bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
tema sexualidade humana nos livros didáticos de Biologia mais distribuídos pelo Programa Nacional do Livro Didático 2015
Authors: Ferreira Bruno , Machado Luisa Aguiar , Pedreira Ana Júlia Lemos Alves
Published: November 2021

A restrição da abordagem do tema sexualidade nas escolas e no livro didático pode ser problemática, visto que ao não se debater sobre conteúdos relativos à sexualidade humana, dúvidas importantes sobre a saúde no que diz respeito ao âmbito sexual, podem não ser esclarecidas. Ao não se debater sobre as questões sociais da sexualidade humana, preconceitos e discriminações, contra homossexuais, podem ser gerados. O objetivo desse estudo foi investigar como as duas coleções de livros didáticos de Biologia mais distribuídas no Brasil no ano de 2015, pelo PNLD, abordam o tema, além de verificar nas coleções dos mesmos autores no ano de 2018. Foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo para analisar as quatro coleções. Foi verificado que a linguagem presente nos textos dos livros didáticos ainda apresenta um padrão heteronormativo, não abordando a diversidade da sexualidade humana, focando principalmente na sexualidade como sinônimo e forma de reprodução. Assim a discussão dos temas de sexualidade dentro da sala de aula deveria abranger mais tópicos dentro do conteúdo, a fim de aprofundar a discussão e poder então cumprir o critério de construção de uma sociedade democrática. Espera-se que esse estudo contribua para a desmistificação dos tabus que envolvem a sexualidade humana; bem como que auxilie na elaboração de livros didáticos com um olhar mais social do tema sexualidade, com o intuito de desconstruir preconceitos de gênero e orientação sexual.
The Relation Between Media Exposure, Risk Behaviour and Anxiety in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors:   Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Livazović Goran , Bojčić Karlo
Published: November 2021

This report is focused on a theoretical and empirical analysis of an on-line questionnaire implemented with 246 adolescent participants from Croatia in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study was to analyse the relation between the COVID-19 pan­demic related fear and risk behaviour, anxiety and depression in adolescents, including the importance of sociodemographic traits, family/school/peer relationships and media use as risk-protective factors. The research was implemented during the March and April 2020 lockdown in Croatia with participants aged from 18-35 years old. The questionnaire consisted of 5 major parts: socio-demographic measures; media use and interests; Mean world syndrome; risk behaviour; and 2 standardized scales on anxiety and depression with a high validity of the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranging from α = .81 to α = .94. Correlation analysis demonstrated significant positive relations between COVID-19 media exposure, risk behaviour and anxiety or depression. Our regression analysis established positive moderate predictive relations between risk behaviour, anxiety and depression (p < .01). No significant effects for risk behaviour in relation to the participants’ sociodemographic traits were found.
Gender Inequality in Education
Authors:   Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Białystok,, Nowak Jessica Kristin
Published: November 2021

Education is a critical factor in achieving social equality, including gender equality. For this reason, ensuring equality in the provision of education should not only be a social priority but something natural and obvious. This topic was the subject of considerable debate among scholars for many decades. The beginnings of the struggle for equality of women are based primarily on the battle for access to education, which was essential in this regard. Therefore the gender education gap is decreasing, and nowadays, contemporary rarely persists in educated countries. As a result of the struggle of feminists, today, women around the Globe are more educated than at any point in history. Nevertheless, the phenomena such as “gender inequality” or “gender gap” understood more broadly than education, are still relevant problems. Thereby, men are still more educated and privileged. The problem is not only the degree of accessibility to education but also its content. Yet, current gender inequality is the result of super imposed stereotypical patterns, as well as prejudices and discriminations embodied in the system. This article was written to introduce the issue of gender inequality in education. The given research problem in this study is as follows: where do gender inequalities in education become apparent? The aim of the study is to overview the current state of knowledge. Exploring this topic is crucial because this phenomenon has many negative consequences. This article aims to present the initial characteristics of the problem and draw attention to the issue. The method used is a literature review.
Trait Emotional Intelligence of Teachers Working in Special Education Schools
Authors:   Vilniaus universiteto Šiaulių akademija, Garbenis Simas
Published: November 2021

