bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Stimulants of and Barriers to Co-operation between Entrepreneurs and Research Entities Engaging in Innovative Projects
Authors: Nita Bartłomiej , Oleksyk Piotr
Published: September 2023

Objective: The aim of this paper is to identify the most important factors supporting and hindering co-operation between entrepreneurs and research entities engaging in innovative projects. Co-operation is aimed at generating technical, IT, or process innovations, while the most common partners of choice for entrepreneurs are research entities that are part of universities. Decisions concerning such co-operation should be based on three key factors: analysis of the company’s potential, forecasting of future possible outcomes and information on funding opportunities. These assumptions are the basis for diagnosing the barriers that lead to the abandonment of co-operation. Factors that facilitate such co-operation are also identified.Research Design & Methods: A survey was conducted among business entities engaged in manufacturing and service activities with high and medium-high technologies from the Lower Silesian Voivodship. The most important factors limiting and supporting the propensity for research collaboration were then analysed with the use of descriptive statistics and statistical inference (Fisher’s test).Findings: The research identifies barriers that should be neutralised in order to develop research co-operation between enterprises and universities. Paths to facilitating co-operation that could be developed by local and central authorities are also indicated.Implications / Recommendations: An uncomplicated model co-operation agreement binding both parties in partnership should be developed. Attitudes in academia towards co-operation with business need to be radically changed, because researchers are primarily motivated to publish high-scoring publications in reputable journals instead of co-operating with business. Unlike researchers, entrepreneurs’ main motivation is to quickly generate cash flow. Neither side focuses on developing unique high-end innovations in co-operation with one another. There is a lack of commercialisation-oriented interaction between research entities and business. Statistical studies reveal a need for research entities to embrace the principles of business. Helping them do so will allow for the development of effective research co-operation.Contribution: The article is intended to broaden the knowledge of the current state of co-operation between entrepreneurs and scientific institutions and to lay out recommendations for developing research co-operation.
Biological, social, and healthcare factors associated with death due to influenza A(H1N1) during the 2009 epidemic in Brazil
Authors: Braga Jose Ueleres , Ribeiro Ana Freitas
Published: September 2023

Background: In June 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the global alert level for the A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza pandemic and at that time sustained transmission in Brazil was established. It was urgent to carry out studies that evaluated possible risk factors for death from Influenza A(H1N1) to improve case management strategies to reduce the lethality of the disease. This study aimed to identify risk factors for death from Influenza A(H1N1), including the effectiveness of the vaccine against influenza A(H1N1) concerning mortality. Methods: A case-control of incident cases of influenza A(H1N1) reported in the Epidemiological Information Systems of the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Pará, Amazonas, and Rio Grande do Sul was conducted. Results: 305 participants were included, 70 of them cases and 235 controls, distributed as follows: Amazonas – 9 cases/10 controls, Pará – 22 cases/77 controls, São Paulo – 19 cases/49 controls, Paraná – 10 cases/54 controls, Rio Grande do Sul – 10 cases/45 controls. These participants had a mean age of 30 years, with 33 years among cases and 25 years among controls. There was a predominance of females both among cases and controls. Biological (age), pre-existing diseases (congestive heart failure, respiratory disease, and diabetes mellitus), and care factors (ICU admission) associated with death from Influenza A(H1N1) were identified. Conclusion: The risk factors identified in this investigation allowed subsidizing the elaboration of clinical conducts, but also indicate important aspects for facing “new” influenza epidemics that are likely to occur in our country.
TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS E DESENVOLVIMENTO COGNITIVO NA APRENDIZAGEM DE MATEMÁTICA: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DA LITERATURA
Authors: Melo Enaldo Vieira de , Mercado Luís Paulo Leopoldo , Melo Andre Luis Canuto Duarte
Published: September 2023

Com o avanço das tecnologias, especialmente as digitais, as pesquisas educacionais ampliaram-se consideravelmente direcionadas à melhoria da qualidade do ensino e/ou da aprendizagem, a qual está diretamente relacionada ao desenvolvimento cognitivo. Assim, esta pesquisa objetivou, por meio de uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura (RSL), analisar as contribuições de pesquisas com tecnologias digitais para o desenvolvimento cognitivo de estudantes no processo de aprendizagem matemática. Durante a pesquisa, respondemos outras perguntas: quais softwares foram usados? Em que nível de ensino da Educação Matemática esses estudos têm estados mais presentes? Quais são as metodologias utilizadas no desenvolvimento das pesquisas?Como fundamentam os estudos de desenvolvimento cognitivo no processo de aprendizagem? Para a pergunta principal de pesquisa os resultados estão interessados ​​no Quadro 2, bem como os questionamentos secundários no 3. Nas contribuições evidenciadas, destaca-se o uso de jogos e softwares, com aplicações em diversos níveis de ensino, exceto na educação infantil (crianças). 4 anos a 5 anos e 11 meses). Por fim, observamos que das 16 pesquisas selecionadas, 62,5%, foram sustentadas teoricamente por alguma teoria de aprendizagem relacionada ao desenvolvimento cognitivo, ao passo que 37,5%, não embasam seus estudos por meio desse tipo de teoria. Esta permissão poderá contribuir,
AS ALEGAÇÕES EUROCÊNTRICAS SOBRE A ÁFRICA, SEUS POVOS E CRIAÇÃO DO ESTADO NOVO: CONSTRUÇÃO DA IDENTIDADE EM GUINÉ-BISSAU
Authors: Mendes Virgínio Vicente , Vasconcelos Erica Paula
Published: September 2023

