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Tragic Aspects in Arthur Miller’s Plays
Authors: Dr. Sandeep Tripathi
Published: March 2023

In this research paper an attempt has been made to show ‘Tragic aspects in Arthur Miller’s plays’. Tragedy has always been a prominent genre in drama around the world. In fact, to the ancient Greeks, tragedy is a genre so significant that it is associated with religious practices and the religious concept of purification. Arthur Miller (1915-2005) is considered one of the foremost American playwrights of the twentieth century who wrote a remarkable series of highly regarded pieces that reveal profound insight, humanism and empathy that are the hallmarks of his great dramatic works. Miller has his own concept of tragedy as a modern playwright. He believes that tragedy may depict ordinary people in domestic surroundings instead of talking about a character from a high rank, a king or queen. Miller’s main concern lies in dramatizing the whole man as he is part of a family and as he is part of a society. This research thus aims to explore the development of the tragic hero between Aristotle and Miller.
Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: A Critical Study of Gender and Social Discrimination
Authors: Manoj Kumar
Published: March 2023

Mahesh Dattani is a well known Indian English dramatist. He was born in 1958 in Bangalore, India. He is resourceful theatre artist, a drama teacher, stage director and a good dancer. He was awarded with the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for his plays; Final Solutions and Other Plays. It is the first Indian dramatist who received this eminent award. Apart from this, he wrote many plays like Dance like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, Tara, Where There’s a Will, Thirty Days in September, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, The Tale of a Mother Feeling Her Child, Complete Plays, (it holds 8 plays), Morning Raja, Collected Plays 2 Vol., Collected Plays. The themes of gender discrimination and social upheavals keep a lot of implication in his plays. He is a very strong and genuine voice of the middle class society in India. Most of the characters of his plays belong to the middle and lower class family. He deals the issues of societal construct of gender, the position of patriarchy, the dilemma and problems of homosexuals, the institution of marriage, the hypocrisy of the middle class and some other which are directly related to the middle class sensibility. There is expression of everyday events. He does not endeavour to present an unfeasible realism.Discrimination, Feminism, Patriarchy, Inequality
Gandhian Philosophy and Modern Youth: A Study
Authors: Dr. Pratiksha Pandey
Published: March 2023

Every young person should practice the vision of Gandhi's activity in his public life. Youth are bonded with various types of issues; Political, economic, social, social and religious. Gandhi's teachings are relevant to the modern youth: They understand the feeling and sympathy of the right kind, love, cooperation, justice, equality, patriotism, non-violence, peace, excellence and finally, the all-powerful weapon of truth. For the youth and as a means of social change they are called. He believed that only spiritual and moral values ​​can change social life. He wanted that modern youth and students become the means of creating idealistic ideas. He encouraged young minds about self-sufficiency as an important requirement for success. He was open-minded and wanted all the young people to be the same way for me. He insisted on being tolerant towards all religions, which is an important message for today's generation to make a better future.
Reading of Nature and Women in the Select Novels of Margaret Atwood: An Ecofeminist Approach
Authors: Jitendra Kumar Bharti
Published: March 2023

Ecofeminism is a philosophical and political movement and theory which commingle or puts together demonstrate male domination of society.  The term Ecofeminism is coined in the 1970s by the French writer Francoise d' Eaubonne in her book Le Feminisme ou La Mort (1974). The term ecofeminism unites Ecology (a scientific study and analysis of interaction among organisms and their environment) and Feminism (a social and political movement which advocates for women rights) and attempts to eradicate al forms of social injustice. It draws parallel between the both women and nature because both are dominated by men. The movement ecofeminism is the result of gradual development. In the beginning some women activists participated to preserve environment, but in the late 20th century these women activists began to work to protect wild life, food, air and water. We may see, in 1973, in Northern India, rise of a movement led by women activists to protect forests from deforestation that is known as ‘Chipko movement.’
Regionalism and Its Kaleidoscopic Portrayal with Special Reference to Indian Literature
Authors: Dr. Tarit Agrawal
Published: March 2023

