bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dietary Probiotic Supplementation on Hematological and Immunological Parameters of Indian Major Carp (Labeo rohita)
Authors: Priyadharshini J. , Margaret I. Viji , Nisha M. Barakath , Mohideen R. Ajaz Haja
Published: March 2024

A 60-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary supplementation of probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus acidophilus) to improve the hematological and immunological parameters of Indian Major carp Rohu (Labeo rohita).  The rohu Fingerlings (mean body weight 6.0±0.6g) were randomly distributed into Four treatment groups each having 10 fishes fed with basal diet and a probiotic supplement containing L. acidophilus (1.0×107 CFU/g), then challenged with A. hydrophila (0.1 × 107 CFU/mL) was injected intraperitoneally with 0.1ml concentration of 107 CFU/ml on 55th day. After 72 hours, the blood samples were collected from five fish from each group. The hematological parameters such as hemoglobin (Hb; g/dL), red blood cell (RBC; ×106/mm3), white blood cell (WBC; ×103/mm3), and Packed corpuscular volume (PCV) along with immunological parameters of total immunoglobulin, serum lysozyme activity, and Aminotransferases were examined and compared with the control group. The fish fed with probiotics showed significant improvement in hematological and Immunological Parameters (P≤0.05) as compared to control. This study proved that probiotic bacteria L. acidophilus are resistant to pathogenic A. hydrophila and can contribute to improving the immune system, survival rate, and growth of experimental fish against the fish pathogen A. hydrophila.
Enfermería Familiar y Comunitaria
Authors: Alvarez Macías Blanca Cecilia , Acosta Gaibor Mónica Patricia , Morán Calderón José Adalberto , Mora Torres Tairy Nohelia , Guaña Bravo Elena Silvana , Hinojosa Guerrero Marilú Mercedes , Cerezo Leal Betzaida Salomet , Alvarez Izquierdo Luis Leonel , Muñiz Granoble Gloria Janeth , Martín Estevez Lizette , Alava Rengifo Nidia Narcisa , Ochoa Anastacio María Elena , Pino Icaza Galo Wilfrido
Published: March 2024

Los fines que se propone esta obra es ofrecer al profesional de la Enfermería enfoques de salud pública relevantes y atención primaria en salud, como soportes conceptuales para la intervención de la enfermería en poblaciones específicas, además de tener una visión global de los conceptos clave y los problemas principales en la enfermería comunitaria, así como, evaluar, mediante distintas técnicas, la situación de salud comunitaria para afianzar el proceso de mejoramiento de los servicios de salud. La obra también se plantea contribuir con la difusión de los conocimientos en el ámbito de la enfermería familiar y comunitaria para promover, mantener y restituir la salud y optimizar formas de vida sana para poblaciones específicas y prevenir la enfermedad, al igual que la defensa y promoción de valores que contribuyan a mantener una mayor solidaridad y justicia social, e igualdad de oportunidades
Optimizing Tax Apparatus Performance Management in Implementing a Modern Tax Administration System
Authors: Paroli Paroli
Published: March 2024

Taxes play a vital role in overseeing state finances, and enhancing the performance management of tax officials is essential for achieving the efficiency and long-term viability of the tax system. This research aims to examine and determine the most effective approaches to managing the performance of the tax apparatus, particularly in implementing a contemporary tax administration system. This study employs a qualitative methodology utilizing descriptive techniques. The research findings indicate that implementing tax administration reform in Indonesia, mainly through using advanced information and communication technology such as e-registration, e-filing, and e-billing, has resulted in a favorable outcome by enhancing efficiency, responsiveness, and transparency in tax management. These measures facilitate endeavors to enhance taxpayer adherence and bolster tax revenues. In addition, enhancing the performance management of the Tax Apparatus, particularly Account Representatives, in implementing a contemporary tax administration system entail employing crucial tactics such as ongoing training, utilization of specific performance metrics, and integration of information technology such as CRM. Providing rewards and professional growth chances for strong performance can enhance motivation while implementing open feedback methods and constant review can serve as a foundation for improvement. Cultivating interpersonal skills is equally crucial for enhancing connections with taxpayers. Continuous monitoring ensures that performance management techniques stay up-to-date and adaptable to changes in the tax environment. This helps achieve optimal tax revenue goals and enhances taxpayer compliance within the framework of modern tax administration.
GERENCIAMENTO DA MANUTENÇÃO CORRELACIONADA À EFICIÊNCIA DA SEGURANÇA
Authors: DA SILVA RAFAEL AUGUSTO LOPES
Published: March 2024

O presente trabalho tem como tema, o gerenciamento da manutenção correlacionadaà eficiência da segurança. Para o desenvolvimento do conteúdo, foi adotado umametodologia que estivesse alinhada ao que foi proposto alcançar pelos objetivos desteestudo. Neste sentido, a construção do material visa alcançar resultados queresponda o problema levantado, observando um acontecimento ou fato, sendo estepresente no cotidiano ou não. Assim, o objetivo geral busca apresentar ogerenciamento da manutenção correlacionada à eficiência da segurança. Os objetivosespecíficos buscam conceituar a importância da segurança em um ambiente detrabalho, bem como apresentar os tipos de manutenção, e por fim, salientar aimportância da manutenção para a eficiência da segurança no ambiente de trabalho.Por fim, o presente trabalho deixa o tema em aberto, propondo que no futuro se realizeuma nova pesquisa, com a finalidade de contextualizar os temas aqui abordados.Juntamente com esta nova pesquisa, sugere-se a realização de um estudo de caso,para o qual se propõe o desenvolvimento de uma análise de campo em uma empresaque trabalha no ramo de manutenção de máquinas pesadas.
693 SOBRE UMA SOCIOLOGIA DO SOFRIMENTO NO TRABALHO
Authors: SANTOS MILTON DOS
Published: March 2024

O artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre a pertinência e as possibilidades de estudosdo sofrimento como categoria sociológica e do sofrimento no trabalho como categoriada sociologia do trabalho. Para tanto, o trabalho, de cunho teórico-conceitual, exploraincialmente a pertinência de se considerar o sofrimento como uma categoriasociológica. Em seguida, são abordados os conceitos de trabalho para Marx,Durkheim, Weber e Arendt. Na sequência, é apresentado o conceito de sofrimentopara Cassell e um breve panorama das pesquisas sociológicas sobre o sofrimento notrabalho. Por fim, o trabalho conclui que a abordagem do sofrimento como categoriasociológica e do sofrimento no trabalho como categoria da sociologia do trabalho nãosó é pertinente como se mostra um campo pouco explorado, principalmente se seconsiderar as possibilidades interdisciplinares de aplicação de teorias sobre osofrimento humano oriundas de outras Ciências, como a Medicina, por exemplo.
SUSTENTABILIDADE DE DATA CENTERS COM O USO DA TI-VERDE
Authors: F. PINTO MARCOS M. , DE CAMPOS PATRÍCIA KLINKERFUS , DE AZEVEDO VIVIANE RAMALHO
Published: March 2024

Os Data Centers são grandes consumidores de energia elétrica, causando impactosao meio ambiente durante o seu ciclo de vida. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentarvantagens tecnológicas com foco ambiental através da TI-Verde para asustentabilidade dos Data Centers. Estes centros de processamentos de dadoscomputacionais são responsáveis por parte de emissão de gases de efeito estufarelacionados ao processo de geração de energia. Neste aspecto, a TI-Verde surgecom uma nova modalidade de conhecimentos, onde foi possível perceber por meiodeste trabalho que sua aplicação traz reais retornos em eficiência energética. Foiapresentado um estudo de caso que tratou dados de 3 grandes empresas queaplicaram conceitos e atitudes de TI-Verde em seus Data Centers. Concretizandovantagens voltadas a diminuição de consumo de energia, e tornando estes centrostecnológicos ecologicamente corretos, tais práticas de tecnologia verde nãopretendem diminuir a intensidade do uso da informação, mas mostrar como as novastecnologias poderão ajudar a diminuir seu impacto ambiental.
Completeness of Colorectal Cancer Pathology Reports in Iranian National Population-Based Cancer Registry System
Authors: Azmi-Naei Nazanin , Ghanbari-Motlagh Ali , Ostovar Afshin , Moradi Yousef , Asadi-Lari Mohsen
Published: March 2024

Background: Colorectal cancer is one of the top 5 common cancers in Iran with over 1.9 million new cases. Completeness of pathology reports is one of the key factors of cancer care management. So, sufficient reporting of pathological factors is vital for optimum diagnosis, projection of prognosis and patient care. Objectives: To support epidemiological research, we determined the completeness of colorectal cancer pathology reports at the nationwide level. Methods: Accessing to the text of pathology reports from a web-based application that was created by the Iranian National Population-Based Cancer Registry (INPCR) was considered the most complete and reliable. We requested that the INPCR extracts their pathology records for manual review for colorectal cancer (ICD-10 code ‘C18’, ‘C19’, ‘C20’, and ‘C21'). Results: Exclusion criteria were applied and 2092 pathology reports were analyzed. The mean age of patients was 61 years; 56% were male. A vast number of colorectal cancer cases were at T3-stage (colon 68.4%, rectal 58.6%) and N0-stage (colon 55.7%, rectal 57%). Information on key prognostic factors, such as lymphovascular and perineural was frequently lacking (22.7% and 35.7% missing, respectively). On the other hand, Tumor type and tumor grade had a high percentage of reporting (100% and 100%, respectively). In addition, our study revealed a low rate of overall complete reporting (colon 0.2%, rectal 1.1%). Conclusions: Optimum diagnosis, prediction of prognosis, and patient care require sufficient reporting of pathological factors, so efforts should be made to improve the reporting of overall pathology factors of Colorectal cancer (CRC).
Evaluation of the Effects of Incorporating Long-Acting Subcutaneous Insulin Into the Standard Treatment Protocol for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children
Authors: Saffari Fatemeh , Homaei Ali , Chegini Venus , Javadi Amir , Chegini Victoria
Published: March 2024