Este artigo objetiva discute o papel do Partido Africano na Independência da Guiné-Bissau e Cabo Verde (doravante PAIGC) no processo de construção do Estado-nação guineense. Para tal, analisa-se a concepção dos Estados-nacionais no contexto das novas independências na África na década de 1960 a 1980, para entender o processo de construção da identidade guineense inclusiva em contramão a identidade excludente proposta pelo PAIGC. O argumento central é que as influências dos movimentos pan-africanistas, que o partido recebeu, levaram à construção, contrapondo-a às demais identidades produzidas histórica e culturalmente no território. De modo a desenvolver seu argumento, o artigo está estruturado em duas cláusulas. A primeira seção irá contra criticar as questões eurocêntricas sobre o continente africano, ressaltando suas influências na modernidade. A segunda seção irá evidenciar como o nascimento do Estado-nação pelo partido africano PAIGC influenciou na construção da identidade nacional da Guiné-Bissau. A escolha deste tema justifica-se por entender que a construção de identidades faz parte dos processos históricos lançados. Os resultados parciais mostram como as memórias coletivas foram subalternizadas, mas continuam a reivindicar seus lugares na construção da identidade nacional.
Transferring Policy: The African Union's Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan
Authors: Tchie Andrew E. Yaw , Kumalo Liezelle
Published: September 2023

The African Union's (AU's) doctrine underlying Peace Support Operations (PSOs) highlights the fact that the AU should take the lead in providing political direction for all AU PSOs. This includes mainstreaming the standards and operating procedures applicable to the Protection of Civilians (PoC). The PoC guidelines mandate the AU to support and complement the efforts of the host state by enhancing its capacity to secure civilians and prevent abuse against them. The guidelines have allowed the AU to develop and grow its institutional capacity and emerge as the continent's leading institution. It provides fragile member states with technical support through African-led and AU-mandated missions (crafting the concept of operations, training and implementation and procedures for peace operations). However, little is known about how the AU transfers its PoC policy to member states during peacekeeping missions. This paper assesses the institutional capacity of the AU and its ability to influence specific national PoC policies and approaches through AU PSO and United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UN PKOs). The paper highlights that although the AU has made progress in PoC policy, it has not been implemented effectively and practically in South Sudan and Somalia, despite being a significant priority for the organisation.
Africa's Quest for Reform of the United Nations Security Council: A Just Cause Curbed by Unrealistic Proposals
Authors: Alene Niguse Mandefero , Ali Mohammed Seid , Tadesse Kebede Yimam
Published: September 2023

The debate around viable global governance has become increasingly topical, particularly from the perspective of countries in the Global South. Concerning Africa, despite the continent's quest to reform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), existing research has failed to comprehensively address the topic. Consequently, this article explores the arguments and challenges surrounding Africa's drive to secure a permanent voice in the UNSC. It argues that despite the enduring legacies of colonialism, neocolonial interventions, and being the primary concern of the UNSC agenda, Africa's claim for fair representation in the Council remains. The article attempts to address the research gap and contribute to the existing debate by examining why Africa has failed to be represented in the UNSC. Africa's collective initiative towards reforming the UN system is instrumental in ensuring inclusive and sustainable global governance. Nonetheless, Africa's insistence on immediate and full veto power for new entrants and its demand for representation merely through numbers inside the UN are unfeasible.
Database Evaluation for Muscle and Nerve Diseases - DEMAND: An academic neuromuscular coding system
Authors: Pasnoor Mamatha , Khan Saud , Jackson Carlayne E. , Kissel John , Wolfe Gil I. , Nations Sharon P. , Trivedi Jaya R. , Singer Mike A. , Elliott Jeffrey L. , Vernino Steven , Mummaneni Reddiah Babu , Herbelin Laura , Saperstein David S. , Gronseth Gary , McVey April L. , Dimachkie Mazen M. , Barohn Richard J.
Published: September 2023

Background: A database which documents the diagnosis of neuromuscular patients is useful for determining the types of patients referred to academic centers and for identifying participants for clinical trials and other studies. The ICD-9 or ICD-10 numeric systems are insufficiently detailed for this purpose.
Objective: To develop a database for neuromuscular diagnoses
Methods: We developed a detailed diagnostic coding system for neuromuscular diseases called DEMAND: Database Evaluation for Muscle and Nerve Diseases that has been adopted by neuromuscular clinics at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA), Ohio State University (OSU), University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), and University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW). At the initial visit, patients are assigned a diagnostic code which can be revised later if appropriate. Fields include patient’s name, date of birth, and diagnostic code. The neuromuscular database consisted of 457 codes. Each code has a prefix (MUS or PNS) followed by a three-digit number. Depending on whether muscle or nerve is primarily involved, there are eight broad groups: motor neuron disease (MUS codes 100-139); neuromuscular junction disorders (MUS 200-217); acquired and hereditary myopathies (MUS 300-600s); acquired and hereditary polyneuropathies (PNS 100-400); mononeuropathies (PNS 500s); plexopathies (PNS 600s); radiculopathies (PNS 700s); and mononeuritis multiplex (PNS 800s).
Results: During a period of 10 years, 17,163 of patients were entered (1,752 at UTHSCSA, 1,840 at OSU, 3,699 at KUMC, 9,872 at UTSW). The number of patients in several broad categories are: 3,080 motor neuron disease; 1,575 neuromuscular junction disease; 1,851 muscular dystrophies; 633 inflammatory myopathies; 1,090 hereditary neuropathies; 1,001 immune-mediated polyneuropathies; 620 metabolic/toxic polyneuropathies; 535 mononeuropathies; 296 plexopathies; and 769 radiculopathies.
Conclusion: A detailed diagnostic neuromuscular database can be utilized at multiple academic centers. The database should be simple without too many fields to complete, to ensure compliance during busy clinic operations. This database has been very useful in identifying groups of patients for retrospective, observational studies and for prospective treatment studies including trials for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Muscular Dystrophies (MD), Myasthenia Gravis (MG), and retrospective studies of Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP), etc.
Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy secondary to basilar artery compression: A case report and reviewing of electrodiagnostic evaluation of the hypoglossal nerve
Authors: Osbourn Spencer , Pike-Lee Tiffany
Published: September 2023

