bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Welcoming Their Worlds: Rethinking Literacy Instruction through Community Mapping
Authors: Dunsmore KaiLonnie , Ordoñez-Jasis Rosario , Herrera George
Published: March 2024

In this article we look at how a community of practice in one midsize urban K–12 school district engaged in a community mapping process to discover, gather, and analyze a rich array of community and home resources in order to create classroom practices and curriculum that integrated the literacies of home and school and led to transformed student learning. We look at the tools used by this diverse group of K-12 educators and examine some of the groups collective learning. Then we focus on the case of one teacher whose inquiry into the literacies already present in his students out of school lives, led him to rethink classroom instruction and better support their voices, experiences, and knowledge to build competencies in the literacy practices associated with the ELA standards. Through examining the reflections, learning, and written artifacts of focal students, we examine the way that engagement, performance, and meaning making were mediated by the creation of a learning context that valued and connected student words and worlds. The creation of learning spaces in which student, family, and community worlds was integrated increased student motivation and engagement and improved performance as measured on district rubrics. We present evidence of how teachers’ efforts their understanding of school-based literacy led to them to recognize the multiple and complex literacies that they had typically ignored that could serve as a resource for school-based literacy performance.
Research and Policy: The Origins of the Common Core: Untold Stories
Authors: Zancanella Donald , Moore Michael
Published: March 2024

Discussions of the Common Core State Standards in most mainstream sources describe the Standards as having grown out of a coherent process of education reform over the past two decades. However, such accounts leave out the role played by global efforts to reshape public work, philanthropic foundations, and testing organizations. This article describes how Sir Michael Barber (a British reformer), the Gates Foundation, and ACT were involved in various phases of the development of the Common Core State Standards. They represent a set of new forces in the making of education policy—forces that are separate from the conventional district, state, and federal education authorities.
Professional Book Reviews: Using Language across Communities
Authors: Spence Lucy K. , Williams Toni M. , López-Robertson Julia
Published: March 2024

In this issue, the authors explore language and cultural brokering through reviews of three books. The first book draws from teachers across the US to show how the arts can be used to facilitate the learning process of emergent bilingual youth. The second book invites critical thinking about the role of race in language. It also offers practical ideas for incorporating language differences into classrooms. The final review provides essential information on preschool and early elementary biliteracy development. The book provides illuminating vignettes and solid research applied to classroom practices.
Interactive Digital Storytelling with Refugee Children
Authors: Emert Toby
Published: March 2024

This article describes a literacy initiative—an interactive digital storytelling project—designed to invite English language learners (ELLs) from refugee families to build new language competencies. The storytelling project served as the central assignment for a five-week summer-camp-style experience and required the children to draft narratives and then translate them to visual form, using advanced features of PowerPoint. The children who participated were members of a community-based soccer program for refugees that, in addition to teaching sportsmanship, offers academic support to the young players. The multi-phased process of composing and revising narratives, translating them to a visual medium, and ultimately presenting the projects to an audience of English speakers allowed the students to increase their language competency, technology proficiency, interpersonal skills, and academic confidence.
Television, Language, and Literacy Practices in Sudanese Refugee Families: “I learned how to spell English on Channel 18”
Authors: Perry Kristen H. , Moses Annie M.
Published: March 2024

This ethnographic study explored the ways in which media, particularly television, connected with English language and literacy practices among Sudanese refugees in Michigan. Three families with young children participated in this study. Data collection included participant observation, interviews, and collection of artifacts over 18 months, with a focus on television events as the units of analysis. Data analysis focused on television practices connected with literacy practices for adults and children. Results indicated that television offered important cultural connections with participants’ beliefs, values, and attitudes regarding their Sudanese heritage, the new U.S. context, and religious practices. Both adults and children believed television was an important resource for learning and recognized potential problems with too much viewing. Most significantly, analysis suggested important connections between television practices and the development of both English language abilities for all family members and the development of real-world literacy practices, especially for the children.
Rewriting the Curricular Script: Teachers and Children Translating Writing Practices in a Kindergarten Classroom
Authors: Yoon Haeny
Published: March 2024

Curriculum designers and literacy policymakers sometimes assume that variation in teaching practices can be minimized using scripted and standardized curriculum. While standards and common understandings can be helpful, scripted curricula ignore the fact that curriculum is an enacted practice orchestrated by individuals. While reading scholars have studied this issue, it has yet to be examined in writing studies. In a four-month ethnographic study, I examined how a kindergarten teacher interpreted scripted writing curriculum through enacted lessons. The interpretation problematizes the ideologies embedded within curricular scripts, including emphases on genre, mechanics, and printed texts. Analysis of child writing revealed a socially constructed practice in which genre, mechanics, and letters were tied to social intentions and meanings. While scripted curricula can confine teachers’ abilities to make responsive decisions, I document how the focal teacher translated curricular materials with students, thus creating space for official curriculum, teaching practices, and children’s writing to coexist. Such flexible spaces make room for both teacher and student voices in innovative and inventive writing pedagogies.
Embodied Composition in Real Virtualities: Adolescents’ Literacy Practices and Felt Experiences Moving with Digital, Mobile Devices in School
Authors: Ehret Christian , Hollett Ty
Published: March 2024

