bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Synergistic Effect of LL-37 and Oncorhyncin II Recombinant Proteins on Staphylococcus aureus Under In Vitro Conditions
Authors: Safari Mozhdeh , Rafiei Tabatabaei Robab , Abtahi Hamid , Alimoradian Abbas , Fahimirad Shohreh
Published: May 2023

Background: The treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections has become a public health crisis due to the extensive development of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been introduced as promising naturally-derived antimicrobial alternatives to antibiotics. LL-37 and oncorhyncin II are 2 AMPs with notable proven antibacterial effects. Objectives: This study aimed to produce recombinant LL-37 and oncorhyncin II and investigate their synergistic effects on S. aureus (ATCC25923). Methods: The synthetic genes of LL-37 and oncorhyncin II were individually ligated into the pET32a expression vector. Transformed pET32a was introduced into Escherichia coli BL21 as an expression host. The protein expression and purification steps were optimized, and the biological effectiveness of the peptides was evaluated by assessing the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), time-kill, and growth kinetic tests against S. aureus. Results: The MIC assay confirmed the effective antibacterial performances of LL-37 and oncorhyncin II against S. aureus at 30.6 and 47.93 µg/mL, respectively. The peptides’ synergistic activity was validated by the checkerboard method. A combination of LL-37 and oncorhyncin II at 2 × MIC showed a sharp decline of the viable cells with over 3-time reductions in log 10 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL within the first 5 hours. The growth kinetic results confirmed the high effectiveness of the peptides’ combination in eliminating the bacterial inoculum turbidity by 50% reduction during the first hour of exposure. Conclusions: The produced recombinant LL-37 and oncorhyncin II showed effective antimicrobial function against S. aureus. The synergistic performance of the peptides was repeatedly confirmed through checkerboard, time-kill, and growth kinetic assays.
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Authors: Redaksi Redaksi
Published: May 2023

Bagian ini berisi halaman-halaman awal, terdiri dari cover dalam yang berisi susunan Redaksi, Mitra Bestari, Alamat Kontak Daftar Isi, dan Pengantar dari Redaksi.
Language assessment literacy for language learning-oriented assessment
Authors:   University of Bedfordshire, Hamp-Lyons Liz
Published: May 2023

This paper reflects on the findings of a small-scale and exploratory study which attempted to explore whether and how learning-oriented assessment opportunities might be revealed in, or inserted into formal speaking tests, order to provide language assessment literacy opportunities for language teachers teaching in test preparation courses as well as teachers training to become speaking test raters. Hamp-Lyons and Green (2014) closely studied a set of authentic speaking test video samples from the Cambridge: First (First Certificate of English) speaking test, in order to learn whether, and where, learning-oriented behaviours could be encouraged or added to interlocutors’ behaviours, without disrupting the required reliability and validity of the test. We paid particular attention to some basic components of effective interaction that we would want an examiner or interlocutor to exhibit if they seek to encourage interactive responses from test candidates: body language (in particular eye contact; intonation, pacing and pausing); management of turn-taking and elicitation of candidate-candidate interaction. We call this shift in focus to view tests as learning opportunities learning-oriented language assessment (LOLA).
The gap between communicative ability measurements: General-purpose English speaking tests and linguistic laypersons’ judgments
Authors:   Sophia University, Sato Takanori
Published: May 2023

The assessment criteria for general-purpose speaking tests are normally produced from test developers’ intuition or communicative competence models. Therefore, the ideal second language (L2) communication in general-purpose speaking tests reflects language specialists’ perspectives. However, neglect of the views of non- language specialists (i.e., linguistic laypersons) on communication is problematic since these laypersons are interlocutors in many real- world situations. This study (a) investigated whether L2 speakers’ results on general-purpose speaking tests align with linguistic laypersons’ judgments of L2 communicative ability and (b) explored performance features that affect these judgments. Twenty-six post- graduate students of non-linguistic disciplines rated 13 speakers’ communicative ability on general-purpose speaking tests and provided verbal explanations of the performance features affecting their ratings. Their ratings were compared with the speakers’ test results, and the features that determined their ratings were examined. Although these ratings were not completely different from the test results, some speakers’ test results did not align with their ratings. The linguistic laypersons’ judgments were affected not only by features that the general-proficiency tests assessed but by other factors as well. The findings of this study will deepen our understanding of real- world interlocutors’ views on communication and contribute to the development of authentic criteria for general-purpose speaking tests.
Language assessment literacy of language teachers in the context of adult education in Spain
Authors:   Universitat Politècnica de València, Delgado Julia Zabala , Rodriguez Cristina ,   EOI de Santiago de Compostela
Published: May 2023

