bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Politics and Practice of Empowerment Evaluation and Social Interventions: Lessons from the Atlantic Community Action Program for Children Regional Evaluation
Authors: VanderPlaat Madine , Samson Yolande , Raven Pauline
Published: April 2023

Abstract: Empowerment or participatory evaluation has gained significant popularity in the last few years. However, there is considerable variation in the manner in which the terms are used and in the politics that underlie and inform such practices. This article, which reflects upon the authors’ collective experience with the Atlantic Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) regional evaluation, argues for empowerment-oriented evaluation strategies informed by emancipatory politics. In particular, the authors examine the implications an emancipatory ethic has for their understanding of the terms participatory, empowerment, and social change within the context of evaluation research.
Public Training Programs in Canada: A Meta-evaluation
Authors: Hum Derek , Simpson Wayne
Published: April 2023

Abstract: Canada has a history of training individuals for the labour market, and substantial research has accumulated concerning the effectiveness of training programs. There have been many evaluations of public training programs in Canada, both summative and formative, in the last two decades. What have we learned from these evaluations of training programs? What should we continue to do? What should we try to avoid? This article presents an assessment of the summative evaluations conducted to date in Canada, focusing on three questions: What is an appropriate and feasible methodology for summative evaluation of training programs? Has that methodology been consistently and effectively implemented in Canada during the past two decades? What are the prospects for future evaluations in Canada?
Analyser le degré d’intégration de l’approche écologique dans les programmes de promotion de la santé: le cas des programmations de réduction de tabagisme de deux directions de la santé publique québécoises
Authors: Breton Eric , Richard Lucie , Lehoux Pascale , Labrie Louise , Léonard Claudine
Published: April 2023

Abstract: For many years, the WHO has promoted the implementation of ecological strategies to improve public health, focusing, in particular, on various social and environmental health determinants and settings. Although that approach has raised interest among public health professionals, the conceptual tools to direct its development and evaluation are still lacking. To fill the gap, this article presents a tool for the assessment of the integration of the ecological approach in programs. To illustrate its potential, the smoking reduction programs implemented by two public health departments in Quebec were evaluated using the application, which allows an assessment of the ecological dimension.
Improving Social Policy with National Data: A Comparison of Social Support for Students Among Canadian Provinces
Authors: Ma Xin
Published: April 2023

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine social support for students as it related to individual and provincial characteristics in Canada, with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth and census data. The data included 7,648 students aged 8 to 11 years from 10 provinces. Factor analysis indicated two latent factors underlining social support for students: perceived personal support and perceived institutional support. Results of hierarchical linear modelling show that perceived personal support did not fluctuate with provincial characteristics. Students who were immigrants to Canada, with low socioeconomic status (SES), and with poor prosocial behavior perceived less personal support. Students in provinces with higher birth rates perceived less institutional support. SES and family size had strong effects on perceived institutional support in some provinces but weak effects in other provinces. Students from both-parent households, with emotional problems, and from large families perceived less institutional support.
Developing an Evaluation Habit of Mind
Authors: Katz Steven , Sutherland Stephanie , Earl Lorna
Published: April 2023

Abstract: In this article, we use the psychological lens of motivation to argue that mandated evaluation requirements can serve as the impetus for accountability to become synonymous with organizational improvement. We offer evidence of how the processes and practices surrounding the use of data for wise decisionmaking find intrinsically derived sustainability and become consolidated in an “evaluation habit of mind.” Though exploratory in intent and not designed to be definitive, illustrations are provided from Canada’s Manitoba School Improvement Program Inc. (MSIP), an initiative designed to improve the learning experiences and outcomes of secondary school students through capacity building.
Integrating Evaluative Inquiry into the Organizational Culture: A Review and Synthesis of the Knowledge Base
Authors: Cousins J. Bradley , Goh Swee C. , Clark Shannon , Lee Linda E.
Published: April 2023

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore, through an extensive review and integration of recent scholarly literature, the conceptual interconnections and linkages among developments in the domains of evaluation utilization, evaluation capacity building, and organizational learning. Our goal is to describe and critique the current state of the knowledge base concerning the general problem of integrating evaluation into the organizational culture. We located and reviewed 36 recent empirical studies and used them to elaborate a conceptual framework that was partially based on prior work. Methodologically, our results show that research in this area is underdeveloped. Substantively, they show that organizational readiness for evaluation may be favourably influenced through direct evaluation capacity building (ECB) initiatives and indirectly through doing and using evaluation. We discuss these results in terms of an agenda for ongoing research and implications for practice.
The Analysis of Focus Groups in Published Research Articles
Authors: Wiggins Geoffrey S.
Published: April 2023

