bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DEMOKRAT PARTİ AĞRI MİLLETVEKİLİ CELAL YARDIMCI: HAYATI VE HATIRATI
Authors: UZMAN Nasrullah
Published: October 2023

1911 yılında Ağrı’da dünyaya gelen Celal Yardımcı, İstanbul Hukuk Fakültesi mezunudur. Mesleği avukatlıktır. Avukatlığı döneminde -kamuoyunun yakından takip ettiği- General Ali İhsan Sabis ve Ankara valisi Nevzat Tandoğan’ı intihara sürükleyen Haşmet Orbay-Reşit Mercan davalarının avukatlığını üstlenmiştir. Bu davalar onun Türk kamuoyu tarafından tanınmasını sağlamıştır. Celal Yardımcı, Demokrat Parti Genel Başkanı Celal Bayar’ın teklifiyle 14 Mayıs 1950 tarihinde yapılan milletvekilliği genel seçimlerinde Demokrat Parti listesinden Ağrı milletvekili seçilmiştir. Demokrat Parti iktidarı boyunca milletvekilliği görevini sürdürmüştür. Bu süreçte TBMM Başkanvekilliği, Devlet Bakanlığı, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı ve Adalet Bakanlığı gibi önemli görevler de üstlenmiştir. 27 Mayıs 1960 darbesinden sonra diğer Demokrat Partililerle birlikte yargılanmış ve müebbet ağır hapis cezasına çarptırılmıştır. Celal Yardımcı, Kayseri Cezaevi’nde cezasını çekmekteyken anılarını kaleme almıştır. Anılarında doğumu, ailesi, göç hikâyesi, eğitimi, üstlendiği davalar, siyasete atılması, Demokrat Parti dönemindeki faaliyetleri, Adnan Menderes ve Celal Bayar’la münasebetleri, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’ne karşı tutumu, iktidar-muhalefet ilişkileri, 27 Mayıs darbesi, Yassıada yargılamaları, Yassıada’da yaşananlar, Kayseri cezaevine nakli ve Kayseri cezaevinde yaşadıkları gibi birçok önemli bilgiye yer vermiştir. Celal Yardımcı’nın anıları, 1965-1966 yıllarında Yeni İstanbul Gazetesi’nde yayınlamıştır. Bu anılar yayınlandığı dönemde ilgiyle karşılanmış; fakat günümüze kadar derlenmemiş ve akademik herhangi bir çalışmanın konusu olmamıştır. Bu makalede Celal Yardımcı’nın hayatı hakkında bilgi verilecek, anıları konularına göre tasnif edilecek ve değerlendirilecektir.
Mortality among papillary thyroid cancer patients by detection route: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study
Authors: Wu Lan , Vaccarella Salvatore , Feng Chen-Yang , Dal Maso Luigino , Chen Yu , Liu Wei-Wei , Liang Miao-Bian , Zhang Zike , Yang Jun , Cao Su-Mei , Li Mengmeng
Published: October 2023

Background

Incidence rates of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have increased rapidly, with incidentally detected cancers contributing a large proportion. We aimed to explore the impact of incidental detection on thyroid cancer-specific and competing mortality among PTC patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of PTC patients at a cancer center in Guangzhou. Baseline information on detection route and other covariates were collected between 2010 and 2018, and death outcome was followed up for each patient. Cumulative incidence functions were used to estimate the mortality risk of thyroid cancer and competing risk. Cause-specific hazard models were then utilized to explore the association between detection routes and PTC-specific and competing mortality.

Results

Of the 2874 patients included, 2011 (70.0%) were detected incidentally, and the proportion increased from 36.9% in 2011 to 82.3% in 2018. During a median follow-up of 5.6 years, 42 deaths occurred, with 60% of them due to competing causes. The probability of competing mortality at 5 years in the non-incidental group and incidental group was 1.4% and 0.4%, respectively, and PTC-specific mortality in the non-incidental group and incidental group was 1.0% and 0.1%, respectively. After adjusting for covariates, the HRs of incidental detection were 0.13 (95% CI: 0.04–0.46; P = 0.01) and 0.47 (95% CI: 0.20–1.10; P = 0.10) on PTC-specific mortality and competing mortality, respectively.

Conclusions

Incidental detection is associated with a lower risk of PTC-specific and competing mortality. Under the context of increasing magnitude of overdiagnosis, incorporation of detection route in clinical decision-making might be helpful to identify patients who might benefit from more extensive or conservative therapeutic strategies.
Could Economic Growth Propel Costa Rica to Lessen its Environmental Debasement? Environmental Kuznets Curve (1990-2021)
Authors: Ugalde-Hernández Óscar
Published: October 2023

