bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
China’s Competitive Advantages in Artificial Intelligence Development
Authors: Li Baosen , Gao Yucai
Published: August 2023

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a significant field of study due to its increasing impact on national development. China has made significant progress in AI research, development, and application over the past few decades. The purpose of this article is to identify the causes underlying China’s accelerated advancement in AI in order to stimulate further thought on AI’s continued development in China.
Educación financiera desde un enfoque cienciométrico y revisión sistemática de literatura: aproximaciones recientes y tendencias
Authors: Aranibar-Ramos Edgar Romario , Ríos-Vera Katty Jacqueline , Zanabria-Cabrera Luis Carlo
Published: August 2023

La educación financiera es un componente fundamental para una vida financiera saludable y sostenible; de manera que, la falta de conocimiento financiero conduce a comportamientos financieros perjudiciales y de exclusión, limitando oportunidades y disminuyendo la calidad de vida. El objetivo de esta investigación fue proporcionar un análisis exhaustivo de las tendencias actuales, vacíos temáticos y áreas de investigación futura en educación financiera. Para lograr ello, se llevó a cabo un análisis cienciométrico y una revisión sistemática de literatura sobre la última producción en dos bases de datos durante los últimos cinco años. Los hallazgos revelan que la producción actual en esta área no está experimentando un crecimiento significativo en una base de datos y es predominantemente en inglés. Además, la tecnología juega un papel crucial en otorgar acceso a información y herramientas financieras. En este sentido, la educación financiera debe ser inculcada desde temprana edad para promover hábitos financieros saludables. También, se destaca los obstáculos en la implementación de estrategias efectivas de educación financiera y se enfatiza la necesidad de investigación adicional en áreas como relaciones sociales, diferentes contextos y poblaciones, educación primaria y educación informal y no formal.
Uso de las probabilidades en la preparación de información financiera: perspectivas desde las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera
Authors: Castañeda Moreano Rosa Milagros
Published: August 2023

Objetivo: Analizar el concepto de probabilidad que se describe en las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF). Método: El enfoque fue cualitativo, parcialmente descriptivo, enfocado en el análisis de contenido de los antecedentes y el marco normativo de las NIIF. La unidad de estudio comprendió el concepto de probabilidad. Resultados: Los resultados muestran la importancia del uso de probabilidades en el marco normativo de las NIIF, donde destaca el análisis de diversos escenarios acerca del futuro, así como un conocimiento suficiente de teoría de probabilidades a fin de contar con una concepción clara del término “probabilidad” y su adecuada interpretación. Conclusión: Es necesario analizar los diversos escenarios acerca del futuro desde el enfoque bayesiano y comprender adecuadamente su interpretación. Asimismo, es importante examinar la ausencia de precisiones en el término “probabilidad” y cómo afecta su aplicación en la preparación de estados financieros.
¿Y si la química hubiera ganado? Un ejercicio de contrafácticos de la historia de la ciencia
Authors: Maldonado Carlos Eduardo
Published: August 2023

Este artículo es un ejercicio de contrafácticos. Contra la historia de la ciencia, afirma que la física moderna  no triunfó, sino la química. Después de caracterizar el modo de pensar propio de la mecánica clásica, sostiene que ése es negativo, y aporta razones. En contraste, el hecho de que la modernidad y el mundo contemporáneo emergieran a la luz de la química aporta nuevas luces, lenguajes, explicaciones y relaciones. Si la química hubiera triunfado, el mundo sería mucho mejor hoy.
componente social de la historia en la Filosofía de la realidad histórica de Ignacio Ellacuría
Authors: Carrera Umaña Randall
Published: August 2023

En esta investigación se realiza un análisis de la componente social de la historia dela Filosofía de la realidad histórica, a partir de un estudio de los fundamentos zubirianos con los queIgnacio Ellacuría construye el capítulo segundo de esta obra. Con el objetivo de evidenciar suoriginalidad y trazar una ruta de acceso a las principales categorías de esta temática.
humildad intelectual como epistemología de la virtud: Un problema con el conocimiento
Authors: Navarro Fuentes Carlos Alberto
Published: August 2023

Reflexiono sobre la humildad intelectual problematizándola desde una perspectiva epistemológica de la virtud yla relación que guarda con la producción y divulgación del conocimiento en la vida académica y científica, y algunas otras complicaciones a las que se enfrenta como la arrogancia, la vanidad y el servilismo intelectual.
Disputar otros mundos posibles. Una conversación con Horacio Machado Aráoz sobre naturaleza y capitalismo
Authors: Cosentino Pablo , Medina Martín
Published: August 2023

La presente conversación aborda diferentes propuestas conceptuales de Horacio Machado Aráoz, con el propósito de problematizar nuestro vínculo con la naturaleza. Así, exploramos la crítica que realiza este pensador al extractivismo, la reivindicación de otros lenguajes y la apuesta por una reformulación del marxismo.
Encuentro con Meister Eckhart en el siglo XXI
Authors: Lapoujade María Noel
Published: August 2023

