bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Implementation of Iot Based Electrical Device Surveillance and Control using Sensor System
Authors: Timmaiah P. Naga , Reddy K. Meenendranath , Umendra D. , Madhuri S. Sneha , Srikanth V.
Published: July 2023

IoT (Internet of Things) is expanding its market share and opening up new avenues for innovation with each improvement in Internet speed & Bandwidth. According to data compiled by the Prevention Council while the Environmental Protection Association, the average mortality toll from fire is 10.5% and from petrol is 11%. This research endeavour addresses the issue of electrical appliance safety. IoT-based control system with gas, fire and temperature sensors; lcd(16x2) displays system status and sensor data. In this setup, loads are managed mechanically based on sensor readings. The Internet of Things (IoT) can store and track this information. The system provides safety against toxic gas and fire hazards. Wi-Fi networks with IEEE 802.11 wireless standards are ideal for homes and offices with little space. The primary goal of this project is to ensure the safety of the building in which this design is implemented; for example, if a fire is detected by a fire sensor, a motor pump will be triggered to disperse water as part of a sprinkler system, and if a gas sensor detects harmful gases, an exhaust dc fan will rotate to vent the area. The temperature sensor will monitor the interior temperature and activate the exhaust fan if the temperature rises beyond the set limit. All of the sensor data and the status of each linked function will be shown on an LCD, and a buzzer will sound a warning. Proteus, a professional design suite, version 8.6, may be used to simulate this proposed safety solution, and Arduino IDE, version 1.8.19, can be used to write the necessary code. A working prototype is built and put through its paces as an experiment.
Design and Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Using CFD Analysis
Authors: Sharma Raj , Sharma Yash , Hathiya Ashutosh , Singh Ram Janm
Published: July 2023

The demand for renewable energy sources has made wind turbines a popular choice for generating electricity. The vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is an attractive option due to its compact size, easy maintenance, and ability to operate at low wind speeds.In this project, we aim to design and analyze a VAWT that can efficiently harness wind power and generate electricity.The project involves several steps, including choosing the appropriate design, selecting the materials, determining the optimal blade geometry, and testing the turbine's performance. Key considerations include wind conditions at the installation site, power output requirements, and material selection. The geometry of 2D vertical axis wind turbine is done with SolidWorks then ANSYS will be used to do fluid analysis on this 2D turbine using the sliding mesh and Ansys result will be used to generate coefficient of power vs. tip ratio diagram. We select NACA 0021 type wind turbine blade design for project.
INCIDENCE OF ORAL HYGIENE STATUS AND PRACTICES AMONG CHILDREN
Authors: H. Hassan
Published: July 2023

This survey aimed to find the oral hygiene status and practices of both government and private school students of Lahore. Sample size was 677 students as a whole. significant difference between both groups of students with regards to the usage of brushing instruments such as tooth brush, miswak, finger and none (X2=20.906, P<.001) was found. Significant difference was present between two groups with regards to the teeth brushing frequency (X2=10.925, P=.012). Most of the students of private as well as public sectors schools, brush their teeth once a day, that is, Public sector schools’ students (71.8%) and private sector schools’ students (59.6%). Majority of students do brushing in the morning, 92.4% public sector students and 93% students of private sector. Overall oral hygiene practices was found higher in private school students as compared to the public school students. But practicing of dental care were found satisfactory among both groups.
IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON MARITAL SATISFACTION IN WOMEN WITH INFERTILITY
Authors: Shafiq Sameera , Tazeem T. , Humaira A.
Published: July 2023

The present research aimed to explore the effects of psychological distress and quality of life on marital satisfaction in women diagnosed with miscellaneous infertility disorders. A cross-sectional research design was applied from 1st January 2022 to 30th April 2022 to collect data from the gynecological wards of various hospitals situated in Kharian. The sample size for the infertile women was determined with the help of the Sample Size Calculator, and the purposive sampling technique recruited 385 women diagnosed with infertility problems. Informed consent form along with a demographic sheet, Urdu versions of Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21, Husain & Gulzar, 2020), World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO QOL-BREF, Lodhi, Raza, Montazeri, Nedjat, Yaseri, & Holakouie-Naieni, 2017) and Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS, Ayub, 2010) were used to assess psychological distress, quality of life, marital satisfaction among women with infertility. Out of 385, five infertile women filled incomplete questionnaires; therefore were eliminated, and the total sample for the data analysis comprised 380 infertile women (Mage=35.38 years, SD=6.19). The study results showed that there is a significant negative correlation between stress (r= -0.33, p<0.05), anxiety (r= -0.45, p<0.05) and depression (r= -0.52, p<0.05) with the perceived marital satisfaction among infertile women. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the presence of high levels of stress (B= -0.90, F(3, 376) = 61.68, p < .001), anxiety (B= -1.85, F(3, 376) = 61.68, p < .001), and depression (B= -2.53, F(3, 376) = 61.68, p < .001) predicted lower levels of the perceived marital satisfaction in infertile women. Further, two aspects of quality of life comprised of psychological and social relationships significantly predicted marital satisfaction in women diagnosed with infertility disorders. Implications in light of the findings of the present research are discussed.
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANTS EXTRACT ON ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY OF AEDES AEGYPTI AND MUSCA DOMESTICA ADULTS
Authors: Riaz Naila
Published: July 2023

