bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
QUINTAIS ENQUANTO R-EXISTÊNCIA: UMA RELAÇÃO DE BEM VIVER E ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA PARAENSE
Authors: Sousa Jean Sousa de , Silva Eldeenaldo Ferreira da , Sousa Antonieta Bandeira de , Sousa Aliene da Silva , Sales Reinaldo Eduardo da Silva
Published: March 2024

O presente estudo é o resultado de uma pesquisa sobre os quintais enquanto r-existência na Amazônia Paraense. Apresenta como objetivo principal compreender o processo de economia solidária, bem viver e r-existência nos quintais Tamatateuenses. Os procedimentos metodológicos são divididos em pesquisa bibliográfica, de campo e análise de dados, seguida da escrita. As técnicas utilizadas na pesquisa foram: observação participante, entrevistas semiestruturadas e registro audiovisual. O lócus da pesquisa foi a comunidade de Tamatateuaa qual teve como interlocutoras as “Mulheres Guerreiras de Tamatateua”. Verificou-se que os quintais Tamatateuenses, além de constituírem um espaço de cuidado, conectividade e gratidão, formam espaços de relação entre as mulheres e os sistemas produtivos que ficam em torno das residências, tendo assim, um local de diversas experiências, pois esses territórios são utilizados para plantar hortaliças, frutas, plantas, e criar animais. Constatou-se que esses quintais são espaços de r-existência e territórios de trocas afetivas entre as mulheres, demonstrando uma relação de bem viver com o ambiente. Há uma vidente relação entre essas mulheres e seus quintais, que é muito mais do que uma coexistência. Ela representa um complexo tecido social, enraizado nas tradições e experiências compartilhadas das mulheres desta comunidade.
Studies on comparison of nano-urea and prilled urea for enhancing maize (Zea mays) growth and productivity
Authors: SATYAM RAWAT  , RAJIV KUMAR SINGH  , PREETI SINGH  , PK UPADHYAY  , KAPILA SHEKHAWAT  , SEEMA SANGWAN  , SUKANTA DASH  , BIJAN KUMAR MONDAL  , RAJAN SHUKLA
Published: March 2024

An experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 2022–23 at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand to assess how well nano- urea performs in maize under different field conditions and investigate its compatibility with other N sources. Results showed that root weight (fresh and dry), partial factor productivity (N, P2O5 and K2O), N concentration (grain and stover), grain yield, biological yield and harvest index of maize were all significantly affected by the application of various N rates and nano-fertilizers. The grain yield of maize was comparable to the yield obtained under RDF and 75% of the recommended N + two nano-urea sprays. These findings indicate that the concurrent use of these nano-fertilizers has the potential to reduce N fertilization by as much as 25%. Furthermore, the results highlight the prospect of augmenting biological yield of maize by incorporating 2 nano-urea sprays alongside the prescribed N quantity from prilled urea, as well as full applications of P2O5 and K2O.
Gestión de Capacitaciones en el Desempeño Laboral de los Trabajadores en Samar Ingenieros Sac - 2022
Authors: Polo-Gonzales Sharon , Samar-Ventocilla Jansen , Meneses-Claudio Brian , Zarate-Ruiz Gustavo
Published: March 2024

En los últimos años la gestión de capacitación permitió el buen crecimiento y mejora del rendimiento de los trabajadores, esto significa que el conjunto de actitudes como aptitudes, es la capacidad de aclimatarse a estos tipos de cambios que se genera en el trabajo según las circunstancias, de manera que ciertas organizaciones al no realizar dichas capacitaciones, en ciertas ocasiones el desenvolvimiento por parte de los trabajadores no es la correcta, ya que en muchas ocasiones no tienen conocimiento. En el ámbito internacional Castañeda de Armas et. al (2018), menciona que en cuba se realizó la investigación relacionada a la realización de las estrategias de capacitación que se pondrán en marcha, para puedan mostrar resultados y el cambio que generaría sobre el desempeño laboral en las organizaciones. Ya que, esto puede beneficiar al máximo, mejorando los bienes de aprendizaje de los empleados y el área de recursos humanos. De acuerdo, al ámbito Nacional, Parra-Penagos et. al (2016) indica que todas las empresas tienden a estar obligados a hacerse cargo de las capacitaciones que recomiendan las áreas de recursos humanos, de manera que, esto será como un método de re-potencialización dentro del desempeño de cada trabajador, mejorando su eficiencia, llegando esto a dar resultados positivos a la organización. Asimismo, nos indican que el propósito de la capacitación es entender las funciones de ciertas actividades específicas que se encuentran derivadas al desempeño laboral. A nivel local, la empresa tiene ciertos problemas con los trabajadores directamente. Debido a que en diversas ocasiones exigen que realicen trabajos que los colaboradores no tienen conocimiento, esto sucede porque, la empresa no invierte en gestionar capacitaciones, para poder tener actualizado a todos sus colaboradores, para que de esa manera su desempeño laboral sea el adecuado y esperado por la empresa. Esto en más de una vez provoco la renuncia de los trabajadores que no se sentían cómodos dentro de la organización. No obstante, mediante este trabajo planteando el siguiente objetivo, la mejora de la gestión de capacitación y esto pueda dar un buen desempeño laboral por todos los colaboradores. La presente investigación se realizó con el objetivo de determinar cómo la implementación de la gestión de capacitaciones mejora el desempeño laboral de los trabajadores en la empresa SAMAR INGENIEROS SAC durante el periodo 2019 – 2021
Neogene volcanics of the Burda mountain range nearby Štúrovo, Slovakia
Authors: Šimon Ladislav ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská dolina 1, SK-814 07 Bratislava, Slovakia, Kollárová Viera ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská dolina 1, SK-814 07 Bratislava, Slovakia, Kováčiková Monika ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská dolina 1, SK-814 07 Bratislava, Slovakia
Published: March 2024

