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Listening to God
Authors: Ackerman John
Published: March 2024

Learning how to attend to what God is doing right now is the lifelong work of (and play) of the person of faith. Helping people to attend to God is the central work of the congregation. It all begins with learning to listen to God as a community and to notice what God is doing in our life together. John Ackerman offers two four-step models and several additional tools that help us attend to the mystery at the center of our lives and our congregations.
Managing Polarities in Congregations
Authors: Oswald Roy M. , Johnson Barry
Published: March 2024

Congregations often find themselves in power struggles over two opposing views. People on both sides believe strongly that they are right. They also assume that if they are right, their opposition must be wrong--classic 'either/or' thinking. A polarity is a pair of truths that need each other over time. When an argument is about two poles of a polarity, both sides are right and need each other to experience the whole truth. This phenomenon has been recognized and written about for centuries in philosophy and religion. It is at the heart of Taoism, where we find the familiar polarity of yin and yang energy. In the past fifty years, business leaders have come to appreciate the phenomenon, often called dilemma or paradox. No matter what it is called, the research is clear: leaders and organizations that manage polarities well outperform those who don't.
Paying Attention
Authors: Peluso-Verdend Gary
Published: March 2024

In a culture marked by what many call “attention-deficit disorder,” congregations and their leaders are subject to distractions that detract from their mission and lead them in directions that have little to do with their reason for existence. Size concerns, building preservation, situational conflicts, the lure of technology, and the so-called worship wars all threaten to distract congregations from what matters most. Thus, churches can become part of the problem rather than a positive influence in the lives of their people and their communities. In this inspiring volume, Gary Peluso-Verdend issues a clarion call to congregational leaders to refocus their church’s attention on the core matters of Christian faith—the Word, the example of Christ, and an intentional embrace of theology and spiritual practice—to renew the congregation’s vision and to center itself again on God’s call. Paying Attention takes on obsession and anxiety, the two “vampires of attention,” that focus on the unfixable past and the uncontrollable future, wasting and dissipating attention. True Christian attention is focused on the now, and this book calls on congregations to be present to the persons and issues that God has entrusted to them. As Jesus of Nazareth’s ability to be fully attentive and present to people was remarkable, congregations should look to his example and attend as he attended. Paying Attention urges congregations to develop their theology of attention and to engage in the Christian practice of attending lovingly to God and to neighbor so that they may participate fully in the kingdom of God. With study questions at the end of each chapter and an imagined conversation between people practicing theology in their congregation, Paying Attention provides an invaluable companion in a congregation’s journey toward purposeful, attentive faithfulness.
Public Offerings
Authors: Delloff Linda-Marie
Published: March 2024

A compelling and extensive resource with ways for all congregations to reach beyond themselves to better serve. Spiritually vibrant congregations of all faiths thrive on the call to be leaven in today's world. Addresses the ups and downs on the way to success. Lively illuminates and offers practical wisdom for faith communities to engage in public ministries that express and enhance their core mission and identity.
Reaching Out in a Networked World
Authors: Baab Lynne M.
Published: March 2024

A congregation communicates its heart and soul through words, photos, actions, programs, architecture, decor, the arts, and countless other aspects of congregational life. In Reaching Out in a Networked World, communications expert and pastor Lynne Baab examines technologies such as websites, blogs, online communities, and desktop publishing. She demonstrates how a congregation can evaluate these tools and appropriately use them to communicate its heart and soul, to convey its identity and values both within and outside the congregation. Baab urges congregation leaders to reflect on the way they communicate. The recent explosion in communication technologies offers many new ways to present values and identity, but no one has much experience thinking about how best to use these tools. Baab seeks to help leaders use these new technologies with more precision, flair, and consistency. When congregations are intentional about communicating who they are and what they value, people in the wider community can get a clear and coherent picture of the congregation and its mission. Newcomers and visitors are more likely to see why faith commitments matter and why and how they might become involved in this congregation, while current members and leaders will greatly benefit from having a unified vision of the congregation's heart and soul.
Starting a Nonprofit at Your Church
Authors: Skjegstad Joy
Published: March 2024

A large and growing number of congregations are setting up church-based nonprofit organizations in order to operate community development or educational programs. Once formed, the nonprofit structure allows for new opportunities for accessing additional funding and drawing new collaborative partners and volunteers into the ministry. Joy Skjegstad outlines the step-by-step procedures for setting up a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization connected to a congregation using simple, easy-to-understand terminology and plenty of examples from churches that have already taken on this task. Whether a congregation is setting up new program or has an established nonprofit that needs to be restructured or redefined, congregations will find helpful guidance in this practical, experience-based book.
Der schmale Grat zwischen grüner Werbung und Greenwashing
Authors: Cobe Matondo , Hense Peter , Laoutoumai Sebastian
Published: March 2024