It is a truth universally acknowledged that literature mirrors society. Among many branches of literature, regional literature is what undoubtedly keeps us bound to our soil i.e. our culture and traditions. Some people think that traditions are all static, stable and unalterable. However, this is not so. Even our traditions also change with the change of time. In fact, tradition is the gift of the historic sense. A writer with this sense of tradition is fully conscious of his own generation, of his place in the present, but he is also acutely conscious of his relationship with the writers of the past. The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past but also of its present. In brief, the sense of tradition implies (a) a recognition of the continuity of literature, (b) a critical judgment as to which writers of the past continue to be significant in the present and (c) a knowledge of these significant writers obtained through painstaking effort. Tradition represents the accumulated wisdom and experience of ages and so its knowledge is essential for really great and noble achievement. Regional literature is perhaps the only branch of literature which, by portraying these changing traditions, keeps us in touch with our ancestors, in touch with the world at present and in touch with the hope to make our world better and better. In fact, Indian literature stands as the mirror of Indian culture, quintessential of its exceedingly rich pre-historical tradition. Regarded as one of the oldest body of the literary works, Indian literature goes back to even those times, when copious written literature was still not in vogue and oral form was very much prevalent. And regional literature in India is an integral and inseparable body of writings, which was the precursor of this enriched past, laced with the potential orators and writers. A strong characteristic of the Indian regional literature is the sublime influence of regional Kathas, fables, stories and myths, which later developed as a distinct genre and were termed as the ‘regional literature. Indian literature, thus, as the cradle of the art of narration, gave birth to an important and independent genre of literature, the regional literature of India. The regional literature of India since the ancient times has traveled an extensive traversed path to gain the chic outline and shape that it possesses in present Indian panorama. The journey of regional literature of India is long, yet rich; it unveils the saga of the changing tradition of India, whilst murmuring evanescently about the exhaustively recognizable past of India.
Online Environmental Reporting: Does Ownership Structure Matter?
Authors: Alarussi Ali Saleh , Thamer Ali
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the association between each ownership structure, firm attributes, and online environmental reporting (OER) in Malaysia. Two groups of variables are examined in this study; the first group presents an ownership structure consisting of two types of ownership- management, and government. The second group presents firm attributes which include five variables - company size, company leverage, company financial performance, industry type, and technology level. Data is collected from 100 listed companies’ annual reports (2018) as well as from their websites. Both Ordinary Least Squares regression (OLS) and Two-stage Least Squares (2SLS) are used to examine the collected data and to solve any analytical problems such as endogeneity. The results generally show that the level of OER remains low and does not exceed 39% of the environmental disclosure index. Government ownership, company size, and company leverage show positive and significant relationships with OER, while other variables such as management ownership and company financial performance show negative and significant relationships with OER. however, the level of technology did not show any significant relationship. These findings support legitimacy theory as firms, in general, are consistently legitimizing their existence and operations by disclosing their online environmental information that shapes a good image in the minds of the interested parties who care about firms’ environmental activities. Regulators, on the other hand, may consider the results of this paper such as the significance of government ownership- to regulate and enhance the level of OER in Malaysia as it is yet on a voluntary based.
Comparative Effectiveness of Ceftriaxone Alone and in Combination with Clarithromycin for Paediatric Patients Hospitalized with Community Acquired Pneumonia
Authors: Riaz Lubna , Gebril Mohamed Fayez , Rasheed Tayyaba , Javed Maria , Naveed Muhammad , Riaz Zainab
Published: March 2023

Background: Guidelines for treatment of community acquired pneumonia suggests empirical therapy with combination of clarithromycin and ceftriaxone when infection with mycoplasma pneumoniae is considered. But there is limited evidence available. Aim: To ascertain effectiveness of ceftriaxone alone verses the combination of ceftriaxone and clarithromycin with respect to cure and length-of-stay and total hospital cost. Methodology: A randomized control trial with 128 patients of age 2 months to 5 years was conducted at Department of Paediatrics, Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore from 1st October 2017 to 30th September 2018. Patients selected according to selection criteria through non probability sampling technique and randomly divided into two groups. Antibiotics given according to study objectives, comparative analysis done, and chi square test applied. Results: The mean age of patients were 27.02±19.28 months in group A and 29.06±18.29 months in group B. In both groups most of the patients were under the age of 40 months. 72% cured in group A while 86% cured in group B. 80% patients stayed in hospital for 3 days in Group A while, 59% patients in group B. 69% patients had cost effectivity in group A while 84% in group B. Conclusion: The combination of Ceftriaxone and Clarithromycin was more advisable in treating pnemounia verses the use of ceftriaxone alone. Keywords: Community acquired pneumonia, Ceftriaxone alone, Ceftriaxone and clarithromycin, Mycoplasma pneumonia
Anevrizmatik subaraknoid kanama geçiren hastaların fonksiyonel iyileşmesinin değerlendirmesinde nötrofil-lenfosit oranının önemi
Authors: ÇAKIN Hakan , UCLER Necati
Published: March 2023

Amaç: Çalışmamızda, anevrizmatik subaraknoid kanama (SAK) nedeni ile cerrahi klipleme ameliyatı geçiren hastaların ameliyat sonrası üçüncü aydaki Modifiye Rankin Skala'sını (MRS) ile nötrofil-lenfosit oranı (NLO) arasındaki korelasyonun belirlenmesi ve NLO'nının hastaların sağkalımı üzerine etkisinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu retrospektif, gözlemsel ve multisentrik çalışmaya, anevrizma nedeni ile subaraknoid kanama (SAK) geçiren hastalar dahil edildi. Hastalar MRS değerlerine göre iki gruba ayrıldı; grup 1, MRS değeri 0 ve grup 2, MRS değeri 1-2. Hastaların demografik verileri, sigara tüketimi, anevrizma boyutu, Hunt-Hess derecesi (H-H) I-II ve Fisher derecesi, MRS ve NLO değerleri kayıt altına alındı. Hastaların ilk başvuru sırasındaki NLO'nının 3. aydaki MRS değerleri arasındaki ilişki karşılaştırıldı.

