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The Teaching Of Dasa Sila In Sila Kramaning Aguron-Guron Text From The Communicative Attitude Perspective
Authors: Wirawan I Wayan Ardhi , Wirata I Wayan , Budhawati Ni Putu Sudewi , Mahardika Gede , Ningrat Jro Ayu
Published: December 2023

This article aims to analyze the teachings of the basic principles contained in the Lontar “sila kramaning aguron-guron” which focuses on the formal objects of communicative attitudes. The focus of the analysis is on the attitude dimension which relies on the teachings of dasa sila, namely ten principles as a guideline for the behavior of sisya (students) in order to improve the quality of spiritual life. This article uses interpretive qualitative methods in analyzing texts using content analysis techniques and hermeneutic methods to interpret the meaning of the text being analyzed. Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that the teachings of the ten principles in the perspective of communicative attitudes emphasize ethics in behavior, both verbally and non-verbally. There are ten human sensory organs that need to be controlled as tools to improve the quality of life of spiritual sisya, consisting of caksuindriya, srotendriya, granendriya, wakindriya, jihwendriya, panindriya, padendriya, paywindriya, pastendriya, and wikindriya. These ten sense organs must be controlled properly and correctly. The basic principles of indriya are a guide to action that must be adhered to by the side in their behavior to improve the quality of life spiritually. The dasa sila, namely ten basic teaching elements of the precepts are communicative actions taught by teachers to their sisya.
Bem-estar animal na bovinocultura de corte: percepções em Vila Rica – MT
Authors: Moreira Raquel Pereira Alves , Caetano Vinícius Camargo
Published: December 2023

O bem-estar animal é uma temática amplamente discutida na atualidade, especialmente na bovinocultura de corte, onde fatores como genética, alimentação e ambiência desempenham um papel crucial no alcance do potencial produtivo dos animais. As cinco liberdades, essenciais para o bem-estar, são fundamentais nesse contexto. Consumidores mostram disposição para pagar valores superiores pela carne de animais criados com respeito a esses princípios. Este trabalho justifica-se pela necessidade de compreender a perspectiva do público consumidor de carne bovina em Vila Rica-MT sobre o bem-estar animal na bovinocultura de corte. Para tal, avaliamos o nível de conhecimento e a importância atribuída ao tema pelos participantes, além de analisar a percepção do bem-estar dos bovinos na região. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de questionário online divulgado nas redes sociais, com a participação de 328 pessoas no período de 19 de setembro a 19 de outubro de 2022. Resultados indicam que a maioria dos participantes possui conhecimento sobre o bem-estar animal e acredita que, na maioria das propriedades, os bovinos são criados em condições adequadas. Contudo, identificamos que em algumas propriedades essas condições não são atendidas, destacando a falta de pasto como um dos principais desafios para a bovinocultura de corte no município. Essas conclusões reforçam a importância de futuras iniciativas voltadas à conscientização, visando aprimorar práticas e garantir o bem-estar dos animais na cadeia produtiva de carne bovina.
Pre-Flowering Sprays of Zinc and Boron Influenced Panicle Emergence and Panicle Growth of Amrapali Mango
Authors: Deb Prahlad , Reza Soheli
Published: December 2023

The present investigation was conducted at the instructional farm of Rathindra Krishi Vigyan Kendra under Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva Bharati University, Sriniketan which comes under in humid sub-tropical region of West Bengal during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 to investigate the influence of pre-flowering sprays of zinc and boron on panicle emergence and panicle growth of Amrapali mango. The present study included nine treatment combinations of sprays of zinc sulphate and borax at pre flowering stage replicated three times as T1: Control (distilled water), T2: ZnSO4 @ 0.5%, T3: ZnSO4 @ 1.0%, T4: Borax @ 0.5%, T5: Borax @ 1.0%, T6: ZnSO4 @ 0.5% + Borax @ 0.5%, T7: ZnSO4 @ 0.5% + Borax @ 1.0%, T8: ZnSO4 @ 1.0% + Borax @ 0.5% and T9: ZnSO4 @ 1.0% + Borax @ 1.0% in Randomized Block Design (RBD). The sprays were done in three cycles at 15 days interval starting from end of the November, keeping 3 days gap between zinc sulphate and borax spray in combination treatments. Minimum days to panicle emergence and flowering, maximum panicle length and different types of branches panicle-1 were recorded under ZnSO4 @ 1.0% + Borax @ 0.5% spray. In conclusion, ZnSO4 @ 1.0% + Borax @ 0.5% treatment can be used as pre flowering spray for early flowering with better growth of panicles of mango (cv. Amrapali).
The Ambiguous Meanings of Parental Engagement in the Reflexive Modernization Era: Parental Educational Initiatives in Poland
Authors: Wiatr Marta
Published: December 2023

