bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Value-based preferences predict views on redistribution
Authors: Galvan Elijah Paul , Sanfey Alan
Published: April 2024

Economic inequality is an increasing threat to the stability of many societies. Despite this, public support for redistributive policies that would mitigate inequality are often lacking. It is important, therefore, to understand what leads to the willingness, or not, to reallocate resources, and what contextual factors influence these preferences. To address this, we developed a novel experimental task to explore redistributive decision-making. In a large sample of participants (N = 231), we found several distinct strategies that characterized redistributive choices – namely equity, equality, and payout-maximization. We observed substantial heterogeneity in decision-making, demonstrating the need for assessing redistributive preferences both at the individual level and also across different inequality contexts. Crucially, task behavior was directly related to participants’ political views on redistribution. Strategy selection in our experimental task predicted specific relationships between participants’ policy views on redistribution and how they would benefit from it, independent of their perceptions as to the cause of inequality.
The ties that bind: Effects of narrative coherence on recall performance and organization
Authors: Delarazan Angelique I. , Bosak Elena , Cohn-Sheehy Brendan I , Zacks Jeffrey M. , Reagh Zachariah
Published: April 2024

Memories of experiences are often tied together, where remembering one experience can spark memories of others. One may link temporally distant events based on their meaning or recall closely occurring events together. Linking based on temporal organization has been studied in simple list-learning paradigms, but less is known about how these effects manifest in real-life experiences. Here, we investigate how meaningful connections in a lifelike narrative interact with temporal context to influence recall success and organization. Participants encoded picture stories featuring multiple subplots, some of which connected across time (Coherent Narratives), while others did not (Unrelated Narratives). Across experiments using character-cued (N=39 and N=36) and free recall (N=39) tasks, Coherent Narratives were better recalled than Unrelated Narratives, regardless of temporal distance between events. Additionally, temporally separated Coherent Narrative event pairs tended to be recalled contiguously, suggesting that people bound memories based on meaningful connections, not just based on temporal structure.
“Did I really used to be like that?” Self-views and memory across the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Authors: Silver Benjamin , Meyer Meghan L , Davachi Lila , Ochsner Kevin
Published: April 2024

Self-views – or, how one perceives their own traits and values – change across social contexts. Yet, whether and how major societal events can alter self-views remains to be determined. In the current study (N = 193), we investigate whether a significant event – in this case, the 2020 U.S. presidential election – changes self-views. We also ask if the 2020 U.S. election acts similarly to an event boundary, and in turn impacts memory for self-views before the election (across an event boundary) vs after the election (within an event boundary). Including one timepoint before the election and three timepoints after it, we found that traits, values, and the valence of reported events changed more across the election than after it. When investigating memory for previous responses, we found that memory for ratings of values and the valence of events was worse across the election than after it, while memory for traits was unaffected. Our findings suggest that a) a significant event can substantially alter one’s self-views, and b) that the impact of an event boundary on memory for self-views may differ depending on how relevant the remembered content is to the event. More broadly, the findings suggest that moments of major societal change can also change how we view ourselves.
Narratology - a part of humanistic history and philosophy of science
Authors: Toth Ben
Published: April 2024

George Sarton's vision of humanistic science is challenged by events in the twentieth century. This paper proposes narratology as one of the ways in which a humanistic history of science can be revived in the twenty first century. It compares the narratologies of Gerard Genette and Roland Barthes, arguing that the latter offers a more compelling framework for science studies. This is a paper accepted for Convegno Nazionale SISS (Bari, 29-31 maggio 2024) . I am unfortunately unable to attend the conference and am making it available here.
IGLU 2021. Skalenhandbuch zur Dokumentation der Erhebungsinstrumente und Arbeit mit den Datensätzen
Authors: Schaufelberger Rahim , Kleinkorres Ruben , Becher Laura , Ludewig Ulrich , Lorenz Ramona , McElvany Nele
Published: April 2024

Deutschland hat im Jahr 2021 zum fünften Mal an der Internationalen Grundschul-Lese-Untersuchung (IGLU) teilgenommen, in der die Lesekompetenz von Viertklässlerinnen und Viertklässlern untersucht wird. In diesem Skalenhandbuch sind alle in Deutschland eingesetzten Instrumente dokumentiert. Dies umfasst sowohl die deutschsprachigen Fassungen der international eingesetzten Instrumente als auch die nationalen Erweiterungen. Die in diesem Band berichteten deskriptiven Statistiken und Kennwerte ermöglichen einen Einblick in die Verteilungen von Angaben und in die Datenqualität. Außerdem werden System- und Organisationsvariablen sowie Sampling- und Gewichtungsvariablen dokumentiert. Zur Erleichterung der Arbeit mit den Datensätzen ergänzt dieses Skalenhandbuch die Materialen, die von der internationalen Studienleitung an anderer Stelle zur Verfügung gestellt werden.
Evaluation von urbanen Klimaresilienzkonzepten: grundsätzliche Überlegungen und das Beispiel des Integrierten Klimaschutzteilkonzepts der Stadt Offenbach am Main
Authors: Happel Sina , Diller Christian
Published: April 2024

