bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Research Progress on Polyaniline-Ionic liquids for Long Cycle-Stable Supercapacitors with High Capacitance
Authors: AL-ZOHBI Fatima
Published: May 2022

Ionic liquids have been used either as polymerization medium or as electrolytes for polyaniline (PANI) electrodes to produce long cycle-stable supercapacitors with high capacitance. As a polymerization medium, ionic liquids play the role of a soft template agent and induce the formation of nanostructured PANI morphology. Nanorod, nanowire, or spherical PANI morphology has been obtained in ionic liquids instead of agglomerated particles resulted in the conventional media. The well-defined one-dimensional PANI morphology ensures a short charge transfer distance in the PANI materials and low contact resistance between PANI and electrolyte interfaces. The efficiency of ionic liquids as a soft template agent is related to their structure as well as to their proportion in the reaction medium. As electrolytes, “neat” ionic liquids provide low but stable specific capacitance of PANI over more than hundreds of cycles. Binary mixtures of ionic liquids and solvents (e.g. acetonitrile, water) have increased both the specific capacitance and the capacitance retention of PANI compared with the performances resulting in the conventional aqueous acid electrolytes. Using ionic liquids to carry out both the synthesis and the electrochemical characterization of PANI is an effective approach to improve PANI cycle life. The key parameter is to choose the convenient ionic liquids. This review covers the most significant studies conducted on PANI/ionic liquids for supercapacitor applications.
Edukasi pada Ibu Hamil dan Ibu Menyusui tentang MP-ASI Pangan Lokal di Puskesmas Ulu Siau Timur
Authors: Malonda Nancy Swanida , Sanggelorang Yulianti , Taroreh Mercy I R
Published: May 2022

Hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan pada anak umur 36-59 bulan di daerah pesisir Kabupaten Sitaro Provinsi Sulawesi Utara tahun 2019, diperoleh data bahwa 67.2% anak tidak diberikan  ASI Eksklusif, 22,5 % anak dengan pemberian MP-ASI (Makanan Pendamping Air Susu Ibu) yang tidak tepat, dan ditemukan 36.5% atau 50 anak yang mengalami stunting.  Pemberian MP-ASI yang tidak tepat dapat mempengaruhi terjadinya stunting. Wilayah Kepulauan Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro), memiliki potensi ketersediaan pangan local yang dapat diolah menjadi MP-ASI. Tujuan kegiatan ini untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu hamil dan ibu menyusui tentang pemberian MP-ASI dan memperkenalkan  jenis MP-ASI berbasis pangan lokal di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Ulu Siau, sehingga ada perubahan perilaku masyarakat sesuai dengan informasi yang disampaikan. Jenis metode yang dilaksanakan adalah penyampaian informasi secara langsung berupa kegiatan penyuluhan. Agar metode yang dipilih dapat berjalan efektif dan efisien, perlu didukung dengan media dan alat yang tepat  yaitu media elektronik (laptop, LCD) dan media cetak yaitu leaflet. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan terdapat peningkatan pengetahuan ibu hamil dan ibu menyusui tentang pemberian MP-ASI dan cara memanfaatkan bahan pangan lokal yang ada untuk diolah menjadi MP-ASI. Penyuluhan MP-ASI berbasis pangan lokal, memberikan pengetahuan untuk perubahan perilaku ibu dalam pemberian MP-ASI sesuai syarat pemberiannya kepada  anak usia 6-24 bulan. Kegiatan ini memiliki dampak positif terhadap pengetahuan dan keterampilan ibu dalam menyediakan MP-ASI secara mandiri dalam memanfaatkan pangan lokal yang tersedia untuk mencegah stunting.
Le parole degli affetti
Authors: Coletti Vittorio
Published: May 2022

Raccogliamo in un’unica scheda le risposte di Vittorio Coletti a una serie di domande che riguardano parole riconducibili all’ambito degli affetti: empatia ed empatico; emotivo, emozionale e pluriemozionale, anaffettivo e anemozionale.
Analysis of Moral Values Found in a Korean TV Series 'The World of Married'
Authors: Fitria Tira Nur
Published: May 2022

Being released in 2020, “The World of Married” drama entails certain life-lessons that are seriously heart-touching. For all the lovers of Korean drama in the form of TV series, it has some of the life-lessons or moral values taught in the story. Therefore, the objective of this study is to find out the moral values or messages in “The World of Married”. This research uses qualitative research. The analysis shows that In “The World of Married”, contains some moral value, they are 1) there is no perfect family life. 2) honesty is the key to family life. 3) having principles in choosing or deciding something. 4) having loyalty with a partner and not having an affair with another. 5) selecting in choosing the best friend. 6) loving the Wrong Person (Love is blind). 7) all decisions have risks. 8) an act of revenge is not the best solution. 9) avoiding violence in the family. Moral values in the movie can be understood as one base on which people make decisions whether they do is right or wrong. It also implicates what have to do or not to do in their life. 10) children become victims of the problems and divorce of parents.
Assimilation as the Impact of Diaspora Reflected in Mrs. Parker’s Family in Karate Kid Film
Authors: Baldatun Ikhsan , Murtiningrum Afina
Published: May 2022

