bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Vaccination Level and Vaccine Literacy in Vocational Health School Students
Authors: ÜNAL Egemen , GÖKLER Mehmet Enes
Published: January 2023

Purpose: As of 2022, the pandemic COVID-19 has entered a phase of decline thanks to vaccination efforts. In this sense, it is important to determine the vaccination status of young people studying in departments involved in providing health services to the community and to know their thoughts about vaccination. In this study, we aimed to investigate the COVID-19 immunization status and immunization literacy of students at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University-Vocational Health School (AYBU-VHS).
Methods: The sample size of the study was calculated with a confidence interval of 95%, α=0.05, d=5%, and an unknown frequency of 50%, and the sample size was set as a minimum of 384. A questionnaire consisting of 4 parts [sociodemographic variables, information about COVID-19 (vaccination status, presence of chronic diseases, etc), COVID-19 knowledge level with 10 questions, and COVID-19 vaccine literacy scale] was used as the data source for the study. Study groups were determined by the dependent variable of having at least one vaccination or being fully vaccinated.
Results: 77.8% of the students (N:450) were female (n:350), the mean age was 20.37±3.64 years, 3.1% (n:14) were not vaccinated, and 14.0% (n:63) were not fully vaccinated. When analyzing the group's information about the vaccine COVID-19, unvaccinated individuals agreed at a higher rate that the vaccine COVID-19 could not be effective (p < 0.001), but agreed at a lower rate that the vaccine COVID-19 could also protect against other diseases such as influenza (p=0.002). It was found that individuals with at least one vaccination and fully vaccinated had higher vaccination literacy than unvaccinated and fully unvaccinated individuals (p=0.011; p=0.004).
Conclusion: Nearly 20% of students are still not fully vaccinated and there are deficits in attitudes toward vaccination. In addition, the vaccination competency of the fully vaccinated is higher. These findings are crucial to determine the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of young people regarding vaccination and to take the necessary precautions.
Experimental Investigation of Effects of the Nucleating Agent on Mechanical and Crystallization Behavior of Injection-Molded Isotactic Polypropylene
Authors: KANDEMİR Mesut , KARAGÖZ İdris , SEPETÇİOĞLU Harun
Published: January 2023

In this study, we investigated the effect of talc (magnesium-silicate-monohydrate/3MgO.4SiO2.H2O) nucleating agent (NA) on the thermal and mechanical properties of isotactic-polypropylene (i-PP) at loadings ranging from 0.5 to 5% by weight using the melt compounding method. The results demonstrated that NA/i-PP exhibited significantly improved mechanical performance compared to neat i-PP. In addition, the influence of the concentration of the NA on the melting and crystallization behavior of neat i-PP was also analyzed through DSC curves. The tensile and flexural properties of i-PP enhanced as NA concentration increased. Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy revealed that there is a significant difference in the fracture surface between the NA/i-PP and the i-PP matrix. Consequently, it was determined that the NA (talc) used in this study was a good NA for i-PP, improved the mechanical and thermal properties of the product, affected the crystallization properties and the microstructure, and reduced the mold cycle time. Besides these, the use of various additives between talc and i-PP matrix that can improve interface features are expected to be an alternative approach to the new i-PP design with much higher mechanical and thermal properties.
Numerical Investigation of Cooling an Industrial Roller by Using Swirling Jets
Authors: KILIÇ Mustafa , ŞAHİN Mahir , DEMİRCAN Tolga , KİLİNC Zülfikar , ULLAH Atta
Published: January 2023

Effective cooling of industrial rollers has prime importance to prevent the quality degradation of the system and product. High temperature difference on the roller surface may result in thermal stresses and can cause deformations on roller surface and product. In order to prevent these deformations, cooling of an industrial roller by using swirling jets is investigated for different parameters numerically in this study. Effects of Reynolds number, surface heat flux and variation in inlet temperature of the fluid on the performance of an industrial roller are investigated in terms of temperature difference between inner and outer surface of the roller. ANSYS Fluent CFD program is used to simulate heat transfer and fluid flow in this numerical study. As a result, it is obtained that increasing Re number from 1000 to 1700 causes a decrease of 45.4% in the temperature difference between inner and outer surface of the roller. Increasing surface heat flux from 5000 to 12500 W/m2 has resulted in an increase of 149.4% in difference between inner and outer surface temperature. Increasing coolant fluid inlet temperature from 5 to 20°C has resulted in an increase of surface temperature but there is no significant change in heat transfer characteristics of the system. It is evaluated that the results of this study will contribute to design more effective cooled industrial roller.
Promoting responsible practices in international research collaboration in a multipolar landscape
Authors: Shih Tommy
Published: January 2023

