bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Le travail social communautaire : une tradition française ?
Authors: Boucher Manuel
Published: March 2021

À l’instar des États-Unis, en France, au sein du champ de l’intervention sociale communautaire, une diversité d’acteurs sociaux plébiscite la participation des habitants des quartiers populaires à la résolution de leurs problèmes à partir de deux approches principales. D’un côté, des intervenants sociaux adoptent une « approche consensuelle » pour réunir les habitants, les acteurs sociaux et les pouvoirs publics afin qu’ils améliorent et gèrent leur territoire dans une perspective de développement social. De l’autre côté, des intervenants sociaux s’inscrivent dans une « approche conflictuelle » pour favoriser l’action collective et autonome d’habitants en colère afin qu’ils créent un rapport de force et puissent négocier avec les institutions dans une perspective de transformation sociale. Au sein de cette typologie, la réalisation d’une enquête sur les acteurs de l’intervention sociale collective et communautaire montre que les travailleurs sociaux patentés qui affirment faire du travail social communautaire, dans la pratique, adoptent l’approche consensuelle en tant que « technique d’intégration ». Dans cette perspective, pour ces travailleurs sociaux, l’ouvrage de Marie-Antoinette Rupp, Le travail social communautaire publié en 1972, qui préconisait une approche consensuelle de l’organisation communautaire dans une période de forte intégration sociale reste aujourd’hui encore un ouvrage de référence alors que nous vivons désormais dans une société du risque fragmentée. Cet article propose donc une analyse de ce livre pour mieux saisir les logiques d’action et les objectifs sociopolitiques partagés aujourd’hui par les promoteurs du travail social communautaire en France.
Repenser la marginalité sociale
Authors: Godrie Baptiste , Fournier Aude , McAll Christopher
Published: March 2021

En s’appuyant sur une étude de cas réalisée en milieu urbain au Québec, cet article propose une réflexion sur le concept de populations marginalisées et sur les interventions qui leur sont adressées. Après une revue de la littérature sur les pratiques de proximité et l’intervention auprès de populations dites « marginalisées », nous faisons état de données empiriques recueillies au Québec auprès d’une équipe du réseau public de la santé et des services sociaux. En rejoignant les personnes dans leur milieu de vie, les intervenants de cette équipe sont eux-mêmes devenus à la marge des lieux habituels d’intervention.
Le savoir-faire de la modération : quand peur et anticipation des risques riment avec convivialité dans les bus nocturnes
Authors: Stroumza Kim , Mezzena Sylvie , Krummenacher Laëtitia , Reichel Nicolas
Published: March 2021

Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche-intervention effectuée en partenariat avec une équipe de modérateurs dans les bus nocturnes genevois. En s’appuyant sur des films d’activités réalisées, sur des entretiens d’autoconfrontation ainsi que sur un travail de modélisation, cette recherche a permis de rendre visible dans une plateforme web ce savoir-faire expérientiel qui dans l’histoire de ces nouvelles pratiques émergentes (grand frère, médiation,..) a parfois été décrit comme un degré zéro de qualification professionnelle. Elle a ainsi permis de modéliser l’activité de modération comme construction d’un territoire commun, ouvert, mobile, habité et aux tensions viables.
Les rapports à l’assistance des travailleurs et travailleuses pauvres
Authors: Kuehni Morgane , Cousin Paul-Frantz , Odier Lorraine
Published: March 2021

Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche qualitative menée auprès de travailleurs et travailleuses pauvres avec enfants qui cumulent un revenu du travail et un revenu de transfert de l’État pour assurer leur subsistance économique. Il identifie quatre expériences de la pauvreté laborieuse selon les modalités d’accès au marché du travail, les possibilités d’articuler travail productif et reproductif et les dispositifs de protection sociale auxquels accèdent les individus.
Sécurisation des frontières et criminalisation de passage sur la route des Balkans
Authors: Pavićević Marija
Published: March 2021

Les flux migratoires sur la route des Balkans passant par la Serbie et l’ARYM mettent en lumière les effets de la politique migratoire de l’Union européenne et sa tendance sécuritaire sur la construction des politiques migratoires de ces deux pays aux portes de l’Europe. L’européanisation des politiques migratoires serbe et macédonienne puis la « fermeture » de la route des Balkans criminalise le passage des frontières transformant ces pays de transit en zone tampon.
La politique du voyage
Authors: Beck Sylvain
Published: March 2021

Cet article se propose d’explorer une dimension politique du voyage en articulant les pratiques professionnelles en travail social et en intervention sociale avec les théories du cosmopolitisme. Il s’agit d’un retour réflexif sur un vécu personnel transformé en pratiques professionnelles puis en objet de recherche. Il met en évidence les détours nécessaires pour une prise en compte radicale de l’humain dans toute la complexité de la relation entre soi et l’autre. Il met ainsi en évidence la dimension politique du fait de se sentir concerné par la question sociale, d’être sensible aux épreuves que vivent les autres.
Les travailleuses sociales et les obstacles à la contestation de la norme managériale
Authors: Barbe Mylène , Bourque Mélanie
Published: March 2021

