bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Intuitionistic fuzzy incidence graphs
Authors: Rashid Ismat , Nazeer Irfan , Rashid Tabasam
Published: December 2021

Connectivity parameters have a crucial role in the study of different networks in the physical world. The notion of connectivity plays a key role in both theory and application of different graphs. In this article, a prime idea of connectivity concepts in intuitionistic fuzzy incidence graphs (IFIGs) with various examples is examined. IFIGs are essential in interconnection networks with influenced flows. Therefore, it is of paramount significance to inspect their connectivity characteristics. IFIGs is an extended structure of fuzzy incidence graphs (FIGs). Depending on the strength of a pair, this paper classifies three different types of pairs such as an α - strong, β - strong, and δ-pair. The benefit of this kind of stratification is that it helps to comprehend the fundamental structure of an IFIG thoroughly. The existence of a strong intuitionistic fuzzy incidence path among vertex, edge, and pair of an IFIG is established. Intuitionistic fuzzy incidence cut pairs (IFICPs) and intuitionistic fuzzy incidence trees (IFIT) are characterized using the idea of strong pairs (SPs). Complete IFIG is defined, and various other structural properties of IFIGs are also investigated. The proof that complete IFIG does not contain any δ-pair is also provided. A real-life application of these concepts related to the network of different computers is also provided.
An ensemble deep neural network approach for predicting TOC concentration in lakes along the middle-lower reaches of Yangtze River
Authors: Guo Hai , Song Yifan , Tang Haoran , Zhao Jingying
Published: December 2021

In recent years, lakes pollution has become increasingly serious, so water quality monitoring is becoming increasingly important. The concentration of total organic carbon (TOC) in lakes is an important indicator for monitoring the emission of organic pollutants. Therefore, it is of great significance to determine the TOC concentration in lakes. In this paper, the water quality dataset of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is obtained, and then the temperature, transparency, pH value, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, chlorophyll and ammonia nitrogen content are taken as the impact factors, and the stacking of different epochs’ deep neural networks (SDE-DNN) model is constructed to predict the TOC concentration in water. Five deep neural networks and linear regression are integrated into a strong prediction model by the stacking ensemble method. The experimental results show the prediction performance, the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE) is 0.5312, the mean absolute error (MAE) is 0.2108 mg/L, the symmetric mean absolute percentage error (SMAPE) is 43.92%, and the root mean squared error (RMSE) is 0.3064 mg/L. The model has good prediction performance for the TOC concentration in water. Compared with the common machine learning models, traditional ensemble learning models and existing TOC prediction methods, the prediction error of this model is lower, and it is more suitable for predicting the TOC concentration. The model can use a wireless sensor network to obtain water quality data, thus predicting the TOC concentration of lakes in real time, reducing the cost of manual testing, and improving the detection efficiency.
Novel intelligent adjustment height method of Shearer drum based on adaptive fuzzy reasoning Petri net
Authors: Wang Weibing , Wang Shenquan , Zhao Shuanfeng , Lu Zhengxiong , He Haitao
Published: December 2021

The complexity of the coalface environment determines the non-linear and fuzzy characteristics of the drum adjustment height. To overcome this challenge, this study proposes an adaptive fuzzy reasoning Petri net (AFRPN) model based on fuzzy reasoning and fuzzy Petri net (FPN) and then applies it to the intelligent adjustment height of the shearer drum. This study constructs adaptive and reasoning algorithms. The former was used to optimize the AFRPN parameters, and the latter made the AFRPN model run. AFRPN could represent rules that had non-linear and attribute mapping relationships and could adjust the parameters adaptively to improve the accuracy of the output. Subsequently, the drum adjustment height model was established and compared to three models neural network (NN), classification and regression tree(CART) and gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT). The experimental results showed that this method is superior to other drum adjustment height methods and that AFRPN can achieve intelligent adjustment of the shearer drum height by constructing fuzzy inference rules.
Face occlusion removal for face recognition using the related face by structural similarity index measure and principal component analysis
Authors: Rajeswari G. , Ithaya Rani P.
Published: December 2021

Facial occlusions like sunglasses, masks, caps etc. have severe consequences when reconstructing the partially occluded regions of a facial image. This paper proposes a novel hybrid machine learning approach for occlusion removal based on Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA), called SSIM_PCA. The proposed system comprises two stages. In the first stage, a Face Similar Matrix (FSM) guided by the Structural Similarity Index Measure is generated to provide the necessary information to recover from the lost regions of the face image. The FSM generates Related Face (RF) images similar to the probe image. In the second stage, these RF images are considered as related information and used as input data to generate eigenspaces using PCA to reconstruct the occluded face region exploiting the relationship between the occluded region and related face images, which contain relevant data to recover from the occluded area. Experimental results with five standard datasets viz. Caspeal-R1, IMFDB, and FEI have proven that the proposed method works well under illumination changes and occlusion of facial images.
Hyperplane-based time-aware knowledge graph embedding for temporal knowledge graph completion
Authors: He Peng , Zhou Gang , Liu Hongbo , Xia Yi , Wang Ling
Published: December 2021