Today’s schools are constantly engaged by various new experiences, challenges, difficulties and opportunities. Nowadays it is well known that for a school to be successful in both academic and social development it must be opened to use new strategies and methods in order to adapt to these constantly upcoming challenges. It is known that students with special educational needs usually find it harder to function socially, academically, they also tend to undervalue their quality of life. In recent years it has been discovered that student emotions can play a huge part for one’s development in the mentioned areas. In order to fully understand and dispose emotional powers one must be emotionally intelligent. In recent decades research has revealed that emotional intelligence can play a key role to increase the potential of students with special educational needs. These children usually struggle to socially adapt and communicate, to create new relationships, tend to be emotionally unstable, etc. It is also stated that in order to develop student’s emotional intelligence teachers should be highly emotionally intelligent as well as emotional intelligence is developed through social interactions, and the control of social interactions in the emotional level. Thus, the development of their emotional intelligence in a school environment is majorly important, especially if this kind of development is being conducted by highly emotionally intelligent teachers. It is because of these statements the aim of this study has been formulated – to evaluate the trait emotional intelligence of primary school teachers who work in special education schools. In order to reach this goal several research questions were raised: what are the global EI and its factor scores of our sample, how do these scores distribute between themselves, how do they contribute for the development of EI? Also, several research methods were used. A sample of 66 primary education teachers who work in special education schools form Lithuania and Latvia were asked to answer the TEIQue-SF questionnaire. Their scores were evaluated according to the questionnaires scoring key. Their score validity was conducted by using Cronbach’s alpha score and KMO factorial analysis scores all by using SPSS v23. Although the Cronhach’s alpha and KMO scores show no significant research data it has been partly discovered that the teacher’s from our sample global emotional intelligence score should be at a higher than intermediate-high level.
Support for teachers to reduce early school leaving
Authors:   State Education Quality Service, Latvia, Liepiņa Kristīne , Rutka Lūcija ,   RISEBA University of Applied Science
Published: November 2021

The early school leaving is an important topic in many countries. High early school leaving rates have many costs to individuals and society as a whole (Andrei et al., 2011). State Education Quality Service in Latvia implements European Social Fund Project No. 8.3.4.0/16/I/001 “Support for reducing early school leaving” to reduce the number of children and young people leaving school. The project promotes the creation of a sustainable cooperation system between the municipality, school, educators and parents to identify children and young people at risk of early school leaving and provide them with personalized support. Teacher has great influence on students’ educational decisions (Dunn et al., 2004). The way teachers see themselves as professionals and how they compose their identities in schools is important factor in preventing early school leaving. In order for the teachers to feel confident in their contribution and possible positive solution to the problem, they must have knowledge of the problem and effective solutions. According to the Project teachers are given the opportunity to professionally develop and strengthen their skills for working with young people. The aim of the study is to study the role of a teacher in reducing early school leaving and to reveal the necessary forms of support for the performance of pedagogical activity. Data for this study came from a survey and focus group discussion. 815 teachers participated in the study. Analysis of the data reveals that there are several dimensions in the role of the teacher in reducing early school leaving: creating a favorable and safe learning environment, promoting cooperation with parents and colleagues, improving one’s pedagogical competence, helping students to identify and solve learning and interpersonal problems, and revealing their mental and physical potential. The research results show main areas of professional development of teachers: sharing experience with colleagues and learning from each other, learning student’s individuality at a greater extent, diversification of teaching methods, promoting personal development.
Self-Assessment of English Reading Skills in Grade 6
Authors:   University of Latvia, Latkovska Evija , Aleksejeva Santa ,   Mezciems Primary School
Published: November 2021

One of topicalities in the field of education in the 21st century is a necessity to share responsibility. Namely, students should learn to be more responsible for how and what they learn, whereas teachers should learn to share the ownership of the learning process with students, letting them be more involved in it as decision-makers. One way how teachers can encourage students become more conscious of the learning process is to engage them in self-assessment of their learning and learning outcomes. One of self-assessment tools in language education is the European Language Portfolio (the ELP). Apart from different ELPs for adults, there is a portfolio for students in Latvia: My Language Portfolio – The European Language Portfolio for young learners (age 7–12) in the paperback and digital versions. In the present study, the researchers explore how self-assessment can be incorporated in the English language lessons by offering self-assessment activities and the ELP to Grade 6 students to work on their reading skills. Reading skills make the basis for every person’s literacy as reading does not only concern reading itself, it is also about being able to master general knowledge of any other school subject and the world knowledge in general. Thus, the aim of the research is to find out how self-assessment can be used to improve reading skills in English in Grade 6. A case study was carried out for one month in one primary school in Riga, the research sample being two separate groups of Grade 6 students, in total – 26. The researchers analysed and interpreted data collected from assessment and self-assessment of reading activities, questionnaires filled out by students. The main findings of the research show that self-assessment can successfully be incorporated in lessons of English of Grade 6 students as it increases students’ motivation to learn and their reading skills improve. That could be based on the fact that self-assessment allows students to take more ownership of their learning process and learning outcomes, that way making students become more responsible. However, overall progress is not immense and for students who are more competent in English, improvement of their reading skills can barely be traced. It has to be highlighted that students, whose confidence in their English reading skills is lower, benefit from self-assessment more. It could be explained by students’ conscious work on particular problems with reading in English they discover while completing self-assessment activities.
Conceptualization of Pedagogical Entrepreneurship
Authors:   University of Latvia, Slišāne Agnese
Published: November 2021

