bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Estrategias de prevención desde la escuela
Authors: González Jaramillo Verónica , Greca Ileana M.
Published: March 2023

Antecedentes: considerando la importancia de la alimentación saludable para la salud y el desarrollo en general, es crucial educar a niños y adolescentes en este aspecto; de allí surge la necesidad de acudir a estrategias de prevención que incidan tanto en los conocimientos como en las actitudes del alumnado. Objetivo: desarrollar y evaluar una propuesta de enseñanza sobre la nutrición humana desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, siguiendo los fundamentos didácticos de la indagación y el trabajo colaborativo. Materiales y métodos: se incluyeron dos grupos del grado séptimo, uno control (n = 31) y otro experimental (n = 32). Se aplicó un test de asociación de conceptos analizado a partir de la técnica de asociaciones jerárquicas, así como un test de actitudes para detectar las razones de los estudiantes que influyen en la elección de los alimentos que consumen. Resultados: al realizar una trazabilidad entre la comprensión del alumnado sobre la nutrición (componente cognitivo) y la incidencia de la intervención en las ideas de los estudiantes hacia el consumo de alimentos (componente actitudinal), se encontró una relación favorable. Conclusiones: este tipo de abordajes puede contribuir a superar nociones confusas de los estudiantes hacia la alimentación, con potencial para impactar la toma de decisiones hacia estilos de vida saludables.
Efectos de la suplementación con Moringa Oleífera en valores sanguíneos de hemoglobina y ferritina de adolescentes ecuatorianos
Authors: Vásquez-Giler Yira , Pérez Cardoso Carmen Natacha , Sosa Fernández-Aballí Lilian , Párraga Acosta Johanna , Arteaga Quiroz Miguel Ángel , Vivas Intriago Ángel Adolfo
Published: March 2023

Antecedentes: Moringa oleifera es una especie vegetal; sus hojas, flores y frutos son apreciados por la riqueza de nutrientes y potencial antioxidante. Objetivo: evaluar el efecto de una infusión de hojas secas de Moringa oleifera en los valores sanguíneos de hemoglobina y ferritina de un grupo de adolescentes. Materiales y métodos: estudio longitudinal de tipo antes y después durante seis meses en 31 adolescentes de la comunidad Cerro Guayabal, Ecuador. Para la suplementación nutricional, se utilizaron 4 gramos de polvo de hojas de Moringa oleifera en dos bolsas para infusión. Se cuantificaron macronutrientes y minerales en el polvo de hojas secas de Moringa oleifera y en su infusión. Los análisis de minerales se llevaron a cabo por triplicado, en un equipo de absorción atómica. Se midió la hemoglobina y la ferritina de los adolescentes al inicio y después de seis meses de la suplementación. Resultados: incremento significativo de 1,29 g en la cifra media de hemoglobina y disminución del número de adolescentes en riesgo de anemia, según los valores de ferritina y hemoglobina. Conclusiones: estos resultados sitúan a la especie vegetal Moringa oleifera como un alimento potencial y útil para combatir carencias nutricionales, en especial la anemia por deficiencia de hierro.
Estimation of the degree of internal recirculation in Internal Combustion Engines
Authors: Matiukhin Leonid
Published: March 2023

The concepts of residual gas and admission (or volumetric efficiency) coefficients are used exclusively by specialists in the field of piston Internal Combustion Engines.  However, it is preferable to apply the concepts of volume fractions of components of the working mixture consisting of air, fuel, residual, and recirculating gases, for the evaluation of filling.  This simplifies and makes it more easy-to-grasp the influence of individual factors on the results of gas exchange processes. The proposed approach makes it possible to take into account the impact on the engine indicators of the molecular weight of the fuel used and the degree of external recirculation, as well as to reduce the number of independent variables. At the same time, the displacement coefficient A proposed by the author characterizes a decrease in filling when an engine with external mixing is switched to a gaseous fuel with a lower molecular weight. A change in the valve timing made it possible to produce an effect on the composition of the working mixture and, thereby, the environmental characteristics of the engine. In the case of external recirculation, it becomes necessary to estimate the summary fraction of neutral combustion products in the working mixture, on which all engine operation depended. This "overall degree of recirculation" can also be determined using the proposed approach.
The Application of Multi-Phase Power Distribution Line with Pure Energy Conversion
Authors:   School of Civil Aviation, Erzincan University, Aircraft Airframe Power Plant, Erzincan, Turkey, Can Erol
Published: March 2023