English educators are contending with the proliferation of mobile devices in students’ lives, and with the imminent integration of mobile devices into classrooms. Concurrently, literacy researchers using social semiotic theories of multimodality to investigate adolescents’ digital composing have focused on screens, paying scant attention to the bodies moving with them. Responding to recent critiques of multimodality that have centered on a lack of attention to embodiment and affect, this article leverages the concept of real virtualities to avoid artificially bifurcating screen and body, and to contribute a beginning theorization of the embodied experience of composing with mobile devices, which includes feeling-histories, affective atmospheres, and the felt experience of time. The data analyzed in this article come from a 12-week enrichment course in which five adolescents composed digital narratives with iPods. The overarching analysis describes all literacy practices with mobile devices in the course, and the microanalysis, using multimodal interaction analysis, compares two students with contrasting histories of mobile device use. Findings show these students’ literacies as more body-centered than techno-centered, and evince tensions between institutionalized learning environments and adolescents’ affective, cultural histories of being mobile while engaged in literacy. Further, findings describe how the feeling of tools and semiotic material influenced the trajectories of students’ bodies and narratives. Theories of digital composition should continue expanding to account for connections between mobility and affect, and the pedagogical importance of motility. The changing nature of literacy in the milieu of mobile computing compels researchers to consider the role of the moving, feeling body in literacy with more scrutiny.
The Wikipedia Project: Changing Students from Consumers to Producers
Authors: Sweeney Meghan
Published: March 2024

Students contribute their research to Wikipedia, thereby improving their ability to evaluate online sources and revise their writing for different purposes and audiences.
Feature: (Re)Envisioning the Divide: Juliet Five Years Later
Authors: Thelin William H. , Taczak Kara
Published: March 2024

Five years after our original study on fourteen- and fifteen-year-old dual enrollment students, this article explores the implications of dual enrollment by returning to one of the original study participants to assess the impact on writing performance, writing practices, and her life more generally.
Readers Write: Lessons from Coursera
Authors: Bundrick Christopher
Published: March 2024

This short narrative describes an unexpected lesson the author received while in an online literature course.
Feature: “Where’s the Writer?” Examining the Writer’s Role as Solicitor of Feedback in Composition Textbooks
Authors: Stallings Lynne , Formo Dawn M.
Published: March 2024

In an effort to better understand how to help students engage more fully with the feedback process, this article examines the role of the writer as solicitor of feedback in composition textbooks, noting that textbooks don’t appear to offer sufficient tools to move students from “Do we have to?” to “Can we, please?” in peer review, and includes pedagogical suggestions that will encourage students to become engaged writers who are able, and willing, to solicit feedback and participate in peer review.
Inquiry: Starting with a Question
Authors: Hassel Holly
Published: March 2024

Hassel invites readers to think about how to frame a research question that will lead to a fruitful investigation.
Readers Write: When Will We Rewrite the Story? The Other Side of Dual Enrollment
Authors: Taczak Kara , Thelin William H.
Published: March 2024

The authors look at some dual enrollment students who were not success stories.
Feature: Pragmatic Impulses: Starting a Creative Writing Program at the Community College
Authors: Brandt Maria
Published: March 2024

This article addresses the current nationwide emphasis on job-readiness programs by (1) pointing to the “utility” of studying creative writing and (2) outlining a plan for including engagement strategies in the construction of a two-year creative writing degree.
Cross Talk: Response to “Pragmatic Impulses: Starting a Creative Writing Program at the Community College” by Maria Brandt
Authors: Bigalk Kris
Published: March 2024

Brandt an Bigalk respond to each other's articles.
Empowering Children as Critics and Composers of Multimodal Texts [FREE ACCESS]
Authors: Whitin Phyllis , Whitin David
Published: March 2024

Phyllis and David Whitin’s work with fifth graders demonstrates what can happen when teachers support students as they investigate the texts that surround them every day.
How to Kill a Chicken: Valuing Local Knowledge in a Second-Grade ESL/Sheltered Classroom
Authors: Kerley Gaeckle Jessica
Published: March 2024

Gaeckle reminds us that support may be as simple as valuing our students’ life experiences.
Technology Toolkit: Learning Powered by Technology: The National Education Technology Plan
Authors: Hayes Sandy
Published: March 2024

