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Israel and Syria
Authors: Cordesman Anthony H. , Nerguizian Aram , Popescu Inout C.
Published: January 2024

Israel and Syria: The Military Balance and Prospects of War provides a detailed and current picture of the military capabilities of Israel and Syria, reflecting the changes and lessons of the Israel-Hezbollah War in 2006 and other recent conflicts. It offers extensive analysis, supported by tables and charts, on the trends in military spending, arms imports and technology transfers, military manpower, weapons, and orders of battle. By going beyond military balance analysis, Cordesman examines the probable nature and results of a future war and how the readiness, capability, tactics, and technology on each side would shape its outcome.

Israel and Syria: The Military Balance and Prospects of War shows how a dangerous new conflict between both nations would cripple all strides in strategic gains and Israeli-Syrian diplomacy. On the other hand, peace negotiations would offer a safer, more productive relationship. Israel and Syria need to consider the true nature of their military balance and the undermining effect to both nations as well as the costs and risks of any future conflict. Although Syria does retain important options in terms of asymmetric and proxy conflicts, it would fail in its attempt to recapture the Golan. While Israel would almost certainly win a future war, it cannot make gains from acquiring more Syrian territory and a new war would create major problems with its neighbors and in dealing with the Palestinians.

The risk of a new Israeli-Syrian conflict is so serious that both sides need to understand the true nature of their military balance, and the costs and risks of any future conflict. Israel and Syria: The Military Balance and Prospects of War shows how dangerous a new conflict could be, that neither side can make lasting strategic gains from a future conflict, and that peace negotiations offer a far safer and more productive option. It provides a detailed and current picture of the military capabilities of Israel and Syria, reflecting the changes and lessons of the Israel-Hezbollah War in 2006 and other recent conflicts. Israel and Syria: The Military Balance and Prospects of War provides extensive analysis, supported by tables and charts, on the trends in military spending, arms imports and technology transfers, military manpower, weapons, and orders of battle. By going beyond military balance analysis, Cordesman examines the probable nature and results of a future war and how the readiness, capability, tactics, and technology on each side would shape its outcome.
Japan and Russia in Northeast Asia
Authors: Ivanov Vladimir I. , Smith Karla S.
Published: January 2024

This collection of essays by leading scholars and diplomats involved with the area examines the key political and economic issues facing Japan, Russia, and their neighbors since the end of the Cold War. The main goal is to analyze recent developments in Moscow-Tokyo bilateral relations and their growing interest in closer economic engagement, stability, and regional cooperation.

The volume provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the very problems and opportunities that compelled the national leaders of Japan and Russia to drastically change the format and contents of the dialogue, to address the most critical issues not only of the moment but also for the future. The volume is a crucial resource for scholars, policy makers, and students involved with Asia-Pacific economic cooperation and Japanese and Russian foreign policy.
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Authors: Gibson Camille , Vandiver Donna M.
Published: January 2024

Despite the fact that media bombard the public with the notion that sex offenders are everywhere-and could be just next door—official sources show that official sex offense rates have been steadily declining over the past 10 years. Yet, when a juvenile is accused of a sexually-based crime, media attention is swift and relentless. The truth about juvenile sex offenders is often, therefore, misunderstood. In many cases, such offenders are victims themselves. Here, Gibson and Vandiver reveal the truth about juvenile sex offenders and what can be done to help them and to prevent the cycle of abuse that leads to such tragic outcomes.

This book sets the records straight about juvenile sex offending. It provides accurate, up-to-date statistics, real life cases, and information about offender characteristics, victim characteristics, family factors, social issues, media involvement, and other related areas. It offers explanations for juvenile sex offending from a variety of perspectives and reviews legal and criminal responses to the problem. Included are discussions of female offenders, punitive measures to prevent repeat offenses, and other steps the federal government and individual states are taking to address the problem. The authors conclude with advice on how to protect children from becoming victims and how to prevent sexual offending in the first place.
The Kamishibai Classroom
Authors: McGowan Tara M.
Published: January 2024

Written by a professional storyteller and artist who has studied with kamishibai artists and practitioners in Japan, this book is a practical "how-to" for creating and performing original kamishibai stories with students of all ages and across disciplines.

Kamishibai is an interactive storytelling form that allows students to develop mastery of multiple literacies, while also learning to combine these literacies effectively. The Kamishibai Classroom: Engaging Multiple Literacies Through the Art of "Paper Theater" introduces innovative ideas for using kamishibai performance and story creation as a teaching tool. The hands-on, interactive workshops outlined here were all developed in public school classrooms and other venues in the United States and are perfect for getting students involved in the fun and learning that occur when they create and perform original stories.

This elaborately illustrated guide provides step-by-step instructions for implementing kamishibai workshops in the classroom and integrating them into interactive performances across the disciplines and for all ages. It covers a broad range of techniques used by kamishibai practitioners in Japan past and present, showing the connections from early traditions of picture-storytelling in Japan up to present-day manga and animé.
Librarian’s Handbook for Seeking, Writing, and Managing Grants
Authors: Hall-Ellis Sylvia D. , Bowers Stacey L. , Hudson Christopher , Williamson Claire , Patrick Joanne
Published: January 2024

Learn the dynamics of the grant-seeking process, including proposal writing and grant management, for public, school, and academic librarians.

