bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Correlation of Regulatory T Cell Numbers with Disease Tolerance upon Virus Infection
Authors: Graham Jessica B , Swarts Jessica L , Edwards Kristina R , Voss Kathleen M , Green Richard , Jeng Sophia , Miller Darla R , Mooney Michael A , McWeeney Shannon K , Ferris Martin T , Pardo-Manuel de Villena Fernando , Gale Michael , Lund Jennifer M
Published: April 2021

The goal of a successful immune response is to clear the pathogen while sparing host tissues from damage associated with pathogen replication and active immunity. Regulatory T cells (Treg) have been implicated in maintaining this balance as they contribute both to the organization of immune responses as well as restriction of inflammation and immune activation to limit immunopathology. To determine if Treg abundance prior to pathogen encounter can be used to predict the success of an antiviral immune response, we used genetically diverse mice from the collaborative cross infected with West Nile virus (WNV). We identified collaborative cross lines with extreme Treg abundance at steady state, either high or low, and used mice with these extreme phenotypes to demonstrate that baseline Treg quantity predicted the magnitude of the CD8 T cell response to WNV infection, although higher numbers of baseline Tregs were associated with reduced CD8 T cell functionality in terms of TNF and granzyme B expression. Finally, we found that abundance of CD44+ Tregs in the spleen at steady state was correlated with an increased early viral load within the spleen without an association with clinical disease. Thus, we propose that Tregs participate in disease tolerance in the context of WNV infection by tuning an appropriately focused and balanced immune response to control the virus while at the same time minimizing immunopathology and clinical disease. We hypothesize that Tregs limit the antiviral CD8 T cell function to curb immunopathology at the expense of early viral control as an overall host survival strategy.
Compensatory IgM to the Rescue: Patients with Selective IgA Deficiency Have Increased Natural IgM Antibodies to MAA–LDL and No Changes in Oral Microbiota
Authors: Mella Miia A , Lavrinienko Anton , Akhi Ramin , Hindström Rasmus , Nissinen Antti E , Wang Chunguang , Kullaa Arja , Salo Tuula , Auvinen Juha , Koskimäki Janne J , Hörkkö Sohvi
Published: April 2021

IgA is the most abundant Ab in the human body. However, most patients with selective IgA deficiency (SIgAD) are asymptomatic. IgM, and to lesser extent IgG Abs, are generally presumed to compensate for the lack of IgA in SIgAD by multiplying and adopting functions of IgA. We used data from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 to investigate whether SIgAD patients have differences in levels of natural Abs to oxidized epitopes compared with 20 randomly selected healthy controls. First, we screened the saliva and serum samples from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 cohort (n  = 1610) for IgA concentration. We detected five IgA-deficient subjects, yielding a prevalence of 0.3%, which is consistent with the general prevalence of 0.25% in the Finnish population. To detect natural Abs, we used malondialdehyde acetaldehyde–low-density lipoprotein (MAA–LDL), an Ag known to bind natural Abs. In this study, we show that natural secretory IgM and IgG Abs to MAA–DL were significantly increased in subjects with SIgAD. Given that secretory IgA is an important part of mucosal immune defense and that, in the gut microbiota, dysbiosis with SIgAD patients has been observed, we characterized the oral bacterial microbiota of the subjects with and without SIgAD using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We found no significant alterations in diversity and composition of the oral microbiota in subjects with SIgAD. Our data suggest that increased levels of secretory natural Abs in patients with SIgAD could be a compensatory mechanism, providing alternative first-line defense against infections and adjusting mucosal milieu to maintain a healthy oral microbiota.
I Carabidi dell’alta Val Brembana (Alpi e Prealpi Orobie): una sintesi (Coleoptera Carabidae)
Authors: Bisio Luigi , Giuntelli Piero
Published: April 2021

Dopo avere brevemente illustrato i principali caratteri geologici, climatici e vegetazionali dell’alta Val Brembana, gli autori propongono una sintesi delle ricerche carabidologiche condotte sino a oggi in quest’area. Viene presentato un catalogo topografico delle 143 specie di Carabidi (Cicindelinae incluse) segnalate in questo territorio, con note riguardanti la loro ecologia e la loro corologia. Infine, sono descritte le principali carabidocenosi osservate.
Prefazione
Authors: Pennacchio Francesco
Published: April 2021

Augusto Vigna Taglianti, naturalista nato, entomologo, faunista e biogeografo, ha lasciato un’eredità scientifica e umana di enorme valore. la lunga carriera accademica ha fatto di lui un Professore in grado di trasmettere agli allievi le ricchezze della sua mente e del suo animo, amplificandone così l’impatto oltre ogni limite temporale. non solo chi ha seguito le sue orme, ma anche chi le ha incrociate ha la piena consapevolezza dell’importanza di averlo incontrato e di quanto significativa sia stata questa esperienza di vita, una vera fortuna sotto tutti i punti di vista.
Non si può toccare, senza essere toccati: perché la psicoanalisi deve attingere dal perinatale e viceversa
Authors: Florita Marcello
Published: April 2021

