bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Caracterización hidroquímica de aguas subterráneas dentro del área de cobertura del caudal Cajamarca, Bolivia
Authors: Rocha Echalar David Santiago , Aquino Rocha Joaquin Humberto , Cayo Chileno Nahúm Gamalier
Published: May 2023

El trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar y evaluar la calidad del agua subterránea de la ciudad de Sucre, Bolivia, específicamente del área de cobertura del caudal Cajamarca. La metodología consistió inicialmente en la caracterización del área de estudio: localización, topografía, geología, marco hidrológico, hidrogeológico y precipitación pluvial. Posteriormente, se seleccionaron y tomaron muestras de siete pozos (P1-P7). Se realizaron los análisis microbiológicos, organolépticos, químicos e hidrogeoquímicos, además de la evaluación para su uso en el área agrícola. Fueron considerados los requisitos mínimos del control de la calidad del agua para consumo humano de la Norma Boliviana 512, Ley Nº 1333 del Medio Ambiente y las guías para la calidad de agua potable de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Los resultados demuestran que todos los pozos cumplen con los requerimientos establecidos en los parámetros químicos. Sin embargo, los siete pozos se ven comprometidos en la caracterización microbiológica y organoléptica. Respecto al análisis hidrogeoquímico se observa que la mayoría de las muestras pertenecen al grupo Na+-HCO3- con un contenido iónico relativamente elevado. Por otra parte, sólo los P2 y P7 son aptos para uso agrícola; mientras que, los P3 y P4 pueden ser empleadas bajo ciertas condiciones. Si bien la explotación de aguas subterráneas puede ser una alternativa a la demanda de agua, se debe realizar un análisis detallado de sus características y, si fuera necesario, un tratamiento para su uso.
Modificación de la mezcla asfáltica por vía seca mediante la incorporación de dióxido de titanio
Authors: Rivera Benjamín , De la Cruz Vega Sleyther Arturo , Vega Neyra Ccori Siello
Published: May 2023

En este trabajo se planteó como objeto de estudio la determinación de las propiedades mecánicas y fotocatalíticas del asfalto modificado con Dióxido de Titanio mediante los ensayos Marshall y degradación de rodamina B, la metodología se adaptó a la investigación de tipo aplicada, diseño experimental y enfoque cuantitativo, la población de estudio, incluyo 24 especímenes en total, 6 muestras patrón, 6 muestras con 2% de dióxido de titanio, 6 con 4% de dióxido de titanio y 6 con 8% de dióxido de titanio. Se llego a la conclusión que el dióxido de titanio es un buen aditivo para mejorar sus propiedades mecánicas siendo la adición de 2% quien mejores resultados presento, logrando mejorar todas las propiedades mecánicas de la mezcla asfáltica en comparación con la mezcla patrón. En cuanto a la propiedad fotocatalítica de degradación se llegó a la conclusión que la mezcla es capaz de degradar al colorante orgánico rodamina B, mostrando los mejores resultados con la adición de 8 % Tio2, para R4 con 8% de dióxido de titanio se obtuvo un porcentaje de 11.76% y para R26 con 8% de dióxido de titanio arrojo una degradación de 28.49.
Tres miradas diferentes de la multiplicación: Ábaco, chino y japonés adaptadas a la actualidad
Authors: Bullones García Morely Coromoto
Published: May 2023

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo aplicar tres formas diferentes de multiplicación: Ábaco, chino y japonés adaptadas a la actualidad; dar soluciones a la problemática de aprendizaje de la tabla de multiplicar, partiendo desde el hecho del que el viraje debe surgir del cambio de mirada en el docente, que tiene que buscar otras opciones para que el niño y la niña se adapten e incorporen a su lenguaje simbólico, el indagar el cómo aprender. La actualización de las estrategias hace un grito dentro de la educación y más en el área de las matemáticas, para que sea actualizado.
Validation and psychometric properties of the sense of coherence scale in a Hungarian child and adolescent sample
Authors: Oliveira Olney Rodrigues de , Őri Dorottya , Kiss Enikő
Published: May 2023

Sense of coherence (SOC) is a relevant contributor and predictor of the individuals' mental and physical health. There are a number of studies about SOC, but only two validation articles of the sense of coherence scale (SOCS) were found on adolescents and none on children. The aim of this research was to validate the SOC scale in youth under 18. We hypothesized that younger children and children without psychiatric problems will have higher SOC than older ones, and children with psychiatric symptoms. We also wanted to examine the factor structure of both the 13 and the 29 item versions of the scale to study which is more valid in child and adolescent population. 199 children and 198 adolescents were included in the study; the mean age was 14.3 (SD 2.1) years. The sample included average youth from schools and youth under psychiatric treatment. Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Inventory of Life Quality (ILK) were used for validation of the SOCS. SOCS-13 was applied to compare SOC of children and adolescents. Children had higher SOC than adolescents in both samples. Males had higher SOC than females in children but not in adolescents. Psychiatric and behavioral symptoms were associated with a lower SOC regardless of age. Confirmatory factor analysis proved a three-factor structure model for both the 13 and the 28 item versions of the SOCS. The short form of the sense of coherence scale is valid and reliable to be used with children and adolescents from 10 to 18 years of age.
Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of free and total doxorubicin in human plasma and its clinical application for a novel doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection in Chinese patients with breast cancer
Authors: Zhang Keyu , Zhang Daqing , Ge Zhicheng , Qiu Feng
Published: May 2023