Recent years have seen a growth in the use of language tests as measures of accountability within the education sector. In many countries, governmental institutions have promoted the involvement of teachers in language testing, providing training to boost the language assessment literacy (LAL) of teachers. This study aims to analyse the results of a large-scale effort to increase teachers’ LAL within the context of public language education for adults in Spain by shedding light on the scale and nature of teacher LAL, the impact of training as perceived by teachers, and their self-perceived further needs. Results show that, similarly to other countries in which teacher LAL has been studied, training in assessment is strongly influenced by contextual factors. Moreover, teachers perceive that this training has an impact not only on assessment-related tasks, but on their general teaching practice. Lastly, the findings reveal a significant correlation between the contents of assessment training courses and the teachers’ perception of further training needs. This could indicate that the more teachers learn about specific areas of language assessment, the more training in assessment they feel is needed, suggesting a gap in teachers’ awareness of their own LAL that materialises once training is provided.
​Assessment Literacy of Foreign Language Teachers around Europe: Research, Challenges and Future Prospects
Authors:   University of Cyprus, Tsagari Dina , Vogt Karin ,   University of Education Heidelberg
Published: May 2023

The concept of literacy has expanded significantly in the course of the last decade to include computer literacy or science literacy in academic and public discourse. The recent focus of attention on classroom-based language assessment has brought the aspect of language assessment literacy (LAL) to the forefront, with foreign language teachers as one important group of stakeholders whose professionalization of this concept is important. The current paper aims at relating the findings from part of a large-scale study that was undertaken in seven different European countries in order to shed light on perceived LAL levels of foreign language teachers and their training needs in language testing and assessment. The focus will be on the qualitative part of the mixed methods study that examines foreign language school teachers’ perceptions in three different educational contexts, namely Cyprus, Germany and Greece. The paper closes with an outline of the implications for teacher development and directions for future research.
University English teacher assessment literacy: A survey-test report from China
Authors:   Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Xu Yueting ,   The University of Hong Kong, Brown Gavin T. L. ,   The University of Auckland 
Published: May 2023

Assessment literacy (AL) is central to the quality of education because competencies in assessing student learning lead to informed decisions. While the AL of university English teachers in China is particularly crucial as they teach the largest group of adult English language learners in the world, it has regrettably remained largely unexplored. The present study subjected an adapted version of the Teacher Assessment Literacy Questionnaire to rigorous psychometric property analyses, and used it to investigate the AL level of Chinese university English teachers (N=891) and the effects of their demographic characteristics on AL performance. Findings reveal a basic level of AL in certain dimensions with limited influence from demographic characteristics. Discussions are centered around validation of the AL instrument, causes for limited AL competence, and key factors that have impacted AL. This study concludes with a reflection of constructing contextually-grounded AL measures and implications for principles, policy and practice of teacher assessment education.
Contextual variables in written assessment feedback in a university-level Spanish program
Authors:   Deakin University, Hill Kathryn , Ducasse Ana María ,   RMIT University
Published: May 2023

The ‘situated’ nature of assessment may help to explain why feedback interventions are successful in one setting but not in another. This study reanalyses data from an earlier study (Ducasse & Hill, 2019) using a coherent theory of context, Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework (1979), to investigate contextual influences on teacher feedback practices and learner responses respectively. Participants comprised 15 beginner, intermediate and advanced level students in an Australian university Spanish language program. Data comprised summative feedback on writing tasks and audio-recordings and transcripts of teacher and student think-aloud protocols, and discussions. Data were analysed in relation to the five systems of Bronfenbrenner’s framework (microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem). The study found teacher practices appeared to be influenced by perceptions of the learners in addition to task and performance characteristics (microsystem), by institutional policies and practices (exosystem) and by external professional accreditation standards (macrosystem). Contextual factors found to influence learner responses included perceptions of the teacher, the timing and valence of feedback (microsystem), course level and maturity as a learner (chronosystem) as well as by other subjects the learners were enrolled in (mesosystem). The study demonstrates the utility of Bronfenbrenner’s framework for systematic reflection on contextual influences in language assessment research.
Rater variability across examinees and rating criteria in paired speaking assessment
Authors:   Northern Arizona University, Youn Soo Jung
Published: May 2023

This study investigates rater variability with regard to examinees’ levels and rating criteria in paired speaking assessment. 12 raters completed rater training and scored 102 examinees’ paired speaking performances using analytical rating criteria that reflect various features of paired speaking performance. The raters were fairly consistent in their overall ratings, but differed in their severity. The bias analyses using many-facet Rasch measurement revealed that a higher level of rater bias interaction was found for the rating criteria compared to those of the examinees’ levels and the pairing type which reflects a level difference between two examinees. In particular, the most challenging rating category Language Use attracted significant bias interactions. However, the raters did not display more frequent bias interactions based on the interaction-specific rating categories, such as Engaging with Interaction and Turn Organization. Furthermore, the raters tended to reverse their severity patterns across the rating categories. In the rater and examinee bias interactions, the raters tended to show more frequent bias toward the low-level examinees. However, no significant rater bias was found based on the pairing type that consisted of high-level and low-level examinees. These findings have implications for rater training in paired speaking assessment.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Interpretation of multiple score reports for ESL placement
Authors:   University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Kokhan Kateryna , Lin Chih-Kai (Cary) ,   University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign
Published: May 2023

