bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Towards Building a Semantic Repository of Bioinformatics Resources
Authors: M. Nisheva-Pavlova Maria , L. Stanchev Peter , I. Pavlov Pavel
Published: September 2022

The paper presents a work in progress directed to the creation of a semantic digital repository of scholarly resources in the area of bioinformatics.
A special attention has been paid to the design of a lightweight subject ontology that will be used for automated conceptual annotation of the dynamically entering new materials and as a knowledge source for intelligent search over the repository. Some issues concerning the implementation of the repository and a suitable tool for search and document retrieval over its resources are discussed as well.
Generation of Educational 3D Maze Games for Carpet Handicraft in Bulgaria
Authors: Bontchev Boyan , Panayotova Radina
Published: September 2022

Serious video games applied for learning purposes play a significant and important role for the modern technology enhanced education. The paper presents an educational 3D maze video game dedicated to the development of carpet fabrication in Bulgaria since 17 th century until modern days. The game was automatically generated by means of declarative description of the maze processed by an open software tool named Maze Builder and built on top of Unity game platform and specially designed for automatic generation and easy modification of maze video games. There are explained the maze game design process, the educational tasks embedded into the maze, and a practical experiment conducted with the generated game. The initial results obtained from these experiments are very positive and encouraging with regard of playability of such educational mazes and, as well, concerning their easy and straightforward generation by educators, who are not IT professionals.
Designing a Science Information Literacy Program for the Digital Age
Authors: Baykoucheva Svetla
Published: September 2022

The rapid growth of scientific information is presenting many challenges to researchers and students, who need to learn to use new tools and approaches for finding and managing scientific literature and research data more efficiently. This paper describes a large-scale information literacy program implemented at the University of Maryland College Park (USA), which has trained more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students how to use new digital technologies to find, filter, manage, share, and communicate scientific information.
Nanotechnology – Materials and Techniques for Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
Authors: Fierascu Irina , Claudiu Fierascu Radu , Florentina Dana-Negula Iulia , Popitiu Ioana , Rustoiu Gabriel , Ioan Inel Constantin , Ortan Alina
Published: September 2022

The presented project aims to provide practical solutions for ceramic and paper artifacts, based on new antifungal recipes, in order to reduce the impact of biodegradation of cultural heritage artifacts. The developed recipes, specific for each type of support material (ceramic and paper), will be based on the use of soft nanomaterials, applicable in the form of xerogels or spraying. The recipes will take into consideration the interaction between the developed materials and the support materials.
Challenges and Opportunities for Creative Industries in Age of Data Economics
Authors: Pilege Evita , Plota Sandra
Published: September 2022

The aim of the paper is to outline the main challenges and opportunities for creative industries in age of data economics and characterize the Latvian
Colleges of Culture project “Data design training programme” that is aimed to overcome the problem with lack of professionals of specialists in business data visualization.
Image-based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Byzantine and Paleochristian Monuments
Authors: Symeonidis Charalampos , Karakostas Iason , Martinopoulou Efstathia , Pitas Ioannis
Published: September 2022

In the last decade, visual 3D object surface reconstruction has been increasingly applied in the fields of cultural heritage preservation and archaeology. In this paper, we present a variety of state-of-the-art algorithms and commercial software used in 3D reconstruction and employ one of them for generating 3D monument surface models of some of the most popular Paleochristian and
Byzantine monuments located in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Intelligent Data Curation in Virtual Museum for Ancient History and Civilization
Authors: Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Stoikov Jordan , Goynov Maxim , Luchev Detelin , Pavlov Radoslav , Pavlova Lilia
Published: September 2022

The virtual museum is an advanced system managing diverse collections of digital objects that are organized in various ways by a complex specialized functionality. The management of digital content requires a well-designed architecture that embeds services for content presentation, management, and administration. All elements of the system architecture are interrelated, thus the accuracy of each element is of great importance. These systems suffer from the lack of tools for intelligent data curation with the capacity to validate data from different sources and to add value to data. This paper proposes a solution for intelligent data curation that can be implemented in a virtual museum in order to provide opportunity to observe the valuable historical specimens in a proper way.
The solution is focused on the process of validation and verification to prevent the duplication of records for digital objects, in order to guarantee the integrity of data and more accurate retrieval of knowledge.
The Role of the Educational Multimedia Games to Build Lasting Interest among Young People in the Cultural and Historical Heritage
Authors: Kouzov Orlin
Published: September 2022

At present we are witnessing the growth of an entirely digital generation. Young people who, from a very early age, use a computer or tablet and are strong supporters of computer games, can be successfully inspired using that same technologies to love and preserve the cultural and historical heritage of the country.
Technologies for the Introduction of Digitalized Cultural Heritage to Visually Impaired People
Authors: Simeonova Neli , Stewart Radovesta , Gospodinova Ekaterina
Published: September 2022

This paper presents the place of technologies and digitalization for the creation of an opportunity for visual impaired people to become acquainted with the cultural heritage not only as text and as sound but also images. A concept for hardware realization of graphic tactile display is outlined based on a technology using tactile actuators bi-stable, solenoids and PIC based control board. The selected algorithm for series activation of each row of display allows using minimal number of active components to set and reset the solenoids and make possible the representation of an image, described additionally through text to sound readings of an object description.
A Reference Framework to Establish and Sustain Onlife Communities and Its Use
Authors: Moumoutzis Nektarios , Sifakis Yiannis , Christodoulakis Stavros , Paneva-Marinova Desislava
Published: September 2022