Concerning the major issue as to how the diasporan group faces the assimilation, diaspora brings to mind several assumptions; it can be positive and negative to adapting one’s identity. Diaspora gets affected by some aspects of life such as culture, language, people, and place. The immigrants who moved or scattered from their home countries depend on how they can adapt to the new cultures, languages, and so on to new communities in the host countries that are different from theirs. This study aims to find out how the impact of diaspora perceived by analyzed the main characters during their process of diaspora. The approach of this study was descriptive qualitative research through the process of gathering the data qualitatively and reporting them descriptively. This study shows how the issue of diaspora relates to assimilation as the impact of the diaspora is reflected in Karate Kid film. The result of this study showed that the diasporan group integrates and possible to become a new type of human being as an immigrant in the new land. It represents assimilation in adoption values that exist in the host country.
Zaydi Discriminatory Decrees and Their Effect on Yemenite Jews in Nomi Eve’s Henna House
Authors: Alwuraafi Ebrahim
Published: May 2022

Nomi Eve’s novel Henna House: A Novel (2014) is the first novel to tackle the history of Jews in Yemen—one of the poorest and most forgotten countries of the world—in English. The novel revisits the last period of the Jews’ history in Yemen before their transportation to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet between 1949 and 1950 and is illustrative of the subordination and suffering of Jews in Yemen. It explores the experience of the Yemenite Jews in the first half of the twentieth-century Yemen and reveals the explicitly racialized association of human repression of Zaydi majority. It also explores the experiences of marginalization and segre­gation in the lives of Yemenite Jews. It raises questions on the relation between religion, politics and minorities and legal implications of the incorporation of a religious minority into the mainstream of national identity. The aim of the present article is to examine the effects of Zaydi discriminatory laws particularly the Orphans’ Decree on the Yemenite Jewish community and explores the experience of the Jewish children under the threat of being uprooted just to be planted in another soil. It argues that Eve has been able to articulate the suffering experienced by Yemenite Jews at the hands of Zaydis and that the novel presents a realistic picture of the Jewish community during the first half of the 20th century.
Revealing Students’ Responses on the Use of Flipgrid in Speaking Class: Survey on ICT
Authors: Syahrizal Trisnendri , Pamungkas Mundriyah Y
Published: May 2022

Along with the development of the 4.0 era, the use of ICT media is not a new thing in the world of education. Many previous studies have integrated various technology-based media (ICT) with language learning including speaking lessons. One of the platforms that is currently being widely used is FLIPGRID. The main objective of this research is to reveal how students respond to the use of FLIPGRID as an ICT-based media that focuses on Speaking. The research method used is the qualitative method. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires and interviews. From the results of the study, it was found that there were 26 variants of positive responses from the accessibility, internet connectivity, psychological fulfillment, the interactive features, and 16 variants of negative responses of students to the use of the Flipgrid application ranging from competitiveness, equipment, and originality. The most positive responses that arise are that this application is easy to use, while the most negative responses that arise are difficulties or the upload process is quite long. It can be concluded that the FLIPGRID application has more positive responses than negative responses so that this application can be used by teachers and lecturers in the speaking class.
Sentiment and Sentence Similarity as Predictors of Integrated and Independent L2 Writing Performance
Authors: Uzun Kutay , Ulum Ömer Gökhan
Published: May 2022

This study aimed to utilize sentiment and sentence similarity analyses, two Natural Language Processing techniques, to see if and how well they could predict L2 Writing Performance in integrated and independent task conditions. The data sources were an integrated L2 writing corpus of 185 literary analysis essays and an independent L2 writing corpus of 500 argumentative essays, both of which were compiled in higher education contexts. Both essay groups were scored between 0 and 100. Two Python libraries, TextBlob and SpaCy, were used to generate sentiment and sentence similarity data. Using sentiment (polarity and subjectivity) and sentence similarity variables, regression models were built and 95% prediction intervals were compared for integrated and independent corpora. The results showed that integrated L2 writing performance could be predicted by subjectivity and sentence similarity. However, only subjectivity predicted independent L2 writing performance. The prediction interval of subjectivity for independent writing model was found to be narrower than the same interval for integrated writing. The results show that the sentiment and sentence similarity analysis algorithms can be used to generate complementary data to improve more complex multivariate L2 writing performance prediction models.
Teacher-Made YouTube Videos in Online EFL Classes: Non-English Department Students’ Perceptions and Practices
Authors: Atmojo Arief Eko Priyo
Published: May 2022

This research aims to seek answers on the students’ perceptions towards teacher-made YouTube videos for learning English online and how do they take advantage of the videos. Eight non-English department students were invited to become participants and they voluntarily accepted the invitation. Data were garnered through written reflections. It was then continued by three rounds of semi-structured focus group discussion. Coding was performed to analyze the data and done thrice at different times to ensure the credibility of the results. The results indicate the students’ general and detailed perceptions on the use of teacher-made YouTube videos which are very fruitful. The findings also show how the students use and take advantage of the videos and some difficulties they encounter. It implies that the student's perceptions and how they use and take advantage of the videos should be considered by EFL video creators in the future, including EFL teachers. Future researches may apply different methods, contexts, and participants.
Learning Styles and Attitude toward Achievement among English Second Language Students
Authors: Nur Naenah Nuning
Published: May 2022

