bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Aplicação de Aprendizado Profundo na Classificação de Imagens de Patologias da Construção Civil: Análise de Data Augmentation para Bancos de Dados Desbalanceados
Authors: Medeiros Laís , Carvalho Ottoni André Luiz , Novo Marcela
Published: January 2024

O desafio das inspeções inteligentes na construção civil tem como referência a discriminação de imagens baseada em reconhecimento de padrões. Nesse cenário, a identificação e executada por arquiteturas de aprendizado profundo como as Redes Neurais Convolucionais, através de um grande conjunto de imagens. No entanto, a captura tradicional de fotografias em alta proporção e lenta, custosa e acompanhada de erros humanos, portanto inviável em parte das aplicações. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar a classificação de rachaduras em bancos desbalanceados, através de técnicas de data augmentation (DA). A metodologia adotada propõe a geração de imagens artificiais a partir de transformações de imagens. Em seguida, são analisados os experimentos de validação, treinamento e testes no software Edge Impulse. Após os experimentos baseados nas métricas de acurácia, F1-score, precisão e recall, os resultados avaliaram que os bancos compostos por balanceamento atingiram os melhores índices de classificação, em comparação ao banco desbalanceado. Além disso, a transformação Correção Gamma se destacou com o maior percentual de acertos para rachaduras de 97,90%, tendo também sua acurácia em 96,17%. Ante o exposto, a contribuição do presente trabalho compõe o aperfeiçoamento da pesquisa em balanceamento por DA aplicado a classificação de imagens de rachaduras.
Obtenção de novos potenciais biomarcadores para o câncer de mama com o auxílio da inteligência artificial explicável
Authors: Souza Luísa , Azevedo Karolayne , Dalmolin Matheus , Fernandes Marcelo
Published: January 2024

O câncer de mama é a neoplasia maligna mais comum em ambos os sexos, representando um quarto dos diagnósticos de câncer em mulheres. Para melhorar a identificação e o desenvolvimento de terapias mais eficazes, e fundamental encontrar potenciais biomarcadores de prognostico. Neste estudo, uma abordagem foi desenvolvida utilizando técnicas de aprendizado de máquina e inteligência artificial explicável para identificar genes relevantes na distinção entre câncer de mama é tecido normal. Os resultados deste estudo revelaram um total de 74 genes com potencial importância na classificação. Algumas características desses genes mostraram evidencias de influenciar a expressão do câncer de mama, tornando-os possíveis biomarcadores prognósticos. Essa abordagem inovadora, que combina aprendizado de máquina e inteligência artificial explicável, pode fornecer insights valiosos sobre os mecanismos moleculares subjacentes ao câncer de mama. A identificação de genes com relevancia na classificação pode contribuir para o desenvolvimento de terapias mais direcionadas e personalizadas, melhorando assim o prognostico e o tratamento dos pacientes com câncer de mama.
Exploring Natural Language Processing for FakeNews Detection and Classification: A Comparative Analysis of Naive Bayes, SVM and XGBoost
Authors: Lira Junior Paulo Henrique , Cabral Luciano
Published: January 2024

In the digital age, the spread of fake news has emerged as a significant issue, demanding the need for reliable and scalable solutions to preserve the trustworthiness of news sources and safeguard public opinion. This study proposes an exploration of the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques for the detection and categorization of fake news. Our specific focus lies on three widely used machine learning algorithms: Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machines (SVM), and XGBoost. By conducting a comprehensive evaluation of these approaches, our objective is to assess their effectiveness in identifying fake news articles and contribute to the development of robust tools for countering misinformation.
Aprendizagem de máquina aplicada à estratificação de risco de mortalidade de recém-nascidos associados a partos prematuros
Authors: Oliveira Yasmin , Freitas Gabriel , Barros Wysterlanya , Souza Luísa , Azevedo Karolayne , Barbosa Raquel , Fernandes Marcelo
Published: January 2024

Este artigo apresenta um estudo que utiliza técnicas de aprendizado de máquina não supervisionado, com foco na técnica t-SNE, para estratificar o risco de mortalidade em recém-nascidos prematuros. A metodologia adotada envolve a coleta de dados das bases governamentais do Sistemas de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) e do Sistemas de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM), a seleção de variáveis relevantes e a criação de um conjunto de dados unificado. Após a remoção de outliers e dados faltantes, o conjunto de dados final contém informações de 52.673 recém-nascidos. A técnica t-SNE e aplicada para identificar padrões e estruturas nos dados, permitindo a estratificação do risco de mortalidade neonatal. Os resultados obtidos são avaliados e interpretados, destacando as variáveis mais relevantes para a estratificação do risco. Essa abordagem inovadora tem o potencial de aprimorar os cuidados e os resultados de saúde para recém-nascidos prematuros, fornecendo insights valiosos para a tomada de decisões informadas no âmbito da saúde pública.
Benefit–cost analysis of a low-impact development design
Authors: Hidayah Entin , Widiarti Wiwik Yunarni , Wiyono Retno Utami Agung , Dermawan Very , Fadhilah Dea , Tahir Wardah
Published: January 2024