According to the goals proposed and ratified by the Paris Agreement on 2015 and by the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2021, the world should attempt to maintain the global average temperature well below 2° above pre-industrial levels in the long run and to restrain the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. One country undertaking bold and charismatic environmental action is Costa Rica. Since the late 1960s, this country has implemented both avant-garde policymaking and practices in the environmental field.As a means of contributing with the analysis and understanding of how to determine this country’s effectiveness and efficiency in its environmental efforts, this research aims to analyze the relationship between Costa Rica’s CO2 emissions per capita with economic growth, expressed via Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (constant 2015 dollars). Thus, the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis will be tested to determine if Costa Rica is a good example. Using the database from the World Bank’s (2023) World Development Indicators and from Global Change Data Lab (2023) as a basis of analysis and through the application of quantitative correlational analysis with a type of longitudinal nonexperimental design with time-series data from the year 1990 to the year 2021, it is argued that increases in CO2 emissions per capita are influenced positively with a statistical significance at a 5% error margin by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US dollars), and by energy consumption per capita. Alternatively, CO2 emissions per capita are influenced negatively with statistical significance at 5 % error margin respectively by GDP per capita squared (constant 2015 US dollars) and land use change per capita. However, these results cannot be confirmed with reliability and robustness because of the ambivalence and ambiguity present in the proposed model as a consequence of the likelihood of the presence of multicollinearity among the variables and the lack of normality of the dependent variable.  Despite the initial promising results of a high goodness-of fit test, an acceptable F-statistic, the lack of heteroscedasticity, and an acceptable result showing no autocorrelation presence, the hypothesis of this study cannot be answered affirmatively. Despite these results, there is room for more research to confirm if the EKC hypothesis continues to be applicable in this country. This study could serve as a reference point for decision-makers regionally and internationally to guide their local environmental efforts towards concrete achievements for obtaining a clean planet in the future.
Reseña del libro Cyberhate in the Context of Migrations: Deshumanización de los flujos migratorios en el entorno virtual
Authors: Monge-Ruíz Alejandro
Published: October 2023

The book "Cyberhate in the Context of Migrations" examines how the crisis of representation in the public sphere can contribute to the increase of online hate speech towards migration. The text explores how migratory flows have intensified in recent decades due to various factors. However, this has also led to negative social perceptions in receiving communities that can fuel online hate speech. The review highlights the book's comprehensive analysis of the relationship between migration, public perception, and hate speech and how this can affect dynamics in the international sphere, especially in the legal domain and access to human rights.
Reseña del libro: Global Climate Justice Theory and Practice
Authors: Agudelo-Herrera Isabella
Published: October 2023

The book "Global Climate Justice: Theory and Practice" provides a comprehensive view of climate justice from diverse theoretical approaches by exploring diverse perspectives on the distribution of CO2 and climate responsibility. The text examines controversial viewpoints, such as the right of oil companies to receive compensation for profit losses, as well as historical approaches that consider the persistent effects of colonization on states' capacity to address climate change and the consequent responsibility of colonizing states. The review emphasizes the historical context driving the need to implement environmental justice. Additionally, it highlights the diversity of theoretical perspectives presented in the book and their relevance in formulating international policies.
Immersion polishing post-treatment of PLA 3D printed formed parts on its surface and mechanical performance
Authors: Wang Chen , Zhang Chen-yun , Ding Ke-qing , Jiang Min-han
Published: October 2023

Steps were taken to improve the surface and mechanical performance of PLA 3D printed formed parts, reduce the “step texture” produced by the fused deposition process, and improve the quality of 3D printing by means of post-treatment. The PLA 3D formed parts were immersion polished with chloroform solution to investigate the effects of immersion polishing on the surface roughness, surface gloss, mechanical properties, and other factors of PLA formed parts. The results of the pre-experiment showed that 90% of the effect was due to the optimal concentration value of chloroform solution and 10% was the optimization of time for immersion polishing. Under the pre-experimental conditions, the surface roughness of the formed parts was reduced by 87%, and the surface gloss was increased by 510%, the surface quality and gloss were significantly improved, and the “step texture” was significantly reduced; meanwhile, the tensile and compressive ultimate strength of the formed parts were increased by 9.41% and 13.09%, respectively, and the mechanical performance were improved, and the quality of 3D printing post-treatment was significantly improved.
Anthropogenization and rational use of the streambed and the floodplain of the Southern Bug
Authors: Denysyk Hryhorii I. , Kiziun Alla G. , Ataman Liudmyla V. , Voina Inna M. , Chyzh Olga P.
Published: October 2023

