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Exploring Teachers' Technological and Pedagogical Knowledge: A Case Study in Semarang Excellence School
Authors: Kurniasih Novi
Published: August 2023

This research aims to illustrate teachers' technological knowledge (TK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), and technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) as an integral part of TPACK introduced by Koehler and Mishra (2005). The research took place in Semarang Excellence School (SES), specifically in the Olympiad class. By employing a descriptive qualitative approach, the research results indicate that teachers' technological knowledge shows an advanced level of acquisition, particularly regarding the importance of integrating and using technology in learning practices. Likewise, teachers' pedagogical knowledge demonstrates a good level of understanding and practice, mainly because teachers are familiar with a variety of learning methods and techniques and know how to use them appropriately in specific circumstances. Furthermore, teachers' technological pedagogical knowledge, which represents the intersection and accumulation of the two previous domains of teachers' skills, suggests a high level of mastery. For instance, when teachers collaboratively implement conventional and technology-based learning methods and techniques, it enhances student academic achievement in the Olympiad class.

Abstrak 

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan pengetahuan teknologi (TK), pengetahuan pedagogis (PK), dan pengetahuan pedagogis teknologi (TPK) guru sebagai bagian integral dari TPACK yang diperkenalkan oleh Koehler dan Mishra (2005). Penelitian ini dilakukan di Sekolah Unggulan Semarang (SES), khususnya di kelas Olimpiade. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan teknologi guru mencapai tingkat kemahiran yang tinggi, terutama dalam hal pentingnya integrasi dan penggunaan teknologi dalam praktik pembelajaran. Begitu pula, pengetahuan pedagogis guru menunjukkan tingkat pemahaman dan praktik yang baik, terutama karena guru mengenal berbagai metode dan teknik pembelajaran serta tahu cara menggunakannya dengan tepat dalam situasi tertentu. Selain itu, pengetahuan pedagogis teknologi guru, yang mewakili persimpangan dan akumulasi dari dua domain keterampilan guru sebelumnya, menunjukkan tingkat penguasaan yang tinggi. Misalnya, ketika guru secara kolaboratif menerapkan metode pembelajaran konvensional dan berbasis teknologi, hal ini dapat meningkatkan prestasi akademik siswa di kelas Olimpiade.
Assessing Agricultural Literacy Among Senior Secondary School Students in Kwara, Nigeria: Implications for Educational Interventions
Authors: Bature Shuaib Suleiman , Olorunleke Adesanya Emmanuel , Ibrahim Oba Abdulkadir , Ojo Afolabi Kayode , Bolakale Jimoh Saidu
Published: August 2023

This research study aimed to evaluate the level of agricultural literacy among senior secondary school students in Kwara State, Nigeria, using a descriptive survey research design. The target population comprised all senior secondary school science students in Kwara State, and a sample of 1,200 students was selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure. Data were collected using an adapted standardized questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.71. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant difference in agricultural literacy among senior secondary school students based on their gender or school location. However, the study did identify a significant difference in agricultural literacy among senior secondary school students based on the type of school they attended. Consequently, the study recommended that agricultural science teachers should focus on other components of agricultural literacy, particularly agricultural policy literacy, to enhance students' understanding of agricultural policy.

Abstrak

Studi penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi tingkat literasi pertanian di kalangan siswa sekolah menengah atas di Negara Bagian Kwara, Nigeria, menggunakan desain penelitian survei deskriptif. Populasi target terdiri dari semua siswa sekolah menengah atas jurusan sains di Negara Bagian Kwara, dan sampel sebanyak 1.200 siswa dipilih menggunakan prosedur sampel multi-tahap. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner standar yang telah diadaptasi dengan koefisien reliabilitas sebesar 0,71. Analisis statistik deskriptif dan inferensial dilakukan untuk menganalisis data. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada perbedaan signifikan dalam literasi pertanian di antara siswa sekolah menengah atas berdasarkan jenis kelamin atau lokasi sekolah. Namun, penelitian ini mengidentifikasi perbedaan signifikan dalam literasi pertanian di antara siswa sekolah menengah atas berdasarkan jenis sekolah yang mereka hadiri. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini merekomendasikan agar guru ilmu pertanian memfokuskan pada komponen literasi pertanian lainnya, terutama literasi kebijakan pertanian, untuk meningkatkan pemahaman siswa tentang kebijakan pertanian.
How low can we (reliably) go? A method comparison of thyroid-stimulating hormone assays with a focus on low concentrations
Authors: Ursem Stan R , Boelen Anita , Hillebrand Jacquelien J , den Elzen Wendy P J , Heijboer Annemieke C
Published: August 2023

Objective

International guidelines concerning subclinical hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer advice absolute cut-off values for aiding clinical decisions in the low range of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations. As TSH assays are known to be poorly standardized in the normal to high range, we performed a TSH assay method comparison focusing on the low range.