Over the last few years, just as the COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the growing need for open international collaboration, increasing geopolitical tensions and politicization of research are leading to higher barriers for transnational scientific cooperation. These deteriorating conditions for inclusive cooperation may hamper both the general advancement of knowledge and, more pointedly, our ability to solve problems of global concern such as unprecedented challenges we face related to global health, food security, energy, biodiversity conservation, and climate. One main obstacle is how to foster international research collaboration with high standards of integrity when there are a range of variable norms and practices across science, and few authoritative binding requirements that span international borders. A deeper global dialogue is necessary to spell out who has the responsibility and authority to uphold scientific principles and implement necessary changes. In essence the research community need to take the ultimate responsibility for making sure that open collaboration will continue to be possible. However, the (geo)political context, and especially growing tensions between the world's super powers need to be considered.
On Collatz conjecture. Approach to nontrivial cycles.
Authors: Hnatenko Vitaly
Published: January 2023

Approach to nontrivial Collatz cycles and its possible consequences based on the representation of any positive integer n via terms of its Collatz sequence (k_i) are discussed.
Business Plan dan Green Marketing Implikasi Pembelian Konsumen dan Keberlanjutan Lingkungan
Authors: Jonathan Jason
Published: January 2023

Laporan ini disusun untuk menyadarkan kita bahwa ada metode pemasaran yang dapat berguna bagi keberadaan kita kedepannya, contohnya dari kita saat menabur kebaikan, tentu akan hal baik tersebut akan datang pada diri kita, hal tersebut dicontohkan dengan pemasaran dengan mengajak konsumen untuk beraksi buat kebaikan lingungan untuk dijaga dan dilestarikan.
Teori ekonomi
Authors: gazali andi achmad
Published: January 2023

Membahas tentang TEORI EKONOMI DAVID RICARDO, THOMAS MALTHUS, DAN JEAN BAPTISE SAY
The Impact of Poor Oversight on Scientific Research A Look at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Authors: Han YouAI
Published: January 2023

The Impact of Poor Oversight on Scientific Research A Look at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
The U.S. Government is Increasing Funding for Science Research
Authors: Han YouAI
Published: January 2023

The U.S. Government is Increasing Funding for Science Research
ANALISIS KAPASITAS PARKIR PADA KANTOR PELAYANAN PAJAK KOTA PALOPO
Authors: 4 Kelompok
Published: January 2023

Paper ini membahas kebutuhan parkir di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak yang terletak di Jalan Andi Djemma Palopo, No.131, Salekoe, Wara Timur, kota Palopo 19121. Kantor Pelayanan Pajak buka dari senin sampai pada pukul 08:00 – 16:00. Survei dilakukan dalam 4 hari kerja, Laporan survei ini merupakan tugas mata kuliah perencanaan terminal dan perparkiran di Program Srudi Teknik Sipil, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Andi Djemma.
Implementasi Business Plan bagi Womenpreneur
Authors: Almira Tarishah
Published: January 2023

Womenpreneur atau bisa disebut juga dengan Women Entrepreneur adalah sebuah sebutan bagi seorang wanita yang merepresentatifkan kehidupannya sebagai pengusaha. Womenpreneur dipercaya dapat memajukan adanya ekonomi negara, karena pada saat ini womenpreneur mulai mempengaruhi segala aspek ekonomi hingga menaikkan adanya presentasi ekonomi negara dengan jangka relatif singkat.
The Importance of Investing in Water Quality
Authors: Han YouAI
Published: January 2023

The Importance of Investing in Water Quality
MELIHAT FILSAFAT HUKUM DALAM SUDUT PANDANG ILMU HUKUM
Authors: Oktavian Dani Eka
Published: January 2023

Filsafat lahir di Yunani pada abad ke-enam Sebelum Masehi (SM). Dalam bahasa Yunani filsafat disebut philosophia yang berasal dari dua akar kata yakni “philos” atau “philia” dan “sophos” atau “sophia”. “Philos” yang mempunyai arti cinta, persahabatan, sedangkan “sophos” berarti hikmah, kebijaksanaan, pengetahuan, dan inteligensia. Dengan demikian maka philosophia ini dapat diartikan sebagai cinta akan kebijaksanaan.Pengertian filsafat secara umum hampir sama,tetapi yang membedakan hanyalah dari para filsuf yang memaparkan teori dari filsafat tersebut. Kemudian munculnya jaman filsafat modern dengan perkembangan yang semakin berubah pula seiring perkembangan jaman. Sehingga asal mula timbulnya filsafat yang dapat masuk kedalam setiap ilmu pengetahuan maka tidak menuutup pula filsafat masuk kedalam bidang ilmu hukum sehingga dalam perkembangannya ilmu filsafat menjadi diterapkan kedalam ilmu filsafat hukum
The Cost of Science: Ethical Considerations in Research Funding
Authors: Han YouAI
Published: January 2023

