bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cairo Population Conference at Thirty: Impact and Consequences
Authors: Tkachenko Alexander
Published: October 2024

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Spatial analysis of the healthcare system at a regional level: A case study of the Kyustendil district
Authors: Nikolova Gergana , Patarchanova Emilia
Published: October 2024

Healthcare is an activity of great humanitarian and social importance. Good health is a right of every human being, an asset and a source of economic and social stability. The health status of the population is crucial for reducing poverty and at the same time contributes to sustainable territorial development. Despite the established principles of accessibility and equality in the use of medical assistance and the existence of a valid health card, our research has shown that the population has different access to facilities and centers for medical assistance at the regional and local level. The localization and concentration of healthcare facilities and all other elements of the healthcare system in the studied Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) 3 area—the Kyustendil region, Bulgaria—are tied to the largest  ities in the region and the administrative centers of the municipalities. This poses a problem for the population from the remote settlements of the district, which has considerable difficulties in obtaining medical care even in emergency cases and in accessing specialized hospitals, laboratories, etc. The geographical characteristics of the area have a significant impact on the time needed to cover the distance between the villages and the towns where the health facilities are located. Hence the specific case study to solve this problem at the local and regional level. The conducted research tries to solve this case study, which was made in the studied area, but is also relevant for many other areas in Bulgaria. It is important to note that the Kyustendil region has very good indicators of health infrastructure and supply of health professionals, which make it one of the leading places in Bulgaria. However, part of the population of the district has very difficult access to the healthcare system, which is the main reason for the higher premature mortality due to diseases, especially among the population living in the villages. An in-depth spatial analysis of the territorial location of all elements of the health system and the provision of specialist doctors was carried out. The results obtained are visualized through graphics and a map created with GIS software. 
Phylogeography of the Colombian water snake Helicops danieli Amaral, 1938 (Reptilia, Squamata, Dipsadidae) with comments on the systematics and evolution of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828
Authors: Hurtado-Gómez Juan Pablo , Daza Juan M. , Vargas-Ramírez Mario , Deepak V. , Fritz Uwe
Published: October 2024

The genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 comprises 20 species of semiaquatic snakes. It is mostly distributed in the cis-Andean region of South America, with only two trans-Andean species (H. danieli, H. scalaris). Helicops danieli is endemic to Colombia and occurs through most of the trans-Andean region. Herein two mitochondrial and two nuclear genomic markers were sequenced for 16 samples of H. danieli across most of its distribution range to understand its phylogeography. A dated tree was also generated with additional sequences from previous studies to infer the divergence times between H. danieli and its cis-Andean congeners and of lineages within H. danieli. Using previously published data, ancestral states were estimated for putative phenotypic synapomorphies for the major clades of Helicops. For H. danieli, four clades corresponding to the main river basins within its distribution were recovered. Our dated tree suggests that the ancestor of H. danieli diverged from its closest congeners in the late Miocene (8.7 Mya), which can be associated with the closure of the Andalucia Pass, south of the Eastern Cordillera. Divergence within H. danieli commenced 1.1 Mya. Within the genus Helicops, two distinct hemipenial morphologies were observed, which are suggested as putative synapomorphies for the two most basal clades. Recognition of these two clades as distinct subgenera, Helicops sensu stricto and Tachynectes Fitzinger, 1843 is proposed. For the junior homonym Tachynectes von der Mark, 1863, rarely applied to fossil fishes, the replacement name Ichthyotachynectesnom. nov. is introduced. Furthermore, the evolution of another four phenotypic traits in Helicops and their phylogenetic utility are discussed.
Generalized Lie $ n $-derivations on generalized matrix algebras
Authors: Li Shan , Luo Kaijia , Li Jiankui
Published: October 2024

Let $ \mathcal{G} $ be a generalized matrix algebra. We show that under certain conditions, each generalized Lie $ n $-derivation associated with a linear map on $ \mathcal{G} $ is a sum of a generalized derivation and a central map vanishing on all $ (n-1) $-th commutators and is also a sum of a generalized inner derivation and a Lie $ n $-derivation. As an application, generalized Lie $ n $-derivations on von Neumann algebras are characterized.
Improved Kneser-type oscillation criterion for half-linear dynamic equations on time scales
Authors: Hassan Taher S. , Menaem Amir Abdel , Zaidi Hasan Nihal , Alenzi Khalid , El-Matary Bassant M.
Published: October 2024

We study the Kneser-type oscillation criterion for a class of second-order half-linear functional dynamic equations on an arbitrary time scale utilizing the integral averaging approach and the Riccati transformation method. The results show an improvement in Kneser-type when compared to some known results. We provide some illustrative examples to demonstrate the significance of our main results.
Strongly-coupled and predator-prey subelliptic system on the Heisenberg group
Authors: Wang Xinjing , Du Guangwei
Published: October 2024

