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Code-switching in English classrooms and its Impact on undergraduate learning in a public university in Afghanistan
Authors: Tareen Hashmat
Published: November 2022

The alternate use of two different languages as code-switching is situated in the field of bilingualism and it is considered a common feature of those who speak two or more languages. The occurrence of code-switching in English classrooms is considered a conducive linguistic resource to be exploited and practiced sensibly. This study aims to highlight the current situation of code-switching in EFL classrooms, the motives for EFL lecturers’ code-switching during their instruction to facilitate the teaching and learning process, and the measures for avoiding the use of code-switching. A qualitative study based on interviews followed by classroom observation was conducted. Eight EFL learners in a public university participated in this study. Four instructional periods of classroom observations were carried out. The results indicated that code-switching is predominantly employed and learners perceive it positively and lecturers use it for content clarification and building rapport with learners. Moreover, it can be also considered as impeding language skills.
Keywords: Code-switching; EFL; EFL classroom; language.
Raising Libyan EFL undergraduate students’ awareness about environmental issues through project-based learning
Authors: Suwaed Hameda
Published: November 2022

Although project-based learning, as a language teaching strategy, is considered important for developing college students' academic and soft skills is still a neglected approach in EFL teaching in Libya. This study aims to investigate the use of project-based learning in EFL writing classrooms to raise students’ awareness about environmental issues. It is carried out in the Department of English at Sabratha College of Arts. The findings of this study, based on an open-ended questionnaire and students’ reflection journals, show that PBL enhanced the students’ English language knowledge and skills. Also, students gained content knowledge about the environment, soft skills, autonomy, and self-confidence in using the English language in its context. Finally, the PBL experience promoted the students’ awareness of the environment and how to protect it. This research provides good evidence of the effectiveness of PBL to engage and enhance students' learning.
Keywords: EFL; environmental issues;  Project-based learning; soft skills.
An assessment of the Algerian EFL students' literary proficiency at the Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret
Authors: Mehdaoui Ahmed
Published: November 2022

Countless research has spotlighted literature on foreign language’s linguistic, cultural, aesthetic, and critical thinking benefits as well as the models and strategies in connection with its effective teaching. Howbeit, based on our experience/observation, the provision of the ways/processes the literary competence should be assessed seems to be scarce. The need to assess the foreign language learners' literary competence as a learning outcome is vital. Therefore, as a contribution to this area of study, the present study aims at assessing EFL students’ literary competence. To do so, twenty-five randomly selected third-year English students at the University of Tiaret participated in the study, and O’Brien’s On the Rainy River was used as a data tool to measure their literary competence. Given the skills that literary competence embraces, the findings of this research revealed that the participants of the EFL students at the University of Tiaret lacked some basic skills that are essential for literary competence. In response to this, the paper suggests some recommendations for both teachers and students.
Keywords: Assessment; Competence; EFL Students; Literature
Comparing the difficulty level of studying Japanese and Indo-European languages for undergraduate students with reasonable adjustments?
Authors: Winch Junko
Published: November 2022

A growing number of undergraduate students who choose to study the Japanese language as an elective subject in British universities have disabilities. This study aims to research the demographic profiles, academic performance, and types of Reasonable Adjustments (RA) needed among undergraduate students with mental health disabilities taking Japanese language courses. Nineteen undergraduate students in need of RA who studied Japanese Ab Initio to Japanese Advanced through Institution-wide Language Provision (IWLP) at a British university in South East England from 2017/18 to 2019/20 participated. Participants included foundation-year and first-year undergraduate students. According to the results of this study, almost one-fourth of the participating students either did not complete the course or did not pass it, implying that studying Japanese may present challenges for some students who need RAs. This study differs in its focus on the study of Japanese in the context of a British university.
Keywords: Japanese language; Institution Wide Language Program (IWLP); language learning; reasonable adjustment.
The impact of social media messages on Parkinson’s disease treatment: detecting genuine sentiment in patient notes
Authors: Hanane  Grissette  , El Habib  Nfaoui
Published: November 2022

Parkinson’s Disease(PD), one of the most serious neurodegenerative diseases that known huge controversy on social networks. Following medical lexicons, few approaches have been extended to leverage sentiment information that obviously reflects the patient’s health status in terms of related-narratives observations. It is been crucial to analyze online narratives and detect sentiment in patients’ self-reports. In this paper, we propose an automatic concept-level neural network method to distilling genuine sentiment in patients’ notes as medical polar facts into true positives and true negatives. Towards building emotional Parkinsonism assisted method from Parkinson’s Disease daily narratives di- gests, we characterize polar facts of defined medical configuration space through distributed biomedical representation at the concept-level as- sociated with real-world entities, which are operated to quantifying the emotional status of the speaker context. We conduct comparisons with state-of-art neural networks algorithms and biomedical distributed systems. Finally, as a result, we achieve an 85.3% accuracy performance, and the approach shows a well-understanding of medical natural language concepts.
Automated adenocarcinoma lung cancer tissue images segmentation based on clustering
Authors: Bryan  Cervantes-Ramirez  , Francisco  Siles
Published: November 2022

