bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Three Essays on Collective Privacy and Information Security
Authors:   , Memarian Esfahani Sara
Published: December 2023

In Essay 1, we seek to expand the insights on an individual's decision to share group content. Social networking sites (SNS) have become a ubiquitous means of socializing in the digital age. Using a survey, we collected data from 520 respondents with corporate work experience to test our research model. Our analysis highlights the complex interplay between individual and group factors that shape users' risk-benefit analysis of sharing group content on social networking sites. Furthermore, the results of this study have important implications for social networking site design and policy, particularly with regard to providing granular control over the privacy settings of group content and clear and concise information about the potential risks and benefits of sharing group content. Essay 2 aims to extend the knowledge of information security policy (ISP) compliance. Using a comprehensive approach, we extended the perspective of control mechanisms in the context of ISPs. It is evident that maintaining information security is an important concern for organizations of all sizes and industries. Organizations can establish policies and procedures to regulate and ensure compliance with information security policies, and various control mechanisms can be employed to ensure compliance. Among these control mechanisms, enforcement, punishment, evaluation, and recognition have been identified as important factors that influence information security policy compliance. In Essay 3, we delve deep into the current digital era and the reality of individuals becoming particularly vulnerable to privacy breaches. In the third essay, we offer a thorough examination of existing literature to gain insight into the disparities between users' stated privacy concerns and their actual information-sharing behavior. Our analysis reveals that, in addition to technological and environmental factors, cultural and personal differences significantly contribute to the paradoxical behavior observed among individuals. Utilizing the S-O-R (stimulus-organism-response) framework, we emphasize the necessity of examining the intricate interplay between technological aspects, individual attributes, and environmental factors in order better to understand the complexities of individuals' privacy decision-making processes. By addressing these factors and their interactions, we can develop more effective strategies to improve individuals' privacy awareness, decision-making, and overall online experiences. This will ultimately create more secure and privacy-respecting digital communities for users with various characteristics.
Small Scale Fracture Mechanisms in Alloys with Varying Microstructural Complexity
Authors:   , Jha Shristy
Published: December 2023

Small-scale fracture behavior of four model alloy systems were investigated in the order of increasing microstructural complexity, namely: (i) a Ni-based Bulk Metallic Glass (Ni-BMG) with an isotropic amorphous microstructure; (ii) a single-phase high entropy alloy, HfTaTiVZr, with body centered cubic (BCC) microstructure; (iii) a dual-phase high entropy alloy, AlCoCrFeNi2.1, with eutectic FCC (L12) -BCC (B2) microstructure; and (iv) a Medium-Mn steel with hierarchical microstructure. The micro-mechanical response of these model alloys was investigated using nano-indentation, micro-pillar compression, and micro-cantilever bending. The relaxed Ni-BMG showed 6% higher hardness, 22% higher yield strength, and 26% higher bending strength compared to its as-cast counterpart. Both the as-cast and corresponding relaxed BMGs showed stable notch opening and blunting during micro-cantilever bending tests rather than unstable crack propagation. However, pronounced notch weakening was observed for both the structural states, with the bending strength lower by ~ 25% for the notched samples compared to the un-notched samples. Deformation behavior of HfTaTiVZr was evaluated by micropillar compression and micro-cantilever bending as a function of two different grain orientations, namely [101] and [111]. The [111] oriented micropillars demonstrated higher strength and strain hardening rate compared to [101] oriented micropillars. The [111] oriented micropillars showed transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) in contrast to dislocation-based planar-slip for the [101] oriented micropillars, explaining the difference in strain hardenability for the two orientations. These differences in deformation behavior for the two orientations were explained using Schmid factor calculations, transmission electron microscopy, and in-situ deformation videos. For the dual-phase AlCoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy, the L12 phase exhibited superior bending strength, strain hardening, and plastic deformation, while the B2 phase showed limited damage tolerance during bending. The microstructure and deformation mechanisms were characterized for a few different medium-Mn steels with varying carbon (0.05-0.15 at%) and manganese (5-10 at%) content. The alloy with 10 at% Mn and 0.15 at% C (1015 alloy) showed hierarchical microstructure of retained austenite and ferrite with lamellae 200 nm to 300 nm wide. Micro-pillar compression at different strain levels for this alloy revealed that deformation in austenite is primarily accommodated through transformation to martensite, thereby increasing the strain hardening rate.
Novel Phase-Chance Soft Actuators Controlled via Peltier
Authors:   , Johnson Daniel Cody
Published: December 2023