Knowledge Graph (KG) embedding approaches have been proved effective to infer new facts for a KG based on the existing ones–a problem known as KG completion. However, most of them have focused on static KGs, in fact, relational facts in KGs often show temporal dynamics, e.g., the fact (US, has president, Barack Obama, [2009–2017]) is only valid from 2009 to 2017. Therefore, utilizing available time information to develop temporal KG embedding models is an increasingly important problem. In this paper, we propose a new hyperplane-based time-aware KG embedding model for temporal KG completion. By employing the method of time-specific hyperplanes, our model could explicitly incorporate time information in the entity-relation space to predict missing elements in the KG more effectively, especially temporal scopes for facts with missing time information. Moreover, in order to model and infer four important relation patterns including symmetry, antisymmetry, inversion and composition, we map facts happened at the same time into a polar coordinate system. During training procedure, a time-enhanced negative sampling strategy is proposed to get more effective negative samples. Experimental results on datasets extracted from real-world temporal KGs show that our model significantly outperforms existing state-of-the-art approaches for the KG completion task.
Design of expert active knn classifier algorithm using flow stroop colour word test to assess flow state
Authors: Lingaraj Vanitha , Kaliannan Kalaiselvi , Rohini Venmathi Asirvatham , Thevasigamani Rajesh Kumar , Chinnasamy Karthikeyan , Durairaj Vijendra Babu , Periasamy Keerthika
Published: December 2021

Flow state assessment is essential to understand the involvement of an individual in a particular task assigned. If there is no involvement in the task assigned then the individual in due course of time gets affected either by psychological or physiological illnesses. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics show that non-involvement in the task drive the individual to a depression state and subsequently attempt for suicide. Therefore, it is essential to determine the decrease in flow level at an earlier stage and take remedial steps to recover them. There are many invasive methods to determine the flow state, which is not preferred and the commonly used non-invasive method is the questionnaire and interview method, which is the subjective and retroactive method, and hence chance to fake the result is more. Hence, the main objective of our work is to design an efficient flow level measurement system that measures flow in an objective method and also determines real-time flow classification. The accuracy of classification is achieved by designing an Expert Active k-Nearest Neighbour (EAkNN) which can classify the individual flow state towards the task assigned into nine states using non-invasive physiological Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The ECG parameters are obtained during the performance of FSCWT. Thus this work is a combination of psychological theory, physiological signals and machine learning concepts. The classifier is designed with a modified voting rule instead of the default majority voting rule, in which the contribution probability of nearest points to new data is considered. The dataset is divided into two sets, training dataset 75%and testing dataset 25%. The classifier is trained and tested with the dataset and the classification efficiency is 95%.
Wordsworth’s Light and Shelley’s Shadow: Revelation in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne and Emily Series
Authors: Pollard Alicia
Published: December 2021

In the Anne and Emily series, Anne and Emily are Romantic dreamers who pursue revelation (revealed knowledge about the spiritual world). Both protagonists are Wordsworthian dreamers who experience the light of natural revelation, but Emily also experiences a Shelleyan darkness: the allure of mystery and the despair of anti-revelation.
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer
Authors: Agustiansyah Patiyus , Rizal Sanif  , Siti Nurmaini  , Irfannuddin  , Legiran
Published: December 2021

Cervical cancer in Indonesia in 2018 ranks second in cancer in women in Indonesia with an incidence rate of 348.809 cases with a mortality rate of nearly 60% of the incidence, namely 207.210 deaths. Deaths from cervical cancer are projected to continue to increase and are estimated to reach 12 million deaths by 2030 if not treated properly. The incidence of cervical cancer in Indonesia is estimated to have 180.000 new cases per year and the death rate is thought to reach 75% in the first year. This death is mainly associated with the majority of newly diagnosed patients who are already at an advanced stage (70% of cases) and are already at the terminal stage at the time of diagnosis.
Fluid and Drug Administration Procedure Animal Model in Biomedical Research
Authors: Hidayat Rachmat , Patricia Wulandari
Published: December 2021

Drugs, vaccines, injectable anesthetics or other agents are to be administered, oneor more of several different routes may be selected. The routes selected aregoverned by the nature of the agent being administered, the animal, the purposeof the administration and other factors.
Laboratory Examination of Syphilis
Authors: Purwoko M. Izazi Hari , Mutia Devi  , Suroso Adi Nugroho  , Fitriani Fitriani  , Raden Pamudji  , Nofilia Citra Candra
Published: December 2021