Sono numerose le innovazioni inerenti alla medicina riproduttiva. Queste hanno imposto delle riflessioni etiche, sociali, culturali e mediche, ma soprattutto hanno reso ancora più urgente la necessità di un contributo della psicologia. Nell’articolo vengono proposte alcune sfide da affrontare attinenti all’ambito materno infantile, che hanno come focus il benessere dei professionisti del settore e dell’utenza di riferimento, alla luce di una rilettura dei processi di trasformazione e cambiamento del soggetto che sta per diventare genitore o figlio. Da psicoanalisti e studiosi è nostro interesse riuscire ad importare le ricerche e le acquisizioni del mondo perinatale nella psicoanalisi, perché molte di queste, seppur con un linguaggio medico, analizzano la relazione fin da prima della nascita. Il filone che viene preso maggiormente in considerazione riguarda gli studi sulle percezioni tattili nei bambini che aprono scenari sorprendenti e affascinanti. Nello specifico, l’autore cercherà di costruire un ponte tra queste discipline, creando un parallelismo tra un determinato tipo di contatto (il gentle touch) - recepito dalle sole Fibre CT e connesso ad un’attivazione massiva dell’insula - e il rapporto analista e paziente.
Migrazione, interculturalità e genitorialità
Authors: Stirone Valentina , Spoto Jolanda , Trinchieri Martina
Published: April 2021

L’articolo tratta il fenomeno della migrazione dal punto di vista psicoanalitico insieme alle tematiche dell’interculturalità e della genitorialità. Tale lavoro vuol fare emergere la condizione di particolare vulnerabilità che caratterizza i soggetti migranti, nel loro confrontarsi con il complesso passaggio alla genitorialità. Le autrici intendono presentare le potenziali difficoltà connesse ai processi migratori, in particolare per quanto riguarda la sofferenza che molte donne vivono lasciando il loro paese d’origine e le violenze fisiche e psicologiche che spesso sono costrette a subire. Il complesso tema della migrazione viene affrontato con riguardo agli aspetti dell’integrazione e alle relative dinamiche che la caratterizzano, all’interno di una visione epistemica dell’essere umano, in cui ciascun soggetto mette a disposizione le proprie fragilità, risorse e competenze in un’ottica di crescita umana. Attraverso il viaggio terapeutico, il viaggio migratorio assume dignità e consistenza permettendo così ad entrambi di esistere.
Mineralogy of the ceramic clays and shales of the Atlantic provinces
Authors: Dean R S
Published: April 2021

Twenty-nine samples of shales and surficial clays from the Atlantic Provinces were analysed by X-ray diffraction. The results were combined with published mineralogical data in order to examine regional and stratigraphic clay mineral distribution patterns.
Sampling inadequacies have been discussed.
Dioctahedral clay mica (illite), identified in all samples, was the most abundant layer silicate mineral. With the exception of the apparently hydrothermally altered clay from Middleton, Nova Scotia, the ordered (layer stacking) fraction of all illites consisted mostly or entirely of the 2M1
polymorph, the 1M variety being either greatly subordinate or absent. The highest concentrations of 2M1 mica were found in surficial clays which had apparently been derived from schists or slates, and in the slightly metamorphosed shale from Summerside, Newfoundland. The illites within the lower
Paleozoic shales of the Avalon Platform, Newfoundland, showed an apparent crystallite thinning similar to that observed in certain soils.
With the exception of the kaolinitic Cretaceous clays and two weathered or altered Pennsylvanian shales, trioctahedral chlorite was identified in all samples, either as a component in mixed-layer systems or as an unmixed phase. The greatest concentration of chlorite was found in the surficial clays.
Dioctahedral (aluminous interlayer) chlorite was recognized as a component of mixed-layer systems within the Cretaceous kaolinitic clays.
Kaolin occurred in one of the Avalon Platform shales, and in all samples of Pennsylvanian age, including the Pennsylvanian-Permian transition beds on Prince Edward Island. The highest concentration of kaolin was found within the Cretaceous Shubenacadie and Musquodoboit clays of central Nova Scotia.
Vermiculite and/or smectite was identified in all unmetamorphosed Paleozoic or Mesozoic shales or clays, and in some surficial clays. The expandable layers occurred as components of mixed-layer systems interstratified with illite or chlorite rather than as unmixed phases. Certain mixed-layer systems
were found to assume a uniform basal spacing when water-saturated.
The greatest concentrations of feldspar were encountered within the surficial clays. With the exception of the Antigonish, Nova Scotia, shale and the Pennsylvanian-Permian transition beds on Prince Edward Island, the Pennsylvanian and (less certainly) upper Mississippian shales were found to contain
little feldspar. In most samples, plagioclase was considerably more abundant than K-feldspar.
Evidence suggests that many of the older clay mineral analyses may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Update on Promising Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: Ahmad Faizan , Pathak Upasana , Das Abhichandan , Dhar Anusri
Published: April 2021

