bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
INTERNASIONAL JUANDA DALAM MENJEMBATANI KELUHAN KONSUMEN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Juliansyah Firdaus , Sari Yulis Nila , Suhariono Renada Audri , Munir M. Syahrul , Lopulalan Carlos Antonio , Claretta Dyva , Rahmawati Dian Hutami
Published: December 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic is currently a significant polemic in various countries; one of the areas affected is the aviation sector. Juanda International Airport, which is included in this sector, has not been spared the impact caused by the pandemic. Therefore, people who want to take a flight need to find out the information and requirements before leaving. There are not infrequently consumers who complain about this through social media or call centers. This study aims to determine the response and strategy given by Juanda Airport Public Relations to bridge consumer complaints. The methodology used is descriptive qualitative with taking informants using the purposive sampling method. As a reference in the research theory, the Organization-Public Relationship (OPR) consists of four dimensions: control mutuality, trust, satisfaction with a relationship, and commitment to a relationship. This study was conducted to determine Juanda Airport's attitude or public relations strategy in bridging consumer complaints during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the implementation of the activities carried out by public relations at Juanda Airport was following the OPR theory, and in responding to consumer complaints on social media, public relations always prioritized a humanist and persuasive approach, to create relationships and responses between humans, not results from robots
Stable and Radiogenic Isotope Analysis of Faunal Remains from a Western Iowa Oneota Complex Site: An Investigation of Diet and Mobility Variation in the Late Prehistoric Period of the Upper Midwest
Authors: Waterman Anna J. , Kendall Bryan S. , Haury-Artz Chérie E. , Somerville Andrew D. , Peate David W.
Published: December 2022

This study provides evidence of the value of using isotopic data from faunal remains to understand human diet and mobility patterns when human remains are not available for examination. In this research, bone apatite, bone collagen, and enamel apatite from fauna recovered from recent excavations of the Dixon site (13WD8), an Oneota complex site (AD 1300–1400) in western Iowa, were analyzed for δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, and 87Sr/86Sr values. The goals of this study were to gather information about human and animal diet and mobility and faunal procurement strategies of humans in the late prehistoric period of upper midwestern North America and to contribute to the growing literature using domesticated dogs as surrogates for humans in isotopic studies of dietary patterns. The results of this study find that the people occupying the Dixon site were subsisting on agricultural products, including maize, in conjunction with the gathered wild resources and hunted fauna, which included both large and small local game. While the Oneota complex is thought to be associated with some amount of seasonal migration, there is no evidence of these movements offered via this study's data nor is there strong evidence of long-distance hunting. Domesticated canids were an important part of the Dixon settlement and were fed human foodstuffs and scraps, including maize. At times, these canids were also a source of food. As a substitute for analyses of human remains, this study uses the canine surrogacy approach (CSA) and argues that the canid data would be similar to the human data from the Dixon settlement. A Bayesian stable-isotope mixing model (MixSiar) was used to quantitatively interpret the stable-isotope values of the Dixon canids, and it suggests that bison hunting was a specialization of the human population occupying the Dixon site.
A Diagnostic Early Seventeenth-Century Glass-Bead Assemblage from New Lenox, Illinois: Building a Midwestern Glass-Bead Chronological Sequence
Authors: Billeck William T.
Published: December 2022

An assemblage of 33 glass beads dates the protohistoric component at the New Lenox site in Illinois to within Glass Bead Period 2 (1600–1625/1630). All the white glass beads had been opacified with tin and lead, as determined by pXRF, resulting in a chemical composition indicative of a pre-1625 date. The New Lenox beads likely derived from indirect trade primarily with the French in northeast North America. Since it falls within a tightly dated time frame of circa 1609–1625, the New Lenox assemblage provides an important building block for a regional bead sequence for the Midwest.
Prediction Ability Analysis of Common Machine Learning Algorithms on Flow Field
Authors: Li Chaoqun , Tang Shuo , Li Yi , Geng Zihai
Published: December 2022

In this work, the primary mission is to apply the machine learning algorithms into practical use, predicting the velocity value at different positions according to the previous velocity history. There is a large data set containing the velocity data of 12000-time steps. Using the nonlinear methods, multiple linear regression (MLR), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), support vector machine (SVM), and artificial neural networks (ANN), the predictions of u and v component of the flow in the next time step are established. The results of the prediction will be compared with the actual data which is at the next time point. Then, the mean error and standard deviation in each case are evaluated. The results illustrate that ANN method possesses the lowest error and narrow distributions, which shows good accuracy and stability, the KNN method and SVM method are weaker than the artificial neural networks, and the MLR algorithm is the most inaccurate.
Dynamic Neural Network-based Solutions for Acoustic Echo Suppression
Authors: Li Jin , Liu Sijie , Wu Yafeng
Published: December 2022