Soft actuation methods are a developing field of robotics deemed suitable for physical human-robot interactions due to the adaptability of materials and compliant structures. Thermo-active soft actuators are a subset of these which convert thermal energy to mechanical work in the form of elongation, bending, or twisting to conform to the environment. This study is divided into three major studies that all use actuators with a working principle of phase-change fluid vaporizing for expansion with applied heat from a Peltier. The first study evaluates the bandwidth and efficiency between (i) traditional Joule heating, and (ii) Peltier heating, finding that Peltier heating can considerably improve the operational bandwidth of the actuator. The second study uses a thin membrane actuator placed in a braided mesh to form a McKibben muscle capable of lifting 5N, and formed into a gripper capable of manipulating objects within the environment. The third study uses actuators of a solid, hollow and flexible Peltier embedded silicone structure and are evaluated and optimized in order to increase actuation speed, finding that the embedded flexible Peltier design was able to elongate over 50% of its original height in 20 seconds. The overall aim of all of these studies was to improve bandwidth, efficiency, actuator lifetime, and create more symmetrical actuation and deactuation cycles.
Empowering the Capillary of the Urban Daily Commute: Battery Deployment Analysis for the Locker-Based E-bike Battery Swapping
Authors: Xie Xiaolei , Dai Xu , Pei Zhi
Published: December 2023

In densely populated Asian countries, e-bikes have become a new supernova in daily urban transportation. To facilitate the operations of e-bike-based mobility, the present paper studies the management of the battery deployment for the e-bike battery-swapping system, where the unique features of e-bike riding are considered. Given the pedal-assisted mode, e-bike users could abandon waiting and return to the station later on without too much range anxiety. However, because of the time-varying nature of the customer arrival and the complicated user behaviors, the battery quantity at each station is altered to guarantee the designated service level. However, little research has been done on the operations management of the e-bike battery-swapping system. To bridge the gap, we propose a nonstationary queueing network model to characterize the customer behaviors during the battery-swapping service. Then we develop a closed-form delayed infinite-server fluid approximation for the battery deployment of the one-time-loop scenario under various quality-of-service targets. In addition, we handle the infinite-time-loop scenario with the simulation-based iterative staffing algorithm. In the simulation study, we observe that the proposed battery deployment algorithms can help stabilize the system performance in terms of abandonment probability and expected delay in the face of time-varying demand and complex customer behaviors. Moreover, we reveal that the number of return loops correlates with the service level targets on the battery deployment decision. Furthermore, a time gap exists between the demand and the optimal battery deployment, making proactive battery management in the system possible.

Funding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grants 72271222, 71871203, 71872093, 72271137, L1924063], and the National Social Science Fund of China [Grant 21&ZD128].

Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2022.0132 .
Pulmonary fungal infection in a neonate with methylmalonic acidemia: A case report
Authors: Gao Chun-Fang , Wang Dan , Zeng Ling-Kong , Tao Xu-Wei
Published: December 2023

BACKGROUND

Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is characterized by non-specific symptoms such as vomiting, and feeding difficulties, along with delayed mental and physical development. However, no case of MMA combined with pulmonary fungal infection has been reported yet.

CASE SUMMARY

We report the case of a neonate who presented pulmonary fungal infection along with the non-specific features of MMA. Exome sequencing revealed a c.331C>T variant in exon 3 of MMACHC from the father, and a c.658-c.660delAAG variant in exon 4 from the mother, which confirmed the diagnosis of cblC type MMA combined with hyperhomocysteinemia.

CONCLUSION

Invasive fungal infection might occur in some infants with MMA. Therefore, early diagnosis is recommended for unexplained pulmonary infection.
Management of post-liver transplantation biliary stricture inaccessible by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A case report
Authors: Lee Yohan , Park Chang Hwan , Cho Eunae , Kim Ki-Hyun
Published: December 2023

BACKGROUND

One challenging scenario in the treatment of biliary stricture is that post-liver transplantation (LT) biliary strictures cannot be accessed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Here, we report such a case that was successfully treated using a novel endoscopic technique.

CASE SUMMARY

A 60-year-old man presented with obstructive jaundice caused by a post-LT biliary stricture. He underwent LT for compensated alcoholic liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Laboratory investigations unveiled a cholestatic pattern of abnormalities in liver function and a total bilirubin level of 16 mg/dL. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography revealed a stricture extending from the right intrahepatic bile duct into the common hepatic duct. Severe postoperative deformities made accessing the ampulla of Vater with a side-viewing duodenoscope impossible. Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) was performed to treat biliary obstruction. Moreover, to resolve the stricture completely, a fully covered self-expandable metal stent (FC-SEMS) with a novel proximal retrievable string was deployed into the post-LT biliary stricture through the PTBD tract. Before inserting the stent through the PTBD tract, the stent with the distal string was manually inverted to ensure that the distal part with the string became the proximal part for later endoscopic removal. After 6 mo, the FC-SEMS was successfully removed without complications, as the string was pulled out using a forward-viewing gastroscope.

