bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Data Science
Authors:   Dr. M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, India, Rajavarman V. N. , Gayathri R ,   Dr. M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, India, Hemavathi R ,   Dr. M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, India
Published: November 2022

The field of study known as "data science," the goal is to glean useful information from massive volumes of data by using a wide variety of scientific approaches, algorithmic procedures, and other procedures. Discovering hidden patterns in the raw data is much easier with its assistance. As a result of developments in mathematical statistics, data analysis, and big data, a new field known as "data science" has come into existence. The discipline of Data Science is an interdisciplinary one that enables one to derive information from either organised or unstructured data. The field of data science gives you the ability to turn an issue with your company into a research project and then turn that project into a solution for real-world problems. When it comes to the field of data science, we need some kind of programming language or instrument, such as Python. In spite of the fact that there are more tools for data science, such as R and SAS, the primary emphasis of this post will be on Python and how it may be advantageous for data science. In recent years, Python has emerged as a dominant force in the world of programming languages. Its incorporation into data science, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and other technological fields has contributed to the rise in its popularity. Python is a popular choice for usage as a programming language for data science due to the fact that it provides access to a variety of powerful mathematical and statistical tools. Python is used by data scientists all around the globe, and this is a big reason why Python is used. If you've been paying attention to industry developments over the last few years, you've probably seen that Python has emerged as the dominant programming language, especially in the data science sector. This book has five units that cover the whole of the university curriculum for Data Science. Beginning with an introduction, the courses address describing data, using Python for data handling, describing relationships, and using Python for data visualisations respectively. Students of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, and Computer Applications from all of India's universities are the intended audience for this book, which was developed just for them.
Digitális oktatás a felsőoktatásban a COVID-19 harmadik hulláma alatt: hallgatói visszajelzések
Authors: Kövér Péter
Published: November 2022

A COVID-19 miatti digitális oktatásra történő átállást számos kutatásban vizsgálták. A jelen kutatás a Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem (BGE) Pénzügyi és Számviteli Kar (PSZK) levelezős hallgatóinak a vírus harmadik hullámának időszakában (2020/2021. tanév tavaszi szemeszterében) átélt tapasztalatait igyekszik megvizsgálni. Ebben az időszakban intézményünkben a Microsoft Teams nevű digitális oktatási platformon szinkron, azaz valós idejű órák keretein belül zajlott az oktatás. A vizsgálat során a levelező tagozaton tanuló hallgatók házidolgozatait elemeztük kvalitatív módszerekkel, amelyeket a „Tanulásmódszertan” c. kurzus keretén belül nyújtottak be. A dolgozatokra, amelyekben a hallgatók a digitális oktatással kapcsolatos pozitív és negatív tapasztalataikat írták le, szövegkorpuszként tekintettük, és a vizsgálatot a tartalomelemzés módszerével végeztük el. Elemzésünk során két fő szempont szerint csoportosítottuk a hallgatókat: az életkor és az egyetemi tanulmányuk kezdési időpontja alapján (2020 tavasza előtt vagy után). Megállapítottuk, hogy a 40 év alatti hallgatók, különösen azok, akik tanulmányaikat 2020 tavasza után kezdték meg, a legelfogadóbbak az oktatás digitális jellegével szemben és nem jelent számukra gondot az online tanulási közeg.
A New Study on the Effect of Pure Anatase TiO2 Film Thickness on Gentian Violet Photodegradation Under Sunlight: Considering the Effect of Hole Scavengers
Authors: Mekkaoui Amer , Guettaf Temam Elhachmi , Rahmane Saad , Gasmi Brahim
Published: November 2022

In this paper, pure anatase TiO2 thin films were grown on glass substrates by using sol-gel dip-coating method. To study the physical, chemical and optical properties of the deposits, TiO2 thin films were synthesized with thickness (241.5, 258.19, 230.33 and 302.35 nm). XRD patterns show that TiO2 films were grown with unique anatase phase (101). The photocatalytic test shows that film (~ 302 nm) gives high photodegradation of gentian violet (GV) under sunlight irradiation due to the low number of defect sites. The increase in film thickness and the decrease of surface roughness and crystal size decrease the number of defect sites in the material which lead to low recombination rate of charge carriers. The use of Ag+ as hole scavenger increases the photocatalytic activity 4.75 times within the first hour. The photocatalysis process showed that Ag+ can be reduced on the surface of photoactivated TiO2 thin films to obtain sun-photodeposited/dip-coated AgO/TiO2 (p-n) heterojunction.
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Pure anatase TiO2 thin films were successfullysynthesized via sol-gel dip-coating method
High thickness (302 nm) of TiO2 thin film exhibits high photocatalytic activity for photodegradation of GV under sunlight irradiation
The presence of Ag+ in wastewater shows high photocatalytic activity of TiO2 films with 4.75 times within the first hour
The possibility of sun-photodeposited/dip-coated of (p-n) AgO/TiO2 heterojunction is discussed

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
On the Optical Properties of the Cu2ZnSn[S1−xSex]4 System in the IR Range
Authors: Dilshod Nematov , Kholmirzo Kholmurodov , Aliona Stanchik , Kahramon Fayzullaev , Viktoriya Gnatovskaya , Tamerlan Kudzoev
Published: November 2022