Adaptive filters are widely used as core algorithms in current acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) systems. Echo path estimation is carried out by using different adaptive strategies in the adaptive filter. When nonlinear echo occurs, the performance deteriorates and seriously affects the call quality of both terminals. Taking advantage of the excellent non-linear fitting ability of neural networks in this paper, dynamic neural networks with self-updating parameters work continuously during the inference stage. The algorithm was computed and evaluated using publicly available echo audio data, showing that the dynamic neural network performs approximately as well as the optimal algorithm in the linear echo environment, and outperforms existing algorithms in the non-linear echo environment.
Design of the Highest Surface Temperature Test System for Explosion-Proof Electrical Appliances
Authors: Wang Yukun , Zhang Hongkui
Published: December 2022

Based on the analysis of explosion-proof electrical appliances use places and the status of the highest surface temperature test, the design method of the highest surface temperature test system of explosion-proof electrical appliances is proposed, the functions of each part of the system are clarified, the circuit of the voice alarm unit is designed, and the automatic test and result determination of the highest surface temperature test of explosion-proof electrical appliances are realized.
Micturition symptoms in gynecologic cancer patients receiving paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy regimen: a prospective study
Authors: Wudtisan Jongpeeti , Suprasert Prapaporn
Published: December 2022

Objective To evaluate the effect of paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy (PT) on micturition symptoms.Methods All gynecologic cancer patients who were assigned to receive the PT regimen and understood the Thai language were invited to participate in this study. The exclusion criteria were as follows: abnormal urinary symptoms, retained urinary catheter or percutaneous nephrostomy, anticholinergic drug use, or scheduled to receive radiation therapy after the completion of chemotherapy. The participants were interviewed using three Thai validated questionnaires, the incontinence impact questionnaire-short form, urogenital distress inventory short form, and Sandvik score, on the day before receiving the first cycle of chemotherapy (pre-treatment), on the day before receiving the 4th cycle (mid-treatment), and 46 weeks after completing 69 cycles (post-treatment). The scores at the three time points were compared. Patients who received less than three cycles were not included in the analysis.Results One hundred and ten patients were included in this study. There were significant differences in the median questionnaire scores at the three time points for both carboplatin plus paclitaxel and cisplatin plus paclitaxel. However, when using a pairwise difference between the two treatment protocols, there were no significant changes in the score from pre-treatment to post-treatment.Conclusion The PT regimen has an impact on micturition symptoms during chemotherapy which recover after treatment completion.
Eponyms in Laboratory Equipment
Authors: Nesměrák Karel , Chalupa Radek
Published: December 2022

In the chemistry laboratory, we can find plenty of tools that bear the name of their creator. Such names are called eponyms. The article presents 72 of the most commonly used representatives of eponymic names in the laboratory technique. Their primary sources (where possible) and actual creators were identified by excerpting historical chemical literature including rare and not easily accessible items. The article shows that some eponymic names are not based on the name of the discoverer, but rather on the names of the manufacturers (e.g., Griffin beaker), the names of those who popularized the device (e.g., Liebig condenser), or who were associated with it because of their fame (e.g., Willstätter needle). Eponymic names in the laboratory technique are not only a legacy of the past and an important means of communication in contemporary chemistry, but they can also be used to communicate chemistry to students and lay people, using interesting stories hidden behind them.

Full text English translation is available in the on-line version.
What is home?: Wisdom from nêhiyawêwin
Authors: Vipond Celina M. , Greyeyes Cheyenne
Published: December 2022

Policies mandated by the Canadian government in its ongoing assimilation project have interrupted the transmission of knowledge and traditional family systems by separating Indigenous peoples from our homes, lands, and languages. This work is concerned with decolonizing western concepts of home and family in Canada through an Indigenous lens, validating Indigenous ways of knowing when it comes to home and housing, and therefore challenging the way Indigenous issues are addressed. We will be utilizing the lexicons of nêhiyawêwin (Y-dialect Cree) as a primary source to explore the embedded knowledge within the language. Nêhiyawêwin positions women as integral to strong community and family relations, as positioned by traditional matriarchal systems. Indigenous ideas of family are more expansive and broadly defined compared to western worldviews, supporting the circular transmission of oral culture over several generations. To truly understand Indigenous ideas of home, the reader must consider the fluidity of kinship and adoption, as well as what and where home is. This includes a relationship to the land and a spiritual sense of being. With this in mind, we call for Indigenous authority over policy and programming to address Indigenous social issues in Canada. This would allow for Indigenous paradigms to effectively inform policy and housing initiatives that serve Indigenous populations.
Housing justice, mobilization, and financialization: A conversation from the Antipode Institute for Geographies of Justice
Authors: Coquelin Sonja , Kusiak Joanna , Palomera Jaime , Stein Samuel , Baker Rae , Belotti Emanuele , Can Aysegul , Noterman Elsa
Published: December 2022

In June 2022, a group of activists, students, and scholars gathered in Barcelona for the 8th annual International Geographies of Justice Summer Institute (IGJ), Housing Justice in Unequal Cities, co-sponsored by Antipode and the UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy. IGJ attendees included people from within movement and activist spaces, academics, and non-profit organizations who share the common vision of working toward housing justice. This article features a collective conversation that took place with IGJ attendees who participated in a public panel discussion attended by activists, community members, and people interested in hearing from local and international panelists about the state and direction of the housing justice movements in Glasgow, Berlin, New York, and Barcelona respectively. Thematically, the conversation held among IGJ attendees to produce the following manuscript focused on the broad and interconnected pillars of housing injustice that repeatedly arose in conversation throughout our time together in Barcelona, including financialization, activism and organizing, and housing justice movements broadly speaking.
Organizing for expropriation: How a tenants campaign convinced Berliners to vote for expropriating big landlords
Authors: Vollmer Lisa , Gutiérrez Daniel
Published: December 2022