This paper lays down a discussion on the contribution of a group of parents who decide to abandon public education and create for their children new educational environments – here called quasi-schools. It focuses on the engagement category captured during analysis and its shifting meanings. The theoretical elaboration draws on exploratory qualitative research that started in 2014 which aimed to explore the essence and basis of the phenomenon of exceptional parental activity. The research questions concerned the parents' actions themselves and the meanings given to these actions by the parents, as well as wider ideologies in which parental activities find their justification. Aside from the theoretical framework composed of social constructivism and poststructuralism, in this elaboration, the concept of reflexive modernization by Beck and Giddens was employed. The research utilized the case study method with applied strategies of constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz) and discourse analysis embedded in the sociology of knowledge (Keller). Interviews with e1even parents involved in quasi-schools were conducted and analyzed from bottom-up. The analyses allow us to reconstruct the multifaceted meanings of parental engagement in late modernity as corresponding with ideals of strength, participation, democracy and empowerment on the one hand and endangerment on the other hand.
Finnish teacher-students’ views on home-school cooperation
Authors: Perälä-Littunen Satu , Leena Böök Marja
Published: December 2023

This study focused on the views on home-school cooperation of teacher-students who are in the process of becoming professionals. The data were gathered from five focus-group interviews of 19 Finnish teacher-students. The data were analysed thematically. Better learning results were not the general aim of cooperation; instead, the aim was the child’s well-being. All parties benefited when cooperation functioned well. Yet, factors related to parents and teachers’ lack of time hinder cooperation. The views of home-school cooperation were a combination of the participants’ childhood memories, stories they had heard from their friends and colleagues and, less saliently, ideas originating from teacher education.
First in the Family to Attend University
Authors: Apps Joanna , Christie Sarah
Published: December 2023

There is very little qualitative research on parental support around transition to university in the UK. The objective of this study was to explore how parents who have not been to university support their children in making decisions about, and transitions to, university. Thirty in-depth interviews were conducted with parents and students (aged 16-18 years) from three schools, who would be the first in their family to go to university (FIFU). Parents and young people reported discussing whether they would go to university, what to study and where to go over a long period of time, as part of everyday activities. The emotional impact of children leaving home to go to university influenced how parents felt about their child’s decisions to go, along with being unable to envisage what being at university would be like for their children. Parents often found online information confusing and not relevant to their child. They reported receiving little information from schools. Parents lacked basic information and sought answers from friends and colleagues with any experience of higher education. Parents most wanted personalised information, signposting to online resources and a timetable of what they needed to do to support their children’s applications to university. The results are framed in terms of the cultural capital available to these parents and young people.
Parent-Teacher Partnership for Gifted Early Readers in New Zealand
Authors: Margrain Valerie
Published: December 2023

The experiences of gifted preschool readers and their parents are discussed in this paper, with data obtained through extended parent interviews of 11 four-year-old children in New Zealand (Margrain, 2005). In addition to sharing the experiences of these parents, common misconceptions are reported, and the positive role that parents play in supporting their children highlighted. Findings indicate that the parents were able to identify their children’s strengths and talents, acted as advocates to support their children, were responsive, and provided the key resource of time. These findings negate commonly held assumptions that the parents of gifted children are overtly ‘pushy’ or ‘hothousing’. Instead, this paper argues that teachers can learn a lot from parents and they need to work together to plan for positive outcomes for young gifted children.
“I Buy Paraffin So He Can Read in the Evening” – A Study from Kenya about Parental Involvement in School
Authors: Spernes Kari
Published: December 2023

The present paper investigates parental involvement in a rural primary school in Kenya. Qualitative interviews have been used to gather information from ten parents, a class teacher and a head teacher. The aim of the case study is to find out how – if at all – parents are involved in their children’s education, and how important parents’ background and involvement in school activities are for their children’s results. It is also interested in determining whether the school-home relationship in rural Kenya may provide new knowledge to the relationship between minority parents and schools in western countries. The findings of the study indicate no shared responsibility between parents and school; the school is solely responsible for students’ education. Normally, parents’ responsibility is limited to providing economic resources: buying school uniforms, books and other necessities. Where the mother tongue is not a school language, some parents also prepare their children for school by code-switching at home: using both the school language and the mother tongue. There is hardly any relationship to be found between parents’ involvement and students’ results. The findings from the study may provide new knowledge about minority parents’ involvement in school in western education.
Home-School Relationships in Primary Schools Parents’ Perspectives
Authors: Zaoura Alexandra , Aubrey Carol
Published: December 2023