This paper employs the overarching concept of communities to express the social contexts within which human creativity is exercised and learning happens. With the advent of digital technologies, these social contexts, the communities we engage in, change radically. The new landscape brought about by digital technologies is characterized by new qualities, new opportunities for action, new community affordances. The term onlife is adopted from the Onlife Manifesto and used to distinguish the new kind of communities brought about by the modern digital technologies, the Onlife Communities . Design principles are presented to foster such communities and support their members. To showcase the use of these design principles, the paper presents a concrete system addressing creativity and learning in the field of cultural heritage (history teaching and learning):
ViSTPro. ViSTPro enables the visualization of spatiotemporal processes, thus facilitating active learning of historical events. To demonstrate the flexibility of the ViSTPro and its capability to provide insightful visualizations, a pilot application has been elaborated on the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC.
Rite in the Forbidden City: The Cultural Interpretation and Digital Reconstruction of Guangxu Emperor’s Wedding
Authors: Liang Jihong , Sun Dazhi , Wang Xiaoyu , Lin Kejing , Wang Xinxin
Published: September 2022

On the basis of the historical classics of Guangxu emperor’s wedding held in the Forbidden City, we build a website to preserve and reappear Guangxu
Emperor’s wedding, with the purpose of promoting the rite and the royal wedding culture of Qing dynasty.
Sharing ICH Archives: Integration of Online Inventories and Definition of Common Metadata
Authors: Teresa Artese Maria , Gagliardi Isabella
Published: September 2022

We present here an ongoing study and experimentation of a system
(QueryLab) able to query different inventories at the same time, providing a larger virtual collection that can be explored through intuitive and attractive search tools. The aim is twofold: overcome data silos archives and develop a common metadata able to collect lists of intangible cultural heritage that is not yet included in any online database.
Designing a Mini-Program for Culture Learning and Creative Product Customization: DIY RADP
Authors: Jia Xiaoshuang , Liang Yuan , Wang Kexin , Yao Shengnan , Han Leiqian , Chai Xingzhuan
Published: September 2022

Taking Chinese royal architecture decorative patterns as an example, this paper explores an overall socioeconomic framework of culture learning and culture creative product customization as well as the technological framework for developing a WeChat mini-program. It highlights the results so far and the challenges of it.
What Should be Taught in an Academic Program of Data Sciences?
Authors: Ahituv Niv
Published: September 2022

The new academic discipline of Data Sciences (DS) has been developed in recent years mainly because of the need to make decisions based on huge amounts of data -- Big Data. In parallel, there has been a huge progress in the development of technologies that enable to identify patterns, to filter big data, and to provide relevant meanings to information, due to machine learning and sophisticated inference techniques. The profession of Data Scientist (or Data Analyst) has become highly demanded in recent years. It is required in the business sector where data is the “oxygen” for business survival; it is needed in the governmental sector in order to improve its services to the citizens; and it is very imperative in the scientific world, where large data depositories collected in varied disciplines have to be integrated, mined and analyzed, in order to enable interdisciplinary research. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the scientific discipline of Data Sciences fits into academic programs intended to prepare data analysts for the business, public, government, and academic sectors.
The article first delineates the Data Cycle, which portrays the transformation of data and their derivatives along the route from generation to decision making.
The cycle includes the following stages: problem definition  identifying pertinent data sources  data collection, and storing (including cleansing and backup)
 data integration  data mining  processing and analysis  visualization 
learning and decision-making  feedback for future cycles. Within this cycle, there might be sub cycles, where a number of stages are repeated and reiterated.
It should be noted that the data cycle is generic. It might have slight variations under various circumstances, however, there is not much difference between the scientific cycle and all the other cycles.
Each stage within the cycle requires different tools, namely hardware and software technologies that support the stage. This article classifies these tools. The final part of the article suggests a typology for academic DS programs. It outlines an academic program that will be offered to those wishing to practice the Data
Analyst profession. An introductory course that should be mandatory to all students campus-wide is sketched.
Sustainable Development of the Practices of Digitization in National Library “Ivan Vazov” – Plovdiv
Authors: Kratchanov Ivan
Published: September 2022

National Library “Ivan Vazov” in Plovdiv is the second largest library in Bulgaria. It is established as the second national depository of Bulgarian printed output and has contributed significantly to the preservation of the national cultural and historical heritage. This article offers an overview of the library’s history and current developments in the field of automation and digitization.
Workshop on Serious Games and their Educational Applications
Authors: Pavlov Radoslav , Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Luchev Detelin , Zlatkov Lubomir
Published: September 2022

The workshop on Serious Games and their Educational Applications
presents outcomes of the National Scientific Program “ Cultural and Historical
Heritage, National Memory and Social Developmen t”, funded by the Ministry of
Education and Science (approved by DCM No 577 of 17 August 2018), achieved during the first year under the Work Package No. 4 “Activities for the Development of Scientific and Scientific-Applied Products” (Activity "Digitization and virtualization of cultural heritage"). The workshop outlines also some future trends for educational applications of serious games.
Towards Modeling of Digital Ecosystems for Cultural Heritage
Authors: Dochev Danail , Pavlov Radoslav , Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Pavlova Lilia
Published: September 2022

