bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ispitivanje motivacije za učenje francuskoga i talijanskoga jezika u hrvatskome obrazovnom kontekstu
Authors: Violić-Koprivec Ariana , Maslek Jasenka
Published: December 2021

U procesu učenja stranoga jezika motivacija kao jedan od afektivnih čimbenika ima vrlo važnu ulogu. Tijekom procesa učenja motivacija se mijenja. Povezana je s dinamičnim promjenama i različitim unutarnjim i vanjskim utjecajima kojima je učenik izložen, stoga u tom procesu dolazi do čestih fluktuacija motivacije (Dörnyei i Skehan 2005). Motivacija u svojoj pojavnosti bitno utječe na način i tijek usvajanja stranoga jezika određujući joj intenzitet, tip, trajanje i učinkovitost. Ovaj rad je nastavak istraživanja o motivaciji za učenje francuskoga i talijanskoga jezika koje je provedeno tijekom školske godine 2019./2020. u srednjoj strukovnoj školi u Dubrovniku. U radu se prikazuju rezultati istraživanja provedenoga na uzorku dvije skupine učenika srednje strukovne škole, jedne koja uči francuski jezik (N = 124) i druge koja uči talijanski jezik (N = 146). Kao mjerni instrument korištena je prilagođena inačica Upitnika za mjerenje tipa i intenziteta motivacije učenika za učenje stranoga jezika autorice Mihaljević Djigunović (1998). Analiza podataka provedena je metodom deskriptivne i inferencijalne statistike. Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos motivacije i varijabla spola, duljine učenja, ocjene, izloženosti izvannastavnim sadržajima, kao i boravka u zemljama francuskoga/talijanskoga govornog područja. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su značajnu povezanost motivacije i navedenih varijabla u skupini učenika francuskoga jezika, a u skupini učenika koji uče talijanski jezik povezanost ovih varijabla uočena je samo na određenim ljestvicama motivacije. Nekolicina istraživanja bavi se motivacijom za učenje ovih dvaju stranih jezika u hrvatskome obrazovnom kontekstu. Stoga dobiveni rezultati pridonose spoznajama o motivaciji za učenje francuskoga i talijanskog jezika kao stranih jezika i mogu biti korisni istraživačima u području OVIJ-a i nastavnicima stranih jezika.
Burials of the Fallen in Ancient Greece
Authors: Nováková Lucia
Published: December 2021

The paper evaluates works of ancient authors who mention and provide details of the burial of fallen soldiers in ancient Greece, and then it compares them with preserved archaeological finds. Textual analysis shows a long-term tradition of war graves on battlefields. The commanders of the troops provided funeral services in the first place, as the extradition request of bodies was equal to the recognition of defeat. In most cases both sides had enough time to take care of their fallen after the battle, but there were exceptions when the last honors were rather provisional. In addition to burial directly on the battlefield, it seems that, depending on the circumstances, the removal of the remains to the hometown or burial outside the battlefield and outside the home also applies. The tombstones could have various forms, in the case of collective burials, tumuli with stelae bearing the names of the deceased were preferred, in the case of burial of military commanders, tombstones took the form of a monumental statue. Cremation burial is thought to have prevailed over inhumation.
Sottotitolare per capirsi meglio
Authors: Županović Filipin Nada , Rugo Maria
Published: December 2021

La sottotitolazione, modalità traduttiva largamente utilizzata in Croazia, costituisce un tipo specifico di traduzione audiovisiva, la cui realizzazione richiede l’uso di tecniche particolari. Data la natura effimera dei sottotitoli (rimangono sullo schermo per la durata massima di sei secondi), finora in Croazia sono state svolte pochissime analisi traduttive e linguistiche di testi sottotitolati, benché si tratti di testi rivolti al vasto pubblico. Il presente contributo prende in esame il tema succitato dal punto di vista dell’italianistica croata, analizzando le modalità traduttive adottate nella sottotitolazione dal croato all’italiano del premiato cortometraggio spalatino Ritki Zrak (Aria rarefatta), girato nel 2016. In primo luogo viene descritta la varietà linguistica utilizzata nel film, classificabile come parlata giovanile della città di Spalato; in questa sezione viene sviluppata un’analisi sia sociolinguistica che dialettologica della varietà in questione. In seguito, vengono presentate le strategie di traduzione utilizzate solitamente nella sottotitolazione. L’analisi sarà svolta seguendo i modelli teorici proposti per l’analisi di questo tipo testuale, in particolare il modello di Gottlieb e quello di Lomheim, entrambi incentrati su una tassonomia di procedimenti il cui fine principale è di mantenere nel testo di arrivo il maggior numero di informazioni semantiche, stilistiche e culturali del testo di partenza. Particolare interesse sarà dedicato al trattamento degli elementi culturospecifici, problematici dal punto di vista traduttivo; nella cultura d’arrivo, infatti, molto spesso sono inesistenti e il traduttore deve trovare la soluzione migliore che resti il più fedele possibile alla cultura di partenza. Infine, sulla base dell’analisi condotta, verranno analizzate le caratteristiche del sottotitolaggio come tecnica di traduzione audiovisiva e si cercherà di fornire osservazioni generali sull’orientamento del metatesto in questo tipo di traduzione.
Sulla percezione del diverso nella fraseologia italiana e croata
Authors: Luketin Alfirević Antonia , Matković Katarina
Published: December 2021

