bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
HEMŞİRELER İLE ÜNİVERSİTE ÇALIŞANLARININ YOĞUN BAKIM TEDAVİLERİNE DÖNÜK DÜŞÜNCELERİ
Authors: DEĞİRMEN Nuriye
Published: September 2023

Amaç: Araştırma hemşirelerle üniversite çalışanlarının yoğun bakım tedavilerine dönük düşüncelerini değerlendirmek amacıyla planlanmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı kesitsel çalışma, bir üniversite ve hastanesinde 161 gönüllü katılımcıya, 2018 yılında, yüz yüze anket yöntemiyle uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 34 yıldır. Katılımcıların yarısından fazlası kadındır. Katılımcıların üçte birinden fazlası evlidir. Örneklemde sayı olarak idari personeller çoğunluktadır ve sonrasında hemşireler ve akademisyenler bulunmaktadır. Sağlık kontrollerini yaptırdığını belirten bireyler içerisinde hemşireler çoğunluktadır. Egzersiz yapmayan idari personel sayısı, hemşire sayısının iki katıdır. Dengeli beslendiğini belirten akademisyen ve hemşire sayısı birbirine yakınken, idari personel sayısı diğer iki meslek grubundan daha fazladır. Hemşirelerin “yoğun bakımın tedavi ve bakıma yönelik sıkıntılı süreçleri olan bir durumdur” düşüncesinin diğer gruplara göre fazla olduğu görülmüştür. Hemşireler ve idari personellerin, “yoğun bakımda tedavi görmenin nedeni psikolojik sorunlar olabilir” düşüncesi daha yaygındır. İdari personellerin, “sosyal yaşamda sıkıntılar yoğun bakımda tedavi almayı gerektirebilir” düşüncesi diğer gruplara göre daha fazladır. Hemşireler ilaç tedavilerinin yararlılığı ve hasta otonomisi konusunda daha duyarlıdır. İdari personeller ve hemşirelerin çoğunluğu tedavi, bakımda cinsiyet ayrımının yapılmamasının önemli olduğunu belirtmişlerdir. İdari personelde “tedavi, bakımda finansman sağlanması gerekir” düşüncesi diğer gruplara göre daha fazladır. Sonuç: hemşirelerin tedavi yararlılığı, birey özerkliği, nitelikli bakım konularında duyarlılığının daha fazla olduğu saptanmıştır. İdari çalışanların sosyal, psikolojik ve finansal sorunlara daha duyarlı olduğu, desteklenmeleri gerektiği sonucuna varılmıştır. Konuyla ilgili bireylerin eğitim gereksinimleri olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.
Rezension von: Gidal, Nachum T., Die Juden in Deutschland von der Römerzeit bis zur Weimarer Republik
Authors: Sundmacher Ingo , Gidāl Naḥûm Tim
Published: September 2023

Nachum T. Gidal: Die Juden in Deutschland von der Römerzeit bis zur Weimarer Republik. Mit e. Geleitwort von Marion Gräfin Dönhoff. - Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1988. - 440 S.: zahlr. Ill.
Rezension von: Brecht, Martin, Martin Luther Bd. 2 + 3
Authors: Wissner Martin , Brecht Martin
Published: September 2023

Martin Brecht: Martin Luther. - Stuttgart: Calwer Verl. - 2. Bd.: Ordnung und Abgrenzung der Reformation 1521-1532. - 1986. - 517 S.: Ill.3. Bd.: Die Erhaltung der Kirche 1532-1546. - 1987. - 471 S.: Ill.
"THE GREEN SHIPPING. STUDY ON REGULATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS FOR DECARBONISATION "
Authors:   Constanta Maritime University, Romania, BRÂNZĂ Grațiela
Published: September 2023

The maritime sector is responsible for more than 90% of world trade. This generates increasing international shipping fleet, that means significant contribution to environment pollution. In this context, appears the need for a cleaner maritime transport, a green one. The paper presents the concepts of “green shipping”, “eco-ship” and regulations that must be respected in relation to environment protection. This study highlights also the IMO’s regulations for green shipping, as IMO is the most important organization that support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships. The work examines briefly few options for decarbonisation in shipping, outlining the role of government policies, for huge investments in new and clean technologies and, also, in infrastructure for the production, distribution and utilisation of alternative marine fuels and biofuels.
STUDY OF HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND FUEL CONSUMPTION ON THE USUAL TRADING ROUTES OF VLCC (VERY LARGE CRUDE CARRIERS
Authors:   Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Naval Electro-Mechanics, 104 Mircea cel Batran Street, 900663, Constanta, Romania, ENE Iulian
Published: September 2023

" In this paper will be introduced some of the usual worldwide navigation routes of VLCC type vessels, with presentation of the data collected by the author on the voyages made by a ship with DWT = 307284 tons, during the period December 2015 – December 2018. For reasons of relevance, trips to the high seas lasting more than 7 days were chosen as much as possible. The objective is to investigate the usual hydro-meteorological conditions on some of the main trading patterns of the VLCC - Very Large Crude Carriers, (vessels intended for the transport of crude oil, with a carrying capacity of approximately two million barrels, DWT approximately 270000 - 330000 tons). Diagrams and tables with data collected are also presented. This may be of further assistance in studying the opportunities of using renewable energy sources, in particular the wind one, in order to improve the energy efficiency of such voyages. "
GENERATING A MESH TO DETERMINE THE BATHYMETRY IN THE HARBOUR
Authors:   Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Naval Electro-Mechanics, 104 Mircea cel Batran Street, 900663, Constanta, Romania, IGNAT Andreea-Irina , PANAITESCU Mariana ,   Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Naval Electro-Mechanics, PANAITESCU Fanel-Viorel ,   Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Naval Electro-Mechanics, 104 Mircea cel Batran Street, 900663, Constanta, Romania
Published: September 2023