Urbane Konzepte zur Stärkung der Klimaresilienz haben in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren an Bedeutung gewonnen. In dem Beitrag wird die Evaluation eines Klimaanpassungskonzepts der Stadt Offenbach am Main vorgestellt. Dabei werden vorgeschlagene Indikatorensätze zur Beurteilung von Resilienz erweitert sowie für eine Umsetzungs- und eine Wirkungsanalyse für zentrale Maßnahmen des Klimaanpassungskonzepts der Stadt Offenbach angewendet. Im Ergebnis kann das Anpassungskonzept in weiten Teilen als umgesetzt bezeichnet werden, wenngleich bei einigen institutionellen Maßnahmen noch Defizite festzustellen sind. Bei der Wirkungsanalyse bleiben noch Fragen zur Datenqualität und Ergebnisinterpretation offen. Daher kann der Beitrag des Konzepts zur Stärkung der Klimaresilienz der Stadt Offenbach am Main noch nicht abschließend beurteilt werden.
Quality assessment and consumer acceptability of custard enriched with lima bean and ripe plantain flours
Authors:   Department of Food Science and Technology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria., Okoye J. I. , Onwuama N. N. ,   Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria., Eze S. I. ,   Department of Home Economics, Federal College of Education, Eha Amufu, Enugu, Nigeria.
Published: April 2024

This study was designed to evaluate the nutrient composition and sensory properties of custard enriched with lima bean and plantain flours. The lima bean and plantain flours were separately prepared from lima bean seeds and ripe plantain fruits and used at varying replacement levels (5-25% and 5-25%) for cornstarch in the production of custard formulations with the custard produced from 100% cornstarch used as control. The custard samples produced were evaluated for nutrient composition and sensory properties using standard methods. The moisture, crude protein, fat, ash and crude fibre contents of the samples increased significantly (p<0.05) with increase in the addition of lima bean and plantain flours from 9.19-9.91%, 9.18-19.42%, 2.10-3.23%, 3.38-3.67% and 3.38-4.90%, respectively, while the carbohydrate and energy contents decreased from 72.98-58.90% and 347.44-342.27 KJ/100g, respectively. The control sample (custard made with 100% cornstarch) had the highest carbohydrate (72.98%) and energy (347.44 KJ/100g) contents, respectively. The mineral content of the samples showed that the calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and sodium contents of the custard samples ranged from 113.34-126.02 mg/100g, 48.48-69.30 mg/100g, 76.35-94.79 mg/100g, 36.10-67.30 mg/100g, 2.29-3.77 mg/100g, and 31.77-41.68 mg/100g, respectively. The vitamin content of the custard samples also showed similar increases in niacin (4.34-4.63 mg/100g), thiamine (3.03-3.33 mg/100g), riboflavin (6.35-9.27 mg/100g), vitamin A (8.10-10.17mg) and vitamin C. (3.74-4.77 mg/100g), respectively as the levels of addition of lima bean and plantain flours increased in the formulations. The colour, taste, flavour and texture of the control sample were the most acceptable to the panelists compared to the samples enriched with lima bean and plantain flours at different graded levels. The study, therefore, showed that the nutrient contents of the custard formulations could be enhanced by enriching cornstarch with lima bean and plantain flours at varying proportions, thus extending the use of these locally available novel flours in the preparation of nutrient dense custard samples.
अप्रिय उपन्यासमा अस्तित्ववादी वरणस्वतन्त्रता
Authors: न्यौपाने श्रीधर न्यौपाने
Published: April 2024

प्रस्तुत लेख ध्रुवचन्द्र गौतमद्वारा लिखित अप्रिय उपन्यासको अस्तित्ववादी जीवनदृष्टिको मूलभूत प्रतिमान वरणस्वतन्त्रताका कोणबाट गरिने विश्लेषणमा केन्द्रित रहेको छ । आफ्नो मूल्यका लागि छनोटको स्वतन्त्रता प्राप्त गरेको मानिसले चिन्ताको सामना गर्दै जिम्मेवारी वहन गर्नुपर्छ भन्ने मान्यता अस्तित्ववादी वरणस्वतन्त्रताको रहेको छ । अप्रिय उपन्यासमा वरणस्वतन्त्रताको अभिव्यक्ति किन गरिएको हो भन्ने शोध्य प्रश्नको समाधान गर्ने उद्देश्यले यो लेख तयार गरिएको हो । बहुसत्यमा आधारित यो लेख गुणात्मक अनुसन्धानका रूपमा रहेको छ । अप्रिय उपन्यासमा वरणस्वतन्त्रता तत्त्वमीमांसाका रूपमा रहेको यस अध्ययनमा शोधदर्शनसँग सम्बद्ध तत्त्व, ज्ञान र मूल्यमीमांसाका बिचमा सङ्गति कायम गरी लेखलाई पूर्णता प्रदान गरिएको छ । अप्रिय उपन्यासबाट सङ्कलित तथ्यलाई वरणस्वतन्त्रताका कोणबाट विश्लेषण गरी ज्ञाननिर्माण गरिएको छ । उपन्यासको विश्लेषणका लागि वरणस्वतन्त्रताको मर्मअनुकूल मूल्यको खोजी, चिन्ताको अभिव्यक्ति र जिम्मेवारीबोध जस्ता उपकरणलाई चयन गरिएको छ । उपन्यासका तथ्यका आधारमा अस्तित्ववादी वरणस्वतन्त्रताको विश्लेषण गरिएकाले निगमनात्मक शोधविधिको अवलम्बन यस अध्ययनमा गरिएको छ । अध्ययनका लागि आवश्यक प्राथमिक र द्वितीयक स्रोतका सामग्रीको सङ्कलन पुस्तकालय र ईपुस्तकालयबाट गरिएको छ । मूल्यका लागि सक्रिय रहँदा आइपर्ने दुश्चिन्ताबाट विचलित नभई जिम्मेवारी वहन गर्नुपर्छ भन्ने लोकका लागि हितकारी ज्ञानको सञ्चार यस उपन्यासले गरेको छ भन्ने निष्कर्ष यस अध्ययनको रहेको छ । अस्तित्ववादी वरणस्वतन्त्रताको मान्यताबमोजिम निर्मित उपकरणका आधारमा गरिएको यो अध्ययन अन्य अध्येताका लागि सहयोगी हुनु यस अध्ययनको उपलब्धि रहेको छ ।
‘सिपाही’ कथामा रस
Authors: ज्ञवाली प्रदीपप्रसाद
Published: April 2024