Le contexte de pratique des travailleuses sociales au sein des institutions du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux au Québec génère de plus en plus de souffrance psychique. Cette souffrance découle de multiples causes : modes de gestion, changements organisationnels et structuraux, perte de sens, conflits de valeurs déontologiques, identité professionnelle, appartenance aux professions du care, etc. L’absentéisme au travail est en croissance chez ces professionnelles. Comment les travailleuses sociales peuvent-elles s’approprier un pouvoir d’agir et se solidariser pour créer un espace de contestation des normes en place afin de surmonter les obstacles et les défis actuels de la pratique ?
L’action des institutions privées de développement en milieu rural sénégalais à l’épreuve de la territorialisation des politiques publiques : l’expérience de l’ONG Plan Saint-Louis
Authors: Sene Dominique
Published: March 2021

Ce texte interroge la pertinence des approches territoriales promues dans les interventions des institutions privées pour le développement socio-économique en milieu rural sénégalais. Notre analyse s’est appuyée sur le cas spécifique de l’ONG Plan Saint-Louis qui, dans ses stratégies d’appui au développement communautaire, préconise un mode d’intervention axé sur des approches exclusivement territoriales. Ces dernières ont dû s’adapter au contexte de la territorialisation des politiques publiques au Sénégal qui convie les institutions privées de développement à faire des collectivités locales des portes d’entrée obligées pour traiter avec les populations rurales bénéficiaires de leurs projets. L’action de l’ONG Plan Saint-Louis, pour asseoir le développement communautaire dans ses zones d’intervention est ainsi passée de « l’approche villages » à « l’approche collectivités locales », avec des avantages et des limites de l’une et de l’autre pour les populations rurales cibles.
Migrations, précarités et aides alimentaires
Authors: Kassabian Arine
Published: March 2021

La culture culinaire d’une région intègre les héritages du passé et expériences du présent, et est à l’image de ses ressources et contraintes. Si les voyages sont propices à la découverte de nouvelles saveurs, le contexte migratoire est souvent associé au maintien des habitudes alimentaires du pays d’origine, marquant le rattachement à l’identité nationale. Vu le flux important de demandeurs d’asile en France, leur grande précarité et dépendance des dispositifs d’aide, cet article questionne, par la mobilisation de données collectées via une enquête immersive au sein d’une association d’aides alimentaires, les modalités d’adaptation de cette dernière aux demandes d’un public émergeant.
Travail interactionnel et dynamique de la confiance dans l’entretien de suivi probatoire
Authors: Lambelet Daniel , Ros Jenny
Published: March 2021

La pratique de suivi socio-judiciaire en milieu ouvert s’accomplit pour l’essentiel dans des situations d’interaction, et plus particulièrement dans le cadre d’entretiens de suivi. Notre article vise à rendre visible et à mieux comprendre le travail interactionnel des agents de probation et la production de la confiance dans ces situations de co-présence et d’action conjointe. Il prend appui sur une recherche réalisée au sein de trois services de probation de Suisse latine, basée sur une démarche ethnographique et d’analyse de l’activité. Il montre que, malgré l’inflexion sécuritaire des politiques et des pratiques pénales, les agents de probation continuent de prendre le risque de construire un lien de confiance avec les justiciables.
Le temps de l’auto-stop
Authors: Houte Arnaud-Dominique
Published: March 2021

Apparu en France à la fin des années 1930, en provenance des États-Unis, l’auto-stop n’est pas qu’un moyen de locomotion bon marché. Né avec la démocratisation de l’automobile, son essor témoigne des désirs croissants de mobilité et de liberté qui traversent la société française au milieu du 20 e  siècle, surtout chez les plus jeunes. Largement diffusée, l’image positive de l’auto-stoppeur débrouillard entre toutefois en conflit avec la légende noire des dangers de la route (accidents, criminalité, violences sexuelles). Si les défenseurs de l’auto-stop cherchent à encadrer la pratique pour la rendre plus sûre, il est difficile d’organiser ce qui relève de l’informel, et l’image de l’auto-stop est de plus en plus inquiétante pendant les années 1970.
Khabarovsk, 1949
Authors: Dufaud Grégory
Published: March 2021

En décembre 1949, un procès se tient à Khabarovsk, dans l’Extrême-Orient soviétique, pour juger les responsables du programme bactériologique japonais. Dans l’État fantoche du Mandchoukouo, les militaires japonais ont construit à partir de 1932 un réseau d’établissements scientifiques où, en vue de développer des armes bactériologiques, des expériences médicales sont réalisées sur des humains. Le procès de Khabarovsk entend soulever des questions éludées par le Tribunal militaire de Tokyo, mis en place en 1946. Pour comprendre comment l’Union soviétique tente d’utiliser à son profit le règlement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Asie, cet article présente l’organisation du tribunal de Khabarovsk et le déroulement du procès, les faits retenus par l’acte d’accusation et le sort qui fut le leur à Tokyo, les références doctrinales et la nature des peines proclamées.
Bruxelles, 21-26 mai 1951
Authors: Cambron Antony
Published: March 2021

