bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Student self-regulated learning in teacher professional vision: Results from combining student self-reports, teacher ratings, and mobile eye tracking in the high school classroom
Authors: Horlenko Kateryna , Kaminskienė Lina , Lehtinen Erno
Published: June 2024

Teacher professional vision as a concept is gaining importance in research on teaching, and recently models for studying teacher professional vision and student self-regulated learning (SRL) have been proposed. There are interview and video intervention studies investigating teacher professional vision for SRL, but no real-life classroom research so far. This study investigated the role of student SRL behaviour, as it was reported by students themselves and teachers, in teacher attention distribution as part of teacher professional vision. Ten teachers and their 158 students at high school level in Lithuania took part in the research. The first step of the study resulted in identifying four student SRL-profiles, which differed based on student level of SRL and the extent to which teacher and student assessments coincided: mixed lower-regulated, mixed higher-regulated, systematic lower-regulated, systematic higher-regulated. The profiles demonstrated only a partial overlap in teacher and student judgement of student SRL. The second step of the study explored whether scores of students’ SRL from student and teacher reports were related to teachers’ distribution of visual attention in one lesson. The results showed that only one teacher rating scale of student information-seeking behaviour had a slight correlation with teacher attention. The results imply rather bottom-up trends in teacher attention to students in the classroom when it comes to SRL. Besides, the study results highlight the not directly observable nature of SRL processes and imply a difficulty for teachers to assess student SRL.
Biological engineering as a driver of innovation: implications for the economy
Authors: Dang Vo To Nguyen , Bock Carolin , Linn Norbert
Published: June 2024

The world economy’s growth has devastated the environment, risking resource scarcity. Recognizing the urgency, various business concepts aim for triple bottom line goals – ecological, economic, and social. Biological engineering emerges as a promising solution, utilizing renewable biological resources to address global challenges. This paper explores its role across sectors like novel materials and agriculture, shifting focus to economic implications, especially in startup ventures. By examining global startups’ distribution and venture capital investments, it highlights their role in driving innovation and economic growth. It underscores biological engineering’s potential in addressing environmental challenges and fostering prosperity through innovative startups, bridging science and business for sustainability.
Advancing vertical farming with automation for sustainable food production
Authors: Asseng Senthold , Eichelsbacher Sebastian
Published: June 2024

The increasing global population, combined with the impacts of climate change, underscores the urgent need for novel food production systems. Conventional field-based agriculture strains planetary boundaries. Vertical farming (VF) emerges as a promising alternative. It enables precise manipulation of growth factors, including light, temperature, humidity, and nutrient delivery, leading to higher yields and superior crop quality while reducing the environmental impact. Automation and robotics will enhance efficiency, while hydroponic techniques minimize fertilizer usage. Collaborative efforts are essential to address challenges such as energy consumption and technology costs to fully realize the potential of VF. Vertical farming aligns with many of the Global Sustainability Goals, offering a pathway towards food security challenges while fostering sustainability.
Harnessing microalgae: from biology to innovation in sustainable solutions
Authors: Greulich Simon , Tran Nam Trung , Kaldenhoff Ralf
Published: June 2024

Microalgae, small single or multicellular photosynthetic active organisms, could be a component to solve our urgent global challenges. This review provides a concise introduction to biology and applications of microalgae. On an example from our own scientific studies, we illustrate how these organisms could replace respectively optimize carbon producing processes. We will also describe the potential of microalgae for sustainable production towards atmospheric CO2 sequestration. Development of machine learning techniques forecast a paradigm shift regarding scientific methods. It concerns synthetic biology as well as engineering of metabolism in microalgae.
Evolution of biofabrication and 3D-bioprinting technologies – from market pull to technology push
Authors: Blaeser Andreas
Published: June 2024

Biofabrication is a biomedical key technology for the cultivation of living tissue structures. Here, living cells are embedded in a hydrogel matrix and joined using various processes (e.g. 3D-bioprinting) to form a multicellular construct. The so formed tissue precursor then undergoes a growth process lasting several weeks in bioreactors in order to mature into living tissue. The development of today’s biofabrication processes was originally motivated by clinical needs in the field of regenerative medicine. In this context, the focus is on the cultivation of tissue or organ parts for the regeneration of affected patients. Due to the increasing maturity of the technology and its excellent scaling potential, the range of applications has expanded to other markets, such as the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and chemical industries (e.g. in-vitro tissue models) or the field of cellular agriculture (e.g. cultured meat). Engineered living materials represent another particularly new and fast-growing field of application. The following article shows how the technology has developed from the demands of regenerative medicine (market pull) and is now pushing into completely new markets on this basis (technology push). It provides an comprehensive overview of the development of the technology and the wide range of its current fields of application.
Protean Matter-Shifting: A Clarification of the Evolving Relation Between Schellingian Materie and Neoplatonic ὕλη
Authors: Barton Jason
Published: June 2024