Introduction: Hypoglossal nerve palsy causes ipsilateral tongue weakness, commonly presenting with dysphagia, dysarthria, or perceived tongue weakness. Vascular compression is a rare cause of isolated hypoglossal nerve palsies. Imaging and serologic labs are common parts of the evaluation of hypoglossal nerve palsies. Though less commonly used, electrodiagnostic studies can be important in the diagnostic evaluation of hypoglossal nerve palsies.  
 
Case: We report a case of a 53-year-old man with dysphagia found to have a left hypoglossal nerve palsy secondary to vascular compression from the basilar artery confirmed by electrodiagnostic and radiographic studies and we provide a review of the electrodiagnostic evaluation of the hypoglossal nerve.
DETERMINATION OF THE PARAMETERS OF SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON THE BASE OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT MODELING
Authors:   Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS, Kyiv, Ukraine, Romashchenko М. , Bohaienko V. ,   V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Sardak А. ,   Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS, Kyiv, Ukraine, Nykytiuk О. ,   Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: September 2023

The paper considers the problem of determining the depth of drip pipelines installation and the distance between the pipelines within the design of subsurface drip irrigation systems along with the assessment of pulse irrigation regime efficiency. The corresponding optimization problem has an objective function that assesses costs of creating and operating the system and is solved by a genetic algorithm. For each set of system parameters' values the scheduling of irrigation during the growing season is modeled according to the specified pre-irrigation threshold. The simulation is based on the two-dimensional Richards equation approximated by a finite-difference scheme. The characteristics of crop development are determined according to the model based on the change of development stages with the accumulation of a given amount of active temperatures. To take into account the variability of weather conditions modeling is performed for a series of randomly generated weather scenarios.
BİST100 ENDEKSİ İLE POLİTİKA FAİZİ ARASINDAKİ FOURİER EŞBÜTÜNLEŞME İLİŞKİSİ
Authors: DEMİRALP Ahmet , BELLİLER İbrahim Sezer
Published: September 2023

Faiz oranı ile hisse senedi fiyatları arasındaki ilişki iktisat literatüründe oldukça sık tartışılan bir konu olmaktadır. İki farklı yatırım aracı arasındaki etkileşimin yönü ve boyutunun tahmin edilmesi ekonomik karar birimleri açısından oldukça önem arz etmektedir. Özellikle Türkiye gibi gelişmekte olan ülkelerin merkez bankaları, hisse senedi getirileri ve faiz oranları arasındaki optimal dengeyi sağlamaya oldukça önem vermektedir. İlk olarak doğrusal ekonometrik zaman serileri analiziyle incelenen bu konu daha sonra güncel doğrusal olmayan teknikler ile araştırılmaya başlanmıştır. İktisadi gerçekliğe uygun olarak doğrusal olmayan tekniklerin kullanılması değişkenler arasındaki ilişkinin sağlıklı bir şekilde tespit edilebilmesi için önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmada politika faiz oranı için Merkez Bankası ağırlıklı ortalama fonlama maliyeti, hisse senedi fiyatı için ise BİST100 fiyat endeksi verileri kullanılmıştır. Çalışma 2011-2023 yılları arasındaki aylık veriler kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Hisse senedi fiyatları ve faiz oranı arasındaki ilişki Banerjee vd. (2017) Fourier ADL eşbütünleşme testi ile incelenmiştir. Öncelikle her iki değişkenin I(1) olduğu tespit edilmiş daha sonra eşbütünleşme ilişkisi test edilmiştir. Çalışma bulgularına göre faiz oranı ve BİST100 endeksi arasında uzun dönemli bir eşbütünleşme ilişkisi tespit edilmiştir. Bulunan eşbütünleşme ilişkisinden yola çıkılarak uzun dönem katsayıları FMOLS modeli ile tahmin edilmiştir. Bu bağlamda faiz değişkeninde meydana gelen %1’lik artış BİST100 endeksinde yaklaşık olarak 55 puanlık bir düşüşe neden olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Tourism marketing and national parks : A systematic literature review
Authors: Aman Eliyas Ebrahim , Papp-Váry Árpád Ferenc
Published: September 2023

