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Bioactive Compounds in Herbal Shampoos: A Comprehensive Review of their Efficacy in Promoting Hair Growth and Controlling Dandruff
Authors: Janhavi Yogiraj Bure  , Rohan Dilip Morpake  , Ketan Sunil Uike  , Shilpa V. Jaiswal  , Dr. M. D. Kitukale
Published: January 2025

Herbal shampoos have emerged as a sustainable alternative to synthetic formulations, leveraging the therapeutic properties of natural ingredients for hair health. This systematic review explores the formulation and evaluation of herbal shampoos for promoting hair growth and combating dandruff. Traditional uses of herbs such as Neem, Bhringraj, and Aloe Vera are highlighted, emphasizing their antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and hair-strengthening benefits. Modern formulation techniques, including natural surfactants and nanotechnology, enhance the stability and efficacy of these products. Evaluation parameters such as pH, viscosity, antimicrobial activity, and hair growth assays are discussed, providing a comprehensive framework for quality assessment.
Recent advancements in ingredient selection, synergistic herb combinations, and clinical validation underscore the growing scientific interest in herbal shampoos. The review also identifies challenges such as ingredient variability, regulatory compliance, consumer expectations, and strategies for addressing them. It also highlights future directions, including personalized formulations, exploration of underutilized herbs, and integration of AI and biotechnological tools.
Herbal shampoos represent a fusion of traditional knowledge and scientific innovation, offering a safe and eco-friendly solution for diverse hair concerns. By addressing current limitations and leveraging technological advancements, these products have the potential to revolutionize the hair care industry.
Reading the Way, Paul, and “The Jews” in Acts within Judaism
Authors: Moraff Jason F.
Published: January 2025

Jason F. Moraff challenges the contention that Acts’ sharp rhetoric and portrayal of “the Jews” reflects anti-Judaism and supersessionism. He argues that, rather than constructing Christian identity in contrast to Judaism, Acts binds the Way, Paul, and “the Jews” together into a shared identity as Israel, and that together they embark on a journey of repentance with common Jewishness providing the foundation. Acts leverages Jewish kinship, language, cult, and custom to portray the Way, Paul, and “the Jews” as one family debating the direction of their ancestral tradition.

Using a historically situated narrative approach, Moraff frames Acts’ portrayal of the Way and Paul in relation to the Jewish people as participating in internecine conflict regarding the Jewish tradition-in-crisis, after the destruction of the temple. By exploring ancient ethnicity, Jewish identity and Lukan characterization, images of the Jews, the Way, and Paul, violence in Acts and the theme of blindness in Luke’s gospel, the Pauline writings and Acts, Moraff stresses that Acts speaks from “among my own nation,” meaning “the Jews”, and makes it possible to understand Acts’ critical characterization of “the Jews” within Second Temple Judaism.

Among My Own Nation challenges the contention that Acts’ sharp rhetoric and portrayal of “the Jews” reflects anti-Judaism and supersessionism. It argues that, rather than constructing Christian identity in contrast to Jews and Judaism, Acts binds the Way, Paul, and “the Jews” together into a shared identity as Israel. Together they sojourn on a journey of repentance from infidelity and ignorance to faithfulness and understanding. Common Jewishness provides the foundation. Acts leverages Jewish kinship, language, cult, and custom to portray the Way, Paul, and “the Jews” as one family debating the direction of their ancestral tradition. When considered alongside early Jewish conflicts about proper observance of Israel’s faith, Acts evinces a reformist posture internal to Judaism. All Israel—both those Jews who follow Jesus and those who do not—continue the people’s historic struggle to maintain faithfulness to their God. Indeed, the Paul of Acts personifies the tension between Israel’s infidelity and God’s loyalty to the people. Paul’s violence and blindness epitomizes that of recalcitrant Israel. His narrative arc embodies how Israel’s Lord can restore his chosen people’s sight and reorient them toward fidelity. Acts calls all Israel to align with Jesus, but it does so within and for the sake of Israel, in solidarity with the Jewish people. Like its central character Paul, Acts speaks from “among my own nation,” that is, among “the Jews.” Among My Own Nation makes it possible to understand Acts’ critical characterization of “the Jews” within Second Temple Judaism.
Love Wars
Authors: Irwin Mary
Published: January 2025

This is the first dedicated overview of the international television romantic comedy genre, Mary Irwin builds on the critical work on cinematic romantic comedy to offer a dedicated critical analysis of the romantic comedy on the small screen.

Drawing on series from the 1960s to the present day, Irwin presents five themed chapters around the theme of romantic love, from searching for it and finding it to the love wars of the book’s title to finding love later in life and in places you didn’t expect. Chapters explore the genre’s key recurrent themes: evolving attitudes to love, relationships, sex, class and money, feminism and post-feminism, changes in the nuclear family (dramatised through contrasting romantic relationships) and shifting discourses of masculinity, situating them within the specific socio-historic and cultural context in which the series are set.