In early XXI, the economic development in landscape complexes of the streambed and floodplain of the Southern Bug has been mostly occurring spontaneously. Our objective was to analyze this process based on available materials so as to develop measures of rational use of the streambed and floodplain of the Southern Bug. We used the paragenetic approach, the principles of complexity and combination; methods of systematization of factors, historical-genetic analysis, and cartographic method. We analyzed anthropogenization of natural landscapes of the streambed and floodplain of the Southern Bug, driven by the main types of economic activities: agriculture, forestry, water economy, industries, recreation tourism, and other. In early XXI century, the main factors of the restructuring of the streambed and floodplain of the Southern Bug were agriculture and recreation tourism. Regarding the areas popular for recreation tourism, those deserving special attention are landscape complexes, streambeds, and flood- plains that have started to be actively used by extreme-sports tourists. Such landscape complexes include cascades of rapids, rocky ar- eas of the floodplain, cliffs adjacent to them, and also a system of water reservoirs on the Southern Bug, in particular Sabariv, Ladyzhyn, Trostianets, and Haivoron Reservoirs. We distinguished negative implications of spontaneous use of the streambed and floodplain, including complete replacement of the natural landscapes by anthropogenic, drying, presence of technogenic elements and objects that are alien to the streambed and floodplain of the Southern Bug, etc. We also must pay attention to the new phenomenon for the landscape of the floodplain of the Southern Bug – steppization. It is becoming more active even within the forest-steppe Middle-Bug region, in particular herbaceous cover and the fauna in floodplain areas that had been subject to irrational drying, overgrazing of cattle near the lower canal pounds of the hydroelectric power plants and dams, where the streambed deepens into the lithogenic base, and excessive recreational loading. We have proposed and substantiated directions of reconstructions of the landscape structure of the streambed and floodplain, sustainable use and protection of their natural resources.
Impact of social vulnerability assessment on flood risk management processes in the urban environment in Annaba province
Authors: Kesmia Djamaleddine , Zennir Rabah , Dovbash Nadiia , Benselhoub Aissa
Published: October 2023

Considering that flood risk is one of the greatest natural hazards threatening human beings, the standard approach of flood risk management is mostly based on structural mea- sures giving less importance to uncertainty as a main factor. The robustness leads frequently to failures in the structural measures as a factor of uncertainty, in addition to other factors like changes in hazard comportment. The current study represents an evaluation of flood policy in Annaba city, how decision-makers deal with this issue, and how to reduce exposure and susceptibility factors. The evaluation is based on the study of flood risk components, hazard amount, vulnerability degree and people’s perception of flood risk. The study also assesses how people handle flood risk and their capability to cope with extreme events. A survey method was used to assess the potential risks as it involves analyzing different flood risk aspects by conducting a survey through questioning local residents. We can state that exposure is highly affected by the number and density of the population characterized by the high probability of human and material losses in the study area. On the other hand, the vulnerability operates on a smaller scale that increases the capacity of flood risk to affect humans and other components of the environment. This study affirms that the uncertainty in hazard determination forecasting and misevaluation of social vulnerability leads inevitably to devastating consequences in the case of an exceptional event. Moreover, the behaviour of citizens during and after disaster phases can have a key role in flood risk management. Taking into consideration complexities related to social behaviour enhances the outcome of scenarios that lead consequently to more realistic forecasting. These findings concluded that the risk has always existed, i.e., the notion of «zero risk» never exists by natural laws. Knowing that risk management is the only way to deal with such issues, we highlight the importance of urban governance that integrates all actors without exclusion, based on a partnership aimed at obtaining optimal results. The essential principle of this mode of management is the reduction of economic and human losses.
Geodynamic regime and prospects for oil and gas potential in the South Caspian Basin
Authors: Mukhtarova Khuraman Z. , Nasibova Gulter J.
Published: October 2023

The article considers the geodynamic regime of the South Caspian depression, de- fines the directions of compressive stresses, the role of the latter in changing the thickness of sedimentary formation complexes, in the formation of local uplifts and their complication by faults and mud volcanism. The purpose of the study is to research the geodynamic regime and determine the oil and gas content of the South Caspian depression. The article reflects the features of studying the zone of pseudosub- duction in the South Caspian depression and the analysis of the obtained results of the prospects of oil and gas potential from the point of view of the influence of modern geodynamic processes. The study of the intensity of the formation of sedimentary facies complexes in the South Caspian depression and the features of the intensity of sedimentation allows us to distinguish 4 stages in different time intervals. According to the analysis of the available data, an inverse relationship has been established between the duration of each stage and the thickness of deposits accumulated during this period of time. In other words, the shorter the duration of the stage, the greater the thickness of the formed deposits. It was found out that this is the result of geodynamic processes occurring within the Southern Caspian Sea and in the adjacent areas, and due to the prevailing geodynamic conditions, the uncompensated deflection regime prevailing for the bottom of the South Caspian Basin had a direct impact on the process of oil and gas formation in its sedimentary cover. The depths of the boundary isotherms of catagenesis and the zone of oil and gas formation were determined in order to determine the state of each sedimentary-facies complex in the vertical zonality of oil and gas formation. It was found that in the western part of the South Caspian Basin, the lower boundary of the protocatagenesis zone is 3 km, the isotherm of the lower boundary of the oil window corresponding to 1500 C is located at a depth of 11-12 km, and the depth of the main gas formation zone corresponding to 2500 C is 18-19 km. The presented analysis of the features of oil and gas formation makes it possible to predict the formation of liquid hydrocarbon deposits at depths corresponding to the oil formation zone.
Ecological-economic aspects of mining thin coal seams in the Western Donbas
Authors: Petlovanyi Мykhailo V. , Мalashkevych Dmytro S. , Sai Kateryna S. , Stoliarska Olena V.
Published: October 2023