A comprehensive book that covers the full spectrum of the grant process, Librarian’s Handbook for Seeking, Writing, and Managing Grants is designed to provide all the information necessary for librarians and educators to become effective members of grant-development and management teams. Written in an easy-to-understand, succinct format, it will be invaluable even for those with little or no background knowledge and regardless of the size or type of library or information center.

Recognizing that grants are developed through a sequential process, the volume focuses on the fundamental components of grant planning, grant writing, and grant management. Readers will learn to identify potential federal and state funding sources, organize and manage the proposal development process, do research, and establish and encourage participation on local development teams. They will also learn about specific aspects of grant management, such as budget and finance monitoring; hiring; research compliance and policies; sub-agreements and partnership forms; and reporting requirements.
Light, Bright, and Damned Near White
Authors: Bird Stephanie R.
Published: January 2024

The election of America's first biracial president brings the question dramatically to the fore. What does it mean to be biracial or tri-racial in the United States today? Anthropologist Stephanie Bird takes us into a world where people are struggling to be heard, recognized, and celebrated for the racial diversity one would think is the epitome of America's melting pot persona. But being biracial or tri-racial brings unique challenges - challenges including prejudice, racism and, from within racial groups, colorism. Yet America is now experiencing a multiracial baby boom, with at least three states logging more multiracial baby births than any other race aside from Caucasians. As the Columbia Journalism Review reported, American demographics are no longer black and white. In truth, they are a blended, difficult-to-define shade of brown.

Bird shows us the history of biracial and tri-racial people in the United States, and in European families and events. She presents the personal traumas and victories of those who struggle for recognition and acceptance in light of their racial backgrounds, including celebrities such as golf expert Tiger Woods, who eventually quit trying to describe himself as Cablanasin, a mix including Asian and African American. Bird examines current events, including the National Mixed Race Student Conference, and the push to dub this Generation MIX. And she examines how American demographics, government, and society are changing overall as a result. This work includes a guide to tracing your own racial roots.
Living out of Bounds
Authors: Overman Steven J.
Published: January 2024

Despite some enormous differences in salary among professional athletes, most aspects of their daily lives remain surprisingly constant across sports and income levels. In Living out of Bounds author Steven J. Overman mines a wide array of sports biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and diaries to construct a representative picture of the athlete's life. In the course of the work a portrait emerges that transcends the individual lives lived. The shared experiences of devoted training, of travel and hotels, and of tension within and beyond the clubhouse or gym, force us to appreciate the often oppressive reality of the sporting life, at the same time that the individual lives lived also provide us with a glimpse of the rewards that make sports so compelling to audiences and athletes across America.
Marching with Dr. King
Authors: Robinson Cyril
Published: January 2024

This book shows how a Jewish lawyer utilized his philosophy of prophetic Judaism (a belief in social justice) and his training as a lawyer to become the head of a trade union that formulated policies embodying these social beliefs, bringing many benefits to its members.

In 1946, Ralph Helstein was the general counsel for the United Packinghouse Workers Union (UPWA), which had become a predominantly black worker organization. At the time there was a divisive left-right split in the union. As the only individual both sides trusted, Helstein was elected president of the union, thus beginning an era of positive change for the UPWA and its workers.

Beyond Helstein's efforts for the UPWA, Marching with Dr. King: Ralph Helstein and the United Packinghouse Workers of America also examines the involvement of Helstein in the civil rights movement, his personal association with Martin Luther King, Jr., and how his actions as union president championed the rights of African Americans, women, and even an immigrant group outside the United States—the sugar workers in Puerto Rico. This text presents a unique perspective on the life of a labor leader, revealing the connection between Helstein's religious and philosophical ideas with his leadership of the UPWA union.
Mathematics in the K-8 Classroom and Library
Authors: McKinney Sueanne , Hinton KaaVonia
Published: January 2024

Two experts on education offer a rich and diverse selection of children's literature and teaching strategies for the K-8 mathematics classroom.

Taking advantage of quality, motivating literature during mathematics instruction pays off, especially when teachers and media specialists work together to convey crucial mathematical concepts and standards. Mathematics in the K-8 Classroom and Library shows you how it’s done. After an introduction to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’s (NCTM) Principles and Process Standards, each remaining chapter is devoted to an NCTM content standard. The book offers engaging, research-based strategies and booklists of specific titles that, together, can be used to increase student achievement.

The strategies suggested here provide a hands-on, student-centered focus that allows students to make connections with prior learning, personal experiences, and good books. Both the recommended children’s books and the activities will appeal even to reluctant readers and students for whom mathematics might be a challenge. Each chapter includes an extensive, annotated list of texts, dozens of hands-on activities, handouts, and writing prompts.
misLeading Indicators
Authors: Green Philip , Gabor George
Published: January 2024

This book reveals the hidden and potentially misleading nature of measurements, empowering readers to avoid making critical business decisions that are harmful, unreasonable, unwarranted, or plain wrong.

