bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Social relations in virtual world and social media aggression
Authors: Eraslan Levent , Kukuoğlu Ahmet
Published: March 2021

Living in the age of constant technology developments shifted social communication patterns and shifted social relations to virtual environments. The socialisation process that takes place in digital platforms also transferred many negative elements experienced in social life to the virtual environment. That is, the aggression behaviours concerning these negative processes have also been transferred to the virtual communication. The current study examines the effects of social media aggression (SMA) regarding digital platforms on the social relations in human life in the context of various variables. Results of the study revealed that the counter-comments towards participantsâ€™ values have a significant effect on participantsâ€™ demonstration of aggressive tendencies. In other notable finding participants reported that they aware of their rights f=75 (33%) against negative SMA, while f=150 (67%) of participants do not know them.

 Keywords: Virtual communication, social media, aggression.
Designing learning-skills towards industry 4.0
Authors: Gaudio Giovana del , Refugio Craig N. , Jurcic Igor , Corte Valentina Della , James Debra Ferdinand , Said Mohamed Mohamed Tolba , Sawicka Barbara , Mohan T. Roosefert , Aravind Vasudeva Rao , Umachandran Krishnan , Amuthalakshmi P.
Published: March 2021

The world is shrinking now more than ever due to new scientific and technological breakthroughs that expand the boundaries of human knowledge, resulting in improvements in transportation, communication, space exploration and educational technologies. Todayâ€™s students will compete in a technological, diverse, multi-cultural world and must be prepared to thrive in this futuristic environment. Therefore, it is vital that todayâ€™s pedagogy produce lifelong learners, who can succeed in a global pulpit. To ensure our educational technology progresses at the rate demanded by todayâ€™s ubiquitous digital learners, we review emerging technologies and traditional teaching methods and propose desirable changes. Future companies will need employees with specific Internet of Things connected additive manufacturing skills across the value stream, including computer-aided design, machine operation, raw material development, robotics and supply chain management; but these are only island of excellence in industry 4.0 and not the consummate requirement of the manufacturing process.Keywords: Industry 4.0, IoT, smart teaching, future skills.
Flipped classroom approach in EFL context: Some associated factors
Authors: Yavuz Fatih , Ozdemir Selin
Published: March 2021

Foreign language teaching is one field that is changing and being updated to meet the needs of learners and recent advances lead to consider new perspectives, directions and approaches. As an example of blended learning, flipped classrooms have gained prominence in recent years owing to the interest in crucial impacts of online and learner-centred learning on foreign language learning process. Traditional teaching process is reversed which means that class time is dedicated to homework and activities whereas learners construct their own knowledge at home. In a flipped class, learners are encouraged to improve their critical thinking skills and evaluate their own learning since teachers take a role as a coach and mentor in this process. On the other hand, in a traditional class, the content of the lesson is delivered by the teachers directly and learners are passive receivers of the knowledge in the classroom.

Keywords: Biotechnology, teaching biotechnology, thematic content analysis, analysis of articles, academic achievement.
The effect of online gamification on EFL learners' writing anxiety levels: a process-based approach
Authors: Yavuz Fatih , Ozdemir Emrah , Celik Ozgur
Published: March 2021

Writing is one of the most difficult and neglected skills for EFL learners. Gamification, the use of game elements to increase user experience and interest in non-game content, can be used to deal with writing anxiety which is considered as a hindering affective factor in successful language learning. Within this scope, this study aims to investigate the effect of the online gamification tool "˜Edmodo" on EFL learners' writing anxiety levels. The experimental design, one of the quantitative methods, was preferred. Data were collected through a background questionnaire and the Second Language Writing Anxiety Scale, involving 22 items scored on a five-point Likert response scale. Data were analysed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software. The results showed that the students who completed the activities and who were graded through Edmodo had significantly lower anxiety levels than the students using the traditional pen and paper.
Keywords: Gamification, foreign language, writing, anxiety.
Peculiarities of educational challenges implementing project-based learning
Authors: Vasiliene-Vasiliauskiene Virgilija , Vasilis Vasiliauskas Aidas , Meidute-Kavaliauskiene Ieva , Sabaityte Jolanta
Published: March 2021

It has long been acknowledged that effective learning is grounded on opportunities to explore problems and think critically, thus creating solid base for knowledge economy development. In this vein, there have been concentrated reform initiatives across many content areas that have integrated authentic and student-driven instructional approaches. Within the context of the 21st century education paradigm, the acquisition and development of new competencies and technical skills require new authentic learning methods. The growing popularity of the project-based learning paradigm, is related to extended opportunities in terms of knowledge attainment, facilitating the acquisition of several transversal competences such as team work, search and collection of information and synthesis and analysis abilities. However, PBL learning strategies should be developed in compliance with the educational challenges faced by the new techniqueâ€™s implementation. In the light of this reasoning, this paper presents a literature review on PBL and discusses PBLâ€™s implementation opportunities and challenges faced by academic staff, business representatives and students. A key point is to highlight the concept of networking among teachers, students and the business sector.