The primary focus of this paper is on national parks and tourism marketing, where tourism marketing plays a crucial role in reducing poverty and ensuring the quality of life, employment, and decent work for the nation, as well as the preservation of the natural and cultural environment. The interaction between tourism marketing and national parks is the most intimate context in which tourism marketing is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool for socioeconomic development. The purpose of this review is to investigate the environmental, sociocultural, and economic contributions of tourism marketing in and around a national park to strengthen progress on sustainable tourism development by reviewing 55 relevant journal articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. The principal search terms were used to discover the pertinent journal articles. It was discovered that no article with the title “Tourism Marketing and National Parks” existed. Instead, sustainable destinations and ecotourism have been emphasized. The reviews implied that tourism marketers do not engage in the sustainability of national park tourism for future usage and do not care about the environmental conservation of destinations. It's crucial to take into account the features of national parks and their potential value as attractive destinations for tourism development when implementing an effective tourism marketing strategy for national parks and encouraging the sustainable use of the natural environment and resources.
A jutalomalapú közösségi finanszírozási platformok összehasonlítása
Authors: Czigler Enikő
Published: September 2023

A közösségi finanszírozás lehetővé teszi az induló vállalkozásoknak ötleteik finanszírozását olyan módon, hogy egy online platformon magánbefektetőktől gyűjthetik össze a szükséges tőkét. A jutalomalapú közösségi finanszírozás során ezek a támogatók a potenciális vásárlók, akik jóval azelőtt megfinanszíroznák a projektet, hogy a termék rendelkezésre állna. A Kickstarter és az Indiegogo a legelterjedtebb képviselője ennek az üzleti modellnek. Kutatásomban összehasonlítom a két platformot, olyan módon, hogy logisztikus regressziós modellek segítségével 3.571 kampányt vizsgálok meg, melyet elindítottak mindkét oldalon – kiszűrve ezzel a projektspecifikus hatásokat. A kapott eredmények alapján a Kickstarter nem csak jobban működik az Indiegogonál, de könnyebben modellezhető a sikeres kampánykimenetel. A célösszeg volt az egyetlen, mindkét platformon általánosan működő sikertényező, ami negatívan hat a sikerre. Mindemellett megállapítható, hogy a Kickstarteren lévő befektetők sokkal érzékenyebbek az irreálisan magas célokra. A kapott eredmények azon túl, hogy a közösségi finanszírozás sikertényezőinek listáját színesítik, segíthetik a vállalkozói döntéshozatalt a platformválasztásban.
Körkörös ÉS zöld gazdaság – elmélet és esettanulmány a vendéglátásban
Authors: Lovasné Avató Judit , Erdélyi Éva , Mannheim Viktória , Törcsvári Zsolt István
Published: September 2023

A legújabb gazdasági elmélet (körkörös gazdaság), az algoritmikus és rendszerszemléletű gondolkodásmód (LCA) együttes alkalmazásának gyakorlati megvalósítását mutatja be a tanulmány a vendéglátás területén. A növekvő és átalakuló fogyasztói igényeknek korlátot szab az erőforrások szűkössége, ezzel újabb és újabb technológiai újításokat ösztönöz. A környezeti hatások mérésével különböző forgatókönyveket hasonlítunk össze egy ismert éttermi fogásra, mindezt életciklus szemléletben. Kimutatjuk, a karbonlábnyom számítógépes szoftverrel történő meghatározásával, hogy a folyamat különböző fázisaiban véghez vitt változtatás mely szakaszokban és mekkora mértékben teszi „zöldebbé” a hagyományos konyhatechnológiai eljárást.
Gestación comercial y derechos fundamentales de las mujeres
Authors: Gimeno Reinoso Beatriz
Published: September 2023

El presente artículo pretende poner de manifiesto que la crítica a la gestación comercial no puede hacerse sin una crítica radical al sistema económico neoliberal, ya que esta práctica se inserta de forma coherente en la manera en que el neoliberalismo construye sus relaciones sociales, tanto desde el punto de vista del género como de la clase. Y en segundo lugar que, aunque la crítica a la gestación comercial tiene ya varias décadas en el feminismo (especialmente en el feminismo anglosajón) es necesario, como ha hecho el feminismo con otras cuestiones, que dicha crítica se  vaya depurando y especializando. En ese sentido este articulo estudia la manera en que la normalización acrítica de la gestación comercial  puede afectar a la consideración social de la maternidad o al derecho al aborto.
Somos cuerpos. Políticas del cuerpo y maternidad
Authors: Pozzolo Susanna
Published: September 2023

Los derechos reproductivos se han hecho siempre más centrales en la discusión contemporánea. A pesar de una presentación tendencialmente neutral del tema, los muchos factores correlatos tienen profundas raíces culturales en el patriarcado y de explotación de la mujer. Se propone una reflexión sobre estas raíces que hoy parecen explicar, no justiciar, la creciente demanda de surrogacy. En particular se quiere evidenciar como desde el poder médico y el desarrollo de la economía capitalista se produzcan varias ideologías que fortalecen todavía la subordinación de la mujer.
Justiça e Direitos Humanos: Um Caminho para o Desenvolvimento
Authors: Campos Fernando
Published: September 2023