Bulgular: Ortalama NLO'nı MRS değeri düşük olan hastalarda 4.75±1.57 (birim yazmak lazım) iken MRS değeri yüksek olan hastalarda 7,22±3,54 olarak saptandı (p
Laminar heterotopia: A rare cause of epilepsy and mental retardation
Authors: Sahar Merbouh , Ibrahima Dokal Diallo , Hassan Nouali
Published: March 2023

Neuronal migration disorders are a category of developmental brain disorders leading to cortical dysplasia. Laminar heterotopia is a form of diffuse gray matter heterotopia, which can result from a failure of proliferation, migration, or organization of neuronal and glial cells in the developing cortex leading to cortical dysplasia. The etiopathogenesis of this malformation remains a subject of discussion. Band heterotopia or double cortex are frequently shown if not always of genetic origin (mutation of genes coding for neuronal migration). We report the case of a young patient who presented episodes of complex seizures since childhood and mild mental retardation.
Çocuk Hemşirelerinin Meslek Ölçütleri Çerçevesinde Hemşireliğe Bakışı
Authors: ÇALIK BAĞRIYANIK Burcu , YILDIZ Dilek , BAĞRIYANIK Tamer , PEKYİĞİT Aylin
Published: March 2023

Amaç: Hemşireliğin iş mi yoksa meslek mi olduğu yıllardır tartışma konusudur. Bir iş meslekleşme ölçütlerini karşıladığı sürece meslek olabilmektir. Bu nedenle meslek ölçütlerine yönelik hemşirelerin görüşlerinin belirlenmesi meslekleşme sürecinde önemlidir. Bu çalışma, çocuk klinik/polikliniklerinde görev yapan hemşirelerin meslekleşme ölçütlerine yönelik görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.

Yöntem: İlişki Arayıcı-Tanımlayıcı tipte olan bu çalışmanın evrenini çocuk klinik/polikliniklerinde görev yapmakta olan hemşireler oluşturmuştur. Çalışmada kartopu örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Online veri toplama formunu eksiksiz olarak dolduran ve gönüllü olarak çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 217 hemşire ile çalışma tamamlanmıştır. Çalışmada veri toplamak amacıyla “Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu” ve “Meslek Ölçütleri Bilgi Formu” kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde frekans dağılımları, tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve Ki-Kare Testi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın yürütülmesi amacıyla Etik Kurulu onayı alınmıştır.

Bulgular: Hemşirelerin büyük çoğunluğu meslekleşme ölçütlerine yönelik eğitim almadığını, mesleki kurs/eğitim faaliyetlerine katıldığını, araştırma faaliyetlerine katıldığını, bakım uygulamalarından bağımsız kararlar alabildiğini ancak bu kararları uygulayamadığını, mesleki doyum yaşadığını, hemşirelik eğitiminin lisans düzeyinde olması ve hemşirelikte branşlaşma olması gerektiğini belirtmiştir. Mesleki kuruluş/derneklere üyeliğin düşük olduğu saptanmıştır. Yaş aralığı ile araştırma yapma/faaliyetlerine katılma ve mesleki dernek/kuruluş üyeliği olma; mezun olunan okul ile araştırma yapma/faaliyetlerine, dernek/kuruluş üyeliği, hemşirelik dergisi takip etme arasında ilişki bulunmuştur.

Sonuç: Hemşirelerin meslek ölçütlerini karşılamada orta düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Hemşirelere meslekleşme ölçütlerine yönelik eğitimler verilmesi, hemşirelerin araştırma faaliyetlerine, kurs, sempozyum ve kongrelere katılması için teşvik edilmesi, bağımsız fonksiyonlarına yönelik eğitimler vererek mesleki otonominin kazandırılması, politikalar geliştirilerek hemşirelik eğitiminin lisans düzeyinde olması ve branşlaşmaya olanak sağlanması, mesleki dernek/kuruluşların tanıtım için organizasyonlar düzenlemesi önerilmektedir.
Optimizing the Performance of Lead-free CH3NH3SnI3 Perovskite Solar Cells via Thickness, Doping, and Defect Density Control
Authors: GHALMI Leila
Published: March 2023

Perovskite solar cells have gained significant attention due to their excellent photovoltaic

performance and simple manufacturing process. However, the use of lead (Pb) in the widely

studied CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite material limits its large-scale production due to low

stability in the air. As a result, researchers have turned to lead-free CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 perovskite

as a promising alternative. In this study, we used one-dimensional simulation software to

investigate the photovoltaic properties of CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 perovskite solar cells with a

TiO 2 /CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 /Cu 2 O structure. By adjusting the thickness of the absorbing layer, doping

concentration, and density of defects, we were able to improve the performance of the solar

cells. The obtained results of Jsc= 31,519 mA/cm 2 , Voc = 0,965V, FF = 78,717%, and PCE

= 23,943% demonstrate the potential of lead-free CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 as a highly efficient and

environmentally friendly solar absorber.
Narrativas islamofóbicas y series de animación para adultos: una tiranía de lo visual
Authors: Romero Morales Yasmina , Garrido Rodríguez Natividad
Published: March 2023

En el presente trabajo se examinarán tres series de animación para adultos: Los Simpson, American
dad! y Padre de Familia. Su gratuidad, su lenguaje accesible, cómico y su atractivo formato han permitido a millones de televidentes acercarse a realidades no cotidianas como es el caso de la representación de personas de otros contextos culturales. Desde los estudios culturales, que privilegian una lectura ideológica de la cultura, se han seleccionado episodios de temática árabe-islámica con el propósito de examinar algunas de las narraciones islamofóbicas más generalizadas sobre la cultura árabe-islámica.
Cruzando fronteras: identidades, series de ficción federal y road movie en la televisión argentina
Authors: Siragusa Cristina Andrea , Britos Mariana
Published: March 2023

Tras la sanción de la Ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual se implementó, desde el Estado Nacional argentino, una política de fomento a la producción de contenidos para televisión que propició el inicio de un fenómeno sin precedentes en la historia de la comunicación mediática: la gestación y circulación de narrativas que refirieron de/desde los territorios nacionales a plurales identidades locales.