CONCLUSION

Deployment and endoscopic removal of an FC-SEMS with a novel proximal string through the PTBD tract may be a viable option for treating post-LT biliary strictures that are inaccessible by ERCP.
Monitoring capabilities over risks and opportunities for media-related deliberative communication in Greece in the twenty-first century
Authors: Psychogiopoulou Evangelia , Kandyla Anna
Published: December 2023

The aim of this article is to examine the information and knowledge available for diagnosing the potential for mediated deliberative communication in Greece. The article reviews existing structures, research and data sources and assesses their capacity to support the monitoring of media developments and the risks and opportunities deriving from the latter for deliberative communication. It explores the main features of the research and data collection activities carried out in four areas considered to exert an influence on the media’s contribution to deliberative communication: media law and ethics, journalism, media usage and media users’ competences. The research shows that considerable differences exist across the four areas reviewed regarding the availability and comprehensiveness of the research conducted and data. This impacts on capacities for monitoring and evaluating with equal rigour risks and opportunities regarding deliberative communication across the four areas examined. The research underlines the need for more institutionalized and adequately funded domestic research structures for boosting oversight capacity. It also points to the need to systematize and diversify data collection processes as well as to improve the accessibility of the available research data and findings.
Stories from the Eastern Mediterranean: Cairene conviviality in Stratis Tsirkas’s Ariagne (1962)
Authors: Kalogiros Nikos
Published: December 2023

This article proposes a postcolonial reading of Stratis Tsirkas’s Ariagne (1962) through Paul Gilroy’s concept of ‘convivial culture’ (2004). It suggests that the Mediterranean may transcend history and geography, gain metaphorical and symbolic weight and offer an analytic trope to explore issues of diaspora, community coexistence and neighbouring in Ariagne (1962). The analysis aims to trace in Tsirkas’s text a submerged ethos of antiracist solidarity among subaltern subjectivities in their trans-Mediterranean, transnational and diasporic encounters. It focuses on three aspects: the motif of ‘going native’, the embodiment of subaltern interracial affinity and Indigenous visibility. The article contributes to the theoretical elaborations of a postcolonial engagement with modern Greek fiction and the way texts reflect the colonial moment. The choice to examine literary stories of conviviality within the Mediterranean archive, such as Ariagne’s, is also an attempt to tackle ethnic essentialism and imagine an alternative perspective on Mediterranean modernity.
Kosmopolites ethnikistes: O Moris Barres kai oi ana ton kosmo ‘mathites’ tou (‘Cosmopolitan Nationalists: Maurice Barrès and his ‘Disciples’ Around the World’), Paraskevas Matalas (2021)
Authors: Stamos Yannis
Published: December 2023

Review of: Kosmopolites Ethnikistes: O Moris Barres kai oi ana ton Kosmo ‘Mathites’ Tou (‘Cosmopolitan Nationalists: Maurice Barrès and his ‘Disciples’ Around the World’), Paraskevas Matalas (2021)

Heraklion: Crete University Press, 416 pp.,

ISBN 978-9-60524-640-2, p/bk, €20.00
Ta Ellinika Periodika tou 19ou Aiona (‘The Greek Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century’), Martha Karpozilou (2021)
Authors: Karavidas Kostas
Published: December 2023

Review of: Ta Ellinika Periodika tou 19Ou Aiona (‘The Greek Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century’), Martha Karpozilou (2021)

Athens: Vivliothiki tis Voulis ton Ellinon, 220 pp. (vol. 1), 407 pp. (vol. 2),

ISBN 978-9-60560-207-9, p/bk

ISBN 978-9-60560-208-6, p/bk (free distribution)
Editorial
Authors: Založnik Jasmina , Brezavšček Pia
Published: December 2023

The impetus for the theme of this issue is the fact that interest in somatic practices has visibly expanded in Slovenian contemporary art in the last decades. These are holistic approaches to movement that explore movement from the perspective of how it can be understood and felt from within and not how it is performed and seen, which tends to open completely different insights into the connection between mind and body. At the turn of the last century, somatic practices, by offering insights into anatomy and raising awareness of human movement processes, began to make a significant impact on the field of dance education and art in the West. Somatic practices are traditionally found in many non-Western cultures and practised by many indigenous peoples, where they are the cornerstone of non-dualistic spiritual systems. Contemporary somatic practices develop less invasive physical approaches to prevent injury, are useful in post-injury rehabilitation and help to change entrenched harmful movement patterns, while opening possibilities for building holistic dance approaches.
Les liaisons dangereuses- Dangerous Relations between Dance Practice and Choreographic Work
Authors: Alfirević Dragana
Published: December 2023

Dragana Alfirević is questioning the tensions between dance practice and choreography, by presenting three projects from her own dance history: Obed by Tehvan Ratsanik and Torvald Silver, Physical Manifestations by Snježana Premuš and Inside the Outside by Deborah Hay. She presents the somatic aspect of each process and her questions revolve around openness and learning. She believes it is useful that we create new choreographic tools which would be in tune with practice and not superior to it.
Somatic Practice and Dance Improvisation in Non-Traditional Contexts: Ethics, Responsibility, Hospitality
Authors: Baybutt Alexandra
Published: December 2023

