bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The effect of light therapy on sleep quality in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Yao Liqing , Zhang Zhiyi , Lam Lawrence T.
Published: July 2023

Background

Sleep problem is one of the major issues of cancer patients and may have detrimental effects on the ongoing treatment and recovery of patients. However, the evidence for the effect of light therapy on sleep problems in this population remained scarce. This study aimed to examine the effect of light therapy on self-reported and physiological measures of sleep quality of cancer patients. It also aimed to quantify the magnitude of the effect using a meta-analytical approach.

Methods

Six databases were searched for randomized control trials (RCTs). The primary outcome was the sleep quality using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) measurement of self-reported scores, and the secondary outcomes included total sleep time and sleep efficiency measured by actigraphy. Meta-analyses were performed with the random effects model using the RevMan software. The standardized mean difference (SMD) of the PSQI scores and other measures with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used for assessing the treatment effect (CRD42023370947).

Results

Nine RCTs were identified and included in the study. Light therapy significantly improved the self-reported sleep quality with a reduction of the pooled PSQI score (SMD = −0.72; 95% CI: −1.24 to −0.21; p = 0.006). Regarding total sleep time (p = 0.72) and sleep efficiency (p = 0.47), no significant effects of light therapy were found.

Conclusion

Light therapy could improve self-reported sleep quality in cancer patients. However, due to the heterogeneity and small sample size of the included trials, the results should be interpreted cautiously. Trials with better designs and larger sample sizes are suggested to be conducted for a more definitive conclusion.

Systematic review registration:https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=370947.
Odisha tribal family health survey: methods, tools, and protocols for a comprehensive health assessment survey
Authors: Kshatri Jaya Singh , Mansingh Asit , Kavitha A. K. , Bhattacharya Haimanti , Bhuyan Dinesh , Bhattacharya Debdutta , Rehman Tanveer , Swain Aparajita , Mishra Debashis , Tripathy Indramani , Mohapatra Manas R. , Nayak Moushumi , Sahoo Uttam Kumar , Pati Sanghamitra
Published: July 2023

Tribal or indigenous communities have unique health behaviors, challenges, and inequities that nationally representative surveys cannot document. Odisha has one of India’s largest and most diverse tribal populations, constituting more than a fifth of the state. State and tribe-specific health data generation is recommended in India’s national roadmap of tribal health. The Odisha tribal family health survey (OTFHS) aims to describe and compare the health status of tribal communities in the state of Odisha and to estimate the prevalence of key maternal-child health indicators and chronic diseases. This paper summarizes the methodology, protocols, and tools used in this survey. This is a population-based cross-sectional survey with a multistage random sampling design in 13 (tribal sub-plan areas) districts of Odisha, India. We will include participants of all age groups and gender who belong to tribal communities. The sample size was calculated for each tribe and aggregated to 40,921, which will be collected from 10,230 households spread over 341 clusters. The survey data will be collected electronically in modules consisting of Village, Household, and Individual level questionnaires. The age-group-specific questionnaires were adapted from other national family health surveys with added constructs related to specific health issues of tribal communities, including-critical indicators related to infectious and non-communicable diseases, multimorbidity, nutrition, healthcare-seeking behavior, self-rated health, psycho-social status, maternal and child health and geriatric health. A battery of laboratory investigations will be conducted at the household level and the central laboratory. The tests include liver function tests, kidney function tests, lipid profile, iron profile, and seroprevalence of scrub typhus and hepatitis infections. The datasets from household questionnaires, field measurements and tests and laboratory reports will be connected using a common unique ID in the database management system (DBMS) built for this survey. Robust quality control measures have been built into each step of the survey. The study examines the data focused on different aspects of family health, including reproductive health, adolescent and child health, gender issues in the family, ageing, mental health, and other social problems in a family. Multistage random sampling has been used in the study to enable comparison between tribes. The anthropometric measurements and biochemical tests would help to identify the indicators of chronic diseases among various age groups of the population.
The history of cardiac xenotransplantation: early attempts, major advances, and current progress
Authors: Hess Nicholas R. , Kaczorowski David J.
Published: July 2023

In light of ongoing shortage of donor organs for transplantation, alternative sources for donor organ sources have been examined to address this supply-demand mismatch. Of these, xenotransplantation, or the transplantation of organs across species, has been considered, with early applications dating back to the 1600s. The purpose of this review is to summarize the early experiences of xenotransplantation, with special focus on heart xenotransplantation. It aims to highlight the important ethical concerns of animal-to-human heart xenotransplantation, identify the key immunological barriers to successful long-term xenograft survival, as well as summarize the progress made in terms of development of pharmacological and genetic engineering strategies to address these barriers. Lastly, we discuss more recent attempts of porcine-to-human heart xenotransplantation, as well as provide some commentary on the current concerns and possible applications for future clinical heart xenotransplantation.
Evaluation of agreement between invasive and non-invasive blood pressure measurement using the PetMAP™ device in rabbits
Authors: Sredenšek Jerneja , Žel Jurij , Rocchi Attilio , Gasparik-Küls Nina
Published: July 2023

Background

Measurement of arterial blood pressure is recommended in anaesthetized animals to guide perioperative treatment. Invasive blood pressure measurement is considered the gold standard, however it is also technically challenging, requires specialised equipment and carries certain risks. For these reasons, non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices are commonly used and are expected to provide accurate and reliable results. This requirement is particularly true for rabbits, in whom peri-anaesthetic hypotension is commonly observed and in whom perioperative mortality remains disproportionally high. Several authors have compared different non-invasive devices with invasive measurements in rabbits and have reported contrasting results. However, to date no comparison between invasive measurements and the PetMAP™device, that has been designed specifically for veterinary medicine, has been reported.