"In this paper we present the steps to determine the bathymetry in the harbour. For this we can use software MIKE Zero to create various meshes, each designed to apply for a special modelling task. The bathymetry mesh is created from scratch and optimised to a satisfactory . "
A POINT OF VIEW ON FORMATIVE- EVALUATION OF PART- TIME STUDENTS IN CONSTANTA MARITIME UNIVERSITY- A CASE OF STUDY
Authors:   Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Naval Electro-Mechanics, 104 Mircea cel Batran Street, 900663, Constanta, Romania, MEMET Feiza
Published: September 2023

Part- time education is very attractive for students and universities, due to its obvious benefits related with economic, mobility and friendly education environment aspects. In Constanta Maritime University, part- time education is available for marine engineering, electrical engineering and navigation and waterborne transport programs. According to the Romanian legislation, the evaluation of part- time students consists in two types of assessment: formative evaluation and final evaluation. The formative evaluation is carried on by the use of the university’ E- Platform, while the final evaluation is face to face type- exactly like the one of full- time students. In the case of study, it is described the formative evaluation of part- time students enrolled in Marine Engineering program, second year of study, in the case of students’ performance assessment in Thermodynamics 1 Course. There are enrolled 52 students, but only 25 attended the formative evaluation, despite of the fact that this evaluation has a percentage in the final grade. This paper describes the manner in which this evaluation took place. Also, where analysed the reasons for not attendance and mistakes in test solving. Where identified the ways in which students performance might be improved, for a better understanding of the curricula.
EARLY TRANSHUMANISM IDEAS AND THEIR EXTENSIONS REGARDING EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Authors:   Constanta Maritime University, Romania, NUTU Catalin Silviu
Published: September 2023

This paper presents some very early transhumanism ideas and their relationship with the development of technology and how they almost virtually became reality in our days. Writers like Samuel Butler, Aldous Huxley or George Orwell have long time ago predicted some of the issues humankind will face and some of them also even suggested possible solutions to these future problems which nowadays have become reality. This paper also makes predictions about and presents extensions of these early transhumanism ideas, related to the very recent evolutions in technology and artificial intelligence, but it also presents related dangers and possible future evolutions and solutions to these actual problems, as envisioned by the author of this paper .
“17+1 Cooperation” in Central and Eastern Europe: Analysis of European and American Factors and Trends
Authors: Liu Siyang
Published: September 2023

Since the second decade of the 21st century, the world's great powers have increased their attention and investment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and the game between great powers has intensified. This paper aims to understand the interests and concerns of great powers or international organizations such as the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) in CEE, and analyze the positions and impact of great power factors on China- CEE cooperation ("17+1 Cooperation"). Through the analysis using a multidimensional hermeneutic approach, it can be seen that the EU plays a leading role in CEE, the US is deeply involved in CEE by providing military security and energy supply, and the interests pattern and interactions of the above parties in the CEE region are important external variables that directly or indirectly affect China-CEE cooperation. As a "latecomer", China's cooperation with CEE countries coexists with opportunities and challenges in the game of great powers. While there is some potential for cooperation, the road seems bumpy and long.
A case report of a rare endocervical-type typical polypoid adenomyoma
Authors: He Hua , Rouzi Nuermanguli , Chen Ting-An , Hou Yu , Zhang Ling , Zhao Guang-Zong
Published: September 2023

Introduction: Endocervical-type typical polypoid adenomyoma is an exceptionally rare benign tumor, which should be seldom reported to date. We aim to share our clinical experience about endocervical-type typical polypoid adenomyoma and review relevant publications to decrease the rates of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.

Case Report: A 15-year-old adolescent had recurrent irregular vaginal bleeding persisting for six months, and the vaginal mass could not be returned after toileting finally. Ultrasound examination revealed a huge mass with heterogeneous hypoechogenicity and prominent intramural blood flow, comprising multiple cystic areas. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated significant endometrial thickening, and a well-defined pedunculated mass of varying signal intensity protruding into the vaginal orifice. Hysteroscopy was performed, and a pathologic biopsy of the mass was conducted. Pathological analysis revealed an endometrial epithelial monolayer overlaying the tissue, with subtle glandular hyperplasia and partial gland expansion. The stroma consisted of fibrous connective tissue with a few smooth muscle fibers.