Unternehmen stehen immer häufiger öffentlich in der Kritik, weil sie sich über ihre Werbung ein grünes Image aufgebaut haben, ohne tatsächlich nachhaltiger zu sein als die Konkurrenz. Schnell wird der Vorwurf des Greenwashings erhoben, und zwar gegenüber Unternehmen jeder Größenordnung und auch branchenübergreifend. Dabei ist Greenwashing nur die negative Kehrseite der an sich zulässigen Werbung mit Umweltvorteilen (Green Claims). Verbraucher benötigen die mit Green Claims transportierten Informationen zur Nachhaltigkeit eines Unternehmens, wenn sie nachhaltiger und umweltbewusster konsumieren wollen. Nachhaltige Kaufentscheidungen können nur auf Basis zutreffender Informationen getroffen werden. Es verwundert daher nicht, wenn Unternehmen sich in ihrer Kommunikation zunehmend auf dieses veränderte Verbraucherverhalten orientieren und das Thema Nachhaltigkeit stärker in den Vordergrund ihrer Werbung stellen. Dabei werden nicht selten die Grenzen des Zulässigen überschritten, wie zahlreiche aktuelle Gerichtsentscheidungen belegen. Auch die Europäische Kommission plant eine Verschärfung der gesetzlichen Regelungen. Wann aber liegt Greenwashing tatsächlich vor und welche Folgen kann es für werbende Unternehmen haben, wenn diese Umweltvorteile bewerben, die nicht oder nicht in der beworbenen Art bestehen? Mit diesen Fragen befasst sich das vorliegende Werk. Es geht dabei nicht nur auf die allgemeinen wettbewerbsrechtlichen Vorgaben ein, sondern wirft auch einen besonderen Blick auf die in diesem Bereich zunehmend stark regulierte Finanzbranche und die dort geltenden Regelungen zum Greenwashing.
Zwei Formen der Moderne
Authors: Suginaka Yoko
Published: March 2024

Im Fokus der Studie steht der interkulturelle Vergleich unterschiedlicher Modernitätskonzepte in Japan und Deutschland zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel der fast zeitgleich entstandenen Großstadtromane „Die Rote Bande von Asakusa“ von Yasunari Kawabata und „Berlin Alexanderplatz“ von Alfred Döblin. Die Autorin leistet mit dieser Untersuchung einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Verständnis einer Pluralität gesellschaftlicher wie im engeren Sinn kultureller ‚Modernen‘.

 

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Studien zur vergleichenden Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft - Band 2
Heinrich Mann "Der Untertan" 1906 bis 1918
Authors: Martin Ariane
Published: March 2024

Heinrich Manns Roman Der Untertan ist einer der großen Texte der klassischen Moderne. Seine komplexe Entstehungs- und Überlieferungsgeschichte von den ersten Notizen im Jahr 1906 bis zur öffentlichen Buchausgabe von 1918 wird auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand eingehend beschrieben. Bisher unbeachtetes oder unbekanntes Material, darunter im Anhang mitgeteilte Briefe der Übersetzerin der russischen Ausgabe (die eigentliche Erstausgabe), stellt die Textgenese in ein neues Licht und rückt noch nicht gesehene Beziehungen und kulturgeschichtliche Kontexte dieses bedeutenden Epochenromans in den Blick.
Unerhörte Gräber
Authors: Valerius Anna-Maria
Published: March 2024

Die Studie nimmt ihren Ausgang von dem Spannungsfeld, das zwischen der kulturwissenschaftlichen Beschreibung des Bestattungsrituals und dem literarischen Erzählen seines Scheiterns abgesteckt werden kann. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass das um 1900 in ethnologischen und soziologischen Texten erarbeitete Schema der ›Rites de Passage‹ narrativ strukturiert ist, lässt sich der Dreischritt aus Trennung, Übergang und Angliederung als ›Bestattungsnarrativ‹ deuten, das den Abschluss der Trauer um die Toten organisiert. Im Zusammenhang mit Gewaltdiskursen nach 1945, in denen Bestattungen oft ausbleiben, wird der literarische Text zum wichtigen Medium der Auseinandersetzung mit den Grenzen der ritualisierten Ausgliederung von Gewaltopfern: Bestattungsnarrationen wie Bachmanns »Das Buch Franza«, Gordimers »The Conservationist« oder Morrisons »Beloved« stellen Inszenierungen unabgeschlossener Trauer dar, durch die das etablierte Narrativ um fragende und klagende Stimmen erweitert wird.

 

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Studien zur vergleichenden Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft - Band 5
Sheep Farming Technology in Indian Practice
Authors: Chandra Dhara Keshab , Banerjee Disha , Dasgupta (Das) Paramita , Datta Aditi , Ghosh Shilpa
Published: March 2024

Sheep farming is the branch of animal husbandry, which deals with the rearing and breeding of domestic sheep. Sheep with its multi-facet utility for wool, meat, milk, skins, and manure form an important component of rural economy for specific breed line “Garole”. The sheep provides a dependable source of income to the rural farmers particularly farm women. The major advantages of sheep farming are they do not need expensive buildings to house them and require less labour than other kinds of livestock. As sheep are mainly high fecundity, the flock can be multiplied in the shortest possible time. They are economical converter of green grass (cellulose) into meat and wool. In India, the development of superior breeds of sheep for production of mutton will have a great scope in the developing economy of India. Financial perspectives are input cost for feed and fodder, veterinary aid and insurance, etc., and output costs, i.e. sale price of animals, penning, etc. Judicious use of feed and fodder resources, proper housing, health care management and controlled breeding practice can be the effective tool of sheep rearing among rural stake holders whose economic solvency is need of the hour.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Otolaryngologic Surgeries in Iranian Pediatrics
Authors: Rabbani Anari Mahtab , Sharifi Alireza , Salmani Mohammad Hossein , Mirashrafi Fatemeh , Mohammadi Saeed
Published: March 2024