This article reflects upon an experience of facilitating somatic movement and dance improvisation in a university as a non-traditional context for these practices. This was part of a short post-doctoral research project held in 2021-22 called Moving the modes of encounter: Embodying (in) equalities in the university responding to the theme of equity, diversity and inclusion. It explores the ethics of encounters between the researcher and the institution; the researcher and the participants; and between the participants themselves. It argues for the affordances of somatic practices on developing foundations of trust, and the limits posed by institutional constraints on duration and timing with the aim to inform future attempts of doing somatics in non-traditional contexts.
In Orbit
Authors: Oleami Samo
Published: December 2023

The author interprets Danijela Zajcs performance Gravitacija perspektive (Gravity of Perspecitve), the second part of trilogy in progress, which methodologically combines and builds on the procedures of the artists previous works - sound, climbing and movement on suspended ropes, and elements of contemporary dance. As the writer points out, this is a notable crossing of genres; the work moves from contemporary circus to dance theatre in the context of the artist›s oeuvre.
A hazai zenei fesztiválokkal kapcsolatos attitűdvizsgálat a Z generáció tagjainak körében
Authors: Kovács Dominika Sára , Boros Kitti
Published: December 2023

A fesztiválok népszerűsége töretlen, különös tekintettel a zenei fesztiválokra, amelyek nagymértékű változáson mentek keresztül az utóbbi két évtizedben. A résztvevői kör ismeretében megállapítható, hogy főként a fiatal korosztály látogatja ezeket a rendezvényeket, ezért a tanulmány célja a Z generáció attitűdvizsgálata a zenei fesztiválokkal kapcsolatban. Kvalitatív kutatás keretében fókuszcsoportos interjúk kerültek lefolytatásra a célcsoport gondolatainak megismeréséhez. A fesztivállátogatás gyakorisága szerint három csoportban vizsgáltuk a résztvevőket. A primer kutatás eredményei azt mutatják, hogy a fiatalok számára a fellépők, a társaság és az élmény jelentik az elsődleges motivációt a fesztiválon való részvételre, míg a magas árak, a tömeg és a társaság hiánya korlátozza a részvételi szándékot. A tanulmány végén olyan gyakorlati javaslatokat fogalmazunk meg, amelyek a jövőben segítségül szolgálhatnak a fesztiválszervezők számára a potenciális célközönség eléréséhez.
The taxing implementation of densification: The missed opportunity of the German land value tax
Authors: Roboger Cornelia
Published: December 2023

Densification and more efficient use of land are important planning challenges across Europe intended to aid the pursuit of sustainability goals. Property taxation influences land use. It can discourage or incentivize efficient land use. In the international academic debate, the land value tax is considered an effective land policy instrument that can promote more efficient use of land. Germany is currently transforming its property taxation system and has discussed different property tax models in the political decision-making process. This paper explores the political motivations of this reform based on a discourse analysis of plenary sessions and complementary in-depth expert interviews. On the one hand, the empirical findings highlight the experts’ positive assessment of the potential of the land value tax for efficient land use and densification. On the other hand, they also show how the potential allocative effects of the land value tax were largely overlooked during the political debates. Instead, discussion centred around distributional aspects of the property tax. It can be shown that despite the great potential for tackling urgent planning issues, policymakers are hesitant to adopt and apply instruments of land policy that intervene in existing private property rights.
Tudo como antes no Castelo de Abrantes?
Authors: Da Silva Otony Deivide Hugo , Pacheco do Nascimento João Paulo , Magalhães da Silva Freitas Nadia , Almeida dos Santos Marcos Henrique , Magalhães da Silva Freitas Nívia
Published: December 2023

Este artigo analisa aspectos que constituem as práticas docentes no ensino de Ciências diante das perspectivas e desafios contemporâneos para a mudança. Em uma pesquisa qualitativa, modalidade estudo de caso, realizamos a observação das aulas de quatro professores do ensino fundamental. A análise interpretativa dos dados nos permitiu ratificar a predominância de uma prática tradicional, com a condução de aulas essencialmente expositivas e que tomam como referência substancial o livro didático. Em contraposição a esse cenário, identificamos alternativas timidamente experimentadas por alguns professores. Os desafios à/para além da prática docente implicam no reconhecimento, tanto de uma formação de professores articulada à pesquisa e à prática pedagógica quanto da necessidade de uma responsabilização participativa pela qualidade do ensino de Ciências.
Ensino de Educação Física pelo método E-Learning a Alunos da Educação Especial de uma Escola Pública do Município de Itapemirim-ES:
Authors: Freitas Vinicius da Silva , Bezerra Kátia Regina , Silva Amanda Barbosa , Vieira Maurício Aires , Santos Adelcio Machado dos
Published: December 2023