A novel doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection was prepared to reduce toxicity and side effects, as well as extend plasma half-life in the treatment of breast cancer. In this study, a rapid and sensitive bioanalytical method was developed and validated to characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of total and free doxorubicin in plasma of 3 Chinese patients after intravenous infusion of this injection. Plasma samples were prepared by protein precipitation for the determination of total doxorubicin, while solid phase extraction was used to determine free doxorubicin. After plasma sample pre-treatment, total and free concentrations were quantified individually using a validated LC-MS/MS method. The calibration curves were found to be linear in the range of 0.20–500.0 ng mL−1 for total doxorubicin and in the range of 1.00–1,000 ng mL−1 for free doxorubicin. The free concentrations in plasma were only one sixth to one quarter of the total levels. Liposomal doxorubicin had a longer apparent half-life (>50 h) than the non-targeted drug (<10 h) reported in the reference. and a lower volume of distribution. This novel injectable formulation steadily released free doxorubicin from liposomes over a long period of time to reduce cardiac toxicity and side effects, while ensuring a clinical curative effect.
First record of the Vulnerable Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Notochelys platynota (Gray 1834) (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae), in Belitung, Indonesia
Authors: Hasan Veryl , South Josie
Published: May 2023

The Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Notochelys platynota (Gray 1834), is a freshwater turtle endemic across Southeast Asia and is categorized as Vulnerable according to the IUCN Red list. We report the first record of this species from Belitung, a remote Island in Indonesia, based on photographs. The new record is approximately 150 km to the east of the nearest locality on Bangka Island, Indonesia. This species was obtained in upstream, slow-flowing waters in forested hills 75 m above sea level.
Competências associadas à figura do “Bom Professor”: estudo a partir da perspectiva de estudantes de graduação em administração
Authors: Cândido Ricardo Batista , Barbosa da Silva Ana Valéria , Abramovictz Felipe , Alves Luiz Roberto , Hughes Pedro Javier Aguerre
Published: May 2023

A presente pesquisa busca contribuir com as reflexões sobre formação inicial e continuada dos professores universitários, proporcionando uma visão a partir do sujeito que efetivamente recebe e participa dessa educação, o estudante, o que converge com a grande preocupação atual com as metodologias e propostas de aprendizagem ativa, e apresentar um quadro consolidado das competências associadas ao perfil do “Bom professor” na concepção dos estudantes do bacharelado em administração da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP, objeto deste estudo.
Cultura de inovação em uma ex-start-up: um estudo numa empresa de marketing digital
Authors: Barbosa Felipe Carvalhal
Published: May 2023

teve como objetivo analisar os elementos da cultura organizacional de uma empresa de Marketing Digital tendo como pressupostos uma cultura de inovação. Foi realizada uma survey numa empresa brasileira do setor de serviços, do ramo de Marketing Digital, antiga Startup. Observou-se que a organização é composta por jovens, média de idade é de 28 anos, com alto grau de instrução formal - todas as pessoas da organização que responderam à pesquisa em algum momento já frequentaram ou frequentam um curso de nível superior. Destaca-se ainda que 74,6% estão há menos de dois anos na organização e não houve nenhuma ou nenhum respondente com mais de 5 anos de organização. Em relação aos elementos da cultura, os aspectos mais predominantes foram ligados à performance e desempenho, tais como ser orientado para resultados e ter alta expectativa de desempenho, aonde o trabalho é realizado de forma analítica, dentro de um ambiente informal que preza pelo estímulo ao aprendizado e respeito ao indivíduo. Em contrapartida, os aspectos tidos como os menos condizentes foram previsibilidade, ambiente estável, ser orientado por regras, segurança no trabalho, ser agressivo e baixo nível de conflito. Sugere-se que novas pesquisadas sejam realizadas, tanto em organizações de porte e características similares, quanto distintas, a fim de observar e comparar os resultados. Outra proposta é aprofundar a cultura de inovação a partir das dimensões dos indivíduos, da liderança e do ambiente.
Entrepreneurship as Organizing Desire
Authors:   ,   Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management, Calås David
Published: May 2023