The vast majority of U.S. universities nowadays accept TOEFL iBT scores for admission and placement into ESL classes. A significant number of candidates choose to repeat the test hoping to get higher results. Due to the significant increase in the number of international students, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is currently seeking to find the most cost-effective ESL placement policy which would regulate the ESL placement of TOEFL repeaters. Since there is little published research examining students’ multiple TOEFL iBT score reports, and there are no guidelines for the interpretation of multiple scores provided by the test publisher, this paper attempts to address the issue of interpretation and use of TOEFL iBT repeaters’ scores for making ESL placement decisions in the context of UIUC. The main research question considered in our study was: Which TOEFL iBT scores (official highest, most recent, average or self-reported scores) are the best predictors of ESL placement? The findings indicate that the self-reported and the highest TOEFL iBT scores have the strongest association with the ESL placement results. The self-reported and the highest scores also demonstrate the highest classification efficiency in predicting ESL placement of TOEFL iBT repeaters. The results and implications of the study are discussed.
Arrangement of The Marine Biodive Natural Resources Conservation in The Coastal of Sendana District, Majene Regency
Authors: Laitupa Salma
Published: May 2023

Arrangements for the conservation of living natural resources in the sea, are explicitly regulated in UNCLOS 1982 concerning the protection and preservation of the marine environment which places obligations on participating countries to protect and maintain the marine environment. The provisions of Article 192 UNCLOS 1982 stipulate that every State has an obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment. Therefore, the state has the responsibility to ensure that activities within its jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other countries or areas outside the boundaries of national jurisdiction. This means that the marine environment is an important part and must be maintained and preserved by every country.
Kafa’ah dalam Pernikahan Menurut Ibnu Hazm dan Ibnu Quddamah (Studi Kasus di Kecamatan Medan Belawan)
Authors: Alizha Siti Nur
Published: May 2023

The main point of this problem is how Kafa'ah is in marriage according to Ibn Hazm and Ibnu Quddamah (Case Study in Medan Belawan District). Data sources consist of primary data, namely data obtained directly from the object of research, as well as interviews. And also secondary data, namely data taken from the results of literature studies in the form of books, documents, laws and regulations and those related to the discussion under study. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the people in Medan Belawan whom the authors interviewed regarding kafa'ah according to them the main criterion is work (wealth). Of the 3 cases that the authors found, 2 cases stated that work (wealth) was the main criterion, while 1 case stated that the quality of religion was the main criterion. Meanwhile, from the perspective of Ibn Hazm and also Ibn Quddamah, they actually speak kafa'ah in their fiqh books. Ibn Hazm is of the view that kafa'ah is only on religious issues (both are Muslim) and there is no kafa'ah on lineage (heredity), according to him all humans are the same, what is different is only their piety. Whereas in Ibn Qudamah, he in his book mentions 5 things in kafa'ah, namely religion, lineage, independence, skills/work and also spaciousness (wealth). However, according to Ibn Qudamah, the most important thing is religion and lineage. Whereas in the remaining 3, according to Ibn Qudamah it is not the main requirement. Therefore, Ibn Qudamah's opinion is stronger and more comprehensive. Given that this kafa'ah itself can be of important value to a marriage. Between Ibn Hazm and also Ibn Qudamah both are based on the Koran, it's just that Ibn Qudamah is based on Qoul Sohaby and also the Hadiths. And much more is in accordance with the kafa'ah described by Ibn Qudamah in Medan Belawan.
PEER EVALUATION'S IMPACT ON EFL LEARNERS’ LANGUAGE LEARNING, MORPHOLOGY UNDERSTANDING, AND VOCABULARY ACQUISITION
Authors: Bajrami Rita , Iseni Arburim
Published: May 2023

The primary goal of this study is to increase readers' understanding of assessment for language learning and development, particularly as it relates to morphology for students of EFL (English as a Foreign Language). We also consider noting the many assessment methods that might be employed to determine how well EFL students understand morphology. Second, we'll go over a variety of language-improvement strategies that we could use to help EFL students better understand English morphology. We'll look at a few benefits of peer evaluation for EFL learners' vocabulary and morphological comprehension in the third segment. This study will go over peer assessment's benefits, the process of language improvement in English morphology, and evaluation as a critical component of language learning.

