bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Projeto de extensão:
Authors: Oliveira Neto Odilon José de , Barbosa Josilene da Silva , Silva Edson Arlindo , Jacques Kelly Aparecida Silva , Rezende Simone Oliveira
Published: February 2025

O Projeto de Extensão “Inteligência em Mercados Aplicada a Gestão do Risco de Preços na Comercialização Agropecuária” tem por objetivo apresentar e debater os principais fundamentos sobre a gestão do risco de preços na comercialização agropecuária, e fomentar o conhecimento sobre a dinâmica dos mercados agroindustriais. Ademais, buscar-se-á ensinar e debater com o público alvo, elementos que levem à conscientização sobre a importância do conhecimento da dinâmica dos mercados e preços agropecuários para a gestão e comercialização. Especificamente, buscou também (i) contribuir direta e indiretamente com o desenvolvimento profissional no campo da gestão de preços e risco em mercados agroindustriais – via educação, conscientização e geração de conhecimento pessoal; e (ii) integrar público participante e professores no desenvolvimento de atividades que possibilitem a incorporação de conhecimentos e experiências que tenham por finalidade ampliar o potencial de gestão do risco de preços na comercialização agropecuária e agroindustrial. Diante disso, o Projeto de Extensão “Inteligência em Mercados Aplicada a Gestão do Risco de Preços na Comercialização Agropecuária” contribuiu para geração de conhecimento, ao permitir a interação púbica por meio de eventos (curso e palestras/minicursos) que estimularam a discussão e o debate entre os participantes, afim de que esses compreendessem a estrutura e o funcionamento dos mercados agroindustriais e suas particularidades econômico-financeiras (especialmente dos preços).
O diagnóstico da situação problema em projetos de extensão
Authors: Parreira Jacyra Antunes , Diniz Alexandre M. A.
Published: February 2025

Este trabalho é resultado de metodologia utilizada em projeto de extensão subsidiado pela PROEX – PUC Minas campus Coração Eucarístico e realizado por equipe multidisciplinar. O diagnóstico de situação-problema consiste na identificação dos principais desafios a serem enfrentados e quando o objeto de interesse é uma comunidade sobre a qual pouco se conhece o processo de formulação da situação-problema não pode prescindir da realização de um amplo diagnóstico. A partir de metodologias participativas com moradores da região do entorno do campus a pesquisa buscou apresentar como se formataram as construções do diagnóstico da situação problema com vistas a subsisdiar a elaboração de projetos de extensão. A aplicação da técnica amostral não probabilística intitulada “Bola de Neve” e a realização de grupo focal geraram dados qualitativos e quantitativos que poderão ser utilizados na elaboração de projetos futuros.
Pesquisa e formação teórico-epistemológica no campo das humanidades:
Authors: Cardoso Fernando da Silva , Borges Rebeka Cristina Rosa
Published: February 2025

Neste relato apresentamos algumas reflexões construídas a partir da experiência do curso de extensão “Bases teórico-epistemológicas à pesquisa científica no campo das humanidades”, aprovado pela Pró-reitoria de Extensão e Cultura da Universidade de Pernambuco, e desenvolvido no mês de junho de 2020, remotamente. A referida ação extensionista visou oferecer subsídios a pesquisadores(as) inseridos(as) no grande campo das Humanidades para a realização de atividades de investigação científica coerentes quanto à fundamentação e organização epistêmico-política. Ressaltamos de que forma o curso considerou a instrumentalização e a organização de pesquisas acadêmicas, nos diferentes níveis de formação superior, as controvérsias e as incertezas que cercam o campo em questão. Articulamos como determinados subsídios foram concebidos na dinâmica da prática extensionista e visando à qualificação da investigação científica, elementos que compõem os trajetos teórico-epistêmico-metodológicos e as possibilidades de articulação para as Humanidades. Assim, a referida atividade contribuiu para o fortalecimento de perspectivas científicas e políticas de interesse comum à formação de pesquisadores(as) no campo das Humanidades no contexto da pandemia de Covid-19, sob um olhar interdisciplinar. Para tanto, na atividade, os ideais do iluminismo, do positivismo, do cartesianismo e outras noções racionalistas foram problematizadas diante à legitimidade científica e campos complexos de conhecimento, sobretudo para as Humanidades, sugerindo outro modus pensandi pautado nas experiências e práticas sociais, implicadas política e cotidianamente. Por fim, traçamos premissas que, após o diálogo com o público-atendido, permanecem em aberto ou em disputa quando se trata dos desafios teóricos, filosóficos e políticos à produção do saber no campo das Humanidades, distinguindo e destacando suas especificidades.
Ciclos metabólicos no ambiente urbano:
Authors: Silva Viviane Zerlotini da , Souza Gabrielle Barbosa , Viana Lívia Carolaine Jardim , Cruz Davi Lourenço , Barros Sarah Brisa Diogo de
Published: February 2025