प्रस्तुत अनुसन्धानात्मक लेखमा विश्वेश्वरप्रसाद कोइरालाको सिपाही कथाको रससिद्धान्तको आधारमा विश्लेषण र मूल्याङ्कन गरेर उक्त कथामा रहेको रसाभिव्यक्तिको अवस्थाको निक्र्योल गरिएको छ । यस कथाम प्रयोग भएका रसहरू र तिनको रसाभिव्यक्तिको अवस्थाको निरुपण गर्नु नै यस अध्ययनको मुख्य उद्देश्य रहेको छ । यसमा पुस्तकालयीय विधिबाट सङ्कलन गरिएको तथ्याङलाई विश्लेषणात्मक एवं वर्णनात्मक पद्धतिको प्रयोग गरी विश्लेषण गरेर निष्कर्ष निकालिएको छ । सिपाही श्रृङ्गार रस प्रधान कथा हो । यस कथामा श्रृङ्गार रसको पूर्ण परिपाक नभए पनि यसको सबल अभिव्यक्ति भएको पाइन्छ । यसमा श्रृङ्गार रस प्रधान भएर आएको छ भने भयानक, वीर, हास्य रस सहायक रसका रुपमा आएका छन् । यहाँ सहायक रसका रुपमा आएका भयानक, वीर, रौद्र, हास्य रसको सशक्त अभिव्यक्ति दिएको पाइन्न बरु यिनीहरूको भावोदयका रुपमा अङ्कुरण मात्र भएको पाइन्छ । यसरी प्रस्तुत कथामा सबै रसहरू अङ्ग रसको रूपमा आएका छन् तर अङ्गी रसको रूपमा भने कुनै पनि रसको प्रयोग भएको देखिन्न ।
Penerapan Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat di RA Perwanda III Kota Malang
Authors: Muntomiman Siti , Akbar Mochammad Ramli
Published: April 2024

Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat (PHBS) penting untuk ditanamkan sejak anak usia dini dan harus didukung oleh semua pihak. Kebiasaan hidup bersih dan sehat akan mendukung anak usia dini untuk tumbuh dan berkembang secara optimal. Hingga saat ini perilaku hidup sehat menjadi satu perhatian khusus terutama bagi pemerintah. Hal ini karena PHBS dijadikan sebagai tolak ukur dalam pencapaian untuk meningkatkan cakupan kesehatan pada program Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) tahun 2015- 2030. PHBS dalam SDGs merupakan salah satu bentuk upaya pencegahan yang menimbulkan dampak jangka pendek di dalam peningkatan kesehatan pada tigatempat antara lain, pada lingkup anggota keluarga, masyarakat umum, serta sekolah.Pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran mengenai implementasi PHBS.Metode yang digunakan yaitu: (1) workshop tentang pentinganya media pembelajaran untuk anak usia dini; (2) pelatihan pembuatan produk media belajar dari barang-barang bekas; dan (3) pendampingan penggunaan media PHBS di RA Perwanda III. Berdasarkan hasil temuan penelitian anak-anak di RA Perwanda III sangat antusias menerapkan PBHS dengan cara mencuci tangan dengan sabun, menjaga kebersihan lingkungan, memakan makanan yang bergizi dan yang lainnya.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kontekstual Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Motorik Menggunakan Metode Play Based Learning Pada KB Al-Ishlah Singosari
Authors: Fadhillah Arief Rizki , Kholish Mohammad Yusron , Tetuko Muhammad Bayu Aji
Published: April 2024

Pendidikan anak usia dini memiliki peran penting dalam perkembangan kemampuan motorik. Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi penerapan model pembelajaran kontekstual dengan metode Play Based Learning untuk meningkatkan kemampuan motorik anak di KB Al-Ishlah Singosari. Melalui pendekatan ini, diharapkan anak-anak dapat belajar sambil bermain, sehingga memperkuat kemampuan motorik mereka secara efektif. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui observasi partisipatif dan wawancara dengan guru dan orang tua siswa. Hasil menunjukkan peningkatan yang signifikan dalam kemampuan motorik anak-anak setelah menerapkan model pembelajaran ini. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi penting dalam pengembangan strategi pembelajaran yang dapat meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan anak usia dini.
Phenomenological Study of Mixue Products Using Viral Marketing Through Social Media
Authors: Andina Anisa Nur , Vausi Imam Nur , Fadillah Al Bakhri Fajar Nur
Published: April 2024