En ese contexto, desde una investigación en curso que tiene como uno de sus objetivos mapear las experiencias de producción y las imágenes propias de series ficcionales para TV gestadas en los territorios expresivos de Argentina, importa describir e interpretar los rasgos específicos desplegados contemplando las dimensiones narrativas, técnicas y estéticas.

En Siete vuelos (Gastón Gularte, 2012) y en El viaje, 9 días buscando Norte (Jorge Vargas, 2013) se exhibe un viaje de búsqueda que configura en un mismo movimiento la construcción-del-yo, paisajes, y sujetos.
A casa & a rua
Authors: Moraes da Silva Guilherme
Published: March 2023

Neste ensaio, primeiro são realizadas ponderações sobre a pertinência dos conceitos trabalhados por Roberto DaMatta na obra estudada; após, são feitas considerações sobre o contexto em que a obra foi elaborada; em continuidade, é realizado o destacamento com comentários de trechos da obra, realizando-se a correlação com a perspectiva da Tarifa Zero e do acesso à cidade. Por fim, na conclusão é feito um debate a respeito da pertinência da obra em estudo com temas atuais. A transformação das cidades revela mecanismos de produção de desigualdades que podem ser melhor entendidas através de elementos teóricos. Nesse processo, a definição de casa e rua como propostas de análise pode ser questão relevante para identificar como essas definições atuam entre si e em relação à forma com o desenvolvimento das cidades. O exercício da cidadania através do acesso à cidade é uma forma de compreensão da relação entre condutas individuais praticadas no ambiente familiar e coletivas praticadas no ambiente coletivo. O questionamento a respeito da forma como as desigualdades urbanas se manifestam pode necessitar de teorias que elevem categorias cotidianas ao patamar de elementos chave de classificação, tal como proposto por Roberto DaMatta. O atual debate sobre as propostas da Tarifa Zero auxilia a fazer uma nova leitura do presente e do futuro das cidades de acordo com a pretensão de minorar limitações à cidadania e ajuda a aplicar e atualizar as classificações propostas pelo autor.
For a more transformational zero tariff debate
Authors: Dellheim Judith
Published: March 2023

The core question of this text is whether the current intensified debate on zero tariff in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the consequences of its management, and of inflation resp. rising energy and food prices especially due to the Ukraine war offers possibilities to strengthen the idea and concept of zero tariff as a transformational instrument. The analysis of the discussion and literature on practical zero tariff experiences shows that the challenge is to target the debate on the long term, focusing upon the predictability of positive outcomes as an issue of public health. The focus must be on socially and ecologically sustainable mobility, on the development of public transport and the strong relativisation of the car as a means of satisfying mobility needs.
A Tarifa Zero é uma proposta concreta
Authors: De Trói Marcelo
Published: March 2023

Lúcio Gregori é uma das maiores referências quando o assunto é Tarifa Zero. Pesquisador renomado na área de mobilidade urbana, já escreveu vários artigos sobre o assunto e ficou conhecido por tentar implantar o primeiro sistema de Tarifa Zero na cidade de São Paulo durante a gestão da prefeita Luiza Erundina (1989-1992). Nessa entrevista, Lúcio fala sobre a mudança da discussão da temática nas últimas décadas, sobre a universalização das políticas públicas de transporte e defende que a Tarifa Zero é uma proposta concreta.
Announcing commonmeta-ruby
Authors: Fenner Martin
Published: March 2023

Following recent announcements of the commonmeta standard for scholarly metadata and a Python package that converts several metadata formats (commonmeta-py), today I am happy to announce commonmeta-ruby, a Ruby gem and command-line tool to convert scholarly metadata using commonmeta as the internal format.
Stay True: Use consequences to promote honesty
Authors:   Character Lab, Gneezy Uri
Published: March 2023

When my son Ron was young, I told him not to lie—being honest is what separates the good guys from the bad guys. But this lesson soon got me into trouble. One day, I took Ron to Disney World, and as we waited in line to purchase tickets, I saw a sign that said, “Under three years old: Free. Three and older: $117.”
Rosto, retrato e ambiguidade do sagrado
Authors: Pereira Edilson , Lins de Oliveira Paola
Published: March 2023