Este artigo apresenta o trabalho de assessoria técnica realizado, entre 2021 e 2023, pelo projeto de extensão Programa de Formação de Autoprodutores em Saberes Ambientais (PROSA), com catadores de material reciclável que atuam na bacia do Ribeirão Arrudas em seu médio e baixo curso, especificamente nos bairros da Regional Leste e Centro-Sul de Belo Horizonte. A assessoria consistiu na elaboração de produtos técnicos para a comunidade rastafari Roots Ativa, a cooperativa de catadores Coopesol Leste, o coletivo de catadores Maladeza e os moradores da ocupação Anita Santos. Em todos esses casos, trata-se de reconhecer a importância dos trabalhos de reabilitação ambiental urbana que a catação no espaço urbano promove, ao retirar toneladas de resíduos sólidos urbanos (RSU) do ciclo da água e lhes dar uma melhor destinação. O principal argumento é demonstrar a contribuição do trabalho humano para reduzir as interrupções e as contaminações do ciclo da água no ambiente urbano e, assim, favorecer a redução dos impactos ambientais nas cidades, dentre eles enxurradas, enchentes, assoreamento e poluição, e promover a segurança hídrica.
O trabalho de iluminar as conexões entre a universidade e a sociedade:
Authors: Britto Robson Figueiredo , Jeunon Ester Eliane
Published: February 2025

Apresentação
War Is Not Inevitable
Authors: Parens Henri
Published: February 2025

In 1932 Einstein asked Freud, ‘Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war?’ Freud answered that war is inevitable because humans have an instinct to self-destroy, a death instinct which we must externalize to survive. But nearly four decades of study of aggression reveal that rather than being an inborn drive, destructiveness is generated in us by experiences of excessive psychic pain. In War is Not Inevitable: On the Psychology of War and Aggression, Henri Parens argues that the death-instinct based model of aggression can neither be proved nor disproved as Freud’s answer is untestable. By contrast, the ‘multi-trends theory of aggression’ is provable and has greater heuristic value than does a death-instinct based model of aggression.

When we look for causes for war we turn to history as well as national, ethnic, territorial, and or political issues, among many others, but we also tend to ignore the psychological factors that play a large role. Parens discusses such psychological factors that seem to lead large groups into conflict. Central among these are the psychodynamics of large-group narcissism. Interactional conditions stand out: hyper-narcissistic large-groups have, in history, caused much narcissistic injury to those they believe they are superior to. But this is commonly followed by the narcissistically injured group’s experiencing high level hostile destructiveness toward their injury-perpetrator which, in time, will compel them to revenge. Among groups that have been engaged in serial conflicts, wars have followed from this psychodynamic narcissism-based cyclicity.

Parens details some of the psychodynamics that led from World War I to World War II and their respective aftermath, and he addresses how major factors that gave rise to these wars must, can, and have been counteracted. In doing so, Parens considers strategies by which civilization has and is constructively preventing wars, as well as the need for further innovative efforts to achieve that end.
Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif
Authors: Michaud Jean , Swain Margaret  Byrne , Barkataki-Ruscheweyh Meenaxi
Published: February 2025

Dwelling in the highland areas of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Southwest China, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Peninsular Malaysia are hundreds of “peoples”. Together their population adds up to 100 million, more than most of the countries they live in. Yet in each of these countries, they are regarded as minorities.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on about 300 groups, the ten countries they live in, their historical figures, and their salient political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more.
Historical Dictionary of Medieval China
Authors: Xiong Victor Cunrui
Published: February 2025

The crucial period of Chinese history, 168-979, falls naturally into contrasting phases. The first phase, also known as that of 'early medieval China,' is an age of political decentralization. Following the breakup of the Han empire, China was plunged into civil war and fragmentation and stayed divided for nearly four centuries. The second phase started in 589, during the Sui dynasty, when China was once again brought under a single government. Under the Sui, the bureaucracy was revitalized, the military strengthened, and the taxation system reformed. The fall of the Sui in 618 gave way to the even stronger Tang dynasty, which represents an apogee of traditional Chinese civilization. Inheriting all the great institutions developed under the Sui, the Tang made great achievements in poetry, painting, music, and architecture. The An Lushan rebellion, which also took place during Tang rule, brought about far-reaching changes in the socioeconomic, political, and military arenas. What transpired in the second half of the Tang and the ensuing Five Dynasties provided the foundation for the next age of late imperial China.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Medieval China contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on historical figure. It expands on existing thematic entries, and adds a number of new ones with substantial content, including those on nobility, art, architecture, archaeology, economy, agriculture, money, population, cities, literature, historiography, military, religion, Persia, India, Japan, Korea, Arabs, and Byzantium, among others. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about medieval China.
Beyond Tolerance
Authors: Paul Dierdre G.
Published: February 2025