The paper draws attention to the ecological-economic aspects of mining thin coal seams in the strategic coal-mining region of the Western Donbas and studies their causes and consequences in detail. It has been analyzed and determined that as a result of coal mining with complete caving of rocks, the processes of the earth’s surface subsidence above the mine fields occur. Due to the proximity of groundwater to the surface, waterlogging of territories and a change in the landscape occur. Using analytical calculations, it has been determined that the total surface subsidence value above the mine field of one of the Western Donbas mines is 1.2 m, which, according to the monitoring of environmental authorities, correlates well with the range of subsidence values in the region of 0.7-1.4 m. The places and parameters of rock dumps accumulating on the earth’s surface in coal mines are identified and analyzed, and the sources of waste rock formations in the technological system of coal mines are also studied. It has been revealed that the largest ingress of all waste rocks to the surface is caused by the stope operations conducted with undercutting of bottom rocks – 39% and underground mining operations to prepare new coal reserves for extraction – 33%. To date, it has been found that the volumes of waste rocks generated in mines are 1.5 times higher than the volumes of their utilization, and the prospect of disturbed land reclamation is limited in time, which, with today’s mining technology, will lead to an increase in their accumulation again. Based on a comprehen- sive study of the mined coal seam structure with a complex texture, using the example of one of the mines, it has been revealed that in the formation of operational ash content, the friable roof caving amounts to 13.0%, the seam rock interlayers – 19.2%, the coal seam natural ash content – 12.8%, and the seam bottom rock undercutting – 55.0%. A close linear relationship has been determined between the value of bottom rock undercutting with a shearer based on collected mine data and the indicator of mined coal operational ash content, which confirms the greatest importance of this factor. It has been proved that the most important factor influencing the formation of the mined coal operational ash content is the undercutting of the seam bottom rocks by a shearer, and with a 2-fold decrease in the ash content of coal, its energy potential increases by 1.25 times. Possible scenarios for the coal mining development in the Western Donbas are considered and a rational direction for solving the leading ecological-economic problems of underground mining of thin coal seams is proposed.
The assessment of tourist resources in Ukraine in the conditions of war
Authors: Roik Oksana R. , Terebukh Andriy A. , Pankiv Natalia Ye.
Published: October 2023

The article points out the necessity of researching the problems of assessment tourist resources in the conditions of war. Possessing a significant potential of tourist resources, Ukraine now needs to develop a comprehensive strategy for the preservation, restoration and modernization of tourist resources. Tourism is one of the priority areas of economic and cultural development of many countries and an important component of the socio-economic development of each of them. It is worth noting that with the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the tourism sector suffered a lot. However, it is already clear today that the losses in tourism will be significant and some tourist resources will be impossible to restore, while others will probably be rebuilt only after the end of the war. The purpose of this paper is to assess the losses of tourist resources in the conditions of armed confrontations and propose new solutions for the use of tourist resources in the period of post-war reconstruction. The research methodology uses methods of complex analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, as well as content analysis of the main statistical and scientific sources for expert evaluation of the indicators of tourist resources. The proposed methodology is based on the construction of an integral index assessment. To evaluate the quality characteristics of tourist resources, we chose such indicators as the availability of these resources, attractiveness, readiness for implementation, availability of infrastructure for implementation, advertising and infor- mation support, price policy regarding their implementation, and staffing of the analysed tourist resources of the region. As a result Transcarpathia (0.87), Odesa (0.82), Ivano-Frankivsk (0.82), Lviv (0.87), Ternopil (0.73), Chernivtsi (0.73) regions have high values of the integrated assessment of tourist resources. The next group of regions – Kyiv (0.65), Dnipropetrovsk (0.53), Zaporizhzhya (0.53), Volyn (0.51), Kirovohrad (0.51), Poltava (0.6), Rivne (0.6), Vinnytsia (0.53), Khmelnytskyi (0.62), Kharkiv (0.58), Cherkasy (0.56) regions – fell into the middle group according to the integrated assessment of tourist resources. The lower group includes Zhytomyr (0.45), Mykolayiv (0.47), Kherson (0.42), Sumy (0.42), Donetsk (0.16), Luhansk (0.20) regions. The paper analyses the current state and substantiates the demand to create an individualized tourist product that would meet the constantly changing nature of tourists’ needs and could be flexibly and quickly transformed under the influence of political, economic and other factors of world development. As a result, there is a deepening, expansion and diversification of types of tourist resources, which satisfies the increasingly complex demands of modern people in the variety of recreation and leisure, development of new directions and markets of international tourism.
Hydrogeochemical and water quality index (WQI) evaluated in Beedanahalli watershed T narasipura taluk mysore district, Karnataka, India
Authors: Rajashekara Sudeep Sosale , Nagaraju Doddaiah , Nagaraju Pradeepraju , Nagesh Poorigali Chowdaiah , Anjanappa Sreenivasa
Published: October 2023