This paper presents the results from the second phase of a case study exploring home-school relationships in Cyprus based on parents’ perspectives. Interviews with parents indicated that they understood that home-school co-operation might benefit children’s attainments, emphasising the family’s role in education and in formation of character. Parents confirmed that current home-school relationships were limited to parents’ meetings and routine communication with teachers. Many parents however emphasised that the nature of home-school relationships depended upon the teachers’ approach and suggested that teachers should initiate more contact and increase the frequency of meetings. Many parents also appeared to be critical of other parents who were seen to create problems and not accept teachers’ views. This suggested that improvement of home-school relationships would be challenging and could vary from a parent to parent. The relationship between school culture and orientation of the family to that culture is not straightforward and mediated implicitly through the child’s social behaviour and academic achievement. The current situation in Cyprus suggests that school teachers’ bring two key constructs to home-school relations: one relates to children’s conduct, character and manners; the other to learning, acquisition of knowledge and academic attainment. Where there are concerns about either of these, teachers regard it as the parents’ responsibility to address them. Parents meanwhile acknowledge the dominant role of teachers in defining the home-school relationship and accept that the nature of the relationship depends upon the parent as well as the teacher. However, they would welcome more opportunity to renegotiate this role.
Teachers’ First Meeting with Groups of Parents of Elementary Students at the Beginning of the School Year: Parents’ Expectations and Responses to these Expectations
Authors: Bergeron Isabelle , Deslandes Rollande
Published: December 2023

This study examines the expectations of parents of elementary students with respect to the information evenings at the beginning of school year. The expectations are discussed in terms of welcoming, exchange of information and perceptions of the development of trust with their child’s teacher. Data collection was conducted with eight parents of fifth grade in the course of two interviews conducted with each participant, one before the group meeting, and a second one, a few days after. The results indicate that parents expect a warm and individualized reception, and information on strategies to support learning and work at home. Parents reported that there was no group discussion or exchange at the meeting which also did not serve to establish norms of collaboration based on educational goals or to identify actions aiming to develop the sharing of responsibilities. Parents, however, said that their child’s teacher inspires trust. Avenues for future research are discussed.
Contact with Immigrant Parents as a Predictor of Teachers’ Attitudes and Acculturation Orientations toward Immigrant Children
Authors: Giovannini Dino , Vezzali Loris
Published: December 2023

A field study was conducted to test whether contact with immigrant parents would lead Italian teachers to display more positive attitudes toward immigrant children. The participants were 128 Italian pre-school and elementary school teachers of a Northern Italian region. Analyses conducted with structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that quality of contact increased the perceived heterogeneity of the immigrant pupils category and led to a stronger support of social policies favoring immigrant children. In addition, quality of contact also affected the rejection of negative acculturation strategies (assimilation, segregation, exclusion) and the endorsement of positive acculturation strategies (individualism). Unexpectedly, cooperative contact reduced the preference for the integration strategy. The relationship between contact quality and outcome variables was mediated by empathic feelings toward immigrant children. The effects of quantity of contact were negligible. Theoretical and practical implications of findings are discussed.
Children’s perspectives on the relations between home and school
Authors: Markström Ann-Marie
Published: December 2023

The aim of the article is to shed light on children’s perspectives of the relations between home and school. The study is based on 52 interviews with children aged 12-13 years in Sweden about their knowledge and notions of the relations between their parents and teachers, and what they perceive their own role to be in this context. The study reveals that the children’s understandings are drawing on both ideas of connectedness and autonomy to different actors characterised by a vertical or horizontal frame and that generational and institutional power are important in their understanding of the relations. The results reveals the different ways in which children talk about home-school relations, namely as (1) an asymmetric vertical “keep-apart-relation” characterised by institutional power, generational power and children’s autonomy and power and (2) a horizontal relation that is characterised by a symmetric power relation between the actors, i.e. they think that the parties to some extent sometimes have an equal influence in the relation. In addition, the study indicates that children adopt different strategies in relation to the adults. The children’s accounts show that they reproduce and also resist the social order and structure.
Parents’ Cultural Resources, Gender and Young People’s Reading Habits – Findings from a Secondary Analysis with Time-Survey Data in Two-parent Families
Authors: Wollscheid Sabine
Published: December 2023

Drawing on the theoretical concept that parents are crucial for children’s informal reading socialisation, the aim of this article is to explain the impact of parents’ cultural resources on school-aged children’s reading habits by controlling for children’ s gender. Parents’ cultural resources, here, comprise ‘parents’ cultural practices’ (defined as parents’ reading habits and parents’ interactions with their children) as well as parents’ education. The article draws on data from the German Time Use Survey including time-use data in two-parent families from 757 school-aged children (between ten and 19 years of age) and their parents. Controlling for children’s gender, the findings indicate that parents’ cultural resources have a stronger impact on daughters’ reading habits. For sons, only ‘fathers’ reading habits’, among other cultural resources, turns out to be significantly associated with sons’ reading habits. In general, parents’ reading habits have a stronger impact on children’s reading compared to family interactions and parent’s education. The validity of the indicator ‘family interaction’ (operationalized by time parents use on joint meals and family conversations) to predict children’s reading habits is limited. Overall, the findings may have implications for reading interventions that in particular address the family as an informal institution for reading socialisation.
Parent-School Cooperation as a Gender Sensitive Practice
Authors: Polovina Nada
Published: December 2023