Methods

Sixty samples, selected to cover a wide range of TSH concentrations (<0.01 to 120 mIU/L) with oversampling in the lower range (<0.4 mIU/L), were used for the method comparison between three TSH immunoassays (Cobas, Alinity and Atellica). In addition, 20 samples were used to assess the coefficient of variation from duplicate measurements in these three methods.

Results

The TSH immunoassays showed standardization differences with a bias of 7–16% for the total range and 1–14% for the low range. This could lead to a different classification of 1.5% of all measured TSH concentrations <0.40 mIU/L measured in our laboratory over the last 6 months, regarding the clinically important cut-off value of TSH = 0.1 mIU/L. As the imprecision of the immunoassays varied from 1.6–5.5%, this could lead to a similar reclassification as the bias between immunoassays.

Conclusions

We established the standardization differences of frequently used TSH assays for the total and low concentration ranges. Based on the proportional bias and the imprecision, this effect seems to have limited clinical consequences for the low TSH concentration range. Nevertheless, as guidelines mention absolute TSH values to guide clinical decision-making, caution must be applied when interpreting values close to these cut-offs.
Arduino in agriculture and the teaching of mathematics
Authors: Negrete Jaime Cuauhtémoc
Published: August 2023

Arduino is an open-source electronics platform designed for creating interactive projects. Arduino agriculture refers to the practice of using Arduino microcontrollers in the field of agriculture. In agriculture, Arduino is commonly used for various applications such as automated irrigation systems, soil moisture monitoring, temperature and humidity control, plant health monitoring, and more. By the other hand using Arduino in mathematics teaching can be an innovative and engaging way to enhance students' understanding and practical application of mathematical concepts. Teaching mathematics through Arduino in agriculture offers several benefits: The aim of this work is to show that the applications of the Arduino board are very varied, and that it can be used efficiently in the teaching of mathematics, relating both disciplines agriculture and mathematics. From the unsystematic and elementary literature review, it can be concluded that there are enough research options, in which application projects in agriculture and livestock are implemented using the Arduino board and that can also be used for teaching mathematics, thus fulfilling the objective of this work is to highlight the possibility of the aforementioned. Therefore, it is suggested to follow this line of research that promises to be very productive.
Systematized review of the literature on postoperative nausea and vomiting
Authors: David Vilchis-Valentin , Merith García-Maldonado , Arturo Larrazolo-Ochoa , Angélica Gutiérrez-Montes Laura , Esteban Camacho-Ramos Cesar , Cuellar-Garduño Norma , López Ricardo Alfonso Oropeza
Published: August 2023

Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is the most common adverse effect, after postoperative pain, with an incidence of 31.1% to 80%, which increases pain, favors broncho aspiration, wound dehiscence, and hematoma formation. Methodology: Systematized search keywords, postoperative nausea and vomiting, Incidence, therapeutics, Apfel score and risk score for postoperative nausea and vomiting, in PubMed database, the Cochrane central register of controlled trials and in http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Results: A total of 2750 articles were obtained, and 62 articles were chosen for inclusion. Discussion: The drugs used as monotherapy to mitigate PONV such as palonosetron, fosaprepitant and aprepitant, show better results than the rest of the drugs. Conclusion: Currently, NK1 receptor antagonist drugs and 5-HT3 antagonists have been shown to have the best results in preventing PONV, however, the management of PONV should be multimodal and individualized.
Cardiovascular Involvement in Fabry’s Disease: New Advances in Diagnostic Strategies, Outcome Prediction and Management
Authors: Monda Emanuele , Falco Luigi , Palmiero Giuseppe , Rubino Marta , Perna Alessia , Diana Gaetano , Verrillo Federica , Dongiglio Francesca , Cirillo Annapaola , Fusco Adelaide , Caiazza Martina , Limongelli Giuseppe
Published: August 2023

Cardiovascular involvement is common in Fabry’s disease and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The research is focused on identifying diagnostic clues suggestive of cardiovascular involvement in the preclinical stage of the disease through clinical and imaging markers. Different pathophysiologically driven therapies are currently or will soon be available for the treatment of Fabry’s disease, with the most significant benefit observed in the early stages of the disease. Thus, early diagnosis and risk stratification for adverse outcomes are crucial to determine when to start an aetiological treatment. This review describes the cardiovascular involvement in Fabry’s disease, focusing on the advances in diagnostic strategies, outcome prediction and disease management.
Caracterización de levaduras asociadas al moho del pedúnculo de piña en poscosecha
Authors: Oreamuno-Fonseca Patricia , Umaña-Rojas Gerardina
Published: August 2023