Abstract: This article examines 72 published research articles that utilize a focus group methodology from the fields of health, sociology, and education. The articles are assessed in terms of what type of focus group analysis is conducted on the transcripts, how the methodology is specified, and whether the coding schemes used were emergent or pre-ordinate. Fewer than half of the articles use a coding scheme in order to analyze the transcripts, while more than half simply utilize interesting quotations from the focus groups in order to represent the discussion or else to corroborate other quantitative findings. It was found that 14% of the articles utilize some sort of quality check such as interrater reliability in order to ensure accuracy in the focus group data analysis. Most of the articles utilizing a quality check are from the health field. Results are discussed in terms of implications for evaluation practice and ongoing research.
Reconciliation and Energy Democracy
Authors: Scott Kimberly A.
Published: April 2023

Abstract: Indigenous clean-energy leaders are moving Canada’s sustainable development agenda along at an impressive rate and are setting the stage for the localization of goods and services. Indigenous communities that do not yet have enough energy security should be the first recipients of green infrastructure investments in order to bolster equity as a tenet of Canadian nationalism. A series of key policy drivers to amplify Indigenous inclusion in the energy transition are offered as well as a number of performance indicators that can determine the extent to which Canada is advancing on reconciliation and energy democracy.
Examining the Motivational Climate and Student Effort in Professional Competency Courses: Suggestions for Improvement
Authors: Byrnes Meghan K. , Jones Brett D. , Foerst Emily M. Holt
Published: April 2023

The attainment of professional competencies leads to essential skills for successful and employable veterinarians. However, the inclusion of professional competencies in veterinary curricula is often underdeveloped, and it is sometimes less appreciated by students than the science/technical skill curricula. The aim of this study was to better understand students’ motivation within professional competency courses (PC courses) by (a) comparing students’ motivational perceptions in PC courses to those in science/technical skill courses (ST courses), (b) determining the extent to which students’ motivational perceptions predict their course effort, and (c) identifying teaching strategies that could be used to improve PC courses. Participants included students from eight courses enrolled in their first or second year of a veterinary college at a large land-grant university in the United States. A partially mixed concurrent dominant status research design was used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Students completed closed- and open-ended survey items regarding their effort and the motivational climate in their courses. Compared to ST courses, students put forth less effort in PC courses; rated PC courses lower on empowerment, usefulness, and interest; and had higher success expectancies in PC courses. Although students’ perceptions of empowerment, usefulness, interest, and caring were significantly correlated with their effort, interest was the most significant predictor of effort in both PC and ST courses. Based on students’ responses to the open-ended questions, specific motivational strategies are recommended to increase students’ effort in PC courses, such as intentionally implementing strategies to increase students’ interest and perceptions of usefulness and empowerment.
Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing of Structural Automotive Components
Authors: Bobel Andrew C. , Sachdev Anil K. , Brown Tyson W.
Published: April 2023

High-volume additive manufacturing (AM) for structural automotive applications, along the lines of economically viable technologies such as powder metallurgy, castings, and stampings, remains a lofty goal that must be realized to obtain the well-known advantages of AM. This article presents two key opportunities for AM related to automotive applications, specifically within the realm of metal laser powder-bed fusion: alloys and product designs capable of high throughput. The article also presents the general methodology of alloy development for automotive AM. It provides examples of unique designs for reciprocating components in elevated-temperature applications that are also exposed to demanding tribological conditions. The article also discusses the future of AM for automotive applications.
PREPARATION OF FUTURE CHEMISTRY TEACHERS FOR THE USE OF WEB TECHNOLOGIES FOR VISUAL MODEL TEACHING OF STUDENTS
Authors: Kochubei Elena
Published: April 2023

The article examines approaches to training future chemistry teachers to use web technologies for visual modeling of students, which are proposed to be used in the methodology of teaching chemistry to students to explain physico-chemical phenomena that are quite difficult to understand, in which verbal description becomes ineffective. The tasks that orient the consideration of visualization in the process of teaching chemistry in connection with the web-technology of learning in the direction of optimal consideration of psychological and neurophysiological regularities of perception, thinking and memory are revealed. The specifics and main content components of visual-model teaching of chemistry as a factor of the integral pedagogical process of the professional training of the future teacher are determined. It is proposed for the future chemistry teacher to form such a competence as a mutual transition from a non-verbal sign-symbolic record of a chemical object (concepts, formulas, laws, etc.) to a verbal (adequate) description.The specifics of the educational activity for the development of chemical knowledge and the specifics of the process of receiving information and its development by students are revealed. The need to optimize the volume of perception and information flow, the significance of the content of information through a certain sign system, and the use of its coding means has been established. The conditions for the optimal transmission of educational information, the importance of web-technologies of learning are revealed: a clear statement of the purpose of communicating new material; justification of the form and means of its communication; assessment of the ability to perceive information regarding its volume, content accessibility; didactic and psychological preparation of students to perceive information in order to transform it into knowledge.