This paper discusses the power transmission of a six-phase power line with a six-phase LPWM inverter. The 20 km long line with six-phase is formed to be fed from the 6-phase multi-level inverter. The structure of the line and the elements of the power line are given in the design phase. After that, mathematical analysis of the power line is done to present information on the line structure and the relationship between the variables of the line. In the application stage, the described line is operating in Matlab Simulink. The input voltage of the line, the voltage of the RC parallel filter on the line and the voltage of the 1MW load on the line are measured. Six phase flux of the power is measured according to b2 and b4 bus points. Harmonic distortion of created voltages is measured. The harmonic distortion of the voltage on the Z2 impedance is 0.12%. This level of deterioration is well below the international standard of 5% and is an ideal result for loads that need a pure multi-phase magnetic field. 6-phase voltage is measured at 244V amplitude on a 6-phase load with 1 MVA power connecting the secondary side of the transformer. Then, the distortion of this voltage is close to zero. This result is highly desirable for a load on the power line. Based on the results obtained, the power is transmitted over a 20 km long line with high quality successfully.
Machine Learning in 3D Space Gesture Recognition
Authors:   Department of CSE and IT, School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, India, Naosekpam Veronica , Kumar Sharma Rupam ,   Department of CSE and IT, School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, India
Published: March 2023

The rapid increase in the development of robotic systems in a controlled and uncontrolled environment leads to the development of a more natural interaction system. One such interaction is gesture recognition. The proposed paper is a simple approach towards gesture recognition technology where the hand movement in a 3-dimensional space is utilized to write the English alphabets and get the corresponding output in the screen or a display device. In order to perform the experiment, an MPU-6050 accelerometer, a microcontroller and a Bluetooth for wireless connection are used as the hardware components of the system. For each of the letters of the alphabets, the data instances are recorded in its raw form. 20 instances for each letter are recorded and it is then standardized using interpolation. The standardized data is fed as inputs to an SVM (Support Vector Machine) classifier to create a model. The created model is used for classification of future data instances at real time. Our method achieves a correct classification accuracy of 98.94% for the English alphabets’ hand gesture recognition. The primary objective of our approach is the development of a low-cost, low power and easily trained supervised gesture recognition system which identifies hand gesture movement efficiently and accurately. The experimental result obtained is based on use of a single subject.
The Load Performance of Multi-Level Alternating Voltage Provided by Upgrade Effect
Authors:   School of Civil Aviation, Erzincan University, Aircraft Airframe Power Plant, Erzincan, Turkey, CAN Erol
Published: March 2023

In this paper, the applications of the multi-level inverter with a partial inductor are investigated on different loads. The operation of the inverter is given according to different conditions of the circuit at the six-part duty times. Mathematical equations for the inverter are forming according to the load which is resistive (R), inductive (L), and Capacitive (C) in serial connection. After describing the circuit structure, Matlab SIMULİNK also simulates the circuit for loads that are RLC, and a single-phase asynchronous motor. While the voltage and current measurements for the RLC load are performed; measurements of the main winding current, auxiliary winding current, electromagnetic torque, speed are made on the asynchronous motor. RLC loads are operated at high current values such as 297A in order to examine the suitability of the proposed system for systems that may require high current. When the current harmonic distortions of RLC loads are observed, the distortion values are acceptable values that are lower than % 5 that is international standards of the IEEE. In another hand, despite the voltage is insufficient for supplying the motor at the motor application, the voltage is upgraded with the boost effect of the inverter. So, the voltage is both a multilevel and sufficient. According to the obtained results, it is shown that multi-level inverter design has been successfully performed by using partial inductor source.
Analysis on EIA Report In Terms of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Study for Housing Project
Authors:   Assessment Division, Department of Environment Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia, Mahmud Abdul Rahman , Abdul Maulud Khairul Nizam ,   Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Sakawi Zaini ,   School of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Published: March 2023

