bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Propuesta metodológica para el diseño y análisis de un monocasco Formula Student
Authors: Contreras Urgiles Rafael Wilmer , Jaramillo Andrade Carlos Ayrton , Pizarro Barrera Erick Josué
Published: July 2023

En el presente documento se realiza la explicación de la metodología utilizada para el diseño de un monocasco Formula Student basado en el reglamento del año 2020. Los valores obtenidos del modelado mediante software CAD (diseño asistido por computador) y el análisis por MEF (método de elementos finitos) sirven de base para este estudio. Los valores de masa, centro de gravedad y la geometría son los seleccionados, ya que aportan una mayor información, lo que ayuda a determinar puntos de optimización en el proceso de diseño. En el análisis MEF se determina los esfuerzos admisibles por el monocasco y que se encuentran dentro de los parámetros de seguridad, siendo el factor de seguridad mínimo admisible de 1,1. Del modelo obtenido se desarrolla dos laminados CFRP (laminado de fibra de carbono y resina epoxi) de los cuales el primero da un resultado de peso simulado de 38 kg, y la segunda configuración de laminado un resultado de 20 kg. Se somete el modelo con menor peso al análisis de esfuerzos, los resultados obtenidos son superiores a un chasis tubular, se toma como referencia un modelo monoplaza eléctrico del 2017.
Symbiotic Dose-50 (SD50) for Vibrio fischeri strain to colonize Euprymna scolopes v2
Authors: not provided ard
Published: July 2023

This protocol details symbiotic dose-50 (SD50) for Vibrio fischeri strain to colonize Euprymna scolopes.
Investigating Grade Five Teachers’ Integration of Technology in Teaching Reading Comprehension Using the TPACK Framework
Authors: Nurwahidah Nurwahidah , Sulfasyah Sulfasyah , Rukli Rukli
Published: July 2023

Integrating technology effectively in the classroom is essential to ensure a beneficial learning experience for students. This study aimed to investigate teachers' integration of technology when teaching reading comprehension and the factors influencing their integration. The teachers' technology integration was assessed using the TPACK framework's lens. The research method used was a qualitative approach. In this study, two fifth-grade teachers in Barru Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, became the research subjects. The data was collected by class observation, interview, and document analysis. The study found that teachers in this study mostly used PowerPoint presentations using a laptop and LCD when teaching reading comprehension. It was used primarily to show the lesson's objectives to be studied and reading texts to be read by students. This study indicated that their technology integration was influenced by how they view technology as a means to make teaching easier, combined with their limited strategies for teaching reading comprehension. The findings suggest teachers need support in understanding and implementing the TPACK framework to assist them in integrating technology into their lessons to provide learning experiences for students, particularly in reading comprehension.
Objectification: Examples of Female Characters in Selected Traditional Fairy Tales
Authors: Ismail Hisham Muhamad
Published: July 2023

No one can deny the vital role that fairy tales played in forming the personalities of successive generations across various regions worldwide. All adults should have pleasant memories with these books during their early childhood. These memories make these tales enjoyable for children and adults, as all adults consider reading these books a part of the nostalgia for these past peaceful and cheerful days. On the other hand, many studies proved the passive and hazardous impacts of fairy tales' implicit themes and hidden messages. For instance, these themes heavily influenced the stereotyping of feminine roles in society. Furthermore, these books enhanced the gender roles with the advantage of the masculine, active role. Throughout the wide range of these books, the readers can quickly identify male characters as saviors, supporters, and always positioned in the center of the women's life. Moreover, the traditional happy ending should be associated with the marriage of the rich and handsome prince/ gentleman. The author will examine the portrayal of the prominent female characters in selected traditional fairy tales to shed light on the concept of "objectification" as a central concept in structuring these characters by making them passive, helpless, and naïve. Accordingly, these portrayals served to present these female characters as mere objects to satisfy the sexual and psychological fantasies of men.
Teaching and Learning English in the Degree in Infant Education: A Proposal for a Content-Enhanced Syllabus Model
Authors: Delgado-Crespo Violeta
Published: July 2023