Introducción. El moho del pedúnculo de la piña es un complejo de microorganismos, que se compone por varios hongos, bacterias y levaduras, que afectan a la fruta en su etapa poscosecha. Objetivo. Caracterizar las levaduras asociadas al moho del pedúnculo de la piña en poscosecha, y evaluar el efecto de diferentes temperaturas sobre el crecimiento de las levaduras durante el almacenamiento. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó la caracterización morfológica de 24 aislamientos; posteriormente, se seleccionaron 9 aislamientos representativos para la caracterización molecular. Para evaluar el crecimiento de las levaduras a diferentes temperaturas, se colocaron suspensiones de estas en concentraciones de 10-6 unidades formadoras de colonias (UFC) sobre placas Petri con el medio PDA (papa-dextrosa-agar). Las placas se almacenaron en una cámara con temperaturas a 4°C, 8°C, 12°C, 16°C y 20°C, y se contó el número de colonias a los 2, 3, 4 y 5 días, de iniciado el experimento. Resultados. Para la descripción microscópica, las células presentaron formas redondas, ovaladas y cilíndricas. En la descripción macroscópica, las formas de las colonias de las levaduras fueron  redondas y/o ovaladas. La consistencia de las colonias de las levaduras no pigmentadas fue mantecosa o cremosa, mientras que en las pigmentadas fueron mucoides. En la descripción molecular, las levaduras pigmentadas se clasificaron en las siguientes especies: Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, R. toruloides, R. diobovata, Sporidiobolus pararoseus y S. carnicolor, y las levaduras no pigmentadas en Candidata intermedia, Meyerozyma guilliermondii y M. caribbica. Para el ensayo de temperaturas, se observó que conforme la temperatura de almacenamiento disminuyó en 4°C, las colonias de las levaduras tardaron un día más en hacerse visibles. Conclusión. Se encontró similitud entre la morfología de los aislamientos, por lo que la caracterización molecular permitió identificar la presencia de especies con potencial de biocontroladores para los patógenos asociados al moho.
exilio liberal y masónico durante el reinado de Fernando VII
Authors: Hinojal Aguado Diego
Published: August 2023

Represión y Exilio definieron el reinado de Fernando vii. La ocupación francesa de la península ibérica y la guerra y revolución que se produjeron por su causa, provocaron la expansión de nuevas ideas políticas y sociales que afectaban a la soberanía absoluta. El monarca culpó a la masonería de ello y dispuso de todos los medios a su alcance para erradicar a personas e ideas en defensa de su corona, propiciando un clima de temor por miedo a la proscripción. La arbitrariedad de estas medidas, forzaron el exilio de multitud de personas para evitar la amenaza constante de persecución.
Masonería en Argentina
Authors: Annecchini Mariana
Published: August 2023

En este artículo recuperamos algunos de los principales aportes sobre el desarrollo de la masonería en Argentina, sus orígenes, divisiones internas y el modelo de laicidad que defendieron sus miembros, aspecto que derivó en tensos vínculos con el catolicismo. A su vez aportamos evidencia sobre dichas cuestiones como así también sobre la trama de relaciones personales e institucionales generadas por los masones, las redes de vinculación entre las masonerías y la conexión con las altas esferas de poder masónicas. Para realizar este abordaje utilizamos material documental escrito localizadas en el Centro Documental de la Memoria Histórica.
Napoleón El Grande y la Masonería bonapartista en España de José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli
Authors: Morales Ruiz Juan José
Published: August 2023

Reseña del libro Napoleón El Grande y la Masonería bonapartista en España de José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli. Oviedo: masónica.es, 2023. 368 páginas. ISBN: 978-84-19044-92-1.
Presentación
Authors: Aragón Rogelio
Published: August 2023

Presentación del REHMLAC+ vol. 15, no. 2, julio-diciembre 2023.
The comparison of motives of physical culture activities and sports among Chinese and Russian students
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wang Yelong , Petukhova M. E. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Starikova Нk. E. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Published: August 2023

Motivation is one of the important indicators of students' involvement in physical education and sports, at the same time socio-cultural factors can influence the choice of motives among students from different countries. The purpose of the study was to identify differences regarding the significance of motives for physical culture activities and sports among college students in Russia and in China. The study involved 227 people, including 129 Chinese students from Lan Fan Secondary Vocational School (Lan Fan, China) and 98 Russian students from their Berezovsky Technical College "Profi" (Berezovsky, Sverdlovsk region). To study the motives of physical culture activities and sports, V. I. Tropnikov's methodology in Russian and Chinese languages was used (an adapted version of the questionnaire). The results of the study revealed both similarities and differences in the assessments of motives by students from different countries. The dominant motive of physical culture and sports among Chinese students is the motive of "improving well-being and health"; while for Russian students it is "physical improvement". The article substantiates the differences in the choice of motives of students from different countries, taking into account cultural differences. The research can contribute to the development of physical education and sports curricula that take into account the cultural characteristics and motives of students from different countries. Further study will be aimed at expanding the sample of students from different educational institutions and studying the dynamics of motivation to engage in physical culture and sports of students at different courses.
Industrial and sports cluster as a tool for the development of universal and general professional competencies of future specialists in the field of physical culture and sports
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tomilova S.V. , Terentyev A. E. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Shemenevak E. A. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Published: August 2023