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease, in which there is chronic inflammation leading to neurodegeneration and demyelination. To detect MS at an early stage is impossible as it includes environmental factors and genetic factors as it varies from person to person. There are various methodologies that have been developed for the treatment of this disease; however, several complications as well as obstacles have been seen which are yet to be resolved. This review describes the biomarker for MS including microRNA and vaccine as a biomarker. Some of the drugs which are under phase II clinical trials are also discussed here. Testing and continuous validation is required for improvement where MS biomarkers are brought into clinical settings.
The Effect of Memorizing the Quran on Cognitive Functions
Authors: Sirin Sumeyye , Metin Baris , Tarhan Nevzat
Published: April 2021

Background:

Memorizing the Quran is an education continuing from the early periods of Islamic education until today. Although this education started in the past to protect the Quran, nowadays, it is continuing as a tradition.

Aims and Objectives:

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of memorizing the Quran on certain cognitive functions of individuals.

Materials and Methods:

The scope of the study is limited to 18 female and 15 male students who have been studying in the 5th, 6th, and 7th grades of Anatolian Imam Preacher Secondary Schools in different districts of İstanbul. After Demographic Information Questionnaire was used, California Verbal Learning Test children's version, Wechsler Memory Scale revised visual reproduction subtest, Trail Making Test, and Verbal Fluency Test were applied twice to collect data about individuals before and after memorization training.

Results:

Findings demonstrated that there is a statistically significant difference in verbal learning, visual learning, attention speed, and phonemic and semantic fluency before and after memorization training.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, memorizing the Quran has positive impacts on verbal and visual memory, attention processes, and lexical and semantic fluency of individuals. It is important with regard to eliminate emptiness in the literature. In future studies, it can be investigated the effects of textual memorization in a foreign language on brain structures and connections.
Comparison of Job Satisfaction, Work–Life Quality, and Compassion Level between Psychologists and Psychological Counselors
Authors: Tahincioglu Dilara , Donmezler Suleyman , Erensoy Habib , Berkol Tonguc Demir
Published: April 2021

Introduction:

Various studies have been conducted in the literature on job satisfaction, work-related quality of life, and compassion with different sample groups. Our aim is to compare psychologists and psychological counselors (PC) in terms of these variables.

Methods:

It consists of 60 participants; 41 women and 19 men, 30 psychologists and 30 PC, aged between 23 and 52 years, working in schools, clinics, hospitals, and other institutions. Participants filled out a sociodemographic information form and were subjected to the Minnesota job satisfaction scale, the work-related quality of life scale, and the compassion scale.

Ethical Aspect of the Study:

This study was approved by the T.R. University of Üsküdar, Non-Interventional Studies Ethics Committee.

Results:

It was determined that as the age of psychologists and PC increases, their level of disconnection decreases in terms of compassion (r = −0.264; P = 0.041); thus, their ability to create a rapport increases with age, their compassion fatigue decreases as the workplace changes (r = −0.256; P = 0.048), their job satisfaction decreases as the noise level in the workplace increases (r = −0.433; P = 0.001), their job satisfaction increases as the work-related quality of life increases (r = 0.373; P = 0.003), their humaneness increases as their professional satisfaction increases, and their level of indifference and conscious awareness decreases as their compassion fatigue increases.

Conclusion:

Compassion fatigue is considered to be more related to the traumatic burden of the work done, because as the frequency of workplace changes increases, compassion fatigue decreases. The findings indicate that psychologists and PCs not only need to have suitable working areas available for their work but also need to change their work fields from time to time. It can be argued that the job satisfaction and work-related quality of life of psychologists and PCs working in private clinics are higher than those working in schools; moreover, the reason for the lower levels of burnouts may be due to the noise levels, as well as the workload at the workplace, other occupational groups, and the culture of the institution.
"Integrating weather in modelling earthmoving mining operation using distributed simulation with HLA standards"
Authors: AL-Alawi M. , Mohamed Y. , Bouferguene A.
Published: April 2021