Confrontarsi con “l’altro”/“il diverso” è uno dei modi universali della concezione del mondo. L’identificazione della propria comunità e la definizione del proprio io avviene attraverso le contrapposizioni con “l’altro”/“il diverso” partendo spesso da pregiudizi o stereotipi. Nel presente contributo ci proponiamo di indagare i riflessi linguistici della percezione di sé stessi e degli altri nella fraseologia italiana e croata. Tenendo conto delle considerazioni generali sui legami fondamentali tra lingua e cultura, vengono prese in esame le espressioni idiomatiche contenenti etnonimi. Gli esempi italiani si confrontano con gli esempi croati cercando di ricavare l’immagine degli “altri” nella fraseologia, ma anche le particolarità della cultura e mentalità espresse attraverso il modo di indicare lo straniero nelle due lingue. Infine, vengono illustrate le equivalenze e le differenze dellʼaspetto semantico e culturale delle espressioni idiomatiche tra le due lingue.
Меньшиков: этапы жизни и особенности творчества
Authors: Krizhanovskiy N. I. , San'kova S. M. , Alyokhina E. V. , Dorofeeva O. A. , Pavlov Yu. M. , Chernova l. V.
Published: December 2021

В монографии, созданной коллективом авторов, предпринята попытка системного осмысления этапов биографии и специфики творчества выдающегося русского мыслителя и публициста, инициатора создания и идеолога Русского национального союза, защитника русской государственности Михаила Осиповича Меньшикова (1859-1918). Особое внимание в книге уделено исследованию малоизвестных фактов первых десятилетий жизни и творчества публициста и последнего валдайского периода, особенностей формирования его мировосприятия, специфики понимания наиболее острых проблем России рубежа XIX - XX веков, а также характерных приемов творчества. Издание адресовано широким читательским кругам: филологам, журналистам, историкам, социологам, студентам вузов и всем, кто интересуется русской культурой, литературой, историей.
How Does Transverse MHD Wave-driven Turbulence Influence the Density Filling Factor in the Solar Corona?
Authors: Sen Samrat , Pant Vaibhav
Published: December 2021

It is well established that transverse MHD waves are ubiquitous in the solar corona. One of the possible mechanisms for heating both open (e.g., coronal holes) and closed (e.g., coronal loops) magnetic field regions of the solar corona is MHD wave-driven turbulence. In this work, we study the variation of the filling factor of overdense structures in the solar corona due to the generation of transverse MHD wave-driven turbulence. Using 3D MHD simulations, we estimate the density filling factor of an open magnetic structure by calculating the fraction of the volume occupied by the overdense plasma structures relative to the entire volume of the simulation domain. Next, we perform forward modeling and generate synthetic spectra of Fe xiii 10749 Å and 10800 Å density-sensitive line pairs using FoMo. Using the synthetic images, we again estimate the filling factors. The estimated filling factors obtained from both methods are in reasonable agreement. Also, our results match fairly well with the observations of filling factors in coronal holes and loops. Our results show that the generation of turbulence increases the filling factor of the solar corona.
New discoveries of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from the extreme southwest of the Russian Far East – result of climate impact?
Authors: Beljaev Evgeny A. , Knyazev Svyatoslav A.
Published: December 2021

New founds of 4 species of East Asian Geometridae: Megabiston plumosaria (Leech, 1891), Photoscotosia lucicolens (Butler, 1878), Callabraxas fabiolaria (Oberthür, 1884), and Dysstroma cinereata (Moore, 1867) in the extreme southwest of the Russian Far East are presented and discussed due to the actual distribution and its current trends. From them Ph. lucicolens is recorded from Russia and China (Jilin) for the first time. Identity of specimens of "Photoscotosia atrostrigata" and "Dysstroma cinereata" in Barcode of Life Database is revised to Ph. lucicolens and Paradysstroma corussaria (Oberthür, 1880) respectively. These founds probably indicate northern expansion of ranges of geometrid moth in accordance with the current climatic trend of global warming. Potential harmfulness of M. plumosaria in RFE is assumed. The validity of Dysstroma cinerea cesa Koçak & Kemal, 2001, as a substitute name for Dysstroma cinereata japonica (Heydemann, 1929) is substantiated.
Tables Eugubines ombriennes et Livre de lin étrusque
Authors: Roth Theresa
Published: December 2021

Dans les textes qui visent à donner des instructions, les expressions renvoyant à un commandement ou une injonction constituent d’une manière générale un trait caractéristique. Il est très probable qu’il existe des modes d’utilisation spécifiques de ces expressions dans les textes rituels des cultures antiques, faisant partie d’un inventaire conventionnalisé propre à la langue technique de la discipline. Nous discutons ici les possibilités variées pour exprimer des commandements dans les Tables Eugubines et proposons une catégorisation de ces types et une interprétation pragmatique basée principalement sur les concepts d’acte de langage et de stratégie de politesse.
La protohistoire de la France
Authors: Bouby Laurent , Dietsch-Sellami Marie-France , Martin Lucie , Marinval Philippe , Wiethold Julian
Published: December 2021