English as a Second Language (ESL) is a mandatory class for international students when they come to study abroad, particularly those who come from unspoken English country. This study aims to identify the correlation between learning styles and attitude of AIIAS ESL and their academic achievement. The respondents of this study were thirty-two AIIAS ESL students. Using Pearson r correlation, this study showed that none correlated with the respondents' achievement among the six types of Reid’s learning style (the highest r-value is ≤ 0, 209 while the lowest is ≥ - 0, 263). In contrast, the attitude and achievement in this study showed a positive correlation. Among the three aspects of attitude, the emotion and achievement are significantly correlated (r value: 0.487; p value: 0.005). Meanwhile, the cognitive and attitude is significantly correlated with the r value: 0,427 (p value: =0.05). The weakest correlation with their attitude is behaviour where the r value is only 0.201 (p value: 0.269). Thus, students should be aware of their own learning styles to learn a new language better. In terms of attitude, students should maintain a positive attitude toward learning English to achieve good grades in their learning process
EFL Learners’ Performances on Associating English proverbs with Equivalent Turkish Proverbs: A Cross-Cultural Study
Authors: KİMSESİZ Fatma
Published: May 2022

As verbal folklore genres, proverbs are an essential part of cultural, social, and linguistic patterns in a given language, yet with universal tendencies present in all languages. As cultural mirrors of a given culture, proverbs may pose a resemblance in meaning and structure across cultures. There are growing appeals for translation studies that revolve around contrasting and investigating equivalent proverbs in the source language and the target language. This is the focus of the current study that aims to examine the performance of Turkish learners of English in translating selected English proverbs in terms of their interlingual equivalents in Turkish based on the theory of re-conceptualization on a comparative basis. Through the study, as an initial step 15 English proverbs were selected and examined under the scope of their re-conceptualization degrees to indicate their level of equivalency in three distinct levels as highly equivalent, roughly equivalent, and non-equivalent proverbs. As a second step, 80 learners of EFL at A2 levels participated in translating 3 groups of proverbs, and later their performance in translating these proverbs was examined and analyzed. The study is a quantitative study and the data was collected through papers uploaded by the learners on an online education program that enables remote learning called AYDEP (Ahi Qualification-Based Education Program), administered by Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. The results indicated that learners performed better in translating maximally equivalent interlingual English proverbs than roughly equivalent proverbs, and they translated and interpreted non-equivalent proverbs differently. Given these points, intertwining an intercultural affinity between the source language and the target language, interlingual equivalent proverbs prove to have facilitating roles in associating English proverbs with Turkish equivalents.
NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES IN ASYMPTOMATIC HIV POSITIVE PERSONS
Authors: Sangale Sharda , Phatak Mrunal
Published: May 2022

Background: Nerve Conduction Studies were performed in asymptomatic HIV positive persons and corresponding
controls to detect subclinical peripheral nervous system involvement in early stage of HIV.
Aims & Objective: To perform Nerve Conduction Studies in asymptomatic HIV positive persons and corresponding
controls.
Material and Methods: In this study,100 participants in the age group 25-45 years were selected. In study group, 50
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participants who were HIV positive and asymptomatic (CD4 count > 350 cells/mm ) and were not on Anti Retro Viral
Treatment (ART),were included.In control group 50 healthy age matched HIV negative participants were included.We
performed Nerve Conduction Studies in these participants. For motor nerves, Distal Latency (DL), Motor Nerve
Conduction Velocity (MNCV), Compound Muscle Action Potential (CMAP) amplitude were measured and for sensory
nerves Onset Latency (OL), Sensory Nerve Conduction Velocity (SNCV) and Sensory Nerve Action Potential (SNAP)
amplitude were measured.
Results: Nerve Conduction Studies in asymptomatic HIV revealed that,MNCV was significantly decreased for median
motor nerve and tibial motor nerve in study group compared to control group, SNAP was significantly reduced for
median sensory nerve in study group compared to control group,OL was significantly prolonged for sural nerve in study
group than control group and SNCV was significantly decreased for sural nerve in study group than control group.
Conclusion: Nerve Conduction Studies in asymptomatic HIV positive persons suggests subclinical peripheral nervous
system involvement in early stages of HIV. Hence Nerve Conduction Studies can be important to detect subclinical
peripheral nervous system involvement in the early stages of HIV.
A RARE CASE OF PERFORATION OF SECOND PART OF DUODENUM – A CASE REPORT
Authors: C Kawarat Vikas , Shanthi P S , Prasad R Naveen , Kannan R
Published: May 2022

Perforation of the duodenum is a rare but potentially fatal injury. Duodenal perforations can be due to varied reasons,
including peptic ulcer disease, iatrogenic causes, and trauma. Among these perforations of the second part of
duodenum not pertaining to any of the above causes is a much rarer entity.Moreover a posterior wall perforation leading
to retroperitoneal collection is a diagnostic dilemma. The most useful imaging approach for detecting duodenal
perforation is computed tomography with intravenous and oral contrast. Surgical exploration may be required for
diagnosis in some circumstances. The nature of the illness process that caused the perforation, the time, location, and
extent of the injury, and the patient's clinical condition all influence the treatment. In stable patients with sealed
perforations, conservative approach appears to be possible. Patients who present with peritonitis and/or intraabdominal sepsis necessitate immediate surgery. In certain patients with duodenal perforations, minimally invasive
treatments are a safe and effective alternative to open surgery. Here we present one such rare case of second part of
duodenum perforation not attributable to any of the aforementioned causes and free fluid confined to the retroperitoneal
space.
PANCREATOBLASTOMA: A RARE TUMOUR IN CHILDREN (CASE REPORT)
Authors: Sonkar Anil , Kr. Dutta Hemonta
Published: May 2022