Following the recent classification by the European Commission of some elements as critical raw materials (CRM), there is an increasing interest in the development of CRM-free thin film photovoltaic (PV) technologies, including kesterite materials. Moreover, starting with the performance breakthrough reported by IBM in 2010, the efficiency of kesterite-based solar cells steadily progressed in the following years achieving. Therefore, in recent years, there has been a significant research effort to develop kesterite-based devices. However, despite the large number of theoretical and experimental works, many aspects of the problem have not yet been fully studied. Therefore, the issues considered in the article, especially the behavior of the absorption and photoconductivity spectra of the Cu2ZnSn[S1−xSex]4 system, depending on the S/Se ratio, are extremely important and, at the same time, one of the topical and poorly studied problems. In this work, using quantum-chemical calculations in the framework of density functional theory (DFT), we study the optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals of kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 doped with Se. Using the WIEN2k package, the concentration dependences of the optical characteristics of nanocrystals of the Cu2ZnSn[S1−xSex]4 system (x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00) were calculated. It is shown that doping with Se at the S position leads to a noticeable improvement in the photoabsorbing properties of these nanocrystals, as well as their photoconductivity in the IR range. The calculated absorption and extinction spectra, as well as the refractive indices and permittivity of the materials under study, are compared with experimental data known from the literature. The data obtained will significantly enrich the existing knowledge about the materials under study and will contribute to the expansion of the field of application of these compounds in optoelectronic devices.
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With an increase in the Se concentration, the absorbing properties and photoconductivity of the nanocrystals of the Cu2ZnSn[S1−xSex]4 system increase
The optical band gap narrows with increasing Se/S ratio
Curves k(ω) and α (ω) correspond to the maxima of e2 (w)
Pure Cu2ZnSnSe4 has the maximum absorption in the IR range

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Formulation Development and Evaluation of Once Daily Fexofenadine Hydrochloride Microsponge Tablets
Authors: Gade Ramani , Nama Sreekanth , Avula Prameela Rani
Published: November 2022

The objective of present study was to formulate and develop once daily Fexofenadine Hydrochloride tablets to improve the aqueous solubility by microsponge technology. Fexofenadine Hydrochloride is an antihistamine and belongs to BCS class-III with low permeability and poor bioavailability about 30 - 35 %. The microsponges were prepared by Quashi emulsion solvent diffusion method with Quality by design approach. The study of effect of independent variables Eudragit EPO (500 to 1,000 mg), internal phase volume (DM: ETH) (5 to 10 mL) and RPM (500 to 1,000) on responses were analyzed to optimize the formulation with desirable results by using central composite design and response surface method. Optimized formulation F22 showed percent production yield (99.10 %), percent drug entrapment (99.45 %), particle size (94.12 µm) and percent drug release of prepared tablets at 5, 10, 15 and 30 min were 60.6, 80.75, 87.47 and 92.85 %, respectively. It showed Higuchi mechanism of release kinetics by diffusion. In vivo pharmacokinetics of the prepared tablets was studied in rabbits (IAEC/NRML/2022–2023/09) with and without permeation enhancer to find the rate of absorption. when compared to Marketed product -Allegra 24 (F21) with (t1/2 absorption) 0.192711±0.00278 h and MRT 19.10608±0.257571 h and  formulation without poloxamer 407 (F22) (t1/2 absorption) 0.165013±0.024164 h and MRT 19.32228±0.764531 h, maximum absorption was observed for the Formulation F23 with poloxamer 407 (15 %) with (t1/2 absorption) of 0.144662±0.006787 h and Mean residence time (MRT) of  24.10796±1.01232 h. Microsponge technique improved the aqueous solubility of the fexofenadine Hydrochloride and Eudragit EPO extended the mean residence time up to 24 h along with improved permeability in presence of Poloxamer 407 to full fill the needs of BCS class-III drug.
HIGHLIGHTS

Fexofenadine Hydrochloride has poor aqueous solubility and low passive permeability
P-Glycoprotein efflux induced intestinal secretion is the reason for the incomplete absorption (35 %) following oral absorption
There is a need to increase bioavailability and maintenance of steady state plasma concentration
Microsponge drug delivery systems improvise the solubility of drug due to its porous nature
Microsponge drug delivery system can fulfill the requirements by increasing the permeability and modifying the drug release from dosage form

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Comparative Toxicity of Heavy Metals Cd, Zn, and Pb to Three Acrocarpous Moss Species using Chlorophyll Contents
Authors: Phaenark Chetsada , Niamsuthi Aphinan , Paejaroen Paiphan , Chunchob Supatra , Cronberg Nils , Sawangproh Weerachon
Published: November 2022