The organization of training in the direction of training 49.03.01 Physical culture should be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the federal state educational standard of higher education and taking into account the specifics of the development of the sphere of physical culture and sports at the federal, regional and municipal levels. Preparation of future specialists for their professional activities is implemented in the process of formation of universal and general professional competencies regulated by the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. In this article, the features of the organization of cluster interaction were considered on the example of the industrial and sports cluster of the Sverdlovsk region, within the framework of studying the activities of which it is possible to form competencies for the disclosure of the personnel potential of specialists in the field of physical culture and sports, as well as increase their competitiveness in the labor market.
Project of a psychocorrection program to athletes of wheelchair curling
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Dikhor V. A. , Shamov S. V. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Burkova A. M. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Serova N. B. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Published: August 2023

The article describes a correctional program for athletes of the Russian national wheelchair curling team, aimed at improving the indicators of higher mental functions and stress resistance. At the 2021 World Cup, the team took 3rd place, losing in the semifinals, because they could not cope with tension and psychological instability at a crucial moment. At the Winter Paralympic Games held in March 2022, the athletes of the Russian wheelchair curling team had to be emotionally stable, able to maintain high concentration of attention and an unmistakable figurative memory throughout the tournament. To achieve this goal, the coaching staff of the Russian national team proposed the idea of developing a program of psychological correction. This study is a continuation of the diagnosis of the characteristics of the psycho-emotional states of athletes, which was conducted in 2021. Based on the results of the diagnosis, a sports psychologist developed a correctional program. The program is based on breathing control techniques, visualization, ways to control muscle tone, as well as the formation of grounding skills to reduce anxiety levels before competitions. To mobilize the condition, athletes are offered exercises for upper breathing, and for calm and concentration – 4 stages of a single cycle of lower breathing. Athletes are also recommended to prevent muscle clamps by performing exercises for 3 phases "strain – feel – relax". In 2021, a pedagogical experiment lasting ten months was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed methodology. The study involved 9 athletes – members of the main and extended squads of the Russian wheelchair curling team aged 28 to 49 years: 6 men and 3 women.
Mount Parnassos and the Labyrinth: From Korinthos to Knossos, from Zakynthos to Halicarnassus
Authors:   University of Salamanca, Alonso Juan Luis García
Published: August 2023

This paper revisits the Greek *-nthos- and *-ssos/*-ttos names and analyzes them in the context of the language contacts between the Pre-Proto-Greek peoples arriving in Greece and the Pre-Greek populations already in place. It starts overviewing the prehistoric process of formation of the Greek language from Proto-Indo-European. A few concepts are defined, such as Pre-Proto-Greek, Proto-Greek, Common Greek and Pre-Greek. After an update on the main hypotheses regarding the dates of entry into Greece, the author stresses the role of the Pre-Greek substratum in the shaping of Proto-Greek due to the implicit phenomenon of language shift completed by the Pre-Greek population, and proceeds to an initial analysis, on the basis of the limited data available, of the Pre-Greek language(s), making use of Pre-Greek onomastics as the main, albeit indirect, source of information. With these names on the table, it is postulated that the phonological structure of the Proto-Greek plosive consonants (the fact, in particular, that the inherited voiced aspirated plosives appear as voiceless aspirated plosives in Greek) may show the effect of Pre-Greek, whose linguistic affiliation has given rise to several conflicting theories and many doubts. Even if the Anatolian hypothesis has seduced many researchers, a non-Indo-European option seems preferable. After considering different Pre-Indo-European proposals (Beekes, Facchetti, Schrijver), conclusions are drawn about possible coincidences between the Pre-Greek and Etruscan phonological systems and what this may imply. Schrijver’s recent suggestion that perhaps the language of the Minoans could be distantly related to Hattic is also considered. This could constitute an alternative explanation to the toponymic coincidences between the two regions: they could be sharing a pre-Indo-European substratum.
Russian Urbanonymy in the Spatial and Temporal Dimensions Review of the book: Razumov, R. V. (2022). Russkaia urbanonimiia: polevaia organizatsiia, modeli nominatsii, sotsiolingvisticheskie osobennosti funktsionirovaniia [Russian Urbanonymy: Field Organization, Naming Patterns, Sociolinguistic Peculiarities of Functioning]. Yaroslavl: Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University. 387 p.
Authors:   Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, Kryukova Irina V.
Published: August 2023

The review presents an analysis of Roman Razumov’s monograph which is a comprehensive study of Russian urbanonymy in its synchronic and diachronic aspects. The ﬁrst chapter of the monograph provides a critical overview of Russian studies on urbanonymy and speciﬁes the onomastic terminology related to the theoretical foundations of this research. In the second chapter, the ﬁeld approach is applied to a selection of urban names of different types. The structure suggested by the author includes the units of the core (names of streets, squares, and urban districts), near-core (names of buildings and churches), and periphery (names of bridges, parks and green spaces, monuments, fountains). The third chapter describes Russian urbanonymy in synchronic aspect: the author deﬁnes the naming patterns typical to Russian urbanonymic system (descriptive, memorial, symbolic, and eusemantic (suggesting positive connotations), and proceeds with comparing their implementation in capital cities, big and small provincial towns, monolingual and polylingual cities. The fourth chapter presents Russian urbanonymy in diachrony. Here, the author explores the tendencies in urban naming in different periods of Russian history: including the naming processes in modern Russian urbanonymy of late 20th — early 21st c. The reviewer’s remarks concern the debatable issues of the use of some terms in the monograph and the typology of the naming patterns. The reviewer also notes a huge impact of this work in generalizing and systematizing such extensive material (urbanonyms of 60 large and small cities of Russia, from the 18th c. to the present), the development of comprehensive methods of analysis of intracity names, both in spatial and temporal aspects, in drawing attention to the problems of urbanonymic terminology and the identiﬁcation of systemic relationships in urbanonymy.
Mensagem, Présence Africaine, Black Orpheus
Authors: Alfieri Noemi
Published: August 2023