Pancreatoblastoma is a rarely encountered malignant neoplasm in children.It is a slow growing tumour and attains large
size before diagnosis is made.Surgical excision may be challenging because of its large size,local infiltration or distant
metastasis.Because of its rarity,there is as yet no standard treatment protocol for pancreatoblastoma.We are presenting
a 14 year old male child with pancreatoblastoma, who was treated successfully with pancreatico-duodenectomy
followed by a course of radiotherapy and six cycles of chemotherapy.The patient has been on follow up and doing well.
ROLE OF DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY IN MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY INFARCT – AN INSTITUTIONAL STUDY
Authors: Kumar A. Kiran , Arthur A .Mathyash
Published: May 2022

The role of decompressive craniectomy in stroke victims is
gaining popularity,as it is found to be beneficial in malignant
infarction of middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory which
results in massive edema and brain swelling.
AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS AND CORRELATION OF SOFA SCORE WITH PROGNOSIS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Authors: Laddha Ankit , Chand Jain Subhash , Kumar S Vignesh
Published: May 2022

Sepsis with Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is a common cause of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) morbidity and
mortality. Our study focuses on mainly Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score. It mainly aims at assessing
morbidity and mortality of patients with Multi organ dysfunction syndrome and sepsis and prognosticating the patients
by using SOFA score.The study was conducted on the patients admitted in MICU of Department of General Medicine,
Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan. 106 cases of patients above 18 years with Sepsis were included in the
study.In our study,the mean age of the study population was 45.92 with standard deviation 18.008 years.Also,out of 106
total cases, 52.83% were males and 47.17% were females. In this study, 42.45% patients presented with fever, 52.83%
patients were tachypnoeic and 73.58% patients had tachycardia on admission.In our study,39.62% patients admitted in
ICU had a SOFA score of >8, 42.85% patients with SOFA score of >8 died, patients with SOFA score of >8 had a higher
duration of ICU/Hospital stay and increased requirement of mechanical ventilation support (p-value<0.05).
Biteye: A System for Tracking Bitcoin Transactions
Authors: Li Zhen , Zheng Yi , Li Jinze , Dong Baiqiang
Published: May 2022

Blockchain is a public distributed ledger, which has the characteristics of decentralization and anonymization, which leads to the frequent occurrence of money laundering and theft. Taking Bitcoin as an example, traders can have multiple addresses, and these addresses have nothing to do with their identities in real life, their identities are difficult to identify, and it is difficult to track the flow of transaction funds on the blockchain. This paper proposes a transaction tracking system that can effectively and accurately track the source and destination of a certain amount of funds on the blockchain, which is superior to existing Bitcoin transaction tracking methods and has a substantial reference value.
Assist towards success: a project for inclusion (through) digital
Authors: Bruschi Barbara , Ricchiardi Paola , Torre Emanuela M.
Published: May 2022

Numerous studies attest, in a convergent manner in different countries, the effects on minors of the pandemic period, especially on those in educational poverty. This condition requires articulated projects, centered on emerging needs, based on research and supported by a network on the territory. The Assist towards success program was created to include lower secondary school students, for whom the pandemic has meant a significant loss of learning opportunities. The interventions envisaged a targeted use of technologies and the involvement of trainees in Education, trained in remote cognitive mediation strategies. This choice also promoted in future professionals specific skills in school support; transversal skills and responsibility towards the needs of the territory. The implementation strategies of the Assist program and its effectiveness outcomes can constitute a model for future planning, within an educational world that has been profoundly renewed by the health emergency.

 

Un Assist verso il successo: un progetto per l’inclusione (attraverso il) digitale.

Numerosi studi attestano, in maniera convergente in diversi Paesi, gli effetti del prolungarsi della pandemia sui minori, specie se in condizione di povertà educativa. Tale condizione necessita di progetti articolati, centrati sui bisogni emergenti, fondati sulla ricerca e supportati da una rete sul territorio. Il programma Un Assist verso il successo è nato per garantire l’inclusione degli studenti della scuola secondaria di I grado, per i quali la pandemia ha significato la perdita importante di opportunità di apprendimento. Gli interventi sperimentali hanno previsto un uso mirato delle tecnologie e il coinvolgimento di tirocinanti di Scienze dell’educazione, formati sulle strategie di mediazione cognitiva a distanza. Tale scelta ha anche promosso nei futuri professionisti competenze specifiche nel sostegno scolastico; abilità trasversali e responsabilizzazione rispetto ai bisogni del territorio. Le strategie di realizzazione del programma Assist e gli esiti di efficacia dello stesso possono costituire un modello per progettazioni future, in un mondo educativo profondamente rinnovato dall’emergenza sanitaria.
Representation of disability within the school textbook: primary school teachers’ attitudes
Authors: Filosofi Fabio , Pasqualotto Angela , Venuti Paola
Published: May 2022

