus groups, teachers' interviews, and parents' interviews. It was collected from 18 students, 18 parents, and 5 teachers from the three regions of the country. It revealed parental guidance, fear of learning new language, multilingual dictionary, inviting language experts, teacher-training, and use of visual aids as the main findings of this study. It was then concluded that parents and/or other people who can play the role of a parent are sometimes involved in the language education of their children at primary level due to the nature of the ecological systems involved in the development of a child.
Public Sector Disinvestment in India
Authors: Chadha Priyanka , Gera Rajat
Published: September 2022

The chapter is a narrative review of the empirical studies conducted on Indian PSE's post disinvestment. Eighteen papers were selected through a process of search and exclusion to meet the criteria specified and results synthesized under four inductively derived themes. The review shows wide variability in performance outcomes of PSE's post disinvestment. The Indian Government has not followed a transparent process or framed a policy for disinvestment, which would gain public confidence. The process of disinvestment is driven by political expediency. Future research directions are proposed.
Employee Engagement Strategy
Authors: Chawla Swati , Sareen Puja , Gupta Sangeeta
Published: September 2022

Considering the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, the majority of Manufacturing companies in India have declared work from home until 2021. The pandemic has disrupted both the private and professional lives of people working in the Manufacturing sector, which has impacted the employee's attitude toward work. Therefore, the study is conducted to extract all the employee engagement factors that can actually improve the employee's performance during pandemic. Factor analysis has been applied on a sample of 200 respondents, and the factors significantly influencing the engagement of employees are organization's commitment, job safety and security, employee satisfaction, opinions and stability, and set goals and objectives.
Exploring Application of the Training of Trainers (ToT) Model on Faculty Professional Development and Teaching Practices in a Summer Learning Community
Authors: Moton Brandon A. , Wiltsher Cheree Y.
Published: September 2022

The training of trainers (ToT) model is an evidence-informed approach that significantly improves professional development opportunities for faculty. Despite ToT's multiple uses in various settings, few studies have explored the use of the model as a basis for professional development at higher education institutions. This chapter addresses the utility of the ToT framework during a faculty learning community (FLC). The emphasis of this chapter is centered on the operationalization of the ToT constructs and the development of a conceptual framework to depict the process. Using a qualitative approach, the authors also highlight the experiences of faculty participating in the FLC. Additionally, they provide self-reflections from researchers who employed the ToT model and their motivation for using the framework to develop and implement the FLC. Finally, they propose that the ToT model discussed in this chapter will illuminate adopting and using innovative, evidence-based models for faculty training and professional development opportunities at higher education institutions.
Connecting the Dots
Authors: Demus Cedrita N.
Published: September 2022

This chapter examines practices that assist first-year students with the transition between high school to college and overall degree attainment. According to Jaijairam, in 2016, one in every four freshmen did not return to their collegiate institution for their second year. Out of all students enrolled in a four-year degree program, only 50% graduated within six years. As a country that purports to be one of the most advanced nations globally but boasts an attrition rate of approximately 50%, there is a disconnect between the tertiary education we provide and students' ability to complete that education. With such a high attrition rate, the question presents as follows: Who was this tertiary educational system meant to advance? This chapter will focus on improving the first-year students' experiences regarding retention, interpersonal support during the collegiate experience, and high school-to-college bridge programs (also referenced as dual enrollment).
Student-Centered Learning
Authors: Ngatia Lucy W.
Published: September 2022

Globally, there has been a shift from teacher-centered learning to student-centered learning in higher education focused on competence-based curriculum necessitating alignment of student learning outcomes with learning activities and assessment. The aim of this chapter is to explore the practices being put in place, identify deficiencies, and highlight necessary changes. The constructive alignment has involved four major steps: defining student learning outcomes, selecting learning activities, assessing actual learning outcomes, and arriving at a grade/feedback. Two major forms of assessment include summative and formative assessment. Both have been identified to have deficiencies due to the lack of student involvement in the assessment process. In formative assessment, feedback has usually been dialogic, and students' capacity to generate productive internal feedback from multiple sources is lacking. The capacity to align student assessment with long-term learning has been deficient. Bloom's taxonomy and backward design have been useful in alignment of student learning outcomes with activities and assessment will be explored through the lessons learned and carried out as a result of participation in the summer Planning and Implementing Effective Teaching Strategies (PIETS) Faculty Learning Community (FLC) held at Florida A&M University in summer 2021.
Student Perceptions and Experiences of Note-Taking
Authors: Brethauer Helen M. , Dix-Richardson Felecia A.
Published: September 2022