Keywords: morphology, assessment, affixation, compounding, conversion, etc.
The role of teaching economic subjects in schools and universities
Authors: BERDYBEKOVA A.L , ALIMBEKOVA D.D.
Published: May 2023

Annotation. The article deals with the issues of economic education in schools and higher educational
institutions, as well as modern requirements for teaching economic disciplines. At present, the requirements of employers
are increasing not only to the professional level of employees newly coming to the organization, but also to the level of
their social development, the ability to be responsible for the actions performed and evaluate them. All this determines
the need for a conscious introduction of young people into socio-economic relations at school age. The teaching of
economics is quite fully responsible for this task. At the same time, the analysis of the curricula of secondary schools in
Kazakhstan revealed the lack of attention of developers to the subject "Economics". In the state educational standard of
secondary general education, "Economics" is also referred to the profile level in the list of subjects for the choice of the
field "Social Sciences".The methods of teaching the discipline "Economics" in universities are considered
Preparing future teachers for creative activities at school
Authors: MUSSABEKOVA G.
Published: May 2023

We are talking about the relationship of scientific and theoretical knowledge acquired by students in the
process of studying at a pedagogical university in various disciplines, but little has been written about the creative
interaction of a teacher with students in the course of their professional activities. The article analyzes the works of
domestic and foreign scientists on the issue under consideration.In addition, a system-functional model of the teacher's activity in the formation of students' creative abilities is presented. Criteria, indicators, levels of formation of creative
abilities of students are given. In the practical part, the methodology for the formation of students' creative abilities is
presented. This model assumes further improvement and independent development of personal and professional
competencies of future teachers. The elective course "Creative activity of a future teacher in a modern school" is offered
to senior students. The elective course is designed for 45 hours, of which: lectures - 15 hours, seminars - 15 hours,
practical classes - 15 hours. It should be noted that the problem of forming the readiness of future teachers for creative
activity at school has not yet been sufficiently studied. Thus, the analysis of the educational process in pedagogical
universities allows us to conclude that this issue has not been given due attention. The purpose of the article is to
determine the level of preparation of future teachers for creative activity at school and to ensure its implementation by
the author's methodology.
Organization of project work for students when teaching elements of the theory of series
Authors: IBRAGIMOV R. , TURAPOVA S.
Published: May 2023

This article discusses the pedagogical features of the organization of students' project work when
teaching the elements of the theory of series at school. The content of the project work of students and guidelines for its
implementation in teaching mathematics in a secondary school are presented. The types of design work of students, tasks
and stages of their implementation are highlighted. Teaching elements of the theory of series by the design method is a
learning system that meets the requirements of the modern system of credit education and is able to meet the tasks set
from the point of view of modernity. The article defines the features of the concepts of "project method", "design method",
"use of the design method in the classroom" and teaching design technologies. limits for finding the sum of an arithmetic
progression. The application of the design method includes a complex of various methods that encourage students to
search and research, the design features of special design work (tasks) that put students in a problem situation, and the
possibility of getting out of this situation. Attention is paid to the development of students' abilities in the curriculum, with
project work. At the same time, project-based learning allows you to evaluate not only the preparatory process, but also
the final result of the work of students. This article presents project assignments that form the design and research
activities of students.
Increasing students' interest in scientific work in chemistry through research lessons
Authors: BITEMIROVA A.E , USSEN A.B.
Published: May 2023

At present, the organization of research work of students at school is considered a popular form of the
educational process and a necessary means of forming students' own creative attitude to life. One of the most important
tasks in the education system is to educate a student-researcher who knows new methods of research, who is able to
creatively approach problem solving, independently search and replenish his knowledge. In particular, the organization
of research lessons, the implementation of lessons with elements of research, the creation of problem situations , projectbased learning technology and participation in scientific activities. The use of research technologies in chemistry lessons
contributes to the development of students' research skills and creative thinking. The development of communication
skills, the ability to work with information, and its educational value. That is, the main goal of research work is not to
obtain new results, as in big science, but to form the student as a creative person. If the purpose of research activity in
science is to obtain new results, then the purpose of research activity in the educational process is the development of
students' creative and research abilities.
Continuous Emotional Responding to Audio, Video, and Audiovisual Sensory Channels during Television Viewing
Authors: Sparks Johnny V. , Chuang Wan-Chu , Chung Sungwon
Published: May 2023

An experiment was conducted to examine the independent and interactive influence of the audio and visual channels of information in television on viewers’ emotional experience. Audio-only, video-only, and audiovisual television content was presented as psychological stimuli, while participants completed continuous-response measures (CRMs) to index over-time changes in emotional experience of positive valence, negative valence, and arousal. Positive valence and arousal means were significantly influenced by channel over time. Participants reported the most positive emotional experience during audiovisual exposure. The channel and time interaction did not significantly affect negative valence ratings. However, positive valence, negative valence, and arousal ratings were significantly influenced by the interaction of channel and specific message content.
Engendering Relationship Outcomes Through Stakeholder Involvement: A Case Study of a Nonprofit Organization
Authors: O'Neil Julie , Olivier Nick , Lambiase Jacque
Published: May 2023

This study examined the recent efforts of a nonprofit to engage its stakeholders in its planning and programming and empirically tested whether the sharing of tasks cultivation strategy positively related to the relationship outcomes of commitment, control mutuality, trust, donations, and volunteering. Two hundred and fifteen stakeholders affiliated with the nonprofit Streams and Valleys completed an online questionnaire. Results indicate that nonprofits can facilitate greater involvement from stakeholders via collaborative volunteer projects and open forums. As predicted by relationship theory, the sharing of tasks relationship cultivation strategy is positively related to the relationship outcomes of commitment, control mutuality, and satisfaction and to the behaviors of donations and volunteering.
Critical Thinking During a Time of Critical Change in Media Industries: Examining Media Students’ Perception and Appreciation of Higher-Level Learning Outcomes
Authors: Schroeder Jared
Published: May 2023