Aim and hypothesis

The aim of the study was the comparison of invasive blood pressure measurement with PetMAP™in rabbits. We hypothesised that PetMAP™would show acceptable agreement with the invasive measurements according to the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine guidelines.

Materials and methods

Sixteen client-owned rabbits presenting for various surgical interventions were included in the study. Invasive measurements were performed by cannulation of an auricular artery. The PetMAP™cuff was applied distal to the elbow according to the manufacturer’s guidelines. For each measurement with PetMAP™, three invasive blood pressure values were recorded. The mean of the three invasive values was compared with one value measured with PetMAP™.

Results

Data collected from 16 rabbits were used for statistical analysis. In the clinical setting, the PetMAP™device showed significant overestimation of systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure, which were measured in the auricular artery. In addition, the bias was not constant, implying that the device poorly predicted changes in blood pressure.

Conclusion

The PetMAP™device did not meet any of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine recommendations.
A Comprehensive Review of Conventional and Deep Learning Approaches for Ground-Penetrating Radar Detection of Raw Data
Authors: Bai Xu , Yang Yu , Wei Shouming , Chen Guanyi , Li Hongrui , Li Yuhao , Tian Haoxiang , Zhang Tianxiang , Cui Haitao
Published: July 2023

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a nondestructive testing technology that is widely applied in infrastructure maintenance, archaeological research, military operations, and other geological studies. A crucial step in GPR data processing is the detection and classification of underground structures and buried objects, including reinforcement bars, landmines, pipelines, bedrock, and underground cavities. With the development of machine learning algorithms, traditional methods such as SVM, K-NN, ANN, and HMM, as well as deep learning algorithms, have gradually been incorporated into A-scan, B-scan, and C-scan GPR image processing. This paper provides a summary of the typical machine learning and deep learning algorithms employed in the field of GPR and categorizes them based on the feature extraction method or classifier used. Additionally, this work discusses the sources and forms of data utilized in these studies. Finally, potential future development directions are presented.
Music, Art Installations and Haptic Technology
Authors: Kontogeorgakopoulos Alexandros
Published: July 2023

This paper presents some directions on the design, development and creative use of haptic systems for musical composition, performance and digital art creation. This research has been conducted both from an artistic and a technical point of view and its ambition, over the last decade, apart from the artistic outcome, was to introduce the field of haptics to artistic communities based on an open, do it yourself—DIY ethos. The five directions presented here are not in any sense exhaustive and are based principally on a series of collaborative works and more personal open-ended explorations with the medium of haptics and, more specifically, force-feedback interaction. They will be highlighted along with information about the interaction models and their application to artistic works created by the author and other colleagues. Those directions are (i) Haptic Algorithms and Systems; (ii) Performers Intercoupling; (iii) Haptic Interfaces as Part of the Artistic Practice; (iv) Electromechanical Sound Generation; and (v) Media Art and Art Installations. The interdisciplinary field of musical haptics still has a relatively minor position in the sound and music computing research agendas and, more importantly, its artistic dimension is very rarely discussed. The findings of this research aim to indicate and clarify potential research pathways and offer some results on the use of haptics and force-feedback systems in an artistic context.
A Dual-Mode Step-Down Converter with Automatic Mode Switch Circuit for System-on-Chip Applications
Authors: Liu Yue , Mo Taishan , Wu Bin
Published: July 2023

In this paper, a dual-mode step-down DC-DC converter with an automatic mode-switching circuit is implemented in a 28 nm digital CMOS process and embedded in an RF transceiver chip to power the digital part. The proposed automatic mode-switching circuit includes a frequency-voltage conversion circuit that is designed according to the principle of charge redistribution on capacitance. The converter can switch modes according to the load without external intervention. This converter, along with a PMU sequencer, can also provide a solution for low-power design for system-on-chip applications. The IC occupies a total die area of 0.378 mm2. The input voltage of the converter is 3.3 V, the output voltage is 1.05 V, and the maximum load current can reach 1 A. The converter shows a conversion efficiency of not less than 81% at a full load range and can achieve a peak conversion efficiency of 91% when the load current is 100 mA. The load range of the PWM mode is 1 A to 50 mA, and that of the PFM mode is 100 mA to 1 mA. The combination of zero-crossing detection circuitry and freewheel switches can reduce energy loss and eliminate additional electromagnetic interference.
How Does Religious Faith Impact Positive Youth Outcomes
Authors: Goodman Michael A. , Dyer W. Justin
Published: July 2023