Beyond Tolerance is a hopeful, optimistic book focused on creating positive and sustained social change through engagement with beautiful, sometimes complex, and consistently interesting multiethnic children’s literature. It presents a fresh perspective on race and ethnicity. Additionally, it features an innovative approach to literacy teaching and learning through the use of multiethnic children’s literature in our preschools and throughout the elementary school grades.
(Mis)Reading Different Cultures
Authors: Amos Yukari Takimoto , Amos Daniel Miles
Published: February 2025

Teachers’ selection of the literature they use in instruction frequently depends on how they interpret, in other words whether or not they accurately take in the authors’ perspectives. This point presents a particular challenge in the selection of international literature. International literature reflects a country’s and a region’s unique cultural values and practices and is usually not written for people outside the country of origin. Therefore, it is possible that readers in other countries may not understand/be aware of those values and misinterpret the stories. Since Asian and the Western countries, including the U.S., hold maximum sociocultural differences and the perceived cultural distance has remained significantly wide, reading and interpreting literature from Asia can present tremendous challenges to Americans.

The book addresses the challenges teachers face when interpreting and teaching with international children’s literature from Asia. The book engages readers with comprehensive coverage on theories, concepts, pitfalls, and applications when endeavoring to use international children’s literature from Asia in classrooms. The book should be used to teach how interpretations/worldviews vary by cultures, and how power influences such interpretations/worldviews. Strategies and frameworks will be provided relating to how teachers can be more culturally conscious of their own biases and develop culturally authentic interpretations.
Overcoming Cultural Mismatch
Authors: Fuller Abigail L.
Published: February 2025

Students in U.S. public schools represent an array of cultural heritages. From students’ cultures emerge different ways of constructing knowledge, making sense of experiences, and learning (Gay, 2000). The majority of teachers, unlike their students, are white, mono-cultural females who lack experience with individuals of other cultures. Student diversity is increasing at a faster rate than teachers of color. As a result there is a cultural mismatch between students and teachers.

This book introduces readers to cultural mismatch and culturally responsive teaching. Two mechanisms for activating change are presented in the “Framework for Overcoming Cultural Mismatch: Roles of Teachers and Administrators” and the “Inclusive Schools Action Plan.” Stirring up a sense of urgency in educators and then guiding school teams on planning and implementation, teachers and school leaders can commit now to equity for all students.

In order to effectively teach all children – regardless of ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, religious, and other differences – practicing and pre-service teachers must be aware of the role a student’s cultural background plays in their readiness to learn and how they learn. In order to develop this awareness, teachers must reflect on his or her own cultural lens and how it informs teaching.
Neo-Socialist Property Rights
Authors: Ho Cheuk-Yuet
Published: February 2025

Neo-Socialist Property Rights: The Predicament of Housing Ownership in China examines how urban dwellers’ practices of acquiring and defending property rights reshape state-property-family relationality in China. Ubiquitous housing ownership has emerged together with a pervasive yet particularized rights discourse and practice in the past two decades. Cheuk Yuet Ho considers them to be a condensation and vindication of the principles of family values and emergent “neo-socialist” governance. However, there are manifested and latent contradictions between rights as interests and rights as a moral principle. The book concludes that private property rights are at once enabling and disabling when understood in the light of both the rigorous pursuit of well-being in a market economy and the contestation by those who resist forced eviction or the infringement of owners’ rights. In this book, Ho provides rarely available ethnographic record of the encounters between evictees and evictors engaged in housing demolition and approaches the topic of urban housing ownership from the investing perspective in contrast to most anthropologists’ consumption-focus analysis. Neo-Socialist Property Rights links property rights practice to the broader human rights discourse as both a working hypothesis and a historical question.
The American Philosopher
Authors: McReynolds Phillip
Published: February 2025

Over the course of nearly a decade, Phillip McReynolds conducted a series of interviews with prominent American philosophers including, among others, Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, Joseph Margolis, Richard Bernstein, Bruce Wilshire, John Lachs, Richard Shusterman, and Crispin Sartwell. The American Philosopher: Dialogues on the Meaning of Life and Truth brings these interviews together, bridginga wide variety of topics both personal and professional, and ultimately addressing what it means to be an American philosopher. With interviews that are both philosophical and biographical in nature, this book will be of interest to those who specialize in pragmatism and the history of American philosophy, academics in fields such as comparative literature, history, political science, sociology, and American studies, and to anyone with an interest in “America” as an idea
Art and Ritual in the Black Diaspora
Authors: Griffith Paul
Published: February 2025

Archetypes of Transition in Diaspora Art and Ritual examines residually oral conventions that shape the black diaspora imaginary in the Caribbean and America. Colonial humanist violations and inverse issues of black cultural and psychological affirmation are indexed in terms of a visionary gestalt according to which inner and outer realities unify creatively in natural and metaphysical orders. Paul Griffith’s central focus is hermeneutical, examining the way in which religious and secular symbols inherent in rite and word as in vodun, limbo, the spirituals, puttin’ on ole massa, and dramatic and narrative structures, for example, are made basic to the liberating post-colonial struggle. This evident interpenetration of political and religious visions looks back to death-rebirth traditions through which African groups made sense of the intervention of evil into social order. Herein, moreover, the explanatory, epistemic, and therapeutic structures of art and ritual share correspondences with the mythic archetypes that Carl Jung posits as a psychological inheritance of human beings universally.
Games Girls Play
Authors: Cunningham Carolyn M.
Published: February 2025