This article explores the thesis that parent-school cooperation is predominantly a domain of female engagement. Our considerations are based on the analysis of gender related data accumulated during two national survey studies and five research projects focused on different aspects of parent-school cooperation (carried out between 2006 and 2010). The results of the analysed studies show that women make up 68% of the workforce in the education sector, and that women in Serbia spend on average 5 hours per day doing domestic work and 3 hours looking after children. In the five analysed research projects women are the dominant participants – out of 519 of the teacher participants in three studies 77% were women; out of 87 parent participants in three studies 81% were mothers. The results of the analysed research indicate that: mothers attend parent-teacher meetings seven to ten times during the school year, while fathers attend one to three times; cooperation with parents for teachers and cooperation with teachers for parents is not on the list of important everyday tasks; one important problem with regard to cooperation with parent is the impossibility of time alignment between parents and teachers. Possible strategies for enhancing family-school cooperation are also discussed.
Forums for Parents of Young Children: Parents’ Online Conversations in Israel and France
Authors: Chen Pascale , Aram Dorit , Tannenbau Michal
Published: December 2023

This paper compares discussions in online forums on the parenting of young children in France and Israel through a cross-national perspective. We mapped and coded the activity in four major forums on early-age parenting, two in each country, during two months (N= 3,244 posts). Analysis of the posts revealed that, overall, parents in both countries focused more on children than on parenting issues and were mostly interested in their children’s educational settings. French participants discussed cognitive and developmental issues more than Israelis parents, whereas Israeli parents were more concerned with social-emotional development and parenting issues than the French participants. Results are discussed from a cross-national perspective, and practical implications are suggested, relating to a safe and empowering virtual space where parents and professionals assist parents of young children from different cultural backgrounds to adjust to their particular needs, interests and expectations.
School Climate and Teachers’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Jewish and Arab Primary Schools in Israel
Authors: Schaedel Bruria , Freund Anat , Azaiza Faisal , Hertz-Lazarowitz Rachel , Boem Amnon , Eshet Yovav
Published: December 2023

This study examines educators’ views of parental involvement in the two diverse cultural and national educational systems in Israel. Respondents include 799 teachers from 52 Jewish and Arab primary schools. Our assumption - that Jewish teachers encourage parental involvement more than the Arab teachers, because of the progressive, Western liberal orientation of Jewish schools as opposed to the authoritarian and closed school climate of the Arab schools - was refuted. The findings indicate that in both educational systems, teachers are less inclined to engage in parental involvement. Parents are generally more involved in their children's education at home, while teachers rarely encourage parents' involvement in decision-making processes or voluntary activities in the schools. The teachers' main obstacles with regard to encouraging parental involvement are that they feel disrespected and underappreciated by parents, and they believe they lack the necessary skills to successfully negotiate with parents during crises.
The New Curriculum Implementation in Indonesia: A Study in Two Primary Schools
Authors: Yulianti Kartika
Published: December 2023

The new 2013 curriculum has just been implemented recently in Indonesia from primary to secondary school levels. There are a lot of criticisms towards the implementation, especially in the schools’ readiness to apply the new curriculum in the real classroom. This study aims to investigate the role of school leaders in the new curriculum implementation. Several aspects were also examined: teacher professional development with regards to the curriculum implementation, how schools involve parents prior and during the curriculum implementation, supporting factors for the implementation and factors that hinder the success of the new curriculum  implementation. Data were gathered from school leaders, teachers, and parents. The findings show that school leaders in these schools play an important role by exercising transformational leadership and shared instructional leadership. Continuous teacher professional development and professional learning community are other important factors for the success of the new curriculum implementation. Time constraints and limited resources are reported to be the hindering factors. The findings show that albeit schools acknowledge the importance of parental involvement in students’ learning, schools have not given adequate support that parents need in order to be fully involved in their children’s learning.
Congruence between teachers’ and parents’ role construction and expectations about their involvement in homework
Authors: Deslandes Rollande , Rousseau Nadia
Published: December 2023

This study explores individual, family and student factors in relation to parents’ and teachers’ role construction and mutual expectations regarding homework. Survey data were collected in spring 2005 from parents and teachers at both the elementary and the secondary levels. Parents’ positive attitudes toward homework are associated with more perceived responsibilities on their part. Contrary to parents at the secondary level, parents of elementary students with learning difficulties, as compared to parents of students who succeed well, do not believe as much that “checking homework and making sure that it is done” is part of their parental role. There is no difference among teachers regarding the understanding of their role in homework, regardless of attitude and work experience. At both the primary and secondary levels, teachers have higher expectations of the parents’ role in homework than parents do. Obviously, more work needs to be done related to the activities parents think that they are responsible for with respect to homework. Relative incongruence between parents’ role construction in homework and teachers’ expectations about their role should not be overlooked if we are to promote more positive family-school relationships.This research was supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The two authors are regular researchers at the Centre de Recherche et d’Intervention sur la Réussite Scolaire (CRIRES).
Parents of disabled children. The educational system and the everyday challenges
Authors: Hadjiyiannakou Anastasia , Ioannou Christina , Tziogkouros Charalambos
Published: December 2023