Syphilis, is sexually transmitted disease caused by spirochete Treponema pallidum subsp.pallidum. It have many diverse clinical manifestations that occur in distinct stages. Early diagnosis and management are the main things to prevent transmission and complication. Direct test or morphological observation is the definitive diagnosis of syphilis. This can be done through animal inoculation test, dark field microscopy, direct fluorescence antibody (DFA), and nucleid acid amplification test (NAAT). While the indirect test is a nontreponemal serologic test consist of Wasserman test, venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL), toluidine red unheated serum test (TRUST), unheated serum reagin (USR), rapid plasma reagin (RPR) and treponemal serologic test, such as T. pallidum passive particle agglutination (TPPA), T. pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA), fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-Abs), enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and rapid test. The algorithm of serologic test can be divided into traditional or reverse.
Investigating the Psychometric Properties of Sex Addiction Screening Test-revised for Persian Population
Authors:   Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran., Shafiezadeh Sina , Mohajeri Hossein ,   Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran., MohammadShirazi Atiyeh ,   Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, Tehran, Iran., Hassani-Abharian Peyman ,   Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran.
Published: December 2021

Introduction: Sexual addiction is known as a disorder that afflicts a person with difficulty in controlling or delaying sexual behaviors. To prevent social, physical, and psychological consequences, validated screening tests are needed to diagnose this disorder. One of these tests is established by Carnes with the name of sexual addiction screening test-revised (SAST-R). In this study, SAST-R has been translated and verified in the Persian language. Methods: The original screening test was translated into the Persian language and also back-translated for matching by two separate expert teams. The data was collected through an online survey of 1268 participants who were in the age range of 18 to 65 years (Mean±SD 29.44±6.90), and 56.1% and 43.9% of the population were women and men, respectively. Three questionnaires, including the SAST-R, the hypersexual behavior consequences scale, and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale as the principal, convergent, and divergent tests were administered to the participants. Results: The reliability of the test’s internal consistency (Cronbach α=0.883), split-half (Cronbach α=0.779), and Guttman (lambda coefficients were between 0.773 to 0.883) tests were used. In addition, 4 methods of content validity (sexual hyperactivity specialist approved), convergent structure validity (P<0.001, R=0.731), the validity of divergent structure (P<0.09, R=-0.132), and factor validity (comparative fit index=0.884, goodness of fit index=0.873, root mean square error of approximation=0.047) were measured and confirmed the validity of the test. Conclusion: The Persian version of SAST-R is a reliable preclinical tool to assess the severity of sexual desire in patients.
Cardiovascular Effect of Dorsal Periaqueductal Gray During Lipopolysaccharide-induced Hypotension
Authors:   Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mirzaii-Dizgah Iraj , Shafei Mohammad Naser ,   Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Mohebbati Reza ,   Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Alikhani Vida ,   Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Published: December 2021

Introduction: The central mechanism related to the cardiovascular response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced hypotension is not entirely known, but it is suggested that numerous brain areas such as dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) are involved in this process. In the current work, the cardiovascular effect of the dPAG during LPS-induced hypotension is investigated. Methods: The study animals (rats) were divided into four groups: control (saline microinjected into dPAG), lidocaine 2%, LPS (intravenously injected), and lidocaine + LPS. Catheterization of the femoral artery and vein was performed to record blood pressure and LPS injection, respectively. Saline and lidocaine were microinjected into the dPAG nucleus then the LPS injection was performed. The changes (∆) in systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR) were measured and compared with those of the control and LPS groups. Results: LPS significantly declined ∆MAP and ∆SBP (P<0.05) but did not change the ∆HR compared to the control. Lidocaine did not significantly affect basic ∆SBP, ∆MAP, and ∆HR compared to the control. Injection of lidocaine before LPS significantly attenuated the reduction of ∆SBP and ∆MAP evoked by LPS (P<0.05). Conclusion: Our data showed that blockade of the dPAG by lidocaine significantly ameliorates the hypotension induced by LPS. this finding confirms the involvement of the dPAG in cardiovascular regulation during LPS-induced hypotension.
Probable Neuropsychological and Cognitive Complications Due to Cytokine Storm in Patients With COVID-19
Authors:   Department of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran., Keshtgar Zahra , Chalabianloo Gholamreza ,   Department of Neuroscience, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran., Esmaeili Niloofar ,   Department of Hematology & Oncology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Published: December 2021