Games Girls Play examines the role that video games play in girls’ lives, including how games structure girls’ leisure time, how playing video games constitutes different performances of femininity, and what influences girls to play or not play video games. Through interviews, focus groups, and qualitative content analyses, this book analyzes girls’ involvement with video games. It also examines different contexts in which discourses of girls and video games occur, including girl-oriented video games, activist efforts to change the video game industry, and informal education programs that teach girls video game design.
Melting Pot, Multiculturalism, and Interculturalism
Authors: Montalvo-Barbot Alfredo
Published: February 2025

This book examines multiculturalism, interculturalism, and the melting pot metaphor and explores how they emerged, evolved, and were implemented throughout American history. Alfredo Montalvo-Barbot analyzes how these ideologies have been legitimized, institutionalized, and challenged by activists, politicians, and intellectuals and studies how modern interculturalism offers a new model for bridging the cultural divide and for overcoming the limitations of previous state-sponsored multicultural policies and programs.
The Ethics of AI and Robotics
Authors: Hongladarom Soraj
Published: February 2025

Artificial intelligence is the most discussed and arguably the most powerful technology in the world today. The very rapid development of the technology, and its power to change the world, and perhaps even ourselves, calls for a serious and systematic thinking about its ethical and social implications, as well as how its development should be directed. The present book offers a new perspective on how such a direction should take place, based on insights obtained from the age-old tradition of Buddhist teaching. The book argues that any kind of ethical guidelines for AI and robotics must combine two kinds of excellence together, namely the technical and the ethical. The machine needs to aspire toward the status of ethical perfection, whose idea was laid out in detail by the Buddha more than two millennia ago. It is this standard of ethical perfection, called “machine enlightenment,” that gives us a view toward how an effective ethical guideline should be made. This ideal is characterized by the realization that all things are interdependent, and by the commitment to alleviate all beings from suffering, in other words by two of the quintessential Buddhist values. The book thus contributes to a concern for a norm for ethical guidelines for AI that is both practical and cross-cultural.
Reason, Religion, and Morals
Authors: Wright Frances
Published: February 2025

Originally published as Course of Popular Lectures, the works collected in this volume display the gift for oratory and range of progressive ideas that made Frances Wright (1795-1852) both a sought-after lecturer and a controversial figure in early nineteenth-century America.

Born in Scotland, this pioneering freethinker and abolitionist emigrated to America in her twenties and became friends with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In 1828, she joined Robert Dale Owen's socialist community at New Harmony, Indiana, and helped him edit his New Harmony Gazette. The next year she and Owen moved to New York City, where they published Free Enquirer, which advocated liberalized divorce laws; birth control; free, state-run, secular education; and organization of the disadvantaged working class. It was at this time that she began delivering the popular lectures here collected. Some persistent themes that run throughout these well-argued pieces are: the importance of free, impartial inquiry conducted in a scientific spirit and not influenced by religious superstition or popular prejudice; the need for better, universal education that trains young minds in scientific inquiry rather than religious dogma; the advantage of focusing on the facts of the here-and-now rather than theological speculations; and the failure of American society to live up to its noble ideals of equality and justice for all.

With an insightful introduction by Wright scholar Susan S. Adams (Emeritus Professor of English, Northern Kentucky University), these stimulating lectures by an early and little-known feminist and freethinker will be of interest to students and scholars of women's studies, humanism, and freethought.
Synergy between Project Management and Entrepreneurship
Authors: Morched Salim , Jarboui Anis
Published: February 2025

The document explores the intricate relationship between project management and entrepreneurship, emphasizing the significance of project management methodologies in guiding entrepreneurial ventures. It highlights the nine knowledge areas defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and their relevance to entrepreneurs, such as scope management, cost management, and risk management. The text argues that understanding these areas can enhance the effectiveness of entrepreneurs in planning and executing their projects. Additionally, it discusses the dual perspectives of entrepreneurship—internal and external—and how these perspectives shape the entrepreneurial process. By analyzing these elements, the document aims to provide insights into optimizing entrepreneurial practices through structured project management approaches, particularly in the Tunisian context.
Emotional Well-Being in Primary Education: The Role of Self-Concept and Basic Psychological Needs
Authors: Sánchez Gómez María , Rodríguez-Fernández Arantzazu , Ugarte Mota Elda , Azpiazu-Izagirre Lorea
Published: February 2025