The school textbook is a cultural artefact capable of conveying a particular cultural and social imagery that clearly affects the attitudes of teachers and learners towards disability. This paper presents an exploratory-descriptive study that aims to investigate the attitudes of primary school teachers towards the representation of disability within the school textbook. Correlation between attitudes and teaching qualifications and experience were also sought. For this purpose, a questionnaire was constructed starting from macro-themes that emerged from semi-structured interviews during the previous qualitative phase. Findings have shown that teachers, while aware of the low educational value of the textbook and the scarcity of images and texts related to disability, have positive attitudes towards inclusive representation, use and design of materials related to special needs. Finally, teachers with the specialization for support activities were found to have more positive attitudes towards the representation and management of materials representing the reality of disability.

 

Rappresentazione della disabilità nei libri di testo: gli atteggiamenti degli insegnanti della scuola primaria.

Il libro di testo scolastico costituisce un artefatto culturale che veicola un particolare immaginario destinato ad influenzare le percezioni di insegnanti e alunni. L’articolo presenta uno studio esplorativo-descrittivo che mira ad investigare gli atteggiamenti dei docenti nei confronti della rappresentazione della disabilità all’interno dei libri di testo scolastici. A tale scopo è stato costruito un questionario ad hoc a partire dai macro-temi emersi dalle interviste semi-strutturate durante la precedente fase qualitativa. La ricerca mostra che gli insegnanti, pur consapevoli dello scarso valore educativo del libro di testo e della scarsità di immagini e testi relativi alla disabilità, hanno atteggiamenti positivi nei confronti della rappresentazione inclusiva e delle competenze personali nella gestione di materiali relativi alla realtà dei bisogni speciali. Gli insegnanti in possesso della specializzazione per le attività di sostegno, infine, tendono ad avere atteggiamenti più positivi nei confronti della rappresentazione della e dell’utilizzo di immagini e testi disabilità all’interno dei libri di testo rappresentanti la disabilità.
Career planning, proactivity, self-employability, and labour market: undergraduates’ perceptions
Authors: Tino Concetta , Fedeli Monica
Published: May 2022

The paper presents empirical research carried out at the university of Padova. It investigates the association between students’ perceptions of the current state of the labour market, and students’ self-perceived employability, career proactivity, career control and positional advantages. It also explores the students’ career planning and its association with some contextual and personal predictors. 2.834 students took part in the survey. Findings show that students with a more positive vision of the labour market reported higher scores in self-perceived employability, career control, and less proactive career attitudes. Some implications are reported.

 

Pianificazione della carriera, proattività, Self-Employability e mercato del lavoro: percezioni di studenti universitari.

L’articolo presenta una ricerca empirica svolta presso l’università di Padova. Indaga la relazione tra le percezioni degli studenti sullo stato attuale del mercato del lavoro e dell’employability percepita dagli studenti, la proattività, il controllo della carriera e i vantaggi delle posizioni. Esplora anche la pianificazione della carriera degli studenti e la sua relazione con alcuni predittori contestuali e personali. All’indagine hanno preso parte 2.834 studenti. I risultati mostrano che gli studenti con una visione più positiva del mercato del lavoro hanno riportato punteggi più alti in termini di employability percepita, controllo della carriera e attitudini alla carriera meno proattivi. Si riportano alcune implicazioni.
Educational and training conditions of learning environments: quality control standards in the school
Authors: Scalcione Vincenzo
Published: May 2022

The development of forms of monitoring of educational systems has meant to account for the functioning of educational organizations. In the evaluation, the methods of measuring quality have become the structural articulation of each organized system. The need was felt to use interactive management methods, capable of promoting continuous quality control, also through a systematic verification of results and feedback produced by users. The text analyzes similar organizational methods in educational contexts, where actions are affirmed to improve the quality of the service, through the use of indicators, with the aim of defining training standards for quality learning environments. The concept of effectiveness and improvement intersect in the ESI project, where schools from European countries were able to share the identifying elements for educational change.

 

Condizioni educative e formative degli ambienti di apprendimento: gli standard di controllo della qualità nella scuola.

Lo sviluppo di forme di monitoraggio dei sistemi educativi ha inteso dar conto del funzionamento delle organizzazioni educative. Nella valutazione le modalità di misurazione della qualità sono divenute l’articolazione strutturale di ogni sistema organizzato. Si è avvertita la necessità di utilizzare metodi di gestione interattivi, in grado di promuovere il controllo continuo della qualità, anche attraverso una sistematica verifica dei risultati e del feedback prodotto dagli utenti. Nel testo si analizzano simili modalità organizzative nei contesti educativi, dove si affermano azioni per il miglioramento della qualità del servizio, attraverso l’utilizzo di indicatori, con l’obiettivo di definire standard formativi per ambienti di apprendimento di qualità. Il concetto di efficacia e di miglioramento si incrociano nel progetto Esi, dove scuole dei paesi europei hanno potuto condividere gli elementi indentificativi per il cambiamento educativo.
A cultural challenge: renewing the mental space for an inclusive school
Authors: Ferrantino Concetta , Tiso Maria , Iannotta Iolanda Sara
Published: May 2022

This paper proposes a critical reflection about the need of transforming school into an inclusive environment, to promote personal enhancement and to enrich the collegial, social and cultural dimension. A short theoretical excursus, aimed at defining an open and autopoietic school system (Maturana & Valera, 1985), preempts a description of the different tools used to design and evaluate an inclusive school. The purpose is to consider the impact that these instruments could have in terms of policies, practices and inclusive cultures (Booth & Ainscow, 2002). The authors believe that inclusion is not a set of policies and practices, but a mental space, able to establish a culture shared by the different stakeholders of the school community.