Mosses have often been used for biomonitoring because of their diversity of habitats, structural simplicity, and rapid multiplication rate. This research aimed to study the tolerance of heavy metal in 3 species of terricolous mosses i.e., Barbula consanguinea, Hyophila apiculata, and H. involuta. The gametophores of mosses were immersed at 4 concentrations of each of the heavy metals Cd, Pb, and Zn as well as in controls with no heavy metal. After 10, 20, and 30 days of exposure, mosses were extracted for chlorophyll-a in ethanol. The extracted chlorophyll-a was analyzed by spectrophotometer at 664 nm. The results revealed that the amount of chlorophyll-a in all species decreased with increasing concentrations of Cd, Pb, and Zn. The degree of metal toxicity for all species was Cd > Pb > Zn. By comparing the ratio of extracted chlorophyll-a in heavy metal-treated mosses to chlorophyll-a extracted in control mosses, the tolerance against 3 heavy metals in 3 mosses was H. involuta ≥ H. apiculata > B. consanguinea. Possibly, H. involuta can be used for biomonitoring of heavy metals in contaminated environments in the future.
HIGHLIGHTS

Mosses are often used for biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution because of their habitat diversity, structural simplicity, and rapid growth
Three Thai mosses treated with Cd, Pb, and Zn showed a trend of a decrease in chlorophyll-a content with increasing concentrations of the metals
The degree of metal toxicity for the mosses was Cd > Pb > Zn
Among the three moss species, Hyophila involuta may be used for biomonitoring of heavy metals in contaminated environments in the future

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Modeling Level of Service of Urban Roads Based on Travelers’ Perceptions
Authors: Raj Jithin
Published: November 2022

This research investigates and models the level of service for urban roads based on travelers’ perceptions. A video-based perception survey is utilized to collect the required perception data, in which the survey participants assessed the quality of operating conditions illustrated in the given video clips. The ratings stated by the study participants were statistically related to the corresponding traffic parameters associated with the video clips using a random-effects ordered probit modeling approach. The primary findings confirm that level of service was primarily dependent on average travel speed, as indicated by the significance of the measure of effectiveness known as the percent free-flow speed. Subsequently, a comprehensive exploratory analysis revealed that other traffic characteristics such as control delay, extra lanes, and proper medians also influenced the perception of service levels. Specific traveler characteristics like age, income and usage of particular vehicle classes also influenced the perception of the level of service on urban roads.
Uma análise de imagens contidas no tratado L’Uso della Squadra Mobile de Ottavio Fabri
Authors: Cesana Andressa , Silva Circe Mary Silva da
Published: November 2022

Analisamos três imagens do tratado italiano L’Uso della squadra mobile de Ottavio Fabri (1544-1612) publicado em 1615. O objetivo que orientou a investigação foi o de buscar respostas para as seguintes indagações: O que está representado nessas imagens? Como é feita tal representação? Por que as imagens são assim apresentadas? As imagens selecionadas foram o esquadro móvel e as ilustrações referentes às propostas IV e IX. Para analisá-las, recorremos à metodologia de Erwin Panosfky a partir de três níveis de abordagem: descrição pré-iconográfica, descrição iconográfica e interpretação iconológica. As imagens escolhidas são representativas da realidade, apresentam minúcias de pormenores; têm um intento claro de retratar cada situação proposta e possuem significações diferentes: o esquadro móvel é a chave construtiva dos problemas; e as imagens que ilustram os problemas significam o conhecimento matemático disponível à época, assim como exprimem uma vivência renascentista.
Um olhar para a pesquisa sobre criatividade em periódicos nacionais voltados à educação matemática
Authors: Silva Priscila Gleden Novaes da , Vertuan Rodolfo Eduardo , Boscarioli Clodis
Published: November 2022

Este artigo caracteriza a produção científica voltada à Educação Matemática que tem como foco de estudo a criatividade a partir de um mapeamento em periódicos nacionais com Qualis Capes A1, A2 e B1 na área de ensino, extrato 2013-2016. Da busca, obtivemos 16 artigos que versam sobre criatividade. Identificamos a multiplicidade de abordagens teóricas e metodológicas que marcam esses estudos e a predominância de pesquisas qualitativas, com a criatividade sendo estudada, principalmente, por meio da abordagem sistêmica. Destacam-se como foco dessas investigações, aspectos relacionados às influências do ambiente escolar para o desenvolvimento da criatividade, com discussões relativas à organização didática desse ambiente no que tange à utilização de estratégias, proposição de metodologias, utilização de recursos e de tipos de atividade que podem ser propostos, bem como, discussões relativas à influência das concepções, formação e prática pedagógica do professor para a criatividade.
Perspectivas de formação docente no curso de licenciatura diurno de ciências biológicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: entre coletivos de pensamento e circulação de ideias
Authors: Pereira Beatriz , Rodrigues Larissa Zancan , Mohr Adriana , Delizoicov Nadir Castilho
Published: November 2022

O artigo apresenta os resultados de uma investigação que discute a formação de professores do curso diurno de licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, a partir dos programas de formação de Pérez-Gómez e à luz de categorias fleckianas (estilo de pensamento, coletivo de pensamento e circulação de ideias). A metodologia utilizada foi análise documental da matriz curricular e dos programas das disciplinas obrigatórias, além de análise de questionários respondidos por professores formadores. Os resultados mostram a presença de duas perspectivas de formação presentes no currículo: acadêmica, que engloba ¾ das disciplinas; e prática com aproximadamente ¼ das disciplinas. A análise das respostas de docentes formadores permite identificar quatro coletivos de pensamento no curso: acadêmico, acadêmico-técnico, técnico-prático e técnico. A relação entre o que preconizam os documentos do curso e o que dizem os docentes permite traçar um perfil sobre a formação de professores de Ciências Biológicas, além apontar caminhos para a atuação dos egressos na educação básica.
Godayol, Pilar & Taronna, Annarita. Foreign Women Authors under Fascism and Francoism: Gender, Translation and Censorship. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. 225 p.
Authors: Balduino Alinne , Saraiva Frio Fernanda
Published: November 2022