Emotional well-being is very important to mental health, interpersonal interactions and academic performance. This Graduation Project explored the relationship between emotional well-being, self-concept and basic psychological needs in a group of 104 primary school students in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The aim of the study was to analyse and compare these variables, considering sex as a factor, and to explore the predictive capacity of self-concept and basic psychological needs in relation to student well-being. To this end, we developed an ad-hoc questionnaire comprising four Likert-type scales to determine participants’ degree of well-being, self-concept and basic psychological needs. The results obtained reveal the need to continue analysing and exploring these constructs in order to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the three variables studied.
On the Generalized Quantum Linear Momentum Operator
Authors: García-Ravelo Jesús , García-Martínez Jesús , Morales Jesús , Juan Peña José
Published: February 2025

From the canonical form of the position-dependent mass Hamiltonian, the generalized quantum linear momentum operator (GLMO) is obtained. Such operator is straightforwardly generated by rewritten the Schrödinger Hamiltonian in terms of von Ross kinetic energy operator, expressed as the square of the Hermitian GLMO plus a potential energy function. In this scheme, the hermiticity property and the arbitrary ambiguity parameters remain in force. In addition, by means of different methods, it is shown that the GLMO has a unique structure regardless of the form of the mass distribution. Hence, the proposed approach is valid for any physically plausible position-dependent mass distribution mx. As an example of useful applications of our proposal, two specific mx with arbitrary ambiguity parameters are considered. The application is given for some potential models, such as the null potential, the harmonic oscillator, the double well potential, and the Coulomb-like potential. For some particular values of the ambiguity parameters, our results agree with some already published in the literature, which means that our method can be considered as an improvement vis-a-vis those proposals on the same subject given until now.
Perspective Chapter: Designing a Non-Toxic, Inclusive, and Ethical Organizational Culture
Authors: Marcella Ozenc Incekara Rana
Published: February 2025

We live in a world where uncertainty is stronger than ever, especially since the pandemic. Several organizations were tested during the pandemic, and not surviving in the long run became a significant threat. On the one hand, technology advanced significantly and rapidly; on the other, rapid changes and advancements meant speedy adaptation, which was challenging for many. Having a result-oriented approach may have worked in the past. Still, in contemporary times, this approach alone is no longer sufficient, especially if it means gaining results no matter the cost while causing harm in other areas, such as employee work-life balance or the environment. Finding band-aid cures may be acceptable; however, organizations must practice more sustainable methods while applying the ethical imperative to sustain organizational effectiveness in the long run. This chapter explores the creation of a non-toxic, inclusive, and ethical organizational culture that is sustainable in the long run.
Topical Fluorouracil Therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma
Authors: Németh Csongor , Gyulai Rolland , Lengyel Zsuzsanna
Published: February 2025

Basal cell carcinoma is a nonmelanoma skin cancer and is the commonest malignancy of the skin. It accounts for approximately 80% of all skin cancers and is encountered frequently in daily clinical practice. The nonsurgical methods in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma gain more and more attention due to the increasing incidence of the tumor and the aging population. The authors hereby summarize the therapeutic place of topical 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma. They review the mechanism, effectiveness of the therapeutic agent, how it should be applied by the patient, and the possible side effects. The chapter is also illustrated with cases.
Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Peserta Didik pada Pembelajaran Pendidikan Pancasila Menggunakan Model Problem Based Learning (PBL) Berbantuan Wordwall Kelas IV SDN 076/II Tenam Candi Kabupaten Bungo
Authors: Rizki Dwi , Waldi Atri , Anita Yesi , Indrawati Tin
Published: February 2025

The research aims to improve the learning outcomes of students in the Pancasila Education subject in the fourth grade of SDN 076/II Tenam Candi, Bungo Regency, through the implementation of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) model assisted by Wordwall. This study employs Classroom Action Research (CAR) conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The results of the study show a significant improvement in student learning outcomes from the first cycle to the second cycle. The class average score increased from 67 in the first cycle to 86.15 in the second cycle, with the percentage of students achieving completeness rising from 54% to 92%. The PBL model has proven effective in enhancing student engagement and problem-solving skills through interactive learning that is relevant to daily life.
Getting On Board or Going Overboard
Authors: Williford Rob , Vitolini-Mroski Elisabetta , Sfyroera Aikaterini , Eleftherios Priniotakis Filippos
Published: February 2025

Background: This case study explores gender inequality in the shipping industry through the story of the protagonist, Maria Bahar, a young woman facing potential discrimination at her job. Students will analyze the situation, consider various responses, and recommend solutions. Through discussion questions, student participants will develop critical thinking and decision-making skills for navigating complex workplace dynamics in a globalized socioeconomic context. Students to weigh evidence, justify their approaches, and grapple with the complexities of navigating potentially unfair situations. Objectives: The goal is to consider the best path forward for the protagonist, and to understand the factors presented in the case study that are impacting said experiences. Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to address complex ethical situations, utilize the available resources to make decisions, and engage in collaborative problem-solving to address gender inequality. Use: For instructional purposes with students in business management, supply chain, shipping, human resources, women and gender studies, or similar courses/fields. Global applications of this case study should be considered, especially for teams that include people from multiple cultures, identities, and beliefs. Teaching Notes: Teaching materials available upon request.
Construction and Testing of Solar Drying System as an Alternative to Sun Drying
Authors: Massaquoi Ibrahim , Abu Alfred
Published: February 2025