The established scholarly perspective on the relationship between F.W.J. Schelling’s Naturphilosophie and Neoplatonic metaphysics is underdeveloped. This perspective asserts that Schelling consistently distances himself from the emanation-based framework of Neoplatonism along with its construction of matter (ὕλη) as completely passive, purely potential, and spectrally obscure. Such a hermeneutic emerges from a close reading of Schelling’s 1794 Timaeus commentary as well as his 1811–1815 Weltalter drafts. I mark my intervention at the temporal midpoint of this range (1804–1806), namely during the final throes of Schelling’s Identitätsphilosophie. At this point in Schelling’s intellectual itinerary, he discloses a proximity between his conceptual configuration of matter (die Materie) and the aforementioned, Neoplatonic conceptual configuration of matter. Insofar as heretofore erudition has overlooked the denouement of Schelling’s early philosophical phase, it has also neglected Schelling’s coquettish attitude toward Neoplatonism and its ontological destitution of matter. I intend to highlight the overlap between these respective approaches.
Molecular analysis reveals the evolutionary distinctiveness of the Silver-backed Chevrotain within the genus Tragulus
Authors: Nguyen Tham Thi , Hoang Huy Quoc , Ho Anh Thi Ngoc , Nguyen Trung Thanh , Trinh Ha Thi Le , Nguyen Mai Thi Phuong , Nguyen Tao Thien , Le Minh Duc
Published: June 2024

The Silver-backed Chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor), a mammal endemic to the unique coastal arid ecosystem in south-central Vietnam, is an enigmatic mouse deer with little information available about its ecology and evolutionary history. The recent rediscovery of the species provides a rare opportunity to clarify its taxonomy and phylogenetic relationship within the genus Tragulus. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene for samples of T. versicolor and T. kanchil from Vietnam. Our molecular results show that the species forms a distinct evolutionary lineage sister to all other species in the genus, confirming the earlier hypothesis based on morphological evidence. However, further research is needed to assess the genetic diversity of the species and design appropriate conservation measures. As the species has not been secured over much of its range, it is recommended that the population in Nui Chua National Park, the only one covered by a protected area, be prioritized for conservation actions. Conserving the species in this unique and imperiled ecosystem will also benefits a suite of locally endemic and threatened species of fauna and flora.
Complement factor H in molecular regulation of angiogenesis
Authors: Li Jiang , Wang Kaili , Starodubtseva Maria N. , Nadyrov Eldar , Kapron Carolyn M. , Hoh Josephine , Liu Ju
Published: June 2024

Angiogenesis, the process of formation of new capillaries from existing blood vessels, is required for multiple physiological and pathological processes. Complement factor H (CFH) is a plasma protein that inhibits the alternative pathway of the complement system. Loss of CFH enhances the alternative pathway and increases complement activation fragments with pro-angiogenic capacity, including complement 3a, complement 5a, and membrane attack complex. CFH protein contains binding sites for C-reactive protein, malondialdehyde, and endothelial heparan sulfates. Dysfunction of CFH prevents its interaction with these molecules and initiates pro-angiogenic events. Mutations in the CFH gene have been found in patients with age-related macular degeneration characterized by choroidal neovascularization. The Cfh-deficient mice show an increase in angiogenesis, which is decreased by administration of recombinant CFH protein. In this review, we summarize the molecular mechanisms of the anti-angiogenic effects of CFH and the regulatory mechanisms of CFH expression. The therapeutic potential of recombinant CFH protein in angiogenesis-related diseases has also been discussed.
Biliary fibrosis is an important but neglected pathological feature in hepatobiliary disorders: from molecular mechanisms to clinical implications
Authors: Zhao Jinyu , Yue Ping , Mi Ningning , Li Matu , Fu Wenkang , Zhang Xianzhuo , Gao Long , Bai Mingzhen , Tian Liang , Jiang Ningzu , Lu Yawen , Ma Haidong , Dong Chunlu , Zhang Yong , Zhang Hengwei , Zhang Jinduo , Ren Yanxian , Suzuki Azumi , Wong Peng F. , Tanaka Kiyohito , Rerknimitr Rungsun , Junger Henrik H. , Cheung Tan T. , Melloul Emmanuel , Demartines Nicolas , Leung Joseph W. , Yao Jia , Yuan Jinqiu , Lin Yanyan , Schlitt Hans J. , Meng Wenbo
Published: June 2024