"Changes in weather conditions impact construction activities. The consideration of effects of changes in weather condition is important to better estimate the performance of construction resources. This paper demonstrates the integration of a weather generator to support modelling earthmoving operation using distribution simulation with high level architectural (HLA) standards. The modelled earthmoving operation is related to the oil sand mining. The weather effects on the breakdown and maintenance events of earthmoving resources (trucks and excavators) were analyzed under different weather testing scenarios and their results were reported accordingly."
ЛЕЗБЕЈКЕ СМО СВЕ, ЗАТО ПОНОСНЕ СМО БРЕ: БЕОГРАДСКИ ЛЕЗБЕЈСКИ МАРШ И ПОЛИТИКA ЛЕЗБЕЈСКОГ СЕПАРАТИЗМА
Authors: Билић Бојан
Published: April 2021

The 2015 Belgrade Lesbian March represented the culmination point of the fragile but resilient lesbian separatist thread that has been developing in the (post-)Yugoslav space over the last decades. In this paper I draw upon a variety of empirical sources to reconstruct that gathering and contextualise it both in the history of Yugoslav feminist/lesbian organising as well as in the broader, Anglo-American history of lesbian (and GBT) activist mobilisations. I use the controversies that the March provoked within the activist ‘community’ to engage with the broader issues around reifications of the gender binary in the wake of Yugoslav socialism.
EXPLORING CIVIC EDUCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NIGERIA’S NATIONHOOD IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND
Authors: OLAYIWOLA Olujide
Published: April 2021

Nigeria is a country of multi-ethnic nationalities. Since her independence in 1960, Nigeria has been struggling to sustain and maintain her much cherished nationhood though in the face of complexities and challenges of various dimensions. This paper attempts to explore the imperative of Civic Education to the maintenance of Nigeria’s nationhood in the 21st century and beyond. It portrayed Civic Education as an essential tool for sustaining Nigeria’s nationhood. A critical analysis of Civic Education in relation to Nigeria’s nationhood is made and it was revealed that Civic Education is potent in establishing and sustaining a democratically, healthy and self-reliant Nigeria nation. Considering the relevance of Civic Education in the maintenance of Nigeria’s nationhood in the 21st century and beyond, it should be a compulsory subject/course to be taught at all levels of academic endeavours among others.
Awareness of Dying and Conflict Resolution: Texas Asian Perspectives
Authors: Duke Gloria , Wool Charlotte , Tenzing Lobsang
Published: April 2021

Individuals in the end-of-life (EOL) period may not be fully aware of their prognosis or know they are facing a terminal illness. As Asian beliefs and cultural tendencies intersect with Western values, health care practitioners may find their assumptions about disclosing an EOL prognosis differs from patients and their family members. Disagreements among family members regarding the disclosure of EOL to their terminally ill loved one can result in conflict—making difficult and sensitive times more burdensome. Little scientific evidence is known about first generation Asians who live in the United States (US) regarding their practices with disclosing EOL and how they handle conflict resolution when a family member is terminally ill. The purposes of this descriptive qualitative study were to explore issues surrounding patient awareness of dying and explore approaches to conflict resolution in EOL situations for first generation Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese persons living in the south central, south eastern and northeastern parts of Texas. Face-to-face audio-recorded interviews were conducted and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis elicited three awareness and three conflict resolution overarching themes across all ethnic groups. Health care practitioners must be cognizant that assumed acculturation does not always coincide with Western beliefs regarding disclosure of the prognosis at the EOL. In order to provide culturally and ethically sound EOL care for the patient and their loved ones, clinicians must be mindful of the need to sensitively assess their patient’s beliefs and understand the importance of compassionate and diplomatic approaches for conflict resolution in Asian cultures.
Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Phenomenological Study of Worries, Concern and Psychological Problems in Iranian Patients with MS
Authors: Abdekhodaie Zahra , Shahidi Shahriar , Mazaheri Mohammad Ali , Panaghi Laily , Nejati Vahid
Published: April 2021

Multiple sclerosis (MS), as a progressive and degenerative illness, has an impact on different aspects of individual lives and may lead to difficulties, concerns, and worries in patients. The aim of the present study was to investigate concerns, worries and problems in patients with MS. We used a descriptive phenomenological qualitative approach. Participants were volunteers purposively selected based on their availability. We carried out deep interviews with 15 MS patients and analyzed the detailed information obtained from these interviews by using Colaizzi’s method. We extracted six essential themes and thirty-four sub-themes associated with MS from the content of the interviews. The main themes were labelled “Confronting existential concerns,” “Crisis of facing up with the illness,” “Suffering from the illness,” “Relationship,” “Confrontation with spirituality and religion,” “Searching for tranquility.” Results of the present study also reiterated the following: Patients with MS seem to lose meaning of life and this together with problems in dealing with existential concerns, may lead to the “disintegration of self,” hence resulting in considerable psychological disturbance and distress. It is concluded that the illness evokes psychological injury such as existential anxiety, relationship disturbance and hopelessness, and these psychological injuries can lead to relapsing of MS.
The Effects of Anxiety Toward Acehnese Students' English Speaking Ability
Authors: Habiburrahim Habiburrahim , Risdaneva Risdaneva , Putri Ghina , Dahliana Syarifah , Muluk Safrul
Published: April 2021