Keywords: Knowledge-based Cooperation; Networking in Studies; Business and Science; Innovative Approach; Project-based Learning (PBL);
Creative and research competence as a factor of professional training of future teachers: Perspective of learning technology
Authors: Amirova Amina , Iskakovna Jeksembekova Menslu , Zakaryanovna Taubayeva Galiya , Nurmakhanovna Zhundibayeva Turarkhan , Elmira Uaidullakyzy
Published: March 2021

One of the main current objectives of countries is to achieve a high level of quality in higher education that meets the needs of the labor market problems of industrial-innovative development of the country, the identity and relevant international best practices in the field of education. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review on creative and research competence as a factor of professional training of future teachers according to perspective of learning technology. Document analysis as a qualitative research method was used in the study. It should be noted that in the framework of the Bologna process and the integration of Kazakhstan universities into the European higher education area in recent years, increasing attention is paid to the competence approach which refers to development of key competencies of teacher candidates in the training of future profession. For future teachers, it is necessary to be able to be creative in solving a variety of pedagogical technological problems in addition to mastering the specialized knowledge. Creative competencies of the future teachers play a crucial role in their future professional life. Results are discussed with relevant literature and implications for future research and practices are presented.

 

Keywords: Learning technology, creative competence, research competence, future teachers.
Psychological problems and features of modern schoolchildren’s communication
Authors: Romanova Evgenya S. , Bershedova Ludmila I. , Morozova Tatiana Yu. , Ovcharenko Larisa Yu. , Tolstikova Svetlana N.
Published: March 2021

The study is aimed to identify urgent problems in the field of communication between young men and women and other significant participants in unregulated interaction. Using standardised test methods, questionnaires were adapted for this study and were collected the primary material that reflects the essential characteristics of unregulated communication between high school students in Russia. The sample of the study was 378 people. The main results were the data indicating a serious gap between high school students’ need to communicate and the actual satisfaction of this need in the interaction with other significant participants. The main meaning of young people’s need for trustful reference unregulated communication is not so much the communicative component as the emotional–affective content, which consists of acceptance, support, emotional exchange and understanding on the part of other people. Currently, there is a gap between the need for unregulated confidential communication of young men and women with significant adults and the real system of such communication. The results were put into the development of recommendations that allow psychologists to build an optimal interaction with family systems and the pedagogical community to optimise communication between high school students. As a prospect for further research, the tasks of developing parent–child relationships are identified.

 

Keywords: High school students, social interaction, psychological problems, unregulated communication.
The mediation effects of smartphone addiction on relationship between aggression and nomophobia
Authors: Nuri Cahit , Direktör Cemaliye , Arnavut Ahmet
Published: March 2021

The aim of this study is to research the mediational role of smartphone addiction on relationship between nomophobia and aggression level of university students. The data collected through the convenience samples over the Internet has reached a wider audience. The study group consisted of 307 university students. Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form, Buss Perry Aggression Scale and Nomophobia Scale were used during the research process. In addition, Relational survey method used, and mediation model of Baron and Kenny’s was used to analyze the mediation effect of smartphone. Smartphone usage is related to nomophobia and anger. Partial mediation effect of smartphone addiction was proved among nomophobia and anger. On the relation between aggression and nomophobia, the smartphone indirect effect value is %6.

Keywords: Aggression, Mediational Role, Nomophobia, Smartphone Addiction
SSHAP In-Focus: COVID-19, Uncertainty, Vulnerability and Recovery in India
Authors: Pickard Justin , Srivastava Shilpi , Bhatt Mihir R. , Mehta Lyla
Published: March 2021

This paper addresses COVID-19 in India, looking at how the interplay of inequality, vulnerability, and the pandemic has compounded uncertainties for poor and marginalised groups, leading to insecurity, stigma and a severe loss of livelihoods. A strict government lockdown destroyed the incomes of farmers and urban informal workers and triggered an exodus of migrant workers from Indian cities, a mass movement which placed additional pressures on the country's rural communities. Elsewhere in the country, lockdown restrictions and pandemic response have coincided with heatwaves, floods and cyclones, impeding disaster response and relief. At the same time, the pandemic has been politicised to target minority groups (such as Muslims, Dalits), suppress dissent, and undermine constitutional values. The paper focuses on how COVID-19 has intersected with and multiplied existing uncertainties faced by different vulnerable groups and communities in India who have remained largely invisible in India's development story. With the biggest challenge for government now being to mitigate the further fall of millions of people into extreme poverty, the brief also reflects on pathways for recovery and transformation, including opportunities for rural revival, inclusive welfare, and community response. This brief is based on a review of existing published and grey literature, and 23 interviews with experts and practitioners from 12 states in India, including representation from domestic and international NGOs, and local civil society organisations. It was developed for the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) by Justin Pickard, Shilpi Srivastava, Lyla Mehta (IDS), and Mihir R. Bhatt. Some of the cases draw on ongoing research of the TAPESTRY project, which explores bottom-up transformations in marginal environments across India and Bangladesh.
POSTMODERNİST ANLATININ BİLİM-KURGU İLE ANAKRONİK BULUŞMASI: KONSTANTİNİYYE ÜÇLEMESİ
Authors: İMAMOĞLU Abdulfettah
Published: March 2021