Resenha do livro Foreign Women Authors under Fascism and Francoism: Gender, Translation and Censorship.
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World
Authors: Vienne-Guerrin Nathalie
Published: November 2022

Foul words are both just “foul wind” and “poniards” (Much Ado): The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World explores the complexity of Shakespearean insult. It analyses Shakespeare’s art of insults and shows how the playwright set abusive words at the heart of many of his plays. Why are apparently neutral phrases, such as “My lady’s father” (King Lear), treated as insults? How and why does Shakespeare base his plays on insults? This volume provides valuable insights on a key aspect of Shakespeare’s work that has been little explored to date. Focusing on the most memorable scenes of insult, abusive characters and insulting effects in the plays, the volume shifts how readers understand and read Shakespeare’s insults.

Chapters analyse the rhetoric of insult in Henry IV, Troilus and Cressida and Timon of Athens – plays that illustrate the spectacular festive and acerbic use of abusive words; the “skirmishes of wit” in Much Ado about Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; insult and duelling codes as they appear in Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Twelfth Night, and the complex relationships between slander and insult in Much Ado about Nothing, Othello and Measure for Measure.

Offering a theoretical panorama that allows the reader to grasp insult as a specific speech act, the volume explores the issues of verbal violence and verbal shields, the importance of reception and interpretation in matters of insult and offers a panorama of the Elizabethan politics of insult.
Critical Visualization
Authors: Hall Peter A. , Dávila Patricio
Published: November 2022

Information may be beautiful, but our decisions about the data we choose to represent and how we represent it are never neutral. This insightful history traces how data visualization accompanied modern technologies of war, colonialism and the management of social issues of poverty, health and crime. Discussion is based around examples of visualization, from the ancient Andean information technology of the quipu to contemporary projects that show the fate of our rubbish and take a participatory approach to visualizing cities. This analysis places visualization in its theoretical and cultural contexts, and provides a critical framework for understanding the history of information design with new directions for contemporary practice.
Introduction to Speechwork for Actors
Authors: Carlos Ron
Published: November 2022

Traditional speech work has long favoured an upper-class white accent as the model of intelligibility. Because of that, generations of actors have felt disconnected from their own identities and acting choices.

This much-needed textbook redresses that trend and encourages actors to achieve intelligibility through rigorous language analysis and an exploration of their own accent and articulation practices.

It breaks down a process for analyzing text in a way that excites the imagination, offering a number of exercises that bring awareness to each actor to make their own speech come alive. Guiding the student through the labyrinth of abstract concepts and terms, readers are delivered into the practicality of exercises and explorations.

Informed throughout by notes from directors and acting teachers, as well as the author’s own extensive experience, this book serves as an ideal speech-training resource for the 21st Century actor, and includes specially commissioned online videos demonstrating key exercises.
Pablo Trapero and the Politics of Violence
Authors: Mulliken Douglas
Published: November 2022

This innovative study finds that, through his unique representation of violence, Argentine director Pablo Trapero has established himself as one of the 21st century’s distinctly political filmmakers. By examining the broad concept of violence and how it is represented on-screen, Douglas Mulliken identifies and analyzes the ways in which Trapero utilizes violence, particularly Žižek’s concept of objective violence, as a means through which to mediate the political.

Through a focus on several previously under-studied elements of Trapero’s films, Mulliken highlights the ways in which the director’s work represents present-day concerns about social inequalities and injustice in neoliberal Argentina on-screen. Finally, he examines how Trapero combines aspects of Argentina’s long tradition of political film with elements of Nuevo Cine Argentino to create a unique political voice.
Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies
Authors: Mendelowitz Belinda , Ferreira Ana , Dixon Kerryn
Published: November 2022

Winner of the UKLA Academic Book Award 2024, this open access book challenges monoglossic ideologies, traditional language pedagogies and dominant forms of knowledge construction by foregrounding multilingual and multicultural students’ language narratives, repertoires, and identities.

The research is based on a sixteen-year longitudinal study of a sociolinguistics course at an English language university and the language narratives produced by the first-year education students. The study was borne out of a need to create a critically inclusive course that would engage a cohort of students from socially and linguistically diverse backgrounds in contemporary South Africa. Drawing on data from over 5,000 students who have journeyed through this course, this book shows how a narrative heteroglossic pedagogy harnesses students’ multilingual strengths. A close analysis reveals complex identity work by students located in the Global South. The authors argue that decolonising language education is about reconceptualising language, reconfiguring what knowledges are valued in the classroom, and reshaping pedagogy.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Wits University Open Access Publishing Fund.
Consuming the Body
Authors: Woolley Dawn
Published: November 2022

Consuming the Body examines contemporary consumerism and the commodified construction of ideal gendered bodies, paying particular attention to the new forms of interaction produced by social networking sites. Describing the behaviours of an ideal neoliberal subject, Woolley identifies modes of discipline, forms of pleasure, and opportunities for subversion in an examination of how individuals are addressed and the ways in which they are expected to respond. Key modes of address that compel the consumer to consume are: sadistic commands communicated in adverts, TV programmes and magazine articles; a fetishistic gaze that dissects the body into parts to be improved through commodification; and a hystericized insistent presence that compels the consumer to present their body for critique and appreciation that is exemplified in the selfie.

