bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comunicación intercultural y sensibilidad empática en el liderazgo empresarial
Authors: Catalá Hall Alicia
Published: February 2023

En la actualidad, nos encontramos con una economía global que ha roto con las barreras nacionales para adentrarse en un mundo internacional. Este cambio conlleva que las empresas sean ahora multiculturales, y que sus empleados provengan de diferentes culturas. Cada uno de estos empleados lleva consigo su cultura social al trabajo, lo que genera un multiculturalismo organizacional (Davis y Newstrom, 2003). Por esta razón, los trabajadores precisan de una inteligencia cultural (Goleman, 2004 y 2019), para interactuar entre ellos sin conflicto y crear un lugar de trabajo favorable.

En este artículo se analiza la comunicación intercultural de un grupo de directivos con el objetivo de mostrar la relación que hay entre la cultura y la empatía dentro del ámbito laboral. La empatía se presenta en el mundo empresarial como una de las cualidades descritas para liderar con éxito; es decir, lo que hace que un líder sea exitoso es la empatía que muestra a sus empleados (Bell, 2009; Goleman, 2004 y 2019; Moya, 2016 y Zaki, 2019, entre otros). Sin embargo, ¿se transmite de forma correcta esta empatía cuando el líder interactúa en una segunda lengua con un equipo de trabajo de diferentes culturas? Con el objetivo de responder a esta pregunta, se realiza una encuesta a un grupo de managers que trabajan en compañías multiculturales. Los resultados muestran que la inteligencia cultural y la empatía están estrechamente ligadas.
Comentarios críticos escritos por estudiantes de Medicina sobre la evaluación del paciente
Authors: Sánchez-Jiménez David
Published: February 2023

La presente investigación analiza los comentarios críticos producidos por estudiantes chilenos de 3º y 4º año de Medicina en la sección Comentario/Reflexión final de la Ficha Clínica con el objetivo de conocer su opinión sobre la experiencia de su estancia hospitalaria y la práctica médica en general, así como de entender los elementos retórico-discursivos que utilizan para posicionar su voz en el texto escrito al evaluar dicha experiencia. Para investigar este fenómeno, se realizó un análisis textual computarizado de las categorías gramaticales y los contenidos semántico-funcionales valorativos desde un enfoque cualitativo inductivo-deductivo. Los resultados del estudio mostraron un predominio de los comentarios críticos positivos, que se centraron en el estado de salud del paciente, su actitud hacia la enfermedad, el tratamiento recibido y la relación médico-paciente. Además, se reflexionó sobre la profesión médica. Para la evaluación de estos contenidos se prefirió el uso de los marcadores de actitud, principalmente se utilizaron adjetivos.
Dual voices, hybrid identities: the recontextualization of research in digital dissemination scientific discourse
Authors: Lorés Rosa
Published: February 2023

The current demands placed on scientists to increase public awareness of their findings involves recontextualizing highly technical research to be understood by diversified audiences. In the present study, a corpus of 20 online digests drawn from the British Psychological Society website, which are condensed versions of recently published research articles, is quantitatively and qualitatively explored in terms of the (meta)discoursal features that the scriptwriter uses to foster comprehensibility, project a credible and authoritative voice and enhance engagement with their audience, as a way to bridge the existent knowledge asymmetries. The analysis revealed the existence of discoursal and pragmatic, as well as some multimodal, resources (i.e. code glosses, hyperlinking, evidentials, engagements markers) used by the scriptwriters to project a dual voice which aligns both with the expert and with the diversified audience, thus projecting a hybrid authorial identity.
Sinergitas Guru Dan Orang Tua Dalam Pembelajaran Aqidah Akhlak Di Era Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Tri Fahad Lukman Hakim Abd Hakim B. Sale,
Published: February 2023

Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah, 1) Bagaimana Sinergitas Guru dan Orang tua dalam Pembelajaran Aqidah Akhlak di  Era Pandemi Covid-19 Studi Kasus pada Siswa Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Mojokerto, 2) Bagaimana Implikasi Sinergitasi guru dan orangi tua dalam pembelajaran Aqidah Akhlak di era pandemi covid-19 pada Siswa di  Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Mojokerto. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data dengan observasi wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah reduksi data, penyajian data, dan kesimpulan. Adapun hasil penelitian ini ialah: 1) Sinergitas guru dan orang tua dalam pembelajaran pada era pandemi Covid-19 meliputi, a) Memberi kuota Internet, b) Membuat group Whatsapp kelas, c) Memberi arahan dan bimbingan, d) Memfasilitasi laboratorium komputer untuk siswa, e) Memberi kelonggaran pengumpulan tugas bagi siswa berhalangan. Sedang sinergi yang dibangun orang tua di rumah yakni: a) Memfasilitasi handphone, b) Memberi keteladanan, c) Membimbing penyelesaian tugas daring, 2) Implikasi Sinergitasi guru dan orang tua dalam pembelajaran Aqidah Akhlak di era pandemi covid-19 padai Siswa di  Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Mojokerto meliputi, a) Siswa jenuh akan tugas menumpuk yang diberikan saat pembelajaran Daring, b) Siswa lebih antusisa pada pembelajaran Luring, c) Sikap religius, jujur, sopan santun, dan disiplin siswa secara informal tumbuh di lingkungan keluarga.
RECENT PROGRESS ON PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOFLUIDS
Authors: Silva Jorge , Moreno Telmo , Chango Gabriela
Published: February 2023