This study investigates the protective aspects of religiosity in young adolescents and explores the potential processes involved. Specifically, we examine the influence of three measures of religiosity—religious salience, intrinsic religiosity, and daily religious experiences—on delinquency and anxiety. The study sample consists of 636 families located in the state of Utah. Additionally, we explore how positive youth development (PYD) constructs may mediate the relationship between religiosity and adolescent outcomes. The findings indicate that religious salience and daily religious experiences are directly and indirectly associated with lower levels of delinquency and anxiety. Furthermore, two PYD constructs—character and connectivity—serve as mediators between religious salience, daily religious experiences, and these outcomes. These findings are discussed within the framework of Bronfenbrenner’s PPCT model of bioecological theory.
Evaluation of Urban Flood Governance Efficiency Based on the Data Envelopment Analysis Model and Malmquist Index: Evidence from 30 Provincial Capitals in China
Authors: Guo Bin , Hu Xinmiao , Li Jianna , Zhang Wen
Published: July 2023

Urban flooding disasters endanger people’s lives and property while causing significant economic damage to cities. To further improve the efficiency of urban flooding governance and promote the optimal allocation of resources, this article selects the number of people in flood control, medical and health security, financial expenditure on flood control, affected population, and direct economic loss as evaluation indicators from the input–output perspective; it measures the efficiency of urban flooding governance in 30 provincial capitals in China from 2012 to 2021 using the DEA model and Malmquist index method and identifies the key factors affecting the efficiency of urban flooding governance. The research results show that in 2021, the average value of the comprehensive technical efficiency of flood disaster governance in 30 provincial capitals in China was 0.408, the development trend was not optimistic, and the constraint factor was scale efficiency. The interannual average value of the total factor productivity index of urban flood disaster governance from 2012 to 2021 was 0.976, and the overall trend was decreasing year by year, during which some cities were able to achieve a yearly increase in governance efficiency, but most cities still faced a severe situation in flood disaster governance. The total factor productivity index varied enormously across towns with the variation in annual precipitation; the greater the annual precipitation, the greater the total factor productivity index of urban flooding disaster governance in the urban agglomerations, and the comprehensive technical efficiency change was consistent with its trend change. This consistency has a positive contribution to the total factor productivity index of urban flooding disaster governance.
The Esoteric dimension of human existence
Authors:   Independent Researcher, Belyaev V.A.
Published: July 2023

In this article, the author offers his own approach to the study of the phenomenon of esotericism. The concept of the esoteric path of V.M. Rozin is used as a specific point of repulsion. The author offers his own, expansive understanding of esotericism, which shows the presence of “internal” and “external” ways in the implementation of various ideal design directions. Various kinds of socio-cultural organizations in this sense have their own esoteric dimensions, their own variants of esotericism. The fundamental problem here is the ratio of esoteric and exoteric dimensions of socio-cultural systems. A special theme is the correlation of esoteric worlds of different nature and scale. Here the author comes to the fundamental problem of the correlation of cultural worlds as objectified esoteric worlds, to the problem of the conflict of cultures and the formation of the post-cultural strategy of modernity as a response to the challenge of this conflict. Modernity in this perspective becomes a transition from “cultural” socio-cultural architecture to “post-cultural-intercultural”. Within the reality of modernity, the author highlights the problem of “secular esotericism” associated with the formation of a culture of “passing through earthly reality”.
Introduction de l'électron dans l'enseignement secondaire français, vue à travers quelques manuels / Introduction of the electron in the french secondary education, seen through some textbooks
Authors: Dusseau Jean-Michel , Frechengues Pierre
Published: July 2023

El electrón, a pesar de que fue puesto en evidencia experimentalmente a final del último siglo, es en 1947 cuando se introduce en los prog ramas oficiales de la enseñanza secundaria francesa, aún cuando ciertos manuales escolares comenzaron a utilizarlo como explicativo de los rayos catódicos hacia 1910. Este defasaje no es debido a la ignorancia del concepto, él va màs allé de un problema de legitimación de saberes, es debido mas bien, a su inutilidad en el marco de una enseñanza fuertemente marcada por el positivismo y el inductivismo.
Les intentions didactiques manifestées dans les programmes d'électricité de 1993, classe de quatrième : mise en oeuvre d'un outil pour en évaluer l'impact sur les acquis des élèves / Evaluating the effects of a new syllabus in electricity in grade 8
Authors: Couchouron Monique , Viennot Laurence
Published: July 2023

L’électricité élémentaire est un des domaines où des points de vue consensuels, rejoignant ceux de la recherche en didactique, ont marqué la rédaction des programmes français de 1993. La question est alors de savoir comment la prise en compte, dans les textes officiels, des difficultés rencontrées parles élèves, se traduit dans les acquis des élèves eux-mêmes. Cette étude, réalisée à l’aide de questionnaires papier-crayon, vise à explorer d’éventuels effets d’ensemble et à contribuer à l’élaboration d’un outil pertinent pour ce type d’enquête. Les résultats présentés concernent deux thèmes abordés en classe de quatrième : la conservation de l’intensité du courant dans un circuit série et le générateur, propulseur (en circuit fermé) et non réservoir de charges.
Point de vue sur le nouveau programme en « Sciences de la nature » dans l'enseignement collégial au Québec / The new science's program in Québec colleges: a point of view
Authors: Haince Richard
Published: July 2023