Background: There is no study about the evaluation of incidence rates of tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and ear surgeries before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the impact of pandemic peaks on the incidence rates of these operations in the world, particularly in Iran. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of most common otolaryngologic operations in the Iranian pediatric population. Methods: This retrospective study was performed in a referral hospital. The data of target patients over the period of March 21, 2018, to November 22, 2021, were collected. The number of surgeries at the period of any peak plus before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was compared. Results: A total of 6 290 patients from the Health Information System of Amir A’lam hospital, Tehran, Iran, were enrolled. In this study, 52.9% and 46.5% of the patients were male and female, respectively. There were 3 main types of surgeries, such as adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, and ear surgeries, with mean ± standard deviation (SD) age of 10.20 ± 9.4, 11.45 ± 10.8, and 44.19 ± 14.6 years, respectively. There was a significant difference in terms of the total number of operations between before (n = 5070) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 1220) (P < 0.001). The amount of this difference was much greater in tonsillectomy (n = 3736 vs. n = 546) and adenoidectomy (n = 134 vs. n = 21) than in ear surgeries (n = 1200 vs. n = 653). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the number of most common otolaryngologic surgeries in the Iranian pediatric population. The reason is that the restrictions during the pandemic might have a potential effect on reducing the transmission of tonsil-adenoid gland infection.
Predictive Factors for Methadone Maintenance Treatment Compliance: Exploring Resistance and Tolerance in Heroin Addiction
Authors: Makvand Mina , Mirtorabi Seyed Davood , Campbell Arezoo , Ahangari Ghasem
Published: March 2024

Background: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been a cornerstone in heroin addiction management. However, its efficacy varies among individuals. The complex interplay of genetic backgrounds and demographic data could influence the response to MMT in heroin addiction. No previous adoption study has aimed to merge these findings into a potential pre-treatment screening tool. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the combined influence of dopamine and opioid receptors and receptor endocytosis machinery genes, individual genetic backgrounds, and demographic data on the response to MMT in patients with heroin addiction. Methods: We enrolled 80 heroin addicts receiving MMT for 3 months alongside 80 healthy individuals in a comparative study. The approach utilized multinomial, linear, and binary logistic regression analyses to investigate the interplay of genetic factors (DRD1-5, opioid receptors [µ1, δ1, and κ1], DNM1L, RAB22A, and COMT), demographic independent variables, including, family history, heroin duration, age onset, heroin dose, and methadone dose, and clinical markers Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (SOWS) with compliance with MMT protocols. Results: Results revealed that a positive family history and a higher level of heroin dose significantly predicted poor compliance to MMT. Additionally, the patients with lower expression levels of DRD2 and higher expression levels of DNM1L and COMT genes were at higher risk for poor compliance with the treatment. Conclusions: By utilizing a comprehensive dataset of gene expression profiles and demographic and clinical parameters, this study developed a regression model predicting resistance or response to methadone. This innovative approach seeks to bridge the gap between pharmacogenomics and clinical practice and offer a potential pre-treatment screening tool for personalized MMT strategies in opioid addiction management. The obtained findings hold intriguing promise for future research, potentially unlocking deeper insights into the underlying risk factors of addiction.
Česká krásná literatura v řeckých překladech
Authors: Urbanová Marie
Published: March 2024

Based on a bibliography of translations from Czech into Modern Greek created by the author of the article, the text offers insights into the appearance of Czech literature on the Greek book market since the beginning of the 20th century. It first briefly compares the book markets in both countries and subsequently analyses the content of the bibliography from the following angles: The existent translations are projected onto a timeline with a historical explanation of the resulting pattern. An overall commentary is given on the publishers involved in producing these translations, the source languages with which the translators worked and the subsequent editions and new translations that have appeared in Greece. The final chapter presents the most significant translations and the possible motivation for their creation, the most translated authors and the most active or otherwise important translators.
Health Education about Stunting in Tanjung Tiram Village and Wawatu Village, North Moramo District, South Konawe Regency
Authors: Majid Ruslan , Sabilu Yusuf , Jafriati Jafriati , Yasnani Yasnani , Lisnawaty Lisnawaty , Nurmaladewi Nurmaladewi
Published: March 2024

Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem caused by insufficient nutritional intake for a long time due to feeding that is not in accordance with nutritional needs. South Konawe Regency is one of the districts in Southeast Sulawesi which is also a contributor to stunting cases in Southeast Sulawesi. The prevalence of stunting in South Konawe Regency ranks 11th out of 17 districts/cities with a prevalence of 28%. The results of a preliminary survey in Tanjung Tiram Village and Wawatu Village, South Konawe Regency found that there are several maternal behaviors that cause stunting, namely some children under five do not get exclusive breastfeeding, do not understand about stunting and determine children's nutritional status so that they realize too late that their children are classified as stunting cases. The method of implementing activities is carried out offline. The intervention provided by providing education to mothers of toddlers and posyandu cadres using media modules, pamphlets and health counseling related to several topics namely the causes of stunting, the characteristics of stunting in children, the impact of stunting on children, stunting prevention measures including prevention since pregnancy, while breastfeeding, the benefits of breastfeeding provided exclusively, the benefits and planning of MP-ASI menus, nutritional status for cadres in stunting prevention and carried out Toddler weight check with Lalowaru Health Center officers, North Moramo District. The conclusion of this activity is that the local government is very good which is proven by full support during the activity process, as well as the participants / targets of the activity in this case pregnant women, toddler mothers, and posyandu cadres. Participants are very enthusiastic and active in activities when given material and also when given examples, participants gain new knowledge related to parenting in stunting prevention.
Joint and Bone Exercises to Prevent Osteoporosis in the Elderly at the Tresna Werdha I Budi Mulya Social Home
Authors: Larasati Rahma Ayu , Farsida Farsida , Handayani Tutwuri , Harlyana Cyntya , Sugiharto Gatot , Insyiera Nayla
Published: March 2024

Osteoporosis is a major non-communicable disease and the most common bone disease, affecting one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50 worldwide. The clinical consequence of osteoporosis is fragility fractures. With the rapid ageing of the population worldwide and the changes in lifestyle habits, the incidence of osteoporosis and related fractures has significantly increased and will continue to increase markedly in the future. Exercises such as walking, dancing, low-impact aerobics work directly on bones in the legs, hips and lower spine to slow bone loss. We provide osteoporosis prevention education to the elderly in nursing homes as an effort to prevent osteoporosis. We also provide training on joint and bone exercises to prevent osteoporosis.
La rappresentazione della crisi all’epoca della crisi della rappresentazione
Authors: Cardone Luca ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2024

This article proposes a reflection on the meaning of the crisis event that is the war in Ukraine, based on the modes of representation through which it was constituted as an image. Starting from a short essay by Merleau-Ponty written at the end of the Second World War, in which the French philosopher reaffirms that the war took place, I intend to critically juxtapose Merleau-Ponty’s attempt to inherit the crisis as a political task and, above all, a philosophical one, with the processes of hyper-representation highlighted by Jean Baudrillard which, on the contrary, operates a subtraction of the event and the real. The proposal is therefore to analyze the non-taking place of events as the impossibility of inheriting a task and a meaning, by showing how such an impossibility manifests itself precisely in the phenomenal space of our contemporary screens.
Changing Universality
Authors: Hotanen Juho ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2024

Is it possible to conceptualize universality in a way that does not exclude particularity, difference, and change? In his approach to universality, Merleau-Ponty distinguishes between acquired universality, which is supposedly objective and non-temporal, and the lateral differentiation of universals, which is temporal and changing. My suggestion, in this article, is that he does not assert that there is a specific kind of unchanging universal norm to which all different styles of experience should be anchored; instead, there is a never-finished diversification through which universal dimensions are instituted. However, I will also present a critical examination of the concept of change as it can also mean oppressive transformation. Ultimately, Merleau-Ponty’s political view of colonial situation seems to contradict his concept of open universality.
Parola come gesto musicale
Authors: Canonico Stella ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2024

The article proposes to sketch an analogy between, on the one hand, linguistic learning and sound dialogue in humanist music therapy and, on the other hand, certain reflections of Maurice Merleau-Ponty: in particular, the centrality of corporeality in the learning, treated in the Phenomenology of Perception and in the courses on the psychology and pedagogy of the child, and the status of inter-corporeality developed through reflections on passivity and the metaphor of flesh. We will trace an analysis of the music therapy of Giulia Cremaschi Trovesi, with reference to the linguistic and musical gesture, through the Merleau-Pontian notion of praktognosia, and of the sound dialogue with reference to institution and intercorporeity. Through an interpretation of music in the terms adopted by Stéphanie Ménasé and in reference to Merleau-Pontian passivity in artistic creation, our objective is to define the musical institution of the vibrating body in music therapy in terms analogous to the institution of the subject according to Merleau-Ponty and, consequently, to find, in the sound dialogue, the intercorporeity which anticipates the individuation of the subject, by describing the communicative authenticity of the musical-therapeutic encounter.
Compte-rendu de Simone de Beauvoir, Élisabeth Lacoin et Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Lettres d’amitié. 1920-1959
Authors: Scarlato Chiara ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2024

The two series of correspondence between Simone de Beauvoir with both Élisabeth Lacoin (Zaza) and Maurice Merleau-Ponty – published in the volume Lettres d’amitié (Gallimard, 2022) – represent an essential contribution for several reasons. First, these letters offer the possibility of considering the friendship between Beauvoir and Lacoin; then, they also allow us to understand the essential role of Zaza in the development of Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophical and literary project. Finally, these letters also let us know Beauvoir’s attitude during a particular moment in her life that is to say the period when, while she was taking philosophy courses at the Sorbonne, she began to feel the need to write literature, which she discusses with Merleau-Ponty.
PELATIHAN DAUR ULANG SAMPAH MENJADI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN SEDERHANA DI SD NEGERI 22 PEUSANGAN
Authors: Iis Marsitah  , Nurmalita Nurmalita , Nurul Ahya  , Innaya Innaya , Silvina Silvina
Published: March 2024

