bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Linguoculturological Characteristics of Economic Discourse About the Family in Russian, Vietnamese and Danish Media
Authors:   Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Boguslavskaya Vera , Trang Khuong ,   Vietnam National University, Ratnikova Albertina ,   Pushkin State Russian Language Institute
Published: October 2023

The study and interpretation of the media discourse devoted to the family as a universal human value are urgent tasks of modern linguistics. The object of the research presented in the article is the economic discourse about the family of modern Russian, Vietnamese and Danish popular social-and-political national publications, and the purpose is to describe the linguistic and cultural characteristics of this discourse by identifying its value – semantic content expressed in the peculiarities of the actualization of the image of the family. Using the methods of content analysis, comparison of dictionary definitions of the words semya, gia dinh, familie and their distributive analysis, the features of the image of the family in the economic discourse of Russian and foreign media were found. In the Russian media, the image of a family is actualized by lexical means, which indicate the presence of children in it, its need for material support and social protection, the need to protect traditional family values, units that actualize the image of a large family. In the Vietnamese media, the image of the family is formed by lexical means, which characterize the problems of financial distress of families, determining the family's belonging to the working class, actualizing the importance of family support by its members and their responsibility for its well-being. In the Danish media, the image of the family is formed by lexical means, which indicate the presence of a family business, characterizing the financial well-being of families, actualizing the image of the royal family.
The Metaphor of the State and Ways of Expressing It in Russian Official Speech
Authors:   erzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Rudnev Dmitry , Sadova Tatiana ,   Saint Petersburg State University
Published: October 2023

The article deals with various metaphorical models of the state structure of Russia from the Ancient Russian era to the 20 th century and linguistic means of their representation in official speech. It is assumed that the primary metaphor of the medieval state as a family state, reflected in a special "familiar" type of official communication, is focused on oral colloquial speech. The sovereign was presented as the parent of his citizens, the dependence of one prince on another was defined in terms of kinship, the reference of people towards those in authority was expressed using speech formulas with the modality of demand, disparagement, exhortation, submission, and the like. The state-as-mechanism metaphor comes to replace the family metaphor in the era of Peter the Great's reign. Decrease in emotionality and elimination of familiarity from official speech, as well as the introduction of document formatting standards have been revealed. The logical continuation of this metaphor is the "court" model of the state structure in Russia since the era of Catherine the Great, when intrastate communication featured compliance with the rules of etiquette and decency of court interaction, which tended to overcame the rigour and accuracy in expressing the purpose of communication. Further periods in the history of Russian business speech appear as combinations of ways of expressing these three basic metaphorical models.
Semantics and Functions of Emotive Vocabulary in the Regional Hagiographic Text
Authors:   Volgograd State University, Dmitrieva Evgeniya
Published: October 2023

The article examines the peculiarities of emotive vocabulary functioning in the hagiographic texts of the 17 th –18 th centuries based on the material of short and lengthy editions of the Life of the locally venerable Saint Paisius of Uglich. The research paper aims to describe the semantics of emotives and identify the features of their functions implementation in the regional text. Whilst analyzing the lexical meaning of linguistic units, special attention was paid to additional senses that are actualized in the lexical structure of the text. Thus, contextual analysis made it possible to distinguish between close synonyms with the meanings of "joy" – "fun" and "sadness" – "sorrow" through the establishment of a hierarchy of antonymic oppositions: "joy" – "sadness" as related to the divine, always socially approved feelings experienced by the subject within himself, and "fun" – "sorrow" as often having external manifestations associated with everyday life, not always socially approved emotional experiences. The main linguistic functions of emotives are characterological, which is found in the description of emotional experiences of characters, and text-forming, explicated through the correlation of emotives that denote dominant emotions in the text of the function. The connection of the emotives used in the Life with a certain territory is noted to be indirect, as the realization of plot-forming and ideological functions that allow recreating a special cultural code, understandable and recognizable by the reader.
Objectification Features of Social Exclusion and Social Inclusion Categories in the Russian Language (Exemplified by “Glubinka” and “Glush” Concepts)
Authors:   Volgograd State University, Shamne Nikolay , Milovanova Marina ,   Volgograd State University
Published: October 2023

The article is devoted to the consideration of the objectification peculiarities of the social exclusion and social inclusion categories in the territorial aspect in the Russian language on the case of the "glubinka" ("hinterland") and "glush" ("wilderness") concepts. As a result of the definitional analysis of the eponymous lexemes denoting these concepts, nuclear semantic features are identified – large distance from an object with different social conditions (hinterland) and a large distance from the center and sparse population (wilderness). The concepts are characterized from the standpoint of the semantic field. It is established that the core of the semantic fields of the "glubinka" ("hinterland") and "glush" ("wilderness") concepts are linguistic units that directly indicate nuclear semantic features. The periphery is comprised of the units that actualize the processes of social exclusion and in some cases social inclusion. Verbs with negation and predicative No are noted to be the common prevalent linguistic means that express the category of social exclusion, while the units of the thematic group "social difficulties"; quantitative qualifiers which indicate a low (up to a minimum) degree of something (semantic field "hinterland"); verbs of socially conditioned displacement, and deictic units (semantic field "wilderness") are viewed as distinctive ones. It is concluded that the "glush" ("wilderness") lexeme objectifies the processes of territorial social exclusion in the context to a greater extent than the "glubinka" ("hinterland") lexeme.
Dichotomization as a Basis of Positive Communication Analysis in an Intercultural Context
Authors:   Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, Leontovich Olga
Published: October 2023

