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CULTURA E INCLUSÃO NO DESIGN DE PRODUTOS PARA MULHERES AUTISTAS: UMA ABORDAGEM ANTROPOLÓGICA
Authors: Batista Melissa Marcílio , Franco Annibal Gouvêa
Published: February 2025

Este artigo analisa o design inclusivo voltado para mulheres autistas sob uma perspectiva antropológica crítica. Argumenta-se que abordagens universalistas frequentemente desconsideram as especificidades de gênero e cultura, resultando em exclusões que perpetuam desigualdades estruturais. Com base em autores como Geertz (2008), Lévi-Strauss (2008) e Moore (1989), destaca-se que produtos não são apenas ferramentas funcionais, mas carregam significados simbólicos que moldam pertencimentos e identidades. O trabalho sugere que práticas culturalmente conscientes e interseccionais são essenciais para reconfigurar os sistemas simbólicos e promover inclusão de forma ética e efetiva. Além disso, propõe metodologias participativas como caminho para o desenvolvimento de soluções sensíveis às vivências e necessidades das mulheres autistas, transcendendo adaptações técnicas e dialogando com as experiências sociais e culturais do grupo.
La inteligencia emocional en los Ayuntamientos de España
Authors: Gallego Moreno Sandra
Published: February 2025

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es implementar la figura del técnico en inteligencia emocional en la plantilla estructural de los ayuntamientos españoles. Para ello, se ha escogido como ejemplo el Ayuntamiento de Mataró como modelo para desarrollar su implantación al resto de los 57 ayuntamientos españoles cuya población se encuentra entre los mismos parámetros que el Ayuntamiento de Mataró en cuanto a habitantes. Para lograrlo es necesario abordar un análisis de mercado, un modelo business CANVAS, una estrategia de marketing, un plan de operaciones, describir al equipo directivo y organización y desarrollar un plan financiero. Los resultados obtenidos ponen de manifiesto que es mucho más viable que la formación en inteligencia emocional la realicen los técnicos en psicología de recursos humanos de la organización que una empresa externa ya que abarata los costos al no tener que realizar una contratación de servicios. Optar por psicólogos de recursos humanos del ayuntamiento para realizar la formación en inteligencia emocional es ventajoso: conocen el entorno y la cultura organizacional, mantienen una relación de confianza con los empleados, ofrecen un seguimiento continuo y ajustes del programa si es necesario fortaleciendo al equipo de recursos humanos y beneficiando a la organización a largo plazo. En conclusión, la contratación de al menos dos empleados públicos especialistas en psicología para ocupar puestos de trabajo como técnicos de inteligencia emocional en un departamento de recursos humanos de un ayuntamiento resultaría beneficioso para mejorar el rendimiento, la productividad laboral y la felicidad de los empleados públicos.
Combining Supervised and Semi-Supervised Models to Enhance Personalized Education
Authors: Nhat Do Duy
Published: February 2025

Personalized education has become an essential approach to addressing diverse learning needs and improving educational outcomes. This paper proposes a novel framework that combines supervised and semi-supervised machine learning models to enhance personalized education. Specifically, Random Forest is utilized to classify students based on their performance, engagement, and behavioral data, while Graph Neural Networks (GNN) capture and analyze the relationships between students, courses, and instructors in an educational graph.
By leveraging both labeled and unlabeled data, this hybrid approach improves the accuracy of student risk predictions and enables the generation of customized learning path recommendations. The proposed framework was evaluated on a real-world educational dataset, demonstrating significant improvements in prediction accuracy and learning personalization compared to traditional methods. These findings highlight the potential of integrating supervised and semi-supervised learning techniques to create a more inclusive and adaptive educational environment.
Evaluating Dendroclimatic Relationships of Plantation-grown Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) in Thrissur, Kerala, India
Authors: M. L. Sandra, , Babu Sreejith , C Shibu , S Shifin Ravuther
Published: February 2025

Dendroclimatology, a specialized branch of dendrochronology, offers critical insights into forest plantation management under climate change impacts, enabling historical climate reconstruction, growth forecasting, adaptive strategies, and carbon sequestration assessments through tree ring analysis. This study explored the climatic influences on teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) growth in selected plantation sites within the Thrissur district, Kerala. Tree samples spanning 1959–2009 were collected from three randomly chosen plantation sites. Tree ring widths were measured and cross-dated using the LINTAB-6 and TSAP-Win software. At the same time, the ARSTAN program was employed for standardization to isolate climate-related signals by eliminating non-climatic noise. The derived ring width indices (RWI) were subjected to correlation analysis. PAST software analysed the relationship between RWI values and climate parameters, specifically monthly rainfall and temperature, based on CRU TS V.3.21 dataset data. Results revealed a positive correlation between rainfall and tree growth, whereas temperature exhibited a negative correlation. Statistical metrics, including the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and expressed population signal (EPS), validated the dendroclimatic reliability of the study site. These findings underscore the potential of dendroclimatology in understanding climate-growth dynamics and its application in sustainable forest management. The observed climate-growth relationships can aid in developing climate adaptation strategies for teak plantations by guiding site selection, optimizing plantation management practices, and predicting future growth responses under changing climatic conditions. This research provides valuable insights for policymakers and forest managers aiming to enhance climate resilience in plantation forestry.
Factores asociados a la decadencia de la agricultura en el territorio rural del Cantón Paján en Ecuador, periodo 2023 – 2024
Authors: Rodríguez Klenin , Delgado María
Published: February 2025