Background: Despite the progress made in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children is still increasing, and its management requires hospitalization in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). It is important to find a new and low-risk treatment method to shorten the recovery time from DKA. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of integrating two different types of long-acting subcutaneous insulin into the standard treatment for DKA in children. Methods: The study was conducted in the PICU, and comprehensive monitoring was performed throughout the process. Patients aged between 2 and 15 years were divided into three groups: Two intervention groups receiving the addition of two types of long-acting insulin, Detemir and Glargine, to the standard treatment, and a control group. Each group consisted of 36 individuals. The impact of the intervention on the recovery time from DKA and the potential complications were investigated in all three groups. Results: The analysis of the results revealed a significant difference in the duration of exiting the acute phase among the groups. Additionally, the post-hoc test demonstrated that the recovery time for ketoacidosis in the Detemir arm was significantly shorter than in the standard arm (P = 0.008). However, it is important to note that there were no significant differences in the occurrence of common complications among the three study groups. Conclusions: Based on the findings, it appears that incorporating specific types of long-acting subcutaneous insulin into the standard treatment of DKA in children leads to a reduction in the resolution time of the acute phase of ketoacidosis. Importantly, this approach does not introduce additional complications. Consequently, it has the potential to optimize resource allocation and enhance patient care by freeing up beds in the PICU.
Uji Efektifitas Ekstrak Daun Mangrove (Sonneratia Caseolaris) Sebagai Bahan Pengawet Alami Pada Ikan Tongkol (Euthynnus Affinis)
Authors: Dara Yesaya Hale , Ndahawali Suryaningsih
Published: March 2024

Ikan tongkol merupakan jenis ikan budidaya yang populer dikolam air tawar di sumba timur. Penanganan alami masyarakat Sumba Timur saat ini belum ada sehingga melakukan penelitian menggunakan maserat daun mangrove. Mangrove Sonneratia caseolaris mengandung senyawa bioaktif antibakteri yang dapat digunakan untuk memperlamabat pertumbuhan mikroba pada ikan. Perlakuan ekstrak daun mangrove 10%, 20% ,30% penyimpanan suhu ruang selama 24 jam. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode eksperimen, yaitu Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) dengan 4 perlakuan dan 3 ulangan sehingga menghasilkan 12 unit percobaan. Pengolahan data menggunakan ANOVA dengan taraf keprcayaan 5%. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa lama penyimpanan terhadap mutu kesegaran ikan nila (euthynnus sffinis) menggunakan maserat ekstrak daun mangrove (sonneratia caseolaris) dengan nilai organoleptik yakni, mata, insang, lendir, daging dan tekstur masing dari setiap perlakuan 10%, 20%, 30% perlakuan terbaik pada penyimpanan suhu ruang dengan konsetrasi ekstrak 30% menunjukan nilai organoleptik 8,4% - 8,73%.
Determinan Sisa Hasil Usaha (Studi pada Koperasi di Kota Waingapu)
Authors: Sae Irene Glaudia , Yowi Linda Rambu Kuba
Published: March 2024

Sisa hasil usaha merupakan hal penting baik bagi lembaga koperasi maupun bagi anggotanya. Namun, jumlah sisa hasil usaha baik koperasi simpan pinjam maupun koperasi serba usaha cenderung berfluktuasi. Hal ini tentu akan memengaruhi jumlah pembagian sisa hasil usaha kepada anggota koperasi, dan pemupukan modal koperasi serta untuk kepentingan lainnya. Tujuan penelitian yaitu untuk menguji pengaruh jumlah anggota, modal sendiri, modal luar, dan  jumlah aset terhadap sisa hasil usaha koperasi. Sampel penelitian ini berjumlah 8 koperasi di Kota Waingapu dengan teknik penarikan sampel ialah purposive sampling. Jenis data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder berupa laporan keuangan dan data jumlah anggota koperasi tahun 2017 sampai dengan 2021 dan dikumpulkan dengan cara studi dokumentasi. Tehnik analisa data adalah analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa jumlah anggota, modal sendiri,  modal luar, dan  jumlah aset tidak berpengaruh terhadap sisa hasil usaha.
Pengaruh Kepemilikan Manajemen, Kepemilikan Institusional dan Ukuran Perusahaan Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan dengan Kebijakan Hutang sebagai Variabel Intervening
Authors: Purba Hasian , Halim Sofyan
Published: March 2024

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui Kepemilikan Manajemen berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, untuk mengetahui Kepemilikan Institusional berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, untuk mengetahui Ukuran Perusahaan berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, untuk mengetahui Kepemilikan Manajemen berpengaruh terhadap Hutang Kebijakan, untuk mengetahui Kepemilikan Institusional berpengaruh terhadap Kebijakan Hutang, untuk mengetahui Ukuran Perusahaan berpengaruh terhadap Kebijakan Hutang, untuk mengetahui Kebijakan Hutang berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, untuk mengetahui Kepemilikan Manajemen berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan melalui Kebijakan Hutang, untuk mengetahui Kepemilikan Institusional berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Perusahaan melalui Kebijakan Hutang, untuk mengetahui pengaruh ukuran perusahaan terhadap nilai perusahaan melalui kebijakan hutang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan teknik non-random sampling dengan purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian adalah variabel Kepemilikan Manajemen berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, variabel Kepemilikan Institusional menunjukkan terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, variabel Ukuran Perusahaan menunjukkan pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, variabel Kebijakan Hutang menunjukkan terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan
Ijon: Sebuah Strategi Bertahan Hidup Komunitas Gembala
Authors: Suryani Siti
Published: March 2024