Qual efeito o rosto e o retrato produzem na experiência sagrada? Para responder a essa questão, apresentamos um conjunto de imagens de pessoas, artefatos e situações heterogêneas entre si para traçar uma cartografia das relações entre rosto, sua captura fotográfica e as formas sensíveis de expressão do sagrado, em suas manifestações religiosas e festivas. Através do registro de certos personagens em espaços e tempos rituais, seja dentro ou fora do país, e em diálogo com reflexões do campo da antropologia e também das artes, mapeamos aquilo que unificaria as diferentes modalidades de relação estabelecidas com a face humana e sua potência comunicativa.
Pandemia da COVID-19: revelando interfaces entre saúde, ambiente e desenvolvimento
Authors: Dos Santos Solange Laurentino , Augusto Lia Giraldo da Silva , De Medeiros Marcilio Sandro , Costa André Monteiro , Mertens Frédéric
Published: March 2023

O ensaio analisou a situação da pandemia da COVID-19, apresentando as interfaces existentes entre o ambiente, o modelo de desenvolvimento econômico e a saúde pública. Como ponto de partida, considerou a compreensão da pandemia da COVID-19 como um problema complexo e propôs uma modelagem explicativa, aqui denominada ecossistêmica, para auxiliar as necessárias ações integradas em seu enfrentamento. Com base no conceito de reprodução social, foram analisados em sua determinação os condicionantes nos níveis de macro e micro contexto que estão em interação nos distintos planos “biocomunal”, da “autoconsciência e da conduta”, “tecno-econômica” e “ecológico-política”. A identificação deste conjunto de condicionantes interdependentes permitiu caracterizar as vulnerabilidades socioambientais que devem ser consideradas na tomada de decisões no âmbito das políticas públicas.
Classificação e monitoramento de áreas urbanizadas usando técnicas de visão computacional
Authors: Tetila Everton Castelão , De Moraes Paula Martin , Constantino Michel , Da Costa Reginaldo Brito , Ayres Fabio Martins , Reynaldo Gabriela Oshiro , Colman Neire Aparecida , Machado Flávia Cristina Albuquerque Palhares , Soares Karen Giuliano , Greco Maria Madalena Dib Mereb , Pistori Hemerson
Published: March 2023

Neste artigo propomos um sistema de visão computacional para classificar áreas permeáveis e impermeáveis de uma região delimitada para estudo compreendendo a Microbacia do Segredo e microbacias adjacentes, localizada no município de Campo Grande/MS, Brasil, a fim de avaliar o aumento do adensamento urbano entre os anos de 2008 e 2016. O sistema proposto baseia-se no método de segmentação de imagens Simple Linear Iterative Clustering (SLIC) para particionar uma imagem em múltiplos segmentos e gerar superpixels que diferenciem as áreas permeáveis e impermeáveis; e algoritmos de extração de atributos para descrever as características visuais, como cor, gradiente, textura e forma. O desempenho de cinco métodos de aprendizado supervisionados foi avaliado para a tarefa de reconhecimento de áreas permeáveis e impermeáveis. A abordagem proposta atingiu uma acurácia de 94,6% usando o algoritmo Support Vector Machine (SVM). Além disso, os resultados mostraram um aumento de 7,2% na taxa de ocupação urbana da área de estudo entre os anos analisados. Os resultados indicam que a abordagem proposta pode apoiar especialistas e gestores no monitoramento do adensamento urbano e o seu impacto ambiental.
A EDUCAÇÃO BILÍNGUE NO ESTADO DA GEÓRGIA, ESTADOS UNIDOS: CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE AS POLÍTICAS EDUCACIONAIS, IMPLEMENTAÇÃO E ACESSO
Authors: Klen-Alves Viviane , Rampazzo Laura
Published: March 2023

As reformas educacionais que vêm sendo implantadas no Estado da Geórgia, nos Estados Unidos, incluem a educação bilíngue como um direito de todas as pessoas. O ensino em duas línguas, também conhecido como ensino bilíngue ou multilíngue (GARCIA 2019), tem como objetivo aumentar a competência linguística e cultural dos alunos para que esses participem de comunidades multilíngues nos seus países e no mundo (ACTFL, 2019). Tendo como referencial teórico discussões correntes sobre o direito à educação pública de qualidade para todos (TOMAŠEVSKI, 2005), este artigo apresenta uma análise dos objetivos apontados nas políticas públicas estaduais e a justificativa para ampliar o ensino de pelo menos seis línguas adicionais no estado da Geórgia: espanhol, chinês, alemão, japonês, coreano e francês. Através de uma análise documental, apresenta-se um panorama da implementação de educação pública bilíngue gratuita em 70 programas bilíngues distintos, distribuídos em quatorze distritos diferentes. O texto também discorre sobre as estratégias propostas pelo departamento de Educação da Geórgia (GADOE) para promover o ensino em duas línguas, evidencia os resultados atingidos com a implementação desses programas e discute alguns passos necessários para oferecer uma educação equânime em duas línguas.
‘The ethos of the school has shifted’: The perceived impact of a systemic approach to supporting children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing in schools
Authors: Prickett Hayley
Published: March 2023