The mass communication industries continue to undergo a period of uncertainty and rapid change. The time of change has reached universities as mass communication programs across the nation seek ways to adjust their curricula to include fast-changing technological skills demanded by the industry. During this time of change on both the professional and academic levels, this study uses Bloom’s taxonomy to examine media students’ perceptions of higher-level, analytical knowledge in regard to their coursework and future employment prospects. Scholars in several fields have argued universities must do more than provide students with the skills they need to get their first job. Instead, scholars argue students must know why they do the job, not simply how to do the work. Using a comparative analysis of students in a core, entry-level mass communication course and their more advanced counterparts in a senior-level media law class, this study found students have generally favorable views regarding higher-level learning outcomes. It also showed little evidence that students’ value and perception of learning analytical-level knowledge change between the time they enter mass communication programs and when they graduate.
The Republican Primaries in 140 Characters: How the 2012 Candidates Used Twitter to Mobilize Their Supporters, Interact With them and Frame the Campaign
Authors: Wasike Ben S.
Published: May 2023

This study used content analysis to examine how the 2012 Republican candidates used Twitter to mobilize their supporters, interact with them, frame campaign issues and frame their opponents. The results indicated that Santorum has used Twitter the most. The most popular mobilization tactics were announcing appearances and voter recruitment. However, the candidates minimally used Twitter to frame campaign issues. Overall, the candidates’ use of Twitter was limited. Pertinent implications for the 2012 presidential elections are discussed.
Who Controls Content Decisions? External Influences on College Media
Authors: Etheridge Christopher E. , Rank Lindsie
Published: May 2023

Issues of censorship in higher education student media are common and frequent, however it is unclear how often and to what degree college newspapers experience external influences. This study examines censorship in collegiate media through in-depth interviews with student newspaper editors and advisers. Specifically, this study calls upon the recalled experiences of editors and advisers to explore external content pressures, from whom those pressures are felt, and how editors and advisers deal with those pressures. It then identifies some recommendations for organizations to implement to protect editors and student reporters from external pressures.
Vietnam Twiplomacy:
Authors: Diep Uyen
Published: May 2023

By carrying out content analyses of three Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Twitter accounts, this study examines their messaging to the world in 2020 through Twitter (N=1,276).  In doing so, the impact and reach of specific, targeted audiences are further analysed to better understand engagement with the most-mentioned and most-followed users (N=353). The results suggest significant correlations between content category as well as the diplomatic language of the tweets versus other countries and users that Vietnam MOFA directs messages towards. In addition, it has thus far been observed that the Vietnam MOFA tends to communicate and interact with governmental/intergovernmental organizations and political users via tweets. Practical and theoretical implications of twiplomacy are discussed in terms of uses and gratifications.
Love, Little Rock:
Authors: Hall Holly , Hayes Marceline , Hill Myleea , Bahn Catherine
Published: May 2023

In early September 2017, Little Rock, Ark., through Mayor Mark Stodola, initially threw its hat into the competition ring in an effort to entice Amazon to its city, as the company announced it was searching for a second headquarters. After a few weeks, city officials realized Little Rock did not meet many of the requirements put forth by Amazon and would never be a serious contender.  At that point, an unorthodox city branding campaign was born, which included a new slogan, “Love, Little Rock,” and messaging designed in the form of a “break-up” letter, as a way of bowing out of the competition for Amazon’s new headquarters. This case study uses agenda-setting theory and visual and textual analysis to examine the Love, Little Rock campaign. In particular, this paper explores how the city set an agenda in today’s attention economy through non-traditional strategies and tactics through thematic analysis of news coverage of the campaign.
Protótipo de um Aplicativo Mobile para Reconhecimento de Vestimenta para Pessoas Cegas
Authors: Da Silva Juliana de Fátima , Bertolini Cristiano , Parreira Fábio José , Silveira Sidnei Renato
Published: May 2023

As pessoas cegas, geralmente, ficam limitadas a tarefas rotineiras que dependem exclusivamente da percepção da luz, como a escolha de uma vestimenta, cor ou estilo específico, entre muitas outras atividades relacionadas. As pessoas cegas conseguem, por meio do tato, ter informações sobre textura e forma da vestimenta. Entretanto, detalhes como cores, desenhos e estilo, tornam-se difíceis de serem identificados sem o auxílio de uma pessoa que tenha visão. Neste contexto, este artigo apresenta um protótipo de um aplicativo mobile que permite que as pessoas cegas possam identificar suas vestimentas. A identificação da vestimenta é realizada por meio do reconhecimento de padrões, com o uso da biblioteca OpenCV. O aplicativo permite o cadastro de imagens das vestimentas, bem como de uma áudio-descrição. O resultado do aplicativo possibilita que pessoas cegas possam ter mais autonomia na atividade de escolher vestimentas, podendo combinar padrões de cores. O cadastro de vestimentas com a áudio-descrição pode ser realizado pelo círculo de amigos das pessoas cegas, as quais poderão acompanhar todas as mudanças de moda e ir alterando essas informações conforme houver necessidade, tendo em vista que a moda, estilos e tendências estão sempre mudando. Por meio do aplicativo, a pessoa cega poderá ter autonomia de escolha em relação a suas vestimentas, possibilitando que possam escolhê-las sozinha, podendo usar o aplicativo em qualquer hora ou lugar por sua portabilidade.
Atividades Pedagógicas no Ensino Fundamental para Alunos Surdos: Produção de Material Didático de Matemática para uma prática docente bilíngue
Authors: Oliveira Willian Silva de , Dionysio Renata Barbosa
Published: May 2023