In this paper, we considered the Neumann boundary value problem for the strongly-coupled subelliptic system and the predator-prey subelliptic system on the Heisenberg group. We provide a priori estimates and the non-existence result for non-constant positive solutions for the strongly-coupled and predator-prey systems.
On the curve evolution with a new modified orthogonal Saban frame
Authors: Yakut Atakan Tuğkan , Kızılay Alperen
Published: October 2024

The flow of a curve is said to be inextensible if the arc length in the first case and the intrinsic curvature in the second case are preserved. In this work, we investigated the inextensible flow of a curve on $ S^2 $ according to a modified orthogonal Saban frame. Initially, we gave the definition of the modified Saban frame and then established the relations between the Frenet and the modified orthogonal Saban frames. Later, we determined the inextensible curve flow and geodesic curvature of a curve on the unit sphere using the modified orthogonal Saban frame. Also, we gave some theorems and results for special cases of the evolution of a curve on a sphere. Finally, we gave examples and their graphs for the inextensible flow equation of curvatures.
Optimizing Broadcast Utilization for Efficient Disaster Management Using Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Novel Energy-Saving Algorithms
Authors: Alzyoud Faisal Y. , Tarawneh Monther , Almaghthwi Ahmed , Altalidi Askar , Asiri Layla , Alrehaili Meaad
Published: October 2024

Globalization, industry, and population growth is considered the main reasons for climate change, so when some natural calamity or disaster occurs in any area, it leads to isolating this area from the rest of the region. Wireless ad hoc networks are important in disaster management to reduce losses and costs as they reduce the response, aiding time to save lives. However, they suffer from limited energy, which controls the lifetime of the sensor. Different methods are applied to save energy and increase battery life, such as sleep-awake schedules which assume similar initial energy for all nodes. Domestic partition in a unit disk graph is the production of the maximum possible number of such disjoint dominants. However, it assumes different initial energy levels for all nodes, which is another problem. In this paper, a new broadcast approach based on minimum set data broadcasting is proposed to minimize the number of broadcasting messages to increase the battery life during disasters and enhance rescue operations. The proposed minimum rebroadcast algorithm (MSRA) method balances coverage and utilization efficiency by dynamically adjusting node selection based on network conditions. The results show that MSRA significantly reduces power consumption and transmission latency, opening the way to find a new solution for disaster management using wireless ad hoc networks.
Beware of What Lurks in the Margin: Glosses, Mobile Digital Games, and Incidental Vocabulary Learning
Authors: Rasti-Behbahani Amin , Abugohar Mohammed , Khallaf Nagwa
Published: October 2024

The study was set to investigate the effectiveness of meaning-given (meaning-G) and multiple-choice (choice-G) glosses in enhancing incidental vocabulary learning by word learning activities developed with a tablet digital game (DGBVL). Fifty-four Persian speakers (13–14 years old) were divided into meaning, choice, and control (CG) groups randomly after their vocabulary knowledge sizes were measured (2100–2400). After administering two pretests, measuring receptive and productive knowledge of 20 concrete nouns, participants played a commercial adventure game. They read a modified game guide and completed a chapter of the game in pairs. Meaning-G had a single Persian definition, choice-G had three, and CG had none on the page margins. Three weeks later, the participants took post-tests, receptive and productive, without forewarning. Moreover, qualitative data were collected. Results showed that 1) DGBVL activities could enhance incidental learning of the target words regardless of the gloss types; 2) contrary to our expectations, meaning-G enhanced target word productive knowledge acquisition much more effectively than choice-G; and 3) glosses led to different vocabulary learning strategies. This study extends the literature by advising prospective teachers to employ meaning-G to enhance vocabulary acquisition through DGBVL activities effectively.
Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Apps Support Intelligent Healthcare Systems for Mental Health Services
Authors: R. Jeya  , Hezerul Abdul Karim  , Sarina Binti Mansor
Published: October 2024

Patients and healthcare practitioners have commended the systems’ effectiveness, ease, and user-friendliness in several situations. Utilizing cutting-edge ideas and methods from the multidisciplinary domains of electricity, computing, medical engineering, and medicine, mobile healthcare (m-health) technology advances these professions’ contributions to healthcare systems. The monitoring and delivery of healthcare interventions are becoming increasingly dependent on mobile phones. Because of their sophisticated processing functions, improved preferences, and wide range of capabilities, they are frequently referred to as pocket computers. Their advanced sensors and intricate software programmers increase the viability and innovation of m-health solutions. To design the m-health application, the design science research methodology (DSRM) framework was used. Additionally, the architecture for connecting the hospital information system and mobile device network together was established. Additionally, a few exemplary intelligent healthcare applications are examined to demonstrate how data analytics and mobile computing can be used to improve the quality of healthcare services.
Augmented Reality in Mobile Learning: Enhancing Interactive Learning Experiences
Authors: Roman Shkilev  , Artemiy Kozachek  , Baydjanova Iroda Abdullayevna  , Feruza Suyunovna Abdullayeva  , Laylo Jurayevna Toshboyeva  , Nargis Abdullaevna Inagamova  , Sobirjon Sohib o'g'li Abdullayev
Published: October 2024