Decision makers in business and government are more reliant than ever on measurements, such as business performance indicators, bond ratings, Six-Sigma indicators, stock ratings, opinion polls, and market research. Yet many popular statistical and business books and courses relating to measurement are based on flawed principles, leading managers to the wrong conclusions—and ultimately, the wrong decisions. misLeading Indicators: How to Reliably Measure Your Business provides something unique and invaluable: trustworthy tools for judging measurements.

Each chapter illustrates the four key principles for reliable measurements: sufficient background information, accuracy and precision, reasonable inferences, and reality checks in different situations. After the three fundamental methods of measuring are defined, the authors expand to the application and interpretation of measurements in specific areas, including business performance, risk management, process, control, finance, and economics. This book supplies essential information for managers in business and government who depend on accurate information to run their organizations, as well as the consultants who advise them.
Native American Speakers of the Eastern Woodlands
Authors: Mann Barbara Alice
Published: January 2024

This collection of essays examines, in context, eastern Native American speeches, which are translated and reprinted in their entirety. Anthologies of Native American orators typically focus on the rhetoric of western speakers but overlook the contributions of Eastern speakers. The roles women played, both as speakers themselves and as creators of the speeches delivered by the men, are also commonly overlooked. Finally, most anthologies mine only English-language sources, ignoring the fraught records of the earliest Spanish conquistadors and French adventurers. This study fills all these gaps and also challenges the conventional assumption that Native thought had little or no impact on liberal perspectives and critiques of Europe. Essays are arranged so that the speeches progress chronologically to reveal the evolving assessments and responses to the European presence in North America, from the mid-sixteenth century to the twentieth century.

Providing a discussion of the history, culture, and oratory of eastern Native Americans, this work will appeal to scholars of Native American history and of communications and rhetoric. Speeches represent the full range of the woodland east and are taken from primary sources.
Normality Does Not Equal Mental Health
Authors: Bartlett Steven James
Published: January 2024

How do you define good mental health? This controversial, counterintuitive, and altogether fascinating book argues that “psychological normality” is neither a desirable nor an acceptable standard.

Normality Does Not Equal Mental Health: The Need to Look Elsewhere for Standards of Good Psychological Health is a groundbreaking work, the first book-length study to question the equation of psychological normality and mental health. Its author, Dr. Steven James Bartlett, musters compelling evidence and careful analysis to challenge the paradigm accepted by mental health theorists and practitioners, a paradigm that is not only wrong, but can be damaging to those to whom it is applied—and to society as a whole.

In this bold, multidisciplinary work, Bartlett critiques the presumed standard of normality that permeates contemporary consciousness. Showing that the current concept of mental illness is fundamentally unacceptable because it is scientifically unfounded and the result of flawed thinking, he argues that adherence to the gold standard of psychological normality leads to nothing less than cultural impoverishment.
Open Conversations
Authors: Carr David
Published: January 2024

Cultural institutions must reimagine their roles as education facilities for their communities and address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, thereby renewing their essential place in democratic society. This book explains how.

Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums is a provocative book, one that is designed to offer courage to cultural institution administrators and staff even as it opens their eyes to the possibility that their facilities can offer more than they are. Rather than offering prescriptive answers, the author invites readers to consider museums and libraries in fresh ways.

Author David Carr believes professionals in libraries and museums need to think more broadly. He challenges them to address communities, national social change, psychology, and learning, and to think about ways to frame their institutions, not as repositories or research chambers, but as instruments for human thinking. Now is the time for these institutions to recover their integrity and purpose as fundamental, informing structures in a struggling democracy. Based on lectures and previously published writings by the author, and drawing on new scholarship and research, the essays here will inspire professionals to understand their collections and institutions as instruments of personal, social, and cultural change.
Parody as Film Genre
Authors: Gehring Wes D.
Published: January 2024

Parody is the least appreciated of all film comedy genres and receives little serious attention, even among film fans. This study elevates parody to mainstream significance. A historical overview places the genre in context, and a number of basic parody components, which better define the genre and celebrate its value, are examined. Parody is differentiated from satire, and the two parody types, traditional and reaffirmation, are explained. Chapters study the most spoofed genre in American parody history, the Western; pantheon members of American Film Comedy such as The Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields, Mae West, and Laurel and Hardy; pivotal parody artists, Bob Hope and Woody Allen; Mel Brooks, whose name is often synonymous with parody; and finally, parody in the 1990s. Films discussed include Destry Rides Again (1939), The Road to Utopia (1945), My Favorite Brunette (1947), The Paleface (1948), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) and Scream (1996).