The European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have stated that education is central to economic and social policy development. Entrepreneurial competence has been topical since 2006, when the European Commission identified a “sense of initiative and entrepreneurship” as one of the eight competencies necessary for all members of a knowledge-based society, however there is still no consensus on what the distinctive elements of entrepreneurship as a competency are. Latvian educational reforms involve changes in the teacher education system in order to have highly qualified, competent, and excellence-oriented teachers who are able to respond quickly to the demands of the labour market and adapt to technological developments. The school reforms also necessitate teachers to create a study process where students develop entrepreneurial competence, which is a new and still vague concept. The aim of the research is to conceptualize pedagogical entrepreneurship through a systematic literature review of the term ‘pedagogical entrepreneurship’ and its components – entrepreneurial skills and teachers’ entrepreneurial behaviour (the methodological approach to teaching, which characterizes entrepreneurial behaviour in the context of education). The present research analyzes 35 publications available on Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and ResearchGate that were published in English from 2011 to 2021. The result of the systematic literature review is the compilation of literature for the terms ‘pedagogi­cal entrepreneurship’, ‘entrepreneurial skills’, and ‘teachers’ entrepreneurial behaviour’ (‘teacherpreneurs’), as well as summarized explanations of each term. The results can be used for further research on pedagogical entrepreneurship and its components. Comprehension of the value of pedagogical entrepreneurship in the context of education will create fertile soil for the effective integration and elaboration of entrepreneurial skills for teacher education students as well as already practising teachers that will support them to implement a competency-based curriculum and be competitive in the changing labour market.
Possibilities for Pre-School Education Students to Combine Studies and Work: Employers’ Position
Authors:   Kauno kolegija / University of Applied Sciences, Bagdonas Algimantas , Jakimavičienė Asta , Sadauskienė Raimonda , Saulėnienė Sigita
Published: November 2021

Practice of higher education institutions reveals that many students start working during their studies and some of them enter higher education institutions already being employed. The vast majority of pre-school education students who study in part-time studies have been already working since the first year of their studies or are already in practice. In the process of combining studies with the work there is a need to find out the problems that students face while entering the world of work trying to combine studies and work, and to determine the employers’ attitude towards the studying employees revealing the essential characteristics of working students. The research was carried out in two stages. In the first stage of the research the studying conditions in higher education system of Lithuania, the experience of students in the labor market and good practices of applying student-friendly measures in combining studies and work in the European Union were discussed. The second part of the work presents the data and the results. The study revealed that half of the students who participated in the study were employed and that most of the students start working in the first year of their studies. Research problem – what is employers’ attitude towards the pre-school education students’ ability to combine studies and work? Research aim – to reveal employers’ attitude towards students’ possibilities to combine studies and work. Research objectives: to determine employers’ attitude towards studying employees. To substantiate possibilities of combining studies and work. To reveal the essential employees’ characteristics required for a working student. Research methods: document analysis and a questionnaire/ survey. The results of the research revealed that the employers’ attitude towards studying employees is favorable.
Implementation of the New Sub-Program for Mathematics Teachers at the University of Latvia
Authors:   University of Latvia, Avotiņa Maruta , Buliņa Elīna , Pogule Guna Brenda
Published: November 2021

A qualified and knowledgeable teacher is a foundation of a good education, responsible for motivating a pupil to acquire new knowledge and apply it in different ways. By 2020, in Latvia, a teacher’s qualification could be obtained in various higher education institutions, which had dozens of study programs in different faculties, so it was difficult for school graduates to orientate in a large number of programs and requirements. Between 2018 and 2020, within the European Social Fund project “Education and Pedagogy” of the University of Latvia, a joint professional bachelor’s study program “Teacher” for several universities was developed. This program has several sub-programs – one of which is the sub-program “Mathematics Teacher” where in September 2020, the first students started their studies. In the new program significant changes were made compared to the previous programs. In this article we analyze the changes made to the study courses while comparing them with a professional bachelor’s program “Secondary School Mathematics Teacher” in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Latvia. The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes to the planned study process, which also affected the implementation of the new program. Thus, in September and early October 2020 students at the University of Latvia attended lectures in person, but in mid-October the remote study process began. Since studying and lecturing online is a new experience not only for students, but also for the majority of lecturers and professors, it was a great challenge to reorganize the study process from studying in person to remote learning without losing quality and feedback acquisition. Given the fact that pupils and students in Latvia studied remotely also in Spring 2020, several surveys were conducted, focusing on remote learning process in schools. In order to see how remote studies affect students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs, a survey about difficulties of remote learning process for 1st year students in the sub-program “Mathematics Teacher” was conducted.
Lithuanian University Students’ Motivation to Study English
Authors:   Vytautas Magnus University, Daukšaitė-Kolpakovienė Aurelija
Published: November 2021