A Educação de Surdos no Brasil tem se aproximado cada vez mais das práticas bilíngues, proporcionando a construção linguística, identitária e cultural do surdo. Essa filosofia educacional é baseada nas demandas que essa comunidade apresentou historicamente. Dessa forma, o presente artigo vem abordar especificamente o ensino da Matemática, a partir de um material didático que foi construído numa perspectiva bilíngue para alunos Surdos do 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Apresentamos assim, algumas reflexões sobre o ensino bilíngue e o que uma prática docente pode contribuir para a formação dos estudantes Surdos. Destacamos, também, aspectos do material didático construído que, junto a uma prática docente intencional, favorece a implementação de uma proposta didática bilíngue. Nesse sentido, destacamos a importância da visualidade como artefato Surdo, que traz fundamentos para uma pedagogia Surda e, a criação de arcabouços imagéticos que fundamentam a construção e veiculação dos processos comunicacionais em língua de sinais. Matemática é uma disciplina que a maioria dos alunos tem dificuldade. Bastantes questões estão relacionadas a esse fato, contudo, destacamos a linguagem própria que envolvem símbolos e formas de expressões. Assim, a proposta apresentada nesse relato de pesquisa, busca mostrar o trabalho entre múltiplas linguagens, da Matemática, da língua de sinais, da língua portuguesa, sempre sustentada pela matriz da linguagem visual. Por fim, acreditamos que conhecer as características dos estudantes Surdos e construir materiais específicos que atendam a sua demanda, promovam didáticas de ensino, buscando alcançar as expectativas de aprendizagem da etapa de ensino e proporcionar um desenvolvimento global desse educando.
A figuração da violência em "Hotel Hell", de Joca Reiners Terron
Authors: Brandileone Ana Paula Franco Nobile , Batista Priscila
Published: May 2023

A diversidade é marca registrada da ficção brasileira contemporânea, que se revela na linguagem, nos formatos, nos diversos tons e temas. Ainda assim, é possível delinear algumas linhas de força nas atuais produções em prosa, dentre elas a violência (RESENDE, 2008). A partir do exposto, este artigo tem por objetivo verificar como a violência é representada no livro Hotel Hell, de Joca Reiners Terron (2003), que se inscreve, entre outros aspectos, pela presença de imagens grotescas, figurada pela fusão do homem à máquina e/ou do homem ao animal.
Violência, vulnerabilidade e poder em “Esses Lopes”, de Guimarães Rosa
Authors: Morais Maria Perla Araújo
Published: May 2023

Em “Esses lopes”, de Tutameia (1967), encontramos a história de Flausina, que foi retirada do seu lar para viver com Zé Lopes e acabou tendo que sobreviver à violência de vários homens dessa família. O conto retrata uma sociedade de bases patriarcais que ameniza a violência contra a mulher sob o pretexto de que trabalharia com princípios universais. O relato de Flausina promove uma discussão sobre uma sociedade que, em vez de discutir suas estruturas sociais fundadas em um pensamento patriarcal e desigual, continua culpabilizando vítimas de modo a não legitimar demandas sociais e de gênero.
A estética violenta das narrativas Ana Paula Maia
Authors: Benatti Andre Rezende
Published: May 2023

Este artigo tem como objetivo uma apreciação dos aspectos que envolver o realismo e a violência na obra da escritora carioca Ana Paula Maia. Compreendemos, a partir das revisões e análises feitas sobre a obra de Maia que a violência é construída pela autora como um componente estético em seus textos, e que se realiza por meio da estética realista. Assim, ao longo do texto propomos leituras acerta das teorias da representação do real e da violência em diálogo com a obra de Maia, para que possamos averiguar e comprovar que a violência calada pelo real faz parte de um projeto estético da autora carioca.
A violência do discurso do mestre, em "Cinzas do norte": uma releitura materialista lacaniana
Authors: Almeida Marcia Geralda , Silva Marisa Corrêa
Published: May 2023