The final draft of the National Education Technology Plan was released on November 9. Unlike previous initiatives, this unprecedented and visionary document addresses five components—learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity—and promotes learning as powered by technology. Here is a glance at its main points as they reflect an awareness of our culture’s increasing reliance on technology.
Teaching Writers through a Unit of Study Approach
Authors: Morgan Denise N. , Clark Barbara , Paris Joe , Kozel Claudia
Published: March 2024

Writing needs to be taught, not assigned, but teaching writing well within a 43-minute period is a daunting task. This article describes how three 8th-grade teachers implemented a unit of study approach to teaching memoir writing in their language arts classes. Teacher and student decision making are highlighted in this inquiry process.
Young Adult Literature—The Writerly Life: Books and Resources for Middle Graders
Authors: Moss Barbara
Published: March 2024

This column introduces readers to books and Web resources that address different aspects of writing and demonstrate how writing can help students explore issues, negotiate problems, and reflect on life’s challenges. Books from every genre can get them thinking, mentor texts and writing handbooks can give them models, and myriad websites can give them a place to experiment and share their writing.
Formative Assessment and the Common Core: Blending the Best in Assessment
Authors: Greenstein Laura
Published: March 2024

The word assessment means to gather and analyze information on the outcomes of teaching and learning. This is different from measurement, which produces numerical ratings to judge learning. In contrast, formative assessment is embedded throughout instruction. It is used to diagnose learning and provide feedback and correction with the intent of improving outcomes. It is this formative process, used throughout teaching and learning, that will strengthen the Common Core. This article describes the importance of combining formative assessment with the Core and illustrates ways to plan and manage this union.
Confía en mí, yo confío en ti: la confianza en la relación de colaboración entre personas
Authors: Paravic-Klijn Tatiana , Sanhueza-Muñoz Macarena , Lagos-Garrido María Elena
Published: March 2024

Las relaciones que se construyen entre los seres humanos, en una correlación bidireccional, permiten confiar en el otro cuando concuerdan con nuestros patrones de vida. En el encuentro con el otro, nos identificamos con él, lo reconocemos y comienza a construirse la confianza [Fragmento de texto].
Effects of Blue and Green Light-Emitting Diode (LED) on the Vegetative and Reproductive Growth of Black Jelly Mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae)
Authors: Roshita Ibrahim  , Lim Yi Mao
Published: March 2024

Light is an essential source during the cultivation of mushrooms, which significantly affects the productivity of black jelly mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae) in both vegetative and reproductive growth. The application of a light-emitting diode (LED) is proven to be beneficial in several plants and mushroom cultivation. This study focused on the effects of blue and green LED treatments on the vegetative and reproductive growth of black jelly mushroom. During vegetative and reproductive stages, mushroom bags were exposed to three conditions, Control (without LED treatment), blue LED and green LED. The LED treated mushroom bags showed a slower vegetative growth rate compared to the control. However, exposure to Blue LED during the reproductive stage tends to be the most effective treatment among all the LED treatments as it took the least time for pinhead emergence (26.2 to 32.6 days), and green LED shortened the time for fruiting bodies formation (17.0 to 19.4 days). Based on the yield of fruiting bodies, exposure to blue LED during the reproductive stage also resulted in a maximum yield (302.4 g) with a larger mushroom size (13.56 cm). In conclusion, the application of LED during the vegetative stage is unnecessary, but the application of blue and green LEDs during the reproductive stage could improve the growth and yield of black jelly mushrooms.
Incidencias de las habilidades tecnológicas en docentes de educación básica
Authors: Castillo Córdova Graciela Elizabeth , Jiménez Guerrero. Stalin Vinicio , Lapo Reyes Carmen Imelda , Castillo Torres. Jinna Alicia
Published: March 2024

Este estudio examina la incidencia de las habilidades tecnológicas en docentes de educación básica y su impacto en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. A través de una metodología mixta que incluyó entrevistas estructuradas y cuestionarios, se analizaron las respuestas de 49 docentes, revelando una variabilidad significativa en su competencia tecnológica. Los hallazgos indican que la heterogeneidad en las habilidades tecnológicas entre los docentes afecta directamente la calidad de la enseñanza y la integración efectiva de la tecnología en el aula. Los principales desafíos identificados incluyen la falta de acceso a dispositivos tecnológicos adecuados, la necesidad de capacitación en el uso de la tecnología y la resistencia al cambio. Estas barreras impiden una adopción integral de la tecnología, limitando las oportunidades de enriquecimiento educativo y perpetuando la brecha digital en el entorno educativo. La investigación concluye que es esencial una formación tecnológica integral para los docentes, no solo para mejorar su práctica pedagógica, sino también para garantizar una experiencia de aprendizaje equitativa y efectiva para los estudiantes. Se destaca la necesidad de políticas educativas y programas de desarrollo profesional que aborden estas barreras, enfatizando la importancia de una cultura educativa que valore y aproveche las posibilidades que la tecnología ofrece para enriquecer el aprendizaje.
The Impact of Experiential Learning on Students’ Academic Achievements a Case of Lukaya Town Council in Kalungu District
Authors:   College of Education Open and Distance Learning Kampala International University Uganda., Caroline Nakitiibwa , Baagala Gwokyalya Edith ,   College of Education Open and Distance Learning Kampala International University Uganda.
Published: March 2024