Los factores asociados a la decadencia de la agricultura en las zonas rurales representan un fenómeno que al pasar del tiempo tiene un significativo auge, y esto se debe a diversos indicadores como la falta de estimulación en su producción, con carencia de políticas económicas eficientes y con trabajadores del sector agrícola desmotivados en los cultivos. En relación a lo planteado, se consideró importante desarrollar este proceso de investigación con el objetivo de determinar los factores que se encuentran asociados a la decadencia de la agricultura en el territorio rural del cantón Paján, perteneciente a la provincia de Manabí en Ecuador. La metodología de estudio aplicada fue de enfoque cuantitativo, diseño no experimental, con un tipo de investigación de campo y de corte transversal. Se contó con la participación de 108 productores agrícolas afiliados a la Asociación Artesanal de Productores de Café y Maní de Manabí (ASOPROCAM), a quienes se les aplicó la técnica de la encuesta. Entre los principales resultados se obtuvo que el 61,1% de los productores agrícolas nunca se han beneficiado de algún crédito para continuar con sus producciones agrícolas, y el 92,6% de estos participantes no cuenta con las herramientas básicas como sistemas de riego en sus producciones. En conclusión, se refleja que, en la mayoría de los casos, los trabajadores productores agrícolas no cuentan con el apoyo adecuado en el seguimiento y soporte técnico que deben ofrecer los organismos públicos correspondientes, presentando una falta de beneficios socioeconómicos que les permita mejorar la calidad de vida.
Apoyo psicoemocional a estudiantes en tiempos de duelo
Authors: Villao Bazán Verónica Carminia
Published: February 2025

El presente ensayo científico, surge a partir del contexto de pandemia ocasionada por el COVID 19, teniendo como objetivo: “Diseñar una estrategia de apoyo psicoemocional que ayude a los estudiantes a enfrentar los casos de duelo. El ensayo responde a la gestión educativa que se ha realizado a través del desempeño profesional docente, de las experiencias adquiridas tanto a nivel teórico como práctico. Se plantean las ideas más destacadas sobre el impacto de la gestión educativa para identificar a los estudiantes que atraviesan por este proceso. Los resultados alcanzados permitieron el tratamiento oportuno de los cambios de conducta de los estudiantes, una mayor estimulación de la comunicación, el aprender a convivir con los conflictos existentes en el entorno familiar y motivarlos a continuar desarrollando sus habilidades en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje.
Evaluación del impacto los entornos inmersivos en el aprendizaje
Authors:   Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes, Ecuador, Buele Pablo Andrés
Published: February 2025

Este capítulo examina la necesidad de medir el impacto de las tecnologías inmersivas en el ámbito educativo, proporcionando una visión detallada de los métodos utilizados para evaluar su eficacia. Se presentan estudios controlados en los que se comparan grupos de estudiantes que aprenden mediante entornos inmersivos con aquellos que emplean metodologías convencionales. Se detallan herramientas como pruebas estandarizadas, encuestas de percepción y análisis del compromiso estudiantil, que permiten obtener datos cuantificables sobre la retención del conocimiento y la mejora en la motivación. También se exploran indicadores cualitativos, como la interacción con los contenidos y la disposición de los estudiantes para resolver problemas complejos. Se discuten los beneficios de la retroalimentación inmediata proporcionada por estas plataformas, lo que facilita ajustes en tiempo real a la enseñanza. Asimismo, se analizan los desafíos en la evaluación, incluyendo la variabilidad en los resultados según la edad, el nivel educativo y el acceso a infraestructura tecnológica. Finalmente, se presentan sugerencias para el diseño de futuras investigaciones que permitan optimizar la implementación de estas herramientas en la educación, asegurando que su uso responda a objetivos pedagógicos claros y que sus efectos sean medidos con rigurosidad.
Consideration of sex and gender: an analysis of Australian clinical guidelines
Authors: Kirkman Maggie , Honda Tomoko , McDonald Steve J , Green Sally , Walker‐Bone Karen , Winship Ingrid , Fisher Jane R W
Published: February 2025

Objective

To assess Australian clinical guidelines for their inclusion of sex and gender.

Design, setting

Survey of all clinical guidelines published in Australia from 1 January 2014 to 31 April 2024 that employed methods such as Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations, or were endorsed, approved or acknowledged by the National Health and Medical Research Council or another major national body, or concerned marginalised groups.