Les enseignants de sciences des collèges québécois appliquent depuis la rentrée 1999 le nouveau programme «Sciences de la nature». Nous présentons ci-dessous le contexte dans lequel ils doivent travailler depuis la mise en place de «l’approche programme» et de «l’approche par compétences». Ces approches résultent de l’application à l’enseignement collégial, des mesures prises lors du renouvellement de l’ensemble des programmes. Nous décrivons par la suite les principales caractéristiques du nouveau programme et soulevons quelques questions au regard des changements que les enseignants de sciences devront apporter à leurs pratiques pédagogiques. Finalement, nous indiquons quelques pistes à privilégier afin que les étudiants développent les compétences qui les rendront aptes à relever les défis d’un monde où les technosciences sont omniprésentes.
Las consecuencias sociales de la posguerra en el municipio de Vila Nova de Ourém (Portugal) – 1919-1925
Authors: Oliveira Fábio
Published: July 2023

O concelho de Vila Nova de Ourém (Portugal), marcadamente rural, sofreu de forma severa o impacto do pós-Grande Guerra. Esse período imediato ao fim do conflito mundial, caracterizou-se pelo aumento brutal dos preços dos produtos de primeira necessidade. Ao nível social, teve consequências nefastas para a sociedade oureense. A Câmara Municipal, através da concessão de subsídios de subsistência; os privados, concedendo comida, roupa e dinheiro; e o Hospital de Santo Agostinho, fizeram o que puderam para auxiliar os mais pobres. Outrossim, a população para melhorar as suas condições de vida optou por emigrar, nomeadamente para o Brasil e França. Contudo, a emigração era um inconveniente económico, dado que não havia mão de obra suficiente para trabalhar no campo. O que motivou a onda emigratória foram os baixos salários, mas, a partir de 1925, o desemprego revelou-se uma realidade, tendo o Município apostado na construção de obras públicas para atenuar a crise de trabalho.
El trabajo del actor con el texto dramático en el método de las acciones físicas, de Stanislavski
Authors: Zucchi Mariano
Published: July 2023

La lectura e interpretación del texto dramático constituye, en muchos casos, un obstáculo en la formación pedagógica del actor. En efecto, identificar las acciones dramáticas representa un desafío para muchos estudiantes. Los métodos de actuación tienden a agravar la situación, puesto que, en general, no proveen herramientas para analizar las obras. En un trabajo previo (Autor, 2017a), examinamos la primera etapa de la producción de Stanislavski y mostramos que la vigencia de una concepción referencial del significado conduce al pedagogo a descuidar el abordaje de las piezas teatrales. Profundizando esta línea de investigación, este artículo pretende examinar cómo el método de las acciones físicas establece la forma en la que el intérprete debe interactuar con el texto. Específicamente, se toma como corpus El trabajo del actor sobre su papel (1980) y se analiza cómo se piensa el significado y el proceso de comprensión de textos. En cuanto a los resultados, se prueba que esta nueva vertiente de la teoría stanislavskiana tampoco propicia un andamiaje que posibilite una interpretación eficaz de las obras dramáticas. Finalmente, en lo relativo al marco teórico a utilizar, se adopta el enfoque dialógico de la argumentación y la polifonía (Caldiz, 2019; García Negroni, 2018; Pernuzzi, 2022).
La imaginación del mal
Authors: Restrepo Andrés
Published: July 2023

A diferencia de la experiencia de lectura de La tragedia de Macbeth, que para Harold Bloom aprisiona, ya que nos obliga a enfrentarnos y a empatizar con el horror de nuestra propia imaginación maligna, asistir a Habitación Macbeth de Pompeyo Audivert significa, por el contrario, una experiencia totalmente liberadora que —tal vez en parte purgados, perdonados por la invocación y jerarquía dramática de las tres brujas— nos alivia de la posibilidad de ser malvados, pues esa imaginación proléptica se trasciende a sí misma; es contenida en un solo actor y en una puesta en escena sobria, hipnótica y brutal.
La especificidad de la traducción
Authors: Rojo Sara
Published: July 2023

Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir las particularidades de la traducción para la construcción escénica en América Latina, su carácter de traducción cultural. Por ello, es necesario preguntarse por el contexto, la estética y por lo que importa en determinado espacio y tiempo. Para ese objetivo se analizan cuatro montajes nacidos de traducciones: dos de portugués a español (Till de Márcio Abreu y A mulher que andava em círculos de Éder Rodrígues y de dos chilenas: Hilda Peña de Isidora Stevenson y Clase de Guillermo Calderón.
Presentness of the Spatial Effect of the National May 18 Democratic Cemetery and the Implications of the LIDE-Park Cultural Park Construction Plan
Authors:   Society for International Cultural Institute, Lee Geongeun
Published: July 2023