This experimental study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of experiential learning strategies in influencing students learning. This study was undertaken in the form of a naturalistic inquiry. A naturalistic inquiry is one that is conducted in a natural setting of interest to the researcher using natural methods such as observation, interviewing, thinking, reading, and writing. This investigation was conducted with three senior students at Lukaya Seed School with the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of the experiential learning strategy in realizing the set learning outcomes. The researcher used a convenient sampling technique to select all the one hundred and twelve (112) Form 3 History students to participate in the intervention. Data collected from daily journal recording as well as their scores in activities of integration were analyzed using a frequency table with the intention of establishing the mean score and the failure rate of students in history before the intervention was implemented. At the end of the innovation, students were, to a large extent, able to construct an extensive and flexible historical knowledge base. The students were able to take ownership of their learning, and out of question, the researcher observed that senior three history students had become better problem-solvers. They had transformed into aggressive, self-directed learners who collaborated, and they appeared intrinsically motivated. To a reasonable extent, the innovation engendered specific generic skills needed by students from the historic perspective, including reasoning skills, which they evidently applied to solve their own problems. There was also evidence of students becoming effective collaborators, as evidenced by their establishing common ground, resolving discrepancies, and working in groups to negotiate actions they planned to take to arrive at an agreement. Education planners need to put much emphasis on collaborative learning, at least across subjects, to develop students’ social skills because they learn a lot from their peers. Keywords: Experiential learning, Students, Education planners, History.
Workshop on finding and re-using open science resources – London November 8
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

The Open Knowledge Foundation is running a workshop on finding and re-using open science resources. More details are available on the okf blog and wiki. I will be there along with a number of more interesting and important people. Come along and contribute to the discussion of how we can use what’s out there and how we can get a lot more of it.
Where does Open Access stop and ‘just doing good science’ begin?
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

I had been getting puzzled for a while as to why I was being characterised as an ‘Open Access’ advocate. I mean, I do adovcate Open Access publication and I have opinions on the Green versus Gold debate. I am trying to get more of my publications into Open Access journals. But I’m no expert, and I’ve certainly been around this community for a much shorter time and know a lot less about the detail than many other people.
Review of “Multi-Method Social Science” (Seawright, CUP): Chapter 1
Authors: Rohlfing Ingo
Published: March 2024

Over the next weeks, I will give a chapter-by-chapter review of the new book Multi-Method Social Science: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Tools by Jason Seawright. To my knowledge, it is the first book on nested analysis/multimethod research in the social sciences that is not an edited volume.
Recording the fiddly bits of experimental and data analysis work
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

We are in the slow process of gearing up within my group at RAL to adopting the Chemtools LaBLog system and in the process moving properly to an Open Notebook status. This has taken much longer than I had hoped but there have been some interesting lessons along the way. Here I want to think a bit about a problem that has been troubling me for a while.
Connecting the dots – the well posed question and code as a liability
Authors: Neylon Cameron
Published: March 2024

Just a brief thought prompted by two, partly related, things streaming past my nose. Firstly Michael Nielsen discussed the views of Aristotle and Sunstein on collective intelligence. The thing that caught my attention was the idea that deliberation can make can make group functioning worse, leading to a collective decision that is muddled rather than actually identifying the best answer presented by members of the community.
Generative AI: Riding the new general purpose technology storm
Authors: Vujović Dušan
Published: March 2024

Generative AI promises to revolutionize many industries (entertainment, marketing, healthcare, finance, and research) by empowering machines to create new data content inspired by existing data. It experienced exponential growth in recent years. In 2023 breakout year Gen AI impact reached 2.6-4.4 trillion USD (2.5-4.2% of global GDP). The development of modern LLM-based models has been facilitated by improvements in computing power, data availability, and algorithms. These models have diverse applications in text, visual, audio, and code generation across various domains. Leading companies are rapidly deploying Gen AI for strategic decision-making at corporate executive levels. While AI-related risks have been identified, mitigation measures are still in early stages. Leaders in Gen AI adoption anticipate workforce changes and re-skilling needs. Gen AI is primarily used for text functions, big data analysis, and customer services, with the strongest impact in knowledge-based sectors. High-performing AI companies prioritize revenue generation over cost reduction, rapidly expand the use of Gen AI across various business functions, and link business value to organizational performance and structure. There is a notable lack of attention to addressing broader societal risks and the impact on the labor force. Gen AI creates new job opportunities and improves productivity in key areas. Future investment in AI is expected to rise. Concerns about the potential AI singularity, where machines surpass human intelligence, are subject to debate. Some view singularity as a risk, others are more optimistic based on human control and societal constraints. Leading experts in Gen AI predict that the coming decade can be the most prosperous in history if we manage to harness the benefits of Gen AI and control its downside.
Skills development as an Indicator of the Serbian tourism digitalization progress
Authors: Petković Goran , Bradić-Martinović Aleksandra , Lazić Milena
Published: March 2024