Main outcome measures

Use of the terms “sex”, “gender”, “female”, “male”, “women”, “men”, “girl” and “boy”; definitions of “sex” and “gender”; and incorporation of sex‐ and gender‐relevant guidance.

Results

The 80 eligible guidelines were from 51 organisations and covered 27 areas of practice. No sex‐ or gender‐related terms were found in 12 of the guidelines. Of the remaining 68 guidelines, most used some of these terms only a few times, with 34 of them using “gender” to mean “sex”. “Sex” and “gender” were defined to some extent in four guidelines. There was no reference to clinical practice concerning sex in 15 of the guidelines. A total of 46 guidelines made no mention of clinical practice concerning gender, only 12 included gender‐relevant practice in any detail, and the remaining 22 either implied aspects of gender awareness without stating this or mentioned “psychosocial” or “cultural” considerations. Guidelines drew on heterogeneous research, some of which provided no sex‐disaggregated data.

Conclusions

Guideline development bodies should be encouraged to assess evidence for its treatment of sex and gender, to enable strategies to counter inequity and discrimination.
THE INFLUENCE OF AUDIT QUALITY ON EARNING MANAGEMENT IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ON THE IDX FOR 2017-2019 PERIODS
Authors: Kurniawan Karel Sava , Antonio Dr. Gregorius Rudy
Published: February 2025

The focus of this study is to investigate and obtain the empirical evidence about the impact of audit quality on earning management. The measurement of audit quality is proxied into two parts, called the size of KAP and auditors of industry specialization, the size of auditors is formulated using a dummy variable where the company audited by Big- 4 is given code 1 while the company audited by Non-Big-4 is given code 0. For industrial specialization auditors, they are formulated using a dummy variable where if the market share is more than equal to 20%, code 1 will be given and code 0 is given less than 20%. The object in this study is a company engaged in the manufacturing sector that has gone public and is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sampling method used was a non-probability purposive judgmental sample and resulted in 104 companies that met the requirements for research. he data were analyzed based on the range of years from 2017, 2018 and 2019. The method of multiple linear regression analysis was used for data analysis and hypothesis development, giving rise to research results that: 1) KAP size does not have a negative effect on earning management, and (2) specialized auditors industry has no negative effect on earnings management.
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AFFECTED BY WORK FROM HOME (WFH) AND CREATIVITY DURING THE PANDEMIC IN YPKPM AMBON FOUNDATION
Authors: Paais Maartje , Souhoka Semuel
Published: February 2025

This research aims to analyze the effect of Work from Home (WFH) and creativity on teacher performance during the Covid pandemic in YPKPM Ambon Foundation. The population of this research is 130 people and the sample is 57 people. The test conducted through multiple linear analysis techniques. The hypothesis testing results obtained that WFH has a value of tcount > ttable that is 3.238 > 1.671 with a significant level of 0.002 <0.05, creativity has a value of tcount > ttable that is 2.485 > 1.671 with a significant level of 0.016 < 0.05. It means WFH and creativity have a positive and significant effect on the teacher performance in YPKPM Ambon Foundation. The results of the simultaneous test showed that the value of Fcount> Ftable was 39.139 > 3.15 with a significant level of 0.000 < 0.05, then it concluded that WFH and creativity had a significant and effect on the teacher’s performance at Ambon YPKPM Foundation. The coefficient of determination test obtained an adjusted r square value of 0.592 or 59.2%, which means that WFH and creativity only explain variations in teachers’ performance variables by 59.2% and the remaining 40.8% is influenced by other variables outside of this research variable.
ANTECEDENTS OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND ITS EFFECT ON ATTITUDINAL AND BEHAVIORAL LOYALTY:
Authors: Utami Kadek Yunita , Widodo Dr. Teguh
Published: February 2025

As telecommunications and information technology users grow, a new innovation emerged from PT Telkom Indonesia, fixed broadband, which PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk issued its product called IndiHome in 2015. Judging from the Triple Play service which is IndiHome's flagship service, as well as other services, IndiHome's core product is its internet service. While other services such as voice (telephone) and Interactive TV (UseeTV) are augmented products. This research examines the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty in the context of PT Telkom Indonesia's IndiHome product. IndiHome, launched in 2015, offers a core internet service with additional features like voice and interactive TV. The research aims to provide strategic recommendations to PT Telkom Indonesia to enhance customer retention as well. A quantitative, causative approach was applied, with data collected from 258 IndiHome customers in Bandung through online questionnaires. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis, the research concluded that there was no statistically significant correlation between behavioral loyalty, customer satisfaction, and service quality. However, these relationships were validated when considering intervening variables.
The Supreme Court Against the Criminal Jury
Authors: Murley John A. , Sutton Sean D.
Published: February 2025

The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury: Social Science and the Palladium of Liberty is an analysis of the United States Supreme Court decisions in what has come to be called the “jury-size” and “jury-decision rule” cases. In Williams v. Florida (1970) and Ballew v. Georgia (1978), a majority of the Supreme Court looked to history, empirical studies, and functional analysis to support its claim that there was “no discernible difference” between the verdicts of juries of six and juries of twelve. In the process the Court also decided that the number twelve was an historical accident and that the twelve-member jury was not an essential ingredient of trial by jury.