Ijon merupakan salah satu sistem transaksi jual beli yang masih dilakukan sampai saat ini dibeberapa komunitas. Petani, peternak, dan nelayan masih memelihara ijon dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan hidupnya.  Pada komunitas gembala ternak di padang sabana Sumba Timur, ijon sangat membantu bukan hanya dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan pokoknya, tetapi juga kebutuhan pendidikan bahkan dalam kegiatan adat istiadat. Ijon sendiri bukan hanya merugikan penjual (gembala) karena harga yang rendah, tetapi juga merugikan pembeli jika gembala mengingkari.  Meskipun demikian praktek ijon masih terus terjadi.  Tujuan penelitian ini untuk memberikan gambaran sejauh mana sistem ijon hadir dalam penghidupan masyarakat gembala. Penelitian kualitatif ini menggunakan pendekatan strategi bertahan hidup yang dilekatkan pada penghidupan masyarakat gembala. Hasil dari penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa jaringan pertemanan yang dibangun oleh para gembala (gembala sapi) membuka peluang sistem ijon terbangun dalam proses jual beli. Jaringan tersebut merupakan salah satu strategi dalam bertahan hidup pada komunitas gembala.
Penyelesaian Sengketa Murabahah pada Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah Alwadiah Tasikmalaya
Authors: Hidayatullah Daud Akbar
Published: March 2024

Sistem keuangan syariah menjadi fokus penelitian yang semakin mendalam dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, dengan peningkatan jumlah lembaga keuangan syariah seperti Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah Alwadiah Tasikmalaya. Namun, pertumbuhan ini juga diikuti oleh kompleksitas dalam penyelesaian sengketa, terutama dalam transaksi Murabahah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi dan menganalisis mekanisme penyelesaian sengketa Murabahah yang diterapkan oleh Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah Alwadiah Tasikmalaya. Selain itu, penelitian ini juga bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi tantangan utama yang dihadapi dalam penyelesaian sengketa tersebut. Pendekatan kualitatif digunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara mendalam dengan pihak terkait di Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah Alwadiah Tasikmalaya. Data juga dianalisis menggunakan metode deskriptif untuk memahami secara komprehensif mekanisme penyelesaian sengketa yang digunakan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah Alwadiah Tasikmalaya menerapkan pendekatan penyelesaian sengketa Murabahah yang proaktif dan berbasis syariah, dengan fokus pada mediasi dan negosiasi. Namun, beberapa tantangan seperti perbedaan interpretasi hukum syariah dan keterbatasan infrastruktur masih menjadi hambatan dalam proses penyelesaian sengketa tersebut. Penyelesaian sengketa antara Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah (BPRS) Alwadiah Tasikmalaya dan nasabahnya sudah sesuai dengan ketentuan yang berlaku di Indonesia yang mengatur tentang perbankan syariah. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan tindakan yang diambil oleh BPRS itu sendiri, yakni di mana dalam penyelesaian sengketa ini BPRS mengambil 2 langkah dalam penyelesaiannya, yakni dengan penyelesaian litigasi dan juga penyelesaian non litigasi seperti. Penyelesaian Non litigasi dilakukan dengan pemanggilan oleh BPRS kepada nasabahnya yang dilakukan dengan mengirimkan administrasi pelunasan pembiayaan. Sedangkan untuk penyelesaian sengketa melalui jalur litigasi, BPRS mengambil langkah untuk menggugat secara perdata pada Pengadilan Agama Tasikmalaya Kota.
PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI PAEDAGOGIK USTADZ/USTADZAH TAMAN PENDIDIKAN AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Sri Haryanto  , Ngarifin Sidhiq  , Abdul Majid
Published: March 2024

Kemampuan guru/ustadz dalam merencanakan dan melaksanakan proses pembelajaran merupakan faktor utama dalam mencapai tujuan pengajaran. Keterampilan merencanakan dan melaksanakan proses belajar mengajar ini sesuatu yang erat kaitannya dengan tugas dan tanggung jawab guru/ustadz sebagai pengajar, oleh karena itu guru/ustadz TPQ dituntut untuk mempunyai kompetensi-kompetensi seorang pendidik, utamanya kompetensi pedagogic. Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini menggunakan langkah dan strategi yang sebagai berikut: (1). Identifikasi kelembagaan, (2). penyusunan rencana aksi, (3). sosialisasi desain aksi, (4). penidikan/pelatihan GuruTPQ, (5). Pendampingan dan pembinaan pembinaan secara terpogram dan monitoring. Hasil identifikasi melalui Focus Group Discution (FGD) yang dilaksanakan tim bersama stakeholder terkait menunjukkan bahwa: Guru/Ustadz TPQ di Kabupaten Wonosobo Kompetensi peadagogik yang meliputi wawasan kependidikan, Pemahaman terhadap peserta didik, Pelaksanaan pembelajaran yang mendidik dan dialogis, Evaluasi hasil belajar, Pengembangan peserta didik untuk mengaktualisasikan berbagai potensi yang dimilikinya, disimpulkan berkualitas sedang (masih kurang), sehingga dipandang perlu adanya upaya peningkatan kompetensi pedagogik melalui pelatihan/pendidikan peningkatan kompetensi peadagogik guru/ustadz Taman Pendidikan Al-Quran.
Vision of Industrial Innovation Guided by Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Liang Sisi , Hu Linjian , Hu Jinkang , He Xiaomin , Liu Yan , Chen Jieyao , Chen Siyan , Gao Chuxuan , Le Zhiqu , Tang Shiming
Published: March 2024