Keywords: preparation; future teachers; chemistry; learning; web technologies; visual-model learning; visualization; symbols; schemes; models; students.
FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL HEARING IN THE ORCHESTRA TRAINING OF A PLAYER OF WIND INSTRUMENTS
Authors: Palazhenko Oleg , Vytkalov Serhii , Tsyulyupa Stepan
Published: April 2023

The article presents and characterizes the most important approaches to the development of the musical ear of brass musicians in the process of their orchestral training. Professional training for the development of musical hearing among brass performers in institutions of higher education of the artistic direction will be effective and purposeful, provided that the musician observes continuous and thorough auditory self-control, which will ultimately help the performer to coordinate and direct the work of the entire performing apparatus as a whole. Professional mastery of musical ear is a key element of musical perception by a brass musician, figurative and emotional thinking that is synthesized on the basis of the perception of musical language, and therefore becomes the main basis for revealing the composerʼs idea by the performer and the embodiment and transmission of a musical image filled with a wide variety of artistic content. Possession of absolute hearing gives the musician-performer certain advantages, because he can accurately imagine the pitch of each sound before its real sound begins. Practice shows that it is quite possible to fully master the art of playing an instrument if you have good relative hearing. It is only necessary that the musical ear of the performer is sufficiently subtle and flexible, capable of constant development and improvement in the process of communication with the instrument and music. In the process of purposeful development of auditory abilities, the performer must quickly master the ability to perceive music in a complex way ‒ to simultaneously listen to the pitch of the melodic line, its intonation development, timbre coloring, rhythm, harmony, character of presentation. Without this skill, the performer will not be able to fulfill his main task ‒ to understand and reveal the artistic content of the music being performed.

Keywords: earing; brass musicians; orchestra training; institutions of higher education; performance; competence; components.
THE MODEL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE FORMATION OF FUTURE ENERGY ENGINEERS
Authors: Horbatiuk Roman , Bilan Nataliia
Published: April 2023

The paper presents the model of the formation of future energy engineers’ foreign language competence, which conditionally reproduces the process of step-by-step learning of a foreign language for professional purposes and the development of practical knowledge and skills of receptive and productive types of linguistic activity under specifically created conditions due to the use of a range of specially selected didactic and methodological toolkit of informational, audiovisual and visual type focusing on project learning technologies. Based on the results of the research, its main components were determined and analyzed, and their inverse relationship and interaction were substantiated too. It was established that the developed model belongs to the structural and functional group. It was found that the structure of the model is determined by a complex of interconnected and complementary elements, which are combined into four blocks: motivational-target (goal, task, social order), didactic-methodological (approaches and principles of learning), content-processual (stages of foreign language training, pedagogical conditions, methods, technologies, forms, means of education), evaluation-resultative (components, levels), formation of foreign language competence, result). The functionality of the model is characterized by a set of properties that reveal its ability to perform a number of functions, in particular: educational, organizational, technological, managerial, cognitive, developmental, communicative, competent, controlling. The model design of foreign language competence formation for the future energy engineers was carried out taking into account the specifics of the professional training of higher education graduates specializing in the field of knowledge 14 Electrical engineering and the specifics of their future professional activities. It has been determined that the implementation of the suggested structural and functional model into the educational process of students’ foreign language learning results in the formation of a foreign language competence of would-be specialists in the field of power engineering, who are able to perform all the types of engineering activity using the relevant metalanguage in their professional environment.

Keywords: model, structural and functional model, formation, foreign language training, foreign language, foreign language competence, future energy engineers, higher education applicants, education environment, knowledge.
PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS AND MEANS OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF READINESS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF TEACHERS OF HIGHER MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Zinchenko Volodymyr , Chernichenko Inna
Published: April 2023

The article characterizes the main pedagogical conditions for the formation and development of readiness for scientific and pedagogical activity of teachers of higher military educational institutions in the process of postgraduate education, namely Stimulation of scientific and pedagogical workers to create a motivational basis for continuous professional development and mastery of scientific and pedagogical activities in the unity of scientific, methodological and praxeological aspects. Monitoring of the level of readiness of teachers of higher military educational institutions for scientific and pedagogical activities and organization of advanced training taking into account its current level and building an individual professional and career trajectory. Systematization of the elements of readiness for scientific and pedagogical activity in the integrative course of advanced training of scientific and pedagogical staff using the means and methods of active learning. Ensuring reflection (identifying own achievements and shortcomings, identifying ways to overcome shortcomings and relying on the strengths of oneʼs personality and activities), forming an individual style of scientific and pedagogical activity. The formation of a teacherʼs scientific and pedagogical competence is a long process, which is provided by various means that can be conditionally divided into special and functional (contextual).Four levels of readiness for scientific and pedagogical activities of teachers of higher military educational institutions are defined: high, sufficient, medium, low, characterized by appropriate indicators.