This examination of parody will appeal to scholars and students of American film and film comedy, as well as those interested in the specific comedians discussed and the Western genre. Gehring's work will also find a place in American pop culture studies and sociological studies of the period from the 1920s to the 1990s. The book is carefully documented and includes a selected bibliography and filmography.
A Peripheral Weapon?
Authors: Childs David J.
Published: January 2024

The tank was arguably the most important technological innovation that developed during World War I; however, without the support of the British Army and the allocation of important wartime resources, it would have remained merely a peripheral weapon. For far too long, the depiction of the British War Office and GHQ, France, as anti-technological and cavalry-oriented has persisted. While some historians have recently challenged this view, much of the traditional versus progressive school of thought, in regard to the production and employment of the tank, still survives. By posing the question: was the tank a peripheral weapon? this work reveals the vital role of the War Office in the production and employment of this stunning new weapon.

The War Office was behind the creation of the original Tank Committee, the New or Advisory Tank Committee, the Tank Directorate and the Tank Board. It was these bodies, particularly the Tank Board, established in 1918, that facilitated the crucially important liaison between the users of tanks in France and the producers at the Ministry of Munitions. Without War Office involvement in this way, without its continued orders for more and better tanks, and without the consistently high priority status accorded to tank production by General Haig, it is inconceivable that the tank would have reached the level of technical sophistication, and therefore usefulness, that it had by late 1918.
Petticoats and Pinstripes
Authors: Caplan Sheri J.
Published: January 2024

This fascinating work presents biographical essays about women from the colonial period to modern times, chronicling the previously untold story of the female financial experience in the United States.

Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History provides a fascinating chronological account of the contributions of women on Wall Street through profiles of selected individuals that set their achievements in the context of the prevailing times. The book documents how women frequently assumed financial roles as a temporary palliative to the nation's ills, only to be cast aside once conditions improved, and how they were often restrained from financial endeavors by various factors, including American legal, political, economic, and cultural norms. Author Sheri J. Caplan describes the accomplishments of women in the financial world against the backdrop of the general advancement of women's rights and the evolution of gender-based roles in society, and identifies the primary factors in the development of a greater female role in finance: wartime urgency, personal necessity, technological change, and financial education.
Plotting a True Course
Authors: Head William P.
Published: January 2024

Examining wars from the allied victory in World War II to the conflict in Viet Nam, and finally to the operations in the Gulf and Kosovo, this book presents a comprehensive look at the evolution of strategic air attack theory and doctrine over the years.
Political Culture and Voting Systems in the United States
Authors: Fife Brian L. , Miller Geralyn M.
Published: January 2024

As the 2000 presidential election suggests, the particular type of voting system employed in a given venue can impact the outcome of elections, not only within an individual state, but, as Fyfe and Miller explore, across the states as well. Yet the scholarly community has paid little attention to the nature and impact of voting systems on electoral outcomes to date.

Using Elazar's model of political culture in the American states as a logistical framework on which to build analysis of these voting systems, they indicate that culture is a fundamental variable to consider when attempting to ascertain variances between and among the states. This study will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with American elections and contemporary politics and voting policy.
Politics of Conscience
Authors: Wallace Patricia Ward
Published: January 2024

Margaret Chase Smith was the most influential woman in the history of American politics. Her goal was to be a United States senator, not a woman senator, and she succeeded by overcoming gender, not by championing it. Smith began her political career as Maine's daughter and demonstrated nationally the New England virtues of honesty, hard work, frugality, and reticence. She became America's heroine when she courageously confronted Senator Joe McCarthy at the height of his power with her Declaration of Conscience speech. In her statement she championed the American right to criticize, to hold unpopular beliefs, and to practice free speech. Associating herself with the politics of conscience, Smith won three more terms in the Senate and sat on the powerful Armed Services, Appropriations, Space, Government Operations, and Intelligence committees. Altogether, she was in Congress 32 years and by the time her career ended she had established an enduring prototype for female and minority politicians.

This biography of Margaret Chase Smith is the first historical treatment of Smith to use her voluminous private papers as well as extensive interviews with Smith and her colleagues in Congress. As Maine's daughter, Smith was frugal, hard-working, reticent, and caustic. At age thirty-two she married, in scandal, state-politician Clyde Smith with whom she had been involved since she was sixteen and who was twenty-one years her senior. Smith came to Washington when Clyde was elected to Congress and, against his wishes, she became his secretary. When Clyde died in office in 1940, Smith played the widow's game and successfully ran for his seat. In the House during World War II, Smith sat on the powerful Naval Affairs Committee and, tutored by committee counsel Bill Lewis, developed a national constituency, the military, which in turn allowed her to better serve Maine's interests. Lewis directed Smith's first Senate campaign in 1948 when she won an upset victory by an astonishing margin. Overnight she became the darling of the Republican party, the heroine of women everywhere, and the only woman in the United States Senate. Immediately, she became embroiled with Joseph McCarthy and courageously confronted him with her Declaration of Conscience speech four years before a Senate majority censored him. Associating herself with politics of conscience, Smith was elected to three more terms and sat on the powerful Armed services, Appropriations, Space, Government Operations, and Intelligence committees. America's heroine was a political icon by the time she was defeated in 1972 at the age of seventy-four.
Power and Restraint
Authors: Cohen Howard , Feldberg Michael , Moll Monica M.
Published: January 2024

Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition of the classic casebook on police ethics explores the moral complexities of situations faced by law enforcement officers every day across the United States.