Yirmi birinci yüzyıl Türk edebiyatı yazarlarından olan Ali Teoman’ın 2011 yılında tamamladığı Konstantiniyye üçlemesi, Uykuda Çocuk Ölümleri, Karadelik Güncesi ve Gecenin Atları isimli kitaplardan oluşmaktadır. Birbirinden bağımsız hikâyeler içerdiklerinden dolayı nehir roman olarak nitelendirilemeyecek bu üç kitabın en büyük ortak noktası, kurgusal bir şehir olarak tasarlanan Konstantiniyye’de geçmeleridir. Birbirinin devamı olmaktan ziyade, daha çok birbirinin tamamlayıcısı olarak ele alınabilecek bu üç eser hem postmodernist anlatı özellikleri göstermekte hem de bilim-kurgu türüyle özdeşleştirilebilecek nitelikler barındırmaktadır. Hâl böyleyken, bu çalışmada, yukarıda adı geçen üç romanın içerisinde yer alan ve postmodernist anlatı başlığı altında değerlendirilebilecek biçime ve anlatıma dair özellikler, somut örnekler üzerinden incelenecektir. Bununla birlikte, eserin türsel olarak bilim-kurgu alttürü ile ne derece bağdaştığı, zamanın temsili noktasından hareketle ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılacaktır ve bu yapılırken, eserde temsil edilen zamansal boyutun anakronik bir nitelik gösterdiği vurgulanacaktır. Böylelikle, Türk edebiyatında sıra dışı sayılabilecek bir kombinasyonun ürünü olarak Konstantiniyye üçlemesi, postmodernist anlatı ve bilim-kurgu alttürü doğrultusunda gerek biçim gerekse içerik olarak yakından incelenmiş olacaktır.
CREATING THE NATION ON THE PAGE: THE IMAGINED NATIONHOOD IN RAJA RAO’S KANTHAPURA
Authors: TURAN Ayşegül
Published: March 2021

Raja Rao’s Kanthapura (1938) focuses on the story of how Gandhian ideology reaches the village of Kanthapura and changes the villagers’ lives drastically. Rao’s portrayal of national identity, by putting the village in the center, relies heavily on the use of centuries-old Indian culture and traditions in order to create a sense of shared history and collective sense of belonging against British colonialism. In the novel, the villagers re-discover their shared cultural and religious past in their attempt to find the strength to fight against colonial domination and envision a new society. Thus, the narrative’s imagining of the future society follows a past-oriented trajectory, namely combining the past, present and future in the microcosmos of the village. I contend that the temporal origin of the projected nationhood determines the limitations and possibilities for the formation of the idea of nation and the future society.
DILETTANTEN, GEISTERBESCHWÖRER UND DIE SORGE VOR EINER REVOLUTION: GOETHES ZAUBERLEHRLING IM SCHNITTPUNKT DER DISKURSE
Authors: BAZARKAYA Onur Kemal , KALEMCİ Nurseda
Published: March 2021

Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Ballade Der Zauberlehrling (1797), in der die titelgebende Figur an die Stelle des abwesenden Hexenmeisters tritt und so eine Überschwemmung verursacht, handelt offenkundig vom Thema Grenzüberschreitung. Indes fällt auf, dass sich die Flutkatastrophe in der domestizierten Umgebung der Meister-Werkstatt ereignet und der Meister bei seiner Rückkunft die alte Ordnung sogleich wiederherstellt. Unter diesem Aspekt lässt sich der Text – umgekehrt – auch als eine Art Bewusstmachung dessen lesen, was Grenzen eigentlich bedeuten und warum es wichtig ist, sie einzuhalten. Tatsächlich sind im Zauberlehrling Chaos und Ordnung wechselseitig bedingt. Man könnte auch sagen, dass die Grenzüberschreitung des Protagonisten innerhalb der durch bestimmte Diskurse abgesteckten Grenzen erfolgt. Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung ist es, die diskursive Ordnung des Textes sichtbar zu machen. Welche Diskurse treten auf? Wie wirken sie zusammen? Was sind ihre Funktionen? Und welche Dynamiken entfalten sie? Auf solche Fragen wird im Nachfolgenden näher einzugehen sein.
DNA damage and expression profile of genes associated with nephrotoxicity induced by butralin and ameliorating effect of Arabic gum in female rats
Authors: Refaie Amel A. , Shalby Aziza B , Kassem Salwa M. , Khalil Wagdy K. B.
Published: March 2021