The aim of the paper is to investigate the constituent features and mechanisms of positive communication and reveal their correlation with politeness. The study is based on a mixed-method research design including Positive Discourse Analysis, dichotomic division and conversational analysis, and is carried out on the material of the book The Family by Nina Fedorova (1940). The results indicate that the dichotomy positive vs negative attitude is basic for the study and implements the contrast between good and evil, ethical and unethical behaviour. The juxtaposition of attraction vs disattraction refers to the perception of an interlocutor as likable or unlikable. The dichotomy activism vs passivism reflects the willingness or unwillingness to interact, while communication involvement vs alienation is associated with the communicator's engagement in the interlocutor's affairs. The juxtaposition of alterocentrism vs egocentrism indicates whether a communicator is focused on one's own or other people's interests. The dichotomy social support vs social indifference is a reflection of empathy or its absence. In the dichotomy constructive vs destructive communication creative behaviour aimed at resolving a difficult situation is opposed to destructive actions leading to the deterioration or break-up of a relationship. One of the most important constituents of positive communication is congruency which denotes authenticity and correspondence of the person's genuine inner self with the image addressed to the outer world. Positive communication is intrinsically linked with, though not identical to, politeness. The latter does not act as an aim per se, but is rather a tool employed to make an interaction conflict-free, smooth and harmonious.
SPRAY DROPLET SIZES FROM AQUEOUS LIQUID SHEETS CONTAINING SOLUBLE SURFACTANTS AND EMULSIFIED OILS
Authors: Makhnenko Iaroslav , Nguyen Long , Hogan Christopher J. , Fredericks Steven A. , Colby Christine M. , Alonzi Elizabeth R. , Dutcher Cari S.
Published: October 2023

Agricultural sprays produced from the atomization of a nozzle-generated liquid sheet produce a wide range of droplet sizes, which impacts crop coverage and spray drift. While the operating conditions and nozzle type are main factors to achieve optimal droplet sizes, the chemical composition of the sprayed mixture also has substantial effect on the droplet size distribution. Particularly, the presence of surfactants and emulsified oil droplets found in agricultural adjuvants can influence droplet sizes, where surfactants tend to decrease droplet sizes and emulsion droplets tend to increase droplet sizes.
However, the coupled, mechanistic level understanding of surfactants and emulsified oil droplets together remains mainly unknown. In this study, model spray systems of water, emulsified mineral oil, and surfactants Triton X-100 (water-soluble) and Span 80 (oil-soluble) at varied concentrations are sprayed through a flat-fan nozzle in a low-speed wind tunnel. Laser diffraction is used to measure the size distribution of spray droplets as a function of surfactant and oil compositions. The results show a non-monotonic size dependence on surfactant concentration, and importantly that
the sprayed droplet sizes are linked with both the oil emulsion size and the aqueous phase dynamic surface tension and surfactant's critical micelle concentration. The results also show that the oil phase surfactant has no significant impact on the sprayed droplet sizes.While motivated by the agricultural industry, the new insight into surfactant and oil emulsion synergism on sprayed droplet sizes has potential broader applications in multiphase printing, coating, and painting.
White Spirit: Situating Whiteness in Contemporary Church Architecture
Authors: Jordan Kate
Published: October 2023

In his polemical tract, The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England published in 1843, AWN Pugin condemned the ‘vogue’ for whitewashed church interiors that had characterised Protestant iconoclasm: for him, the return to colour and darkness was an indispensable backdrop to the reawakening of ritual, tradition and the sacred. In 19th-century Christian theologies, colour (or the lack of it) was profoundly important: no decorative scheme was ever applied without considering the religious implications. The long history of whiteness as a trope in Christian visual culture has been well documented but little attention has been paid to its meaning in late modernity. In the 21st century, whiteness is understood as a polyvalent and freighted concept, bearing implications that reach beyond the religious and into secular critical discourses. In this essay, I explore the contemporary vogue for whiteness as a motif in church architecture, focusing on its political and cultural significance in relation to the decline of traditional Christian worship and the rise of ‘believing without belonging’.
Thermal performance of cavities in 3DPC building façades
Authors: Moelich M , van Zijl G , de Villiers W
Published: October 2023