Desire has been recognized as a crucial driver of entrepreneurial behavior and economic development for over a century, but despite its central position in the theorization of entrepreneurship, its underlying philosophical assumptions are rarely questioned. Seeking to pave the way for an understanding of desire as a quality of entrepreneurial practices, in this dissertation I uncover and problematize the prevailing understanding of desire in entrepreneurship research, which frequently entails viewing desire as a motivational force situated within the entrepreneurial subject. In the literature review I identify four different ways in which desire has previously been linked to entrepreneurship and used to understand entrepreneurial phenomena: (a) desire as a dispositional quality of the entrepreneur, (b) entrepreneurship as a means of producing desirable outcomes, (c) entrepreneurship as a desirable category in itself, and (d) entrepreneurship as a capacity to produce desiring. Against this backdrop, I suggest a framework of desire by looking to the theory of Pierre Bourdieu, drawing on his relational ontology and praxeology to understand desire as socially distributed and culturally constituted. I then use this Bourdieusian framework in a qualitative case study about the creation of a contemporary art exhibition venue, using the framework to explore entrepreneurial practices and to address the research inquiry into how desire is organized in the area of culture. The case study illustrates how desiring is deeply intertwined with entrepreneurial practices and demonstrates how a Bourdieusian perspective can be used to provide a more nuanced picture of the role desire plays in processes of organizational emergence. The dissertation ultimately brings forth a way of understanding desire through the metaphor of organizing desire, which I summarize in ten tenets. The study makes several contributions: Theoretically, it brings forth an understanding of organizing desire that can enrich entrepreneurship theory and give greater insight into entrepreneurial phenomena. Empirically, the study presents and analyzes a case of entrepreneurship situated within the area of arts and culture. Methodologically, the study offers a reflection on the challenges of studying organizations in emergence and adopts a Bourdieusian framework to arrive at an understanding of desire as a force that both organizes entrepreneurial practices and is organized by them. Finally, in practical terms this dissertation implies that desire need not be viewed as a quality exclusively belonging to individual entrepreneurs but can also be seen as part of the social world—an insight that comes with an ethical responsibility for other desiring beings.
School Belonging in Online Instruction: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Relationships with Academic Adjustment in Higher Education Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors:   Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia, Šeboková Gabriela , Uhláriková Jana ,   Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
Published: May 2023

The study aimed to analyse changes in school belonging in higher education students during online instruction and to verify its cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships with academic adjustment in the first and higher years of study. The research sample consisted of 169 higher education students (90.5% women, M = 21.71; SD = 2.63) in the first measurement (end of the winter term), and 77 respondents (96% women, M = 21.38; SD = 2.03) in the second measurement (end of the summer term). Self-report methods were used. Results showed a decline in school belonging among first-year students. School belonging significantly predicted academic adjustment, and the relationship with internal motivation persisted even four months later. The findings support the key role and need for facilitating school belonging in higher education students in the online environment.
Institutional Support Provided to Minors Before Placement in a Minor Shelter or Correctional Facility
Authors:   University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, Noszczyk-Bernasiewicz Monika
Published: May 2023

Before a young person is placed in a correctional facility, a series of interventions are undertaken towards him or her, which have the potential to stop criminogenic behaviour and break the causal chain leading to crime. In this paper, a qualitative analysis of the biographies of 60 minor offenders was carried out using the case study method while they were in rehabilitation facilities (correctional institutions or minor shelters). The personal documents collected by the rehabilitation institutions contain a large quantity of information (interviews, diagnoses, and expert opinions) about minors against whom several systemic interventions were previously applied in the course of their lives. The results show the large number and variety of interventions made towards minors, which ultimately did not prevent their placement in rehabilitation facilities because they were usually made too late.
Students’ Perception of Teachers’ Professional Competence in Working with Pupils with Intellectual Disabilities
Authors:   University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Żyta Agnieszka , Kazanowski Zdzisław ,   University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin, Poland
Published: May 2023

The paper presents the results of research on the opinions of students of preschool and early childhood education (PECE) and special education (SE) on the importance of having various specific professional competencies by a teacher of inclusive education. The study used the diagnostic survey method and involved 202 students from both fields of study. Five categories of professional competencies were analysed: evaluative, psychological, innovative, communicative, and substantive-methodical. Both groups state that a high level of professional competence is especially expected when working with a pupil with an intellectual disability (ID).
The Triarchic Psychopathy Domains and Romantic Relationship Quality : The Role of Boldness
Authors:   University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, Wardawy-Dudziak Paulina , Pilch Irena ,   University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Published: May 2023

The study aimed to investigate associations between psychopathic traits (disinhibition, boldness, and meanness) and indicators of relationship quality (satisfaction, commitment, feelings toward the partner, closeness, and relationship costs) using a variable-centred and a person-centred approach. A total of 1,292 participants completed measures assessing psychopathic traits and relationship quality. Correlation analysis indicated that boldness was positively, while disinhibition and meanness were negatively correlated with relationship quality. Subsequently, cluster analysis was conducted to identify groups of participants with different combinations of psychopathic traits. Three clusters were extracted: “disinhibited”, “callous”, and “brave-resistant”. The last cluster had an elevated level of boldness and was relatively “positive” regarding relationship quality. The results seem congruent with the presumption of a different role of boldness, compared to meanness and disinhibition, in the domain of close relationships.
A Lightweight Attentional Shift Graph Convolutional Network for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition
Authors: Li Xianshan , Kang Jingwen , Yang Yang , Zhao Fengda
Published: May 2023