In the tourism and hospitality sector, digital skills become one of the critical factors as they enable organizations and professionals to effectively utilize and adapt to the latest technological developments, improving the overall travel experience and/or operational efficiency of service providers. Based on the previous, this paper aims to evaluate the digital skills of supply-side stakeholders in Serbia's tourism and hospitality sector and to determine the main factors that influence their level of proficiency. By analyzing primary data from 418 respondents, the findings indicate a notable gap in advanced digital skills, which is particularly emphasized among administrative officers, primarily tourist inspectors. Additionally, multinomial logistic regression shows that the education and employment sector (catering, tourism agencies, tourism guides, tourism organizations, tourism inspectors and administrative officers) are factors associated with the level of digital skills. The results allow stakeholders to review the possibilities for improving skills, especially in the public sector, to address current skills gaps and prepare the workforce for future technological developments to ensure the sector's resilience and competitiveness in the global market.
Readiness of future boarding school teacher for working with student with disabilities in development
Authors: Mijajlović Sanja , Milanović Nedeljko
Published: March 2024

The article presents the results of an empirical research aimed at examining the readiness of future home educators to work with students with disabilities. The study used a descriptive-analytical method. The sample included 50 students of bachelor studies of the study program - Boarding school teacher. The results of the research show that future boarding school teachers believe that during bachelor studies they acquire some knowledge and skills to work with students with disabilities and a large number of respondents agree with the statement that students with disabilities should be included in regular teaching. The novelties that future boarding school teachers would bring to the realization of teaching subjects in which they acquire knowledge and skills about working with students with disabilities are the following: more practice in teaching subjects; visits to institutions that provide assistance and support to students with disabilities and cooperation with educators who have students with disabilities in the educational group. The role of boarding school teachers is extremely important in providing assistance and support to students in this population, because during school the boarding school replaces the family in a certain way and for this reason it is necessary to pay greater attention to the readiness of future boarding school teacher to work with students with disabilities.
Forming the compound words: A playful approach to word formation
Authors: Vorkapić Marija
Published: March 2024

In the process of speech development in preschool children, compounds play a significant role as one of the creative types. Encouraging the speech development of preschool children through work with language content implies adequate preparation of teachers, both in terms of grammar and in terms of choosing appropriate examples, as well as understanding. This paper aims to examine three basic procedures for the formation of compounds: analytical, synthetic, and analytically synthetic. The goal of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of the aforementioned approaches to compounds, depending on the nature of the language material, and to monitor and discover the most effective methodical way of facilitating the development process through the game of prerequisite events. The research involved 16 December preschoolers from a garden in Belgrade. Using the descriptive method and theoretical content analysis, we determined that the most effective way of creating compounds is the analytical-synthetic approach.
The use of digital comics in formal education of adults
Authors: Šarčević Ivan
Published: March 2024

The aim of the paper is to present the modern possibilities for applying the digital form of comics in formal adult education. It is structurally divided into three logical units: the first presents domestic and foreign relevant literature on the application of comics in teaching, the second unit deals with the conceptual definition of comics and digital comics, and the third observes practical possibilities for using comics in adult education. The third unit is of particular importance because there are no papers in professional periodicals that previously dealt with that area. Comics as a teaching tool or method of work has a significant tradition in our primary school education. Professional literature presents numerous examples in which comics can be used at all levels of education, from school to university, and are particularly suitable for motivating students and adult learners or presenting teaching content that is considered difficult to understand. The digital literacy of adult learners and teachers can be significantly improved by applying ICT in the teaching process, where the creation of digital comics plays an increasingly important role.
State of emergency in the Republika Srpska: Legal regulation
Authors: Marković Goran
Published: March 2024