This updated edition of Power and Restraint maintains its place as a leading set of standards for evaluating police behavior. It extends our understanding of the basis of police accountability by grounding it in principles of the social contract and constitutional democracy. It applies the standards of fair access, public trust, public safety first, role discipline, and neutral professionalism to a variety of modern policing situations that help identify best practices and increase understanding of the challenges of policing in 21st-century America.

Power and Restraint first locates itself in the context of other significant studies by scholars from various disciplines on moral issues in police work. Next, it establishes a foundation for moral evaluation of police work grounded in social contract theory as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Third, the authors generate five standards derived from the social contract for judging the actions of police. In the second half of the book, the reader is asked to apply these standards to a variety of typical but morally ambiguous policing situations.
Kazys Boruta in the Soviet Security Surveillance Case
Authors: Daugėlaitė Brigita
Published: January 2024

The article examines the operational surveillance case of Kazys Boruta (1905-1965), until now not extensively researched material, collected by the Soviet security from 1945 until writer’s death and the actions taken by the security services against him. The aim of this article is to investigate the reasons behind the surveillance of Boruta that lasted for twenty years and to reveal in more detail the influence of the Soviet authorities on writer’s life and work. Boruta’s views during the Soviet era and some of his contacts during the occupation could not be freely discussed. Using the currently available security information, the article scrutinizes how the various suspicions against Boruta were tailored and, in turn, what reactions of the security services were triggered. It discusses the investigation into Boruta’s alleged activities in underground organizations: his links with the Lithuanian National Council and the Lithuanian partisan movement, as well as the relations and activities of the SRs who were active between the wars and during the Soviet period. The article also discusses the significance of Boruta’s anti-Soviet and nationalist statements in the surveillance process and the attitude of the security services towards his work that did not meet ideological requirements of the time.
“Can I Still Accomplish Anything?” Vytautas Kubilius and the Role of Intellectual and Critical Thinking in Nation-Building
Authors: Bernotienė Gintarė
Published: January 2024

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On Vytautas’s Kubilius’s Principle and The Pulse of Criticism
Authors: Butnoriūtė Neringa
Published: January 2024

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How Kaunas Became “Lithuanian”
Authors: Lazauskienė Aistė
Published: January 2024

Mindaugas Balkus, Kaip Kovno tapo Kaunu. Miesto lituanizavimas 1918–1940 m.: monografija: Kaunas, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla, 2023, 247 p., ISBN 978-609-467-550-8
Infarto agudo de miocardio en adultos jóvenes
Authors: Silva Cevallos Danny , Evangelista Barragán Diana , Arreaga Pérez César , Zárate Zapata Angélica , Barrera Rivera Mirella , Kang Moreira Ernesto , Flores Delgado Manuel , Silva Guachilema David , Salazar Flores Juan , Gonzaga Aguilar Katherine , Silva Michalón Fernando , Navarrete Villacís Sulie
Published: January 2024

Introducción: El infarto agudo de miocardio (IAM) ha experimentado un aumento en su incidencia, especialmente en países en desarrollo, debido al incremento de factores de riesgo. Este estudio investiga las características y tendencias del IAM en adultos jóvenes.
Materiales y métodos: Estudio retrospectivo, la muestra incluyó 23 pacientes (18 a 40 años) hospitalizados en la Clínica Guayaquil en el año 2020, y el análisis se realizó utilizando estadística descriptiva.
Resultados: El 78% de la muestra fueron hombres. Las principales comorbilidades incluyeron hipertensión arterial (65%) y hábito tabáquico (22%). La mayoría de los pacientes (83%) ingresó con más de 24 horas de evolución de los síntomas. Se observó que el 43% presentó un IAM con elevación del segmento ST, y en el electrocardiograma, el 34% mostró un infarto anterior. La cinecoronariografía reveló que la arteria responsable en el 34% de los casos fue la coronaria derecha. Se registró una única complicación mecánica, y el 9% de la población se sometió a cirugía de revascularización coronaria, un caso debido a revascularización percutánea fallida y otro paciente por compromiso del tronco de la coronaria izquierda.
Conclusión: En adultos jóvenes con IAM, se observa una baja prevalencia de complicaciones mayores, optando por intervención percutánea independientemente del patrón electrocardiográfico. La cohorte muestra escasas complicaciones y la ausencia de eventos fatales. La morbilidad potencial a largo plazo, especialmente en términos de desarrollo futuro de insuficiencia cardiaca en esta población joven, constituye una incógnita que requiere seguimiento para evaluar con precisión el impacto de este evento.
Estudio del tipo de liderazgo de la mujer en empresas y en el sector educativo
Authors: Ramírez Barón María Concepción , Aranibar Gutiérrez Mónica Fernanda , Hernández Bejarano Jackeline
Published: January 2024