The urban development increase in the built-up areas leads to more impervious areas with the consequence of larger runoff. Undeniably, this excess water has many benefits. Low-impact development (LID) is one of the innovations to conserve wasted runoff water. The two LID scenarios (water storage – WS; infiltration – I) under different rainfall depths (20, 25, 30, 35 mm) are assessed using Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) and analyzed based on their benefit–cost. This study aims to evaluate the hydrological performance and the benefit–cost ratio to identify the optimal LID design. The benefit calculation is not only projected by runoff reduction aspects, but also the other opportunities aspects. Based on the hydrological performance, scenario I shows a higher runoff reduction performance than scenario WS. Based on the benefits aspects studied, scenario I provides greater benefits with more cost than the WS scenario. Rainfall depth influenced the life cycle cost with 20-mm WS scenario experiencing faster payback period than other scenarios.
A New Strategy for Obesity Treatment: Revealing the Frontiers of Anti-obesity Medications
Authors: Huang Pan-Feng , Wang Qi-Yu , Chen Rong-Bin , Wang Ya-Di , Wang Yuan-Yuan , Liu Jiang-Hua , Xiao Xin-Hua , Liao Zhe-Zhen
Published: January 2024

Obesity dramatically increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, fatty liver,
hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, causing both declines in quality of
life and life expectancy, which is a serious worldwide epidemic. At present, more and
more patients with obesity are choosing drug therapy. However, given the high failure
rate, high cost, and long design and testing process for discovering and developing
new anti-obesity drugs, drug repurposing could be an innovative method and
opportunity to broaden and improve pharmacological tools in this context. Because
different diseases share molecular pathways and targets in the cells, anti-obesity drugs
discovered in other fields are a viable option for treating obesity. Recently, some drugs
initially developed for other diseases, such as treating diabetes, tumors, depression,
alcoholism, erectile dysfunction, and Parkinson's disease, have been found to exert
potential anti-obesity effects, which provides another treatment prospect. In this
review, we will discuss the potential benefits and barriers associated with these drugs
being used as obesity medications by focusing on their mechanisms of action when
treating obesity. This could be a viable strategy for treating obesity as a significant
advance in human health.
Heritage Languages in the Digital Age
Authors: Reershemius Gertrud
Published: January 2024

In light of changing digital communication, this book addresses issues including a shift from a focus on oral to written practices; the rise of new communities of practice and communicative domains; and the need for resulting shifts in language policy and teaching methods when applied to minority (or autochthonous) heritage languages.
Home-Based Cognitive Intervention for Healthy Older Adults Through Asking Robots Questions: Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Tokunaga Seiki , Sekiguchi Takuya , Watanabe Miura Kumi , Sugimoto Hikaru , S Abe Masato , Tamura Kazuhiro , Kishimoto Taishiro , Kudo Takashi , Otake-Matsuura Mihoko
Published: January 2024

Background

Asking questions is common in conversations, and while asking questions, we need to listen carefully to what others say and consider the perspective our questions adopt. However, difficulties persist in verifying the effect of asking questions on older adults’ cognitive function due to the lack of a standardized system for conducting experiments at participants’ homes.

Objective

This study examined the intervention effect of cognitive training moderated by robots on healthy older adults. A focus on the feasibility of the intervention at participants’ homes was also maintained. Feasibility was evaluated by considering both the dropout rate during the intervention and the number of questions posed to each participant during the experiment.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled trial with 81 adults older than 65 years. Participants were recruited through postal invitations and then randomized into 2 groups. The intervention group (n=40) received sessions where participants listened to photo-integrated stories and posed questions to the robots. The control group (n=41) received sessions where participants listened to photo-integrated stories and only thanked the robots for confirming participation. The participants participated in 12 dialogue sessions for 2-3 weeks. Scores of global cognitive functioning tests, recall tests, and verbal fluency tasks measured before and after the intervention were compared between the 2 groups.

Results

There was no significant intervention effect on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-Japanese scores, recall tests, and verbal fluency tasks. Additionally, our study successfully concluded with no participant dropouts at follow-up, confirming the feasibility of our approach.

