bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Adolescent Reproductive Health Counseling in The Framework of Stunting Prevention
Authors: Suryanegara Wiradi , Gultom Abitmer , Simarmata Vidi Posdo A. , Sanggu Andriyani Risma , Reviani Nia
Published: April 2024

Adolescents/teenagers are the age group from 10 years to before the age of 18 years. Efforts to maintain adolescent health aim to prepare adolescents to become healthy, intelligent, qualified, and productive adults and to participate in maintaining, maintaining, and improving their health. Adolescent health is very important to pay attention to because, during this period, teenagers experience significant physical, psychological, and social changes. Adolescent health efforts include positive development, accident prevention, violence prevention, reproductive health, prevention and control of infectious diseases and prevention of non-communicable diseases, nutrition and physical activity, mental health, and adolescent health in crises. This community service takes the topic of reproductive health to increase participants' knowledge about reproductive health. This community service method uses an educational approach through counselling with a total of 136 participants who are students of SMPN 2 Jatigede, Ciranggem Village, Sumedang Regency, West Java. Counselling is carried out by involving resource persons who are experts in their fields. The results of the counselling showed that there was a significant increase in participants' knowledge, as indicated by the results of the post-test. Participants in the "good" category increased in number from 3 people (2.2%) at the pre-test to 98 people (72.1%) at the time. Post-test, as well as participants who had sufficient knowledge, experienced a reduction in numbers from 73 (53.7%) to the remaining 37 people (27.2%).
Os desafios da educação em Moçambique na era digital: do modelo da memorização ao desenvolvimento da autonomia do aluno
Authors: Gonçalves Bruno , Tomás António , Cumpeu Jota José
Published: April 2024

O acesso à Internet e a disponibilidade de materiais na web coloca os alunos diante de novos pensamentos e ideias, demonstrando que há outras possibilidades de ser e estar no mundo além daquelas transmitidas pelo professor. Conteúdos inovadores são disponibilizados a cada segundo, em resultado da conectividade. Nesse contexto, o presente estudo, visa identificar os desafios da educação em Moçambique na era digital e, compreender as razões da necessidade de substituição do modelo da memorização ao modelo de desenvolvimento da autonomia do aluno. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa baseada na consulta bibliográfica. Os resultados denotam insuficiência de recursos tecnológicos, de infraestruturas, fraca dotação orçamental e falta de capacitação dos professores em matérias de uso das tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TICs) no Processo de Ensino e Aprendizagem (PEA). Denotaram ainda, a persistência no uso de modelo de memorização, que não permite a construção de conhecimentos, obrigando deste modo, os alunos a decorar, recitar e a memorizar os conteúdos tratados em salas de aulas. Esses cenários, podem estar aliados com a pobreza, com as desigualdades socioeconômicas regionais, podendo por isso, ser as TICs, as ferramentas adequadas para o desenvolvimento da autonomia do aluno e, consequentemente, melhorar a qualidade de ensino-aprendizagem que não só o país, como também todo mundo almeja.
A Prospective Observational Study on Neurotoxicity of Chemotherapy - A Critical Analysis
Authors: Syeda Zaineb Kubra Hussaini , Swapna Jilla , Gumdal Vishesh , Peddapalegani Pallavardhan , Kalidindi Deekshita , Kashadatla Rashmitha , Kavuri Chaitanya , Kommu Kathyayani
Published: April 2024

Background: Cancer treatment frequently depends on the intricate and potent effects that are acknowledged for their potential to save lives. Chemotherapy can have adverse effects on both the central and peripheral nervous systems, posing significant challenges. Objective: • To assess the causative agent, development, and timing of occurrence. • To improve management of neurological complications. • To discriminate the iatrogenic effects of cancer therapy and neurological progression. Method: A prospective observational study was conducted in a hospital setting, focusing on the neurotoxic effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients over a span of six months. The research involved participants from both the oncology in-patient and daycare departments. After obtaining informed consent, individuals in the study population were interviewed to gather information about any neurological symptoms they encountered following their chemotherapy sessions. Results and discussion: Within our study population, a predominant 67% comprised female patients, while male patients constituted 33%. Of the total participants, 66% reported experiencing neurological symptoms. Among these symptoms, the majority of patients encountered sensations such as tingling, numbness, and a burning sensation. Other reported symptoms included headaches, distal weakness, myalgia, seizures, and ataxia. Conclusion: In this current study, 66% of the study population encountered neurological side effects. Generally, the presence of comorbidities, vitamin deficiencies, and advanced age can significantly contribute to the development of peripheral neuropathy. Depending on the severity of neuropathy, recommendations for interventions include the prescription of vitamin supplements, calcium supplements, duloxetine, and pregabalin.
Preterm birth and its effects on craniofacial and dentoalveolar growth
Authors: Maria Tzitiridou-Chatzopoulou  , Vasileios F Zymperdikas
Published: April 2024