Mixue ice cream and tea is an ice cream and tea shop that is currently being loved by consumers, especially those who are still students. The background to this research begins with the number of Mixue shops in Indonesia, especially in Purwokerto, which is starting to increase significantly. This research aims to find out how Mixue uses indirect viral marketing strategies to maintain its business. Researchers want to know how the viral marketing process is carried out by Mixue with a phenomenological study through interviews with informants and participant observation as well as the use of triangulation to check the validity of the data. It can be concluded from this research that Mixue carries out viral marketing indirectly because consumers who play a role in this do it for free. Consumers carry out viral marketing and spread it widely through their social media. Students like hanging out and doing assignments at Mixue because the atmosphere is good and it is more productive than doing assignments at campus or school.
Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception: Impact on Online Ojek Driving Safety
Authors: Silalahi Siska Amonalisa , Thabah Asep Ali , Irenita Novembriani
Published: April 2024

The high number of accidents for ojek online motorcycle users cannot be separated from the behavior of the riders. Motorist behavior factors have an important contribution in determining the occurrence of road user traffic accidents. Thus, the purpose of this study is to ascertain how knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions will affect motorcycle safety riding behavior in Jakarta in 2023 when it comes to ojek online. This study used survey method with quantitative research data. The population in this study was all ojek online motorcycle drivers in Jakarta and the sample used amounted to 100 respondents. The results of the analysis, computations, and talks demonstrate that knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions all work together to influence Jakarta ojek online motorbike riders’ safety riding behavior positively and significantly. Where partially the variable knowledge has a positive and significant influence on the safety riding behavior of ojek online motorcycle taxis in Jakarta. The same thing with attitude variables that have a positive and significant influence on ojek online motorcycle safety riding behavior in Jakarta. Similarly, the perception variable significantly and favorably affects Jakarta motorbike riders' safety-riding habits (Ojek Online).
The Effects of Using Google Docs on Writing Skills of Turkish EFL Learners
Authors: Nergiz Kartepe Beril , Atmaca Çağla
Published: April 2024

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of teaching writing skills via Google Docs in a blended learning environment on error correction skills of Turkish EFL learners. In total, there were 50 students from the 10th grade at a public high school in Turkey. The data were collected through a pretest and a posttest in the experimental and control group. According to the statistical results, it was found that there was a significant difference between the posttest scores of the experimental and control group regarding content, organization, vocabulary, grammatical concepts, capitalization, spelling and punctuation, but not in terms of mechanics. In light of the results, using Google Docs in a blended learning environment seems promising to enhance writing skills of language learners by providing immediate feedback and error correction facilities.
Anahtar sözcükler: Web 2.0 tools, Google Docs, writing skills, error correction skills
Compare and Analysis of Different Access Controlling Mechanisms in OAuth 2.0
Authors: Morchiladze Anri
Published: April 2024

This article analyses the basic concepts associated with authorization methods and how existing solutions face the common problems in the modern world. Different possible methods are introduced to solve such kind of problems. This paper proposes a model for attribute-based access control for cross-domain sources using APIs. The model includes basic architectural decisions and principles of ABAC (attribute based access control), RBAC (role based access control) and OAuth. Within the capabilities of OAuth 2.0 and ABAC will allow you to implement an end-to-end security model that can protect the privacy of customers and employees, the most important transactions for the financial sectors, business, and in general the most sensitive data over the API gateway. It is also possible to filter the response message, which is very important for customers.
Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making in the Supply Chain
Authors: Petriashvili Lily , Kaishauri Tinatin , Otkhozoria Nona
Published: April 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that has the potential to significantly impact organizational decision-making. In supply chain management (SCM), data analysis and organizational decision-mak- ing play a crucial role in providing insights into various aspects of the supply chain, such as relevant goods, inventory levels, order processing times, delivery times, and transportation costs. By analyzing data, companies can identify inefficiencies in their supply chain and take corrective actions to improve performance. The SC system is a customer-oriented and integrated system that determines planning, administration, and management processes for internal and external material and related flows, for- mulating the optimal factor of added value. In this study, we aim to identify hazardous products by analyzing product identification information at customs checkpoints and locations where vendible items are delivered to customers. We have identified several commodity groups and substances that are potentially harmful and dangerous to human health.
Optimasi Metode Single Exponential Smoothing Dengan Grid Search Pada Prediksi Nilai Ekspor Migas
Authors: Medyanti Wikke Alvina , Faisal M , Nurhayati Hani
Published: April 2024

Industri migas memiliki peran sentral dalam ekonomi Indonesia, dan kebijakan ekspor yang bijak sangat penting untuk menjaga stabilitas harga dan menghindari dampak inflasi. Data nilai ekspor yang disajikan berupa nilai ekspor minyak mentah dan gas alam di Indonesia. Melalui analisis data ekspor migas dari Januari 1993 hingga Agustus 2023, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa penerapan Grid Search pada SES dengan mengkombinasikan pencarian parameter optimal nilai alpha dan tahun awal meningkatkan akurasi prediksi dengan mengidentifikasi parameter optimal, yaitu alpha sebesar 0,50 dan tahun awal 2023. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa hasil prediksi metode SES dengan optimasi Grid Search lebih akurat dengan Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) sebesar 5,783%, lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan metode SES tanpa optimasi (10,172%). Implementasi Grid Search pada SES dapat menghasilkan prediksi yang dapat dan mengurangi dampak ketidakpastian dalam perencanaan ekonomi pada sektor migas.
Solusi Numerik Model Matematika SIPAS dalam Penyebaran Praktik Monkey Business dengan Metode Adams-Bashforth-Moulton
Authors: Muhammad Abdy  , Irwan Irwan
Published: April 2024