The present study evaluated AChE inhibitory effect of three plants (Calotropis procera, Eucalyptus globulus and Mentha spicata) extract using Aedes aegypti and Musca domestica as model insects. The effect caused by plants was also compared with commonly used insecticides i.e., Chlorpyrifos. The WHO-recommended protocol was used for conducting bioassay tests against selected insects. Three different doses of plants extract were used. The mortality rate was assessed after 24 hours post-treatment. Using Ellman's assay, the AChE activity was determined by spectrophotometry at 412nm wavelength. There was a marked decline in the enzyme activity of treated groups compared to the control group. M. spicata treated groups proved to have high AChE inhibition power among three plants extract. While C. procera extract effectively control both Ae. aegypti and M. domestica. It is concluded that plants extract not only inhibits the AChE activity of insects but also controls them very proficiently.
SEROLOGIC PREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN WOMEN’S VISITING BAHAWAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, BAHAWALPUR
Authors: M.H. Lashari  , A. Waheed  , S. Nasreen  , M. Anam  , A. A. Farooq  , S. Inayat  , M. U. Saleem  , S. Murtaza  , M. H. Shah  , A. Basit  , M. A. Javid  , M. Arshad  , S.G. Mohyuddin
Published: July 2023

Background and objective: The aim of recent study was to find out the serologicalprevalence of toxoplasmosis, as well as the effect of T. gondii on biochemical parameters of womenvisiting Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur.Method: The blood samples were obtained from the women visiting hospital and serum was stored.The Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay measured the immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies of T.gondii.Result: The overall prevalence of toxoplasmosis was 58.73%. age wise seroprevalence shows in agegroups (years) 16-25, 26-33, 26-33, ≥42 was (50%), (63%), (55.55%) and (70%) respectively. Therelationship between hosts disease and prevalence of toxoplasmosis in women suffering hepatitis B,kidney problem, arthritis, diabetes, nausea and thyroid abnormality, the parasitic prevalence wasobserved (57.57%), (33.33%), (50%), (57.14%), (75%), and (85.71%) respectively. The relationshipbetween mother having total number of child 0-2, 3-5, ≥5 and prevalence of parasite was (62.96%),(60%), (33.33%) respectively. The prevalence of parasite in women belong different socio economicstatus poor, middle, rich and was (94.44%), (46.15%), (33.33%). There was significant differencebetween the parasitic prevalence and the host disease as well as socio economic status. TheMean±SEM biochemical parameters in age (years), disease, socio economic status, number of child ofwomen was comparatively higher in infected hosts as compared to non-infected hosts.Conclusion: In conclusions the findings indicated there is a noticeable prevalence of T. gondii so thatcontrol and serological screening programs should be implemented in Bahawalpur for the reliable andfast detection of Toxoplasma infections.
Book Review
Authors: Saheed A. Adejumobi
Published: July 2023

abstract
The ammonoids from the Gattendorfia Limestone of Gattendorf (Devonian–Carboniferous boundary; Upper Franconia, Germany)
Authors: Korn Dieter , Weyer Dieter
Published: July 2023

The early Tournaisian (Early Carboniferous; Mississippian) ammonoids from the classical abandoned limestone quarry of Gattendorf (Upper Franconia) are revised, using the historical collections as well as so far undescribed material. The ammonoid assemblage is composed of prionoceratid ammonoids of the six genera Mimimitoceras, Paragattendorfia, Stockumites, Acutimitoceras, Gattendorfia and Gattenpleura, which indicate a stratigraphic position near the Devonian–Carboniferous boundary in the earliest Carboniferous. The new species Stockumites hofensis sp. nov. and S. nonaginta sp. nov. are described.
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Dual Antiplatelet and Mono Antiplatelet as Non-Embolic Ischemic Stroke Therapy
Authors: David Tamara Filipo
Published: July 2023

Stroke is a clinical syndrome of acute, focal neurological deficits associated with vascular injury of the central nervous system. Stroke is not a single disease but can be caused by various risk factors, processes, and disease mechanisms. Ischemic stroke is the most common stroke, about 80-90% of all strokes. Based on the 2018 Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) states that the prevalence of stroke that occurs in Indonesia is 10.9%, with the highest prevalence in the Riau Islands (12.9%) and the lowest in Papua (4.1%). This literature is written to compare the effectiveness of mono and dual antiplatelets as a non-embolic ischemic stroke therapy. The method in this study was a literature review that was searched using Pubmed, Google Scholar, Medline, Ebsco, Hindawi, Science Direct, and Cochrane, published in the last ten years. After obtaining the appropriate literature, the manuscript is written. Based on the results of the study, dual antiplatelet administration was more effective in preventing recurrent ischemic stroke and cardiovascular events in ischemic stroke patients when compared to mono antiplatelet. The recommended dual antiplatelet drugs are Clopidogrel and Aspirin. Based on the literature search, it can be concluded that dual antiplatelet administration is more effective in preventing recurrent ischemic stroke in stroke patients. However, some literature states that dual antiplatelet administration must still consider the potential increased risk of bleeding.
Sosialisasi Hukum Keluarga Bidang Perceraian di Gampong Paloh Lada Kecamatan Dewantara
Authors: Jumadiah Jumadiah , Jamaluddin Jamaluddin , Sutriani Sutriani , Hamdani Hamdani
Published: July 2023