This paper presents a proposal for a content-enhanced syllabus model aimed at teaching and learning English in the Degree in Infant Education. The proposal addresses the challenge of providing meaningful learning opportunities to develop the linguistic and communicative competence of the learners. It acknowledges the limitations of the general needs approach commonly used in coursebook-driven English Language Teaching (ELT) within this specific context. Instead, the proposal considers the future professional needs of the learners. Thus, the main goals of the proposal are to develop the learners' learning-to-learn competence, focusing on learning strategies and self-directed learning resources, while fostering their language awareness, particularly in terms of pronunciation and form-meaning mappings. Additionally, the proposal incorporates a lexical, discourse-based approach that emphasizes the importance of multi-word units in language structure, second language learning, and language use. It prioritizes practices like noticing and cognitive engagement, supported by thinking routines, as well as exposure to relevant and rich input. In this way, the proposed content-enhanced syllabus translates into an instructional design based on validated principles of Second Language Acquisition. It revolves around meaning-focused language tasks, functional activities, and the utilization of authentic multimodal materials. This type of syllabus requires active participation from the learners, encouraging them to take an active role in their own learning process. By implementing this proposal, it is hoped that learners will enhance their linguistic and communicative competence, as well as their ability to learn effectively.
Perceptions of Linguistic and Professional Competences of Postgraduate Students in Bilingual Education
Authors: Álvarez-Domínguez Cintya , Postigo-Fuentes Ana Yara , Chillón Palma
Published: July 2023

In the last two decades, the number of bilingual schools has increased considerably. The main objective of our research was to find out the perception of the competences acquired after Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) teaching among the students of a subject of the Master's Degree in Teacher Training, specialising in Physical Education (PE), at the University of Granada. The second objective was to analyse this information in order to establish improvements in the subject. To evaluate this study, 5 semi-structured interviews were conducted at the end of the course. After a first overall analysis of the interviews, the main categories that emerged were the improvement of language and teaching competences both at the macro-level in relation to the subject in general and at the micro-level in relation to their performance and to the practical PE session. The present research has already contributed to improving the organisation of the subject and improvements have been made, such as establishing the role of the PE teacher individually and restructuring the role of the organisation of the subject.
Saudi EFL Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions Towards Using English-Arabic Code Switching as a Teaching and Learning Strategy
Authors: Zaghlool Zuhair D. , Altamimi Norah M.
Published: July 2023

This study aimed to investigate EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers’ and students' perceptions towards using CS (code-switching) in teaching and learning English at Saudi secondary schools. It also attempted to identify EFL teachers and students' reasons for using CS in teaching and learning English in Saudi high schools. The sample of the study consisted of 100 teachers and 122 students who were randomly selected from secondary schools in the city of Riyadh. The data of the study were collected via a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. Moreover, this instrument was validated by ten university EFL professors, and its reliability was achieved by calculating Cronbach Alpha formula. The findings of the study revealed that teachers and students believed that CS was an effective strategy in helping students to understand unfamiliar topics, facilitating students’ learning of new grammatical structures, increasing student-teacher interaction, and enlivening the atmosphere of the class. Finally, teachers and students agreed that the most important reasons behind using CS were increasing comprehension, avoiding misunderstanding, eliciting better responses from students, and filling gaps in a classroom conversation.
Protest in the Digital Era: A Critical Analysis of Facebook Posts of the Fourth Circle Protests in Jordan
Authors: Banikalef Ala’Eddin Abdullah Ahmed , Bataineh Khaleel Bader Al , Al-Natour Mouad Mohammed Ali
Published: July 2023

This study critically investigates the discourse of Facebook posts on Jordan’s Fourth Circle protests. The Facebook posts are considered to be protest discourse, with ideological imprints of positive “we” in-group representations and negative “they” out-group descriptions. Utilizing a critical-discourse analysis method, this study reveals that Facebook posts were efficiently used to define the ethnonational identity of the participants and to describe their goals and activities, as well as to provide continual updates on the protests. The activists used linguistic strategies (e.g., rural terms, pronouns, and humorous posts). The activists purposefully used the indigenous dialect (i.e., the rural Jordanian East-Bank dialect) to express solidarity and address indigenous ethnic aspirations. Consequently, the success of the Fourth Circle protests can be summarized in three great achievements, which are: (1) Prime Minister Hani Mulki’s resignation; (2) cancellation of the income-tax law; and (3) solutions that reduced the cost of living to a more acceptable rate.
The Use of Repair Strategies in the EFL University Classroom During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia, Algeria, and Iran
Authors: Laila Malikatul , Haryanti Dwi , Haryanto Sigit , Tedjani Mouna Fethiza , Allami Hamid , Rahmatika Laily
Published: July 2023

This research discusses the variations of repair strategies used by lecturers and students during the online learning process. The aim of the study is to compare repair strategy variations in online learning in the university classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, Algeria and Iran. The research data are a series of utterances by lecturers and students in online classes, which were collected from video and audio recordings of three different university classroom sessions. The data collection was carried out using record and note techniques. The data were analyzed by applying the theories of Sacks et. al. (2015) & Learner (2004) to describe the variations of repair strategies in the EFL university classroom. The results show that four different variations of repair strategies were used by lecturers and students in EFL university classrooms in Indonesia, Algeria, and Iran: self-initiated self-repair, other-initiated self-repair, self-initiated other-repair, and other-initiated other-repair, with the exception of the EFL university classroom in Indonesia, where other-initiated other-repair was not used, and the most prominent variation was self-initiated self-repair.
White as a Symbol of Death and Eternity in Darwish’s and Lorca’s Poetry: A Comparative Study
Authors: Ababneh Mohammad D. , Al-Azzam Bakri H. , Bani-Khair Baker , Al-Amar Abdullah M.
Published: July 2023