 

Una sfida culturale: rinnovare lo spazio mentale per una scuola inclusiva.

Il contributo propone una riflessione critica di carattere espositivo rispetto all’urgenza di trasformare la scuola in un ambiente inclusivo, al fine di promuovere la valorizzazione personale e arricchire la dimensione collegiale, sociale e culturale. Dopo un breve excursus teorico, finalizzato alla definizione di un sistema formativo aperto e autopoietico (Maturana & Valera, 1985), sono presentati i diversi strumenti utili alla progettazione e valutazione di una scuola inclusiva. Scopo della riflessione è considerare l’impatto che questi strumenti sono in grado di determinare in termini di politiche, prassi e culture inclusive (Booth & Ainscow, 2002). Il presupposto alla base della riflessione degli autori è considerare l’inclusione non soltanto un insieme di politiche e pratiche, ma soprattutto uno spazio mentale, in grado di determinare una cultura diffusa e condivisa dai diversi stakeholder della comunità scolastica.
Self-assessment and self-improvement as inclusive school development
Authors: Piccioli Marianna
Published: May 2022

What are the strengths and weaknesses in the cultures, management policies and organizational practices that make an educational institution inclusive? This is the question we try to answer with this investigation, using the comparative element between the Italian and the Catalan school systems. This work is based on three theoretical frameworks: inclusive education in coherence with the Disability Studies approach; autonomy and leadership for inclusion and the self-evaluation and self-improvement processes as an inclusive school development in accordance with the perspective proposed by the Index for Inclusion. Field research reveals that the relevant legislation plays a crucial role and schools must regain a pedagogical thought in which organizational practices and management policies are based on inclusive cultural and value-based foundations.

 

Autovalutazione e automiglioramento come sviluppo inclusivo della scuola

Quali sono i punti di forza e di debolezza nelle culture, nelle politiche gestionali e nelle pratiche organizzative che rendono inclusiva un’istituzione scolastica? Il contributo cerca di rispondere a questa domanda, anche attraverso la comparazione tra il sistema scolastico italiano e quello catalano, basandosi su tre quadri teorici: l’educazione inclusiva secondo l’approccio dei Disability Studies; l’autonomia e la leadership per l’inclusione; i processi di autovalutazione e automiglioramento come sviluppo inclusivo della scuola in relazione alla prospettiva proposta dall’Index for Inclusion. Dalla ricerca sul campo emerge che la legislazione di riferimento gioca un ruolo cruciale e la scuola deve riconquistare un pensiero pedagogico in cui pratiche organizzative e politiche di gestione siano fondate su basi culturali e valoriali inclusive.
Inclusion/exclusion: an educational challenge
Authors: Cegolon Andrea
Published: May 2022

Exclusion/inclusion in education are terms generally referring to situations of hardship in the disabled, individuals with special educational needs or in conditions of marginalization. In the wake of original French sociological research, in-depth reflections have been devoted to this theme. Enriching the pedagogical vocabulary on exclusion is the first step to circumscribe the problem and start positive actions to break down social and educational exclusion barriers. The result is an articulated and linguistically updated picture of the problem if the goal is, as we hope, to use the tools to lower the threshold of indifference in a political and educational line of inclusion and material and cultural redemption.

 

Inclusione/esclusione: una sfida pedagogica.

Esclusione/inclusione in pedagogia sono termini generalmente riferiti a situazioni di disagio in portatori di handicap, oppure soggetti con difficoltà di apprendimento (BES), o in condizioni di emarginazione. Arricchire il lessico pedagogico sull’esclusione rappresenta il primo passo per circoscrivere il problema e di qui avviare azioni positive per abbattere gli steccati dell’esclusione sociale ed educativa. A questo tema e sulla scia di originali ricerche di ambito sociologico francese sono state dedicate approfondite riflessioni. Ne è uscito un quadro articolato e linguisticamente aggiornato del problema se l’obiettivo è, come ci si augura, usare gli strumenti per abbassare la soglia dell’indifferenza in una linea politica ed educativa di inclusione e riscatto materiale e culturale.
The students’ voice
Authors: Brunetti Immacolata
Published: May 2022

This is a multi-level study in the field of intercultural education and refers to a project called “The voice of students”. The cases are action research projects developed with a group of primary school students. They participated in dialogical processes and shared leadership with their teachers. They co-designed projects, debated and became aware of critical issues related to cultural diversity in their educational communities. The aim of the research is to analyze participatory processes and associated changes in relation to intercultural education and relational structures that have emerged from students’ thoughts. From the data analysis it emerged that students’ personal changes, such as self-awareness and attention to others and relationships, group changes such as cohesion, as well as changes developed to other actors: teachers, other students they have created relationships of collaboration, solidarity, and mutual recognition. There were visible changes during the busiest time of the projects, but sometimes the effects continued and deepened thereafter. This underlines the importance of participatory projects of children engaged in intercultural processes and change.