In the quest for sufficient and comfortable housing in South Africa, attention to building orientation and thermal transmittance principles has significantly improved thermal performance in local houses. Thermal simulation and monitoring of houses in the Joe Slovo Phase Three development in Cape Town confirms improved performance by solar radiation blockage and shading. This paper simulates the thermal performance of a housing unit in this development. The house was instrumented with thermocouples, and monitored from March to December 2013 by Sustainable Energy Africa in collaboration with the National Department of Human Settlements. Sustainable Energy Africa reported significant improvement when compared to a nearby traditional Reconstruction and Development Programme house that had been monitored during the same period. With the benefit of the monitored thermal data, complete drawings, and specification details of the Joe Slovo Phase Three unit, the current research modelled and calibrated a simulation model in DesignBuilder. DesignBuilder was selected given its accreditation status for Green Star Rating of buildings in South Africa. An additional motivation for investigating this unit was the availability of recorded weather data from the nearby Cape Town International Airport, captured in the DesignBuilder climate data base for 2013, which was assumed relevant in lieu of complete weather station data measured at the location of the housing unit. The study aimed to simulate the monitored temperatures in the house with acceptable agreement, and to investigate further potential improvement in occupant thermal comfort by alternative 3D-printed concrete walling developed by the authors. Systematic finite element analysis (FEA) iteratively solved cavity radiation and convection in wall cavities to calibrate thermal transmittance parameters for DesignBuilder. The FEA results acceptably simulated temperatures monitored in this physical wall experiment. The calibrated DesignBuilder model simulated the indoor temperatures of the monitored house with acceptable agreement, and predicted significant improvement in occupant thermal comfort if the walls were 3D-printed with a particular cross-sectional design.
16S rRNA gene Library Preparation Protocol v1
Authors: not provided dinesh.aggarwal
Published: October 2023

16S rRNA gene library preparation protocol including the following steps: MPure extraction of Bacterial DNA, Manual 16S indexed primer PCR, library clean up with beads, quibit DNA quantification, equimolar mix construction, agarose gel DNA concentration and gel clean up to produce a library ready for Illumina sequencing.
Delayed Reflections: Media and Journalism Data Deserts in the Post-Socialist Czech Republic
Authors: Císařová Lenka Waschková , Jansová Iveta , Motal Jan
Published: October 2023

One of the key obstacles to the normative development of post-socialist media systems, in general, and the Czech Republic in particular, is the deferral of the thoughtful reflection and critical examination of the evolution of the media industry by academics and professionals. In the early years of post-socialist development, there was a lack of collected data and relevant analysis of the state of the media and journalism. It was foreign researchers who provided the first studies of the post-socialist media systems. Plus, the commercial industry, which systematically collected data, but made it inaccessible and/or expensive. This lack of domestic contemplation and transparency led to the existence of data deserts, which made it difficult to effectively reflect upon the development of the media and its role in the transition society. This article is based on a comprehensive literature review and expert interviews with witnesses of the media industry development. These sources—academia, industry, and NGOs—make it possible to highlight specific areas that were overlooked and to propose reasons that data deserts are created in post-socialist media systems. Analysing the data through the lenses of availability, continuity, accessibility, and topicality, we delimit three eras for the general reflection of the development of the media environment, setting a distinguishable timeframe for the post-socialist media data reflection’s evolution.
Introducing a Data Perspective to Sustainability: How Companies Develop Data Sourcing Practices for Sustainability Initiatives
Authors:   Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) University of Lausanne, Krasikov Pavel , Legner Christine ,   Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) University of Lausanne
Published: October 2023

Many companies use the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a point of reference for their sustainability initiatives and actions. Reporting on these goals requires collecting, processing, and interpreting substantial amounts of data (e.g., on emissions or recycled materials) that were previously neither captured nor analyzed. Although prior studies have occasionally highlighted the issues of data availability, data access, and data quality, a research void prevails on the data perspective in the sustainability context. This article aims at developing this perspective by shedding light on data sourcing practices for the reliable reporting of sustainability initiatives and goals. We make a two-fold contribution to sustainability and Green IS research: First, as a theoretical contribution, we propose a framework based on institutional theory to explain how companies develop their data sourcing practices in response to regulatory, normative, and cultural-cognitive pressures. Second, our empirical contributions include insights into five case studies that represent key initiatives in the field of environmental sustainability that touch on, first, understanding the ecological footprint, and, second, obtaining labels or complying with regulations, both on product and packaging levels. Based on five case studies, we identify three data sourcing practices: sense-making, data collection, and data reconciliation. Thereby, our research lays the foundation for an academic conceptualization of data sourcing in the context of sustainability.
THE CREATIVE WORK OF BORIS VIAN WITHIN FRENCH HUMANITIES OF THE 1940s–1960s
Authors:   State Higher Education Establishment ", Kholodynska Svitlana ,   Pryazovsk State Technical University"
Published: October 2023

