bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Improved Deep Text Clustering via Local Manifold of an Autoencoder Embedding
Authors: Berahmand Kamal , Daneshfar Fatemeh , oskouei Amin Golzari , Dorosti Maryam , Aghajani Mohammad Javad
Published: December 2022

Text clustering is a method for separating specific information from textual data and can even classify text according to topic and sentiment, which has drawn much interest in recent years. Deep clustering methods are especially important among clustering techniques because of their high accuracy. These methods include two main components: dimensionality reduction and clustering. Many earlier efforts have employed autoencoder for dimension reduction; however, they are unable to lower dimensions based on manifold structures, and samples that are like one another are not necessarily placed next to one another in the low dimensional. In the paper, we develop a Deep Text Clustering method based on a local Manifold in the Autoencoder layer (DCTMA) that employs multiple similarity matrices to obtain manifold information, such that this final similarity matrix is obtained from the average of these matrices. The obtained matrix is added to the bottleneck representation layer in the autoencoder. The DCTMA's main goal is to generate similar representations for samples belonging to the same cluster; after dimensionality reduction is achieved with high accuracy, clusters are detected using an end-to-end deep clustering. Experimental results demonstrate that the suggested method performs surprisingly well in comparison to current state-of-the-art methods in text datasets.
Pilot study of a calcium phosphate cement based composite as implant coating and socket grafting material
Authors: Liu Ping , He Feng , Zheng Xueni , Xue Yang , Zhou Hongzhi
Published: December 2022

Materials that can be used in load-bearing implants are desirable. They have to display a wide range of properties in order to work well in the human body. Calcium phosphate cement (CPC) is a promising candidate for this role because of their ability to directly bond to bone, serving as a template for newly forming bone and meanwhile a load-bearing support for implant. In this study, a commercialized CPC product were blended with hemostatic gelatin sponges and minocycline, then smashed to form a self-setting composite material with porous structures. Firstly, the CPC composite was tested as a coating material for titanium implant in experimental rabbit models. The results showed the coating materials could guide bone-to-implant contact in 12 weeks, displaying a good osteoconductive ability. Then a clinical trial was carried out to evaluate the CPC composite’s performance as bone substitute in 8 patients, who experienced tooth extractions and accepted the composite material grafting for ridge preservation. After 3-6 months’ healing, the majority of the CPC composite was replaced by new alveolar bone, allowing successful placement of dental implant and denture restoration. This pilot study indicated that porous CPC composite could be used in implant dentistry as biomedical material for implant coating or alveolar ridge preservation.
Dynamical behavior of analytical soliton solutions, bifurcation analysis, and quasi-periodic solution to the (2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky (KD) system
Authors: Kumar Sachin , Mann Nikita , Kharbanda Harsha , Inc Mustafa
Published: December 2022

Nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs) are extensively used to establish the elementary propositions of natural circumstances. In this work, we study the Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky (KD) equation which depicts non-linear waves in mathematical physics with weak dispersion. The considered model is investigated using the combination of generalized exponential rational function (GERF) method and dynamical system method. The GERF method is utilized to generate closed-form invariant solutions to the (2+1)-dimensional KD model in terms of trigonometric, hyperbolic, and exponential forms with the assistance of symbolic computations. Moreover, 3D, 2D combined line graph and their contour graphics are displayed to depict the behavior of obtained solitary wave solutions. The model is observed to have multiple soliton profiles, kink-wave profiles, and periodic oscillating nonlinear waves. These generated solutions have never been published in the literature. All the newly generated soliton solutions are checked by putting them back into the associated system with the soft computation via Wolfram Mathematica. Moreover, the system is converted into a planer dynamical system using a certain transformation and the analysis of bifurcation is examined. Furthermore, the quasi-periodic solution is investigated numerically for the perturbed system by inserting definite periodic forces into the considered model. With regard to the parameter of the perturbed model, two-dimensional and three-dimensional phase portraits are plotted.
Learning Heterogeneous Subgraph Representations for Team Discovery
Authors: Nguyen Hoang , Rad Radin Hamidi , Al-Obeidat Feras , Bagheri Ebrahim , Kargar Mehdi , Srivast Divesh , Szlichta Jaroslaw , Zarrinkalam Fattane
Published: December 2022

The team discovery task is concerned with finding a group of experts from a collaboration network who would collectively cover a desirable set of skills. Most prior work for team discovery either adopt graph-based or neural mapping approaches. Graph-based approaches are computationally intractable often leading to sub-optimal team selection. Neural mapping approaches have better performance, however, are still limited as they learn individual representations for skills and experts and are often prone to overfitting given the sparsity of collaboration networks. Thus, we define the team discovery task as one of learning subgraph representations from heterogeneous collaboration network where the sub-graphs represent teams which are then used to identify relevant teams for a given set of skills. As such, our approach captures local (node interactions with each team) and global (subgraph interactions between teams) characteristics of the representation network and allows us to easily map between any homogeneous and heterogeneous subgraphs in the network to effectively discover teams. Our experiments over two real-world datasets from different domains, namely the DBLP biblio-graphic dataset with 10, 647 papers and IMDB with 4, 882 movies, illustrate that our approach outperforms the state-of-the-art baselines on a range of ranking and quality metrics. More specifically, in terms of ranking metrics, we are superior to the best baseline by approximately 15% on the DBLP dataset and by approximately 20% on the IMDB dataset. Further, our findings illustrate that our approach consistently shows a robust performance improvement over the baselines.
Time-series association based dynamic graph evolution for recommendation
Authors: Xiao Chunjing , Lv Shenkai , Fan Wei , Ip W.H.
Published: December 2022