Conclusion: The prolapsed mass was confirmed as an endocervical-type typical polypoid adenomyoma. We successfully eradicated the tumor through hysteroscopy, leading to the restoration of normal cervical morphology, correction of anemia, and normalization of body temperature. During the procedure, we directly observed the pink mass, exhibiting cystic changes, encircling the hypertrophied cervix. Persistent exposure to high-dose estrogen may potentially play a significant role in the development of polypoid adenomyoma.
APPORT D’UNE REGIE FINANCIERE DANS LES RECETTES DE L’ETAT. « CAS DE DGRPT/ PROVINCE DE LA TSHOPO, VILLE DE KISANGANI, DE 2017 – 2021 ».
Authors: UMULEBETI Micheline NADUDU
Published: September 2023

Depuis la nuit de temps, les sociétés humaines ont toujours besoin des ressources en général et des ressources financières en particulier, pour assurer la couverture et la satisfaction de leur besoin. Dès lors, les Finances Publiques occupent une place considérable dans le fonctionnement et la survie des communautés humaines. Cependant, la mobilisation, l'utilisation, la répartition ainsi que l'évaluation de ces ressources nécessitent une bonne gestion pour assurer réellement et efficacement le fonctionnement harmonieux des collectivités et le développement socioéconomique de ces dernières. La République Démocratique du Congo est l'un des pays où la pauvreté et la précarité des conditions de vie sont l'expression caractéristiques de sa population, un pays où les périodes de guerres ont endommagé la quasi-totalité des infrastructures et unités productives.

l’Etat congolais attribue aux différentes régies financières la mission fiscale, celle de perception des droits et taxes, c’est le cas de la Direction Générale des Recettes de la Province de la Tshopo (DGRPT), DGDA, DGRAD, DGI. Nous ne parlerons qu’en ce qui nous concerne de cette première et plus précisément de : « l’Apport d’une régie financière dans les recettes de l’Etat ». Cas de la DGRPT, Province de la Tshopo.

Les résultats globaux révèlent   après analyse et interprétation des résultats que de 2017 à 2021, des réalisations faites par la DGRPT n’a pas eu l’influence significative, malgré les efforts fournis entre deux ans dont : 2020 et 2021 c’est-à-dire, les taux globaux des réalisations des recettes s’élèves à 27% par rapport au taux des assignations avec un écart très négatif de 73%. Et de cet écart, cela occasionne un manque à gagner pour la Province par rapport aux réalisations.
Pengaruh Customer Intimacy, Customer Experience, Customer Satisfaction, Dan Customer Bonding Terhadap Loyalitas Pelanggan
Authors: Siska Siska , Rahmawati Dian Nur , Ilham Ilham
Published: September 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of customer intimacy, customer experience, customer satisfaction, and customer engagement on customer loyalty at the Haji Cilik shop in Tenggarong. The sample used was 105 respondents and used the sampling technique Random Sampling. This type of research is research with a quantitative approach. The research results show that the four variables, namely customer intimacy (X1), customer experience (X2), customer satisfaction (X3), and customer bonding (X4) simultaneously influence customer loyalty. Based on the partial test, the customer experience and customer bonding variables have a positive effect on customer loyalty because the calculation results show that t count > t table. Meanwhile, the variable customer intimacy and customer satisfaction partially do not have a significant effect on customer loyalty at the H. Cilik Shop in Tenggarong so that the second and fourth hypotheses are rejected. Furthermore, the research results also show that customer bonding is the variable that has the most dominant influence on customer loyalty. Customer bonding is one of the strategies that H. Cilik has to maintain long-term relationships with customers, namely a strategy that not only tries to satisfy its customers but also keeps them from turning to other companies by carrying out certain activities to bind their customers.

 

This study aims to determine the effect of customer intimacy, customer experience, customer satisfaction, and customer engagement on customer loyalty at the Haji Cilik shop in Tenggarong. The sample used was 105 respondents and used the sampling technique Random Sampling. This type of research is research with a quantitative approach. The research results show that the four variables, namely customer intimacy (X1), customer experience (X2), customer satisfaction (X3), and customer bonding (X4) simultaneously influence customer loyalty. Based on the partial test, the customer experience and customer bonding variables have a positive effect on customer loyalty because the calculation results show that t count > t table. Meanwhile, the variable customer intimacy and customer satisfaction partially do not have a significant effect on customer loyalty at the H. Cilik Shop in Tenggarong so that the second and fourth hypotheses are rejected. Furthermore, the research results also show that customer bonding is the variable that has the most dominant influence on customer loyalty. Customer bonding is one of the strategies that H. Cilik has to maintain long-term relationships with customers, namely a strategy that not only tries to satisfy its customers but also keeps them from turning to other companies by carrying out certain activities to bind their customers.
The coaching process and contributions to personal knowledge management development: an integrative review
Authors: Sabadin Marcilde , Bonfim Giovani , Franzoni Ana Maria Bencciveni , Flores Heriberto , Follmann Elizandra Machado
Published: September 2023

The objective of this article is to verify how the coaching process can contribute to the development of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). Despite being extensively discussed in the business environment, especially in the development of executives and leadership, and in the sports field, the debate about coaching in other areas of personal development is still in its early stages, as is personal knowledge management. Although in many works, PKM is treated as a subarea of knowledge management, in this paper, we consider it as a specific area of study. The method used was integrative review, which allows for the synthesis of previous studies, thus generating new knowledge on the studied topic. The search focused on works published in the CAPES journals portal, in the period between 2009 and 2019. The results demonstrated that coaching can contribute to personal knowledge management, as it allows individuals participating in the process to identify, categorize, store, organize, and share personal knowledge, and consequently, self-development and a greater perception of self-awareness for individuals.
Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination: Profiling Determining Factors Influencing Uptake among Health Workers in Abuja, Nigeria
Authors: Awe Adekemi Afolasade , AINA Folasade Omowumi , Oyedele Mary, A , Dada Samuel O
Published: September 2023