This article outlines a service commissioned evaluation of the Targeted Mental Health in School (TaMHS) programme within one Local Authority (LA) in the East Midlands. Senior leaders from thirteen schools took part in semi-structured interviews exploring the perceived impact of the programme and how it could be improved. Four main themes emerged from the qualitative data in relation to the positive impact of participation in the programme: Building capacity; Responding differently to mental health and wellbeing; Ecological; and Positive outcomes. Areas for programme improvement included: Planning and process factors; Greater communication; and Wider stakeholder involvement. A brief discussion of the limitations and implications of the research is also provided.
DECP Conference 2023: ‘The role of educational psychology in promoting social justice and positive change’
Authors: Cave Sophie , Howard Janice
Published: March 2023

It was wonderful to see so many delegates assemble in Nottingham for the DECP conference 2023. The room was filled with an air of excitement as those who had not seen each other for over a year, were able to spend time networking and rekindling old friendships.
How to tackle poor teacher wellbeing for primary school teachers in England? Strategies to enhance teacher wellbeing and work conditions in teaching practice
Authors: Brar Sukhjagat , Sargeant Cora
Published: March 2023

This paper draws on Positive Psychology (Seligman, 2010) and attention to the Finnish context to explore ways of improving teacher wellbeing among primary schools in England.
EFL Teaching in a Digital Environment
Authors: Preis Rosina , Bećirović Senad , Geyer Barbara
Published: March 2023

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching has, similarly to all other subjects, gone through a digital transformation that was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Quarantines and subsequent distance learning led to new paths of teaching languages that opened up new chances to facilitate language learning. This web-based survey, conducted among Austrian secondary school students, aimed to identify methods and tools used in the EFL classroom, predictors for students’ digital skills and chances that can be utilized in the future.
The following key results were observed: English classes during the school year 2021/2022 offered a wide variety of tools that the students worked with and improved in. Furthermore, the analysis showed that English language skills significantly influence and predict the improvement of students’ digital skills. Finally, multiple chances for working with digital devices in the EFL classroom could be extrapolated from the results of the survey.
Cannabinoid Addiction: Pharmacotherapy, Forensic and Pharmaceutical Practice, Availability of Drugs
Authors: Osyntseva Alina
Published: March 2023

Data from the scientific literature on the current state of the spread of dependence on psychoactive substances of plant origin – cannabinoids was processed. The problem of cannabinoid addiction has been studied. Forensic and pharmaceutical practice was analyzed. The development of organizational measures in order to provide drug patients with cannabinoid addiction (F12) with a comprehensive approach was substantiated. The peculiarities of pharmacotherapy and the availability of drugs for drug addicts have been clarified. The methods of assessing the availability and effectiveness of hepatoprotectors based on pharmacoeconomic, forensic and pharmaceutical indicators have been improved.
Quantitative calculation of upper limit of hydrocarbon charging resistance in sandstone carrier bed: A Case Study of the northern reservoir of the 4th structural belt, Nanpu Sag
Authors: Zhang Xuan , Ping Guidong , Chen Danhua , Liu Xiao
Published: March 2023

In order to evaluate the controlling effect of sandstone heterogeneity on oil-bearing difference in sandstone carrier bed, from the point of view of hydrocarbon accumulation dynamics, using the empirical relationship between porosity, permeability and displacement pressure, the displacement pressure of different sand bodies of the sandstone carrier bed in reservoir conditions is calculated. By comparing with the oil-water interpretation, the upper limit of reservoir displacement pressure in the north of Nanpu 4 structure is finally determined.
Aglaia fellii W.E.Cooper & Joyce (Meliaceae), a new species for Cape York Peninsula
Authors:   James Cook University, Cooper Wendy E. , Crayn Darren ,   James Cook University, Joyce Elizabeth Marie ,   James Cook University
Published: March 2023

Aglaia fellii W.E.Cooper & Joyce (Meliaceae) is described from restricted areas of rainforest on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Given the unusual morphological features of the species, including solitary flowers and fruits, a molecular phylogenetic analysis was conducted to confirm its placement within Aglaia prior to formal description. All Australian Aglaia species and eight Australian representatives of closely allied Meliaceae genera were sampled, and 353 nuclear loci were sequenced. Maximum likelihood analysis of these loci retrieved A. fellii as nested within Aglaia, most closely related to A. cooperae and A. monticola. This validates its assignment to Aglaia, making it the only Aglaia species with mostly solitary flowers (rarely 3- or 4-flowered) and solitary fruits. A full taxonomic description of Aglaia fellii and notes on its habitat are provided.
RELATION OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY WITH CHANGE IN BIRTH WEIGHT DURING THE POSTNATAL PERIOD IN PREMATURE INFANTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN LAHORE
Authors: CHAUHAN K , SAIGOL HK , RAUF A , AHMAD NI , HOTIANA NA , AKBAR S , ALI F
Published: March 2023

This study assessed the relationship between Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and post-natal weight gain in premature infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The observational study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Lahore from September 2020 to August 2022. Data including gender, Birth Weight (BW), Gestational Age (GA), and post-natal complications(hypotension, packed red cell transfusion, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, and respiratory distress syndrome) of all the premature infants with gestational age less than 35 weeks, admitted in NICU was collected. All these premature infants underwent eye examination for the presence or absence of ROP, and weight was measured. In the second, fourth, and sixth weeks, their relative weight gain(RWG) was calculated. Infants with ROP had lower BW (P <0.001) and GA (P<0.001). More infants with severe ROP had body weight <1000g and post-natal complications than those without ROP. Moreover, RWG at the 2nd and 4th weeks was lower in infants with ROP than with no ROP infants. Based on the result, it can be concluded that the ROP was associated with low postnatal weight gain, birth weight, and gestational age.
Illumination Response of Impedance Properties of Al/Gr-PVA/p-Si (MPS) Device
Authors: ATA Dilan , BALBAŞI Muzaffer , TATAROGLU Adem
Published: March 2023