The Neogene volcanic products of the Burda mountain range nearby Štúrovo belong to Burda Formation. At the base of the Burda Formation a succession of epiclastic volcanic rocks and pyroclastic rocks of andesites has developed. In the central part of the formation, the volcanic products associated with the activity of submarine volcanism of the Badenian age developed. Submarine extrusive volcanic domes of andesites are typical. In the upper part of the Burda Formation, pyroclastic and epiclastic facies of andesites were formed. Deposits of pyroclastic flows and redeposited pyroclastics are characterized by the presence of relics of petrified tree trunks, indicating transport from emergent forest-covered slopes from the higher levels of the volcanic edifice of the Börzsöny Mountains in todayʼs Hungary. This part of the Burda volcanics represents a transitional volcanic zone with the Börzsöny stratovolcano.
Characterization of ochre precipitate loaded with arsenic from mine water and study of its stability by using of leaching tests and sequential extraction analysis
Authors: Bekényiová Alexandra ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Regional Centre Košice, Department of Applied Technology of Raw Materials, Slovak Republic, Danková Zuzana ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Regional Centre Košice, Department of Applied Technology of Raw Materials, Slovak Republic, Čechovská Katarína ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Regional Centre Košice, Department of Applied Technology of Raw Materials, Slovak Republic, Fedorová Erika ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Regional Centre Košice, Department of Applied Technology of Raw Materials, Slovak Republic, Nováková Jarmila ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Regional Centre Spišská Nová Ves, Division of Geoanalytical Laboratories, Slovak Republic, Briančin Jaroslav ,   Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geotechnics, Košice, Slovak Republic, Vizi Ladislav ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Regional Centre Košice, Department of Applied Technology of Raw Materials, Slovak Republic, Kúšik Dušan ,   State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Department of Raw Minerals and Geophysics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Published: March 2024

This study is focused on the mobility of potential toxic elements release from the ochre precipitate sample after the leaching by using selected methods. The sequential extraction method was performed to characterize the stability of the sample after the leaching tests. The TCLP regulatory limit for arsenic of 5 mg/L in the ochre precipitate was not exceeded, thus meet the legislative regulations. The highest concentrations of As were achieved in the residual fraction (5) even after leaching tests. The lowest concentration values of As were found in the mobile fractions: water-soluble fraction (1) and ion-exchangeable and carbonate fraction (2). These results indicate the low mobility of arsenic and the tight bonding between As and Fe in formed ochre precipitates.
The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) in Food Service in Sariharjo, Ngaglik, Sleman Regency
Authors: Amini Noor Rosyidah , Shinta APRILIA
Published: March 2024

This research aims to find out the HACCP in catering A, B, and C and the quality as seen from microbiological, physical, and chemical contamination. This descriptive research uses a purposive sampling method to take the sample of catering, and random sampling to take samples of fried chicken. The result data of observation and questionnaire sheets are analyzed by the researcher based on HACCP application and National Standardization Corporation (BSN), then analyzed by tests of microbiological contamination including the extrapolation of Total Plate Count (TPC), MPN Coliform, and the existence of Escherichia coli, test of physical contamination including taste, scent, color, appearance, texture, and the existence of unknown things, and also tests of chemical contamination including quantitative test of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), qualitative test of formalin, and pH measurement. The time of research started from March until May 2015. The sample used is fried chicken from catering A, B, and C. The results are catering A and B have percentages of 67.34% and 66,69% with a critical point on the packing step, and catering B has a percentage of 57.74% with a critical point on the processing and packing step. The result of TPC on the fried chicken sample of catering A and B is more than standard, MPN Coliform of the three samples is more than standard, and E.coli is found on the fried chicken sample of catering B. The BMP of MSG examined on three samples of catering A, B, and C are 13.200 mg/kg and there is no formal found on the three samples. The rancidity is only found in the sample of catering A, and besides pink color is only found in the sample of catering C.
Effects of Perceived Mathematics Connection on Mathematics Motivation: Mediating Role of History of Mathematics Concepts
Authors: Gyasi Alfred Bannor , Yarhands Dissou Arthur , Benjamin Adu Obeng
Published: March 2024