The Cost of Science: Ethical Considerations in Research Funding
No Evidence that Working Memory Modulates the Plasticity of the Nociceptive System, as Measured by Secondary Mechanical Hypersensitivity
Authors: Meyers Elke , Alves Maryna , Teugels Anouk , Torta Diana
Published: January 2023

The effect of cognition on the plasticity of the nociceptive system remains controversial. In this study, we examined whether working memory can buffer against the development of secondary hypersensitivity. Thirty-five healthy women participated in three experimental conditions. In each condition they underwent electrical stimulation of the skin for 2 minutes (middle-frequency electrical stimulation, MFS), which induces secondary hypersensitivity. During MFS, participants executed either an individually tailored and rewarded n-back task (working memory condition), a rewarded reaction-time task (non-working memory condition), or no task at all (control condition). Before and after MFS, participants rated the self-reported intensity and unpleasantness of mechanical pinprick stimuli. Fear of MFS was also assessed. Heart rate variability was measured to examine potential differences between the three conditions and steady-state evoked potentials to the electrical stimulation were recorded to investigate differences in cortical responses. We report no significant difference in hypersensitivity between the three conditions. Moreover, engaging in the cognitive tasks did not affect the heart rate variability or the steady-state evoked potentials. Interestingly, higher fear of MFS predicted greater hypersensitivity. In conclusion, we found no evidence that working memory affects the plasticity of the nociceptive system, yet pain-related fear plays a role.
“...and the crowd goes wild!” – The impact of crowds and simulated crowd noise on performance in professional darts players during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Greve Jona , van Meurs Edda , Strauss Bernd
Published: January 2023

In 2020, sport events could no longer be held with spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the effect of missing audiences has been studied numerously in team sports with diverse effects, studies on individual performances are rare. The current investigation analyzes individual performances of professional dart players over 4 years in (a) the absence of spectators, (b) the presence of noisy, real crowds, and (c) artificial crowd noise (simulated crowds) substituting live spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic.Darts is a coordination-based accuracy task requiring full attention. Empirical evidence suggests that performances in coordination-based accuracy tasks are negatively impacted by the presence of others. Therefore, following the results regarding the impact of sport spectators on motor tasks, we hypothesize that tournament performance of elite darts players deteriorates in the presence of a real audience (RA) in comparison to no audience (NA) and a simulated- audience (SA).Data from professional darts ranking tournaments from 2018 to 2021 was retrieved from dart- sorakel.com. The sample consisted of N=442 players (98.8% male) and N=26,724 individual performances.The influence of RA and SA on checkout percentage (CP) and three-dart average (3DA) was analyzed using separate multilevel models, controlling for player rank, round of the tournament, year, and CP (for 3DA). Competing with SA and RA resulted in decreased CP with an effect of b(stand_real)=-.20, p<.001, and b(stand_sim)=-.14, p<.001. 3DA increased with SA, b(stand_sim)= .08, p<.001, and decreased with a RA, b(stand_sim)= -.07, p<.001.Crowds appear to have a negative effect on the coordination-based task darts, yet effect sizes are negligible to small. We conclude that professional dart players do not enjoy an advantage when playing in front of a real audience.
Balanced Integration Score: A new way of classifying Developmental Prosopagnosia
Authors: Lowes Judith , Hancock Peter , Bobak Anna K
Published: January 2023

Despite severe everyday problems recognising faces, some individuals with developmental prosopagnosia (DP) can achieve typical accuracy scores on laboratory face recognition tests. To address this, studies sometimes also examine response times (RTs), which tend to be longer in DPs relative to control participants. In the present study, 24 DPs and 110 age-matched controls completed the Cambridge Face and Bicycle Memory Tests, old new faces task, and a famous faces test. We used accuracy and the Balanced Integration Score (BIS), a measure that adjusts accuracy for RTs, to classify our sample at the group and individual level. Subjective face recognition ability was assessed using the PI20 questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Fifteen DPs showed a major impairment using BIS compared with only five using accuracy alone. Logistic regression showed that a model incorporating the BIS measures was the most sensitive for classifying DP and showed highest area under the curve (AUC). Furthermore, larger between-group effect sizes were observed for a derived global (averaged) memory measure calculated using BIS vs accuracy alone. BIS is thus an extremely sensitive novel measure for attenuating speed-accuracy trade-offs that can otherwise mask impairment measured only by accuracy in DP.
More is Not Necessarily Better: How Different Aspects of Sensorimotor Experience Affect Recognition Memory for Words
Authors: Dymarska Agata , Connell Louise , Banks Briony
Published: January 2023