Keywords: pedagogical conditions; readiness for scientific and pedagogical activity; levels of readiness; teacher of a higher military educational institution; higher military educational institution; integrative course; advanced training; postgraduate education.
UPDATE OF THE AXIOLOGICAL SPHERE OF FUTURE EDUCATORS TO THE DIAGNOSTICS OF THE SPEECH DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Authors: Ishchenko Ludmila , Zhuravko Tetyana
Published: April 2023

The article is devoted to the formation of the axiological sphere of future educators for the diagnosis of speech development of preschool children. The necessity of providing positive motivation in the preparation of the future educator for childrenʼs speech diagnosis was determined. The purpose of the study is to reveal an experimental method of training future teachers of educators to diagnose the speech development of preschool children aimed at actualizing their axiological sphere in a higher educational institution. The features of the formation of the motivational sphere in the future educator for pedagogical diagnosis of the speech development of preschool children are revealed. The level of preparedness of future teachers for the diagnosis of the speech development of preschool children is characterized according to the value-motivational indicator. The formation of positive motivation in students for professional actions for the development of the creative individuality of older preschoolers is implemented: in the content of the related disciplines “Preschool linguistic didactics”, “Childrenʼs psychology”, “Preschool pedagogy”, “Methodology of teaching Ukrainian language in a multicultural environment of preschool education”, “Speech and play activities of preschoolers”, special course “Diagnostics of childrenʼs speech development”.In order to actualize the axiological sphere of future educators, the following forms and methods of training were used: simulation of experimental situations with children, interdisciplinary educational tasks, individual tasks, observation of children, conversations with children, keeping an observation diary. The effectiveness of the method of increasing studentsʼ motivation to the problem of diagnosis of speech development of preschool children was experimentally verified.

Keywords: development of the axiological sphere; training of the future educator; value-motivational component of training; motivation for professional activity; interdisciplinary system; teaching methods.
Gendered Power Struggles beyond the Male-Female Dichotomy
Authors: Lokot Michelle
Published: April 2023

Analysis of gendered power struggles often describes men's use of power over women. In some academic research, as well as analysis by development and humanitarian agencies who seek to promote gender equality, power may be framed narrowly. Such analysis may neglect how family relationships are shaped not only by gender but also by intersections between gender and age. This article is based on feminist ethnographic research among Syrian refugees in Jordan as well as interviews with humanitarian workers. It uses accounts of power struggles between Syrian mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to illustrate how family dynamics shift as women advance in age. The paper complicates assumptions about men's power, arguing that policy-makers and gender practitioners should also consider how older women use power.
Reports
Authors: Hegland Mary Elaine , Rodziewicz Magdalena
Published: April 2023

Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh, Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran–Iraq War (New York: Syracuse University Press, 2021), 457 pp.

International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Commission on the Middle East Conference ‘The Middle East from the Margin’, 7–9 September 2022, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Petrological patterns of the formation of the gabbro-anorthosite magmatic complex of the Korsun-Novomirgorod pluton
Authors: EMETZ A. , VELYKANOVA O.
Published: April 2023

В статті викладено результати досліджень петрохімічних особливостей порід габро-анортозитового комплексу Корсунь-Новомиргородського плутону Українського щита. Дослідження показали, що основні породи характеризуються повсюдними петрохімічними ознаками фракційної кристалізації мінералів. Фракційна кристалізація і кумуляція основного плагіоклазу проявляється зниженням вмісту Al2O3 та Na2O в породах, зростанням співвідношення CaO/Al2O3 пропорційно до співвідношення цих компонентів в основному плагіоклазі з відповідним закономірним наростанням концентрації Mg, Fe, Ti та P. Прослідковуються, також, петрохімічні ознаки фракційної кристалізації Fe-Mg силікатів, які формували фемічні кумуляти – ультраосновні плагіоклазові піроксеніти. Аналіз еволюції хімічного складу протерозойського основного-ультраосновного магматизму Інгульського мегаблоку дав можливість зробити висновок, що з часом прояви дайкового глибинного магматизму змінювалися від ультраосновного до основного зі зменшенням магнезіальності та ростом залізистості й лужності, а початкові магми, з яких відбулося формування габро-анортозитових масивів Корсунь-Новомиргородського плутону, за петрохімічним складом були подібні до долеритів дайок його обрамлення.
Image processing for student emotion monitoring based on fisherface method
Authors: Pratomo Awang Hendrianto , Florestyanto Mangaras Yanu , Sania Y I , Ihsan B , Triharminto H H , Hernandez Leonel
Published: April 2023