En mai 1951, à Bruxelles, d’anciens résistants et déportés des camps nazis, menés par l’intellectuel français David Rousset, organisent un procès des camps de concentration soviétiques. Cet article revient sur cet événement méconnu et en retrace la genèse dans un contexte marqué par la guerre froide culturelle et par les affaires Kravchenko et Rousset. Il éclaire également la forme particulière de procès adoptée par les anciens déportés, qui se réclament du tribunal spécial de Nuremberg, sans pour autant disposer d’une réelle légitimité juridique internationale. Les audiences, dédiées aux témoignages, annoncent sur la forme le procès de Jérusalem de 1961. L’article revient enfin sur l’absence historiographique de cet événement, liée à son contexte comme à ses limites juridiques.
Single-target networks
Authors: Craciun Gheorghe , Jin Jiaxin , Yu Polly Y.
Published: March 2021

Reaction networks can be regarded as finite oriented graphs embedded in Euclidean space. Single-target networks are reaction networks with an arbitrarily set of source vertices, but only one sink vertex. We completely characterize the dynamics of all mass-action systems generated by single-target networks, as follows: either (i) the system is globally stable for all choice of rate constants (in fact, is dynamically equivalent to a detailed-balanced system with a single linkage class), or (ii) the system has no positive steady states for any choice of rate constants and all trajectories must converge to the boundary of the positive orthant or to infinity. Moreover, we show that global stability occurs if and only if the target vertex of the network is in the relative interior of the convex hull of the source vertices.
Applying limiting entropy to quantify the alignment of collagen fibers by polarized light imaging
Authors: Qu Yingjie , Smith Zachary J. , Tyler Kelly , Chang Shufang , Shen Shuwei , Sun Mingzhai , Xu Ronald X.
Published: March 2021

Collagen alignment has shown clinical significance in a variety of diseases. For instance, vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) is characterized by homogenization of collagen fibers with increasing risk of malignant transformation. To date, a variety of imaging techniques have been developed to visualize collagen fibers. However, few works focused on quantifying the alignment quality of collagen fiber. To assess the level of disorder of local fiber orientation, the homogeneity index (HI) based on limiting entropy is proposed as an indicator of disorder. Our proposed methods are validated by verification experiments on Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) filament phantoms with controlled alignment quality of fibers. A case study on 20 VLS tissue biopsies and 14 normal tissue biopsies shows that HI can effectively characterize VLS tissue from normal tissue (P < 0.01). The classification results are very promising with a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 95%, which indicated that our method can provide quantitative assessment for the alignment quality of collagen fibers in VLS tissue and aid in improving histopathological examination of VLS.
Using Big Data Analytics to Assist a Smart City to Prevent Cyber Security Threats
Authors: Annansingh Fenio
Published: March 2021

The concept of a smart city as a means to enhance the life quality of citizens has been gaining increasing importance in recent years globally. A smart city consists of city infrastructure, which includes smart services, devices, and institutions. Every second, these components of the smart city infrastructure are generating data. The vast amount of data is called big data. This chapter explores the possibilities of using big data analytics to prevent cybersecurity threats in a smart city. It also analyzed how big data tools and concepts can solve cybersecurity challenges and detect and prevent attacks. Using interviews and an extensive review of the literature have developed the data analytics and cyber prevention model. The chapter concludes by indicating that big data analytics allow a smart city to identify and solve cybersecurity challenges quickly and efficiently.
Demand Forecasting Models With Time Series and Random Forest
Authors: Tayali Halit Alper
Published: March 2021

This chapter presents the recent methodological developments in demand management and demand forecasting subjects of the operations management. The background section provides detailed information on the domain of production management, operational analytics, and demand forecasting while providing introductory information on time series forecasting and related machine learning methodologies. The novel contribution of the chapter is the exploration developed in the solutions and recommendations section while examining the effect of stationarity in the time series forecasting methodologies of machine learning with improved benchmark results.
The Social and Emotional Issues of Teacher's Professional Identity Development
Authors: Arroyo Michelle A.
Published: March 2021

Teacher professional identity is an important factor in understanding professional lives and career decision making. Teacher professional identity may affect motivation, effectiveness, and most importantly, social and emotional well-being. Teacher identity lacks clarity with regards to a definition. This could contribute to the reason that it has not been studied as a key element for teacher social and emotional wellness during professional identity development. The process of how teachers view themselves as teachers and how their developing professional identity is shaped by their personal identity development and social identity connections has implications on their careers.
Whole-of-Nation Approach in COVID-19 Management
Authors: Omar Abdul Malik , Halim Amanina
Published: March 2021