In the second half of the 20th century, discussions around the understanding of crisis phenomena that permeated all spheres of human life became more frequent, in particular, the spheres of art and aesthetics were also touched upon. The crisis in the artistic sphere was connected with the general cultural crisis of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the decline of spirituality, and the relativization of values, primarily moral and aesthetic. Analysis of the crisis in the sphere of artistic practice and aesthetics of the 20th century was the subject of scientific research by several representatives of Polish aesthetics of the second half of the 20th century: R. Ingarden, S. Morawski, B. Dziemidok, and others. The primary attention of these thinkers was devoted to the understanding of transformational processes in modern artistic creativity and the analysis of its influence on aesthetics with a clear emphasis on the importance of the axiological perspective. A thorough analysis of the problems of the crisis in artistic creativity and aesthetics of the 20th century can be found in the works of S. Morawski. He studied the causes and consequences of transformations in artistic creativity since the beginning of the 20th century, in particular, the consequences for the formation of the modern axiosphere, and its role in changing modern aesthetic consciousness. However, S. Morawski's prediction regarding the replacement of aesthetics with anti-aesthetics was not confirmed. On the contrary, art that implements aesthetic values has survived, although the range of aesthetic values has increased significantly. Modern philosophy of art is open to the most controversial artistic proposals. This is because it breaks with those normative principles that limit freedom. The most important thing, however, is that normative and descriptive aesthetics always have an axiological character, which all representatives of Polish aesthetics emphasized in the second half of the 20th century.
Digital Currency as a Result of the Capital Evolution: Political Economy Approach
Authors:   independent Researcher, Yeliseev Vladimir N.
Published: October 2023

The article examines the nature of modern digital currency in the logic of the Marxist theory of money and capital. Value is considered as a common genetic basis and as the civil existence of property, which logically manifests itself in the form of money. In this regard, the theory of money is considered in unity with the theory of capital as private ownership on the means of production. The evolution of forms of money can be traced at different qualitative stages of the development of capitalism, where digital currency is the highest form of money as essences and at the same time a transitional form of the capital removing. The article shows the contradictory nature of capital and digital currencies
Labor Productivity of Chinese Industrial Enterprises: Issues and Solutions
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Shi Yongjing
Published: October 2023

Although the labour productivity of Chinese industrial enterprises has increased to a certain extent in recent years, its growth rate faces the pressure of slowing down and its level is still lower than that of developed countries and some developing countries. At this background, this report focused on studying labour productivity of Chinese industrial enterprises, which could help them understand comprehensively the current situation of their labour productivity and take countermeasures to improve their labour productivity. Through relevant analysis of Chinese industrial enterprises’ labour productivity by collecting the data mainly from the CEIC Data and NBSC, this report found that the labour productivity of Chinese industrial enterprises has shown an overall upward trend since the founding of China, but the growth rate has been unstable and there have been periodic fluctuations. The main factors that affect their labour productivity include human capital, technological innovation, management innovation, market environment and institutional environment. In order to improve their labour productivity, Chinese industrial enterprises were suggested to strengthen human capital investment and cultivation, promote technological innovation and transformation, optimise management innovation and organisational structure, and improve the market and institutional environment
Potential Seismic Hazard in Seoul, South Korea: A Comprehensive Analysis of Geology, Seismic, and Geophysical Field Observations, Historical Earthquakes, and Strong Ground Motions
Authors: Kim Byeongwoo , Hong Tae-Kyung , Lee Junhyung , Park Seongjun , Lee Jeongin
Published: October 2023

A series of moderate-size (Mw 4.0–6.0) earthquakes occurred in South Korea after the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku–Oki megathrust earthquake, incurring public concern about possible occurrence of devastating earthquakes in Seoul—the capital city of South Korea, where historical seismic damage was reported. The seismicity is distributed in Seoul, being dominated by strike-slip earthquakes. The fault planes are oriented in north-northeast–south-southwest, which is a favorable direction to respond to the ambient stress field. Higher rates of seismicity are observed in the northwestern Seoul at depths of <10 km. Micro-to-small earthquakes occur episodically in the central Seoul along the Chugaryeong fault system that traverses Seoul in north–south. Seismic, geophysical, and geological properties illuminate the fault structures. Stochastic modeling of ground motions reproduces the seismic damages of historical earthquakes reasonably, supporting the occurrence of devastating historical earthquakes in Seoul. The seismicity distribution, focal mechanism solutions, geological features, and seismic and geophysical properties suggest the possible presence of earthquake-spawning blind faults in Seoul. The peak ground motions are assessed for moderate-size scenario earthquakes (Mw 5.4 with focal depth of 7 km) at six representative subregions in Seoul. The upper bounds of peak ground accelerations reach ∼11  m/s2. The seismic damage potentials for moderate-size earthquakes are high in most areas of Seoul, particularly around river sides covered by alluvium.
Constelaciones multimodales de la Generación del 27 para la didáctica de la poesía
Authors: Miras Sebastián , Lanseros Sánchez Raquel , Rovira-Collado José
Published: October 2023