 

La voce degli studenti.

Il presente contributo presenta uno studio a più livelli nel campo dell’educazione interculturale e fa riferimento a un progetto denominato “La voce degli studenti”. I casi sono progetti di ricerca-azione sviluppati con un gruppo di studenti della scuola primaria. Hanno partecipato a processi dialogici e hanno condiviso la leadership con i loro insegnanti. Hanno co-progettato progetti, dibattuto e preso coscienza di questioni critiche legate alla diversità culturale nelle loro comunità educative. Lo scopo della ricerca è analizzare i processi partecipativi e i cambiamenti associati in relazione all’educazione interculturale e alle strutture relazionali emerse dai pensieri degli studenti. Dall’analisi dei dati è merso che i cambiamenti personali degli studenti, come la consapevolezza di sé e l’attenzione agli altri e alle relazioni, i cambiamenti di gruppo come la coesione, così come i cambiamenti estesi ad altri attori: insegnanti, altri studenti, hanno creato relazioni di collaborazione, solidarietà e riconoscimento reciproco. Ci sono stati cambiamenti visibili durante il periodo più attivo in cui si sono svolti i progetti, ma a volte gli effetti sono continuati e si sono approfonditi in seguito. Ciò sottolinea l’importanza dei progetti partecipativi dei bambini impegnati nei processi interculturali e nel cambiamento.
Educational conditions and inclusion processes
Authors: Bracci Francesca , Del Gobbo Giovanna , Frison Daniela , Menichetti Laura
Published: May 2022

Condizioni educative e processi di inclusione
Educação Especial
Authors: Nogueira Daniella de Santana , Prieto Rosângela Gavioli
Published: May 2022

Este pesquisa apresenta um levantamento bibliográfico de produções em língua portuguesa e/ou publicadas no Brasil, no intervalo de 2001 até 2019, que discutem interfaces de gênero e educação especial, tendo como foco alunas(os) classificadas(os) na categoria altas habilidades/superdotação (AH/S). Foram selecionadas e analisadas produções com o objetivo de evidenciar as diferenças e semelhanças entre os materiais que tratam da intersecção entre AH/S e gênero, apresentar a pertinência da articulação desses campos de conhecimento, além de indicar quantitativamente essas produções. Foi criado um banco de dados na ferramenta Google Planilhas e para alimentá-lo foram captadas produções em dois portais: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) e Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes). A amostra é composta por 32 produções, das quais apenas cinco apresentam e relacionam os conceitos de AH/S e gênero como foco da produção científica. Essas assemelham-se na constatação da importância dos estudos de intersecção de gênero e AH/S, no reconhecimento das formas desiguais de tratamento direcionados a meninas e meninos no ambiente escolar, na preocupação do papel de gênero na identificação de estudantes com AH/S assim como no seu desenvolvimento pessoal. Diferem-se quanto às temáticas investigadas e consequentemente nas formas distintas de discutir um mesmo assunto. Para futuros aprofundamentos, avaliou-se a expansão desta pesquisa com um cruzamento mais amplo das relações entre educação especial e/ou inclusiva considerando o conceito de interseccionalidade e uma cobertura ampla de repositórios.
Maternal and Child Health Network Policy Briefing 1: Welfare Grants in Pregnancy and Early Childhood
Authors: Emma Stewart
Published: May 2022

No abstract available.
Efficacy of funcicides in maize growing
Authors: Shynkaruk L.
Published: May 2022

Goal. To determine the technical efficiency of fungicidal treatments against helminthosporiosis, rust and fusarium ear rot in the conditions of the western forest-steppe of Ukraine.

Methods. Field. The research scheme included 13 variants with different amounts of fungicidal treatments. The following fungicides were used in the experiments: Abacus e.c. (epoxiconazole 62.5 l/ha + pyraclostrobin 62.5 l/ ha), Coronet 300 SC (trifloxystrobin 100 g/l + tebuconazole 200 g /l), Custodia CS (tebuconazole 200 g/l + azoxystrobin 120 g/l), Acanto KS (picoxystrobin — 250 g/l. Records of diseases were performed according to generally accepted methods in the phase of wax ripeness.

Results. Studies have shown that fungicidal treatments reduce the development of helminthosporiosis by 14.9—25.9%, rust — by 4.0—19.4% and fusarium ear rot by 3.2—6.3%. The weighted average development of maize diseases depended on the period of application and the amount of fungicidal sprays. Among the one-time treatments, the lowest level of disease development was when spraying in the phase of panicle ejection, among double treatments — 10 leaves and panicle ejection. Three uses of fungicides in the phase of 10 leaves, shedding of panicles and after flowering reduced the development of helminthosporiosis to 4.4%, rust — to 3.5%, fusarium ear rot — to 1.2%. The highest level of protection was obtained in the variant of four preparations in the phase of 10 leaves, ejection of panicles, after flowering and grain filling, where the development of helminthosporiosis was 4.4%, rust — 2.9%, fusarium ear rot — 1.1%. The technical efficiency of the studied drugs increased with increasing number of fungicidal treatments and was the highest in the variant of four applications of fungicides, which is 86.6% against helminthosporiosis, 87.0% against rust and 85.5% against fusarium ear rot.