Sampah merupakan salah satu masalah lingkungan yang sangat besar di Indonesia. Berdasarkan data dari Badan Pusat Statistik 2014 (dalam Angga & Djunaidi, 2017) menunjukkan bahwa Indonesia menghasilkan sampah sekitar 187, 2 juta ton / tahun dan menempati urutan kedua sebagai penghasil sampah terbesar di dunia. Sampah bukan hanya berasal dari rumah tangga tetapi juga dari lingkungan sekolah. Jika sampah ini dibiarkan, maka hal itu dapat menyebabkan penyakit. Banyaknya sampah ini juga disebabkan oleh ketidakpedulian masyarakat terhadap lingkungan. Oleh karena itu, membutuhkan strategi pengelolaan yang tepat, salah satunya melalui daur ulang. Pelatihan daur ulang sampah  bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan mengatasi sampah plastik dan mengembangkan kreativitas guru Sekolah Dasar agar mampu mengolah sampah menjad media pembelajaran sekaligus modal bagi siswa untuk memehami pembelajaran dengan lebih mudah melalui pelatihan daur ulang sampah. Metode pelaksanaan mencakup pengamatan lingkungan, identifikasi masalah, penentuan kegiatan pengabdian, koordinasi kegiatan pengabdian dengan calon peserta, pelaksanaan pelatiha. Kegiatan pelatihan daur ulang sampah telah berhasil dan berjalan lancar, mampu mengembangkan kreativitas dan meningkatkan pengetahuan guru terkait pengelolaan sampah.
Upaya Peningkatan Minat Baca dan Kreatifitas Anak dan Remaja Melalui Kegiatan Pengabdian di Rumah Baca, Kota Medan
Authors: Sulaiman Fahmi , Sri Eka Wulandari  , Ekatri Ayuningsih  , Asmaul Husna  , Sari Dian Purnama
Published: March 2024

Pendidikan di sekolah saja tidak cukup untuk memenuhi pembelajaran bagi anak usia dini. Hal ini membuat setiap anak memiliki lebih banyak waktu untuk bermain daripada belajar. Banyak metode atau cara yang dapat mengisi waktu luang anak yang awalnya hanya bermain kini menjadi bermain sambil belajar oleh karena itu Rumah Baca Rambutan didirikan. Ketika Pengabdian masyarakat, kelompok kami melakukan pembelajaran kepada anak-anak yang berada di Rumah Baca Rambutan seperti belajar berhitung, membuat kerajinan dengan upaya meningkatkan kreativitas anak dengan bantuan media kertas daur ulang, dan membuat permainan yang melatih keberanian dalam suasana yang seru dan menyenangkan. Tujuannya agar di luar jam sekolah anak-anak tetap mendapatkan pembelajaran dan tambahan wawasan. Metode yang digunakan adalah dengan memberikan penjelasan bagaimana memanfaatkan bahan daur ulang menjadi barang yang sangat berguna, sesi sosialisasi berupa tanya jawab tentang materi yang disampaikan, dan evaluasi kemampuan anak-anak dengan mengadakan lomba di akhir Pertemuan
Caries risk and dental anxiety in recall patients in a specialised paedodontic university clinic
Authors: Karim Ramiar , Schmoeckel Julian , Splieth Christian
Published: March 2024

Objective

To evaluate parental reports of the oral health status and anxiety levels of children who attended a paediatric dental service and their association with children’s caries experience.

Methods

This questionnaire- and dental record-based study included a total of 70 healthy recall children aged between five and 10 years, who presented for a dental check-up to the specialised paedodontics department at the University of Greifswald, and for whom an application of fluoride varnish was indicated. The accompanying parent (n=70) was asked to evaluate their child’s dental anxiety (dichotomously with a single question – yes or no answer) and oral health status (good, satisfying, poor). Caries experience was categorised according to the dmft index based on World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria.

Results

An overall frequency of dental anxiety of 40% (n=28) was found in recall children according to parental report. Only 32.1% (n=9) of those were children with low to very low caries experience, whereas 67.9% (n=19) belonged to the moderate to high/very high caries experience group. Thus, dental anxiety in this study was significantly associated with caries experience based on dmft index (p=0.030, chi-square test). Parental assessment of the oral health status of the schoolchildren and their caries experience level also showed a statistically significant association (p=0.020; chi-square test).

Conclusion: Dental anxiety in recall children attending a specialised paediatric university dental clinic is high, which is clearly associated with higher caries experience. The majority of children who attended for dental follow-up appointment had moderate to very high caries experience, which was also associated with higher parent-reported dental anxiety and a poorer oral health status report.
An inflammatory Odontogenic Cyst (Unusual Case): A case report
Authors: Alfurhud Ahmed , Harrison Sheelah , Alshammari Mohammed
Published: March 2024

Different types of inflammatory lesions, such as odontogenic cysts, can affect the oral and maxillofacial regions. The conventional aetiology of inflammatory periapical lesions is triggered by dental caries or traumatic injury to the teeth, leading to the death of the dental pulp and subsequent bacterial infiltration of the periapical area. In rare cases, inflammatory odontogenic cysts may originate from non-inflammatory causes, such as the presence of enamel pearls located within the furcation of teeth with multiple roots. This case report illustrates a case of an asymptomatic inflammatory cyst associated with the upper left first molar in a young female patient. The cyst developed without any obvious clinical explanation and appeared in a typical sound tooth without evidence of pathology-related conditions. The radiographic findings demonstrated a notably aggressive nature not atypical for inflammatory cysts. The cyst expansion resulted in significant displacement of the adjacent upper left second molar, causing it to deviate from its original position within the dental arch. Additionally, the inferior border of the maxillary sinus was displaced in a superior direction. The diagnosis of non-specific inflammatory cyst was confirmed via histopathological examination.