Para preparar el primer centenario de la Generación del 27, etapa central de nuestro patrimonio literario, se propone una práctica didáctica consolidada como son las constelaciones multimodales, esquemas visuales donde se relacionan contenidos literarios con otros elementos como el cine, la música o la pintura, para llevar los contenidos artísticos a nuestras aulas y a partir de estos desarrollar nuevas actividades. El objetivo de esta investigación es presentar la dinámica de las constelaciones como una forma adecuada para recuperar el patrimonio literario español trabajado a través de actividades multimodales centradas en la didáctica de la poesía. A través de una metodología mixta, los resultados cuantitativos confirman la utilidad de esta actividad para el desarrollo de las competencias digital y literaria del alumnado universitario. Además, se realiza un análisis de contenido de las seis constelaciones creadas durante el curso 2022-23 para la recuperación de las figuras del 27, reivindicando la relevancia de las mujeres en esta generación. Estamos en la primera etapa de una práctica que nos permitirá ofrecer en abierto múltiples recursos digitales para trabajar la literatura de la Generación del 27 en el aula.
De dragones y caballerías
Authors: Ballester Roca Josep , Méndez Cabrera Jerónimo
Published: October 2023

Considerando la tradición cultural y literaria que contextualiza los personajes del dragón como bestia maléfica y el caballero como figura heroica, y teniendo en cuenta las características del álbum ilustrado actual, el presente trabajo pretende analizar, mediante un estudio cualitativo y contrastivo, una selección de treinta títulos representativos a partir de un corpus basado en criterios tematológicos y formales; con el objetivo de observar cómo se representan estos personajes de la tradición medieval y legendaria en los libros ilustrados y qué implicaciones supone en la función de la literatura destinada a la infancia como conservadora del patrimonio literario. Se estudia la configuración narrativa y las relaciones intertextuales de unas obras que preservan y al mismo tiempo actualizan el patrimonio literario a favor de procesos de lectura e interpretación propios de la postmodernidad. Se concluye que los álbumes ilustrados analizados presentan diversas reescrituras de las figuras más icónicas de la literatura medieval, basadas en la oposición inicial entre nociones del mundo adulto o convencional (tópicos y motivos literarios) y el universo infantil, en significativos juegos paródicos con la tradición, y se reivindican este tipo de lecturas en el marco de la educación literaria.
Didáctica del patrimonio literario a través de secuencias didácticas
Authors: Rodrigo Segura Francesc , Ibarra Rius Noelia
Published: October 2023

Se presenta la experiencia de elaboración de una Secuencia Didáctica en el marco de la asignatura de Aprendizaje de la Lectura y la Escritura de 3er curso del grado de Maestro/a en Educación Primaria. En ella se conjugan tres elementos esenciales: la metodología ABP (Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos) mediante la realización, en equipos, de un proyecto final (Secuencia Didáctica) que dota de una dimensión práctica al contenido teórico de la asignatura, los ODS -como eje temático- con el objetivo de promover una educación crítica y el diseño de una ruta para explorar la relación entre literatura y territorio. La ruta se centra en la figura de la escritora valenciana Maria Ibars y transcurre por el espacio natural de Les Rotes (Dénia). Como tarea final de la SD se propone la creación de un vídeo-poema. En el artículo se describe su proceso de elaboración y se analizan los resultados con la finalidad de destacar que esta experiencia supone un ejemplo claro de situación de aprendizaje competencial, en la línea que se plantea en la nueva ley educativa, puesto que fomenta una educación lingüística y literaria más vivencial, transversal y adecuada a los intereses de la sociedad actual.
Korean EFL Learners’Perceptions and Experiences of the Intercultural Project Learning Via Online and Social Networking Platforms
Authors:   The Korea Association of Yeolin Education, Park Punahm , Kim Tai-Won
Published: October 2023

This paper investigates tele-collaborative project learning in which Korean EFL learners perceived and experienced Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) based on Byram’s intercultural competence(1997) in foreign language learning. This study is follow-up research of “Development and Implementation of a Platform-based intercultural English Teaching and Learning Model.” Participants were paired to do the intercultural project utilizing Zoom and social media platforms during the pandemic period. We adopted Byram’s assessment guidelines to analyze the process and perceptions of the students’ learning experiences by ethnographic method. The data was collected from the learners’ self-reflection reports, zoom-meeting observation, learners’ video presentation, and interviews. By comparing the two cultures, the paired Korean-American participants delved into their chosen topics of Korean and American culture and society. This study addresses the following three points: The tele-collaborative culture project facilitated participants in gaining insights into specific aspects of American or Korean culture; the project helped raise the participants' intercultural awareness; and the participants had the critical cultural awareness on their own culture in the global societies. They also realized that they need to build up their practical English ability to appropriately explain their own culture. This study implies that foreign language teaching needs to be redesigned to draw the learner’s direct learning to improve learners’ intercultural competence with the use of advanced technology in the global society.
Development of an After-School Program Applying Freinet Pedagogy and Cousinet's Small Group Free Learning
Authors:   The Korea Association of Yeolin Education, Hwang Sungwon
Published: October 2023