On 26 September 2021, 59% of Berliners eligible to vote decided in a referendum for the expropriation of big landlords and to socialize approximately 250.000 housing units. This article looks at how the campaign Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co was able to do so. The article begins by introducing conceptualizations of social movement impacts. It then expands on these conceptualizations with a thick description of the emergence and the organizational structure of the expropriation campaign, including the material basis of the campaign, the dire situation of Berlin’s tenants, the organizational ecology of the tenant movement out of which the campaign grew, the political terrain and public discourse the campaign had to navigate, and at the organizational process of the campaign itself. Drawing on such thick description, we revisit and add nuance to the conceptualizations of social movement impact in social movement studies, and highlight the complex interplay between different factors and their effect on different stages of the political process.
Housing and Reincorporation Strategies in post-Conflict Colombia: Mismatch of micro-level visions and macro-scale approaches
Authors: Sanjinés Daniela , Quiñónez Natalia
Published: December 2022

There is a consensus among scholars and policy makers that durable peace after violent conflicts is contingent upon addressing affected communities’ livelihood needs and, in particular, housing. Post-conflict reconstruction is challenging, but at the same time an opportunity to address pre-existing housing deficits. In this Update, we present the ongoing endeavours of a community of former combatants to establish a mutual aid housing cooperative in Colombia following the peace agreement of 2016 and their efforts to attain affordable and adequate housing in a context characterised by a fragile peace process and unfavourable housing policies. We focus here on the interlinkages between micro-level visions, aspirations and strategies of the communities involved in the establishment of housing cooperatives and macro-level political and institutional factors enabling or constraining their emergence in post-conflict Colombia. Attention is drawn to opportunities to contest existing housing systems and to advocate for other forms of housing.
Çok Yönlü Liderlik ile Duygu Düzenleme Arasındaki İlişki
Authors: BAYRAKDAROĞLU Yeşim , ŞENEL Ebru , KARAKUŞ Kaan
Published: December 2022

Bu araştırmanın amacı, sporcularda çok yönlü liderlik yönelimleri ile duygu düzenleme becerileri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırma, ilişkisel tarama modelinin kullanıldığı betimsel bir çalışmadır. Çalışmanın örneklem grubu, 106 erkek 69 kadın toplam 175 lisans öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama aşamasında Çok Yönlü Liderlik Yönelimleri Ölçeği, Sporcu Duygu Düzenleme Ölçeği ve kişisel bilgi formu kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda verilerin normal dağılım gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Analiz aşamasında; Bağımsız Örneklem T-Testi, Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi (Anova) ve Pearson’s korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda çok yönlü liderlik yönelimleri puanlarında; cinsiyet, yaş, bölüm, spor yılı ve spor türü değişkenine göre anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmemiştir. Sporcu duygu düzenleme puanlarında; yaş, spor yılı ve spor türü değişkenine göre anlamlı farklılık saptanmamıştır. Cinsiyet ve bölüm değişkeni göre bastırma puanlarında anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmiştir. Korelasyon analizi sonucunda; çok yönlü liderlik yönelimleri ve alt boyut puanları ile bilişsel yeniden düzenleme puanları arasında pozitif yönde ve orta düzeyde anlamlı ilişki belirlenmiştir. Politik liderlik ve karizmatik liderlik puanları ile bastırma puanları arasında pozitif yönde ve düşük düzeyde anlamlı ilişki saptanmıştır. Çok yönlü liderlik toplam puan, insan kaynaklı liderlik ve yapısal liderlik puanları ile bastırma puanları arasında pozitif yönde ve orta düzeyde anlamlı ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak sporcunun liderlik becerileri geliştikçe duygu kontrolünün de artacağı düşünülmektedir. Duygu kontrolünü sağlayan ve müsabakaya odaklanan bir sporcunun başarıya daha kolay ulaşacağı öngörülmektedir. Özellikle takım içerisinde lider konumunda olan sporcuların müsabaka sonucunu etkileyebileceği söylenebilir. Bu anlamda daha sonra yapılacak araştırmalar için takım liderleri ve takım kaptanları ile çalışma yapılması önerilmektedir.
De rechtspraak (civiel en straf) in gesprek over smartengeld
Authors: Huijsmans E.C. , van Eekeren P.J.
Published: December 2022

De rechtspraak (civiel en straf) in gesprek over smartengeld

Een verslag van de themadag Smartengeld voor de rechtspraak. Op deze dag werden diverse thema’s rond immateriële schade besproken. Naar voren kwam dat het geven van meer richting aan toegekende smartengeldbedragen wenselijk is. Tevens kan mediation zowel in civiele als strafzaken een wezenlijke bijdrage leveren aan het herstel van het slachtoffer.
Ten years on after Hirsi Jamaa, an overview and analysis of ECtHR case law on pushbacks
Authors: Schüller Flip , Fahad Fadi
Published: December 2022

Ten years on after Hirsi Jamaa, an overview and analysis of ECtHR case law on pushbacks.