Throughout, Irwin underscores the centrality of women, their friendships and their personal and professional lives and experiences to the television romantic comedy genre, demonstrating that it is prominence of female characters and their interests and concerns which have most significantly affected the genre’s thematic focus. Crucially, this thematic approach allows for explorations both of similarities in representations to be found in series decades apart and the way in which such representations ebb and flow across time. Additionally, the international nature of the comedies selected also makes possible comparison beyond national boundaries.
Contemporary Chinese Graphic Design Practice
Authors: Yun Wang
Published: January 2025

Drawing from a rich body of archival documents, case studies and interviews, this book explores the ways in which graphic designers in China sought to establish graphic design as a profession and discipline from the 1980s to the present day.

Yun Wang traces the impact of cultural, economic and social conditions on China’s developing design industry in a period of rapid transformation, focusing on Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as industry centres. From the influence of the newly implemented reform and opening up policy in 1978, to membership of the World Trade Organization in 2001, and international events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Wang maps the increased demand for design talent and the evolution of a creative industry. This book provides a critical and extensively researched narrative of how graphic design developed locally and regionally, through practice, in education and within the publishing landscape, and pays particular attention to the ways in which designers in different cities in the People’s Republic of China intersected with international networks.

Including material from interviews with over 50 designers and other stakeholders, archival research into graphic work, design journals and exhibition catalogues, and 100 illustrations and photographs throughout, this book provides an in-depth exploration of graphic design developments in recent decades. It also features personal and institutional accounts, in addition to the author’s unique insight and reflections on the growing design industry in contemporary China.
Fandom Language Learning
Authors: Kiaer Jieun , Lo Alfred W. T.
Published: January 2025

By bringing together research on fandom and language learning, with a special focus on the Korean Wave, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of fandom culture and digital learning on language learning, while also examining how positive emotions such as joy can support language learning.The proliferation of Korean popular culture since the start of the new millennium has sparked huge interest in Korean language learning, particularly among the members of various fandoms centering on different facets of Korean popular culture.

The authors propose a number of new directions for future research on global fandom in language learning, as well as practical ideas of how language educators of all languages can use fandom culture and other kinds of digital learning to motivate foreign language learning and increase students' Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE).
Metaphysics of Nature and Failure in Kant's Opus postumum
Authors: Thomson Terrence
Published: January 2025

Focusing on moments of continuity and rupture, as well as the thin lines of fracture in Critical philosophy itself,Metaphysics of Nature and Failure in Kant’sOpus postumum navigates the rough terrain of Kant’s final thoughts.Terrence Thomson argues thatOpus postumumconstitutes Kant’s last attempt to deliver on the promise of a system of speculative reason in a work called ‘metaphysics of nature’. He journeys through the drafts left on Kant’s desk when he died to encounter their failure to establish this work rather than their projected success. Far from this signaling that we give up on serious study of theOpus postumum, however, Thomson shows how failure is not something Kant shied away from but rather embraced as fuel for his continued thinking. Indeed, it is this failure that opens the door to a greater understanding of the dissonances at the core of Critical philosophy itself. Moreover, it indicates what it means to be in the process of philosophizing and that Kant was well-aware that to think often means to repeatedly fail.

Suggesting how the very call for a metaphysics to be established upon the Critical philosophy can only ever fail to abide by the threshold it sets up, this book offers a new perspective on the central bind Kant repeatedly confronts inOpus postumumwithin the modern European tradition of philosophy. To deliver the system of metaphysics Kant calls for means to transgress the bounds of Critical philosophy, but to attempt to deliver it is nonetheless an unavoidable part of Critical philosophy itself.
Empowering Aesthetics
Authors: Tomková Denisa
Published: January 2025

The artistic strategies explored in this book are essential tools in fostering emancipatory consciousness in marginalized communities.Empowering Aestheticsweaves together case studies from the post-socialist Central European region (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) to show how art can provide critical support to gender, sexual and racialized groups. Theempowering aestheticsemployed by the artists in this book are not only urgent and critical, but also vitally personal, each chapter building a clear understanding of what social equality looks like in these specific political and geographic contexts. These practices are a response to the rise of nationalism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia in the region.

Engaging with contemporary philosophy and feminist, queer and decolonial (art) theory (Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Angela Dimitrakaki, Boris Groys, Jack Halberstam, Grant Kester, Ewa Majewska, Paul B. Preciado, Legacy Russell, Madina Tlostanova, etc.), this book highlights a shift in the understanding of the artwork and aesthetic experience that is enduring rather than immediate, drawing attention to a given community. The projects discussed in this book are created with the artist and the wider community or family in mind and are created in intersubjective connection with others. This volume highlights thatempowering aestheticsperform an important function in challenging these narratives while contributing to building an inclusive collective memory that emancipates systematically marginalized individuals and communities.
Rethinking Plastics in Product Design
Authors: Isaac Geoff
Published: January 2025

This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of virgin fossil plastics. It provides a framework for designers and manufacturers to re-evaluate their use of plastics and promotes the use of alternative materials with lower environmental impacts.

Lightweight, strong and cheap plastics are often the obvious choice when designing consumer durables, but their use is resulting in devastating health and environmental consequences. Recycled plastics and bioplastics are often suitable replacements; however, mechanical and aesthetic differences mean working with these materials is often challenging and expensive. In this book, Geoff Isaac outlines strategies for developing more environmentally friendly design solutions and provides practical guidance for designers who seek to use plastics more sustainably.