This article dwells on reviews such as Mensagem (Lisbon), Présence Africaine (Dakar and Paris) and Black Orpheus (Ibadan) and on the transcontinental connections and international networks they established. While literature often tends to be considered, by the European tradition, as an individual practice, this contribution will focus on the collective editorial works that generations of young African intellectuals, strongly committed to the anticolonial movements and/or to Pan-African ideals, built through transnational connections in the 1960’s. The circulation of texts, authors, and translations between those reviews was deeply connected to a conception of art committed to the dislocation of the idea of center. Those projects addressed oral tradition, visual arts and claimed the dignity of these forms of knowledge. Despite often using the “Metropoles” as intellectual hubs, African epistemes, and their diffusion in and outside Africa, were central to the reflections of the above-mentioned editorial projects.
NUMERICAL STUDY OF DIRECT INJECTION SPRAY BEHAVIOR OF GASOLINE AND METHANOL-GASOLINE BLENDS UNDER SPLIT-INJECTION STRATEGY IN ENGINE-LIKE CONDITIONS
Authors: Kalwar Ankur , Agarwal Avinash Kumar , Pham Quangkhai , Park Suhan , Park Sungwook
Published: August 2023

Several studies have shown that the split-injection strategy has improved the shortcomings of the high particulate matter emissions and cycle-to-cycle variations in homogeneous and stratified combustion modes of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines. However, the spray behavior under the
split injection strategy is poorly understood. This study uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in Converge software to investigate the spray characteristics of gasoline and methanol-gasoline blends under a split-injection strategy. The simulation studies were performed for a multihole GDI injector in a constant volume spray chamber, replicating the ambient conditions similar to a GDI engine's homogeneous and stratified combustion modes. Appropriate models for simulating different spray phenomena, such as spray breakup, collision, and coalescence, were used. The
CFD model was validated using the experimental spray penetration length provided in the engine
combustion network database. The results showed that the split-injection reduced the Sauter mean
diameter (SMD) of fuel spray droplets and liquid fuel mass content than a single injection case.
The dwell time of 2 ms was found suitable for homogeneous mode conditions, while its effect was insignificant in stratified mode conditions. Further, a split ratio of 80:20 resulted in smaller SMD during the injection period and a higher fuel evaporation rate. The effect of methanol addition was also explored under the split-injection mode. M85 showed higher deviations in the liquid spray penetration, SMD, and liquid spray mass content than G100.
INFLUENCE OF LIBRARIANS ICT SKILLS, INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS ON THE USE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Authors: Osisanwo Temitope , Simisaye Ahmed , Idowu Tope
Published: August 2023

This study investigated the influence of librarians’ ICT skills, institutional factors on use of OER in the Nigerian university libraries. The descriptive survey design of a correctional type was adopted; total enumeration technique to capture all 247 librarians in the selected university libraries in South-West Nigeria. 247 copies of questionnaire were distributed and 201(81.4%) were retrieved and used for the study; data were analysed using frequency count, percentages, mean, standard deviation and multiple regressions. The result revealed that both Librarians ICT skills ( =2.20) and availability of ICT training ( =2.20) were low, while level of availability of infrastructure ( =3.01) is moderate. Poor or unreliable power supply ( =1.80), were the major challenges faced by librarians. Librarians ICT skills (r = 0.376, p < .05) and institutional factors (r = 0.535, p < .05) had a positive linear relationship with the use of OER, these two variables jointly influenced librarians’ use of OER which accounted for 40% variance in the dependent variable (R2 = .40, F (1;66) = 66, p < .05). It was found that librarians’ ICT skills and institutional factors jointly determine the use of OER. Librarians ICT skills and institutional factors are essential factors to be put in place for effective and efficient use of OER in university libraries. Therefore it is recommended that university libraries under study should be well-equipped with the necessary infrastructure and adequate ICT trainings for the use of OER.
Fixation of Breast Tissue from Komen Tissue Bank into FFPE or PFPE blocks v1
Authors: not provided kschneider
Published: August 2023

FFPE blocks were created as in protocol 005v8.0 and PFPE blocks were created as in protocol 005v5.0 from the Komen Tissue Bank.
Targets of sympathetic nerves in myenteric plexus of human colon v1
Authors: R Parker Dominic
Published: August 2023