The emergence of COVID-19 has swept the globe by storm, taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and infecting millions worldwide. As the virus continues to spread, governments have pursued strategies and action plans, with some achieving notable successes, while others fail miserably. This research focuses on how the Brunei government has become an outlier in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, this chapter provides substantive content useful for policymakers and experts to learn from the Brunei experience in pandemic management through a whole-of-nation framework, effectively contributing to both theory and practice in public policy and governance. The research on Brunei further gives credence on the need for governments to administer participation among the private sector and society to tackle grand challenges of the 21st century, particularly in preparation for the ‘Great Reset' amid post-COVID-19. Policy recommendations have been presented.
Success Factors of Future-Viable Organizations in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Authors: Behrendt Peter , Holicki Alexander , Matzner Veronika
Published: March 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted societies and will be succeeded by economic and social dynamics. Therefore, organizations need to adapt and seize new opportunities quickly. To learn from the early part of the COVID-19 crisis, 24 leader interviews were conducted and categorized based on the integrative model of leadership behavior. In consequence, eight success factors were derived that foster the future-viability of organizations in times of crisis: the three success factors, (1) providing iterative leadership within uncertainty, (2) promoting absolute customer-loyalty, and (3) providing sustainable public value, foster coordination with internal and external actors and provide meaning. Two factors, (4) promoting a culture of trust and (5) establishing collaborative ecosystems of organizations, promote cooperation and sustain trust. The final three success factors, (6) creating an agile culture, (7) driving digital processes, and (8) ensuring economic agility, enhance agility by activating internal and external resources.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Corporations and Management Change
Authors: Al-Alawi Adel Ismail , Mehrotra Arpita A. , Sanosi Sohayla Khidir
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on different identities such as corporations, leadership, employees, human resources teams, customers, government bodies, and management change. Desk research based on secondary data analysis methodology was used for this study. Better crisis management plans can enable corporate to control and hybrid working environment to guide businesses to prepare and make strategies that can persist sustainably in a future crisis. It can be concluded that different corporations have faced the additional impact of the pandemic on their businesses. COVID-19 has changed the way businesses perform. Consequently, it can be inferred that leadership and leadership transition can lead to victory if leaders take the time to discover what works and what does not. This will allow the enterprise to change the next steps accordingly and save it from failure to pursue the outcomes.
Leadership in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Authors: Kurt Yeşim , Erdoğan Dilek
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between the COVID-19 crisis and leadership and to demonstrate the leadership skills necessary in the post-COVID-19 era. This study is based on literature research. In the study, firstly, the effects of COVID-19 on human life are explained. Then, the relationship between crisis management and leadership is discussed. Later, the features of the new era after COVID-19 and the concept of the digital age are explained. The role of leaders in this new era is emphasized. In the last part of this study, three leadership types that attract attention during the pandemic process are briefly explained. These are ethical, digital, and pandemic leadership. In the last section, the skills and abilities required for leaders who are to succeed after COVID-19 also add value to the research.
School Readiness Program
Authors: Chavan BS , Ahmad Wasim
Published: March 2021

The chapter highlights the importance of a school readiness program for children with disabilities (preferably mild category of developmental disabilities) in achieving successful inclusive education. A practical model of school readiness program for children with mild intellectual disability which is practiced at Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), Chandigarh, India has been highlighted in this chapter. The school readiness program for children with mild developmental disabilities is offered at primary lower (age 5-7 years) and primary upper (age 7-9 years) levels. Several age-appropriate functional and social skills are being taught to young children admitted under the school readiness program of GRIID. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the school readiness program that can be replicated at different places to achieve a successful and meaningful transition from a special school to an inclusive school.
Using Information and Communication Technologies to Address Inequities in Education for Learners With Disabilities in Higher Education
Authors: Naidoo Vannie
Published: March 2021

Higher education is a place where students are given the opportunity to explore their academic talents that would one day assist in the development of their future careers. Many disabled students also seek higher education as a way to improve their lives and develop themselves so that they can become productive members of society. However, the plight of learners with disabilities is different to that of the normal university student. In many instances, literature has shown that learners with disabilities are often marginalized within higher education. They are not treated as other students or they are not availed the proper services and equipment to make their learning experiences better. Often, due to budget cutbacks in higher education, the students with disabilities are the ones who suffer the most.
GPU-Based Hybrid Cellular Genetic Algorithm for Job-Shop Scheduling Problem
Authors: Amrane Abdelkader , Debbat Fatima , Yahyaoui Khadidja
Published: March 2021

In task scheduling, the job-shop scheduling problem is notorious for being a combinatorial optimization problem; it is considered among the largest class of NP-hard problems. In this paper, a parallel implementation of hybrid cellular genetic algorithm is proposed in order to reach the best solutions at a minimum execution time. To avoid additional computation time and for real-time control, the fitness evaluation and genetic operations are entirely executed on a graphic processing unit in parallel; moreover, the chosen genetic representation, as well as the crossover, will always give a feasible solution. In this paper, a two-level scheme is proposed; the first and fastest uses several subpopulations in the same block, and the best solutions migrate between subpopulations. To achieve the optimal performance of the device and to reshape a more complex problem, a projection of the first on different blocks will make the second level. The proposed solution leads to speedups 18 times higher when compared to the best-performing algorithms.
Improvement of QoS in an IoT Ecosystem by Integrating Fog Computing and SDN
Authors: Ahammad Ishtiaq , Khan Md. Ashikur Rahman , Salehin Zayed Us , Uddin Main , Soheli Sultana Jahan
Published: March 2021