The objective of this study is to develop a more specialized after-school program for lower-grade elementary school children, moving away from a talent-centered approach. Drawing on previous research using Freinet pedagogy and Cousinet's small group free learning, a total of 10 sessions were designed focusing on expression, communication, and cooperation. The program was implemented for three months at OO Elementary School in N City, Chungnam province, and then refined based on feedback. Additionally, to assess the program's effectiveness, measures of self-expression, social competence, and social behavior were administered before and after the program, and a comparative analysis was conducted. Due to the limited number of participants, qualitative analysis was conducted on the program development process and the journals of three researchers and prospective teachers who participated in the implementation. The analysis revealed that the themes of the after-school program emphasizing expression, communication, and cooperation included transitioning from presentations to expressions, teacher cooperation and communication, changes in and utilization of activity spaces, fostering and supporting self-formed small groups, and satisfaction with program execution. This after-school program, as designed, cannot serve as a standardized model, but it can be flexibly implemented based on the characteristics of the after-school institution, the implementing agents, and the target audience.
MULTICAPAS DE METAL – CERÁMICO– CARBONO TIPO DIAMANTE (DLC): UN CAMINO PARA LA OBTENCIÓN DE RECUBRIMIENTOS SUPERDUROS
Authors: Zambrano Gustavo , Riascos Henry , Prieto Pedro
Published: October 2023

El reciente desarrollo reciente de la optimización de aplicaciones de recubrimientos duros implica la producción de multicapas de películas con cambios graduales en composición, incorporando metal, cerámica y carbono tipo diamante (DLC). Este trabajo ofrece una revisión del estado actual del desarrollo de materiales superduros en forma de multicapa, en particular multicapas de W/WC/DLC o Ti/TiC/DLC, y presenta resultados de propiedades mecánicas y tribológicas de estas multicapas producidas mediante pulverización catódica.
Towards science assessment with an orientation to science for societal good
Authors: Cowie Bronwen , Trask Suzanne
Published: October 2023

In this article, we consider how assessment might reinforce New Zealand curriculum goals of knowing and doing in science for active and informed participation in societies that rely on scientific knowledge to guide decision making. This focus constitutes an orientation towards “sustainable assessment”. Sustainable assessment encompasses the capacities students need to learn lifelong across formal and informal settings, and alerts students to the use of their learning for societal good. Within science education, socioscientific issues (SSIs) have been found to engage students and to support the development of socioscientific reasoning. We focus on perspective-taking as an important dimension of socioscientific reasoning required to assess and operationalise the social and citizenship dimensions of an SSI. Perspective-taking acts as a bridge to the appreciation of other socioscientific reasoning domains such as complexity, inquiry, skepticism, and if and how scientific evidence might contribute to the negotiation and resolution of an SSI. We introduce and discuss two strategies that provide scenarios for students’ learning and demonstration of SSIs reasoning: concept cartoons as making visible student analysis of the complexity inherent in SSIs; and concept mapping as a tool to build representations and explanations of complex SSIs. Both can support integrated formative–summative assessment of perspective-taking across different phases of SSI investigation. Importantly, these scenarios (and others) can be used to support an explicit focus on the what and how of sustainable assessment and learning for societal benefit.
Enhancing talk with visual representations to understand children’s ideas about celestial phenomena
Authors: Taylor Simon , Whyte Barbara
Published: October 2023

This article provides a snapshot of assessment for learning in action. It introduces the drawings made by children who had been studying “Planet Earth and Beyond”—Matariki as a context in science in a New Zealand primary school. The visual data are drawn from the Te Ao Hurihuri project (The Changing World) in which students were offered structured opportunities to represent their thinking with visual constructions. The wide range of constructions created by the students, as well as their associated talk, provided teachers with an effective way of checking on developing conceptual knowledge and understanding. Students became partners with their teachers, sharing power and responsibility for their learning and assessment. Such a partnership has the potential to assist teachers to navigate possible learning trajectories and next steps for the students.
Prognosis and outcome in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy in a tertiary center in Oman
Authors: Elrayes Mai , AlSalti Abdullah
Published: October 2023