While students once had only pen and paper to use to take notes, multiple technologies are now available to do the job. The focus of this research is not the choice of method to use for note taking but if students do take notes, and if they consider the process helpful or not. A before and after design is employed; the treatment is the practice of note taking and student perceptions of the outcome is explored. The outcome is do they think note taking helps them retain information such that their grades improve. Students are from a set of sociology and criminal justice classes.
The Pivot
Authors: Blankenship Rebecca J. , Davis Shannon A.
Published: September 2022

The field clinical experience is an essential component for the early professional development of pre-service teacher candidates. Teacher candidates need the opportunity to interact with teachers and students in multiple instructional settings and modalities. Research in teacher candidate pedagogic development indicates that clinical experiences in the field promote self-efficacy, especially when applying educational theory to actual classroom practice in the early years of teaching. The purpose of this chapter is to report the efficacy of transition between face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid clinical experiences and how these transitions inform best clinical practice conceptualized using a proprietary instructional model (IDEAL) as well as the TPACK framework.
Addressing Inequity in Writing Achievement Through Utilizing Dual Knowledge Systems
Authors: Parr Judy , Gadd Murray
Published: September 2022

Writing, while vital to success in education and the workforce, is an area of relatively low achievement internationally. In Aotearoa New Zealand, underachievement is particularly marked in upper primary schools and amongst certain groups: indigenous Māori, Pasifika, and boys. A collaborative, design-based, research and development project to support teachers of years 5 to 8 to generate stronger engagement, accelerated progress, and higher levels of achievement in writing, particularly by these learners, is reported. Smart tools were employed to aid the process of teacher inquiry into practice, their learning, and that of their students. The findings present the themes encapsulating the practices identified by participating teachers as making a difference for their underachieving students. Findings from classroom observations show positive change in dimensions of teacher practice related to these themes, while standardized achievement data indicate substantial movement and enhanced rates of progress by those in the lowest levels of achievement.
Voice and Vulnerability in Composition Instruction
Authors: DeHart Jason D.
Published: September 2022

This chapter explores the author's experiences in writing instruction, from a middle grades (6-8) context in the United States, to experiences in higher education. The author uses the first-person pronoun to indicate a closeness to the work and explores the topic through an initial vignette drawing from instruction with international writers in 2017, followed by an ethnodramatic response to instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter concludes with implications and recommendations for practice as well as a final poetic reflection.
Supporting Teacher Candidates Through Engagement of Practice
Authors: Higgs-Coulthard Katherine R. , DeFauw Danielle L.
Published: September 2022

Although research has shifted in recent years to focus on the importance of writing instruction for K-6 students, many teacher preparation programs still lack a course focused specifically on writing methods. Further, recent research suggests teacher educators should engage teacher candidates in a pedagogical learning cycle that includes representation, rehearsal, enactment, and analysis of core practices; however, there is little guidance on how courses might engage teacher candidates in the core practices of teaching writing. To provide such guidance, this chapter will discuss current research related to preparing effective K-6 teachers of writing and explore possibilities for intentional partnering with K-6 schools and community organizations to support teacher candidates' development as writing teachers. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of how teacher educators may design opportunities for teacher candidates to deepen their evolving pedagogical content knowledge of writing through application across a variety of contexts.
Introduction of Blockchain and Usage of Blockchain in Internet of Things
Authors: Ravi Chandrasekar , Manimaran Praveensankar
Published: September 2022

Since the advent of the web, the number of users who started using the internet for everyday purpose has increased tremendously. Most of the common purposes are to access their data whenever they want and wherever they want. So many companies have started providing these services to normal users. These companies store huge volume of data in the data centers. So protecting the integrity of the data is the main responsibility of these companies. Blockchain is one of the trending solutions that gives storage immutability to the users. This chapter starts with the working of blockchain and smart contracts and advantages and disadvantages of blockchain and smart contracts and then goes on to explain how blockchain can be integrated into the internet of things (IOT). This chapter ends with an architecture based on the proof-of-concept for access management, which is blockchain-based fully distributed architecture.
A Study on Data Sharing Using Blockchain System and Its Challenges and Applications
Authors: Smmarwar Santosh Kumar , Gupta Govind P. , Kumar Sanjay
Published: September 2022

Blockchain since 2009 has been gaining more popularity in various fields to use in numerous applications to overcome the security issues such as privacy, transparency, and mutability of data in the process of data sharing. Process of data sharing has many addressed and unaddressed challenges such as information encryption and decryption, data authentication, storage security, latency time, transfer speed of data, detecting malicious nodes, prevent the computer system from attacks, trust in the sharing process. In this chapter, the authors have reviewed the data sharing paper based on blockchain technology and presented the analysis of various techniques used in the information sharing process. The comprehensive analysis is categorizing in the following areas like incentive mechanism-based work, IoT-based data sharing, healthcare data sharing, and internet of vehicle data sharing using blockchain.