Conclusions

There was no statistically significant evidence indicating intervention benefits for cognitive functioning. Although the feasibility of home-based interventions was demonstrated, we identified areas for improvement in the future, such as setting up more efficient session themes. Further research is required to identify the effectiveness of an improved cognitive intervention involving the act of asking questions.
Electronic Health Record and Semantic Issues Using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources: Systematic Mapping Review (Preprint)
Authors: Amar Fouzia , April Alain , Abran Alain
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND

The increasing use of electronic health records and the Internet of Things has led to interoperability issues at different levels (structural and semantic). Standards are important not only for successfully exchanging data but also for appropriately interpreting them (semantic interoperability). Thus, to facilitate the semantic interoperability of data exchanged in health care, considerable resources have been deployed to improve the quality of shared clinical data by structuring and mapping them to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard.

OBJECTIVE

The aims of this study are 2-fold: to inventory the studies on FHIR semantic interoperability resources and terminologies and to identify and classify the approaches and contributions proposed in these studies.

METHODS

A systematic mapping review (SMR) was conducted using 10 electronic databases as sources of information for inventory and review studies published during 2012 to 2022 on the development and improvement of semantic interoperability using the FHIR standard.

RESULTS

A total of 70 FHIR studies were selected and analyzed to identify FHIR resource types and terminologies from a semantic perspective. The proposed semantic approaches were classified into 6 categories, namely mapping (31/126, 24.6%), terminology services (18/126, 14.3%), resource description framework or web ontology language–based proposals (24/126, 19%), annotation proposals (18/126, 14.3%), machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) proposals (20/126, 15.9%), and ontology-based proposals (15/126, 11.9%). From 2012 to 2022, there has been continued research in 6 categories of approaches as well as in new and emerging annotations and ML and NLP proposals. This SMR also classifies the contributions of the selected studies into 5 categories: framework or architecture proposals, model proposals, technique proposals, comparison services, and tool proposals. The most frequent type of contribution is the proposal of a framework or architecture to enable semantic interoperability.

CONCLUSIONS

This SMR provides a classification of the different solutions proposed to address semantic interoperability using FHIR at different levels: collecting, extracting and annotating data, modeling electronic health record data from legacy systems, and applying transformation and mapping to FHIR models and terminologies. The use of ML and NLP for unstructured data is promising and has been applied to specific use case scenarios. In addition, terminology services are needed to accelerate their use and adoption; furthermore, techniques and tools to automate annotation and ontology comparison should help reduce human interaction.
Impacts of Telehealth Adoption on the Quality of Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: A Retrospective Observational Analysis of VA Administrative Data (Preprint)
Authors: Cummings Camilla , Raja Pushpa , Gabrielian Sonya , Doran Neal
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND

Telehealth implementation can be challenging for persons with serious mental illness (SMI), which may impact their quality of care and health outcomes. The literature on telehealth’s impacts on SMI care outcomes is mixed, necessitating further investigation.

OBJECTIVE

We examined the impacts of facility-level telehealth adoption on quality of care metrics over time among patients with SMI.

METHODS

We analyzed Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data across 138 facilities from January 2021-December 2022. We performed longitudinal mixed-effects regressions to identify relationships between the proportion of facility-level telehealth visits and SMI specialty care quality metrics: engagement with primary care; access and continuity of care across a range of mental health services including psychotherapy/psychosocial rehabilitation, SMI-specific intensive outpatient programs and intensive case management; and continuity of mental healthcare after a high-risk event, e.g., suicide attempt.

RESULTS

Facilities with a higher proportion of telehealth visits had reduced access and continuity of physical and mental healthcare for patients with SMI (P<.05). Higher telehealth adoption was associated with reduced primary care engagement (z=-4.04), reduced access to and continuity in SMI-specific intensive case management (z=-4.49, z=-3.15), reductions in the continuity of care within psychotherapy and psychosocial rehabilitation (z=-3.74), and continuity of care after a high-risk event (z=-2.46). Telehealth uptake initially increased access to intensive outpatient but did not improve its continuity over time (z=-4.47). Except for continuity within SMI-specific intensive case management (z=2.62), continuity did not improve over time as telehealth became routinized.

CONCLUSIONS

Although telehealth helped preserve healthcare access during the pandemic, telehealth may have tradeoffs with regards to quality of care for some individuals with SMI. These data suggest that engagement strategies employed by SMI-specific intensive case management may have preserved quality and could benefit other settings. Strategies that enhance telehealth implementation—selected through a health equity lens—may improve quality of care among patients with SMI.