Cancer is one of the main dead causes worldwide. It is re- sponsible for an approximate of 1 out of 6 deaths globally and lung cancer is along breast cancer, the most common types of cancer in the population, which confirms the importance of studies associated with it. This work presents an approach toward lung cancer histological tissue images segmentation based on colour. The proposed method for the segmentation is K-means clustering, providing promising results that may become as an assistance for pathologists, as it can help them reduce the time consumed reviewing the slides and giving a more objective perspective in order to provide a diagnose and specific treatment.
Assessing the effectiveness of diarization algorithms in costa rican children-adult speech according to age group and gender
Authors: Alejandro  Chacón-Vargas  , Daniel Pérez-Conejo  , Marvin  Coto-Jiménez
Published: November 2022

Speaker diarization is the task of automatically identifying speaker identities and detecting their speaking times in an audio recording. Several algorithms have shown improvements in the performance of this task during the past years. However, it still has performance challenges in interaction scenarios, such as between a child and adult, where interruptions, fillers, laughs and other elements may affect the detection and clustering of the segments.

In this work, we perform an exploratory study with two diarization algorithms in children-adult interactions within a recording studio and assess the effectiveness of the algorithms in different age groups and genders. All participants are native Costa Rican Spanish speakers. The children have ages between 3 to 14 years, and the interaction combines guided repetition of words or short phrases, as well as natural speech.

The results demonstrate how the age affects the diarization performance, both in cluster purity and speaker purity, in a direct but non-linear fashion.
Exploring the potential of an audio application for teaching AI-based classification methods to a wider audience
Authors: Gabriel Coto-Fernández  , Marvin Coto-Jiménez
Published: November 2022

Knowledge about artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important for many careers, especially those based in science and engineering. Besides formal education, the impact of AI on society lead to consider educational projects for teaching the fundamental concepts of AI at wider audiences, including high school levels. This can help more general audiences to better understand how AI works, with the hope that also parents and educators can help students develop a healthy appreciation for implications and limitations, along with an appropriate relationship and deeper interest on it. In this paper, we present a pilot project for teaching an AI-based classification method that is empirically evaluated with real data of a real problem, which can be understood and tackled with basic mathematical tools and activities suitable for high school students. With this proposal, we aim to show how audio and speech applications can inform a wider audience about advances in AI, its characteristics, and its future impact on society. Results and lessons learned from this project can form the basis for further projects using different tools and data, according to students’ interests and initiative.
Personalized patient ventilation at large scale: Mass Ventilation System (MVS)
Authors: Ogbolu Melvin-Omone  , Bence Takács  , Roland  Dóczi  , Tivadar  Garamvólgyi  , Lászlo  Szücs  , Péter  Galambos  , Tamás  Haidegger  , Miklós  Vincze  , Kristóf  Papp  , Daniel   Drexler  , György  Eigner  , Abdallah  Benhamida  , Ezter  Koroknai  , Peter  Dombai  , Miklos  Kozlovszky
Published: November 2022

This paper describes a Mass Ventilation System (MVS) which serves as a medical ventilator system. It can be used to ventilate large number of COVID-19 patients in parallel (5 – 50+) with personalized respiratory parameters.  The system has been designed to be medically suitable for both non-invasive and invasive patient ventilation. It protects healthcare workers with its centralized air filtering solution, it increases the effectiveness of the healthcare workers with its networked communication and it can be operated in a temporary emergency hospital setup. In this paper, we describe the basic concept and building blocks of the system.
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis image analysis of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones
Authors: José Arturo  Molina-Mora  , Diana  Chinchilla-Montero  , Carolina  Castro-Peña  , Fernando  García
Published: November 2022

A classical strategy to analyse the protein content of a biological sample is the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE). This technique separates proteins by both isoelectric point and molecular weight, and images are taken for subsequent analyses. However, analyses of 2D-GE images require standardized image analysis due to susceptibility of gels to get deformed, presence of overlapping spots and stripes, fuzzy and unstained spots, and others. This represent a difficulty for final users (researchers), which demand for free and user-friendly solutions. We have previously reported the standardization of a protocol to analyse 2D-GE images, and in the current study we applied it to two new bacterial isolates Pseudomonas aeruginosa C25 and C50. We first extracted periplasmic proteins after exposure to antibiotics, and we then run a 2D-GE analysis. Images were analysed using our standardized protocol, achieving the identification of protein spots using CellProfiler after pre-processing step. Comparison between strains was done using differential spot analysis, revealing a specific pattern in the protein expression between bacteria. These results will help to study the biological meaning of these strains using proteomic profiling under different conditions.
A deep learning approach for epilepsy seizure detection using EEG signals
Authors: Manoj  Kaushik  , Divyanshu  Singh  , Malay   Kishore-Dutta  , Carlos M.  Travieso
Published: November 2022