Este artículo enfoca algunos aspectos fundamentales del pensamiento de J. Eckhart, desde una mirada filosófica que, inevitablemente, es del siglo XXI. Mi propósito central es el demostrar algunos de los aportes fundamentales de la filosofía de Eckhart, en el marco de su mística. Pongo énfasis en aspectos del lenguaje de Eckhart, la enseñanza del Maestro, la lógica, la ética, la ontología, en las que se manifiesta su carácter de una filosofía en movimiento. En estos ámbitos emerge la originalidad en la integración de diversas filosofías de la tradición, así como la novedad de su pensamiento absolutamente vigente. Asimismo, pondremos de manifiesto algunos de los lazos de su filosofía, más allá de su tiempo, con filósofos de muy diferente raigambre en diferentes épocas. El desarrollo se realiza con base en la lectura directa de las fuentes: Tratados y Sermones de Eckhart, Obras alemanas. Esta suerte de exploración filosófica se realiza como un doble camino. Primero, expongo una vía ascendente que va desde la condición humana hasta la Unión mística. Sus estaciones van del despojamiento, al anonadamiento, en las que se conquista la libertad del sin por qué, vía que hace posible acercarse a la Unión mística. Segundo, realizamos un recorrido descendente que nos conduce de Dios, a la emanación, naturaleza y la creación de la naturaleza, la creación humana, el individuo.
Enajenación y consumismo
Authors: Monroy García Juan , García Javier Jaimes , Cienfuegos Javier Jaimes
Published: August 2023

El objetivo del presente trabajo es mostrar el concepto de enajenación en la obra de Herbert Marcuse. El ser humano que produce y consume, señalamiento de los verdaderos problemas que enmarcaron los contextos histórico y sociopolítico en los que Marcuse vivió y que hoy en día siguen vigentes. Al respecto, la postura teórica de la enajenación en el hombre unidimensional como producto de la sociedad posmoderna se fundamenta en los postulados de su predecesor, Karl Marx. El diseño de la investigación es de carácter documental descriptivo puntualizando en las obras de lo autores.
Franz J. Hinkelammert: La opción político-cultural por los empobrecidos y el deseo de Dios
Authors: Gallardo Helio
Published: August 2023

El presente artículo parte de que, actualmente, religiosidades e instituciones religiosas poseen un alcance político determinante en ciertas coyunturas. Se retoma el planteamiento de Hinkelammert según el cual las decisiones políticas emancipadoras ofertadas por referentes religiosos y no religiosos en América Latina contienen serias mistificaciones, siendo la principal El Hombre.Se sostiene que, en lugar de esas mistificaciones, se debe voltear la mirada a los sectores sociales, cuya existencia está garantizada, procurando la opción por los empobrecidos, en cuanto que opción sociohistórica.
PRAKTIK KONSERVATISME AKUNTANSI PERUSAHAAN SEKTOR PERTAMBANGAN: PERAN DEBT COVENANT DAN PROFITABILITAS
Authors: Fauzi Ekadyana Nuriman , Badriyah Mila
Published: August 2023

Baik perusahaan maupun investor memiliki tujuan yang berbeda. di mana perusahaan biasanya mengambil sikap optimis sementara investor mengambil sikap konservatif, atau sebaliknya. Penerapan prinsip konservatisme yang efektif memastikan bahwa pengusaha tidak membesar-besarkan pandangan optimisnya dan bertindak sesuai dengan keadaan aktual. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji pengaruh debt covenant dan profitabilitas terhadap konservatisme akuntansi. Sifat kuantitatif dari penelitian ini mengharuskan penggunaan teknik penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif dan regresi berganda untuk analisis data. Populasi penelitian ini terdiri dari korporasi di sektor pertambangan yang masuk dalam Jakarta Islamic Index (JII). Saham syariah diambil sampelnya menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Menurut temuan penelitian, kedua variabel yang diuji tidak berpengaruh pada penerapan konservatisme akuntansi untuk perusahaan yang diindeks JII di sektor energi. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa penerapan konservatisme akuntansi pada perusahaan di sektor pertambangan tidak didasarkan pada laba atau kewajiban kontraktual.
EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EARNINGS RESPONSE COEFFICIENT (ERC) IN CONSUMER GOODS SECTOR COMPANIES
Authors: Pradita Revina Intan , Sunarsih Sunarsih
Published: August 2023

Reaksi pasar pada saat peningkatan laba perusahaan terjadi tidak disertai meningkatnya harga saham. Oleh karena itu, tinggi rendahnya nilai Earnings Response Coefficient (ERC) perusahaan dapat digunakan investor untuk mengambil keputusan investasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji determinan ERC melalui empat variabel gabungan. Pengujian dilakukan pada perusahaan sektor consumer goods yang terdaftar di Index Saham Syariah Indonesia (ISSI), dengan teknik sampel menggunakan purposive sampling dan memperoleh total sampel sebanyak 24 perusahaan. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi data panel dengan pengolahan data menggunakan software STATA.14. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa persistensi laba, risiko sistematik, dan profitabilitas berpengaruh terhadap earnings response coefficient (ERC). Hasil ini mengindikasikan bahwa investor dapat memprioritaskan perusahaan yang memiliki profitabilitas tinggi dan risiko sistematik yang rendah karena terbukti dapat meningkatkan earnings response coefficient (ERC).
IMPLEMENTASI THEORY PLANNED BEHAVIOUR DALAM MENGUKUR MINAT INVESTASI DI PASAR MODAL SYARIAH
Authors: Biri Moh Maftuh Bastul , Hidayati Amalia Nuril
Published: August 2023