In this study, we analyzed the effects of speaking anxiety of Acehnese students in English learning classroom by looking at the causes of students’ speaking anxiety and their strategies in coping with it. The researchers used purposive sampling to select the participants of this research. Ten respondents from sophomore students of Department of the English Education at Teacher Training Faculty of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Aceh, Indonesia were selected by identifying their answers of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety questionnaires developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). To have in-depth information on the subject matter, a semi-structured interview was employed. The results of this research showed that speaking anxiety caused some negative effects to Acehnese students’ speaking ability, which could be observed through the difficulties in constructing sentences and expressing the idea when they spoke in the target language. Low self-confidence, lack of competency, and being afraid of making mistakes were some of the factors considered as the major causes of speaking anxiety that could debilitate students’ classroom participation.
Examining Factors Facilitating Career-Changing Teachers’ Adaptation to Change and the Challenges They Encounter
Authors: ÇETİN Abdullah , SADIK Fatma
Published: April 2021

The present case study was designed to examine factors that facilitate the adaptation process of science teachers who were appointed or transferred to state schools, the challenges they encountered, and how they coped with these challenges. It was carried out with the participation of six science teachers (three males, three females) working at state middle schools in Turkey. The data were gathered through interviews with the teachers and analyzed through content analysis using the NVivo program. The research results reveal that the prominent factors that facilitate teachers’ adaptation to school environments are their professional love, interest in students, effective communication, self-confidence, and empathy. It is also revealed that they encounter challenges with regard to teaching processes and teaching programs (e.g., incompetence in using instructional methods and techniques within the framework of the constructivist approach), the legislation/regulations by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE; e.g., extensive paperwork), school environment (e.g., physical inadequacies of the school), and discipline (e.g., establishing and maintaining classroom management). Finally, the findings indicate that teachers endeavor to overcome these challenges through cooperation with school administrators, colleagues, guidance counselors, and close relatives, and by accessing the needed information on the Internet (e.g., downloading annual and weekly plans).
The Insider-Researcher Status: A Challenge for Social Work Practice Research
Authors: Chammas Grace
Published: April 2021

For insider-researchers engaged in qualitative inquiry, positionality and researcher neutrality are major concerns. Based on a study of human rights in social work practice among asylum seekers in a public institutional setting, this article highlights the insider-researcher status where the researcher was also a practitioner in the setting. Specifically, the author discusses the insider-researcher’s positionality towards knowledge of the population served, knowledge of the setting and knowledge of the research process by examining both the advantages and limitations of being an insider-researcher, as well as highlights ways to address and overcome these limitations.
"I Don’t Even Deserve a Chance": An Ethnographic Study of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Hoskins Natalie , Kunkel Adrianne
Published: April 2021

Perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) are more likely to have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACES) than the general population (e.g., Whitfield, Anda, Dube, & Felitti, 2003). Despite this association, occurrence of ACES does not necessarily lead to the development of patterned abusive behavior (Godbout et al., 2017). To understand the link between ACES and IPV perpetration, Godbout et al. (2017) suggest that research must consider a complex array of intra- and interpersonal experiences. For this project, we used ethnographic methods, including participant observation at a local batterer intervention program (BIP) and semi-structured interviews with 15 male IPV perpetrators to explore the individual experiences in greater detail. The data were analyzed using a combination of concept-driven, open, and axial coding, creating an inductive and iterative process for interpretation (e.g., Manning & Kunkel, 2014). Participants’ reports revealed high frequency of often co-occurring ACES, with patterns of negative messages about self-worth, beliefs about personal responsibility for experiences of abuse, and both feelings of powerlessness in the face of abusers and the need to feel powerful. Results are discussed regarding the theoretical understanding of individual differences among IPV perpetrators. Specifically, we address the practical need to expand our investigation of ACES, as experienced by IPV perpetrators, to include more varied types of abuse and household dysfunction.
Embodying Change at Work: An Autoethnography in the Indian Public Sector
Authors: Chakraborty Saikat
Published: April 2021