Fibrosis resulting from pathological repair secondary to recurrent or persistent tissue damage often leads to organ failure and mortality. Biliary fibrosis is a crucial but easily neglected pathological feature in hepatobiliary disorders, which may promote the development and progression of benign and malignant biliary diseases through pathological healing mechanisms secondary to biliary tract injuries. Elucidating the etiology and pathogenesis of biliary fibrosis is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of biliary diseases. In this review, we emphasized the importance of biliary fibrosis in cholangiopathies and summarized the clinical manifestations, epidemiology, and aberrant cellular composition involving the biliary ductules, cholangiocytes, immune system, fibroblasts, and the microbiome. We also focused on pivotal signaling pathways and offered insights into ongoing clinical trials and proposing a strategic approach for managing biliary fibrosis-related cholangiopathies. This review will offer a comprehensive perspective on biliary fibrosis and provide an important reference for future mechanism research and innovative therapy to prevent or reverse fibrosis.
I. Die Vorbilder der sog. Liber Papiensis-Handschriften
Authors: Shibata Takanori
Published: June 2024

The evaluation of Liber Papiensis, an important legal collection from the 11th century, is still uncertain as the research on the manuscripts which provides a basis for empirical discussion has not been sufficiently carried out. This article discusses the existence and characteristics of common models on which the Liber Papiensis manuscripts rely by analyzing the arrangement of clauses, the annotations for their revision and the notes mentioning relevant clauses in the oldest existent Milanese manuscripts. After identifying the author of them, it will also be argued that they were produced not directly in the environment of the lawyers of Pavia, as assumed, but from the circumstances of a local judge in Turin.
II. Loi de Beaumont 1182
Authors: zu Löwenstein Michael Prinz
Published: June 2024

The Law of Beaumont, established by a charter issued in 1182, was granted over a period of about 150 years for up to 700 villages in present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It seemingly was to provide incentives to settle or stay in such villages. Based on an analysis of the Latin text (provided with a German translation) the paper questions that the focus of the charter was accurately described in older literature and common handbook entries. In those, the impression is given that the focus was on liberation from serfdom, tax relief and municipal self-government. The paper concludes that a high degree of self-government was indeed an outstanding feature, although it remains unclear whether the citizens originally had the right to elect mayor and jurors. Particularly favourable tax burdens could not be substantiated. There is no mentioning at all of any liberation from serfdom and burdens associated with it. The focus of the charter is on a precise definition of tax burdens and of penalties for crimes and their distribution, and on rules of legal process. Legal certainty in these regards must have been the core of its attractiveness both for citizens and lords and explain its popularity.
VI. Zur ambivalenten Rolle des Telefons beim Waren-Terminhandel
Authors: Treiber Hubert
Published: June 2024

This contribution discusses the ambivalent role of the telephone in commodity futures trading. On one hand, the telephone proved to be useful in commodity futures trading since it was easier to use than the telegraph; on the other, it helped to spread prejudices about the commodity futures business. Indeed, this became a political issue in the 1890s as reforms were demanded. The large agrarians of Prussia in the East were particularly interested in these reforms. Above all, the marginal trading deriving from commodity futures was accused of being ‘unfair business’ and provoked great controversy among jurists before 1891. The prevailing view was that marginal trading ‘was the equivalent of a lottery contract’ and thus could not be litigated in court. Max Weber argued forcefully against this view in his work on stock markets, and the view was eventually rendered obsolete by a judgement from the Supreme Court of the Reich, which prompted law makers to act. Although the telephone benefited commodity trading, it also aroused perceptions of unproductive activity which were easy to associate with the view of commodity futures trading as a form of lottery. This was particularly the case because the self worth of workers rested at the end of the 19th century on ‘hard physical labour’, so that the impression of idleness was not tolerated. This is supported by Popitz’s essay “Was tun wir, wenn wir spielen” from 2000: ‘The actions of gamblers do not [leave behind] a product. [Rather], when they play, they are being creative in an unproductive way.’ As such, the telephone helped commodity futures trading to communicate quickly, but at the same time it was also a symbol of unproductive activity and thereby fed the widespread mistrust of the commodity futures business and its associated marginal trading.
IX. Die Juristische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg im ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnt – Forschungen und Berichte aus dem öffentlichen Recht
Authors: Ellerbrok Torben , Hüther Paul
Published: June 2024

This article aims to shed light on how the resumption of research and teaching in public law at the Faculty of Law in Heidelberg developed after the collapse of National Socialist rule. In particular, the personnel, research and teaching are examined. Thus, the history of Heidelberg University will be further elaborated in a specific field of research. Furthermore, the article provides another small building block for an overall picture of post-war history at the 16 law faculties in the early Federal Republic. The end of National Socialist rule did not lead to a “Stunde Null”; rather, university operations were resumed with remarkable speed within the existing institutional structures. After the horrors of the Second World War, the Heidelberg law faculty set out to reconnect with the Weimar era. On the other hand, the emerging new legal system created points of contact for future-oriented research and teaching.
Drei Geschichten zur richterlichen Begründungspflicht
Authors: Falk Ulrich
Published: June 2024