Premature or preterm birth is a condition that takes place either before the 37th week of gestation or when the weight of the neonate is lower than 2500 grams (Paulsson et al., 2004; Cortines and Costa, 2016). Several factors that are related to the mother or the fetus have been considered as potential causes for this condition, whereas there is a consensus that there are potential parameters that could lead to premature birth which still remain to be identified (Hohoff et al., 2005; Seow, 1997). Despite the fact that the incidence of neonatal mortality owing to premature birth has been significantly decreased in the recent years, there are yet some side-effects that could affect specific organ systems of the fetus (Paulsson et al., 2004; Hohoff et al., 2005). Moreover, there are reports of possible influence of preterm birth on the development of the cognitive and psychological background of the affected children (Anderson and Doyle, 2008).
A study to assess the effectiveness of reiki therapy on pain and anxiety among critically ill women admitted in selected hospital, Tiruvannamalai
Authors: A. Padmavathy  , S. Vijayalakshmi  , V Poovaragavan
Published: April 2024

Introduction: Reiki therapy is a hands-on healing technique that transmits universal energy from the Reiki practitioner to the person receiving the treatment. The aim of the study was a quasi-experimental study was carried out in government medical college and hospital at Tiruvannamalai to evaluate the effectiveness of reiki therapy on pain and anxiety among critically ill women’s. 60 subjects were selected by using non-probability convenience sampling technique and the sample was equally divided into experimental & control group (30 in each group). Results: In experimental group, pain pretest mean score was 7.13 with SD± 2.01 and post-test mean score was 3.43 with SD± 1.90. The calculated paired‘t’test is t=13.17. In control group, pre-test mean score was 7.23 with SD±1.81and post-test mean score was 7.40 with SD± 1.86 the calculated paired ‘t’ test is t=1.30. In anxiety, experimental group pre-test mean score was 19.90 with SD± 6.87 and post-test mean score was 11.83with SD±6.27and the calculated paired ‘ t’ test is t=13 where as in control group, pre-test mean score was 20.20with SD± 5.38 and post-test mean score was 20.83 with SD± 5.45 the calculated paired ‘t’ test is t=0. In experimental group, pain pre-test mean score was 7.13 with SD± 2.01 and control group mean score was 7.23 with SD± 1.81. The calculated Unpaired “t” value is t=0.13. The post-test mean score was 3.43 with SD± 1.90 and the post mean score was 7.40 with SD± 1.86. The calculated unpaired “t” value was t=8.14. Where as in anxiety experimental group pre-test mean score was 19.90 with SD± of 6.82 and the control group mean score was 20.20with SD±5.38. The calculated Unpaired “t” value is t=0.02. In experimental group post-test mean score was 11.83 with the SD± 6.27 and in control group mean score was 20.83 with SD± 5.45. Conclusion: The findings revealed that, the effectiveness of reiki therapy was statistically tested and found to be statistically significant at p<0.001 level then the control group. Therefore reiki therapy is beneficial to reduce the pain and anxiety of critically ill women’s.
Comparing Long Short-Term Memory and Random Forest Accuracy for Bitcoin Price Forecasting
Authors: Ula Munirul , Ilhadi Veri , Sidek Zailani Mohamed
Published: April 2024

Bitcoin’s daily value fluctuations are very dynamic. Understanding its rapid and intricate price movements demands advanced techniques for processing complex data. This research aims to compare the accuracy of two machine learning methods, Random Forest (RF) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), in predicting Bitcoin price. This research employs RF and LSTM algorithms to forecast Bitcoin prices using a two-year Yahoo Finance dataset. The evaluation metrics used were accuracy based on Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) and computational power (CPU-Z). As a result of this research, the LSTM model demonstrates higher accuracy compared to the RF model. MAPE reveals LSTM’s precision of 99.8% and RF’s accuracy of 90.1%. Regarding computational time and resources, RF shows slightly better performance than LSTM. The visual comparison further emphasizes LSTM’s better performance in predicting Bitcoin prices, highlighting its potential for informed decision-making in cryptocurrency trading. This research contributes valuable insights into the effectiveness, strengths, and weaknesses of LSTM and RF models in predicting cryptocurrency trends.
Sentiment Analysis of e-Government Service Using the Naive Bayes Algorithm
Authors: Purbaratri Winny , Purnomo Hindriyanto Dwi , Manongga Danny , Setyawan Iwan , Hendry Hendry
Published: April 2024

A digital platform called the Alpukat Population Application is used to handle statistics and information regarding DKI Jakarta's population. Using the Naive Bayes Classifier (NBC) approach, sentiment analysis for applications using satellite placement. The Nave Bayes Classifier technique is utilized for sentiment analysis because of its benefits in modeling and categorizing complicated data. The user reviews and comments gathered from the Google Play Store were the source of the data utilized in this research. Feature extraction using methods like TF-IDF, sentiment labeling on data, and the development of Nave Bayes Classifier models for sentiment classification were all part of the research project. It is anticipated that the study's findings would help us better understand how users interact with the Alpukat population app. This sentiment analysis may assist app administrators and developers in identifying the positives and negatives of applications and planning updates and advancements based on user feedback. It is anticipated that the sentiment classification model created using the Naive Bayes Classifier approach would be able to classify user evaluations into positive, negative, or neutral sentiment categories with a high degree of accuracy. The creation of improved alpukat positioning apps and decision-making may both benefit from this emotive analysis.
Optimizing Treatment of Herbal Plant Using SOPHERBAL Android Application Fordward Chaining Method
Authors: Azwar Muhamad , Qomaliyah Eka Nurul , Indriani Nurul
Published: April 2024