Cervical Cancer (CC) remains one of the leading causes of death among reproductive-age females globally. Screening and vaccination of CC are still low among females, hence the increase in the death toll from the disease. This study investigated the factors influencing the uptake of cervical cancer screening and vaccination among reproductive-age female workers at selected hospitals in Abuja, Nigeria. Using a descriptive quantitative design, self-administered questionnaires were used to gather data from a total of 160 participants. The validity and reliability of the instrument were ensured with a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.899. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at p <0.05 significance level using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0. Good knowledge and poor attitudes about cervical cancer screening and vaccination were documented in this study. As reported in this study, identified factors influencing the uptake of CC screening include the cost of screening and vaccination, availability of service, economic status of the individual, and level of education. There was no significant relationship between the level of knowledge of cervical screening and vaccination and the uptake among the participants (p=0.178). Our study suggests that knowledge did not translate into the uptake of cervical cancer screening among study participants. Other factors were responsible. Therefore, multi-dimensional approaches toward addressing limiting factors to the uptake of cervical cancer screening and vaccination should be encouraged. Making screening facilities available and at a subsidised rate may encourage increased uptake. Continuous public health education and enlightenment are also recommended.
Keywords: Cervical Cancer, Screening Uptake, Influencing Factors, Reproductive Age Women.
On the action of a fuzzy group on a fuzzy set
Authors: Akinola Lukman Shina
Published: September 2023

In this paper, we develop fundamental concepts required to extend the concept of group action on a set to fuzzy domain. We define product of a fuzzy set and a fuzzy group by using the idea of cartesian products of sets. We construct examples to demonstrate the defined concepts. We also discuss properties of the defined product of a fuzzy set and a fuzzy group as requisite to study of fuzzy group actions on fuzzy sets.
Mathematics Subject Classification (2020). 08A99, 08C05, 22F05
Weighted first moments of some special quadratic Dirichlet L-functions
Authors: Gao Peng , Zhao Liangyi
Published: September 2023

In this paper, we obtain asymptotic formulas for weighted first moments of central values of families of primitive quadratic Dirichlet L-functions whose conductors comprise only primes that split in a given quadratic number field. We then deduce a non-vanishing result of these L-functions at the point s = 1 / 2.
Projective Symmetry Group of a Finite Frame
Authors: Chien Tuan-Yow , Waldron Shayne
Published: September 2023

We define the projective symmetry group of a finite sequence of vectors (a frame) in a natural way as a group of permutations on the vectors (or their indices). This definition ensures that the projective symmetry group is the same for a frame and its complement. We give an algorithm for computing the projective symmetry group from a small set of projective invariants when the underlying field is a subfield of which is closed under conjugation. This algorithm is applied in a number of examples including equiangular lines (in particular SICs), MUBs, and harmonic frames.
Berezin-Karpelevich formula for chi-spherical functions on complex Grassmannians
Authors: Al-Hashami Mahmoud
Published: September 2023

In [5], Berezin and Karpelevich gave, without a proof, an explicit formula for spherical functions on complex Grassmannian manifolds. A first attempt to give a proof of Berezin-Karpelevich formula was taken, in [16], by Takahashi. His proof contained a gap, which was fixed later, in [10], by Hoogenboom. The aim of this paper is to generalize Berezin-Karpelevich formula to the case of $\chi$-spherical functions on complex Grassmannian manifolds $ SU(p+q)/S\left(U(p)\times U(q)\right)$.
Pendampingan Guru SMP dalam Merancang dan Menerapkan Pembelajaran untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar Bahasa Inggris Siswa Melalui Kegiatan Lesson Study
Authors: Rahmawati Upa'  , Sri Rahayu  , Nur Insan Tangkelangi
Published: September 2023

Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah (untuk meningkatkan kemampuan guru dalam merancang dan menerapkan pembelajaran yang dapat meningkatkan motivasi siswa dalam belajar bahasa Inggris di SMP Negeri 2 Bua. Solusi yang disepakati tim pelaksana pengabdian dengan mitra untuk diterapkan dalam memecahkan persoalan mitra adalah sebagai berikut: 1) Pendampingan guru dalam merancang dan mernerapkan pembelajaran yang dapat memotivasi siswa, 2) Observasi aktivitas siswa dalam pembelajaran di kelas, dan 3) Refleksi (penyampaian hasil observasi pembelajaran). Luaran yang diharapkan dari pengabdian ini adalah sebagai berikut: 1) Meningkatnya kemampuan guru dalam merancang dan menerapkan pembelajaran yang dapat meningkatkan motivasi siswa dalam belajar Bahasa inggris dan 2) Meningkatnya motivasi siswa dalam belajar Bahasa inggris. Kegiatan ini dilakukan dalam beberapa tahap, yaitu 1) Persiapan yang terdiri dari survey lokasi dan sosialisasi kegiatan, penyusunan jadwal pelaksanaan kegiatan PKM dan persiapan alat dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan. 2) pwlaksanaan kegaitan PKM yang terdiri dari Plan, Do dan see yang dilakukan selama 3 siklus. 3) Evaluasi kegiatan.  Dari pelaksanaan kegiatan disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan pendampingan guru dalam merancang dan menerapkan pembelajaran untuk memotivasi siswa yang dilakukan melalui kegiatan Lesson Study dapat meningkatkan kemampuan guru dalam merancang dan meredisain serta menerapkan pembelajaran yang dapat memotivasi siswa dalam belajar bahasa inggris.  Selain itu, berdasarkan hasil refleksi, juga dapat disimpulkan bahwa sebagian besar siswa termotivasi dalam belajar bahasa Inggris dengan adanya pemberian reward  yang diikuti peningkatan pemahaman dan penguasaan materi ajar
Tribunales Ambientales y su incidencia en la protección del medio ambiente en la zona oriental de El Salvador.
Authors: Girón Segovia César Daniel
Published: September 2023