Este estudo apresenta uma releitura do romance Cinzas do Norte, de Milton Hatoum, sob o viés do Materialismo Lacaniano, e discute o conceito de discurso do mestre, desenvolvido pelo psicanalista francês Jacques Lacan, bem como os conceitos de violência Objetiva e violência Subjetiva, desenvolvidos pelo filósofo esloveno Slavoj Žižek. Trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico de cunho interpretativo, por meio do qual se objetiva evidenciar que, no romance Cinzas do Norte, é possível perceber o funcionamento do discurso do mestre nas relações de poder e dominação e como esse tipo de discurso funciona como uma forma de violência Subjetiva e Objetiva.
Developing academic oral skills using the video pitch as a learning strategy
Authors: Orfanò Bárbara Malveira , De Sá Elisa Mattos , Terra Lívia
Published: May 2023

This research reports on the success of an online oral task developed for English for Academic Purposes learners in a Brazilian university context, which required recording and submitting a short video pitch about the students’ own research. We discuss the contributions the task brought to improving oral academic skills, focusing on the videos and comments posted in the online forum, and the students’ self-evaluations. Our results indicate that issues such as identity, agency, and autonomy play an important role in the teaching and learning of EAP and deserve attention when designing materials for students in this specific context.
Hybrid methods: the generalizaed integral transform technique
Authors: Cotta Renato M.
Published: May 2023

This work has no abstract.
A influência das condições de estabilidade atmosférica nas flutuações de concentração nas superfícies de um obstáculo isolado
Authors: Paula Reginaldo Rosa Cotto de , Santos Jane Méri , Reisen Valdério Anselmo
Published: May 2023

A dispersão da pluma de poluentes próxima a obstáculos é um tema de interesse para arquitetos, agências reguladoras e meteorologistas da poluição do ar. Neste trabalho investiga-se as influências das condições de estabilidade atmosférica e do tempo de média na razão entre as concentrações máximas e as concentrações médias e na intensidade da flutuações de concentração, nas superfícies de um obstáculo isolado. Os dados para realização deste trabalho foram obtidos dos experimentos de campo realizados por Santos (2000). Foram utilizados detectores de foto-ionização com alta freqüência (50Hz) para se obter as flutuações turbulentas de concentração. Na região do fluxo incidente, as séries temporais de concentração apresentaram episódios de concentração nula seguidos de altos valores “instantâneos” de concentração, sugerindo que nesta região existem vórtices de escalas da turbulência de tamanhos maiores ou comparáveis ao tamanho da pluma. A estratificação térmica influenciou os valores da intensidade das flutuações turbulentas de concentração na região de esteira
Air quality modelling system over a central mediterranean region
Authors: Schipa Ilenia , Mangia Cristina , Miglietta Marcello , Martano Paolo , Rizza Umberto , Tanzarella Annalisa
Published: May 2023

This work presents a complex modelling system for air quality studies. The system couples meteorological models, emission preprocessors and dispersion models. Two meteorological models have been coupled in cascade: a mesoscale meteorological model and a 3D diagnostic micro-meteorological model, which is able to provide a realistic three-dimensional wind and temperature fields and two dimensional fields of boundary layer parameters. The emission data were obtained trough disaggregation of national emission inventory, by using a database related to all industrial sources, and through direct evaluation of road transport and biogenic emissions. Meteorological fields and emission data have been used by a photochemical model and by a Lagrangian puff dispersion model. The modelling system has been applied over Salento Peninsula, located in the south-east corner of Italy, in the Mediterranean central area in a real typical summer scenario.
Análise de estruturas coerentes na camada superficial estável em Candiota, RS, através da função intermitência
Authors: Krusche Nisia , Machado Birajara Soares
Published: May 2023

Foram determinadas as características das estruturas coerentes do tipo rampas, observadas em medidas realizadas na Camada Limite Superficial, na cidade de Candiota, RS, sob condições de estratificação térmica estáveis, em quatro campanhas de medidas em julho de 1994 e fevereiro, maio e novembro de 1995. Foram coletados dados de superfície através de um anemômetro sônico, um termômetro de arame fino, um higrômetro de Kripton e dois anemômetros de Gill, instalados em uma torre micrometeorológica com 12 metros de altura. Após aplicação de um procedimento de controle de qualidade de dados, foram selecionados 255 arquivos de dados, que perfazem aproximadamente um total de 49 horas. Para identificar as estruturas coerentes nas séries temporais de flutuação de temperatura e umidade específica, foi utilizada a técnica de amostragem condicional denominada Função Intermitência. As distribuições de freqüência percentual da duração das estruturas coerentes detectadas nos sinais de temperatura e umidade referente aos quatro períodos são distribuições do tipo exponencial, típicas de terreno plano. Para o sinal de temperatura, no verão, no outono e na primavera, as estruturas coerentes tem duração mais freqüente entre 14,3 e 18,6 s, enquanto, no inverno, a maior freqüência é a de estruturas com duração entre 10 e 14,3 s. Foram avaliados também o número de estruturas a cada 20 minutos, que é da ordem de 25, o fator intermitência, que representa a fração do tempo quando ocorrem as estruturas e é, em geral, de cerca de 60%, a intensidade das estruturas, que é de 0,2 a 0,3 ºC para temperatura e de 0,13 a 0,23 g/kg para a umidade, e a contribuição aos fluxos de calor sensível e latente, que é de cerca de 45% e de cerca de 60%, respectivamente. A relação com parâmetro de estabilidade mostra que a intensidade das estruturas coerentes na série de temperatura diminui próxima a neutralidade. Nesta região, as estruturas podem ser confundidas com turbulência de menor escala e a função intermitência não é adequada para detectá-las. Concluiu-se que os instrumentos de medida e a torre não afetam sistematicamente as características das estruturas coerentes.
Simulação da dispersão de poluentes em meio aquático usando Álgebra de Lie
Authors: Zabadal Jorge R. , Haag Anelise , Vasques Richard , Segatto Cíntia Feijó
Published: May 2023