In such a contradictory world, in which some citizens seem to have access to everything, to see their basic needs satisfied and others simply go on living, it becomes imperative to reflect, how is this world being built, whether an area of integration in which everyone has rights to rights that allows them to have a life with dignity, or, on the contrary, one is opting for a path of exclusion, through which one marginalises, those who by economic, physical, origin, or profession weakness are not part of the agreed standard of society. A “just” and developed society is one, through which all citizens have ‘equitable’ access to the goods produced. When this is the case, this is how human rights designs are complied with. In order for all this to take shape and materialize, it is necessary and urgent to educate society for human rights.
Para uma Pedagogia do Respeito no Modelo de Prevenção da Violência Doméstica
Authors: Bravo Jorge dos Reis
Published: September 2023

This article addresses the urgent issue of domestic violence, specifically focusing on the dimension of family violence. Despite its profound socio-economic and cultural implications, domestic violence often remains overshadowed by other criminal priorities. This study highlights the failure of the current prevention model, as evidenced by the continuous growth in domestic violence cases. By examining international instruments and directives, it is clear that domestic violence is not merely a legal and social problem, but a significant human rights issue. The article emphasizes the need for integrated intervention strategies that encompass therapeutic measures for perpetrators and educational modules within the education system. By reevaluating the strategic approach, society can work towards mitigating the impact of domestic violence and promoting a culture of responsibility and prevention.
Narrativas de uma Experiência Educativa Remota com Crianças e Adolescentes Migrantes e Refugiadas
Authors: Guimarães Cristina Borges , Miranda Tamara Gonçalves , Cavalcante Sandra Maria Silva
Published: September 2023

The objective of this paper is to present pedagogical experiences within a university extension project with migrant and refugee children and adolescents that took place in the first semester of 2021. Faced with the challenges arising from social distancing, in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, we sought pedagogical strategies and instruments appropriate to the socio-cultural reality of the participants. Enlightened by principles of interculturality, welcoming, protection, and autonomy of children and adolescents going through migration and refuge, we started from concepts such as lovingness and dialogicity proposed by Paulo Freire and also Célestin Freinet’s idea of learning through cooperative work. The article aims to contribute to the deepening of discussions that intend to understand the potentialities of the use of digital technologies in processes of linguistic reception and cultural mediation, in the context of humanitarian migration in light of the experience in focus. Such experience resulted in the doubling of the number of participants, the growth of adherence to asynchronous proposals and of the quality of interactions in the intercultural learning community, which implies the participation of families.
Ágapes serranos: a hospitalidade e a convivialidade como recurso narrativo em Andam faunos pelos bosques de Aquilino Ribeiro
Authors: Lopes Maria José Ferreira
Published: September 2023

Andam faunos pelos bosques starts its original journey highlighting how culinary comforts predispose the senses to the joy of simple things, like the fragrant beauty of a spring afternoon. Throughout the novel, the meals follow one another in episodes explored by the narrator to convey a plurality of meanings, without forgetting the presentation of Beira Alta’s cuisine. For the hosts, such events are opportunities to demonstrate, with greater or lesser desire to assert themselves, a generosity that is seen as an identifying trait of the tolerant and hospitable “old Portugal”. These moments also reveal the guests’ character and ability to share and enjoy common humanity. Some collective meals – called “agapes”, with all the inherent pagan and Christian symbology –, such as the multitudinous picnic that concludes the failed hunt of the “Papa-moças”, manage to bring together an entire community through food and drink, storytelling, music and dance. These are moments that bring each and every person closer to their humanity and thus to their natural essence; and even seemingly excluded figures can stand out, like the village madman Baltasar and the groups of anarchists and vagabonds. Thus, the value of hospitality as an essential principle of justice in community life, transmitted, through practice, from generation to generation, appears to be a fundamental theme in this novel. This paper aims to analyse the way Aquilino frames such episodes in his peculiar way of seeing the world; and expresses them through his very rich array of stylistic and cultural resources, in which the constant Homeric references stand out, suggesting the evocation of the meal as δαίς ἕϊση – a moment when everyone is equal.
O imperativo ético da hospitalidade no modelo educativo homérico
Authors: Pinto Ana Paula
Published: September 2023

Attributed since Antiquity to the authorship of Homer, and modernly recognised also as the result of the slow creative elaboration of generations of aoidoi, the Iliad and the Odyssey articulate in an enigmatic poetic plot, from their traditional nature, threads of mythical narratives and historical realities that modern archaeological researches do not fail to confirm. Centred in the elementary theme of the Trojan War, the two poems tried to explain how, at a peculiarly relevant point in the history of humanity, the unfortunate mortals, sometimes individually moved by their own impulses, sometimes collectively coerced by external forces, unleash with their guilt and misery an unprecedented war offensive. The ancient Greek worldview believed that this was the scenario chosen by divine caprice to alleviate the excessive weight of the earth, granted to men as a provisional dwelling. In this context of tormented upheaval, the sacred principle of hospitality (ξενία) stands out in Homer’s poetic legacy with undisputable relevance in the hierarchy of human values: inspired and guaranteed by the superior divine vigilance, it ensured in the ancient world, especially to those to whom painful circumstances forced some kind of fragility (exile, orphanhood, poverty...), the solidary support of the strongest. Occurring then as the most basic manifestation of respect, not only for the divinity (which distributes goods) but also for humanity (which receives them), hospitality was based on an effort of solidarity and balance between men, which we continue to see mirrored throughout all stages of history, and remains alive in the social dynamics of contemporaneity, in the constant dualities of identity and otherness, of welcome and rejection. Within this peculiar narrative framework of the two Homeric Poems, the first literary documents of the West, it seemed particularly suggestive to us to propose the theme of hospitality as a primordial antecedent of the ethical imperative of justice, which is promoted by education and based on the respect for otherness of the most basic human rights.
Are We Punishing Success?
Authors: Johnson James , Pierce David , Matz Davis
Published: September 2023