The utilization of traditional herbal medicine among the inhabitants of Lombok is notably prevalent yet frequently hindered by a lack of comprehension regarding the efficacy of herbal remedies for specific ailments. Addressing this challenge, this study proposes the development of an Android application called ”sopherbal,” aimed at delivering personalized herbal plant recommendations via easily accessible mobile devices. Employing forward chaining methodology, the application identifies optimal herbal remedies based on ailment type, processing techniques, usage instructions, and recommended dosage and treatment duration. Notably, while effective in this context, the forward chaining approach entails certain trade-offs and hurdles. Previous research indicates that forward chaining facilitatesaccurate recommendation generation, and it may be constrained by its reliance on predefined rules and limited adaptability to complex, evolving scenarios. Despite these challenges, the ”sopherbal” application, featuring 50 Sasak medicinal plants curated for 15 common ailments, achieved an 86% validation rate, affirming its efficacy in bridging the gap between traditional herbal knowledge and modern healthcare needs.
Hostage Liberation Operations using Wheeled Robots Based on LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Sensors
Authors: Kasiyanto Kasiyanto , Aripriharta Aripriharta , Widiatmoko Dekki , Irmanto Dodo , Cahyo Bagaskoro Muhammad
Published: April 2024

Hostage release operations require a high level of precision, alertness, and skill, which are carried out manually by soldiers of the Indonesian National Army. This medium presents a significant risk to soldiers. This research aims to improve the effectiveness of hostage release operations by integrating wheeled robot technology based on Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors. The research method used is experiment-based in developing and testing a prototype of a mobile robot equipped with LIDAR technology and a web camera capable of mapping the location of hostages in three dimensions. The research showed that this robot has high accuracy, reaching 97.87%, and can createthree-dimensional route maps and display real-time video on a computer. The use of this technology has the potential to reduce risks to soldiers and improve the accuracy of mapping hostage locations, which can ultimately improve the safety and effectiveness of hostage release operations in the context of special operations tasks by soldiers of the Army.
DenseNet Architecture for Efficient and Accurate Recognition of Javanese Script Hanacaraka Character
Authors: Sudewo Egi Dio Bagus , Biddinika Muhammad Kunta , Fadlil Abdul
Published: April 2024

This study introduced a specifically optimized DenseNet architecture for recognizing Javanese Hanacaraka characters, focusing on enhancing efficiency and accuracy. The research aimed to preserve and celebrate Java’s rich cultural heritage and historical significance through the development of precise character recognition technology. The method used advanced techniques within convolutional neural networks (CNN) to integrate feature extraction across densely connected layers efficiently. The result of this study was that the developed model achieved a training accuracy of 100% and a validation accuracy of approximately 99.50% after 30 training epochs. Furthermore, when tested on previously unseen datasets, the model exhibited exceptional accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score, reaching 100%. These findings underscored the remarkable capability of DenseNet architecture in character recognition, even across novel datasets, suggesting significant potential for automating Javanese Hanacaraka text processing across various applications, ranging from text recognition to digital archiving. The conclusion drawn from this study suggests that optimizing DenseNet architecture can be a significant step in preserving and developing character recognition technology for Javanese
IEP Team Members’ Experiences On the Process Of Preparing Individualized Education Program In A Secondary School
Authors: Toprak Ömer Faruk , Çolak Aysun
Published: April 2024

Phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this research, which was carried out to determine the experiences, opinions and suggestions of the stakeholders in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development team during the IEP preparation process. Nine families, 20 teachers and a school administrator who were in the IEP team and took part in the IEP preparation process participated in the research. Researcher diary, demographic data form, observation and semi-structured interviews were used in accordance with the principle of data triangulation while collecting data from the participants. The data obtained from the participants were analyzed by inductive analysis method. The data were analyzed with the QSR Nvivo 11 package program. As a result of the research, it was concluded that families should be involved in the IEP development process, but this would be possible depending on some preconditions, and one of these preconditions was family education. It has been observed that the stakeholders in the team have developed a communication system based on information sharing. It was observed that the stakeholders had difficulties in the IEP preparation process due to reasons such as insufficient training on the process, insufficient knowledge about the process and laws, and inexperience. According to another result of the research, it was stated that it would not be appropriate for individuals with special needs to take part in the IEP preparation process, but they could be included in the process if certain conditions were met. In addition, as a result of the research, various suggestions were presented on deep research and applications for the IEP development process.
Diş Hekimliği Fakülteleri Web Sitelerinde Bulunan Restoratif Diş Tedavisi ile ilgili Bilgilerin Okunabilirlik Analizi
Authors: Fidan Muhammet , Atabek İlayda
Published: April 2024