The aim of the present paper is to give a brief information about the innovative functionalities and potential of the Digital Ecosystems for Cultural
Heritage. The main features of digital ecosystems are shortly presented. A brief overview of some recent European projects dedicated to research and development of digital cultural ecosystems sketches their specifics, reveal some common characteristics and some development trends.
An Approach to Developing Internet of Things (IoT) － Based Services for Smart Museums
Authors: Ivanov Rosen
Published: September 2022

The aim of each museum is to present its exhibits in a way that enhances the visitor experience, satisfaction and knowledge. This objective is difficult to achieve, especially in museums with a very large number of exhibits and visitors. One possible solution is to use the modern Internet and mobile technologies in order to implement a service for personalized information delivery. The content that is delivered to visitors should be consistent with their preferences and free time. The paper presents an Internet of Things (IoT) － based solution for delivering personalized content to museum visitors, which includes: (1) Mobile app for visitors and curators; (2) Sensor network; and (3) Edge Computing Gateway. The main advantages of this solution are the following: platform independent service thanks to its full-stack JavaScript architecture; the service allows visitors to use it in multiple museums, not just in a particular museum; the service does not require permanent Internet access to operate; ability to deliver personalized content during the movement of visitors along the exhibits; relatively low price of the service thanks to the used hardware and open source software. Preliminary experiments in simulated and real environments show that proposed solution can be successfully used to create personalized content delivery services in smart museums.
Impact of Digital Technologies on Development of Creative Industries
Authors: Pilege Evita , Plota Sandra , Pilegis Girts
Published: September 2022

The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of information technology on the development of creative industry in general, as well as during the
Covid-19 pandemic. Finally, the Latvian Colleges of Culture project for the promotion of the competitiveness of the creative sector in the digital age will be described.
Visualize and Communicate Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage with the QueryLab System
Authors: Teresa Artese Maria , Gagliardi Isabella
Published: September 2022

QueryLab is a platform designed to query different cultural databases at the same time in a transparent way. This paper presents the design of a new section, ICH Discovery, dedicated to the intangible heritage, where we tried to improve the structuring, querying and visualization of the results, alternative to the classically available ones, to facilitate the sharing, dissemination, and preservation of cultural heritage.
Educational Competition for Digital Presentation and Preservation of Scientific Heritage
Authors: László Márkus Zsolt , Szkaliczki Tibor , Szántó György , Veres Miklós , Weisz Zsolt , Molnár László , Csaba Szarka László
Published: September 2022

Educational competitions belong to the most effective ways for motivating students to gain new knowledge on a specific domain. They can even bring scientific heritage closer to the next generation. The coronavirus pandemic put the organisation of competitions at risk. This paper presents how digital tools could help in organising educational competitions and transfer new knowledge during these events.
The Image of Bread in Closely Related Languages through Word Associations
Authors: Derzhanski Ivan , Siruk Olena
Published: September 2022

We perform a comparative study of the culturological characteristics of closely related languages through associative connexions which exist in the minds of their speakers and are registered in lexicographic sources. We examine the stimulus ‘bread’, which is one of the most important European and global culturally marked concepts. Our work addresses Bulgarian and Ukrainian in a broader comparison to Belarusian and Russian.
Fast Monte Carlo Method for Condition Number Estimation
Authors: Gurova Silvi-Maria , Karaivanova Aneta
Published: September 2022

This paper presents theoretical results on estimation the condition number with application in image restoration problems.
Web Mining Techniques Applicable for Cultural Heritage Observations
Authors: Mitreva Emanuela , Nikolova Alexandra , Georgiev Vladimir
Published: September 2022

The rapid digitalization in the cultural domain generated enormous amounts of data. But that data is not personalized or processed, thus the benefit for different users is limited, due to the variety of users – people learn through different methods. However if techniques used in the last decade to personalize web content are applied to cultural content more users could easily absorb and process the cultural heritage knowledge. Also techniques could be applied to cluster and extract useful knowledge.
The Influence of the Artificial Intelligence on the Development of the Economy - Some Cultural Aspects
Authors: Kouzov Orlin
Published: September 2022

In an era of mass digitalization and revolutionary changes in the labor market, more and more people need to change profession and the development of new forms of digital art is a niche with expected growth. The associated reasons are complex, but it is possible to predict and guide them.
Usage of Innovative Technologies and Online Media Tools for Digital Presentation of Cultural Heritage in Bulgaria
Authors: Todorova – Ekmekci Mirena , Todorov Todor , Sotirova-Valkova Kalina
Published: September 2022

The paper presents implementation of digital media tools and innovative technologies in open access presentation and sustainable preservation of cultural heritage objects, stored in museums. New digital preservation and curation tools like web sites, 3D modeling, virtual tours, and repositories, have been analyzed for usage in cultural heritage fields for memory institutions, museums, institutions, tourist routes, information centers and sites.
New Digital Life for Fourteenth Century South Slavonic Scriptoria
Authors: Scarpa Marco , Burlacu Constanta , Paneva-Marinova Desislava
Published: September 2022