The internet of things (IoT) creates immense volume of objects online. But cloud computing isn't suited to environmental demands. Hence, fog computing (FC) emerged which shifts the computation load into edge fog devices. However, FC also faces some obstacles which can be mitigated by software-defined networking (SDN). By combining SDN and FC, the network form can overcome almost all cloud limitations and can boost QoS. Within this article, architecture is proposed by combining SDN and FC to improve QoS for IoT ecosystem. With the architecture, an algorithm is propounded based on virtual partition. Then a use case is presented and evaluated through iFogSim simulator. The result shows a significant improvement of several QoS parameters in the execution of fog with SDN compared to the cloud-only execution. The results also show better results for energy consumption, network use (212.21% reduction), and latency (275.9% reduction) compared with previous similar use case.
Detecting Compromised Social Network Accounts Using Deep Learning for Behavior and Text Analyses
Authors: Yen Steven , Moh Melody , Moh Teng-Sheng
Published: March 2021

Social networks allow people to connect to one another. Over time, these accounts become an essential part of one's online identity. The account stores various personal data and contains one's network of acquaintances. Attackers seek to compromise user accounts for various malicious purposes, such as distributing spam, phishing, and much more. Timely detection of compromises becomes crucial for protecting users and social networks. This article proposes a novel system for detecting compromises of a social network account by considering both post behavior and textual content. A deep multi-layer perceptron-based autoencoder is leveraged to consolidate diverse features and extract underlying relationships. Experiments show that the proposed system outperforms previous techniques that considered only behavioral information. The authors believe that this work is well-timed, significant especially in the world that has been largely locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic and thus depends much more on reliable social networks to stay connected.
DOMEGO
Authors: Taillandier Franck , Micolier Alice , Sauce Gérard , Chaplain Myriam
Published: March 2021

Construction project is a major learning of the civil engineering educational program. However, the related knowledge is difficult to apprehend and assimilate during lectures since it is theoretical and practical work or tutorials on the subject are scarce. To address this issue, the authors developed DOMEGO, a game for teaching construction projects to civil engineering students. This board game aims to provide students with active and experiential learning of the key issues of a construction project. In the game, each player embodies a stakeholder of a construction project and must carry out the project while meeting her/his objectives. DOMEGO has been successfully integrated into an instructional setting of undergraduate students in Civil Engineering at the University of Bordeaux and Polytech, Nice Engineering School. Student feedback collected in the post-game survey was very positive. However, a more thorough analysis with a real evaluation protocol would be necessary to validate the game interest to teach construction project.
Designing Scholarly Conversations to Promote Cognitive Presence and Knowledge Building
Authors: Cai Qijie
Published: March 2021

In this exploratory study, a pedagogical intervention, called Scholarly Conversation, was designed and implemented with 26 students in an online graduate course at a public, comprehensive university in the United States. Applying the frameworks of community of inquiry and knowledge building, this paper explains the specific learning goals and design features of Scholarly Conversation. A coding scheme was developed from the conversation text data generated by a high-performing and a low-performing group of the class to describe how learners carried out Scholarly Conversations. Through group comparison, several elements were identified to explain the between-group differences on performance. Particularly, it was found that the two groups distributed their efforts differently during Scholarly Conversations. This study has implications for the design principles for the future Scholarly Conversations.
Drivers of E-Loyalty in E-Recruitment
Authors: Akroush Mamoun N. , Zuriekat Majdy I. , Mahadin Bushra K. , Mdanat Metri F. , Samawi Ghazi A. , Haddad Ola J.
Published: March 2021

This paper investigates drivers of e-loyalty in the B2B e-recruitment industry in Jordan, exploring the relationship between e-service quality, e-satisfaction, and e-trust, and the effect of e-satisfaction and e-trust on e-loyalty. An online survey was administered to 400 active business customers listed in an e-recruitment firm in Jordan, of which 139 forms were used. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the research constructs' validity. Structural path analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationships of the proposed research model. The findings show that e-service quality has a positive significant effect on e-satisfaction and e-trust. E-service quality exerted a stronger effect on e-satisfaction than on e-trust. E-satisfaction has a positive significant effect on e-trust and e-loyalty, respectively. Finally, 74% of the variation in e-loyalty was caused by e-trust and e-satisfaction path. Managers in the B2B environments should develop customized marketing campaigns that enhance e-trust in their websites, leading to improved customer loyalty.
Novel PSSM-Based Approaches for Gene Identification Using Support Vector Machine
Authors: Bhat Heena Farooq , Wani M. Arif
Published: March 2021

By understanding the function of each protein encoded in genome, the molecular mechanism of the cell can be recognized. In genome annotation field, several methods or techniques have been developed to locate or predict the patterns of genes in genome sequence. However, recognizing corresponding gene of a given protein sequence using conventional tools is inherently complicated and error prone. This paper first focuses on the issue of gene prediction and its challenges. The authors then present a novel method for identifying genes that involves a two-step process. First the research presents new features extracted from protein sequences using a position specific scoring matrix (PSSM). The PSSM profiles are converted into uniform numeric representation. Then, a new structured approach has been applied on PSSM vector which uses a decision tree-based technique for obtaining rules. Finally, the rules of single class are joined together to form a matrix which is then given as an input to SVM for classification purpose. The rules derived from algorithm correspond to genes. The authors also introduce another approach for predicting genes based on PSSM using SVM. Both the methods have been implemented on genome DNAset dataset. Empirical evaluation shows that PSSM based SAFARI approach produces better results.
The simplicial model of Univalent Foundations (after Voevodsky)
Authors: Kapulkin Krzysztof , Lumsdaine Peter LeFanu
Published: March 2021

We present Voevodsky’s construction of a model of univalent type theory in the category of simplicial sets.