This article investigates the different approaches of the ECtHR as regards the non refoulement prohibition of Article 3 and the prohibition of collective expulsion under Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 of the Convention. In its decisions since the Hirsi Jamaa judgment, the Court increasingly seems to be less aware of the fact that effective access to asylum procedures cannot be guaranteed when standards prohibiting collective expulsions – forming the vestibule to asylum and thus non refoulement – are watered down. Ultimately, by attributing the lack of individual removal decisions and pushbacks to applicants’ own (culpable) conduct, it is argued that potential asylum seekers might be limited in their procedural guarantees under the ECHR.
The Ideological Roots of Populist Radical-Right Climate Scepticism
Authors: Praet Jasper
Published: December 2022

The Ideological Roots of Populist Radical-Right Climate Scepticism

The study of populist radical-right parties has boomed in recent years. Analyses of the discourse of these parties have gone beyond the focus of immigration policies and have turned to their climate communication. Previous research identified populism and the radical-right host ideology as key ideological drivers of their climate scepticism. This study questions which of these ideological features are dominant in the climate discourse of the Belgian populist radical-right party Vlaams Belang. A qualitative data analysis shows that their ideology is most aptly described as conservative and authoritarian. Populism is not salient, in contrast to what previous research has found for other populist radical-right parties. The presence of nationalism is confirmed, but nativism is irrelevant. The results indicate that Vlaams Belang adapts and transplants its core ideology to its climate discourse, but we cannot take the prevalence of populism or nativism in their climate discourse for granted.
Оценка азербайджано-турецких отношений
Authors: ISAYEVA Tarana
Published: December 2022

Отношения между Азербайджаном, который в недавнем прошлом обрел независимость, и Турцией имеют давнюю историю. Две страны, имеющие общие исторические корни, всегда поддерживали друг друга в самые трудные моменты своей истории. После обретения Азербайджанской Республикой независимости экономические, военные и политические отношения между странами продолжаются и сегодня.
С этой точки зрения можно привести пример соглашения о Трансанатолийском газопроводе (TANAP), которое было принято как «Контракт века» 20 сентября 1994 г. Вновь по окончании 44-дневной войны между Азербайджаном и Арменией в период с 27 сентября по 27 ноября 2020 года благодаря «Шушинской декларации», подписанной между Турецкой Республикой и Азербайджаном, отношения между двумя странами вышли за рамки дружбы и достигли уровня альянса.
С этой точки зрения можно привести пример соглашения о Трансанатолийском газопроводе (TANAP), которое было принято как «Контракт века» 20 сентября 1994 г. Вновь по окончании 44-дневной войны между Азербайджаном и Арменией в период с 27 сентября по 27 ноября 2020 года благодаря «Шушинской декларации», подписанной между Турецкой Республикой и Азербайджаном, отношения между двумя странами вышли за рамки дружбы и достигли уровня альянса.
ОСНОВНЫЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ МОДЕРНИЗАЦИИ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ КАЗАХСТАН
Authors: ARKHYMATAYEVA Aınur
Published: December 2022

XXI век объявлен ЮНЕСКО «веком образования», определившим знания, интеллект, культуру, духовность как приоритетные ценности современного общества. В этих условиях требуется непрерывная модернизация образовательной системы и прогнозирование новой стратегии ее развития, с учетом постоянно изменяющейся ситуации в мире. Статья посвящена актуальных проблем к разработке содержания педагогического образования обеспечивающих реализацию «Проекта модернизации педагогического образования в Республике Казахстан». Анализируется влияние новой идеологии и методологии педагогического образования на цели и содержание профессиональной подготовки учителей. Статья может представлять интерес для администраторов и преподавателей образовательных программ подготовки педагогов, студентов педагогических направлений и профилей, а также всех интересующихся проблемами модернизации национального педагогического образования Казахстана.

Статья выполнена по проекту научно – технического программно-целевого финансирования на 2021-2023 годы «Научные основы модернизации системы образования и науки» Министерство образования и науки Республики Казахстан.
Türkiye’nin 1961-1980 Arası Dönemde Siyasi Açmazları ve Koalisyonlar
Authors: ARSLAN Lütfi
Published: December 2022