Two years later, the Court, following essentially the same line of reasoning used in Williams, decided in the companion cases Apodaca v. Oregon (1972) and Johnson v. Louisiana (1972) that defendants were as well served with juries that reached verdicts by a majority vote of 11-1,10-2 and 9-3 as they were with unanimous jury verdicts. In these cases the Supreme Court rejected the centuries old common law view that the unanimous jury verdict was an essential element of trial by jury. With these four decisions, the criminal jury as it had been known for more than six hundred years under the common law and the Constitution was in principle abandoned. We critique these decisions from the perspective of unreliable jury studies and the impact of these decision on jury nullification.
The Risky Business of French Feminism
Authors: Sweatman Jennifer L.
Published: February 2025

The Risky Business of French Feminism: Publishing, Politics, and Artistry examines the institutional history of the publishing house Editions des Femmes as well as its relationship to the French Women’s Liberation Movement (MLF) from 1972 to the present. The founding and subsequent success of Editions des Femmes in the publishing milieu intensified the ideological divisions within the MLF and highlighted the extent to which that movement failed to adequately reflect on the power inherent in its recourse to print culture as an agent of change. In particular, Editions des Femmes produced several periodical publications and pioneered a woman-centered subculture that attached militant political meanings to the practice of buying and publishing books. While the MLF succeeded in changing legislation detrimental to women, it was not able to create unified cultural politics or construct a long-term media strategy that could preserve the movement’s original ideals and unity. Jennifer L. Sweatman explores the long-term dissipation of the MLF as a unified force not only as an outcome of ideological disagreement, but also due to conflicting views on culture, women’s creativity as a strategy for empowerment, and the utility of media for creating change.

As the MLF fragmented, unable to fully come to terms with its various consumer identities, its need for capital to support creative projects, and its difficult experience with collective decision-making, the Editions des Femmes’ project was seen as incredibly controversial. However, Editions des Femmes embodied a broader strategy for cultural transformation that privileged women’s creative works rather than feminism, situating it as a successful forerunner of the revitalization of the publishing industry from below as small, independent houses challenged the large, media conglomerate control of the industry.
Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women
Authors: Milligan Amy K.
Published: February 2025

Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women comments on hair covering based on an ethnographic study of the lives of Orthodox Jewish women in a small non-metropolitan synagogue. It brings the often overlooked stories of these women to the forefront and probes questions as to how their location in a small community affects their behavioral choices, particularly regarding the folk practice of hair covering. A kallah, or bride, makes the decision as to whether or not she will cover her hair after marriage. In doing so, she externally announces her religious affiliation, in particular her commitment to maintaining an Orthodox Jewish home. Hair covering practices are also unique to women’s traditions and point out the importance of examining the women, especially because their cultural roles may be marginalized in studies as a result of their lack of a central role in worship. This study questions their contribution to Orthodoxy as well as their concept of Jewish identity and the ways in which they negotiate this identity with ritualized and traditional behavior, ultimately bringing into question the meaning of tradition in a modern world.
The Aesthetic of Revolution in the Film and Literature of Naguib Mahfouz (1952-1967)
Authors: Greenberg Nathaniel
Published: February 2025

In the wake of the 1952 Revolution, Egypt’s future Nobel laureate in literature devoted himself exclusively to writing for film. The Aesthetic of Revolution in the Film and Literature of Naguib Mahfouz is the first full-length study in English to examine this critical period in the author’s career and to contextualize it within the scope of post-revolutionary Egyptian politics and culture. Before returning to literature in 1959 with his post-revolutionary masterpiece Children of the Alley, Mahfouz wrote or co-wrote some twenty odd scripts, many of them among the most successful in Egyptian history. He did so at a time when film was the country’s second largest export commodity after cotton and the domestic film industry in Egypt the fourth largest in the world. Artistically, his screenplays channeled the ideology of the revolution, often raising themes of oppression and liberation, and almost always within a storyline of criminal transgression. But as he discussed in later articles and interviews, the capacity for film to enumerate the flow of life—through montage, jump cuts, lighting, and close ups—helped him to develop a darker, faster, and more complex vision of society. This technological revolution was followed by a literary one in the 1960s, a time when Mahfouz would generate through a series of short, trenchant, and often comedic novellas, a deeply measured meditation on the experience of collective upheaval and the interpersonal impact of political transformation.
Myth and Environment in Recent Southwestern Literature
Authors: Wrede Theda
Published: February 2025