Written testimonies about the activity of South Slavic scribes and their monastic scriptoria in the 14 th century are an essential resource of information, part of the world’s cultural and historical heritage which is at risk. Their tracking as well as the systematization and digitalization, will show how the information derived from medieval manuscripts is a source for the history of the Bulgarian state, but also for understanding the state policy in the fields of science and culture, and for constructing and managing new knowledge in today’s modern society. In this article we present the objectives of the Fourteenth Century South Slavonic Scribes and Scriptoria project. After giving a brief introduction to the cultural context of South Slavic lands in the 14 th century, we proceed with describing how we intend to bring digital palaeography to the field of Slavonic Studies.
Ontological Presentation of Bulgarian Revival Residential Architecture
Authors: Madanska Sebiha , Bilyanov Sheban , Stoyanova-Doycheva Asya , Stoyanov Stanimir
Published: September 2022

This article presents a symbiosis between science and art, future and past, building and preserving the old. The ontological approach used for this purpose presents a world from the past for the future - namely the old Bulgarian
Revival architecture in and around the Revival Period.
Using Conditional Probability for Discovering Semantic Relationships between Named Entities in Cultural Heritage Data
Authors: Stoikov Jordan
Published: September 2022

This paper introduces a method for extracting information from various cultural heritage data sources using word embedding with feature extraction from the sentence and structured representation of the sentence. The focus is on discovering the named entities’ relations including part of speech tags and positons tags by the means of conditional probability.
Machine Learning and Neural Networks Tools to Address Noisy Data Issues
Authors: Teresa Artese Maria , Gagliardi Isabella
Published: September 2022

In this paper, we present tools for addressing noisy keyword issues in digital libraries. Two tasks, language detection and misspelling detection and correction, are addressed using both machine learning and deep learning techniques.
To train and validate the models, different datasets were used/created/scraped.
Encouraging preliminary results are presented and discussed.
Virtualization, Processing, and Standardization of Knowledge about Bulgarian Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage for Use in School Education
Authors: Grancharova-Hristova Mariya , Moraliyska Nevena , Glushkova Todorka , Rusev Konstantin
Published: September 2022

The report examines an approach to standardized presentation and virtualization of Bulgaria's cultural, historical, and natural heritage sites. Ideas and experience in using this knowledge in the teaching of various subjects in school education are shared.
Efficacy of Application of an Electronic Archive in the Rehabilitation Field: Education and Digital Testing of Professional Competencies of Learners
Authors: R. Yoshinov Radoslav , B. Koleva Ivet , R. Yoshinov Borislav
Published: September 2022

Objective: Evaluation of the efficacy of application of an electronic archive in the rehabilitation field – through digital testing of obtained professional competencies of learners.
Design: Comparison of results of traditional education and electronic learning, based on an electronic archive.
Results: We observed significant amelioration of professional competencies of learners of the experimental group and satisfaction of responders of the electronic archive and digital evaluation.
Cyber Risk Assessment Principles for Modern Digital Museums
Authors: Todorov Todor , Lutfiu Shpend
Published: September 2022

Modern museums as well as other sectors that have their activity exposed to the internet process digital data. The digitalization of museums and other institutions that promote cultural heritage has gained momentum in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when their activities were completely closed to the public. Cybersecurity is based on preventive methods applied to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of digital data and services provided. In the paper is presented an analysis of the principles and standards for the risk management of modern digital museums. The paper analyses the principles risk management and compliance requirements needed to assess the risk of modern digital museums, based on which institutions dealing with cultural heritage will be able to decide on the investments necessary for protection of their technologies and services they provide.
Digitalization for Preserving the Book Heritage of the University Library at “Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse
Authors: Ivanova Viktoriya
Published: September 2022

This paper presents the project “Creating a digital collection in the fund of the University library in University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev” (Centre for digitalization), contract number No 2022- РУ -04, funded by the National Research Fund. Aim of the project is digitizing the first book collection in the University library’s fund and presenting it to the wide audience.
Local History Research Databases in Latvian Public Libraries
Authors: Haļzova Zinta
Published: September 2022

The paper analyzes the collections and databases of the online local
history research created by Latvian public libraries, as well as describes the content of the databases as well as available sources of information and its formats.
The research base is websites of the main libraries of Latvia's regions and the digital local history research available online.
The result of the research led to the conclusion that Latvian public libraries offer a wide range of online local history research resources and databases: local countyman databases and encyclopedia, libraries history materials, information about county, oral history collections: personal records and memory stories. The interviews can be evidenced in audio format. The full texts of the interviews have also been published. Several Latvian public libraries also offer a video format.
It is concluded that the local history databases of Latvian public libraries store and provide unique information about the time, place, historical events and people in the region. The sources of oral history included in the local history databases in the collections of Latvian public libraries are an important part of the historical heritage.
The 13th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud
Authors: Stanchev Peter , Karaivanova Aneta , Zherkova Yanita , Klisarova Hristiyaniya , Pavlov Radoslav , Simeonov Georgi
Published: September 2022

The paper gives an overview the current landscape and the activities on national and institutional level regarding Open Science, Open Access to scientific information, Open Data and the overall development of the Bulgarian
Open Science Cloud.
Virtual Walk in the Church of Nativity in Arbanasi
Authors: László Márkus Zsolt , Szkaliczki Tibor , Szántó György , Veres Miklós , Weisz Zsolt , Luchev Detelin , Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Goynov Maxim , Pavlov Radoslav , Pavlova Lilia
Published: September 2022