In the field of skeleton-based human behavior recognition, graph convolutional neural networks have made remarkable achievements. However, high precision networks are often accompanied by numerous parameters and computational cost, and their application in mobile devices has considerable limitations. Aiming at the problem of excessive spatiotemporal complexity of high-accuracy methods, this paper further analyzes the lightweight human action recognition model and proposes a lightweight architecture attentional shift graph convolutional network. There are three main improvements in this model. Firstly, shift convolution is a lightweight convolution method that can be combined with graph convolution to effectively reduce its complexity. At the same time, a shallow architecture for multi-stream early fusion is designed to reduce the network scale by merging multi-stream networks and reducing the number of network layers. In addition, the efficient channel attention module is introduced into the model to capture the underlying characteristic information in the channel domain. Experiments are conducted on the three existing skeleton datasets, NTU RGB+D, NTU-120 RGB+D, and Northwestern-UCLA. Results demonstrate that the proposed model is not only competitive in accuracy, but also outperforms current mainstream methods in parameter count and computational cost, and supports running in some devices with limited computing and storage resources.
Application of Deep Neural Network for Gas Source Localization in an Indoor Environment
Authors: Mohd Juffry Zaffry Hadi , Kamarudin Kamarulzaman , Adom Abdul Hamid , Miskon Muhammad Fahmi , Kamarudin Latifah Munirah , Zakaria Ammar , Syed Zakaria Syed Muhammad Mamduh , Abdullah Abdulnasser Nabil
Published: May 2023

Nowadays, the quality of air in the environment has been impacted by the industry. It is important to make sure our ambient air especially in an indoor environment is clean from contaminating particles or harmful gases. Therefore, the air quality inside the indoor environment should be monitored regularly. One of the major problems, when a particular environment has been contaminated by harmful gases, is finding the source of the emission. If the indoor environment has been contaminated by a harmful source it should be instantly localized and eliminated to prevent severe casualties. In this paper, we propose the utilization of synthetic data generated by the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) approach to train the Deep Neural Network (DNN) model called CFD-DNN to perform gas source localization in an indoor environment. The model is capable to locate the contaminated source within a small area of an indoor environment. A total of 361 datasets with different locations of contaminated source release have been obtained using the CFD approach. The obtained dataset was divided into training and testing datasets. The training dataset was used for the model training process while the testing dataset is fed into the model to test model reliability to predict the gas source location. The Euclidian distance equation was used to measure the distance error between the actual and predicted location of the source. The result shows that the model is capable to locate the gas source within a minimum and maximum error of 0.03m to 0.46m respectively.
Flexural strength of steel girders with perforated web and tubular compression flange
Authors: Matloub Ahmed A. , Hassan Sara S. , Hussein Ibrahim S. , Yousef Ahmed H.
Published: May 2023

Lateral torsional buckling reduces the moment capacity of steel I-girders. To redress this weakening, one approach is to replace the conventional plate flange with a rectangular tube, which has higher lateral stiffness and is thus helpful to resist lateral buckling. At the same time, web openings are introduced to enable services to pass through, but this causes a reduction in strength. Girders with tubular flange plus web openings have not yet been discussed in the literature. In this paper, finite-element method modelling is used to fill this gap, studying different slenderness classifications, as well as parameters such as size of web openings, spacing and location. The results for a solid web are found to be more comparable to the Eurocodes for steel structures than the American Institute of Steel Construction codes, enabling good prediction of the flexural capacity. By introducing web openings, the flexural capacity is reduced by 10–20%, closer to the higher side for openings with large diameters located near the compression flange. Openings with an oval shape have less reduction in strength, whereas the square is unfavourable. Tubular flange girders, even if perforated, provide flexural strength enhancement and a considerable reduction in material compared with plate flange girders. This section also behaves better in relation to carbon dioxide emissions.
Sami Ahmad Khan.  Star Warriors of the Modern Raj: Materiality, Mythology and Technology of Indian Science Fiction. University of Wales Press, 2021.
Authors: Lyapova Yana
Published: May 2023

Review essay of Star Warriors of the Modern Raj: Materiality, Mythology and Technology of Indian Science Fiction (University of Wales Press, 2021) by Sami Ahmad Khan.
Recambio de ingresos y comercio informal durante la pandemia de la covid-19 en Huancayo, Perú
Authors: Clark Patrick , Chanca-Flores Aparicio , Vincent Susan
Published: May 2023