Perkawinan merupakan ikatan lahir batin antara seorang pria dengan seorang wanita dengan maksud guna membina sebuah keluarga atas ridho dari Allah SWT. Dalam hukum positif di Indonesia sebagaimana tercantum dalam Undang-Undang Nomor.1 Tahun 1974 tentang perkawinan, dimana dalam undang-undang tersebut telah diatur yang secara detail tentang  perkawinan, namun realitanya masih banyak yang melanggar peraturan undang-undang, undang-undang tersebut menganut prinsip untuk mempersulit perkawinan. Karena masih ada perkawinan usia di bawah umur tertentu, maka kecenderungan perceraian mudah terjadi, bahkan jika perceraian merupakan upaya terakhir untuk menjaga keutuhan keluarga. Pertanyaannya adalah bagaimana mengurangi perceraian keluarga di masyarakat Gampong Paloh Lada, maka tujuan sosialisasi untuk memberi pemahaman agar perkawinannya dapat dipertahankan agar terwujudnya keluarga yang sakinah mawaddah dan warahmah, Metode pelaksanaan yang dipakai adalah ceramah dan tanya jawab. Hasil dari kajian ini masyarakat Gampong Paloh Lada memiliki pengetahuan tentang hukum keluarga dan mampu menerapkan dalam keluarga.
Corporate Restructuring at One of The Energy Companies in Indonesia: Does it Have an Impact?
Authors: Puspitarini Arum , Prijadi Ruslan
Published: July 2023

In 2021, one of Indonesia's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector, which is one of Indonesia's Fortune Global 500 companies, restructured and divided itself into six sub-holdings with distinct business segments. The company's corporate restructuring mechanism is financial and portfolio restructuring. Large corporations in Indonesia rarely engage in these corporate actions. Consequently, it is intriguing that this research examines the impacts of corporate restructuring. This study seeks to investigate the restructuring’s motives and the impacts of corporate reorganization on a company's performance, as well as its effect on the company's external environment. The authors utilized a qualitative approach with an explanatory case study to accomplish the research objectives. Individual depth interviews (IDI) are used to acquire data from multiple informants who represent shareholders, internal holding companies, and sub holding companies. This study provides an alternative assessment of the impacts of corporate reorganization so that both the company and the government can formulate future decision-making strategies. Most of the prior research on corporate restructuring employed an empirical quantitative technique approach, which involved analyzing data from a variety of companies and industries, so the results of the prior study lack comprehensive information.
The Effect of Organic Insecticide and Various Cultivars on Attack Intensity of Spodoptera exigua and Results Shallots (Allium Ascalonicum L.)
Authors: Rachmawati Vivi Erfhia , Maarif M. Syamsul , Maharani Maharani , Deden Deden , Dukat Dukat , Umiyati Uum
Published: July 2023

The use of chemical insecticides to control Spodoptera exigua is currently the main choice for farmers. The continuous use of chemical insecticides will cause many problems including resistance, food safety and environmental damage. alternative use of organic insecticides needs to be applied for the control system of Spodoptera exigua on shallot plants. The experiment was carried out in Playangan Village, Gebang District, Cirebon Regency, in April-June 2019. The research method used a randomized block design with 3 replications, consisting of 9 treatment combinations of three cultivars: Bima, Ilokos, Sumenep, organic insecticides: neem seed extract, Bauveria bassiana, Bacillus thuringiensis. The results of the experiment showed that the combination of treatment of 3 cultivars of shallots and organic insecticides had a significant effect on the components of the intensity of the attack of Spodptera exigua pests (plants aged 43, 50 and 57 DAP). The best treatment was obtained, namely the treatment of Ilokos cultivar and neem seed extract insecticide with tuber yields of 6.60 kg / plot or equivalent to 28.57 tonnes / ha.
Infección por Chlamydia trachomatis e infertilidad tubárica en mujeres sexualmente activas en el servicio de reproducción humana del hospital nacional dos de mayo, período agosto- octubre 2019
Authors:   , Trujillo Cabrera Cinthia Emerit
Published: July 2023

Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre la infeccion por Chlamydia trachomatis e infertilidad tubárica en las mujeres sexualmente activas atendidas en el Servicio de Reproducción Humana del Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo – Lima, periodo Agosto – Octubre del 2019. Material y Métodos: Se trata de un estudio analítico, transversal, prospectivo. La población de estudio fueron las mujeres sexualmente activas entre los 18 a 49 años; la muestra fue de 67 pacientes se seleccionaron mediante criterios de inclusión para ser divididas en dos grupos las fértiles 39 e infértiles 28. Resultados: Se encontró que de 30 mujeres que tenían la presencia de C. trachomatis solo 9 (30%) presentaban infertilidad tubárica, Chi cuadrado fue de 0,046 (p=0,83), en cuanto al tipo de daño tubárico se encontró que 3(10%) presentaban oclusión tubárica unilateral y 6(20%) oclusión tubárica bilateral (p= 0,73), lo cual demostraba que no había diferencias estadísticamente significativas. En cuanto a los factores sociodemográficos la edad media es de 37 años, el estado civil predominante casadas 57,1%, el 52,4% tenían un nivel de educación de secundaria completa, con respecto al comportamiento la edad de primera relación sexual la media fue de 17 años, 57,1% refirieron el antecedente de un episodio de enfermedad pélvica, 33,3%recibieron tratamiento, con respecto al número de pareja sexuales durante toda su vida el 52,4% refirieron haber tenido entre 2 a 3 parejas sexuales incluyendo su pareja actual, el 61,9% respondieron que no usaron algún método anticonceptivo. El tipo de infertilidad primaria fue el motivo de consulta más frecuente. Conclusiones: Según los resultados de estudio, no hay asociación en cuanto a la infeccion por Chlamydia trachomatis e infertilidad tubárica.
Swakaryaloka: Naturalist based street chic creation
Authors: Trisnadewi Anak Agung Sagung Istri , Ratna C.S Tjok Istri , Remawa Anak Agung Gede Rai
Published: July 2023

The creation of this naturalist-based street chic ready-to-wear fashion was made with the aim of minimizing liquid waste from chemicals and displaying environmentally friendly clothing. The method used is an experimental method with natural dye techniques, namely dyeing or coloring derived from plants and eco print techniques, which are unique in the form of leaf traces with contemporary art. The creative process used is the ten steps of creating a frangipani fashion design, including idea exploration, research, aesthetic element analysis, design development, sample making, promotion, branding affirmations, to the fashion business. The final collection is entitled Swakaryaloka which is a creative work of art in visualizing clothing using natural dyes that utilize the surrounding nature as an object to produce an environmentally friendly fashion product. The creation of this street chic fashion design is adapted to the trend of spirituality, a change in mindset that is more grounded in preserving nature and respect for the work process. There is a total of 9 looks which are divided into three groups, namely memorable, contemporary, and hopeful. The groups displayed environmentally friendly clothing that had a storyline from the condition of the color of the polluted water to the color of the water being clean or normal. Each look is analyzed using design elements and principles using aesthetic theory.

Keywords: natural dye, eco print, spirituality, street chic.
Gending Aesthetics in Janger Menyali Dance in Sawan District, Buleleng Regency
Authors: Listiawan Ketut Tara , Sustiawati Ni Luh , Sariada I Ketut
Published: July 2023

Janger dance is a variety of Balinese art which is classified as a type of social dance for young people in the form of groups (between 16-20 people), very popular among Balinese people. During the dance, groups of female dancers (janger) and groups of male dancers (kecak) dance and sing in unison (mutual sinawurin) with humorous and sometimes romantic songs. The gamelan that is usually used to accompany the Janger dance is called Batel (Tetamburan) which is equipped with a pair of gender puppets. The dance moves are still based on the aesthetic principles of Balinese dance, and the clothing uses the typical janger. Janger dance can adapt to contemporary developments, so janger activists have the freedom to interpret its form, melodies with song lyrics, musical accompaniment, and choreography. In the Janger Menyali dance, the uniqueness of this dance is in terms of the clothes that look quirky, resembling the clothes of the Dutch soldiers when they docked at the Buleleng customs, and the name for the dancers, namely for male dancers it is called jipak, while for female dancers it is called parik. In this study, it is more specific to the aesthetics of gending in the Janger Menyali dance regarding the two pieces that must be performed, namely Dewa Ayu Janger and Mepamit Ring Ratu Gusti Ayu which have the meaning of inviting Dewa Ayu Janger to attend the performance and returning Dewa Ayu Janger to return to his stana with the use of sekar alit banten properties and also kuwud mepayas.
SENJA: KOMPOSISI MUSIK POP SENJA
Authors: Pusung Juaniken Rachel Emmanuella , Suweca I Wayan , Wiyati Wahyu Sri
Published: July 2023

Purpose: In the composition of a pop song entitled Senja, cultivators were inspired to create a pop music composition using the help of MIDI sequencer and audio effect processor. MIDI and Sequencer are two different things but can work together with each other that can be used in the recording process or the production and presentation of a work of music. Research method: The ability to compose ideas and be able to hear audio replayed quickly allows composers to experiment with the files. Results and discussion: Because MIDI is a collection of commands that make sound, MIDI circuits can be manipulated in a variety of ways that audio pre-recordings cannot. Implication: In the process of making this final task, the cultivator decided to pour his personal experience (internal) into a song called Senja. It is applied to a pop music composition played by 5 people (Quintet Performance) with the help of MIDI Sequencer.
PERANAN PREGINA ART & SHOWBIZ BALI ASPEK WIRAUSAHA SEBUAH INDUSTRI HIBURAN DAN KREATIF PADA ACARA BALI ROCKIN BLUES FESTIVAL 2022
Authors: Dewanta Gabriel Setia , Suweca I Wayan , Irawan Ricky
Published: July 2023