Nephrotoxicity induced by exposure to environmental pollution including herbicides is became global problem. Natural products are the prime alternative of scientific research as they express better medicinal activity and minor side effects compared with variety of synthetic drugs. This study was performed to evaluate the nephroprotective proficiency of Arabic gum against butralin-induced nephrotoxicity. Adult female rats were supplemented with Arabic gum (4.3 g/kg b.wt) and/or butralin (312 mg/L) in drinking water for 30 days. The results found that markers of serum kidney function, oxidative stress biomarkers, DNA damage and expression of kidney specific genes (Acsm2, ACE and ACE2) as well as histopathological examination in treated rats were conducted. Butralin-treated rats showed a rise in serum creatinine, BUN and MDA as well as decrease in activity of the antioxidant markers. In addition, butralin treatment increased the DNA damage, altered the expression levels of Acsm2, ACE and ACE2 and elevated histopathological lesions in kidney tissues. Pretreatment of Arabic gum prevented butralin-prompted degenerative changes of kidney tissues. The results suggested that the protective effect provided by Arabic gum on renal tissues exposed to the herbicide butralin could be attributed to enhancement of antioxidants and increase the free radicals scavenging activity in vivo.
ESITS as the digital future of the judicial system
Authors: Kibets V. O.
Published: March 2021

The article considers theoretical and legal issues concerning the introduction of a single judicial information and telecommunication system in the process of justice. The relevance of the article is due to the need for an objective understanding of the possibilities and benefits of e-litigation by a wide range of litigants. At the same time, the purpose of the article is a general description of the potential of electronic court services, including the active use of HCJ systems by the courts of Ukraine. On the basis of the analysis of normative-legal acts the essence of electronic services is revealed, prospects of introduction of separate digital technologies in legal proceedings are considered. The construction of ESITS is described.
Emphasis is placed on the fact that the need for the introduction of advanced digital technologies is really a matter of time. Based on the practice of using the video conferencing system, it can be seen that judges hold meetings using TrueConf, EasyCon, Skype, Zoom or Webex. It is noted that the use of digital technologies in the judiciary provides convenience and efficiency in the administration of justice. It is recommended that in order to promote and present the capabilities and benefits of the «Electronic Court», as well as other subsystems of the EUCIT to conduct appropriate educational activities throughout Ukraine for the judiciary, as well as for lawyers, legal entities and individuals, for those who provide legal assistance or may be a party to the proceedings. It was concluded that the further implementation of the EITC should facilitate the preparation and conduct of the trial, and the monitoring of the pages discussed in social networks as a means of public opinion, information by legal communities, analysis of publications of legal practitioners shows that in general the EITC perceives positive and expect its full launch.
Synthesis of Triazoles by Electro-Assisted Click Reaction Using a Copper Foil Electrode
Authors: Carre-Rangel Luceldi , Espinoza Karla , Oropeza-Guzmán Mercedes , Rivero Ignacio
Published: March 2021

This paper presents an innovative pathway for the synthesis of triazoles using the well-known “click chemistry” assisted by the electrochemical oxidation of metallic Cu0. The click reaction is used to couple a wide range of biological interest compounds. In this case, faster and less polluting methods for a biological environment was achived by in situ Cu0 electrooxidation, providing the suitable quantity of catalyst required by click reaction. The electrochemical cell was composed of a copper foil as the working electrode, a platinum wire serving as a counter electrode, and an Ag/AgCl wire as the reference electrode. Linear anodic sweep voltammetry in a tert-butanol-water medium (1:1), an electrolyte of tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate (TBATFB), showed the onset potential of Cu0 electrooxidation. Using the same electrode configuration three different triazoles were prepared under constant electrode potential, in a short time (60 min), and splendid yields (78-90%). These results indicate that the in situ CuI formation occurs on the surface of the copper foil. A pulse potential program has also been implemented in which a yield of 92% was achieved, reducing electrode passivation and consequently increasing the process efficiency. The electroassisted click reactions are highly efficient to produce triazoles by an innovative electrochemical reaction. The products were characterized by infrared (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (1H and 13C NMR), and mass spectrometry (MS).
Statistical downscaling using principal component regression for climate change impact assessment at the Cauvery river basin
Authors: Loganathan Parthiban , Mahindrakar Amit Baburao
Published: March 2021

Climate change impact studies are generally carried out with higher resolution general circulation model (GCM) outputs, which are usually for a global scale, and it is difficult to use the same for a regional scale. GCM simulations require downscaling to get a coarser scale output for local climate impact studies. In this study, an improvised principal component regression (PCR) downscaling technique is adapted to downscale 26 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) GCM historical outputs. A massive river basin named Cauvery with 35 observation stations is categorized into three subbasins to study the regional climate impacts. In this case, the PCR model performed remarkably well compared to other conventional machine learning models with half the computational time than usual. The test statistics state that the validation of the proposed model illustrates a variance in calibration results of the PCR model, which ranges between 2 and 5%, and a variance in validation, which is less than 7% throughout the study area. Since it is desired to prioritize GCMs to choose the merely suitable models for a strategic climate study, the models were selected based on the PCR model performance. Furthermore, CCSM4, inmcm4, and EC-EARTH model's performance in recreating precipitation statistics over the study area are exceptional.
Optimization of coagulation–flocculation process in the treatment of surface water for a maximum dissolved organic matter removal using RSM approach
Authors: Khettaf Sami , Khouni Imen , Louhichi Ghofrane , Ghrabi Ahmed , Bousselmi Latifa , Bouhidel Kamel-Eddine , Bouhelassa Mohammed
Published: March 2021