Semantic richness theory predicts that words with richer, more distinctive semantic representations should facilitate performance in a word recognition memory task. We investigated the contribution of multiple aspects of sensorimotor experience – those relating to the body, communication, food, and objects – to word recognition memory, by analysing megastudy data in a series of hierarchical linear regressions. We found that different forms of sensorimotor experience produced different effects on memory. While stronger grounding in object- and food-related experience facilitated word memory performance as expected for semantic richness, experience relating to communication did not. Critically, sensorimotor experience relating to the body impaired rather than facilitated recognition memory by inflating false alarms, which was not consistent with the idea that semantically-richer representations are more memorable. Additionally, we found that pure imageability (i.e., consciously generating mental imagery, distinct from sensorimotor experience) contributes to semantic richness effects on word memory but with much smaller effect sizes than previously reported, once sensorimotor grounding was taken into account. These results suggest that word recognition memory is often but not consistently facilitated by rich semantic representations, and that it is essential to separately consider distinct forms of sensorimotor experience rather than assuming more information is always better. The findings have implications for the use of semantic variables in memory research.
Different electrophysiological signatures of similarity-induced and Stroop-like interference in language production
Authors: Pinet Svetlana , Nozari Nazbanou
Published: January 2023

Contextual similarity between targets and competitors, whether semantic or phonological, often leads to behavioral interference in language production. It has been assumed that resolving such interference relies on control processes similar to those involved in tasks such as Stroop. This paper tests this assumption by comparing the electrophysiological signatures of interference resulting from a contextual similarity vs. a Stroop-like manipulation. In blocks containing two items, participants repeatedly named pictures that were semantically related, phonologically related or unrelated (contextual similarity manipulation). In straight blocks, the pictures were named by their canonical names. In reverse blocks, participants had to reverse the names (Stroop-like manipulation). Both manipulations led to behavioral interference, but with different electrophysiological profiles. Whole-scalp stimulus-locked and response-locked analyses of semantic and phonological similarity pointed to a system with global modularity with some degree of cascading and interactivity, whereas the effect of phase reversal was sustained and of the opposite polarity. More strikingly, a representational similarity analysis showed a biphasic pattern for Stroop-like reversal, with earlier higher similarity scores for the reverse phase flipping into lower scores ~500 ms post-stimulus onset. In contrast, contextual similarity induced higher similarity scores up to articulation. Finally, response-locked mediofrontal components indexing performance monitoring differed between manipulations. Correct response negativity’s (CRN) amplitude was lower in the phonological blocks, whereas a pre-CRN component had higher amplitude in reverse vs. straight blocks. These results argue against the involvement of Stroop-like control mechanisms in resolving interference from contextual similarity in language production.
What is a Mathematical Structure of Conscious Experience?
Authors: Kleiner Johannes , Ludwig Tim
Published: January 2023

In consciousness science, several promising approaches have been developed for how to represent conscious experience in terms of mathematical spaces and structures. What is missing, however, is an explicit definition of what a 'mathematical structure of conscious experience' is. Here, we propose such a definition. This definition provides a link between the abstract formal entities of mathematics and the concreta of conscious experience; it complements recent approaches that study quality spaces, qualia spaces or phenomenal spaces; it provides a general method to identify and investigate structures of conscious experience; and it may serve as a framework to unify the various approaches from different fields. We hope that ultimately this work provides a basis for developing a common formal language to study consciousness.
Does Physician’s Choice of When to Perform EHR Tasks Influence Total EHR Workload?
Authors: Celik Umit , Rath Sandeep , Kesavan Saravanan , Staats Bradley
Published: January 2023