Background: The traditional practice of sun-drying food grains has been utilised since ancient times, taking advantage of the sun as a primary energy source. However, sun drying presents challenges due to the relatively modest intensity of sunlight at the Earth's surface and the risks posed by pests and environmental factors.
Method: This study involved the construction of a solar dryer measuring 4 ft by 2 ft, designed as a hygienic, environmentally friendly alternative to open sun drying. A comparative drying experiment was conducted using a 7.0 kg mass of pepper, which was dried simultaneously in the solar dryer and through traditional sun drying methods. During the five days, temperature and weight loss were measured at various intervals in both drying environments.
Results: The data revealed that, on average, the temperature inside the solar dryer exceeded the ambient temperature by 25°C, representing a 46.1% increase. This significant temperature differential demonstrates the effectiveness of the solar dryer in enhancing the drying process.
Conclusion: The findings indicated that the solar dryer provides a safe and clean method for food drying and considerably improves drying efficiency compared to traditional sun drying. This approach represented a promising alternative to food preservation practices.
Anti-Inflamatory Activity Evaluation of Sungkai Leaf Ethanol Extract (Peronema Canescens Jack) Using the Red Blood Cell Membrane Stabilization Method
Authors: Aria Mimi , Nessa Nessa , Ilona Sandra , Lestari Wahyu
Published: February 2025

Research has been carried out on the anti-inflammatory activity test of the ethanol extract of Sungkai leaf (Peronema canescens Jack) with the red blood cell membrane stabilization method. Purpose of study was to determine the anti-inflammatory activity the effect of the concentration of ethanol extract of sungkai leaves. Anti-inflammatory activity can be determined by measuring stability red blood cells, looking at absorbance of  decomposition of hemoglobin so that the percentage of stability is obtained. Variations in the concentration of the test solution made were 4 variations in concentration, namely 15, 30, 60 and 120 ppm. The extract's ability to reduce inflammation. was then compared standard ibuprofen. Based on the study's findings, the percentage of erythrocyte membrane stability of sungkai leaf extract sequentially with concentrations of 15, 30, 60 and 120 ppm was 2.24%, 32.61%, 37.72%, 44.31%, while the comparison (ibuprofen) The percentage of erythrocyte membrane stability, respectively, with concentrations of 15, 30, 60 and 120 ppm were 24.1%, 36.2%, 49.4%, 63.4% and control 0.98%. The data from study were analyzed using one-way ANOVA which was followed by Duncan test. From this research is isconcluded The activity that reduces inflammation of the ethanolic extract of the sungkai leaf variation of the concentration regarding ethanolic extract of sungkai leaf (Peronema canescens Jack) gave an influence on the anti-inflammatory activity with an increase in the proportion of the stability of the red blood cell membrane following The rise in the concentration of the ethanol extractf the sungkai leaf.
STRATEGY FOR REGIONAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION BASED ON FOOD SECURITY IN POHUWATO REGENCY
Authors: Rusli Rusli , Irmawati Irmawati , Saharuddin Saharuddin , Kamaruddin Imran
Published: February 2025

Poverty remains a major challenge in regional development, including in Pohuwato Regency, which ranked as the fifth-highest poverty rate nationally in 2022. Despite various poverty alleviation programs being implemented, the results have not been optimal. A food security approach presents a potential strategy to address poverty by reducing household expenditures, increasing community income, and creating employment opportunities in the agriculture and fisheries sectors.
This study aims to analyze poverty alleviation strategies based on food security in Pohuwato Regency. The research method involves secondary data analysis from the Central Bureau of Statistics and a review of relevant policies. The findings indicate that food price stability, increased rice productivity, and access to nutritious food significantly impact poverty reduction. However, challenges such as food price fluctuations, limited distribution infrastructure, and low purchasing power among the poor persist.
The study recommends strategies such as improving food distribution efficiency, diversifying local food sources, and strengthening the capacity of farmers and small-scale food entrepreneurs. Synergy between local governments, communities, and the private sector is essential to enhance sustainable food security and accelerate poverty reduction efforts.
REACTIONS OF BINARY AND THREE-COMPONENT SYNTHESIS OF 3-PYRIDYL SUBSTITUTED AMINOCHROMENCARBONITRILES AND THEIR IODOMETHYLATES
Authors: Nikulin Alexandr V. , Vasilkova Natalya O. , Krivenko Adel P.
Published: February 2025