A new platform for learning in a mobile environment was established by improvements in e-learning technologies. However, probably because of the low level of interactive learning content, many of the concepts in mobile-based learning environments have begun struggling to engage students. Therefore, this study paper proposes an augmented reality (AR) technique for the enhanced interactive learning experience for the students. A new platform for learning in a mobile environment was established by innovations in e-learning technologies. Unsurprisingly, owing to a tiny amount of interactive learning content, many of the concepts in mobile-based learning environments are now underperforming to engage students. To erect the mapping process for mobile task learners and empower the software of AR through mobile with the parameter, the deployment of mobile learning parameters is also appreciated. This study analyzes how AR could impact traditional learning methodologies by using mobile devices to combine digital information with actual surroundings. It achieves this by carrying out an in-depth evaluation of the most current research and an analysis of case studies. In regards to considerable accomplishments, AR in mobile learning might improve student engagement, boost experiential learning, and support better knowledge retention. The publication additionally includes implementation-related difficulties for AR, such as technological barriers and the prerequisite for revised instructional schemes. The study finalizes with proposals for future research to advance our comprehension of and enhance the value of AR applications in educational contexts and additionally suggests to educators and developers how to fully utilize the beneficial features of AR in mobile learning.
Deciphering Patterns in Student Emotional Fluctuations: A Big Data Approach in Educational Psychology
Authors: Zhao Yiyi
Published: October 2024

With the rapid advancement of big data and information technology, the analysis of student emotional fluctuations has emerged as a new frontier in the field of educational psychology. This study aims to explore the patterns of student emotional fluctuations through big data analysis techniques and to use these patterns to predict students’ psychological tendencies, thereby providing educators with real-time, accurate teaching references. The importance of student emotions in the learning process and the potential of big data technology in perceiving and analyzing student emotions are elucidated in the background section. The current state of study discusses the limitations of traditional methods in analyzing student emotions, such as small sample sizes, short data collection time spans, and the lack of timeliness and accuracy in analysis. A student emotional fluctuation identification model based on big data is first established, capable of integrating multi-source data and effectively capturing subtle changes in student emotions. Furthermore, a psychological tendency mixed-frequency prediction model is constructed, utilizing the mixed data sampling (MIDAS) mixed-frequency model, aimed at achieving accurate predictions of trends in student emotional fluctuations. The development and validation of these two models demonstrate the application value of big data analysis in the field of educational psychology, supporting personalized learning and promoting the effectiveness of student emotional management and teaching interventions.
Désinstitutionnaliser le handicap, instituer l’autonomie
Authors: Eyraud Benoit , Triaille Louis
Published: October 2024

À l’automne 2022, le Comité onusien des droits des personnes handicapées, interprète officiel de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées (CDPH), a publié des “Lignes directrices sur la désinstitutionalisation.” Cette prise de position s’inscrit dans une longue série de controverses relatives à la désinstitutionnalisation. Elle participe aussi d’une dynamique d’institution d’un nouveau “modèle du handicap” se présentant comme étant fondé sur les droits humains. Ces deux processus – la controverse sur les politiques de désinstitutionnalisation et l’institution d’un nouveau modèle du handicap – sont imbriqués et renvoient au même champ sémantique de la dés/institution/nalisation. La compréhension de leur articulation nécessite de distinguer deux registres de signification, l’un politique, l’autre analytique. À la charnière de ces deux registres, cet article a pour objectif de resituer la prise de position du Comité dans l’histoire du droit onusien relatif au handicap. Nous montrons que le développement de ce droit passe par un processus d’institution du “modèle fondé sur les droits humains” qui est indissociable du processus de désinstitutionnalisation d’une approche antérieure, symbolisée par la figure de l’établissement spécialisé. L’analyse proposée est socio-juridique et se nourrit de recherches dans les archives de l’Organisation des Nations Unies et dans les sources du droit international ainsi que d’une vingtaine d’entretiens.
The Institution and de-institutionalization
Authors: Stiker Henri-Jacques
Published: October 2024

De-institutionalization has become a key topic in the area of disabilities to enable the people concerned to live on their own and independently. The meaning of de-institutionalization can be understood only if it is analysed in opposition to the institution. What is an institution, beyond the diversity of its forms and interpretations? This raises three major problems: Does the institution reduce individuals to components thereof, do individuals submit to an institution completely, and what can regulate the institution? Any institution considered from this perspective appears to be ambivalent, repressive, but full of resources; it is accepted by its users, who can nevertheless contest it; it rests upon a function but also what is imagined. This analysis leads us to conceive of de-institutionalization as a constant dynamic at the very core of the institution. The institution, which cannot be reduced to the notion of an establishment and is something that society cannot do without, provides the necessary support to achieve the aforesaid autonomy and independence. This is a back-and-forth process between the institution and its inmates or subjects. Each institution is one of many environmental factors that determine disability. And every institution is itself part of a more general, institutional environment. There is no functioning outside an institutional environment. The issue is therefore to make sure that this environment work in favour of individual freedom.
The workforce challenges of disabled people in Hungary and Slovakia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Jenei Szonja , Szalai Szilvia Módosné , Leicht Fruzsina , Molnár Sylvia , Varga Erika , Poór József
Published: October 2024