This miscellany reviews a substantial contribution to the research on German judicature and legal culture in the early 19th century by legal historian Clara Günzl: “Eine andere Geschichte der Begründungspflicht. Sichtweisen des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts” (2021). Her solid reconstruction is far more convincing than the older contribution of Stephan Hocks: “Gerichtsgeheimnis und Begründungszwang” (2002). The second part of the miscellany outlines that nevertheless further research has to be conducted to understand the development from a cross-epochal point of view, especially concerning the function of the so called Aktenversendung (transmissio actorum) to the law faculties of the German universities.
The Influence of Social Media in Era 4.0 in Criminal Law Study and Implementation of Criminal Sanctions
Authors: Fadlian Aryo
Published: June 2024

The purpose of the author is to provide an understanding and prevention of the dangers of social media. The times have pushed all fields in a country, one of which is the development of digital technology. Digital technology, which we know, is one form of civilization that is very looming in the community, to facilitate all one's activities. The use of social media that spreads and frees its users to carry out activities on social media, then there are no boundaries in social media except self-control. Seeing these gaps from a social media can be a place where criminal acts can occur and do not know the class of people who use social media. Social media is a form of information technology as regulated in Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions in article 1 number 3 which reads: "a technique for collecting, preparing, storing, processing, announcing, analyzing, and/or or disseminate information.”. because of what has been explained in the ITE law.
The Urgency of Legal Justice for Society Against the Expansion of the Authority of Judges From a Criminal Law Perspective
Authors: Cahyani Indah Fitri , Nnawulezi Uche , Chinyere Constance Ogah
Published: June 2024

Expansion of the authority of judges in the RKUHP is an interesting discussion where this is related to guaranteeing legal certainty for the community. The purpose of this research is to examine more deeply the impact of expanding the authority of judges in the RKUHP on legal certainty. The method used is a qualitative method. Then for this type of research using literature study by collecting journal articles related to the title being studied. The results of this study indicate that the expansion of authority in the form of judicial pardon is a means for realizing a balance between legal certainty and justice for the community, both of which are closely related to one another. In the RKUHP, the existence of the judge's pardon principle indicates a more flexible nature in criminal law. Unlike in the western Criminal Code which is more rigid. It is feared that this flexible nature will lead to more acts of fraud by law enforcers. In real terms, crime in Indonesia is increasingly modern. So that right now it really needs a legal system that is firm and able to provide legal certainty for its citizens. Studies related to the expansion of the judge's authority which are classified as increasingly flexible in the RKUHP are very important to do. Judicial Pardon is expected to be able to provide a balance between legal certainty and legal justice.
Heterogeneous metabolic changes of brown and white adipose tissues are associated with metabolic adaptations in periparturient mice
Authors: Wei Gang , Zhu Juan-Juan , Shen Feng-Jie , Xie Rong-Rong , Zhang Chen-Yang , Wang Yuan , Shi Ting-Ting , Cao Xi , Ding Xin , Yang Jin-Kui
Published: June 2024

Pregnancy requires metabolic adaptations in order to meet support fetal growth with nutrient availability. In this study, the influence of pregnancy on metabolically active organs (adipose tissues in particular) was investigated. Our results showed that maternal weight and adipose mass presented dynamic remodeling in the periparturient mice. Meanwhile, pregnancy mice displayed obvious glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in late pregnancy as compared to non-pregnancy, which were partially reversed at parturition. Further analyses revealed that different fat depots exhibited site-specific adaptions of morphology and functionality as pregnancy advanced. Brown and inguinal white adipose tissue (BAT and IngWAT) exhibited obviously decreased thermogenic activity; by contrast, gonadal white adipose tissue (GonWAT) displayed remarkably increased lipid mobilization. Notably, we found that mammary gland differentiation was enhanced in IngWAT, followed by BAT but not in GonWAT. These result indicated that brown and white adipose tissues might synergistically play a crucial role in maintaining the maximum of energy supply for mother and fetus, which facilitates the mammary duct luminal epithelium development as well as the growth and development of fetus. Accompanied with adipose adaptation, however, our results revealed that the liver and pancreas also displayed significant metabolic adaptability, which together tended to trigger the risk of maternal metabolic diseases. Importantly, pregnancy-dependent obesity in our mice model resembled the disturbed metabolic phenotypes of pregnant women such as hyperglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. Our findings in this study could provide valuable clues for better understanding the underlying mechanisms of metabolic maladaptation and facilitate the development of the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases.
miR-181d-5p ameliorates hypercholesterolemia by targeting PCSK9
Authors: Wang Yu , Li Fan , Gao Xiaoqian , Yu Huahui , Du Zhiyong , Li Linyi , Du Yunhui , Hu Chaowei , Qin Yanwen
Published: June 2024

Hypercholesterolemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and lowering circulating levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) can prevent and reduce cardiovascular events. MicroRNA-181d (miR-181d) can reduce the levels of triglycerides and cholesterol esters in cells. However, it is not known whether miR-181d-5p can lower levels of circulating LDL-C. Here, we generated two animal models of hypercholesterolemia to analyze the potential relationship between miR-181d-5p and LDL-C. In hypercholesterolemia model mice, adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated liver-directed overexpression of miR-181d-5p decreased the serum levels of cholesterol and LDL-C and the levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in the liver compared with control mice. Target Scan 8.0 indicated Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) to be a possible target gene of miR-181d-5p, which was confirmed by in vitro experiments. miR-181d-5p could directly interact with both the PCSK9 3′-UTR and promoter to inhibit PCSK9 translation and transcription. Furthermore, Dil-LDL uptake assays in PCSK9 knockdown Huh7 cells demonstrated that miR-181d-5p promotion of LDL-C absorption was dependent on PCSK9. Collectively, our findings show that miR-181d-5p targets the PCSK9 3′-UTR to inhibit PCSK9 expression and to reduce serum LDL-C. miR-181d-5p is therefore a new therapeutic target for the development of anti-hypercholesterolemia drugs.
Gestational giant panda plasma metabolomics: amino acid metabolism characteristics may predict panda pregnancy outcomes
Authors: Zheng Wen , Zhang Liang , Cai Kailai , Wu Kongju , Liang Ge , Zhang Lu , Liao Lihui , Shen Fujun , Zhang Wenping , Wang Li , Li Yan , Wang Ye , Kou Jie , Zhong Yi , Li Xin , Cheng Jingqiu , Gong Meng , Hou Rong
Published: June 2024

In brief

The metabolic processes of the gestation period in pandas remain poorly understood. Our study comprehensively characterizes the metabolism of giant pandas during gestation and proposes arginine and histidine as potential novel biomarkers for detecting the pregnancy state of giant pandas.

There has been remarkable progress in the conservation and reproduction of giant pandas. However, the physiology of the gestation period in pandas remains poorly understood. The metabolic processes from estrus to pregnancy are dynamic and precisely regulated, playing a crucial role in pregnancy and related dysfunctions. In this study, we conducted a metabolomic analysis of 37 blood samples collected from pandas in estrus, acyclic, and potential pregnant states, employing rigorous screening to minimize the influence of diet. Our findings suggest that a reduced appetite can serve as an indicator for evaluating implantation time, representing a characteristic response to pregnancy and aiding in the prediction of delivery time in pregnant pandas. Metabolomic results indicate great metabolism variation from estrus to pregnancy, highlighting the association between amino acid metabolism and pregnancy outcomes. Compared to other pandas, individuals who successfully bred exhibit significantly elevated levels of arginine and histidine, even 2 months before experiencing a reduced appetite. Furthermore, the lipid profile undergoes distinct dynamic changes only in estrus samples. In summary, our study comprehensively characterizes the metabolism of giant pandas during gestation and proposes arginine and histidine as potential novel biomarkers for detecting the pregnancy state of giant pandas.
El Mundial de Qatar de 2022 y los discursos de lo queer. Reflexiones sobre hegemonía y homonacionalismo en las relaciones internacionales
Authors: Fernández Cuervo Víctor
Published: June 2024

El Mundial de Qatar de 2022 estuvo rodeado de polémica debido a la situación de los DDHH en el país; especialmente, los derechos LGBTI+. Desde una perspectiva que reúne los aportes a la teoría de las RRII de las perspectivas materialista, queer y poscolonial; y a través de un análisis crítico de dichos discursos y campañas, se demuestra que reproducían una problematización de la relación entre lo queer y lo árabe-musulmán desde una visión liberal hegemónica de la sexualidad y los DDHH alineada con los intereses geopolíticos del Norte global, frustrando el intento de Qatar de aumentar su influencia internacional.
Protest campaigns in Tunisia during the first democratic legislature (2014-19): a cultural turn and the limitations of a new generation of activists
Authors: Desrues Thierry , Gobe Éric
Published: June 2024

This article analyses the cultural turn in youth activism in Tunisia, expressed in a series of protest campaigns during the first legislature of the post revolution democratic parliamentary experiment. Based in interviews, we first present the specificity of campaigns as a repertoire for protest actions. Secondly, we describe how young activists challenged government decisions. Thirdly, we show that these mobilisations are mostly ad hoc and driven by micro-networks of left-wing activists who champion a new protest culture based internally on the horizontality of participation and decision-making; and externally on the use of innovative performances within a classical repertoire of action.
“Ngaji dan Sholawat”: Bentuk Eksistensi dan Dinamika Sosial Dakwah Safari Majelis Sholawat di Jayapura-Papua
Authors: Amri Amri , Munir Misbahul , Purwati Heni
Published: June 2024