Modeling the interactions between users and items to accurately predict ratings is very crucial for improving the performance of recommendation. Although existing graph-based methods have achieved great progress in predicting ratings for recommendation, they usually need additional side information which is difficultly obtained, and ignore the temporal associations between items (users) when constructing graphs. In this paper, we propose a time series association based dynamic graph evolution model for recommendation, which can capture not only the information propagation on multiple graphs but also the temporal association between items (users) by constructing a time series item association graph and a user similarity graph. Specifically, the proposed model consists of two main components: recurrent graph construction component and message propagation component. The former recurrently constructs the time series item association graph and the user similarity graph only from the interactions between items (users) to capture the temporal associations between items (users), which further helps the process of constructing two auxiliary graphs. The latter refines user and item representations by aggregating the influence information propagated from multiple high-order neighbors. Finally, the refined representations of users and items are used to predict ratings on all items a user has not interacted with. The experimental results illustrate that our method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods on five real-world datasets.
T cell metabolic insufficiency explains the dysfunctional immune response in advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Authors: Annels Nicola , Denyer Mick , Nicol David , Hazell Steve , Silvanto Anna , Crockett Matthew , Hussain Muddassar , Moller-Levet Carla , Pandha Hardev
Published: December 2022

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is considered an immunogenic tumour with a prominent dysfunctional immune cell infiltrate, unable to control tumour growth. Although tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immunotherapy have improved the outlook for some patients, many individuals are non-responders or relapse despite treatment, and then develop progressive disease, cancer symptoms and will have a reduced life expectancy. Following the limited success of cytokine therapy, immunotherapy using ipililumab/nivolumab combination or nivolumab single agent checkpoint-inhibitor therapy has been transformational and reiterated the potential for immune manipulation to significantly impact this disease. There is an urgent need to further improve the potential efficacy of these new targeted immunotherapies as not all patients derive benefit. The immune environment created by the tumour recapitulates that present in chronic viral infections in which inappropriate and excessive antigen stimulation leads to intra-tumoural T-cell exhaustion. These exhausted T-cells exhibit defective proliferative capacities and cytokine production and display an overall phenotype of metabolic insufficiency, characterized by extensive mitochondrial alterations. We set out to comprehensively identify mitochondrial defects in exhausted RCC tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and correlate these findings with the clinicopathological characteristics of the tumour and the metabolic tumour microenvironment. The emergence of exhausted RCC CD8 + TILs upon progression into p3-4 advanced stage disease coincided with a significant decrease in expression of PPARGC1A, a key regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. Down-regulation of PPARGC1A during ccRCC disease progression thus represents a ‘tipping point’ promoting immune dysfunction, cancer progression and poor outcomes from this disease.
Decreased expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in peripheral plasma and vitamin D receptor in wound margin tissue associated with diabetic foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Tang Ying , Huang Yixuan , Luo Li , Xu Murong , Deng Datong , Fang Zhaohui , Zhao Xiaotong , Chen Mingwei
Published: December 2022

Background There are no clinical studies have attempted to elucidate the correlation between vitamin D deficiency and the incidence of diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) .This study to elucidate the expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)VD) in peripheral plasma (P-25(OH)VD) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) in wound margin tissues (T-VDR) of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who presented with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and DFO, and identify its correlation with treatment outcomes of DFU and DFO.
Methods 156 T2DM patients with DFU (DFU group), 100 newly diagnosed T2DM patients without DFU (T2DM group), and 100 healthy controls (NC group). DFU group were further categorized into DFO (n = 80) and NDFO subgroups (n = 76). Expression levels of P-25(OH)VD were measured via chemiluminescence, and T-VDR was measured through quantitative real-time PCR.
Results DFU group showed significantly lower P-25(OH)VD expression than in the T2DM group (P < 0.05). DFO group showed significantly lower P-25(OH)VD and T-VDR expression than those in the NDFO group (P < 0.05). Furthermore, P-25(OH)VD and T-VDR expression of DFU group were negatively correlated with ulcer course, Wagner grade, wound infection severity, the detection rate of drug-resistant bacteria, recurrence rate, and amputation rate of foot ulcer (P < 0.05). However, P-25(OH)VD and T-VDR expression were positively correlated with ulcer healing rate after 8 weeks (P < 0.05). Low expression of P-25(OH)VD were an independent risk factor for DFU and DFO (ORDFU = 2.42, ORDFO = 3.05, P < 0.05), and low expression of T-VDR was an independent risk factor for DFO (OR = 2.83, P < 0.05). The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 25(OH)VD related to the diagnosis of DFU and DFO was 0.821 (95% CI: 0.754 – 0.886, P < 0.001) and 0.786 (95%CI: 0.643 – 0.867, P < 0.001), When establishing a diagnosis of DFO, the AUC of T-VDR was 0.703 (95%CI: 0.618 – 0.853, P < 0.001).
Conclusions Decreased expression of P-25(OH)VD and T-VDR of T2DM patients are closely related to the occurrence, development, and prognosis of DFU and DFO, which can consequently be applied as potential biomarkers and be used to predict DFU and DFO.
Optimizing internal biosecurity on pig farms by assessing movements of farm staff
Authors: Bernaerdt Elise , Díaz Inmaculada , Piñeiro Carlos , Collell Miquel , Dewulf Jeroen , Maes Dominiek
Published: December 2022