Türkiye’de 1961’de hazırlanan anayasa ile Türk siyasi hayatı yeniden şekillenmiştir. Böylece çoğulcu siyasal hayatta yeni siyasi partiler kurulmasının yolu da açılmış oldu. Ancak 1965’ten sonra siyasal ve sosyoekonomik hayattaki değişim, devlet sistemi ve sosyal hayatta yeni siyasi sorunları da beraberinde getirmiştir. Bilhassa işçi ve öğrenci eylemleri sonucunda 12 Mart 1971’de II. askeri müdahale gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu muhtıra üçüncü Süleyman Demirel Hükûmeti görevdeyken yapılmıştır. 12 Mart 1971 Muhtırasının Türkiye’de siyasetin sivilleşmesine büyük kısıtlamalar getirmiş olması, 1961 Anayasası’nın vesayetçiliğini belirgin bir şekilde güçlendirmiştir. Anayasanın Özgürlükçü kapsamını ise büyük oranda daraltmıştır. Bu süreçte Milli Nizam Partisi ve Türkiye İşçi Partisi, Anayasa Mahkemesi’nce kapatılmışlardır. 14 Ekim 1973’teki seçimlerin akabinde ara rejim süreci ortadan kaldırılmış olsa bile Türk siyasetindeki bölünmüşlük, bazı çevrelerin politikadan çıkarılmaya çalışılması, sosyoekonomik bir değişimin oluşturduğu sıkıntılar,12 Eylül 1980 Askeri Darbesine zemin oluşturmuştur. 1973’te CHP-MSP partilerince kurulan koalisyon hükûmeti, Türkiye’de olanaksızın olabilirliğinin test edildiği bir hükûmet olmuştur. 1973-1980 arası dönemde görev yapan hükûmetler dış siyasal bağlantılı gelişmelerin de etkisi ile başarılı çalışmalar yapamamıştır.
Relationship between Motivation and Listening Achievement in Learning Chinese as Second Language in Malaysia
Authors: CHUAH Kee Ping , NGOI Guat Peng , FOO Ai Peng
Published: December 2022

Motivation is a major factor in the success or failure of students in learning second language. Low motivation will affect language learning. Therefore, this study will assess the motivation towards subject of Chinese as Second Language in national primary school among Year 4 students as well as examine the relationship between Second Language Motivational Self-System (L2MSS) and listening skills achievement. The instruments used to analyze motivation are Listening Achievement Test (UPM) and L2MSS Questionnaire which are divided into 3 components, namely Ideal Second Language Self (IL2S), Ought to Second Language Self (OL2S) and Second Language Learning Experience (L2LE). A simple random sampling method involving 48 participants was randomly selected in this study. The results of the study showed that the study participants had a significant relationship of IL2S component with listening skills. However, students did not show a significant relationship of OL2S and L2LE components in listening skills achievement. Based on the findings of the study, a discussion on the possible contributing factors is presented along with the implications of the results of this study in the field of motivational studies. Institutions and educators need to plan curricula, syllabi and teaching methodologies accordingly to maintain and strengthen motivation with listening achievement in learning.
Benefits of Service-Learning through Community Volunteer Programmes to Pre-University Students
Authors: MOHD ZAHIDI Azizah , YOU Huay Woon , ABDUL RASHID Salleh Huddin , KAMARULZAMAN Mohd Hasrul , BALAKRISHNAN Vishalache
Published: December 2022

Service-learning in the Malaysia context is a course-based, credit-bearing education experience in which students participate in a structured service learning activity that meets academic and societal demands (Balakrishnan et al., 2022). Service-learning is a method of community engagement that is enriching students and empowering the community. This study discusses the findings of service-learning via volunteerism for the community by pre-university students. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of service-learning via community volunteer programmes on the students who enrolled in the Critical Analysis of Current Issues course at the pre-university level. A mixed methods approach was used in the research design, whereby participants’ responses to their level of comprehension, level of knowledge, level of social responsibility, level of personal development, and level of academic achievement related to their involvement in community volunteer programmes were assessed with a pre- and post-test questionnaire. Document analysis of participants’ reflections of their experiences conducting the community volunteer programmes was also conducted. Responses were analysed to identify key themes and subthemes. The findings reveal that the mean for their level of comprehension, personal development, and academic achievement was high for both the pre- and post-test. The mean for their level of comprehension, knowledge, social responsibility, personal development, and academic achievement was higher in the post-test. The mean for their level of knowledge and social responsibility was at a medium level for the pre-test. However, this was at a high level in the post-test. This shows that the participants showed significant improvement in their knowledge and social responsibility from involvement in voluntary programmes. Finally, recommendations for youth empowerment in becoming involved in community volunteer programmes were highlighted.
Gender-Positioning within the Visual Network: How (Non-) Inclusive Can EFL Materials Get?
Authors: R. SIMSEK Meliha
Published: December 2022

Much of the research on gender representations in language teaching materials has focused on providing frequency-based accounts of character appearances, familial/occupational role attributions and sexist language use. However, gender discrimination, when communicated visually, might more readily drop off the already overburdened teacher’s radar. Therefore, this study concentrated not just on the depiction of coursebook images but also on their relation to the learners, and aimed to discover the latent sexism in three thematically similar units from one global and two locally-produced coursebooks widely used in the Turkish and Iranian EFL contexts. A critical analysis of 41 images with Van Leeuwen’s (2008) framework revealed that male overrepresentation prevailed throughout all three resources, though to a lesser extent in the global coursebook. The characters mainly avoided direct contact with the viewers by averting their gaze and offered themselves as visual cues for denotative meanings. The global and Turkish-made series tended to position them both closer to the young readers and at their eye level to help build intimacy with more relatable role models. In their Iranian counterpart, the male and female characters were yet socially distanced from them through long shots taken from low and high angles respectively, in which case men were portrayed as authority figures to be looked up to, and women as the diminished other to be looked down on by the students. While both genders were oftener seen frontally in the Turkish EFL material with mixed-gender authorship, the all-male author teams preferred to show the male characters from an oblique angle to further detachment in the global and Iranian contexts. In establishing relatively closer, more personal and engaging interactions with both boys and girls visually, the global and Turkish EFL materials can be claimed to encode a more inclusive and equitable worldview than their Iranian counterpart.
Using Multimedia Learning Objects in Special Needs Classroom
Authors: ONG Joei Suk Mei , YAHAYA Noraffandy
Published: December 2022