The May 18 National Democratic Cemetery, along with the April 19 National Democratic Cemetery, the March 15 National Democratic Cemetery, and the National Sinam Seonyeol Park, has a spatial effect that reflects the regional identity and the presentness that there are more survivors of the people who are supposed to be buried. In addition, a research report that recently established a development plan to reconstruct this place almost entirely has been produced, and its implications need to be examined from the perspective of cultural parkization that has been insufficient. This paper examines the presentness of the spatial effect of the May 18 Democratic Cemetery and the contents and implications of the composition of the LIDE-Park Cultural Park on the premise that artificial sanctuary can rather weaken visitor intimacy. To this end, the writer discusses the process of establishing the May 18 Democratic Cemetery and research reports and papers directly or indirectly related to the place, and spatial effects characterized by local identity and presentness in terms of the amount of burial space available in the future. In addition, the writer introduces the contents of the recently produced LIDE-Park cultural park composition plan and discusses the implications and limitations of the plan critically.
A Study on Global Citizenship and Global Citizenship Education Competency in Pre-service Teachers
Authors:   Society for International Cultural Institute, Kwon Mieun
Published: July 2023

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors influencing global citizenship and global citizenship education competency after identify the relationship between global citizenship education competency and global citizenship in 225 pre-service teachers of Gwangju City. The data were self-reported questionnaires and analyzed with SPSS 12.0 program. As a result of the study, The participants’ global citizenship education competency was a significant relationship in global citizenship. In addition, The significant factors were knowledge, skill, and attitude, which explained 19.6% of global citizenship education competency. Through this, it was found that the higher the level of global citizenship, the higher the level of global citizenship education competency. Therefore, the global citizenship education competency program for pre-service teachers should focus on improving global citizenship, including elements related to knowledge, skills, and attitude.
MANAJEMEN RANTAI PASOK TAUGE DI PASAR KUTABLANG KABUPATEN BIREUEN
Authors: Desparita Naya , Elfiana Elfiana
Published: July 2023

Rantai pasok merupakan semua kegiatan yang terkait dengan arus dan transportasi barang hingga sampai pengguna akhir, serta seluruh arus informasi terkait, atau jalan penciptaan nilai dari produsen dasar ke konsumen, termasuk semua transportasi dan layanan logistik yang terhubung di dalamnya. Dalam konteks manajemen rantai pasok pengukuran tidak hanya melibatkan proses internal pelaku bisnis, tetapi terhadap seluruh pihak yang terlibat dalam rantai pasoknya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui manajemen rantai pasok tauge di Pasar Kutablang Kabupaten Bireuen. Analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis desktiptif kualitatif. Berdasarkan penelitian yang telah dilakukan pada usaha tauge milik bapak Muzakkir di Desa Meunasah Timu Kecamatan Peusangan Kabupaten Bireuen diperoleh bahwa rantai pasok tauge pada usaha bapak Muzakkir di Desa Meunasah Timu Kecamatan Peusangan Kabupaten Bireuen meliputi beberapa tahapan, yaitu perencanaan, pengadaan bahan baku, produksi, pengelolaan tenaga kerja, dan distribusi. Perencanaan yang dilakukan oleh pemilik usaha tauge di Desa Meunasah Timu meliputi ; a) Jumlah Bahan Baku, b) Jumlah Produk yang akan diproduksi/ kebutuhan pasar, 3) Penggunaan tenaga kerja yang ideal dengan kebutuhan, dan 4) Aspek Pemasaran. Jumlah produk tauge yang diproduksi pada usaha bapak Muzakkir di Desa Meunasah Timu Kecamatan Peusangan Kabupaten Bireuen adalah 396 kg/hari. Jumlah tersebut dihasilkan dari 66 kg bahan baku kacang hijau.
Reseña del libro Hacia una escuela para lo común. Debates, luchas y propuestas en América Latina y España
Authors: Bolívar Antonio
Published: July 2023

Collet, J. y Grinberg, S. (Eds.) (2022). Hacia una escuela para lo común. Debates, luchas y propuestas en América Latina y España. (pp. 163). Madrid: Ed. Morata. ISBN: 9788418381966

El libro que reseñamos recoge, a partir de un capítulo inaugural, previamente elaborado por los editores (Collet y Grinsberg), como “conversación colectiva”, un conjunto de contribuciones de autoras y autores, convocados para reflexionar, desde sus propias perspectivas, sobre la escuela que queremos, construida en común como un bien común. El libro se configura como caleidoscopio frente a la decadencia de lo público, como reivindicación de lo común. En estos tiempos convulsos en que se vive la educación, agudizados en la escuela post-Covid,  es indispensable  un debate sobre lo común para vivir juntos y, como ha reclamado el último informe de la Como ha reclamado el último informe de la UNESCO (Reimaginar nuestros futuros juntos),
Reseña del libro La Dislexia: Conocer y afrontar su problemática
Authors: Marquès Donoso Albert
Published: July 2023