Nanofluids are defined as base fluids that contain suspended nanoparticles, the nanoparticles can be oxides, aluminium oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, metallic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, etc. The presence of the nanoparticles allows to generate or improve the characteristic properties of nanofluids such as their thermal conductivity. Nanofluids can be synthesized by two methods and it is necessary to control some of the characteristics such as stability, thermal conductivity, viscosity, etc. Nanofluids have multiple automotive, biomedical applications such as refrigerants, etc. In this article, a review is performed on nanofluids, nanoparticles used to obtain it, as well as the properties and variables considered in its elaboration and finally some of the applications and uses.
Association between Upper Respiratory Tract Viral Load and Comorbidities of Patients with COVID-19
Authors: Reyaz Ruvaida , Razdan Konika , Asghar Nazia
Published: February 2023

Following the emergence and global spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Real-time RT-PCR is considered the gold standard confirmatory test for COVID-19. Cycle threshold (Ct) values are being utilized to diagnose or predict SARS-CoV-2 infection. This practice has a significant clinical utility as Ct values can be correlated with the viral load. Ct values play a crucial role in interpreting viral load and disease severity. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 756 lab confirmed COVID-19 positive patients. The patients were categorized into three groups, those having high (Ct value <25), moderate (Ct value 25-30), or low URT viral load (Ct value >30). Our study showed that patients with high URT viral load were significantly older. Also, patients with high URT viral load had at least one comorbidity compared to patients with moderate or low URT viral load.

Key words: COVID-19, Viral Load, Co-morbidities, SARS CoV-2
COVID-19 Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace: A Case of Fast-food Industry in Malaysia
Authors: Ghazali Hazrina , Abdul Rahim Nurul Zayanah binti , Ismail Nurul Ashikin , Bin Othman Mohd Amar Ridham , Ishak Maisarah
Published: February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the fast-food industry adversely. Consequently, the employee's responsibility is expanding, they are stressed over their well-being also in light of the fact that they are in touch with individuals consistently. This might increase the stress and tension alongside contributing to mental health issues among the employees. However, little attention has been paid to this issue in Malaysia towards a deep understanding of the influential factors. Thus, the goal of this study is to identify the influential factors and the most consequential factor that cause mental health issues among fast food employees in the workplace during pandemics as well as to examine the relationship between the influence factors and fast-food employees' mental health. Quantitative research data has been gathered among 161 fast food workers in Malaysia to determine the workload, job satisfaction, work environment, and salary to deal with employees' mental health. The convenience sampling method was used to select fast food restaurants for the study. Besides, personal contact was used to approach the fast-food workers, who were then snowballed into participating. The data was collected by using a self-administered questionnaire through google form. Then, the data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26. Multiple regression was conducted to identify employees’ mental health using the aforementioned four variables, and the findings revealed that 52% of the variance in employees’ mental health was explained by workload, job satisfaction, work environment, and salary. In addition, the findings gathered from this study indicated a favorable correlation between employees' mental health and both workload and work environment.  Meanwhile, researchers found that employees' mental health was weakly positively correlated with both their job satisfaction and their salary. This research attempts to encourage managers in focusing on these four criteria in order to improve employee well-being.
Collaboration in Publication: Can We Practice What We Preach?
Authors: Jin Yao “Henry” , Swanson David , Ashenbaum Bryan
Published: February 2023

As editors it is our intent to continually improve the quality of both published articles for our readers and reviews received by our authors here at Transportation Journal. With that purpose in mind, this article seeks to draw parallels between the editorial review process and supply chain collaboration, helping us practice what we teach. Importantly, the review process is intended to co-create value among authors and reviewers under the guidance of the editors. While Transportation Journal already has a core group of scholars who excel in both roles as authors and reviewers, our goal is for this editorial to serve as a guide for our extended network of contributors to adopt an enhanced, collaborative approach. In doing so, we believe that the intended results will ultimately lead us toward production process that is at an even higher quality to generate even greater value for the community.
A Modernized Framework for Transportation Decision-Making in a Hyper-Integrated Global Supply Chain Environment
Authors: Goldsby Thomas J. , Hoang Thu Trang , Stank Theodore P. , Bell John E.
Published: February 2023