Introduction: COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) was first identified in China in December 2019 and is rapidly spreading worldwide as a pandemic. Since COVID-19 causes mild to severe acute respiratory syndrome, most studies in this context have focused on pathogenesis primarily in the respiratory system. However, evidence shows that the central nervous system (CNS) may also be affected by COVID-19. Since COVID-19 is spreading, it is necessary to study its possible cognitive effects on COVID-19 patients and their recovery. Methods: The articles used in this study were searched by keywords, such as cytokine storm and COVID-19, COVID-19 and executive dysfunction, cognitive disorder, and COVID-19, central nervous system (CNS) and COVID-19, coronavirus, neuroinvasion in Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases based on preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA) checklist. The study evaluates all observational studies published between December 2019 and April 2021 in peer-reviewed journals, including cross-sectional, cohort, case-control studies, case reports, and case series. The search result was 106 articles, of which 73 articles related to COVID-19, the stages of infection by this virus, its effect on the nervous system and neurological symptoms, the cytokine storm caused by this infection, and the possible cognitive consequences caused by this virus in patients, has been reviewed. Other articles were not checked due to their limited relevance to the topic under discussion. Results: Studies showed that neurons may be directly affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-1 and SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, various studies indicated that systemic inflammation (so-called “cytokine storm”) is also responsible for brain damage induced by infection with SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2. In such a way that these patients showed elevated levels of interleukin (IL-), 6, 8, and 10 and of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in their blood. Conclusion: Various cognitive defects have been observed following an increased level of cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-6, 8. Therefore, due to the increased level of these pro-inflammatory factors in the brains of these patients, cognitive deficits can be expected, which need further investigation.
BOARD INDEPENDENCE, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
Authors: Jaidi Junainah , Wenhao Miao , Mohidin Rosle
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationship between board independence and the firm performance of Chinese firms listed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, under the moderating role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A total of 860 firm-year observations over a period of ten years, that is from 2010 to 2019 was collected. The panel data regression technique was employed to analyze the data and determine the relationship between board independence and the firm performance of the Chinese firms under investigation. After a robustness check, the empirical results showed that the level of the CSR moderated (reduced) the positive relationship between board independence and firm performance. Therefore, the results seemed to imply that although the CSR has been seen as a useful business strategy, the level of the CSR in China still needed to be improved. In order to improve firm performance through practicing the CSR, the Chinese government and enterprises should be encouraged to continuously improve the level of the CSR.
Factors and Problems Affecting Reading Comprehension of Undergraduate Students
Authors: Suwanaroa Sawitri
Published: December 2021

This study aims to investigate factors affecting reading comprehension problems of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year students of English for International Communication (EIC) at Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna Tak. The study's objectives were 1) to examine the reading comprehension problems found most in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year EIC students; and 2) to investigate the main factors influencing the reading problems that in turn, greatly affected the reading competence of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year students of EIC and how they cope with these problems. In this study, 77 EIC students demonstrated reading problems and factors which were adopted from Manutsawee (2015). The results showed that these students reflected different perceptions related to their reading problems and the factors that had an impact on their reading problems. The reading problems for the 2nd year EIC students were related to grammar, vocabulary, understanding, and personal experience with an average of 3.50, 3.43, 3.25, and 3.25, respectively. Meanwhile, the 3rd year students showed that they had difficulty with vocabulary (3.19) and grammar (3.10), with understanding and personal experience having the same average score (3.00). Finally, the 4th year students' reading problems were in the area of vocabulary (3.50), understanding and grammar (3.25), and personal experience (3.14). Moreover, the factor that affected EIC students' reading problems the most was identified as follows. The 2nd year students perceived students' attitude as the most influential factor at 3.91. However, the 3rd year students thought classroom teaching had the greatest impact on their reading problems at 3.79. Finally, the student's attitude was also the most influential factor, at 3.91, for the 4th year students.
O USO DO JOGO MATEMÁTICA FÁCIL: CRIADO A PARTIR DO SOFTWARE SCRATCH PARA O ENSINO DAS OPERAÇÕES BÁSICAS
Authors: PASCOAL ANGRA SANTANA
Published: December 2021

A disciplina de matemática é considerada por muitos estudantes como difícil e “chata”, de modo que criam uma aversão ou bloqueio que os impedem de conhecer essa ciência que está presente em todos os momentos da vida de todos os seres humanos. Com base em reclamações como essa o presente artigo tem como objetivo principal analisar quais as contribuições do jogo Matemática Fácil para o ensino da matemática e se ele pode ser utilizado como ferramenta metodológica, quais os seus benefícios e se pode auxiliar no ensino-aprendizagem da matemática para as diferentes séries e conteúdos do ensino fundamental. Para isso a pesquisa contou com participação dos alunos do curso de reforço escolar da disciplina de matemática, com faixa etária de dez a quinze anos. A metodologia utilizada foi baseada em aplicação de questionários para avaliar os conhecimentos prévios e posteriores a aplicação do jogo criado através do software Scratch para a realização dessa pesquisa de natureza qualitativa.
LITERATURA INFANTIL NA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA: UM OLHAR PARA OS LIVROS INFORMATIVOS
Authors: Botelho Rafael Guimarães
Published: December 2021