Electroencephalogram (EEG) is an effective non-invasive way to detect sudden changes in neural brain activity, which generally occurs due to excessive electric discharge in the brain cells. EEG signals could be helpful in imminent seizure prediction if the machine could detect changes in EEG patterns. In this study, we have proposed a one-dimensional Convolutional Neural network (CNN) for the automatic detection of epilepsy seizures. The automated process might be convenient in the situations where a neurologist is unavailable and also help the neurologists in proper analysis of EEG signals and case diagnosis. We have used two publicly available EEG datasets, which were collected from the two African countries, Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria. The datasets contain EEG signals of 318 subjects. We have trained and verify the performance of our model by testing it on both the datasets and obtained the highest accuracy of 82.818%.
A low cost collision avoidance system based on a ToF camera for SLAM approaches
Authors: Dayron  Romero-Godoy  , David  Sánchez-Rodríguez  , Itziar  Alonso-González  , Francisco  Delgado-Rajó
Published: November 2022

Indoor positioning is a problem that has not yet been solved efficiently and accurately. In outdoors the most effective solution is the Global Position System (GPS), but it cannot be used indoors due to the weakening of the signal, so other solutions have been studied. These approaches could be applied to define a map for the guidance of blind people, tourism or navigation for autonomous robots. In this paper, the study, design, implementation and evaluation of a robust obstacle detection and mapping system is proposed. Thus, it can be used to alert of near objects presence and avoid possible collisions in an indoor navigation. The system is based on a Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera and a Single Board Computer (SBC) like Raspberry PI or NVIDIA Jetson Nano. In order to evaluate the system several real experiments were carried out. This kind of system can be integrated on a wheelchair and help the handicapped person to move indoors or take data from an indoor environment and recreate it in a 2D or 3D images.
Gambaran Signifikansi Mindset dan Fungsionalisasi Jabatan dalam Membentuk Motivasi Kerja dan Minat Studi Lanjut Tenaga Kependidikan
Authors: Muttahida Muttahida , Pardiman Pardiman , Haridjanto Djoni
Published: November 2022

A study was conducted with the aim of knowing the effect of mindset, functionalization of positions on work motivation and interest in further studies in education staff at Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University Malang. This study uses a quantitative approach with a sample of 88 people with ASN status, the lowest graduates are Strata 1 and come from groups II-IV. This research basically wants to predict the effect of variables on variables in the research model that has been developed. The variables used in this study as a whole are latent variables (variables that cannot be measured directly). Based on these considerations, the data analysis in this study used the Structural Equation Model- Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) approach with the help of the WarpPLS 6.0 program. The results of the study show that all variables have a significant positive effect, both direct and indirect effects. This means that respondents have a good way of thinking in responding to the regulation of functionalization of positions, have good work motivation and are highly willing to carry out further studies. Keywords: Mindset, Functionalization of Position, Work Motivation and Interest in Further Studies Abstrak: Sebuah penelitian dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pola pikir atau mindset, fungsionalisasi jabatan terhadap motivasi kerja dan minat studi lanjut pada tenaga kependidikan di Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana malik Ibrahim Malang. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 88 orang yang berstatus ASN, lulusan terendah Strata 1 dan berasal dari golongan II-IV. Penelitian ini pada dasarnya ingin memprediksi pengaruh variabel terhadap variabel dalam model penelitian yang telah dikembangkan. Variabel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini secara keseluruhan merupakan variabel laten (variabel yang tidak dapat diukur secara langsung). Atas dasar pertimbangan tersebut analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan Structural Equation Model- Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) dengan bantuan program WarpPLS 6.0. Hasil penelitian menyajikan bahwa seluruh variabel berpengaruh positif signifikan, baik pengaruh langsung maupun tidak langsung. Artinya responden memiliki cara berfikir yang bagus dalam menyikapi adanya regulasi fungsionalisasi jabatan, memiliki motivasi kerja yang baik dan berkemauan tinggi untuk melakukan studi lanjut.
Analisis Kemampuan Dinamis dalam Kelangsungan Hidup Usaha Kecil di Ekosistem Kewirausahaan selama Covid-19
Authors: Aisyah Esy Nur , Sudarmiatin Sudarmiatin , Hermawan Agus
Published: November 2022