Woolley interprets the visual characteristics of different types of selfies, including #fitspiration, #thinspiration, #fatspiration, and #bodypositivity to understand how they relate to current body ideals. Healthism and culture bound illnesses such as hysteria and eating disorders are examined to demonstrate the impact of commodified body ideals on consumers’ bodies. An analysis of thinspiration images (photographs of emaciated bodies shared on pro-eating-disorder blogs and websites) suggests that the anorexic body represents the logical (and fatal) end point for the idealised body in consumer culture. Fat acceptance selfies suggest there is a fourth mode of address, empowering presence that has the potential to liberate consumers from the ‘trap of visibleness’ produced by the other three modes of address. In conclusion, the book identifies some creative methods for producing selfies that evade commoditisation and discipline.
Curating Fascism
Authors: Hecker Sharon , Bedarida Raffaele
Published: November 2022

The world is in crisis, bringing activists and protestors onto the streets and into the public eye. More than ever, activism relies on spectacle and visibility in order to be noticed in the era of globalized capitalism and networked media.  At the same time, a growing number of artists employ creative strategies to critique the establishment, act in resistance, and demand change. Visual activism of this kind is not new, but it is rapidly evolving.

This anthology presents 22 case-studies of visual activism from across the globe, providing an up-to-date picture of the impact of contemporary visual and art activism, and combining a scholarly interrogation of visual activism with an examination of how it works in practice.  The case studies address a wide range of issues including human rights abuses; state violence; gender and sexuality; racism; migration; and climate breakdown. They examine a range of approaches from playful carnivalesque parades to extreme practices such as ‘gluing-on’ and ‘lip-sewing’, and are drawn from a wide range of international contexts – from Europe and the US to Israel, Palestine, Iran, India, Pakistan, Tunisia, and China.  This diverse scope enables readers to consider examples comparatively – noticing emerging trends and key differences to reveal how geopolitical and cultural factors play an important role in shaping activist practices.

This rich and timely collection provides a fresh perspective on the possibilities, limitations and politics of visual activism, as activists, artists, and curators respond to the changing world around them in this most uncertain of times.
Transformation, Embodiment, and Wellbeing in Foreign Language Pedagogy
Authors: Shaules Joseph , McConachy Troy
Published: November 2022

This volume introduces pedagogical approaches and empirical studies that emphasize deeper, embodied engagement with language, the transformative potential of the language learning experience, and the importance of learner and teacher well-being. A deep learning orientation sees foreign language learning not as a psychologically neutral process of internalising linguistic rules but as an embodied process that is intimately tied to learners’ experience of self, including emotion, body states, metaphoric understanding, aesthetic sensibilities, and moral intuitions. This volume challenges language teachers and teacher trainers to move beyond instrumentalist views of language learning, to recognise the deeply impactful nature of the language learning experience, and to consider how language pedagogy can contribute to the development of the learner as a whole person.

Chapters in this volume consider the enactment of deep learning from diverse theoretical perspectives, including positive psychology, embodied cognition, cognitive linguistics, motivational theory, literary theory, and moral psychology. The volume provides language teachers, teacher trainers and applied linguists with concrete insights into the multidisciplinary foundations of conceptualizing, planning, and implementing deep learning in language classrooms.
Male Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury
Authors: Sikarskie Amanda , Liu Peng , Lan Lan
Published: November 2022

Challenging the Western view of idols as objects of worship, this book explores the role that male idols play in fashion and cosmetics brand marketing in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau; including the role of the female gaze. It examines idols in the more modern, pan-Asian sense of the word – as objects of social devotion, worshipped by the adoring masses and, in China and Korea, as objects of social and moral uplift. The contemporary idol wields great power – the power to influence taste, and to sell – and Male Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury focuses on their ability to arouse the consumer appetite to buy.

In China, popular culture idols play a vital role in the luxury fashion and cosmetics industries as brand ambassadors and this volume fills a critical gap in the English-language literature on this key element of the marketing industry, bringing together authors from the United States and China, and featuring case studies on idols Wang Yibo and Xiao Zhan. Through considering the subtleties of branding and marketing in China, Korea, and Japan, and the relationship of Chinese idols to fans and consumers in other Asian countries, the authors delve into brand-idol collaborations, particularly through lenses of brand image and toxic fan culture.
Tensions of Social History
Authors: Stanziani Alessandro
Published: November 2022

This book seeks to overcome the tension between 'western' and 'non-western' categories and tools in the study of global history, showing how most western approaches to the social sciences and history have developed through transnational and colonial interactions.