Minat investasi mahasiswa yang berinvestasi di pasar modal syariah sangatlah besar dari tahun ke tahun. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis minat investasi mahasiswa di pasar modal syariah menggunakan theory planned behaviour; yaitu dilihat dari sikap, norma subjektif, dan perceived behaviour. Peneliti melakukan penyebaran kuesioner kepada mahasiswa Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung dengan teknik purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan jenis penelitian asosiatif, sehingga data diolah dengan analisis regresi berganda, yang mana sebelumnya sudah lolos uji validitas, reliabilitas, dan normalitas data. Berdasarkan pengujian tersebut ditemukan hanya sikap dan norma subjektif yang berpengaruh terhadap minat investasi di pasar modal syariah pada sampel yang diteliti. Hasil penelitian ini menjelaskan bahwa semakin menarik sikap dan norma subyektif suatu perilaku, serta semakin besar kontrol perilaku persepsian, maka semakin kuat minat seseorang untuk melakukan perilaku yang dipertimbangkan.
Caspase 3 exhibits a yeast metacaspase proteostasis function that protects mitochondria from toxic TDP43 aggregates
Authors: Brunette Steve , Sharma Anupam , Bell Ryan , Puente Lawrence , Megeney Lynn A
Published: August 2023

Caspase 3 activation is a hallmark of cell death and there is a strong correlation between elevated protease activity and evolving pathology in neurodegenerative disease, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). At the cellular level, ALS is characterized by protein aggregates and inclusions, comprising the RNA binding protein TDP-43, which are hypothesized to trigger pathogenic activation of caspase 3. However, a growing body of evidence indicates this protease is essential for ensuring cell viability during growth, differentiation and adaptation to stress. Here, we explored whether caspase 3 acts to disperse toxic protein aggregates, a proteostasis activity first ascribed to the distantly related yeast metacaspase ScMCA1. We demonstrate that human caspase 3 can functionally substitute for the ScMCA1 and limit protein aggregation in yeast, including TDP-43 inclusions. Proteomic analysis revealed that disrupting caspase 3 in the same yeast substitu-tion model resulted in detrimental TDP-43/mitochondrial protein associations. Similarly, suppression of caspase 3, in either murine or human skeletal muscle cells, led to accumulation of TDP-43 aggregates and impaired mitochondrial function. These results suggest that caspase 3 is not inherently pathogenic, but may act as a compensatory proteostasis factor, to limit TDP-43 protein inclusions and protect organelle function in aggregation related degenerative disease.
Numerical simulation of fresh concrete flow in the L-box test using computational fluid dynamics
Authors: Sassi Raoudha , Jelidi Ahmed , Montassar Sami
Published: August 2023

Concrete remains a widely used material in construction. As structures become more optimised, a deeper understanding of the rheology of the concrete mixture is necessary. This paper aims to numerically simulate the flow of fresh concrete in the L-box apparatus, with the objective of gaining insights into its rheological behaviour and predicting its properties. The fresh concrete flowing through the L-box test is simulated from the moment that the gate is lifted until the stoppage and the material takes its final shape. The flow in this tool occurs on a free surface. In this work, a three-dimensional model has been developed using the computational fluid dynamics technique for simulation. The flow behaviour of fresh concrete was assumed to be non-Newtonian following the Bingham law, characterised by a non-linear shear stress–shear rate ratio, yield stress and plastic viscosity. A set of numerical simulations by varying workability were conducted. Furthermore, a parametric study was conducted to examine the impact of introduced parameters in the concrete flow, including the effect of yield stress, viscosity and density.
Many Architectures for Multiple Christianities
Authors: Magouliotis Nikolaos
Published: August 2023

Richard Etlin's Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity is an extensive collection of texts covering many aspects of Christian architecture, from early Christian holy sites to modernist churches and written in a manner that is accessible to a non-specialized reader. However, the book's adherence to the geographic canon of Christianity leaves out many important histories from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Additionally, its tendency for siloing Christianism from other religions falls short of the concurrent need for studies of transcultural encounters, syncretisms, and hybrids. This review was commissioned alongside the one authored by Maximilian Sternberg. Both reviews should be read together for a comprehensive account of this volume set. 
La cocréation avec les institutions scolaires et culturelles : recherche design en littératie numérique
Authors: Lacelle Nathalie , Richard Moniques , Martel Virginie , Vallières Amélie , Labrie Marie-Pierre
Published: August 2023