This research adopts a dynamic capability lens to study how small business entrepreneurs try to survive and grow in the entrepreneurial ecosystem affected by covid-19. The research method is using a qualitative design, 5 MSMEs in Malang City have been interviewed to assess how the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Malang City has been affected by covid-19. This allows a contemporary and realistic understanding of how small entrepreneurs are adapting to crises. The findings suggest that the entrepreneurs in this study can leverage their capabilities in terms of how they scan the current business environment and make decisions accordingly. Furthermore, small business entrepreneurs adopt a flexible approach to be able to react to the unexpected changes of covid-19 and the affected market environment. Business agility will help entrepreneurs to respond to internal and external changes in an efficient manner. Many business functions cannot resume due to the covid-19 pandemic. Marketing techniques that were considered profitable and successful before 2020 will not develop now. This is because small businesses work with fewer resources and are under financial pressure. To get the most out of fewer resources is to adapt to more digital-based functions.
The Impact of Islamic Financial Inclusion on Micro-Enterprises Capital: The Case of Sumedang Regency
Authors: Irfany Mohammad Iqbal , Wulan Nur , Fitri Resfa
Published: November 2022

Financial inclusion is essential, especially for small and micro-enterprises who often experience issues accessing financial institutions. This inclusion aims to eliminate all financial barriers, including price and non-price, to public access to financial services to reduce societal inequality. This study aims to analyze the effect of Islamic financial inclusion on the capital growth of micro-enterprises in the Sumedang Regency. Employing descriptive analysis and SEM-PLS on primary data with 100 respondents from micro-enterprises who used financial services, the results show that respondents' average Islamic financial inclusion was 59 percent, above the national level. It also found that Islamic financial inclusion had a positive effect on the development of micro-enterprise capital, which indicates that people classified in the micro-business group have broad access to Islamic financial products and services might increase business capital. In addition, the influence of Islamic financial inclusion and mentoring variables on positive capital development means that any increase in the value of Islamic financial inclusion and mentoring will increase capital development.
Growing urban anxiety and eco-dystopia in Usha K. R.’s Monkey Man
Authors: R. Arthi , Bhuvaneswari V.
Published: November 2022

Urban anxiety is the wretched condition people undergo due to urbanization, and they become apprehensive when thinking about a sustainable future. When a city becomes urban, some people are thrilled to explore the elevated opportunities it provides, while some fear the havoc of urbanization. The following research is based on Usha K.R.’s Monkey Man, which seeks to understand how Bangalore city witnessed a massive transformation due to urbanization from being a pensioner’s paradise to India’s renowned Silicon Valley and India’s giant IT hub. The objectives of this research are two-fold (i) to understand how urbanization makes people’s lives anxious, and (ii) to analyze how urbanization also causes environmental distress leading to eco-dystopia. Monkey Man has been the subject of urban studies, yet the notions of anxiety and dystopia are relevant today. It intends to remind the city dwellers that they can survive with minimal nature exposure but cannot live a wholesome life without it. The objectives of this research could be achieved by combining the idea of urbanization and eco-dystopia with ecocritical theory.
Enquadramentos de mulheres médio-orientais na imprensa
Authors: Aragão Rodrigo Martins , Pereira Lucélia Gomes
Published: November 2022

O artigo tem como objetivo identificar e discutir os enquadramentos jornalísticos acerca de mulheres médio-orientais na imprensa brasileira. Nosso corpus constitui-se de matérias veiculadas pelos jornais Folha de S. Paulo e O Globo, entre 01 de janeiro e 31 de maio de 2018. Articulamos o conceito de Orientalismo proposto por Edward Said aos estudos de gênero desenvolvidos sobretudo por Maryam Khalid, Hamideh Sedghi e Azedah Kian-Thiébaut, compreendendo como concepções orientalistas operam nas narrativas jornalísticas. A metodologia aplicada foi a Análise de Conteúdo, em sua modalidade temático-categorial. Identificamos que as narrativas estão ancoradas na ideia de ocidentalização da região, na qual as mulheres são exibidas em direção a uma transição para a idealização de modernidade, mas ainda vinculadas a concepções tradicionalmente orientalistas.
Memórias dos movimentos iniciais para a atuação de enfermeiras obstétricas em um hospital de ensino
Authors: Mendes Daiane Maria Dias , Jardim Danubia Mariane Barbosa
Published: November 2022

Objetivo: conhecer a história dos movimentos iniciais para a implantação e atuação da Enfermagem Obstétrica em um Hospital de Ensino, no município de Montes Claros. Método: estudo qualitativo fundamentado na História Oral Temática. Entrevistaram-se 12 profissionais da saúde que vivenciaram a implantação da Enfermagem Obstétrica, sendo os dados submetidos à técnica de Análise Temática de Conteúdo. Resultados: a história da implementação e atuação de enfermeiras obstétricas em Montes Claros perpassa pelo Hospital Clemente de Farias com pioneirismo na inserção das profissionais na preceptoria dos estágios de maternidade e bloco obstétrico, com a inauguração do curso de Especialização para Enfermeiras Obstétricas e com a solidificação da assistência humanizada ao parto e nascimento nos diferentes cenários. Conclusão: a implantação da atuação de enfermeiras obstétricas no município atende às políticas públicas de humanização do parto e nascimento, e a experiência de Montes Claros revela os caminhos necessários para o alcance desse objetivo.
O celach filozoficznej teorii poznania. Uwagi w związku z książką Adama Groblera „Epistemologia. Sandwiczowa teoria wiedzy”
Authors: Judycki Stanisław
Published: November 2022