This protocol outlines basic methods to measure distributions of axonal varicosities (comparing TH and ENK-immunoreactive varicosities) relative to the somatic border of human colonic myenteric nerve cell bodies which have been characterized for NOS and ChAT immunoreactivities. It uses an antibody elution method.
SenNet Participant Selection Criteria for Breast Tissue v1
Authors: not provided kschneider
Published: August 2023

SenNet Participant Selection Criteria for Breast Tissue. Tissue was acquired from the Komen Tissue Bank: https://komentissuebank.iu.edu/donate-tissue/donation-procedure.php based on H&E slide from the KTB study (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-020-01322-6) and availability of frozen tissue or tissue FFPE or PFPE blocks.
snmCAT_V1 v1
Authors: Wang Bang-An
Published: August 2023

To comprehensively assess the molecular phenotypes of single cells in tissues, we devised single-nucleus methylCytosine, Chromatin accessibility and Transcriptome sequencing (snmCAT-seq) and applied it to various sample sources, like culture cells, fresh/frozen mice tissues (brain, liver, pancreases etc) and postmortem human frontal cortex tissue.
V. Solovyov’s aesthetic assessments of K.F. Fofanov’s lyrics. Part 1
Authors:   M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Takho-Godi E.A. ,   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Science
Published: August 2023

The article is devoted to Vl. Solovyov’s aesthetic evaluation of K.M. Fofanov’s works, well-known poet of the 1880s–1900s. The reconstruction of V. Solovyov's perception of the poet's lyrics was carried out, due to the philosopher's lack of a separate work on K.M. Fofanov. It allowed to establish Fofanov's place in Solovyov’s hierarchy of the leading lyricists of the second half of the XIX century (A.A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov, A.N. Maykov, Ya.P. Polonsky, A.K. Tolstoy, A.A. Fet) and reveal the connection between the aesthetic evaluation of Fofanov's creative work and the general attitude of the thinker to the decadent trends in the literary process of the 1890s. These trends distort the “eternal truth” and “universal meaning”and cause Solovyov’s rejection of other authors of this period (V.Ya. Bryusov, A.L. Volynsky, D.S. Merezhkovsky, N.M. Minsky, V.V. Rozanov, etc) as well as to identify the coincidences or discrepancies of Solovyov's position with contemporary literary criticism (N.M. Sokolov, N.N. Strakhov). For a holistic presentation of V. Solovyov’s aesthetic assessments of K.F. Fofanov’s lyrics it is necessary to take into account his views in such areas as ethics and historiosophy. It is shown that the rejection of Fofanov-the lyricist is also connected with his categorical protest against ethical and historical “decadence”, which, among other things, includes the newest “patriots” who, in their national, ethical and religious blindness, reached the apotheosis of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. This allows us to hypothesize that the aesthetic denial of Fofanov-the lyricist is associated in Solovyov's mind with the general process of diagnosing the “spiritual disease” of modern society, which makes itself felt in various forms (literary or social). This disease makes itself known also in a specific ideological division into “parties” in Russian society in the 1880s–1890s (apotheosis of Ivan the Terrible in the poems by A.N. Maykov in Katkov's “Russkij Vestnik”, as well as the patronage of Fofanov by A.S. Suvorin's “Novoe Vremia”). It is shown that Fofanov's lyrics seem to Solovyov to be one of the examples of substitution of concepts (a phenomenon characteristic of the epoch): Christ – superman, the idea of monarchy – tyranny, the Russian idea – Byzantinism, self –consciousness – narcissism, the higher sense – pretentious nonsense. It is no coincidence that Fofanov becomes the cult-figure of the ego-futurist Igor Severyanin, who, partly recognizing Fofanov's involvement in decadence, makes a step further from the “formulaic” and “banal” in Fofanov's poetry to the avant-garde cult of “the trivial”, blurring the distinction between “true” and “false”.
Intelligentsia and the Church: the Issue of the Correlation of the Ideal and Spiritual in Leadership (late XIX – beginning XX centuries)
Authors:   Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University for the Humanities, Gayda F.A.
Published: August 2023

The question of the relationship between the intelligentsia and the Church in Russia during the period of large-scale socio-economic and political changes at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries (including the February Revolution of 1917) is considered. The relevance of the study is determined by the recent appearance of works devoted to the perception of the intelligentsia in the church environment. At the same time, the ideas of the intelligentsia about the Church in the scientific literature have not yet been fully disclosed. The study is based on journalism, office work (materials of the Religious-Philosophical Meetings and the St. Petersburg Religious-Philosophical Society), periodicals, and sources of personal origin. It is concluded that during this period, the intelligentsia in its own environment was already considered as a project parallel to the Church, which inevitably endowed the intelligentsia itself with the appropriate features (messiahism, sacrifice, eschatology, the cult of saints). At the same time, it is shown that the primary was not the spiritual, but the social and, in particular, the ideological role of the intelligentsia, which was reflected in the works of the populists (G.I. Uspensky, N.K. Mikhailovsky). It is shown that D.S. Merezhkovsky developed this tradition, but gave the intelligentsia a global and mystical sound. It is noted that the critics of this approach were V.A. Ternavtsev, A.A. Blok and Vyach. Ivanov in the 1900s; these thinkers spoke of the need for the intelligentsia to enter the Church. It is concluded that after the victory of the February Revolution of 1917, the intelligentsia began to implement their own project of transforming the church system on democratic grounds.
Solovyov’s Sophiology as the Main Factor of f. Sergiy Bulgakov’s “spiritual birth”
Authors:   Lugansk State Pedagogical University, Darenskaya V.N.
Published: August 2023