In 2012 the Indiana High School Athletic Association approved the Tournament Success Factor (TSF). This innovative policy was designed to improve interscholastic competitive balance by reclassifying individual teams above their enrollment based on success in their post-season tournament. To date, there have been five two-year cycles of TSF reclassifications, and some critics argue the policy unfairly penalizes the athletes on teams who must play up in classification after the successes of the predecessors. To determine if this critique was justified, as well as identify patterns and potential policy adjustments, this study investigated 93 cases of how teams performed after moving up in classification due to the TSF. Results indicated that 55.9% did not have enough post-season success at the next level in the first cycle after moving up to remain in the higher classification, and 79.5% did not by the end of two cycles. Additionally, reclassifications happen at a disproportionately high rate for private schools relative to the number of private high schools throughout the state. Historically, six and eight years prior to moving up show significant differences between teams that have some success at a higher classification and teams that demonstrated isolated success with an immediate return to a lower classification. Based on the results, it appears a reasonable policy innovation would be to increase the point value needed to trigger the move up from 6 to 7, or use a historical metric that includes TSF points over prior cycles. These changes would eliminate most of the isolated cases of success and target the most successful programs that should be competing at a higher classification, which meets the true intention and spirit of TSF.
BAŞARIYA GİDEN YOL: DİJİTALLEŞEN DÜNYADA BİR LİDER OLARAK BILL GATES
Authors: Başer S. Hazel , Seçkin Zeliha
Published: September 2023

Bill Gates, Microsoft şirketinin kurucusu olarak dünya çapında tanınmış olmanın yanı sıra liderlik özellikleriyle de ön plana çıkmıştır. Kendine güveni yüksek, vizyon sahibi ve hedeflerine ulaşmak için çalışan Gates’in, yenilikçi ve risk almayı seven bir lider olduğu söylenebilir. Aynı zamanda Gates, takım çalışmasına önem veren ve iletişim becerileri konusunda da yetenekli bir lider olarak bilinmektedir. Gates, çalışanları tarafından sert bir lider olarak bilinse de onlara karşı saygılı olduğu ve onların başarılarını takdir ettiği de bilinmektedir. Bu özellikleri sayesinde Gates, Microsoft'u en büyük teknoloji şirketlerinden biri haline getirmiş ve tüm dünyada önemli bir marka olmayı başarmıştır. İlgili literatür incelendiğinde Gates’in; dijital, güçlendirici, uyandırılmış, narsist ve dönüşümcü liderlik özelliklerine sahip olduğunun vurgulandığı görülmektedir. Çalışmada, belirtilen bu liderlik yaklaşımlarıyla Gates’in nasıl bağdaştırıldığına ilişkin bir inceleme gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu kapsamda çalışmanın ilk bölümünde liderlik kavramı incelenmiş ve literatürde belirtilen Gates’in sahip olduğu liderlik tarzları kavramsal açıdan ele alınmıştır. İkinci bölümde, kavramsal olarak incelenen liderlik tarzları, Gates’e ilişkin literatür üzerinden değerlendirilmiştir. Son olarak Gates ve liderlik tarzlarına ilişkin genel bir değerlendirme gerçekleştirilmiş ve çalışmanın sınırlılıklarından bahsedilmiştir.
Employability of University Leavers Using a Descriptive Analytics Case Study
Authors: Shrestha Subeksha , Fernando Sandra , Patel Preeti , Pun Maya
Published: September 2023

High and successful employment of university leavers has been a challenging key performance indicator for decades as a result of diverse life circumstances, life goals and travel need. The COVID pandemic and subsequent online delivery have added further challenges to the work-based placement and practical skill delivery, particularly in the STEM subject areas. The purpose of this study is to consider the recent past employment history and leavers data by looking into salient but yet unanswered questions about the activity of student leavers, employment type, relevance, and contribution of the degree programme and gain insight into course modification, employability support and market analysis. The latest Graduate Outcome Survey is in its infancy, and the current response rate is reportedly low. Therefore, a subset of Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DHLE) data from an inner London university is analyzed and the results are visualized with findings. Among the participants of a computing case study, Computer Science graduates produced the highest earnings in comparison to any other courses. Additionally, undergraduate courses with the title of Computer Forensics or Business Computing produced the highest number of skilled workers in positions relevant to their qualification and produced the highest levels of employed Higher Education (HE) leavers after graduation, demonstrating that degrees that combine IT skills and other speciality skills have higher levels of proven employability.
Exploring the Characteristics of Undergraduate Students’ Creative Thinking Skills
Authors: Tam Cheung-on , Cheng Eric C. K. , Chan Anita K. W. , Rogers John , Tan Xueying
Published: September 2023