The purpose of this presentation is to present how parents with disabled children view and understand the existence of their disabled children through the lens of special education professionals and also how professionals experienced and are affected from this understanding. After a lot of discussions and also after the completion of a questionnaire it had been discovered that parents of disabled children seemed to be a great issue for the professionals who work with their disabled children in case of Cyprus. Thus the Ministry of Education and Culture decided to organize a program which its aim will be to evaluate the difficulties that the professionals faced and secondly it will provide them with the right skills in order to make them able and ready to come across those difficulties. This program consisted of two meetings during the school year 2005-2006 and six meetings during 2006-2007. Parents of disabled children seemed to be a big issue to professionals, since their behaviour sometimes caused lot of difficulties in the everyday life of a school.  The group of professionals was made of 22 “special” education teachers who work in the Ministry of Education and Culture. The group was closed for everyone else apart from the two educational psychologists who were responsible for the program and the representative of the Special Education Department. All the information that was mentioned in those groups could not be shared or discussed anywhere else apart from the specific group. It was decided from the organizing team as well that those meetings must be held in places other than school places, since this will provide the participants the chance to talk freely in a much different environment than their everyday environment at work. The analysis on the results is based on qualitative methods, since the group of professionals acts as a focus group.
Parental associations and education politics regarding disability: the case of Cyprus
Authors: Symeonidou Simoni
Published: December 2023

This paper is about parental associations and their impact on educational developments regarding the education of disabled children in Cyprus.  It mainly comments upon parents’ conceptualisations of disabled children’s rights which guided their responses to education politics.  The historical and interpretative nature of this paper is achieved by building arguments through interpreting qualitative data covering the period 1970-2007.  Four periods associated with important developments were identified to facilitate understanding of parental involvement in politics: early forms of parental mobilization, parents’ groups acting as ‘non-pressure’ groups, parental power through networking and resolving issues of identity and power between parents’ pressure groups.  The paper ends with a critical discussion of parental involvement in education politics in relation to the nature of parents’ associations which constitute this evolving pressure group.
Experiences of disabled children’s families concerning school-family collaboration
Authors: Zoniou-Sideri Athena , Nteropoulou-Nterou Eudoxia
Published: December 2023

The role of families in the education of disabled children is one of the prominent factors influencing their educational course. Parents’ aspirations for their children, their expectations and their experiences are determinant factors in the education of their disabled children. In the Greek context the role of familial environment appears reinforced since historically the majority of society has considered education as an individual responsibility of families. The scope of this study is the exploration of the experiences of a group of disabled children’s parents concerning school-family collaboration in relation to the functioning of the special educational structures following discourse analysis approach. The exploration of the experiences of disabled children’s families took place using semi-structured interviews. The analysis of parent’s experiences follows the social model of disability, which is contrasted with the clinical model and the theory of personal tragedy. The discourse analysis approach reveals a growing number of incidents concerning the feeling of personal tragedy. The experience of personal tragedy appears more often at the level of collaboration with structures and professionals from the educational context, projecting the individual model approach of disability at the level of school-family collaboration.
Mobile-mediated home-school partnership: attitudes and expectations of teachers, parents and students
Authors: Castelli Stefano , Pieri Michelle
Published: December 2023

In the past decades, mobile communication has been one of the fastest growing businesses in the world. In Italy, like in others European countries, there are more mobile phones than inhabitants. Everyone is able to use a mobile phone (contrary to a computer, the simple training necessary to use a cell-phone is done quickly and informally). Mobile communication has become an important part of our everyday life.  In schools, mobile phones are generally considered to be a nuisance; but given their pervasive diffusion, they could also be used as a means to foster parent-teacher communication.  In our paper, the results of three focus groups are presented, showing different and sometimes conflicting expectations and attitudes of teachers, parents and students toward a mobile-mediated home-school partnership.
Mothers as educators: the empowerment of rural Muslim women in Israel and their role in advancing the literacy development of their children
Authors: Schaedel Bruria
Published: December 2023

In 2003-2005, the authors implemented Success for All (SFA)-ALASH, an innovative pedagogical program to facilitate students' advancement in literacy, and School Family Partnership program (SFP) among first and second graders in two neighboring, rural, and low-SES Arab villages. The teachers implemented SFA-ALASH, combining bi-weekly workshops for the mothers to enhance their role as facilitators of literacy at home, according to Epstein's six-folded model (1995, 2001, 2006). Mothers' perceptions in creating a home environment which inspires their children to become successful learners in the school were evaluated using: 1. Participant observations of SFP activities 2. Semi-structured interviews with 47 SFP mothers. The teacher's evaluation of each child's academic performance in reading, writing and math as well as the mothers' familiarity and her participation in the programs. Findings indicate that the SFA-ALASH programs elevated the student's achievements. The teachers' evaluations of their students' academic achievements correspond with the mothers' involvement in the SFP and their active academic and social interactions with their children at home. The paper will discuss the cultural and social empowerment and transformations of the rural lower SES Muslim women via school partnership.
Design and Co-Analysis of A Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor By Using Clonal Selection Principle Based Wound Healing Algorithm and Ansys-Maxwell
Authors: ÖZÜPAK Yıldırım , ÇINAR Mehmet
Published: December 2023