CLINICALTRIAL

N/A
Категория видимого / невидимого в цикле Д. А. Емца «ШНыр»
Authors:   Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University (27, Lenin Ave., 400005 Volgograd, Russian Federation), Putilo Anna O. , Putilo Oleg O.
Published: January 2024

Introduction. In Christian fantasy, the visible/invisible dichotomy is closely related to such a religious and philosophical concept as knowledge and corresponds to the Christian concept of the universe. The purpose of our article is the need to analyze the features of the perception of Christian doctrine, implemented within the framework of the above category on the example of fantasy prose. The choice of the Russian writer Dmitry Alexandrovich Yemts as the material of the “SHNyr” cycle is justified by the presence of Christian aesthetics and philosophy in his novels, as well as their relative lack of study. Results and conclusions. The article concludes that the category of the visible / invisible in the D. Yemts cycle “Shnyr” is associated with such a religious and philosophical concept as knowledge, and corresponds to the Christian concept of the universe. The visible/invisible dichotomy defines the specifics of an artistic space composed of three worlds: superdense, material and subtle. In the center of the superdense dvushka (two-room apartment) there is God, the only invisible one in the true sense of the word. All other characters and things belonging to other worlds can only be considered conditionally invisible. The category of the visible / invisible in the “SHNyr” cycle, first of all, is not related to the object of vision, but to how perfect the subject of action is, i.e. how perfect the one who sees them is. Above all, the absolute is God, then His likeness are the people with varying degrees of perfection/ holiness, and below all fallen beings are the Elbs. The categories under study are closely linked to the idea of the cycle — the desire of people to know (see) the divine grain in each other and in everything around them.
Северный Кавказ: взгляд социолога на региональные процессы (к 90-летию А. В. Дмитриева)
Authors:   Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (41, Chekhov Ave., 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation), Gritsenko Galina D.
Published: January 2024

Introduction. For a long time, the North Caucasus has been the object of research by various scientific schools, whose representatives are scientists whose scientific heritage is relevant for the current stage of development of the North Caucasian community. The purpose of the study is to describe the role and significance of the ideas expressed by the outstanding sociologist A. V. Dmitriev about the essence of ethno political processes in the modern world and in particular in the North Caucasus. Materials and methods. In our work, we relied on the most significant works by A. V. Dmitriev on the causes of ethno political instability in the North Caucasus and ways to ensure the dynamic development of the region. The empirical base is represented by statistical data and official documents. Comparative statistical analysis and content analysis of official documents were used. Results. The analytical material obtained made it possible to substantiate the relevance of the estimates and forecasts made by A. V. Dmitriev almost 20 years ago. In particular, the reasons justified by scientists for the inefficiency of financial and economic policy in some subjects of the Federation, forming the North Caucasus Federal District, have been confirmed in the current regional situation. Some prognostic estimates of A. V. Dmitriev have been implemented.
Состояние преступности в Республике Калмыкия
Authors:   Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, I. K. Ilishkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation), Badmaeva Nogan V.
Published: January 2024

The article provides an assessment of the state of crime in the Republic of Kalmykia. The purpose of the article is to evaluate the crime level in the Republic of Kalmykia. The tasks set by the author were to analyze statistical data in the republic as a whole and by district; it was also important to consider all-Russian trends and the state of crime in the regions neighboring the republic. In recent years, crime in our country has been undergoing quantitative as well qualitative changes: there is a decrease in the level of violent, property, and youth crime, while the number of cybercrimes is growing. The analysis of statistical data showed that the largest number of crimes is observed in the Rostov region, followed by the Volgograd region and Stavropol Territory, with the lowest number of crimes in the Astrakhan region and Kalmykia. There is a positive trend towards a decrease in the number of registered crimes in the Republic of Kalmykia. According to this indicator, this region occupies one of the leading places in the country. There are two negative trends that have been identified: increase in recidivism and a very high proportion of people without a regular income among those who have committed crimes.
Об этике буддиста-мирянина (на материале ойратского перевода «Сутры о плоде»)
Authors:   Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation), Mirzaeva Saglara V.
Published: January 2024

The article examines the manuscript Calm D 16 in Oirat «clear letter» «Ači üreyin sudur» («Cause and Effect Sūtra») from the manuscript collection of the Library of the Oriental Faculty of St. Petersburg State University. This sutra refers to Buddhist apocryphal (non-canonical) writings, which in some traditions of Tibetan literature were considered to be the untrue «word of the Buddha», and therefore were not always included in the Buddhist canon. Despite the fact that it was translated from Chinese, in Tibetan and Mongolian translations it entered the Kagyur (Ganjur), and was obviously used by Buddhist priests for didactic purposes to educate the lay community. According to the content, the sutra is a conversation between the Buddha and the disciple Ananda, which explains the consequences of good and evil deeds, which are built into a certain system of ethical norms for a lay Buddhist. Positive actions include cultivating compassion, practicing the six paramitas, making offerings to Buddhist temples, stupas, the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), as well as to the Teacher and parents, reading aloud, rewriting, contributing to rewriting and reflecting on the Mahayana sutras. Negative actions in the sutra are actions that lead to suffering of living beings: inflicting pain, intimidation, hunting, theft, murder, etc., showing disrespect towards the Three Jewels, the Teacher, the sacred texts of the sutras, the monastic sangha. A comparison of the Oirat translation with the Tibetan and Mongolian canonical versions as part of the Kagyur (Ganjur) shows that the Oirat text is based on either another Tibetan version or an independent revision different from the canonical Mongolian text.
Авторские сказки Н. А. Алексеева: традиция, специфика
Authors:   M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (42, Kulakovsky str., 677007 Yakutsk, Russian Federation), Petrova Svetlana I. , Pavlova Nadezhda V. ,   Institute of Humanitarian Studies and Problems of Small Peoples of the North SB RAS (1, Petrovsky str., 677027 Yakutsk, Russian Federation)
Published: January 2024