Monitoring academic emotion is an activity to provide information from students' academic emotions in the class continuously. Some research in the image processing field had done for face recognition but had not been many studies on image processing to detect student emotions. This paper aims to determine the percentage of facial recognition with fisherface and academic emotional recognition by monitoring changes in students' facial expressions using facial landmarks in various distances, camera angles, light, and attributes used on objects. The proposed method uses facial image extraction based on fisherface method for presence. Furthermore, face identification will be made with Euclidean distance by finding the smallest length of training data with test data. Emotion detection is done by facial landmarks and mathematical calculations to detect drowsiness, focus, and not focus on the face. Restful web service is used as a communication architecture to integrate data. The success rate of applications with the fisherface method obtains 96% percent accuracy of face recognition. Meanwhile, facial landmarks and mathematical calculations are used to detect emotions, with 84 %.
Water quality identification based on remote sensing image in industrial waste disposal using convolutional neural networks
Authors: Widiharso Prasetya , Handoko Wahyu Tri , Wibawa Aji Prasetya , Handayani Anik Nur , Teng Ming Foey
Published: April 2023

Measuring the quality of river water used as industrial wastewater disposal is needed to maintain water quality from pollution. The chemical industry produces hazardous waste containing toxic materials and heavy metals. At specific concentrations, industrial waste can result in bacteriological contamination and excessive nutrient load (eutrophication). Using the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), the method for measuring water quality processes remote sensing images taken via an RGB camera on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The parameter measured is the change in the color of the river water image caused by the chemical reaction of the heavy metal content of industrial waste disposal. The test results of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) method in 2.01s/step obtained the value of training loss mode 17.86%, training accuracy 90.62%, validation loss 23.43%, validation accuracy 83.33%.
Artificial Intelligence for Thyroid Disorders: A Systematic Review
Authors: Al Hakim Rosyid Ridlo , Satria Muhammad Haikal , Arief Yanuar Zulardiansyah , Setiawan Antonius Darma , Pangestu Agung , Hidayah Hexa Apriliana
Published: April 2023

The thyroid gland plays a very important role in hormonal regulation in the human body. If the thyroid gland has a disorder, it can affect the performance of body functions. The development of artificial intelligence technology today allows an expert such as a doctor to be helped by his work. One of the important roles of artificial intelligence is helping doctors, among others, to diagnose a patient to determine appropriate post-diagnosis care. The study aims to shed light on the role of artificial intelligence in the treatment of thyroid disorders.The thyroid gland plays a very important role in hormonal regulation in the human body. If the thyroid gland has a disorder, it can affect the performance of body functions. The development of artificial intelligence technology today allows an expert such as a doctor to be helped by his work. One of the important roles of artificial intelligence is helping doctors, among others, to diagnose a patient to determine appropriate post-diagnosis care. The study aims to shed light on the role of artificial intelligence in the treatment of thyroid disorders.
Формування міжкультурної компетентності як одна з умов запровадження європейських стандартів мовної освіти
Authors: Гарлицька Тетяна Сергіївна
Published: April 2023

Статтю присвячено обґрунтуванню важливості формування міжкультурної компетентності, зокрема у студентів філологів. Реалізація міжкультурної компетентності розглядається як одна з умов запровадження європейських стандартів мовної освіти. Сучасні глобалізаційні процеси, розширення міжкультурних контактів вимагають від освітнього простору України орієнтації на виховання фахівця нового рівня – суб’єкта полікультурного простору. Професійна компетентність фахівців різних галузей стає неможливою без володіння ними міжкультурною компетентністю. Поняття «міжкультурна компетентність» розглядається в роботі як міждисциплінарний феномен та досліджується з позицій філософії, культурології, соціології, психології, педагогіки та лінгводидактики. Особливу увагу зосереджено на зв’язку культури та мови, оскільки мовні знання є інструментом пізнання іншої культури та важливою умовою міжкультурної комунікації. The article raises the problem of importance of intercultural competence forming, in particular among students of philology. The realization of intercultural competence is considered as one of the conditions for establishment of the European standards of language education. Modern globalization processes, expansion of intercultural contacts demand the Ukrainian education to be focused on the new level specialist – the subject of multicultural surrounding. Professional competence of specialists of different fields is impossible without possessing intercultural competence. The concept «intercultural competence» is considered as multidisciplinary phenomenon which is studied from different points of view: philosophical, cultural, sociological, psychological, pedagogical and linguodidactic. The main attention is focused of the connection of culture and language because language competence is the tool for another culture cognition and an important condition of intercultural communication.
Learning text analytics without coding? An introduction to KNIME
Authors: Ihrmark Daniel , Tyrkkö Jukka
Published: April 2023