Este artículo constituye un aporte empírico sobre la correlación entre la informalidad económica y la pandemia de la covid-19 en Perú. Con base en entrevistas a comerciantes del sector informal de la ciudad de Huancayo, se analizan los impactos pandémicos en relación con sus ingresos y medios de vida y se sostiene que el empleo informal tuvo una gran repercusión en los trágicos indicadores de salud pública en el país. La flexibilidad intrínseca de este tipo de actividades, puntualmente para el comercio ambulatorio, y la falta de acceso a sistemas y esquemas de protección social fueron las principales razones por las que las personas emprendían en este sector para reemplazar los ingresos que perdieron debido al confinamiento. Así, se introduce la noción “recambio de ingresos” en la economía durante la pandemia. La heterogeneidad entre quienes realizan labores informales, específicamente en el acceso a diferentes tipos de recursos, permitió tales emprendimientos y facilitó que algunas personas controlen su posible exposición al virus. Se concluye que en el enfoque de la formalización económica de las últimas décadas de liberalización financiera no se consideran las ventajas que las actividades informales ofrecen frente a la formalización. De hecho, la informalidad sigue brindando la mejor oportunidad de ingresos inmediatos y opciones altamente flexibles, en particular para adaptarse a situaciones de crisis como la pandemia.
La diversidad de las agendas políticas locales durante la covid-19: una comparación de los estados mexicanos
Authors: García-Tejeda Enrique , Vieira-Silva Juan Guillermo
Published: May 2023

La covid-19, en cuanto evento que interrumpió las actividades económicas en el mundo, afectó las agendas de las políticas gubernamentales. En Latinoamérica, la mayor parte de las respuestas fueron centralizadas por los Gobiernos nacionales, sin embargo, en México, las 32 entidades federativas desarrollaron políticas económicas propias frente a la pandemia. El caso mexicano nos permite analizar recientes hipótesis de los estudios comparados sobre esta temática en cuyas propuestas se plantea que el tamaño de la población y la escala y la estructura socioeconómica de las administraciones pueden ser factores que explican el alcance y la diversidad de las agendas locales. Se emplea una metodología cuantitativa con base en la estimación del índice de entropía de Shannon y la realización de pruebas no paramétricas. Contrario a lo esperado, encontramos que el alcance y la diversidad de las respuestas no se relaciona significativamente con los factores propuestos en la literatura. Al menos para el caso de la covid-19 en el corto plazo, el tamaño y la diversidad de las agendas locales en México parecen basarse en factores institucionales como el procesamiento de la información conforme a la racionalidad limitada, las soluciones incrementales y el etiquetado funcional de los Gobiernos locales. Así, la variedad de las agendas se sustenta en los intereses directos de las comunidades.
Low dislocation rate one year after total hip arthroplasty at a tertiary hospital in South Africa
Authors: Fourie P , Erasmus R , Botha T , Jacobs H
Published: May 2023

BACKGROUND: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most performed and most researched procedures worldwide, and there is an ever-growing demand for THA in an already resource-constrained system in South Africa. Early dislocation after THA remains a serious and costly problem; however, few THA outcome studies have been performed locally. This study therefore aimed to calculate the incidence of dislocation after THA and to identify risk factors for dislocation after THA in a South African academic hospital METHODS: In this retrospective cohort review, files and radiographs of 543 patients were reviewed for dislocation during the first year after primary THA. The reason for the THA, the surgical data, the implant data, and whether and when dislocation occurred were recorded for each patient. Fisher's exact tests and independent t-tests were done to analyse the association between variables and a patient's odds of experiencing a dislocation after THA RESULTS: Twenty (3.7%) out of 543 THAs dislocated during the first year, 17 of these within the first three months. The surgical approach used was not shown to be a significant risk factor (p = 0.650) for dislocation, although the Hardinge approach had been used for all 20 cases of dislocation. Similar dislocation rates (p = 0.967) were found for THAs done for displaced neck of femur (NOF) fractures (3.6%) and for elective THAs (3.7%). Trauma THAs made up more than half (55%) of our study population. Femoral head sizes < 32 mm (p = 0.390 for neck of femur THA and p = 0.451 for elective THA) and a single mobility design (p = 0.494) both produced a higher dislocation rate, although this was not statistically significant. Surgeon experience did not prove to be significant for our study population (p = 0.570 CONCLUSION: The dislocation rate after THA at our institution is lower than rates reported in the literature for NOF THA and similar to rates reported for elective THA. This was found despite the dislocation rate for the Hardinge approach being nearly eight times higher than expected. Minimal surgeon experience, implant coupling and smaller femoral head size did not prove to be significant risk factors for dislocation after THA Level of evidence: Level 4
Enhancing healthcare services in an orthopaedic department utilising a system dynamics and participatory action research perspective to optimise patient flow
Authors: Ansermeah M , Proches C , Snyders R
Published: May 2023