Este artigo, que versa sobre livros infantis informativos na Educação Física, tem por objetivo principal discutir a relevância das obras informativas, que contemplam o movimento humano, para a Educação Física na escola. Para tanto, um primeiro critério adotado foi o panorama de não exaustividade na identificação das obras informativas. Para auxiliar a análise das obras, foram empregadas as técnicas de análise de assunto e análise de conteúdo. Os livros informativos apresentam objetivos e características específicos, que os distinguem das obras infantis de ficção. Seus propósitos são transformar informação em conhecimento e estimular, na criança, a aprendizagem de um determinado assunto. Neste artigo foram analisados quatro livros informativos com assuntos relacionados à Educação Física. Para a pergunta “Por que livros informativos para a Educação Física?”, foram deslindados dois argumentos: 1º) os livros informativos podem estimular a imaginação; e 2º) os livros informativos podem estimular o conhecimento sobre assuntos relacionados à Educação Física. Em substância, está claro que os livros informativos analisados podem sim ser inseridos nas atividades escolares da Educação Física.
EDUCAÇÃO PARA AS RELAÇÕES ETNICO-RACIAIS NAS AULAS DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA: A CAPOEIRA COMO POSSIBILIDADE EDUCATIVA NOS DOCUMENTOS CURRICULARES OFICIAIS
Authors: Mentiacca Letícia de Freitas
Published: December 2021

A Capoeira é uma das principais manifestações da cultura Afro-brasileira e, está difundida em vários países no mundo inteiro. Atualmente, contamos com políticas públicas que contemplam o estudo da História da África e dos Africanos, a luta dos negros no Brasil, a cultura negra brasileira e o negro na formação da sociedade nacional, resgatando a contribuição do povo negro nas áreas social, econômica e política pertinentes à História do Brasil. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar a capoeira como possibilidade educativa nas aulas de educação física escolar, priorizando os anos iniciais do ensino fundamental, conforme a Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC) e o Referencial Curricular Gaúcho (RCG), entre outras legislações. Apresentaremos índices expressivos sobre a vulnerabilidade do negro no Brasil e como o racismo estrutura a sociedade em que vivemos. Atentando a problemática de que é necessário fomentarmos a educação para as relações étnico-raciais em nossas escolas, promovendo ações afirmativas e de valorização da cultura Afro-brasileira e Africana.
PERCEPÇÕES DE ALUNOS DO ENSINO MÉDIO A RESPEITO DO USO DE AUTOMAÇÃO RESIDENCIAL E MAPAS CONCEITUAIS NA APRENDIZAGEM SIGNIFICATIVA DO CONCEITO DE ENERGIA
Authors: Rodrigues José Jorge Vale
Published: December 2021

Este artigo mostra os resultados de um estudo exploratório desenvolvido para validar um projeto de pesquisa de doutorado em Ensino. Participaram vinte e cinco alunos do 3º ano do curso técnico em redes integrado ao Ensino Médio do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia. A metodologia do trabalho, que teve natureza qualitativa, foi organizada de acordo com aspectos da Teoria da Aprendizagem Significativa de Ausubel, iniciou-se com um pré-teste e depois foram realizadas atividades com protótipos de automação residencial, em seguida os alunos foram instruídos quanto à elaboração dos mapas conceituais por meio do software Cmaptools, elaboraram os mapas conceituais finais segundo as aulas que tiveram e as atividades que realizaram, finalmente responderam um questionário de opinião na Plataforma Google Classroom com objetivo de verificar sua opinião sobre os recursos didáticos utilizados, sistemas de automação residencial e mapas conceituais no processo de aprendizagem do conceito de energia. Os objetivos deste artigo são: a) Apresentar um resumo das principais percepções dos alunos quanto à avaliação das atividades realizadas durante o estudo exploratório de acordo com o questionário de opinião; b) Apresentar as evidências encontradas de acordo com os critérios de análise dos mapas conceituais. Em suas declarações, os alunos concordaram que as atividades envolvendo recursos didáticos, automação residencial e mapas conceituais foram dinâmicas, motivadoras, interessantes, interativas e facilitaram a compreensão do conceito de energia.
ANÁLISE DE OBRAS LITERÁRIAS MAIS REQUISITADAS POR CRIANÇAS EM PROCESSO DE ALFABETIZAÇÃO
Authors: Almeida Eliana Guimarães , Ribeiro Isadora Cristina Silva
Published: December 2021