The purpose of this work is to identify the compositional and stylistic features of the texts of the author’s fairy tales by historian, ethnographer, folklorist N. A. Alekseev. The scientific novelty of this work consists in examining one unknown facet of the work of a prominent scientist in the field of ethnography and folklore of the peoples of Siberia N. A. Alekseev — the works of children’s fairy tales. In Yakut literary and folklore studies, this issue has not yet been the object of special research. Results. For the first time, five author’s fairy tales of the famous scientist were analyzed separately, such as «The Deer — Golden Horns», «Bunny-Aika and the Chipmunk», «The Tale of the Little Town», «The Merry Drummer», «The Tale of Two Friends», and their compositional and stylistic features were revealed. The main results of the study are related to the characteristics of the language and the style of the author’s fairy tales, which contribute to the creation of an atmosphere of magic and the display of magical actions in fairy-tale plots, as a result, the character system, the composition of the author’s fairy tales by N. A. Alekseev correspond to the canons of traditional fairy tales, which form the spiritual and moral qualities and norms of young and middle-aged children. The author’s fairy tales by N. A. Alekseev are based on the folklore tradition of the Yakut people.
«Кризис поступка» героя в повести А. Д. Галахова «Старое зеркало»
Authors:   Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (17, Severnaya Dvina Emb., 163000 Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation), Shevtsova Tatiana V.
Published: January 2024

The purpose of the article is to characterize the literary hero of the story “The Old Mirror”, written by the author, who appeared under the pseudonym Sto-odin on the pages of the magazine “Otechestvennye Zapiski” in 1845. The study of the Russian novels of the forties of the XIX century, in particular the novels of A.D. Galakhov, are relevant in the context of the search for a model of the hero in the Russian literature. Results. The article deals with the problem of tradition and innovation in the depiction of the Russian literary hero. The issue of the appearance of the “incomprehensible hero” in the world of Russian novels of the second third of the XIX century is being discussed. The situation on the “crisis of the deed” is interpreted as a result of the ontological uncertainty of the hero in the world.
Мотив превращения в калмыцких сказках на сюжетный тип АТ 400 «Муж (жена) ищет исчезнувшую жену (мужа)»
Authors:   Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation), Goryaeva Baira B.
Published: January 2024

Introduction. In the foundation of Kalmyk folktales, there are several options of the plot type ATU 400 «The Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife». In these fairy tales the motif of the hero’s transformation is a plot-forming one. Goals. In this article, for the first time in Kalmyk folklore studies, the motif of transformation is considered in Kalmyk Folktales of the Plot Type ATU 400. Results. In terms of gender, in fairy tales based on the plot of AT 400, the snake is represented in a male hypostasis. This character is localized on earth in the middle world of people (thickets of weeds, steppe). The image of a wonderful spouse in the form of a frog gives its localization in the water element (sea, river). When burning the skin of a snake / frog, the spouse, a representative of the upper world, ascends to heaven in the guise of a yellow–headed swan. The motif of the transformation of a wonderful spouse shows the «ease» of the transformation of a snake into a bird, in the considered texts — a swan. The attribute of a snake /frog is «golden», represented in various forms, starting from a golden belly and ending with a golden ring, an intermediate link can be called a golden trail left by a snake. This feature indicates belonging to another world and reflects the connection of the components of the semantic series «golden — sunny». In the image of the yellow-headed swan, in addition to the white color, which correlates with solar semantics, yellow is also noted, reinforcing this connection.
Ausencia política: el reto de Arévalo en Guatemala
Authors: Melville Rubio José Antonio
Published: January 2024

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una perspectiva en torno a la comunicación política y las capacidades gubernamentales que no penda de la presencia, sino de la ausencia; que se fije en lo que se oculta y no en lo que se muestra. Se busca presentar esta perspectiva a partir de las presencias, ausencias y otredades que los métodos de ensamblajes de actores-red producen para brindar un recuento histórico de lo que ha sido Guatemala, con dos motivos: Uno, dar cuenta de las prácticas atávicas que continúan presentes en el país, tomando como punto de partida el último trecho de los Acuerdos de Paz; y, dos, echar un vistazo hacia lo que la nueva administración de Bernardo Arévalo enfrentará, partiendo desde el gobierno saliente de Alejandro Giammattei
A Qualitative Case Study on the education of child abuse reporting obligators: Focusing on Childcare Teachers
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee jee eun , Im hee soo
Published: January 2024