For internal biosecurity, it is important to separate different age groups in a pig farm and to stick to specific working lines when visiting the barns. Currently, there is no research on the movements of farm staff on pig farms. The objectives of this observational study were to assess movements of farm staff on pig farms, to assess risky movements and to investigate whether movements differ according to time (week of the batch farrowing system (BFS) and weekday vs. weekend) and unit (farrowing, gestation/insemination, nursery, and fattening unit). Five commercial sow farms participated and on each farm, an internal movement monitoring system was installed. Detection points were installed throughout the farm and workers had to wear a personal beacon. Movement data were collected from 1 December 2019 until 30 November 2020. The following sequence of movements was considered as safe: 1) dressing room, 2) farrowing, 3) gestation/insemination, 4) nursery, 5) fattening, 6) quarantine, and 7) cadaver storage. Movements in the opposite direction were considered as risk, unless a dressing room was visited in between. The total number of movements differed according to week of the BFS, and was highest in insemination and farrowing week. The percentage of risky movements was influenced by week of the BFS for two farms, and was highest around weaning. The percentage of risky movements varied between farms and ranged from 9 to 38%. There were more movements on a weekday compared to a weekend day. There were more movements towards the farrowing and gestation/insemination unit in insemination and farrowing week compared to other weeks of the BFS, but week of the BFS had no impact on movements towards nursery and fattening unit. This study showed that there were a lot of (risky) movements on pig farms and that these movements varied according to week of the BFS, day of the week, and unit. This study creates awareness, which could be a first step in optimizing working lines. Future research should focus on why certain risky movements occur and how these can be avoided to achieve better biosecurity and higher health status on farms.
Effects of Fatigue, Rumination Thinking and Sleep Quality on Hopelessness in Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients
Authors: Cao Zhaoming , Chen Yufu , Zhang Huijun
Published: December 2022

Background
The heavy care burden, long-term dependence of caring for cancer patients, and changing social roles puts family caregivers at high risk of mental disorders and hopelessness. This explored the relationship between fatigue, sleep quality, rumination, and hopelessness, and provides suggestions to maintain caregivers' mental health.
Methods
We investigated 536 family caregivers of cancer patients in three Grade-A hospitals in Liaoning Province who met the inclusion criteria on the Beck hopelessness scale (BHS), fatigue Scale-14 (FS-14), Nolen-Hoeksema ruminative responses scale (RRS), and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). Data were analyzed with SPSS 26.0, and Amos 22.0 was used to fit the structural equation model.
Results
The family caregivers had a higher degree of hopelessness and fatigue, while sleep quality, and rumination were positively correlated with hopelessness (r = 0.483–0.906; P < 0.05). Fatigue and sleep quality can indirectly affect hopelessness through rumination thinking, while hopelessness has a direct effect on sleep.
Conclusions
There are multiple action paths between fatigue and sleep quality, rumination thinking, and hopelessness. Family caregivers‘ physical and mental health can be maintained and hopelessness avoided by improving sleep quality, alleviating fatigue, and psychological counselling.
Treatment of dogs with Bravecto® (fluralaner) reduces mosquito survival and fecundity
Authors: Evans Christopher Charles , Normile Dorothy , Gamble Sheryl , Guerino Frank , Dzimianski Michael T. , Moorhead Andrew Riddell
Published: December 2022

Background: Mosquitoes serve as the vector of canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis), which represents a significant and persistent threat to canine health. A reduction in the longevity and/or reproductive success of mosquitoes that take a bloodmeal from fluralaner-treated dogs may consequently reduce the local transmission of heartworm and prevent new infections. This study investigated a novel secondary effect of an oral formulation of the ectoparasiticide fluralaner (Bravecto®) against a laboratory strain of mosquito (Aedes aegypti).
Methods: Six dogs were administered a single dose of fluralaner orally in the form of Bravecto® Chews (at the labeled fluralaner dose of 25 mg/kg body weight) while six control dogs received no treatment. Mosquitoes were fed on blood collected from each dog; this was performed prior to treatment and weekly for 15 weeks posttreatment to assess the continued duration of effects as serum fluralaner levels decrease. Mosquito fitness was assessed by three parameters: rate of successful blood feeding, survival, and egg laying.
Results: Blood feeding was equally successful between control and treatment groups. Fluralaner treatment significantly reduced mosquito survival within the first day of blood feeding for 12 weeks posttreatment (efficacy range = 33.2% – 73.3%). Survival of mosquitoes to a potentially heartworm-infective timepoint (14 days postfeeding) was significantly reduced in the fluralaner-treated group at several timepoints, but less consistently (weeks 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; efficacy range = 49.4% – 91.4%). Egg laying by mosquitoes was almost completely suppressed for the first 13 weeks following treatment (treatment efficacy = 100%).
Conclusions: Mosquitoes fed blood from fluralaner-treated dogs experienced a significant reduction in survival and fecundity. These findings support the potential for reduction in heartworm transmission directly by lethal effects on the vector and indirectly by reduction of the local vector population when mosquitoes are exposed to treated animals.
Secure IPsec VPN Tunnel Establishment Using IKE-Version 2
Authors: Ghann Patricia , MENSAH SELORM OCHERE , OWIREDU JOSEPH
Published: December 2022