This paper presents the design and analysis of a 550 W Permanent Magnet (PM) Brushless DC motor (BLDC). The finite element method (FEM) was employed to assess the motor's performance characteristics. The design and dynamic performance analysis were conducted using ANSYS/Rmxprt, while electromagnetic studies were carried out using ANSYS/Maxwell-2D. Additionally, optimization of the DC motor was achieved through a Wound Healing Algorithm (WHA). A PID controller was designed for this purpose. The paper also elaborates on the detailed design equations for creating a BLDC motor. BLDC motors are known for their high dynamic responses, efficiency, extended operating life, wide speed change intervals, and noise-free operation. The motor's geometry was modeled in the ANSYS-Maxwell-Rmxprt software tool and later imported into the Maxwell-2D environment for further analysis. The designed motor was observed to operate with 93% efficiency, meeting the specified torque value. The results of the optimization process were interpreted by comparing them with the values obtained from the ANSYS software.
Mapping the gender transformations for sustainable energy sector organizations in Ghana
Authors: Kilu Rufai Haruna
Published: December 2023

Energy organizations are undergoing gender transformations due to globalization, environmental changes and sustainability. The Ghanaian energy organizations are dominated by men and masculinity cultures. Women are few in the sector and active in the lower-paid, non-technical fields. By their minority status, collective frustration of expectations and aspirations motivated gender transformations in the energy sector of Ghana. Deploying a multiple case study design, coupled with a qualitative approach, the paper found collective effort in promoting women in the energy sector of Ghana. A regime of expert platforms made up of ‘sisters in energy solidarity’ was also found, adopting gender strategic measures such as networking, mentorship, coaching programmes, advocacy, gender equity-driven energy initiatives aimed at re-engineering a shift in gender dynamics in the energy jobs of Ghana. This gender transformative regime among the energy work organizations implies inclusivity, diversity, alleviating women-energy poverty and a move towards achieving modern organizational status among the energy organizations in Ghana.
Une gemme parmi les gemmes : sur un portrait d’Hélène dans la cinquième mise en prose du Roman de Troie
Authors: Guionneau Charlotte
Published: December 2023

On trouve, dans la cinquième mise en prose du Roman de Troie, un bien curieux portrait d’Hélène : le texte s’attarde très longuement sur le riches cercel d’or a riches pierres precieuses que porte le personnage, et prend, en décrivant minutieusement les gemmes, des allures de lapidaire. Or ce détour sert pleinement la description de la Tyndaride : d’abord parce qu’il permet à l’auteur de rendre justice à la beauté de son personnage ; ensuite parce que les vertus magiques des gemmes font sortir Hélène de la passivité qui lui est traditionnellement dévolue.
Minerve, Cérès, Isis et Sémiramis sous la plume de Catherine d’Amboise
Authors: M. Müller Catherine
Published: December 2023

Catherine d’Amboise porte un regard contrasté sur les héroïnes païennes, selon qu’elles incarnent ou non la vertu de prudence. En effet, sa prise de position virulente contre les adversaires des femmes ne l’empêche pas de condamner sans appel une Sémiramis, pourtant réhabilitée par de notables prédécesseurs. Cette brève analyse de quatre figures mythiques présentes dans son traité de 1509 sera l’occasion de faire entendre une voix encore peu connue parmi les explorateurs d’histoire ancienne au seuil de la modernité.
Le corps désintégré d’Ariane : particularités iconographiques et textuelles du manuscrit BnF français 874 de la traduction des Héroïdes d’Ovide
Authors: Lavenus Marielle
Published: December 2023

Le manuscrit de Paris, BnF, fr. 874 contient la traduction des Héroïdes d’Ovide par Saint-Gelais, adaptée par un auteur anonyme et enluminée par Jean Pichore. L’œuvre témoigne d’un goût pour la culture antique et la thématique amoureuse. Cette contribution démontre que les particularités textuelles et iconographiques du manuscrit français 874 résultent de la transformation de l’héritage de la Grèce antique en un patrimoine culturel médiéval et bien vivant.
Enlèvements d’héroïnes et métaphores de la transformation : Europe et Hélène dans les cultures littéraires et figuratives du Moyen Âge
Authors: Molteni Ilaria
Published: December 2023

Cet article se propose d’interroger la réception et l’interprétation médiévales du thème narratif de l’enlèvement en se concentrant sur deux personnages, Europe et Hélène. À travers l’analyse de manuscrits, œuvres littéraires, et objets précieux dans lesquels les épisodes de l’enlèvement sont mis en scène de multiples façons, il a pour but de décrire l’émergence de lectures diversifiées et de nouvelles iconicités liées à ces deux figures, destinées à se fixer dans les interprétations de la Renaissance et de l’époque moderne.
De la déesse antique à la fée médiévale : évolution et mutations de la fée Proserpine dans les Continuations d’Artus de Bretagne, roman inédit du xve siècle (manuscrit de Paris, BnF, fr. 19163)
Authors: Blouin Lucie
Published: December 2023