Objectives The purpose of this study is to suggest problems and improvement directions based on teachers' thoughts on the education of child abuse reporting obligators, which is one of the compulsory education that child-care teachers should take every year.
Methods In 2022, 16 childcare teachers working at daycare centers in Busan who participated in customized child abuse prevention education conducted from May to November by the Busan City Hall's Childbirth and Child Care Division were selected for the study.
Results As a result of the data analysis, first, the method of listening to the child abuse reporting compulsory edu-cation was divided into the teacher who listened online and the teacher who attended both online and face-to-face classes, but most of the teachers preferred the online class which was comfortable to listen to.Second, most of the compulsory child abuse reporting education was composed of similar educational con-tents, and the educational method that teachers wanted was a small group face-to-face class that can answer questions.
Conclusions The results of this study are significant in that they examined the problems of child abuse reporting obligor education and suggested policy and educational measures based on teachers' thoughts on matters that need to be improved politically and educationally to prevent child abuse.
An Analysis on Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Perceptions of AI-Convergence Education
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Yoo Yeo Kyung , Chung Jae Young
Published: January 2024

Objectives The purpose of this study is to determine the level of awareness of secondary school mathematics teachers on the use of AI in mathematics education and the use of AI in various stages of lesson design.
Methods A survey was conducted among 126 math teachers working in secondary schools. To analyze the survey results, the frequency, mean value, and standard deviation of each question were analyzed. In addition, in-dependent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance were conducted to check the significance of differ-ences in respondents' characteristics as needed.
Results The main findings of the study are as follows First, the results of the chi-square test were used to de-termine the statistical significance of whether the respondents had experience in teaching using A.I. Second, the chi-square test was used to determine whether the respondents had experience in teaching using A.I. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in age and teaching experience, and the higher the age and teaching experience, the more teachers who had experience in teaching using A.I.. Third, the items that mathematics teachers expect more help from A.I. in lesson design are “diagnosing various learning problems by visualizing learner data (M=4.47),” “analyzing learning data such as learners' learning styles and learning patterns (M=4.4),” and “providing learning materials to overcome learning deficiencies (M=4.37)”. Fourth, when analyzing the perceptions of using AI in each stage of lesson design according to individual characteristics, the female mean (M=4.16) of ‘lesson design and development stage’ was higher than the male mean (M=3.88), and the difference was statistically significant.
Conclusions Based on the results of the analysis, the following implications can be drawn for school math classes and lesson design activities. First, it is necessary to develop the professionalism of secondary math teachers so that math education using AI can be introduced and actively applied in the school field. Second, it is necessary to develop and disseminate teaching materials utilizing AI so that math education using AI can be activated. Third, research on AI-based math teaching and learning platforms is needed so that AI can be utilized in each stage of lesson design. Fourth, research and development of automatic grading systems utilizing AI technology should be conducted to support math education.
Performance Assessment of Educational Welfare Policy Using the CIPP Model
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Yoo Myunghyun , Yim Se Min , Song Ji Hoon
Published: January 2024

Objectives This study aims to assess the effectiveness of educational welfare projects and suggest strategies for enhancing educational welfare policies.
Methods The study employed the CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) evaluation model to evaluate the op-erational procedures and outcomes of educational welfare projects.
Results The evaluation covered various aspects, including local government support, schools, student involve-ment, public relations, networks, material and human resources, program planning and implementation, intra- and inter-school collaboration, program content, case management, network effectiveness, student progress, and overall satisfaction.
Conclusions The study's findings offer a comprehensive insight into the performance and potential areas for en-hancement in educational welfare projects. The conclusions and recommendations provide essential insights for developing educational welfare policies.
Analysis of the differences in coping alternatives for college entrance examinees according to psychological distance control
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Jin Suk , Jeong So Hee
Published: January 2024