Offering a transnational and global history of the main tools we have to understand the word and its transformations over the last three centuries, Tensions of Social History explores the construction of archives and historical memory, the making of statistics and their use in politics, the identification of social actors, and the emergence of key social theories. Providing key insights into how to write history and develop social sciences in the global era while avoiding eurocentrism and cultural exceptionalism, this ambitious book shows how global history is made of encounters rather than confrontations between civilizations.
Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Authors: Selerie Gavin
Published: November 2022

“Twelve times a week,” answered Uta Hagen, when asked how often she’d like to play Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Like her, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee’s masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening’s end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play’s razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek rightly foresaw Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as “a brilliantly original work of art—an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire [that] will be igniting Broadway for some time to come.”
Gaskell: North and South
Authors: Gaskell Elizabeth
Published: November 2022

Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains - author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers.
Penerapan Massage Punggung pada Ibu Inpartu Kala I dalam Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Rasa Nyaman (Nyeri)
Authors: Nur Wahidah  , Nasriani  , Sitti Zakiyyah Putri
Published: November 2022

Persalinan dan kelahiran merupakan kejadian fisiologis yang normal yang tentunya dalam menimbulkan rasa nyeri pada persalinan kala I karena aktivitas   di dalam tubuh untuk mengeluarkan bayi. Untuk mengurangi nyeri tersebut maka dilakukan tindakan non farmakologi berupa massage punggung. Tujuan penelitian adalah Untuk memberikan gambaran penerapan massage punggung pada ibu inpartu kala I dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan rasa aman nyaman (nyeri).

Penelitian ini merupakan rancangan studi kasus deskriptif yang disajikan dalam bentuk narasi dengan menggunakan instrumen berupa format pengkajian kebutuhan rasa aman nyaman (nyeri) dengan melakukan teknik wawancara dan observasi.

Setelah diberikan tindakan keperawatan berupa massage punggung pada ibu inpartu kala i, nyeri yang dirasakan mengalami penurunan dari skala nyeri berat (8) menjadi skala nyeri sedang (5). Hasil tersebut membuktikan bahwa dengan memberikan massage punggung sangat efektif dalam mengurangi nyeri yang dirasakan ibu pada kalaI persalinan.

Kesimpulan dari penelitian adalah nyeri berkurang setelah diberikan tindakan massage punggung. Disarankan agar salah satu teknik non farmakologi yang bisa dilakukan untuk mengurangi nyeri persalinan adalah massase punggung, sehingga tindakan ini bisa dilakukan oleh suami atau keluarga secara mandiri.
Generic Question Classification for Dialogue Systems
Authors: Troadec Marine , Houles Matthis , Blache Philippe
Published: November 2022

We present in this paper a new classification approach for identifying questions during human-machine interactions and more specifically in dialogue systems. The difficulty in this task is first to be domainindependent, reusable whatever the dialogue application and second to be capable of a real time processing, in order to fit with the needs of reactivity in dialogue systems. The task is then different than that of question classification usually addressed in question-answering systems. We propose in this paper a hierarchical classifier in two steps, filtering first question/no-question utterances and second the type of the question. Our method reaches a f-score of 98% for the first step and 97% for the second one, representing the state of the art for this task.
Research on the Image Segmentation by Watershed Transforms
Authors: Taouli Sidi Ahmed
Published: November 2022

Segmentation is a very important step in medical image processing. The mathematical morphology is very suitable for the pretreatment and segmentation of medical images, which present rich information content. In this work we presented a segmentation paradigm by Watershed preceded by a filtering to eliminate insignificant minima, a marking to remove unmarked minima, and finally we implemented a hierarchical segmentation using the mosaic image of the original image. In principle, watershed segmentation depends on ridges to perform a proper segmentation, a property that is often fulfilled in contour detection where the boundaries of the objects are expressed as ridges. Watershed is normally implemented by region growing, based on a set of markers to avoid over segmentation. The diversity of segmentation offers us several ways to segment the image, always we must look for the right method to get good results.
TINGKAT KESUBURAN PERAIRAN DI TELUK DESA PENAGA KECAMATAN TELUK BINTAN KABUPATEN BINTAN
Authors: Sitorus Tina , Tri Apriadi  , Melani Winny Retna
Published: November 2022

Desa Penaga yang terletak di Teluk Bintan memiliki potensi sumberdaya pesisir dan lautan. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui kondisi parameter fisika, kimia , biologi perairan dan untuk mengetahui tingkat kesuburan perairan di Teluk Desa Penaga Kecamatan Teluk Bintan Kabupaten Bintan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode survei, pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode rendom sampling dengan 15 titik sampling. Analisis kesuburan perairan menggunakan indeks TRIX. Parameter yang diukur adalah parameter fisika, kimia, dan biologi perairan. Kelimpahan Fitoplankton saat surut 369 sel/L dan kelimpahan pada saat pasang 825 sel/L. Hasil penelitian parameter fisika, kimia, dan biologi perairan telah memenuhi baku mutu perairan berdasarkan KepMen LH 51 Th 2004, kecuali parameter NO3 dan PO4. Tingkat kesuburan perairan di Teluk Desa Penaga kecamatan Teluk Bintan Kabupaten Bintan pada saat surut dengan  nilai Indeks  TRIX 4,75 dan pada saat pasang nilai indeks TRIX 5,69. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan dapat disimpulkan bahwa kondisi tingkat kesuburan perairan di Teluk Desa Penaga Kecamatan Teluk Bintan pada saat surut tingkat eutrofikasi sedang (mesotrofik) dan  saat pasang  tingkat eutrofikasi  tinggi (eutrofik).
Peer-reviewing for Earth System Science Data as a student training exercise
Authors: Borduas-Dedekind Nadine , Short Karen , Carlson Samuel
Published: November 2022