Admittance measurements including capacitance (C) and conductance (G) of Al/Gr-PVA/p-Si (MPS) device were made at 500 kHz and under dark and 200 mW/cm2 conditions. The illumination response on the electric characteristics of the device was investigated using the C-2-V characteristics. It was observed that the electronic parameters of the device changed depending on the illumination conditions. The doping concentration, Fermi energy and barrier height were obtained using the C-2-V data. The surface state (Nss) was also obtained using capacitance data. The results show that the device can be used as a photocapacitor.
An Investigation into University English Language Instructors’ Inclusion of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Skills in Testing Language Skills: Selected Universities in Focus
Authors: Laiso Alemayehu Wochato , Ali Wondwosen Tesfamichael , Ayele Zeleke Arficho
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study was to investigate into university English language instructors’ inclusion of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive skills in testing undergraduate students’ language skills. The participants of the study were 32 English language instructors who were offering English language courses to undergraduate students. They were selected using a purposive sampling. All the participant-instructors were made to fill in a close-ended questionnaire and a semi-structured interview was held with four of them. Document analysis was also conducted using the judgments of the English language experts. Data collected by the questionnaire was analyzed quantitatively using frequency counts and percentages, whereas data gathered through the interview was analyzed qualitatively. The study employed a descriptive research design and mixed-methods approach. The study's findings revealed that the test items are hardly higher-level cognitive skills (analyzing, evaluating and creating); they are completely dominated by lower-level cognitions (remembering, understanding and applying). Hence, it is recommended that university ELT instructors should give due attention for the revised Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive skills in testing their students’ language skills.
Katharsis and Phantasia in Plotinus’ Thought
Authors: Kisa Ilker
Published: March 2023

The Plotinian virtue of katharsis is heavily integrated with his teaching on the concept of phantasia, which is the image-making faculty in his system. The processes of image-making and formation of mental representations are very intricate in the philosopher’s thought, finding its start at the level of the organic, living body, which is alive thanks to the presence of the soul within. The last step into the other end of the spectrum is reason (dianoia), which has the role of judgement about the contents found in phantasia. In this article, I argue that the Plotinian cathartic virtue aims at the transformation of the relation of this faculty and reason. In this way, reason firstly stops busying itself with the lower content which takes place in phantasia and secondly, thanks to the first step, identifies more and more with the higher content, which also belongs to phantasia as a faculty of the soul which unfolds the content of the divine intellect, Nous. Katharsis’ extended work upwards is also key for the transformation of the lower components of the human soul and reduction of the demands of bodily life to its natural minimum. Thus, intellectual philosophical work is what provides the necessary step thanks to which the desiderative and affective states change and upgrade.
atuais perspectivas dos Planos Diretores municipais como política pública urbana para promoção da democracia:
Authors: Lima Kauê Santos
Published: March 2023

A presente pesquisa é fruto de um processo de estágio curricular obrigatório, o qual buscou debater a atual situação dos Planos Diretores municipais com base no estudo desta política pública no município de Alfenas, localizado na região Sul do estado de Minas Gerais. A pesquisa buscou explorar o processo de elaboração do Plano Diretor da cidade com base nas leis nacionais que legislam sobre ela, sendo estas leis a Constituição Federal de 1988 e o Estatuto da Cidade, assim, observando se toda a dimensão processual de construção do projeto de lei até sua aprovação na câmara municipal obedeceu às diretrizes estabelecidas por tais legislações, desta maneira, avaliando o comportamento do Poder Público Municipal ante o cumprimento da legislação e da participação popular. Para tal, foi realizado uma análise da Constituição Federal e do Estatuto da Cidade que foram confrontadas com os registros dos tramites políticos de desenvolvimento do Plano Diretor, que constam na Leitura Comunitária do município. Após a concretização de tais procedimentos, constatou-se determinado grau de coerência das leis que legislam sobre o Plano Diretor com o documento aprovado para o município, mas foi igualmente constatado problemáticas quanto ao processo da participação popular ao longo dos tramites, interferindo de modo direto quanto à democratização do documento e consequentemente do espaço urbano municipal.
projeto Pequena Propriedade Produtiva Sustentável - PPPS:
Authors: Paschoalotto Junior Claudionor , Uliana Maira Rodrigues , Arana Alba Regina Azevedo
Published: March 2023