Chapters include case studies selected from sixty chairs made from renewable plastics, as chairs are often developed to showcase the potential of new materials and their suitability for applications across other consumer products. The book also features interviews with a range of industry representatives and international designers including Philippe Starck, Barber Osgerby, Konstantin Grcic, Bertjan Pot and Karim Rashid to illustrate recent designs using renewable plastics. This book provides an empowering blueprint for designers to make environmentally responsible decisions in today’s business landscape
Reimagining Empire in India
Authors: Major Andrea
Published: January 2025

This book explores debates about East India Company colonialism that took place on the lecture circuits of Britain, in the meeting houses of Calcutta, and at the Mughal court in Delhi in the late 1830s and 1840s.In the decades that followed the Emancipation Act (1833) British abolitionists and colonial philanthropists turned their attention to conditions across the empire, sometimes collaborating with colonised groups to challenge the impositions and iniquities of British colonial rule and sometimes prescribing their own vision of how an imperial relationship should look.

This book uses the travels, experiences, and activism of anti-slavery lecturer and East India reformer George Thompson as a starting point for a wider exploration and reassessment of the ways in which Company rule in India was challenged in the decades before the Indian Uprising of 1857. An important organiser in the campaign for East India reform as the main spokesperson for the Aborigines Protection Society and a champion of the causes of Indian rulers such as Pratap Singh and Bahadur Shah Zafar, Thompson was also a flawed character. As a paid agent, he was remunerated for his activism and accusations of pecuniary self-interest were never far away. His story therefore offers important insights into the limitations of early anti-colonial sentiment, and the problems of cosmopolitan collaboration in colonial contexts. By exploring early Victorian debates about India’s commercial potential, role in the imperial labour market, and place within an increasingly interconnected post-emancipation empire, the book seeks to contextualise evolving ideas regarding Britain’s humanitarian responsibilities towards her ‘fellow subjects in the East’, and how these connected with, and were superseded by, nascent forms of Indian anti-colonialism, political protest, and civic activism.
Representations of Endymion and Selene
Authors: Corradino Anna Chiara
Published: January 2025

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.Analyzing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, Anna Chiara Corradino argues that this myth becomes a valuable tool for understanding the cultural problematization and censorship of female sexuality, as well as the marginalization of alternative forms of male sexuality. The myth's key themes, of dominant femininity, reified masculinity and female necrophilia, are shaped through the centuries from the core story of Selene, the goddess of the Moon, falling in love with a mortal shepherd, Endymion, and granting him eternal sleep so she can kiss him every night.

In five core sections focusing on the archaeology of the myth in the ancient world, the art of the Renaissance to Baroque periods, and modern art and film, Corradino traces the way the relationship between the two 'lovers' embodies the taboo topic of the eroticization of the sleeping and/or dead male body, and the suppressed desire of female domination and dominance. This research breaks new ground by displaying how these marginal desires have always challenged normativity and have had a profound impact on and through multiple receptions.
Revisions and Reconstructions in the Thought of R.G. Collingwood
Authors: Johnson Peter
Published: January 2025

Opening new ground in neglected aspects of R.G. Collingwood’s philosophy, Peter Johnson presents essays on Collingwood as a pre-historian, economist, Christian and commentator of Edward Gibbon together with an investigation into the connection between his later works.The chapters shed light on Collingwood’s distinctive account of pre-history, the relationship between his last great worksThe Principles of HistoryandThe New Leviathan,and his views on money in comparison to those of J.M. Keynes. They also consider his assessment of Edward Gibbon as a historian and his use of biblical citation in relation to the work of Thomas Hobbes. Johnson’s insightful reflections and in-depth analysis of a range of areas in Collingwood’s thinking connect them through historical and conceptual themes relevant to contemporary debates about his philosophy.

Uniting important and unique perspectives for understanding the scope and depth of Collingwood’s philosophy, Johnson’s detailed examination of previously underexplored topics will be welcomed by students and scholars across philosophy of history, pre-history, economic theory, intellectual history and philosophical hermeneutics.
Ancient Sources, Modern Appropriations
Authors: Gadamer Hans-Georg
Published: January 2025

Throughout his long career, Gadamer wrote and taught widely on the philosophy of the ancient world. In this volume, moving from the Pre-Socratics to Plato, Gadamer explores the legacy that ancient thought left for such philosophical giants as Kant, Schleiermacher and Hegel.

Ancient Sources, Modern Appropriationsalso includes a substantial critical introduction in which the Editors reconstruct Gadamer's views on how the study of the history of philosophy contributes to the task of doing philosophy by keeping a tradition alive and moving it into the future. This final volume of theThe Selected Writings of Hans-Georg Gadameralso includes a thorough bibliography of Gadamer's available writings in English and key secondary studies of his philosophical hermeneutics.

Available in English for the first time,Ancient Sources, Modern Appropriationsis comprised of the most important of Gadamer's previously untranslated writings on ancient philosophy.
Repairing British Politics
Authors: Gordon Richard
Published: January 2025

The 1st edition of this seminal text was written as a response to the constitutional crisis of 2009, sparked by the 'expenses scandal', which led a general distrust of the UK's entire political order.