The romantic perception of the American Southwest as a wild and dangerous frontier where heroic settlers prove their endurance has often responded to a common human desire to escape from the pressures of civilization and experience an “authentic” relationship with nature. This idealized notion about life in the Southwest, however, has contributed the subjugation of the indigenous populations and the natural world while helping rationalize the conquest of both. In Myth and Environment in Recent Southwestern Literature, Theda Wrede brings contemporary Southwestern American literature under the microscope to examine the ways in which the mythic narrative has influenced attitudes toward the land in the region. Focusing on popular novels by Corrmac McCarthy, Barbara Kingsolver, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Denise Chávez, Wrede explores the psychology behind the myth and discusses the ways in which the four authors deploy the mythic narrative, interrogate its validity, and offer visions for alternative modes of inhabiting the Southwest. In combining ideas from a culturally sensitive ecofeminist theory, psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies, and literary studies, the study offers an innovative conceptual framework for discussions about environmental responsibility in the twenty-first century. Finally, it also encourages its readers to partake in the process of mythogenesis by imagining “sustainable” narratives to help rescue the promise of the Southwest for the new millennium.
In Response to the Religious Other
Authors: Moyaert Marianne
Published: February 2025

In the vast collection of his writings, the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur only sporadically raised the issue of interreligious dialogue. In this book, comparative theologian Marianne Moyaert argues that Ricoeur’s hermeneutical philosophy offers valuable signposts for a better understanding of the complexities related to interreligious dialogue. By revisiting the key insights of Ricoeur’s wider oeuvre from the perspective of interfaith dialogue, Moyaert elaborates a Ricoeurian interreligious hermeneutic. In Response to the Religious Other provides a coherent interreligious reading of Ricoeur’s philosophy of religion, his hermeneutical anthropology, his ethical hermeneutics. Moyaert shows that Ricoeur makes an exceptionally rewarding conversation partner for anyone wishing to explore the complex issues associated with interreligious dialogue.

This book is essential for studies of hermeneutics, ethics, religious philosophy, global cooperation and hospitality, comparative theology, and religious identity.
Comic Cure for Delusional Democracy
Authors: Fendt Gene
Published: February 2025

This book shows how the discussion of Platos' Republic is a comic mimetic cure for civic and psychic delusion. Plato creates such pharmaka, or noble lies, for reasons enunciated by Socrates within the discussion, but this indicates Plato must think his readers are in the position of needing the catharses such fictions produce. Socrates' interlocutors must be like us. Since cities are like souls, and souls come to be as they are through mimesis of desires, dreams, actions and thought patterns in the city, we should expect that political theorizing often suffers from madness as well. It does. Gene Fendt shows how contemporary political (and psychological) theory still suffers from the same delusion Socrates' interlocutors reveal in their discussion: a dream of autarchia called possessive individualism. Plato has good reason to think that only a mimetic, rather than a rational and philosophical, cure can work. Against many standard readings, Comic Cure for Delusional Democracy shows that the Republic itself is a defense of poetry; that kallipolis cannot be the best city and is not Socrates' ideal; that there are six forms of regime, not five; and that the true philosopher should not be unhappy to go back down into Plato's cave.
Facing South to Africa
Authors: Asante Molefi Kete
Published: February 2025

Facing South to Africa is a bold synthesis of the ideas that have made Afrocentric theorists the leading voices of the African renaissance. Written from the vantage point of the philosophical and political discourse that emerged over the past twenty-five years, this is a highly readable and accessible introduction to African social and cultural criticism. Molefi Kete Asante engages in the practice of critical thinking by raising fundamental questions about how Africans view themselves and the world. Tackling the themes of culture, education, social sciences, the university, politics, African unity, and the prospects for peace in Africa, Facing South to Africa is a fresh, daring, and popularizing synthesis of the best critical thought on the issues of modern knowledge. Asante’s plan is to reorient our thinking on Africa by asking questions of Africa and Africans rather than imposing preconceived, external ideas on African issues.
100 Books Every Folk Music Fan Should Own
Authors: Weissman Dick
Published: February 2025

In recent years an almost overwhelming number of books have appeared covering various aspects of American folk music and its history. Before 1970, most comprised collections of songs with a sprinkling of biographical information on noted performers. Over the past decade, however, scholars, journalists, and folk artists themselves have contributed biographies and autobiographies, instructional books and historical surveys, sociological studies and ethnographic analyses of this musical genre.

In 100 Books Every Folk Music Fan Should Own, performer and historian Dick Weissman offers a reliable route through the growing sea of book-length studies, establishing for future scholars a foundation for their research. Beginning with early twentieth-century collections of folk songs, the author brings readers to the present by exploring modern studies of important events, critical collections of primary sources, the most significant musical instruction guides, and in-depth portraits of traditional and contemporary American folk musicians. For each title selected, Weissman provides his own brief summary of its contents and assessment of its significance for the reader—whether fan or scholar.