This paper aims to find out how the form of existence and Social Dynamics of Da'wah through "Ngaji Dan Sholawat" conducted by the Safari Team of the Sholawat Council of Jayapura City. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative, which is a method that is explained through detailed facts in the field by observing and participating in da'wah activities, interviews, to documentation Photos and videos of "Ngaji and Sholawat" activities. The results showed that the existence of their da'wah as a form of caring for Islamic culture through sholawat by considering the success of the implementation of da'wah, the target of da'wah, the da'wah environment to the media as their da'wah infrastructure. Furthermore, the social dynamics experienced towards da'wah "Ngaji Dan Sholawat is the acceptance of da'wah safari team majelis sholawat (SMS) for Muslims in Jayapura City. The form of acceptance of da'wah through "Ngaji and Sholawat is the enthusiasm of the community in participating in their activities and da'wah as a place to change attitudes of faith behavior in Allah swt.
Community-Based Preaching Model in Preventing Online Radicalization among Adolescents
Authors: Hapsari Twediana Budi , Rhafidilla Vebrynda , Muzayana Muzayana
Published: June 2024

Adolescence is a period that is vulnerable to being influenced by radicalism due to the psychological development of adolescents still looking for their identity. Therefore, at this stage, they are unstable, and their emotional condition opens opportunities for the entry of various new ideas - including radicalism. Meanwhile, today's adolescents are also known as a generation that is very close to the internet, so they are very vulnerable to being exposed to this online radicalism. This research tried to find a community-based da'wah model to prevent the spread of online radicalization among adolescents in Aceh, Bali, and Lamongan. Data was taken through a focus group discussion, which included government elements, educators, religious leaders, and academics working in the field of youth radicalism. The results show that this effort requires the cooperation of at least four institutions in society - apart from the government - namely the family, educational institutions, social systems, and Islamic mass organizations. Hopefully, these four elements in society can detect and provide the correct direction for adolescents to access religious content on the internet.
Performance Comparative Study of Machine Learning Classification Algorithms for Food Insecurity Experience by Households in West Java
Authors: Khikmah Khusnia Nurul , Sartono Bagus , Susetyo Budi , Dito Gerry Alfa
Published: June 2024

This study aims to compare the classification performance of the random forest, gradient boosting, rotation forest, and extremely randomized tree methods in classifying the food insecurity experience scale in West Java. The dataset used in this research is based on the Socio-Economic Survey by Statistics Indonesia in 2020. The novelty of this research is comparing the performance of the four methods used, which all are the tree ensemble approaches. In addition, due to the imbalance class problem, the authors also applied three imbalance handling techniques in this study. The results show that the combination of the random-forest algorithm and the random-under sampling technique is the best classifier. This approach has a balanced accuracy value of 65.795%. The best classification method results show that the food insecurity experience scale in West Java can be identified by considering the factors of floor area (house size), the number of depositors, type of floor, health insurance ownership status, and internet access capabilities.
Schinckel's Spice Powder
Authors: Weaver William Woys
Published: June 2024

William Woys Weaver is a writer and food historian living in Chester County's old Lamb Tavern, which operated between 1812 and 1865 in Devon, Pennsylvania. His new edition of Elizabeth Lea's Domestic Cookery (Baltimore, 1845) will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press later this year.
The Historic Kitchen Restoration, the Example of Ham House
Authors: Davidson Caroline
Published: June 2024

In PPC 12 (November 1982) Caroline Davidson described the different sources of information she used to find out the contents of the kitchen at Ham House during the 1670s and 80s. It was during these two decades that the house enjoyed its greatest prosperity, under Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart and her second husband, the Duke of Lauderdale, Secretary of State for Scotland to Charles II. The kitchen was one of the most advanced of its time in England. It is now largely restored and open to the public, along with an adjacent larder and a passageway leading to the service courtyard. In this follow-up article, Caroline Davidson explains how she discovered what the objects in the kitchen looked like and also how they were made. For, in restoring the kitchen for the Victoria and Albert Museum, she pursued a dual policy of buying genuine 17th century objects and, when these could not be found, of commissioning craftspeople to make accurate reproductions.
Simulating Counterfactuals
Authors: Karvanen Juha , Tikka Santtu , Vihola Matti
Published: June 2024

Counterfactual inference considers a hypothetical intervention in a parallel world that shares some evidence with the factual world. If the evidence specifies a conditional distribution on a manifold, counterfactuals may be analytically intractable. We present an algorithm for simulating values from a counterfactual distribution where conditions can be set on both discrete and continuous variables. We show that the proposed algorithm can be presented as a particle filter leading to asymptotically valid inference. The algorithm is applied to fairness analysis in credit-scoring.
INCREASED REVENUE AND COST SAVINGS BY RECOVERING VALUE FROM PLANT RECIRCULATION AND TAILINGS WASTE STREAMS
Authors: Osborne David (Dave) G. , Fisher II J. C. , Barish M. , Toney T. A.
Published: June 2024