To this end, we first give a general technique for constructing categorical models of dependent type theory, using universes to obtain coherence. We then construct a (weakly) universal Kan fibration, and use it to exhibit a model in simplicial sets. Lastly, we introduce the Univalence Axiom, in several equivalent formulations, and show that it holds in our model.

As a corollary, we conclude that Martin-Löf type theory with one univalent universe (formulated in terms of contextual categories) is at least as consistent as ZFC with two inaccessible cardinals.
Seeding COVID-19 across Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of Reported Importation Events across 49 Countries
Authors: Skrip Laura A. , Selvaraj Prashanth , Hagedorn Brittany , Ouédraogo Andre Lin , Noori Navideh , Orcutt Amanda , Mistry Dina , Bedson Jamie , Hébert-Dufresne Laurent , Scarpino Samuel V. , Althouse Benjamin M.
Published: March 2021

The first case of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was reported by Nigeria on February 27, 2020. Whereas case counts in the entire region remain considerably less than those being reported by individual countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, variation in preparedness and response capacity as well as in data availability has raised concerns about undetected transmission events in the SSA region. To capture epidemiological details related to early transmission events into and within countries, a line list was developed from publicly available data on institutional websites, situation reports, press releases, and social media accounts. The availability of indicators—gender, age, travel history, date of arrival in country, reporting date of confirmation, and how detected—for each imported case was assessed. We evaluated the relationship between the time to first reported importation and the Global Health Security Index (GHSI) overall score; 13,201 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported by 48 countries in SSA during the 54 days following the first known introduction to the region. Of the 2,516 cases for which travel history information was publicly available, 1,129 (44.9%) were considered importation events. Imported cases tended to be male (65.0%), with a median age of 41.0 years (range: 6 weeks–88 years; IQR: 31–54 years). A country’s time to report its first importation was not related to the GHSI overall score, after controlling for air traffic. Countries in SSA generally reported with less publicly available detail over time and tended to have greater information on imported than local cases.
Use of Digital Platforms to Enhance Productivity and Efficiency in the Petroleum Industry
Authors: Aggarwal Kapil , Gosalvez David
Published: March 2021

Petroleum refining is a capital intensive and complex manufacturing environment faced with a wide range of challenges that must be navigated in order to maintain a company’s competitiveness and maximize its profitability. With Digital Platforms (Knowledge Management and Business Analytics), companies are turning these challenges into a competitive advantage.

In today’s world, we can utilize Digital platforms from Research in Chemistry Labs to process optimization and asset utilisation in manufacturing.

We can collect the data points and utilise them to help companies make informed decisions on the fly. The good news is that all of this data exists throughout the enterprise. The bad news is that most of it is buried in technology and data silos, some of the data is redundant or modified, and much of the important operational analytics are kept on undocumented spreadsheets. The biggest problem is that existing nonintegrated systems are incapable of generating useful management reports or operations dashboards.
PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN VIDEO PEMBELAJARAN SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN DARING DI SD NEGERI SOJOPURO DALAM MASA COVID-19
Authors: Sumanto Yoga , Sadewo Yosua Damas
Published: March 2021

Tujuan dari penulisan penelitian best practice ini adalah untuk mengadapi pembelajaran daring di kondisi pandemi covid-19. Dalam menghadapi kondisi tersebut, Kepala Sekolah SDN Sojopuro memberikan pelatihan kepada guru-gurunya dalam membuat video pembelajaran yang nantinya dapat diakses setiap siswa SDN Sojopuro dari rumah masing-masing. Upaya pelatihan pembuatan video pembelajaran sebagai media pembelajaran untuk siswa-siswa SDN Sojopuro tersebut tentunya dengan harapan adanya peningkatan hasil belajar siswa SDN Sojopuro dan terjadi peningkatan bagi guru-guru SDN dalam hal kemampuan pengelolaan dan penerapan teknologi untuk melaksanakan pembelajaran secara daring. Pelatihan dan edukasi terkait pembuatan video pembelajaran sebagai media pembelajaran dilakukan secara sistematis dan terstruktur yang akan sangat membantu guru-guru dalam melaksanakan proses pembelajaran yang baik dan terarah dalam pembelajaran daring atau study from home. Adapun rangkaian kegiatan dalam proses pelatihan pembuatan video pembelajaran sebagai media pembelajaran di SDN Sojopuro dilakukan melalui tiga (3) tahapan utama, yakni tahap 1 (diskusi), tahap 2 (tutorial), dan tahap 3 (observasi dan evaluasi). Program pelatihan dengan tema “Pembuatan Video Pembelajaran sebagai Media Pembelajaran dalam masa Pandemi Covid-19 di SDN Sojopuro” dilaksanakan dengan lancar dan mendapatkan apresiasi yang sangat bagus dari para peserta, yakni guru-guru SDN Sojopuro. Hal tersebut dibuktikan dengan peran aktif dan antusias para guru SDN Sojopuro dalam membuat dan menyelesaikan video pembelajaran. Melalui pemahaman dalam pembuatan video pembelajaran dan pemilihan media daring, dapat dirancang sebuah pembelajaran yang menarik yang dapat membantu proses pembelajaran selama siswa melakukan study from home dalam era pandemi covid-19. Hal tersebut menunjukkan bahwa pelatihan yang dilakukan dapat menjadi wadah dalam mengembangkan kemampuan guru untuk membuat video pembelajaran yang baik sehingga berdampak pada peningkatan kualitas pembelajaran selama siswa melaksanakan belajar dari rumah atau study from home.
Penerapan Kombinasi Algoritma Caesar Cipher pada Block Acak dan Cipher Transposisi Dalam Mengamankan Pesan
Authors: Mahmuda saputra  , Alva Hendi Muhammad
Published: March 2021