Le rôle et l’arthurianisation de la fée Proserpine dans Artus de Bretagne ont été étudiés par Christine Ferlampin-Acher. Cet article se propose de montrer que les auteurs du xve siècle des Continuations d’Artus de Bretagne lui ont également accordé de l’importance. Proserpine y est encore une fée arthurienne, mais hérite de caractéristiques antiques plus marquées que dans le roman du xive siècle. Elle est femme, fée orientale et arthurienne, déesse antique et cette altérité protéiforme lui permet d’incarner une certaine puissance féminine et d’apporter au roman une polyphonie merveilleuse.
Quand l’antique sibylle devient simple pastoure : le personnage de Sebille dans le Calendrier des bergeres
Authors: Guiot Charlotte , Kamin Maxime
Published: December 2023

Écrit à la toute fin du xve siècle, le Calendrier des bergeres se présente comme un traité de vulgarisation scientifique qui met en scène le personnage de l’antique prophétesse Sebille. Étonnamment métamorphosée en bergère, la jeune femme assume la transmission de compétences astrologiques, et revendique une démarche d’érudition spécifiquement féminine. Sebille trouve ainsi sa place au sein d’un ouvrage qui se fait l’écho d’enjeux sur la place réservée aux femmes dans le domaine du savoir.
Fertilization of poplar plantations with dried sludge : a demonstration trial in Hillebola - central Sweden
Authors: Karacic Almir , Adler Anneli
Published: December 2023

Wastewater sludge contains essential nutrients for plant growth and is frequently used as fertilizer in European agriculture. Sludge contains elevated concentrations of heavy metals, microplastics, and other substances that may pose potential risks to human health and the environment. Nevertheless, dried pelletized sludge emerges as a viable product for fertilizing short-rotation poplar plantations within a circular model, enabling nutrient recycling and converting waste into a valuable resource to enhance biomass production for different markets. In Hillebola, central Sweden, we demonstrated the application of dried pelletized sludge to pilot plantations with climate-adapted Populus trichocarpa clones. The trial was established in four blocks with four treatments three years after the poplar trees were planted. The treatments were: mineral NPK fertilizer + soil cultivation between poplar rows, dried pelletized sludge + soil cultivation, no fertilization + soil cultivation only, and control (no treatments). The effect of fertilization on poplar growth was evaluated two years later, after the fifth growing season. The results showed a significantly improved basal area increment in NPK and sludge treatments compared to the control. The ground vegetation inventory revealed substantial differences in weed biomass between control and cultivated plots. Control plots contained double the amount of aboveground grass and herbaceous biomass (8.6 ton ha-1 ) compared to cultivated and cultivated + fertilized plots. The low-intensity Nordic-Baltic poplar establishment practices allow for a substantial amount of ground vegetation to develop until the canopy closure, potentially contributing to the soil carbon pool more than it is usually recognized when modeling carbon balances in short-rotation poplar plantations, which is the theme of our next report.
Comparison of (Quasi-)Joblessness in Slovakia and the Czech Republic through the Marginal Means based on Logit Models
Authors: Košíková Martina , Šoltés Erik
Published: December 2023

In the paper, we analyze one of the aspects of measuring poverty and social exclusion in the world within the context of the Europe 2030 Strategy, which is represented by very low work intensity. Using the data obtained from the EU-SILC 2021 statistical survey (for Slovakia and the Czech Republic), we apply logistic regression methods and generalized linear models to quantify the impact of relevant categorical factors on the Binary dependent variable very low work intensity of Slovak and Czech households. Based on the obtained results, wethe n process a comparative analysis, through which we quantify the same and also different features of these countries in terms of (quasi-)joblessness.
Dissecting Disinformation Dynamics: Insights from a Social Media Environment
Authors: BALCIOĞLU Yavuz Selim , DOGAN Bülent
Published: December 2023

In the digital age, a period we might characterize as a time when societal, economic, and scientific shifts have redefined the trajectory of transformation, leading to the emergence of a networked society; rapid advancements in communication technologies, especially the surge in internet users, increased internet speeds, and enhanced internet and application usability on mobile devices have begun to render traditional media obsolete. This has paved the way for newer digital communication platforms endowed with interactive features. Notably, social media platforms provide users with the means to share information, emotions, thoughts, and ideas more efficiently and swiftly. With advancements in internet technologies, social media platforms have become accessible to vast audiences, resulting in a structure that can be described as a social network society. Consequently, information content and news can be rapidly disseminated and shared with the masses. However, in such communication environments, news is often relayed without verification or is deliberately misconstrued, leading to the emergence of disinformation comprised of fake news and inaccuracies. While controlling this process in a globalized world might pose challenges, the research herein proposes an artificial intelligence-based approach capable of discerning the veracity of news and swiftly verifying it. We extracted data from a platform Facebook and found patterns indicating a significant prevalence of disinformation. Of the 5,000 posts assessed, nearly one-fifth were flagged as misleading. Age, post engagement, and network size, often hypothesized as potential influencers, displayed only weak correlations with the propensity to share or engage with disinformation. The multifaceted nature of disinformation spread underscores the need for an integrated approach, combining technology and user education, to combat its proliferation on digital platforms. These findings demonstrate the pressing need and potential efficacy of AI-driven solutions in countering disinformation in today's digital communication landscape.
DESVENDANDO A COMPLEXIDADE DA VIOLÊNCIA OBSTÉTRICA E O PARADIGMA DO PARTO HUMANIZADO NO BRASIL: IMPACTO E QUESTÕES JURÍDICAS NA ASSISTÊNCIA AO PARTO
Authors: Silva Ana Clara Carvalho , Firpe Esther Emanuele , Veiga Sophia Brum Scheffer de Medeiros , Nicácio Tatiana Federici , E Gama André Couto
Published: December 2023