The aim of this research work is the optimization of the coagulation/flocculation process in the treatment of surface water for maximum dissolved organic matter (DOM) removal using response surface methodology (RSM). For this purpose, several jar test experiments were performed in order to identify the most influencing factors. Afterwards, RSM was done to investigate the effects and the interactions of three chosen variables (coagulant concentration, flocculant concentration, and initial pH), whereas the responses were the DOM removal in terms of chemical oxygen demand (COD), in terms of absorbance at the wavelength 254 nm (UV-254), and the final pH. The optimal conditions were as follows: 133 mg/L of coagulant, 60 mg/L of flocculant and an initial pH equal to 6.91. Under these conditions, the efficiency removals were 56% in terms of COD and 59% in terms of UV-254 with a final pH equal to 6.78. High variance coefficient R2 values, with 0.96 for the removal in terms of COD and 0.92 in terms of UV-254, confirm the reliability and the validity of the obtained model.
The development in biological wastewater treatment over the last 50 years
Authors: Wanner Jiří
Published: March 2021

The paper summarizes the development in the understanding and practical application of the activated sludge process over the last 50 years. Since its invention, the activated sludge process has been a big challenge to design engineers. Traditionally, the technology was covered by sanitary engineers. However, with the development in the understanding of activated sludge process principles, further progress was not possible without knowledge of reaction kinetics and reactor theory. The shift from BOD removal only to combined removal of organic pollution, nitrogen and phosphorus required a chemical engineering approach with outputs of activated sludge microbiology and microbial ecology. Molecular biology enabled more accurate identification of important activated sludge microorganisms. The development in activated sludge process also required more efficient activated sludge separation and thickening. The paper describes the development from secondary clarifiers to membrane separation. Increasing water stress around the globe has also changed the main wastewater paradigm from wastewater treatment and safe discharge to safe reuse.
PERFIL DE PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA DOS DOCENTES EM UMA INSTITUIÇÃO FEDERAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL
Authors: Mafra Cláudio
Published: March 2021

Prática incomum nas universidades, conhecer sua produção científica pode ser útil para o estabelecimento de estratégias de desenvolvimento institucional e nacional. Assim, buscou-se traçar o perfil da pesquisa e produção científica do corpo docente de uma instituição frequentemente citada nacional e internacionalmente por sua qualidade acadêmica, reconhecida, em 2017, como a 12ª mais produtiva em todo o País, mas que no entanto apresentou baixos índices quanto a parâmetros qualitativos desta produção. Verificou-se acentuada concentração desta produção científica em periódicos bem classificados na base Qualis, entretanto como de baixo fator de impacto, sendo esta devida a um número muito reduzido de docentes, em um universo no qual quantidade significativa nunca foi citada por seus pares ou sequer logrou a divulgação de algum produto científico em veículo indexado em bases internacionais. São apresentadas diferentes variáveis desta produção científica e sistemas internos para avaliação e progressão funcional nesta instituição. Apresenta-se como a utilização inadequada de uma ferramenta para avaliação de programas de pós-graduação negativamente interferiu na qualidade de toda a produção científica e gestão da instituição, bem como sobre a formação dos futuros mestres e doutores. Concluindo pela adequação de avaliações desta natureza em outras instituições federais de ensino superior no Brasil, são apresentadas para reflexão medidas que poderiam ser implementadas com o intuito de incrementar a qualidade científica desta produção científica, bem como racionalizar a utilização dos recursos públicos a estas instituições destinados, baseado em um processo intrínseco e contínuo de gestão do conhecimento científico.
VINTE ANOS DO PORTAL DE PERIÓDICOS DA CAPES
Authors: Damasceno Ramalho Welandro , De Almeida Silva Patrícia , Batista Teixeira da Rocha João
Published: March 2021

O objetivo dessa pesquisa é apresentar uma análise técnica que permita a elaboração de uma visão panorâmica dos resultados dos trabalhos realizadas pela CAPES na gestão do Portal de Periódicos ao longo de seus vinte anos de existência, em especial quanto à evolução dessa biblioteca digital em relação aos conteúdos, às instituições, às áreas de conhecimento contempladas, bem como aos aspectos financeiros que suportaram as atividades do Portal entre 2000 e 2020.  Para o período analisado, o Portal atendeu entre 72 e 436 instituições acadêmicas e científicas diferentes. Entre 2001 e 2019 houve um total de 1.566.562.037 de acessos aos conteúdos disponíveis em todas as grandes áreas, em especial à de Ciências da Saúde, que, em média, compõe aproximadamente 20% dos conteúdos disponibilizados. Apesar das oscilações do dólar americano, que é a moeda de pagamento de 388 contratos realizados, o custo médio ao acesso a textos completos e às bases de dados tenderam a uma significativa redução quando comparados os valores de 2001 e 2018. O elevado número de acessos aliado à expansão da quantidade de material disponível, instituições participantes, orçamento e usuários reafirmam a importância que essa biblioteca digital possui para o cenário da pesquisa científica nacional. Por fim, os dados apresentados vão ao encontro da conclusão de Almeida, Guimarães e Alves (2010) que o Portal de Periódicos da CAPES assume um papel preponderante como Política de Estado que promove o acesso à informação científica no Brasil.
Impactos e desafios do ensino on-line decorrentes da pandemia COVID-19
Authors: Rocha Elizabeth Matos , Lima Juliana Maria da Silva
Published: March 2021