The legal regime of the state of emergency is regulated very poorly in Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina in general. It is necessary to carry out a detailed positive legal and comparative legal analysis of this legal regime, to formulate proposals for amending the Constitution and laws of Republika Srpska. Their goal would be greater legal certainty and more detailed and meaningful legal regulation, which would reduce opportunities for abuses of state power and endangering human rights. The author first analyzes the constitutional provisions on the declaration of a state of emergency, the functioning of state institutions and the restriction of human rights during its duration. The author concludes that the constitutional provisions are so lapidary, that the state institutions, especially the executive, have wide possibilities for regulation of the state of emergency and the exercise of state power during its duration, even relatively wide possibilities of limiting human rights. The author believes that this is an extremely inappropriate legal solution. Therefore, he made a series of proposals for amendments to the Constitution of Republika Srpska, so that the legal regime of the state of emergency would be as fully regulated as possible, which would significantly reduce the possibilities of abuse of state power.
Protection of the right to property in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU: Permissibility of limitation
Authors: Tubić Bojan , Radojčić Stefan
Published: March 2024

The jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU affects the understanding and protection of human rights in the European Union, including the right to property. Human rights in the European Union are regulated by the Charter of Fundamental Human Rights, and the standards established by the European Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights are also taken into account. This paper provides an overview of how the right to property is defined and how it was applied in certain cases before the Court of Justice of the EU, concretely, in relation to the fact whether a certain limitation of this human right is unlawful. In this way, an analysis of the procedure in which the proportionality test is applied in practice was carried out - that is, the balancing between general and individual interest, when it comes to the unrestricted enjoyment of the right to property. Some of the presented cases are atypical in terms of their facts and the legal context in which the selected decisions were given. It is precisely for this reason that the paper presents the evolving dimension of the Union law, that is, the legally creative and interpretive role of the Court of Justice of the EU.
Early Childhood Experiences in Zimbabwe: A Study on Street Children in the Harare Centralbusiness District
Authors: Takaza Stella Chipo
Published: March 2024

This study examined the reasons why children prefer to live and work in the inner cycles of urban cities in Zimbabwe. The study was conducted in the inner cycles of the Harare Central Business District in Harare Metropolitan Province. The specific objectives were; to establish the levels of parent-child relationship experiences in early childhood of street children; to explore the key dynamics which tend to generate the problems of children living and working on the streets and to determine interventions and sustainable strategies that could be used to curb the occurrence of children living and working on the street. Qualitative data was obtained through indepth interviews, FGDs and direct observations from thirty street children (fifteen boys and fifteen girls) within the inner cycles of the Harare Central Business District. Five key informants presumed to have knowledge on the phenomena and street vendors’ familiarity with the lifestyles of the street children within the inner cycles of the Harare Central Business District were interviewed. The study established that children who appeared deprived of attachment-bond in early childhood tended to have disturbing problems in later years and yet very little in this context has been done to address the dilemma. The study concluded that there is need for comprehensive interventions and strategies that could be used to address the problem. The study recommends that the Government and agencies should intervene by strengthening policy formulations and programmes. This could be in the form of participative model that educates families and parents, as well as children, to re-enforce parentchild attachment bond in early childhood. The aim is to curb the appalling problem of children living and working on the streets.
Private Health Facilities Participation in Comprehensive Health Service
Authors: Matlakala Mokgadi
Published: March 2024

Primary care, as the first point of entry to the health system is reliant on access to healthcare services required by populations. This paper reflects on health service delivery by private healthcare practitioners and their contribution to district-based primary health care. Private health facilities were mainly doctors private consulting rooms. The healthcare providers included general practitioners (medical doctors), nurse specialists, and allied health professionals who provided primary and continued care to diverse populations in rural areas. Private health providers were mainly engaged in consultative and curative services while their participation in primary care included promotive and preventive services such as emergency care, family planning, antenatal care, HIV testing, general assessment, chronic care, Tuberculosis and malaria prevention and control amongst others. It is noteworthy that the practitioners provided services for extended hours out of normal working time such as doing evening home visits, weekends, and holidays. Private healthcare service consumers were urban and rural residents, who visited private health facilities for primary health care using medical aid services or out-of-pocket payments. Due to the high demand of healthcare services in public primary healthcare centers, clients opted to attend primary care at private healthcare facilities. The contribution of the private health sector in health service delivery complements the efforts undertaken to attain health goals through primary healthcare in the province.
تنمية الموارد البشرية وعلاقتها بجودة الخدمات دراسة حالة: شركة المنتاب إخوان للصرافة والتحويلات المالية
Authors: الشرفي عمار شوعي حسن
Published: March 2024