The research project highlights the use and creation of multimedia learning objects to improve the learning of special needs students. The researcher investigated how the audiovisual context had progressed into a new approach to learning that sharpens the analytical reasoning and rational social skills of special needs students. This research proposed a two-group pre-test – post-test qualitative research to measure the impact of multimedia learning objects in improving the learning abilities of students with special needs in schools. The experiment aimed to see that a multimedia education paradigm may benefit two groups of students with different learning impairments. It was aimed toward students with Autism or Down Syndrome under the age of 15. Many of these students are taught in ordinary special needs classrooms without special intervention tools. The findings suggest that multimedia technology in learning can assist students with learning disabilities. The well-thought-out system benefited autistic students, demonstrating the educational potential of a multimedia system. A plan targeted to one particular disability group may be more effective than a comprehensive system that tries to fulfill the needs of many different disability groups.
Effectiveness of the Formal Aspect of the Torrance Test Identifying Levels of Creative Thinking among Tenth Grade Students: A Case Study
Authors: QARAEEN Malak , OMAR Iman
Published: December 2022

This qualitative study aims to identify levels of creative thinking, including the skills of fluency, originality, details and flexibility, among a group of tenth grade students in Palestine from Jerusalem and Ramallah schools, according to the gender variable, using the formal aspect of the Torrance test of creative thinking. The study sample consisted of students females selected from Secondary School for Girls and males from one of the Excellence School. The results differences in the degree of originality, flexibility and details in favor of female students, and a difference in the degree of fluency in favor of male students, which reflects the societal context with regard to their creative thinking skills. In light of these findings, the researchers recommend the manner of presenting the educational curricula be reconsidered and that teachers be given training in the use of creative thinking strategies and enrichment activities during the presentation of educational content, thus also enhancing creativity among their students.
Implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs) in Teaching Malay Language Writing Skills among Preschool Teachers
Authors: BORDIN Siti Norzehan , SAID Rozita Radhiah , MD SABIL Azhar , ARSHAD Mohd Mursyid
Published: December 2022

In the Malaysian Education Development Plan (PPPM 2013-2025), one of the aspects that is the focus is the implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills in teaching and learning in schools. In this regard, teachers need to apply HOTs in teaching in order to train and improve students' thinking skills creatively and critically. In addition, in teaching Malay writing skills, teachers need to be more creative in determining HOTs-based teaching methods as writing skills are the most difficult skills to master compared to other skills. Therefore, HOTs are important to be applied in the teaching of writing skills starting from the early stages of education in preschool in order to train preschoolers to think high level and be cultured with HOTs. Hence, preschool teachers need to master the knowledge on the implementation of HOTs so that the teaching process are of excellent quality and can stimulate the thinking of the students to the highest level of HOTs. Thus, this concept paper will discuss the problem of the implementation of HOTs in Malay language writing skills, the importance of teachers applying HOTs in teaching and learning by detailing the planning and implementation of HOTs in pedagogy as well as parsing the teaching and learning strategies of HOTs.
Exploring Challenges Faced by Managers Dealing with Multi-Generational Workforce
Authors: PITOUT Samanatha , HOQUE Muhammad
Published: December 2022

Hive Digital Media has a diverse employee workforce with employees from different generations. The management team is struggling to motivate the employees, instruct employees to perform tasks adequately and consistently and have seen an increase in employee turnover. This study aimed to explore the challenges managers facing when dealing with multi-generational workforce. Qualitative research was conducted among managers to understand how they manage multi-generational workforce. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants. One-on-one in-depth interview was conducted virtually, and open-ended questions were used to collect the data. The study found that managers should understand the different generations and their personalities as a base. Managers must then take the time to identify each employee as an individual person and what the need, wants and goals are of each employee. By managers upskilling themselves with knowledge on the different generations, they can equip themselves with the tools they need to solve the challenges successfully. Managers need to make a concerted effort to make time for communication and getting to know each individual employee. Using the information on the different generations as a base but gaining in-depth information on employees. It could be concluded that although it is important to understand the different generations, personalities need to be managed and categorising or stereotyping employees into generation groups needs to be avoided.
Freire e a educação comunitária/popular: caminhos de vivência emancipatória, participativa e inclusiva
Authors: Pereira Gorete
Published: December 2022