Quintanal-Díaz, J. y Sánchez-Huete, J. C. (2023). La Dislexia: Conocer y afrontar su problemática, pp.307. UNED, España.Presentamos, la que consideramos una obra necesaria y de gran utilidad en el mundo educativo, centrado en una problemática real, presente a diario en nuestra aulas y que no siempre se aborda con la necesaria inmediatez, quizás por carecer de referentes como el que aquí se presenta...
La educación STEM como práctica transdisciplinar en la educación secundaria y bachillerato
Authors: Chavarría Pérez Cristina , Guede-Cid Rocío
Published: July 2023

En el momento científico actual, tal y como afirman Caro Saiz et al. (2020), a pesar de llevarse a cabo gran cantidad de investigaciones disciplinares, también emergen distintas formas de investigación supradisciplinar como son la multidisciplinariedad, la interdisciplinariedad y la transdisciplinariedad. Las sociedades actuales avanzan de forma muy rápida, y los sistemas educativos no siempre evolucionan al mismo ritmo, lo que conlleva pertinentes dificultades en la implementación de nuevos planes de estudio que intentan dar respuesta a la demanda de las sociedades ante estos avances. La educación debe preparar a la ciudadanía para afrontar los retos futuros y dar una respuesta eficiente a la resolución de los problemas complejos que puedan presentarse.Por ello, en este artículo se presenta una revisión bibliográfica para abordar la educación STEM como práctica transdisciplinar en la educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato llevada a la práctica del aula. Para ello se han utilizado diferentes bases de datos durante los años 2015-2023, en concreto WOS (Web of Science) y SCOPUS. Con esta revisión se pretende contestar a la pregunta de si las experiencias STEM llevadas a cabo en las aulas han sido diseñadas realmente desde un enfoque transdisciplinar.
The Commoning of Architectural Representation
Authors:   Syracuse University, Corso Greg , Hunker Molly ,   Syracuse University
Published: July 2023

The notion of the commons invites us to reconsider the ownership of architectural space. But is this reconsideration limited to the physical space of architecture? How can we think ofideas of ownership, stewardship, and access through the lensof architectural representation? Further, can we cultivate afresh audience for architecture by divorcing the representation of it from both the internal motivations and biases of the designers and the disciplinary baggage and esoteric values often embedded in architectural representation? By viewing the idea of the commons not through physical space but through the representation and imaging of the built environment, we may see possible opportunities for building a more universal and inclusive relationship to design.
The Post-Digital Picturesque: Sinister Dishevelment?
Authors:   Kent State University, Safley Nick
Published: July 2023

Sidney K. Robinson’s 1988 essay, The Picturesque: Sinister Dishevelment, critically reframes the English Picturesque through the social and political implications of compositional strategies and mechanisms used for landscape design. Most critically, Robinson identifies sinister qualities of the Picturesque in the hidden power, or power in reserve, that gentlemanly landscape designers used to create scenes in the landscape that only they could discern as having been either labored upon or the result of natural decay. Today some post-digital practices have continued the digital project in a picturesque mode similar to these historic landscape designers. These designers and practices obscure authorial labor in their work with simulations of disorder or material decay. Labor that was evident and abundant in designs of earlier digital work is rendered ambiguous. Viewers are left unsure if the computer-simulated these scenes using computational physics or if a person has directly authored the digital model or image. Computational power is intentionally rendered ambiguous. For these practices, digital expertise and labor have continued, but it is not clear where the computer’s agency stops and starts in the design process. The labor required to produce this sort of work appears indiscernible to all but the expert viewer when, in fact, the practices spared no effort in creating the appearance of a casual lack of labor. Only those knowledgeable of the post-digital techniques used to generate this work can discern where labor has been applied, creating a novel form of sinister dishevelment. Today’s post-digital picturesque does not protect an aristocratic elite as those of the 18th century did with parlor talk but continues the digital project with intentionally limited discourse while sidestepping its excess. The reuse of Sidney Robinson’s essay and a comparison to alternative post-digital practices provides a lens to understand these post-digital picturesque practices and the implications of concealing the indexes of labor.
Digital Assemblies
Authors:   Texas Tech University, Imai Nate , Conway Matthew ,   University of California & University of Southern California
Published: July 2023

This paper examines how the intersection of real-time data and material assemblies provides novel opportunities to understand our built environment as a socially and ecologically constructed milieu. By integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) with brick-and-mortar buildings, we can create dynamic interfaces that leverage our material surroundings to contextualize a range of unseen information, such as where scholarship is being conducted, from which direction the wind blows, and what community members are posting. In framing buildings as not separate entities from growing online networks but inextricably connected to them, this investigation proposes a design methodology that blends computational design with construction methods to create interfaces that recursively integrate real-time information with the built environment, adding digital information as another material alongside concrete and wood in an expanding architectural palette. By analyzing three design projects, this paper documents design methods that synthesize real-time data with material assemblies to provide an expanded reading of our built environment. The first is a gallery installation that locates live Wikipedia updates through an arrangement of fabric, light, and sound. The second is a digitally fabricated tea house that integrates temperature, humidity, and airflow data in the design of an interactive facade. The third is a public art project that connects one local ethnic enclave with others across the globe through the display of social media imagery in real-time. Through their interactivity and materiality, these projects seek to connect users more deeply with their surroundings, and in doing so, encourage an attitude of action, engagement, and empathy within our built environment.
Fighting Drought with Flood
Authors:   Tulane University, Raoufi Azadeh
Published: July 2023