RésuméPlus qu’un concept à redéfinir, lalittératie numérique s’insère dans la mission même des institutionsresponsables de l’éducation à la communication, à la culture et à lacréation. Dans cet article, nous présenterons les résultats d’une recherchedesign en éducation (Lacelle et al. 2017-2020), ciblant la cocréationpédagogique avec des institutions scolaires et leurs partenaires culturels.Cette recherche vise à expliciter la démarche de cocréation d’activitésimpliquant la réalisation d’une recherche documentaire et/ou d’une créationartistique/médiatique en contexte (écoles; bibliothèques; centres culturels),ainsi que l’adaptation des milieux participants aux ressources numériques,multimodales, culturelles, matérielles et humaines. Après avoir identifiéquelques principes guidant la cocréation d’activités en littératie numérique,nous illustrerons, en nous appuyant sur trois terrains de recherche, notreméthode d’analyse des 4P (Portrait, Processus, Projet, Production),associée aux dimensions de la recherche design. Nous verrons comment cetterecherche donne lieu, entre autres, à une redéfinition des rôles des acteurs,des objets didactiques et des méthodes pédagogiques dans l’élaborationd’activités disciplinaires de littératie numérique à laquelle participent lesinstitutions culturelles. AbstractMore than a concept to be redefined, digital literacy fits into the very mission of the institutions responsible for education in communication, culture, and creation. In this article, we present the results of a design-based research in education(Lacelle et al. 2017-2020), focusing on pedagogical cocreation with educational institutions and their cultural partners. This research aims to clarify the process of co-creating activities involving carrying out a documentary research and/or artistic/media creation in context (schools, libraries, cultural centers), as well as the adaptation of participating environments to digital, multimodal, cultural, material, and human resources. After having identified some principles guiding the cocreation of digital literacy activities, we will illustrate, based on three research sites, our method of analysis of the 4Ps (Portrait, Process, Project, Production), associated with design-based research dimensions. We will see how this research gives rise, among other things, to a redefinition of the roles of actors, didactic objects, and teaching methods in the development of disciplinary digital literacy activities.
Kuruluşundan Bugüne Kuzey Kore’nin Dış Politikasında Değişim: Tarihsel Bir İnceleme
Authors: KILIÇDAROĞLU Kerem , DEMİR Emre
Published: August 2023

Bu çalışma, Charles Hermann’ın dış politikada değişim modeli kullanılarak Kuzey Kore’nin kuruluşundan bugüne dış politikasında yaşanan değişim incelemektedir. Hermann’ın modelinden yola çıkarak Kuzey Kore’nin dış politikasındaki değişim incelendiğinde ülkenin farklı dönemlerde iki aşamada politika değişikliği yaşadığı görülmektedir. İlk aşama, Kuzey Kore’nin Soğuk Savaş dönemindeki ittifak tercihlerinden oluşmaktadır. İkinci aşama ise, Soğuk Savaş sonrası süreçte Kuzey Kore lideri olan Kim Jong-il’in “Önce Ordu” politikası ile başlattığı ve babasının ardından görevi devralan Kim Jong-un “paralel kalkınma” politikası ile sürdürdüğü program değişiklikleridir. Bu çerçevede bu çalışma, Kuzey Kore’nin bu iki aşamadaki değişiklikleri neden ve nasıl gerçekleştirdiğini incelemektedir.
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework Based on the MEREC Method for the Comprehensive Solution of Forklift Selection Problem
Authors: KELEŞ Nuh
Published: August 2023

Forklift vehicles are used for lifting, lowering, loading, and transporting loads. Aimed of this study is the selection of a forklift vehicle with a combination of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. It was used six criteria, 13 alternatives, and the MEREC method. This study also presents a double normalization (DNMEREC) to contribute to a more convenient, and stable ranking of alternatives. 21 different methods were used to evaluate the alternatives: ARAS, CODAS, COPRAS, CoCoSo, ELECTRE, MABAC, EDAS, VIKOR, TOPSIS, SAW, WASPAS, PROMETHEE, MOORA, MOOSRA, MAIRCA, OCRA, PIV, GRA, ROV, MARCOS, PSI. The different methods rankings are integrated using the Borda, and Copeland methods.
INFLUENCE OF CEMENT CONTENT AND MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE PULLOUT-INTERFACE PROPERTIES OF GEOGRID-SOLIDIFIED WASTE MUD
Authors: Zhang Jian , Wang Xirui , Shen Jie
Published: August 2023

In engineering, waste mud is often used as a filling material after a solidification treatment. Geogrids, being excellent geotechnical engineering materials, are often used for soil reinforcement. In this work, a pullout test that considered the influence of different waste-mud moisture contents and cement contents was conducted to investigate the interface characteristics of geogrid-solidified waste-mud-reinforced soil. Then, the relationship between the pullout force and displacement, and the variations in the cohesion, friction angle and quasifriction coefficient were analysed. The results showed that the pullout force-displacement curve represented a strain-softening pattern. With the increasing moisture content, the peak pullout force, interfacial cohesion and quasifriction coefficient decreased gradually, but the internal friction angle did not change substantially. With the increasing cement content, the peak pullout force, interfacial cohesion, internal friction angle and quasifriction coefficient increased gradually. The peak pullout force was linearly correlated with the change in the moisture content and logarithmically correlated with the change in the cement content. Compared with the moisture content, the reinforcement-soil interface was more affected by the cement content. This study provides guidelines for the mixture design of reinforced solidified waste mud.
TWO-STEP SYNTHESIS AND FORMATION MECHANISM FOR LACUOS NANO-SIZED AGGLOMERATES
Authors: Li Xin , Li Qiang , Ma Zhenning , Sun Yan
Published: August 2023

We have developed a two-step synthesis method to obtain pure LaCuOS nano-sized agglomerates using La(NO3)3·6H2O, CuSO4·5H2O and NH3·H2O as the starting materials. The result shows that the precursor can be converted into La2O2SO4, La2(SO4)3 and CuO phases at 800 °C for 2 h in air, which was then converted into a pure LaCuOS phase by a reduction at 800 °C for 5 h in a flowing argon and hydrogen atmosphere. The as prepared LaCuOS nano-aggregates have poor dispersion and a wide size distribution range (50–100 nm).
DRY-SLIDING WEAR RESISTANCE OF AISI H11-TYPE HOT-WORK TOOL STEEL
Authors: Puš Gašper , Žužek Borut , Guštin Agnieszka Zuzanna , Podgornik Bojan
Published: August 2023