This article investigates the symbolism of white color in the works of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Spanish Federico Garcia Lorca. The white color is exceptionally employed in their poetry, which is different from its normal symbolism in Arabic and Spanish cultures. In their poetry, the white color is used to symbolize a duality of opposites, death as an end to mortal life and eternity as an infinity phase of afterlife. This paradoxical use of the white color cannot be grasped by readers without considering the poetic context. This color is employed by the two poets to reflect their psychology, feelings, and emotions toward death and eternity. The color white symbolizes death in all forms; the self-death as shown in Darwish’s poem Mural, the death of the other as illustrated in Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter of Lorca, the divine death as in Lorca’s The Martyrdom of Saint Eulalia and the instant death of humans as in Remainder of a Life of Darwish. In addition, the white color is used to symbolize eternity as an afterlife phase. The two poets have exploited the white color to express their interrogation about man’s destiny after death being eternal or not.
Incorporating Strategy Instruction (SI) and Strategy-Based Writing Instruction (SBI) to Enhancing Students' Writing Abilities
Authors: Masrul  , Gunadi R. Andi Ahmad , Aswir  , Hamdani Beny , Rasyidah Ummi , Yuliani Sri
Published: July 2023

Strategy instruction (SI) and strategy-based writing instruction (SBI) in English in recent years have obtained great attention for having considerable educational and evaluation usefulness. Studies on how strategic teaching improves students’ writing ability were limited, resulting in significant gaps in the declarative and procedural knowledge of writing among university freshmen. To address this gap, this study was conducted to examine the effects of strategy instruction and strategy-based writing instruction on students' writing based on several parameters: content, organization, language, citation, idea, revision, modification, replacement, plagiarism, and creativity on students' writing ability. This experimental study involved 100 students majoring English Education at the State University of Malang. The results of the ANCOVA test on all dependent variables showed a significant effect on idea construction in both control and experimental group. This study revealed that SBI and SI positively affected students' writing ability, making them regarded as effective methods in teaching writing.
Scaffoldings, Translation Errors, and Language Awareness by Thai University Students
Authors: Chaisang Rujirat , Sriwantaneeyakul Suttawan
Published: July 2023

Translation is considered one of the most complicated tasks for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners to undertake, as achieving faultless translation requires multiple skills. To render perfect meanings between two languages, syntactic and semantic skills are necessary. However, some tasks require even more, namely pragmatic skill, to translate the profound meanings of the words or phrases and the meanings between a paragraph’s lines. This study was conducted to help Thai university students overcome these obstacles. The teacher’s scaffolding procedures were introduced during the translation process in a translation course to increase the students’ awareness of errors so they could consequently produce sound translations. Our findings show the significant effectiveness of scaffoldings for the improvement of translation tasks with appropriate lexical selection and good semantic form. However, the translation of some language aspects, such as figurative language, still needs further support and investigation.
Uh and Um in the Native and Non-Native Speech of Guests on a Saudi English-Language Podcast
Authors: Alkhelaiwi Sahar
Published: July 2023

Filled pauses (FPs), uh and um, are an inherent characteristic of impromptu spoken English. However, despite the ubiquity of FP studies across languages and their impacts on speech production and comprehension, they have not been thoroughly examined in the context of second language learners of English whose mother tongue is Arabic. Hence, this study analyzed FPs in the speech of female and male non-native speakers of English and those of an American speaker who were guests on a popular English-language podcast. Combining Praat (speech analysis software), and manual coding of FPs and fillers based on previous studies, native and non-native speech was overall peppered with FPs. Although uh was more frequent than um, their frequencies among speakers and characteristic positions varied greatly. Whereas the majority comprised standalone FPs, the remaining FPs co-occurred with fillers (and, but, so, well, and you know) or were aspirated. The average length of the FPs was slightly longer for the native speaker. There were more FPs in the samples taken from early in the podcast episodes than around the middles and sometimes the endings. Regarding gender, male speakers uttered more FPs than the female speaker, whether they are native or non-native speakers.
Death and Dying in the Fiction of Abdo Khal
Authors: Albalawi Mohammed H.
Published: July 2023