Lithuanian university students’ motivation to study English as an obligatory study subject seems to be not researched. This is the reason why this study attempts to fill in the existing gap by aiming to learn how motivated Lithuanian students are to learn English at a liberal arts university in which English (as a foreign language) is obligatory to study. 61 upper-intermediate level students at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Kaunas (Lithuania) were involved in the study and filled in an anonymous online questionnaire to reflect on their motivation to study English. The questionnaire involved statements on demographic information and 21 statements on different types of motivation. In addition, the research participants needed to explain in writing why they chose specific statements (all of which started with I study English because…). Thus, it was a quantitative and qualitative study, since qualitative data is lacking in various previous research on student motivation. The findings show that the Lithuanian university students are mostly instrumentally oriented. They hardly see English as an obligatory subject, even though it is, and intend to use it mainly as a tool to achieve various goals in the future, for instance, while travelling, communicating and working. Therefore, English teachers should place the learning content in these contexts to increase student motivation to study. This research may also have implications for the teaching of other obligatory non-speciality subjects at a liberal arts university, such as VMU.
Outputs of a PhD Course on the European Policy of Foreign Language Teacher Education
Authors:   Hacettepe University, Mirici Ismail Hakki
Published: November 2021

The European Commission has developed several standard documents for foreign language education including teacher education and opened access for the common use of all European counterparts. This study is based on a PhD course aiming at increasing awareness of and fostering deep research about foreign language teacher education policy in Europe. The study aimed to scrutinize the opinions of the PhD students in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) about the European foreign language teacher education policy. In the study, the case study research design was adopted, utilizing qualitative data. The participants of the study were selected via total count sampling model and covered all of the PhD students (N = 9) taking the course entitled “Foreign Language Teacher Education Policy in Europe” with the code: IDO710 within the ELT program of the Hacettepe University Graduate School of Educational Sciences in the Fall Semester of 2020–2021 academic year. The data were collected via students’ self-reflection reports after the course had been completed and were analysed using content analysis as one of the qualitative data analysis methods. The results showed that at the end of the course the participant students’ awareness was highly increased about the European foreign language teacher education policy and related documents; they decided to make use of these documents in their own contexts; they had a deeper understanding of the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher education; and they became determined to carry out further research on the effectiveness of the European documents on EFL teacher education in Turkey.
The Book “Die Kavaliere von Illuxt”. The New Discovery for XXI Century Reader
Authors:   Daugavpils University, Taļerko Valentina
Published: November 2021

The article examines the historical and literary significance of the memoirs of a Baltic German about Latgale. The space between Ilukste and Daugavpils has been little studied. The data about individual estates and their owners is fragmentary. The study is a separate part of a large regional and literary study dedicated to the Baltic Germans living in the territory of Latgale and in Daugavpils region. The aims of the study are to establish a connection between the text of the book and geographical and personal realities, as well as to reveal the relationship of the Baltic Germans with the population of Latgale from a perspective of self-reflection. Understanding “myself” in the eyes of others and “others” in one’s personal perception is getting more relevant as studying these interactions on the basis of literary texts opens for understanding of the current processes in modern society. The specific tasks are to promote a national issue on the material of the given text as well as to determine a link between the memoir text and the jokes of the Baltic Germans (Pratchen), the features of which have been defined in the authorized studies. The text is understood as an object of scientific cognition in which there are no random linguistic or substantive units. The methodology of research is based on the interpretation of a literary text as well as the synthesis of statistical analysis, immanent critique and content analysis. In the course of the study, it was possible to establish a structural and substantive link between individual episodes of the book with the Baltics jokes (Pratchen). For the peoples who inhabited Latgale (southeastern part of Latvia) in the 18th and 19th centuries, the national issue was not decisive, especially among rural people. Difference in perception of oneself and “myself” in the eyes of others was determined by different social status: Germans are the landowners, the rest are servants and badgers. The mental character of the Baltic Germans was shaped, first and foremost, by the family upbringing and education level, commonly university. The key values were love for their native land, pride for their ancestors, honor and service to the state, and faithfulness to the word. On the basis of the life realia described in the book, it is possible to reconstruct the way of life of the people who disappeared from the map of modern Latgale. The research is funded by the Latvian Council of Science, project “The Baltic Germans of Latgale in the context of socio-ethnic relations from the 17th till the beginning of the 20th century” project No. lzp-2020/2-0136.
Challenges and Opportunities of Asynchronicity: Task-Based Approach After COVID-19
Authors:   University of Latvia, Beļicka Līga , Bicjutko Tatjana
Published: November 2021