Wirausaha adalah pelaku utama dalam pembangunan ekonomi dengan fungsinya sebagai pelaku inovasi atau pencipta kreasi-kreasi baru. Dalam jurnal yang ditulis oleh Rintan Saragih, kewirausahaan merupakan kemampuan kreatif dan inovatif, jeli melihat peluang dan selalu terbuka untuk setiap masukan dan perubahan yang positif yang mampu membawa bisnis terus bertumbuh. Industri kreatif dapat diartikan sebagai kumpulan aktivitas ekonomi yang terkait dengan penciptaan atau penggunaan pengetahuan dan informasi. Salah satu industri kreatif sekaligus hiburan yang terletak di Bali adalah Pregina Art & Showbiz Bali. Selama kegiatan program MBKM di Pregina Art & Showbiz Bali penulis sudah berperan aktif dalam mengikuti program kerja yang berlangsung, diantaranya ialah Mcast Bali Media dan Bali Rockin Blues Festival 2022. Penelitian ini berfokus pada proses kreativitas dan kegiatan yang dilakukan oleh Pregina Art & Showbiz Bali sebagai industri kreatif sekaligus hiburan, dengan maksud sebagai bekal bagi mahasiswa dalam acuan berwirausaha, usaha pengembangan diri, dan langkah menghadapi kendala saat melakukan usaha.
ENTREPRENEURIAL ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED FARMING OF SNAILS, POULTRY & RABBIT BUSINESS MODEL
Authors: Tom-George Isobo Clifford , Opuala-Charles Silva
Published: July 2023

Proof of Concept: Organic agriculture provides food with optimum nutritional value and minimum dangerous ingredients based on minimizing external inputs and avoiding synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Products: TOMGEE Global Limited was founded in 2022 solely for Integrated Organic Farming to produce healthy organic products. The farm will produce healthy organic products such as snails, poultry, and rabbits. Market: The company would explore the opportunities of consumers' demand for clean and hand-healthy organic products. Competition: Our competitors are Eden Organics Limited, Agricultural Innovators, and Supremarts. One thing that sets the company apart is its commitment to providing high-quality organic products. Additionally, they are known for addressing customer complaints fairly and reasonably. Funding Needed: The Company has a strong assets base; properties, plants, and Machinery (PPE) are available but only need working capital to consolidate its investment. TOMGEE Limited will need finance of Thirty Million naira (₦32, 000,000.00) to fund its operating capital through a bank loan. Financial Projection: Our financial summary contains a five-year income statement based on thorough market research and a deep understanding of what it takes to grow our business. The five-year cash flow summary states that the company is going to be profitable and estimated at ₦159,776,895.00 Risk: There are four common risk mitigation strategies that TOMGEE GlobalLimited will adopt. These typically include avoidance, reduction, transference, and acceptance
Planetary Improvement
Authors: Goldstein Jesse
Published: July 2023

Planetary Improvement explores the rise of an environmental politics no longer predicated upon saving the planet from capitalism, but instead upon saving the planet with capitalism. Through an ethnographic investigation of early stage cleantech entrepreneurship in New York City, the book examines the complicated and contested politics of technological innovation that have led to a widespread investment – psychically as well as financially – in visions of technological salvation meant to “save the planet”. As venture investors impose market discipline upon entrepreneurs and inventors hoping to make a positive environmental impact, visions of what clean technologies can accomplish are dramatically attenuated, channeled into incremental gains within already existing markets. “Planetary improvement” is a powerful imaginary connecting these incremental gains to planetary transformation, offering a vision of how innovation, technology and economic growth can and should solve environmental problems. Though it is common to conceptualize entrepreneurs as the creative vanguard of capital, Planetary Improvement instead shows how capital, or the investors operating in its name, are interested in entrepreneurs that are willing to renounce control over their work. While many see innovation as something that capital spurs or actively encourages, the book shows how capital captures and stifles– as much as it creates – visions of sociotechnical possibility and transformation. Along these lines, Planetary Improvement asks how to think about untethering innovation from the imperative to maximize profits at all expense. Can we envision ways to produce socially, to be innovative, creative and caring, while beholden to a different set of responsibilities altogether?
Capturing Early Childhood Educators’ Learning Process in the New Normal: A Case Study of a Group Childcare Center in British Columbia, Canada
Authors: Villamera Inocenta , Chavez Judith
Published: July 2023

Childhood educators are adjusting as they transition from the global pandemic to the new normal. This qualitative study explored the learning processes facilitated by teachers for children in a group childcare center in British Columbia, Canada, during the new normal. The case study identified six teachers who were purposefully identified based on the following criteria: being licensed childhood educators, teaching in the facility, and showing a willingness to participate in the study. The twenty young children were likewise chosen considering these conditions: they are enrolled in the facility, aged three to four, and their parents gave their written consent. In-depth interviews, classroom observations, photographs, and field notes were utilized. Trustworthiness was also observed in the study. Findings reveal three emerging themes: engaging children in deliberate play-based activities streamlining classroom management, and challenging and rewarding learning. The study concludes that the teachers’ learning process is characterized by high learner engagement in deliberate play-based activities. The facilitators of learning have to streamline their classroom management through creative scaffolding, collaboration, and modifications in their teaching and pacing. Facilitating learning is a confluence of challenges, job fulfillment, and positive impact. Thus, further investigation may be conducted to verify the findings in other childcare centers in British Columbia, Canada.
Políticas culturais e patrimônio
Authors: Cabral Durso Fábio , Civale Leonardo
Published: July 2023