Pretende-se com este texto contribuir para a reflexão e análise da educação comunitária/popular, suportada na ideia de mudança, a partir da qual Freire assume uma praxeologia educativa transformadora. Adentrando na obra Educação como Prática da Liberdade, procuramos compreender os seus princípios pedagógicos na reconstrução dos caminhos de vivência emancipatória, participativa e inclusiva na educação comunitária. Procedeu-se a um estudo exploratório, de natureza qualitativa assente na análise de conteúdo da obra referenciada e outros textos do autor. A narrativa construída sobre o legado pedagógico de Freire para a educação comunitária na contemporaneidade consubstancia a sua relevância para a educação do século XXI. Num tempo marcado por profundas transformações, a filosofia freireana é reconhecidamente estruturadora de um pensamento transformador e organizado que na senda da desocultação do real e na aquisição dos direitos de “ser mais” promove a emancipação e a inclusão.
Circular stapler assisted extraperitoneal colostomy technique
Authors: EVİRGEN Suat , KANTAR Sezai , PİRHAN Yavuz
Published: December 2022

Temporary or permanent mouthing of the bowel is a very common intervention in surgical practice. Stomas made for different reasons sometimes have a life-saving quality, and sometimes they meet the life long defecation needs of the patients. Colostomies are opened as life saving in emergency colon surgeries. Although there are various colostomy techniques, which technique will be applied is usually decided during the emergency surgery. Colostomy opening may take a long time. The procedure usually takes 30-40 minutes. However, in some cases, it is necessary to compete with time. Our aim in the report is to share with you the general situation of the circular stapler assisted colostomy , which is applied in critical cases
Determinants of Impulsive Buying Behavior: An Empirical Analysis of Consumers’ Purchase Intentions for Offline Beauty Products
Authors: Tanveer Tayyaba , Kazmi Syeda Quratulain , Rahman Mustaghis Ur
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the underlying factors of impulsive buying behavior that would impact consumers’ buying behavior and eventually their purchase intentions.  

Methodology: This research is based on the philosophy of positivism and employs a quantitative examination. In order to reach to our target market, we have used convenience sampling (non-probability sampling) and tried to gather the data in the original shopping environment i.e. a survey in shopping malls. A sample of 400 was gathered and analyzed. The SPSS version 20 is used for data analysis.

Findings: Results of this study show that a consumer’s mood has a significant impact on buying as it can trigger impulse behavior in consumers. Person situations can also influence   impulse buying for example time, money and the fear of missing out can all trigger impulse buying. Store layout can also trigger that unplanned purchase which means store lighting, the music of the store and ambiance may affect the purchasing. Product promotion has an impact on spontaneous purchase which indicates that free coupons, discounts and free delivery are offered   to attract the customer to a sudden purchase.  Product design, packaging, color and labeling indicate a positive and significant impact on impulse buying. However, materialism indicates an insignificant impact on impulse buying.

Contribution to literature:  This research is positively contributing to or suggesting that practitioners or sellers better understand the intrinsic factors influencing customers ’purchase intentions in the cosmetic industry.
EFFECT OF DEEP CRYOGENIC TREATMENT TIME
ON MICROMECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OF MAGNESIUM ALLOYS WE43 AND WE54
Authors: Barylski Adrian , Aniołek Krzysztof
Published: December 2022

The paper presents the effect of deep cryogenic treatment time on micromechanical and tribological
properties of magnesium alloys, WE43 and WE54. The alloys were subjected to deep cryogenic treatment
at a liquid nitrogen temperature (-196°C) for 2 to 48h. Tribological tests were performed in a rotational
and a reciprocating linear motion, and wear trace studies were performed by profilometric and microscopic
measurements. The tests indicate that deep cryogenic treatment has a favourable effect on the micromechanical,
mechanical and tribological parameters of the two investigated alloys. It has also been shown that sub-zero
treatment time significantly impacts the cryogenic treatment result. Among other things, there was a nearly
10% increase in hardness, Young's modulus, and a 35% reduction in tribological volumetric wear resulting
from the improvement in mechanical properties, as well as a 2-fold reduction in linear wear with an increase
in sub-zero treatment time relative to the material in its as-delivered state. Deep cryogenic treatment with
appropriately selected sub-zero treatment time allows for improving the service life of magnesium alloys with
rare earth metals.
Comparison results of visual and machine strength grading of Scots pine sawn timber from the Greater Poland-Pomerania Forestry Region in Poland
Authors: Krzosek Sławowmir , Burawska-Kupniewska Izabela , Mańkowski Piotr
Published: December 2022

Comparison results of visual and machine strength grading of Scots pine sawn timber from the Greater Poland-Pomerania Forestry Region in Poland. The paper presents an analysis of the strength grading results performed by two methods – visual (appearance) and machine, carried out for sawn timber obtained from the Greater Poland-Pomerania Forestry Region in Poland. Visual strength grading was performed in accordance with PN-D-94021:2013, while the machine strength grading with the use of MTG device (Brookhuis Electronics BV). As a result of the tests, it was confirmed that a large part of timber batch (39%) was classified as a reject while visual grading, when the machine grading resulted in a very small share of sawn timber classified as rejects (only one piece). At the same time, during machine strength grading there was only one sawn timber piece that was not classified for any class or a reject. Based on its visual appearance, this timber element should be graded as reject.
Sovereignty in Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria (2006)
Authors: Rodoreda Geoff
Published: December 2022