This study focused on analyzing the tribological properties of AISI H11-type hot-work tool steel and how these properties depend on the heat-treatment parameters. The investigation focuses on the abrasive wear resistance under different contact conditions and correlations between the mechanical properties and the wear resistance. The results of the experiments show the importance of proper austenitizing- and tempering-temperature selection, thus providing the optimal combination of tool hardness, strength, and toughness. The coefficient of friction under dry-sliding-contact conditions and abrasive wear mode was found to be largely independent of the heat-treatment conditions and more determined by the contact conditions, especially the load. On the other hand, hardness and strength are the dominant mechanical properties controlling the abrasive wear resistance of the hot-work tool steel.
THE INFLUENCE OF TiO2 NANOPARTICLES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF AA2024 ALUMINIUM ALLOY
Authors: Mahan Hamid M. , Konovalov Sergey V. , Osintsev Kirill , Panchenko Irina
Published: August 2023

In this study aluminum alloy 2024 was reinforced with different mass fractions (0 w/%, 2.5 w/%, 5 w/%, and 7.5 w/%) of titanium dioxide nanoparticles using the stir-casting method. The main objective was to study an effect of an addition of TiO2 nanoparticles on the microstructure and the mechanical properties of the 2024 aluminum alloy composite fabricated by stir casting. Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive analysis, as well as X-ray diffraction analysis were implemented to characterize the microstructure, elemental and phase composition of the samples. The tensile and Vickers hardness tests were carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties. The results showed that the addition of 7.5 w/% TiO2 nanoparticles increases the ultimate tensile strength by 37 % and elongation by 71 % while decreases the hardness by 14 % comparing with the initial alloy. The highest hardness was demonstrated in the alloy with 5 w/% TiO2.
“They forgot about us”: experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among people deprived of housing in an urban centre in Ontario, Canada
Authors: Lamarche Larkin , Scallan Eilish , Mak Orianna , Howden Jillian , Bodkin Claire , Nussey Lisa , Wolf Kelly , Ans Jody , Delottinville Danielle , O’Shea Tim , Lennox Robin
Published: August 2023

Objectives

People deprived of housing have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health mitigation measures implemented in response. Emerging evidence has shown the adverse health outcomes experienced by these communities due to SARS-CoV-2 infection; however, the voices of community members themselves have not been widely amplified in the published literature.

Methods

We conducted an interpretive qualitative study. People deprived of housing were involved in study development, recruitment, and data analysis. People deprived of housing or precariously housed were recruited during street outreach from June to July 2020. Participants completed one-on-one semi-structured interviews that were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically.

Results

Twenty-one participants were interviewed. Central to participants’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic were descriptions of access to services, in terms of both changes in service availability and the reality of how accessible existing services were to the community, represented by the theme access. Four other themes were generated from our analysis and include feeling and being unheard, stripped of dignity, I’ve been broken, and strength and survival (with a subtheme, community care).

Conclusion

Future emergency response efforts must meaningfully engage people deprived of housing in planning and decision-making in order to minimize adverse impacts of health emergencies and the associated public health responses. There needs to be more careful consideration of the unintended harmful impacts of public health measures implemented in response to pandemics.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) COI PCR Amplification and Gel Electrophoresis Protocol v1
Authors: M. Shea Meghan
Published: August 2023

This is a protocol for amplifying DNA extracts via PCR using broad COI primers (Leray et al., 2013) and confirming successful amplification via gel electrophoresis. This protocol originates with environmental DNA samples collected onto 0.22 µm capped Sterivex filters, e.g. through this sampling and filtration protocol: Samples are then extracted, e.g. through this extracted protocol, before proceeding through the current amplification protocol: Acknowledgements & Attributions: The PCR protocol is adapted from Curd et al. (2019; see Appendix 6) and the detailed first PCR protocol developed by CALeDNA (by Teia Schweizer, Emily Curd, and Rachel Meyer). The gel electrophoresis protocol is adapted from an Agarose Gel Electrophoresis & Gel Visualization Protocol from the Boehm Lab (by Blythe Layton and edited by Wiley Jennings, Eily Andruszkiewicz Allan, and Winnie Zambrana), a 16S rRNA gene V4 Amplicon Sequencing Protocol from the Nelson Lab (updated by Lauren Kennedy based on the Schloss Lab V4 Protocol) and the detailed Gel Electrophoresis protocol developed by CALeDNA (by Teia Schweizer, Emily Curd, and Rachel Meyer). We are grateful to the authors and editors of all the protocols above for creating and maintaining such helpful resources.
Tertiary EFL Students’ Learner Autonomy: The Roles of Teachers in the Classroom
Authors: Le Quyen Ha To , Dang Tin Tan , Bui Quyen Thi Thuc
Published: August 2023