Rainfall, temperature alterations, and being located in an arid/semi-arid climate zone1 have limited Iran’s renewable water supply which led to the water stress and droughts that would continue in the future2 . However, paradoxically some regions like Ahvaz City3 , suffer from floods4 , one of which was the 2019 flood that caused infrastructural damages5 and ruined rural areas6 (Fig. 1).
Disrupting the Commons. Social Change and the Emergence of New Subjects in Modern Housing
Authors:   Clemson University, Franco David
Published: July 2023

Most dominant narratives in architectural theory, even from opposite positions, share their skepticism against the discipline’s possibilities of being an emancipatory force in society. Either for understanding that it is too difficult for architecture to induce significant change or because they deem it unnecessary. This paper attempts to introduce a new perspective in that debate. Following Jacques Rancière’s writings on the politics of esthetics, instead of looking for systemic transformations, it will aim to uncover discrete emancipatory episodes in the realm of architecture. These episodes happen as ambiguous moments of disruption of the architectural commons. New voices previously dismissed or ignored by architecture’s dominant discourse emerge into visibility, altering what Rancière calls the distribution of the sensible. In that way, the realm of our common shared experiences—of what can be expressed and who can express it—expands to new subjects and architectures. To exemplify these emancipatory disruptions, this paper will analyze three heterodox examples from the twentieth-century modern housing canon: Red Vienna’s Gemeindebauten, Rome’s Quartiere Tiburtino, and Ralph Erskine’s Byker Wall in Newcastle. These cases can establish a baseline and an ancestry of emancipatory practices whose lessons might be helpful in our current context.
Digital Encounters in a Postcolonial Frame: Mnemotechnics and Mimicry in Architectural Productions
Authors: Proksch Gundula
Published: July 2023

Chicago’s history and urban development have been connected to its role as a food hub and driver of technological innovations in the food industry. In the 1970s, the city started redefining its relation to agriculture by integrating various forms of urban agriculture. Today, the city is known for its strong network of community gardens, educational farms, and job training programs. Over the last decade, the city has also attracted various entrepreneurial controlled environment production facilities, such as hydroponic greenhouses, rooftop greenhouses, and vertical indoor farms using innovative growing methods and economic models. Other urban farms deploy hybrid models that combine a robust social agenda with emerging, economically-driven food production systems. These multi- layer urban agriculture operations with strong community and commercial objectives contribute to community empowerment and urban revitalization. This comparative analysis concludes a three-part mixed- method investigation of Chicago’s foodshed and urban agriculture networks, which move in scale from the Metropolitan region, City of Chicago, and organizational networks to this smallest scale of specific physical locations and architectural spaces. The investigation relies on publicly available datasets and online data collected by the author. It analyzes urban agricultural networks through (1) GIS-based mapping; (2) a review of organizational structures; and (3) an analysis of critical building projects, with a focus on the award-winning Farm on Ogden in the North Lawndale neighborhood and The Plant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. This analysis of pioneering projects may inspire other community-minded projects and cities to establish innovative pathways. The identified novel approaches will help legislators, community leaders, planners, and architects to provide for growing urban populations, create common spaces, develop frameworks to support regionally sustainable food production, promote social equity, and improve the well-being of historically marginalized communities.
Research-Build: Biomaterial Invention through Design Studio Pedagogy
Authors:   University of Virginia, Schumann Kyle
Published: July 2023

Academic design-build work provides an incredible opportunity for students to experience hands-on construction and see their work jump from the drawing board to reality. However, the inherent complexity and compressed timelines of these projects typically limit opportunities for material experimentation and invention, often biasing detailing and construction with proven conventional building systems for timely delivery of a project based on client and programmatic needs. At the same time, architectural innovation in academic scholarship is increasingly confronting technological and material needs necessitated by the climate crisis. This paper presents a research-build model via a studio that shifts the emphasis from program and client to material invention and experimental fabrication. The studio began with a series of physical fabrication exercises and material explorations, culminating in the design and construction of an experimental biomaterial pavilion that pilots three building systems: a double-layered woven bamboo wall with CNC-milled joinery and a shade canopy of bent greenwood lumber strips, both sourced from campus landscaping waste, as well as a façade of custom paper pulp shingles made with campus paper and wood waste. Salvaging material from the local environment and waste streams serves to improve equity and access to material — teaching students that good design does not necessarily demand expensive materials — and as an environmental strategy, asking students to consider the lifecycle and impacts of the materials with which they are working, and to design for end of life decommissioning.
MAKSIMALISASI FITUR APLIKASI KULIAH ONLINE BAGI MAHASISWA
Authors: Hana Ferly T. , Liliweri Aloysius , Daga Lukas L , Mas'amah - , Wutun Monika , Tuhana - , Nafie Juan A.
Published: July 2023