Conclusions. The technical effectiveness of fungicides depends on the period of application of the drug and increases with an increase in the number of treatments. High technical efficiency was noted in the variant of the three-time introduction of fungicides in the phase of 10 leaves, throwing out the panicle and after flowering. The highest efficiency is in the variant of the four-time introduction of fungicides in the phase of 10 leaves, throwing out the panicle, after flowering and filling the grain.
Futility of Exhaustion: Why Brady Claims Should Trump Federal Exhaustion Requirements
Authors: Murphy Tiffany
Published: May 2022

A defendant’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights are violated when a state agency fails to disclose crucial exculpatory or impeachment evidence — so-called Brady violations. When this happens, the defendant should be provided the means not only to locate this evidence, but also to fully develop it in state post-conviction processes. When the state system prohibits both the means and legal mechanism to develop Brady claims, the defendant should be immune to any procedural penalties in either state or federal court. In other words, the defendant should not be required to return to state court to exhaust such a claim. Instead, once the federal court finds a viable claim, the court should be allowed to review the claim on the merits and grant relief. Because these claims arise from the failure of state actors to perform their duties properly, the federal courts should forfeit their right to demand adherence to the federal exhaustion requirement. Requiring a defendant to return to state court for exhaustion penalizes the defendant unjustly for a constitutional violation created solely by the state.
Admit or Deny: A Call for Reform of the SEC's "Neither-Admit-Nor-Deny" Policy
Authors: Kaul Priyah
Published: May 2022

For four decades, the SEC’s often-invoked policy of settling cases without requiring admissions of wrongdoing, referred to as the “neither-admit-nor-deny” policy, went unchallenged by the courts, the legislature, and the public. Then in 2011, a harshly critical opinion from Judge Jed Rakoff in SEC v. Citigroup incited demands for reform of this policy. In response to Judge Rakoff’s opinion, the SEC announced a modified approach to settlements. Under the modified approach, the Commission may require an admission of wrongdoing if a defendant’s misconduct was egregious or if the public markets would benefit from an admission. Many supporters of the neither-admit-nor-deny policy argue that it is the most efficient way to compensate harmed investors. In contrast, many critics condemn the ministerial role of the judiciary in approving SEC settlements. Other interested parties express uncertainty about how aggressively the SEC will pursue admissions under the modified approach and whether admissions will have collateral estoppel effects in subsequent private litigation. Both supporters and critics are mistaken in their approach to the policy, and those in the third category are justifiably uncertain. This Note emphasizes the need for an overhaul of the neither-admit-nor-deny policy, arguing that the policy is plagued by ambiguity, affords too much discretion to the SEC, and does not sufficiently punish wrongdoers. As a result of its use of the neither-admit-nor-deny policy, the SEC fails to achieve the objectives of transparency, accountability, and deterrence that are paramount to enforcing federal securities laws. By requiring specific admissions of wrongdoing in settlements and limiting the preclusive effect of those admissions in private litigation, the SEC would adopt a more aggressive and disciplined approach to enforcement—better serving the public interest—without the risk of costly litigation with defendants who refuse to settle.
Excuses in Exile
Authors: Kaye Anders
Published: May 2022

Suppose that I have intentionally killed another person and that I have done so without any justification. At first glance, it appears that I am guilty of murder, a very serious crime. Since I am guilty of this very serious crime, the state may inflict a very serious punishment on me—at least many years in prison, if not my whole life or the death penalty. But suppose that one of the following is also true in my case: (A) At the time that I killed my victim, I suffered from a mental disease and, as a result, lacked the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of my conduct. (B) Throughout my childhood and into my adolescent years, my father physically and sexually abused me, leaving me significantly more prone to violence than I would otherwise have been. Both A and B are ethically and interpersonally important facts. Both are likely to inspire some combination of sympathy, empathy, and compassion. Both suggest that my story is not just the story of a murderer and that there is a complicated explanation for my crime.
Expanding the Renewable Energy Industry Through Tax Subsidies Using the Structure and Rationale of Traditional Energy Tax Subsidies
Authors: Harrison Blake
Published: May 2022

Just as the government invested in oil and gas, it must now invest in new energy sources. In a sense, Americans need history to repeat itself. This Note suggests that Congress should amend the United States Tax Code to further subsidize the renewable energy industry. Congress should use subsidies historically available to the oil and gas industries as a model in its amendments. These subsidies serve as a model for promoting the renewable energy industry because such subsidies were fundamental in facilitating the oil and gas industries’ dominance today. Ultimately, Congress must further subsidize the renewable energy industry to avoid the environmental and economic consequences of an economy based on traditional sources of energy. This Note recommends that renewable energy dominance is possible by amending the tax code to subsidize the renewable energy industry using the same subsidization rationales applied to the oil and gas industries.