Cet article présente un tableau de l’économie de subsistance au Néolithique en France, qui devra encore être affiné à l’avenir, en insistant sur des acquis récents et des aspects encore peu investis par la recherche. Les plantes économiques privilégiées, ainsi que leurs variations spatio-temporelles, peuvent être dessinées à grands traits pour une large part du Néolithique et du territoire national. Au sud, avec l’ Impressa , comme au nord, avec le Rubané, les premiers agriculteurs privilégient les blés vêtus : l’amidonnier et l’engrain. Dès le Cardial dans le sud, la primeur est donnée au blé et à l’orge nus alors que le pavot somnifère intègre le corpus agricole. Au Nord, ces trois plantes sont également adoptées au Rubané récent et au début du Néolithique moyen, mais les deux céréales nues demeurent discrètes. Dans la première partie du Néolithique moyen, celles-ci dominent partout en France mais la seconde moitié de la période voit la montée en puissance des blés vêtus. Le Néolithique final semble toujours faire une place prépondérante aux blés vêtus et accorder un rôle variable à l’orge nue et à l’orge vêtue. Mais les données carpologiques ne permettent pas encore d’appréhender toutes les nuances régionales, à une époque de fort émiettement culturel. Les plantes cueillies ont souvent joué un rôle majeur. Les conditions de conservation favorables de certains sites et une grille de lecture adaptée montrent la diversité de ces ressources et de leurs usages. Les pratiques de préparations alimentaires, impliquant plantes cultivées et sauvages, fabrication de bouillies et de pains sont encore trop mal connues. De même que les pratiques de culture, qui, à l’échelle de l’Europe, sont caractérisées comme reposant majoritairement sur une culture intensive et relativement pérenne. Un progrès notable récent concerne l’étude de l’économie de subsistance en montagne.
La protohistoire de la France
Authors: Lehoërff Anne
Published: December 2021

Le « bronze » est à la fois un âge et un alliage. Si le terme fut proposé par C.J. Thomsen au début du xix e  siècle, c’est que le premier directeur du musée de Copenhague le jugeait assez important pour marquer une coupure significative entre deux époques. Aujourd’hui, la vision évolutionniste associée aux matériaux n’est plus d’actualité, mais le chrononyme subsiste toujours. Le bronze est un matériau particulier, à la fois connu de tous et très exigeant pour l’artisan qui le coule à chaud et le martèle à froid. Son introduction entre la fin du III e  millénaire et le début du II e  millénaire n’était pas une nécessité vitale mais ses atouts (morphologie, couleurs, résistance, possibilité de recyclage) sont tels que les sociétés européennes ont mis en place des moyens et des savoirs complexes pour exploiter les mines, faire circuler les matériaux, développer la métallurgie d’élaboration et de transformation. Les vestiges archéologiques avec lesquels on tente de retrouver les chaînes opératoires de fabrication restent essentiellement constitués de corpus mobiliers même si l’on est aujourd’hui attentif aux traces d’éventuels ateliers. À partir de ces données, ils cherchent des gestes, des choix techniques, des engagements sociétaux. La métallurgie est un jeu de rencontres entre les fabricants, les utilisateurs, les décideurs. Et in fine , entre ces groupes et les chercheurs. Les méthodes d’étude ont changé mais les débats persistent sur les modalités et les objectifs. Ce texte en propose un tour d’horizon, tout en adoptant une position argumentée sur les choix à faire dans les études de laboratoire. Les enjeux ne sont pas minces puisque la métallurgie des alliages cuivreux enseigne non seulement sur des choix techniques spécifiques, mais également d’usages (catégories d’objets fabriqués) et de société. La métallurgie du bronze n’est plus seulement une affaire de classement de mobiliers servant à définir les cultures. Elle a désormais acquis son statut de sujet d’histoire.
La protohistoire de la France
Authors: Gorgues Alexis , Milcent Pierre-Yves
Published: December 2021

Durant l’âge du Bronze, circulations et échanges prennent un essor inédit. Ceux qui concernent les métaux sont les mieux documentés. Nos connaissances des circulations métalliques sont surtout tributaires de pratiques de dépôt volontaire d’objets, qu’elles soient funéraires ou non, car les métaux avaient une valeur importante et étaient facilement recyclables. Ce filtrage de l’information nécessite de lire avec précautions les cartes des découvertes ; les lieux de production et les aires de circulation ne sont pas évidents à déterminer. À l’âge du Bronze, les métaux circulent sous des formes et selon des modalités variées, souvent sur des distances importantes. Les circulations concernaient d’autres éléments (viandes, peaux, tissus, sel, plantes, animaux et humains, etc.), mais seules celles qui impliquèrent des perles en ambre et en verre, importées d’Europe du Nord et d’Italie padane, sont bien documentées pour des raisons de conservation différencielle. Les échanges qui sous-tendaient l’essentiel de ces circulations relèvent d’abord de pratiques sociales et de relations interpersonnelles, sans caractère marchand. Plus que le but, l’échange matériel est une conséquence de pratiques inscrites dans des cadres socioculturels codifiés : les relations d’hospitalité et d’alliance entre élites, telles qu’elles sont décrites par exemple dans l’univers homérique, en étaient sans doute l’une des plus significatives. Dans un système où l’échange n’est pas anonyme, la rencontre et la mobilité des personnes étaient cruciales. Ainsi qu’en témoignent, dans la Manche, les bateaux en planches cousues avec un équipage important, mais un faible tonnage, les techniques adoptées pour assurer ces transferts ont privilégié la dimension collective ou performative, et non celle du rendement commercial. Il n’est donc pas nécessaire de restituer un système socio-économique très hiérarchisé ou monopolistique pour rendre compte des échanges à l’âge du Bronze, même lorsqu’ils portent sur des métaux et de longues distances.
La protohistoire de la France
Authors: Peake Rebecca , Delattre Valérie
Published: December 2021