This article proposes that only by prioritizing the formulation of data rights protection and circulation rules that adapt to the development characteristics of the artificial intelligence industry, can the compliance costs of enterprises be reduced, and ultimately, high-quality datasets can be developed and utilized to promote innovation in the artificial intelligence industry and to form a new engine for social progress in the 21st century. The action research includes supporting the development of public clouds, orderly guiding departments, units, and individuals to purchase public cloud computing resources and services, and avoiding duplicate construction of intelligent computing centers. The research project emphasizes the need to guide and support enterprises to increase cloud computing, computing power leasing, algorithm valuation, and arithmetic purchasing through social forces, reduce the cost pressure of user research and application development, deepen industrial integration, and expand application scenarios. This article proposes that data elements should not be limited to addition empowerment, but should focus on multiplier mechanisms. Firstly, we need to accelerate the expansion of artificial intelligence big data open innovation platforms, while encouraging enterprises and research institutions to share high-quality corpus resources. We also need to support professional data annotation and cleaning preprocessing work, ultimately opening up a high-quality data source for building big models.
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Neural Health and The Development of Neurodegenerative Disorders.
Authors: Azafa Umar Mariyam , Salibi Dr.Ghassan , Tzenios Nikolaos
Published: March 2024

Background: The study explores the impact of climate change on neural health and the development of neurodegenerative disorders, focusing on the rising global temperatures, pollution, and increased incidence of infectious diseases as key contributors to neurological decline. The research highlights the vulnerability of populations, particularly in climate-affected regions like the Maldives. It examines the correlation between environmental stressors and the prevalence of conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Methods and Materials: Utilizing a comprehensive review of current scientific literature from sources like PubMed and Hindawi, the study integrates findings from articles, case studies, and clinical trials published within the last five years. Keywords including "neurodegenerative diseases," "climate change," "neuroplasticity," and "omega-3- fatty acids" guided the literature search, aiming to uncover novel insights into the pathogenesis and potential mitigative strategies against neurodegeneration. Results: The investigation underscores the complex interplay between climate change and neural health, revealing significant findings on the exacerbation of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, cognitive impairments, and mental health issues due to environmental factors. Specifically, reductions in omega-3 fatty acids attributed to climate change emerge as a critical concern, given their crucial role in neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. Conclusion: This study establishes a clear link between climate change and the acceleration of neurodegenerative disorders, emphasizing the need for targeted research and intervention strategies. Addressing these challenges requires a multifaceted approach, integrating environmental, nutritional, and therapeutic measures to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on neural health.
“And Now That I Know Them”: Composing Mutuality in a Service Learning Course
Authors: Welch Nancy
Published: March 2024

In this essay, I turn to contemporary feminist object-relations theory to understand the efforts of students in a service learning course to push beyond the usual subject-object, active-passive dualisms that pervade community-based literacy projects and to compose instead complex representations in which all participants are composed as active, as knowing, and as exceeding any single construction of who we all are. I also argue for placing writing and the problems of composing at the center of such courses.
Accepting Roles Created for Us: The Ethics of Reciprocity
Authors: Powell Katrina M. , Takayoshi Pamela
Published: March 2024

Grounded in theories of feminist research practices and in two empirical studies we conducted separately, our argument is that seeing reciprocity as a context–based process of definition and re–definition of the relationship between participants and researcher helps us understand how research projects can benefit participants in ways that they desire.
Rhetoric on the Edge of Cunning; Or, The Performance of Neutrality (Re)Considered As a Composition Pedagogy for Student Resistance
Authors: Kopelson Karen
Published: March 2024

In today’s classroom and larger cultural climate, overtly politicized “critical” composition pedagogies may only exacerbate student resistance to issues and identities of difference, especially if the teacher is marked or read as different her/himself. I therefore suggest that the marginalized teacher-subject look to contemporary theoretical notions of the “radical resignification” of power as well as to the neglected rhetorical concept of mÃªtis, or “cunning,” to engage difference more efficaciously, if more sneakily. Specifically, I argue that one possible praxis for better negotiating student resistance is the performance of the very neutrality that students expect of teachers.
Facing (Up To) ‘The Stranger’ in Community Service Learning
Authors: Himley Margaret
Published: March 2024

This essay turns to feminist ethnography and postcolonial theory to address how the figure of “the stranger” haunts the project of community service learning. By explicating the immediate and broader relations of power that structure these “strange(r) encounters,” we are more likely to produce the kind of agitated pedagogy that creates opportunities for progressive practices and effects.
A New Visibility: An Argument for Alternative Assistance Writing Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities
Authors: Barber-Fendley Kimber , Hamel Chris
Published: March 2024

We argue against the metaphor of the “level playing field” and its natural coercive power; in so doing, we call for an end to the invisibility that the debate over accommodations has imposed on learning disabilities in the past decade. A literature review of LD in composition shows how this invisibility has manifested itself in our field through limited professional discussion of LD. In response, we propose not a level playing field but a new playing field altogether, a visible one that actively promotes alternative assistance for student writers with LD in first-year composition programs. We seek to show how the LD and composition fields could create a powerful partnership by serving students with LD through the principle of the liberal theory of distributive justice.
Towards an Ethics of Answerability: Reconsidering Dialogism in Sociocultural Literacy Research
Authors: Juzwik Mary
Published: March 2024

This essay responds to the problem that sociocultural literacy research has failed to adequately theorize individual literacy learners as moral agents with the capacity to produce harm or good to themselves and others. Building from the rhetorical construct of dialogism, this inquiry explores how the early ethical thought of Mikhail Bakhtin can contribute an “ethics of answerability” to sociocultural literacy studies.
Primary Science Communication in the First-Year Writing Course
Authors: Moskovitz Cary , Kellogg David
Published: March 2024