Este artigo objetiva refletir sobre os impactos e desafios impostos ao ensino on-line, em território brasileiro, em 2020, um ano atípico, dada à incidência e readequação da agenda educacional imposta pela pandemia da COVID-19. Para isso, abordou-se o marco regulatório expedido pelo governo federal brasileiro e pelo MEC, apresentando as normativas específicas na Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados -UFGD. Mostrou-se que as modalidades de educação presencial e a distância sofreram impactos relacionados à alteração da agenda e do formato pedagógico, visto que cursos de graduação EaD, devido ao Decreto nº 9057/2017 (BRASIL, 2017), geram em algum momento, fluxo social. Admite-se que tem ocorrido mudanças de comportamento da sociedade na vivência do ensino remoto subsidiado por um conjunto normativo e de disponibilização tecnológica, sobretudo, as que viabilizam as aulas no formato de webconferências.
Tablet-Based Telerehabilitation Versus Conventional Face-to-Face Rehabilitation After Cochlear Implantation: Prospective Intervention Pilot Study
Authors: Völter Christiane , Stöckmann Carolin , Schirmer Christiane , Dazert Stefan
Published: March 2021

Background

Technologies allowing home-based rehabilitation may be a key means of saving financial resources while also facilitating people’s access to treatment. After cochlear implantation, auditory training is necessary for the brain to adapt to new auditory signals transmitted by the cochlear implant (CI). To date, auditory training is conducted in a face-to-face setting at a specialized center. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on health care, the need for new therapeutic settings has intensified.

Objective

The aims of this study are to assess the feasibility of a novel teletherapeutic auditory rehabilitation platform in adult CI recipients and compare the clinical outcomes and economic benefits of this platform with those derived from conventional face-to-face rehabilitation settings in a clinic.

Methods

In total, 20 experienced adult CI users with a mean age of 59.4 (SD 16.3) years participated in the study. They completed 3 weeks of standard (face-to-face) therapy, followed by 3 weeks of computer-based auditory training (CBAT) at home. Participants were assessed at three intervals: before face-to-face therapy, after face-to-face therapy, and after CBAT. The primary outcomes were speech understanding in quiet and noisy conditions. The secondary outcomes were the usability of the CBAT system, the participants’ subjective rating of their own listening abilities, and the time required for completing face-to-face and CBAT sessions for CI users and therapists.

Results

Greater benefits were observed after CBAT than after standard therapy in nearly all speech outcome measures. Significant improvements were found in sentence comprehension in noise (P=.004), speech tracking (P=.004) and phoneme differentiation (vowels: P=.001; consonants: P=.02) after CBAT. Only speech tracking improved significantly after conventional therapy (P=.007). The program’s usability was judged to be high: only 2 of 20 participants could not imagine using the program without support. The different features of the training platform were rated as high. Cost analysis showed a cost difference in favor of CBAT: therapists spent 120 minutes per week face-to-face and 30 minutes per week on computer-based sessions. For CI users, attending standard therapy required an average of approximately 78 (SD 58.6) minutes of travel time per appointment.

Conclusions

The proposed teletherapeutic approach for hearing rehabilitation enables good clinical outcomes while saving time for CI users and clinicians. The promising speech understanding results might be due to the high satisfaction of users with the CBAT program. Teletherapy might offer a cost-effective solution to address the lack of human resources in health care as well as the global challenge of current or future pandemics.
Epidemiology and Disease Burden of Androgenetic Alopecia in Chinese Adolescents: a Population-based Study (Preprint)
Authors: He Fanping , Shen Minxue , Zhao Zhixiang , Liu Yicong , Zhang Shuping , Tang Yan , Xie Hongfu , Li Ji , Chen Xiang
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND

Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common type of hair loss and can onset at any age. It was reported to have a significant effect on health-related quality of life and psychological health. Reported prevalence rate is associated with multiple factors. However, these prevalence and disease burden in adolescents has not been explored.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the epidemiology and disease burden of AGA in Chinese adolescents.

METHODS

This population-based cross-sectional survey was carried out among 9227 freshmen of two comprehensive universities in two cities of China from September to October 2018. Dermatological examination was performed by certified dermatologists. Questionnaires covering basic issues, surrounding demographic information, history of diseases, etc. were completed online. Disease burden of AGA, including health-related quality of life, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and quality of sleep, was measured by EQ-5D-3L, PHQ-2, GAD-2 and PSQI. Meanwhile, 45 adolescents AGA patients visiting Xiangya hospital were enrolled as clinic AGA group for comparison of disease burden.