A decade on, it is no exaggeration to say that the situation has dramatically deteriorated. The UK’s constitutional order faces an existential crisis, with Brexit placing unbearable pressure on the political and legal architecture. All this makes the need for a written Constitution more pronounced. Retaining the easily accessible style of the first edition, this book addresses how this might be put in place.

Part 1 sets out a number of arguments in favour of a written Constitution, as well as the most common objections. Part 2 presents a working draft in the form of one possible model for a Constitution. Observations and explanatory notes are attached to each section of this draft Constitution. This model Constitution is intended as the first stage in a public debate, designed to provoke further discussion about the content and method of legislating into law a written Constitution. Part 3 contains the draft of the Act of Parliament that would be needed to introduce any form of constitutional change.

Rarely has a book been more timely or essential.
Unjust Enrichment and Countervailing Obligations
Authors: Krishnaprasad KV
Published: January 2025

This book explores the relationship between the English law of unjust enrichment and legal obligations arising from other branches of the law.

It examines the question, primarily, by considering how English courts resolve conflicts between restitution claims and countervailing legal entitlements. This is much needed given recent cases such asIEG v Zurich InsuranceandAvonwick Holdings Ltd v Azitio Holdings Ltdclearly showing the differing positions taken by English courts on the question.

By applying insights from the theory of unjust enrichment to Anglo-Australian case law, this study gives a welcome cogent explanation of a complex question.
New Digital Services Act
Authors: Kraul Torsten
Published: January 2025

This book provides clarity, both for companies offering online services and for users of digital services, on the New Digital Services Act.

The new Act includes obligations for providers of digital services in order to ensure that activities that are illegal offline are also prohibited online.

The book takes a comprehensive look at:

- Which providers are affected under which conditions - Which obligations they must comply with - Which innovations apply to liability on the internet and - What are the consequences of breaches of law.
Judicial Individuality on the UK Supreme Court
Authors: Graham Lewis
Published: January 2025

This book presents an empirical analysis of the UK Supreme Court’s output over its first ten years, with a specific focus on each individual judge’s contribution to each case.It shows that judges, like all of us, are human; it would be difficult to imagine that any of us, even in our most professional capacity, could act completely independently of our predilections, motivations and biases. The same is true for the judges sitting on the UK’s highest court.

Drawing on insights from a bespoke dataset of judgments, this work discerns trends and tendencies across each judge’s voting patterns and the reasoning they adopt when disposing of cases. It not only highlights areas of divergence, but also shows how each of the judges tended to vote in different contexts, including which were more likely to overturn appeals from lower courts, side with certain parties such as the state or underdogs, and find liability in various areas (tort, contract, criminal, EU, immigration and tax law, with a special focus on human rights cases). Another section illustrates the differences between the judges when it comes to judicial reasoning, such as their approach to precedent and preferred methods of statutory interpretation.

This work shows that different judges exercise their power in different ways. Some are more comfortable with pushing boundaries whilst others are more restrained. Some grant the state a lot of leeway whilst others apply heavy scrutiny. Some are, as Lord Denning suggested, ‘bold spirits’ whilst others are ‘timorous souls’. It shows, at least when it comes to the Supreme Court, that it matters who our judges are.
Optimizing Water Resource Management Using GIS: A Case Study of Telivarai Kulam Tank, Kilinochchi
Authors: Pushpakumara T D C , L.L Ekanayake S. Sarujan
Published: January 2025

The agricultural sector is one of the most critical components of Sri Lanka’s economy and development (ADB, 2007; Ranathunga, 2018, Thibbotuwana, 2021). Among the country’s seven provinces, the Northern Province contains significant agricultural land (Sivakumar, 2021; Deepakrishna Somasundaram, 2020). However, many of these lands remain underutilized or abandoned due to water scarcity and inadequate resource management (Tharani Gopalakrishnan, 2021, United Nations, 2011). This study focuses on the Telivaraikulam tank in the Kilinochchi District as a case study to explore the potential for optimizing agricultural land usage. The area surrounding the tank includes over 100 hectares of agricultural land, yet only 25 hectares are currently being cultivated, leaving most of the land abandoned. This research aims to investigate the underlying reasons for the underutilization of these lands and propose strategies to enhance their cultivation potential. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and satellite image analysis, the study identified the tank bund of Telivaraikulam, which is situated upstream of the catchment area. Although the estimated capacity of the tank is 35 hectares, the current agricultural activities are confined to only 25 hectares. To address this issue, the study proposes reconstructing the tank bund at a downstream location to optimize its design and maximize the benefits to the local community. Comprehensive field surveys, ground measurements, and satellite imagery were employed to generate an area-capacity curve and delineate the catchment area. The findings indicate that by redesigning the tank infrastructure, the cultivated area can be significantly expanded. The study concludes with recommendations for improving water resource management and enhancing agricultural productivity in the region, emphasizing the importance of innovative design and resource optimization in addressing challenges in the agricultural sector.
Enhancing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Growth through Digital Transformation and Process Optimization: Strategies for Sustained Success
Authors: Azubuike Chima , Sule Aumbur Kwaghter , Adepoju Peter Adeyemo , Ikwuanusi Ugochukwu Francis , Odionu Chinekwu Somtochukwu
Published: January 2025