Introdução: A violência obstétrica (VO) refere-se a qualquer abuso - verbal, físico ou sexual - sofrido pela mulher durante a gestação, parto e pós-parto, praticado por quaisquer profissionais de saúde que realizem a assistência obstétrica. O respeito às decisões da gestante e sua autonomia, associado a não adoção de intervenções e procedimentos desnecessários, são características da humanização do parto, o qual visa o bem-estar integral da puérpera e do recém-nascido. Objetivo: Analisar o impacto dos termos “violência obstétrica” e “parto humanizado” para a sociedade brasileira, levando em consideração a visão dos profissionais de saúde e das parturientes, além de evidenciar como a equipe de saúde pode se resguardar de possíveis processos jurídicos. Método: Revisão integrativa de caráter descritivo realizada nos meses de agosto e setembro. Buscou-se artigos científicos indexados nos bancos de dados Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, PubMed, Medline e Scielo, utilizando como descritores os termos “Parto Humanizado”, “Violência Obstétrica” e “Episiotomia”, tendo sido selecionados estudos cuja data de publicação era inferior a dez anos, em inglês e português. Resultados: Profissionais de saúde têm visões divergentes sobre a "violência obstétrica", relatando abusos físicos, psicológicos e verbais. Pacientes frequentemente experimentam autoritarismo e excessiva medicalização, muitas vezes influenciados pela classe social. A preparação legal é crucial, com destaque para o preenchimento correto dos prontuários e a obtenção do consentimento informado. É importante equilibrar a proteção legal com o respeito aos direitos humanos e à autonomia das pacientes. Conclusão: Diante do exposto, acredita-se que para começar a haver mudanças sobre esse assunto, o termo supracitado deveria receber outra designação, a fim de envolver todas as inadequações das condições dos locais de atendimento, da violência institucional, bem como de todos os profissionais de saúde e outros personagens envolvidos no atendimento à mulher.
Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) ile Beslenen Harmonia axyridis Pallas, 1773 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)’in İşlevsel Tepkisi
Authors: ÇEVİK Hacer , OĞUZOĞLU Şükran , ÖZEK Tuğçe , AVCI Mustafa , KARACA İsmail
Published: December 2023

Bu çalışmada yaprak biti Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) ile beslenen avcı böcek Harmonia axyridis Pallas, 1773 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)’in işlevsel tepkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma için bakla bitkisi yetiştirilmiş, avcı böceğin 5 dönemine (4 larva ve ergin dönemi) 5 farklı sayıda av (5, 10, 20, 40 ve 80) besin olarak verilmiştir. Denemeler 5 tekerrürlü olacak şekilde yürütülmüş ve Denemelerde 14 cm çapında petri kapları kullanılmış ve bu kaplara avcı böceklerin beslenmesi amacıyla bakla yaprakları üzerine belli sayıda (5, 10, 20, 20 ve 80 adet) 2. ve 3. nimf döneminde olan yaprak biti aktarılmıştır. Bu aşamadan 24 saat geçtikten sonra avcı tükettiği av miktarı sayılıp kaydedilmiştir. Denemeler, 27±1°C sıcaklık ve %65±5 orantılı nem ve uzun gün aydınlatmalı (16:8) koşulların altında yürütülmüştür. Harmonia axyridis’in biyolojik dönemlerinde farklı sayılarda verilen besin tüketimleri arasında istatistik farklılıklar olduğu belirlenmiştir. Birinci larva döneminde avcının diğer dönemlere göre daha az sayıda av tükettiği ve bunun istatistiki olarak da önemli olduğu bulunmuştur. Av tüketimi açısından incelendiğinde 3. ve 4. larva döneminde bulunan avcıların daha fazla sayıda yaprak bitini tükettiği kaydedilmiştir. Av sayısına bağlı olarak avcının tüketim tepkisi doğrusal bir gelişme sergilemiştir. Bu iki karakter arasındaki ilişkinin yüzdesi regresyon denklemleri ile hesaplanmış olup, regresyon katsayısı 1. larva dönemi hariç %90’ın üzerinde olmuştur.