Learner autonomy has been considered the central aim of education because of its significant role in enabling students to develop into successful lifelong learners. In modern times, students have many opportunities to learn outside the classroom, the ideal context for learner autonomy development. Therefore, research about the development of learner autonomy in the out-of-class learning context needs to receive more focus, especially in Vietnam. Based on sociocultural theory as the theoretical framework, the current research aims to explore the potential of promoting EFL tertiary students’ learner autonomy in the out-of-class learning context through teachers’ roles in the classroom. Data collected from answers to a questionnaire on learner autonomy and teachers’ roles (N=709) suggested significant correlations between factors of the situational, behavioral, and psychological dimensions of learner autonomy and the roles of teachers as a resource, an evaluator, a controller, an instructor, a facilitator, and a co-learner in the classroom. The follow-up semi-structured in-depth group interviews (N=35) revealed that the factors that mediated the relationship between learner autonomy and teachers’ roles were the students’ motivation, teacher autonomy, trust, and care. These results help to bridge in-class and out-of-class learning and provide pedagogical implications to foster learner autonomy development in the out-of-class learning context.
Contrastive Analysis of Interlanguage Features of an Arab English as a Second Language (ESL) Speaker
Authors: Alotaibi Khalid M.
Published: August 2023

This study was an attempt to analyze a collection of data from a second language speaker of English. The data was collected through an interview with an informant, who was an Arab male student in his first year of graduate studies at an American university. The interview lasted about 15 minutes and was recorded in English. The purpose of the interview was to pinpoint the utterances, phrases, or dialogues that contained interlanguage features and explain why those forms might exist. The interlanguage utterances were categorized by topic depending on the type of feature produced. The groups were classified in the following manner: the use of the 3rd person singular -s, the use of the plural -s, and the use of articles. These forms were then analyzed by considering the possible underlying rule for each feature and developing a pattern by comparing each feature to its correct counterpart. The resulting patterns revealed two main reasons for interlanguage data: attributions to the informant’s native language and particular sentence structures in English. The study concludes with suggested future experiments and investigations of the most noticeable interlanguage features as well as suggestions for English language instructors and general teaching practices.
A Case Study of Individual, Linguistic and Psychosocial Factors on Heritage Language Maintenance Among Malaysian Chinese
Authors: Qian Long , Sim Ng Boon , Yann Wong Ling , Halim Hazlina Binti Abdul , Husain Salina
Published: August 2023

Despite Asian immigrants have increasingly received attention in the scholarly study as heritage language learners (Lee, 2003; Kim & Chao, 2009; Dixon et al., 2012; Park et al., 2012), there is still a crucial gap in exploring heritage language (HL) maintenance among the multilingual Chinese descendants in Southeast Asia. This study intends to reveal individual influences as well as linguistic and psychosocial factors in maintaining the Chinese language as a heritage language (CHL) among the new generation of Chinese learners in Malaysia. Sets of questionnaires were distributed to 238 informants ages 16- 18 native speakers of Chinese. From the statistical analysis fact, it is concluded that 1) under the postcolonial education system, the diverse education stream or the type of school is one of the most influential individual factors on CHL maintenance level, i.e. SMJK>STPC>SMK in that order when considering the overall achievement on the Chinese language as a core subject, while age and gender had least impacted CHL maintenance; 2) linguistic factor which referring to parental language or dialects did not contribute to the differences in their CHL levels due to the fact that the Chinese language is commonly used in their daily lives and domestic domains; 3) attitudes towards ethnic identity as Malaysian Chinese and Chinese language classroom learning anxiety were significantly contributed to psychosocial factors in the given setting. It is hoped that this study helps to reinforce Chinese language maintenance to a greater connectedness between the young generation of Malaysian HL learners and the Chinese HL community.
Phraseological Expressions: Gender-Based Corpus Analysis of EFL/ESL Academic Research Articles
Authors: Jabeen Ismat , Alsmari Nuha
Published: August 2023

Phraseological or multi-word-pattern corpus-driven analysis of language in use has offered significant insights in recent years into how linguistic discourse can vary. This variation has been researched across genres, registers, disciplines, and native or non-native differences. However, very few studies have presented the gender-based analysis of academic research discourse within the EFL/ESL perspective. The current study explored the use of lexical bundles practiced by male and female researchers working in the EFL/ESL academic context within KSA. Corpora comprising almost 300,000 words including 68 research articles, 36 by female and 32 by male researchers were collected and run through Lancsbox 6.0 software package. The analysis was based on the frequency and structural patterns across the selected data. For the critical analysis of structural patterns, the structural taxonomy framework offered by Gezegin-Bal (2109) adapted from Biber et al. (1999) was employed. As established by the findings of the study, prepositional and noun phrases remained overwhelmingly more frequent and common in both corpora. There were no significant gender-based differences in the use of lexical bundles found which reflects that both male and female researchers practiced similar expressions in their use of the English language.
Dibujos arqueológicos del proyecto Qubbet El-Hawa. Campaña 2017
Authors: Puerto Fernández María Isabel
Published: August 2023

El presente artículo recopila una serie de dibujos de registro arqueológico del proyecto Qubbet El-Hawa pertenecientes a la campaña 2017 en Asuán (Egipto).
Dolor y espiritualidad. Conceptos presentes en las mujeres artistas como medio de reivindicación
Authors: Mañas García Alejandro , Fayos Bosch Leticia
Published: August 2023