Beedanahalli Watershed, hydrogeochemical experiments were conducted to evalu- ate the quality and suitability of groundwater for drinking. Thirty-one groundwater samples were taken in 2022’s pre and post-monsoon seasons. Groundwater’s physiochemical characteristics, including pH, EC, TDS, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, HCO3-, Cl-, SO42-, and NO3-, were measured. The overall hydrochemistry of the groundwater samples in both seasons is shown in Gibb’s (1970) diagrams as occurring in the rock dominance field. Assessment of groundwater quality is important in the current situation. The primary goals of the current study are to evaluate and classify the groundwater quality for drinking. To evaluate the subsurface water in the study area, 14 distinct physiochemical parameters were examined. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) was attracted to make a comparative analysis of the values. The water quality index is one of the finest ways to determine whether groundwater is safe to drink (WQI). The extracted components show that topography, agronomic, rainfall, domestic sewerage, and production drain water were among the factors that caused the sources to exceed the allowable limit. The recent study indicated that some groundwater samples had extremely poor water quality, showing that the region is mostly affected by rock weathering and salt evaporating from the bedrock into the water supplies, posing a major threat to the natural ecosystem.58% and 51% of groundwater samples taken before and after the monsoon, respectively, were determined by the WQI index to be appropriate for drinking.
Assessment of excavation slurry produced clayey mineral from the Bahr Al-Najaf region
Authors: Hussein Mahdi J. , Mohammed Kamal Ali , Naser Fatimah H.
Published: October 2023

This study targeted to investigate a type of excavation slurry by local available material in Najaf region. On the other hand, chief practises is supported the deep sides of foundation in particular pile foundation and, drilling oil wells. The results of slurries are checking, for seven properties, which includes the viscosity (apparent plastic and funnel Marsh), yield stress, density, acidity, and gel power (10–0 min). Which are 11.7367, 8.8733, 38.1667, 11.5467 mPa·s, 1.1045 kg m−3, 10.9067, and 11.2683 mPa·s, respectively. On the basis of the results tests for the above properties, that is possible to produce a product that conforms to the specifications of American Petroleum Institute specifications, and according to the requirements of the standard ACI 336.3R-93:2006 without additives. The rheological behavior improvement is achieved through the breakdown of the bundles of palygorskite fibers that normally make up the texture of these mudstones by increasing the time and speed of the shear force as soon as increasing the concentration of clay powder.
Experts‵ Perception on the Usage of Mathematical Representations in Biology Comics
Authors: Muchlas Abrori Fadhlan , Lavicza Zsolt , Tejera Mathias , Anđić Branko
Published: October 2023

Integrating biology and mathematics can potentially solve problems associated with students' inability to solve quantitative biology problems. To face this issue, we embarked on a project to develop biological and mathematical content-based comics for elementary school students.
It would assist them in gaining early comfort with transdisciplinary work. However, we need experts’ perceptions to see if our comics are feasible. This exploratory interview research attempted to understand how experts perceive mathematical representation in biology comics. The three
experts involved in the interview were a biology teacher, a mathematics lecturer, and a comics enthusiast. This study's empirical data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. The research uncovered three major themes: 1) comic content, 2) graph
type, and 3) graph modification. Experts have a positive opinion of our comics. We highlight the experts’ feedback for some revision, such as adding additional information, expanding the storyline, and modifying the graph through Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach.
Technology-Assisted and In-Person Supervisory Challenges in Philippine Public Schools: A Comparative Analysis
Authors:   De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Philippines University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines, Salva Royce A. , Cadavedo Lualhati O. ,   Department of Education-Division of General Trias, Cadavedo Ser Voie O. ,   Department of Education-Division of Dasmariñas, Philippines Vicente P. Villanueva Memorial School-Division of Dasmariñas, Philippines, Patinga Kristine T. ,   Cavite State University-Silang Campus, Philippines Santiago Integrated National High School-Division of General Trias, Philippines
Published: October 2023

This study compared the challenges of 20 education supervisors in executing technology-assisted and in-person supervision. These supervisors oversee the curriculum articulation for over 200,000 Filipino learners in 85 Philippine public schools. Results showed that technology-assisted supervision (Mn=3.18; Md=3.26) outscored in-person supervision (Mn=2.88; Md=2.95), with the former mode of supervision obtaining higher perceived challenges than the latter. However, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test found an insignificant difference in their degrees of challenges when grouped according to the mode of supervision used (p-value=.191>.05), indicating the need to further explore the supervisors’ experiences to improve their supervision quality.
Research in Progress: CLIL Teachers’ Identity Construction and Negotiation
Authors:   Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Hu Hengzhi
Published: October 2023

This brief report presents preliminary findings of a qualitative investigation into five Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) academics’ professional attributes and identities in China. The findings revealed that the participants possessed diverse types of capital essential to CLIL, including human, social, psychological, cultural, identity, and agentic capital, though with mixed controls. The temporality of personal experiences and the social networks surrounding the participants were deemed influential in shaping and negotiating their professional identities. The study concluded with implications for institutional administrators and leaders, who should consider teachers’ development needs, especially their learning, social and psychological needs, to create an academically supportive, emotionally engaging and socially collaborative organisational climate.
Improving feathering in different nursery apple trees by plant growth regulators
Authors: Carra Bruno , Cabrera Danilo , Rodriguez Pablo , Dini Maximiliano
Published: October 2023