The fiction of Abdo Khal has received critical treatments in the Arab world focusing on gender, sexuality, moral collapse, village life, and mores. However, Khal’s engagement with death in his novels has been overlooked. This study turns to the conception of death in Khal’s fiction to add to the scholarly understanding of how Saudi fiction tries to construct the subject of death. This research aims at showing the great potential of Arabic fiction to provide ways of investigating the death element as an unavoidable human reality and filling the void formed in Arabic studies by the lack of critical treatments of the subject of death.
Children's Interpreting at the German Gynecologist’s: Difficulties and Challenges From the Children's Perspective
Authors: Wal Renata Asali-van der , Akasheh Saba Emile Al
Published: July 2023

The current research project's goal is to look at the use of children as interpreters for their mothers at the gynecologist from the children's perspective. We are going to answer the following research question: What issues and problems are presented by children interpreting at the gynecologist's from their point of view? A literature review was conducted to find an answer, and an outline for the implementation of an empirical study in the form of a survey of children was developed. Guided interviews should and were implemented when dealing with youngsters. The advantages and disadvantages of the selected approach were described and evaluated. It is known that using children as translators is a common practice with a variety of challenges that mostly affect youngsters. These issues primarily revolve around emotional troubles. Due to their age-specific character, children are exposed to a number of undesirable outcomes that can take many different forms since they are ill-equipped to handle these challenges. According to the research viewpoint, the knowledge acquired needs to be empirically confirmed.
Mao Zedong’s Poetry Translated by Eugene Eoyang in Sunflower Splendor: A Textual and Cultural Interpretation
Authors: Li Donglin
Published: July 2023

Translating Mao Zedong’s poetry into English has been a significant cause since the founding of New China and aroused great academic attention in China and other countries. In 1975, Eugene Eoyang, a Chinese American scholar, translated eight poems of Mao and published them later in the remarkable poetry anthology Sunflower Splendor, which has made a considerable contribution to the promotion and canonization of Mao’s poetry as well as traditional Chinese poetry in the English world. Eoyang is a scholar translator who knows well about both cultures, the identity, cultural concepts, translation strategies, and other aspects that he demonstrated in his translation are of great reference value compared with other versions home and abroad. By analyzing the textual and cultural features and specific cases in his translation, the translator’s valuable first-hand experience, along with the profound literary and cultural attainments reflected in the translation process, can be learned to guide future translation and promotion of Mao’s poetry in foreign cultures.
Gender in Fashion Advertising on Social Media: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach
Authors: Ikhlef Attaouia , Awad Zahra Mustafa
Published: July 2023

This study examines digital fashion advertising discourse on social media from a multimodal perspective. The focus is on Facebook clothing posts published by 'H&M' and the effect of gender on determining the semiotic modes used in such advertisements. The data consists of 8 clothing posts for the two genders published by the company on Facebook during (2020-2022). The data were analyzed using Kress and Van Leeuwen's (2006) Visual Grammar paradigm to explore the role of gender in the choice of visual modes employed in these posts. The findings show that digital fashion clothing ads widely involve visual semiotic modes as a tool that creates meaning and enables interaction with the target audiences. The results also indicate that gender is a primary factor in the selection of such visual semiotic resources. In particular, the construction of visual meaning, especially representational and interactive meanings, is different from that in male ads.
Gender-Based Differences in Compliment Responses Among Jordanian University Students
Authors: Al-Oudat Asma A. , Mahfouz Alaa M.
Published: July 2023

The current study aims at exploring the difference between male and female Jordanian university students with regard to their compliment responses on Facebook. It also investigates the difference between male and female Jordanian university students when they respond to compliments offered by the opposite sex. The study is based on a corpus consisting of 233 compliment responses collected from responses to comments on Facebook posts. The data analysis was based on Herbert’s (1986) taxonomy of compliment response strategies. Findings of this research show that both male and female Jordanian university students tended to use the agreement strategies more frequently than the non-agreement and other interpretation strategies. The findings also show that although both male and female students use the agreement strategies more frequently, there are also differences in the use of the sub-categories of the agreement strategy among them. Results of the study also indicated that the Jordanian culture, norms, and expectations, as well as the relationship between the complimenter and the complimentee, accounted for the very limited number of compliments on appearance and compliment responses that occurred between two students of different genders.
Competências do enfermeiro especialista em Dermatologia: revisão de escopo
Authors: Pereira Lara Carlete Cavalcante Muniz , Brandão Euzeli da Silva , Urasaki Maristela Belletti Mutt , Correia Dayse Mary da Silva , Tonole Renato , Souza Nathália Machado de , Mandelbaum Maria Helena Santana , Almeida Bárbara Stohler Sabença de
Published: July 2023