The paper presents the special features of the virtual walk developed in Bulgarian - Hungarian co-operation for the famous Bulgarian church named as Church of Nativity in Arbanasi. The virtual walk is created from high-resolution interactive spherical panorama pictures. The virtual walk is integrated with the Bulgarian Iconographical Digital Library, a rich repository of Bulgarian icons.
Visual Emotion Recognition Using Deep Neural Networks
Authors: I. Iliev Alexander , Mote Ameya
Published: September 2022

It has been proven historically how important feelings and expressions are. They form an important role in communications between individuals of different culture. In the present day, Globalization has led to exchange of vast number of ideas among people on Earth. This gives rise to a unique challenge of identifying what the person in front is speaking about and formulate opinions likewise. Failing to do that would often result in unfortunate consequences. This paper leads to make inroads in this field and provide a basis to other future researchers. We took images from a pre-existing video dataset and recognize the emotions behind it. Through a series of experiments, a final neural network model was created which gave an accuracy of 88%.
MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MENGENAL BILANGAN SEDERHANA 1 – 10 MELALUI MEDIA HIKORI BERBASIS BUDAYA LOKAL
Authors: Maharani Yeny Kartika , Lestariningrum Anik , Khan Rosa Imani
Published: September 2022

Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh observasi peneliti, bahwa kemampuan mengenal bilangan sederhana 1 – 10 pada kelompok bermain usia 3 – 4 tahun di KB PKK Baye Kecamatan Kayen Kidul Kabupaten Kediri masih sangat rendah. Disini terbukti dari anak belum mampu membedakan angka satu dengan angka tujuh, kemudian angka enam dengan angka sembilan. Hal tersebut dikarenakan penggunaan media yang menarik masih sangat kurang di lembaga ini. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk  mengembangjan media HIKORI (Hitung Ikon Kediri) berbasis budaya lokal untuk mengenal bilangan sederhana 1 – 10 dapat digunakan pada kelompok bermain Anak Usia 3 – 4 Tahun?”. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian dan pengembangan. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui empat tahap yaitu penemuan potensi juga masalah, mengumpulkan data data, mendesain produk, dan memvalidasi media. Dimana peneliti mulai mengumpulkan informasi terkait permasalahan yang ada di lembaga, kemudian peneliti mengumpulkan data dan informasi agar bisa dipakai sebagai bahan untuk perencanaan produk, kemudian peneliti melakukan desain produk sehingga peneliti memiliki acuan untuk membuat media, kemudia peneliti memvalidasikan media yang dibuat kepada ahli media dan ahli materi masing – masing dua orang.  Berdasarkan uraian di atas dapat disimpulkan dimana media HIKORI (Hitung Ikon Kediri) layak diuji cobakan pada anak usia 3 – 4 tahun di KB PKK Baye.
PENGARUH MINAT BELAJAR TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SISWA KELAS VI SDN 1 GAMPING
Authors: Setiawan Angga , Nugroho Wahyu , Widyaningtyas Dessy
Published: September 2022

Setiap siswa sebagai individu memiliki minat dan ketertarikan yang berbeda-beda, termasuk dalam menentukan ketertarikan minat pembelajaran. Minat belajar siswa akan berdampak pada hasil belajar. berdasarkan hasil observasi di SDN 1 Gamping menunjukkan bahwa rendahnya hasil belajar siswa menjadi faktor utama dalam tingkat pemahaman yang di dorong oleh adanya minat belajar.  hasil belajar yang cendeung rendah akan berdampak pada rendahnya minat belajar siswa yang dapat dilihat dari banyak siswa yang mengantuk, dan kurang semangat. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh minat belajar terhadap hasil belajar siswa kelas VI SDN 1 Gamping. Jenis penelitian pada penenlitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif, dengan jenis penelitian kolerasi. Instrumen pengambilan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan lembar observasi, angket dan tes. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa minat belajar dan hasil belajar peserta didik kelas VI SDN 1 Gamping berada pada kategori sedang dengan persentase 42%.  Sedangkan besar pengaruh minat belajar terhadap hasil belajar sebesar 78,5%. Dengan demikian hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang saling mempengaruhi antara minat belajar terhadap hasil belajar siswa kelas VI SDN 1 Gamping. Saran bagi pendidik ada baiknya memetakan minat belajar siswa sejak awal untuk memaksimalkan hasil belajar.
One Man’s Birth Story Part 2
Authors: Hempel Evan
Published: September 2022

In this three-part series the Student Midwife Journal seeks to raise awareness of transgender birth to educate and inform on paramount issues of validation, inclusivity, language and compassion for all women/birthing people. In our last issue, Evan Hempel detailed his birth story starting with conception and the antenatal period. Now in Part 2, Evan shares his experiences of the birth and postnatal period.
Special Report from the UK
Authors: Hawkins Beth , Whincop Ruth
Published: September 2022

On the 1st of August 2017, the National Health Service (NHS) bursary was removed,1 leaving many healthcare students feeling unsupported and vulnerable. Since then, student midwives in England and Wales have been required to self-fund, or use a loan to pay for their tuition fees and living costs, leading to mounting, and sometimes unmanageable debt throughout their training. Student midwives are well aware of the intensive and demanding nature of this profession: it can be a struggle to juggle placement and academic requirements, let alone a part-time job to ease the financial strain. Student midwives Beth Hawkins and Ruth Whincop from the University of West England have launched Campaign SOS (SaveOurStudents) to tackle this crucial issue. In this article, they explain the impact of removing the bursary, concerning reduced workforce numbers, poor retention rates, and increasing poverty, and of course, what you can do to help.
And Then There’s Us: Training yourself as a midwifery leader
Authors: Durant Ellie
Published: September 2022