Effective recovery of fine coal and subsequent reduction in moisture to an acceptable level is mostly
dependent on the following factors: (i) favorable economics, i.e., value of the product component obtained; (ii) capability and subsequent performance of the preparation equipment; (iii) extent to which the beneficiation of the total coal can be optimized; (iv) taking advantage of opportunities to generate other marketable proucts or materials that can be used within the main operation, such
as roadbuilding, reclamation, and/or landscaping; and (v) cost and acceptability of the disposal
method for the barren tailings. The success of this approach will be influenced by many other factors, not the least being the proportion of fines in the raw coal and the nature of the ultimate tailings. Hence, as mining and subsequent transportation and handling has become progressively
more mechanized, the proportion of fines has increased and the justification for maximized fine coal recovery has also increased. However, the conundrum associated with including more fines is the added risk of increased moisture and the accompanying need for improved and cost-effective dewatering of both ultrafine coal and tailings. This paper will describe a successful pathway toward achieving the abovementioned five outcomes. The main drivers are also explained together with the contributing components of the new treatment circuits. Several examples of installations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Russia will be descibed to illustrate the bespoke approach that
is needed.
THE IMAGE OF A HERO IN THE WORLD PICTURE OF SPEAKERS OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE LINGUOCULTURES
Authors: Yan Czin' , Kharchenko Elena
Published: June 2024

The article analyzes the image of the hero in Russian and Chinese linguistic culture. The purpose of the study was to identify similarities and differences in the worldview of speakers of Russian and Chinese linguistic culture. The study was conducted using the method of free associative experiment, in which Russian and Chinese students took part. When processing the results, we used the semantic gestalt method proposed by Yu.N. Karaulov. As a result, it was revealed that speakers of both linguistic cultures highly value the hero as an actor, as a selfless person. At the same time, for Russians, the value of a hero lies largely in protecting the homeland. Although this value is also important for the Chinese, they value individual specific heroes more than defenders in general. In addition, for Russian respondents, the actions and fearlessness performed by heroes are more valuable, while for Chinese respondents, their help to the country and people is more valuable.
SPECIAL VOCABULARY OF THE MILITARY SPHERE IN TODAY'S COMMUNICATIVE SPACE
Authors: Golovanova Elena
Published: June 2024

The article analyzes lexical units of a terminological and non-thermological nature associated with the military sphere and actively used in the modern communicative space in connection with Russia's special military operation. The author focuses on the typological composition and thematic classification of these units, some features of their formation and functioning are considered. It is shown that not only terms are in demand, but also oral professional units (professionalism and professional jargon). When analyzing non-verbal designations of a phraseological nature, a clear differentiation of units characterizing the methods of military operations of the Russian armed forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found; from other thematic groups, the names of technical means of reconnaissance, deterrence and destruction of the enemy, as well as the names of spatial objects associated with military operations, are meaningfully presented.
Family Relationship and Attitude towards Children with Disability among Households with Children living with Disability in Southeast Nigeria: Implication to Sustainable Development
Authors: Nnamchi Onyedikachi , Okafor Samuel , Adubi Peace , Kalu Samuel , Ikem Ogechi
Published: June 2024

Disability has come to stay with humanity and now placing demand on our technological, scientific, spirituality and humanitarian management prowess and capability in adapting and managing it as global community. However, there are different levels and contexts at which people living with disability are highlighted and practically require our cooperation and assistance, which included family setting. In sub-Saharan Africa and other developing nations, families with children living with disability have found it a difficult task to meet the needs of these ones especially the children. This study investigated the relationship challenges faced by children living with disability among their siblings in southeast Nigeria among households with children living with disability. The study applied cross-sectional survey design; one hundred and eighteen (118) adolescent participants that have at least one sibling with any form of physical disability took part in the study, while attitude towards disabled sibling scale developed by the researchers using some adaptations from the Attitude Scale of Parents towards their mentally retarded children (Govender, 2002). A 2 x 3 x 2 Analysis of Variance (Three-way ANOVA) technique from unequal sample size was used to analyze the data. According to the major findings, there is significant interaction of birth order and Parental level of Education (PLoE) on attitude of siblings towards their physically disabled brother/sister, F(1,108)=7.568, p
Does Grit and Perceived Social Support Predicts Adolescents' Future Expectations in COVID 19 Pandemic?
Authors: Polat Meyrem Ayça , Yıldız Muhammet , Işıktaş Emrah , Aliyev Ramin
Published: June 2024

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of grit and perceived social support in predicting adolescents' future expectations during the pandemic period. The sample of the research conducted with the correlational model consisted of 573 high school students. Three scales were used together with the demographic information form created by the researchers to collect the data. The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between positive future expectations and grit, and there is also a positive and significant relationship between positive future expectations and perceived social support. Finally, it was concluded that grit and perceived social support significantly predicted positive future expectations, while grit predicted positive future expectations at a higher level than perceived social support. These findings suggest that positive future expectations are associated with grit and perceived social support. Practitioners who want to positively influence adolescents' future expectations can assist them in these areas.
“’n Koningin volg hom”: Volkome vrou (1976) as antifeministiese agent
Authors: Marais Amanda
Published: June 2024