Depuis une quinzaine d’années, les recherches sur les pratiques funéraires de l’âge du Bronze ont été enrichies par l’association des données archéologiques et anthropologiques dans un dialogue commun qui met l’humain au premier plan. Cet échange a ainsi permis une approche concertée du processus funéraire à travers les étapes d’un mode opératoire allant du traitement du corps à la construction d’un paysage en passant par la composition du dépôt funéraire et l’architecture de la tombe. L’inhumation et l’incinération ont coexisté et se sont succédé tout au long de l’âge du Bronze, selon des critères communautaires, géographiques et culturels. On y constate des particularismes micro-régionaux, par exemple des sujets inhumés en position accroupie dans la vallée de la Haute-Seine avant même la généralisation de la crémation au Bronze final dans une grande partie du territoire. Toutes les sépultures et notamment celles du Bronze final, bénéficient d’une mise en scène de la mort plus prestigieuse à travers le dépôt d’objets dans la tombe et l’architecture funéraire. Le défunt est accompagné d’objets personnels (parures en or ou en alliage cuivreux, outils ou armes) qui témoignent de son statut, de son origine, de sa fonction ou de son aptitude valorisée dans la mort et de récipients céramiques qui peuvent constituer de véritables services funéraires. L’architecture participe également à la valorisation du défunt, illustrée notamment par la construction de grands tertres ou de tumuli de pierres, dont la visibilité dans le paysage peut fédérer l’installation de sépultures satellites autour. Ainsi se construisent, petit à petit, de véritables paysages funéraires en relation étroite avec les habitats avoisinants qui permettent l’entretien et l’évolution des nécropoles pendant plusieurs générations.
La protohistoire de la France
Authors: Guillaumet Jean-Paul
Published: December 2021

Au début de l’archéologie des âges du Fer, les chercheurs ont privilégié les objets qui confirmaient les textes antiques. Les autres productions artisanales furent étudiées surtout pour leur esthétisme, leur technique ou leur exotisme et d’après la valeur accordée aux matériaux et à leur traitement. Le discours portait sur l’objet en oubliant l’homme et ses savoir-faire. Avec cette méthode, disparurent la plupart des témoins de l’artisanat. Depuis la seconde moitié du xx e  siècle, la compréhension de l’artisan et de ses productions s’appuie sur l’étude des structures et du mobilier. L’analyse des ateliers permet de retracer les opérations aboutissant à la création des objets. Ils sont, notamment ceux du travail des métaux, le reflet des besoins et des contraintes d’une production. Pour l’artissanat du fer et du bronze, à la fin du Hallstatt et dans les deux derniers siècles avant notre ère, les fabrications de fibule sont les mieux attestées. Des études technotypologiques, suivies d’analyses des déformations, des compositions et des expérimentations par des hommes de métiers, ont défini les chaînes opératoires. Les parures en or sont rares. En grande partie en tôle, elles mobilisent peu de métal. Les parures en argent, peu nombreuses, proviennent des régions alpines. Le monnayage apparaît au iii e  siècle avant notre ère. Les Celtes pratiquent tous les autres artisanats : le tissu, le travail de l’os, le bois, le verre, la céramique, la pierre. La connaissance des artisanats en Gaule comporte encore de nombreux manques. La période de la fin du Hallstatt est bien connue surtout pour la céramique et les métaux. Ensuite les artisans ne laisseront pas de traces jusqu’au ii e  siècle avant notre ère. Les agglomérations sont les premières preuves d’une économie artisanale structurée pendant tout cet âge du Fer. Au i er  siècle avant notre ère, nos artisans découvrent et apprennent de nouveaux savoir-faire aux contacts des Romains.
La protohistoire de la France
Authors: Poux Matthieu
Published: December 2021

La religion est affaire de croyance et de rites, appréhendés par l’anthropologie sociale comme un système de pensées, de pratiques qui fondent les institutions religieuses et déterminent la fonction qu’elles remplissent dans la société. Parce qu’elles sont documentées de l’extérieur par des auteurs grecs ou latins – ce qui correspond à la définition même de la Protohistoire –, les religions du second âge du Fer s’inscrivent en marge de ce cadre d’analyse. En effet, les principes métaphysiques ou philosophiques qui fondent le fait religieux, exprimés le plus souvent par le langage verbal, écrit ou artistique, se dérobent en grande partie à l’approche positiviste des archéologues. En l’absence de textes, c’est à eux qu’il incombe pourtant de les reconstruire à partir des vestiges qu’ils exhument du sous-sol. Lesquels se résument, mutatis mutandis , à trois grandes catégories documentaires : les espaces dédiés à l’exercice de la religion, les objets et les images qu’elle met en œuvre. Cet article présente la diversité de l’archéologie des religions gauloises et en particulier la fouille des sanctuaires. Il met en avant l’étude des espaces sacrés et aborde l’analyse des rites à partir des d’objets (artefacts et écofacts) mis au jour, tout en soulignant l’importance de l’approche spatiale (géosymboles et paysages sacrés).
Using Mindfulness-Informed Photovoice to Explore Stress and Coping in Women Residing in Public Housing in a Low-Resourced Community
Authors: Linz Sheila , Jackson Kathleen J. , Atkins Rahshida
Published: December 2021