This research is applied research to determine the numerical solution for the SIPAS mathematical model for the spread of monkey business practices using the Adams-Bashforth-Moulton method. The epidemic model for the spread of monkey business practices is susceptible, infected, practiced, and awareness (SIPAS). The discussion begins by determining the initial solution using the fifth order Runge-Kutta method, prediction and correction values using the Adams-Bashforth-Moulton method, simulation and analysis of the results. In this research, it was found that the Adams-Bashforth- Moulton method predicts an increase in the population who know a viral business and become vulnerable(S) due to the number of residents who know a viral business and the population who are aware of the dangers of monkey business practices. Meanwhile, the population that is interested (I), practiced (P) and awareness (A), on the other hand, has decreased and disappeared completely due to a population that has stopped following a viral business and is aware of the dangers of monkey business practices. After carrying out simulations and analyzing the results, it can be seen that the Adams-Bashforth-Moulton method can be used to determine the numerical solution for the SIPAS mathematical model for the spread of monkey business practices.
Application of Machine Learning Algorithm and Artificial Intelligence in Improving Metabolic Syndrome related complications: A review
Authors: Ghosh Joyeta , Choudhury Sudrita Roy , Singh Khusboo , Koner Samarpita
Published: April 2024

Aim: This review provides a concise summary of the utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of metabolic diseases and their impact on overall well-being. The primary emphasis is placed on exploring the potential applications and addressing the issues associated with employing AI-based methodologies for both research purposes and clinical treatment in the context of non-communicable diseases. Methods: The relevant published publications were summarised by conducting computerised literature searches on several reputable databases using specific keywords such as MS, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Coronary Heart Disease, Obesity, and dyslipidemia. The researchers picked papers that had unique data and integrated the significant findings from these studies into the conclusion, which pertains to the present state of Metabolic Syndrome. Results: In summary, although the utilisation of artificial intelligence in educational interventions shows potential, it is important to acknowledge its inherent limits. Although there is a growing body of literature on the utilisation of digital and intelligent tools in the management of MS, a significant proportion of relevant studies suffer from limitations such as insufficient sample sizes or a failure to establish the clinical significance of the tested interventions. Notwithstanding these challenges, the advancements in utilising artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of medicine have been rapidly evolving, and it is imperative to acknowledge the potential and scholarly significance of these applications. Conclusion: The integration and comprehensive utilisation of certain artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can enable future health education on MS to provide comprehensive, personalised, and intelligent training. This intervention will provide patients with enduring protection and ongoing guidance throughout their lives.
Oral health vulnerability and its associated risk factors among tribal elderly people in Bangladesh: a primary pilot initiative of national oral health survey
Authors: Shomrita Barua  , Sunanda Bosu  , Mohammad Farhadul Haque  , Liza Bosak  , Md Rezowan Rashid  , Shaikh Riaduz Zaman  , Md. Foyzur Rahman  , Rahman Mohammad Meshbahur
Published: April 2024

Background
Tribal elderly is a vulnerable population due to their geographic location and lack of access to healthcare services including poor oral health. As the primary initiative for representative ethnic oral health survey for elderly, this pilot study aims to assess the oral health status of tribal elderly in Bangladesh and identify the associated risk factors.
Methods
This cross-sectional pilot survey was conducted among 280 tribal elderlies aged 60 years and above residing in the main tribal residing region in Bangladesh. The data was collected through cluster sampling methods using a semi-structured questionnaire and oral examination. Different statistical tools including frequency distribution, Chi-square association test and multivariable logistic regression model were performed in data analysis.
Results
The results showed that 25.35% of the tribal elderly had high DMFT score, indicating poor oral health. Respondents’ age, sex, marital status, occupational status, sweet eater, tobacco, and alcohol consumption were significantly associated with oral health. The major oral clinical sign and symptoms were dental carries, teeth sensitivity, loose teeth, broken teeth, calculus and staining in teeth, tongue pain and bad breath. The logistic regression analysis suggested that elderly aged 80 and above had 3.33 times more, males were 4.6 time less, tobacco user (smoked/smokeless) were 2.03 times more and alcohol consumers were 6.83 times more likely to experienced poor oral health condition than their counterparts.
Conclusions
Elderly individuals were found to be more likely to suffer from poor oral health condition than younger individuals, and certain lifestyle factors such as tobacco and alcohol consumption, meal frequency, and sweet consumption can further increase the risk of poor oral health condition. The findings can be a primary initiative for further investigation on the nationally representative oral health survey among ethnic elderly.
INDIGENIST MOBILIZATION
Authors: Steur Luisa
Published: April 2024

In Kerala, political activists with a background in Communism are now instead asserting political demands on the basis of indigenous identity. Why did a notion of indigenous belonging come to replace the discourse of class in subaltern struggles? Indigenist Mobilization answers this question through a detailed ethnographic study of the dynamics between the Communist party and indigenist activists, and the subtle ways in which global capitalist restructuring leads to a resonance of indigenist visions in the changing everyday working lives of subaltern groups in Kerala.
MANAGING AMBIGUITY
Authors: Brković Čarna
Published: April 2024