The fast transition to fully online studies due to the pandemic made the universities around the world question many of their accepted notions on teaching foreign languages in general and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) methodology in particular. Putting stress on the synchronous remote teaching and learning has proven to yield a reductionist perspective missing asynchronicity, the dimension which makes reconsider the whole educational process. With its shift from the sole focus on learning terminology to training skills in authentic professional contexts, the task-based approach has long excelled in meeting the diverse needs of students. Thus, the research question is how well task-based teaching (TBT) solves the problems raised with asynchronous learning in a university ESP course. The research of available literature on TBT yielded the framework for constructing an extended task applicable in the advanced medical English. The case study with 120 first-year students of medicine organised around an informational interview with health professionals demonstrated easy adaptability of the task to the asynchronous nature of the educational process. Personal observations by the course instructor, summaries of student-conducted interviews, and student written feedback proved the responsiveness of the method to the learners’ needs and the potential of the approach in terms of motivation. The emphasis on self-directed learning, however, threatens the systematicity of the acquired language skills, as a more controlled teaching environment would not allow “skipping” any learning step. Additionally, TBT does not solve the problem of the voluminous teaching load.
Linguistic Landscape Signs in E-Textbooks: Teaching Language as a Compass for Exploring Multimodal Texts, Multilingualism, and Digital Resources
Authors:   University of Latvia, Burr Solvita
Published: November 2021

Rapid technological development and the growth of educators’ and students’ digital skills have allowed e-textbooks to take root in different school subjects’ pedagogical practices. This article’s aim is to compare two e-textbooks – A Guide for Exploring City Texts (Berra (Burr), 2020) and Linguistic Landscapes in English Language Teaching: A Pedagogical Guidebook (Solmaz & Przymus, 2021) – in terms of their technological and pedagogical frameworks and to discuss the benefits and disadvantages of using a language e-textbook which heavily utilizes linguistic landscape signs. The comparison shows that the e-textbooks’ main technological advantages are hyperlinking, bookmarking, highlighting, annotating, and searching. Their content uncovers pedagogical concepts they both share: (1) authenticity, (2) resourcefulness, (3) connectivism, (4) a focus on text genres. Language in both textbooks is understood in the context of semiotic resources, so knowledge and skills in one language are inextricably linked to awareness of other languages, semiotic consciousness, and multiliteracies. The learning process in both e-textbooks is designed in a way that students interactively create and contribute knowledge and apply them in various real-life situations. There are a few drawbacks of the e-textbooks. First, their current technological do not allow for changing the order, length, or content of chapters, subchapters, or sections. Second, a lack of space for writing answers in e-textbooks, which can be frustrating for students. Third, none of the e-textbooks provides content for the entire study year/course, language level, or national subject standard.
Imagination in the Creative Self-Expression of Students in Secondary School Literature Classes
Authors:   Rigas Teikas Secondary School, Celmiņa Daiga
Published: November 2021

The paper’s aim is to make topical the role of imagination in thinking processes and learning cognition and in the creative self-expression of students in secondary school Literature classes. The paper summarizes theoretical pedagogical and psychological findings about imagination in cognitive activity and links them with the author’s practical experience in the work of a secondary school Literature teacher. The research issue is how to stimulate imagination in secondary school students’ cognitive activity during literature classes, thereby promoting their creative self-expression and self-experience. This issue is topical when contemplating the formation of a creative personality and a skilled, creative reader. The role of imagination is regarded from three viewpoints: the relation of imagination to the development of thinking; the role of imagination in creative self-expression and self-experience of students; creative exercises in secondary school literature classes as imagination stimulators. In the learning process related to artistic cognition, connection between scientific and artistically directed cognitive activity is relevant because the development of a free and creative personality requires linking of critical thinking, imagination and emotional attitudes, which in turn forms creative self-experience of students, the ability to use knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired in the learning process of diverse life situations. Creative problem tasks in Literature classes are one of the pedagogical means to encourage students to look for connections between different science fields, topics, facts, events, objects, phenomena, images and draw independent take-aways and conclusions, as well as encourage students to express themselves creatively. The research methods: literature analysis, content analysis, self-experience analysis, survey.
CABARAN HIDUP PENGHIDAP HIV DALAM KALANGAN WANITA
Authors: Muda Mashrom
Published: November 2021

The spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been detected for almost 40 years, beginning in the 1980s and still remains a global health issue. HIV-positive infections can now be detected in almost all countries, including Malaysia. The cross-border, complex, dynamic and unpredictable nature of HIV makes the epidemic a global issue and not simply a domestic issue of any particular country. The changing trends of infection are also causing fear to many as more cases are being detected among individuals not involved in risky activities, such as drug abuse and prostitution among women and teenagers. Consequently, the challenges faced by persons with HIV are different for every segment. Specifically, HIV-positive women (PHW) have also been found to face more severe consequences than their male counterparts due to factors such as inequality of power and opportunities and gender differences. This study is conducted to examine the challenges and their effects to understanding what PHWs face. A qualitative study conducted on 20 PHWs found various challenges faced by these women, such as unstable health; being stigmatised and discriminated against; and negatively labelled by family members and members of society in various situations. The challenges faced by the PHWs indirectly affect many aspects of their lives, such as receiving insufficient social support; denied rights and opportunities to seek treatment and employment; barred from community activities; inability to make decisions; and always being in a state of grief, frustration and stress. Therefore, support is desperately needed by the PHW to rebuild their lives.
CONTORNOS E TRANSTORNOS EM FRONTEIRAS FIXANTES: FORMATIVIDADE DOCENTE EM LINHAS BIFURCADAS
Authors: Silva Ramires
Published: November 2021

O texto apresenta uma proposta de reflexão acerca da formação docente contemporânea atravessada pelo pensamento deleuzo-guattariano e suas ressonâncias. Faz-se um recorte específico na discussão dos fluxos das multiplicidades emancipatórias juvenis durante o processo formacional e seus embates com o desenho curricular instituído. Defende-se que a abordagem cartográfica da pesquisa nesse campo fomenta condições de possibilidades para que modos de vida ganhem ênfase na expressividade formante, interferindo nos acontecimentos aprendentes situacionais da itinerância. Trata-se, pois, de uma leitura com disposição crítica da racionalidade educacional no ambiente formativo.
INSPIRAÇÃO DELEUZIANA: SOBRE O APRENDER E A DECEPÇÃO
Authors: Santos Costa Dhemersson Warly , Brito Maria dos Remédios de
Published: November 2021

A problemática do aprender atravessa algumas obras de Gilles Deleuze, mesmo que ele não tenha convocado essa questão para a educação e seus ruídos práticos. Saindo das leituras formalistas e psicologizantes, o aprender para ele passa por movimentos sombrios que estão para além de um estado consciente e linear. O aprender teria como via prioritária o intelecto, as objetividades, as regras e os modos definidos que levem para algum lugar? Contrariando o senso comum pedagógico pragmático, por meio de inspirações filosóficas deleuzianas, o argumento que se desenha neste ensaio é que há uma decepção descontínua no aprendizado que convoca paradoxalmente outras formas criativas de pensar o problema quando o corpo se põe à espreita. O texto é inspirando em obras do período intermediário do pensador, tendo como foco Proust e os signos (2010), argumentando que o aprender está em uma complexa relação com o que difere no corpo violentado pelas disparações do fora, insuflado em meios aos perceptos que arrastam sensivelmente o corpo para esferas desconhecidas, implicando olhar o caos, assim como pensar e o sentir e o fabular.
Species assemblage turnover is greater horizontally than vertically in a complex habitat
Authors: Xing Shuang , Hood Amelia , Dial Roman , Fayle Tom
Published: November 2021

Abiotic and biotic factors structure species assembly in ecosystems both
horizontally and vertically. However, the way community composition
changes along comparable horizontal and vertical distances in complex
three-dimensional habitats, and the factors driving these patterns,
remain poorly understood. By sampling ant assemblages at comparable
vertical and horizontal spatial scales in a tropical rain forest, we
compared observed patterns with those predicted according to decreased
resource availability in the upper canopy, environmental filtering by
microclimate and microhabitat structure, presence of competition in the
form of ant mosaics, and structural connectivity. We found although
dissimilarity between ant assemblages increased with vertical distance,
the dissimilarity was higher horizontally but was independent of
distance in this dimension. Moreover, there was not a more rapid
increase in horizontal distance-dissimilarity at greater heights in the
canopy, as would be predicted if large competitive ant colonies drove
these patterns. The pronounced horizontal and vertical structuring of
ant assemblages across short distances is likely explained by a
combination of microclimate and microhabitat connectivity. Our results
demonstrate the importance of considering three-dimensional spatial
variation in local assemblages and reveal how highly diverse communities
can be supported by complex habitats.
An assessment of Key Success Factors for Construction Projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Authors: Fariala Adrien , Awolusi Olawumi Dele
Published: November 2021