Objectives This study was conducted to determine whether there is a difference in the way test takers, who are emotionally vulnerable due to the college entrance examination, create alternatives to cope with conflict situations when they control psychological distance through self-distancing.
Methods The subjects of the experimental study were 40 prospective high school seniors who completed their second year of high school and took classes during the winter vacation as a preparation course for their third year, and they would be suitable for the purpose of the experiment because they had the highest academic stress throughout their school years. An experimental design was conducted to verify whether self-distancing had a sig-nificant effect on the generation of coping alternatives. Two scenarios were presented that set the psychological distance far and close according to the construal level theory in the situation commonly occurring among test tak-ers when the mock test was taken in the same form as the college entrance exam. The t-test and multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA) were used as analysis methods.
Results There was a significant difference in coping style between the self-immersion group who accepted as what happened to them and the self-distancing group who accepted as what happened to others. Compared to groups that are psychologically distanced from themselves, they created more alternatives to cope with conflict situations than those who are immersed in their work, and created more flexible and creative alternatives in quality. Looking at each sub-area of coping alternatives, the self-distancing group had a high percentage of pos-itive coping alternatives to solve problems and low percentage of negative coping. In contrast, the self-immersion group had a high response rate with negative copin and a low response rate with problem-oriented alternatives.
Conclusions This study suggests that adolescents' use of cognitive methods such as self-distancing in conflict situations is effective in coping effectively.
A Grounded Theory Study on the Experience of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Group Counseling
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee Sulim
Published: January 2024

Objectives The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences and changes of participants in a Dialectical Behavior Therapy(DBT) skills training group counseling.
Methods To do this, a 12-week DBT skills training group counseling was conducted for 11 graduate students, and data from participant reflections recording data and reports were collected for each session, and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. The open coding, axis coding, process analysis and selective coding was conducted.
Results The analysis resulted in a total of 154 concepts, 43 subcategories, and 19 categories. The central phe-nomena that emerged were ‘self-awareness and hope’ and ‘will for growth,’ while causal conditions included ‘emotional difficulties,’ ‘cognitive difficulties,’ ‘behavioral difficulties,’ and ‘self-identity difficulties.’ Contextual conditions encompassed ‘hesitancy about group participation,’ ‘confronting one's own inadequacies,’ and ‘difficulties in applying the skills.’ Mediating conditions included ‘group cohesion’ and ‘positive interactions within the group.’ Action/interaction strategies involved ‘opening the heart’ and ‘trying,’ and the outcomes included ‘e-motional change,’ ‘cognitive change,’ ‘behavioral change,’ ‘self-identity change,’ and ‘interpersonal relationship change.’ Process analysis revealed the stages of DBT skills training group counseling as ‘facing pain and in-adequacy,’ ‘willingness for change,’ ‘self-disclosure and mutual encouragement,’ ‘effort,’ and ‘growth and change.’
Conclusions The study confirmed the group counseling experience and positive changes of the DBT skills training group counseling participants.
The Influence of Perfectionistic Self-Presentation on Loneliness of University Students: The Moderating Effect of Self-Concept Clarity
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Choi HuiJeong , Lee HeeKyung
Published: January 2024

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perfectionistic self-presentation and loneliness of university students, and to explore moderating effect of self-concept clarity on the process.
Methods To verify this, the survey was conducted on 388 university students through RUKS, PSPS-K, SCCS.
Results The results of this study include the followings. First, perfectionistic self-presentation showed a positive correlation with loneliness. The self-concept clarity had negative correlation with perfectionistic self-pre-sentation, loneliness. Second, the negative effects of perfectionistic self-presentation on loneliness have been buffered by self-concept clarity. Third, under the condition where self-concept clarity is high, loneliness de-creases as ‘perfectionistic self promotion’ increase. And as the level of self-concept clarity increase, the influence of ‘nondisplay of imperfection’ and ‘nondisclosure of imperfection’ on loneliness lessened.
Conclusions This study suggested that even if there is a perfectionistic self-presentation characteristic, if the self-concept is clear, it can not only be a protective factor against loneliness, but also an adaptive strategy of inter-personal relationships if the functional aspects of the perfectionistic self-presentation’s sub-factors are utilized. Furthermore, it suggests that even in everyday scenes, individuals can independently overcome interpersonal problems by clearly understanding themselves.
Relationship between perceived negative parenting attitude and adolescents' life satisfaction: Moderated mediating effects of depression and emotion recognition ability
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Park Min Ju , Lee Hee Young , Koh Eun Young
Published: January 2024

Objectives This study aimed to examine whether depression mediates and emotion recognition ability moderates the relationship between adolescents' perceived negative parenting attitude and life satisfaction.
Methods Data of middle school freshmen from the ‘2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey’ were used for the analysis. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and reliability analysis were conducted through SPSS. The mediating effect of depression on the relationship between perceived negative parenting attitude and life sat-isfaction, the moderating effect of emotional recognition ability on the relationship between perceived negative parenting attitude and depression, and the moderated mediating effect of the combination of those two models were analyzed.
Results First, perceived negative parenting attitude showed a negative correlation with life satisfaction and emo-tion recognition ability and a positive correlation with depression. Second, depression was found to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between perceived negative parenting attitude and life satisfaction. Third, emotion recognition ability was found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between perceived negative parenting attitude and depression. Fourth, depression and emotion recognition ability had a moderated mediating effect on the relationship between perceived negative parenting attitude and life satisfaction.
Conclusions This study provided an empirical understanding of how perceived negative parenting attitudes ef-fects adolescents' life satisfaction and the possibility of introducing counseling intervention using emotion recog-nition capabilities for depressed adolescents. The significance and implications of the study were suggested, and the limitations and future research diresctions were discussed based on the findings.
The relationship between self-determination, emotional regulation ability, and career resilience among model major university students
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Park Sun-Hee , Jung Sun-Ok
Published: January 2024