Why do people turn to personal connections to get things done? Exploring the role of favors in social welfare systems in postwar, postsocialist Bosnia and Herzegovina, this volume provides a new theoretical angle on links between ambiguity and power. It demonstrates that favors were not an instrumental tactic of survival, nor a way to reproduce oneself as a moral person. Instead, favors enabled the insertion of personal compassion into the heart of the organization of welfare. Managing Ambiguity follows how neoliberal insistence on local community, flexibility, and self-responsibility was translated into clientelist modes of relating and back, and how this fostered a specific mode of power.
WOLF CONFLICTS
Authors: Skogen Ketil , Krange Olve , Figari Helene
Published: April 2024

Wolf populations have recently made a comeback in Northern Europe and North America. These large carnivores can cause predictable conflicts by preying on livestock, and competing with hunters for game. But their arrivals often become deeply embedded in more general societal tensions, which arise alongside processes of social change that put considerable pressure on rural communities and on the rural working class in particular. Based on research and case studies conducted in Norway, Wolf Conflicts discusses various aspects of this complex picture, including conflicts over land use and conservation, and more general patterns of hegemony and resistance in modern societies.
RELUCTANT SKEPTIC
Authors: Craver Harry T.
Published: April 2024

The journalist and critic Siegfried Kracauer is best remembered today for his investigations of film and other popular media, and for his seminal influence on Frankfurt School thinkers like Theodor Adorno. Less well known is his earlier work, which offered a seismographic reading of cultural fault lines in Weimar-era Germany, with an eye to the confrontation between religious revival and secular modernity. In this discerning study, historian Harry T. Craver reconstructs and richly contextualizes Kracauer’s early output, showing how he embodied the contradictions of modernity and identified the quasi-theological impulses underlying the cultural ferment of the 1920s.
BETWEEN EMPIRE AND CONTINENT
Authors: Rose Andreas
Published: April 2024

Prior to World War I, Britain was at the center of global relations, utilizing tactics of diplomacy as it broke through the old alliances of European states. Historians have regularly interpreted these efforts as a reaction to the aggressive foreign policy of the German Empire. However, as Between Empire and Continent demonstrates, British foreign policy was in fact driven by a nexus of intra-British, continental and imperial motivations. Recreating the often heated public sphere of London at the turn of the twentieth century, this groundbreaking study carefully tracks the alliances, conflicts, and political maneuvering from which British foreign and security policy were born.
LABORERS AND ENSLAVED WORKERS
Authors: Badaró Mattos Marcelo
Published: April 2024

From the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1888 abolition of slavery in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was home to the largest urban population of enslaved workers anywhere in the Americas. It was also the site of an incipient working-class consciousness that expressed itself across seemingly distinct social categories. In this volume, Marcelo Badaró Mattos demonstrates that these two historical phenomena cannot be understood in isolation. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, Badaró Mattos reveals the diverse labor arrangements and associative life of Rio’s working class, from which emerged the many strategies that workers both free and unfree pursued in their struggles against oppression.
PRACTICAL ARCHAEOGAMING
Authors: Reinhard Andrew
Published: April 2024

As a sequel to Archaeogaming: an Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games, the author focuses on the practical and applied side of the discipline, collecting recent digital fieldwork together in one place for the first time to share new methods in treating interactive digital built environments as sites for archaeological investigation. Fully executed examples of practical and applied archaeogaming include the necessity of a rapid archaeology of digital built environments, the creation of a Harris matrix for software stratigraphy, the ethnographic work behind a human civilization trapped in an unstable digital landscape, how to conduct photogrammetry and GIS mapping in procedurally generated space, and how to transform digital artifacts into printed three-dimensional objects. Additionally, the results of the 2014 Atari excavation in Alamogordo, New Mexico are summarized for the first time.
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) en el Chaco Árido. Registros novedosos y reflexiones sobre una especie semiacuática en expansión
Authors: Wajner Matías , Merlo Francis , Laitán Guadalupe , Campos Susana , Rueda Marta , Rueda Carla , Britos Andrés H. , Zamudio Fernando
Published: April 2024

En este trabajo se reporta la presencia inusual de carpinchos en una zona xerófila del centro de Argentina. Los registros se basan en entrevistas a pobladores locales y observaciones de campo realizadas por integrantes de nuestro grupo de investigación. Se obtuvieron cinco registros para la provincia de Córdoba y tres para la de Santiago del Estero. Se reporta la distancia de dichos registros respecto de la distribución conocida para la especie y de cursos de agua perennes de la región. Se proponen hipótesis explicativas sobre la presencia de carpinchos en sitios en donde los cuerpos de agua son escasos y estacionales. Finalmente, se destaca el valor de la participación de colaboradores locales en el monitoreo de fauna silvestre.
EMG ACTIVITY OF MUSCLES OF THE CRANIOMANDIBULAR SYSTEM IN SUBJECTS WITH NARROWING UPPER JAW AND POSTERIOR CROSSBITE
Authors: Smaglyuk L.V. , Echarri P. , Liakhovska A. V. , Trofymenko M. V.
Published: April 2024