Advancement in technology comes with several opportunities and issues. Organizations are able to move their businesses online to reach a greater number of potential customers. Security and privacy in cyberspace are posing a threat to organizations due to establishment of communication links. These connections are based on trust relationships, where resources are permitted to be accessed from one party or the other, it is critical to implement the necessary security measures such that, these established communication links will not be used as a conduit for exploitation. This paper proposes the use of cryptography (IPsec) and its proper implementation to secure virtual communication links over the internet. The objective is to illustrate effective implementation of IPsec to secure L2L (LAN-to-LAN) or S2S (Site-to-Site) communication between systems hosted at two different organizations to promote security. We answer these questions: Is IPsec able to secure traffic between two endpoints over the internet? Is it possible to send traffic not permitted to go through the VPN to reach systems at either side of the VPN tunnel? Proposed model encrypts the entire communication link and any data sent through it. It further guarantees only the nodes permitted to exchange information can communicate over such links.
The Storyteller: Computer Vision Driven Context and Content Generation System
Authors: Haque Anwar ul , Ghani Sayeed
Published: December 2022

The human capability of detecting, understanding, and contextualizing objects in the real world by machines has always been a dream for computer scientists. Along with other important and pending challenges in the field of computer vision, image captioning with context and content is an important research problem. In our research, we attempted to develop a human-like storytelling system that can caption images with the perspective of content, context, syntax, and knowledge. Our methodology is a combination of Capsule Networks for image encoding, Knowledge Graph for content and context awareness, and Transformer Neural Networks for decoding. During feature extraction, spatial, geometrical, and orientational details are extracted using Capsule Networks. To equip our model with content, context, and semantics, the corpus is passed through the Knowledge Graph. The decoding phase is a combination of Knowledge Graph and Transformer Neural Network for knowledge-driven captioning. Dynamic multi-headed attention in the decoder is used for memory optimization. Our model is trained over MSCOCO. The results provide good content and context understanding along with B4: 18.23, M: 19.2, R: 41.1, and C: 54.19. The primary outcome of our research is generating autonomous story-type captions for real-world images.
Molecular approach for identification of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Oxidase Subunit I (COI) gene from Pakistan
Authors: MALIK TAYYABA , NAEEM MUHAMMAD
Published: December 2022

The aquaculture industry is dependent on rich fish resources in water bodies. Human activities have led to a rapid decline of fish species. In Asia, the Pangasiidae family is highly valued for its potential for survival and its fillet meat. DNA barcoding is a taxonomic method using genetic markers in organisms mitochondrial DNA (mt DNA) for identification. The phylogeny and identification of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus in the subcontinent is of great concern. For species identification, a precise and rapid technique is DNA barcoding. This method is strongly effective for analyzing the divergence among species. DNA barcoding is more reliable as compared to external morphology. To avoid mislabeling and conservation of species, it is equally useful in juveniles as well as adult stages of fishes. As DNA bar-coding is a taxonomic method that uses small genetic markers in organisms’ mitochondrial DNA (mt DNA) for identification of particular species. In recent study MAGA X and Kimura 2 Parameter was used to evaluate genetic distance and neighbor joining tree was constructed. BOLD and GenBank reveals the nearest identity matches. As mitochondrial cyt-b gene region was successfully used for identifying species and accepted as a standard region for DNA barcoding.
Bioremediation of ore tailing by Aspergillus niger for producing biosynthesized nano fertilizers as plant growth stimulator
Authors: Anjum Sobia , Anjum Fozia , Ilyas Sadia , Bukhari Shazia Anwer , Bokhari Tanveer Hussain , Siddiqi Sajjad Ahmad
Published: December 2022

Ore Tailing, a rich source of minerals stimulates the researchers to microbially recover valuable metals from this toxic waste to usable for in an eco-friendly manner. In current research,A. nigermetabolites exhibited good potential for metal ions solubilization and further conversion into nano formulation by protein end capping. Synthesis of biorecovered nanoparticles were confirmed by systematic characterization using AAS, UV/VIS, FTIR, SEM and Zetasizer analysis. These BNPs with various concentrations (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.00 ppm) were evaluated for their efficacy on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) by seed priming technique. Seedlings displayed pronounced seed germination (100% ± 0.00) and seedling growth in terms of root and shoot length (8.31 ± 0.18 &7.46 ± 0.15) in the seeds treated with 1.00 ppm of BNPs followed by green synthesized Fe NPs and bulk Fe with germination % (99.64 ± 0.12 & 99.25 ± 0.13) and root and shoot length (7.42 & 6.48cm & 6.62 & 6.26cm) respectively. Minimum growth was observed in water as control representing germination % (96.48 ± 0.13) and seedling growth (4.36 & 4.81 cm). BNP has stimulatory effect on wheat seeds as progressive increase in their germination and physical parameters were observed. So, biosynthesized nanoparticles could be an initiative for the development of nano-biofertilizers of potential importance in agriculture sector.
Sense of Place
Authors: Kulkarni Sonali , Van der Beek Suzanne
Published: December 2022

Starting from the observation that anthropogenic climate change manifests differently across geographical locations, this article argues that it is critical to examine the spatial representation of climate change in books for young readers. Such an examination necessarily navigates the global reach of climate change and the localised experiences of climate change around the world. We use a mixed method of close and distant reading to facilitate this navigation to study a corpus of climate change books for young readers that includes books written in and books translated into Dutch. We first zoom out, by creating maps of the geographic locations that are evoked in both sets of works. Then we zoom in, using a critical analysis of those areas that are indicated as significant by our visualisations. By mapping the geographical representation of climate change in works written in and translated into Dutch, we can better understand how the spatiality of climate change is presented to young readers and how these readers are encouraged to position themselves and others in this global crisis.
Naturerleben in Mädchenbüchern um 1900
Authors: Schmidt-Dumont Geralde
Published: December 2022