Abstract. Earth System Science Data (ESSD) is an open-access journal for the publication of interdisciplinary datasets and lends itself well for student peer-review exercises. We discuss in this editorial the experience with ESSD manuscripts of (1) a research group providing a peer-review report to authors; (2) an author receiving a peer-review report from a team of students; and (3) a student participating in a peer-review report. We seek to promote ESSD as a valuable open-source journal for educational purposes, serving as a training set for students with benefits to the students, the authors and the editor.
Navigating the Practicalities of Achieving Diversity in Arbitration
Authors:   Jindal Global University, Bordoloi Animesh
Published: November 2022

Available literature highlights that though most countries had their own form of private dispute settlement, similar to an unorganized form of arbitration, the development of modern international commercial arbitration, as it exists today, dates back to several concrete steps taken in the twentieth century by Western countries. Decades later, this Western influence continues to be highly pervasive, and is one of the important contributing factors for practitioners from such regions enjoying the greatest number of appointments as arbitrators. This has led to serious debates revolving around diversity and inclusivity in arbitral tribunals. Through this research paper, the authors attempt to examine the various factors that affect these ideas of ‘inclusivity’ as well as ‘diversity’, and how these ideas are consistent or inconsistent with the fundamental principles underlying arbitration. The paper discusses various initiatives that have been undertaken to increase all forms of diversity – of nationality, race, gender, culture, and so on- and then evaluates the effectiveness of the same. It also analyzes the idea of ‘familiarity’ in appointment of arbitrators, including the idea of an arbitrator’s previous experience, and if at all it would be fair to ask parties to give up on their autonomy while pushing for diversity in the tribunal. The research is premised on the hypothesis that there exists an inherent tension between these ideas. Given that most legislations recognize the autonomy of contracting parties are extremely essential, any initiative seeking to increase diversity might turn out to be a complex one. The authors also discuss, as a case study, the structure of the Indian judicial system, which in the absence of any definite setup has struggled to create and sustain diversity, particularly from the gender vantage. The paper concludes by discussing plausible solutions, structures and stakeholders, which if identified, as well as regulated efficiently, can play a significant role in pushing for such changes.
The Singapore Convention in the framework of the investor-state dispute settlement system
Authors:   Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Cometti Anna , Moschen Valesca ,   Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Published: November 2022

This contribution is aimed at analysing the extension of the scope of the Singapore Convention on Mediation to include settlement agreements arising out of investor-State mediation. To this end, the paper firstly approaches the ISDS crisis jointly with the UNCITRAL Working Group III reform proposals. Secondly, analyses the use of mediation in the scope of investor-State disputes and the rise of the Singapore Convention on mediation. Finally, argues for the applicability of the Convention to the context of ISDS. In addition, this work comprises the hypothetical-deductive methodology, through the analysis of normative texts, cases and international instruments.
Suriyeli Öğrencilerin Türk Eğitim Sistemine Entegrasyonu ve PİKTES Projesi
Authors: Nizamoğlu Ali Volkan
Published: November 2022

Migration and saylum , which has been observed in almost every geography throughout history, is a phenomenon as old as the history of humanity. Due to its geographical location and geopolitical importance, Turkey is closely related to the migration and migration phenomenon that has been going on for centuries. Turkey has been a country that receives and gives immigrants from the past to the present. Looking at the 2000s, it can be said that this situation continued. Turkey is a frequent destination for many refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and African countries. Although Turkey has different policies on refugee education, especially refugee children face different problems. Based on these problems, there are adaptation problems, but language and cultural differences can be expressed as other problems. Keywords: Refugees, Migration, Syrian Students, Integration Process, Adaptation to Turkish Educational Life, Integration, Language Problems
Changes in the Neuronal Architecture of the Hippocampus in a 6-Hydroxydopamine-Lesioned Rat Model of Parkinson Disease
Authors: Kim Bohye , Weerasinghe-Mudiyanselage Poornima D. E. , Ang Mary Jasmin , Lee Jeongmin , Kang Sohi , Kim Jong-Choon , Kim Sung-Ho , Kim Joong-Sun , Jung Chaeyong , Shin Taekyun , Moon Changjong
Published: November 2022