Posterior crossbite in children and adolescents has been linked to asymmetrical function and performance of the masticatory muscles. Electromyography (EMG) serves as an objective and widely applicable evidence-based method for diagnosing muscle function. The aim of our study was to analyze electromyographic (EMG) activity of muscles of the craniomandibular system in subjects with a narrowing upper jaw and unilateral posterior crossbite. Material and methods. The first (study) group consisted of 18 subjects with narrow maxilla and unilateral posterior crossbite. 20 age-matched children with normal occlusion were included in the control group. The average age of subjects in the study group was 8.4±1.4 years, in the control group – 8.8±1.6 years. The exclusion criteria of the study were as follows: previous or active orthodontic treatment, clefts, traumas in the maxillofacial region, and general diseases. EMG activity of the anterior temporal, masseter, sternocleidomastoid (SCM), orbicularis oris, and mentalis muscles on both sides (left and right) was recorded during two 30-second tests: maximum voluntary clenching and swallowing a sip of water. Maximum voluntary clenching was performed in the intercuspal position. EMG data were processed using Neurotech's Synapsis software. EMG activity for each muscle was estimated by the maximum amplitude of the muscle contractions (μV). Results. EMG activity in children with narrowing upper jaw and unilateral posterior crossbite of anterior temporal, masseter, and sternocleidomastoid muscles was asymmetrical and differed between the left and right sides. Higher bioelectrical muscle activity was found on the crossbite side for the masseter and anterior temporalis muscle, and on the opposite side – for sternocleidomastoid muscles. Values of maximum amplitude of sternocleidomastoid muscles were higher in the study group than in the control group without significant difference. There was a statistically significant difference in EMG activity of mentalis and orbicularis oris muscles between the two groups of children (p<0.05). Values of EMG activity of mentalis and orbicularis oris were higher in the study group.
CHRONOTYPE AND DAILY FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT MOTOR SUBTYPES OF PARKINSON DISEASE
Authors: Shkodina A.D. , Bardhan M. , Tarianyk K.A. , Delva M. Yu.
Published: April 2024

Introduction. Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances can occur at any stage of Parkinson disease (PD) and significantly affect quality of life. Chronotypes of patients with PD are associated with different phenotypes, in particular with the motor subtype. Thus, we hypothesized that patients with different motor subtypes of PD may have differences in the distribution of chronotypes and patterns of daily activity. Methods and materials. We conducted clinical research on the basis of the Centre for Parkinson Disease and Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Department of Neurological Diseases of Poltava State Medical University. PD was verified according to the recommendations of the International Movement Disorders and Parkinson's Disease Society. The motor subtype of PD was determined by the Stebbin method, which is based on the calculation of the Stebbins coefficient by the sum of the Unified PD Rating Scale scores. The examined patients were divided into 3 groups according to the motor subtype of PD: group 1 (n = 38) - patients with PD subtype with the predominance of postural instability and gait disorders (PIGD); group 2 (n = 26) - patients with PD subtype with the predominance of tremor and mixed subtype; control group (n = 30) - conditionally healthy individuals without CNS lesions. Circadian patterns were analyzed using the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ). Results. It was found that in PD patients sleep onset and time of getting out of bed was later (p<0.001 and p=0.042, respectively), sleep latency was longer (p<0.001), sleep duration was shorter (p=0.001), the mid-sleep corresponded to a later time (p<0.001). Patients with the PIGD subtype had a later time of getting out of bed (p=0.038), longer sleep inertia (p<0.001), shorter sleep duration (p<0.001), and later mid-sleep time (p=0.028). We have shown the tendency of patients with PD, mostly in the PIGD subtype, to later chronotypes (p<0.001). Light exposure indirectly moderately correlated with mid-sleep in all study groups. It was found that both the motor subtype (p<0.001) and the level of light exposure during the day (p<0.001) statistically significantly affect the mid-sleep. Conclusion. Thus, we have found that patients with PD differ from age-matched controls without neurodegenerative diseases by chronotype and circadian pattern of functioning. The motor subtype of the disease is associated with circadian differences, namely, the PIGD subtype is associated with shorter sleep duration, a predisposition to a later chronotype, and longer sleep inertia.
METABOLIC SYNDROME IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT (OVERVIEW)
Authors: Kryuchko T.O. , Mazur A. , Shadrin O.H. , Poda O.A. , Lysanets Yu.V.
Published: April 2024

The article comprehensively reviews epidemiological indicators, risk factors, pathophysiological mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and contemporary management principles of metabolic syndrome in pediatric practice. The study relies on the extensive analysis of literature sources retrieved from electronic databases such as PubMed, UpToDate, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, MedLine, and Elsevier. The literature review highlights the escalating prevalence of metabolic syndrome as an urgent medical and social concern among children and adolescents, primarily attributed to the global epidemic of childhood obesity. The article not only outlines key findings but also presents recommendations from international medical societies concerning screening strategies, diagnostics, and therapeutic approaches for the individual components contributing to metabolic syndrome in childhood. The review also focuses on pivotal studies exploring alternative therapies targeting the principal pathogenic factors of the disease. In conclusion, the authors emphasize the pressing issue of the absence of standardized criteria for diagnosing metabolic syndrome in children, highlighting the imperative role of a multidisciplinary team of specialists in the effective management of this pathology in pediatric practice.
Characteristics of the geological structure of the Pervomaisk deposit in the Kryvyi Rih Basin.
Authors:   Northern Iron Ore Beneficiation Works, Yevtekhov E.V.
Published: April 2024