Abstract Feathering in apple nursery trees is a critical operation used to increase the quality of planting material. Plant growth regulators (PGR) could be used to form feathers in apple nursery trees. The main goal was to study the impact of different PGR and concentrations on feathering promotion in different nursery apple trees. The study had three different trials where the specific aims were to study the impact of: i) different rates of 6-benzyladenine (6-BA); ii) different PGR (6-BA and 6-BA + GA4+7) on feathering promotion, and; iii) 6-BA on feathering promotion and prohexadione calcium (P-Ca) on trunk thickening under greenhouse conditions. Both 6-BA and 6-BA + GA4+7 were effective inducing feathering in the different cultivars tested. 6-BA reduced final young plants grafted height only in one out of three seasons, reducing an average of 15 and 10 cm on ‘Early Red One’ and ‘Fuji’ apple nursery trees, respectively. P-Ca reduced tree growth rate 4-5 weeks after sprayed, but the difference did not persist until the end of the season. Trunk diameter was not affected by the different plant growth regulators and concentrations tested. 6-BA alone or in combination with GA4+7 is an efficient tool to feathering formation in different nursery apple cultivars and conditions.
Neuroprotective effects of a combination of Boswellia papyrifera and Syzygium aromaticum on AlCl3 induced Alzheimer's disease in male albino rat
Authors: Aljarari R. M.
Published: October 2023

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease characterized by hippocampal, and cortical neuron deterioration, oxidative stress, and severe cognitive dysfunction. Aluminum is a neurotoxin inducer for cognitive impairments associated with AD. The treatment approaches for AD are unsatisfactory. Boswellia papyrifera and Syzygium aromaticum are known for their pharmacological assets, including antioxidant activity. Therefore, the current study explored the possible mitigating effects of a combination of Boswellia papyrifera and Syzygium aromaticum against aluminum chloride (AlCl3) induced AD. The AD model was established using AlCl3 (100 mg/kg), and the rats were orally administrated with Boswellia papyrifera or Syzygium aromaticum or a combination of them daily for 8 weeks. The Y-maze test was used to test cognition in the rats, while acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and oxidative stress markers were estimated in homogenates of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Also, the histopathological examination of the cortex and hippocampus were investigated. The results revealed that administration of either B. papyrifera or S. aromaticum extracts significantly improved the cognitive functions of AD rats, enhanced AChE levels, increased oxidative enzymes levels, including SOD and GSH, and reduced MDA levels in homogenates of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus and confirmed by improvement in histological examination. However, using a combination therapy gave better results compared to a single treatment. In conclusion, the present study provided primary evidence for using a combination of B. papyrifera and S. aromaticum to treat cognitive dysfunction associated with AlCl3 Induced AD by improving the AChE levels and modulating oxidative stress in the brain.
Improving postharvest life, quality and bioactive compounds of strawberry fruits using spermine and spermidine
Authors: Jalali P. , Zakerin A. R. , Aboutalebi-Jahromi A. H. , Sadeghi H.
Published: October 2023

Abstract Small fruits such as strawberries, are a good source of natural antioxidants. In recent decades, many efforts have been made to increase the shelf life of strawberries and maintain its nutritional value in post-harvest conditions. In the present study, the effects of spermine (Spm) and spermidine (Spd) (0, 1.0 and 1.5 mM) on the post-harvest life and quality of strawberry fruits during the 3rd, 6th, and 12th days of storage, were investigated. Applications of Spm and Spd decreased the rate of weight loss, fruit decay, soluble solids content, fruit juice pH and taste index during the storage period in compared to the control. However, titratable acids and vitamin C contents, tissue stiffness, phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity increased in compared to the control. These growth regulators prevented the aging and loss of bioactive compounds of the fruit by increasing the antioxidant activity and preventing the destruction of the fruit tissue. Among the studied treatments, applications of 1.5 mM of Spm and Spd were the most effective treatments to enhance the storage life and quality characters of strawberry fruits.
Representações sociais de mulheres grávidas sobre a gestação de alto risco: repercussões para assistência pré-natal
Authors: Pereira Alexandre Aguiar , Rodrigues Ivaneide Leal Ataíde , Nogueira Laura Maria Vidal , Palmeira Iací Proença , Nunes Heliana Helena de Moura , Andrade Erlon Gabriel Rego de , Silva Fabiane Oliveira da
Published: October 2023