Neste trabalho é apresentado um método analítico alternativo para obter a distribuição de concentração de poluentes em meio aquático. O método é baseado no uso de transformações conformes e modelos auxiliares em microescala usando conceitos da termodinâmica estatística. Simulações numéricas são apresentadas.
Precarious Denizens: The Dogs of War and Conflict
Authors: Nayar Pramod K
Published: May 2023

This paper studies two texts about animals in conflict zones: Sadat Hasan Manto’s ‘The Dog of Titwal’ and its graphic adaptation by Arif Ayaz Parrey and Wasim Helal’s ‘Tamasha-e-Tetwal’, in Vishwajyoti Ghosh’s Partition collection, This Side That Side. In Manto, the deterritorialized dog creates an animal heterotopia. The dog is also significant in that its precarious life between two territories transforms the political organization of space into what Stuart Elden terms ‘terrain’. Such an organization’s biopolitics involves fauna and flora as well.
Solastalgia and Poetic Resilience in the Environmental Imagination of Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner
Authors: Biswas Debajyoti , Ryan John Charles
Published: May 2023

Indigenous communities across the world and, more specifically, those of the Global South, are especially vulnerable to the effects of human-induced climate change. Standing at the crossroads of modernity and ancestral life, many communities face overwhelming losses of biocultural traditions along with their rightful homelands. Such loss has led to anxiety among communities firmly rooted in particular places. As a form of resistance to pervasive capitalist forces benefiting from the degradation of the environment, climate poetry offers an alternative response for voicing concerns in the form of protesting ecological abuses while allaying the anxiety of solastalgic disruption (McDougall et al., 2022, pp. 26–27). This article examines the poetic imagination of Marshall Islands writer and activist Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner by linking her work to the concepts of solastalgia and resilience. Representative of current Indigenous concerns over climate change and biocultural loss, Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s poetry presents a powerful voice from a postcolonial nation located in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines. Her poetry exudes a sense of solastalgia in response to the ecologically destructive influence of powerful Western nations, in general, and the United States, in particular, on the Marshall Islands. Narrativizing the concept of solastalgia, Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s poetry critiques human-driven ecological ruination and voices concern about the impacts of climate change on island nations. Her work, furthermore, underscores that postcolonial states, such as the Marshall Islands, must negotiate conflicting relationships with the forces of modernity that underlie ecologically detrimental choices and behaviors. The article thus aims to extend the concept of solastalgia to Indigenous communities through an analysis of Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s work.
Witnessing Tribal Life and the Environment: An Ecological Re-reading of the Select Narratives of Mahasweta Devi
Authors: Pal Payel
Published: May 2023

The current ecological crisis in India must be traced back to its origins because, similar to Western beliefs and practices, colonization of the natural world is fostered and justified. Materialistic creed, techno-culture, enlightenment principles of human progress, and industrial developments successfully exploit the resources of nature and threaten the existence of rivers, lands, and their flora and fauna. As a result, the lower sections of society, including the deprived and marginalized tribes, bear the inevitable outcome of this exploitation of nature, and the tribal are pushed into socio-cultural and economic decline. The condition of the tribal people and their environment find best expression in the works of Mahasweta Devi, one of the most famous journalists, social activists, and creative writers of West Bengal. After witnessing the pitiful condition of the tribes of Western, Central, and North-East India, she decides to delineate their livelihood, and naturally their relationship with nature comes into discussion. Her writings trace the ecological history of India, and for this she cites incidents from the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and thus her narratives encompass the journey of the tribes from forest life to industrial life. The lost ecological histories of the tribals are again shown in The Book of the Hunter. The close bond between nature and men is given the fullest expression here, and their ecological wisdom should be followed and embodied to avert the current ecological crisis. The recreation of the tribal history of the Mundas, historical events of the Ulgulan, and ecological movements are portrayed in Aranyer Adhikar and Chotti Munda and his Arrow. In the same way, in her short stories like Seeds, The Hunt, Little Ones and Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay and Pirtha, she not only depicts the ecological equilibrium of tribal culture, but also the subjugated condition of the tribal and their lands, forests, and surroundings, so this paper delineates the ecological history of the tribes in the selected works of Mahasweta Devi.