The unrelenting attention of researchers to 2-aminochromene(pyran)-3-carbonitriles is primarily due to their wide range of biological activity, other practically useful properties and numerous possibilities for their transformation, which is important for pharmacological research. Based on the modern concept of “hybrid drugs”, we have synthesized hybrid systems including pyridine and chromene fragments - mono- and di-3-pyridyl-substituted aminochromene carbonitriles and their water-soluble iodomethylates (thermal, ultrasonic activation, sequence of reagent introduction). Synthetic approaches are based on the use of binary and ternary condensation reactions of available carbonyl compounds under varying conditions. For dipyridyl-substituted systems, three-component reactions turned out to be the most effective (cyclohexanone, 3-pyridinecarbaldehyde, malononitrile and 2,6-dipyridin-3-ylmethylidenecyclohexanone, malononitrile and methyl iodide), which made it possible to reduce the reaction time, eliminate the stages of preliminary preparation of starting substances (chalcone, chromene) while maintaining good product yields. When chalcone interacts with various terminal substituents (phenyl, 3-pyridyl), due to the non-equivalence of the active centers of the substrate, regioisomeric aminochromene carbonitriles are formed, differing in the position of the phenyl and hetaryl substituents at the C-4 and C-8 atoms of the chromene ring, and separated using column chromatography. When iodomethylating a mixture of regioisomers, the corresponding iodomethylates were obtained - products of selective quaternization with the participation of the nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring. The structure of the newly synthesized substances and the ratio of regioisomers were determined by spectral methods (IR, 1H, 13C NMR, HSQC, HMBC). When studying the antibacterial activity of all obtained compounds, dipyridyl-substituted aminochromene carbonitrile turned out to be the leader in relation to Staphylococcus aureus. The data obtained create prospects for further research on four-component variants of the synthesis of compounds of this type.
For citation:
Nikulin A.V., Vasilkova N.O., Krivenko A.P. Reactions of binary and three-component synthesis of 3-pyridyl substituted aminochromencarbonitriles and their iodomethylates. ChemChemTech [Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol.]. 2025. V. 68. N 3. P. 20-26. DOI: 10.6060/ivkkt.20256803.7093.
INUNDAÇÕES NO OESTE DOS LENÇÓIS MARANHENSES
Authors: Santos Igor de Luccas , Feitosa Antonio Cordeiro
Published: February 2025

A inundação é um dos fenômenos naturais que mais impactam a sociedade quando há ocupação nas áreas suscetíveis, podendo ocorrer em planícies aluviais de origem fluvial, lacustre ou mista. No estado do Maranhão, os registros de inundações apontam para a excepcionalidade desses eventos em áreas fluviais de rios na planície, com alta magnitude, como nos anos de 1985, 2009 e 2019, quando um grande número de municípios registrou danos patrimoniais e de vidas humanas. Entre os municípios mais atingidos, Santo Amaro do Maranhão tem histórico de registros de danos por inundações em ambiente misto, embora sejam incipientes as informações sistematizadas acerca desses fenômenos no município. Como objetivo desta pesquisa, analisa-se o panorama das inundações em Santo Amaro do Maranhão com foco nos principais impactos dos desastres, a partir do levantamento bibliográfico, documental e cartográfico, além de trabalhos de campo para a avaliação do terreno e obtenção de dados e informações sobre a dimensão social dos desastres. Como resultado, foram identificadas as principais áreas com registro de inundação relacionado ao aumento do nível das águas do rio Alegre e do lago de Santo Amaro acima do nível habitual do período de cheia, constatando-se, ainda, que os pontos de inundação correspondem às áreas de menores cotas altimétricas, cujas habitações estão mais vulneráveis aos danos em anos de excepcionalidade pluviométrica.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX AND INDUSTRIAL LABOR ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NORTH SUMATRA PROVINCE
Authors: Efendi Bakhtiar , Nasution Diwayana Putri , Rusiadi Rusiadi , Pratiwi Devani
Published: February 2025

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the human development index and industrial labor on economic growth in North Sumatra Province. The specific target of this research is to analyze the influence of human development index variables and industrial labor on economic growth in North Sumatra Province. So that it can show how much influence these variables have on economic growth.  This study is descriptive qualitative with a literature study method through literature studies sourced from journals of previous research results related to the title, also through access to data obtained from the website as an information publication. based on the results of this study explained that the Human Development Index in North Sumatra Province affects Economic Growth while Industrial Labor does not affect Economic Growth in North Sumatra Province. In this study, it is necessary to have policies that can encourage economic growth in North Sumatra Province, including equal distribution of human development in each region so that inequality does not occur, as well as improvements in the field of education, especially in remote areas of North Sumatra Province to form quality human capital.
APPLICATION OF THE WADIAH AGREEMENT TO EASY WADIAH SAVINGS PRODUCTS BASED ON FATWA DSN.MUI 36/DSN-MUI/IX/2002 AT BANK SYARIAH INDONESIA
Authors: Syarofi Muhammad , Mukarromah Vitayatul
Published: February 2025