Dentro do campo das possibilidades de investigações em torno da literatura infantil no Brasil, a análise de obras com maior e melhor recepção pelas crianças traz uma série de elementos capazes de promover reflexões acerca das preferências pelo público-alvo, que podem contribuir para pensar as mediações possíveis no contexto da Educação Básica. Desse modo, este artigo tem como objeto a análise de obras literárias mais requisitadas por crianças matriculadas no terceiro ano do Ensino Fundamental do Centro Pedagógico da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (CP-UFMG). Para isso a metodologia adotada é a pesquisa documental, tendo as seguintes etapas de desenvolvimento: em um primeiro movimento a partir de uma lista gerada pelo sistema de bibliotecas, foi feito o levantamento de todas as obras que foram emprestadas ao longo de um ano letivo pelas duas turmas, identificando cada empréstimo individualmente. Em um segundo momento, foi feita a análise das obras mais requisitadas por uma das turmas. Os resultados obtidos até o momento apontam para uma preferência por obras com projetos gráfico-editoriais semelhantes com destaque para cores vibrantes e com recorrência da temática de trocadilhos, adivinhas e anedotas. As análises permitem identificar conexão entre a fase de consolidação da alfabetização e a intensa exposição às habilidades de consciência fonológica com escolhas literárias que privilegiam o aspecto lúdico da língua e a possibilidade da interação nos livros. A pesquisa também traz alguns apontamentos importantes em relação à seleção e adequação ao público-alvo em determinadas partes da coleção analisada.
LITERATURA NA PRÉ-ESCOLA: POSSIBILIDADES PARA O ENCONTRO ENTRE LIVROS E CRIANÇAS
Authors: Pereira Queiti Cristina
Published: December 2021

Este trabalho tem como objetivo mostrar as possibilidades de práticas de leitura literária realizadas em uma turma de crianças de 5 e 6 anos, em uma Escola Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Com objetivos específicos pretendeu-se conhecer como se dá o acesso das crianças ao livro e à leitura literária. O trabalho contemplou ainda uma breve análise da perspectiva de leitura e literatura sob a ótica de Freire (1989), Yunes (2002), Reyes (2010) e Candido (2017), passando pela importância de conhecer o lugar que o livro ocupa e possíveis práticas que propiciem o encontro de crianças com este objeto, levando em conta sua autonomia (MATOS, 2013).
CONTRIBUIÇÕES DE UM DISCURSO CONTRA-HEGEMÔNICO DECOLONIAL A UM BRASIL QUILOMBOLA
Authors: De Borba Gilberto Silva , De Barros Rodrigo Trevisano
Published: December 2021

Demandas sociais emergem e colocam a escola no debate sobre o papel da educação em um contexto de disputas dos discursos que conduzem a prática docente. O artigo que apresentamos é teórico e construído em resposta à pergunta, Quais são as contribuições de um discurso contra-hegemônico decolonial a um Brasil quilombola? Fazemos uso das dimensões de sustentação do discurso hegemônico trazidas por Ernesto Laclau na construção de uma postura contra-hegemônica para atividade docente e o espaço escolar. Concluímos que uma prática pedagógica contra-hegemônica e decolonial precisa possibilitar tensões capazes de desconstruir e reconstruir o papel do povo escravizado e do quilombo na construção de um país plural, multicultural, diverso e respeitador dos direitos das pessoas na protagonização de sua própria história.
Quality Lists of Marketing Journals: A Critical Appraisal
Authors: Moussa Salim
Published: December 2021

Journal quality lists are becoming omnipresent and omnipotent. Using the Foucauldian concept of the panopticon, this study critically assesses the proclaimed impartiality and objectivity of three of these lists. It does so by: (a) identifying the seven marketing scholars that have contributed to the construction of these three lists; and (b) implementing an analysis that is rarely used in marketing; namely, a Curriculum Vitae (CV) analysis. The names of the identified seven scholars are kept concealed as the case is not to castigate/question a specific academic, but rather to rouse the debate on the usefulness(less) of these lists. The CV analysis ascertains that the three scrutinised lists are way less impartial and objective than they may seem. This study’s results are in stark contrast with any argument advocating the impartiality and objectivity of these journal quality lists. Seen from a Foucauldian standpoint, these lists appear as panoptic power/knowledge tools.
Social Networking Sites and Civic Participation: Analyzing the Mediating Role of Online Bridging Social Capital
Authors: Kaur Ashmeet , Dangi H.K.
Published: December 2021