Purpose: Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which dopaminergic (DAergic) systems are destroyed (particularly in the nigrostriatal system), causing both motor and nonmotor symptoms. Hippocampal neuroplasticity is altered in PD animal models, resulting in nonmotor dysfunctions. However, little is known about the precise mechanism underlying the hippocampal dysfunctions in PD.Methods: Striatal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) infusions were performed unilaterally in adult Sprague Dawley rats. Both motor and nonmotor symptoms alongside the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in the substantia nigra and striatum were confirmed in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats. The neuronal architecture in the hippocampus was analyzed by Golgi staining.Results: During the 7–8 weeks after infusion, the 6-OHDA-lesioned rats exhibited motor and nonmotor dysfunctions (especially anxiety/depression-like behaviors). Rats with unilateral 6-OHDA infusion displayed reduced TH+ immunoreactivity in the ipsilateral nigrostriatal pathway of the brain. Golgi staining revealed that striatal 6-OHDA infusion significantly decreased the dendritic complexity (i.e., number of crossing dendrites, total dendritic length, and branch points) in the ipsilateral hippocampal conus ammonis 1 (CA1) apical/basal and dentate gyrus (DG) subregions. Additionally, the dendritic spine density and morphology were significantly altered in the CA1 apical/basal and DG subregions following striatal 6-OHDA infusion. However, alteration of microglial and astrocytic distributions did not occur in the hippocampus following striatal 6-OHDA infusion.Conclusions: The present study provides anatomical evidence that the structural plasticity in the hippocampus is altered in the late phase following striatal 6-OHDA infusion in rats, possibly as a result of the prolonged suppression of the DAergic system, and independent of neuroinflammation.
Correlation between effective cohesion and plasticity index of clay
Authors: Tchakalova Boriana , Ivanov Plamen
Published: November 2022

Correlations of engineering properties are a useful tool in geotechnical engineering practice. This paper aims to provide a correlation between the effective cohesion and plasticity index for natural, undisturbed clay soils from the Kozloduy area (NW Bulgaria), based on the results from laboratory tests. It has been demonstrated that there is a strong correlation between the plasticity index and the effective cohesion. The derived regression equation can be used to estimate the effective cohesion as first approximation in preliminary design of engineering projects of Pliocene and Quaternary clays encountered in northwest Bulgaria.
FORCES 3 : Exploitation à des fins pédagogiques des données d’un portail d’apprentissage de l’autogestion de la douleur. Développement d’une architecture de collecte et d’analyse de données et d’un module de suivi du développement des compétences
Authors: Humeau Tom , Savard Isabelle , Lemire Daniel , Dionne Pierre-Olivier , Angulo-Mendoza Gustavo-Adolfo , Plante Patrick , Pinard Anne Marie , Roy Jean-Sébastien
Published: November 2022

Le développement des environnements numériques d’apprentissage (ENA), en plus de permettre un accès plus facile au savoir pour tous, présente un nouvel éventail de possibilités pédagogiques. Les infrastructures de données intrinsèquement liées aux technologies du Web favorisent l’apprentissage adaptatif et la personnalisation des parcours. C’est le cas de la plateforme en ligne Gérer ma douleur, qui propose un ensemble de ressources pour les personnes souffrant de douleurs chroniques afin de les aider à mieux les gérer. Dans le cadre du développement de cette plateforme, l’équipe de recherche-développement a procédé à l’étude de l’usage de ces infrastructures de données, pour proposer de nouvelles offres et fonctionnalités de façon à soutenir les parcours d’apprentissage. Un module de suivi de parcours d’apprentissage a été développé en partenariat avec de potentiels futurs utilisateurs, en suivant une méthodologie de prototypage rapide. De plus, un système de collecte et d’observation des données d’interactions des utilisateurs avec la plateforme a été mis en place en utilisant la norme xAPI, dans l’optique d’améliorer le fonctionnement du dispositif d’apprentissage et les différentes ressources éducatives.
Exploration of anti-inflammatory activity of extract and isolated compounds obtained from the aerial root of Ficus benghalensis Linn.
Authors: Mazumder Kamalika , Khanra Ritu , Biswas Kaushik , N. Bala Nripendra , S. Maji Himangshu
Published: November 2022

Ficus benghalensis L. is a traditional heritage tree available in Indian subcontinent and used traditionally for ailment of several diseases. Present study designed to purify and characterize the bioactive moiety (s) from the aerial root part of the plant, and assessment of the role of extract as well as purified molecules in the prevention of inflammation. Aerial root portion of the plant was first extracted using methanol as solvent, and further fractionated with n-hexane and ethyl acetate. α amyrin acetate (S1) was purified from the n-hexane and ethyl acetate fraction, and stigmasterol (S2), first time purified from the plant using from the ethyl acetate fraction using column chromatography. Extract, purified α-amyrin acetate and stigmasterol were checked for their anti-inflammatory property using Carrageenan induced paw oedema model on rat. Extract at a dose 400 mg/kg, α-amyrin acetate and stigmasterol both at 100 mg /kg dose significantly reduce the inflammation near to normal. After 3 hrs the paw volume was inhibited 25%, 47.5%, 42.5%, 45%, 62.5% by EA extract of 200 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg, stigmasterol 100mg/kg, α- amyrin acetate 100 mg/kg and standard Indomethacin, respectively. The finding of present study revealed the prospective anti-inflammatory property of α-amyrin acetate, stigmasterol and extract of aerial root of Ficus benghalensis L.