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar as Representações Sociais de mulheres grávidas sobre a gestação de alto risco e suas repercussões para assistência pré-natal. Método: Estudo qualitativo, pautado na vertente processual da Teoria das Representações Sociais, realizado com 62 gestantes do pré-natal de alto risco de uma Maternidade de Alta Complexidade, em Belém, PA, Brasil. Os dados das entrevistas semiestruturadas foram processados pelo software Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires. Resultados: Emergiram quatro categorias, nas quais consideram-se três dimensões da Teoria que compuseram a gênese das Representações Sociais, quais sejam: a dimensão afetiva, a dimensão biológica e a dimensão sociocultural. Conclusão: Desvelaram-se afetos, sentimentos negativos e adaptações, representando-se a gestação de alto risco como evento inusitado e desconfortável, influenciado pelo senso comum e ciência, meios de comunicação e diálogos com os profissionais de saúde, sendo o suporte familiar considerado de suma importância e o pré-natal um momento propício para estabelecimento de vínculos com o profissional de saúde, visto como fundamental para sua adesão aos cuidados ofertados.
Vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Ribeiro Aline Cammarano , Ianzer Fabiano Ritta Malagues , Siqueira Fernanda Duarte , Neves Eliane Tatsch , Souza Neila Santini de , Barreto Camila Nunes , Senhem Graciela Dutra , Bugs Cíntia Vanuza Monteiro
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative research carried out with 25 adolescents from a public school in a municipality in southern Brazil in the second half of 2021 through individual semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic content analysis and interpreted with the vulnerability theoretical framework. Results: These adolescents’ daily lives during the COVID-19 pandemic presented difficulties in keeping family members working, changing habits and routines, accessing classes, the internet and increasing intra-family violence. Conclusion: Vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the pandemic can be identified as the absence of interaction in the school context and access to learning resources, reflecting on individual and social vulnerability. Unemployment and possible access to other sources of income have an impact on programmatic vulnerability. Reflection on practices in the context of health and school is suggested, based on the vulnerability identified in adolescents’ daily lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Análise do desempenho das principais universidades que participam no World University Rankings - Times Higher Education (THE)
Authors: Orsolin Augusto Londero , Bortoluzi Anderson Luiz Veduim , Avila Lucas Veiga , Souza Adriano Mendonça , Selli Luana Rauber
Published: October 2023

Resumo Rankings universitários globais são importantes indicadores, que medem a capacidade das universidades de impactar a sociedade positivamente. Neste estudo, teve como objetivo analisar os fatores determinantes no desempenho acadêmico e de sustentabilidade das universidades por continentes participantes do Ranking THE. Quanto ao método, classifica-se como um estudo de descritivo, quantitativo, que considerou para análises o Produto Interno Bruto, e o nível de Sustentabilidade dos países em que as universidades se situam - no desempenho acadêmico das Universidades, mensurado por meio do ranking World University da Times Higher Education (THE). Como principais resultados, destacam-se: verificou-se uma forte relação entre as características em nível de país como PIB, IDH e a Pontuação no World University Rankings do Times Higher Education, o que sugere que as características do país influenciam no desempenho e no nível de sustentabilidade de cada universidade. Do mesmo modo, os grupos pesquisa e ensino são os mais impactantes a Pontuação Geral de melhor universidade.
Physiological and phenotypical effects of the overexpression of the OVP1 gene in Japonica rice
Authors: Rocha Dhiôvanna Corrêia , Cruz Thaís Ignez da , Oliveira João Augusto Vieira de , Souza Isabela Pavanelli de , Dedicova Beata , Coelho Alexandre Siqueira Guedes , Vianello Rosana Pereira , Brondani Claudio
Published: October 2023

Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the physiological, phenotypic, and gene expression parameters in genetically modified (GM) rice plants that overexpress the Oryza sativa Vacuolar H+-Pyrophosphatase 1 (OVP1) gene, compared with non-genetically modified (NGM) rice. GM and NGM plants of the BRSMG Curinga cultivar were evaluated in two experiments, in a laboratory and greenhouse, in a randomized complete block design, with four replicates. Agronomic traits of interest were estimated, and transcriptome analysis and gene expression quantification were carried out. GM plants showed a 31 and 21% higher number of spikelets per panicle and total number of grains per panicle, respectively, in comparison with NGM plants. Physiological changes occurred during the grain-filling stage, in which GM plants presented a photosynthetic rate and carboxylation efficiency 61 and 89% higher than those of NGM plants, respectively. The overexpression of the OVP1 gene favors the upregulation of some photosynthesis genes and the increase in the number of spikelets and in the photosynthetic rate, but does not favor the increase in grain yield.
Genome-wide association of iron content in rice grains grown in Southern Brazil
Authors: Oliveira Victoria Freitas de , Venske Eduardo , Stafen Cássia Fernanda , Paniz Fernanda Pollo , Pedron Tatiana , Pereira Rodrigo Mendes , Magalhães Júnior Ariano Martins de , Maia Luciano Carlos da , Oliveira Antonio Costa de , Batista Bruno Lemos , Pegoraro Camila
Published: October 2023

Abstract The objective of this work was to map the chromosomal regions responsible for iron accumulation in rice grains, in Southern Brazil. Eighty-one rice accessions were genotyped and phenotyped for Fe accumulation. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were mapped in the whole grain on chromosomes 1, 5, 6, and 10, from which 13 candidate genes were identified. Some of the genes, such as O s10g040680 0, seem to have a relationship with Fe homeostasis, while others are related to other metabolic processes or have an unknown function.
Reliability of the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy and Its Consistency with Age: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Hassan Hanine , Narayan Amitesh , Karnad Shreekanth D. , Khadeeja Nashwah
Published: October 2023

Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) is a tool designed to evaluate trunk control in children with cerebral palsy (CP). To examine the reliability of SATCo between a "live" scenario and video-recorded scores in children with CP (GMFCS levels III and IV). This observational study evaluated the reliability of SATCo by examining the trunk control in 32 children with CP aged 2 to 11 years. This study included only children with CP having GMFCS level III (n = 19) and GMFCS level IV (n = 13). Two raters (Rater 1 and Rater 2) examined the trunk control of each child using SATCo, and both raters scored the assessments retrospectively and independently using video recordings. Intra-rater reliability was calculated for each rater using Sperman's rho for live versus video recordings, while inter-rater reliability was determined by estimating Spearmanâs rho for the live scenario testing between the two raters. Both the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the SATCo was good to excellent. The intra-rater reliability in our study ranged from 0.898 to 0.977, and the inter-rater reliability ranged from 0.827 to 0.913. All ICC values were excellent (≥ 0.9), except for inter-rater (static component), for which it was good (ICC = 0.795). SATCo is a reliable tool to examine trunk control in children with CP aged 2-11 years belonging to GMFCS levels III and IV.
Processing of calcium sulfoaluminate eco-cement coatings containing microencapsulated phase change materials
Authors: Romero-Espinosa Andrea , Sanfélix Susana G. , Morales-Cantero Alejandro , Cuesta Ana , Kjøniksen Anna-Lena , Aranda Miguel A. G. , De la Torre Angeles G. , Santacruz Isabel
Published: October 2023

On the one hand, calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) eco-cements release about 40% less carbon dioxide (CO2) than Portland cement during fabrication; on the other hand, phase change materials dispersed in a cementitious matrix can help to optimise the indoor temperature of buildings, reducing carbon dioxide  emissions related to heating/air conditioning. However, this is only economically viable if it is used as a thin layer (a coating). In addition, the combination of both materials supposes a double environmental benefit. Consequently, the main objective of this work is the preparation of a suitable homogeneous and well-adhered bilayer sample, composed of CSA and CSA-MPCM. To achieve this, in the first step, the effect of pH, temperature and stirring was studied for microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM) aqueous suspensions (47.3 wt%); second, the MPCM (45 wt% with respect to dry cement) was dispersed in a CSA paste; then, in a third step, a homogeneous well-adhered coating of CSA-MPCM, with undamaged MPCM, was obtained on a CSA matrix. This was achieved through rheological measurements and checked by microscopy. Finally, the corresponding CSA and CSA-MPCM mortars were characterised through their mechanical properties (compression) (70 and 13 MPa at 7 days, respectively) and thermal conductivity (2.06 and 1.19 W/mK, respectively).
Special section editorial Hitting home: representations of the domestic milieu in feminist art
Authors: Schmahmann Brenda
Published: October 2023

The politics of the home was often a focus in second-wave feminist art in the West. Influenced by Betty Friedan's The feminist mystique (1963), which challenged the notion that women were content to be wives, mothers, and homemakers, artists often represented the domestic milieu as a space of oppression. Friedan's ideas would, however, be challenged by bell hooks, who indicated that such perceptions assumed a woman who was middle-class and white. As hooks observed in Feminist theory: from margin to center (1984:2), Friedan 'did not tell readers whether it was more fulfilling to be a maid, a babysitter, a factory worker, a clerk, or a prostitute, than to be a leisure class housewife'. It should also be noted that Friedan's views were shaped by a US-specific context and that the politics of home, domesticity, marriage, or parenthood may be perceived very differently in geographies outside the United States or the West, more generally, including South Africa.
How Poetic Language Enacts Agency
Authors: Law-Viljoen Bronwyn , de Villiers Phillippa Yaa , Zerbst Fiona
Published: October 2023

Transcript of an online creative writing session at the Art, Access and Agency - Art Sites of Enabling Conference. Co-organised by Dr Adam Levine and Prof Merle Williams (African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa). Transcribed by Natasha Kudita
Measurement and evaluation of urban growth and urban sprawl: Tekirdağ Example
Authors: ÜSTÜN TOPAL Tuğba
Published: October 2023

With the increasing population, today's cities are undergoing rapid change and transformation. Increased human activities in cities result in numerous negative outcomes, such as the decline in biodiversity, increased environmental pollution, and the disruption of ecosystem cycles, ultimately leading to the degradation of nature. Especially, the uncontrolled growth and expansion of cities in response to increasing needs and demands can result in inappropriate land use, putting natural resources under pressure and leading to their loss. Indeed, especially in cities that are experiencing rapid population growth, this situation is more evident. In this context, urban sprawl, which indicates urban spread, has many negative effects if not managed correctly. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate urban growth and detect urban sprawl in three districts of Tekirdağ province, namely Süleymanpaşa, Çorlu, and Çerkezköy, which have been receiving rapid immigration and thus have seen a significant increase in their populations. In line with this, using the high-resolution data from the Urban Atlas, the land use situation for the years 2012 and 2018 has been presented. The results have shown an increase in artificial areas and a decrease in agricultural lands for all districts. For the detection of urban sprawl, the Normalized Urban Atlas Sprawl Indicator (NUASI) developed by Petrescu (2019) has been utilized. According to the NUASI findings, the urban sprawl trend in the Süleymanpaşa, Çorlu, and Çerkezköy have been determined as -1.90%, 0.70%, and 0.96%, respectively. This result indicates that Çerkezköy is the district with the highest urban sprawl development. Recommendations for spatial planning have been provided within the scope of the study.