The article concerns the epistemological views of Adam Grobler contained in his book Epistemologia (2019). The first part of the article lists the basic goals that were set for the philosophical theory of knowledge, namely, distinguishing types of knowledge, discovering the essence of knowledge, describing and assessing human epistemic situation in the world, considering the most general idea of knowledge, confronting the issue of global skepticism, grounding human knowledge, considering the issue of starting point in philosophy, showing the genesis of human knowledge (Kant, Husserl), considering the phenomenon–reality opposition and the opposition of categories of being and categories of thinking, abandoning the maximalistic epistemology in favour of naturalized epistemology. In the second part of the text, Adam Grobler’s epistemological position is diagnosed as (pragmatically motivated) skepticism.
Faktywność a wolitywność wiedzy w świetle epistemologii Adama Groblera
Authors: Palczewski Rafał
Published: November 2022

If knowledge is factive, it is not voluntary. In the paper, I discuss this relation within the framework of the theory of knowledge proposed by Adam Grobler. It directly questions the factivity of knowledge and indirectly assumes voluntariness. So, in fact, this theory shows how the acceptance of voluntariness leads to the rejection of factivity. I argue that the exact opposite is true by defending the factivity of knowledge. I also show that Grobler’s theory of knowledge is the variation of Lewis’s relevant alternative approach to knowledge.
Idosos e furiosos
Authors: Alves Hipsia Ferreira , Soares Everton Rocha , Ungheri Bruno Ocelli , Ferreira Renato Melo
Published: November 2022

Introdução: O envelhecimento humano interfere diretamente no desempenho do atleta master, portanto, saber em que momento ocorre este declínio de desempenho se torna essencial para a otimização do esporte master. Objetivo: Objetivou-se analisar a taxa de declínio dos tempos de nadadores masters em diferentes categorias etárias (25 a 99 anos). Metodologia: Os dados dos até 8 primeiros colocados dos 50 e 800 metros nado livre de cada categoria participante do Campeonato Brasileiro Master de 2019 foram coletados, totalizando 281 entradas na água. Foi realizada análise descritiva e inferencial. Resultados e discussão: Os 50 metros livre foi a prova com maior número de entradas; observou-se na comparação recordes de categorias vs. recordes nacionais que as maiores diferenças percentuais ocorreram, em geral, a partir dos 60 anos. Este resultado é similar ao da comparação das médias das entradas de cada prova vs. recorde da categoria. Ainda, ao comparar a média das entradas vs. categoria 25-9 anos observou-se no masculino, e no feminino, diferenças significativas com as categorias 65-9 anos até 85-9 anos. Nos 800 livre, maiores diferenças percentuais também foram observadas a partir dos 60 anos para recordes de categorias vs. recordes nacionais. Contudo, ao analisar as médias das entradas de cada prova vs. recordes de cada categoria e ao comparar as médias das entradas vs. categoria 25-9 anos, não se observou diferenças significativas para o feminino, enquanto que para o masculino, esta diferença ocorreu a partir da categoria 60-4 anos. Conclusão: Concluiu-se que a queda de desempenho nas provas da natação master analisadas é influenciada, em parte pelo processo de envelhecimento, sexo e a competição de referência.
Educação física e centro de atenção psicossocial
Authors: Pereira Pedro Victo Domingues , Oliveira Bérgson Nogueira de
Published: November 2022

Objetivos, Compreender as atribuições das Práticas Corporais (PC) de Educação Física (EDF) no processo de Redução do Sofrimento Psíquico (RSP). Metodologia, A pesquisa foi desenvolvida no CAPS III da cidade de Iguatu-CE, com a participação de oito usuários de um grupo de EDF “vidas ativa” realizado em ambientes fora CAPS. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida mediante uma entrevista semiestruturada. O material subjetivo foi captado por meio de um gravador de voz portátil, sendo o material analisado por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo, proposto por Bardin. Resultados e discussão, A realização de um grupo de EDF, utilizando-se dos diversos espaços que constitui um território, permitiu compreender que ás PC se apresentava como importante meio de intervenção terapêutica, principalmente quando as atividades tendem a não restringir a movimentações dos corpos, o que pode contribuir para o aumento da expressão de sentimento através das práticas. Foi possível compreender que durante as PC de EDF os usuários tendiam a reduzir seus pensamentos de morte, por meio de um processo aqui denominado de “Interrupção momentânea do sofrimento”. Considerações Finais/Conclusão. É necessário que os profissionais de EDF possam ser mais críticos durante suas atividades no campo da saúde mental, pois a aplicação do poder recai sobre os corpos em forma de disciplinas, pois além de produzir o controle sobre o movimento, pode contribuir para a destituição da EDF enquanto fenômeno capaz de promover cuidado, qualidade e afirmação de vida e passe a promover práticas repressoras dos corpos e promotora do adoecimento.
Ginástica para todos no ensino médio do Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso
Authors: Fontes Tania Aparecida de Oliveira , Moreira Evando Carlos
Published: November 2022