La presión internacional influyo para que en 1998 entrara en vigor la Ley de Medio Ambiente (LMA) en El Salvador, enfocada en la necesidad de proteger el medio ambiente buscando una gestión más consciente en la administración que el estado debe tener sobre los recursos naturales. Se analiza la labor de la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC), Fiscalía General de la Republica (FGR) y de los Tribunales Ambientales (TA), analizando datos de captura, procedimientos jurídicos y resoluciones emitidas por estas instituciones. Se obtiene que el 88% de las capturas asociadas a delitos ambientales (DA) emitidas por la PNC son en Flagrancia, de este un 46% por delitos en contra de la Flora Protegida, la FGR posee una tendencia al alza de los últimos cinco años (2015 a 2020) de procesos DA, mientras que los Juzgados Ambientales evidencian una débil institucionalidad, las resoluciones emitas por los TA declaran imposición de medidas (58%) en un primer lugar y en un segundo lugar se destacan resoluciones que declaran que las demandas son improponibles (34%). Se concluye que a pesar del esfuerzo de campo y de procesos que se realizan en seguimiento de delitos relacionados al Medio Ambiente y la Naturaleza realizados por PNC y FGR, concluyen en una imposición de medidas (Cautelares, de sesión de acción, de reparación de daños, entre otras) por parte de los TA, pero que el alto porcentaje de estos procedimientos resultan insubsanables y por lo tanto llegan a la incoación judicial.
DESIGNING MOBILE PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER: DOES FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION?
Authors: Akhtar Md Haseen , Ramkumar Janakarajan
Published: September 2023

A late 19th century principle of design “Form follows function” states that the form of an object must primarily relate to its intended function, is still a debate. As Víctor Papanek, an industrial designer of 20th century and a proponent of “form follows function” once said - “Design must be innovative, highly creative, cross disciplinary which makes it responsive to the needs of the user and this can be achieved with a more research-oriented mindset.” In the context of designing mobile Primary Health Center, this argument has not been discussed in any literature. To address the same gap, this study synthesizes forty mobile health units design and architecture through the lens of form follows function. The main criteria used to evaluate was case study analysis, and five focus group evaluation. Further, the mobile units were scored on form and function on two parameters either existing (1) or not existing (0).  The study examined mobile Primary Health Centers (mPHCs) across the globe through objective and subjective analysis. The results confirmed the hypothesis that Form follows Function at the overall system level but revealed that most sub-systems followed Form first. The recommendations highlight the importance of balancing Form and Function while considering contextual constraints in complex systems like mobile Primary Health Centers (mPHCs) for far flung regions.
Is the Orthodontic Smile Considered as Aesthetic in Adult Patients?
Authors: do Rosario Dias Maria
Published: September 2023

In the last five years, pioneer studies were carried out in the Egas Moniz University Clinic surrounding the mental representation of the smile, centred on adolescent patients wearing orthodontic appliances, emerging with the results obtained as a new form of categorizing the perfect smile: The Orthodontic Smile. The present study is qualitative and exploratory and aims to understand the importance of the self-perception (mental representation) of the smile, now with the help of a new age range - Adult Patients. The sample consists of 100 subjects in the adult phase (25–59 y), namely patients wearing orthodontic appliances who were asked to draw two percepts about the self-perception of their own smile in two distinct moments: the first drawing, corresponding to before the wear of the orthodontic appliance (M1), and the second one, corresponding to drawing their smile after undergoing the orthodontic treatment (M2). The content analysis of the 200 drawings obtained was realized through a grid of content analysis, constituted by categories and subcategories. The patients also filled out a sociodemographic questionnaire, in which they responded to four open-ended questions in relation to the mental representation of the smile. Regarding the content analysis of the narrative, we highlight the fact that a Nice Smile seems to be mostly described as a Natural Smile and Aligned, being a motive for the seeking of dental treatment, primarily aesthetic issues, followed by functional considerations. When comparing the drawings before (M1) and after (M2) the wear of orthodontic appliances, the Category Broad Smile, is set up as the smile chosen as the most aesthetic. It seems that aesthetic motives represent the motivational power for the patient in the adult phase, when they decide to look for Orthodontic treatment.
Pembelajaran Inovatif berbasis Aplikasi Quizizz Pada Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar dan Hasil Belajar Anak
Authors: Husniyah Nur Iftitahul , Fawaidatun R.N Moh.Ansori, , Qothifatul Miss Ula , Zumrotun Erna
Published: September 2023