In this particular case, it is important to acknowledge that no singular factor is attributed to the cyst development. However, it is worth noting that the tooth in question is associated with enamel pearls, which have been discussed in the field of oral and maxillofacial pathology as a relatively uncommon cause of inflammatory cyst development.
Motivational factors for choosing dentistry as a career: A survey of undergraduate dental students in Ireland
Authors: Hannigan Ailish , Hallissey Joe , Ray Noel , O'Dowling Keane Shane , Harrington Mary
Published: March 2024

Introduction

Dentistry is a highly sought after university course but the motivations for students choosing dentistry as a career in Ireland are not well understood.

Objective

The aim of this study is to investigate the reasons why students choose dentistry as a professional career in Ireland.

Methods

All undergraduate dental students (n=225) in an Irish university in the academic year 2016/17 were invited to participate in a cross-sectional survey. Participants were asked to rate a list of 12 factors that influenced their decision to pursue dentistry as a career.

Results

The response rate was 85.3% (n=192). The majority of the participants were female (65%), aged between 18 and 23 years (69%) and from the European Union (60%). Over half (55%) entered the programme directly from secondary-level education. The motivational factor with the highest median rating of importance was altruism.

Conclusion

Motivational factors influencing dental students included altruism, financial security, and independence. Having a previous family connection with the dental profession did not feature strongly. Positive previous experiences of dentistry and dental professionals emerged as a new motivational factor. Nationality, mode of entry and year of study influenced the motivational factors of the students surveyed.
Pengetahuan dan Kemampuan Guru Memanfaatkan Teknologi dalam Pembelajaran
Authors: Mukaromah Hikmatul , Lutfiani Dwi Isna
Published: March 2024

Education 4.0 is education characterized by the use of digital technology in the learning process or known as a cyber system. This system is able to make the learning process take place periodically without space and time limitations. Teachers are required to innovate and be able to learn in order to adapt their knowledge and abilities to the industry 4.0 era. This is caused by changing times followed by very rapid technological changes. Rapid change must be balanced by appropriate and reliable technology skills. Today's sophisticated technology makes it very easy for teachers to learn, therefore teachers are required to be able to utilize and use technology well, teachers must be able to keep up with the times because this has a big influence on the development of students in absorbing understanding of the material presented, technology Apart from having many uses, it also has many negative impacts on students if it is not used wisely. In research, the technique used is by searching for material related to the discussion in the article, both digitally and manually. After making references, then analyze the data, rearrange them starting from places and combine them with other words, make reductions or changes to words, and rearrange them according to what they are. The results of this research are a lack of knowledge and use of technology by students and teachers. The lack of use of technology by teachers is caused by the quantity and quality of teachers not being optimal. A teacher must be able to keep up with the rapid development of information and communication technology in utilizing these devices to support the material being taught. Meanwhile, students as actors in education should be able to make good use of technology but are actually lacking in the use of technology, students use it for things that are less useful because the generation takes formal education too lightly. This article also explains various ways to reduce the problem of teachers' and students' lack of knowledge in the use of technology.
Opinion: Language Difference in Writing: Toward a Translingual Approach
Authors: Horner Bruce , Lu Min-Zhan , Royster Jacqueline Jones , Trimbur John
Published: March 2024

Arguing against the emphasis of traditional U.S. composition classes on linguistically homogeneous situations, the authors contend that this focus is at odds with actual language use today. They call for a translingual approach, which they define as seeing difference in language not as a barrier to overcome or as a problem to manage, but as a resource for producing meaning in writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
The Current Status of Contingent Faculty in Technical and Professional Communication
Authors: Meloncon Lisa , England Peter
Published: March 2024

The authors report on and analyze a survey they conducted of staffing in college professional and technical communication courses. In addition, they make recommendations for better treatment of contingent faculty who teach such courses.
The Green Footprint Project: How Middle School Students Inspired Their Community and Raised Their Self-Worth
Authors: Cortez-Riggio Kim-Marie
Published: March 2024

Students complete Internet research, create pamphlets, give presentations, and more to alert their school community to important local environmental issues.
A Walk on the Wilder Side
Authors: Dakin Mary Ellen , Eatough David Lowell , Turchon Andrew
Published: March 2024

Follow an English teacher, a biology teacher, and a social studies teacher as they discover possibilities for green education.
From the Secondary Section: Inspiring an Aesthetic Appreciation of Language
Authors: Haas Kay Parks
Published: March 2024