The setting of the current study was an urban city where the majority of public housing residents are single females living in poverty. An adapted women's mindfulness program, including a Photovoice exercise, was offered to this vulnerable population. Stress contributes to poor mental/physical health. A Photovoice research method was used to elucidate the stressors and coping facilitators used by participants. Eleven participants took a digital photography workshop and then photographed stressors and coping facilitators. All 275 photographic submissions were analyzed thematically. Coping themes were:Aesthetics: Man-Made and Natural;Relationships: Pets and People;Self-Esteem and Cultural Identity; andInspiration Through Religion and Social Media Messaging. Stress themes were:Urban DisarrayandExistential Threat/Danger. Results showed that social connectedness, spirituality, improving neighborhood aesthetics, use of social media, and access to nature could support coping. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 60(7), 23–31.]
On bounded partition dimension of different families of convex polytopes with pendant edges
Authors: Khali Adnan ,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Husain Sh. K Said , Nadeem Muhammad Faisal ,   Laboratory of Cryptography, Analysis and Structure, Institute for Mathematical Research (INSPEM), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia,   Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000 Pakistan
Published: December 2021

Let $ \psi = (V, E) $ be a simple connected graph. The distance between $ \rho_1, \rho_2\in V(\psi) $ is the length of a shortest path between $ \rho_1 $ and $ \rho_2. $ Let $ \Gamma = \{\Gamma_1, \Gamma_2, \dots, \Gamma_j\} $ be an ordered partition of the vertices of $ \psi $. Let $ \rho_1\in V(\psi) $, and $ r(\rho_1|\Gamma) = \{d(\rho_1, \Gamma_1), d(\rho_1, \Gamma_2), \dots, d(\rho_1, \Gamma_j)\} $ be a $ j $-tuple. If the representation $ r(\rho_1|\Gamma) $ of every $ \rho_1\in V(\psi) $ w.r.t. $ \Gamma $ is unique then $ \Gamma $ is the resolving partition set of vertices of $ \psi $. The minimum value of $ j $ in the resolving partition set is known as partition dimension and written as $ pd(\psi). $ The problem of computing exact and constant values of partition dimension is hard so one can compute bound for the partition dimension of a general family of graph. In this paper, we studied partition dimension of the some families of convex polytopes with pendant edge such as $ R_n^P $, $ D_n^p $ and $ Q_n^p $ and proved that these graphs have bounded partition dimension.
The measurement and analysis of technological innovation diffusion in China's manufacturing industry
Authors: Wang Mengxin ,   Guangzhou Institute of International Finance, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China, Li Lang , Lan Hanyong ,   School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China,   Yunfu Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Yunfu 527399, China
Published: December 2021

By constructing a technological innovation diffusion (TID) index system of the manufacturing industry with 15 indexes from four dimensions of diffusion source, diffusion path, diffusion receiver, and diffusion environment, this paper measures the TID in the manufacturing industry and analyzes its distribution characteristics from the perspective of industry and region from 2005 to 2018 by using the entropy weight method and the dynamic multi-indicator projection pursuit (PP-IPM) method. The results show that the TID in China's manufacturing industry has a good development trend in the sample period, and the diffusion resources and paths have a relatively greater impact on TID; the absorptive capacity of the receiver also has a significant impact, while the impact of the diffusion environment is relatively small. During the sample period, at the sector level, a pattern has formed in which transportation equipment manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, and communication equipment, computer and electronic equipment manufacturing are the sources of diffusion, gradually spreading to other sectors according to the degree of industrial relevance. At the regional level, the diffusion pattern is that Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Beijing, and Shanghai are the sources and diffuse to the surrounding and central and western regions successively.
¿Popular Music Studies en la investigación sobre flamenco? De los (des) encuentros epistemológicos al análisis musical en la canción grabada y la transfonografía
Authors: García-Peinazo Diego
Published: December 2021

Este artículo examina las relaciones entre el flamenco y los estudios sobre músicas populares urbanas desde una dimensión teórica y metodológica. En una primera parte, se presentan algunos de los encuentros epistemológicos entre los denominados Popular Music Studies y los estudios sobre flamenco, focalizando en líneas temáticas de investigación de los primeros. Tras ello, se reflexiona sobre el estado de la cuestión de las aproximaciones analíticas al flamenco, para posteriormente profundizar en las potenciales aplicaciones a estos repertorios de modelos emergentes de análisis musical en el ámbito de estudio de las músicas populares urbanas, centradas tanto en la noción de canción grabada como en la intertextualidad y la transfonografía. Tomando en consideración a la fuente fonográfica como foco de estudio, este trabajo demuestra cómo estos enfoques permiten conectar procesos musicales y procesos culturales, los sonidos y la articulación de significados, a fin de tender puentes para el entendimiento de prácticas y discursos flamencos desde el análisis musicológico.
New Technologies in Educational Solutions in the Field of STEM: The Use of Online Communication Services to Manage Teamwork in Project-Based Learning Activities
Authors: Fang Menglin , Jandigulov Abdygali , Snezhko Zoya , Volkov Leonid , Dudnik Olesya
Published: December 2021