Objetivos: Este artigo visa partilhar o experimento de implementação da Ginástica para Todos – GPT no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso – IFMT, campus Octayde Jorge da Silva, para alunos do ensino médio. Metodologia: A experiência se apresenta como qualitativa-descritiva. O lócus do experimento foram as aulas de Educação Física do ensino médio integrado. Os sujeitos foram os alunos matriculados nas cinco turmas de Ginástica, no ano letivo de 2019, totalizando 103 alunos. Resultados e discussão: Foi possível tornar acessível e demonstrar a versatilidade da GPT no ambiente escolar, tendo em vista que a sua prática, além de explorar elementos da cultura corporal e das modalidades Gímnicas, também promove a integração e a criatividade entre os participantes. Considerações Finais: Trabalhar com a GPT revelou-se uma oportunidade ímpar, em uma região onde a Ginástica para Todos ainda é pouco vivenciada.
Estratégias de marketing para manter e captar clientes durante a pandemia da Covid-19 em academias de Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil
Authors: Soares Rodrigo Magro , Costa Gabriel Peinado , Trapé Átila Alexandre
Published: November 2022

Introdução: O Brasil é o terceiro colocado no ranking mundial em faturamento de serviços fitness, com 34.509 academias registradas. Entretanto, a pandemia da Covid-19 trouxe desafios e uma queda nesse faturamento. Com isto, as academias foram forçadas a adotar novas estratégias de gestão e marketing para se manterem no mercado diante deste novo contexto. Objetivo: Identificar as estratégias de marketing esportivo utilizadas por gestores de academias de Ribeirão Preto/SP para manter e captar novos clientes durante a pandemia da Covid-19. Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo qualitativo por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, realizada por meio da ferramenta Google Meet, gravadas para serem transcritas e analisadas posteriormente. Resultados: Dentre as estratégias utilizadas pelos seis gestores entrevistados, destacaram-se: segurança e limpeza da academia como marketing; priorização do relacionamento com o cliente como principal forma de retenção; uso recorrente do marketing de bonificações; pacotes e mensalidades mais atrativos para manter e ao mesmo tempo captar novos clientes; e, a utilização das redes sociais como principal forma de captação. Os problemas encontrados pelos gestores foram similares, com ao menos 1/3 apontando a falta de verba específica para o marketing, campanhas centralizadas em outras sedes ou franquias, lives ineficientes e marketing tradicional com custo muito alto. Considerações finais: Os gestores precisaram superar os obstáculos da pandemia para planejar e promover estratégias de marketing para academias com objetivos, público e porte diferentes. Ainda existem poucos estudos relacionando marketing e o mercado fitness no Brasil, destacando a importância de mais estudos que abordem esta temática.
Professora Maria Gil e as pedras do caminho
Authors: Batista Ramiro Esdras Carneiro , Ribeiro Betânia de Oliveira Laterza , Almeida Maria Zeneide Carneiro Magalhães de
Published: November 2022

A partir dos anos 1930, o governo se preocupou com a escolarização da população rural, então a maioria. Mas o ensino rural não cumpriu a contento as funções esperadas. Levou ao meio rural uma escolarização fundada no currículo para escola urbana incapaz de conter o êxodo campo–cidade na década de 1950. O campo não se esvaziou, e novas gerações demandaram educação mais condizente com sua vida em seu meio. Assim, uma educação do campo se impôs como política pública para instituir um modelo de educação à população do campo. Este artigo adentra esse terreno ao enfocar uma escola rural particular em sua transição para o sistema educacional público. O enfoque se sustenta na entrevista com a professora e administradora da “Escolinha rural”, no então distrito de Candeal, município de Cônego Marinho, MG. O estudo partiu desta questão: que tipo de escola era e como conduziu a escolarização? A indagação objetivou dialogar com memórias da vida rural e traços do que poderia ser chamado de cultura escolar comunitário-privada informal. A pesquisa recorreu à história oral como método-guia para produzir fontes mediante diálogos não estruturados; também se valeu de fontes documentais. Os resultados apontam que a “Escolinha rural” escapava ao modelo de escola rural dissipado pela escola do campo. Sua existência não dependia do Estado. Ainda assim, tal qual o ensino rural impôs à escola rural um currículo estranho às demandas do meio, a escolinha foi subsumida por um modelo de escola do campo cujo currículo lhe era estranho.
A formação de professores nas licenciaturas interdisciplinares da UFMA
Authors: Sousa Ana Paula Ribeiro de , Coimbra Leonardo José Pinho
Published: November 2022