Beyond the macro picture of change in the Indian public sector triggered by economic deregulation and restructuration, the variegated experiences of employees exposed to organizational changes remain hidden and masked. Through a reflexive inquiry about my experience of participating in a managerial implementation of a performance management system in an Indian public sector organization, I write this autoethnography to bring forward a personal narrative of embodying change at work. I do this by revealing how my cultural, social, and political experiences during that episode of change were manifestations of being and constituting organizationally intended as well as non-intended changes. The writing process involved in bringing out the personal narrative unravels the contours of my relationship with organizational actors such as the employees, the union, and the management, to eventually understand their impact on my experience of change. The narrative analysis of the ethnographic memoir has helped me consider my insider knowledge, realization, and reflection as opportunities to retell the macro (view of change) in terms of the interconnected individual subjectivities. Thus the autoethnographic effort is directed to tease out the associated meanings of embodying change at work by thinking with the narrative, rather than using the narrative to think. The broader goal of this inquiry is to draw ethnographic implications for working lives exposed to organizational changes.
Dancing My Way Through Life; Embodying Cultural Diversity Across Time and Space: An Autoethnography
Authors: Zhang Nan , Gindidis Maria , Southcott Jane
Published: April 2021

In this paper, I research how my background, in different times and within diverse spaces, has led me to exploring and working with specific Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programs. I am forever motivated to engage students learning second languages by providing them with possibilities to find out who they are, to know other ways of being and meet diverse peoples, to maintain languages more effectively and maintain culture(s) more authentically. I employ autoethnography as a method to discover and uncover my personal and interpersonal experiences through the lens of my dance related journeys. The method of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis is used to analyse and interpret my early formative years, my changing sense of self, the communities that I inhabit, and my overarching belief in dance. In this paper I describe my embodied emergence of cultural awareness and knowledge.
Using Physical Objects as a Portal to Reveal Academic Subject Identity and Thought
Authors: Richards Kendall , Pilcher Nick
Published: April 2021

We are lecturers who help students studying subjects that use word-based writing, non-word based writing such as Mathematics, and non-text based language such as visual semiotics. To access examples of such language with subject lecturers we have found traditional interviews or focus groups ineffective, and realised that in these, although lecturers could talk about key psychological elements of the language, they had no focus to produce any examples of it. However, we suspected that providing a physical object to describe and discuss would create a context for lecturers to produce the language. Thus, we gave a brightly coloured teapot to Nursing, Psychology, Design, and Engineering lecturers to describe and evaluate in their subjects. This gave us almost instantaneous access to the subject context. For example, Nursing lecturers described and evaluated the teapot for hygiene and patient safety, Engineering lecturers did so for material properties and calculations required. Unexpectedly, many lecturers related how an identity underpinned their language. Thus, the teapot operated as a portal to reveal academic subject identity and thought. We relate how this has helped us in our teaching and suggest ways others can use physical objects in qualitative research to access and research identity and thought.
Creative Pedagogy and Praxis with Social Media: Applications in and Out of the Qualitative Research Classroom
Authors: CohenMiller Anna , Smat Nurlygul , Yenikeyeva Aisulu , Yassinova Kuralay
Published: April 2021

Research methods courses can provide essential opportunities for graduate students to develop themselves as researchers. This article offers insights into the application of creative pedagogy and praxis for a graduate-level qualitative research methods class. Students learned and applied the innovative research method—gender audit as process and method—to understand the gendered nature of University social media accounts. Applying principles of collaborative learning and hands-on practice, students gained confidence in themselves as researchers while examining a contemporary issue affecting higher education institutions.
“Ready-Ready” to Teach: The Telling Case of a Reflective Teacher-Practitioner
Authors: Gould-Yakovleva Olga , McVee Mary , Fronczak David
Published: April 2021

This qualitative telling case study was situated within a broader project, which explored how the research participants modified their teaching after having completed their master’s program. We investigated reflective stance of a teacher-practitioner who was a graduate of a Master’s Literacy Specialist program, which promoted reflective teaching practices using videos of students’ own teaching. The research questions were: (1) How does the participant demonstrate his use of a reflective stance with regard to teaching practices? (2) What are the modifications in teaching practices that were made by the participant after the reflective video pedagogy course used in his graduate practicum? (3) What other elements of his graduate program does the participant describe as being important in his development as a reflective practitioner? (4) Which of these elements does he choose to employ in his classroom? Primary data sources included: classroom observations, participant interviews, and student artifacts. We analysed the data using qualitative methods of open coding, thematic analysis, and triangulation. The research found that the focus-participant reported a series of modifications made by him to his teaching and demonstrated his use of reflective stance on the high mastery level.
Recovering from Doing Research as a Survivor-Researcher
Authors: Michell Dee
Published: April 2021

In this paper I explore the research process I undertook to recover from research. For three years from 2013 I was involved in a research project exploring the history of foster care in Australia. At the end I was exhausted and suffering trauma symptoms I initially attributed to the difficulties of juggling a major research project while teaching and undertaking key administrative tasks. Reluctance to write up the research findings, however, made me reconsider this attribution and at the end of 2016 I set out to make sense of what had happened to make me feel so bad while undertaking a research project I was thrilled to be involved with. Recovery came through identifying as a survivor-researcher, exploring the literature on trauma and recovery from trauma, and thinking through a “wish list” of protocols and self-care activities I should have put in place earlier. I conclude the paper with recommendations for ways by which survivor-researchers can look after themselves, and ways for others to support survivor-researchers.
Art as Meditation: A Mindful Inquiry into Educator Well-Being
Authors: Crowder Rachael , Lock Jennifer , Hickey Evelyn , McDermott Mairi , Simmons Marlon , Wilson Katrina , Leong Rebecca , De Silva Noeleen
Published: April 2021