If you’re a class rep, Royal College of Midwives rep, or perhaps you are single handedly getting a free meditation course or Baby Friendly Initiative accredited training set up for your university or trust, awesome, crack on, you probably don’t need this article! But if someone had talked to me about leadership while I was in the throes of being a student midwife I’d have said “Nice thought, but If I get to shift on time and my uniform’s not inside out, that’s me winning the day. I’m not cut out for being in charge.”
Influence of operating temperature on the activation efficiency of Li-ion cells with xLi2MnO3-(1-x)LiMn0.5Ni0.5O2 electrodes
Authors: Nazario-Naveda Renny , Rojas-Flores Segundo , Gallozzo-Cardenas Moises , Juárez-Cortijo Luisa , Angelats-Silva Luis
Published: September 2022

In this study, the effect of operating temperature at 55 °C on xLi2MnO3-(1-x)LiMn0.5Ni0.5O2 electrodes during the charge/discharge process at different current densities was investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used for structural and morphological analysis of the fabricated cathode materials, while charge-discharge curves and differential capacity were used to study the electrochemical behavior. Results confirm the formation of the structures with two phases associated with the components of the layered material. It was found that at 55 °C, a capacity higher than 357 mAh g-1 could be achieved at a voltage of 2.5-4.8 V vs. Li/Li+, which was larger than the capacity achieved at room temperature. At 55 °C, a change in valence could be observed during charging and discharging due to the change in the position of the peaks associated with Mn and Ni, highlighting cathodic material with x = 0.5 as the material that retains the layered structure at this temperature. This work confirms the good performance of electrodes made with this material at elevated temperatures and gives a better understanding of its electrochemical behavior.
Factores de riesgo de los indicadores del saneamiento ambiental asociados a la parasitosis intestinales.
Authors: Durán Pincay Yelisa Estefanía , Rivero De Rodríguez Zulbey , Parrales Noralma Lucas Elsa
Published: September 2022

La parasitosis intestinal es un problema de salud pública, siendo más vulnerables los infantes en edad escolar afectando población rural y periurbana al no contar con servicios básicos; en este sentido se determinó los factores de riesgos de los indicadores del saneamiento ambiental asociados a parasitosis intestinales. Se utilizó un diseño no experimental de tipo descriptivo, prospectivo, transversal, aplicando exámenes coproparasitológico directo y por concentración a un muestreo estratificado de las parroquias del cantón Paján, siendo este de 351 escolares. La edad promedio con incidencia de parasitosis es de 8-9 años., predominando el sexo masculino. Se encontró un 45,26% de parasitados con predominio del monoparasitismo. Entre las especies parasitarias identificadas, esta los protozoarios, fueron: Complejo Entamoeba histolytica/dispar 24,2%; Giardia lamblia 6,3%; Entamoeba coli 6,2%. De los helmintos, Ascarys lumbricoides 1,08%; Enterobius vermicularis 0,5%. Entre los factores de riesgos de los indicadores de saneamiento ambiental se evidenció un 67,24% de individuos que consumen agua de río o pozo, un 67,81% no le hacen ningún tipo de tratamiento previo al consumo; con respecto a la eliminación de excretas, un 90,03% lo hace a través de letrinas o pozo séptico y la eliminación de basura el 75,78% lo realizan por otras vías la botan en el patio de la casa o queman. Se concluyó que la parasitosis intestinales, está estrechamente relacionada a los indicadores en mención, por lo que se evidencio el poco conocimiento y poca practica de los hábitos higiénicos, como causas predisponentes de la enfermedad parasitaria en niños escolares de Paján.
Skilling Women, Empowering India: NIOS Paving the Way
Authors: Chauhan Praveen
Published: September 2022

Women participation in India’s workforce is low, and this needs to improve for India to reap its demographic dividend. The progressing economy of India needs 119 million skilled workers between 2017-2022. However, around 88.5 million women are yet not into any form of education, employment, or training. The proportion of working-age women receiving any form of vocational training over the past decade has only increased from 6.8% in 2011-12 to 6.9% in 2018-19, Vs an increase of 14.6% to 15.7% for men. There is an imminent requirement to empower girls and women in India through quality education and skilling. The Open and distance learning system can play a major role in achieving this mission. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), an ODL institution, is providing quality education and skill training to girls and women in the country through its special programs. The present paper mainly focuses on NIOS experience in integrating vocational training with school education for girls in more than 300 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBVs), special Government residential schools for girls. This is in line with National Education Policy 2020, which recommends integrating Vocational Education into the educational offerings of all Secondary Schools over the next decade. An attempt will be made in this paper to present the concerted efforts by NIOS for the education of girls and women, its impact, and the way forward.
Synchronous Learning in Legal Education: The Way Forward
Authors: Salpekar Rashmi , Dardi Manan
Published: September 2022