A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar o papel da extensão universitária na valorização da pequena propriedade sustentável no assentamento “Haroldina”, em Mirante do Paranapanema-SP. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa de campo exploratória e descritiva com abordagem predominantemente qualitativa. Para a coleta de dados de campo, foi utilizada a técnica de entrevista estruturada, realizada em julho de 2021. Os resultados apresentaram que cerca de 10 assentados (90% dos entrevistados) realizam periodicamente o planejamento ambiental, com método de cultivo orgânico e natural, com a utilização de compostagem. E ainda, 80% dos assentados participantes do PPPS consideraram que o acompanhamento do projeto pelos alunos e professores foi bom, enfocando a importância do suporte aos agricultores um ponto positivo na execução de projetos agroecológicos pontuais. Pode-se constatar que o Projeto Pequena Propriedade Produtiva Sustentável (PPPS) pode responder a um grande desafio dos assentamentos que consiste na possibilidade de harmonizar a relação entre produção e conservação no Brasil.
Analysis of the current situation of Heze City Youth Basketball Club
Authors: Wang Xiaoye
Published: March 2023

At present, basketball in China has been rapidly popularized. Heze city is a prefecture-level city, an economic and cultural center, and has many basketball clubs, but some problems have been gradually exposed in its rapid development process. Therefore, the research and analysis of Heze Youth Basketball Club is the original intention of this paper. This paper investigates more than 10 youth basketball clubs in Heze city, and draws the following conclusions and countermeasures: most of Heze youth basketball clubs are founded by individuals, and there are great differences in the number of students, the size of the company and the ratio of men and women.Most of the Heze youth clubs in the urban areas and the suburbs are relatively few, more rented university or school space is mainly indoor.The youth basketball club should appropriately increase the contact with the school, hold more regular basketball games, strengthen the publicity of the club, attract more social forces, pay attention to the basic skills practice of the students, and improve the management mechanism.
Exploring Teaching Evaluation of English Flipped Classrooms in Chinese Higher Education
Authors: Dong Ruisha
Published: March 2023

The conventional teaching approach is reversed in the flipped classroom, which means a reversal of teaching and learning. Learners use micro-videos and guided learning plans to learn knowledge before class. Then, they discuss, communicate, and cooperate with teachers and classmates in class to promote the internalization of knowledge. At the same time, the flipped classroom is student-oriented, with the teacher as the leader and organizer to help students acquire knowledge. Although this teaching model is widely used in the world, it is in its infancy in China, and there is little research on the teaching practice and assessment system of English flipped classroom in higher education. Therefore, this paper analyzes the current situation of English flipped classroom in higher education in China by reviewing four aspects: research on the practice of flipped classroom, theoretical research, problems of assessment in practice, and countermeasures of assessment problems in practice, and proposes corresponding countermeasures and suggestions for improvement, so as to provide reference and reference for English teachers in higher education of China.
Fintech and the Digital Transformation of Financial Services
Authors: Qi Shengqun
Published: March 2023

Fintech is one of the most important research subjects nowadays. China’s financial computerizing has gradually realized the traditional business, which built a customer-centric electronic financial service system, and the rapid development of mobile banking, peer-to-peer payment services, and trading platforms. Under the backdrop of the rapid development of financial computerization, there are a series of clear and potential risks in financial computerization. Therefore, the research topic of this paper is the impact of today’s digitalization on the development of financialization. This paper will collect the data of today’s digital financialization application and analyze these data from the perspective of finance. At present, the financial industry and technological innovation are increasingly closely linked, and technology-driven financial innovation covers the whole world. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the global digitization process, accelerating the competitive development of global big data and digital economy. As isolation measures increase the demand for telecommuting and online education, the global demand for broadband communications services has soared. Meanwhile, the consumption of content based on short videos and live broadcasts has soared, resulting in a rapid increase in the amount of information created and captured worldwide. As a result, the progress of fintech has promoted the great prosperity of the financial industry.
Subprime Crisis: Causes and Responses
Authors: Zhang Yuxuan
Published: March 2023

Since the Great Depression, the U.S. has had only one more catastrophic economic crisis than the one that began in 2008.The economic crisis not only dealt a decisive blow to the economic development of the United States but also affected most countries in the world, causing substantial financial losses to many countries. The lessons of history can be learned by studying and analyzing historical events. This paper's main goal is to explain the causes of the financial crisis in terms of lax monetary policy, the lending environment, subprime mortgages, and credit default swaps (CDS), as well as to provide examples of the effects of the financial crisis by examining the perceptions and analyses of well-known experts and scholars. Next, this paper analyzes the market and government methods and policies in response to the crisis in terms of several acts of the D-Act housing market, central banks, Basel III-CAR capital adequacy ratio, and the COVID-19 crisis. The reasons for this financial crisis's outbreak and the implications for the market, government, and regulators to be summarized and reflected are explored comprehensively in this paper.
Green Logistics Management Issues Analysis: The Case of Deppon Express
Authors: Cao Zijian , Gao Heyang , Gao Puhan , Wang Xincheng
Published: March 2023

At present, the development of third-party logistics in China in recent years, the development is very rapid, followed by a large number of pollution emissions, relevant data show that at present, China’s logistics traffic energy consumption has accounted for more than 20% of the total social energy consumption. Carbon dioxide emissions are about 770 million tons. Developing green logistics is bound to be the future trend in China’s transportation. Therefore, we take Deppon Logistics as an example to give some feasible suggestions on the green development of China’s third-party logistics in packaging, trucks, and transportation system, hoping to provide some reference value for future green logistics.