Marabel Morgan’s book Total Woman (1973) is an international bestseller that appeared in Afrikaans as Volkome vrou (1976). In the book, the author provides advice to women on achieving a more fulfilling marriage, but the underlying principles seem to be antifeminist. This article examines the text as a possible tool for a specific social agenda, namely the preservation of patriarchy. Critical discourse analysis is employed to analyse the text, while referencing theoretical frameworks on Christian self-help literature and propagandistic texts. A two-fold hypothesis is proposed and confirmed through the examination: (i) The text exhibits the typical structure of a self-help book, which, combined with Christian and propagandistic elements, helps convey a pro-patriarchal message; and (ii) certain discourse structures, including questionable argumentative structures, are put in place to construct specific antifeminist ideas and present them as attractive to readers. Ultimately, it is possible to highlight the harmful consequences of this type of text for society—both past and present—as it perpetuates patriarchy by influencing readers’ social cognition.
The Transmigrant’s Home and Homeland in the Focus of Modern Conceptualization
Authors:   Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Russian Federation, Dumnova Elnara
Published: June 2024

The article presents a reflection on the conceptualization of the ideas of the migrant’s “home” and “homeland”. Rethinking the experience of conceptualizing these concepts seems appropriate due to its heterogeneity, which is due to the formation of the phenomenon of transnationalism at the end of the 20th century, reflecting the emergence of transnational migration. Home and homeland are considered in the structure of transnational identity as its identifiers. The theoretical framework of the analysis was the concept of the domestic researcher Z.L. Levin, which allows interpreting home and homeland as social, i.e. acquired identifications. The consequence of the reconstruction of the semantic fullness of the concepts of home and homeland is the transformation of identity and/or the formation of a trans-identity, involving a combination of elements of cultures, both the country of origin and the recipient country. The beginning of the discourse about the home of the modern migrant falls on the 80s of the XX century when the issue of its loss to migrants was being considered. In the early 1990s, an anti-centrist line of research was formed, which is, in general, a complex of nomadic studies based on the concepts of globalization, transnationalism and cross-borderism. The idea of transforming the house is being formed. The house ceases to be a “fixed structure” and loses the function of a geographical center, it becomes mobile, its topography expanding. At the same time, there is a group of scientists who deny the generalization of ideas about home and homeland. In general, when defining ‘home’, representatives of global discourse adhere to a number of its unified indicators, the most significant of which are terrain, sense of security, space, social relations of family and neighborhood. The analysis of the results of the modern conceptualization of home has shown the expansion of the semantic load of this concept and the identification of new properties of home – mobility and plurality. If before the start of transnational migration, the concepts of ‘home’ and homeland were linked together by the formulation native home, then in the conditions of fluid modernity, forming a plastic transnational identity of a migrant, these concepts began to exist separately. The concept of homeland, unlike home, has an ideological connotation. In the context of the mosaic of modern social processes and their political coloring, its conceptualization is in the process of development.
International Market Entry Strategies of Russian Organizations under Changed External Economic Conditions
Authors:   Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russian Federation, Litvintseva Galina , Ivashchenko Andrey ,   Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russian Federation, Arbatskiy Daniil ,   Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russian Federation, Kolmagorov Aleksey ,   Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russian Federation
Published: June 2024

The change in the system of world economic communications as a result of sanction policy towards Russia and its allied countries forces enterprises and organizations to prove strategies of entry into foreign markets for the purpose of income generation and inclusion in new value chains. Therefore, the purpose of this research is the comparative analysis of factors and assessment of the application of international market entry strategies of Russian IT companies. Qualitative and quantitative methods of economic research were applied to achieving this goal. Qualitative methods included PESTEL analysis, situation and comparative analysis. Quantitative methods included the cost-benefit method, statistical techniques and economic analysis methods. Tabular and graphic approaches are used for text visualization. In this research the factors influencing organizations activity in the international sphere and also the main foreign market entry strategies of IT companies were analyzed. Comparative analysis revealed benefits and shortcomings of each strategy, taking into account modern forms of business and currency risks. For the Russian IT company producing software three strategies were evaluated: export, franchising and direct investments. The choice of the IT industry for considering international market entry strategies of Russian organizations is proven. It is necessary to separate the development of new technologies and infrastructure, existence of financial resources and pressure of economic sanctions from the factors influencing this process. Of the three strategies analyzed, the lowest-cost and lowest-profit strategy was the franchising strategy; it can be used when there is a shortage of financial resources. For “growth hacking” the expensive, but highly profitable strategy of direct investment taking into account currency hedging is applicable. Proceeding from the analysis of the influencing factors and legal conditions of the Russian Federation it is expedient to follow the strategy of average profitable export for ensuring company development. The practical application of strategies for organizations to enter foreign markets is a multifaceted object of research that requires a comprehensive analysis of various aspects of business expansion. The received results will help companies make weighed decisions when choosing the optimum strategy for expanding their business in the international market.