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı üniversitelerin Diş Hekimliği Fakülteleri Restoratif Diş Tedavisi web sitelerindeki bilgilendirme metinlerinin okunabilirlik analizinin karşılaştırılmalı değerlendirilmesidir.
Yöntem: Çalışmada Türkiye’deki devlet ve vakıf üniversitelerinin Diş Hekimliği Fakülteleri Restoratif Diş Tedavisi web siteleri bilgilendirme metinleri incelendi. Kurumlara ait web sitesi değerlendirmesi için vakıf ve devlet diş hekimliği fakültesi olarak iki kategoriye ayrıldı. Dahil edilen 64 internet sitesinde yer alan hasta bilgilendirme metinleri Ateşman Okunabilirlik İndeksi'ne göre değerlendirildi. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde Mann-Whitney U testi ve Spearman Korelasyon testi kullanıldı (p < 0,05).
Bulgular: Ateşman Okunabilirlik İndeks puanı ortanca değeri 50,75 bulundu. Web sitelerinin %3,1’i çok kolay, %14,1’i kolay ve %37,5’i orta zorlukta, %34,4’ü zor ve %10,9’u çok zor seviyede olduğu bulundu. Vakıf diş hekimliği fakülteleri Restoratif Diş Tedavisi bilgilendirme medyan değerleri (bütün parametreler için) ve devlet diş hekimliği fakülteleri Restoratif Diş Tedavisi bilgilendirme ortanca değerleri (bütün parametreler için) arasında anlamlılık bulunmadı (p > 0,05). Ateşman okunabilirlik indeks puanı ve cümle sayısı arasında pozitif korelasyon (r=0,547; p < 0,001), Ateşman okunabilirlik indeks puanı ve paragraf sayısı arasında pozitif korelasyon (r=0,583; p < 0,001), Ateşman okunabilirlik indeks puanı ve ortalama sözcük uzunluğu arasında negatif korelasyon (r=-0,701; p < 0,001) bulundu.
Sonuç: Üniversitelere ait Restoratif Diş Tedavisi ile ilgili metinlerin okunabilirliği genel olarak orta zorluktadır. Restoratif Diş Tedavisi ile ilgili bilgilendirmelerde hastaya aktarılan bilgilerin okunabilirliğini artırmak amacıyla okunabilirlik programlarından faydalanılabilir.
Endometrial Kanser Araştırmalarında Fitoöstrojenlerin Bibliyometrik Analizi
Authors: Yalaza Cem
Published: April 2024

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanındaki makalelerin bibliyometrik yöntemler kullanılarak analiz edilmesi ve böylece endometrial kanser araştırmalarında fitoöstrojenlerin yerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: WoS veri tabanında “endometrial cancer” AND (Phytoestrogen OR "plant estrogen" OR "Phyto-Estrogen") anahtar kelimeleri ile tarama yapılmıştır. Bu taramada özet, başlık ve anahtar kelimelerde arama yapabilmek için “TOPIC” seçeneği kullanılmış, 1998-2023 yılları arasında yayınlanmış makalelerinin verileri analiz edilmiştir. Bibliyometrik analizin gerçekleştirilmesinde, Excel, R yazılım programı ve bibliyometrik analiz uygulaması Biblioshiny kullanılmıştır. Ek olarak, doğru anahtar kelimelerle WoS sistem taraması yapabilmek için MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) kelime bankasından yararlanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Yapılan analizler sonucunda 1998-2023 yılları arasında toplamda 56 çalışmaya ulaşılmıştır. Bu çalışmalar içerisinde 41 araştırma makalesi (%73,21) ve 13 derleme (%37,5) bulunmaktadır. Çalışmaların neredeyse tamamı İngilizce dilinde yayınlanmıştır (n=54, %96,42). En fazla makale üretilen yılın 2009 olduğu (n=6, %10.714), en üretken ülkenin ise 22 çalışma (%39,286) ile Amerika Birleşik Devletleri olduğu belirlenmiştir. WoS veri tabanında konuyla ilgili Türkiye adresli hiçbir çalışma tespit edilememiştir.
Sonuç: Günümüzde endometrial kanser ve fitoöstrojen ilişkisiyle ilgili az sayıda çalışma bulunmaktadır. Bu makaleden elde edilen veriler bu alanda yapılacak araştırmalara ışık tutacaktır. Ülkemizin uluslararası alanda bu güncel ve önemli konuyla ilgili yer alabilmesi için Türkiye adresli çalışmaların planlanması gerekmektedir.
Speleo objects of the Idrisovo village surroundings (Southern Urals)
Authors: Sokolov Yuryi , Polezhankina Polina
Published: April 2024