Penggunaan aplikasi Quizizz di bidang pendidikan, merupakan upaya seorang tenaga pendidik dalam peningkatan motivasi dan hasil belajar siswa.Aplikasi Quizizz ini adalah Platform online untuk mengembangkan permainan kuis interaktif yang dapat digunakan sebagai sumber belajar yang menarik dan interaktif.Untukmeningkatkan partisipasi siswa dan mengarah pada peningkatan motivasi dan hasil belajar. Aplikasi ini mampu membuat lingkungan belajar menjadi lebih menarik, menghibur.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk Mendeskripsikan bagaimana penggunaan program Quizizz dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam di Sekolah.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan teknik penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) . Sumber data dari siswa kelas 2C SDN Ronggomulyo I Tuban Tahun Ajaran 2022/2023 Semester 2. Perencanaan tindakan, pelaksanaan tindakan, observasi dan penilaian, serta analisis dan refleksi merupakan tahapan-tahapan dalam penelitian ini. Penelitian ini terdapat dua siklus penelitian yakni Siklus 1 dan Siklus 2. Berdasarkan analisis data diketahui bahwa: (a) Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam Siklus I dengan menggunakan aplikasi Quizizz menghasilkan hasil belajar dari 28 siswa yang mengikuti, 19 diantaranya mendapat nilai hasil belajar di atas KKM dan 9 siswa masih di bawah KKM. KKM, dengan skor rata-rata 82.(b) Hasil siklus II diperoleh dari 28 siswa yang hadir, dengan skor rata-rata 87, dengan 23 di antaranya lebih dari KKM dan 5 siswa masih di bawah KKM. Temuan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa menggunakan Quizizz untuk memperoleh pendidikan agama Islam memiliki efek positif.
Pelatihan Pembuatan Bahan Ajar Dengan Canva dan Kahoot! Pada MTs Qirotussab’ah Kudang Kabupaten Garut
Authors: Hidayah Riski Taufik , Iskamto Dedi , Putri Ratna Komala
Published: September 2023

Guru-guru MTS Pondok Pesantren Al-Quran Qirotussab'ah Garut saat ini masih menerapkan model pembelajaran konvensional, sementara peserta didik merupakan generasi yang lebih tertarik dengan pengajaran berbasis teknologi. Sehingga perlu adanya upaya untuk memperpendek jarak tersebut melakui pelaksanaan pelatihan. Tujuan dari pengabdian masyarakat ini untuk memberikan pelatihan kepada para guru-guru MTS tentang penerapakan metode pembelajaran menggunakan aplikasi Canva dan Kahoot dan berbasis Teknologi Informasi, sehingga metode pembelajaran yang diterapkan oleh guru-guru di sekolah lebih menarik. Pelaksanaan pengabdian masyarakat dilakukan secara langsung di kawasan MTS Pondok Pesantren Al-Quran Qirotussab’ah Garut, diikuti oleh 25 guru MTS serta turut dihadiri oleh pihak Yayasan, kepala sekolah dan sejumlah Dosen serta dibantu oleh mahasiswa Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Telkom University. Pelatihan kepada para guru-guru MTS Pondok Pesantren Al-Quran Qirotussab’ah Garut akan memberikan pengetahuan dan metode pembelajaran dengan memanfaatkan teknologi. Pelaksanaan Pendidikan yang didukung penerapan teknologi Informasi menjadi kebutuhan penting masyarakat saat ini karena memberikan kemudahan dalam mengakses informasi dan dapat menjangkau semua lapisan masyarakat.
Assessment of Serum Interleukin-35 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Authors: Lafta Rafal Mohammed , Hamid Zainab Abdulhussain , Alwaysi Safa Abdulkareem
Published: September 2023

Background: It is unclear how IL-35 contributes to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Objective: To evaluate the association of IL-35 with the viral load in HCV infections. Methods: Fifty patients were included, and their age and sex were matched with 50 healthy subjects. Seven ml of venous blood was obtained and tested for anti-HCV antibodies using the ELISA kit, quantitative measurement of HCV RNA by PCR, and estimation of serum levels of IL-35. Results: The HCV viral RNA titers ranged from 165 to 55595000 copies/mL and were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. The control group was negative. The serum level of IL-35 in the patients was significantly lower than in the controls. The correlation coefficient for HCV viral loads and IL-35 in patients is equal to 0.114. The serum IL-35 level was highest in the age group of 30–39 years. The HCV patients on treatment have a mean viral load equal to 406,3051.90 copies/ml and a mean IL-35 level equal to 151.98 ng/ml; those without treatment have a mean viral load equal to 765,525.94 copies/ml and an IL-35 level equal to 165.09 ng/ml. The gender distribution of HCV viral load revealed non-significant differences. Conclusion: Most of the HCV patients did not achieve rapid or sustained virologic responses after treatments. Serum IL-35 was significantly reduced and shows a weak positive correlation with HCV viral load. Older HCV patients usually had lower serum IL-35 levels.
Studies on ethno-medicinal plants of Purulia district, West Bengal
Authors: Das Nilanjana , Chattopadhyay R.
Published: September 2023