O artigo analisa o Plano Municipal de Cultura (PMC) do município de Itabirito, em Minas Gerais, enquanto coadjuvante para o desenvolvimento de políticas públicas no setor cultural nos últimos anos (2016-2020). Como desenvolvimento metodológico, é abordado como os Planos Municipais de Cultura atuam no fortalecimento das políticas públicas para o desenvolvimento da cultura, assim como na preservação do Patrimônio Cultural. Entende-se que os planos de cultura são as “engrenagens” que fazem funcionar o sistema cultural, sem os quais esse motor não funciona, não gira e o sistema não “anda”. Conclui-se que o Plano Municipal de Cultura de Itabirito é um documento participativo, técnico e planejado que busca alinhar os anseios da população aos interesses e possibilidades do Poder Público local.
Availability, price, and affordability of antiseizure medicines in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Authors: Hailemariam Fikreselam Habte , Shifa Mekdes , Kassaw Chalelgn
Published: July 2023

Objective

Up to 70% of people living with epilepsy could become seizure‐free with the appropriate use of antiseizure medicines. However, three quarters of people with epilepsy living in low‐income countries do not get the treatment they need and also do not access antiseizure medicines. The purpose of this study was to assess the availability, price, and affordability of antiseizure medicines in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Methods

A cross‐sectional study was done in selected pharmacies using a questioner developed after the modification of World Health Organization/Health Action International methodology. Data on the availability and price of lowest‐priced generics and originator brand antiseizure medicines from essential medicines list in Ethiopia were collected from seven public sectors, five private sectors, and seven other sectors (five Kenema Public Community and two Red Cross Pharmacies) in Addis Ababa between 09 May and 31 2022. The data were analyzed using the modified World Health Organization/Health Action International workbook part I excel sheet. Descriptive results were reported in text and table format.

Results

The overall availability of lowest‐priced generics medication was 52%. The availability of lowest‐priced generics was 62.86%, 30%, 55%, and 50% in public, private, Red Cross, and Kenema Public Community Pharmacies, respectively. The median price ratio in the public, private, Red Cross, and Kenema Public Community Pharmacy was 1.45, 3.72, 1.46, and 1.7, respectively. All the medications were unaffordable. Patients may be required to pay more than 6‐month wage to purchase standard treatment for 1 month only.

Significance

The overall availability of antiseizure medicines was lower than the WHO target for noncommunicable diseases. All the available medicines were unaffordable.
Underestimated olfactory domains in Huntington's disease: odour discrimination and threshold
Authors: Amini E , Rohani M , Habibi S A H , Azad Z , Yazdi N , Cubo E , Hummel T , Jalessi M
Published: July 2023

Background

Olfaction has recently found clinical value in prediction, discrimination and prognosis of some neurodegenerative disorders. However, data originating from standard tests on olfactory dysfunction in Huntington's disease are limited to odour identification, which is only one domain of olfactory perceptual space.

Method

Twenty-five patients and 25 age- and gender-matched controls were evaluated by the Sniffin’ Sticks test in three domains of odour threshold, odour discrimination, odour identification and the sum score of them. Patients’ motor function was assessed based on the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale.

Results

Compared with controls, patients’ scores of all olfactory domains and their sum were significantly lower. Besides, our patients’ odour threshold and odour discrimination impairments were more frequently impaired than odour identification impairment (86 per cent and 81 per cent vs 34 per cent, respectively).

Conclusion

Olfactory impairment is a common finding in patients with Huntington's disease; it is not limited to odour identification but is more pronounced in odour discrimination and odour threshold.
Transforming Leadership Assessment Using Natural Language Processing
Authors: Tonidandel Scott , Albritton Betsy H.
Published: July 2023

Advancements in computer science, specifically natural language processing (NLP), offer innovative opportunities to transform leadership assessment. This chapter first defines NLP and describes the many analytic techniques within NLP, including computer-aided text analysis, supervised machine learning, and unsupervised machine learning. For each technique, tangible examples of their use in leadership assessment research are provided. The chapter also advises scientists and practitioners interested in NLP on unique methodological considerations for its use in leadership assessment and provides resources that would be most beneficial. The chapter concludes by recommending future applications of NLP in assessing leaders, including suggestions of evaluative NLP models of leader behaviors that can offer real-time feedback to leaders.
Reflections on Legal and Standards Update
Authors: Willner Kenneth M. , Lundquist Kathleen , Murphy Claire Saba
Published: July 2023

Advances in assessment technology, particularly in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in employment selection, present opportunities to promote fairness and improve the efficiency of selection procedures. However, these opportunities must meet the reality of legal, policy, and technical constraints that govern the use of such procedures. Employers must be aware that the legal requirements for nondiscrimination and validation that apply to other selection procedures apply to these AI-based assessments as well. In addition, state and local laws requiring notice to applicants and bias audits have been enacted specifically targeted at algorithm-based assessments. Recent guidance has been provided by federal regulatory agencies concerning the potential for disability discrimination in terms of both the accessibility of the technology used and whether such procedures may be considered preoffer medical inquiries prohibited by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
George Orwell
Authors: Barry Peter Brian
Published: July 2023