Este estudo discorreu sobre a intervenção pedagógica no ensino de educação física (EF) em tempos de pandemia da Covid19 abordando aspectos dos recursos utilizados em uma escola municipal de Itapemirim-ES na prática pedagógica com alunos da educação especial (EE) e como se materializou a aprendizagem nas práticas educativas. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar a prática pedagógica utilizada pelos docentes de EF durante a pandemia da Covid-19 com alunos da EE. Buscou-se ainda uma análise mais detalhada da mediação e estratégias de ensino desses docentes e de que forma elas favoreceram a aprendizagem em suas aulas com os alunos da EE no período pandêmico. A metodologia utilizou um questionário semiestruturado aplicado a 03 (três) professores de EF lotados na escola alvo. Como resultado percebeu-se que é possível que os alunos da EE prosperem mesmo na modalidade e-learning, embora seja preciso mais metodologias criativas que despertem sua motivação de aprender. Concluiu-se, da fala dos docentes que, apesar da limitação de recursos e projetos de EF com foco nos alunos da EE, eles buscaram se reinventar em meio à pandemia através dos recursos tecnológicos e uso da internet para não engessar o processo de ensino.
Princípios para o Planejamento e Construção de Modelos Híbridos de Ensino:
Authors: Oliveira Roque Gianna , Ferreira Portes Ana Luiza
Published: December 2023

Este trabalho apresenta os princípios e fundamentos que embasam uma abordagem híbrida de ensino e o que está impulsionando o aumento do interesse por essa modalidade. Essa revisão tem com objetivo identificar quais modelos estão sendo utilizados por Instituições de Ensino Superior para apoiar o planejamento de cursos híbridos e que poderiam ser adaptados e aplicados em outros contextos educacionais. Como resultados, foi identificado que o interesse pelo ensino híbrido decorre: I) do potencial das novas tecnologias de comunicação para o ensino; II) do aumento da oferta de cursos na modalidade a distância; III) da possibilidade de ofertar parte da carga horária de cursos presenciais na modalidade a distância; IV) das mudanças provocadas pela pandemia com o chamado Ensino Remoto Emergencial (ERE). Como fundamentação teórica, observou-se que nos últimos anos as abordagens inovadoras de aprendizagem no Ensino Superior estão sendo baseadas em uma perspectiva construtivista que tem o processo de investigação como elemento central. Foram também identificados 2 (dois) modelos que serviram de base para a proposição de uma plataforma, em desenvolvimento, para apoio ao planejamento de aulas e cursos híbridos que levem os estudantes a se engajar ativamente no seu processo de aprendizagem.
The Use of Innovative Technologies in Education:
Authors: Koreneva Inna , Myroshnychenko Nataliia , Mykhailenko Liubov , Matiash Olha , Kuzmenko Hanna
Published: December 2023

Integrating innovative technologies into the educational process can significantly enhance students' understanding and engagement with the subject matter. The article deals with the issue of innovative educational technologies implementation into biology teaching at different levels of education. The paper aims to research the most used and effective innovative technologies for biology teaching in Ukrainian education establishments. To achieve the aim of the research, a set of methods was used: theoretical: analysis of psychological, pedagogical, and methodical sources; empirical: questionnaires, interviews; graphics. The research results have found that students get an opportunity to solve a number of academic problems in the course of modern educational technologies using. It has been revealed that the most effective innovative technologies for biology teaching in Ukrainian education institutions are simulation software, virtual reality and augmented reality, online laboratories, gamification, online collaborative platforms, mobile apps, personalized learning platforms, data analysis tools, and biotechnology kits. The results show that mostly young teachers (1-10 years of work experience) implement modern education technologies. The research made it possible to determine the most effective mobile applications for learning biology that are designed to provide students with interactive and engaging ways to learn biology concepts on their smartphones and tablets. The results point to the online collaborative platforms that are most used in the educational process: Google Workspace for Education (secondary education) and Moodle (higher education).
Inclusive Education:
Authors: Chekan Oksana , Haiash Oksana , Liubchenko Inna , Popovych Nadiia , Barna Khrystyna
Published: December 2023

The present academic paper explores the scientific views collected on the contribution and benefits of an inclusive approach to education for sustainable development in educational institutions for every schoolchild or student. Currently, inclusion is the best way to ensure access to quality education since the student is at the centre of attention in this case. The basis of inclusion is that individual differences and the resulting differentiation of children contain a set of opportunities and resources that everyone can benefit from. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure equal and joint participation at educational institutions of all levels. However, there are still obstacles to overcome in this pedagogical field of activity. The academic paper shows that inclusion within the framework of education for sustainable development is intended to combat and counteract disadvantageous education, segregation and discrimination.
Formation of Students’ Reading Competence in the Conditions of Integrated Learning
Authors: Stepanenko Olena , Suriak Mykola , Trubacheva Svitlana , Sirenko Pavlo , Vlasiuk Iryna
Published: December 2023