The combination of the quantitative turn in linguistics and the emergence of text analytics has created a demand for new methodological skills among linguists and data scientists. This paper introduces KNIME as a low-code programming platform for linguists interested in learning text analytic methods, while highlighting the considerations necessary from a linguistics standpoint for data scientists. Examples from an Open Educational Resource created for the DiMPAH project are used to demonstrate KNIME’s value as a low-code option for text analysis, using sentiment analysis and topic modelling as examples. The paper provides detailed step-by-step descriptions of the workflows for both methods, showcasing how these methods can be applied without writing code. The results suggest that visual or low-code programming tools are useful as an introduction for linguists and humanities scholars who wish to gain an understanding of text analytic workflows and computational thinking. However, as with more traditional programming, caution must be exercised when using methods without fully understanding them. In conclusion, KNIME is a potential avenue for innovative research and teaching computational methods to humanities scholars.
Aligning information literacy terminology to STEM disciplinary language used in the scientific method
Authors: Buljung Brianna , Vuletich Seth , Dunn Lisa
Published: April 2023

Incorporation of information literacy into the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum can be a challenge for academic librarians, in part due to different terminology than used by disciplinary faculty colleagues. Aligning terminology used in information literacy frameworks with the scientific method can provide a means of demonstrating the role of information literacy in STEM research. This paper maps the knowledge practices of the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education with an example of the scientific method. The resulting map provides an alignment of the different terminologies being used and visualizes the role of research skills throughout the process of conducting scientific research.
Importance of Data in Plastic Waste Management in India
Authors: Singh Mandavi , Kaushik Trinayana
Published: April 2023

Sustainable development goals have a global indicator framework that guides countries in selecting relevant indicators for the national indicator framework. It can be used by countries to track progress around specific targets. To track such progress around the plastic economy, a data-driven approach is required. Plastic waste management has long been a challenge and is considered an issue mainly due to the lack of infrastructure, technology, and efficient systems for collecting and processing plastic. However, not much importance is given to ‘how much’ that is the ‘data’ for plastics to deal with. The polymer supply chain is extremely complex due to its multiple forms, numerous applications across sectors and products, and vast time range within which they can reach their end of life. There are only rough estimates about plastic waste generation in India without any proper methodology. Even when a certain methodology is provided it is not holistic as it does not consider the informal sector of India, leading to the debilitation of data generated. Data transparency is a must to build a circular waste value chain. It could be achieved via the unified digital platform and strengthening of extended producer responsibility. Instead of just provision of the numbers, transparency could be brought by stating the methods for data collection and its completeness which can translate to how veritable the quoted numbers are and where to fill the gaps in assumptions and calculations.
Task-oriented arm training for stroke patients based on remote handling technology concepts: A feasibility study
Authors: Elmanowski Jule , Kleynen Melanie , Geers Richard P.J. , Rovelo-Ruiz Gustavo , Geurts Eva , Coninx Karin , Verbunt Jeanine A. , Seelen Henk A.M.
Published: April 2023

BACKGROUND: Improving arm-hand skill performance is a major therapeutic target in stroke rehabilitation. Arm-hand rehabilitation may be enriched in content and variation by using technology-assisted training. Especially for people with a severely affected arm, technology-assisted training offers more challenging training possibilities. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of ReHab-TOAT, a “Remote Handling Based Task-Oriented Arm Training” approach featuring enriched haptic feedback aimed at improving daily activities and participation. METHODS: Five subacute or chronic stroke patients suffering moderate to severe arm-hand impairments and five rehabilitation therapists participated. All participants received 2 ReHab-TOAT sessions. Outcome measure was a bespoke feasibility questionnaire on user experiences and satisfaction regarding ‘motivation’, ‘individualization of training’, ‘potential training effects’, and ‘implementation in rehabilitation’ of patients and therapists. RESULTS: Both patients and therapists experienced ReHab-TOAT as being feasible. They found ReHab-TOAT very motivating and challenging. All patients perceived an added value of ReHab-TOAT and would continue the training. Small improvements regarding exercise variability were suggested. CONCLUSION: ReHab-TOAT seems to be a feasible and very promising training approach for arm-hand rehabilitation of stroke patients with a moderately or severely affected arm. Further research is necessary to investigate potential training effects of ReHab-TOAT.
Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging indications of spinal cord swelling for cervical spondylotic myelopathy prognosis
Authors: Tian Xiao-Nan , Zhang Li , Liu Hong-Ran , Zhang Xue-Song , Sun Ying-Cai , Wang Yong
Published: April 2023

BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred examination approach for patients with suspected cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive value of MRI spinal cord swelling on the prognosis of decompression surgery in patients with CSM. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 115 patients with CSM who underwent decompression surgery was performed. According to whether cervical MRI showed spinal cord swelling, they were divided into a spinal cord swelling group and non-swelling group. The Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (MJOA) score, MJOA improvement rate and abnormal spinal cord enhancement rate in the two groups were compared before and after surgery. Multiple linear regression was used to analyse the influencing factors of the MJOA improvement rate. RESULTS: The time from symptom onset to operation (t= 2.400, p= 0.018) and preoperative MJOA score in the spinal cord swelling group were lower than those in the non-swelling group (t= 3.253, p= 0.002). The body mass index (t= 2.895, p= 0.005), anteroposterior diameter of the spinal canal (t= 4.421, p< 0.001), cross-sectional area (t= 3.136, p= 0.002), postoperative improvement rate (t= 4.277, p< 0.001) and proportion of abnormal enhancement of the spinal cord in the swelling group were higher than those in the non-swelling group (χ2= 3.136, p= 0.002). The preoperative MJOA score in the swelling group was lower than that in the non-swelling group (t= 2.583, p= 0.013). A multivariate linear regression model revealed that age and spinal cord swelling were independent predictors of MJOA score improvement, explaining 33.2% of the total variation. CONCLUSION: Patients with CSM with spinal cord swelling have less time from symptoms to surgery, and the degree of preoperative neurological deterioration is more obvious. Spinal cord swelling is an independent predictor of surgical prognosis in patients with CSM.
Analysis of the application effect of continuous care for patients with viral keratitis
Authors: Yang Yu-Lan , Su Rong-Rong , Chen Li , Xu Yuan
Published: April 2023

BACKGROUND: In recent years, the incidence of viral keratitis has been on the rise. OBJECTIVE: This study explored the application effect of continuous care for patients with viral keratitis. METHODS: A total of 148 patients with viral keratitis admitted to the ophthalmology department of the authors’ hospital from January 2019 to December 2020 were selected and divided into the observation group and the control group via the random number table method, with 74 cases in each group. Continuous care was conducted following routine discharge guidance for patients in the observation group, while routine discharge guidance only was provided for the control group. The patients in both groups were continuously observed for one year. The medication compliance, return visit rate, recurrence rate, nursing satisfaction, and quality of life between the two groups were compared and analyzed after one year. RESULTS: The medication compliance was higher in the observation than in the control group and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.05). The rate of return visits at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year in the observation group were higher than those in the control group and the differences were statistically significant (P< 0.05). The difference in the recurrence rate between the two groups at 1 week was not statistically significant (P> 0.05), while the recurrence rate at 1, 3, and 6 months, and 1 year in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.05). The total score of the quality of life in the observation group was higher than in the control group and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.05). CONCLUSION: Continuous care had a good application effect on patients with viral keratitis, which could potentially effectively improve medication compliance and the rate of return visits, reduce recurrence rate, and improve patient satisfaction and their quality of life. Accordingly, the results of this study present high clinical value.
Triglyceride level as a potential marker of residual cardiovascular risk and its relation to HeartScore
Authors: Ademović Enisa , Čakarić Mirza , Durak-Nalbantić Azra , Džubur Alen , Hodzić Enisa , Mahmutović Sabina , Aganović Izeta , Dilić Mirza , Begić Alden , Jahić Elmedina , Begić Edin , Hamzić-Mehmedbašić Aida , Rebić Damir , Gojak Refet , Badnjevic Almir , Čavaljuga Semra
Published: April 2023