Orwell is often understood as being prone to argue against something rather than for anything. But Orwell often advocated for foundational ethical theses that ground some of his best-known positions and pronouncements. For example, he proposed a conception of humanism inspired by Protagoras’s dictum that “Man is the measure of all things” that makes goodness a function of facts about what is good for human beings. He endorsed an objective list theory of well-being based on a novel understanding of human needs that promised to show why hedonism is false. And while he anticipated a powerful argument against consequentialism, one that makes much of agent-relative reasons for action, he also frequently hinted at sympathy with threshold deontology. Orwell was often an advocate, although philosophy is necessary to identify just what he advocated for.
Prologue
Authors: Dorsey Bruce
Published: July 2023

The curtain rises at the Richmond Hill Theatre in New York City, unveiling a sensational play called Sarah Maria Cornell: or, The Fall River Murder. It exposes how the scandal involving a Methodist preacher and a “factory girl” permeated America’s most popular forms of entertainment. This theatrical drama parallels a real-life social drama that captivated reading and viewing audiences. It is a tale in which violence and storytelling expose the personal histories of two complicated people whose lives intersected amid a world that both tried to embrace but could not control. Although they lived in an exceptional time, they were not themselves exceptional human beings. They were part of a world that was experiencing the rapid rise of evangelical religion and the transition to factory work.
Useful in This World
Authors: Dorsey Bruce
Published: July 2023

Deprived of the benefit of her grandfather’s wealthy estate, Maria Cornell finds herself dependent on wage labor within an economy that was transitioning from farm to factory. Her first employment as a tailoress overlaps with her beginning attachment to Calvinist theology and the nation’s early religious revivals in New England. Maria discovers that the pleasures she finds so attractive as an independent working woman clash directly with her new evangelical beliefs. She had developed a love of fashion while she was a tailor’s apprentice, and once out on her own, she often joins her female friends in amusements and consumer pleasures. When she becomes serious about religion, however, she resolves to leave behind worldly things and devote herself to the service of God.
“If I Am Missing”
Authors: Dorsey Bruce
Published: July 2023

The final day of Cornell’s life demonstrates the different measures of self-control over their lives that Maria Cornell and Ephraim Avery possess, as well as the conflicting stories as to where Avery went on December 20, 1832, the night that Cornell penned her note (“If I am missing inquire of Rev. Mr. Avery Bristol he will know where I am gone.”) and lost her life. In Fall River, Maria spends her last day working in the mill, then leaves her boardinghouse that evening, never to return. Although local residents saw a male stranger on the way to Fall River that afternoon, Ephraim insists that he had spent that day walking in the opposite direction. The next morning, Maria’s body is found hanging at a nearby farm.
Courtroom Tales
Authors: Dorsey Bruce
Published: July 2023

Ephraim Avery’s trial for murder begins in Newport, Rhode Island, in May 1833. The lead prosecutors are State Attorney General Albert C. Greene and Congressman Dutee Pearce; Avery’s defense attorneys are Richard Randolph and New England’s most celebrated trial lawyer, Jeremiah Mason. The process of selecting a jury is lengthy, and newspaper reporters are given courtroom access in exchange for their promise not to publish the testimony until after the verdict. Criminal trials derive their organization and logic from storytelling, and the multitude of storytellers and audiences for Avery’s trial proves a perfect fit for an era in which the spoken word and persuasion hold great import.
Stage and Song
Authors: Dorsey Bruce
Published: July 2023

Expanding beyond newspapers and the streets, this nationwide scandal enters the realm of American popular culture when two separate dramatic plays are written and performed in Newport and New York City. Popular songs and graphic visual images about the preacher and the “factory girl” also become printed consumer items and regular features within theater performances. The public finds unlimited appeal in a defiant working woman’s tragic death at the hands of a conspiratorial, secretive, and aristocratic group of clergymen. By the end, the Broadway play about Maria Cornell’s death could boast of one of the longest successive runs of a theater production in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Camp Meetings
Authors: Dorsey Bruce
Published: July 2023

Author Catharine Williams writes one of the earliest known true crime stories in American popular culture, Fall River: An Authentic Narrative, joining the voices of those who are outraged by the injustice of Avery’s acquittal. A combination of investigative journalism, opinion, and fiction, Williams’s tale is designed to lead readers to a deeper understanding of the murderer and murder victim: what brought him to his evil deed and her to a calamitous fate. Williams’s narrative depicts all the powerful men in Cornell’s life, especially Avery, as scoundrels, rakes, and violent criminals. Privileging gossip and innuendo, but unwilling to speak immodestly, Williams appends to her narrative an imagined account of a camp meeting as a metaphor for the incessant mobility and gender disorder of a changing American society.
Equal Respect and the Right to Exclude
Authors: Lim Désirée
Published: July 2023