STEM education as an innovative paradigm of education is being rapidly introduced into the curricula of higher educational institutions. The research is devoted to the study of the capabilities of online communication services for managing teamwork aimed at the development and implementation of innovative investment projects in the STEM education environment. An innovative concept of a distance learning course – Designing investment projects in the field of health care and recreation – is suggested based on organizational principles. The online communication services such as Mirapolis Virtual Room, Moodle and Microsoft Teams implemented into the educational interaction program made it possible to create a high-quality real-time e-learning environment. The online course was tested by 200 students. The results of the experiment confirmed the effectiveness of the use of online communication services and platforms in the development of professional practical experience within the educational concept of STEM. Students appreciated the high level of the innovative component in team interaction programs (98%), as well as, in the approaches to cooperation with business entities (95%); 91% of students noted the high level of quality of the educational content, pedagogical (84%), technological (92%) and conceptual (78%) innovative value of the educational product. Taking a course that is based on the STEM model had a dramatic impact on the development of the key competencies of the 21st century. The study can be of interest to teachers who are looking for effective pedagogical models that can be easily adapted to the needs of the business environment and the generation of students of the new digital era.
Wikis as a Tool for Co-constructed Learning in Higher Education – An Exploratory Study in an Albanian Higher Education
Authors: Sula Gerda , Haxhihyseni Shqipe , Noti Kozeta
Published: December 2021

This study explores the effectiveness of wikis in a teaching course in teacher formation and its pedagogical implications with the aim of determining whether wikis will influence the learning experiences and the learning out-comes of the students in a middle-income, post-communist country as Albania.

For this, we implemented student-generated wikis into a master’s course on teaching and examined student reflections on their learning outcomes and other pedagogical effects. A mixed method methodology was employed. The findings of the study were informed by triangulating data from the analysis of the student-generated wikis, students’ reflections on the experience, as well as a comparison of the learning outcomes based on the exit exams of this group of students and the group of the prior academic year.

Our data suggest that wikis help support collaborative learning, but at the same time they also encourage independent thinking. Teachers’ authority is minimized, empowering students’ ownership and authorship, leading to a continuous process of modification and improvement through interactions among group members via wikis.

The data present compelling evidence in favor of wikis, as an organic tool to facilitate co-constructed learning which students seem to enjoy.
Challenges in Emergency Remote Teaching Among Malaysian Public Elementary School Teachers
Authors: Yong Keow Lee , Mohd Zaid Norasykin , Abd. Wahid Nur Husna , Mohamad Ashari Zakiah , Suhairom Nornazira , Mohamad Said Mohd Nihra Haruzuan
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study was to explore challenges public elementary school teachers faced when conducting emergency remote teaching during the pandemic in Malaysia. The scope of the study was limited to remote teaching which was conducted between Mar 2020 and December 2020, when Malay-sia government urged an emergency national lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus in the country. This study adopted qualitative, case study re-search design. 10 public elementary school teachers were sampled using a purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were employed to gain the insights of teachers’ challenges in implementation of emergency re-mote teaching. The data were analysed using thematic analysis and a facilitation of Nvivo 12 programme. There were six main themes emerged on teachers’ challenges, which were (1) Directing gateway; (2) Lack of skill and knowledge; (3) Unable to meet all needs; (4) Unable to engage students; (5) Lack of support from parents; and (6) Had no proper guideline. As teachers were the key persons in determining the functionality, effectiveness and de-velopment of future remote teaching, hence it was extremely crucial to listen to teachers’ voices and figure out how these educators could be supported in the future to benefit the learners and communities.
BASAER Team: The First Arabic Robot Team for Building the Capacities of Visually Impaired Students to Build and Program Robots
Authors: Hamash Mahmoud , Mohamed Hasnah
Published: December 2021

the purpose of this study was to examine whether visually impaired students can build educational robots and program them if they receive adapted materials and instructions with guided instruction from well-trained educators in the fields of inclusive STEM Classrooms. Discussion of the technologies and our experimental approach is presented in this paper and validated through the continued successful effort with visually impaired students for two years of the program and specialists in the field of visual impairment and STEAM, we also validated our approach by performing experimental classes for students with different visual impairments and ages. The results indicated that the approach used by BASAER team was successful in enabling the blind and visually impaired students to build and program educational robotics and to participate effectively in national and international STEAM programs and competitions, with some limitations and Challenges encountered and explored during this research. The results from this study will be used to suggest a fully adapted system to support full inclusion for blind and visually impaired students in educational robots in STEAM context and to promote the adoption of this study and similar studies toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms.
Quality Practitioners’ Differing Perspectives on Future Software Quality Assurance Practices
Authors: Lagstedt Altti , Dirin Amir , Williams Päivi
Published: December 2021