Problem definition: Physicians spend more than 5 hours a day working on Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and more than an hour doing EHR tasks after the end of the workday. Numerous studies have identified the detrimental effects of excessive EHR use and after-hours work, including physician burnout, physician attrition, and appointment delays. However, EHR time is not purely an exogenous factor as it depends on physician usage behavior that could have important operational consequences.Interestingly, prior literature has not considered this topic rigorously. In this paper, we investigate howphysicians' workflow decisions on when to perform EHR tasks affect: (1) total time on EHR and (2) timespent after work.Methodology/Results: Our data comprise around 150,000 appointments from 74 physicians from a largeAcademic Medical Center Family Medicine unit. Our dataset contains detailed, process-level time stampsof appointment progression and EHR use. We find that the effect of working on EHR systems depends onwhether the work is done before or after an appointment. Pre-appointment EHR work reduces total EHRworkload and after-work hours spent on EHR. Post-appointment EHR work reduces after-work hours onEHR but increases total EHR time. We find that increasing idle time between appointments can encourageboth pre- and post-appointment EHR work.Managerial implications: Our results not only help us understand the timing and structure of work onsecondary tasks, more generally, but also will help healthcare administrators create EHR workflows andappointment schedules to reduce physician burnout associated with excessive EHR use.
Student Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education: Theory and Practice
Authors: Subheesh N P
Published: January 2023

‘Assessment’ and ‘evaluation’ are two crucial components in engineering education settings. They play a significant role in the quality assurance of engineering education. Literature suggests that better assessment and evaluation practices require specific knowledge and skills about types and methods of assessment and evaluation. It is found that most of the engineering faculty members do not have factual knowledge about assessment and evaluation types and methods. Further, it is argued that engineering educators are not aware of ‘feedback comments’ associated with assessment practices. Comments on students’ performances are essential because it helps them know their course’s strengths and weaknesses. This chapter critically analyses assessment and evaluation practices in engineering education set up across the globe in this background. It discusses the challenges faced by engineering faculty members while assessing students’ performances. Lastly, the chapter offers recommendations to improve assessment and evaluation practices so that engineering students and teachers will primarily benefit.
In the name of health and illness: An inquiry into Covid-19 vaccination policy in postsecondary education in Canada (published https://researchandappliedmedicine.com/revistas/vol1/revista6/vacunacion-covid-ingles.pdf)
Authors: Chaufan Claudia , Hemsing Natalie
Published: January 2023

Since the launch of the Covid-19 global vaccination campaign in December of 2020, vaccination in postsecondary institutions has been a contested issue. International evidence indicates that these institutions have achieved high vaccination rates and Canadian public health agencies exclude them entirely from the list of institutions at risk of outbreaks. On the other hand, influential observers, and postsecondary institutions themselves insist that not only achieving, but also maintaining, “up-to-date” vaccination - through mandates if necessary – remains critical to contain the crisis. However, with the increasing recognition that vaccines do not stop viral spread, that young populations are at exceedingly low risk of severe Covid-19, hospitalization, and death - with a survival rate of over 99.98% - and that mandated medical interventions have a troubled history with repercussions to this day, the soundness of current vaccination policies in postsecondary institutions cannot be assumed. Drawing from the medicalization tradition and interpretive phenomenology, our study explores, through in-depth interviews, how vaccination policies within and beyond postsecondary institutions have shaped perceptions of the Covid-19 crisis, beliefs about the role, risks, and benefits of vaccination, and life choices and chances of students in Canada. We find that students largely comply with vaccination policies, whether by conviction, convenience, or coercion, and that the discourse and social practices promoted by the policies limit opportunities for free debate and exchange across vaccination statuses. Regardless of this status, students do resist, albeit very limitedly given the high cost of noncompliance. We discuss the implications of our findings for policy, equity, and for the power of medical social control in the Covid-19 era. (Note: Published @ Journal of Research and Applied Medicine https://researchandappliedmedicine.com/revistas/vol1/revista6/journal-of-research-applied-medicine-vol01-n06.html)
Problem of students in learning Biology practical in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State
Authors:   Department of Science Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Abidoye Florence Omosholape , Wasiu Nafisat ,   Department of Science Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Published: January 2023

The study investigated the problems of students in learning Biology practical in senior secondary schools in Ilorin West LGA, Kwara State. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey was adopted for this study. The population comprised SS1 to SS3 Biology students in Ilorin-West LGA, Kwara State. Questionnaires were involved in the collection of data from one hundred and eighty (180) Biology students and the data collected were analyzed using descriptive mean, t-test and analysis of variance ANOVA. The findings revealed that problems of students in learning Biology practical in Ilorin West LGA was significant. There was no significant difference in students' opinion towards the problem of learning Biology practical in senior secondary schools based on gender and class size. There was no significance difference in the problems of learning Biology practical in senior secondary school based on school type. In conclusion, it was recommended that Government and private school owners should ensure the provision of well-structured infrastructural facilities that would improve learning process and adequate laboratory equipment should be provided for senior secondary school students to ease the learning difficulty experienced in learning Biology practical. Schools should also endeavor to avail more and replace the obsolete equipment with more technologically modern equipment.
Psychological factors as correlates of undergraduates students’ academic performance in Educational Psychology, Gombe State University
Authors:   Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Gombe State University, Nigeria., Abubakar Musa Maikamba , Jummai Ibrahim Sagir ,   Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Gombe State University, Nigeria., Danjuma S. Ibrahim ,   Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Gombe State University, Nigeria., Nadikko Bashir Jibril ,   Nigerian Police Force, Number 68 PMF Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria., Yusuf Aishatu Muhammad ,   Ministry of Education, Gombe State, Nigeria.
Published: January 2023