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) are still the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Elevated LDL-cholesterol is established as a strong marker of cardiovascular risk. Some researchers believe that measuring triglyceride levels gives a good assessment of the residual risk for ASCVD besides the measurement of LDL-cholesterol. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall prevalence of major risk factors for ASCVD, lipid profile and 10-year fatal cardiovascular risk using the HeartSCORE scoring system. Further, we want to evaluate the prevalence and relationship between elevated triglyceride levels and high 10-year fatal cardiovascular risk calculated as a HeartSCORE. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 832 volunteers aged between 40 and 65 years without a diagnosis of diabetes and without known preexisting cardiovascular disease, as a part of the preventive program conducted at the Family Medicine office. Data were collected for ASCVD risk factors and lipid panel (total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides). 10-year fatal cardiovascular risk was calculated using the HeartSCORE scoring system for countries with high CV risk. RESULTS: Among 832 participants included, 565 (67.9%) were female, and 267 (32.1%) were male. We found high prevalence of hypertension (27.7%), obesity (32.2%), and smoking (36.2%). All lipid parameters, except HDL-C, were not optimal. Only 17.4% of participants had normal estimated HeartSCORE risk, while more than one-third (33.9%) had high or very high estimated HeartSCORE risk. Although we found a higher percentage of participants with elevated triglycerides in groups with higher HeartSCORE, there was a very weak positive correlation between values of triglycerides and the 10-year risk of a fatal cardiovascular event (r= 0.249, p= 0.000). CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of major known risk factors and high estimated HeartSCORE risk indicate a high overall risk for ASCVD in the sample. The proportion of participants with elevated triglycerides was increased in patients with high HeartSCORE risk what implicates importance of triglyceride measurement.
The influence of the climate of the urbanized territory and the main parameters of building
Authors: Zhukova Olena , Nehoda Nazarii
Published: April 2023

The article deals with the peculiarities of the organization of the urbanized territory, the influence of the territory on changes in climatic parameters, the protection of buildings from negative weather phenomena and the extension of the service life, the influence of anthropogenic and natural nature.
The research method is the main problem of construction in urbanized areas – protection and improvement of the environment, increasing the service life of buildings and structures. An urbanized area can have a significant impact on changing climatic parameters, in particular on increasing air temperature and higher humidity. This is influenced by various factors, such as intensive construction, traffic flows, emissions of harmful substances, use of air conditioners and other devices. One of the important aspects of the urbanized area is to ensure its effective protection from negative weather phenomena. Buildings located in urban areas often experience significant damage from natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, winds, and other weather phenomena. One of the possible solutions is the introduction of new construction technologies that provide a high level of protection of buildings against these phenomena. These aspects are the main part of the design and planning work at all stages of the design and operation of the city territory. This is a problem of increasing the effectiveness of forecasting the consequences of climate change for the natural environment and society. The biggest issue in the study and prediction of climate change is the question of the causes that cause these changes.
Conducted studies have shown that modern construction standards, with the allocation of insufficient attention to the natural and climatic influence on construction and structures. Usually uses typical construction projects throughout the country. Thus, the emergence of a research issue necessitated the structuring of the main climatic indicators that have an impact on the urbanized area. Based on this, a method of balancing the negative impact of climatic parameters is proposed.
The use of architectural and climatic analysis from architectural climatology makes it possible to balance climatic conditions at the design stage with the help of architectural and urban planning and engineering solutions.
Problems and prospects of the revival of coastal water transport in the Northern Black sea of Ukraine
Authors: Storozhuk Svitlana , Lysachenko Maksym
Published: April 2023

The article examines the problems and prospects of the revival of coastal water transport in the Northern Black Sea Coast of Ukraine. One of the main features of seaside cities is the use of water transport, which is one of the oldest forms of transport and remained the most important until the advent of transcontinental railways in the second half of the 19th century. Small hydrofoils were widely used on the territory of the Odesa coast, and the restoration of these routes and infrastructure will bring undeniable benefits. At the moment, a limited number of vessels are operating. The main reason for the restoration of this type of transport is the extreme necessity due to the destruction of bridges and railway junctions along the coastal zone of Ukraine due to the bombings of the Russian Armed Forces. It will take a lot of time and money to restore bridges and crossings throughout the country, so an alternative in the form of the SPK can help restore connections between all southern regions of Ukraine and the Black Sea near abroad. Although there are not many factories for the production of this type of ships, there are enough of them around the world, buying them is faster and easier than building bridges with the complete restoration of the entire infrastructure, as well as its demining.
The article presents the history of the use of small vessels on hydrofoils, gives an example of the restoration of seasonal water traffic on the route Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi – Ovidiopol settlement – Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, as an alternative to the destroyed bridge in Zatoka. Considered the history of the construction of a railway-car bridge between two torn parts of the Budak spit (1955) so that it would not be necessary to travel an extra 40 kilometers along the perimeter of the Dniester estuary from the extreme south of Odesa region – Vylkove, Kiliya, Izmail, in the direction of Odesa. An analysis of the latest research and publications in the field of urban planning, economics, organization of tourist transportation, etc. was made.