BACKGROUND: The high burden of trauma in Durban results in longer elective surgery waiting periods, which exacerbates the in-patient hospital days and increases the average length of stay. Quantitative analyses of the data clearly demonstrate a growing list of elective patients awaiting surgery while the rate of acute trauma admissions continues to escalate. It has been demonstrated that interactions of patients between the various stages of care should be carefully studied in order for policymakers to identify limiting factors and leverage points Many public health interventions run aground and fail to actualise their initial objectives since the system is deconstructed and reduced to simplified autonomous components. A restorative undertaking to remedy this syndrome is to reconstitute the normative conventions of framing, mapping out and scrutinising deficiencies within healthcare systems. This paper explores a model of total patient flow through the orthopaedic service to test alternative major new structural options for relieving pressure on health services. METHODS: Qualitative data was collected using purposeful sampling to conduct 20 semi-structured interviews as well as including discourse analysis and ethnographic research. Participatory action research (PAR) was the main epistemological method driving the study under the auspices of a system dynamics framework RESULTS: Areas of potential improvements have been identified which can ameliorate the flow of patients between the different departments together with the challenges and uncertainties that are present in achieving this CONCLUSION: Efficient patient flow management is a cornerstone in optimising healthcare services; the failure of such a system burdens the entire health system Level of evidence: Level 5
Effect of different storage methods on germination and seedling emergence of six pawpaw (Carica Papaya L.) varieties planted in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria
Authors: Olayiwola SA , Olaniyi JO , Alamu LO , Lawal SW
Published: May 2023

Pawpaw is known as a fruit that contains nutrients and vitamins ranging from green ripe to over-ripe and unripe fruits of various varieties. The poor and delayed germination, rapid loss of viability in seeds due to the presence of sarcotesta, and condition of storage of seeds could be addressed through the storage in various containers. This paper focused on the investigation of the best storage methods that aid germination, seedling emergence and seedling performance of six pawpaw varieties. The experiment was set up in the Crop and Soil Science Laboratory Department and Nursery Site of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (Oyo-State). It was a 6 x 5 factorial experiment that consisted of 6 varieties of pawpaw; Pink Solo, Green Solo, Ghana Solo, Sunrise Solo, Ajawa Local, and Berry likewise the 5 storage methods are desiccator, refrigerator, plastic container, aluminum foil paper, and earthen pot. Data were collected by counting the number of germinated seeds manually from 4 – 16 days after sowing inside Petri dishes, emergence rate was also counted after seeds have been sown inside polythene bags and nursed for 12 weeks and the number of seeds germinated and seedling emergence was transformed into percentages. Seedling emergence rates were also counted manually and analysed by using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), means were compared using the least significant difference at a 5% probability level. Significant differences were observed among storage methods and pawpaw varieties in germination rate, seedling emergence, and performance. The highest plant height was observed in green solo at 12WAS in the nursery (25.63 cm), the highest stem girth was recorded in Ajawa local 3.86 cm while the highest number of leaves was recorded in sunrise 9.9. The total emergence percentage was recorded in Green Solo at 93.8%. The highest germination percentage was observed in Ghana Solo 59.4%. The highest germination, seedling emergence, plant height, and number of leaves were recorded in the desiccator as 44.96%, 84.4%, 23.32 cm, and 9.38. Ajawa Local and Green Solo are recommended to be kept inside a desiccator or plastic container.
Investigation of International Status on Digital Health Policies in the Health Care Sector
Authors:   The Pharmaceutical Society Of Korea, Cho Kyeongon , Kim Kwang Joon
Published: May 2023

This study aims to investigate the international status of digital health policies of government and pharmaceutical association in major developed countries including USA, EU, and Australia. The study conducted data research with focus on the ‘digital health care system’ and examined the policies of each country as well as the policy trends of pharmacist societies. The results indicated that major countries in the USA, EU, and Australia regions are building a data-centered digital health ecosystem. The digital health policies of pharmaceutical associations in major developed countries aim to enable pharmacists to participate and contribute to building a data-centered digital health ecosystem in line with government-led policies. The study’s results are considered to be essential data for adapting to the digital era in the pharmaceutical industry.
En sus propias palabras: Cómo se autodenominan las nuevas agencias de publicidad. Análisis del posicionamiento orgánico y páginas webs
Authors: Paniagua-Iglesias Amaya , García-Ureta Irene
Published: May 2023

La publicidad carece de una definición consensuada. Actualmente coexisten tres significados: (1) publicidad como sinónimo de publicidad clásica o convencional, es decir, diseño y colocación de anuncios en medios de comunicación masivos y pagados; (2) publicidad como una de las técnicas de comunicación de marketing que utiliza medios pagados, propios y ganados; (3) publicidad como término genérico para referirse a toda la comunicación de marketing. Se han analizado el posicionamiento orgánico y las páginas webs de las principales agencias de publicidad españolas para cuantificar las menciones a la publicidad y desvelar la definición que se refleja en el discurso. Los resultados muestran que las agencias privilegian una interpretación estrecha de la publicidad, la equiparan con la publicidad tradicional en medios pagados masivos, la diferencian de otras herramientas tradicionales de comunicación de marketing tales como las relaciones públicas, y usan otros términos para referirse a las nuevas formas de comunicación persuasiva. El negocio publicitario ha respondido a las batallas territoriales entre las especialidades de comunicación de marketing, a la presión competitiva de los nuevos agentes tecnológicos y a la mala imagen de la publicidad recuperando su núcleo central, la creatividad, como nueva denominación genérica de su servicio.
TS Spurrs - unstained FFPE on Thermanox coverslips (TM - 013) v2
Authors: not provided sandra.crameri
Published: May 2023