Background: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune-mediated condition with variable clinical characteristics and different treatment modalities. We aim to present different clinical and demographic features of all patients with CIDP presented to the neuromuscular clinic within four years and their follow-up results.
Methods: A retrospective study from a hospital database of 23 patients met the European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) diagnostic criteria for CIPD. Complete demographic and clinical data were collected. Progress and outcome were assessed using two clinical score systems at regular intervals at 6, 12, and 18 months.
Results: Mean age of patients was 43.4 ± 20.9 years (male-to-female ratio was 1.6:1). Age of onset was 39.7 ± 18.0 years. At the presentation, the Medical Research Council sum score (MRCss) was 50 (39.7-51.3), and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was 3 (2.2-3.4). There was a significant improvement in MRCss during four periods (P < 0.001). Multiple comparisons revealed a significant difference in MRCss between the baseline and 12 and 18 months but no significant change between the baseline and 6 months. Likewise, mRS showed a significant improvement between the baseline and 18 months (no significant change between the baseline and 6 months or 12 months).
Conclusion: The clinical characteristics of CIDP in our cohort were similar to other reported studies, and most of the studied patients had good outcomes. Our results could be utilized as baseline data for a better understanding of the characteristics of CIDP in Oman and, consequently, for better management of the disease.
Watershed infarction in COVID-19: The necessity of neuroimaging in patients with subtle neurological symptoms
Authors: Najafi Mohammad Amin , Zandifar Alireza , Kheradmand Mohsen , Tierradentro-Garcia Luis Octavio , Khorvash Fariborz , Vossough Arastoo , Saadatnia Mohammad
Published: October 2023

Background: Cerebrovascular diseases comprise a significant portion of neurological disorders related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We evaluated the clinical and imaging characteristics of a cohort of COVID-19 patients with stroke and also identified patients with watershed infarcts.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, seventy-three COVID-19 patients with ischemic stroke were included between October 2020 and January 2021. Patients were evaluated based on the following clinical and imaging features: severity of COVID-19 (critical/non-critical), stroke type, presence/absence of clinical suspicion of stroke, medical risk factors, Fazekas scale, atherothrombosis, small vessel disease, cardiac pathology, other causes, and dissection (ASCOD) criteria classification, and presence or absence of watershed infarction. Clinical outcomes were assessed based on Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) and mortality.
Results: Most cases of ischemic stroke were due to undetermined etiology (52.1%) and cardioembolism (32.9%). In terms of imaging pattern, 17 (23.0%) patients had watershed infarction. Watershed infarction was associated with the clinically non-suspicious category [odds ratio (OR) = 4.67, P = 0.007] and death after discharge (OR = 7.1, P = 0.003).Patients with watershed infarction had a higher odds of having high Fazekas score (OR = 5.17, P = 0.007) which was also shown by the logistic regression model (adjusted OR = 6.87, P = 0.030). Thirty-one (42%) patients were clinically non-suspected for ischemic stroke. Critical COVID-19 was more common among patients with watershed infarct and clinically non-suspicious patients (P = 0.020 and P = 0.005, respectively). Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) were more prone to having stroke with watershed pattern (P = 0.020).
Conclusion: Watershed infarct is one of the most common patterns of ischemic stroke in patients with COVID 19, for which clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion in patients with critical COVID-19 without obvious clinical symptoms of stroke.
Horner syndrome: A new hypothesis for signaling pathway of enophthalmos sign
Authors: Rustamzadeh Auob , Afshari Daryoush , Alizadeh-Otaghvar Hamid Reza , Ahadi Reza , Raoofi Amir , Shabani Ronak , Ariaei Armin , Moradi Fatemeh
Published: October 2023

The Article Abstract is not available.
Stealthily growing large sinonasal lymphoma with intracranial extension
Authors: Markose Shyma , Varadharajan Shriram , Vasudevan Haritha , Shah Virna M.
Published: October 2023

The Article Abstract is not available.
Simulating Flexibility of the Smart Supply Chain in Iran’s Health Industry Using System Dynamics Approach
Authors: Hosseinkhani Masoud , Heydariyeh Seyed Abdollah , Faezi Razi Farshad , Hashemi  Tilehnouei Mostafa
Published: October 2023

Background: Making a smart and digital supply chain has always been a key phenomenon and a vital factor in organizational transformation. This can play a key role in a country’s health industry. The output can help policymakers check the smart supply chain’s flexibility level and then provide a basis for improving flexibility in the health industry by presenting possible scenarios.
Objectives: This study aims to improve the flexibility of the smart supply chain using the system dynamics method by improving intelligence variables.
Methods: This study used the system dynamics approach and VENSIM DSS to extract and present a dynamic model to investigate and indicate the smart supply chain’s flexibility in Iran’s health industry. The gap between the current and desired situations was identified, and then by implementing possible scenarios, which have been taken from experts’ opinions, steps were taken to improve the supply chain’s flexibility.
Results: Based on the results, smart supply chain flexibility in Iran is unfavorable and probably faces many problems in providing medicine and health services. Under possible scenarios, the highest level of smart supply chain flexibility in Iran’s health industry relies on the institutionalization of smart warehouses or smart communication by 5% during the period under review. This can increase the average smart supply chain flexibility level to 2.08% and 1.4%, respectively.
Conclusions: According to the scenarios, policymakers can provide the groundwork for improving the flexibility of the supply chain of the health industry by changing one of the two variables of smart warehouse and smart communication.
Comparative Study of Clinical Symptoms and Paraclinical Findings of COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in Yasuj City According to RT-PCR Test Results
Authors: Saeidinezhad Zaker , Mazloomirad Farzad , Puzesh Anahid , Ghatee Mohammad Amin , Dabiri Nader
Published: October 2023