This review paper explores the pivotal role of digital transformation and process optimization in enhancing the growth and sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The paper delves into the definition and importance of digital transformation and process optimization, highlighting how their integration can significantly improve business efficiency, customer satisfaction, and overall growth. Through a general discussion of examples of successful integration, the paper illustrates the synergistic effects of combining digital tools with optimized processes. Strategic recommendations are provided for SMEs to effectively implement these strategies, emphasizing the need for a customer-centric approach, continuous improvement, and workforce upskilling. Additionally, the paper examines future trends such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and the increasing importance of sustainability, offering insights into how SMEs can navigate the evolving digital landscape to achieve sustained success.
The Impact of Compensation on Teachers' Job Satisfaction at Private Schools: A Case of Bangladesh
Authors: Banu Tahira
Published: January 2025

This study investigated which compensation package influences private school teachers' job satisfaction. It specifically intends to identify the relationship between teachers' job satisfaction and pay level, as well as the relationship between teachers' job satisfaction and incentives and employee benefits. One hundred twenty-nine teachers from twelve private schools in Chittagong City, Bangladesh participated in the study. Using a cross-sectional survey, the hypothesis of this study was tested with the help of multiple regression analysis. Pay level and incentive were found to have a significant correlation with job satisfaction. However, employee benefits were found to have an insignificant effect on job satisfaction. The study highlights the role of compensation in accelerating the job satisfaction of teachers working in private schools.
Developing Ethical Frameworks for Sustainable Food Pricing Through Supply Chain Transparency
Authors: Eyo-Udo Nsisong Louis , Mokogwu Chuwkwunweike , Olufemi-Phillips Amarachi Queen , Adewale Titilope Tosin
Published: January 2025

Developing ethical frameworks for sustainable food pricing is crucial in addressing the interconnected challenges of profitability, ethical food access, and supply chain transparency. This study presents a decision analysis model designed to evaluate the sustainability and ethics of food pricing strategies, with a strong emphasis on future stakeholder analysis. The model incorporates a systematic approach to balancing profitability with ethical considerations, focusing on transparent supply chain practices as a foundation for sustainable pricing decisions. By evaluating factors such as production costs, environmental impact, and fair labor practices, the model aims to create a comprehensive pricing strategy that promotes both ethical food access and corporate responsibility. To account for diverse stakeholder interests, this decision analysis model integrates key metrics from suppliers, producers, distributors, consumers, and regulatory bodies, facilitating a balanced approach that aligns with sustainable development goals (SDGs). Stakeholder analysis is central to this framework, enabling companies to predict potential reactions and adapt pricing strategies that support long-term economic, social, and environmental objectives. By analyzing data from multiple stages of the supply chain, the model fosters transparency and allows stakeholders to track how pricing decisions impact resource allocation, waste reduction, and fair trade practices. This approach addresses rising consumer demand for ethical consumption choices while offering companies insights into profitability impacts associated with sustainable practices. Furthermore, it provides an actionable pathway for food industry leaders to reconcile competing priorities, such as affordable pricing for consumers and adequate returns for producers. Implementing this framework can help foster a culture of accountability and sustainability across the food industry, enhancing brand reputation and encouraging ethical consumer behavior. In conclusion, this study’s decision analysis model for sustainable food pricing offers a viable tool to evaluate ethical and transparent pricing practices, highlighting how strategic stakeholder analysis can align profitability with responsible corporate behavior. This framework supports sustainable food pricing as a core element of ethical business practices in the global food industry.
Revisión sistemática del proceso de adaptación a la vida universitaria
Authors: Fasanando-Puyo Tercero
Published: January 2025

La adaptación a la vida universitaria es un proceso fundamental para el éxito académico y el bienestar general de los estudiantes, ya que influye en su capacidad para enfrentar las nuevas demandas y desafíos del entorno educativo. La metodología del estudio fue de un enfoque documental, tipo básico y de diseño teórico y revisión sistemática. La revisión sistemática de estudios empíricos y teóricos estuvo conformada por 20 artículos publicados a partir del 2016 hasta el 2023. Los resultados evidencian que factores como el apoyo social, la motivación intrínseca y la participación en actividades extracurriculares son determinantes en el proceso de adaptación a la vida universitaria. Se concluye que los resultados son relevantes tanto para otros investigadores como para profesionales en la educación, ya que ofrecen una visión integral de los factores que facilitan o dificultan la adaptación a la vida universitaria, estos hallazgos pueden guiar la implementación de estrategias de apoyo más efectivas para estudiantes en su proceso de inicio a la vida universitaria.
Embedding Skill Bias: Technology, Institutions, and Inequality in Wages and Benefits
Authors: Diessner Sebastian , Durazzi Niccolo , Hope David
Published: January 2025