Constant changes in a business context and software development make it important to understand how software quality assurance (SQA) should respond. Examining SQA from supplier and client perspectives, this study explores how different groups of SQA practitioners perceive future needs. A survey (n = 93) conducted in fall 2017 explored the views of SQA organizations on future trends. The results indicate that SQA organizations differ slightly in their attitudes to quality categories, as do different groups of SQA practitioners. It is argued that these differences should be taken into account when developing and implementing future SQA strategy. It is further argued that the found basic enables SQA management, evaluation of new practices, and allocation of resources to ensure that all quality categories remain balanced in the future.
Leveraging Smartphone Sensors for Detecting Abnormal Gait for Smart Wearable Mobile Technologies
Authors: Tasjid Md Shahriar , Marouf Ahmed Al
Published: December 2021

Walking is one of the most common modes of terrestrial locomotion for humans. Walking is essential for humans to perform most kinds of daily activities. When a person walks, there is a pattern in it, and it is known as gait. Gait analysis is used in sports and healthcare. We can analyze this gait in different ways, like using video captured by the surveillance cameras or depth image cameras in the lab environment. It also can be recognized by wearable sensors. e.g., accelerometer, force sensors, gyroscope, flexible goniometer, magneto resistive sensors, electromagnetic tracking system, force sensors, and electromyography (EMG). Analysis through these sensors required a lab condition, or users must wear these sensors. For detecting abnormality in gait action of a human, we need to incorporate the sensors separately. We can know about one's health condition by abnormal human gait after detecting it. Understanding a regular gait vs. abnormal gait may give insights to the health condition of the subject using the smart wearable technologies. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed a way to analyze abnormal human gait through smartphone sensors. Though smart devices like smartphones and smartwatches are used by most of the person nowadays. So, we can track down their gait using sensors of these intelligent wearable devices. In this study, we used twenty-three (N=23) people to record their walking activities. Among them fourteen people have normal gait actions, and nine people were facing difficulties with their walking due to their illness. To do the stratification of the gait of the subjects, we have adopted five machine learning algorithms with addition a deep learning algorithm. The advantages of the traditional classification are analyzed and compared among themselves. After rigorous performance analysis we found support vector machine (SVM) showing 96% accuracy, highest among the tradition classifiers. 70%, 84%, and 95% accuracy is obtained by the logistic regression, Naïve Bayes, and k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) classifiers, respectively. As per the state-of-the art, deep learning classifiers has been proven to outperform the traditional classifiers in similar binary classification problems. We have considered the scenario and applied the 2D convolutional neural network (2D-CNN) classification algorithm, which outperformed the other algorithms showing accuracy of 98%. The model can be optimized and can be integrated with the other sensors to be utilized in the mobile wearable devices.
Smart Cart With Multi-shopping Solutions
Authors: Faisal Tarig , Awawdeh Moath , Habte Daniel , Berhanu Hala , Kifle Kibrom , Misghina Lia , Bashir Anees
Published: December 2021

Consumerism has constantly been growing, and visiting marketplaces and purchasing is a key development factor for the economic development of a city. The spending habits of people are a reflector of many development indices. As people go out for purchasing in malls for shopping essential items, they often tend to find long queues at the billing counter, and the queues are more longer during weekends and during sale seasons. This has been deterring people from going out shopping and instead resort to online shopping. This has affected the sales and revenue of departmental chains. Also, people spend quite a considerable amount of time searching through rows in order to find the items of their choice. Proposing a solution to these above-mentioned problems using technology is a real boon.  Installing a payment option on the cart itself would result in cutting down the waiting times in queues. Moreover, the customers can also benefit from navigation through the virtual maps that would be displayed on the screens of the carts. This reduces the time wasted by customers in searching for products. Hence the customers are self-dependent during their shopping. For the retail group, their transactions and management are truly simplified with these developments. Additionally, the counter labor will decrease if not cease to zero, which in turn reduces the labor cost drastically. In times of pandemic like now, people have been sticking with online shopping due to various reasons, but they long to go out and spend time in the malls as they would in normal times. The proposed solution would definitely assist in the normalization of lives and bring back on-ground retail back to life.
Adverse Economic Impacts on the Occupationally Insecure Workforce in Thailand Amid the Pandemic
Authors: Hung Jason
Published: December 2021

The author suggests a range of public policies that the Thai government should employ so as to help Thai nationals and smaller-size businesses weather the storm of the pandemic. As the Thai economy is significantly tied to its tourism development, it is not pragmatic for Thai authorities and nationals to aim at full economic recovery in the short- and mid-term. In the short-term, Thai authorities should help local businesses and nationals to satisfy household subsistence. Then, the Thai government should create more job opportunities for the Thai workforce and financially support local businesses in the short- and mid-term. Concurrently, the Thai government should expand their delivery of social protection schemes to Thai nationals, helping local populations obtain basic social welfare services that are conducive to their survival. In the longer-term, the Thai government should welcome international tourisms in phases, and co-build transport infrastructures with neighbouring countries in order to prepare a full re-opening of national borders in due course.
Olhar novamente para o Congresso Internacional de Educação para Surdos em Milão (1880)
Authors: Vieira-Machado Lucyenne  Matos da Costa , Rodrigues José Raimundo
Published: December 2021