It is widely accepted that all persons are entitled to equal respect. Philosophers have argued for the fundamental incompatibility of immigration exclusion with equal respect. This chapter considers one well-known articulation of the incompatibility thesis, which it calls the Argument from Social Contingency. According to this view, the exclusion of noncitizens is disrespectful because it subjects them to coercion on the basis of a socially contingent, and thus unjustifiable, feature: their citizenship status. Here, citizenship is seen to fall into the same category as other morally arbitrary attributes like gender, race, and class. However, this interpretation of the requirements of equal respect is incomplete. The problem with immigration exclusion is not (only) that noncitizens are not provided with reasonable justification, but that it is demeaning to them. The chapter concludes that the character of social relationships between citizens and noncitizens must be closely analyzed.
Selecting Immigrants by Skill I
Authors: Lim Désirée
Published: July 2023

Assuming that states are obliged to uphold the social equality of migrants, in what way (if at all) must their selection of migrants be constrained? Many theorists accept, during the process of selection, that states have no right to directly discriminate against would-be immigrants on grounds of race or sex. This antidiscrimination principle must hold even if states have a right to exclude noncitizens. However, while theorists have largely focused on discrimination on grounds of gender, race, and sexual orientation, states frequently engage in discrimination of a different kind: the preference of highly skilled over low-skilled migrants. This chapter suggests that states’ broad preference for highly skilled migrants constitutes a form of wrongful discrimination. It makes this argument with close reference to Deborah Hellman’s expressive theory of discrimination. In the existing social context, and in their current form, skill-selective immigration policies have the expressive effect of reproducing demeaning stereotypes about low-skilled migrants.
Is Liberalism Inescapable?
Authors: Philips Menaka
Published: July 2023

This chapter lays out the complex relationship between the idea of liberalism and political thought—a relationship that is at once powerful and fraught. Despite wide ranging approaches to, and evaluations of, liberalism in studies of politics—the persistent attention given to liberalism as a focus of inquiry now constitutes a shared methodological reality: attending to liberalism in some form appears to be a central condition of contemporary political theorizing. The chapter outlines the case for pursuing this argument through the paradigmatic figure of J.S. Mill, by noting the ways in which Mill’s thought has been stretched and styled to complement what are, first and foremost, examinations of the liberal idea. Interrogating Mill’s canonical status within the “liberal tradition” affords both a fresh take on this famed thinker and a critical view of the intellectual consequences of the liberalism trap.
Mill Reconsidered
Authors: Philips Menaka
Published: July 2023

Chapter 3 develops an account of Mill’s politics untethered from his liberal status. Focusing on Mill’s intellectual development, which took a sharp turn following his experience with depression, the chapter examines his move from a “manufactured” mind under the tutelage of his father and Jeremy Bentham, to his intellectual revolt and turn toward uncertainty. The chapter illustrates how “uncertainty” provides a structured way of tracing these self-described shifts away from dogmatism, in view of the growing discomfort Mill develops in his early twenties with determinative ideological platforms. That appreciation for uncertainty not only generated the distance he needed to reassess his early education under Bentham and James Mill, it also gave J.S. Mill a more capacious approach to political thought and action. Finally, the chapter introduces the political strategies Mill’s uncertainty fosters in relation to questions of social reform—strategies which have been occluded by reading him through liberalism. From radical critiques to gradual and paternalist precautions, Mill’s uncertainty not only shaped his intellectual orientation but also underwrote his political proposals regarding gender, class, and empire.
The School of Virtues
Authors: Philips Menaka
Published: July 2023

Looking at some prominent feminist receptions of Mill’s gender politics, Chapter 4 argues that much of the literature merges an assessment of Mill with an assessment of liberal feminism writ large. Against this practice, the uncertain strategies identified in Chapter 3 are brought in to highlight the complexities of Mill’s feminist politics, apart from his ideological label. The chapter shows that uncertainty generates a particular set of political anxieties for Mill, revolving around a desire to expand (rather than contract) the possibilities for “man as a progressive being”; but it also prohibits Mill from taking a determinative approach toward obtaining such possibilities. Though Mill offers a radical critique of sex inequality in the nineteenth century, calling for the political enfranchisement of women and their emancipation from the confines of the household, he simultaneously enacts cautionary caveats—even reversals. On issues of divorce and women’s employment beyond the household for instance, Mill’s fears about the unintended consequences of women’s social and political liberation take root. In effect, despite Mill’s support for sex equality, his approach to reform is inflected by uncertainties about the direction and effects of making broad structural changes to achieve it.
Earning Democracy
Authors: Philips Menaka
Published: July 2023

Chapter 5 outlines how Mill’s uncertain strategies for political reform operate in his discussions of class inequality and representation in England and establishes a comparative connection between Mill’s feminist and class policies. Mill’s cautions regarding women’s emancipation are in fact exacerbated by his class politics, as his defense of women’s emancipation is conditioned by the economic classes to which they belong. His support for removing sex and class-based distinctions for suffrage also considered how changes to the electoral body would draw in new and conflicting political interests and groups. Mill’s response to those potential challenges reflects his uncertain mode of political theorizing. The radical, gradualist, and paternalist strategies he employs in relation to women’s emancipation gain traction and become further institutionalized in his policies regarding class and representative politics. From excluding the poor to advocating plural voting for enlightened citizens, Mill’s insightful critiques of class inequality are attended by efforts to slow, if not forestall, the effects of expanding class-based representation in Parliament.