At the turn of the century, firms struggled to make transportation decisions in increasingly integrated supply chains that routinely stretched around the world. In “A Framework for Transportation Decision Making in an Integrated Supply Chain” (Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 [2]: 71–77) T. P. Stank and T. J. Goldsby proposed an original transportation decision-making framework to address the need. The framework is cited over 250 times in the academic literature and referenced by firms seeking to optimize cost-service tradeoffs in an environment characterized by higher levels of market freedoms, service innovation, and supply chain collaboration. Since the year 2000, though, the digital revolution, customer expectations, and supply chain resilience concerns have given rise to new demands for transportation decision-making, with operations residing in a hyper-integrated and further globally entrenched state. Therefore, we revisit Stank and Goldsby’s original framework to review major transportation decision areas and devise contemporary mechanisms to address the modern business environment. Our framework highlights the rapid and interdependent nature of today’s corporate transportation decisions to help firms tackle current business needs and long-term strategic interests. We also seek to illuminate prospective avenues for research endeavor.
Emotional impacts resulting from a pediatric oncology ICU admission: adolescents' perception
Authors: Alves Jesianne , Pedrosa Ana Paula , Nóbrega Eliane , Pedrosa Thaís
Published: February 2023

Introduction: The implementation of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has benefited pediatric oncology patients, as they require intensive support during the most acute phase of the disease. Objective: Knowning the perception of adolescents, admitted to a pediatric oncology ICU, about the emotional impacts resulting from this sector. Method: This is a qualitative research carried out with five adolescents admitted to the oncology ICU. Data were collected by means of a biosociodemographic questionnaire and semi-structured individual interviews, which were later submitted to content analysis. Results and Discussion: Three thematic axes were organized: 1) ICU admission: the fear in focus; 2) Understanding about the ICU in subsequent hospitalizations and 3) Difficulties of understanding about the diagnosis. The results show the need for better health education for patients, regarding the specifics of the sector, reason for admission and information about diagnosis, treatment and prognosis to alleviate dysfunctional emotions present, such as fear.
Association of Consumer Behavior to a Circular Economy: Assessing a Variety of Perceptions and its Correlation in Germany
Authors: Priatmojo Widyasmoro
Published: February 2023

Complexity in the circular economy concept enforced the integration of disciplines and a holistic approach to engender the implementation. A breakdown to bring a circular economy project to a level of market presumably provides the contribution toward the circular economy prospect. Problem identification is a deficiency in consumer behavior discovery. The objective of the research is to discover the characteristics through demographic analysis as well as to assess the association of attitude and perception toward the circular economy objective. The case is specified in Germany since it introduced effective waste management regarding a cyclical process. The conceptual framework is a model of factors influencing decision-making issued by the European Commission and a model of the Tri-component attitude. The data analysis method is quantitative by adopting a method of Cross tabulation with Chi-Square and Structural Equation Modeling. The findings demonstrated low demand for a circular economy market, price and quality are the highest indicators while buying a product, old adulthood and female respondents tended to put more concern on waste issues, and an increase in willingness to spend more in finance on eco-friendly products positively would rise the intention of engaging in the social and environmental context. This observation is relevant for SDGs objectives.
Smart Plant: A Mobile Application for Plant Disease Detection
Authors: Suhaman Jali , Sari Tia , Kamandanu Kamandanu , Aulianti Dwy , Adhi Muhammad , Amartiwi Utih
Published: February 2023

Indonesia is one of the big producers of agricultural products in the world. Agriculture sector plays an important role in the national economic development structure. However, the proportion of young farmers (ages 20 to 30 years old) is only 8% of the farmer population (BPS, 2019). Majority proportion comes from old people with age interval from 50 to 60 years old. (Taufik Leoni, 2020). Based on our case study in Purwokerto, the problem that is often found by old age farmers is the reduced ability to see and recognize plant diseases. Furthermore, they also face the difficulty to follow the development of agricultural science so that some of their knowledge is outdated. That encourages us to make a mobile application to identify plant disease and connect them with scientists. Since the majority of farmers in Purwokerto plant tomatoes, we limit this research for tomato disease only. After studying some related previous research, we found most of them used a deep structure of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to reach a high accuracy. However, since our aim is to make daily use technology for old people, a high complexity model does not fit for this case. Therefore, we proposed our own CNN model with less complexity but got 89% accuracy. For future works, we plan to develop it for the other plants and hope it will help all farmers to do quality control, especially for the old age farmers.
United States’ Africa Command and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea, 2007 – 2020
Authors: Nnamani Felix Vincent
Published: February 2023