Our research examines the changes in the situation of people with disabilities during the pandemic in Hungary and Slovakia. It aims to uncover whether the previously provided state safety nets and support systems were sufficient to maintain those affected’s livelihoods and quality of life. According to advocacy organizations, many people with disabilities were dismissed from the open labor market during the pandemic. They found work in the sheltered labor market, which led to a decline in their quality of life. Our research extensively studied people with disabilities, including those with visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and organ disorders. In-depth interviews were conducted with people with disabilities who have shown extraordinary achievements. Many managed to keep their jobs, but those who did not face negative stereotypes when seeking employment. We examined the acceptance of people with disabilities in the open labor market and the perception of positive discrimination by healthy individuals through a questionnaire survey. Our research found that Hungary and Slovakia, with limited financial resources, have different preferences regarding integrating people with disabilities into the workforce. Slovakia places greater emphasis on supporting sheltered employment, while Hungary tries to steer people with disabilities towards the open labor market with the help of the affected individuals.
Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
Authors: Bonnin-Oliveira Séverine , Hatt Emeline
Published: October 2024

This article examines how drawing up and managing sustainable planning projects in a rural context may reconfigure relations between citizens and public stakeholders, looking at the case of Volonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Picking up on the participatory dynamic initiated when the town centre ÉcoQuartier was created, grounded in measures to promote consultation, dialogue, and co-construction, Volonne saw an active and multifaceted citizenship dynamic emerge, analysed here. We consider rural municipalities’ capacity to support and embed citizen initiatives in such approaches seeking to transform the built environment and to develop a “sense of community” in rural areas. Our research brings out the diversity of citizen initiatives and how they help improve the living environment, as well as underscoring the need to modify traditional frameworks of public action. Getting public actors and citizens to work together requires adjustments and connections—some yet to be devised—to respond to coordination difficulties and the risk that initiatives be scaled back to a small group of participants.
Au regard des maquettes, la collaboration entre Max Douy et Claude Autant-Lara
Authors: Chevalier Léa
Published: October 2024

Max Douy, architecte-décorateur, et Claude Autant-Lara, réalisateur, se rencontrent en 1947, date qui marque le début d’une longue collaboration qui s’étend jusqu’à la fin des années 1970. Compte tenu de la méthode de préparation minutieuse inscrite dans le travail de la mise en scène, Douy influence considérablement les films de son collaborateur. À l’aune de ses maquettes et plans de tournage conçus pour Occupe-toi d’Amélie… ! (1949), Le blé en herbe (1953) et Marguerite de la nuit (1955), cet article retrace les étapes de conception des décors et questionne ainsi la place et l’influence de l’architecte-décorateur dans le processus créatif associé principalement au réalisateur.
Roger Planchon et Michel Vinaver : une amitié à l’épreuve du théâtre
Authors: Zaccheo Tommaso
Published: October 2024

À partir de la création de la pièce Aujourd’hui ou Les Coréens, en 1956, la relation d’amitié entre Michel Vinaver et Roger Planchon a été constante, forte et contradictoire. Nombreuses sont les prises de position ou les déclarations publiques dans lesquelles l’auteur dramatique a fait l’éloge de l’ami Roger Planchon, metteur en scène et lui-même auteur dramatique ; non moins nombreuses demeurent, pourtant, les occasions de friction entre ces deux artistes. En 1990, Vinaver déclarera, en effet, que des créateurs tels que Patrice Chéreau, Antoine Vitez ou Jean-Pierre Vincent auraient travaillé « à partir de la certitude que le metteur en scène est le souverain maître de l’œuvre théâtrale, l’auteur ultime du spectacle ». L’étude génétique des premières collaborations entre Planchon et Vinaver jusqu’au projet de création de la pièce de Michel Vinaver Par-dessus bord permet de vérifier la relation entre ces deux artistes à l’aune d’une forme de responsabilité auctoriale partagée.
Agnieszka Zgieb, passeuse de Krystian Lupa en France
Authors: Toussaint Floriane
Published: October 2024