The article considers the features of the geological structure of the Pervomaysk deposit of the Kryvyi Rih iron ore basin. Attention is paid to the stratigraphic division of rocks of the Kryvyi Rih series, tectonic structure and processes that contributed to the formation of the iron ore deposit.
Strategic planning: New challenges in the context of external constraints
Authors: Ленчук Е.Б.
Published: April 2024

В статье акцентируется внимание на объективных предпосылках использования инструментов стратегического планирования в практике государственного управления в условиях растущей геоэкономической и геополитической неопределенности. Показано, что в таких условиях именно на государство ложится ответственность за определение вектора будущего развития страны и принятие комплексных стратегических решений по его реализации. В этой связи обосновывается необходимость повышения качества целеполагания, укрепления программных и проектных начал в решении стратегических задач развития экономики, перехода к индикативному планированию. На основе анализа основных причин, не позволяющих выстроить процесса стратегического планирования на системной основе в российской практике, предложены основные направления совершенствования этого процесса как в методологическом, так и в организационном плане, что открывает возможности превратить этот инструментарий в стержневой элемент формирования социально-экономической политики на современном этапе.

The article focuses on the objective prerequisites for the use of strategic planning tools in public administration practice in conditions of growing geo-economic and geopolitical uncertainty. It is shown that in such conditions it is the state that bears the responsibility for determining the vector of the country’s future development and making comprehensive strategic decisions for its implementation. In this regard, the need to improve the quality of goal setting, strengthen program and design principles in solving strategic problems of economic development, and transition to indicative planning is substantiated. Based on analysis of the main reasons that don’t allow creating the strategic planning process on a systematic basis in Russian, the main directions for improving this process both methodologically and organizationally are substantiated, in order to transform it into the core element of shaping socio-economic policy at the present stage.
On the public governance robustness in turbulent times
Authors: Купряшин Г.Л.
Published: April 2024

Теоретические рассуждения о турбулентности сталкиваются с проблемой концептуализации отношения стабильности и изменений в рамках существующих моделей государственного управления. В статье показано, что это отношение характеризует возможности данных моделей справляться с негативными последствиями шоковых воздействий. Все выделенные в статье модели рассматривают турбулентность как ситуационную сложность, имеющую ограниченные временные рамки. Типичные для этих моделей инструменты управления способны преодолеть вызываемые турбулентностью дисфункции и обеспечить стабильность и порядок, но не предоставляют условий для развития, а борьба с дисфункциями не идет дальше реакции на конкретные неблагоприятные факторы с ориентацией на возвращение в исходное состояние. Автор противопоставляет эти характеристики действующих систем государственного управления четвертой формирующейся модели, робастному управлению, выделяя структурные и динамические способности данной модели, а также институциональные ловушки, препятствующие их формированию. В статье приведены примеры институциональных ловушек, способных порождать внутреннюю турбулентность государственного управления, накладывающуюся на действия экзогенных факторов. Утверждается, что стабильность робастной системы предполагает коррективы функций как следствие влияния турбулентности, а изменения приравниваются к инновациям, использующим возможности турбулентности для преобразования сложившихся управленческих практик.

Theoretical reflection on turbulence faces the problem of conceptualizing the relationship between stability and changes within the framework of existing models of governance. The article shows that this relationship characterizes the capacities of these models to cope with the negative consequences of shocks. All the models discussed in this article approach turbulence as a situational complexity within a limited time frame, and the control tools typical of these models are able to overcome the dysfunctions caused by turbulence and ensure stability and order. At the same time, the latter are not considered as conditions for development, and the fight against dysfunctions does not go beyond a reaction to specific unfavorable factors with a focus on returning to the initial state. The author contrasts these characteristics of the existing systems of governance with the fourth emerging model, robust governance, highlighting the structural and dynamic capacities of this model, showing the institutional traps that impede their formation. The article provides examples of institutional traps that can generate internal turbulence of governance, superimposed on the actions (consequences) of exogenous factors. It is argued that the stability of a robust system implies adjustments of functions as the outcomes of the influence of turbulence, as well as changes are innovations that use the possibilities of turbulence to transform existing governance.
Parents’ Views on Quality Programmes for Children and the Risks and Benefits They Bring to Preschool Children’s Development and Learning
Authors: Seršen Sara , Peštaj Martina , Fekonja Urška
Published: April 2024

The aim of this study, which combines a qualitative and a quantitative approach, was to investigate by which standards Slovenian parents of preschool children define a high-quality children’s programme that can be watched on different screens. In addition, we were interested in parents’ views on the risks and benefits that programmes designed for children bring to the child’s early development and learning. The sample included 239 parents of children aged 1 to 6 years. The results show that, on average, children were exposed to screens at the age of two, but individual differences in both the age of first exposure and the frequency of exposure to screen content were substantial. Parents mostly used restrictive mediation to regulate their children’s screen exposure. Overall, parents attached great importance to the different aspects of quality children’s programme and rated aesthetic quality, entertainment and involvement as three very important elements. The standards by which they judged the quality of children’s programme were related to their education and the age of the child. They emphasised the positive effects of children’s programmes on the child’s emotional and language development, imagination and creativity, as well as on the development of social skills and play. On the other hand, the parents were most concerned about violent content, the modelling of inappropriate behaviour and the choice of words in children’s programmes.