Wadi'ah savings are deposits of customer funds in both rupiah and foreign currency at sharia banks, which are in the form of deposits and withdrawals can be made at any time and the bank deposits are not required to provide an imbalance except in the form of giving a voluntary bonus. This research aims to find out how the Wadi'ah contract is implemented in the Easy Wadi'ah Savings product at Bank Syariah Indonesia. The Wadi'ah contract applied at Bank Syariah Indonesia for the Easy Wadi'ah Savings product is implemented with the Wadi'ah Yad Dhamanah contract, namely a money custody contract where the person receiving the deposit must be responsible for loss or damage to the deposited money. The Wadi'ah contract implemented by BSI is in accordance with the MUI DSN Fatwa so that people are increasingly confident about entrusting their money to BSI.
تطوير مفردات اللغة العربية بوسيلة أوراق عمل الطلاب فى الصف السابع بالمدرسة الثناوية السنية
Authors: Ghofur M. Abdul , Nur Fadilah Azizatun
Published: February 2025

The application of Arabic is a series of activities carried out by students and teachers through Arabic language learning interactions. Increasing Arabic vocabulary can help students to produce different thinking patterns from their original language into new forms of language because language has an important role in the intellectual aspect. This research aims to measure female students' abilities. The method used by researchers in collecting data is through observation techniques. The results of this research are that female students' mastery or improvement of Arabic vocabulary reaches the categories of fluent, less fluent, moderate/fairly fluent levels.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SERVICES ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AT SMA NEGERI 01 YOSOWILANGUN
Authors: Ora Gorez Uke  , Rosydatul Mu’awanah
Published: February 2025

This research focused on how to plan the implementation of guidance and counseling services on sexual behavior at SMA Negeri 01 Yosowilangun? The aim of the research is to describe how guidance and counseling services were implemented on sexual behavior at SMA Negeri 01 Yosowilangun. The method used in this research is a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis methods by using data collection with observation, interview and documentation techniques. The validity of the data used is the credibility of triangulation of data sources and confirmability. The conclusion obtained is Result 1). The form of planning in this research went according to plan, where the BK teacher prepared media in the form of presentation slides, video footage related to the material and diagnosis sheets that could support the implementation of the guidance and counseling process. 2). The implementation was preceded by the guidance counselor inviting the students to discuss with each other while interspersed with stories so that the students were provoked to continue showing their arguments regarding sexual behavior, then continuing with this core activity the students were very enthusiastic by participating in every treatment given by the guidance counselor, even at the screening stage. video footage which is then used as a simulation and role play made the students understand and were able to think deeply about the impact they felt if they engage in deviant and inappropriate sexual behavior. 3). At the evaluation stage, the teacher carried out a re-reflection based on the results of the assessment and initial diagnosis. It was found that the students were much more open and fully aware that their perspective regarding sexual behavior which was considered normal was a hole that could destroy the person, family, and impact their survival in the future
Professional role during Nursing Care for the postpartum woman with a risk approach
Authors: Britez Britez Oscar Ismael , Santander Edith Beatriz , Saavedra Michel Oria , Rojas Ruiz Gloria Concepción , Espinosa Aguilar Anibal
Published: February 2025

Introduction: The postpartum period is a stage in a woman's life in which the risks of developing complications are high, and where nursing plays a leading role. However, in the context where the research is being carried out, no research has been identified related to a characterization of the professional role during nursing care in the postpartum period with a risk approach.Objective: To characterize the professional role during nursing care for postpartum women with a risk focus at the Tobati District Hospital, 2024.Methods: Non-experimental research, descriptive in scope with a quantitative approach. The survey was used as an empirical method validated in the study. Universe comprised 28 nursing professionals, from which a sample of 24 professionals was obtained through an intentional non-probabilistic sampling by criteria that represent 85.7% of the universe. The ethical principles of the research were taken into account, the subjects investigated accepted their voluntary participation and were informed of the possibility of abandoning the study when they considered it.Results: The knowledge dimension, physical and emotional changes, human needs reach a weighted index of 4.31, 4.04, 4.19 respectively, which favors an assessment of the professional role during Nursing Care for the postpartum woman with a risk approach as appropriate.Conclusions: The results reveal that the professional role during Nursing care with a risk approach reaches an adequate value, when considering the dimensions identified in the operationalization process of the variable
Prevención de la transmisión vertical del virus de hepatitis B [Prevention of the vertical transmission of the hepatitis B virus]
Authors: Ortega-Dueñas Hilary Justin , Rodríguez-Anangonó Valentina Dayanara , Cervantes-García César Paúl , Omaña-Duran Edwin Rafael
Published: February 2025

Objetivo: analizar la prevención de la transmisión vertical del virus de hepatitis B. Método: revisión sistemática en 15 articulos científicos. Resultados y Conclusión: La prevención de la transmisión vertical del virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) requiere un abordaje integral que combine la profilaxis antiviral en gestantes con alta carga viral, la vacunación neonatal inmediata y la administración de inmunoglobulina específica anti-VHB (HBIG), complementado con programas de cribado prenatal sistemático. Estas estrategias han demostrado ser altamente eficaces en la reducción de la transmisión madre-hijo; sin embargo, su implementación enfrenta desafíos relacionados con la accesibilidad a los servicios de salud.