Folk music fans, scholars, and students of the American folk music tradition—indeed, any reader seeking guidance on the best books in the field—will want a copy of this vital work.
Serving Online Customers
Authors: Barclay Donald A.
Published: February 2025

Before the Web existed, anyone who wanted free information had to use the library. Now, a wealth of information on every possible service is accessible online. To compete in the digital age, libraries must provide outstanding customer service to their virtual users.

In Serving Online Customers: Lessons for Libraries from the Business World, Donald A. Barclay carefully examines business literature to identify the best customer service practices of online companies and shows readers how to adapt these practices to the library environment. Chapter coverage includes these critical areas:

Improving the Self-Service Experience

Bringing Reference Service to the Online Customer

Adding Libraries to the Distance Education Mix

Designing Library Websites for Both Trust and Pleasure

Implementing Recommendation Agents and Avatars into Online Services

Linking Continuous Assessment to Online Service Improvement

This book will help any library greatly enhance their online users’ experience and help bring new users to the library.
Merchant of Words
Authors: Horowitz Terry Fred
Published: February 2025

During World War II, Robert St. John of NBC, broadcast from London opposite CBS's Edward R. Murrow. Afterward, St. John would become a noted writer and commentator on world affairs, as well as a prominent and vocal supporter of the state of Israel. In Merchant of Words: The Life of Robert St. John, Terry Fred Horowitz not only documents St. John’s accomplishments and adventures but takes readers behind the scenes with St. John, who, for over three quarters of a century, served as a firsthand witness to history as it was being made in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

From his auspicious beginnings when lying about his age in order to join the U.S. Navy during World War I to his final days as a well-established author and “righteous gentile,” St. John was both a participant and critical observer of American and world history. He became the youngest newspaper editor-publisher in the United States, breaking a story on prostitution in Cicero, Illinois, that resulted in his beating by Al Capone’s mob. When World War II began he became a war correspondent for the Associated Press, later escaping from the Nazis when they invaded Yugoslavia, he was wounded by a Messerschmitt’s strafing. He subsequently wrote From the Land of Silent People, the first full account of the fall of Yugoslavia and Greece during the war. Shortly afterward, he was hired by NBC as a radio broadcaster, covering the Blitz in London and D-Day and becoming the first commentator to announce the end of the war in Japan. During the McCarthy era, he was “pinklisted” and his passport was confiscated for a year, stranding him in Switzerland. During its War of Independence he started his lifelong love affair with Israel, becoming the only foreign correspondent to cover, in person, all of its wars, including the Israel-Lebanon War of 1982, during which he was known as the “dean of correspondents.”

In addition to working as a regular contributor for the World Book Encyclopedia, St. John eventually wrote twenty-three books, many of them about Israel and the Middle East. These included well-received biographies of David Ben-Gurion (Builder of Israel), Eliezer Ben-Yehudah (Tongue of the Prophets), Abba Eban (Eban), and Gamal Abdul Nasser (The Boss: The Story of Gamel Abdal Nasser). Merchant of Words is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of journalism and the adventures of recognized war correspondent. For historians and history buffs it offers unique details from a journalist’s perspective on World War II, the Cold War, the Red Scare, Vietnam and the history of Israel and the Middle East.
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion
Authors: Thompson Kim M. , Jaeger Paul T. , Taylor Natalie Greene , Subramaniam Mega , Bertot John Carlo
Published: February 2025

Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society.

This book is the first detailed consideration of digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy problems and as core issues in information policy and libraries. The unique features of this book include

drawing together the key themes and findings from the discourse on digital literacy and digital inclusion widely spread among many fields;

analyzing digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy issues, both being driven and regulated by policy;

building on a wealth of original research conducted by the authors using different quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches on four different continents when analyzing these issues, providing unique examples, case studies, and perspectives;

using information behavior theory to provide important insights about these issues at individual, community, and political levels;

providing recommendations to inform practice in libraries and help libraries to frame their advocacy for public policies that support literacy and inclusion; and

providing policy recommendations to improve the creation and implementation of policy instruments that promote digital literacy and digital inclusion.

The authors of this book have been involved in this research for many years, and their experience provides a broad view across the literature, inherent problems, and national perspectives. This breadth allows this book to offer comprehensive policy recommendations, solutions, and best practices for an area that is fragmented in discourse, practice, and policy.
Promoting Peace in Myanmar
Authors: Kuok Lynn
Published: February 2025

Myanmar has made important progress toward democratic reform since President Thein Sein’s civilian government came to power in early 2011. Significant challenges, however, remain and could scuttle efforts at change. Key among these are the peace process between the government and armed ethnic groups in the border regions; communal tensions in Rakhine state bordering Bangladesh and in central Myanmar; and the free and fair conduct of the 2015 general elections, which could also impact the peace process and communal relations. This report explores the United States’ interests in peace in Myanmar and offers recommendations for how Washington can best promote it.
Singing in Greek
Authors: Zervanos Lydía
Published: February 2025

In Singing in Greek: A Guide to Greek Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, Lydía Zervanos reveals to singers the vast riches of Greek vocal music. Dating back to 1770, Greek art music—following the Western European styles, often drawing on themes from folk music and motifs—long awaits its rightful place in a truly international vocal repertoire. Modern singers in search of new musical opportunities will find in Singing in Greek the necessary tools to locate and perform art songs and arias from this extensive national vocal repertoire.