يهدف البحث إلى معرفة تنمية الموارد البشرية وعلاقتها بجودة الخدمات- دراسة تطبيقية على شركة المنتاب إخوان للصرافة والتحويلات المالية، ولتحقيق أهداف البحث استخدم الباحث المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وقام بعمل مسح شامل لجميع العاملين في الإدارة العامة بالشركة، حيث قام بتوزيع الاستبانات لجميع الموظفين فيها والبالغ عددهم (115)موظفًا، وبعد عمل التحليل الإحصائي للبيانات بواسطة برنامج (SPSS) تم التوصل إلى مجموعة من النتائج أهمها: إن واقع تنمية الموارد البشرية في الشركة متوسط، بينما كانت جودة الخدمات مرتفعة، كما تبين أن هناك علاقة تأثيرية ذات دلالة إحصائية بين تنمية الموارد البشرية وجودة الخدمات في شركة المنتاب إخوان للصرافة.
وفي ضوء تلك النتائج تم وضع مجموعة من التوصيات أهمها: مضاعفة الاهتمام بتنمية الموارد البشرية في الشركة وتحسينها، تعزيز عملية تحسين جودة الخدمات في الشركة حتى تتمكن من تقديم خدمات متميزة تتناسب مع وضع الشركة التنافسي في السوق.
Designed Geographies: Mona Hatoum
Authors: Yuksel Hanife Neris
Published: March 2024

Known for her conceptual art, performances, and sculptures, Mona Hatoum is a Palestinian artist whose work since the 1980s has focused on the concept of homeland. Through metaphorical and tangible means, Hatoum explores identity, home, and homeland, touching on past, present, exile, and belonging. Through the prism of migration and aesthetics, Hatoum critically assesses and transforms the pain of physical and mental exile from multiple angles. Her works decode mental and physical migration, geography, identity, and the 'other' with a discerning eye. Exploring the meaning of settlement in the globalized era, Hatoum roots her search for the meaning of existence in her geographical origins. In her art, borders symbolize more than physical enclosures; they embody concepts of permission, annexation, prohibition, transit, and residence. Hatoum's concerns extend beyond personal struggles to broader societal and governmental issues. This article analyses Hatoum's cartographic works, such as "Present Tense", "Map" and "3D Cities", exploring their visual, contextual, metaphorical, and historical dimensions while examining the artist's experience of the challenges of migration.
RISCOS DE CONTAMINAÇÃO DA ÁGUA SUBTERRÂNEA ASSOCIADOS AO USO E COBERTURA DO SOLO URBANO EM APODI - RN
Authors: Peixoto Filipe da Silva , Torres Lucas Matheus Garcia , Ferreira Isabel Cristina da Silva , Souza Filho Júlio César Soares de
Published: March 2024

As águas subterrâneas têm sido utilizadas para o abastecimento doméstico na maioria dos municí­pios Brasileiros, em alguns destes ela é a únicas fontes disponí­vel. A cidade de Apodi-RN se insere nesse quadro, inserida no semiárido nordestino, as águas subterrâneas são recursos estratégicos para o abastecimento urbano, contudo a falta de monitoramento e polí­ticas efetivas para proteção dos mananciais subterrâneos colocam esse recurso eminentemente em risco. Assim, nesse estudo buscou-se o número e tipos de captação e uso das águas subterrâneas, bem como a análise dos riscos potenciais associados ao uso e cobertura do solo urbano. Para isso foram sistematizados dados de 48 poços do Sistema de Informação de águas subterrânea – SIAGAS/CPRM. Por meio deles, foram analisados as captações e uso das águas subterrâneas, bem como aspectos de qualidade e de geometria aquí­fera, além disso o mapeamento dos riscos por meio da integração de dados no sistema de informação geográfica -SIG revelou que as principais fontes potenciais de contaminação são o aumento do número de fossas sépticas e rudimentares, associados à forte expansão urbana nos últimos 30 anos, sem haver, ao menos, sistemas de coleta e tratamento de esgoto, além dos efluentes domésticos, cemitérios e posto de abastecimento de combustí­vel que também oferecem riscos de contaminação pontuais. O estudo contribuiu para sistematização de informações básicas para o planejamento urbano que considere medidas de proteção para as águas subterrâneas, tendo em conta a necessidade de uso sustentável desse recurso como fonte fundamental para o abastecimento urbano local.
Estrategias didácticas para el aprendizaje significativo y el desarrollo de habilidades prácticas en Operatoria dental, en estudiantes de Odontología. Revisión sistemática
Authors: Menéndez Cevallos Ingrid Pamela , Menéndez Cuadros Edgar Andrés , Díaz Pedro
Published: March 2024