The analysis of the influence of V. Solovyov’s sophiology on the spiritual path of S.N. Bulgakov and his formation as a philosopher and theologian is proposed. The experience of the “revelation of Sophia”, developed by the thinker into a philosophical and theological concept under the direct influence of the philosophy of V. Solovyov, is considered as the main factor of the spiritual evolution of Fr. Sergius. Using the method of existential analysis, the key events of S.N. Bulgakov’s spiritual path are revealed, which became the basis of his conceptual constructions. As a result of the analysis, it was found that based on their own experience of cognition of Sophia as a special dimension of created being, connecting it with the Creator, S.N. Bulgakov demonstrates the continuity of the development of Russian philosophy from V. Solovyov to the thinkers of the Silver Age. This allows us to speak about the key role of the revelation of Sophia of the Wisdom of God as one of the main elements of the Russian philosophical tradition of the XIX–XX centuries. It is shown that, according to this philosophical interpretation, sophiology conveys an important spiritual experience of human perception of the essence of the created world, not damaged by Original sin. It is noted that this aspect of spiritual experience has not been previously investigated within the framework of academic theology, which led S.N. Bulgakov to conflict with traditional academic theology, allowed S.N. Bulgakov to overcome the materialistic understanding of history. Based on the analysis of a number of modern approaches, the sophiology of Fr. Sergius is interpreted as a valuable theologumen for the modern Christian consciousness, which is the response of the Russian Orthodox mind to the dehumanization of the world, to the secular picture of the world that has developed within the framework of Modern science. An example of the “spiritual birth” of fr. Sergiy Bulgakov is considered as a vivid example of the influence of Vladimir Solovyov’s legacy, his spiritual experience and philosophical doctrine on the subsequent history of Russian philosophy.
The Problem of Verbalization of Living Knowledge in the Philosophy of S.L. Frank
Authors:   Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Khamidulin A.M.
Published: August 2023

The article changes the problem of verbalization of living knowledge in the philosophy of S.L. Frank. On the material of philosophical kids. Frank divides into two levels – reality and reality. It is revealed that the Russian philosopher understands the reality as the metaphysical, spiritual level of being with the inclusion of the supernatural world in faith in the concept of meaning, while the key figure of spiritual reality in the philosophy of S.L. Frank is God – the Absolute, possessing both personal and prepersonal izneme. It is distinguished by the presence of its own spiritual experience in S.L. Frank. is revealed from the fact that knowledge of the spiritual reality is possible due to living knowledge, knowledge-experience, the article reveals the ideas of expression, the transfer of living knowledge opened as a result of contact with the spiritual reality. It is noted that the interest of S.L. Frank to the proposed problem is fixed in the work of different years. The methodology of the Possible Verbalization of living knowledge throughout the Whole Frank is analyzed and systematized. It is concluded that according to S.L. For Frank, knowledge about the Absolute as the quintessence of living knowledge is not absolutely inexpressible, however, the verbalization of the strategy still turns out to be limited in the exceptionally strong otherness of the spiritual level of being. It is important that the evaluation of the results of living knowledge is possible thanks to verbalization: with the help of metaphor, apophatic and paradoxical, antinomic method, as well as with the help of poetry that rejects to the Absolute.
LINGUISTIC SCHOLIA TO THE UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION OF THE 4th – 5th PSALMS
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kozhushnyi Oleh
Published: August 2023

The Psalter is the most famous collection of religious poetry in the world, which is actively used during religious services by representatives of all Abrahamic religions. In view of this, the constant work of theologians and philologists on the interpretation and translation of psalms into different languages and for different intended audiences is going on. Despite the emergence of isolated attempts to translate the Psalter into the modern Ukrainian literary language, the study of biblical poetry from the point of view of the relationship between the Hebrew and Greek texts, as well as their adequate reproduction in the Ukrainian language, taking into account the active centuries-long use of the Slavic translation, remains relevant for the domestic scientific and theological community. Pointing out a practical way to solve this problem, the author proposes his own linguistic scholia to the Masoretic, Greek and Slavic texts of the 4-5 Psalms and also offers a version of their translation. The original texts from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Septuaginta were used for the work, as well as the commonly used text of the Psalter in the Church Slavonic language. As for Ukrainian translators, the researcher focuses on the liturgical Psalter in the Kyiv translation of 1920, the text of which was edited in 1947 by professors of the Ukrainian Theological Academy in Munich, and the Book of Psalms from the translation department of the Ukrainian Bible Society in 2016: this text claims to be academic and is the latest linguistic word on this topic in Ukrainian biblical studies. The material presented in the article will be useful not only for the Ukrainian specialists in the biblical studies but also for philologists-translators, literary scholars – all those who are interested in hermeneutics and exegesis of the biblical texts.
CONNECTION OF THE SEMANTICS OF DOUBT AND INDEFINITE REFERENCE
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Le Xiaomeng
Published: August 2023