The modern global education system is undergoing significant changes due to globalization and integration, the development of innovative technologies, and the emergence of new approaches, teaching methods, new concepts and trends in the educational sphere. The issue of developing communicative competence, which includes the ability to express concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and views through forms of language activity and, in particular, through reading and its interpretation, is particularly relevant. Given the outlined above, the problem of introducing innovative methods of teaching reading into the practice of a modern primary school is of particular relevance nowadays. Dynamic effective reading is extremely significant since teaching students to read correctly in a timely manner is the first step in achieving the main goal of teaching children to read thoughtfully, silently and at an acceptable level of dynamic reading as the basis for independent understanding of the information space and the environment in general. The purpose of the academic paper is to determine the place of the student’s reading competence in the system of pedagogical and educational objectives, to outline the features of developing this type of skill based on the results of psychological, pedagogical, theoretical, literary and methodological studies of students’ reading activity conducted by scientists. In addition, the research aims to outline the key trends in modern scientific studies on developing reading competence, as well as to highlight the features of effective development of students’ reading competence in the conditions of integrated learning. In the course of the research, the analytical and bibliographic methods and the method of system analysis were used to study the concept and structure of forming the reading competence. Along with this, analysis, synthesis of information, detailing and comparison were applied to identify the major features of reading skills with a focus on their development in integrated learning. Moreover, logical and linguistic methods, abstraction and idealization were used to study and process the results of research by domestic and foreign scientists on the formation of primary school students’ reading competence. Based on the research results, the main most important theoretical aspects of the issue of forming students’ reading competence, namely, the concept and structure of this type of skill, have been established. Another significant target direction of the scientific article is studying scholars’ viewpoints on the key modern vectors of the process of teaching reading.
REGULAMENTAÇÃO SOBRE OS ALUNOS COM NECESSIDADES EDUCATIVAS ESPECIAIS: ANÁLISE DOCUMENTAL NO ENSINO SUPERIOR PRIVADO PORTUGUÊS
Authors: Antunes Ana , Sousa Fátima Mónica , Rodrigues Filomena Débora , Rodrigues Sandra  Estêvão , Almeida Leandro Silva
Published: December 2023

A legislação sobre as pessoas com necessidades especiais constitui um mecanismo importante à inclusão. O objetivo deste estudo foi apresentar a panorâmica sobre o enquadramento legal de estudantes com necessidades educativas especiais (NEE) no ensino superior privado português. Realizou-se uma análise documental, em 2020, em 25 das 62 instituições de ensino superior privado português associadas da Associação Portuguesa do Ensino Superior Privado e que apresentavam regulamentação sobre os alunos com NEE disponível online. Para a análise documental foram definidas categorias a priori: Perceção da pessoa com deficiência e/ou a pessoa com NEE no ensino superior português, e as subcategorias Legislação e Estudante com NEE; e Mecanismos de resposta inclusiva preconizados na regulamentação institucional existente, e as subcategorias Estatuto especial, Serviço específico e Medidas de apoio. Os resultados apontam para uma perceção ampla dos conceitos de aluno com NEE e deficiência; diversidade nas modalidades apoio aos alunos com NEE; e enfoque das medidas de apoio em assegurar o acesso aos espaços, melhorando as condições de acessibilidade e mobilidade, e as condições de frequência das aulas e formas de avaliação. Face aos resultados encontrados, continua necessário o diálogo concetual e interventivo, dada a diversidade encontrada e o direito à formação destes alunos.
Learning analytics for academic paths: student evaluations of two dashboards for study planning and monitoring
Authors: Silvola Anni , Sjöblom Amanda , Näykki Piia , Gedrimiene Egle , Muukkonen Hanni
Published: December 2023

An in-depth understanding of student experiences and evaluations of learning analytics dashboards (LADs) is needed to develop supportive learning analytics tools. This study investigates how students (N = 140) evaluated two student-facing LADs as a support for academic path-level self-regulated learning (SRL) through the concrete processes of planning and monitoring studies. Aim of the study was to gain new understanding about student perspectives for LAD use on academic path-level context. The study specifically focused on the student evaluations of the dashboard support and challenges, and the differences of student evaluations based on their self-efficacy beliefs and resource management strategies. The findings revealed that students evaluated dashboard use helpful for their study planning and monitoring, while the challenge aspects mostly included further information needs and development ideas. Students with higher self-efficacy evaluated the dashboards as more helpful for study planning than those with lower self-efficacy, and students with lower help seeking skills evaluated the dashboards as more helpful for study monitoring than those with higher help seeking skills. The results indicate that the design of LAD can help students to focus on different aspects of study planning and monitoring and that students with different beliefs and capabilities might benefit from different LAD designs and use practices. The study provides theory-informed approach for investigating LAD use in academic path-level context and extends current understanding of students as users of LADs.
Impact of Voluntary IFRS Adoption on Accounting Figures: Evidence from Japan
Authors: Miao Xinyun , Shuto Hiroshi , Tsunogaya Noriyuki
Published: December 2023

Using a sample of Japanese firms, we investigate the impact of the voluntary adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on accounting figures. To control institutional factors, we manually collected two sets of accounting figures prepared by the same firm and for the same fiscal year from reconciliation statements required by IFRS 1. We find that net income is significantly higher under IFRS than under Japanese generally accepted accounting principles (J-GAAP), while equity is not significantly affected by the adoption of IFRS. We also find that the implementations of some accounting standards (e.g., accounting standards for goodwill, intangible assets, and employee benefits) significantly impact both equity and net income. We further find that voluntary IFRS adopters show a higher goodwill ratio (goodwill/total assets) than J-GAAP adopters and that this goodwill ratio positively correlates with the impact of IFRS 3 (Business Combinations) on equity. These results indicate that, despite the global demand for convergence of local GAAP with IFRS, the differences in fundamental concepts between IFRS and local GAAP still remain.
Fibre Dynamics in the Revolving-Flats Card Part I
Authors: Lawrence C. A. , Dehghani A. , Mahmoudi M. , Greenwood B. , Iype C.
Published: December 2023