Depuis 1999, Agnieszka Zgieb travaille à faire connaître le travail de Krystian Lupa en France. Elle intervient d’abord en tant que traductrice, de ses spectacles et d’entretiens qui lui sont consacrés, avant de s’engager dans un travail plus approfondi relevant tantôt de la dramaturgie (traduction des répétitions avec des acteurs et actrices non polonais, participation aux processus de création des spectacles), tantôt de la création d’archives sur son travail (coordination de numéros de revues, direction d’ouvrages, traduction et publication des textes originaux de Lupa). Cet entretien revient sur la singularité de cette relation au long cours tissée d’amitié, qui n’a cessé de se renouveler et de s’approfondir avec les années, et qui a fait d’Agnieszka Zgieb une passeuse déterminante du travail du maître polonais en France.
Scénographie contemporaine : entre collaborations longues et nouvelles pratiques collaboratives
Authors: Cluzeaud Clémentine
Published: October 2024

La pratique scénographique se transforme, et le rapport conventionnel entre scénographie et mise en scène est parfois dépassé. Certains scénographes contemporains quittent un compagnonnage invisible pour faire valoir une écriture de plateau singulière, signant ou cosignant les spectacles. D’autres revendiquent la création scénographique comme une œuvre artistique à part entière. Ces pratiques redéfinissent les collaborations et les processus conventionnels du travail théâtral. L’analyse des collaborations au long cours de trois praticiennes françaises, à la fois scénographes et metteuses en scène, Marguerite Bordat, Nadia Lauro, Anne-Sophie Turion, permet d’observer ces changements. En s’appuyant sur divers documents (sources monographiques, revues, articles de presse) et sur des entretiens inédits, cet examen s’intéresse au déplacement des pratiques scénographiques vers des positions auctoriales et se propose ainsi de dessiner un nouveau paysage théâtral français.
Dans l’atelier du Piccolo Teatro de Milan
Authors: Palermo Antonio
Published: October 2024

Cette contribution propose une analyse-reconstitution des liens entre le célèbre metteur en scène Giorgio Strehler (1921-1997), directeur du Piccolo Teatro de Milan de 1972 à 1997, et ses collaborateurs, en particulier les éclairagistes. À partir des apports clairement identifiés de trois scénographes : Gianni Ratto, Luciano Damiani et Ezio Frigerio, nous allons saisir l’enjeu de la lumière par rapport à l’espace. S’il est relativement aisé de tracer une histoire de la collaboration entre Strehler et les scénographes étant donné le nombre de documents disponibles, celle avec les éclairagistes s’avère plus compliquée. Prenant appui sur l’analyse d’un spectacle emblématique, L’orage de Strindberg, nous mettrons en évidence les qualités de ces « hommes de l’ombre », toujours présents dès le premier jour de répétition, et la relation privilégiée qu’ils entretiennent avec un metteur en scène qui non seulement comprend la lumière et sait la regarder, mais en fait un outil actif de sa dramaturgie.
La colère du prince dans les discours philosophiques antiques
Authors: Becker Audrey
Published: October 2024

Cette contribution se propose de revenir sur le rôle de deux textes – le De la colère de Sénèque et le De la colère divine de Lactance – dans la construction de l’idéologie du bon prince. Concernant le traité de Sénèque, il ne s’agira pas tant d’en étudier les aspects strictement philosophiques que de le réinscrire dans son contexte politique pour montrer le rôle qu’il a joué dans la construction de l’idéologie politique du pouvoir impérial. Ensuite, l’étude du traité de Lactance sera l’occasion de mettre en évidence l’originalité de son discours sur le rôle de la colère du prince.
Émotions et pouvoir. La fistule de Louis XIV vue par l’abbé de Choisy
Authors: Perez Stanis
Published: October 2024

La « Grande opération » qu’a subie Louis XIV en novembre 1686 a été l’occasion d’un véritable exploit de la part de la Couronne autour d’une maladie quelque peu honteuse. Mais, d’une façon inattendue, la publicité donnée à la résection d’une fistule anale et royale a débouché sur une forme de communion dans la peine, l’angoisse puis la joie retrouvée à l’annonce de l’heureux (mais faux) succès de la lancette du chirurgien. Cet épisode, bien décrit par l’abbé de Choisy dans ses précieux Mémoires, permet d’analyser les interactions entre un roi malade et un peuple souffrant également quoique par procuration, un dispositif psychologique et politique qui interroge autant la notion de « corps du roi » que celle de « politique émotionnelle ».
Exprimer les émotions. Construire et agencer un nouvel ordre politique à Montpellier en 1789‑1791
Authors: Vidoni Nicolas
Published: October 2024

L’article étudie les reconfigurations du politique à partir des émotions collectives exprimées au moment de la pré-Révolution et jusqu’en 1790 à Montpellier. Loin d’être un moment de tranquillité, cette courte période est en réalité traversée de courants forts de polarisation politique qui n’apparaissent que quand on étudie les émotions. Ces dernières permettent de rompre avec les cadres classiques du politique, en ce sens que de nouvelles émotions permettent la participation populaire. Cette intrusion dans l’espace politique suscite de nouvelles formes d’actions politiques qui justifient, aux yeux des dominants, la mise à distance du peuple et des émotions qui lui sont attachées.
After the rehabilitation unit
Authors: Groud Paul-Fabien , Perennou Dominic
Published: October 2024