RESULTS

The prevalence of AGA in Chinese adolescents was 5.3/1000. Male was significantly associated with higher prevalence of AGA (7.9/1000, P<0.01). Female was associated with lower risk of AGA (OR=0.29, P=0.002). There was no significant association between BMI and AGA, nor predilection in different nationality. Annual household income or parental highest educational level exerted no influence on the prevalence of AGA. Rosacea (OR=3.22, P=0.019) was significantly associated with higher prevalence of AGA while acne seemed no association. The scores of EQ-5D, GAD-2, PHQ-2 and PSQI were not significantly different between students with and without AGA. However, the GAD-2, PHQ-2 and PSQI of clinic adolescent AGA patients were significantly higher than college patients.

CONCLUSIONS

The onset of AGA in Chinese college students differs between genders and was significantly associated with rosacea. Clinic AGA patients suffered from significant heavier disease burden compared to college AGA patients.
Technology acceptance among adults undergoing joint replacement surgery for conducting home assessments: A qualitative feasibility study for a technology-based home assessment tool (Preprint)
Authors: Joshi Rutali , Mihandoust Sahar , Joseph Anjali , Madathil Kapil Chalil , Cotten Shelia
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND

Most adults prefer to age-in-place. However, the majority of homes are not designed to support resident needs, specially of adults undergoing joint replacement surgeries such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). It is of paramount importance to proactively assess and modify the homes of adults undergoing TKA/THA such that they can safely transition home following surgery. There are several tools that utilize emerging technology like virtual reality, augmented reality, or teleconferencing to assess home environments. These are meant to be used by professionals like occupational therapists. However, the acceptance and uptake of simple technology like phone applications for assessing homes proactively by residents has not been explored.

OBJECTIVE

A qualitative exploratory study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and potential acceptance of technology as well as identify recommendations based on expectations of adults for development of a technology-based resident-initiated home assessment tool.

METHODS

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 patient-care partner dyads before and after THA/TKA. The technology acceptance model (TAM) was used as a framework to understand the perceived usefulness, intention to use technology-based home assessment tools, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators of using of the tool.

RESULTS

About 68% of the patient-care partner dyads interviewed for this study perceived benefits of using a technology-based tool. All the participants who perceived the tool to be beneficial, showed positive behavioral intention of using it. A comparison of responses between pre- and post-surgery interviews revealed that around 50% of participants showed increased intention of using an assessment tool after experiencing challenges in their homes post-surgery. Participants provided recommendations for key content, potential features to include in the assessment tool, and preferred formats (e.g., checklists, visuals, and videos).

CONCLUSIONS

To increase acceptance of a technology-based home assessment tool, it is crucial that residents are made aware of the home environment challenges and the importance of an assessment tool to improve their safety and independence. The content, features, formats, and usability suggestions from the participants in this study provide a framework for health mobile application and interface developers to design a technology-based home assessment tool.
Narrative review of European healthcare benchmarking experiences: shared goals, different focuses and formats (Preprint)
Authors: García-Altés Anna , Adroher Cristina , Morón Viky , Ruiz Boi
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND

Benchmarking experiences have been flourishing in Europe during the last years with the idea of improving healthcare quality.

OBJECTIVE

This paper aims to review the European benchmarking experiences, analysing their main characteristics and highlighting common and differential ones.

METHODS

The identification of benchmarking experiences was based on the list of European countries for which there exists an electronic “HiT health system review”. Predefined variables were identified, mainly data sources, formats, topics, and target audiences.

RESULTS

14 benchmarking experiences were identified. Most of them are governmental. All of them are web-based. The easiness to navigate through the websites and materials and to understand them varies among experiences. Most common data sources are registries. Few experiences include patient experience indicators. None of them explicitly mentions if they use results as the basis to start quality improvement efforts.

CONCLUSIONS

Benchmarking is essential for transparency and accountability, and to support improvement. To do this effectively it must reconcile important and potentially conflicting goals: meaningful accountability, requiring real consequences from underperformance, and an environment that encourages open and honest reporting. Enhancing reporting websites is needed.
Changes in Public Response Associated With Various COVID-19 Restrictions in Ontario, Canada: Observational Infoveillance Study Using Social Media Time Series Data (Preprint)
Authors: Chum Antony , Nielsen Andrew , Bellows Zachary , Farrell Eddie , Durette Pierre-Nicolas , Banda Juan M , Cupchik Gerald
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND

News media coverage of antimask protests, COVID-19 conspiracies, and pandemic politicization has overemphasized extreme views but has done little to represent views of the general public. Investigating the public’s response to various pandemic restrictions can provide a more balanced assessment of current views, allowing policy makers to craft better public health messages in anticipation of poor reactions to controversial restrictions.

OBJECTIVE

Using data from social media, this infoveillance study aims to understand the changes in public opinion associated with the implementation of COVID-19 restrictions (eg, business and school closures, regional lockdown differences, and additional public health restrictions, such as social distancing and masking).