Despite the widespread acceptance of many kinds of nonliterary texts for first-year writing courses, primary scientific communication (PSC) remains largely absent. Objections to including PSC, especially that it is not rhetorically appropriate or sufficiently rich, do not hold. We argue for including PSC and give some practical suggestions for developing courses and designing assignments using PSC
Herm Choppers, the Adonia, and Rhetorical Action in Ancient Greece
Authors: Fredal James
Published: March 2024

Presents a debate between traditionalist ideas from Xin Lin Gale and postmodern ideas from Cheryl Glenn and Susan Jarratt. Quotes Gale who says that you cannot have it both ways, foundational and antifoundational: using the historical evidence to champion Aspasia while at the same time "reclaiming" her from the biases of those very documents. Notes Jarratt’s response to the contrary.
Electronic Dissertations: Preparing Students for Our Past or Their Futures?
Authors: Lang Susan
Published: March 2024

Discusses how adding a greater technological element into the composing and distribution of dissertations forces educators to consider multiple issues, some new and some that are only brought to the forefront because this electronically assisted or integrated process will make previously tacit behaviors on the part of both students and faculty explicit.
Naming Nonfiction (a Polyptych)
Authors: Root Robert L.
Published: March 2024

Discusses the complexity of naming nonfiction as a class of written works. Struggles with many different possible definitions of nonfiction and considers the problems with many of the definitions. Suggests the use of the term "creative nonfiction" as an umbrella to cover the widest range of nonfiction literary production. Argues that categorizing and compartmentalizing limits vision.
Chaucer’s Rape, Southern Racism, and the Pedagogical Ethics of Authorial Malfeasance
Authors: Pugh Tison
Published: March 2024

The author considers cases of literary figures whose ethics might make readers uncomfortable—Geoffrey Chaucer’s possible rape of a young woman, Flannery O’Connor’s possible racism—and argues that, even though postmodernism has “killed” the author as an object of critical inquiry, careful attention to questions of authorial and readerly ethics can still play an important role in both our students’ development as critical and engaged readers and our own.
Taking (and Teaching) the Shoah Personally
Authors: Tinberg Howard
Published: March 2024

The author describes the issues raised for him by team-teaching a course on the Shoah that aimed to incorporate familial, historical, and rhetorical perspectives. Considering firsthand testimonies, songs written by camp inmates, renderings of others’ stories such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and works of fiction and poetry by writers without firsthand experience of the Shoah, he is ultimately led to wonder whether the stories of those who underwent such experiences stand utterly outside critique and appropriation and may demand of us instead only that we never forget.
The Writing on the Wall: Attending to Self-motivated Student Literacies
Authors: Weinstein Susan
Published: March 2024

Explores the role that tagging (a simple form of graffiti) plays around the school and community. Argues that even the writing of a name on a wall opens out into a rich discourse community, in which taggers carry on complex conversations, negotiate and challenge shared discursive norms, and develop identities that are intimately connected to a specific communicative world.
Teacher to Teacher: What Books Are High School Students Real
Authors: Brautigam Heidi , Hart Carol Ann , Swindle Stephenie
Published: March 2024

Find some suggestions for books high school students read for pleasure.
Engaging Students in the Disciplines of English: What Are Effective Schools Doing
Authors: Applebee Arthur N.
Published: March 2024

Arthur Applebee discusses what the research says are the best methods and practices for the English language arts curriculum.
Young Adult Literature: Young Adult Boundary Breakers and M
Authors: Crowe Chris
Published: March 2024

Chris Crowe provides a list of books that "pushed back the boundaries, broke the rules, and refefined" young adult literature.
Using Student-Generated Film to Create a Culturally Relevant Community
Authors: Morrison Jennifer D.
Published: March 2024

Encourages modification of teaching strategies to facilitate academic achievement among students from diverse groups. Describes how the author collaborated with professionals from the Folger Library’s Teaching Shakespeare Institute to develop a better way to teach Shakespeare to her predominantly African-American students. Describes how her students filmed scenes with nontraditional casting. Suggests such activities help students to see themselves in Shakespeare’s stories.
Shakespeare through the Lens of a New Age
Authors: Tabers-Kwak Linda , Kaufman Timothy U.
Published: March 2024

Discusses two approaches that engage both students and teachers as they come to share an understanding of Shakespeare’s relevance to all ages. Suggests teaching Shakespeare through picture books and through music. Notes that one of the first ways to modernize Shakespeare is to allow students to interact with the work.
“To Perform or Not to Perform?” A Question Worth Exploring
Authors: Graham Ginny
Published: March 2024

Presents the author’s experiences as a kind of case study of what it looks and sounds like when “doing” Shakespeare is in the foreground of instruction and “play” is the thing that makes that happen. Discusses guidelines and suggestions for putting a play together.
Shakespeare, Our Contemporary: Using Technology to Teach the Bard
Authors: Bowman Cindy , Pieters Brendan , Hembree Sarah , Mellander Terri
Published: March 2024

Considers how to relate great Shakespearean works to teenagers whose only question is how to get out of “doing” school. Suggests that English teachers need to view technology as a means of collecting information, capturing ideas, and making meaning. Discusses WebQuests, web sites, PowerPoint presentations, software, and tutorials to make the Bard a contemporary in 21st century classrooms.
Shakespeare Is Alive and Well in Cyberspace: An Annotated Bibliography
Authors: Hett Dorothy Marie
Published: March 2024