The village of Idrisovo is located in the Salavat region in the north-east of the Republic of Bashkortostan, now it is part of the UNESCO Yangan-Tau Geopark. The territory is composed of meridionally extending Devonian and Carboniferous carbonate rocks that come to the surface in the cliffs of the Yuryuzan River and its tributaries. Caves, grottoes, arches have formed in carbonate rocks, which have long attracted the attention of people. In connection with the increase in the tourist flow in the territory (rafting on the Yuryuzan River and visiting the archaeological site of the Idrisovo Cave and other natural objects), there was a need for a speleological survey of the territory in order to inform the population about the presence and significance of speleological objects. The article describes all the speleological objects identified as a result of the study of stock materials and field surveys in the vicinity of the village of Idrisovo, within the Salavat region of the Republic of Bashkortostan, from the Bolshoy Limonovsky Ridge to the Stupenchatyy Ridge along the left bank of the Yuryuzan River. The recreational capacities of speleological objects are determined by their morphology. The use of their entrance parts is possible as display objects as part of comprehensive routes, without visiting the internal parts of the speleological objects.
Commemorative practices in the system of Soviet ideology in the 1920s (based on the materials of the Istparts of the North Caucasus)
Authors: Pikalova Vasilina , Pikalov Dmitry
Published: April 2024

In modern Russia, the problem of the formation of civic identity remains urgent, in connection with which considerable attention is paid to the commemoration, that is, the preservation in the historical memory of society of ideas about the most significant events of the collective past, acting as the basis for the continuity of generations. The article analyzes the main directions of the activities of Istparts of the North Caucasus in the process of commemoration of the important historical events significant from the point of view of the Soviet power institutions - the October Revolution and the Civil War. The authors consider such methods of commemoration of the historical monuments of the North Caucasus as the organization of evenings of memories, the creation of exhibitions and museums of the revolution, the preparation of award lists to honor local heroes, the renaming of settlements and the opening of monuments.
Activity of authorized representatives of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the national autonomies of Siberia (on the example of the Khakass Autonomous Region)
Authors: Dashkovskiy Petr , Goncharova Natalia
Published: April 2024

Control over compliance with the legislation on cults in the Khakass Autonomous Region was carried out by representatives of the Council for Religious Affairs in the Krasnoyarsk Territory under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. They were actively assisted by officials from regional authorities and commissions created under the executive committees on a voluntary basis. The study was conducted on the materials of the State Archives of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the National Archives of the Republic of Khakassia.
“Stairway to Heaven”: Siberian period in life of Lev Svyatopolk-Mirsky
Authors: Nedzelyuk Tatyana
Published: April 2024

The subject of the study was a fragment of the professional biography of one of the representatives of the noble Svyatopolk-Mirsky family, the Catholic priest Lev Svyatopolk-Mirsky (Fr. Eugene). On the basis of archival sources introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, the socio-cultural features of the multinational and multi-confessional Siberian community are analyzed. The method of content analysis of archival materials made it possible to reveal the subtleties of the state-confessional policy of Russia during the imperial period.
Fall of the “tank king” I.M. Salzmann: historical myths and facts
Authors: Vorobyov Sergey
Published: April 2024

The paper examines historical myths related to the case of I.M. Salzmann in 1949, when he was removed from the post of director of the Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant and expelled from the ranks of the Party. The paper analyses different versions of the reasons for disgrace of the “tank king”. The paper also provides a critical analysis of the origin and validity of the concept of so-called “tank case” as the reason for resignation of Salzmann. Finally, the paper shows the mechanisms of mythologization of events related to the investigation of the “Salzmann case” by Party bodies.
Migration processes in Kazakhstan in the 19th – early 20th centuries and their impact on the ethnic structure of the population (on the case of Semirechensk region)
Authors: Baigabatova Nazgul , Toibayev Askhat , Iskakova Guldaryia
Published: April 2024

The purpose of this article is to study the origins that lead to the formation of the multi-ethnic composition of the population in Kazakhstan through the prism of migration processes in the Russian Empire in the 19th - early 20th centuries. The results of the study led to the conclusion that the powerful migration processes that took place in the history of the Russian Empire during the period under discussion significantly influenced and caused changes in the ethno-demographic structure of the Kazakhstan population, whose composition has become multi-ethnic, polyconfessional and multicultural in just half a century.
Finding Gaps in Modern Visualization Literacy
Authors: Creamer Mackenzie , Padilla Lace , Borkin Michelle
Published: April 2024

Visualization literacy is a term that, as commonly defined, focuses on an individual's ability to comprehend and understand images encoded with data to visually communicate patterns in a dataset. Based on a review of the current literature, this paper proposes that there are gaps in the definition, assessment, and interviewed populations. Specifically, we recognize that 1) the definition of literacy in the visualization community is different from that of literacy involving written language, 2) the current visualization literacy assessments focus on high-level tasks instead of lower-level processes, and 3) the interviewed populations to date are not diverse enough to provide holistic perspectives on visualization literacy. The treatment of visualization literacy as several measures at different levels of education, as opposed to a one-dimensional spectrum (e.g., VLAT scaling from 0 to 53), will be essential to tailor graphical perception to individual levels. As a first step to address these gaps, we provide recommendations to tackle these visualization literacy challenges and highlight methods used to operationalize literacy in other domains that may help more effectively evaluate lower-level knowledge competencies in this form of literacy.
Political Otherness of the Bihari Community in Bangladesh
Authors: Bhattacharjee Mowsume , Junpeng Li
Published: April 2024