The last several decades have seen significant developments to the revolving-flats card and much research has been published on the fundamentals of the carding process. There are still, however, contradictions in the detailed explanation of fibre behaviour during carding and in the effectiveness of certain developments widely accepted as beneficial. This paper presents a critical review of the literature concerning the way fibre mass is disentangled into individual fibres to form a card sliver and the effectiveness of principal machine components. Areas are indicated where further research is necessary to resolve contradictory views and further the understanding of the process.
DEVELOPMENT OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY FABRICS FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Authors: Boussu François , Bailleul Guillaume , Petitiot Jean-Luc , Vinchon Hugues
Published: December 2023

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a unique class of alloys which are able both to 'remember' their shape at high temperature during their modification at lower temperature under their transition domain, and able to recover that initial shape when heated. This ability is known as the one-way shape memory effect. Moreover, SMAs present two other interesting properties, superelasticity and damping capabilities, which can be more or less combined with the first one. An SMA wire of Nitinol mesh was manufactured into technical fabric, in order to examine its weaving adaptability in comparison with a stainless wire and to investigate the different possibilities of use of the material inside composite structures. Several tests have been or will be carried out in order to check the effect of the weaving operation, and later to measure the efficiencies of damping and shape modification.
FUZZY-STOCHASTIC EVALUATION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN MATERIAL PARAMETERS OF TEXTILES
Authors: Abdkader A. , Graf W. , Möller B. , Offermann P. , Sickert J. U.
Published: December 2023

Open textile structures made of AR glass filament yarns are finding increasing application in civil engineering, e.g. as reinforcement in thin concrete strengthening layers. A knowledge of material parameters is a precondition for the application of such materials. In this paper, experimental and numerical investigations aimed at collecting information on the uncertain material parameters of AR glass filament yarns are presented. This information serves as a basis for mathematical modelling. Uncertainty is here interpreted as fuzzy randomness, and quantified using fuzzy probability distribution functions.
A COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL MODEL FOR LIGHT REFLECTION IN TEXTILES FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS
Authors: Thevenet Ludovic , Dupont Daniel , Caze Claude
Published: December 2023

This paper is concerned with the optical properties and 3D modelling of textile structures (yarn, woven and knitted product). A method for establishing a set of statistical surface parameters for a fibre from atomic force microscopy measurement is proposed. This technique is adapted for yarn. Nevertheless, AFM measurements are impossible for this structure, so a virtual profiler has been developed. Finally, several reflectance models are compared. The Lafortune model is the most adapted to predict reflectance properties of yarn. The correlation of estimated and measured surface parameters is processed to make the model physically plausible for textile materials. Once this task has been achieved, this modified model is implanted in a ray tracing program for more realistic computer graphic application in the field of textiles.
DIFFUSION OF DISPERSE DYES INTO SUPERMICROFIBRES
Authors: Park K. H. , Koncar V.
Published: December 2023

All dyers share the common goal of achieving the correct shade as early as the first dyeing. But the dyeing process is very complex, being characterised by the diffusioncontrolled sorption of dyes that depends on several physicochemical parameters. Moreover, the dyeing properties relating to microfibres and conventional fibres are caused by different properties such as the exposed surface area and the crystallinity index. Wilson and Hill developed equations describing the uptake rate of disperse dyes by a cylindrical fibre model as a function of the diffusion coefficient and the nature of the dyebath. The inverse of Shibusawa’s polynomial approximation of Hill’s and Wilson’s equation is used to compute the diffusion coefficient, which depends on the initial dye concentration, the time and the fibre count at a fixed temperature. In this paper, the sorption isotherms, the diffusion coefficient, the dye concentration evolution into the fibres and the dyeing uptake rate are computed from experimental results for conventional fibres, microfibres and supermicrofibres. The sorption isotherms and the diffusion coefficient evolutions as a function of time, initial dye concentration and temperature for supermicrofibres are discussed by considering the surface area and the diffusional boundary layer’s influence. Important differences in the dyeing properties are observed, depending on the fibre count, which should be useful in the optimisation of the supermicrofibre dyeing process. The aim is to provide a tool for dyeing practitioners to increase dyeing reproducibility and to improve the performance of ‘right-first-time’ production.
THE EFFECTS OF WASHING CONDITIONS ON SOIL REMOVAL IN DOMESTIC LAUNDERING PROCESSES
Authors: Yaman Volkan , Cireli Aysun , Sariişik Merih , Kutlu Bengi
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In the domestic laundering process, relatively high wash temperatures and long wash times have traditionally been used for optimum soil removal. The use of lower wash temperatures could result in a substantial reduction in the amount of energy used in laundering. The purpose of this study was to determine soil removal from cotton, polyester, polyester/cotton, wool and wool/polyester fabrics at a range of wash temperatures, wash times, pre-wash times and liquor ratios. The samples were soiled with sebum, coke, instant coffee, sour cherry juice and meat sauce. Soil removal was determined by the differences between remission values of fabrics before and after washing. Optimum temperature and times for soil removal was estimated for all soils and fabrics.
FIBROUS-WOOD SORBENT FOR ELIMINATING OIL POLLUTION
Authors: Nenkova S. , Garvanska R. , Jelev S.
Published: December 2023