Actualmente en el sector de industrias maquiladoras y el sector educativo se realizan acciones para lograr el bienestar y desarrollo de los colaboradores y docentes. Uno de los principales factores que se deben analizar son el liderazgo en conjunto con elementos internos de la organización que impactan en el entorno laboral dando como resultado una alta o baja productividad. El objetivo principal de la investigación es determinar los estilos de liderazgo de que predomina en mujeres tanto en las empresas maquiladoras como en centros de educación en Baja California y su impacto en el entorno laboral. La metodología utilizada es cuantitativa, transversal y se utilizó un  cuestionario con 120 ítems en escala de Likert consta de los puntos: datos sociodemográficos y de los tipos de estilos de liderazgos siguientes: visionario, coaching, afiliativo, democrático, timonel y autoritario, así como los factores del entorno laboral: motivación laboral, condiciones laborales, factores psicosociales, formación de colaboradores, y la integración de colaboradores. Como resultado se identifica, que los modelos de estilos de liderazgo más compatibles de los seis estudiados y que impactan más positivamente al entorno laboral, son el estilo de liderazgo democrático y el liderazgo visionario, con los cuales se logra obtener un entorno laboral más favorable, sin embargo, el liderazgo que más predomina es el visionario.
La estrategia de comercialización como herramienta para la ventaja competitiva sostenible
Authors: Rojas Leyva Yaimary , Pérez Vallejo Lidia María
Published: January 2024

Las organizaciones en la actualidad se desenvuelven en un entorno muy complejo, dinámico y altamente competitivo; esta situación requiere de las mismas tener la capacidad de formular estrategias cuya implementación les permita lograr una ventaja competitiva sostenible, siendo las estrategias de comercialización consideradas como un tipo importante de estas estrategias. El objetivo general de la presente investigación constituye desarrollar un procedimiento para la formulación de una estrategia de comercialización que facilite el desarrollo de una ventaja competitiva sostenible. Para el logro del objetivo propuesto se emplearon como métodos de investigación teóricos el análisis y síntesis para establecer tendencias e insuficiencias en el objeto de estudio y el campo de acción; el inductivo-deductivo para emitir juicios sobre la literatura revisada y el histórico-lógico para la evolución del objeto de estudio y el campo de acción. Los principales resultados se enfocaron en el diseño y aplicación de una estrategia de comercialización a la Sucursal Emprestur Holguín para marcar la diferencia entre sus competidores que permitió documentar los procesos con enfoque al cliente que facilite la ventaja competitiva sostenible.
Juridical Review Of Minor Marriage Dispensation
Authors: Annisa Ayu Martiana
Published: January 2024

Law Number 16 of 2019 which amends the old Marriage Law changes the marriage age limit for women and men to 19 years. So if you are less than 19 years old you are required to go through the marriage dispensation stage at the court. It is known that the marriage dispensation issued by the religious court plays a very important role in carrying out the legal process for underage marriages. In the decision of case number 138/Pdt.P/2022/PA.Kdr, the judge granted the request for a marriage dispensation letter due to the urgent situation that the prospective wife was 4 months pregnant. The research method used in this writing is a qualitative research method with descriptive analysis methods and accompanied by a normative juridical approach. The results of this research explain the conditions that must be fulfilled by the parties to obtain dispensation and analysis of determination number 138/Pdt.P/2022/PA.Kdr.
Comparing the application of different justice theories in equity analysis of transit projects: A case study of the Lisbon Metro Circular Line
Authors: Amorim Julianno , Abreu e Silva João
Published: January 2024

Although issues of equity and accessibility have already been addressed in transportation, especially with regard to the distribution of costs and benefits, there is no consensus on which concept and metric of fairness would be most appropriate for the evaluation of transportation infrastructure proposals. Normally, a utilitarian perspective is adopted, where issues of unequal distribution of costs and benefits are not the main focus. This paper aims to incorporate the assumptions of other justice theories, namely egalitarianism, communitarianism, and Capability Approach (CA), into the equity assessment of transportation infrastructures, and by doing so, pay closer attention to those who are less advantaged or more open to social exclusion. These theories are critically reviewed considering their contribution to the assessment of equity in terms of transportation infrastructure accessibility impacts. Based on the reviewed theories, accessibility indicators are built and used to assess the equity impacts of the Lisbon Metro expansion project. The findings support the importance of adding other justice perspectives to assessing transportation projects. The CA and Maximax support a need to establish minimum or acceptable distribution standards of accessibility. However, the results from the CA are strongly dependent on the assumptions as to the maximum acceptable travel times.
نظرية الضمان في الفقه الإسلامي
Authors:   ماجستير قضاء إداري، وزارة التعليم، المملكة العربية السعودية, اللقماني مجدي
Published: January 2024