The Bihari community in Bangladesh, consisting of de facto stateless individuals, has long been excluded politically, socially, and economically. This article explores the nature of the political otherness of the Bihari people, who have been the victims of divisive politics. The Bihari people are deprived of a series of fundamental rights, including citizenship status, voting rights, political representation, access to government facilities, freedom to participate in elections as a candidate, as well as access to passports, banking accounts, and insurance. This article investigates how political factors have contributed to the historical and contemporary forms of othering of the Bihari community. Based on six months’ fieldwork in three Bihari camps in Dhaka—Geneva Camp (Mohammadpur), Murapara Bihari Camp (Mirpur), and Kurmitola Bihari Camp (Mirpur), we inquire into the nature of such political otherness. Building on the theoretical insights from Robert Park, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Ruth Levitas, we identify the reasons underlying statelessness and explain the otherness of the Bihari community. Survey and interview data are collected from primary sources, supplemented with data from published and unpublished sources. We find that the Bihari people have neither political power nor access to political participation at the local or national level as electoral candidates due to their identity, residential location, lack of active citizenship status, and limited access to voting rights. Moreover, the Bihari identity and residence in Bihari camps are the principal obstacles to access to a passport, government services, bank accounts, and insurance facilities. This article concludes that the people of the Bihari community in Bangladesh are the victims of severe political exclusion, and such exclusion is responsible for the “otherness” of the Bihari people.
A Bayesian Model of Linguistic Prominence
Authors: Ellison T. Mark
Published: April 2024

This paper presents a Bayesian model of linguistic prominence. Prominences of two kinds arise as natural components of the interpretation of overt forms to infer covert communicative intentions. One form of prominence reflects the distinctiveness of the overt representation. This we call \term{form prominence}. The other kind of prominence reflects the likelihood of particular covert linguistic intentions being the message intended. This is \term{predictive prominence}. Some implications of the model are explored. First, the model accounts for the uniform information density findings arising at many levels of linguistic structure. Second, it also explains the previously noted complementarity of form and predictive prominence. Finally, the model offers reasons for why ambiguous forms are interpreted as communicating the messages with the highest predictive prominence.
Social learning in models and minds
Authors: Yon Daniel , heyes cecilia
Published: April 2024

After more than a century in which social learning was blackboxed by evolutionary biologists, psychologists and economists, there is now a thriving industry in cognitive neuroscience producing computational models of learning from and about other agents. This is a hugely positive development. The tools of computational cognitive neuroscience are rigorous and precise. They have the potential to prise open the black box. However, we argue that, from the perspective of a scientific realist, these tools are not yet being applied in an optimal way. To fulfil their potential, the shiny new methods of cognitive neuroscience need to be better coordinated with old-fashioned, contrastive experimental designs. Inferences from model complexity to cognitive complexity, of the kind made by those who favour lean interpretations of behaviour (‘associationists’), require social learning to be tested in challenging task environments. Inferences from cognitive complexity to social specificity, made by those who favour rich interpretations (‘mentalists’), call for non-social control experiments. A parsimonious model that fits current data is a good start, but carefully designed experiments are needed to distinguish models that tell us how social learning could be done from those that tell us how it is really done.
Posttraumatic Growth Among Suicide-Loss Survivors: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol
Authors: Whittaker Spence , Rasmussen Susan , Cogan Nicola , Tse Dwight , Martin Bethany , Andriessen Karl , Shiramizu Victor , Krysinska Karolina , Levi-Belz Yossi
Published: April 2024

Background: Losing a loved one to suicide is an event which can have strong and potentially traumatic impacts on the lives of the bereaved survivors, especially regarding their grief which can be complicated. These bereaved individuals are also less likely to receive social support following their bereavement. However, besides these adverse impacts, there is growing evidence to support the concept of posttraumatic growth following suicide bereavement. Posttraumatic growth is personal improvement that occurs as a consequence of experiencing a traumatic or extremely challenging event or crisis. Only one systematic review and meta-analysis on posttraumatic growth following suicide bereavement has been conducted; this protocol is for the planned systematic review and meta-analysis update of the original systematic review and meta-analysis, as the original review collected its data in 2018.Method: This protocol outlines the planned procedures of the updated systematic review and meta-analysis. This review and its protocol have been registered with PROSPERO (Registration Number: CRD42024485421). MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science (Core Collection) will be examined, and the search results will be imported to Covidence where title and abstract screenings, full text screenings, and data extraction will occur. The inclusion and exclusion criteria for this updated review match those in the original review: i) the study population must contain participants bereaved by suicide, ii) the study data must be quantitative, iii) the study must report data on posttraumatic or stress-related growth. The original review conducted its search prior to 2019; thus, this updated review searched databases for the timeframe of January 2019 to January 2024. The updated meta-analysis will synthesise data from both the original and updated reviews to examine trends over time.Discussion: The results of this updated systematic review and meta-analysis will be used to examine key relationships and findings regarding posttraumatic growth in individuals bereaved by suicide. The discussion will also investigate the findings of this updated review in comparison to the findings of the original review. Any differences would be highlighted.
Forum 60: AI in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Authors: Baiburin Albert , Berezkin Yuri , Boitsova Olga , Gromov Andrey , Kovalenko Kira , Kovalyova Natalia , Moskvitina (Siim) Anna , Shirobokov Ivan , Sokolov Evgenii , Stanulevich Nadezhda , Utekhin Ilya
Published: April 2024