This study examined psychological factors as correlates of students’ academic performance in Education Psychology (EDUC 203) at Gombe State University. The study adopted a correlation design. The population used for this study was level two undergraduate students with a total of 781 students. Purposive sampling was used where the whole population was used as sample since the population was accessible in the exams office. Two hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The instrument used for this study was psychological factors scale. It has face, content and constructs validity. It was also reliable with obtaining the alpha value of 0.668 for academic engagement and 0.781 for social engagement. The result revealed that there is significant relationship between academic engagement and performance of students in Educational Psychology (EDUC 203). It was also a significant correlation between social engagement and students’ academic performance in Educational Psychology. Based on the findings, it was concluded that there is significant relationship between academic engagement, social engagement and students’ academic performance in Educational Psychology (EDUC 203). The study therefore recommend that lecturers should invariably engaged students academically and socially in their studies so as to improve their academic performance.
Attitudinal, normative and control beliefs underlying graduate students’ adoption of the learning management system for learning at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
Authors:   Department of Special Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana., Hayford Samuel K. , Mahamah Rhoda ,   Department of Special Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana., Asante Isaac ,   Department of Integrated Science, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana., Anane Akosua Asantewaa ,   Department of Communication & Media Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Published: January 2023

The purpose of the study was to use the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to identify the underlying beliefs that impact online learning behaviours of graduate students at the Faculty of Educational Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana following the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, which led to national lockdowns and closure of schools. The article reports attitudinal, normative and control beliefs of graduate students to accept learning management system (LMS) for online learning and also establishes which of the three beliefs influenced their readiness for online learning. One hundred and sixty-four graduate students of the Faculty of Educational Studies, University of Education, Winneba, completed questionnaire hosted on Google Form. Data were analysed using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, MANOVA, Pearson's moment correlation and ordinary least squares multiple regression. The findings revealed that perceived usefulness of the LMS for online learning and perceived lecturer readiness to use LMS as well as students’ learning autonomy combined to influence students’ willingness to accept LMS for online learning. The study recommended that the university authority should intensify ICT training and usage among students and staff to sustain the use of LMS for online teaching and learning. The researchers should also extend the study to the undergraduate students who constitute the largest proportion of student population of the university.
ICT skills activation for secondary school students and its implication on mathematics proficiency
Authors:   Department of Science Education, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria., Oginni Omoniyi Israel , Alebiosu Eunice Oluwayemisi ,   Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University,  Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Published: January 2023

The study investigated an assessment of ICT skills needed for mathematical proficiency among secondary school students. Mathematics proficiency made up of procedural fluency (PF), conceptual understanding (CU), strategic competence (SC), adaptive reasoning (AR) and productive disposition (PD) were examined in the study. The research design employed was descriptive survey, as it enables the researcher describe the existing situation regarding participants’ opinion towards the integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) into teaching and learning of mathematics. The population of this study consists of mathematics teachers and students of senior secondary schools in Ado-Ekiti Local Government of Ekiti State. The sample for the study consists of 1000 students selected from 189 public and private secondary schools in Ado-Ekiti. The instrument used in carrying out this research was a questionnaire on the level of students’ use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and mathematics proficiency. Face and content validity of the instrument was ascertained while the reliability of the instrument was ensured by administering it on 20 students outside the sample used in this study. The Pearson's Product Moment Correlation analysis was used which yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.80. Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, and inferential statistics such as t-test, regression and analysis of variance. The findings of the study revealed that the procedural fluency in ICT makes students more effective in learning mathematics. Also, there were significant possible correlations among senior secondary school students’ conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, productive disposition and performance in mathematics. Based on these findings, it was recommended that PF, CU, SC, AR and PD should be applied in order to achieved mathematics proficiency expectations and teachers and students should be skillful in ICT.
Transitivity analysis of practical instructions in selected Nigerian senior secondary schools biology textbooks
Authors:   Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria, Degboro Olufunke Damilola , Onipede Festus Moses ,   Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria
Published: January 2023