The article is devoted to the analysis of the connection between the semantics of doubt and indefinite reference. Reference as a correlation with reality is carried out by the speaker during the speech act. If such a correlation is unsuccessfully realized in the human mind, then we are talking about the uncertainty of the object. The category of uncertainty is highly subjective and communicative in nature: the meaning of the indefinite reference is transmitted in the process of a specific speech act. The semantic category of doubt is complicated, on the one hand, by connections with the category of certainty/uncertainty, on the other hand, the semantics of doubt and indefinite reference are implemented in specific speech acts and have an obviously subjective nature, which is explained by the fact that when a word enters the speech act, it can have a different semantic content under the influence of many factors, such as the goals of the addressee, the context and the background knowledge of the communication participants. Therefore, from the standpoint of pragmatics, based on the relationship between communicators, there are three situations in which indefinite reference and the semantics of doubt can be realized simultaneously. These 3 situations are: 1) the speaker knows the object inaccurately, the listener knows the object of speech; 2) the speaker knows the object inaccurately, the listener does not know the object of reference; 3) the speaker knows the object but, for whatever reason, does not want the listener to know that it is the object in question. In the third situation, depending on the listener's consciousness, two options are possible: 1) the listener and the speaker have common knowledge, with the listener being one of the insiders of the event described by the speaker, so he knows the speech object, and then a situation of certainty is formed; 2) the listener does not know or does not know exactly the speech object, then an uncertainty situation occurs. Based on row data from the texts of modern mass media, we found out that indefinite reference and the semantics of doubt are emphasized with the help of different linguistic means. Given the results of the analysis of the linguistic data, we consider that indefinite reference and the semantics of doubt are two different sides of the same phenomenon, and they complement each other.
Long-term Effects of STEM Enrichment Programs on Wage Differentials Among Under-Represented Minority Students
Authors: Ghazzawi Dina , Pattison Donna , Horn Catherine
Published: August 2023

This study focuses on the increasing disparities in STEM education achievement and long-term wage earnings of under-represented minority groups. As part of national efforts to improve the diversity of the STEM workforce, this study uses longitudinal data from the University of Houston’s Education Research Center (UH-ERC) to examine the effect of participation in a STEM focused intervention program (Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) on wage earnings across students from traditionally under-represented groups. Data analysis consisted of propensity score matching analysis, followed by an ordinal logistic regression model to measure program participation effects on wage earnings. Findings indicate a significant negative association between participation in STEM intervention program and long-term wage earnings. Results highlight the role of structural racism and human capital on perpetuating achievement and wage gaps across race and socio-economic status. Recommendations focus on career-preparedness as a tool to increase the human capital of under-represented groups, and institutional shifts in policy and program components that strive to reduce the impact of structural racism on this subpopulation of students.
Online Modules for Community Engaged Learning During a Global Pandemic
Authors: Lancaster Alexander , Bonella Barrett , Gesteland Becky , Tadlock Patrick , Fry Richard
Published: August 2023

Context: In Summer, 2020, our team created virtual community-engaged learning (VCEL) modules, in response to the need to move classes to online and hybrid delivery styles during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. These modules addressed engaged learning concepts, and were designed with faculty, students, and community partner organizations in mind. Challenge: This paper explores the challenges of creating and beta testing these VCEL modules, as well as the creative methods taken to produce high-quality content that would continue to serve students in the wake of the pandemic. Product: what emerged from this project is a unique set of self-contained learning modules in Canvas Commons that include built-in assessments, allowing students to demonstrate learning, and giving faculty members the ability to review engaged-learning theory and strategies, and to seamlessly integrate the virtual content into their online classes. Findings: Our beta test findings indicate that students generally had a positive experience with the content, and spent approximately two hours, on average, engaging with the material. In this reflective analysis of our process, we offer an explanation of the replicable process of creating VCEL modules and a description of the outcomes associated with the production and testing of the content therein.
Elevating Community Voices through Place-Based Education Initiatives in Chicago
Authors: Hough Tyler
Published: August 2023

The Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture is a non-profit organization that has been developing place-based education models since it was established in 1970. Situated in an urban environment, the Chicago Center operates at the intersection of higher education and place-based education with a pedagogical approach that centers and elevates community voices. Place-based education initiatives provide students with educational opportunities that emphasize active, experiential learning by immersing the participant in local, communities. The Chicago Center enriches place-based education by using a first-person instructional approach—First Voice Pedagogy—to expand the traditional classroom and link liberal arts education to applied learning through exposure to community-based leaders and organizations. This paper proposes a paradigm shift in place-based education and serves as an encouraging model for establishing more inclusive place-based initiatives.