The spread of Covid-19 has forced many countries to impose lockdowns, for all activities, including teaching and learning. Therefore, all educational institutions suffered a massive setback. Regular classes were cancelled due to a threat to the learners’ and teachers’ lives. One of the most impacts of the pandemic on global education was the abrupt shift from classroom teaching to an online mode of teaching and learning, which affected the teaching and learning process, significantly disrupting the higher education sector. This shift in the mode of teaching has resulted in a significant change in learning, with both positive and negative consequences, and legal education is no exception. // Most of the countries are highly stringent regarding legal education. It discouraged open, distance or online learning in legal education. Online learning is divided into two categories: synchronous and asynchronous. A research analyses whether synchronous learning can be used post-pandemic in legal education and whether blended learning/hybrid teaching can be continued in legal education. During this phase of time where the world is facing a challenge of pandemic and with the advancement of technology, this research paper contends that blended learning can be used in legal education.
Second Chance Schooling for Women: A Case Study of India
Authors: Kharbanda Anshul
Published: September 2022

Low levels of literacy in India with over 200 million illiterate women creates a negative impact not only on women’s own lives, their families but also on country’s economic development. According to the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) report, around 40 percent of adolescent girls in the age group of 15-18 are not getting education. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) recognises the role of education in women’s lives considering gender as a cross cutting theme across all its activities. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is currently implementing a programme called Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning (SCE) with the active support of UN Women aimed at empowerment of the most marginalized women, using the pathways of learning, employment and entrepreneurship. SCE was implemented in 12 districts across 4 states of India– Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan, covering 200 villages. More than 2,500 rural girls have enrolled for the Programme. This is a qualitative study on 60 girls enrolled for the programme, based on focussed group discussions held telephonically with a group of five girls from each of the 12 districts. The findings of the study reveal several challenges faced by girls/women and different stakeholders in its implementation. The study suggests how this model may be up-scaled to other states of India as well.
Ecological analysis in diplomacy, geopolitics and international cooperation: Driving accountability for social impact
Authors: Chrysanthus Chukwuma
Published: September 2022

It is not essentially the objective of this paper to elaborately (re)construct the salient spheres of diplomacy, geopolitics and international cooperation as they impact on civilization, rather it is a presentation regarding the essential disparities of inter alia scarce resources, military efforts, trade, and transboundary realizations of pollutants and irritants into the biosphere. Due to the multidimensional origin of environmental perturbations, although, with its ingrained complexity, it has become necessary to inculcate all pertinent concerns in decision making locally and globally. The levels of significant risk factors and social decision-making continue to undergo diverse alterations in several countries with their attendant geopolitics, gain-of-function research in biosecurity, environment, and health which necessitate international cooperation for peaceful coexistence within and across borders. A proper understanding of the cumulative impact of these changes in erstwhile, current and future trends is vital to harness and curb environmental disasters in vulnerable ecosystem cadastres, emerging and reemerging communicable and noncommunicable diseases or disorders.
A Call for Context (in Cell Culture)
Authors: Leung Diana
Published: September 2022

By studying how cells coordinate, we can cross the chasm that divides the bench and our bodies.
Reversing 1.5 Billion Years of Evolution
Authors: Faizi Kian
Published: September 2022

I’m building a free-living chloroplast to dissect the origins of multicellular life.
لادان لە بنەمای هاریکاری (کتێبی ڕشتەی مرواری بە نموونە)
Authors: ئاگرین شەوكەت هادی  , كه‌لسووم خالید ئه‌حمه‌د  , نەریمان عەبدولڵا خۆشناو
Published: September 2022

١ـ ناونیشانی لێکۆڵینەوەکە

 ناونیشانی لێکۆڵینەوەکە بریتییە لە (لادان لە بنەمای هاریکاری "کتێبی ڕشتەی مرواری بە نموونە"). لێکۆڵینەوەیەکی پراگماتیکییە، نموونەکانی ئەو دەقانەن، کە لە کتێبی ڕشتەی مرواریدا باسکراون، بەپێی تیۆری بنەماکانی هاریکاری شیکراونەتەوە و هەوڵدراوە گونجاوترین نموونە هەڵبژێردرێت، کە لەگەڵ ناوەرۆکی باسەکەدا بگونجێت، کە ئەمەش هەوڵێکە بۆ دەرخستنی بنەما وردەکانی بنەمای هاریکاری لە دەقە نووسراوەکاندا.

٢ـ سنوور و ڕێبازی لێکۆڵینەوەکە

لێکۆڵینەوەکە لە ئاستی پراگماتیکدایە و شیکردنەوەی نموونەکان بەپێی تیۆری بنەماکانی هاریکاری گرایس لێکدراوەتەوە و سنوورەکەی دەستنیشان کراوە بەوەی تەنیا ئەو نموونانە وەرگیراون، کە لە کتێبی ڕشتەی مرواریدا باسکراون، ئەم لێکۆڵینەوەیەش لە چوارچێوەی ڕێبازی (وەسفی شیکاری) باسی لێوە دەکرێت.

٣ـ هۆی هەڵبژاردنی لێکۆڵینەوەکە

خاڵی گرنگ لە هەڵبژاردنی لێکۆڵینەوەکە، کاریگەریی ئەو پەیوەندییەیە کە لەنێوان قسەکەر و گوێگردا هەیە، بەتایبەتی لە بنەماکانی هاریکاریدا، کە کاریگەرییەکی زۆری هەیە لەسەر سەرکەوتنی پڕۆسەی پەیوەندیکردن، بە پیادەکردنی بنەماکان لەنێوان تاکەکانی کۆمەڵدا، بەوەی زمان چالاکییەکی کۆمەڵایەتییە بە مەبەستی هاریکاریکردنی نێوان بەشداربووانی ئاخاوتن بەکاردەهێنرێت.