Concisely written and full of practical advice, the book opens with an introduction to the Greek alphabet and pronunciation, navigating the assignment of International Phonetic Alphabet symbols. Zervanos covers such topics as Greek vowels, digraphs, consonants, binary consonants, consonant combinations, palatalization, basic Greek grammatical concepts and their role in stress and length, syllabification, and punctuation—all separated into easily referenced chapters and supported by online recordings of native Greek opera singers.

In the second half of Singing in Greek, Zervanos offers a short history of Greek art music, biographies of prominent Greek composers, texts of their most representative works with IPA transcriptions, and word-for-word and poetic translations, with arias and art songs chosen for all voice types and levels. This book also includes indexes of direct vowel-to-IPA and consonant-to-IPA transcriptions, as well as useful appendixes on publications, organizations, and famous Greek poets.

Singing in Greek is a must-have resource for every singer, voice teacher, vocal coach, collaborative pianist, and opera and choral conductor seeking to perform and teach in this unique language, explore the wealth of music available, and expand their knowledge of Greek repertoire.
The World Almanac of Islamism
Authors: Policy Council American Foreign
Published: February 2025

From Western Europe to Asia, from the Middle East to the Horn of Africa, societies are finding themselves under growing assault from radical Islamist forces. In some countries, such as Spain and France, the challenge posed by radical Islam is still limited in scope and embryonic in nature. But in others, including Somalia and Pakistan, it poses a mortal danger to the future of the existing state. The World Almanac of Islamism is the first comprehensive reference work to detail the global reach of Islamism across six continents. Each country study, written by leading subject-matter experts, examines the full scope of the Islamist phenomenon, from the activities of radical Islamist groups to the role of Islamist actors and ideas in society to the response—or complicity—of the local government. An additional series of “movement” studies explores the global reach, ideology, and capabilities of the world’s most powerful transnational Islamist movements. Finally, Almanac includes regional summaries and a global overview designed to provide context and strategic insights into current and emerging trends relating to Islamism the world over.

Features of the new edition include:

- Three new country studies (Nigeria, Brazil, Tanzania)

- Two new movement studies (the Gulen movement and Boko Haram)

- Updates to all original chapters

- Consolidation of trends/analyses into one “Global Overview”
Dampak Energi Fosil Terhadap Perubahan Iklim Dan Solusi Berbasis Energi Hijau
Authors: Halim Tjiwidjaja  , Rianti Salima
Published: February 2025

This research aims to analyze the impact of fossil energy on climate change and explore green energy-based solutions. Research objects include greenhouse gas emissions produced by the use of fossil energy and the potential of renewable energy as an alternative. The research was carried out during 2023 using secondary data analysis methods from various case studies and scientific reports. research results show that the use of fossil energy contributes significantly to increasing global temperatures and extreme climate change. on the other hand, the application of green energy solutions, such as solar, wind, and bioenergy, can substantially reduce carbon emissions and increase environmental sustainability. Implementing policies that support the transition to green energy is urgently needed to overcome the climate crisis. This research provides recommendations for the development of renewable energy technology and increasing public awareness regarding the environmental impacts of fossil energy
Analisis dampak Pembangunan Infrastruktur Dasar terhadap Kehidupan Sosial Masyarakat Perabaga Distrik Piramid Kabupaten Jayawijaya
Authors: Evelyne Afredytha Wenda  , Lazarus Ramandei  , Sudiro Sudiro
Published: February 2025

This research examines the impact of infrastructure development on people's lives in Kampung Perabaga, Piramid District, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua. Against the background of the increasing need for adequate infrastructure, this study aims to evaluate positive and negative impacts arising from the development of basic infrastructure such as roads, bridges, drainage, telecommunications, and roads. such as roads, bridges, drainage, telecommunications, and clean water in the region. region. The study used qualitative methods through observation, interviews, and documentation to obtain in-depth data on the condition of the infrastructure and its infrastructure and its influence on the economic, social, and welfare of the local community. of the local community. The results show that, although the development of basic infrastructure development has had a positive impact on economic activity and social interaction in the community, there are still significant shortcomings in the social interaction of the community, there are still significant shortcomings in drainage, telecommunication networks, and adequate access to clean water. Based on these results, the research recommends further planning and evaluation so that infrastructure development in Perabaga Village can run effectively and sustainably, according to the needs of the community. effective and sustainable, in accordance with the needs of the local community.
Kajian Indeks Pembangunan Manusia sebagai Indikator Pengukuran Kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia di Provinsi Gorontalo
Authors: Muhammad Yusuf  , Fitriyane Lihawa  , Dewi Wahyuni K. Baderan
Published: February 2025