Objetivo: Mapear as competências do enfermeiro especialista em dermatologia. Método: Trata-se de uma scoping review, desenvolvida conforme as recomendações do Joanna Briggs Institute. Para elaboração da questão de pesquisa utilizou-se a estratégia Population, Concept e Context. A busca por publicações, sem limitar idioma e recorte temporal, foi realizada nas fontes: The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE) via PubMed, Scopus, Embase e Cochrane Library, além de sites das associações de especialistas e no Google Acadêmico. Resultados: Foram selecionadas 17 publicações, originando as categorias: avaliação integral do paciente dermatológico, prescrição de medicamentos, detecção precoce e prevenção do câncer de pele, tratamento de feridas e estética. Conclusão: Diante da vasta possibilidade de atuação do enfermeiro nesta área, constata-se a necessidade de ampliação da discussão e de pesquisas sobre o tema.
A Jurchen Temple at the Southern Ussuri Fortified Site, in Primorye
Authors:   Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Artemieva N. G.
Published: July 2023

В статье представлены результаты исследования культовой постройки, обнаруженной на территории Южно-Уссурийского городища (Приморский край), идентифицированного как столица округа Сюйпинь чжурчжэньской империи Цзинь. Ранее считалось, что город был построен бохайцами и на первом этапе своего существования являлся центром бохайского округа Шуайбинь, а уже позже на его территории появились чжурчжэни. Однако, как показали исследования, он изначально был чжурчжэньским. Несмотря на плотную современную застройку на месте средневекового города, изучение остатков культурных отложений позволило выделить строительные горизонты и связать объекты с определенными историческими периодами. На основе анализа археологических материалов, полученных при исследовании здания верхнего строительного горизонта, выявлены характерные архитектурные особенности средневековой постройки, относящейся к буддийской традиции: колоннадная конструкция, оформление крыши, скульптурные украшения в виде драконов, фениксов, буддийских мифологических бессмертных. Впервые обнаружены новые орнаментальные мотивы на отливах фронтальной черепицы и концевых дисках, прослежены новые стандарты строительного материала. Результаты исследований позволяют отнести культовую постройку к XIII в., а именно ко второму этапу существования на территории Дальнего Востока чжурчжэньского государства Восточное Ся (1234-1276 гг.) — периоду до образования династии Юань. Характерные особенности архитектуры, выявленные при исследовании буддийского храма в верхнем строительном горизонте, могут служить точными индикаторами при датировании материалов других памятников Приморья.
LANGUAGE POLICY AND SCHOOL EDUCATION AS MAIN FACTORS OF UKRAINE STATE CREATION
Authors: Malykhin Oleksandr , Aristova Nataliia , Dichek Nataliia , Zahorulko Maryna
Published: July 2023

The authors present their views on the formation of the Language Policy and the role of general secondary school education as important factors in the Ukraine state creation shortly before and in the first years of Ukraine’s independence. The main drivers of changes in the Language Policy of the Soviet government regarding the state of the Ukrainian language in the USSR are identified. These drivers of changes include (1) activities of nationally oriented public organisations, primarily Ukrainian writers, historians, human rights defenders, and the Ukrainian language admirers; (2) public desire to develop nationally oriented education, which forced the authorities to start implementing very specific measures, first of all – in the field of general secondary school education; (3) the gradual formation of a scientific and pedagogical basis for the versatile Ukrainisation and humanisation of education and upbringing of children and youth giving priority to their native language as a language of instruction; (4) the need to introduce measures for external and internal differentiation of general secondary school education;(5) the psychologisation of the educational process. Based on documentary sources, it is argued that general secondary school education played the role of an important factor in the Ukraine state creation which was facilitated by the specific measures developed by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine to implement the Ukrainian idea in school practice in the first years of independence. The novelty of the present research is that authors extrapolate the past educational experience to the current language situation in general secondary school education in Ukraine. Moreover, the authors represent the opinions of contemporary Ukrainian sociolinguists on the state Language Policy in the field of general secondary school education. The research proves that the strategic ideas laid down at the turn of the last decades of the last century regarding the Educational Policy of independent Ukraine in the field of general secondary school education played an important role in improving the position of the Ukrainian language and in shaping Ukrainian self-identity among children and young people which explicitly and implicitly reinforced the key strategic idea – the idea of the Ukrainian State creation.
HOW STUDENTS ARE LEARNING TO REASON IN MATHEMATICS LESSONS
Authors: Čakāne Ildze , Namsone Dace , France Ilze
Published: July 2023

The goal of mathematics teaching in primary school is not just to acquire knowledge of mathematical ideas and procedures, but also to learn mathematical reasoning. While this is common knowledge, the reality in everyday primary math classrooms in Latvia is an open question. The results from recent national diagnostics give reason to re-examine common teaching practices. The aim of this study is to clarify what is happening in primary math classrooms and to understand the needs and gaps in mathematics teaching. This will serve as the basis for designing appropriate professional development for teaching mathematical reasoning. In this study researchers observed and transcribed primary math lessons. Teacher performance was appraised using “Framework for teacher performance assessment to support teaching 21st century skills”. The criteria used to assess teacher techniques were lesson design and clarity of learning content as well as student cognitive activation. The results of this preliminary study show that separate elements of student reasoning are present in lessons.
PROJECT MODELLING TOOLBOX IN HIGHER EDUCATION: HEXAGONAL CANVAS IN PROJECT BASED LEARNING
Authors: Sokolovs Alvis , Grinfelde Ilze
Published: July 2023