Suggests that in addition to using books and movies to enhance students’ understanding of Shakespeare, teachers can add the World Wide Web to their repertoire to help students connect to Shakespeare. Presents annotations of 12 Web sites to use for teaching Shakespeare.
From the Secondary Section: Shakespeare for All Time
Authors: Duprez Judy
Published: March 2024

Considers why some of the author’s most memorable classes and teachers invoked Shakespeare and thrilled her with the performance of his words. Concludes that she does not foresee any diminution of the love for Shakespeare in this new age because humans are still possessed of all the emotions and flaws that bind and separate us.
Insights for Interns: What Can I Do about Teacher Apathy?
Authors: Richey Amanda , Petretti Dante
Published: March 2024

The column discusses what to do about teacher apathy.
Young Adult Literature: Reading African American History and the Civil Rights Movement
Authors: Crowe Chris
Published: March 2024

Chris Crowe suggests African American History resources.
Why Be Normal? The Search for Identity and Acceptance in the Gifted Adolescent
Authors: Glaser Chuck
Published: March 2024

Provides a framework for thinking about issues of adolescence and identity in the English classroom. Presents an adaptable plan for preparing a thematic unit on identity in literature. Concludes that an English teacher should operate as a conduit between the stories that are taught and the stories of students’ experiences, providing students with the opportunity to challenge the roles society sets out for them.
From the Secondary Section: A Train of Thought
Authors: Lujan Alfredo Celedon
Published: March 2024

Explains that multicultural literature should be taught because it reflects genuine family, socioeconomic, philosophical, and geographical circumstances. Proposes that students should read to not only include but to affirm multicultural voices. Describes an encounter with two writers and their works in the author’s charter school classroom.
Young Adult Literature: Can Reading Help?
Authors: Crowe Chris
Published: March 2024

Ponders the effect of September 11th on teenagers. Proposes that reading books can help teenagers sort out complicated issues. Recommends young adult novels that offer hope for overcoming tragedy. Lists 50 short story collections worth reading.
Building Community through Poetry: A Role for Imagination in the Classroom
Authors: Frazier Chapman Hood
Published: March 2024

Methods such as the circle poem, the “poetic interview,” the found poem, and the poetic field trip are just some used by the author to create an atmosphere of mutual support and enable students to initiate “imaginative possibilities.”
Porch Talk: Reading Their Eyes Were Watching God
Authors: Garrigues Lisa
Published: March 2024

Zora Neale Hurstonâ€™s work â€œunderscores the importance of the oral tradition of storytelling,â€ writes Lisa Garrigues. Using several related activities, Garrigues expands the discussion of the novel and entices high school juniors to participate in Porch Talk.
A Novel Idea: Reading Aloud in a High School English Classroom
Authors: Dreher Stephen
Published: March 2024

High school teacher Stephen Dreher demonstrates the value of reading aloud to juniors. He provides suggestions to increase the engagement, confidence, and ability of all students in reading challenging texts.
Don’t Keep Them in the Dark! Teaching Metaphors to English Language Learners
Authors: Dong Yu Ren
Published: March 2024

The author details the challenges of teaching metaphorical language to English language learners. Yu Ren Dong shares lessons to provide students with opportunities and resources to gain this language and thinking power.
Democracy, Dialect, and the Power of Every Voice
Authors: Lyman Huntington , Figgins Margo A.
Published: March 2024

Beginning with the belief that studentsâ€™ proficiency with both Standard English and their home language is essential, Huntington Lyman and Margo A. Figgins show how “rich experiences in the exploration of dialect serve as a precursor to mastering Standard English.”
Shattering Images of Violence in Young Adult Literature: Strategies for the Classroom
Authors: Miller Stacy
Published: March 2024

Stacy Miller presents a unit on violence in young adult literature where she begins by helping students understand violence and its origins. Through activities and class discussion, students express strong, informed opinions about Shattering Glass by Gail Giles and recognize the need to read and view images of violence from an oppositional perspective.
Research Matters: Discussion–Based Approaches, Student Understanding, and Student Achievement
Authors: VanDeWeghe Rick
Published: March 2024

â€œResearch Mattersâ€ provides teachers with review and application of research that illuminates the daily concerns and activities of English language arts teachers and classrooms.
New Voices:Students Are Ready for Democracy–If the Teachers Can Handle It
Authors: Hunt Tiffany J. , Hunt Bud
Published: March 2024

â€œNew Voicesâ€ raises questions, offers insights, and provides a forum for novice teachers to engage in the professional conversation surrounding the teaching of English.
English in the City: Youth Turnout in the English Classroom
Authors: Pultinas Ray , Hamilton Greg
Published: March 2024

English in the City focuses on the particular challenges, choices, and celebrations relevant to teaching in an urban setting.
Bold Books for Teenagers: Issues of Faith in YA Literature
Authors: Mitchell Diana , Gallo Don
Published: March 2024

â€œBold Books for Teenagersâ€ provides dynamic, informative viewpoints on important issues in publishing and teaching contemporary literature, especially literature for adolescents. Reviews of young adult literature also appear in this column.
To Search for Enlightenment: Responding to Siddhartha through Paint and Poetry
Authors: Courtney-Smith Kelly , Angelotti Michael
Published: March 2024