In a 2013 interview, Alexis Wright explained the importance for Indigenous Australians of maintaining what she called a “sovereignty of the mind, even if we haven’t got sovereignty of the country or the land.” She went on to recount the story of an Indigenous leader who advised a meeting of Aboriginal people “if you think you are a sovereign people, act like it.” In her 2006 novel Carpentaria, Wright demonstrates how these two strands of Indigenous sovereignty are evident and practiced in contemporary Australia. Key Indigenous characters in the novel are revealed to both “think” sovereign and to “act like it.” Indigenous sovereignty, which has never been ceded but is still denied by Australian law, is performed on the land, in custom, in story and in song, in a multitude of ways. Wright thereby contributes to an assertion of sovereign, Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies in Australia. Significantly, cultural elders in Carpentaria are shown to take for granted their sovereign custodianship of Country regardless of who technically owns land within the colonised nation-space of the novel, thus revealing the rule of Aboriginal Law in Indigenous Australia over and against the assumed sovereign rule of the nation-state.
Epic, Trauma, and Affective Practice in Carpentaria
Authors: Atkinson Meera
Published: December 2022

This article draws on my concept of “cyclical haunting,” which describes the autonomous force of structural trauma in which traumatic transmissions feed into and out of individual and collective experience. I propose a new, related concept of “epic trauma” as the mode through which Carpentaria witnesses and testifies to historical trauma and its intergenerational transmissions. I argue that the spooked relationship between familial, community, and cultural-historical contexts in Wright’s masterpiece explicates pre-invasion relations circulating over time and across generations complicated by ingrained injustices, racist attitudes, and unethical Western practices and that Wright’s employment of the literary device of the (anti-colonial) epic is central to that project.I also consider Carpentaria through a traumatic-affective practice lens, focussing on the role of humour in sustaining an essentially tragic epic narrative. describes affective practice as “the emotional as it appears in social life”. Viewing the text in terms of affective practice and considering humour enables a more nuanced understanding of how Wright crafts her blend of trauma testimony, affective agency, spirited resistance, and sophisticated homage to Aboriginal cultural life, both traditional and contemporary.
Alteration of quality attributes and shelf-life in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) fruits during storage as influenced by edible coatings
Authors: HAZARIKA T K , LALRINFELI LALRINFELI , LALTHANMUANI LALTHANMUANI , LALCHHANMAWIA JONATHAN , MANDAL DEBASHIS
Published: December 2022

The present investigation was carried out during 2015-16 at department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University, Aizawl to find out suitable edible coating on prolonging shelf-life of strawberry fruits.The different treatments were: T1: coconut oil 100%, T2 : castor oil 100%, T3 : olive oil 100%, T4 : Liquid paraffin wax 100%, T5 : Aloe vera gel, T6 :chitosan (1% w/v), T7 : chitosan (2%w/v), T8 : kaolene (1%w/v), T9 : kaolene (2%w/v), T10 : carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) (1% w/v), and T11 : control (Water spray). The results revealed that among the different edible coatings studied, coating with coconut oil resulted lowest PLW (17.57%), maximum marketable fruits retained (56.67%), total sugars ( 8.82%), ascorbic acid (65.74 mg/100 ml juice), total anthocyanin content (33.38%) of fruits. The various quality parameters in terms of flavour, taste, appearance and overall acceptability were also found superior in this particular treatment.
Effect of saline stress on growth and biochemical indices of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) germplasm
Authors: VANLALRUATI VANLALRUATI , ANAND PRATIVA , KUMAR GUNJEET , TIWARI A K
Published: December 2022

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) is one of the most popular cut flowers in the world and occupies important position in the world flower industry. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of saline stress on growth and biochemical indices on 10 chrysanthemum germplasm. It was determined by performance comparisons against control tests (without NaCl treatment) which acts as an indicator. Germplasm selected for the experiment were Garden Beauty, Shanti, Red Stone, Basanti, Yellow Reflex, Arka Ravikiran, Anmol, Mother Teresa, Sweta Singar and Jaya. Salt stress had significant effects on plant growth, assimilator pigment content and prolineconcentration. With application of 150 mM NaCl, there is reduction of shoot growth, root growth, leaf area, leaf number, shoot dry weight and chlorophyll content, whereas level of proline increased with increase salinity. Shoot elongation was less sensitive to salinity than root growth, with significant reductions in root growth at high salinity levels (150 mM). The genotype- Garden Beauty (5.03%) recorded minimum shoot length reduction, whereas minimum shoot dry weight reduction was observed in Anmol (23.97%) with increasing salinity. The genotype Basanti (2.35%)recorded minimum reduction in root growth. Minimum reduction in photosynthetic pigments was observed in Mother Teresa (51.55%) and high accumulation of proline content was recorded in Sweta Singar (162.50%). The genotypes Mother Teresa, Anmol, Basanti and Sweta Singar were found to be tolerant due to enhanced photosynthetic pigments, proline concentration and better shoot and root growth with higher salinity.