Esta investigación quiere mostrar a través de una serie de artistas contemporáneas que utilizan como medio de reivindicación procesos creativos donde el concepto de dolor se hace explícito, unas con el fin de alcanzar otras realidades y otras por la misma vivencia. Un proceso donde la espiritualidad se  manifiesta como un camino de descubrimiento que les permite alcanzar otras realidades y una rica estética. Artistas que han tenido también como referentes a grandes maestras de la espiritualidad. Producciones que no solo sirven a las artistas para mostrar el sufrimiento, sino como un medio de lucha en esta sociedad para reivindicar los derechos de la mujer. Un hecho que no solo se da por individual, sino de forma colectiva, en ese sentido este artículo muestra cómo diferentes artistas utilizan los mismos conceptos, incluso siendo un medio donde comisarios y agentes artísticos han dejado testimoniado a través de exposiciones.

 

Hemos querido que el presente estudio en su metodología fuese dúctil, adaptándose a las diferentes situaciones que ha propiciado nuestra investigación en los diversos campos y disciplinas que hemos tenido en cuenta. Texto que se ha trascrito a partir de una metodología de investigación fundamentada en el cruce de diferentes referentes bibliográficos, relacionados con los conceptos tratados. Los que más tarde se han analizado tras la selección de aquellos aspectos que nos sirvan de marco referencial y conceptual. La investigación responde, por un lado, a la especificidad en el ámbito de las Bellas Artes, apoyado en el análisis y la consulta del propio contexto de la práctica artística. Para ello se ha indagado en escritos de especialistas, catálogos de exposiciones, críticas de arte, monografías de artistas, revistas de arte, artículos y, se ha visitado exposiciones y colecciones de arte. Más tarde, se ha procedido a una selección y catalogación de creadoras plásticas y obras significativas para los intereses específicos del tema
Museología social, prácticas artísticas colaborativas y la metodología de aprendizaje servicio: puntos de encuentro y líneas de acción
Authors: Castejón Ibáñez Magdalena
Published: August 2023

El texto que se expone a continuación presenta una revisión teórica en cuanto a tres ámbitos diversos entre sí como son la museología social, las prácticas artísticas colaborativas y la metodología educativa de aprendizaje servicio, pero con un nexo común como es la acción social ligada a la educación y la cultura. Se realiza, por tanto, un análisis situacional de cada uno de los terrenos citados, enfocándose principalmente a su deriva en el contexto actual. Posteriormente, se plantean una seríe de líneas de conexión con el objetivo de poder plantear nuevas estrategias y metodologías, especialmente en cuanto a la relación entre espacios museísticos y otras instituciones culturales, educativas o sociales. La museología social basa su concepto, entre otros aspectos, en una mayor interrelación con los contextos donde se ubican los espacios museísticos, por lo que la optimización de las conexiones con colectivos artísticos que promuevan la acción social y el desarrollo del entorno puede ser de gran interés. A su vez, establecer puentes con las instituciones educativas que apuestan por trabajar la concienciación de las problemáticas socioculturales de un determinado contexto mediante la metodología aprendizaje servicio, puede favorecer que los museos tengan una posición destacada en la comunidad.
Analysis of the efficiency of sound impact on the system of canals of the tooth root: A laboratory study
Authors: Adamchik Anatolii A. , Tairov Valerii V. , Kamyshnikova Irina O. , Zaporozhskaya-Abramova Ekaterina S. , Solovyeva Zhanna V. , Ivashchenko Viktoria A. , Lapina Natalia V. , Arutyunov Armenak V. , Risovannaya Olga N. , Kirsch Ksenia D. , Golubina Valeria D.
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND: The treatment of chronic apical periodontitis is directly related to the successful impact on the biofilm in the root canal system. Despite recent advances in understanding the effects of bacterial biofilm, there are still many questions concerning bacterial inactivation, and more research in these areas is needed.
AIM: To investigate approaches to improve the effectiveness of treating chronic apical periodontitis by combining an antimicrobial drug with sound activation.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The biological material of 40 teeth was obtained as a result of removal according to guidelines to create a model of the process of obturation of a tooths root canal with a calcium hydroxide paste. In the main group, we used the EndoActivator (Dentsply Sirona, USA) system intracanally after introducing the resultant paste with the help of canal filler. The root canal filling was performed using canal filler in the comparison control group. The filling was assessed using a radiovisiograph (Schick Technologies Inc., USA), and the filling of macrocanal and microcanal of the tooth root was examined using a scanning electron microscope.
RESULTS: The average score per tooth in the main group was 0.5 points/tooth. The average score per tooth in the control group was 2.05 points/tooth, which was significantly higher than in the main group (p 0.001). A comparison of the proportions of teeth with a certain number of points recorded in the compared groups revealed that teeth with a score of 0 (80%) predominated in the main group, whereas the proportion of such teeth in the control group was 15%; the differences are statistically significant (p 0.001). The data showed that the effectiveness of the root canal filling method with the canal filler and activation of the EndoActivator system resulted in the least complications.
CONCLUSION: The use of sonic vibrations of the EndoActivator system causes a dynamic movement of the material in the root canal, aimed at improving its flow and distribution into the dentinal tubules, and contributes to the uniform homogeneity of the filling material in the lumen of the root canal and the absence of voids between the root filling and the walls of the root canal of the tooth.
Materials on the history of the formation of dentistry and maxillofacial surgery in Russia
Authors: Iordanishvili Andrey K.
Published: August 2023