This study examined the impact of US Africa Command on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, between 2007 and 2020, with specific emphasis on the core maritime security challenges in West Africa. The study was anchored on the World Systems Theory, while data were generated using documentary and survey methods. Data collected were analysed using content analysis. The study found that maritime security challenges in West Africa include piracy, armed robbery, and drug trafficking. It also found that maritime insecurity has remained endemic in the Gulf of Guinea, despite the establishment of US Africa Command. The study locates the limited effectiveness of AFRICOM in mitigating maritime security challenges to its establishment without adequate consultation with West African leaders which triggered suspicion and resistance among countries in the Gulf of Guinea. The study posits that the geostrategic importanceof the sub-regional maritime has remained the U.S government’s strategic interest. The study, therefore, recommends, among others, that the U.S. government should strengthen inter-state collaboration through existing security agencies in the sub-region.
Bernice Johnson Reagon—In Celebration of Her Eightieth Birthday (October 4, 1942): A Preliminary Inquiry and Invitation to New Generations of Activist Scholars for Further Research
Authors: Early James Counts , Horowitz Amy
Published: February 2023

Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon is a groundbreaking contributor to the field of folklore studies. Reagon's career as a historian, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, founding participant in the Association of African and African American Folklorists, and founder and director of the Smithsonian Institution's Program in Black Culture provides a body of scholarly perspectives and interpretations for folklore studies that encompasses community-based renditions of history, public culture, and deeper theorizing about the construct of authenticity in folklore studies. Her significance to folklore studies is yet to be examined in depth, and this article is a call to the field to do so.
Trading Female Bodies: The Unbearable Lightness of Prejudice inSole bruciatoby Elvira Dones
Authors: Radi Lidia
Published: February 2023

In November 2021, in an act of despair, Adelina Sejdini, an Albanian woman who had bravely denounced her pimps and captors, put an end to her life by throwing herself into the Tiber River in Rome. Adelina was one of the numerous Albanian women kidnapped at a very young age in her own country and destined to the sex trafficking market in Italy. She endured the unspeakable violence of her tormentors, but she could not survive the systemic failures and rigid migration laws that left her hopeless and isolated. This article will address the issue of sex trafficking in Italy from the perspective of the young Albanian women who were forced into it, as described in Elvira Dones's Sole bruciato. More specifically, I will examine how prejudice spread through the Italian media played a significant role in facilitating the institutional mechanisms that kept Albanian women prisoners despite the clear evidence of their abuse.
Opmåling af underjordisk infrastruktur med mobiltelefon
Authors: Lindeneg Johansen Rasmus
Published: February 2023

Data, digitalisering og innovation er i centrum for mange virksomheders vækstdrømme og videnssamfundets udvikling. Men hvordan fungerer det i virkelighedens verden, når en gruppe personer med spidskompetencer inden for forskellige (niche)fag skal udvikle et innovativt produkt, der benytter sig af cutting edge-teknologier?
Hvilke teknologiske og datamæssige udfordringer er der undervejs? Og hvordan sikrer man sig, at det nye innovative produkt bliver brugbart for andre end en selv?
Det er nogle af de spørgsmål, vi gerne vil være med til at besvare ved at fortælle om den innovationsrejse, vi og vores samarbejdspartnere har været på i de seneste år. Håbet er, at I vil lade jer inspirere til jeres egne innovationsrejser.
Finger Metacarpophalangeal Joint Injuries in Athletes: Evaluation, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Return to Play
Authors: Lourie Gary M. , Hanson Zachary C.
Published: February 2023

Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint injuries of the fingers are frequent among athletes and can markedly affect an athlete's ability to perform at a high level. Despite this, MCP finger injuries in athletes are not frequently discussed, particularly in comparison with MCP joint injuries of the thumb, and remain unrecognized and undertreated injuries in this cohort. Accurate diagnosis and treatment of these injuries begins with an understanding of all the potential diagnoses. The purpose of this study was to review the pertinent anatomy and differential diagnoses for MCP joint injuries in athletes, including the evaluation and management to allow for safe and early return to play.
Digital Payments, Fintech Trends and Shadow Economy in South East Asia Socio-Economic Realities And Suggestions for Further Research
Authors: Hervé B. Boismery
Published: February 2023

The advancement of Fintech technological progress in emerging countries has accelerated the role of digital finance in economic development. Digital finance assists in financial inclusion, although emerging countries remain in the clutches of an informal and shadow economy which reduces the official GDP and the taxable income revenue, creating pressure on inclusion prospects. Using different contributions, the current study attempts to analyze the impact of digital finance on the shadow economy among selected South East Asian countries. It appears that digital payments can significantly reduce the size of the informal and shadow economy and are now an essential component in the public policies governments can implement to increase the official GDP, boost the tax revenue and finally to stimulate a real, balanced and sustainable development.
How to Improve Shareholder Value Creation: With special reference to Listed Food Manufacturing Companies in Vietnam
Authors: Le Thi Kim Nhung , Le Thanh Huyen
Published: February 2023