[English title and abstract below]
Die poetische Ich-Person des angloamerikanischen Nature Writing seit Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) begegnet der Natur sehr subjektiv und erschließt sie sich gefühlsmäßig, mit allen Sinnen und durch körperliche Bewegung. Dies ist als Gegenbewegung zur positivistischen Sicht zu sehen, die das Objekt Natur durch Sammeln, Beobachten und Kategorisieren und durch naturwissenschaftlich sachliches Beschreiben beherrschen und sich aneignen will. Die sehr emotionale identifikatorische Begegnung mit der Natur dagegen fußt auf der Naturphilosophie der Romantik und erfuhr in der deutschen Neuromantik eine Wiederbelebung. In der deutschen Jugendliteratur um 1900 fand sie nicht in nonfiktionalen Ich-Texten statt, sondern in Erzählungen, in denen die Autor:innen ihre Protagonistinnen stellvertretend in die Natur eintauchen ließen. Vorbereitend für diese Haltung waren die zivilisationskritischen Bewegungen der Naturheilkunde mit ihrer Betonung der Bedeutung von Licht, Luft und Wasser und der Lebensreform mit ihren Wander- und Freikörpergruppierungen. Ihr neues Naturkonzept fand seinen Niederschlag in Johanna Spyris Heidi, Waldemar Bonsels’ Das Anjekind, Lely Kempins Die heilige Insel und Drude von Gertrud Prellwitz. Diese Werke wurden Kultbücher der Mädchen in der Jugendbewegung und boten ein neues weibliches Körperbild an. Die Naturbetrachtung beinhaltet hier eine quasireligiöse Landschaftsrezeption, und das körperliche Erlebnis der schwärmerischen Hingabe an die Naturelemente geht bis zur Mystifikation.
 
Experiencing Nature in Girls’ Books Around 1900
The poetic first person of Anglo-American nature writing since Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) encounters nature subjectively and explores it emotionally, with all their senses and through physical movement. This can be seen as a reaction to the positivist view that aims to master and appropriate nature through collecting, observing and categorising and through scientifically factual description. Emotional, identificational encounters with nature, however, are based on the natural philosophy of Romanticism and were revived in German neo-romanticism. In German young adult literature around 1900, it did not feature in first-person non-fictional narratives, but in stories in which authors let their protagonists immerse themselves in nature. The civilisation-critical movement of naturopathy through light, air and water and the Lebensreform (life reform) movement with its hiking and naturist groups paved the way. This new concept of nature found its expression in Johanna Spyri’s Heidi (1881), Waldemar Bonsels’s Das Anjekind (1913), Lely Kempin’s Die heilige Insel (1917) and Gertrud Prellwitz’s Drude (1920). These became cult novels for girls in the German Youth Movement and offered a new image of the female body. Observing nature became a quasi-religious reception of landscape, and the physical experience of enthusiastic devotion to the elements of nature went as far as mystification.
Literarisierter Naturschutz als intersektionale Bewegung?
Authors: Jakobi Stefanie
Published: December 2022

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Der Artikel untersucht jugendliterarische Inszenierungen des Motivs des:der Umweltschützers:in aus diachroner Perspektive. Im Fokus stehen sechs realistisch erzählende Texte, die zwischen 1990 und 2020 entstanden sind: Kathrin Bongards Es war die Nachtigall (2020), David Chotjewitz’ Am Rande der Gefahr (2009), Robert Klements Die Spur des Schneeleoparden (2003), Christine Nöstlingers Nagle den Pudding an die Hand (1990), Susanne Sterzenbachs O.Z.O.N. (1998) und Emma Valls Café Kafka im Visier (2015). Die in diesen Texten inszenierten Umweltschützer:innen werden aus einem intersektional motivierten Blickwinkel betrachtet und in diesem Zusammenhang die Interdependenzen zwischen den Differenzkategorien gender, age, race analysiert und ausgestellt. Gezeigt werden soll einerseits, inwiefern generationale, gendertheoretische und interkulturelle Diskurse in die Figuren und damit auch die Texte eingewoben sind, aufgerufen bzw. weitergeschrieben werden. Andererseits soll die diachron ausgerichtete Analyse vorherrschende zu problematisierende Muster in der Figurengestaltung aufzeigen und ihre Kontinuität nachweisen. Zudem sucht der Beitrag, die Bedeutung eines intersektionalen Zugriffes für ökologiekritische Lesarten auszuloten und darüber die Frage nach dem möglichen Beitrag von Kinder- und Jugendliteratur für den ökokritischen Ansatz neu zu stellen.
 