Inclusion of project modelling tools into higher education is based on expectations of industry about young professionals with applicable, rich skillset. Business or project model canvas is one of the most widely used frameworks in contrary to traditional planning tools. Pedagogically - project model canvas is a teaching goal and method simultaneously. Those aspects widen possibilities to integrate the tool in various study courses and levels. The aim of the research is to explore and evaluate functional and cognitive impacts of Hex-canvas use in project-based learning in higher education. This tool is represented in a form of template of 11 fundamental elements which describe a specific aspect of a project. The research is based on experiences gathered in Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia. Data used in this research has been comprised of structured interviews of doctoral level students (n=8) who used Hex-canvas in summer school and from bachelor and master level students (n=16) of “I Living Labs” study course (year 2022). Results reveal high applicability in structuring of the projects, defining aims and activities for implementation, it gives overall perspective of project, however there must be clear instructions by teachers, as well the consistency of usage is recommended.
21ST CENTURY TEACHER’S TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCIES: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Tkachenko Nataliia , Kovalchuk Vasyl , Wenjing Yuan
Published: July 2023

In the current situation, a significant part of the existing models of training specialists in the field of education no longer meet the conditions of the labour market. The most important pedagogical skills in the present time are significantly different from the skills that were relevant until recently. Knowledge is still important, but modern teachers also need to have transversal competencies to succeed in their professional activities. So, the research aim is to study the content of the phenomenon “transversal competences”, which will make the process of their forming more effective. To achieve the aim the scientific literature and pedagogical practice was analysed. It was found out that transversal competences are transferable and reusable skills that can be applied in a wide variety of situations and work settings. Transversal competencies are considered as 21st century skills and correlate mostly with human ability to solve problems, related to technological advances and intercultural communication.The analysis of the sources revealed the inconsistency in the use of terms denoting the studied concept and considerable diversity in defining the content of transversal competencies, as different sources distinguish different sets of skills. Based on the framework of transversal competences worked out by UNESCO the modern teacher’s transversal competencies were characterized in six domains: 1) critical and innovative thinking, 2) interpersonal skills, 3) intrapersonal skills, 4) global citizenship, 5) media and information literacy, and 6) others.
THE REALISATION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S CARE HOMES
Authors: Raudeliūnaitė Rita , Gudžinskienė Vida
Published: July 2023

The article reveals the findings of a qualitative study the aim of which was to identify the realities of the realisation of the children’s right to participation in the community children’s care home (hereinafter referred to as CCCH). Research questions of the study: What are real possibilities for children to realise their right to participate in the decision taking in CCCH? How are children involved in decision taking? Nine social workers, working in CCCHs in different locations in Lithuania, participated in the study.The study revealed that to realise the child’s right for participation a positive attitude of an employee towards child’s participation. The positive attitude of an employee should be linked to a child-centre approach, which includes attentiveness to every child, openness to the child’s experience, opinion, non-dominance of an adult and the acknowledgement of the child being the expert of his situation. To realise the child’s right for participation establishment and maintenance of positive relationships with the child by employees which is linked to a respectful communication with the child, trust in the child and the child’s trust in the employee. It is also important to provide the child with information regarding his right for participation by informing that employees are ready to listen to him and that he has a right to express his opinion on different topics regarding himself. Another important aspect of the realisation of the child’s right for participation is cooperation with the child which is expressed through the provision of information in the manner which is understandable to the child, his empowerment to participate when taking decisions, listening to his opinion, taking into consideration his opinion, in order to ensure his best interests, the analysis of situations and discussions with children when taking decisions, assistance, but not substitutionary help when the child takes decisions. The study revealed that CCCHs create conditions for the child’s right for participation to be realised in his daily activity which is expressed the child’s participation when drawing up CCCH’s rules and adhering to them, planning and organising his leisure time, the child’s involvement in the creation and maintenance of personal and common spaces, daily choruses.
SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS IN RIGA MATERNITY HOSPITAL
Authors: Kovale Sabine , Vasioleka Beate , Sperberga Anete , Zaharane Elizabete Marta , Laizane Evija , Galica Polina , Rasnaca Kristine , Sleiers Juris
Published: July 2023