AI allows work with data to extend well beyond simple keyword searches or formulaic calculations. It is applied to help specialists in the history of art and in discourse analysis as well as in linguistics and physical anthropology who analyse big corpora and construct models. Participants in the “Forum”, a written round table, are representatives of the social sciences and humanities. They describe their contact with such applications in their professional life (whether as a field of study or to practical ends), and discuss what the pluses and minuses of AI in the world of academic work and education are. They also touch upon cases where they knew, or suspected, that a student had submitted work that was actually written by a resource such as ChatGPT. Finally, ethical problems arising in connection with AI are considered.
Old-Believer Martyrs and Religious Discipline at the Turn of the 17th–18th Centuries
Authors: Popovich Alexey
Published: April 2024

The study is devoted to strategies for polemics with the martyr discourse constructed by the Old Believers in relation to themselves and their own saints in the late 17th — early 18th centuries. Anti_Old Believer literature denounced the glorification of martyrs who suffered because of persecution or self-immolation as superstitions. It was part of the religious discipline. The article demonstrates that the veneration of “false” martyrs was characterized as hypocrisy long before the spiritual reform of Peter I. Opponents of the schism at the beginning of the 18th century (Feofan Prokopovich, Feofilakt Lopatinsky, Dimitry Rostovsky, I. T. Pososhkov) used the same ideas and techniques as the writers of the patriarchal circle (Afanasy Kholmogorsky, Ignaty Rimsky-Korsakov, etc.) and other authors of the 17th century (Simeon Polotsky, the creators of the Acts of the Moscow Councils, Juraj Križanić and the author of “Brozda Dukhovnaya”). They were all united in their opposition to the Old Believer ideas about holiness and soteriology. The disengagement of official polemicists became apparent in the Petrine era, when the ideas of rationalizing Christian piety and the monopoly of state power on martyrs became widespread, while other points of view on the path to the salvation of the soul were on the periphery.
Khatam-ash Ritual: Specifics of the Local Islamic Context in Tyumen Region
Authors: Cherepanov Maksim
Published: April 2024

A home prayer meeting accompanied by Quran reading and a meal (Khatam-ash) is a crucial part of the local Muslim context among the Tatars in Tyumen Region who profess the Islamic faith. This article is based on the field research materials collected in the south of the region in 2011–2021. It aims to describe the common and specific features of how the ritual is performed and understood in different settlements. I applied unstructured observation and interviews with a flexible questionnaire to collect the materials. The prayer meetings under consideration share stable and frequently recurring occasions (commemoration of deceased relatives, the birth of a child, nearest and dearest being ill, change in social status, big-budget purchase), scenario elements (voicing the occasion, recitation of the Quran, prayer requests, almsgiving, a collective meal), and meanings (care for the dead in the supersensible world, Allah’s support in the sensible world). At the same time, the ceremonies are not the same combination of rituals, identically reproduced in different places. The denomination of the ritual may differ depending on the occasion. The place, the time, and the person who conducts it also hold meaning. The participants and the doer of the ritual may differently perceive and explain the meaning of Khatam-ash.
A Review of Ugo Corte, Dangerous Fun: The Social Lives of Big Wave Surfers. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2022, 272 pp.
Authors: Utekhin Ilya
Published: April 2024

This ethnographic study of big wave surfing in WaimeaBay in Hawai’i by the Italian sociologist Ugo Corte discovers how this extreme sport involving risk-taking activity is performed interactively. The data from observations and interviews are interpreted in terms of the theory of interaction ritual, which claims that the key to understanding these group activities is the notion of emotional energy generated as result of the social interaction. Unlike his predecessors Еrving Goffman and Randall Collins, Ugo Corte does not proceed from theory, but from his empirical material, for the interpretation of which he uses comparisons with somewhat similar phenomena from different fields, from other sports to creative industries. However, the book’s theoretical framework is Collins’s thesis on affect as a driving force of social order, from which the ideas emerge about how the focus of emotion and attention in joint activity generates group solidarity. The book illustrates how a sociologist and anthropologist can address the issues of risk and danger, and also shows the ways in which modern interactionist sociology, armed with post-Goffmanian tools, is developing.
Also sprach Veblen
Authors: Pokusayenko Andrey
Published: April 2024

This note deals with the QWERTY effect in Russian scholarly discourse. The case in point is the concept of conspicuous consumption, and how this core term of Thorstein Veblen is translated into Russian in the papers on the sociology of consumption and institutional studies. Russian-language authors tend to speak of “demonstrativnoye potreblenie” (demonstrative consumption), whereas Veblen himself did not use such an expression and avoided employing the adjective “demonstrative” altogether. “Demonstrativnoye potreblenie” as the Russian equivalent for conspicuous consumption got entrenched soon after the release of the translation of Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions in Russian in 1984. We attribute it to the habit of adopting cumbersome anglicisms that might look more like science, for some. This note calls for a rectification of names to clarify the discourse of economists and sociologists.
Effect of Increasing Occlusal Vertical Dimension on Smile Parameters
Authors: Pahari S , Pradhan S Joshi , Shrestha P , Sah S , Verma A
Published: April 2024