The present study assessed the mediating effects of history of mathematics concepts on the relationship between mathematics connection and mathematics motivation. The study was a descriptive survey carried out on 390 students randomly selected from Asuoso Senior High School in the Offinso-North District of Ghana’s Ashanti region. Data was collected using Likert type structured questionnaires. Reliability analysis was computed in SPSS (V. 23) and confirmatory factor analysis was computed in AMOS (V. 23). In addition, average variance extracted (AVE), convergent validity, and discriminant validity were computed in Microsoft Excel from factor loadings. Also, composite reliability was calculated at https://www.thestatisticalmind.com/composite-reliability/. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was computed in Amos (V. 23) to determine direct, and mediating effects among the main constructs. The study found that mathematics connection positively and significantly influenced mathematics motivation of senior high school students. The indirect effects of mathematics connection on mathematics motivation through history of mathematics concepts was positive and significant. The study recommended that mathematics teachers should desist from merely topic explanations and rote memorization of solution procedures. They should rather make mathematics connections and history of mathematics concepts imminent in their lesson planning and delivery. To implement this, mathematics topics should be linked to real-life scenarios, other subjects, and students’ lives, and the history behind such concepts are explained in plain language. Not only teachers, NaCCA should ensure that the mathematics syllabus and textbooks for senior high schools have incorporated real-life scenarios as well as the historical background of concepts to ensure learners develop the interest and motives for studying mathematics.
Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition through Maternal, Infant, And Young Child Nutrition Support Groups: A Case of Kwale County
Authors:   Nutrition Technical Officer,USAID Stawisha Pwani, Mwangi Faith , Omondi Elizabeth ,   Technical officer AYSRH,   Technical officer community health services,   Technical Advisor RMNCAH,   Program Manager RMNCAH AMREF Health Africa,   Nutrition Intern Amref Health Africa, Oruko Happiness ,   Monitoring and Evaluation specialist AMREF Health Africa
Published: March 2024

Background: According to (KDHS 2022), 23% of children under-5 in Kwale County are stunted compared to 18% at national level. This is attributed to knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) gaps, poor dietary practices, recurrent droughts and poverty. Matuga sub county , one of the four sub counties in Kwale County has stunting rates of 25.2% and underweight rates of 12.7% (SMART Survey 2022).To address this, USAID Stawisha Pwani (USP) project initiated Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) support groups in Vyongwani CU , Matuga Subcouty. Objective: This abstract highlight how MIYCN support groups can be used to improve food security. Methodology: USP project trained 25 health workers and 224 community health volunteers (CHVs) on MIYCN. The trainees mapped households to identify pregnant and/or lactating women in Vyongwani CU. The CHVs formed 9 MIYCN support groups each consisting of 15 pregnant and lactating mothers. With the support of the Department of health, each MIYCN group conducted monthly meetings to give mothers health education and economic empowerment mentorships. The project engaged agricultural extension officers and social protection department to impart mothers with skills on bee keeping, gardening, small animal rearing and Income generating activities(IGAs) Findings: The groups enabled timely identification of malnutrition cases and supplementation of Vitamin A and dewormers. 100% of pregnant mothers in the groups attended their Antenatal clinic visits consistently, took Iron Folic acid supplementation and had skilled delivery while 100% of the children whose mothers were in the groups breastfed exclusively for 6 months. The MICYN support groups established a community resource center. The nine groups established two demonstration beehives, three community demonstration kitchen gardens, rabbit farming, poultry and other IGAs. All the 135 mothers replicated kitchen gardens at household level while 67 mothers initiated small scale poultry farming. The women sell surplus fruits, vegetables, honey and eggs harvested from their small gardens. Mothers adopted sun drying as a method of preserving surplus vegetables. Conclusion: Integration of health education and economic empowerment in MIYCN support groups has the potential to contribute to improved food security. Keywords: Malnutrition, Supplementation, Antenatal
Nutritional Status and Risk Factors for Malnutrition among Under Five Children in Merti ward, Isiolo County, Kenya
Authors:   Department of Human Nutrition Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Mokua Beatrice Kiage ,   Department of Human Nutrition Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology,   Department of Human Nutrition Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology,   Department of Human Nutrition Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Published: March 2024

Malnutrition is a significant public health issue affecting under-five children in many developing countries, including Kenya. This mixed-methods study aimed to assess the nutritional status and risk of malnutrition among under-five children in Isiolo County, Kenya. The study used a cross-sectional design and purposive sampling technique to recruit 384 participants, and data collected on socio-demographic characteristics, dietary practices, and nutritional status informed the development of appropriate interventions to address malnutrition in this region. The study found a high prevalence of global acute malnutrition (17%), underweight (14.6%), stunting (15.9%), and low nutrient intake among children under five. The study also found a low rate of exclusive breastfeeding and late introduction of solid foods, highlighting the need for interventions that promote and support appropriate feeding practices for infants and young children in this population. Additionally, the study identified poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices in Isiolo, Kenya, with a significant number of households lacking access to proper sanitation facilities and not treating their drinking water before consumption. The findings highlight the need for urgent interventions that target poverty reduction, food security, access to healthcare, and improved living conditions of households to improve the nutritional status of under-five children in Isiolo, Kenya. Additionally, interventions are needed to improve access to proper sanitation facilities, promote safe kitchen waste disposal methods, and encourage proper water treatment and handwashing practices to prevent the spread of diseases in this population. The study's findings provide valuable insights into the nutritional status and risk of malnutrition among under-five children in Isiolo County and inform the development of appropriate interventions to address malnutrition in this region. Keywords: Malnutrition, Under-five children, Nutritional status, WASH practices, Kenya
Dietary Diversity and Micronutrient Adequacy Among Women of Reproductive Age in Kericho County
Authors:   Department of Health Sciences, Ol’lessoss Technical Training Institute, Makau Wambui Kogi ,   Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, Ngala Sophia ,   Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi
Published: March 2024