Processing unstained FFPE sections on Thermanox coverslips to Spurrs resin block for EM.
TS Procure 812 - H&E stained section under glass coverslip on glass slide (TM - 013) v1
Authors: not provided sandra.crameri
Published: May 2023

The method is used to process H&E stained slides through to Procure 812 resin blocks.
TS Spurr's - primary fixation Karnovsky's - tissue (TM - 013) v2
Authors: not provided sandra.crameri
Published: May 2023

This method is used for conventional processing of tissue to Spurr's resin.
TS Spurrs - FFPE block - 1mm3 cube cut out - tissue (TM - 013) v1
Authors: not provided sandra.crameri
Published: May 2023

Processing unstained parraffin block that has had a 1mm3 piece disected out of the face to Spurr's resin block for EM.
TS Spurrs - Cell Monolayer on Thermanox coverslips (TM - 013) v1
Authors: not provided sandra.crameri
Published: May 2023

Processing a cell monolayer on Thermanox coverslips to Spurrs resin block for EM.
AGRONOMIC SEED PRODUCTION AND OIL QUALITY EVALUATION OF VARIOUS BRASSICA SPECIES GROWN UNDER SEMI-ARID CLIMATIC CONDITION
Authors: SHER Ahmad , ALLAH Sami Ul , SATTAR Abdul , IJAZ Muhammad , QAYYUM Abdul , MANAF Abdul , SARWAR Bushra
Published: May 2023

Brassica crops (rapeseed and mustard) are important oil seed crops of the world. Increase in the demand of edible oil due to the ever-increasing population has threatened the sufficient availability of edible oil. For this purpose, a two year experiment was laid out at experimental farm of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus Layyah-Pakistan. Twenty brassica genotypes viz., Holya-401, Faisal canola, AARI-Canola, Hop-09, RBN-04722, Panjab Sarsoon, RBN-11049, Mulki, PARC-Canola hybrid, Pakola, Canola Raya, Con-II, 19-H, Durr-e-Nifa, RBN-03046, Shiralee, Dunckled, Bulbul, Nifa Gold and Abasin-95 were evaluated and experiment was repeated over the time for two years. Analyses of variance revealed significant (p
A Discursive Evolution: Trade Publications Explain News Deserts to United States Journalists
Authors: Ferrucci Patrick , Finneman Teri , Heckman Meg , Walck Pamela E.
Published: May 2023

Although diminishing newsrooms—and gaping holes in community news coverage—have been acknowledged in the US for over a decade, the term “news desert” did not widely emerge in discourse among industry professionals to refer to places that lacked news outlets until the fall of 2018. While much work in various disciplines, including journalism studies, aims to uncover the causes behind news deserts and the effects of their proliferation, scant research attempts to understand how journalists themselves see these issues. Utilizing metajournalistic discourse analysis of journalism trade magazines, this study examined seven publications and found 97 articles published between January 1, 2017, and September 30, 2022, that used the term “news desert.” The aim is to understand how industry insiders constructed the concept and explained the repercussions of the phenomenon to other journalists. This has broader implications for understanding how journalism as an interpretive community constructs the field and the issues confronting it, particularly in times of crisis. This study found that industry leaders cannot agree on a clear definition of news deserts, have only recently begun to acknowledge the ethnic and socioeconomic communities most affected by a lack of news coverage, and rarely articulate, beyond generalities, the effects news deserts have on citizens. These results are then considered through the lens of journalistic reflexivity, national audience response, and potential solutions.
Geometric Constructions in the Current Math Teacher Training Courses at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Authors: De Souza Mariana Duarte , Pinto Thiago Pedro
Published: May 2023

Background: Math teacher training in Brazil has been the subject of numerous studies under the most diverse approaches. From a historiographical perspective, we can highlight the performance of the Oral History and Mathematics Education Group and the History of Mathematics Education in the Research Group, both acting more directly with the narratives. Disciplines with the content of Geometric Constructions have historically been part of the training of Mathematics teachers. At issue in this text is the contribution of these disciplines to the formation of future teachers. Objective: This paper adds elements to mapping Mat teacher training and performance in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and in Brazil, expanding discussions about the state and the possible role of geometric disciplines in undergraduate courses. Design: We present the normative documents of such courses and disciplines and the narratives, in the end, comparing the relevant literature for their analysis based on the researchers' questions. Environment and participants: Courses of Math Teacher Training at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul – Brazil. The time frame of the research ranged from 2004 to 2019, the period in which the seven interviewees taught the subjects mentioned earlier. Data collection and analysis: The narratives of the interviewees, the teaching materials presented by them, and the normative documents are analyzed. Results: The narratives and pertinent literature allowed us a dispersive look, which turned outside the narratives themselves, having in them the triggering movement of reflections. Thus, we could produce questions and possible answers to such inquiries.  Conclusions: Among the final notes, the following stand out: the importance of these disciplines, identified as “basic” in the course, to recover Geometry contents that students should have studied in Basic Education; the relevance of failure as a stimulus for the study; and the choice of materials that focus on other aspects of geometry. Such subjects are often intended for the substitute teacher, and there is no prior training to work in this discipline with a specific focus on teacher training.
Movement of Understanding of Mathematical Literacy from Montessori’s Perspective: An Approach to the Teaching Processes of Geometry
Authors: Alves Luiza Destefani , Mocrosky Luciane Ferreira , Batista Josiel De Oliveira , Bicho José Sávio
Published: May 2023