Introduction: Increasing Occlusal Vertical Dimension (OVD) becomes important aspect of complex prosthodontic treatment for maintaining balance between form of oral structures and function of stomatognathic system. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of increasing OVD on various smile parameters during posed smile.
Methodology: This observational descriptive study included 30 patients, 14 male and 16 females, visiting dental department of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital. Four polyvinyl siloxane bite records were fabricated on stone cast mounted on a semi-adjustable articulator increasing OVD by +1 mm, +2 mm, +3 mm and +4 mm taking incisal pin as a reference. Photographs of posed smile were taken at OVD of +0 mm, +1 mm, +2 mm, +3 mm and +4 mm using a DSLR camera mounted on a tripod. Head position was stabilized using a head positioning device of a cephalometric unit during photography. Adobe photoshop CS6 extended was used to calculate the various measurement in pixel which was converted into mm with help of conversion ratio obtained. Data were then processed and analyzed using SPSS software at the 5 % significance level.
Result: One-way repeated measures ANOVA found statistically significant differences in interlabial gap height, incisal edge to lower lip distance, smile index and display zone area with increasing OVD. No statistically significant differences were found for intercommisural width and incisal edge to upper lip distance.
Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, the excessive increase of OVD may lead to excessive interlabial gap height, incisal edge to lower lip distance, and display zone area. Also, the increase of OVD may lead to reduced smile index. No change may be expected in the position of the upper lip with increase of OVD. In addition, a change in the intercommisural width of the smile should not be expected with increasing OVD.
Marginal Mandibulectomy Defect Rehabilitated with Cast Partial Denture: A Case Report
Authors: Pathak B , Sitaula BB , Parajuli PK , Suwal P
Published: April 2024

The primary prosthetic objectives for marginal mandibulectomy defects are to restore mastication, speech and appearance by replacement of teeth. With marginal resection of mandible followed by reconstruction with submental flap, the major prosthesis concern is related to soft tissue potential for support due to loss of vertical ridge height, loss of vestibular depth, mobility and displaceability of the flap that frequently unseats the prosthesis. This article describes prosthetic rehabilitation with a cast partial denture for missing teeth and restoring function for a patient who had undergone wide lesion excision of verrucous carcinoma with marginal mandibulectomy.
Applications of the curve of Spee in Prosthodontics
Authors: Bhochhibhoya A.
Published: April 2024

No abstract available.
Surveillance, Biopower, and Unsettling Intimacies in Reproductive Tracking Platforms
Authors: Balfour Lindsay Anne
Published: April 2024

This article turns to the relationship between bodies and selves and the phenomenon of feminine health technologies such as menstruation and ovulation trackers (known as “FemTech”) as a particularly fraught domain of the platform economy. The author explores three interrelated critiques of platform intimacy in FemTech. The author begins with a discussion of biometric surveillance, which takes on new resonance in a post– Roe v. Wade society, where news and social media have been flooded with calls for women to delete their reproductive apps. Next is a discussion of intimacy and estrangement in FemTech platforms, whereby the body no longer registers, through our own interpretation, how we “feel” but how the machine feels us. The author concludes by considering the material dangers of platform intimacy, particularly forms of tracking and violence that are potentialized through digital intimate platforms.
Relationship between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among Undergraduate University Students
Authors: Mohd Jailani Asma , Lourdunathan Pamilia
Published: April 2024

Depression among youth nowadays is alarming and many factors that lead them todevelop depressive symptoms. One of the elements is lack in social support and socialsupport also can become the protective factor towards depression. This studyinvestigated the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms amongundergraduate university students. The participants were recruited throughconvenience sampling and they have voluntarily answered the questionnaire throughan online survey link. They were among 100 IIUM undergraduate students from alllevels of studies, various kulliyyah and consisted of 9 males and 91 female studentsranged between 18 until 25 years old. It has been hypothesized that there will be asignificant relationship between social support and depressive symptoms amongundergraduate university students. A correlational survey design was used in thisstudy through chi-square data analysis in analyzing the relationship between the threelevels of social support and four levels of depressive symptoms. A chi-square analysiswas conducted and the result found that there was a statistically significantrelationship between these variables, χ2 (6) =16.712, p<.05, p=0.01. The resultindicated that there was a relationship between social support and depressivesymptoms in which students with a high level of social support had a minimal level ofdepressive symptoms. The limitation of this study is the small sample size (n=100);most of the participants were females students (91%) and the scale in the form of selfreportthat can cause bias. The significance of this study is it can provide anunderstanding to the society about the importance and role of social support amongthe people. Besides, the present study will show the relationship of social support ondepressive symptoms due to the absence or presence of social support. Moreover, thisstudy also can help society and policymakers to develop more intervention programsrelated to social support. Thus, social support plays a vital role in alleviatingdepressive symptoms.