Women of reproductive age (WRA) are mostly vulnerable to low dietary diversity and micronutrient malnutrition due to their reproductive role. There is, however, limited data on the current situation in Kericho County. This study was aimed at determining the dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy among women of reproductive age from kitchen gardening households in Kericho County. A cross-sectional study involving 193 WRA (15-49 years) was conducted in September and October, 2018, in Kericho County. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and kitchen gardening. Minimum Dietary Diversity-Women (MDD-W), 24-hour dietary recall and Food Frequency Questionnaires were used on dietary intake and diversity data. All the respondents consumed starchy staples with a high proportion consuming dairy (99.5%) and dark green leafy vegetables (92.2%) whereas nuts and seeds were the least consumed (6.7%). The mean Dietary diversity score (DDS) was 5.3±1.4 with 72% of women consuming at least five groups out of ten recommended by food and agriculture organization (FAO) and FHI 360. Kitchen gardens’ size and number of crops grown had a positive significant contribution to dietary diversity (p=0.000).The mean adequacy ratio (MAR) for Vitamin A, iron and zinc was obtained as 89.9% with Vitamin A nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR) being the lowest (46.35%). A positive association was obtained between NAR for Vitamin A(r=0.499), iron (r=0.528) and zinc (r=0.569), and dietary diversity scores. A more diversified diet increased the chances of micronutrient adequacy. Slightly less than three quarters of women were micronutrient adequate due to attainment of recommended food groups. Hence, majority of WRA in Kericho County meet the recommended dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy except for Vitamin A. There’s need to encourage households to dedicate larger share of their lands to kitchen gardening and have a diversity in their gardens and diet. Keywords: Minimum Dietary Diversity-Women, Nutrient Adequacy Ratio, Mean Adequacy Ratio, Micronutrient Adequacy.
Competency of Community Health Volunteers on Complementary Feeding Strategies of Children 6-23 Months in Masinga, Machakos County, Kenya
Authors:   Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, K Kivaya S. ,   Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,   Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Published: March 2024

Background Sub-optimal complementary feeding practices are a major cause of malnutrition among children aged 6-23 months in developing world. Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) can help in reducing malnutrition through advocacy of the recommended complementary feeding (CF) practices. However, CHVs’ face myriad challenges including, low levels of education and inadequate training. There is scarcity of information on the level of training and competence of CHVs in the area of CF. This study therefore aimed at assessing the competency (knowledge, skills and practices) of CHVs on CF in Masinga Sub-County of Machakos County. Method: The study adopted a cross-sectional analytical design. A total of 168 CHVs were randomly selected. A researcher administered questionnaire was used to collect data on knowledge and training of CHVs. Observation checklist was used to assess counselling skills of CHVs on CF. Both descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse data. Results: Findings showed that 23.2%, 66.1%, and 10.7% of participants had high, moderate and low CF knowledge score respectively. Majority (83.9%) of CHVs had fair skills. Significant associations were observed between CHVs’ CF knowledge level and their occupation (AOR = 1.63 C.I; 1.23-8.25), education (AOR = 3.36 C.I; 1.07-10.59) and source of income (AOR = 3.50 CI; 0.91-13.40). Overall, only 8.3% of the CHVs were competent based on knowledge on CF and their counseling skills to caregivers of children aged 6-23 months. Conclusion: This study rates knowledge of CHVs as moderate and concludes that it is sub-optimal to promote appropriate CF. Counselling skills’ score indicated that CHVs possessed fair skills therefore lack practical skills to execute their duties. Overall, only 8.3% of the CHVs met the minimum expected competence threshold based on a combined knowledge, skills and practice score. MOH and other stakeholders should enhance training of CHVs. Key words: Community Health Volunteers, Complementary Feeding, Competency, Knowledge, and Skills,
Unterricht für alle braucht Lehrmittel für alle
Authors: Pool Maag Silvia
Published: March 2024

Gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen wie Digitalisierung, Kompetenzorientierung und schulische Inklusion haben dazu beigetragen, dass Unterricht sich weiterentwickelt hat. Welche Anforderungen stellt inklusiver Unterricht an die Lehrmittel der Zukunft? Eine Untersuchung, bestehend aus einer Literaturanalyse zu unterrichtsbezogenen Veränderungen und einer Befragung von Expert:innen, zeigt: Je heterogener die Lernbedürfnisse und die Leistungsvoraussetzungen in Lerngruppen sind, desto höher sind die Anforderungen an Lehrmittel, Lernaufgaben und die Steuerungsfunktion von Lehrmitteln im Unterricht. Digitale, analoge sowie multi-fachliche Zugänge zu übergeordneten Bildungsthemen sind zu stärken nebst Lernen am gemeinsamen Gegenstand, Barrierefreiheit und qualitativer Differenzierung.
Varis dışı Üst Gastrointestinal Sistem Kanamalı Hastalarda Klinik Seyri Öngörmede Endoskopi Öncesi Risk Skorlarının Etkinliği
Authors: Uçmak Feyzullah , Tuncel Elif Tuğba
Published: March 2024