El desarrollo de habilidades prácticas y el aprendizaje significativo son cruciales en la formación odontológica. Una revisión sistemática de artículos científicos entre 2016 y 2023 identificó 11 estudios relevantes. Las estrategias didácticas incluyeron simulación de realidad virtual, demostraciones en video, aprendizaje electrónico y prácticas en modelos anatómicos. Además, se emplearon métodos como el ciclo Planificar-Hacer-Verificar-Actuar y los métodos Peyton, con efectividad reportada en el aprendizaje y desarrollo de habilidades en operatoria dental. Todas estas estrategias fueron asociadas con un alto grado de satisfacción estudiantil. A pesar de la variedad de evidencia disponible, se destaca la necesidad de profundizar en este campo. Las conclusiones resaltan la diversidad y eficacia de las estrategias didácticas identificadas, subrayando su importancia en la formación odontológica y la necesidad de continuar investigando en este ámbito para mejorar la práctica educativa en este campo especializado.
COVERING A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS BY A FIXED NUMBER OF EQUAL DISKS VIA SIMULATED ANNEALING
Authors: Tomova Fani , Filipov Stefan , Avdzhieva Ana
Published: March 2024

The presented paper considers the problem of covering a maximum number of n given points in the plane by m equal disks of radius r. A point is covered if it is inside one or more than one disk. The disks need to be placed in the plane in such a way that a maximum number of points are covered. To solve the problem, an objective function, called energy, is introduced in such a way that the greater the covering is, the lower the energy is. Thus, a configuration of disks with minimum energy is a configuration with maximum covering. To find a configuration of disks that minimizes the energy, a stochastic algorithm based on the Monte Carlo simulated annealing technique is proposed. The algorithm overcomes potential local minima, which, as shown in the paper, are quite likely to occur. The computational complexity of the algorithm is O(mn). The algorithm is tested on several cases demonstrating its efficiency in finding global minima of the energy, i.e. configurations with maximum covering.
Risks in Public Administration in the Context of Globalisation
Authors: Khadzhyradieva Svitlana , Chernenko Nataliia M. , Larina Nataliya B. , Ruchkina Marianna M. , Sakaliuk Oksana O.
Published: March 2024

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the fact that globalisation is accompanied by a conflict of interest, increasing contradictions, the emergence of new risks in various areas of public administration in particular. The paper investigates risks in public administration in the context of globalisation. According to the results of cluster analysis, the risks are grouped into the following clusters: socio-humanitarian, environmental, financial-economic, and information-technological. In the context of the conducted expert assessment, the risks in public administration in the context of globalisation were identified and a cluster analysis of the identified risks was performed; a map of risks is drawn up, and constructive and destructive factors influencing the processes of globalisation are determined. It was argued that the globalisation processes are already irreversible, but countries need to identify risks to minimise or neutralise them, to predict possible threats and consequences, as an indicator of these changes is security. The paper has theoretical and practical significance, because national and state security are leading in public administration, as almost any conflict becomes a global issue.
Some Aspects of the Development of Payment Innovations in the Kyrgyz Republic
Authors: Kantoroeva Aijamal K. , Toktomamatova Nurzat K.
Published: March 2024

This paper reveals the subject of payment innovations and their types, as well as presents analysis of the state and development of funds remittance using payment systems and growth of payments with plastic cards. In particular, it provides an overview of the number of payment cards in circulation in the regions and payment systems, reveals a picture of the development of money transfers that were carried out through international and local systems, as well as in the context of regions in terms of the volume of incoming payments. Disclosed measures and actions of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic in the progress of a digital payment systems.
"In My Experience…the InSpace Balloon
Authors: Abboud Joseph
Published: March 2024

The author reviews the history of and his experience with the InSpace balloon.
The Psychology of Mediation: Issues of Self and Identity and the IDR Cycle
Authors: Bader (Author) Elizabeth E. , Mghvdeladze (Translator) Ana
Published: March 2024

Abstract is not available in the article.
Insights into amyloid precursor protein target through PPI network analysis
Authors:   Toxicology and Computational Biology Group, Centre for Bioinformatics, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India, 124001, Kumar Ajit
Published: March 2024

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide with therapeutic lacunae till date. The beta-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation triggers AD pathogenesis, though clinical trials lowering Aβ have not altered disease outcomes suggesting other interacting factors to be identified for drug design of AD. Therefore, it is of interest to identify potential hub proteins interlinked with disease-driving pathways using a network-based approach for AD therapeutic designing. Literature mining was done to identify proteins implicated in AD etiology. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) were retrieved from the STRING database and merged into a single network using Cytoscape 3.10.1. The hub proteins involved in AD etiology were predicted based on the topological algorithms of CytoHubba. Six major proteins, with STRING database identifiers - APP, BACE1, PSEN1, MAPT, APOE4 and TREM2, were identified to be involved in AD pathogenesis. The merged network of PPIs of these proteins contained 51 nodes and 211 edges, as predicted by Analyzer module of Cytoscape. The Amyloid precursor protein (APP) emerged as the highest-scoring hub protein across multiple centrality measures and topological algorithms. Thus, current data provides evidence to support the ongoing investigation of APP's multifaceted functions and therapeutic potential for AD.