Being prepared for the intensity and complexities that educators face in their work means building strategies for managing well-being. This qualitative study explored educators’ conceptualizations about their well-being using an arts-based, community-based participatory research (AB-CBPR) methodology. After a brief mindfulness meditation and contemplation of prompting questions, educators were invited to participate in drawing and writing reflections. The artifacts were coded to determine themes. Themes suggested the importance of human connectedness and interconnection, self care and nurturance, the healing qualities of the natural word, and the recognition that institutions need to provide space and resources to support educator well-being. The mindfulness-based art-as-meditation process was itself a salutogenic process and provided a means for developing a deeper understanding of educator well-being through a community-based participatory research approach.
Recommendations for Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data
Authors: Chatfield Sheryl
Published: April 2021

Publications and presentations resulting from secondary analysis of qualitative research are less common than similar efforts using quantitative secondary analysis, although online availability of high-quality qualitative data continues to increase. Advantages of secondary qualitative analysis include access to sometimes hard to reach participants; challenges include identifying data that are sufficient to respond to purposes beyond those the data were initially gathered to address. In this paper I offer an overview of secondary qualitative analysis processes and provide general recommendations for researchers to consider in planning and conducting qualitative secondary analysis. I also include a select list of data sources. Well-planned secondary qualitative analysis projects potentially reflect efficient use or reuse of resources and provide meaningful insights regarding a variety of subjects.
The Method of Empathy-Based Stories as a Tool for Research and Teaching
Authors: Särkelä Elina , Suoranta Juha
Published: April 2021

In this article we describe a qualitative research method, the “Method of Empathy-Based Stories” (MEBS) and ponder its value in classroom teaching. Our research question is as follows: What is MEBS and what are its possible uses in research and teaching? We gathered empathy-based stories written by students (N = 15) and analysed them with thematic analysis. The dominating themes in writings were the threat of climate change and various coping strategies. MEBS allowed students to describe their ways of thinking and acting, and to take part in the discussion. In general, the use of MEBS can generate hypotheses and interpretive horizons and stir questions yet to be asked. The main purpose of using MEBS in qualitative research and in teaching is to inspire qualitative researchers’ and research participants’ interpretive imagination.
Use of Mobile Health in Infant and Young Child Nutrition: A Formative Study in Rural Maharashtra
Authors: Khan Samreen , Patel Archana , Puranik Amrita , Kuhite Priyanka , Pusdekar Yamini , Dibley Michael , Alam Ashraful
Published: April 2021

Undernutrition is a major public health problem for under 5 years of age children in India. Approximately 41% and 21% of under 5 years of age children are stunted and wasted respectively. Despite the known importance of age appropriate infant and young child feeding practices for child nutrition, the rates of these practices remain poor in India. The major determinants for inappropriate IYCF practices are beliefs and knowledge of parents and caregivers. These can be effectively addressed through counselling by mobile Health technology as mobile phones are widely available and have a high penetration across the country. This formative research explored the perceptions of caregivers regarding infant feeding practices, feasibility of mobile phone for counselling and targeted messaging to mothers on appropriate infant feeding. We conducted in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The data were translated, transcribed and analysed using a thematic approach. We found that rural households have at least one mobile phone with good network connectivity. Utilizing mobile phones for counselling was found to be acceptable in the community, provided that the advice given is affordable, tailored to their cultural beliefs and socio-economic status.
Redesigning a Course Using Action Research to Renovate an Undergraduate Curriculum in Architecture
Authors: Barker Jennifer , Misawa Mitsunori
Published: April 2021

Architectural education is a time-intensive endeavor, typically resulting in a high number of student dropouts. In an effort to address better matriculation, faculty in an architecture and interior design program instituted course redesigns for an introductory lecture course within the undergraduate curriculum over the course of two academic years. This resulted in significant changes to the course structure and the course content, as well as to adjacent courses within the first-year curriculum. Through the implementation of the course redesigns, researchers realized that the process of redesign resembles the process of action research. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how action research can apply to course redesign in higher education. The research questions that guided this study were: (1) How is action research applied to redesign an architecture and interior design program? and (2) What does course redesign as action research look like within a course setting in higher education? This article strives to make clear the connection between course redesign and action research by organizing the course redesigns into an integrated action research model. The implications and discussion based on the research findings will also be provided for applying action research to redesign courses in higher education.
Language Socialization Through an Oral Academic Presentation in an EFL Environment: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Dumlao Remart
Published: April 2021