Amaç: Üst gastrointestinal kanama (ÜGK) acil servis başvuruları ve hastane yatışlarının önde gelen sebeplerinden biridir. Başvuru esnasında girişimsel tedavi ihtiyacı (endoskopik hemostaz, kan transfüzyonu, cerrahi tedavi), tekrar kanama ve mortaliteyi öngörmede çeşitli risk skorları kullanılmaktadır. Çalışmadaki amacımız endoskopi öncesi pre-endoskopik Rockall (pRS), Glas-gow-Blatchford kanama (GBS) ve AIMS-65 skorlarının yüksek riskli grupları öngörmedeki etkin-liği karşılaştırmaktır.
Yöntemler: Ocak 2015 - Haziran 2016 tarihleri arasında acil servise başvuran ve klinik, laboratuvar ve/veya endoskopik değerlendirme sonucunda varis-dışı ÜGK tanısı konulan hastalar retrospektif olarak tarandı. Demografik ve klinik özellikleri, laboratuvar değerleri, skorlama puanları, endoskopik girişim ve klinik seyirleri (kan transfüzyonu, tekrar kanama, cerrahi tedavi, ölüm) kaydedildi.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya yaş ortalaması 57,2± 18.7 olan 163 (%79’u erkek) hasta alındı. Hemostaz için 92 hastaya endoskopik girişim (%56,4), 6 hastaya cerrahi girişim (%3,7)yapılmıştı. Hastaların %9,2’inde (15 hasta) tekrar kanama gelişmişti. Yüzde %63,8’ine (104 kişi) kan transfüzyonu yapılmıştı. Mortalite oranı %2,5 (4 hasta)idi. Mortaliteyi öngörmede AIMS-65 skoru diğerlerine kıyasla üstün saptandı (AUROC=0.892, p=0.007). Tekrar kanama, kan transfüzyonu ve cerrahi girişimi öngörmede GBS’u diğerlerine kıyasla üstün saptandı (sırasıyla AUROC=0.697, p=0.012; AUROC=0.778, p
Konjenital Anomali ve/veya Nörogelişimsel Geriliği olan Çocukluk Çağındaki Türk Hastalarda Kromozomal Mikroarray Deneyimi: ASXL2 Gen Duplikasyonu ve Xq13 Delesyonunun İncelenmesi
Authors: Tekmenuray Unal Aysel , Durmaz Ceren Damla
Published: March 2024

Giriş/Amaç: Entelektüel gerilik, gelişme geriliği, otistik spektrum bozukluğu ve çoklu konjenital anomalili hastalarda mikroarray analizi, ilk önerilen testtir. Nörogelişimsel geriliği olan Türk hastalarda mikroarray analizinin tanı koyma oranları %15-18; bu hastalarda bilinen mikrodelesyon/mikroduplikasyon oranları ise %5-6 olarak bildirilmiştir. Mevcut çalışmada nörogelişimsel bozukluk ve/veya konjenital anomalisi olan Türk çocuk hastalarda mikroarray analizinin tanı oranının ve bilinen sendromların oranının belirlenmesi, hastalıktan sorumlu yeni kromozomal bölgelerin keşfedilmesi ve genotip-fenotip korelasyonuna katkı sağlaması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntemler: Bu çalışmada, Tıbbi Genetik polikliniğine entelektüel gerilik, gelişme geriliği ve/veya çoklu konjenital anomali ile başvuran 320 Türk çocuk hastanın mikroarray sonuçları sunulmuştur.
Bulgular: 44 hastada patojen/ muhtemel patojen kopya sayısı değişimi tespit edilmiştir. Bu değişimlerin 22’si bilinen mikrodelesyon/ mikroduplikasyon sendromu olup literatürdeki verilere yakın olarak mikroarray analizinin tanı koyma oranı %13,75 (44/320); bilinen mikrodelesyon/ mikroduplikasyon sendromlarının oranı %6,8 (22/320) bulunmuştur. Makrosefali, pitozis, psikomotor gerilik ile başvuran bir hastada 2p23.3 bölgesinde ASXL2 genini içeren kopya artışı tespit edilmiş olup, bu bölgenin kopya artışının Shashi-Pena Sendromuna benzer bir kliniğe neden olabileceği görülmüştür. Bir hastada Xq13.2q13.3 delesyonunun, dişi cinsiyette bulgu vermeyen Xq13 duplikasyon sendromuyla aynı genleri içermesine rağmen, kadın cinsiyette şiddetli bulgulara yol açtığı tespit edilmiştir. Başka bir hastada Xq28 bölgesinde yer alan HMGB3 geninin delesyonunun, pitozis kliniğine neden olduğu ve kadın cinsiyette bulgu verdiği görülmüştür.
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, nörogelişimsel gerilik ve/veya veya çoklu konjenital anomalisi olan hastalarda mikroarray analizinin ilk test olarak iyi bir seçenek olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca mevcut çalışmanın bu hasta grubunda genotip-fenotip korelasyonuna katkı sağlaması beklenmektedir.
Innovative Finance Made Simple: A Primer for Innovative Financing Instruments in India
Authors:   Indian School of Development Management, Chauhan Priyanshi , Sinha Ria
Published: March 2024

A primer to demystify existing financial instruments in India and enabling and empowering the social sector organisations to make informed decisions on accessing funding
El Col·legi de Metges, Barcelona, 1964-1968 : Robert Terradas i Via, un outsider absolutament innovador
Authors: Paricio Ansuátegui Ignacio , Terradas Muntañola Robert
Published: March 2024