Is rising inequality an inevitable consequence of the transition to a knowledge-based economy? Departing from existing approaches in labor economics and comparative political economy, we develop an account of inequality in the knowledge economy that foregrounds the role of labor market institutions. We argue that collective bargaining institutions play a critical role in mediating the skill bias commonly associated with the diffusion of information and communications technologies (ICT), because they determine whether employers have the discretion to selectively reward strategically important high-skilled workers with greater wages and benefits. We then test our argument by carrying out cross-country analyses of both wage premia and non-wage benefits in the OECD countries. We find robust evidence in support of our theoretical propositions across a range of model specifications.
Atriyoventriküler Re-Entran Taşikardiler
Authors:   İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Kardiyoloji Enstitüsü, Kardiyoloji Bölümü, Kardiyoloji Ana Bilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye, Arslan Şükrü
Published: January 2025

Atriyoventriküler re-entran taşikardiler(AVRT) sıklıkla ko-morbiditesi daha az, gençlerde ve
erkeklerde daha sık izlenmektedir. Diğer aritmilere kıyasla AVRT’lerin yaşla birlikte sıklığı
azalmaktadır. Diğer supraventriküler aritmiler içerisinde özellikle antidromik AVRT’ler ani
kardiyak ölümle ilişkili olabileceğinden dikkatli bir şekilde değerlendirilmesi önerilmektedir.
Biz bu bölümde AVRT lere yaklaşımı, tanımlamaları ve tedavi seçeneklerine güncel kılavuzlar
eşliğinde değerlendireceğiz.
Atriyal Taşikardiler
Authors:   İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Kardiyoloji Enstitüsü, Kardiyoloji Bölümü, Kardiyoloji Ana Bilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye, Arslan Şükrü
Published: January 2025

Atriyal taşikardiler(AT) sinüs düğümü dışında atriyum dokusunun herhangi bir yerinden kaynaklanabilen ve genellikle fokal(tek odak) olan bir supraventriküler(SVT) ritm bozukluğudur. SVT’ler
içinde en az sıklıkla görülmektedirler. Çoğunlukla otomatisite artışından kaynaklı olabilecekleri
gibi tetiklenmiş aktivite veya re-entry(yeniden giriş) de oluşumlarındaki temel mekanizma olabilmektedir. Fokal AT'ler çoğunlukla paroksismal olma eğilimindedirler ve kendilerini sınırlayabilirler. Ancak daha az sıklıkta incessant(aralıksız) AT'ler de görülebilir. Bu bölümde özellikle
fokal atriyal taşikardilere güncel yaklaşımlardan bahsedeceğiz.
Kardiyak İmplante Edilebilir Elektronik Cihazlarda İmplantasyon Sonrası Takip
Authors:   Memorial Ankara Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye, Akgül Ercan Ebru
Published: January 2025

Kardiyak implante edilebilir elektronik cihazlar çağımızda daha sık kullanılmakta ve ömür
boyunca devam eden bir takip süreci gerektirmektedir.Kontrollerde hastanın ve batarya cebinin değerlendirilmesi, semptomlarının sorgulanması, 12-derivasyonlu EKG alınması,cihazdaki verilerin değerlendirilmesi, hastanın cihaz bağımlı olup olmadığının tespit edilmesi,batarya
ömrünün değerlendirilmesi,elektrodların algılama,uyarı ve direnç eşiklerinin ölçümü ve cihaz
hafızasında depolanan bilgilerin incelenmesi gerekmektedir.Cihazlar üzerinden optimizasyon
yapılabilmekte,torasik impedans ölçümleri sayesinde konjesyon bulguları daha erken saptanabilmekte ve uzaktan monitörizasyon ile hekime tüm veriler kolayca iletilebilmekte ve tedaviler
yönetilebilmektedir
HUBUNGAN TINGKAT STRES DENGAN MEKANISME KOPING PADA MAHASISWA BARU S1 KEPERAWATAN DALAM MENGHADAPI PERKULIAHAN TAHUN PERTAMA DI UNIVERSITAS ‘AISYIYAH YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Rinarta Adetia Pramesti , Nurmaguphita Deasti , Mamnuah
Published: January 2025

Latar belakang: Mahasiswa baru sering melakukan penyesuaian terhadap tahun pertama perkuliahan, maka hal ini kemungkinan dapat menimbulkan stres. Tingkat stres yang dialami setiap individu berbeda, tergantung kemampuan individu dalam mengatasi stres. Mekanisme koping merupakan cara untuk mengatasi stres yang akan membantu beradaptasi.
Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis hubungan antara tingkat stres dan mekanisme koping pada mahasiswa baru S1 keperawatan dalam menghadapi perkuliahan tahun pertama di Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta
Metode: Penelitian deskriptif korelasional menggunakan pendekatan cross-sectional. Responden dipilih dengan teknik simple random sampling dan mendapatkan 145 mahasiswa baru S1 keperawatan yang menghadapi perkuliahan tahun pertama di Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. Analisis data menggunakan uji Kendall-Tau. Dalam pengambilan data menggunakan kuesioner karakteristik responden, kuesioner tingkat stres SLSI yang dimodifikasi, dan kuesioner mekanisme koping.
Hasil: Sebagian besar responden dalam kondisi stres sedang (58,9%) dengan mekanisme koping adaptif (93,8%). Nilai signifikansi uji Kendall-Tau sebesar 0,720.
Kesimpulan: tidak terdapat hubungan tingkat stres dengan mekanisme koping pada mahasiswa baru S1 keperawatan dalam menghadapi perkuliahan tahun pertama di Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. Dalam hal ini, mahasiswa baru disarankan dapat lebih terbuka dalam menghadapi stres akibat tahun pertama perkuliahan agar mendapatkan bantuan atau konseling yang tepat dari pihak universitas, teman, maupun keluarga serta dapat menggunakan dan mempertahankan koping adaptif.
Planning for the Disposal of the Dead in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria: A Review of Literature on Challenges and Policy Recommendations
Authors: Oyeleke, Oyediran Olufemi  , Grace Oloukoi
Published: January 2025