Abstrak

Pandemi Covid – 19 yang masih terus berlangsung hingga kini membuat pertemuan secara online menjadi pilihan untuk berbagai aktifitas termasuk perkuliahan. Untuk mempermudah tatap maya maka beberapa aplikasi pun digunakan agar bisa memperlancar proses pembelajaran. Aplikasi online yang paling sering digunakan adalah Zoom, Google Meet dan E-Learning. Aplikasi – aplikasi ini juga digunakan oleh kedua mitra kegiatan PkM ini yakni mahasiswa baru prodi ilmu komunikasi dan prodi ilmu politik. Peserta yang terlibat dalam kegiatan ini berjumlah 30 orang yang berasal dari tujuh kelas semester satu pada kedua prodi diatas. Adapun materi yang disampaikan oleh para narasumber berfokus fitur – fitur yang paling sering dipakai mahasiswa saat kuliah online berlangsung, disertai dengan contoh menu dan tujuan penggunaannya. Para peserta yang terlibat diharapkan bisa memperoleh pengetahuan dan memanfaatkannya saat perkuliahan online. Para dosen tentunya akan terbantu jika teknis pemanfaatan fitur aplikasi bisa di kuasai oleh mahasiswa. Para peserta pun nantinya bisa menjadi katalisator teknis dalam kelas untuk membantu mahasiswa lain saat penggunaan aplikasi – aplikasi tersebut

 

Abstract

The pandemic of Covid-19, which is still ongoing until now, has made online meetings become an option for various activities, including lectures. In order to facilitate virtual face-to-face, several applications were being used to facilitate the learning process. The most frequently online applications for lectures that have been applied are Zoom, Google Meet and E-Learning. These applications are also used by the two community dedication partners, namely new students from the communication science and the political science study programs. The participants involved in this activity were 30 people from seven first semester classes in the two study programs above. The materials presented by the speakers were focused on the features that most often used by the students when online lectures, completed by the examples of the menus and their intended use. The participants involved were expected to be able to gain knowledge and finally use it for the online lectures. The lecturers will certainly be helped if the technical use of application features can be mastered by students. The participants can later become technical catalysts in the classroom to help other students when using these application
Penerapan Pola Konsumsi B2SA dalam Mengantisipasi Covid-19 Lingkup Anak Sekolah Minggu
Authors: Nur Marselinus Laga , Dodo Dominirsep O
Published: July 2023

Abstrak

Penganekaragaman pangan menjadi salah satu pilar utama dalam mewujudkan ketahanan pangan menuju kemandirian dan kedaulatan pangan. Kenyataannya sampai saat ini, pola konsumsi pangan masyarakat masih menunjukan kecenderungan kurang beragam dari jenis pangan dan keseimbangan gizinya. Secara umum, kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk mengarahkan anak-anak sekolah minggu dan pemuda untuk :Berpartisipasi aktif dalam melakukan tindakan preventif terhadap peluang munculnya masalah kekurangan gizi, dan menghindari dampak kejadian covid-19. Meningkatkan pengetahuan, pemahaman, dan perilaku anak-anak dan pemuda tentang B2SA (Beragam, Bergizi, Seimbang dan Aman). Mendukung program pemerintah daerah dalam menjaga dan meningkatkan derajat kesehatan masyarakat. Pelaksanaan pengumpulan data dalam pengabdian ini menggunakan jenis Eksplorasi dengan kombinasi rancangan Observasi dan Cross cectional Study. Kegiatan Pengabdian ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal 26 Mei 2021 dengan lokasi kegiatan Jemaat Marturia Oesapa Selatan, Kota Kupang. Adapun target pelaksanaan kegiatan adalah kelompok Anak-anak sekolah minggu dan Pemuda di Jemaat Marturia Oesapa Selatan, Kota Kupang yang berdasarkan data survei sebanyak 100 orang. Peserta dapat memahami materi yang disampaikan. Ditandai dengan keaktifan dalam diskusi dan pencarian topik-topik baru yang berkaitan dengan Covid-19.

 

 

Abstract

Food diversity is a main base in perform food security to independent and sovereignty. Actually, community food pattern still in not diverse in kind and balancing nutrition. This community service activity is aim to direct child and teenager in Sunday school to participate actively in prevent malnutrition problem and avoid covid19 impact. Increase knowledge and behaviour about Diverse, Nutrition, Balancing and Secure (DNBS). Support governmental program to keep and increase community health level. Tha data was collected exploratively with observation and cross sectional combination. This service was held in May 26th 2021, located in Marturia church Oesapa Selatan, Kota Kupang. Objected children and teenager of this church about 100 persons. They can get the content was given. It was known by their activity in discussion and looking for other topics was relevant with Covid-19.

 

Keywords: Food diversity, nutrition, quality, health ,  safety