O presente artigo é resultante da pesquisa “A formação de professores nas Licenciaturas Interdisciplinares da UFMA”, que tem como um de seus objetivos analisar a formação obtida no curso, a partir da percepção dos egressos. Para este estudo participaram estudantes egressos do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Humanas/Sociologia, do campus da UFMA em Bacabal, que obtiveram a diplomação entre os anos de 2014 e 2019. Os dados foram coletados por meio da aplicação de questionários enviados aos egressos, no período de agosto a novembro de 2020. O método de análise foi o materialismo histórico dialético, especialmente pelo uso das categorias totalidade, historicidade, contradição e mediação. Além da análise das informações dos questionários, a pesquisa foi apoiada na bibliografia disponível sobre o tema, além de estudos e pesquisas anteriores realizadas pelos autores. Os resultados alcançados apontam para as contradições do processo de expansão das universidades federais através das políticas públicas implementadas no período em análise, com ênfase na formação de professores.
Avaliação da monitorização sérica de vancomicina em pacientes neonatos em uma maternidade de referência do estado do Ceará
Authors: Oliveira Thaís Barbosa de , Pinheiro Rachel Sindeaux Paiva , Dias Hannah Iorio , Oliveira Affonso Lucas Sanguinetti de , Sousa Francisca Marliane Teixeira de , Loureiro Arinice de Menezes Costa , Silva Aline Holanda , Lima Alisson Menezes Araújo , Silva Islânia Pereira da , Freitas Brenda Késia de , Vidal Anne Sherida de Castro Silva , Leandro Camila Almeida
Published: November 2022

Objetivo: Avaliar o monitoramento sérico de vancomicina em pacientes neonatos em uma maternidade de referência no estado do Ceará. Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal e quantitativo, com abordagem descritiva, sendo os dados coletados referentes ao período de janeiro a julho de 2021. Resultados: De um total de 432 recém-nascidos, 13,20 % (57) neonatos usaram vancomicina como antibioticoterapia. Da amostra 77,2% (44) eram prematuros com idade gestacional média de 30 semanas. Considerando que os níveis séricos de vancomicina estão entre 5-15 mcg/mL, evidenciou-se ser atingido em 59,7% (34) dos bebês já na primeira coleta, em 73,7% (42) na segunda e 69% (20) na última. Ajustou-se em 40,4% dos neonatos, os intervalos posológicos após a primeira vancocinemia, 26,4% após a segunda e 31% na última. Identificaram-se nas hemoculturas positivas o Staphylococcus epidermides como o microrganismo mais prevalente nas unidades neonatais com 66,7%. Dentre as intervenções farmacêuticas realizadas, destaca-se a solicitação de exame de vancocinemia, o aumento e a redução do intervalo entre as doses. Conclusão: O estudo demonstrou que a grande maioria dos neonatos se encontrava com níveis séricos de vancomicina na dosagem ideal. No entanto, a atuação do farmacêutico clínico na equipe multiprofissional passa a ser fundamental, pois o monitoramento e o ajuste posológico da antibioticoterapia são de extrema importância para a segurança do paciente.
Theoretical Notes on the Structure and Dynamics of Empires
Authors: Kaspe S.
Published: November 2022

The march of events which have been unfolding in the last three decades in Northern Eurasia requires clarification and extension of the terminology used in the empire studies, and first of all, the supplement of the wide-spread “center-periphery” model with a third, intermediate element – the notion of “core”. The “core”, in contrast to the “center”, points to the territorial aspect of the imperial structure. The “core” is primarily formed by those loci which are predominantly occupied by institutions and actors of the imperial center, as well as those with which central values are strongly associated. However, the “core” is also formed by the “first order”-peripheries, linked with the center and its loci by particularly strong, qualitatively closer ties than those that connect the center with the ordinary, “second order”– peripheries. Through the course of the systemic crisis of an empire, the most dramatic processes take place in the core – the movement of its constituent political units turns out to be multidirectional, there are numerous internal divisions and schisms. As a result, the process that on the “far” periphery of the empire can really be taken for its unidirectional “collapse”, in the core is rather an arrhythmic pulsation, during which the composition and boundaries of the core are redefined and revised, including forcibly. It is impossible to predict a priori, how long this pulsation will take, and whether it will end with the real collapse of the empire.
Central Europe: Possible Scenarios
Authors: Chetverikova A.
Published: November 2022