Abstract: Given that death is a natural occurrence, disposing of the dead especially corpses is an unavoidable and necessary part of human life. In order to appropriately dispose of the deceased, land use planning is crucial since improper handling could jeopardize environmental, psychological, and human health. In Nigeria, planning laws have not stopped urban growth due to urbanization and shifting societal attitudes. Public authorities usually only consider residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional land uses like schools, hospitals, and stadiums when allocating state land directly or through state agencies, despite the fact that the country's population has grown from 70 million in 1973 to nearly 200 million in recent years. The matters of death and burial require consideration from both a general and an urban management and planning standpoint. The development and execution of environmental policy on the disposal of the deceased should be localized, taking into account the characteristics of residents in certain areas. This evaluation determined that the living's planning for the disposal of the deceased encompasses creating a comfortable environment for the ultimate resting place, appropriately interring the remains, and ensuring that the subsequent management and maintenance of the designated resting area is conducted with dignity and hygiene. From a municipal standpoint, interring the deceased is regarded as an essential and obligatory public service.
Legal Instruments Used to Hedge the Risk of Late Payments in Business Activity in Poland
Authors: OLKIEWICZ Anna
Published: January 2025

Data on payment terms in business-to-business transactions show that the average payment term in Europe is more than 50 days. This means that you have to credit the contractor and risk that you will not be paid at all. Entrepreneurs suffer losses due to late payments, and some companies are forced to restructure their businesses or declare bankruptcy because of this. The article discusses a significant problem concerning the impact of delays in payments on the business activity of entrepreneurs and the available instruments of protection against delays in payments from the contractor. This is an important issue for the economy, as late payments cause payment gridlocks, in which many entrepreneurs may participate. Literature, practice and law have developed many instruments to prevent delays. Unfortunately, it turns out that despite many tools, we are still dealing with delayed payments. The aim of the article is to indicate how to deepen the knowledge about the tools available to entrepreneurs to protect themselves against delays in payments from the contractor and the instruments that can help in faster recovery of already delayed payments. The use of instruments tailored to the needs of the counterparty organizes the relations between the parties. They are aware of the consequences of failure to perform the contract on time, the costs associated with it and, when using the indicated methods, usually try to prevent arrears.
Evaluation of the probiotic potential of the supernatant of fermented maize (Omidun) on growth performance, survivability, and haematology in broiler chickens
Authors: D. O. Ishola , A. Ahmed , U. Musa , A. Jibril , E. B. Ibitoye , M. J. Adenrele
Published: January 2025

This study aimed to assess the use of supernatant of fermented maize (SFM) (Omidun) as a potential source of probiotic on growth, survival rate, and haematology in broiler chickens. After being acclimatized for 7 days, 150 eight-day-old Cobb 500 broiler chicks were randomly divided into five treatment groups of 30 birds, with each group having three replicates. All the birds were fed a commercial diet, group A served as the negative control and group B was given a commercially prepared probiotics (Beta probiotics) containing Lactobacillus spp., (2.7 ×106 CFU/mL), Bacillus cereus (6.5 ×106 CFU/mL), Bacillus subtilis (7.8 ×106 CFU/mL), protease, (250,000 IU), lipase (70,000 IU) and amylase (500,000 IU) via the drinking water, while groups C, D and E were given SFM at 10, 5 and 2.5 mL/L drinking water respectively. The experiment lasted for six weeks. Data were collected weekly, analyzed using one-way repeated measure ANOVA and presented in tables. The treatment revealed that no significant difference (p>0.05) was observed in the growth and haematological parameters of studied birds. Although, the birds on the varying concentrations of SFM did not significantly differ from the control groups, there was no negative effect on the growth performance, livability and haematology of broiler chickens.
 