In this paper, we examine the possibility of eliminating oil pollution by using fibrous-wood
sorbents on the basis of short wool fibres, technical hydrolysis lignin, wood sawdust and
barks. The sorption ability of waste fibrous-wood materials has been investigated by
determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). The special sorption patterns by net
cover and fibrous-wood compositions as a nucleus have been prepared. The sorbents on
the basis of technical hydrolysis lignin (THL) and wool shoddy have high sorption ability
to oil pollution.
MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR MULTI STEP INDEX PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER MATERIALS
Authors: Harlin Ali , Ferenets Marju , Myllymäki Hanna , Grahn Kirsi , Sipilä Auli
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Plastic optical fibres (POF) are often used in telecommunication, consumer electronics
and automotive applications. Measuring and control devices used for POF are already
standardised procedures. To meet the requirements of the IEEE 1394 standard for data
transfer rates up to 800Mbps requires increasingly improved performance of POF. POFs
which offer high bandwidth, total electromagnetic immunity and simple handling are
considered as an alternative to noisy copper cables (cat 5) and high performance glass
optic fibres for of a data highway. The market requires a simple and inexpensive
alternative that would not be a technical overkill. The target of the study carried out in the
Institute of Fibre Materials Science at Tampere University of Technology was to evaluate
manufacturing methods which would allow this. This is a summary article of the results of
manufacturing step index and multi-step index POF by preform manufacturing followed
by fibre drawing as well as the extrusion method.
PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR STRENGTH OF SPUN YARNS: AN OVERVIEW
Authors: Ghosh Anindya , Ishtiaque Sayed , Rengasamy Seenivasan , Mal Prithwiraj , Patnaik Asis
Published: December 2023

Over the past century or so, determining the predictive models of yarn strength has been the subject of a number of investigations, because yarn strength is a principle component of yarn quality. The aim of these models is to enable the yarn strength to be predicted from the properties of its component fibres as well as other parameters. The development of predictive modelling of yarn strength is always significant both in theory and in practice. In this article, a review of various predictive models of yarn strength is presented.
THE TENSILE BEHAVIOUR OF SPIDER SILK
Authors: Van Nimmen E. , Gellynck K. , Van Langenhove L.
Published: December 2023

Spider silk has attracted the interest of several researchers in recent years because it displays a unique combination of high tensile strength, high breaking strain and an ultra-low weight. Hitherto, the focus has always been on dragline and viscid silk, whereas research on spider cocoon silk is limited. In order to explain the structure-property relationship of spider silk, the stress-strain behaviour of cocoon and dragline silk is compared in this study. It is shown that both fibres have completely different stress-strain behaviours.In addition, the influence of the testing speed is investigated. For cocoon silk, lower testing speeds result in lower strength, stiffness and higher post-modulus. When the stress-strain curve is simulated by an extended Maxwell model, as testing speed increases, the level of the hardening region is higher, the yield region moves to higher strains and the hardening region in the stressstrain curve becomes more horizontal. However, a speed of 20 mm/min can be considered as a saturation point where the effect of the speed decreases. The influence of the testing speed on dragline silk is clearly less pronounced than for cocoon silk. However, a more detailed study of the stress-strain curves of dragline revealed different possible shapes for the stress-strain behaviour of dragline silk.
A STUDY ON FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WOVEN FABRICS
Authors: Das Apurba , Kothari V. K. , Vandana Nagaraju
Published: December 2023

We have examined the fabric-to-metal surface and fabric-to-fabric frictional characteristics (in both warp and weft directions) of a series of fabrics containing 100% polyester, 100% viscose, and P/C & P/V blends with different blend proportions. It has been observed that the normal load and the frictional force follow a logarithmic relationship for all the fabrics. The nature of fabric friction is characterised by different parameters such as the F/N ratio, and the values of n, k and k/n. Fabric-to-metal friction is found to be less sensitive to fabric morphology and rubbing direction, whereas fabric-to-fabric friction is highly sensitive to these factors. Fabric friction has been affected by many factors such as the type of fibre, type of blend, blend proportion, yarn structure, fabric structure, crimp and crimp height, compressibility, etc. In P/C and P/V blended fabrics, the frictional force increases as the cellulose fibre component increases.