METHODS

COVID-19–related tweets in Ontario (n=1,150,362) were collected based on keywords between March 12 and October 31, 2020. Sentiment scores were calculated using the VADER (Valence Aware Dictionary and Sentiment Reasoner) algorithm for each tweet to represent its negative to positive emotion. Public health restrictions were identified using government and news media websites. Dynamic regression models with autoregressive integrated moving average errors were used to examine the association between public health restrictions and changes in public opinion over time (ie, collective attention, aggregate positive sentiment, and level of disagreement), controlling for the effects of confounders (ie, daily COVID-19 case counts, holidays, and COVID-19–related official updates).

RESULTS

In addition to expected direct effects (eg, business closures led to decreased positive sentiment and increased disagreements), the impact of restrictions on public opinion was contextually driven. For example, the negative sentiment associated with business closures was reduced with higher COVID-19 case counts. While school closures and other restrictions (eg, masking, social distancing, and travel restrictions) generated increased collective attention, they did not have an effect on aggregate sentiment or the level of disagreement (ie, sentiment polarization). Partial (ie, region-targeted) lockdowns were associated with better public response (ie, higher number of tweets with net positive sentiment and lower levels of disagreement) compared to province-wide lockdowns.

CONCLUSIONS

Our study demonstrates the feasibility of a rapid and flexible method of evaluating the public response to pandemic restrictions using near real-time social media data. This information can help public health practitioners and policy makers anticipate public response to future pandemic restrictions and ensure adequate resources are dedicated to addressing increases in negative sentiment and levels of disagreement in the face of scientifically informed, but controversial, restrictions.
Equity in the Academy? Examining Cyberbullying Victimization and Conflict Resolution Across Sexual and Gender Identity During COVID-19
Authors: Doxbeck Courtney , Karalis Noel Tiffany
Published: March 2021

Decades of research have examined bullying victimization during the K-12 years of schooling; yet limited research has explored cyberbullying victimization at the university level, and even fewer studies have examined cyberbullying of SGM (sexual and/or gender minority) individuals in higher education. As reliance on technology has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, university members may have encountered increased victimization experiences. This report aims to expand the literature on SGM cyberbullying victimization and resource utilization in higher education. Findings resulted from a mixed-methods survey of 231 respondents (185 students, 28 staff, 18 faculty) at a large, research-intensive university in the northeast United States. In general, cyberbullying victimization was not attributed to one’s sexual or gender identity, and occurred primarily through educational communication tools (e.g., email) and social media; a majority of cyberbullying instances went unacknowledged by supervisors or campus resources. Though community members were aware of institutional conflict resolution resources, many of the reported instances were not resolved. Future research should focus on how cyberbullying in higher education continues to change as reliance on information and communication technology increases.
Odarchenko’s Poems: Interactions of Surrealism, Surrealist Code, and Sentimentalism
Authors: Gorelov Oleg S.
Published: March 2021

The article examines surrealist codes in poetry on the example of Y. Odarchenko’s poems. The signs of these codes include: peculiar sentimental tone; rationalist approach to the use of language; plotted poetic diegesis and poeticized prose; and principle of metonymic displacements. In the texts of Odarchenko, grotesque artistic optics leads to multilateral shifts: in terms of intonation — a shift from sentimentality to black humor; in term of genre —a shift from the idyll to horror; at the composition level — a shift from the detailed description of minor and largely random details to a pointe that highlights some underlying terrible pattern. It is possible to interpret sentimentality and lyrical tone of the poem as a response to what the poet himself believes to be another magical world while others fail to spot the coexistence of two worlds penetrating each other. While the penetration of the real and imaginary worlds develops into a Sternian motif of the wound, it also evokes surrealistic attention to the world and its living creatures.
Reception of Henri de Regnier’s Poetry by Maximilian Voloshin and Igor Severyanin
Authors: Kuznetsova Ekaterina V.
Published: March 2021

The article examines the reception of the poetry by a French poet Henri de Regnier in the works of Maximilian Voloshin and Igor Severyanin. Voloshin was a passionate promoter of Regnier in Russia; he appealed to him in criticism, translated his poems and prose, and considered him to be a forerunner of “neo-realism,” a new stage of development in European and Russian literature. The interest of Severyanin in the work of Regnier develops under the influence of Voloshin’s 1910 article “Henri de Regnier.” The young Severyanin was influenced by this article and used accurate translations of Regner’s two poems included in the article for his own translation experiments: he even made the same mistake as Voloshin when translating one of these poems. Compared to Voloshin’s, Severyanin’s versions are less accurate; they have stylistic shifts and ironic tones absent in the original. Thus, the example of Voloshin’s and Severyanin’s different attitudes to Regnier’s poetry allows me to trace two different tendencies in the reception of Western authors within the culture of the so-called Russian Silver age: enthusiastic discipleship, more typical for Russian symbolists, and stylistic play and ironic distancing, more typical for Russian futurists.