This article studies the impact of factors on shareholder value creation in a developing economy. We carried out an investigation into 40 listed food processing companies in Vietnam from 2015 to 2019. In this study, the regression analytical technique is used to study more deeply the effects of variables on shareholder value creation of food processing companies. The research helps us to have some conclusions. First, the financial performance of listed food-producing companies in Vietnam significantly impacts their shareholder value creation. Second, our research suggests that changes in the leverage, asset management, and flexibility of business operations could modify the firm financial performance, leading to the influence on shareholder value creation of Vietnam listed companies manufacturing food products. Despite extensive prior research on the subject, none of them delves deeper into how to improve shareholder value creation in Vietnam's listed food-producing companies. Instead of determining measures that can directly enhance shareholder value creation, our research suggests that this goal could be achieved through making decisions to change the internal factors of a company. Although the aim of "maximizing shareholder wealth" is achieved by solutions built based on the bridging effects of internal factors, they are more detailed and easier to implement.
A modified ISS Model perspective: Determinants impacting individual customer satisfaction with Mobile Banking service in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Thi Binh Minh , Khuc Dinh Nam
Published: February 2023

This paper aims to identify determinants affecting individual customer satisfaction with the Mobile Banking service in Ho Chi Minh City. Our model was based on the Information System Success Model (ISS) of Delone and Mclean (2003) with the official sample size being 415. By applying the exploratory factor analysis EFA, confirmatory factor analysis CFA, structural equation modeling SEM, the authors have discovered that factors positively impacting customer satisfaction are organized from high to low following: system quality, information quality, trust, service quality. Moreover, the results also showed that trust was positively influenced by 3 factors of system quality, information quality, and service quality. From the above research results, the authors also showed some recommendations to help commercial banks increase customer satisfaction in Mobile Banking services.
Bacteriophage and probiotic therapy in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn infection and their synergistic effect
Authors: Zadeh Rezvan , Zadeh Masoumeh , sholeh Mohammad , Asgharzadeh sajjad , Darbandi Atieh , Fashami Parisa , Amirmozafari Nour
Published: February 2023

One of the most common bacteria in nosocomial and burn infections is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Due to the high antibiotic resistance of P. aeruginosa and the lack of other effective therapeutic agents, treating diseases caused by this bacterium could be challenging. Therefore, finding novel solutions to control and prevent highly resistant strains of P. aeruginosa is paramount. After isolation and identification of Lactobacilli with known probiotic properties such as L. acidophilus, L. paracasei, L. rhamnosus, and L. bulgaricus using PCR technique, and preparation of their corresponding phage (PAO1 Φ), probiotics and phage were used individually and in combination to treat burn infection caused by P. aeruginosa in a mouse model. The results revealed that the combination of phage with probiotics can be highly effective for treating P. aeruginosa burn infections. Our study showed that the most effective multiple cocktails of Lactobacilli for the treatment of P. aeruginosa infection, were L. rhamnosus + L. bulgaricus + L. paracasei cocktail in mixture with phage (PAO1 Φ). The study proposes an alternative method for the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections. The combination of probiotics with phage could be proposed as a new therapeutic agent for treating P. aeruginosa infections.
Effects of two local anesthetics (Mepivacaine - Articaine) on histological features of submandibular salivary gland and thyroid hormones of experimental animals
Authors: Elkasheif Kadria , Awad Noha , Elhalafawy Ibrahim , samad Mostufa , Ismail Hisham
Published: February 2023

Background: To examine the histological features of the hamster's submandibular salivary gland following the administration of mepivacaine and articaine as local anaesthetics Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the anaesthetic effectiveness of both anaesthetics on thyroid hormonal levels and the histopathological changes of the gland. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four male hamsters were divided into three groups. The submandibular glands were removed and preserved in 10% phosphate buffered formalin (PH7.4) for histological investigation, while Group B and C (each of eight animals) received injections of mepivacine and articaine 2% HCl local anaesthetic at a rate of 0.05 ml per second four times after administration. In order to evaluate the amounts of the hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxin in the blood samples collected (T4)
Results: Salivary gland histology using light microscopy revealed normal acini, striated ducts, and glanular ducts in group I, but atrophic changes in serous acini, a loss of acinar architecture, and congestion of inter-acinar blood capillaries in groups II and III, with the latter change being more pronounced in group III as a result of a longer induction period. Long-term use of mepivacaine and articaine medicines results in toxic effects and changes to the salivary glands that indicate stress and damage. When compared to the control, there was a statistically significant rise in T3 and TSH and a substantial drop in T4 in the experimental animals.
A cross-sectional study on menstrual hygiene knowledge, practices, and problems among adolescent girls in Southern Rajasthan, India
Authors: Tundia Mohnish , Thakrar Dhara
Published: February 2023

Background: Menstruation is an exceptional phenomenon that the nature has planned for women. Most adolescent girls enter to their puberty stage without preparing themselves due to the shortage of adequate information. Most women are uncomfortable to discuss regarding “menses” as it is a social taboo and adolescent girls could not have access to gain adequate information.