Perkembangan dalam teknologi terhadap keamanan suatu informasi yang masih menjadi ancaman untuk setiap pihak dalam melakukan proses komunikasi dan transaksi kerahasiaan pesan yang dikirim maupun diterima oleh pengguna. Pada penelitian ini, penulis melakukan proses terhadap pembelajaran dalam hal keamanan yang bersifat klasik dengan model algoritma caesar cipher dengan dukungan teknik pada block acak pada pesan dan penggunaan ciphertext pada cipher transposisi. Hal tersebut untuk mengetahui, bagaimana alur yang dapat dikendalikan dalam mendeskripsikan sebuah pesan yang ingin disampaikan kepada tujuan yang dibutuhkan. Proses ini disesuaikan dengan beberapa eksperimen sederhana, agar dapat tercapaianya hasil yang diinginkan. Beberapa hasil kontribusi yang peneliti lakukan dalam penelitian ini meliputi dengan adanya setiap proses dalam menggunakan sebuah algoritma kriptografi caesar chiper, dapat digunakan sebagai pembelajaran dalam mengamankan sebuah informasi atau pesan yang akan dikirim maupun diterima, untuk setiap tahapan pada algoritma caesar chiper sangat bermanfaat untuk mengksplorasikan sebuah pesan dengan kombinasi algoritma yang lebih secure, serta dapat melakukan proses kombinasi dengan teknik block acak maupun cipher  transposisi.
A review on the characterization of sediment provenance sources in the southwestern East Sea
Authors: Pham Sang Nhu , Dang Bat Van , Nguyen Hiep Huu , Ngo Chi Kim Thi , Phan Binh Van ,   Faculty of Geosciences and Geoengineering, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam  Vietnam Union of Geological Sciences, Vietnam
Published: March 2021

Characteristics of sediment provenance in the southwestern East Sea The southwestern East Sea is a significant area for investigating marine geology and it has drawn many attentions from geoscientists. In this study, clay mineral assemblages of some sediment cores derived from the southwestern East Sea, which were conducted in previous studies were used to review characterization of sediment provenance in this area. Sediment compositions in the southwestern East Sea consist mostly of smectite (11÷58%), illite (19÷45%), and less abundance kaolinite (11÷29%), chlorite (10÷25%). Based on clay mineral assemblages, provenance analysis indicates that the Mekong River can mainly transport terrigenous sediments to the southwestern East Sea. Illite and chlorite have likely been reduced by physical weathering of the metamorphic and granitic rocks in the Tibetan Plateau. Kaolinite has primarily been released by chemical erosion of the K-feldspar rich bed rocks in the middle part of the Mekong Basin. However, smectite has been basically derived by chemical weathering of the parent basaltic rock in the middle to lower reaches of the Mekong Basin.
El ideal brasileño frente a los casos de discriminación por orientación sexual en el ámbito de la enseñanza nacional
Authors: Verbicaro Soares Douglas
Published: March 2021

La investigación trata sobre la incidencia de prácticas discriminatorias motivadas por la no aceptación de la diversidad sexual en Brasil y, también, sobre las dificultades en la implementación de medias en favor de la sensibilización en cuestiones de educación para los Derechos Humanos. De esa forma, ha sido empleado el método cualitativo para el estudio, a través de materiales bibliográficos, con el objetivo de generar una discusión social en el país sobre los obstáculos existentes para la efectiva integración de grupos en situación de vulnerabilidad social. Si ha concluido por la incidencia de acciones discriminatoria que implementa la predominancia de la heterosexualidad en relación a las demás formas de expresión de la sexualidad humana.
EDUCAÇÃO DE BEBÊS E CRIANÇAS BEM PEQUENAS NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: DIÁLOGOS COM A PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA (2013 – 2017)
Authors: Oliveira Raiza Fernandes Bessa de , Nono Maévi Anabel
Published: March 2021