 
 
 
Cette étude visait à évaluer l'utilisation du surnageant de maïs fermenté (SMF) (Omidun) comme source potentielle de probiotique sur la croissance, le taux de survie et l'hématologie chez les poulets de chair. Après une acclimatation de 7 jours, 150 poussins de Cobb500 âgés de huit jours ont été répartis aléatoirement en cinq groupes de traitement de 30 oiseaux, chaque groupe ayant trois répliques. Tous les oiseaux ont reçu un régime commercial, le groupe A servant de contrôle négatif et le groupe B recevant des probiotiques préparés commercialement (Beta probiotics) contenant Lactobacillus spp. (2,7 × 10^6 CFU/mL), Bacillus cereus (6,5 × 10^6 CFU/mL), Bacillus subtilis (7,8 × 10^6 CFU/mL), protéase (250 000 IU), lipase (70 000 IU) et amylase (500 000 IU) par l'eau de boisson, tandis que les groupes C, D et E recevaient respectivement du SFM à 10, 5 et 2,5 mL/L d'eau de boisson. L'expérience a duré six semaines. Les données ont été collectées chaque semaine, analysées à l'aide d'une ANOVA à mesures répétées à un facteur et présentées dans des tableaux. Le traitement a révélé qu'aucune différence significative (p > 0,05) n'a été observée dans les paramètres de croissance et hématologiques des oiseaux étudiés. Bien que les oiseaux ayant reçu les différentes concentrations de SMF ne différaient pas significativement des groupes de contrôle, il n'y avait aucun effet négatif sur la performance de croissance, la viabilité et l'hématologie des poulets à griller.
Evaluation of Individual Body Weight in Ross 308 Male and Arbor Acres Male Broiler Chickens Using Growth Curve Model
Authors: O. B. Nwaodu , U. J. Njoku , A. A. Shie
Published: January 2025

The understanding of animal growth is important for the improvement of management and feeding practices. Thus, this study was carried out to determine the appropriate growth curve of Arbor acres and Ross 308 male chickens. In this study, the individual growth weight of 50 males at day one and weekly for eight weeks, each of Arbor acres and Ross 308 chickens were evaluated using Gompertz mode. The weight of each bird was taken and the estimate asymmetric weight (a) ranged from 6073.7 for Ross male and from 4341.8 for Arbor acres male, respectively. The age at the inflection point was estimated from 16.0 weeks for arbor acres and 20.0 weeks for Ross, respectively. In conclusion, Ross 308 has more growth curve. The parameter obtain from growth models could help define feeding programmes to meet nutritional needs from hatching to the age of maximum growth, reproduction programs and marketing strategies.
 
 
 
 
La compréhension de la croissance animale est importante pour l'amélioration des pratiques de gestion et d'alimentation. Ainsi, cette étude a été menée pour déterminer la courbe de croissance appropriée des poules mâles Arbor Acres et Ross 308. Dans cette étude, le poids de croissance individuel de 50 mâles a été évalué dès le premier jour et chaque semaine pendant huit semaines, pour chaque type de poulet, à l'aide du modèle de Gompertz. Le poids de chaque oiseau a été mesuré et le poids asymétrique estimé (a) variait de 6073,7 pour le mâle Ross et de 4341,8 pour le mâle Arbor Acres, respectivement. L'âge au point d'inflexion a été estimé à 16,0 semaines pour Arbor Acres et 20,0 semaines pour Ross, respectivement. En conclusion, Ross 308 a une courbe de croissance supérieure. Les paramètres obtenus à partir des modèles de croissance pourraient aider à définir des programmes d'alimentation pour répondre aux besoins nutritionnels depuis l'éclosion jusqu'à l'âge de croissance maximale, ainsi que des programmes de reproduction et des stratégies de commercialisation.
O DILEMA DOS SMARTPHONES EM SALA DE AULA ENTRE FERRAMENTAS DE APRENDIZADO E BARREIRAS COGNITIVAS
Authors: Oliveira Maria Célia Alves de
Published: January 2025

Este artigo investiga o impacto dos smartphones no ambiente escolar, com base em uma pesquisa realizada com uma professora de Língua Portuguesa, uma coordenadora pedagógica e uma estudante de uma Escola Cidadã Integral Estadual no sertão da Paraíba. Examinando as percepções sobre o uso dos smartphones como ferramentas pedagógicas e seus desafios na sala de aula, o estudo revela que, quando usados de forma consciente e estruturada, os smartphones têm grande potencial para enriquecer o ensino-aprendizagem, facilitando atividades como pesquisas, jogos educativos e acesso a recursos online. No entanto, o uso inadequado pode resultar em distrações, comprometendo a atenção e o desempenho cognitivo dos alunos. O artigo também discute os desafios e oportunidades trazidos pela tecnologia no processo educacional, apontando a necessidade de estratégias eficazes para equilibrar as vantagens pedagógicas desses aparelhos e a minimização de seus efeitos negativos, promovendo um uso consciente e produtivo da tecnologia no ambiente escolar.
ENSINO SUPERIOR E A REALIDADE BRASILEIRA: A IMPORTÂNCIA DA FORMAÇÃO DO PROFESSOR PARA A DOCÊNCIA
Authors: Castro Andrezza Kelly de Souza Vieira Bakker , Valença Maria Cristina Mota , Sousa Vivianne de
Published: January 2025

O presente artigo vem com o intuito de contribuir para demonstrar e refletir acerca da importância da formação do professor universitário. Possui como objetivo geral demonstrar ao longo da pesquisa a importância da boa formação para que a docência possa ser exercida de forma mais qualitativa, bem como de que forma eles podem auxiliar na formação dos discentes universitários. Embasando-se teoricamente a partir de ideias e pesquisas de autores pesquisadores especialistas no tema, como também em artigos científicos publicados e reconhecidos.