Aims and Objectives: The objectives of the study are as follows: To assess knowledge regarding menstruation in adolescent girls. To give details about menstrual hygiene related practices and find out associated problems.

Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from January to February 2018 in Udaipur city of Rajasthan. Total of 440 school going adolescent girls from 9th to 12th standards were included in study.

Results: Mean age of menarche in the present study was 13.31 ± 1.03. Mothers found to be the main source of information regarding menstruation. The association between education of mother and sanitary napkin use among adolescent was found to be statistically significant. Only 23.79% adolescents with menstrual-related problems had taken treatment.

Conclusions: Knowledge and practices regarding menstruation were compromised in adolescents.
Constitucionalidad de la legislación dictada en pandemia por Covid-19 en Ecuador sobre derecho del trabajo
Authors: Pazmiño Nicole , Granizo Haro Asdrúbal Homero
Published: February 2023

La investigación realizada y sobre la cual, versa el contenido del presente artículo, permitió determinar la vulneración del derecho a la estabilidad laboral en el contrato especial emergente establecido en el artículo 19 de la Ley Orgánica de Apoyo Humanitario de Ecuador. Con un enfoque cualitativo y apreciando los hechos suscitados durante la pandemia por COVID19 dictadas por el Estado ecuatoriano para enfrentar la crisis económica producida por el confinamiento, los autores describen el tratamiento jurídico que se dio a las formas de contratos de trabajo y su consecuente afectación al derecho a la estabilidad laboral de los empleados y trabajadores, concluyendo que, en efecto, este derecho había sido transgredido por inobservancia al contenido de la Carta Magna del país y sus principios, concluyendo que, por inconstitucional, esta norma debe ser derogada. A través del método analítico – deductivo, se partió de las máximas o principios generales del derecho del trabajo que conducen a explicaciones particulares sobre el derecho a la estabilidad del trabajador. Es una investigación de tipo teórico – documental por sus fuentes y descriptiva por su alcance, con diseño no experimental porque se limitó a describir la realidad sin interferir o provocar reacciones distintas a las que naturalmente se encuentran en el contexto. De la discusión de resultados se desprende que, los autores, han analizado argumentadamente el espíritu, propósito y razón del legislador para tratar la estabilidad como garantía jurídica y la imposibilidad de aceptación de su anulación o transgresión.
The Mediating Role of Green Purchase Intention between Antecedents of Green Purchase Intention and Consumer’s Green Buying Behaviour: Empirical Evidence in Ethiopia
Authors: Imiru Getie Andualem
Published: February 2023

Today, many companies have accepted responsibility to produce products and “go green”, because they have realized that they can reduce pollution and increase profits at the same time. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the role of green purchase intention as a mediator between antecedents of green purchase intention and green purchasing behavior in the Ethiopian context. Through a comprehensive literature review, the inﬂuencing factors of consumers’ green purchase were explored. This study is cross sectional and quantitative in nature. The unit of analysis for the study is green product consumers, and data is gathered through a cross-section survey research technique. Data were collected from five major cities in Ethiopia using self-administered questionnaires and the mall intercept method. Field researchers approached over 500 people over the course of four weeks in five cities and asked them to complete a questionnaire and only 319 completed questionnaires were used for analysis. According to the findings, cognitive factors, green perceived value, green perceived quality, green perceived risk, consumer individual characteristics, green trust, collectivism, environmental advertisement, ecological packaging, high prices for ecological products and consumer spiritual orientation all have a significant positive influence on consumers’ intentions to make green purchases. However, Perceived Behavioral Control; Perceived consumer effectiveness, Environmental Concern, Social Factors and Subjective norm all have insignificant effect on consumers green purchase intention. This study used structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypotheses. The results of the study also demonstrated that green purchase intention mediates the relationship between green purchase intention’s antecedents and consumer purchase behavior because indirect effect estimates are higher than direct effect estimates (0.305 > 0.278). The findings of this study will provide orientations for enterprises engaged in green product diffusion and organizations responsible for environmental protection.
A Literary/Linguistic Analysis of Funeral Songs and the Ogba Cosmology
Authors: Ben-Fred Ohia Dr.
Published: February 2023