Environmental Protection in Literature as an Intersectional MovementEcological Young Adult Literature from an Intersectional and Diachronic Perspective
This article examines the representations of environmental activists in young adult literature from a diachronic perspective, focusing on six realistic novels published between 1990 and 2020: Kathrin Bongard’s Es war die Nachtigall (2020), David Chotjewitz’s Am Rande der Gefahr (2009), Robert Klement’s Die Spur des Schneeleoparden (2003), Christine Nöstlinger’s Nagle den Pudding an die Hand (1990), Susanne Sterzenbach’s O.Z.O.N. (1998) and Emma Vall’s Egna spår (1999/2015) [Café Kafka im Visier]. Analysing the characters from an intersectional perspective, the article seeks to showcase the interdependencies of gender, age and race. It will outline generational, gender theoretical and intercultural discourses that are woven into the characters and the texts, asking how these discourses are invoked in or perpetuated by the texts. By comparing texts from different decades, the article seeks to establish problematic patterns in the characterisation of the activists and their equally problematic continuity and, in doing so, illustrates the importance of an intersectional approach to ecological young adult literature.
Natur- und Selbstbeobachtung im Tagebuch
Authors: Thiemann Jule
Published: December 2022

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Der Beitrag untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen einem diaristischen Erzählmodus und Verfahren literarischer Naturbeobachtung in Dara McAnultys Diary of a Young Naturalist. Die zentrale These des Beitrags lautet, dass in diesem Tagebuch Selbst- und Naturdarstellungen nicht nebeneinanderstehen, sondern sich gegenseitig bedingen. In Anlehnung an das Konzept der Ecobiography (White 2020) soll das Schreiben über Natur gleichzeitig als das (Er-)Schreiben eines Selbst verstanden werden – eines Selbst, das sich über ein In-Relation-Setzen zur erschriebenen Landschaft darstellt. Das über ein diaristisches Erzählen dargestellte alltägliche Leben des Protagonisten wird somit als ökobiografisches Coming-of-Age-Narrativ gelesen.
 
Observations of Nature and Observations of SelfDara McAnulty’s Diary of a Young Naturalist (2020)
This article analyses the correlation between a diaristic mode of writing and literary observations of nature in Dara McAnulty's Diary of a Young Naturalist. The central argument is that in this Diary, representations of the self and of nature are not juxtaposed but are, instead, mutually dependent. Following the concept of ecobiography, writing about nature is seen as a simultaneous (re)writing of self – a self that presents itself in relation to the written landscape. The protagonist’s daily life, depicted in epistolary form, is thus read as an ecobiographical coming-of-age narrative.
Beyond Traditional Hierarchies
Authors: Whyte Pádraic , O’Sullivan Keith
Published: December 2022

Children’s literature collections and their associations with canons and histories pose challenges for contemporary children’s literature research, where an emphasis is increasingly placed on diversity and inclusion, as well as on questioning so-called established histories of children’s literature. Problems arise when using collections to deconstruct canons or to destabilise established histories: by, for example, shifting the focus to gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, we may end up tracing alternative histories and in so doing, potentially – even unintentionally – creating new canons. In this paper, we propose that, in directing the focus away from concepts of linear time, an alternative ›spatial‹ approach to children’s literature collections can be facilitated, one that might at once acknowledge and disrupt canons and histories, while also promoting an understanding of the complexities and contradictory natures of collections. Taking a synchronic rather than a diachronic approach, drawing upon theories of space and considering collections in terms of both the physical and the online spaces they occupy, encourages conceptualisations that move beyond traditional histories and hierarchies as well as attempts to delineate, exalt and cohere, and creates opportunities for serendipitous research discoveries.
Nutzung regionaler Mobilitätsdaten
Authors: Schönduwe Robert , Lanzendorf Martin
Published: December 2022

In der Region Rhein-Main steht mit dem Rhein-Main-Mobilitätspanel (RMP) seit dem Jahr 2008 ein Datensatz zur Verfügung, der im Vergleich zu früheren Datensätzen eine verbesserte Beschreibung der regionalen Mobilitätsentwicklung ermöglicht. In dieser Methodenstudie wird überprüft, inwieweit Anschlussmöglichkeiten dieses Datensatzes mit anderen regionalen Datensätzen bestehen. Das Ziel dieser Studie ist somit die Prüfung, inwiefern in der Region Rhein-Main vorliegende Mobilitäts- und andere (insbesondere raumbezogene) Daten mit dem RMP kombiniert werden können, um daraus neue Erkenntnisse und Handlungsoptionen für die Entscheidungsträger vor Ort zu entwickeln. Im Rahmen der Studie werden sowohl ein Vergleich der Stichprobenzusammensetzung und der Erhebungsmethodik als auch der erfassten Kennziffern durchgeführt und Möglichkeiten zur Kombination mit Raumstrukturdaten überprüft. Weiterhin werden zentrale Mobilitätskennziffern der betrachteten Erhebungen (MiD 2002, 2008; SrV 2008; Deutsches Mobilitätspanel 2002-2008) gegenübergestellt und die Anwendbarkeit des harmonisierten und kombinierten Datensatzes hinsichtlich einer inhaltlichen Fragestellung überprüft.
Der Wettbewerb "Südtirol radelt" als erfolgreiche Maßnahme der Radverkehrsförderung?!
Authors: Belz Markus
Published: December 2022