Background: COVID-19 is considered the most dangerous virus of the coronavirus family. COVID-19 is detected by RT-PCR from nasal and oropharyngeal swab samples. The present study was conducted to compare the clinical, paraclinical, and demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to Shahid Jalil Hospital in Yasuj City in two RT-PCR+ and RT-PCR- groups.
Methods: The present study is a retrospective descriptive study. Which was done by reviewing the files of 330 patients by random sampling method.
Results: There was no significant difference between RT-PCR+ and RT-PCR- groups in most of the demographic characteristics, including age and gender. A significant correlation was observed between the RT-PCR test result and the clinical symptoms of fever, headache, impaired sense of smell, impaired sense of taste, nightmares, and heaviness in the chest (p value < 0.05). A statistically significant relationship between RT-PCR results and the number of neutrophils, BUN, and platelets was observed (p value < 0.05).
Conclusion: With the help of some clinical symptoms such as loss of sense of taste, smell, and fever, it can be used to diagnose COVID-19 disease in the early stages of the disease when the patient's RT-PCR test is negative due to low viral load.
The Effect of Aerobic Training and Nanomicelle Curcumin Supplementation on MDA and BAX And BCL2 Activity Levels on Cardiotoxicity of Mice Infected with Breast Cancer in the Phase of Mani with Doxorubicin
Authors: Moghiseh Majid , Mirzayan Shanjani Sanaz , Banaifar Abdul Ali , Kazemzadeh Yaser , Sedaghati Saeed
Published: October 2023

Background: Doxorubicin is a universal drug in the treatment of all types of cancers, which is limited due to its many side effects. Therefore, the present study has investigated the effect of aerobic exercise and the use of curcumin nano micelles on the activity levels of BAX, BCL2, and MDA concentration in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in mice with breast cancer.
Methods: In this research, which was of a fundamental type and controlled experimentally, 24BalbC female rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: doxorubicin, doxorubicin patient and exercise, doxorubicin patient and nano curcumin supplement and doxorubicin patient, exercise and supplement. Breast cancer induction was done with MC4-L2 cells. Doxorubicin 2mg/kg was injected subcutaneously 6 times on day 28, 21, 14, 7, 1 and 35. The aerobic program consisted of 5 sessions per week for 42 days with an increase in the speed of the treadmill every two weeks including 14, 16, and 18 meters per minute and the use of nano curcumin at a dose of 100mg/k. The collected data were analyzed with a two-way analysis of variance with a significance level of 0.05 in the tests.
Results: 6 weeks of aerobic training had no effect on BCL2 activity and MDA concentration, but it significantly decreased BAX activity. Taking nano curcumin supplement for 6 weeks decreased BAX activity and MDA concentration and significantly increased BCL2 activity. Conclusion 6 A week of aerobic training along with nano curcumin supplementation did not affect BAX activity and MDA concentration, but it caused an increase in BCL2 activity (p value < 0.05).
Conclusion: Aerobic exercise and the use of curcumin nano micelle supplement separately or at the same time can be effective in reducing the cardiac toxicity of doxorubicin in patients with breast cancer.
The Satisfaction of Shahid Chamran Hospital's Clinic Appointment System from the Patient's Point of View
Authors: Ehtesham Hamideh
Published: October 2023

Background: One of the indicators for evaluating the performance of medical centers is the waiting time of patients to receive services. The purpose of this research is to determine the level of satisfaction with the appointment system of Chamran Ferdous Hospital clinic from the patient's point of view in 2019.
Methods: The current study is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study that was conducted in 2019. The population of this research was all patients referred to the clinic of Chamran Ferdous Hospital. To collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used, which included three sections: satisfaction with the online, telephone, and face-to-face appointment system.
Results: Examining the usage rate of the research community of all kinds of scheduling methods indicates that most people choose the telephone scheduling method with a frequency of 40% and the lowest usage rate is related to the face-to-face method with 16.8%. Regarding the online appointment method, 35% reported low satisfaction, 60% reported moderate satisfaction, and 5% reported high satisfaction. About the telephone appointment method, 59% rated low satisfaction, 40% moderate satisfaction, and only 1% rated high-level satisfaction. And about face-to-face appointments, 84% reported low satisfaction, 8% reported moderate satisfaction, and 8% reported high satisfaction.
Conclusion: It may be possible to improve patient satisfaction by using advanced reception systems, but the need to pay attention to all dimensions and aspects is felt.