Human Resource Development (HRD) is one of the main priorities in realizing the progress of a region. The Human Development Index (HDI) is one of the indicators used to measure the quality of HRD. This study aims to analyze the quality of HRD in Gorontalo Province using the HDI as the main indicator. Secondary data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) were analyzed to measure three dimensions of the HDI, namely health, education, and decent living standards during the period 2019-2023. The results of the study showed an increasing trend in the HDI across all regions, although at varying rates. Gorontalo City recorded the highest HDI value, reflecting better development quality compared to other districts. Meanwhile, North Gorontalo had the lowest HDI, although there was an increase from year to year. Further analysis showed that significant disparities in the dimensions of health, education, and per capita expenditure between urban and rural areas were major challenges. This study suggests the need for equitable development through increasing access to health services, quality education, and economic infrastructure to reduce disparities between regions. These findings are expected to contribute to more inclusive policy-making for HRD development in Gorontalo Province.
Potensi Model Sistem Dinamik dalam Sistem Pengelolaan Sampah Perkotaan
Authors: Mawardi Heru Prasetyo  , Fitryane Lihawa  , Dewi Wahyuni K. Baderan
Published: February 2025

System dynamic models have been recognized as an effective approach in projecting and designing sustainable urban waste management systems. This study aims to explore the potential of system dynamic modeling in urban waste management. This study uses a literature study method with a qualitative descriptive approach that refers to various relevant previous studies. The results of the literature study show that the system dynamic model is able to map the complex relationships between variables in the waste management system, such as population growth, waste production, waste processing capacity, environmental impacts, and others. In addition, the system dynamic model can project future waste management conditions and prepare the most effective policy scenarios. Through simulations of various policy scenarios, the system dynamic model can provide insight into the impact of each scenario, both in terms of technical efficiency, operational costs, and reduction of waste generation in landfills. In implementing policy scenarios, collaboration between the government, community, and stakeholders is also needed in optimizing waste management programs.
V interesu pomníku : strategie kanonizace literátky na přelomu století
Authors: Ježková Petra
Published: February 2025

Monuments to deceased writers erected in public space helped to create visible and permanent sites of memory in the second half of the 19th century. Thus they helped to constitute a widely shared canon of Czech national literature. In that time institutions such as Svatobor and the Czech Academy played a key role in the field of commemoration. As far as women were concerned, Aleida Assmann's observation regarding a structural amnesia can be applied here without any hesitation. This fact can be very well observed after the death of Karolina Světlá in September 1899, when Eliška Krásnohorská attempted to break the status quo. She undertook a determined, assertive campaign to commemorate the writer in the form of a monument on Charles Square (another was planned and eventually erected in Podještědí). She did not hesitate to write to the president of the Academy, Josef Hlávka, to organize a petition of writers and editors, to dramatize Světlá's short story "in the interest of the monument" and to donate the proceeds for its realization. The result was the first monument to a female writer in the urban space of Prague.
Vyšehrad : vybrané rysy singulárního stylu historického eposu Julia Zeyera
Authors: Schacherl Martin
Published: February 2025

The study focuses on the language and style of the historical epic Vyšehrad by the Czech writer Julius Zeyer (1841–1901). The paper presents an analysis of selected aspects of the singular style of the individual poems of the epic, and attempts to demonstrate the stylistic (in)coherence of the epic cycle through comparisons of selected linguistic features of the text; i.e. a situation in which all the stylemata in the text function in a complex way, both in interplay (the style of the text is coherent) and in contrast (the style of the text is (un)intentionally incoherent). The comparison of selected stylometric properties of individual poems of Vyšehrad has shown that there are no significant (quantitative) differences in selected linguistic properties of the texts in relation to the uniformly conceived thematic construction of the epic. All the poems of the historical and mythicizing epic are characterized by a linguistically coherent and uniform style, reflecting only slight disproportions in the length of specific texts.
The systematic conception of translation in early Czech structural functionalist theory : the cases of Vojtěch Jirát (1938) and Vilém Mathesius (1942)
Authors: Cámara Outes Cristian
Published: February 2025

Despite having been scarcely studied so far, the corpus of texts on translatological phenomena published between 1926 and 1948 by authors belonging to the Prague School represents in itself a significant episode in the history of translation theory in the 20th century, and one that definitely deserves more scholarly attention. In this paper, firstly, the theoretical foundations established by Jan Mukařovský for the study of the functions of translations in the evolution of literary systems are analyzed. Secondly, the translatological conceptions in two texts by V. Jirát and V. Mathesius are outlined. Finally, a comparison between the ideas of the Czech authors and the proposals of André Lefevere's theory of manipulation is drawn.