There was no information about an independent medical discipline in Russia until the middle of the XVIII century, namely, odontology (dentistry and stomatology).
The study aims to provide basic information about the formation of dentistry in Russia (17151805).
The special literature on the history of medicine, dentistry, and maxillofacial surgery was used to realize the aim of this study.
Information is presented on the activities of the first Admiralty (1715) and first Land (1716) hospitals opened in Saint Petersburg, based on which the first hospital schools in Russia were established in 1733 for the training of military doctors, which played a crucial role in the development of dentistry in Russia, as well as several well-known medical scientists whose works were devoted to the issues of dentistry and surgery of the face and jaws.
Hospital schools opened in Saint Petersburg that have been actively operating for 65 yr to train medical personnel, mainly for the Russian Army and Navy, created in Russia the theoretical and practical foundations of dentistry by the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the XIX century, based on which dentistry and maxillofacial surgery received further scientific development.
Pengembangan Multimedia Interaktif Pada Materi Data Flow Diagram Untuk Mahasiswa Teknik Informatika
Authors: Costa Cecilia Da , Kuswandi Dedi , Wedi Agus
Published: August 2023

Students have difficulty learning data flow diagram material because of the lack of references and constraints in accessing other reference sources. In addition, students also have difficulty understanding the notations and symbols used in making DFDs. Therefore interactive multimedia aims to produce computer-based learning products, which can be used by students as a source of learning media in making data flow diagrams at the Instituto Superior Cristal. The resulting interactive multimedia product is in the form of an .exe file. so that it is easy for students to use. This development research uses the Lee & Owens 2004 model. This model has five stages, namely, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The validity test of interactive multimedia products was carried out by media experts and material experts, and gave comments that multimedia was feasible to use. Practicality and attractiveness tests were carried out by informatics students at the Instituto Superior Cristal and gave positive responses in using interactive multimedia in small group and large group trials. Thus the interactive multimedia product on data flow diagram material is declared valid, practical and interesting to be used by students in the learning process at the Instituto Superior Cristal.AbstrakMahasiswa kesulitan dalam pembelajaran Materi data flow diagram karena minimnya referensi dan terkendala dalam mengakses sumber  referensi lain . Oleh karena itu  Multimedia interaktif bertujuan untuk menghasilkan produk pembelajaran, berbasis komputer yang dapat digunakan oleh mahasiswa sebagai salah satu sumber media pembelajaran  dalam pembuatan data flow diagram di Instituto Superior Cristal. Produk multimedia interaktif yang dihasilkan  berupa file .exe. sehingga mudah digunakan oleh mahasiswa. Penelitian pengembangan ini menggunakan model Lee & owens 2004. Pada model tersebut memiliki lima tahapan yaitu, Analisis, Desain, Pengembangan, Implementasi, dan Evaluasi. Uji kelayakan produk multimedia interaktif dilakukan oleh ahli media dan ahli materi, dan memberikan tanggapan bahwa multimedia layak untuk digunakan. Uji kepraktisan dan kemenarikan  dilakukan oleh mahasiswa informatika Instituto Superior Cristal dan memberikan respon yang positif dalam  menggunakan multimedia interaktif. Dengan demikian  produk multimedia interaktif pada materi data flow diagram  dapat digunakan oleh mahasiswa dalam proses pembelajaran di Instituto Superior Cristal.
Bullying Victimization and Bully Prevention Programs as Predictors of Classroom Peer Support for Immigrant and US-born Students
Authors: Evans Kerri
Published: August 2023

Introducción: En promedio, uno de cada cuatro estudiantes en las escuelas de los Estados Unidos son parte de familias inmigrantes, y la escuela es el lugar principal donde se relacionan con sus compañeros nacidos en los Estados Unidos. Su capacidad para prosperar en el aula puede verse afectada, tanto por el acoso como por el apoyo de sus compañeros y maestros. Objetivo: Este documento buscó comprender las relaciones entre los programas de prevención de bullying y el personal de salud mental de escuelas en el apoyo de compañeros en el aula, señalando las diferencias entre los estudiantes inmigrantes y los nacidos en los Estados Unidos. Metodología: Los datos provienen de 7 881 estudiantes de quinto a décimo grado de la encuesta transversal The Health Behavior in School Children (HBSC). Stata se utilizó para ejecutar estadísticas descriptivas, pruebas t y un Modelo Lineal Jerárquico (HLM) para examinar la medida en qué los diferentes apoyos, victimizaciones y demografía influyen en el nivel de apoyo de los compañeros que los estudiantes sienten en el aula. Resultados y discusión: Los resultados indican que no hay diferencia en los niveles de apoyo de los compañeros, entre los estudiantes inmigrantes y los nacidos en los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, la influencia de la victimización interpersonal por bullying tuvo una relación negativa con el apoyo entre compañeros, tanto para estudiantes nacidos en Estados Unidos como para inmigrantes, a través de múltiples modelos. Conclusiones: Las implicaciones sugieren más investigación sobre el tema y también más defensa de los programas de prevención del bullying que son dirigidos por pares e intencionalmente dan cuenta de los estudiantes inmigrantes.