Ethno-medicinal uses of plants by the rural and tribal communities of Purulia District, West Bengal have been recorded. These plants have been traditionally used in their curative systems by the village elders as well as local practitioners for different diseases. The raw materials utilized in the medicaments are procured from in and around the habitats of the community. The uses of 109 medicinal plants along with their local names, plant parts used and status of occurrence have been described.
Business Strategy for the Development and Marketing of an HTML 5-based Learning Application for Children with Dyslexia
Authors: Aulia Meidy , Barus Apriwati
Published: September 2023

Dyslexia is a reading and spelling disorder that affects children's learning ability. Technology-based learning applications have great potential to help dyslexic children overcome learning challenges. The development of HTML5-based learning apps for children with dyslexia has great potential to improve the quality of their learning. However, the success of this app depends not only on the technological aspects, but also on a well-thought-out business strategy. App development should consider the needs and preferences of the end-users, namely children with dyslexia. Features that support differentiated learning and interactive introduction of material are very important. the marketing strategy should focus on the right market segment and craft relevant messages. Effective communication to parents and educators about the benefits of the app is also an important factor. A sustainable business model must be formulated. Options such as subscriptions, direct sales, or a combination of both should be analyzed taking into account long-term financial aspects. Competition analysis and uniqueness of product value should be clear. The app should be able to compete with similar products and offer added value that sets it apart. This research shows that the development and marketing of an HTML5-based learning app for children with dyslexia requires a well-thought-out business strategy. The success of the app depends not only on the quality of the technology but also on how it is positioned in the market and received by the end user. By combining technology, education, and business elements, this app has the potential to make a positive impact in assisting dyslexic children in the learning process.
Death, Undeadness, and Funeral Rites
Authors: Zupancic Alenka
Published: September 2023

The chapter tackles the question of the role of funeral rites in the event of death and our dealing with it. Why do we bury the dead?Why it is, as Teiresias argues, that a human body “released” only when it is properly buried?—and released from what? This questioning leads to the investigation of the relationship between life, the symbolic, and an unexpected surplus, undead life that occurs as a by-product of the symbolic. It argues that funerary rites have the task of appeasing the specific “undeadness” that seems to be the other side of human life, its irreducible undercurrent that death alone cannot end and put to rest. This leads to an investigation into the relationship between language, sexuality (sexual reproduction), death, and “second death.”
Nut-Free Squirrels and Princesses with Peanut Allergies
Authors: Gill Michael
Published: September 2023

In this chapter, I examine how allergies (and food sensitivities) are communicated to children, especially paying attention to the use of scientific understandings of immunity and reaction as communicable concepts for learners of various ages. I also trace how discourses of safety and risk are deployed to communicate the necessity to avoid allergens, while maintaining some freedom to make choices outside of parental purview. I also address the almost single-identity-focused representation of white children with food allergies, which reinforces the assumed whiteness of the overall food allergic community in the West, despite epidemiological studies to the contrary. I argue for a diversification of representation that moves beyond white homogeneous parental narratives of diagnosis and avoidance with their means to access medical care and alternative food choices, toward narratives of resilience that capture the ways children with food allergies navigate medical, educational, and social institutions.
Allergic Reactions through Fluid Exchanges
Authors: Gill Michael
Published: September 2023

Allergic reactions induced by kissing and other intimate interpersonal acts can present significant obstacles for spontaneous interactions for those with certain allergies. In both articles, passionate kissing—a seemingly subjective qualifier—marks an interaction as potentially precarious or even as deadly. In this chapter, I continue to trouble the assumption that food allergies demand isolated and individualized accommodations. In so doing, I challenge ideas about which types of accommodations are desirable, or safe. Through a discussion of risks associated with kissing and intercourse, including allergies, as well as HIV, and other viruses and bacteria, I also discuss consent and pleasure as key aspects to help navigate intimacy to mitigate risk
Reform Wars, Royal Visits, and U.S. Views of Popular Sovereignty in 1860
Authors: Schoen Brian
Published: September 2023

Sovereignty is defined as much at the edges of national power as at its center. This chapter situates the United States debates over law and order during the election of 1860 and on the eve of secession within the framework of the Mexican Reforma War and the Prince of Wales visit to the Canadian Provinces and the United States. It suggests how developments on and across the U.S. legal border served as both a reference point for Americans’ own political challenges and an accelerant for sectional divisions. Americans of diverse locales and partisan leanings struggled to make sense of how their own slaveholding, republican empire would adjust to seemingly perpetual chaos south of the border and the potential stabilization of British-Canadian relations to the North. How they did so contributed to the coming of the Civil War.
Choreographing the Conversation
Authors: Bole William
Published: September 2023

In the fall of 2012, a group of deans and other senior leaders at Boston College took a risk. They invited a well-known design and innovation firm to come in and help them achieve what had been for many years an elusive goal—reinvigorating the University’s undergraduate core studies. There was natural skepticism about ushering a consulting firm not simply into higher education, but into the sanctum sanctorum of a Jesuit liberal arts university—the core curriculum. Skepticism abounded, especially among faculty, gradually giving way to vigorous conversations facilitated by the design consultancy Continuum. Ultimately, there would be a proposed framework for deepening and enlivening the core at Boston College. The process that began as a risky venture would end fittingly and bracingly at the end of the academic year—with a call on each school and department to give the proposal a thumbs up or down.
Core Renewal as Creative Fidelity
Authors: Kalscheur, S.J. Gregory
Published: September 2023