Death is a natural phenomenon, and Ogba people revere their dead relatives and beloved ones with elaborate funeral rites, which include the performance of funeral songs. It is believed that if the necessary rites of passage are not performed for the deceased, the soul will continue to haunt the living. This paper focuses on the content, style and cosmology in twelve (12) Ogba funeral songs analysed. It establishes that Ogba funeral songs articulate the Ogba people’s worldview on death. The contents, styles and Ogba cosmology are enhanced in the songs through the elaborate employment of styles by the performer in the rendition of the songs which enhance beauty and raised emotions. The paper concludes that occasion and performance are the hallmark of Ogba funeral songs through which their renditions serve for the purgation of pent up emotions. The paper recommends that since the songs serve other purposes aside from being dirges, government agencies and cultural organizations should strive to collect and preserve the songs for posterity.
Assessment of Encarta Software in the Teaching and Learning of Vocabulary in Senior Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State
Authors: Eme Chisom Isiah , Elegant Joy Okah-Tim
Published: February 2023

The study accessed the use of Encarta software in the teaching and learning of vocabulary in senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study adopted the quasi-experimental research design, which consisted of two groups, the experimental group and the control group. The population of the study comprised of 100 students from two schools which were divided into 50 for the experimental group and 50 for the control group. Students in the two schools were administered the EVAT as a pretest before the commencement of the treatment. The students in the experimental group were taught vocabulary using Microsoft Encarta software while instruction was given to the control group using the normal traditional method of teaching. At the end of the lesson, the post test was administered to both groups and data was collected after it was marked. The mean and standard deviations were used to analyze the research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the hypotheses. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Recommendations were made that trainings/workshops should be organized for English language teachers in secondary schools on the use of Microsoft Encarta software.
Survey of Commonly Used Instructional Materials in the Teaching and Learning of the English Language
Authors: Stanley Ordu, , Better Odukwu,
Published: February 2023

The instructional materials utilized by teachers in the teaching and learning of English in selected junior secondary schools in Rivers State's Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area are the focus of this research. Five research questions were utilized to drive the study. The research employed 120 of the 1,230 comments obtained from junior high school pupils. Twenty-five research questionnaires (25) were produced from the study questions and assessed using a four-point Likert scale. A 2.5-point benchmark was employed as a criteria for agreement. A judgment and suggestions were produced based on the information below. Teachers are supposed to search out visual teaching aids that appeal to students' senses, grab their attention, inspire engagement, make learning more meaningful, and satisfy academic standards. Teachers should work in a situation that is favorable to their achievement.
From the "Other" to Matriarch: The Transcending Role of Black Women in Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Authors: Ali Haleem Haneen
Published: February 2023

The gender roles that have been assigned within societies tend to be of a binary nature: the men represent "the One", the absolute and essential, whereas the women are "the other", the accidental and inferior. The idea of Otherness can be traced back in a variety of contemporary works, including Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. This work addresses the numerous details and elements which embody the idea of otherness within the play. The female characters, Beneatha, Mama Lena and Ruth, embody women’s struggle to save their identity, and it is shown how this double-sided otherness tends to determine even the smallest aspects of their life, as the race issues complicate the feminist ones. This paper aims to compare these women's attempts to transcend the imposed role of being the "other", through the different levels of matriarchy they realize. It is suggested that taking this position appears to be the only way for women to escape 'otherness'. The characters have proven man's incapability of dealing with women as being equal to them, as a result of their instilled sense of self-doubt and inferiority. It seems as if men tend to live in a constant fear of not being able to measure up to society’s standards.
Ghandian Phase: Mahila-Samitis and the Role of Women in the Indian National Movement
Authors: Manzoor Bhat Rashid
Published: February 2023

If the contribution of women to the Indian National Movement is not acknowledged, the struggle will lose its significance. The sacrifices made by the women of the Indian national movement take precedence. The story of sacrifice, selflessness, and bravery of women abounds in the era of freedom struggle. Many of us had no idea that hundreds of women fought alongside their male comrades in the Second World War. With unflinching bravery and passion, they battled until the end. Indian women broke free from a variety of social constraints and distanced themselves from the traditional roles and responsibilities associated with the home. Consequently, the role that women played in the American Revolution and in the awaking of the country was amazing and inspirational. Nevertheless, in communities where males are the majority, women sometimes find it difficult to engage in combat as warriors. Despite the fact that there were efforts made by women to change the perceptions of more traditional people who held the view that women were only meant to do housework, these people continued to hold this view. In addition, women not only sacrifice their lives but also engage in the struggle against these problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate women's mobilisation during the Ghandian Phase, as well as the significance of Mahila-Samities and their role in the Indian National Movement.
An Initiative of Women Empowerment for Sustainable Economic Development
Authors: Girdhar Dr. Seema , Girdhar Ms. Kiran
Published: February 2023