Technological advancements have introduced creative communication media with social media being one of its kind. Since its introduction, the use of social media is rising in India providing people a better penetrating medium to share their views and ideas. These networking sites have given people a wide range of options to share views about social issues as well. Civic participation is a personal or group effort to resolve a social issue. With the onset of social media, offline civic participatory activities have made a transition to the online space as well. With the soaring influence of social media, this study aims to determine the extent to which Social Networking Sites (SNS) usage influences social capital and civic participatory behaviour. It aims to examine whether SNS use aids in the development of behavior that fosters civic participation. Further, the mediating role of online bridging social capital is analyzed in the relationship between SNS use intensity and civic participation of users. The results show the role of SNS in positively influencing online and offline civic participatory behaviour of the users with online bridging social capital acting as a mediating variable. However, the cross-sectional nature of this study constrained the ability to infer causal associations. The study concludes with recommendations and directions for future research. The different SNS can be compared to learn about their respective influence on civic participatory behavior and infer this phenomenon in an enhanced manner.
An Empirical Study of Consumer buying decision and Digital Marketing during COVID 19 Pandemic
Authors: Arora Dr. Richa , Nangia Dr. Richa
Published: December 2021

The aim behind this research paper is to understand Impact of Digital Marketing during COVID 19 Pandemic on consumer buying decision. This research paper also confers about the four variables of digital marketing which are affecting the buying decision of the consumer. Both primary and secondary data has been collected for the current study. Data from primary sources collected through personal interviews, discussions with industry leaders and structured questionnaire. The research was also carried out on secondary sources like business journals, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, etc.  SPSS 21 software has been used to analyse the data and linear regression analysis and multiple linear regression analysis techniques were used to determine the impact of each variable of digital marketing in influencing the buying decision making of the consumers.Findings of this research study determine the consistency of the independent variables, description of the product, pricing, marketing and promotions and distribution of the product on consumer buying decision. The following variables i.e.description of the product, marketing & promotions and distribution of the product has high significant impact on consumer buying decision.
A Demographic Study on the Purchase Pattern of Consumers with respect to Social Learning Theory during COVID-19 times
Authors: Roy Chowdhury Banerjee Debarati , Majumdar Sudipta
Published: December 2021

Shopping is a necessity in everyone’s life. Mostly shopping is need based and sometimes it is a leisure activity in the form of entertainment. However when the condition leads to extreme buying situation resulting into destructive and harmful activity, then this is the result of Compulsive Buying Behaviour (CBB). While studying the consumer buying behaviour and process, the external stimuli is not the sufficient reason, to generate a response, rather the consumers’ characteristics significantly influence the way they perceive the stimuli, utilize their internal processes and result in a specific buying behaviour. Hull (1951) developed a model as a behavioural model to explain the social learning theory: Stimulus – Response Model (S – R Model). Few of psychologist and marketing researchers tried to find out the characteristics of consumers within “black box” and analyze the impact of both factors to determine specific buying behaviour. In this research project we have tried to analyse Social Learning Theory with respect to the purchase pattern of the consumer in Kolkataduring the COVID-19 Pandemic. The respondents are mostly the parents who are influenced by their children to exert Compulsive Buying Behaviour. The collected responses will be analysed using one way ANOVA to find out which of the factors significantly influence purchase behaviour. The findings of the study will help the organisation to decide their marketing strategies.
Case technologies in the system of training future leaders of educational institutions for the application of pedagogical management technologies
Authors:   Mukachevo State University, SHVARDAK Marianna
Published: December 2021

The article analyzes the features of the use of case technology in the process of preparing future heads of general secondary education institutions for use in further practical activities of pedagogical management technologies. The purpose, algorithm of application are defined, the example of a case with reflective questions to it is resulted, efficiency is outlined, shortcomings and advantages of application of case technology in professional training are specified. It is revealed that this technology is a set of a whole system of methods. Among them: modeling, structuring, algorithmization, analysis, synthesis, role play of the situation, abstraction, concretization, idealization, decomposition, imaginary experiment, problem method, discussion, compromise, comparison, argumentation, generalization, etc. It was found that the use of case technology in the system of training future heads of general secondary education on the one hand, allows to establish a synergy of theoretical and practical aspects of learning, stimulates individual activity of applicants, forms a positive motivation to learn, interest in management, reduces the number of �passive� and insecure students, provides high efficiency of training and development of future professionals, forms certain personal and managerial qualities and competencies; and on the other hand, it enables the teacher himself: to improve himself, to think and act differently and to modernize his own professional potential. Key words: case, technology, professional training, future leader, pedagogical management.
Future manager�s professional communicative interaction training
Authors:   Lviv State University of Life Safety, KOVAL Myroslav , RUDENKO Larysa ,   Lviv State University of Life Safety
Published: December 2021