٤ـ کێشەی لێکۆڵینەوەکە

ئەم لێکۆڵینەوەیە هەوڵێکە بۆ شیکارکردنی پراگماتیکییانەی چەند دەقێکی نێو کتێبی ڕشتەی مرواری بەپێی بنەماکانی هاریکاری، کێشەی ئەم دەقانە لەوەدابوو کە هەر دەقێک زیاتر لە بنەمایەکی تێدا پێشێل کرابوو، بە ئەستەم نموونەیەکمان دەستدەکەوت و ده‌بینییەوە تەنیا لە یەک بنەمادا لادان تیایدا ڕوویدا بێت.

٥ـ ناوەرۆکی لێکۆڵینەوە

ناوەرۆکی ئەم لێکۆڵینەوەیە جگە لە پێشەکی و ئەنجام، لە سێ بەش پێکهاتووە:

بەشی یەکەم؛ بەشێکی تیۆرییە و تیایدا باس لە بنەمای هاریکاری لەلایەن پۆل گرایس کراوە، لەگەڵ باسکردنی هەریەکە لە بنەماکانی هاریکاری (بنەمای چه‌ندێتی، بنەمای چۆنیەتی، بنەمای پەیوەندی و بنەمای شێواز)، لەگەڵ هێنانەوەی نموونە بۆ هەر بنەمایەک.

بەشی دووەم؛ ئەم بەشەش بەشێکی تیۆرییە و باس لە لادان لە بنەماکانی هاریکاری گرایس دەکات و هێنانەوەی نموونە بۆ هەر یەکێک لەم بنەمایانە، بنەمای چه‌ندێتی، بنەمای چۆنیه‌تی، کە ئەمیش چەند جۆرێکی لادانی لێدەکەوێتەوە، وەک (توانج و گاڵتەپێکردن، خواستن، ئاماژەپێکردن، زێدەڕۆیی و کەمکردنەوە)، هەروەها بنەمای پەیوەندی و شێواز، لەگەڵ ڕوونکردنەوەی پێویست سەبارەت بەم بنەمایانە.

بەشی سێیەم، بەشی پراكتیكی لێکۆڵینەوەکەیە، کە باس لەو لادانانە دەکات، کە لە بنەمای هاریکاریدا هاتۆتە کایەوە، بە پشتبەستن بە نموونەکانی نێو کتێبی ڕشتەی مرواری و شیکارکردنی نموونەکان.

لە کۆتاییدا، ئەنجامی لێکۆڵینەوەکە و لیستی سەرچاوەکان، لەگەڵ پوختەی لێکۆڵینەوەكه‌ بە زمانه‌كانی عه‌ره‌بی و ئینگلیزی پێشکەش کراون.
بنەما فەلسەفی و زانستییەكانی ڕاڤەكردنی وشە لە دەقە ئەدەبییەكاندا
Authors: ئەحمەد محەمەد مام عوسمان قەرەنی
Published: September 2022

ڕاڤەكردنی وشەكان لە دەقە ئەدەبییەكاندا، كارێكی ئاڵۆزە و زۆر جاریش ئیشكالیەتێكی زمانەوانی و هزری دروست دەكات. بۆ ڕوونكردنەوەی لایەنە نەرێنییەكانی ئەم پرۆسەیە كتێبی زمان و ئەدەبی كوردی پۆلی دەیەمی ئامادەیی بە نموونە وەرگیراوە، كە لە دوو لایەنەوە بنەما فەلسەفی و زانستییەكانی ڕاڤەكردنی وشەكان تێدا ڕەچاو نەكراون: لە لایێكەوە وشە بەرانبەر بە وشە دانراون، كە پێكهاتەی چەمكەكانیان یەكتر ناگرنەوە. لە لایێكی دیكەشەوە، هەندێك وشە بە هەڵە واتاكانیان ڕاڤەكراون. لە دوو بەشی ئەم توێژینەوەیەدا هەوڵدراوە ئەو هەڵە و كەموكورتییانە چارەسەر بكرێن و تێكاڵۆزبوونەكانیشیان سەرڕاست بكرێنەوە. بۆ ئەم مەبەستە، وشەكان لەڕووی فەلسەفەی ڕەوانبێژی و واتاكانیان بەپێی تیۆرە ئەدەبییەكانەوە لێكدراونەتەوە. دواتر لەگەڵ تیۆرەكانی زمانەوانیدا بەراوردكراون، دەرئەنجامەكانیشیان لەسەر چوار دەقی ئەدەبی كتێبی ناوبراودا پراكتیزە كراون و بەپێی ڕۆڵ و پێگەی وشەكان لە سیاقی ئاخاوتندا هەڵەكانیان ڕاستكراونەتەوە. توێژینەوەكە لە كۆتاییدا چەند ئەنجامێكی خستۆتەڕوو و دوو پێشنیازیشی پێشكەش كردووە بە مەبەستی ڕێكخستنەوەی بابەتەكانی ئەدەبی كوردی لە پرۆگرامەكانی خوێندندا.