As the preterm birth rate is increasing in most countries, the number of very low birth weight infants (VLBW - birth weight less than 1500 grams) is also growing. VLBW infants are at a high risk of morbidity and mortality, but the adverse outcomes have been decreasing over the last few years due to improvements in the quality of care. The main objective of this research is to determine the risk factors of early neonatal morbidity, rate of survival, frequency of disease and complications in VLBW infants as well as to compare the differences between the years. The data was collected from the Riga Maternity hospital’s medical records over a five-year period from 2015 to 2019. A total of 209 VLBW were admitted to the Riga Maternity hospital’s intensive care unit, of whom 192 (92.3%) survived to discharge. Over the five years the number of VLBW infants increased almost by half, while the mortality rate fluctuated between the years. Respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis were the two main complications for the infants. More than half (62.5%) of non-survivors died within the first 24 hours after birth with respiratory failure being the leading cause. Survival rate was strongly associated with gestational age and birth weight.
MEASURES MOTIVATING TEACHERS: A STUDY IN VILNIUS CITY MUNICIPALITY
Authors: Zibeniene Gintaute , Zemaitaityte Irena , Gudelis Dangis , Stasiukynas Andrius
Published: July 2023

Recently, there has been significant conversation surrounding the issue of a lack of teachers and the difficulties in retaining them. One question being asked is how to make teaching positions more appealing in order to attract educators. This is a concern in multiple countries, specifically in Lithuania, where there is a lack of educators in schools, and a higher proportion of older teachers compared to the European average (per Eurostat data). Although Lithuanian municipalities pay a monthly bonus of €300-500 in the first year and provide housing benefits to attract teachers, these measures do not sufficiently motivate teachers.The aim of this paper is tohighlight the measures that motivate teachers to work as teachersin relation tothe recognition of teachers' competence, communication and cooperation. The authors of the article conducted a study to find out what motivates teachers to do pedagogical work (Stasiukynas, Zemaitaityte, Gudelis, Zibeniene, 2020). The paper presents results of the part of this large study, which involved 873 teachers. In April and May of 2020, a survey of teachers in the city of Vilnius was conducted using the online survey platform Qualtrics. The research adhered to principles of ethical scientific conduct. Participants were given the freedom to participate and withdraw at any time, were informed of the study's purpose, data usage, and their anonymity was protected. The researchers also committed to upholding ethical standards and safeguarding participants from any potential harm. The survey data analysis showed that teachers considered working collaboratively with their peers within the educational institution as a crucial factor in motivating them in their teaching roles.Leisure time with colleagues in joint outings outside the educational institution and the opportunity to meet colleagues from different countries to share good practices were also highly rated by respondents. Reducing the administrative burden on teachers and protecting and safeguarding teachers' rights were also highlighted as important motivational factors. In order to retain already working teachers and attract new ones, teachers expressed the expectation that confidence in teachers' opinions and professional competence would be increased.
THE EFFICIENCY OF CARP GROWING IN FLOATING CAGES THROUGH RARING AND LOTTING
Authors: ANIN Ionut Alexandru , RADU Daniela , HASSAN Ayman Abdel Mohsen , MAFTEI Marius , COSTAICHE Georgiana , NICOLAE Carmen Georgeta
Published: July 2023

Cypriniculture is the growth of cyprinids in a controlled environment. By planning and rationalizing feed and creating appropriate conditions to cover the needs of carp farming, this branch of aquaculture is made more efficient. Carp is a poikilothermic animal that does not consume energy to maintain body temperature. Thus, the administered food is converted into body mass more effectively than in other animal species. The feed conversion ratio shall not exceed 2. The action of lotion is differentiated from the one of raring by the process of populating the floating cages according to the weight category in which the carp individuals fall. The study involves the identification of an effective method of growing carps in floating cages, depending on the weight and amount of food administered. The technique of separating carp by lotting was proven to be more efficient compared to decreasing the number of individuals on floating cage. Carp individuals remained in the same weight category without large differences between them. This ensures the uniformity of biological material, and an economic beneficial effect.
ESTIMATION OF SUNFLOWER CROP PRODUCTION BASED ON REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
Authors: HERBEI Mihai Valentin , POPESCU Cosmin Alin , BERTICI Radu , SALA Florin
Published: July 2023

The study used the remote sensing method (Sentinel 2) to analyze the sunflower crop and to estimate the production. The study area was within the DES, ULS 'King Mihai I' from Timisoara, Romania. Eight series of images were taken (April 06 - August 07, 2022). Based on the spectral information, the NDMI, NDVI, NPCRI and NBR indexes were calculated. Spline models best described the variation of index values in relation to time (t, days) during the study period, ε = −0.04286 for NDMI, ε = 0.01172 for NDVI, ε = 0.00537 for NPCRI, respectively ε = −0.08481 for NBR. Very strong correlations were found between NDVI and NDMI (r=0.975), between NBR and NDMI (r=0.997), and between NBR and NDVI (r=0.967), p<0.001. Strong correlation was recorded between NDVI and NPCRI (r=-0.881), p<0.01. Moderate correlations were found between NDMI and t (r=0.729), between NBR and t (r=0.752), between NPCRI and NDMI (r=-0.776), and between NBR and NPCRI (r=-0.762), p<0.05. The regression analysis facilitated the estimation of the production based on calculated indices, under conditions of statistical safety.
TRANSITION TO THE FUTURE: MEAT ANALOGUES & CULTURED MEAT
Authors: NICHITA Adina , TYLEWICZ Urszula , POPA Mona Elena
Published: July 2023