Modern dynamic transformations in the state naturally affect the growth of social demands for the quality of management processes in various sectors of the economy. Accordingly, the need to improve future managers� training at higher schools is highlighted. Due to the fact that the profession of a manager belongs to communicative professions, among the requirements for specialists in this field, the ability to communicate effectively is important. The article substantiates the necessity to take into account socio-adaptive, status-role aspects and aspects of self-expression while training future managers for professional communicative interaction; the above-mentioned aspects are considered in the context of their socio-professional adaptation to the professional environment. The social-adaptive aspect reflects the management specialist�s orientation on professional self-improvement by revealing the inner personal potential, the desire for continuous self-development in management activities. The status-role aspect of future managers� preparation for professional communicative interaction combines functional and social contexts of management activities and is focused on the students� readiness to perform efficiently socio-professional roles in the labor environment. The aspect of self-expression is related to the acquisition of self-presentation skills, which, based on self-assessment and self-regulation of a manager during communicative interaction, reflects the level of a manager�s ability to coordinate communicative actions and dependence on the system of internal means of their regulation. Taking these aspects into account while training future managers at higher schools will provide a basis for the implementation of efficient business relations in the labor environment, which will positively affect the process of management specialists� adaptation to professional conditions and improve the quality of management processes in general. Key words: higher school; professional training; future managers; professional adaptation; communicative interaction.
Extracurricular activities as a significant factor in professional training of active tourism specialists (evidence from "Wings of Travel" tourist club in flight academy of NAU)
Authors:   Flight Academy of National Aviation University, KOLOTUKHA Oleksandr , OLEKSYN Mykola ,   Flight Academy of National Aviation University
Published: December 2021

The article reveals the most efficacious aspects of tourist extracurricular activities with regard to high-quality professional training of active tourism organizers and managers. The analyses of prior studies states that extracurricular activities attach great importance in training tourism students for future profession, and in the authors� opinion, a significant role in its organization is played by a facilitator and their choice of forms of extracurricular activities. However, the analyses of the previous scientific works shows that little research has been undertaken to study the problem of the facilitator role and choice of forms of extracurricular activities for organization of future tourism specialists� training. It has proven the relevance of the problem and determined the purpose of the research � defining the role and choice of the most efficacious forms of tourist extracurricular activities with regard to high-quality professional training of active tourism organizers and managers. Well-planned and organized extracurricular activities in students� training for future tourism profession have significant importance for their professional growth. The facilitator plays the leading role in organization of such activities and chooses the most impactful forms. The activity of tourist club of higher education institution is defined as the major and most effective form of extracurricular activities for training active tourism managers, which provides acquiring practical tourist skills, improvement of tourist and sport proficiency, and obtaining organizing and technological tourist skills. A tourist club is the highest form of initial student association in the educational institution, which deals in depth with tourist and sport activities and unites different tourist sections. The club can comprise 60 and more students. The club system of tourism activities gives the possibility for students to reveal and realize their ambitions and abilities. A notable example of such activity is "Wings of Travel" tourist club of Flight Academy of the National Aviation University (Kropyvnytskyi). Key words: active tourism, sports tourism, professional training, tourist club, Flight Academy of the National Aviation University.
The essence and structure of the concept "information competence of future navigation and ship handling specialists"
Authors:   Department of Navigation and Ship Handling, Danube Institute of the National University �Odessa Maritime Academy�, KRAMARENKO Viktoria
Published: December 2021

The article highlights the essence and structure of the concept of "information competence of future specialists in navigation and ship handling". It is proved that information competence of a specialist in navigation and ship handling involves the ability to work with large volumes of information to solve complex problems of professional activity and is an important factor in the success of professional activity. Taking into account the scientific works on the formation of information competence and peculiarities of the professional activity of a specialist in navigation and ship handling their information competence can be defined as an integrative personal quality, encompassing motivation for information activity, conscious attitude and interest in navigational information, knowledge of the types of information activities of a navigator, assignment and composition of the navigation information system, the ability to search for necessary information, understand information flows and communications, make optimal use of all navigational data, to carry out information and analytical processing of information relating to ship handling systems, navigation information resources and information security systems. The components of information competence of a specialist in navigation and ship handling service are motivational-personal, information-cognitive and activity-operational. Motivational and personal component concerns motivation to information activity, conscious attitude and interest in navigation information, readiness to work with different types of navigation information and to constantly improve the level of information competence. The information-cognitive component of information competence of a navigation and ship handling specialist covers the knowledge of types of information activities of a navigator, assignment and composition of navigation information system, formalized methods of analytical-synthetic information processing, peculiarities of various objects analysis, work with electronic format of information representation, information on methods and algorithms of electronic databases and data banks creation, distribution and acquisition of information in a group. The activity-operational component of information competence of future navigation and ship handling specialists concerns the most important abilities and skills of working with information, i.e. the ability of a navigator to perform information-analytical processing of information related to ship handling systems, management of navigation information resources, information security systems. Key words: information competence, cadet, navigation and ship handling specialist, motivational-personal, information-cognitive and activity-operational components.