Objectives This research was conducted to explore the relationship between Self-Determination, emotional reg-ulation ability, and career resilience among model major university students.
Methods This research was conducted to explore the relationship between Self-Determination, emotional regu-lation ability, and career resilience among model major university students. The collected data were then analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21. The data were analyzed using frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, ex-ploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency coefficient ((Cronbach's α)α), correla-tion analysis, path analysis, and bootstrapping using Hayes' (2013) PROCESS macro mediation test technique. All statistical significance was set at α=.05.
Results The results are as follows: First, connectedness and competence had a positive influence on emotional regulation ability. Second, connectedness and emotional regulation ability had a positive influence on career adaptability. Third, in the mediation analysis of emotional regulation, it was confirmed that emotional regulation played a mediating role in the relationship between connectedness, competence, and career adaptability.
Conclusions These findings highlight the importance of multidimensional discussions on emotional regulation management and fostering positive relationships for enhancing the flexible career development of model major university students.
Development and Validation of Career Barrier Inventory(CBI) for Elementary School Students of South Korea
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Seongok Yuhoa , Seo Wooseok
Published: January 2024

Objectives This study was to systematically develop a Career Barrier Inventory(CBI) for upper elementary school students and verify its validity.
Methods The concept of the career barriers were defined and sub-factors of the career barriers were derived based on the monistic view limited to contextual barriers(Lent et al., 1994/2000) and related previous studies. Preliminary items were developed through previous studies. And a preliminary scale of 27 items was developed through the expert’s content validity verification and the subjects’ understanding of the prior items. A preliminary survey was conducted targeting upper grades of elementary school students nationwide, and 136 of the collected data were used for exploratory factor analysis. The main survey sampled a different group from the preliminary survey across the country, and 236 (94.4%) of the collected data were used in CFA, through which the optimal CBI for elementary school students was developed and a systematic validation procedure was performed.
Results The Major results were as follows; First, through EFA using preliminary survey data, four latent factor were validly extracted and reliability was secured. Second, as a result of CFA using the main survey data, three items with a standardized regression weights(β) of .50 or less were removed and the goodness of fit index for the final CBI measurement model (24 items) were reviewed, and all were good. Third, as a result of calculating the AVE and C.R., of each sub-factor, all of the evaluation criteria were satisfied and the construct validity was verified. Fourth, as a result of conducting a correlation analysis based on social support, self-esteem and self-efficacy measure-ment tools to verify criterion validity, the correlations among sub-factors of each variable were all significant. And the overall the reliability (Cronbach’s α) of the final CBI, was found to be .912, and the reliability of each sub-factor was also confirmed to be good.
Conclusions Based on the monistic career barriers advocated in Social Cognitive Career Theory, the concept and sub-factors of career barriers for upper grades of elementary school students were identified and a CBI for upper grades of elementary school students whose reliability and validity were verified through systematic procedure was developed.
Exploring Factors Influencing Grit in Elementary School Students Using Random Forest
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, KIM Sojung , YUN Ga-young
Published: January 2024

Objectives The purposes of this study were to select relevant variables and analyze them through random forest to explore factors influencing grit in elementary school students.
Methods For this purpose, Utilizing data from the 11th to 13th waves of the Korean Children's Panel, 1,359 sub-jects were analyzed after excluding cases with missing grit values. Random forest analysis was conducted using 41 selected variables for grit, perseverance, and interest consistency.
Results In the analysis results, it was predominantly observed that certain child-related variables significantly in-fluenced grit and its aspects. For grit, variables like executive function, diligence, school adaptation, academic stress, and career maturity were crucial. Consistency of interests was notably affected by executive function, dili-gence, career maturity, academic stress, and school adaptation. Perseverance of effort was influenced by dili-gence, executive function, learning attitude, school adaptation, and self-esteem. Generally, higher levels of these variables were associated with increased grit in children.
Conclusions To foster a child's grit, it's crucial to help them acquire executive function strategies, maintain a dili-gent attitude, and create a supportive environment for school adaptation. While the direct influence of parental and school characteristics on a child's grit is relatively minor compared to individual factors, establishing a suitable en-vironment and providing psychological and emotional support at both school and home will aid in children's grit development.