L’edifici del Col·legi de Metges de Barcelona fou projectat per Robert Terradas Via, amb Jordi Adroer Iglesias, l’any 1965. Es tracta d’un edifici molt innovador, des del punt de vista compositiu. Es pot considerar un exponent prematur de la tendència a la “fragmentació”, que Rafael Moneo va identificar tres dècades més tard com a paradigma de la modernitat finisecular. Aquest projecte de Terradas, com totes les seves altres obres, no va merèixer l’atenció de la crítica ni dels seus companys. Per això, aquest llibre en reivindica l’interès i el valor de l’aportació de l’arquitecte a la introducció de la modernitat en l’ensenyament de l’arquitectura.
The Implications of Religious Peer Disagreement for Religious Epistemology
Authors: Beilby James ,   Evangelical Philosophical Society
Published: March 2024

In Religious Experience and the Knowledge of God, Harold Netland offers a helpful, balanced approach to the epistemology of religious experience. The value of Netland’s volume notwithstanding, I offer a critique of Netland’s claims regarding the identification of epistemic peers, the epistemic implications of religious peer disagreement, and the viability of the demand for additional evidence as a response to instances of peer disagreement.
Penerapan Strategi Alpha Zone dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab di Kelas 7 MTs Swasta Tarbiyah Islamiyah Pasia
Authors: Annafi Naufal , Sa’adiyah Hurriyatus , Putra Feri Ananda
Published: March 2024

Using alpha brain waves, the alpha zone technique prepares pupils to absorb information more effectively by putting them in a state of readiness to learn. Therefore, in order to accomplish learning goals, pupils need to be in an alpha state. When someone is in alpha state, they will exhibit behaviors like smiling, laughing, and having a positive attitude. A qualitative approach is used in this investigation. This study's data came straight from MTs S TI Pasia's seventh grade Arabic instructor. In addition, documentation, interviews, and observation were the means of data gathering. The results of this research show that by implementing the alpha zone strategy when teaching Arabic, students will feel comfortable when learning. If students feel comfortable when studying, then the student's expression when studying is a cheerful face, smiling, even laughing. If the student's condition is like that, then the student is already in the alpha zone. Students who are in the alpha zone will make students ready to learn and this strategy can make students who initially don't like learning Arabic become like learning Arabic.
Diving for Pearls: Mentoring as Cultural and Activist Practice among Academics of Color
Authors: Okawa Gail Y.
Published: March 2024

For senior scholars of color like Geneva Smitherman and Victor Villanueva, mentoring is more than an academic exercise. From them and their protégés, we may gain some understanding of the complexities and costs of building a multiethnic/multiracial professoriate in our discipline.
Your Average Nigga
Authors: Young Vershawn Ashanti
Published: March 2024

“Your Average Nigga” contends that just as exaggerating the differences between black and white language leaves some black speakers, especially those from the ghetto, at an impasse, so exaggerating and reifying the differences between the races leaves blacks in the impossible position of either having to try to be white or forever struggling to prove they’re black enough. In this essay I recount how I negotiated my own black ghettoto- middle class identity conflict as I facilitated classroom interactions with a black male student from the ghetto.
WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition1
Authors: Harrington Susanmarie , Malencyzk Rita , Peckham Irv , Rhodes Keith , Yancey Kathleen Blake
Published: March 2024

Considers the wide variation of first-year composition programs and if they do indeed vary so widely. Considers what the programs have in common. Asks if it would be possible to articulate a general curricular framework for first-year composition, regardless of institutional home, student demographics, and instructor characteristics. Presents a list of outcomes approved by the Council of Writing Program Administrators.
Developing Pedagogies: Learning the Teaching of English
Authors: Stenberg Shari , Lee Amy
Published: March 2024

Addresses an underlying assumption that teaching is a skill that can be acquired by the proper training, rather than intellectual work deserving of study. Suggests an alternative basis for teacher development by promoting and demonstrating a process of pedagogical inquiry.
EJ Extra: So You Want My Students to Take Your Test?
Authors: Pribyl Rick
Published: March 2024

In a humorous, yet revealing, short essay, Pribyl reduces a semester’s worth of teaching opportunities from 93 days to just one. His response to the title question is, “I’ll be darned if I am going to administer your test!”
Transcending Spaces: Exploring Identity in a Rural American Middle School
Authors: Ketter Jean , Buter Diana
Published: March 2024

A university professor and an eighth-grade teacher collaborated to help middle school students think critically about race, class, and gender. Jean Ketter and Diana Buter describe the materials and activities they developed for a unit on exploring identity. They also critique the effectiveness of the unit in changing students’ attitudes.
Research Matters: Teacher Understanding of Student Understanding
Authors: VanDeWeghe Rick
Published: March 2024

Research Matters provides teachers with review and application of research that illuminates the daily concerns and activities of English language arts teachers and classrooms.
New Voices: Creating Connections: Helping Students “Discover” Their Schools
Authors: Hunt Tiffany J. , Hunt Bud
Published: March 2024

New Voices raises questions, offers insights, and provides a forum for novice teachers to engage in the professional conversation surrounding the teaching of English.
Teaching English in the World: Writing for Real
Authors: Lindblom Kenneth
Published: March 2024

“Teaching English in the World” examines the teaching of English in a global context.
CyberEnglish
Authors: Hogue Dawn , Nellen Ted , Patterson Nancy G. , Schulze Patricia
Published: March 2024