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى تحقيق عدة أهداف محددة في مجال فهم الضمان في الفقه الإسلامي والقانون الوضعي،إذ هدفت إلى إثراء المعرفة حول مفهوم الضمان من الناحية الفقهية والقانونية وتوجيه الاهتمام نحو تحقيق التوازن بين الأصول الدينية والأنظمة الوضعية في مجال الضمان، وذلك تبعاً لأهمية الضمان في السياق الإسلامي، وبالتالي فمن أهم ما جاءت به وحرصت عليه الشريعة الإسلامية هو تنظيم أمور وأحوال العباد في كافة شؤون حياتهم وجميع مجالاتها ويأتي على رأس هذه الشئون أمور المعاملات المالية والمدنية ولذلك يعتبر موضوع الضمان في الفقه الإسلامي بشكل عام وفي المعاملات بشكل خاص من أهم الموضوعات في الفقه الإسلامي ولذلك فإن الضمان حكم ضروري في حياة الناس وهو حكم أساس من أجل أن يأمن الناس على أنفسهم وتتمثل إشكالية الدراسة في وجود غموض حول تحديد ماهية الضمان في التشريعات العربية حيث تختلط مع مفهوم المسؤولية المدنية مما يجعل من الصعوبة التعرف على حقيقة أحكام الضمان وما يمكن أن يساهم فيه في تطوير وضبط قواعد المسؤولية المدنية ولهذا تجيب الدراسة على السؤال الموجب فيها ماهي أحكام الضمان في الفقه الإسلامي وهي تهدف إلى التعرف على أحكام نظرية الضمان في الفقه الإسلامي وقد انتهت الدراسة إلى عدد من النتائج ومنها أن الضمان في الفقه الإسلامي يعتبر من الجوابر التي شرعت لجلب ما فات من المصالح و الغاية من الضمان جبر الضرر وإزالته. وهو ما نتج من العصمة التي لحق ومال الغير في الشرع الإسلامي ... وجبر ذلك يكون بالتعويض وهو مبلغ من النقود أو أية ترضية من جنس الضرر تعادل ما لحق المضرور من خسارة وما فاته من كسب كان نتيجة طبيعية للفعل الضار.
Строчевышитые изделия Полоцкой фабрики художественных изделий (1960–2012 гг.): производство, ассортимент, потребление
Authors: Бараненко Татьяна Валерьевна
Published: January 2024

Внимание уделено строчевышитым изделиям Полоцкой фабрики художественных изделий. Детально описываются и раскрываются некоторые особенности в производстве, ассортименте и потреблении рассматриваемого вида изделий фабрики.
Творческий путь Виктора Шилко
Authors: Костюкевич Александра Андреевна
Published: January 2024

Обращается внимание на творческую деятельность Виктора Шилко – яркого представителя Витебской художественной школы, выпускника Витебского педагогического института, участника многих областных, республиканских и международных выставок. Исследование позволяет взглянуть на художника в контексте времени и глубже понять его живописный язык.
Формы организации работы с детьми младшего дошкольного возраста (3–4-х лет) с использованием музейной педагогической технологии
Authors: Смирнова Татьяна Рафаиловна
Published: January 2024

Рассматривается вопрос об использовании музейной педагогической технологии в воспитательно-образовательном процессе ГУО «Ясли-сад № 29 г. Полоцка» при организации работы с детьми младшего, среднего и старшего дошкольного возраста. Особое внимание уделяется разработке программы по развитию речи «Речецветик» для детей младшего возраста при восприятии музейного предмета и музейного пространства.
Factors Leading to Newborn's Admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit & Their Outcome
Authors: Panchal Hiral , Shetty Rani
Published: January 2024

Background: The neonatal phase, which is the first 28 days of an infant’s life, is a vulnerable period due to many reversible severe illnesses. Nearly 3.5 million babies in India are born too early, 1.7 million babies are born with birth defects, and one million new-borns are discharged each year from Special New-born Care Units. These new-borns remain at high risk of death, stunting and developmental delay.
Objectives: This study was aimed to assess factors leading to admission of newborns to Neonatal Intensive care Unit, their outcome and predictors for neonatal mortality.
Methods: Quantitative- retrospective survey method was adopted for the study. The data was retrieved from the records of 440 babies admitted at Shree Sardar Smarak Hospital, Bardoli from 1st February, 2022 to 31st January, 2023.
Results: The majority 260(59.1%) of babies admitted were delivered by primi mothers, 406(92.3%) were term at the time of delivery, 218 (49.5%) were delivered through normal vaginal delivery & 234(53.2%) babies were male. LBW (20%) which ranged from 900 gm to 2200 gm was the most common and tachypnea (0.5%) was the least common reason for admission. Concerning to neonatal outcome, majority 426 (96.81%) babies survived and 14 (3.18%) were not able to survive. The crude odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value <0.05, showed that age of mother, parity, gestational age at the time of delivery and mode of delivery were significantly related with neonatal survival status.
Conclusion: Understanding the reasons for admission to NICU and predictors for neonatal mortality is significant for planning health services, improving the quality of care and reducing neonatal mortality rate.