This paper is based on a review of the state of the art related to conventional meat replacing process for future food. This review is based on assessment of 73 articles published between 2001-2023 in order to find the main reason that led to the need to replace meat of animal origin with various meat analogues from different sources. Another objective of this study is the identification of protein sources and nutritional value of meat analogues because this issue led to the new research agendas and industrial challenges. The review of the most relevant studies on how to obtain meat analogues, such as for example extrusion for plant-based meat analogue, open research horizons in improving the sensory and textural properties of plant-based meat analogues. Consumer behaviour of replacing animal meat with meat analogues and cultured meats is not an easy task, requiring in-depth studies and research, and the risk and benefits analysis of plant-based meat analogues. As in any new product development process, this study has also revealed the results related to consumer attitude research regarding meat analogues.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD SYSTEMS AND FOOD SECURITY IN CONTEXT OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE: INSIGHTS FROM A QUALITATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Authors: NJORA Benson , YILMAZ Hasan
Published: July 2023

The study aims to help rethink the future of food systems and food security in context of lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic as global challenge from a qualitative perspective. The pandemic disrupted global food systems that were already at risk to many threats such as climate change, natural resources degradation, extreme weather events, regional conflicts, low productivity, high population growth, and economic slowdown. The paper uses qualitative perspective to analyse COVID-19 effects on food systems and food security, identifies ways to establish resilient and sustainable food systems, and presents a roadmap to achieving a food-secure world by 2030. The findings indicates that the COVID-19 impacted the cash flow at both local and international levels and the financial state of producers, and agri-businesses causing low productivity, limited market accessibility, loss of employment, increased health costs, increased poverty levels, malnutrition, and deaths. Building sustainable and resilient food systems requires; supporting small-medium sized enterprises, strengthening international markets, technological innovations, promoting shorter and more diversified food value chains, and supporting small-scale farmers and rural women is inevitable.
EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF SOWING SEASON AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MAIZE YIELD
Authors: SIMON Alina , CECLAN Adrian , HAS Voichita , VARGA Andrei , RUSSU Florin , CHETAN Felicia , BARDAS Marius
Published: July 2023

Climate change has become the biggest global challenge to agriculture and food production. In the context of current environmental changes, the aim of this study is to identify the optimal sowing season that leads to obtaining high and constant yields. The study followed the reaction of 7 native maize hybrids to cultivation in 3 different sowing seasons, over a period of 3 years. The data obtained show us that the best yield results are obtained on mid-early hybrids (9327- 9843 kg/ha). Sowing maize too early, are obtained lower yields than for maize sown at 10ºC in the soil, with a very significant difference of 1337 kg/ha. Favorable climatic conditions in 2020 and 2021 emerge from the average yields obtained in the two years, 10343 kg/ha (2020) respectively 9424 kg/ha (2021). The climatic conditions of 2022 were less favorable, summer drought having a negative effect on average maize yield, which was 6924 kg/ha.
APPLICATION OF BIOHUMUS FOR REDUCING THE ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN THE SOIL AND SPRING BARLEY PLANTS IN THE DONETSK INDUSTRIAL REGION
Authors: VINYUKOV Aleksandr , BONDAREVA Olga , KONOVALENKO Ludmila , CHUHRII Hanna , KOROBOVA Oksana
Published: July 2023

The paper aimed to analyze the effect of the application of organic fertilizer biohumus on the content of heavy metals in the soil and spring barley plants in the Donetsk industrial region of Ukraine. Application of biohumus in the organomineral nutrition system led to decrease the content of mobile forms of copper, zinc, lead, cadmium by 17.1%, 23.4%, 22.6% and 23.1% respectively. The content of copper and zinc in the grain was almost at the control level, the accumulation level of lead and cadmium in the spring barley grain decreased by 1.6 and 1.4 times, respectively. The variant of the organo-mineral nutrition system with foliar treatment of plants with biostimulant regoplant allows to reduce the amount of traditional mineral fertilizers by up to 50% while maintaining the yield level, to reduce the coefficients of biological absorption of lead and cadmium by 1.4 times compared to the control. To reduce the risk of soil and grain contamination by heavy metals in industrial regions, it is advisable to use an organo-mineral fertilizer system.