The success of the Government's construction projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2011 has been anchored on the potential of construction firms in completing these projects based on the planned timeframe as well as the budget. Consequently, from a project management viewpoint, the main objective of the present study was to assess the critical success factors in developing countries' construction projects and to examine the impact of risk management, leadership, experience and expertise, and project size on construction projects in DRC. Data was gathered from respondents in the construction projects in DRC using quantitative methods. A statistical software program, SPSS version 25, was subsequently used to analyze the collected quantitative data. The findings emanating from this study contribute to the body of knowledge on key success factors in construction projects in DRC as a developing country. It was revealed from the study that the success of construction projects in DRC could be boosted through effective and efficient risk management. In addition, effective and efficient leadership mainly transactional leadership would affect construction project success. Further, the more the experience and expertise of construction project staff, the more likely the project success criteria would be met, and the more likely the project would be successful. And lastly, smaller-sized and medium-sized construction projects may be more successful, whereas mega projects may not be very successful due to insufficient and limited experience and expertise.
Social-Costs Perspective Impacts of Cybercrime in World-Economy, Country-Wise: Policy-Guidance under Piecemeal Approach
Authors: Rahman Dr. Akim M. , Islam Saadi
Published: November 2021

Today’s technology-driven human-society(s) country-wise are counted more than ever before where UAE-society is no exception. Tech-users here compete for comparative time-saving options for marginalizing operating costs. It has resulted in huge data usages, a high number of users & devices, which has attracted criminals for taking advantage, which is called cybercrime. Addressing cybercrime, the UAE, like many countries, is not out of control by-laws. However, laws like cybercrime for its society are not always for absolutely eliminating the crime. Thus, besides cybercrime law in place, UAE needs a piecemeal approach in practice where one department may vary from approaches of other-department. With awareness about risky online behaviors & options, tech-users as defenders are needed to invest their efforts. This study has laid out the foundation of the proposal, Akim’s Model-2021, using the Theory of Consumer Choice & Behaviors and Welfare Analysis. Tech-user’s actual utility-received is the sum of utility-received from awareness & own-effort and utility-received from cybercrime-law. Any changes to services received from joint efforts may risk tech-user, to be a victim. Welfare analysis shows tech user's actions - awareness & own-effort, besides cybercrime-law can create, Net Social-gain, which largely depends on tech user's actions. Tech-user’s economic surplus is greater than government expenses for implementation of cybercrime law in UAE. Net-loss to the UAE is the sum of deadweight loss and net-loss to tech producers for underutilized resources.
To Professor Petar Pfendt, In calidum, et plurium retributivus memoriae: FTIR-ATR analysis of post stamps of Principality of Serbia issued in 1866 and 1868 and their forgeries
Authors: Popovic Aleksandar , Andjelkovic Boban , Djordjevic Dragana , Sakan Sanja , Vujisic Ljubodrag , Velickovic Sava , Relic Dubravka
Published: November 2021

In order to further define the potential use of FTIR-ATR spectroscopy, as a non-destructive and reliable technique, for the analysis of the characteristics of post stamps, certified originals of the Principality of Serbia stamps (?Prince Michael issues?) issued in 1866 and 1868 as well as their forgeries were analyzed. Spectra enabling the comparison of the paper, dye and glue of stamps of so-called ?Vienna issues?, having denominations of 10 (orange-yellow), 20 (pink) and 40 para (blue) and ?Belgrade issues? (1 para-green and 2 para-reddish brown), as well as 24 expert-certified forgeries, were taken. It was shown that the applied technology was, in most of the cases, a fast and suitable technique for establishing clear differences between the spectral characteristics of the paper and dye used for the original stamps, and forgeries that were most probably made decades after the printing of the genuine stamps. The differences between printings of the same issues of the genuine stamps were also elaborated. It is proposed, for the first time in philatelic history, the possibility that ?Vienna issues? stamps may have been printed on two different papers, and, having in mind the technology of printing in the 19th century, potentially, not even at the same time or in the same printing house.
Withaferin A Promotes White Adipose Browning and Prevents Obesity Through Sympathetic Nerve–Activated Prdm16-FATP1 Axis
Authors: Guo Bingbing , Liu Jiarui , Wang Bingwei , Zhang Chenyu , Su Zhijie , Zhao Miao , Qin Lihua , Zhang Weiguang , Zheng Ruimao
Published: November 2021