Members of the Secondary Section Steering Committee comment on topics of importance to English language arts educators.
Teaching Young Adult Literature: This One’s for You, Jan Brady: Learning from the Outcasts
Authors: Roberts Mike
Published: March 2024

Teaching Young Adult Literature describes innovative methods for engaging students in reading, writing, and discussing contemporary and classic literary texts written for adolescents.
Novelzine: Reading and Writing Community
Authors: deGravelles Karin H. , Bach Jacqueline , Hyde Yvette , Hebert Angelle , Hale Debra , Cavanaugh Alesha , Kimbrough Monica
Published: March 2024

Four different English classes participate in an innovative writing project that’s novel in more than one way.
Where to Begin? Using Place-Based Writing to Connect Students with Their Local Communities
Authors: Esposito Lauren
Published: March 2024

Esposito asks students to compose public service announcements that hit them where they live.
Mentoring Matters: Rethinking Mentor Relationships
Authors: Coffey Heather
Published: March 2024

Mentoring Matters focuses on effective ways to support new English teachers and student teachers.
Speaking My Mind: Logging In: Connecting with Secondary Students Online
Authors: M. McManus Jane
Published: March 2024

“Speaking My Mind” invites readers to speak out about controversial issues relevant to the teaching of English language arts.
Using The Joy Luck Club to Teach Core Standards and 21st Century Literacies
Authors: Burns Leslie David , Botzakis Stergios G.
Published: March 2024

The authors demonstrate instruction of a popular text in a manner that aligns with the new Common Core State Standards.
Putting the “Shop” in Reading Workshop : Building Reading Stamina in a Ninth-Grade Literacy Class in a Bronx Vocational High School
Authors: N. Gulla Amanda
Published: March 2024

Gulla offers a snapshot of a successful reading workshop in a challenging school environment.
“Living Large and Taking Charge!” Students Read and Write Their Way to a High School Writing Center
Authors: Greer Jane , Trofimoff Djana
Published: March 2024

Follow their yearlong journey as students visit college writing centers, interview experts, prepare proposals, and establish their own high school writing center.
The Authenticity Spectrum: The Case of a Science Journalism Writing Project
Authors: Kohnen Angela M.
Published: March 2024

Students should be encouraged to explore authentic writing genres, but if those genres are not designed with a rich enough purpose and audience, the authenticity may be “latent” and not “functional.”
Hip-Hop Literature: The Politics, Poetics, and Power of Hip-Hop in the English Classroom
Authors: Kelly Lauren Leigh
Published: March 2024

Hip-hop and rap have built an aesthetic and cultural relevancy that deserves its own high school course. Lauren Leigh Kelly teaches one now.
Research for the Classroom: Standards, Standardization, and Student Learning
Authors: Gorlewski Julie
Published: March 2024

“Research for the Classroom” publishes mini-studies of ELA classroom practices and suggests ways in which high school and middle school English teachers may study the effectiveness of their pedagogy.
Teacher to Teacher: What Is Something You’ve Done as an English Teacher That Took Guts?
Authors: Feitosa Alisha , Shields J. Scott , Cochran J. Dee
Published: March 2024

“Teacher to Teacher” provides a forum for teachers to share ideas, materials, and activities.
Adventures with Text and Beyond: The Expanding Universe of Text, and Teaching with Texts
Authors: Thomas P. L.
Published: March 2024

“Adventures with Text and Beyond” explores various ways of teaching literary theory to high school and middle school students.
Common Core State Standards: The Promise and the Peril in a National Palimpsest
Authors: Applebee Arthur N.
Published: March 2024

This article looks at where the CCSS came from, their strengths and weaknesses, and how as a profession we can best respond to the challenges they pose.
Can Classroom Assessments of Student Growth Be Credibly Used to Evaluate Teachers?
Authors: Popham W. James
Published: March 2024

Should teacher-supplied evidence of student growth—evidence garnered by using classroom assessments—be used to evaluate a teacher?
Drawing Art into the Discussion of Writing Assessment
Authors: Meyer Tom
Published: March 2024

This article, grounded in the belief that art is a way of understanding, describes the use of drawing and writing to support metacognition.
Speaking Truth to Power: Lou LaBrant: “Not the Time … to Follow the Line of Least Resistance”
Authors: Thomas P. L.
Published: March 2024

This column seeks to explore the experiences and possibilities that arise when educators speak Truth to power.
Envisioning Assessment: Fear, Uncertainty, and Dread versus Assessment
Authors: Hopkins Jed
Published: March 2024

“Envisioning Assessment” examines the roles assessment might be playing in the “bureaucratization” of our education system and considers the creation of ideal educational world where assessment is supportive of education.
Cover to Cover: Texts That Guide Practice: A Review of The Art of Slow Reading by Thomas Newkirk
Authors: Mikuska Dorothy
Published: March 2024

“Cover to Cover” invites contributors to share information about texts that inform their practice.
Teach the How: Critical Lenses and Critical Literacy
Authors: Wilson Beth
Published: March 2024

This article suggests how to introduce literary theory in high school as a means of negotiating the many messages students receive in our media-drenched society.
Urban Storytelling: How Storyboarding, Moviemaking, and Hip-Hop-Based Education Can Promote Students’ Critical Voice
Authors: Love Bettina L.
Published: March 2024