This study is concerned with transitivity analysis of selected Nigerian senior high school biology textbooks. The aims of this research were to describe and to find out the dominant process types of transitivity occurrence, reason behind the choice of dominant process, and its effect in the biology practical instructions. This study was descriptive qualitative. The data were obtained from the selected two Nigerian biology textbooks entitle Essential Biology for Senior Secondary Schools, and Modern Biology for Senior Secondary Schools by M. C Michael, and Ramalingam respectively. The result of the research was four types of process that occurred in the textbooks. There was material process (90.83%), mental process (4.59%), relational process (3.67%), and existential process (0.92%). The dominant type of transitivity is material process. It means that biology practical instructions textbooks contained action and physically. Furthermore, the benefit that can be gained from analysing the transitivity in the text could stimulate the reading skills to comprehend the idea and information in a text that could be applied in spoken and written texts. Based on the finding of the transitivity analysis, it was recommended that, serving teachers be trained through workshops, seminars, conference s and in-service programmes.
Influence of parental factors on career choice among senior secondary school students in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Guidance and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Adikwu V. O. , Ereka L. I. ,   Department of Guidance and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Published: January 2023

The study investigated the influence of parental factors on career choice among senior secondary two (SS2) students in Federal Capital Territory (FCT): The aim of the study was to ascertain whether parental factors such as parental educational level, parent’s socio-economic status, parental values, parental work performance and parent-child relationships influenced career choices of students. Five research questions were raised to guide the study. Five null hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a population of 20,163 senior secondary two students (SS2). Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in the study. A random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 360 respondents selected from 12 public secondary schools across the six Area Councils in FCT. A self-structured instrument developed by the researcher titled “Student’s Career Choice Questionnaire’’ (SCCQ) was used for data collection. A pilot test was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the instrument. A reliability co-efficient of 0.70 was confirmed using the split half method. Spearman Brown prediction formula was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency counts, percentages for demographic data, mean score and standard deviation to answer the research question. The study found that parental factors have significance influence on career choices of senior secondary students in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was, therefore, recommended that teachers, parents and career guidance counsellors should take into cognizance the influence of these parental factors, as they guide students through the process of career selection.
The effect of differentiated instruction approach on students’ academic achievement and attitudes: A meta-analysis study
Authors:   Kabul Education University, Faculty of Special Education, Kabul, Afghanistan., SAFAWI Sayed Shafiullah , AKAY Cenk ,   Mersin University, Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Mersin, Turkey.
Published: January 2023

In order to study the effect of differentiated instruction approaches on students’ academic achievement and attitudes in this meta-analysis, CoHE Thesis Center, Google Scholar, Dergi Park, Research Gate, and ERIC search engines were used to retrieve studies published in Turkey between 2010 and 2021. Out of 23 quantitative studies selected, 10 experimental and 13 quasi-experimental studies focused on students’ academic achievement and eight quantitative studies comprising three experimental and five quasi-experimental studies focused on students’ attitudes. These studies measured the pretest-posttest differences between the experimental and control groups using parametric tests such as t-test, ANOVA, and ANCOVA. The effect sizes were examined under a random-effects model, using Cohen's d and Hedges’ g indexes. According to the results, the analyses yielded a moderate effect size value of 0.791 for academic achievement and a small effect size value of 0.359 for attitude, and the overall effect size favoured the experimental group. In studies included in the analysis, the interventions lasted from 2 to 12 weeks, and the meta-regression analysis results showed that the longer the intervention duration, the more positively the academic achievement and attitude of the students are affected. However, its effect on attitude is greater than its effect on academic achievement.
Influence of National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme on primary school pupils attendance and academic performance in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, College of Agricultural and Science Education, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria., Cletus E. , Habila J. B. ,   Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, Faculty of Education, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Nigeria., Alfa A. A. ,   Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, College of Agricultural and Science Education, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
Published: January 2023

This study examined influence of National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme on primary school pupils’ attendance and academic performance in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. Two specific objectives with corresponding research questions and hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design and was carried out in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. The population of this study is 1870 teachers from 79 public primary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. The sample size for this study is 330 teachers. A structured questionnaire titled “National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme and Pupils Attendance and Performance in Public Primary Schools Questionnaire" was developed and used for the study. Cronbach Alpha Statistic was used to obtain an overall reliability coefficient of 0.89 for the instrument. The descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the two research questions. Chi-square statistics was used to test the two null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. From analysis of data, the following major findings were made: provision of meals to pupils improve their daily regular attendance, improves enrolment in primary schools, enhances their punctuality, and also improves their co-curricular activities. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations are made; the State Government should try and replicate the blue print of the Federal Government's National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme to every Local Government in the State so as to ensure sustainability in the provision of meals to pupils and as well as improve their daily regular attendance as well as enhancing their punctuality. Also, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and other education stakeholders should initiate school feeding integrated intervention programmes that improves co-curricular activities through provision of meals to pupils this will influence their ability to understand the practicality of things during learning and also improve their ability to engage with digital technologies.
Clients’ perception of quality tertiary education in Ghana
Authors:   Department of Science, Foso College of Education, Ghana., Donkoh Sylvester , Mensah John ,   Department of Mathematics and ICT, Foso College of Education, Ghana., Quansah Francis ,   Department of Science, Foso College of Education, Ghana.
Published: January 2023