The increasing prevalence of obesity has resulted in demands for the development of new effective strategies for obesity treatment. Withaferin A (WA) shows a great potential for prevention of obesity by sensitizing leptin signaling in the hypothalamus. However, the mechanism underlying the weight- and adiposity-reducing effects of WA remains to be elucidated. In this study, we report that WA treatment induced white adipose tissue (WAT) browning, elevated energy expenditure, decreased respiratory exchange ratio, and prevented high-fat diet–induced obesity. The sympathetic chemical denervation dampened the WAT browning and also impeded the reduction of adiposity in WA-treated mice. WA markedly upregulated the levels of Prdm16 and FATP1 (Slc27a1) in the inguinal WAT (iWAT), and this was blocked by sympathetic denervation. Prdm16 or FATP1 knockdown in iWAT abrogated the WAT browning–inducing effects of WA and restored the weight gain and adiposity in WA-treated mice. Together, these findings suggest that WA induces WAT browning through the sympathetic nerve–adipose axis, and the adipocytic Prdm16-FATP1 pathway mediates the promotive effects of WA on white adipose browning.
Withaferin A Promotes White Adipose Browning and Prevents Obesity Through Sympathetic Nerve-Activated Prdm16-FATP1 Axis
Authors: Guo Bingbing , Liu Jiarui , Wang Bingwei , Zhang Chenyu , Su Zhijie , Zhao Miao , Qin Lihua , Zhang Weiguang , Zheng Ruimao
Published: November 2021

The increasing prevalence
of obesity has resulted in demands for the development of new effective
strategies for obesity treatment. The Withaferin A (WA) shows a great potential
for prevention of obesity by sensitizing leptin signaling in the hypothalamus.
However, the mechanism underlying the weight- and adiposity-reducing effects of
WA remains to be elucidated. Here, we report that WA treatment induced white
adipose tissue (WAT) browning, elevated energy expenditure (EE), decreased
respiratory exchange ratio (RER), and prevented high-fat diet (HFD)-induced
obesity. The sympathetic chemical denervation dampened the WAT browning and
also impeded the reduction of adiposity in WA-treated mice. WA markedly
up-regulated the levels of Prdm16 and FATP1 (Slc27a1) in the inguinal WAT (iWAT), and this was blocked
by sympathetic denervation. Prdm16 or FATP1 knockdown in iWAT abrogated the WAT
browning-inducing effects of WA, and restored the weight gain and adiposity in
WA-treated mice. Together, these findings suggest that WA induces WAT browning
through the sympathetic nerve-adipose axis; and the adipocytic Prdm16-FATP1
pathway mediates the promotive effects of WA on white adipose browning.
KAJIAN EFIKASI HERBISIDA AMETRIN DAN KOMBINASI AMETRIN + (2,4-D ATAU METIL METSULFURON) TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN GULMA PADA BUDIDAYA TANAMAN TEBU LAHAN KERING
Authors: Susanto Herry , Evizal Rusdi , Sugiatno Sugiatno
Published: November 2021

Weed control in dry land cane cultivation is usually done chemically with the pre-emergence herbicides spraying since planting until to one week and post-emergence for about 2.5 months. Pre-emergence herbicides are usually used to control weeds when planting until to 2 month periode and 2.5 months post-emergence herbicides to prepare a second fertilization so that sugar cane growth is not disturbed by weeds. The treatment consisted of: ametrine 80 % herbicide at doses of 0.8, 1.2, 1.6, 2.0; and 2.4 kg / ha, ametrine 1.6 kg/ha+2,4-D 865g l/ha,ametrine 1.6 kg/ha + metil metsulfuron 8 g/ha, 2 times manual weeding treatment, and control. The experimental design used was randomized block design with 4 replications. The results showed that the herbicides ametrine and ametrine + 2,4-D or metsulfuron methyl were able to suppress the total weeds growth in the cultivation of dry land sugarcane. Ametrine and ametrine + 2,4-D or metsulfuron methyl all doses are able to suppress weeds Borreria alata, Rhicardia brasiliensis, and Digitaria longifolia; except at doses of ametrine 0.8 and 1.2 kg/ha against Borreria alata at 8 and 12 weeks after application. Whereas weeds that are not controlled with all treatments, namely Brachiaria sp., Cyperus rotundus, and Cleome rutidosperma. The growth of plant cane is not suppressed by the treatment of herbicide ametrine and ametrine + 2,4-D or metsulfuron  methyl and as well as manual weeding. The treatment of herbicide ametrine and ametrine + 2,4-D or metsulfuron methyl does not cause toxic in plant cane cultivation. Keywords: Ametrine, 2,4-D, metsulfuron methy, plant cane, weeds.