To encourage creative thinking, high school teacher Kelly Courtney-Smith asked her students for creative responses to Hesse’s novel, using a technique she learned from coauthor Michael Angelotti. Students painted or wrote poems interpreting their reading, then responded to the creations of their classmates. The students found that these “collaborative activities provided insights into the novel, their classmates, and their paintings and poems.”;
English in the City: Small Schools: Bridging the Need for Community
Authors: Hamilton Greg
Published: March 2024

“English in the City”; focuses on the particular challenges, choices, and celebrations relevant to teaching in an urban setting.
Challenging Normative Sexual and Gender Identity Beliefs through Romeo and Juliet
Authors: Ressler Paula
Published: March 2024

Drawing on classroom and workshop experience, Paula Ressler discusses ways to approach “the most renowned example of heterosexual romance and tragedy” through an LGBTQ lens.
The Explorers Club: The Sky Is No Limit for Learning
Authors: Mansukhani Premlata
Published: March 2024

Second language learners enthusiastically pursue their own questions in a journey of inquiry.
Science Text Sets: Using Various Genres to Promote Literacy and Inquiry
Authors: Ebbers Margaretha
Published: March 2024

Nonfiction actually contains a variety of textual genres that reflect the different processes within scientific inquiry.
Children’s Book Publishing in Neoliberal Times
Authors: Hade Daniel , Edmondson Jacqueline
Published: March 2024

Commercialization has brought popular culture texts and products into children’s book publishing, possibly compromising the potential for books that reflectively engage children.
Cycles of Inquiry with the Arts
Authors: Berghoff Beth , Borgmann Cindy Bixler , Parr Carlotta
Published: March 2024

Educators from different disciplines create semiotic cycles of inquiry where teachers learn about the arts and through the arts.
I want her to know me: The Ways Adults Position Young Children
Authors: Novinger Sue
Published: March 2024

The ways in which adults position children through their discourse shape and constrain what children learn about writing and themselves as writers.
Stepping into the Wardrobe: A Fantasy Genre Study
Authors: Cruz Maria Colleen , Pollock Kate B.
Published: March 2024

In a time when fantasy is at the height of its popularity, two 4th grade teachers discuss how they tapped into its literacy possibilities. In this article the authors explain how they moved their students from reading the genre simply for entertainment’s sake to exploring its more complex characteristics and ideas.The article provides an overview of a reading genre study in fantasy which incorporates independent reading, book clubs, read alouds, artwork and higher level thinking skills for all levels of readers.
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Genre as Counterscript and the Multiple Spaces of Dialogue
Authors: Britsch Susan Jane
Published: March 2024

This article presents findings from a collaborative school–university project in which third–grade children in a California public school classroom created ongoing email dialogues with adult writers in the Midwest throughout a school year. Although one of the adult writers focused on curricular topics, her two groups of epals established a counterscript through the genre of riddles. This use of genre enabled the "riddlers" in this project to effectively oppose the curricular discourse initiated by the adult writer.
Reading Corner for Children: 2003 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Authors: Armstrong Kathleen , Pavonetti Linda , Yokota Junko , Young Terrell , Lehman Barbara , Kerper Richard
Published: March 2024

A committee appointed by the board of the Children’s Literature Assembly reviews books each year to select the Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts.
Why Marco Can Read: Becoming Literate in a Classroom Community
Authors: Goodman Debra
Published: March 2024

This article focuses on a childâ€™s literacy experiences during one day in second grade. Marco attends an urban school of choice with a whole language philosophy. On this day in March, Marco participated in 30 literacy events involving 27 different texts including literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry) and instrumental texts (labels, signs, charts, etc.). The social nature of literacy learning is examined by exploring the relationship between Marcoâ€™s literacy experiences and his literacy development. Marco, one of the less proficient readers in his class, is profoundly influenced by opportunities to observe and interact with other readers and writers. Marco makes meaning and learns language as he participates in classroom literacy events.
Reclaiming Literacy Instruction: Evidence in Support of Literature-Based Programs
Authors: arya Poonam , Martens Prisca , Wilson Patricia , Altwerger Bess , Jin Lijun , Laster Barbara , Lang Debora
Published: March 2024

This study examines claims regarding the benefits of systematic and explicit phonics programs by comparing literature-based programs with commercial phonics-based programs to determine which best supports second grades’ reading strategies and comprehension. Students in literature-based programs performed comparably in their use of graphophonics and focused more on meaning than students in phonics programs.
Evoking Hearts and Heads: Exploring Issues of Social Justice through Poetry
Authors: Damico James S
Published: March 2024

This article focuses on how two boys in an ethnically diverse fifth–grade classroom shifted their perceptions of poetry, moving from views of poetry as “sappy” to seeing the transformative potential of poetry. This shift was linked to their opportunities to interact with poems written by Janet Wong and Sherman Alexie that deal with issues of racial prejudice and discrimination. Through journal writing and discussions with their classmates and teacher, the students were challenged to think and feel about issues that moved and mattered to them.
“It’s a Snake, You Guys!”: The Power of Text Characteristics on Children’s Responses to Information Books
Authors: Tower Cathy
Published: March 2024

This study describes ways in which a small group of preschool children responded to typical information books during read-aloud sessions. Responses were coded according to a content analysis system that included focus of talk and type of talk. The results indicate that even young children are attuned to characteristics of texts and that those characteristics (especially illustrations) have a powerful influence on children’s responses.