Este artigo trata-se de um recorte de uma pesquisa desenvolvida em nível demestrado acadêmico, que buscou-se descrever, discutir e analisar saberes efazeres de uma professora de bebês na Educação Infantil. Assim, indo aoencontro do movimento historicamente recente de reconstrução do perfil dessaetapa educacional, busca-se investir na reflexão e construção de conhecimentosobre a educação da Primeiríssima Infância, enquanto primeiro e primordialespaço de formação humana. Neste sentido, este estudo, que se caracterizacomo bibliográfico, se propôs a realizar um levantamento da produçãocientífica recente em Educação Infantil, mais especificamente o segmentocreche (0 a 3 anos), estabelecendo diálogos sobre os indicativos dessaprodução, contribuindo, assim, para a reflexão e construção de produçãocientífica e teórica sobre esse contexto tão essencial e complexo. Por meio dapesquisa, foi possível inferir que houve aumento significativo nas pesquisas naárea, o que tem permitido a construção de novos conhecimentos sobre aeducação da Primeiríssima Infância, bem como possibilitado o debate dequestões específicas e desafios desse contexto. Finalmente, defende-se arelevância de pesquisas que tragam à tona as diferentes questões e temáticas daEducação Infantil para as crianças de até 3 anos, uma vez que há, ainda, muitoa ser feito, pesquisado, construído e aprendido, tanto por profissionais da áreacomo por pesquisadores que têm a educação de bebê e crianças bem pequenascomo foco.
EDUCAÇÃO DO CAMPO E TURISMO RURAL COMO RESISTÊNCIAS À EXPANSÃO DESENFREADA DO AGRONEGÓCIO: CURSOS PROPOSTOS E VIABILIZADOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO AGROECOLÓGICO ENQUANTRO ESTRATÉGIAS DE GESTÃO SOCIOAMBIENTAL
Authors: Andrade Vagner Luciano de , Dib Ana Paula da Silva
Published: March 2021

Em tempos latentes de etnocentrismo e de múltiplas mazelas urbanoindustriais, o desenvolvimento camponês e a paisagem cultural rural se veemameaçados e destituídos de suas múltiplas essências e legitimidades.Movimentos sociais de diferentes partes do país a partir de uma historicidadede resistência e reanálise da realidade agrícola brasileira apresentam a culturacamponesa observada particularmente com seus contextos, signos, significadose significantes. Nesta multiplicidade de ação, a ecologia campesina e a gestãoambiental se protagonizam como frentes de resistência à expansão desenfreadado agronegócio capitalista, neoliberal e insustentável. Neste sentido, o presentetrabalho, a partir de ampla revisão bibliográfica destaca as propostas atuaise/ou pretéritas de viabilização de cursos interdisciplinares, técnicoprofissionalizantes e/ou graduação-especialização nas áreas de Agroecologia,Educação do Campo e Turismo Rural enquanto frentes estratégicas deresistência, ressignificação e consecutivo desenvolvimento sustentável dosestudantes camponeses
A Grounded Theory of Inductive Qualitative Research Education: Results of a Meta-Data-Analysis
Authors: Cooper Robin , Chenail Ronald , Fleming Stephanie
Published: March 2021

This paper reports on the first stage of a meta-study conducted by the authors on primary research published during the last thirty years that focused on discovering the experiences of students learning qualitative research. The authors carried out a meta-analysis of the findings of students’ experiences learning qualitative research included in twenty-five published articles. Using constructivist grounded theory to analyze the experience of those seeking to learn qualitative research, including factors that appear to support or interfere with their learning experiences, the authors identified three key dimensions of qualitative research students’ learning experiences—affective, cognitive, and experiential. Based on this analysis, the authors developed a grounded theory of qualitative research education. This theory suggests that students’ learning experiences will be enhanced through the implementation of an inductive approach to qualitative research education that incorporates experiential learning early in the learning experience. This paper reports these findings, presents this grounded theory of inductive qualitative research education, and discusses the implications of the findings of this meta-analysis for those teaching and researching qualitative research.
Factors Causing Demotivation in EFL Teaching Process: A Case Study
Authors: Aydin Selami
Published: March 2021

Studies have mainly focused on strategies to motivate teachers or the student-teacher motivation relationships rather than teacher demotivation in the English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching process, whereas no data have been found on the factors that cause teacher demotivation in the Turkish EFL teaching contexts at the elementary education level. Thus, this study aims to investigate the demotivating factors in EFL teaching at the elementary level. The study was designed as a qualitative case study, and involved face-to-face conversations, MSN talks and a diary maintained by the subject for data collection. The results showed that the problems were related to the teaching profession, curriculum, working conditions, students and their parents, colleagues and school administrators, and physical conditions.
Caregiving: A Qualitative Concept Analysis
Authors: Hermanns Melinda , Mastel-Smith Beth
Published: March 2021

A common definition of caregiving does not exist. In an attempt to define the concept of caregiving, the authors used a hybrid qualitative model of concept development to analyze caregiving. The model consists of three phases: (a) theoretical, (b) fieldwork, and (c) analytical. The theoretical phase involves conducting an interdisciplinary literature search, examining existing definitions, and developing a working definition of caregiving. In the fieldwork phase, six participants were interviewed using a structured interview guide. Qualitative data analysis led to the development of two overarching themes: Holistic Care and Someone in Need of Help. Responses from participants were compared to the extant literature and a new definition of caregiving was thus formulated.