The article attempts to assess the possible prospects for the development of the Central European countries. For this purpose, the main economic trends of the Visegrad countries are analyzed, taking into account current forecasts of their future economic growth. Problems of inflation, unemployment, labor productivity are considered. Possible structural shifts in the “four” and the importance of the secondary sector as one of the foundations of its economy are assessed. The resource base of future development is analyzed taking into account demographic trends and investment resources, the foreign component of which is one of the key factors of the Visegrad countries economic growth. One of the most pressing issues of future development is meeting the needs for energy resources, which is still difficult to assess and will have a significant impact on the prospects of the region. The innovation sector is one of the weaknesses of the Central European countries, development dynamics of which indicates that the region is lagging behind and that the situation will continue in the future, which also determines its future development. For the comprehensive assessment of the region SWOT analysis is carries out, classifying the main external and internal conditions and development factors. The analysis made it possible to identify three generalized possible scenarios for the development of the region: “negative”, “basic” and “optimistic”. The base scenarios don’t exclude “mixed” options for the prospects of the Visegrad countries. In addition, for individual members of the “four” their own scenario is possible, which differs from other countries of the region due to the peculiarities of a particular state. Future scenarios influence the relation with Russia, ties with which are already changing significantly.
Industrial Policy of Eurasian Economic Union
Authors: Kamalyan A. , Tsybul’nik L. , Pak A.
Published: November 2022

The necessity to establish a consistent and sensibly planned industrial policy at the level of regional integration associations (RIAs) is justified in terms of the modern global structural changes as well as due to the growing number of protectionist measures applied by particular states and regional integration associations regarding the field of imported industrial goods (e.g., the EU carbon tax, trade wars, and restrictions due to economic sanctions). Despite the fact that both Russian and foreign literature pay full attention to the State industrial policy shaping and implementation issues, although, the conceptual theoretical grounds of the industrial policy shaping and implementation within RIAs are missing and are poorly researched. Based on the review of theoretical knowledges article proposes a conceptual approach to the RIAs industrial policy implementation in the context of the State industrial policy shaping. The article identifies features and restrictions hampering implementation process as well as determines proper conceptual definition of specific terms. For instance, the RIAs industrial policy consists of the complex of regulatory instruments at supranational level which have both stimulating and coordinating nature as well as national regulatory system with the aim of harmonizing the development of member countries’ industrial capacities, with the involvement of supranational institutions. Also, it is to be noted that the main feature of the RIAs industrial policy is its coordinating and stimulating nature. Using the example of Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter, the EAEU) the approach to its industrial policy development has been developed. Based on the analysis of particular macroeconomic indicators of the EAEU Member States, their industrial development priorities, comparison of those priorities with the global trends, the following EAEU industrial strategic priorities have been identified: assisting in promotion of commodities to foreign markets, encouraging innovation activities, increasing investment attractiveness, developing small- and medium-sized businesses, environment protection, and digital transformation. The general development trajectories of industrial development which has been highlighted in the article as well as the proposed coordinating and stimulating supranational regulation measures can be a solid fundament for achieving development objectives of the EAEU Member States and play a catalyst role in transforming their economies.
Employment and Education Policy in Germany in the Context of Digitalisation and “Industry 4.0” Development
Authors: Yevtodyeva M.
Published: November 2022

The article is devoted to the study of tools to regulate the evolution of the labour market and educational sphere in Germany in connection with digitalization and the development of the “Industry 4.0”. These issues have been studied insufficiently both at the country and cross-country levels, since most of the scientific literature deals mainly with economic and technological aspects of digital transformation, while the role of public policy and the formation of the “digital environment” (including human resources and education) are given much less attention. The paper highlights key features of Germany’s digital strategy, such as the development of cyber-physical systems, IT security, and the reliance on public-private partnerships in the course of digitalization. It also analyzes a wide range of projects, initiatives and programs in the field of regulation of the labour market and education, on the basis of which the German Federal Government provides a solution to the most pressing problems and challenges for the country’s digitalization. According to the findings of the White Paper “Labour 4.0” by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and of a number of experts in labour market of Germany, these challenges include: the lack of the qualified specialists in MINT professions (Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik), specialists with digital skills and knowledge of information and communication technologies; shortcomings in the development of education and digital environment, in particular low levels of technical equipment of schools and other educational institutions; the negative impact of demographics and migration problems on the labour market and employment.
Muslim Brotherhood in Maghreb: Transformations of Political Islam in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Authors: Tyukaeva T.
Published: November 2022

Since their formation, the parties of political Islam that exist today in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia were traditionally seen as the “voice of people” in authoritarian states, the means and the vanguard of social movement for a better life. In an attempt to enter political arena, while adapting to different challenges posed by their regimes as well as jihadi Islamism both domestically and regionally, these Islamist parties have undergone a number of transformations both in their ideology and relations with the regime. However, the crucial point of these transformations was becoming a part of the state that they had been aiming to change. After their short-lived electoral success, they find themselves in crisis. First, they are no longer perceived as a sociopolitical force that strives to voice concerns of the oppressed and to fight for their interests against the unjust regimes. Instead, they are now deeply associated with the “old guard”, no less corrupt than the governments and the political elites, against whom people protest. Second, while they were trying to adapt democratic ideas to their narratives, they were moving further away from their Islamist identity. Third, they have learnt the constraints of their political capabilities: in order to preserve their legal status, they have to coopt with the regimes, but when they do they lose their public support, and when they resent this cooptation, the regimes force them to weakness and internal divisions, yet again causing loss of social base.