Tertiary education institutions are established to provide quality post-secondary education. Tertiary education institutions have established quality assurance units to guarantee that clients are served appropriately according to predefined quality indicators. Despite this guarantee, the quality of tertiary education is being questioned. This paper discusses the quality of tertiary education largely from the perspective of clients. It explores the concept of quality, examines a model of the path to quality tertiary education, and states the challenges of institutional massification with respect to quality. The discussion points to the key roles of leadership and management and institutional massification play in student engagement. Leadership and management have to set the stage for the process of achieving quality tertiary education, and sustain the process by harnessing human and material resources to meaningfully engage students. Leadership provides the physical infrastructure, recruits qualified staff, operationalizes sound employability and entrepreneurship strategies, and creates a democratic environment to promote accountability and productivity. At the heart of quality tertiary education is good student engagement. While massification has improved access and equity, it has put pressure on physical infrastructure and staff and reduced the quality of student engagement.
Earliest Arrival Flow with Partial Lane Reversals for Evacuation Planning
Authors: Pyakurel Urmila , Dempe Stephan
Published: January 2023

Contraflow evacuation planning strategy is very effective and widely accepted approach for the optimal use of available road network in evacuation management that increases the outward road capacities from the disastrous areas with lane (arc) reversals towards the safer places. It is highly applicable for shifting maximum number of evacuees from the disastrous areas to the safer places as quickly and efficiently as possible. We introduce the partial contraflow approach by reversing only necessary arc capacities to solve the earliest arrival contraflow problem with constant transit times and present efficient algorithms. We solve the earliest arrival partial contraflow problem in two terminal general network in pseudo-polynomial time complexity. On two terminal series parallel network, we solve the problem in strongly polynomial time complexity. Moreover, we present a fully polynomial approximation algorithm that solves the earliest arrival partial contraflow problem on two terminal general network in polynomial time. The unused arc capacities are very useful for the logistic and emergency supports to the evacuees at disastrous areas.
Statistical Data Analyses for Investigating Recent Major Earthquakes and Mitigating their Damages in Japan
Authors: Kawase Yuji , Oyama Tatsuo
Published: January 2023

Japan has experienced many large-scale natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons with heavy rain and landslides, tornadoes and so on. Every time we have such serious damages due to major natural disasters, public utilities such as electricity, gas, and water have been cut off and stopped. In this paper we take four major earthquakes, which occurred very recently with serious damages. Using data such as deaths and missing people, refugees, and refugee camps, water supply suspension and its recovery and applying various statistical data analyses techniques and mathematical models, we show our findings and policy suggestions obtained from those analyses. In addition, we propose a mathematical modeling technique for quantitatively measuring the robust-ness of the water supply network system. Our approach is based upon the network flow optimization model and Monte Carlo random generation technique. We illustrate numerical results obtained from our numerical experiments.
Public Libraries of China: Basic Principles of Modernization
Authors: Xi Xinwen
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this paper is to determine the basic principles of modernization of the People’s Republic of China.
The methodology. The article uses the method of systematization. Based on the scientific literature, a brief but comprehensive description of the features of modern Chinese libraries is given, in particular, special attention is paid to the measures of library modernization, and thoughtful actions aimed at meeting the needs of each client.
The results. The activity of public libraries in China is aimed at the formation of traditional regional culture, preservation of book cultural heritage, and promotion of social and economic development and is based on the principles of a client-oriented approach and openness of information space. These basic principles of modernization of public libraries in China are implemented in the active development of forms and methods of meeting the information needs of users of national information resources.
The scientific novelty. This article joins the new array of scientific research, which focuses on the basic principles of transformation of library activities, which can be considered vectors of the development of public libraries.
The practical significance. The article will be useful for scientists who are interested in the principles of library modernization (not only Chinese — the principles identified in the study can be applied to the development of all libraries, especially Ukrainian ones), as well as for library managers and ordinary employees who want to make their institution as comfortable as possible for visitors, advanced, attractive in all aspects.