This article explores some of the ways that hip-hop-based education can be introduced into the English classroom through allowing students to creatively and proactively develop counternarratives that challenge stereotypes about black youth and assist them in developing their own voices.
Metaphors, Frames, and Fact (Checks) about the Common Core
Authors: Whitney Anne , Shannon Patrick
Published: March 2024

This article interrogates some metaphors that CCSS proponents have used as arguments to characterize CCSS, and then checks the facts that others have amassed around the issue.
The 2013 Honor List: Fiction Filled with Real Information
Authors: Nilsen Don L. F. , Blasingame James , Nilsen Alleen Pace
Published: March 2024

Can deep reading into fictional worlds provide insight into our real-life experiences? Texts selected for the 2013 Honor List indicate that the answer is resoundingly affirmative.
Disabling Assumptions: Differentiating Writing, Reading, and How We Respond to Writing
Authors: Dunn Patricia A.
Published: March 2024

This column explores how paying attention to disability—both to the rich contributions made by people with disabilities and to the sometimes negative attitudes in society that can interfere with those contributions—can foster classroom interactions that are more democratic, more inclusive, and more equitable.
“Search for the answers” or “Talk about the story”?: School-based Literacy Participation Structures
Authors: Santori Diane
Published: March 2024

This paper explores how five third-graders constructed meaning in three school-based literacy participation structures, also examining teachers’ invitations and the space they make for students’ talk and students’ comprehension practices. High-stakes assessments and mandated reading curriculum influence how comprehension is framed and how students are invited to engage in discussions about text. Students’ opportunities to exercise textual agency are often limited. However, when students had greater control over the discussion and the authority to evaluate the written text and their peers’ comments for accuracy or plausibility, their comprehension was strengthened. Students actively constructed meaning as they considered multiple, possible interpretations, while also taking into account their own personal experiences and other valuable social and semiotic resources.
In Closing … A Reader’s Declaration
Authors: Holland Robin W.
Published: March 2024

Robin Holland embraces the breadth, the depth, and the variety of reading—its purposes, its joys, its status as a right both to read and not to read. Her declaration makes it clear that reading is personal and subject to our whims and interests, our purposes and our guilty pleasures. Reading belongs to us … and we have rights.
Professional Book Reviews: Movement in Literacy: New Directions in Multilingual, Multicultural, Multinational, and Multimodal Literacy Studies
Authors: Zapata Angie , Roach Audra K.
Published: March 2024

This column features professional and academic resources for literacy educators exploring multilingual, multicultural, multinational, and multimodal literacies for an increasingly global and digitally networked world. In these print and electronic materials, readers will find support for: teaching code-switching to strengthen students’ language awareness (Code-Switching Lessons by Rebecca Wheeler and Rachel Swords); deconstructing dominant discourses in children’s literature (Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children’s Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors by Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabakow Rudman); applying a critical multicultural perspective across disciplines (Critical Multiculturalism: Theory and Praxis edited by Stephen May and Christine Sleeter); assessing copyright and fair use in digital learning (Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning by Renee Hobbs, http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com); and envisioning the next generation of research in the field of literacy studies (The Future of Literacy Studies edited by Mike Baynham and Mastin Prinsloo). Collectively, these resources invite literacy educators and learners to engage the opportunities and tensions of literate lives that reach across linguistic, cultural, and semiotic boundaries in a globally networked world.
Children’s Literature Reviews: 2010 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Authors: Mathis Janelle , Bedford April , Hahn Mary Lee , Napoli Mary , McNair Jonda C. , Short Kathy G. , White Quinn
Published: March 2024

The Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Committee of the Children’s Literature Assembly reviews the 2010 award-winning list of 30 books chosen as notable for K–8 classrooms. The list is a blend of genres, reading levels, inviting formats, and intriguing topics that share selected criteria. These criteria, in addition to exemplifying the generally accepted traits of quality literature, ensure that books: deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or uniqueness in the use of language or style; invite child response or participation; present an appealing format; and exemplify enduring quality.
What Does Vygotsky Provide for the 21st-Century Language Arts Teacher?
Authors: Smagorinsky Peter
Published: March 2024

L. S. Vygotsky, the psychologist and teacher from Byelorussia who became a central figure in Soviet psychological and educational circles in the 1920s and 1930s, has become a frequent citation in 21st-century scholarship. He is most-often invoked to support some form of instructional scaffolding, based on his idea of the zone of proximal development, which is actually a relatively minor contribution in his original work. In this essay, Smagorinsky reviews how Vygotsky’s theory can more broadly inform our modern-day teaching, and he attends to Vygotsky’s work in the areas of the use of speech as a tool for thinking, the role of emotion in thinking, the social nature of thinking, an emphasis on meaningful activity, and how the construct of the zone of proximal development can contribute to effective language arts instruction.
Children’s Literature Reviews: Picturebooks with Noteworthy Endpapers
Authors: McNair Jonda C.
Published: March 2024

This children’s literature review column features a collection of picturebooks with endpapers (also referred to as endpages) that are worthy of attention from children and teachers. Endpapers are defined as the first pages one sees when opening the picturebook and the last pages one sees at the end of the book before closing it.