Background: Mathematical literacy has been thematised in our studies by the importance of the initial ideas of mathematics in school paths. In this investigative path, the phenomenon of mathematics-literacy-from-Montessori-perspective stood out. Objectives: To answer the question: What is this, mathematical literacy from Montessori’s perspective? Design: Research of a theoretical nature, with a hermeneutic study of three works by Montessori closest to the phenomenon: The Discovery of the Child, Psychoarithmetic and Psychogeometry. After successive readings, we highlighted in each work excerpts that approached the question, calling them Units of Meaning (UM). Each UM was interpreted in dialogue with the work itself and other relevant authors. In all, 84 UMs were evidenced, which converged to 15 core ideas (CI). Placing all these CI side by side and asking what they said in the light of the guiding question, they enabled new convergence movements, evidencing basic characteristics of the phenomenon and geometry revealed itself as one of the guiding threads of mathematics teaching that aims at students’ learning. Setting and Participants: The theoretical study analysed the three works mentioned above. Data collection and analysis: The works that were closest to the highlighted phenomenon were selected and analysed hermeneutically. Results: The movement of understanding geometry, emerging from a larger study, clarifies Montessori’s understanding of the arithmetic-algebra-geometry triad, with a strong appeal to sensations and perception, emphasising the use of manipulative material, and with sequences that privilege abstractions. Conclusion: Knowing Montessori’s pedagogical proposal favours expanding teaching knowledge about mathematical literacy, woven in the close connection between methodologies, manipulative materials, articulation of mathematics, and teaching posture.
Research in the Field of Creativity in Mathematics: Directions and Perspectives on the International Scene
Authors: Gontijo Cleyton Hércules , Fonseca Mateus Gianni , Carvalho Alexandre Tolentino de , Bezerra Wescley Well Vicente
Published: May 2023

Background: The field of studies on mathematical creativity is relatively new in Brazil. The first records of empirical research in this field are from the first decade of this century. As a way of contributing to the consolidation of this field, we present an overview of research on mathematical creativity in the international scenario, based on the productions published in the conference proceedings of the International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness. Objectives: The article seeks to answer the following questions: What elements have prevailed in the conceptualisation of mathematical creativity? What is the focus of research questions and/or research objectives? What methods/methodologies were used in the research? Design: Research mapping, with information extracted from a form structured by the researchers. Settings and participants: Were analysed the works published in the proceedings of the conferences promoted by The International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness, held in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Data collection and analysis: Thirty-five papers that met the following criteria: to be a research report, to be characterised as a complete work, and to have as an object of investigation the mathematical creativity at different levels of teaching and/or in teacher education were selected. Results: Different concepts for creativity in mathematics were identified, which vary according to the focus of the research, sometimes emphasising the creative person, and sometimes emphasising the creative process in mathematics. Most of the studies were developed with elementary and high school students. Different research methods/methodologies were also identified, with a predominance of qualitative approaches. Conclusions: The analysis carried out allows us to highlight the need for attention to new studies, especially in relation to correlational studies and longitudinal studies.
THE METHODOLOGY OF TOLERANCE RESEARCH BETWEEN ARABIC AND UKRAINIAN SOCIETIES
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, Alrub Emad Abu
Published: May 2023

The issue of methodology in research of tolerance between Arabs and Ukrainians, particularly, their communication in different fields of society, is rather relevant in the modern conditions of globalization. The significance of the research lies in the fact that the present stage of development of international relations between Ukraine and Arabic countries is marked by the increase of migration processes caused by military, economic, political and cultural factors. In this context, there arises the problem of inter-religious relations, which requires more profound study of religious sources with the view of acquiring objective knowledge. This method enables the formation of right outlook, which consequently leads to further tolarantization of societies. One of the methods of solving the outlined problem is the study of Christian motives in Islam with the comparative analysis of facts mentioned in the Holy Books. Particularly, the study of the stories about the birth of Jesus Christ in the Holy Book of Coran, Their comparison with the similar story in the Bible, and their interpretation bear significance in the setting of religious dialogue.