This article reports on a qualitative study that explored language socialization through an oral academic presentation in an EFL environment. Drawing from the notions of language socialization (Ochs & Schieffelin, 2011) and Community of Practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991), this paper sought to understand how learners negotiate their competence, as well as their identity in the oral academic activity. The participants were twenty-five student-teachers majoring in the English language at one Thai public university. Data were collected from classroom oral academic presentation transcript, multiple semi-structured interviews, classroom video-taped, and field notes. Results of data analyses pointed out that participants negotiated and constructed their identity in three main themes: (a) constructing their identities through epistemic stance, (b) through being passive and resistant learners, and (c) struggling sense of membership in an oral academic presentation. The findings also reflected that learner's identity in this study is a dynamic process involving many pedagogical factors, incidences, and the classroom environment. These pedagogical factors, as well as implications and considerations for future research, are discussed in the article.
Enhancing Trustworthiness of Qualitative Findings: Using Leximancer for Qualitative Data Analysis Triangulation
Authors: Lemon Laura , Hayes Jameson
Published: April 2021

This paper offers an approach to enhancing trustworthiness of qualitative findings through data analysis triangulation using Leximancer, a text mining software that uses co-occurrence to conduct semantic and relational analyses of text corpuses to identify concepts, themes, and how they relate to one another. This study explores the usefulness of Leximancer for triangulation by examining 309 pages of previously analyzed interview data that resulted in a conceptual model. Findings show Leximancer to be an ideal tool for refining a priori conceptual models. The Leximancer analysis provided missing nuance from the a priori model, depicting the value of and connection between emergent themes. Dependability was also added to the findings by facilitating a better understanding of how participant quotes represent particular themes.
The Perverse Dynamics of University Career: A Narrative Analysis Based on the Personal and Professional Implications
Authors: González-Calvo Gustavo , Hernando-Garijo Alejandra , Hortigüela Alcalá David , Pérez-Pueyo Ángel
Published: April 2021

We seek to describe some of the features and symptoms that define novice university teachers in their attempts to pursue a professional career at university. Presently, university culture revolves around the evaluation of professionals based on the quantity of work published in high-impact journals (“weight evaluations”).This situation not only has its effects at a personal level, but also on the quality of the education that teachers might wish to impart. Nine university teachers -five women and four men- with experience of between three and five years in different knowledge areas were interviewed to ascertain these symptoms. The results reflected the stress to which the new teachers are subjected, the implacable assessment programmes that are part and parcel of a professional university career, the distancing of good teaching in favour of demonstrable quality as an investigator and the possibility of suffering from teacher burnout syndrome no sooner than having commenced a professional career.
Confronting Shifting Identities: Reflections on Subjectivity in Transnational Research
Authors: Kang Jiyoung
Published: April 2021

As researchers’ identities impact the research process, researchers need to take a reflexive stance toward their positionality in the research. The issue of positionality is especially important for research focusing on multicultural issues, which necessarily involves dynamic power relations among different racial/ethnic groups. Drawing from reflections on my research focusing on South Korean adolescents’ understandings of migrants, this paper illustrates when and how I confronted my positionality. My positionality as a racial/ethnic minority in the United States affected the process of selecting the research topic and the theoretical framework as well as analyzing interview data while my positionality as an ethnic Korean was salient when making interview questions, interviewing ethnic Korean adolescents, and reporting the findings. There was also a moment in which my identity as an international student from the United States outweighed my ethnic/racial identity during interviews. By sharing my experiences in conducting transnational research in my home country, this paper attempts to contribute to underrepresented discourse on the use of reflexivity in non-Western societies, especially when neither the researcher nor the researched is White.
“Am I Telling the Story Right?” Poetry, Community, and Trauma
Authors: Koelsch Lori , Goldberg Susan , Bennett Elizabeth
Published: April 2021

The Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) is a once vibrant community that experienced socioeconomic decline through urban renewal polices and related factors. This article presents poems constructed from interviews with women who considered the Hill District to be their home. Interviews were completed as part of an undergraduate-level community-engaged learning course in collaboration with a local agency. One component of the course was a public reading, during which the poems were shared with members of the community and the University. The poems were created through use of the Listening Guide, a feminist relational method. These emotionally resonant poems, known as I poems, attend to the subjective experience of each participant by focusing on her use of “I” throughout the interview transcripts. While individual in nature, these poems are inseparable from the historical trauma the Hill District has experienced. Seen through the lens of root shock, interpersonal and intergenerational traumas are also the trauma of the Hill District. Poetic inquiry provides an avenue for connecting individual experience with the larger community story.