Diante do Congresso Internacional de Educação para Surdos ocorrido em Milão há 141 anos, um desafio histórico nos interpõe: reler o seu corpus documental. Compreendendo Milão como ‘lugar de memória’, no sentido que dá Pierre Nora (1993), temos como objetivo refletir sobre como esse congresso carece de releituras que ousem discutir o evento para além da simples oposição entre oralismo e línguas de sinais. Ponderando a complexidade de seus textos oficiais, consideramos exigente uma proposta de releitura desse ‘documento-monumento’, levando-se em conta seu contexto específico em relação à educação de surdos. Intentamos problematizar como no Brasil há uma narrativa habitual sobre este congresso bem como a saturação dessa memória a fim de que possamos sugerir outros olhares para que escapemos das leituras reducionistas do próprio movimento histórico das lutas surdas. E como resultado trazemos fontes desconhecidas sobre Milão como três reportagens do Corriere Della Sera do final do século XIX e os outros relatórios desconhecidos que nos permitem revisitar e revistar memórias outras sobre este importante congresso para a história da educação dos surdos.
The effect of N-acetyl cysteine consumption on men with abnormal sperm parameters due to positive history of COVID-19 in the last three months
Authors: Rafiee Bahare , Bagher Tabei Seyed Mohammad
Published: December 2021

Male infertility is an important factor accounting for 40-50% of infertility cases that may be due to disturbance in one of the parameters as concentration, motility and morphology observed in one or two semen analysis with an interval of 1 and 4 weeks. COVID-19 may affect male fertility through virus division, cytotoxic effects on testicular tissue and immunopathological effect. N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) improved sperm concentration and acrosome reaction while reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidation of sperm DNA. This interventional study was conducted on 200 men who were referred to private infertility clinics for female factor (their previous semen analysis was normal) and got COVID-19 infection in the last 3 months showing an impairment of the latest semen analysis due to COVID. Men were placed in two groups of control (n = 100) and intervention (NAC consumption). Subjects who got COVID-19 infection had a significant impairment of sperm quality (sperm concentration, sperm motility, and normal sperm morphology) compared to their semen analysis evaluated before the COVID-19 infection. NAC consumption significantly improved sperm total motility, sperm morphology and sperm concentration. COVID-19 infection has a negative effect on sperm parameters. NAC supplementation may have positive effect on sperm parameters.
Serenoa repens and its effects on male sexual function. A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials
Authors: Paulis Gianni , Paulis Andrea , Perletti Gianpaolo
Published: December 2021

Background: Serenoa repens (SR) is a plant used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis. We know that SR act as a 5α-reductase inhibitor, moreover, several studies have proved that SR has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. There is some belief among patients that SR may negatively impact male sexual function. Such belief is circulating in non-medical social networks and is perhaps maintained by patients as a result of incorrect web surfing. However, it is also possible that SR may exert a “nocebo” effect thus negatively impacting on the general well-being of patients. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate whether SR is causing negative effects on male sexual function. Methods: To ascertain the effect of SR on male sexual function, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, by performing an electronic database search in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Results: Out of 20 included papers, 8 papers reported comparisons of SR with placebo, and 7 studies reported comparisons of SR with tamsulosin. The standardized mean difference of changes from baseline scores of sexual function was not significantly different between SR and placebo (SMD: 0.43, 95% CI: 0.18 to 1.05; I^2 = 95%). Similarly, no significant mean differences in the Male Sexual Function-4 (MSF-4) test scores were found between SR and tamsulosin (SMD: -0.31, 95% CI: -0.82 to 0.19; I^2 = 90%). Conclusions: We found no statistically significant differences between negative effects on sexual function in patients treated with SR compared to patients who received placebo. The results of our meta-analysis are similar to those of other systematic reviews. Studies are warranted to ascertain whether any such effects might occur as a result of a nocebo effect.
Safety and differences between direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists in the risk of post-traumatic intrathoracic bleeding after rib fractures in elderly patients
Authors: Turcato Gianni , Zaboli Arian , Tenci Andrea , Ricci Giorgio , Zannoni Massimo , Scheurer Christoph , Wieser Anton , Maccagnani Antonio , Bonora Antonio , Pfeifer Norbert
Published: December 2021

Closed chest traumas are frequent consequences of falls in the elderly. The presence of concomitant oral anticoagulant therapy can increase the risk of post-traumatic bleeding even in cases of trauma with non-severe dynamics. There is limited information about the differences between vitamin K antagonists and direct oral anticoagulants in the risk of post-traumatic bleeding. To assess differences in the risk of developing intra-thoracic hemorrhages after chest trauma with at least one rib fracture caused by an accidental fall in patients over 75 years of age taking oral anticoagulant therapy. This study involved data from four emergency departments over two years. All patients on oral anticoagulant therapy and over 75 years of age who reported a closed thoracic trauma with at least one rib fracture were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were divided into two study groups according their anticoagulant therapy. Of the 342 patients included in the study, 38.9% (133/342) were treated with direct oral anticoagulants and 61.1% (209/342) were treated with vitamin K antagonist. A total of 7% (24/342) of patients presented intrathoracic bleeding, while 5% (17/342) required surgery or died as a result for the trauma. Posttraumatic intrathoracic bleeding occurred in 4.5% (6/133) of patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants and 8.6% (18/209) of patients receiving vitamin K antagonist. Logistic regression analysis, revealed no difference in the risk of intrathoracic haemorrhages between the two studied groups. Direct oral anticoagulants therapy presents a risk of post-traumatic intrathoracic haemorrhage comparable to that of vitamin K antagonist therapy.