This chapter discusses the ways in which core curriculum renewal at Boston College enacts creative fidelity to apostolic aims and pedagogical approaches characteristic of the history and tradition of Jesuit education. Commitment to a core curriculum is a distinctive aspect of Jesuit education with roots in the Ratio studiorum. The Jesuit approach to education strives to integrate intellectual rigor with character formation to enable students to serve the common good, expects students to develop an integrative habit of mind and a sense for the wholeness of truth, encourages students to deepen their capacity for reflection and discernment, and calls on teachers to embrace a distinctive role that embodies the reflective formative pedagogy that gives life to Jesuit schools. This vision lies at the heart of core renewal. The long-term success of core renewal as creative fidelity will require faculty members to understand and embody the distinctive vision and formative pedagogical aims of the Jesuit educational tradition.
How to Live in the Material World
Authors: Wallace Elizabeth Kowaleski , Wang Dunwei
Published: September 2023

Our essay first surveys the transdisciplinary movements occurring under New Materialisms that encourage professors from the humanities and the sciences to collaborate and to think creatively about overlapping pedagogies. As an English and Chemistry professor working together, we describe in some detail our efforts at discovering a common intellectual strand, addressing the most fruitful intersection. With a focus on asking what it means to be made of matter and to interact responsibly with the material world, we both begin at a common place. We pay special attention to a unit that paired Robinson Crusoe with a viewing of The Martian to reveal how humans in fact coexist with a universe of vibrant living materials contributing to our existence. Lastly we discuss persistent tensions requiring attention and negotiation: Is there in fact a gap between the scientific optimism that focuses on solutions to energy needs and a philosophic trend away from humanistic (or human-centered) solutions?
Women and the Priesthood
Authors: Rich Bryce E.
Published: September 2023

Using the guiding principles of theological personalism, this chapter explores each of the theological arguments put forward to explain why women cannot be ordained for ministry within Orthodoxy. These arguments include arguments from tradition, the dichotomy of rights versus vocation, scriptural qualifications for ministry, the Trinitarian argument explored in chapter 3, and the ability of a woman to image the (historically male) person of Jesus Christ. In response to these arguments, theological personalism affirms that persons, not genders or sexes, are called to ordained ministry. While the Orthodox tradition has not historically recognized women as candidates for the priesthood, none of the theological reasons offered for continuing the practice are convincing. The exclusion of unique persons, endowed with the pastoral gifts and possessing an authentic call, from ordained ministry places a stumbling block both in the path to divine-human communion not only for the person, but for the entire Church that is denied the ministry of the person in relationship with other human persons. Thus, the sin involved in denying ordination becomes systemic, affecting both individuals and the Body of Christ as a whole.
Marriage
Authors: Rich Bryce E.
Published: September 2023

This chapter explores the possibilities of recognizing the sacramental value of a romantic, same-sex relationship. It begins with the Orthodox understanding of marriage as an ascetic practice that binds the partners together in a life of mutual submission and sacrificial self-giving love on the journey toward divine-human communion. Though traditionally reserved to a man and a woman, the sexes of the partners do not appear to be essential for all persons to the effects of the joint ascetic practice. Thus, it is possible to conceive of a same-sex relationships, embodying parallel ascetic practices, that push the partners toward theosis. While this relationship can readily be theorized, traditional interpretations of biblical, patristic, and legal-canonical prohibitions against same-sex genital activity are often used to deny both the potential sacramentality and licitness of any romantic, same-sex relationship. An exploration of the roadblocks to the recognition of licit same-sex genital acts is presented, arguing that references in scripture and the patristic tradition fall into categories of rape, pederasty, exploitation, and purported cultic acts of pagan nations. Each of these categories has parallel, opposite-sex acts that are also forbidden. The tradition does not address the possibility of the contemporary same-sex couple.
Vitality
Authors: Spragins Elizabeth
Published: September 2023

This chapter asks who corpses are as subjects. If a corpse is a sign that points to a subject who was, as index, it retains the traces of the subject to which it refers.⁠ Its potentiality attracts the attention of narrators who themselves lack agency. In their interactions with corpses, these narrators recognize corpses as human, animate subjects, even as they inflect themselves as impotent objects. Wounded survivors of the battle like Miguel Leitão de Andrade recognize corpses as actants composed of vibrant matter. In his Miscellânea do sitio de N[ossa] S[enhor]a da Luz do Pedrogão Grande (1629), he presents his own scarred body in conjunction with the corpse of a Dominican friar, the Virgin of Pedrogão Grande, and the material text itself in the hands of its reader. Though his passivity means that he is unable to give irrefutable testimony to having witnessed his king’s corpse pass through the Moroccan camp in the battle’s aftermath, that uncertainty hinges not on avoidance, but rather on the same incapacity that dictated his initial relationship with the Dominican’s body. It also condemns him to the prolonged captivity that calls his narratorial authority into question.