Four experienced teachers claim that they have “overthrown traditional classroom dynamics and environments mired in tedious micromanaged routines and replaced them with classrooms that support scholars’ choices and voices.” Their conversation reveals the changes they have made, the reasons for them, and the exciting results in different classroom settings.
Poetry Made Easy: Of Swag and Sense
Authors: Jewell Vivian M.
Published: March 2024

Challenged by a district mandate to teach AP concepts to all students, Vivian M. Jewell focused on teaching lyric poetry to ninth-grade students who read only for plot. The strategies she used helped students develop confidence in reading and analyzing poetry.
Beyond the Yellow Highlighter: Teaching Annotation Skills to Improve Reading Comprehension
Authors: Porter-O’Donnell Carol
Published: March 2024

Annotating a text can be a powerful strategy to comprehend difficult material and encourage active reading. High school teacher Carol Porter-O’Donnell provides several activities and tools to help students learn to purposefully mark up what they read.
Linking Home and School through Family Visits
Authors: McIntyre Ellen , Kyle Diane , Moore Gayle , Sweazy Ruth Ann , Greer Stacy
Published: March 2024

The standards movement links success to explicit “high standards” without regard to the cultural background and knowledge of individual children. In this article, McIntyre, Kyle, Moore, Sweazy, and Greer begin with the assumption that successful teaching demands a better understanding of the cultural backgrounds and experiences of students and their families.
A Literacy Growth Spurt during Inquiry: Tommy’s Story
Authors: Gray Esther N.
Published: March 2024

Gray examines a collaborative inquiry study group that provides a context for increased engagement and risk-taking by a struggling, young writer.
Searching the Heavens with Children’s Literature: A Design for Teaching Science
Authors: Kaser Sandy
Published: March 2024

Can literature open up and revitalize the scientific study of astronomy in elementary classrooms? Kaser describes one class that included cross-cultural perspectives, hard science, and a class visit by science fiction novelist Seymor Simon.
What’s New in the English Language Arts: Challenging Policies and Practices, ¿y qué?1
Authors: Gutiérrez Kris D.
Published: March 2024

In this article, Gutiérrez examines “the ways in which we have not taken up social and cultural understandings of the teaching and learning of literacy.”
Assessment through Conversation
Authors: Fu Danling , Lamme Linda L.
Published: March 2024

Presents conversations with parents, teachers, and children around portfolios that provide a better picture of a child’s growth and understanding than standardized test scores ever can. Concludes that the involvement of students, teachers, and parents in conversation about children’s literacy development brings the potential of a common vision and understanding of the writing curriculum.
Literacy Ideologies: Critically Engaging the Language Arts Curriculum
Authors: Cadiero-Kaplan Karen
Published: March 2024

Karen Cadiero-Kaplan argues that any instructional approach to literacy is based on ideologies that are inherently political. She critically examines the common curricular orientations of functional literacy, cultural literacy, and progressive literacy to position critical literacy and literacy as social action.
Parents and Children Inquiring Together: Written Conversations about Social Justice
Authors: Jennings Louise B. , O’Keefe Tim
Published: March 2024

Louise Jennings and Tim O’Keefe explore written conversations as a powerful means of inviting discussions between parents and children about critical issues and human rights.
Passionless Text and Phonics First: Through a Child’s Eyes: A parent-researcher uses ethnography to critically examine the struggles of her daughter to read decodable text in a second language
Authors: Long Susi
Published: March 2024

This article describes experiences in the life of an eight-year-old girl learning a new language in a decodable text/phonics-first environment. The child’s struggles to make sense of senseless text illuminate reasons why children may struggle with, dislike, and learn to define reading as merely word-calling when instructional experiences focus on passionless texts and skills in isolation. Through the eyes of a second language learner, fallacies of such approaches become visible in ways that speak to teachers of all children. Her stories demonstrate ways that reading, for a previously voracious lover of books, became difficult, frustrating, and demeaning. Implications describe how text choice and focus of instruction can have the power to ignite or destroy children’s desire, perseverance, and ability as readers.
Morphing Literacy: Boys Reshaping Their School-Based Literacy Practices: Boys resist many school-based practices by transforming the assigned literacy work.
Authors: Blair Heather A. , Sanford Kathy
Published: March 2024

This article is based on a two-year ethnographic study of early adolescent boys in three Canadian schools to understand what boys’ literacy looks like, and how it may be different from the traditional notions of school literacy.
What I’ve Learned from Teachers of Writing: Twenty years of teaching writing have brought many changes in our understandings, but some principles still hold true
Authors: Graves Donald
Published: March 2024

Donald Graves reflects on what he has learned about writing since Writing: Teachers and Children was first published in 1982. He highlights two aspects of his learning--learning that is new and learning that still remains true. He discusses teachers he has learned from, including Nancie Atwell, Mary Ellen Giacobbe, Linda Rief, Tom Romano, and Karen Ernst, as well as academics like Frank Smith, Tom Newkirk, Donald Murray Shirley Brice Heath, Lucy Calkins, Jane Hansen, and Camille Allen. He also shares how he continues to learn about writing and teaching from professionals like Neil Simon and James Carroll. In addition, sometimes children are his best informants as they raise questions and provide insights into the best ways to teach.
Creating Space for Teaching Writing and for Test Preparation: A teacher struggles with the tension of implementing a writing workshop approach within a school context focused on high test scores
Authors: Shelton Nancy Rankie , Fu Danling
Published: March 2024