Keywords: Factors leading, NICU admission, neonatal outcome, predictors
CAT (Comprehensive Assessment Tool) for Assessment of Functional Capacity of the Hand
Authors: Palsule Shilpshree , Kale Jayashri
Published: January 2024

Background: Hand function evaluations form an important element of extremity assessment, which helps to define the patient’s problem. Many functional hand evaluations described in the literature. However, cultural differences, expenses incurred, non-availability of Indian normative data makes clinical application of these tests difficult in Indian scenario.
An attempt is made in the said study to construct an inexpensive, culture based, easy to administer, hand function test, which can be used for evaluation of the functioning of the upper extremity, for daily living tasks. Hence, the formulation of CAT (Comprehensive assessment tool) for evaluation of hand function.
Objectives: To construct a simple, but comprehensive test for assessment of hand function. (CAT for hand function evaluation)
2. To check the reliability of the CAT test.
Materials and methods: CAT test proforma was prepared based on available literature. The test that was constructed, consisted of 14 unilateral and 16 bilateral items. The study was conducted in the Occupational therapy department of a tertiary care hospital. Inclusion criteria were Normal, healthy individuals, between 20-60 years of age, with no known musculoskeletal upper extremity problems were recruited for the study. Total 30 people were evaluated on the newly constructed test and retested after a period of 3 weeks on the 30 test items after obtaining written informed consent. Standard method was employed while performance of the test. Scoring was done in time in seconds, and performance on CAT results noted.
Results: Cronbach’s alpha values ranged from .798 to .976 suggesting excellent test-retest reliability for most test items. For bilateral test items, Cronbach’s alpha ranged from .573 to .941 suggesting from fair for some items and excellent test-retest reliability for most test items.
Conclusion: The above findings suggest that the results of the CAT test are reproducible, hence CAT is a reliable test.

Keywords: CAT test, Comprehensive test, Functional hand evaluation, Hand function
Knowledge, Awareness and Opinion Related to Sickle Cell Disease Among the Professional College Students of Amravati, Maharashtra
Authors: Deore A. U.
Published: January 2024

The aim of this study is to investigate the awareness, clinical manifestations, treatment and populations at risk of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) amongst the professional college students of Amravati district. This study was also focus on knowledge about carriers (HbAA) and sufferers (HbSS). The total 842 students from technical streams such as engineering, pharmacy and biotech were enrolled. All participants were assessed on their general knowledge of the disease. The structured questionnaire containing the questions on origin, prevalence, incidences, life expectancy, painful crisis, counseling methods, treatments, management, attitude and behavior towards SCD were provided to all participants. The results had shown that, only 144(17.1%) subjects were found to be known about SCD. Out of them, 56(38.8%) individuals had appreciable knowledge, 80(55.5%) had limited knowledge and 8(5.5%) had marginal knowledge of SCD. The 30.5%(n=44) respondents were known about need of blood transfusion and 18.75%(n=27) participants had knowledge of interrelation between sickle cell anemia and the disease jaundice be an important clinical complaint in SCD. 25.69% (n=37) respondents known to have about intimate relationship between sickle cell disease and pain crisis. Majority of respondents (512/842) was believed that, people should have knowledge and awareness about the genetic diseases that helps to restrict its further spread.

Keywords: Sickle cell disease, Professional college, Amravati, Maharashtra
Verhärtete Kommunikation: Rechtfertigung des Terrorismus und Hassrede gegen Minderheiten
Authors: Zeller Franz
Published: January 2024

Im Berichtsjahr sah sich die Justiz mit einer punktuellen Verhärtung der Kommunikation konfrontiert: Zu beurteilen waren etwa die Rechtfertigung des Terrorismus, die Verharmlosung von Völkermord und der zunehmende Hass gegen Minderheiten (bspw. Fahrende). Die rechtswidrigen Äusserungen stammten oft nicht von professionellen Medienschaffenden, wurden aber meist über massenmediale Kanäle verbreitet. 2022 befassten sich die Gerichte auch mit typisch journalistischen Themen. Dazu gehörten gängige Konflikte wie der Schutz persönlicher oder geschäftlicher Reputation vor Verletzungen durch die Massenmedien. Die Justiz beurteilte aber auch neue Phänomene wie den Einsatz von Drohnen zum Zweck redaktioneller Recherche.
Das Bundesgericht auf Abwegen
Authors: Hasler Thomas
Published: January 2024

In einem in seiner praktischen Konsequenz wenig besprochenen und völlig unterschätzten Urteil hat sich das Bundesgericht in BGE 147 IV 145 soweit ersichtlich erstmals mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie vorzugehen ist, wenn im Rahmen der Vorfragen im Sinne von Art. 339 Abs. 2 lit. e StPO über den Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit und die Auferlegung von Auflagen an die anwesenden Medienschaffenden entschieden werden muss. Von der bisherigen Rechtsprechung abweichend[3], fällte das Bundesgericht einen rechtsstaatlich fragwürdigen Entscheid, der nicht nur die Rechte der Gerichtsberichterstattenden massiv beschneidet, sondern sie letztlich auch der Willkür der Sachgerichte ausliefert.