This study aims to develop a self-report inventory to measure University students’ perception of their creative thinking skills. Creative thinking is a critical learning outcome in higher education and one of the essential 21st Century Competency. The data were collected from 253 students of a university in Hong Kong. A structural equation model was applied to confirm the construct validity of the instrument. The result shows that the key characteristics of creative thinking skills are empirically constructed by creative character, originality, sensitivity, synthesizing and resistance to premature closure. The five characteristics of creative thinking can be considered as learning processes or outcomes to inform the design of instructional events and learning activities to nurture students’ creative thinking skills.
Assessing Teaching Effectiveness Online in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study
Authors: Breiner Kaitlyn S.
Published: September 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic required instructors to change teaching modalities, from face-to-face to online. Many of these instructors who moved to this modality were unfamiliar with teaching online, making it imperative to receive course feedback to ensure course delivery was effective. Unfortunately, relying upon university-standard Perceived Teaching Effectiveness surveys (PTEs) proved challenging in an online environment, as response rates and student morale were negatively impacted due to the pandemic. The present case study assessed alternative research-supported methods for soliciting student feedback on teaching effectiveness in asynchronous online courses. Methods identified to improve response rates and to identify areas of teaching to improve/maintain included creating course-specific surveys, offering the surveys multiple times during the semester, soliciting feedback anonymously, and providing extra credit.
Analysis of the Improvement and Practical Effectiveness of the PAD Class Teaching Model
Authors: Jin Jiali , Jin Sike
Published: September 2023

Presentation-Assimilation-Discussion (hereinafter referred to as ‘PAD’) class, as a novelty classroom teaching model, centers on a basic philosophy that teachers’ lecturing and students’ discussion is expected to have a 50-50 split of class time, and students’ self-study and assimilation should be incorporated into presentation and discussion. PAD class can be divided into four teaching sessions: presentation, self-study, peer-to-peer discussion, and teacher-student dialogue. However, in practice, problems arose, especially in peer-to-peer discussion sessions, where students trivialize this new model, as they do not want to discuss, or simply do not know how to discuss, resulting in low-quality discussions. Taking enterprise strategy management courses in practice as an example, this paper put forward corresponding improvement measures. Moreover, the effectiveness of the PAD class model and the improved teaching model was analyzed based on questionnaire statistics. Practices have proven that the PAD class teaching model can make classroom teaching more active. Furthermore, on the basis of the regular PAD class model, raising students’ awareness of the importance of discussion, optimizing grouping methods, establishing a rotating chairman system, and setting suitable discussion topics can all significantly change students’ attitudes for the better and move closer to the teaching goals.
Research on the Integration of General History and Professional History Education into Mechanical Courses
Authors: Guan Xun , Xu Yunjie , Zhang Liang
Published: September 2023

In the era of big data, we can track and use the data of College Students’ living habits, consumption habits and learning habits to timely understand and master the basic situation and ideological trends of college students. This paper uses big data technology to investigate the learning behavior of mechanical college students, and analyzes the employment situation of mechanical graduates. This paper found the problems existing in the current mechanical undergraduate students, and finds that the current mechanical undergraduate students are faced with such problems as weak innovation consciousness, lack of humanistic spirit, low psychological quality and poor social adaptability, which affect them to become qualified engineers needed by enterprises. This paper discusses the function of integrating general history and mechanical history into mechanical courses. The results show that the method can effectively reduce or eliminate the current mechanical undergraduate problems.
Inquiry-Based Learning in Engineering Education: A Norwegian Approach
Authors: Tran Khanh-Quang
Published: September 2023

Inquiry of research-based learning in the form of groupwork can easily end up being less than expected. It is because groupwork assessment is dealing with process and can be far trickier than assessing a team’s work dealing with product. This study aims to identify an assessment approach for effective inquiry-based learning in engineering education. For this purpose, four different perspectives were presented and discussed in combination with key constraints to implementing research-based learning. The perspectives include student reflection, collegial reflection, personal reflection, and literature. It was suggested that a combined method of continuous and qualitative assessment might be the most plausible.
The Importance of Personality Traits, Optimism and Quality of Life for Pain Threshold and Pain Tolerance in the Elderly
Authors: Gałkowski Tomasz , Leźnicka Katarzyna , Michnik Kinga , Pawlus Grzegorz
Published: September 2023

With increasing age, the frequency of chronic pain increases compared to acute pain. This is due to structural and functional changes caused by ageing of the nervous system. The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between personality traits, optimism, quality of life, and subjective assessment of pain measured experimentally with an algometer and clinically with the Visual Analoque Scale (VAS). In the group of 133 seniors (61-86 years; 78% women), we used an algometer to measure pain threshold and tolerance, the VAS scale to assess subjective intensity, and standardized questionnaires (EPQ-R(s), LOTR, SWLS) to measure psychological variables. Extraversion was found to promote both higher pain threshold and higher pain tolerance, whereas pain tolerance was negatively correlated with neuroticism. Higher severity of the psychotic trait was associated with more intense subjective pain experience. Optimism and overall quality of life were not associated with any pain measures. A better understanding of the personality correlates of pain perception could support a more accurate tailoring of pain management in elderly patients.
Importance of low power electronic circuit design and its impact on energy consumption
Authors: Ziraksaz Fazel
Published: September 2023