Women, comprises of half of the world’s inhabitants who can be a powerful tool for social change, where effective involvement of women in the growth of the world is the need of a time. Participation of women in leadership is completely related to large number of advantages for the society as a whole. The reason behind this study is to reveal the function of empowering women and getting sexual category equal opportunity for the sustainable progress of the society as a whole. Women are extremely affected due to social problems, and less importance is specified to their career growth. To attain this purpose, the investigator has employed qualitative method, with secondary source of data as an instruments of data gathering. It is being understood that unless and until women are empowered and gender fairness is achieved in the society sustainable development is not possible. Today women can contribute in social, economic, political, and environmental areas provided they are necessarily being supported through the initiatives of the government. Our country will not attain sustainable progress only through the selection and participation of men's in different areas. It is a reality that women represent around half of entire population of the country and empowering this section to become an active partner of all developmental strategies in the country is of utmost importance. Hence, this paper focuses on the strong pledge of our government to authorize women and make use of the available potential of the country and to get about sustainable growth of the society at large. Broad objective of this research is to understand how Government initiative can help in Environmental sustainability through women leadership.
Intersectional Feminism in Irene Salami’s Sweet Revenge
Authors: Stanley Ordu, , Nkechinyere Bassey
Published: February 2023

Feminism has become a major topic of discussion and research in African drama over the years. Playwrights as well as critics have written numerous works on different aspects of feminism in Africa, Irene Salami’s Sweet Revenge. But the burden of the African feminist ideology and the different ways it is reflected in the African feminist dramatic texts (the different dimensions of feminism) have not gotten the needed critical attention. This caught the attention of the current study. The study used a literary qualitative and analytical approach, with the primary play texts chosen for the study being critically analysed using feminism as the guiding theory. The study concludes that the play chosen for the study is a feminist text because it deals with the burden of the woman. Beyond this portrayal, the play deals with the place of women and their responses in different ways, thereby attending to the different strands of feminism. The study concludes that the only way to wholly appreciate the play is by connecting the various strands of feminism in their appreciation. The study recommends that there are new emerging approaches to feminism, such as "burial feminism," “snail sense feminism and that these approaches should be studied alongside the existing strands using intersectionalism.
Valuing Environmental Damages: Fundamental Issues and Methods
Authors: Leucci Francesca
Published: February 2023

Valuing Environmental Damages: Fundamental Issues and Methods

Ecological destruction is one of the greatest challenges of our times. When it is human-based and directly caused by risky activities, liability can play a role in addition to all other regulatory and market-based tools. From a legal perspective, liability primarily aims for victim compensation, whereas, from an economic perspective, its main goal is deterrence. This can be achieved by inducing potential polluters to invest in care (ex ante) in order to minimise expected losses (ex post). Yet, several issues might undermine the possibility to achieve either compensation or deterrence. The aim of this article is to examine how different methods of damage assessment in litigation can enhance or undermine the goal of environmental liability from an economic perspective. More precisely, the overarching research question is whether the available methods of damage assessment are likely to pursue deterrence in an efficient manner. The article is thus structured in the following way. First, the theory of tort law and economics is reviewed to explain how damages should be theoretically assessed to achieve deterrence. Secondly, drawing on the scholarship of environmental economics, advantages, drawbacks and practical use of traditional methods of environmental damage assessment are illustrated. Lastly, conclusions will be drawn based on the comparison of these methodologies in view of providing judges with a cost-effective and ‘on average’ accurate valuation technique, taking also into account the recent ecosystem service approach to damage assessment.
CONCEITO MICROSONICS NA REMOÇÃO DE INSTRUMENTO ENDODÔNTICO FRATURADO: RELATO DE CASO
Authors:   IPEDSS – INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DETERMINACAO SOCIAL DA SAUDE LTDA, Silva Firmino , Filho Robeci , Júnior Ernani , Santos Kátia , Marinho Sandra
Published: February 2023

A fratura/separação de instrumentos no interior dos canais radiculares é um contratempo na vivência dos profissionais que executam tratamento endodôntico. A complexidade do sistema de canais, aliada ao uso inadequado de instrumentos e técnicas são falhas recorrentes que acarretam tais fraturas, prejudicando o tratamento endodôntico. A utilização de recursos tecnológicos, como o microsonics (uso do ultrassom sob magnificação microscópica) é de grande valia, no auxílio dessas complicações endodônticas. Este trabalho relata um caso clínico de remoção de um instrumento fraturado em terço médio do conduto radicular vestibular de um pré-molar inferior, com auxílio do microsonics. Ao optar-se pela preservação dentária em casos de instrumentos fraturados no interior do canal, é vantajosa a opção de remoção dos mesmos, quando técnicas e protocolos são bem executados. O microsonics se tornou uma ferramenta indispensável no tratamento endodôntico, possibilitando um tratamento conservador, com a preservação do dente na cavidade bucal.