This article analyses the everyday experiences of lower limb amputees with prosthesis during the first eighteen months after rehabilitation. It is based on an ethnographic and longitudinal research carried out with fourteen patients whose lower limb(s) has or have been recently amputated. Grounded in semi-directive interviews conducted one year and a half after the end of their rehabilitation ended, this study specifically focuses on the cross-analysis of the amputees’ discourses and feedback regarding their daily experiences of, and accommodation to, a prosthesis. In this article, daily life with a prosthesis is analysed from two different points of view. The first one concentrates on the everyday uses of the prosthesis and its repercussions in relation to experiences of disability. The second one deals with the various strategies that amputees use in social interactions, particularly the strategies they use to manage the visibility and/or invisibility of the prosthesis to deal with the pressure of normalcy.
Disability care services between welfare regime pre-conditioning and emancipatory change to independent living. A comparison of 10 European cases with fuzzy set ideal-type analysis
Authors: Tschanz Christoph
Published: October 2024

According to Nancy Fraser’s concept of the triple movement of social protection, emancipation, and marketisation, the forces of emancipation can form an alliance with social protection or marketisation. A genuine example of emancipation is the transformation of residential disability care services to personal assistance. However, what remains unclear is why some reforms overlap more with marketisation and others overlap more with social protection, whereas other countries did not undertake any pervasive reforms in their disability care services. This paper attempts to illuminate this issue by examining the morphogenetic approach to explain developments within disability care services in 10 European countries. A fuzzy set ideal type analysis was used to delineate four types of disability care services. The analysis assigned Greece, Slovenia, and Spain to the domestic-traditional type; Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland to the benevolent–paternalist type; Sweden to the encompassing-progressive type; and Latvia, the Slovak Republic, and the United Kingdom to the precarious-progressive type.
Students with disabilities in initial teacher training and the dilemma of professional competence
Authors: Bellacicco Rosa , Demo Heidrun
Published: October 2024

While the international agenda has promoted the need to diversify the teacher workforce, research on student teachers with disabilities is rare. However, initial teacher training (ITT) faces a meaningful dilemma, that calls for a critical examination: it has the duty to provide reasonable accommodations and, at the same time, it is accountable for training teachers through professional standards (“dilemma of professional competence”). This article provides a systematic review pertaining (1) the main issues related to students with disabilities in ITT and (2) the different forms assumed by the “dilemma of professional competence” within the programme. Twenty empirical studies, published between 1990 and 2018, were included. Seven thematic areas and three forms of the dilemma (institutional, personal and cultural) emerged from the analyses. Key findings confirm that students with disabilities’ personal journey is fraught and highly complex in ITT. While they also reveal the crucial role of the “dilemma of professional competence,” they show the need to reframe it considering the active role played by students with disabilities in adopting coping strategies, beyond the reasonable accommodations received, and the potential of a pluralization of the teacher competence profile, beyond the rigid idea of a standard one.
A network of expertise
Authors: Gal-Rosberg Sivan , Nelson Karin Zetterqvist
Published: October 2024

The article discusses an in-depth analysis of four assessment reports documenting the diagnostic procedure of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD henceforth) in pre-school-aged children in Sweden. Authored by professionals (child psychiatrists and child psychologists), the reports contain an account of different observations, interviews, and tests-results held throughout an ASD diagnostic procedure, as well as recommendations for treatments and interventions plan, and have a “mobile” function, meaning they reach other professionals and laypersons other than the child’s parents, making their influence long-lasting. The article’s overall aim is to demonstrate how professional knowledge is closely intertwined with parental knowledge, or parents’ unique “intimate expertise” (Lilley, 2011) in the written accounts making up the assessment reports, as professionals attempt to account for and establish an ASD diagnosis for a specific child. We conclude by arguing that such intertwined knowledge can be understood as materialization and an empirical demonstration of the network of autism expertise (Eyal, 2013), replacing previous historical forms of the appropriation of parental knowledge by professional actors during the procedure of ASD diagnosis in children (Eyal et al., 2010: 177).
Collaboration between social educators and nurses in institutions for persons with disabilities in french-speaking Switzerland
Authors: Gulfi Alida , Rossier Amélie
Published: October 2024

The ageing of people with disabilities and the evolution of their situation imply an increased need for support and care. In institutions for persons with disabilities, social education and health professionals are increasingly called upon to work together within socio-educational teams. This article investigates collaboration between social educators and nurses working in residential social care institutions for persons with disabilities in French-speaking Switzerland. Thirty-six semi-structured interviews were conducted with employers, social educators and nurses regarding recruitment practices, the division of labour and collaboration among professionals. Our study pointed out two modalities of division of labour in the participating institutions and the issues they raise: “formal distinction” that involves a difference between social educators and nurses and “no formal distinction” that makes no differences at a formal level between these professional groups. Results also highlight the positive collaboration between social educators and nurses, areas of tension and influences on interprofessional collaboration.
Categorizing clients with disabilities
Authors: Amby Finn , Kjeldsen Lena
Published: October 2024