In the modern world, Integrated Circuits (ICs) are an essential component of any electronic device, and it is practically impossible to imagine a world without them. When addressing energy consumption or environmental issues, many people, including researchers, tend to focus solely on power plants. However, today, there are billions of electronic devices, each containing numerous ICs, such as mobile phones, tablets, televisions, laptops, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, cars, and more. In other words, a large portion of our modern energy consumption is attributed to electronic devices. Thus, reducing power consumption in each of these devices could significantly impact global energy consumption and environmental pollution. This paper emphasizes the importance of low-power Integrated Circuits and their potential to reduce worldwide energy consumption. It also briefly explores relevant technologies that contribute to energy efficiency in circuits, avoiding unnecessary complexities.
Мікрогриби як частина біорізноманіття, що спостерігається в Україні (на прикладі анаморфних аскомікотових)
Authors: Андріанова Т.В.
Published: September 2023

Проаналізовані численні дані про гриби класу Dothideomycetes були узагальнені, використовуючи колекцію фунгарію KW, регіональних списків грибів, різноманітних публікацій та даних наших досліджень у регіоні за 1998, 2018–2021 роки.
Вплив комплексного бактерiального препарату Азогран на насiння квасолi сорту Рось, iнфiковане Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. phaseolicola 8633
Authors: Рой А.О. , Скороход І.О.
Published: September 2023

Бактеризація посівного матеріалу квасолі сорту Рось комплексним бактеріальним препаратом Азогран покращувала формування паростків за дії на насіння фітопатогену Ps. savastanoi pv. phaseolicola шт. 8633.
“Всюдисуща” реакцiя Майяра
Authors: Руденко В.М.
Published: September 2023

Описано дослiдження механiзму реакцiї Майяра.
Iнформацiйне забезпечення фармацевтичних бiотехнологiчних процесiв
Authors: Чубко Л.С. , Волочай О.С.
Published: September 2023

Проаналiзувано автоматизовані системи якостi для фармацевтичних систем якостi та запропоновано два програмних продукти для ведення бiзнес-процесiв та процесiв системи якостi для фармацевтичних пiдприємств.
Технологiчнi аспекти виробництва пробiотика «Бiфiтен»
Authors: Давидович Ю.О. , Косоголова Л.О. , Гаркава К.Г.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто технологiчнi аспекти виробництва пробiотика «Бiфiтен».
Створення робочої колекцiї агрономiчно корисних штамiв мiкроорганiзмiв
Authors: Левiшка А.С. , Гуменюк І.І. , Мазур С.О.
Published: September 2023

В рамках роботи лабораторiї екологiї мiкроорганiзмiв Iнституту агроекологiї i природокористування НААН проводиться постiйний мiкробiологiчний монiторинг рiзних типiв ґрунтiв i ризосфери рослин, що дало змогу сформувати унiкальну за своїм складом колекцiю штамiв ґрунтових мiкроорганiзмiв iз корисними властивостями для росту i розвитку рослин.
Значення лактобактерiй-продуцентiв екзополiсахаридiв в заквасках
Authors: Двiнських Н.В. , Хохленкова Н.В. , Онопрiєнко В.О.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто значення лактобактерiй-продуцентiв екзополiсахаридiв в заквасках.
Перспектива використання роторно-пульсацiйних апаратiв для переробки побiчних продуктiв виробництва сирiв на продукцiю для АПК i харчової промисловостi
Authors: Іваницький Г.К. , Целень Б.Я. , Радченко Н.Л.
Published: September 2023

Описано дослiдження, спрямованi на пiдвищення ефективностi перебiгу процесу кристалiзацiї лактози в сироватцi молока.
Удосконалення i використання бiоенергетичних технологiй
Authors: Карпенко В.І. , Кацерес Кабана Е.
Published: September 2023

Розглянуто напрями удосконалення i використання бiоенергетичних технологiй.
Перспективи застосування мікробної сульфатредукції для очищення поліметалічних стічних вод
Authors: Біда І.О. , Гаврилюк О.А. , Говоруха В.М. , Таширєв О.Б.
Published: September 2023

Мікробна дисиміляційна сульфатредукція є перспективним метаболічним шляхом вирішення проблеми очищення поліметалевих стічних вод. Процес заснований на застосуванні сульфатів мікроорганізмами як кінцевого акцептора електронів. У результаті сульфати відновлюються до сульфідів, які осаджують широкий спектр двовалентних катіонів у вигляді нерозчинних сульфідів металів. Для цього в якості акцепторів електронів досліджено добре розчинний Na2SO4 і малорозчинний гіпс CaSO4. В якості донорів електронів використовували крохмаль (картопляний). В результаті дослідження встановлено, що процес сульфатвідновлення проходить досить активно незалежно від джерела сульфатів. Для повного осадження Co2+ та Ni2+ у середовищі з картоплею із застосуванням Na2SO4 знадобився 21 день. При використанні CaSO4 осадження відбулося на 19 день культивування. Водночас при культивуванні виділявся водень, частка якого в газовій фазі становила 25 – 40 %. Таким чином, експериментально підтверджено ефективність процесу сульфатвідновлення з використанням малорозчинного гіпсу для осадження двовалентних металів, зокрема Co2+ та Ni2+. Такий підхід може бути покладений в основу розробки нових біотехнологій очищення стічних вод, забруднених важкими металами, з одночасним очищенням від екологічно небезпечних сполук і виробництвом екологічно чистого енергоносія.