In Südtirol wurde 2014 erstmals ein landesweiter Fahrradwettbewerb organisiert, der die Südtiroler Bevölkerung auf spielerische Weise davon überzeugen sollte, für Alltagswege auf das Fahrrad umzusteigen. Die 1.219 Teilnehmenden am Wettbewerb sind insgesamt mehr als 850.000 Kilometer geradelt. Diese Evaluation soll zeigen, ob der Fahrradwettbewerb eine erfolgreiche Maßnahme war, um den Radverkehr in Südtirol zu fördern, also ob tatsächlich eine Verlagerung vom motorisierten Individualverkehr auf den Radverkehr erreicht wurde. Der Erfolg ähnlicher Wettbewerbe wurde bislang vor allem in den Teilnehmer- und Kilometerzahlen gemessen, eine wissenschaftliche Evaluation der durch die Kampagnen erreichten (Verlagerungs-)Effekte fand bislang kaum statt. Die Evaluation des Südtiroler Fahrradwettbewerbs orientiert sich am MaxSumo-Leitfaden zur Evaluation von Mobilitätsmanagementmaßnahmen. Zusätzlich wurden die Motive und Wünsche der Teilnehmenden und Veranstalter herausgearbeitet und der Südtiroler Fahrradwettbewerb mit anderen Fahrradwettbewerben verglichen.
Sharing-Konzepte für ein multioptionales Mobilitätssystem in FrankfurtRheinMain
Authors: Klinger Thomas , Kemen Juliane , Lanzendorf Martin , Deffner Jutta , Stein Melina
Published: December 2022

Die dynamische Entwicklung im Bereich neuer Mobilitätsdienstleistungen hat dazu geführt, dass der städtische Mobilitätsmarkt von einer hohen Dynamik und einer Vielzahl neuer Akteure gekennzeichnet ist. Smartphones und mobiles Internet unterstützen die neuen Angebote wie flexibles, stationäres oder Peer-to-Peer-Carsharing sowie Mitnahme- und Fahrradverleihsysteme. Die neuen Angebote reagieren auf eine veränderte Nachfrage, generieren aber wiederum auch neue Nutzungsmuster. Kommunale und regionale Akteure stehen vor der Aufgabe, auf die neuen Herausforderungen, die sich in räumlichen und politischen Konflikten niederschlagen können, zu reagieren. Die vorliegende Studie zeigt auf Basis einer Bestandsaufnahme von Sharing-Systemen in der Region FrankfurtRheinMain Handlungsoptionen für Vertreter aus Politik und Verwaltung auf, um die neuen Angebote im Sinne einer nachhaltigen Verkehrs- und Stadtentwicklung zu integrieren. Dabei zeigt sie zunächst die Chancen und Herausforderungen auf, die sich aus den jüngsten Entwicklungen ergeben. Anschließend folgt eine ausführliche Bestandsaufnahme, die sich in sechs Handlungsfelder gliedert: Fahrradverleihsysteme, Carsharing, Mitnahmeangebote und Mitfahrparkplätze, Verknüpfung des öffentlichen Verkehrs mit multimodalen Angeboten, multimodale Mobilitätsapps und -plattformen sowie Parken. Dabei werden Aussagen zu Angebotsformen, verkehrlichen und ökologischen Wirkungen sowie zu regionalen Entwicklungen getroffen. Anschließend werden auf Basis vorhandener Untersuchungen und im Rahmen des Projekts durchgeführter Fokusgruppen Nutzungsmuster, Bekanntheit und Attraktivität von Sharing-Systemen dargestellt. Die Handlungsempfehlungen wurden in mehreren Workshops mit regionalen Praxisakteuren aus den Bereichen Stadtverwaltung, Carsharing, Verkehrsverbund, Fahrradverleihsysteme, Mitfahrangebote etc. und vertiefenden Expertengesprächen entwickelt.
Universität in Bewegung
Authors: Schubert Steffi
Published: December 2022

Die Goethe-Universität befindet sich seit einigen Jahren in einem deutlichen Wandel. Der Campus Westend wird zum Zentralcampus ausgebaut und auch personell wächst die Goethe-Universität. Fast 47.000 Studierende und mehr als 5.000 Beschäftigte (Stand Herbst 2014) studieren und arbeiten an den Campussen. Die Goethe-Universität ist damit einer der bedeutendsten Verkehrserzeuger in Frankfurt, da nahezu täglich über 50.000 Personen ihren Studien- oder Arbeitsplatz an der Goethe-Universität erreichen müssen und auch zwischen den verschiedenen Standorten pendeln. Das folgende Arbeitspapier befasst sich mit der Mobilität der Studierenden und der Beschäftigten der Goethe-Universität, die mittels zweier Online-Befragungen erhoben und analysiert wurden. Es werden die zentralen Erkenntnisse bezüglich der vorhandenen Mobilitätsressourcen und wohnungsnahen Mobilitätsangebote, des Verkehrsverhaltens hinsichtlich der Häufigkeit, Dauer und Länge von Wegen zu und zwischen den Campussen und der Nutzung von Verkehrsmitteln, den Einstellungen zu den verschiedenen Verkehrsmitteln und die Nutzungsbereitschaft bezüglich optionaler Mobilitätsangebote der Universität vorgestellt. Abschließend wird ein Resümee über den durch die Universität erzeugten Verkehr gezogen und auf Basis umfassender zielgruppenspezifischer Erkenntnisse werden Vorschläge zur Entzerrung, Verlagerung und Optimierung für ein universitäres Mobilitätsmanagement entwickelt.
Pengaruh Disposisi Matematis Siswa terhadap Kemampuan Pemahaman Konsep dan Pemecahan Masalah Matematika pada Materi Tabung Kelas IX
Authors: Zumaroh Linda Saniyatul , Haqiqi Arghob Khofya
Published: December 2022