Governments across Scandinavia have continuously proclaimed goals of raising the employment rate for people with disabilities. However, the employment rate for people with disabilities has been significantly lower than that of people without disabilities for more than two decades. The municipal employment centres and as such the individual caseworkers have substantial discretion in categorizing clients with permanent impairments. Earlier studies have largely focused on employment at the stage when the impairment has been categorized. This study offers new insight by exploring the process by which people with permanent impairments are categorized in Danish job centres. Results from a survey (n=69) and qualitative interviews (n=9) with caseworkers show a very low degree of formal categorization as well as a low degree of attention to disability as a target group. However, a lack of focus in job centres does not mean that no classification is performed as caseworkers use categories from adjacent political or social categories e.g. the flexi-job scheme. One consequence of the lack of classification could be that job centres do not identify impairments in unemployed thereby lowering the possibilities to assist them. However, a higher level of classification also entails possible downsides such as stigmatization.
Young adults with severe physical disabilities
Authors: Heräjärvi Nina Ursula , Leskinen Markku Olavi , Pirttimaa Raija Anneli , Virtanen Tuomo Erkki , Jokinen Kimmo Juhani
Published: October 2024

This study aimed to identify factors associated with negative public health care experiences of Finnish young adults with severe physical disabilities with or without a co-occurring intellectual disability after their transition from child to adult health care. Paediatric neurologists used clinical examination Gross Motor Function Classification System (Expanded & Revised) level IV or V to diagnose severe physical disabilities in all 74 subjects (M age 20.2). Thirty-nine of the participants (53%) had a co-occurring intellectual disability according to ICD-10 (IQ < 70). Paediatric neurologists developed the instrument Severely Disabled Youths’ Life Situation and the Functioning of the Service Systems in Finland to collect data. Fisher’s exact tests examined the association between experiences with health care factors and public health care. Binary logistic regressions predicted negative public health care experiences from negative experiences with needing new assistive devices, difficulty getting a physician’s appointment, and physician’s lack of disability knowledge. Multi-professional neurology clinics for young adults with severe physical disabilities and disability education for physicians could improve health care access.
“They really looked, looked and looked:” Contemporary dance, disability and the circulation of emotions
Authors: Apelmo Elisabet
Published: October 2024

Over the past decade, several inclusive dance projects, in which professional dancers with and without disabilities collaborate, have been started in Sweden. The article explores disabled and able-bodied dancers’ and leaders’ experiences of and strategies for managing gazes and emotions – in encounters with the audience and other surrounding people – from a phenomenological perspective. Eleven qualitative interviews were conducted. The interviewees meet gazes filled with benevolence, surprise, pity and fascination. The emotions stick to the disabled dancers’ bodies, distance them from their own bodies and arouse uneasiness that needs to be handled. However, disabled dancers and disabled persons in the audience may also meet in the gaze of recognition. The companies’ internal gazes are important, too. When disabled dancers are only physically integrated or when differences are hidden, the potential for change gets lost. If choreographers and audiences succeed in looking beyond the body itself, an empathetic identification may take place. Another strategy is to completely break with voyeurism by blocking all gazes. The companies show new ways of interacting, thus expanding the possibilities for both able and disabled bodies.
Empowering Students for Working in Culturally Rich and Psychologically Nourishing Work Environments
Authors: Redondo-Duarte Sara , Santa-Marina Sonia Escorial
Published: October 2024

The aim of this chapter is to explore university practices that contribute to the creation of diverse and inclusive work teams in a psychologically safe environment. To this end, the first section explores the implications of VUCA environments for student learning, as well as the relevance of the concepts of diversity and inclusion in work teams. In this context, experiential learning is presented as a powerful methodological approach to strengthen the links between education, work and personal development. The second section addresses the importance of fostering a collaborative and healthy working environment in student teams. In this regard, a proposed team model and some constructive feedback strategies are included. Finally, some examples of initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion in the university context are described.
Efficient Password Mechanism to Overcome Spyware Attack
Authors: R. Ajith Peter Vianney , Manikandan S. , Sheela A. C. Santha
Published: October 2024