With increasing accountability measures based on test scores, teachers face challenges that require many to abandon their teaching methods and follow programs that are tailored to increase standardized test scores.
Telling Our Stories: Speaking Truth to Power
Authors: Novinger Sue , Compton-Lilly Catherine
Published: March 2024

Discourses that serve and silence inhabit the stories that we tell about teaching and learning. In this article, a teacher educator and a classroom teacher reflect on the ways dominant and alternative discourses about reading instruction and high stakes testing intersect with their respective roles as grandparent and teacher. Their stories reveal points of tension and possible change when these stories challenge dominant ways of understanding learning to read and assessing students.
Young Children’s Versions of Curriculum: “How Do You Turn a Square into a Grown-Up?”
Authors: Leland Christine H. , Hansen Jane
Published: March 2024

When young children engage in literacy experiences across the curriculum, they often write from their own points of view. This article examines how children explore different aspects of topics in science and social studies in their writing. In general, the classroom teacher’s belief in diversity enables children to find meaning in what they study.
Editors’ Introduction: Considering Context
Authors: Smagorinsky Peter , Smith Michael W.
Published: March 2024

The editors note how the variant meanings of context shape research, and return to the etymology of the word to define context as a relationship among people and their settings, which typically include multiple sets of overlapping goals, values, discourses, tools, and other artifacts of social life. The articles appearing in this issue suggest the multiple ways in which attention to context can inform literacy research.
Playing the Game: Proficient Working-Class Student Writers’ Second Voices
Authors: Ashley Hannah
Published: March 2024

Four case studies of proficient undergraduate writers from working-class backgrounds were conducted in the context of a course preparing sophomore and junior students to be tutors for first-year basic writers. It was found that, in contrast to much of the theorizing by and about working-class academics that emphasizes loss, a stronger theme in these students’ narratives of growing academic literacy was gaming. Students explained their experiences in ways that suggested a greater degree of agency, an awareness of themselves as writers in a contact zone, and a stance of tricking teachers on the way to producing acceptable texts. These findings suggest that writing in the contact zone of the classroom may require a double-voicedness that need not always be heard by instructors but is nevertheless important to students.
Teaching with a Questioning Mind: The Development of a Teacher Research Group into a Discourse Community
Authors: O’Donnell-Allen Cindy
Published: March 2024

Examines the collaborative discourse practices of the Red River Writing Project Teacher Research Group (RRWPTRG) as well as the processes by which this diverse group of classroom teachers developed into a discourse community of teacher researchers.
Talking about Literature in University Book Club and Seminar Settings
Authors: Addington Ann H.
Published: March 2024

This study explores ways in which adults discuss literature (Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street) in two different settings, a traditional English seminar and an English education course designed to function as a book club. The differences described suggest tensions between the theoretical orientations and pedagogical practices of university departments of English and English education.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: A Survey of High School Students’ Writing Experiences
Authors: Scherff Lisa , Piazza Carolyn
Published: March 2024

In this article, we present secondary students’ perceptions of their writing and writing instruction. Using the NCTE/IRA Standards as the foundation for a survey, we questioned nearly 2,000 public-school students concerning what they wrote, how they wrote, and the extent to which they wrote in their language arts classes.
Instructional Note: Inviting Students to Challenge the American Literature Syllabus
Authors: Peterson Beverly
Published: March 2024

Suggests that it is easier to invigorate class discussion and stimulate critical thinking if students discover the constructed nature of the canon by first seeing that their notions about a “typical” Poe story have been shaped by an often invisible process of selection and exclusion.
The Role of Ethnography in the Post-Process Writing Classroom
Authors: Sinor Jennifer , Huston Michael
Published: March 2024

Ethnography is a useful tool for producing the kind of knowledge that a post-process pedagogy argues is necessary for an empowering writing classroom: an awareness of the social situatedness of all acts and the realization that situation drastically affects communication.
Developing Students’ Textual Intelligence through Grammar
Authors: Burke Jim
Published: March 2024

Discusses “textual intelligence”: knowledge of how texts of all kinds work. Describes how the author uses grammar in his classroom to help students understand how to read and write better and how to think with greater clarity. Describes activities used before and after students read or write. Argues that grammar is a process that helps students develop and convey ideas.
Assisting Struggling Readers in Building Vocabulary and Background Knowledge
Authors: Irvin Judith L.
Published: March 2024

Discusses research and strategies and activities for vocabulary development, grouped into five areas: knowing words, morphology, the use of context, the role of definitions in understanding words, and the size and growth of vocabulary. Outlines questions for metalinguistic awareness that can help engage students in word learning. Offers 10 questions to assist teachers in making good decisions about vocabulary instruction.
Activities for Writing Instruction
Authors: Abbey Sharon
Published: March 2024

Sharon Abbey offers a series of writing activities, including several for poetry.
The Year of Secret Assignments
Authors: Moriarty Jaclyn
Published: March 2024

The path to “novelist” was a convoluted one for Moriarty, who began writing fiction as doctoral student at Cambridge University. Her interest in young adults stems from an appreciation for the “troubles, strengths, and surprises of that age group.” Now, in a uniquely formatted book titled The Year of Secret Assignments, we peek inside the mind of a young woman struggling with her own desire to be a writer.