This study aims to describe the effect of students' mathematical disposition on the ability to understand concepts and solve mathematical problems in class IX tube material at MTs NU Miftahul Falah. The type of research used is correlational research with a quantitative approach. The sampling technique used was random sampling. The study population was 267 students with a sample of 35 students in one class. Collecting data using description test instruments and questionnaires. The data that has been obtained is then analyzed using the product moment correlation test, simple linear regression analysis, t-test. The results of data analysis show that: first, the mathematical disposition of students has a positive and significant influence on the ability to understand mathematical concepts by 23.5%. Second, students' mathematical disposition has a significant influence on mathematical problem solving by 63.8%. From these results, it can be concluded that students' mathematical dispositions have a positive and significant effect on the ability to understand concepts and solve mathematical problems in class IX tube material at MTs NU Miftahul Falah Cendono, Dawe, Kudus.
Meningkatkan Prestasi Belajar Matematika Siswa SMP Al Hikmah Menggunakan Model Pembelajaran CORE
Authors: Nasrulloh Muhammad Farid , Indrianah Mei , Khotimah Khusnul , Satiti Wisnu Siwi
Published: December 2022

The low achievment of studentâ€™s mathematics learning is a problem that must be considered and resolved. The teacherâ€™s role in improving student achievement is very necessary. One of factors that influence student achievement is the selection of learning models. This study aims to determine an increase in student achievement after the implementation of the CORE (Connecting, Organizing, Reflecting, Extending) learning model. The type of research used is a quasi-experimental research with Pre-Experimental Design typye One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Determination of the sample using saturated sampling technique. Subject of this research is all eighth graders in SMP AL Hikmah Balongrejo. Data collection techniques used are interviews, validation questionnaire, and learning outcomes test. While the research instrument uses learning outcomes test, namely pretest and posttest. Data analysis technique use validity test, reliability test, normality test, homogenity test, and paired sample t-test. Results showed significant level 0,000 > 0,05. It can be concluded that there is a difference in learning achievement (cognitive) between before and after the implementation of CORE learning model. Based on a review of the average student learning outcomes at the pretest and posttest, it was concluded that there was an increase in learning achievement after the implementation of the CORE learning model.
New Mineral Names
Authors: Celestian Aaron J.
Published: December 2022

This issue of New Mineral Names provides a summary of several new species in the tetrahedrite-group along with examples of how museums are sharing type and cotype specimens. Currently there are approximately 50 sulfosalt mineral species in the tetrahedrite-group that have the general formula M2(A6)M1(B4C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z), with A = Cu+, Ag+, ☐; B = Cu+, Ag+; C = Zn2+, Fe2+, Hg2+, Cd2+, Mn2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Cu+, Fe3+; D = Sb3+, As3+, Bi3+, Te4+; Y = S2–, Se2–; Z = S2–, Se2–, ☐. All members if the tetrahedrite-group are isometric and have potential applications high efficiency thermoelectric materials. Some the type specimens of tetrahedrite, and others in this review, are shared between museums. Having newly described minerals housed at multiple museums provides easier access to specimens for researchers around the world and serves to preserve these minerals in case of loss at any one the institutions. Here we look at the descriptions of stibiogoldfieldite, graulichite-(La), tennantite-(Cu), wildcatite, ellinaite, paqueite, burnettite, saccoite, and gurzhiite.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICES, AND SATISFACTION OF FACILITIES IN HAND HYGIENE AMONG CRRIS AND NURSING STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA
Authors:   Professor of General Surgery Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences& Research Centre Chengalpattu District 603303Tamilnadu India., Ramula M. , Ul Hameed Fareed ,   Associate Professor of General Surgery Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences& Research Centre Chengalpattu District 603303Tamilnadu India., Kumar Borugadda Vijaya ,   Assistant Professor of General Surgery Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences& Research Centre Chengalpattu District 603303 Tamilnadu India., a Shyamsundar ,   Assistant Professor of General Surgery Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences& Research Centre Chengalpattu District 603303TamilnaduIndia., Mohamed Noorul ,   Junior Resident Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences& Research Centre Chengalpattu District 603303Tamilnadu India., Ahamed Kazzali ,   Junior Resident Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences& Research Centre Chengalpattu District 603303Tamilnadu India.
Published: December 2022

Background:Practising hand hygiene is essential in minimizing morbidity and mortality in surgical services. Compliance with proper hand hygiene is reportedly lacking among house surgeons (CRRIS) and nursing trainees that need to be addressed as formal training prior to posting is not in the curriculum. Objective: 1. To undertake a gap analysis in knowledge, attitudes, and practice compliances in HH among CRRIS and graduate nursing trainees at KIMS, a tertiary teaching hospital 2. To compare facilities, knowledge, attitudes, practices, and satisfaction. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional Institutional-based study for a period of 6 months among 90 CRRIS and 60 Nursing trainees. WHO hand hygiene questionnaire was used to assess Knowledge and prevalidated structured questionnaire was used to assess Attitude and practice. Z test was used to compare the percentage of correct responses of the two study groups. Result: A significant difference with a p-value of 0.0025 was observed as the most frequent source of germs responsible for healthcare-associated infections. The attitude regarding correct hand hygiene practices to be followed at all times was found to be better among nurses (62.5%) as compared to residents (21.3%) which was found to be highly significant with p-a a value <0.001. Conclusion: Our study highlights the need for training sessions regarding hand hygiene practices among the CRRIS and nursing students to provide the current knowledge in the area with a change in attitudes, approaches, and practices leading to the reduction of nosocomial infections.