This study enhances existing authentication systems that use one-time passwords (OTP) and personal identification numbers (PIN) by adding biometric data as a second layer of user authentication. As an alternative to entering the password as normal, users using the recommended method doodle each digit on the touchscreen of the device. The authors conduct a comprehensive evaluation of each handwritten digit's robustness and discriminative ability, along with an assessment of the proposed biometric technique's performance with longer passwords. The e-BioDigit database, comprising handwritten digits 0 through 9, is created using finger input on a mobile device. In summary, the implementation of the suggested technique aimed at enhancing the security of existing PIN and OTP systems has yielded positive outcomes. Specifically, in scenarios where the attacker is already aware of the password, the method demonstrates equal error rates of approximately 4.0%. This stands in stark contrast to traditional PIN and OTP systems, where an impersonation attack would invariably succeed in 100% of cases.
Image Clarity Enhancer Using CNN and Quantum Networking
Authors: Shah Dhrumit , Srivastava Harsh , Nimala K.
Published: October 2024

Image clarity enhancement, a process employing sophisticated techniques like deblurring, super-resolution, and contrast enhancement, aims to improve the sharpness and visual quality of digital images. These methods find applications across diverse fields such as medical imaging, surveillance, and consumer electronics, facilitating the generation of clearer and more detailed images for various purposes. Continual advancements in technology and artificial intelligence are pivotal in pushing the boundaries of image clarity enhancement, thereby enriching the overall visual experience in digital imaging. Furthermore, the integration of quantum networking holds promise in revolutionizing image clarity enhancement by leveraging quantum algorithms for optimized processing and analysis, potentially unlocking unprecedented levels of image refinement and detail extraction.
Multi-Purpose Bot Assistance Using Various AI Modules and Quantum Networks
Authors: Roshan R. , Sanjay R. , L. K. Joshila Grace , Selvan Mercy Paul , Mary Viji Amutha
Published: October 2024

Modern business standards contain difficult problems in interacting with customers, which require easy and fast solutions for these complex issues. This can be addressed by leveraging knowledge of quantum networks and methodologies. Bot assistants are emerging rapidly and are being used by many organizations. The main goal of this chapter is to discuss a bot that helps customers in various ways, keeps track of information, and provides organizations with valuable insights, thereby increasing their business growth through the integration of artificial intelligence with quantum technology. The bot in the project made to fit right into company websites, making it easy for people to use. It can talk with developers, ask questions to them for info, and save the data in AIML dataset, and give code to make everything run smoothly. The bot learns from this data, so next time a customer asks a similar question, the bot can answer without needing customer service. Customers are asked for feedback to assess the effectiveness of the bot and customer service with customers.
Enhancing Grammar Correction With Error Type Classification and Insights of Quantum NLP and Networking
Authors: Singhvi Dimple , Nikhade Pranjal , Nimala K.
Published: October 2024

This chapter presents a novel grammatical error correction (GEC) system leveraging the powerful T5 transformer model. Unlike traditional GEC tools, this system goes beyond simply correcting errors. It integrates ERRANT, a specialized tool that classifies the specific type of error present (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense inconsistencies). This combined approach gives users a deeper understanding of their grammatical mistakes, fostering improved language proficiency, where evaluation metrics confirm significant advancements in GEC performance. The research delves further by exploring the potential of quantum natural language processing (QNLP). Quantum networking supports distributed, secure, real-time QNLP applications, leveraging quantum networks for complex language processing tasks. Together, they create context-aware, secure language processing tools, addressing human language complexities beyond classical computing's reach. This research enhances language proficiency and communication clarity by integrating T5 for GEC with insights on QNLP and quantum networking.
Efficient AI Data Traffic Management via Quantum Network Routing Algorithms With Genuine Nonlocality in Triangle Networks
Authors: Subrahmanyam Satya , Chaudhary Diwakar , Palav Manesh R. , Babu S. B. G. Tilak , Devareddi Ravi Babu , Chipade Amar M.
Published: October 2024

This chapter explores the integration of amount network routing algorithms to optimize AI data business operation in triangle networks. Using genuine nonlocality essential in amount systems, the study proposes new approaches to enhance effectiveness and scalability in data transmission. By employing amount parcels similar as superposition and trap, the proposed algorithms aim to alleviate traffic and quiescence issues generally encountered in traditional routing styles. Through theoretical analysis and simulations, the effectiveness of the amount routing algorithms is demonstrated, showcasing their eventuality to revise data business operation in AI systems. This interdisciplinary approach islands quantum computing and network optimization, offering promising avenues for advancing communication technologies in complex triangular network infrastructures.
Breaking Barriers
Authors: Sumithra S. , Ponnrajakumari M. , Dharshini T.
Published: October 2024

A quantum computing-based smart ATM is designed to provide secure accessibility in banking services specifically for individuals with hearing, speech, and visual impairments using quantum cryptography which enhances secure transactions. This innovative technology harnesses the capabilities of OpenCV (open source computer vision) to establish an inclusive and easily navigable interface, empowering deaf, mute, and blind users to independently carry out banking transactions. The system integrates speech synthesis and recognition features to facilitate effective communication for mute users. Additionally, for blind users, the Smart ATM incorporates audio feedback and haptic interfaces, ensuring seamless navigation through menus and transaction options.