Soil erosion and sedimentation control has become one of the challenges in the implementation of EIA projects especially for housing construction activities. Failure to implement adequate erosion control measures at the project site would affect the quality of river water. To ensure adequate control of soil erosion and sedimentation the EIA reports submitted should achieve minimum standards of impact assessment and control measures as well as good quality. This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of the EIA report in terms of soil erosion and sedimentation aspect. The EIA review package has been prepared by referring to the guidance document on soil erosion and sedimentation. A total of 21 EIA reports for housing projects from 2013 to 2015 in Selangor have been analyzed. The results show that 18 of the EIA reports complied with 50% of the requirements that set in the guidelines, while the quality aspect of the EIA report shows that only 7 reports have achieved satisfactory level. This study identified there are three major weaknesses in the EIA report for housing projects. Firstly; the description of earth work planning are not thoroughly explained, secondly; the weaknesses in the descriptions of the project options and third; the weaknesses in the Land Disturbance Pollution Prevention and Mitigation Measures (LDP2M2) conceptual plan which is not plan in stages. The skills and expertise of EIA consultant and also EIA review officer is need to be improved. It is to ensure the quality of EIA report and the compliance to the EIA guidelines can be achieved. The EIA review packages which developed in this study could be used by the consultants to evaluate the adequacy of the EIA content as a self-assessment practice.
Precoded Universal MIMO Superposition Transmission for Achieving Optimal Coverage and High Throughput in 6G and Beyond Networks
Authors: IQBAL Sadiq , HAMAMREH Jehad M.
Published: March 2023

A wireless network can utilize its entire resources to serve users without any allocation and provide upgraded performances such as enhanced throughput and high reliability without interference among users. However, previous wireless communication technologies could not bring the full utilization of network resources and overcome the challenge of forgoing scheduling among users. Therefore, to address these requirements, we propose and develop a novel design coined as Precoded Universal MIMO Superposition Transmission (PU-MIMO-ST) that can also be applicable for the most challenging and worst case interference scenario where the number of antenna points (APs) and the number of user equipment (UEs) is equal. In the considered system model, the APs are linked to a central processing unit (CPU) via backhaul and the UEs receive cooperation from the network resulting in achieving the optimal usage of network resources. The results obtained from computer simulations proof and verify the effectiveness of the proposed design called PU-MIMO-ST compared with other competitive works in terms of reliability, throughput, reduced complexity on the reception side, as well as power conservation.
Levels of mercury in hair among pregnant women in Iceland
Authors:   Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland, Dufþaksdóttir Edda , Jacobsen Eva ,   Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland, Eiríksdóttir Ása Valgerður ,   Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Iceland, Magnúsdóttir Óla Kallý ,   Development Centre for Primary Health Care in Iceland, Ólafsdóttir Kristín ,   Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Iceland, Halldórsson Þórhallur Ingi ,   Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland
Published: March 2023

INTRODUCTION: To limit exposure to methylmercury several countries have implimented specific advice on fish intake to pregnant women as well a measuring compliance through regular human biomonitoring. Despite fish intake being relatively high in Iceland, human biomonitoring data on mercury is scarce. MATERIALS AND MEHODS: We measured mercury in hair from 120 pregnant women recruited in 2021 from the the Reykjavik Capital area. At recruitment, information on fish intake during the past four months was recorded. Hair mercury concentrations were compared to existing health based guidance values and associatons with fish intake was explored. RESULTS: Mean (standard deviation) mercury concentration in hair was 0.48 µg/g (0.33). All participants had concentrations in hair below 1.8 µg/g, which corresponds to the hair value that the tolerable daily intake set by the European Food Safety Authority is derived from, while 5% had concentrations above 1.1 µg/g, which corresponds to the hair value that the US-EPA reference dose is derived from. Mean mercury concentrations in hair increased in a dose dependent manner (p for trend <0.001) from 0.25 µg/g among women who consumed fish ≤ 3/month (n=24) and up to 0.80 mg/g among those consuming fish 3-4/ week (n=16). The few (n=3) women who reported to have eaten shark (<1/month) were all at the higher end of the exposure distribution. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that exposure is generally below the tolerable daily intake set by EFSA but may in some women exceed the reference dose established by the US-EPA.
Maternal death in Iceland 1976-2015
Authors:   The Healthcare Institution of North Iceland, Sauðárkróki, Birgisdóttir Hera , Aspelund Thor ,   Center for Public Health University of Iceland, The Icelandic Heart Association, Geirsson Reynir Tómas ,   Women´s Clinic, Landspitali National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland
Published: March 2023

INTRODUCTION: Maternal deaths are rare and an indirect measure of the societal framework surrounding pregnancy and childbirth. We surveyed and classified maternal mortality in Iceland using international guidelines, calculating changes over a 40-year period. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information from Statistics Iceland on women aged 15-49 years who died in 1985-2015 were cross-checked against birth registration and hospital admission data to identify women who died in pregnancy or ≤42 and within 43-365 days from birth or termination of a pregnancy. Data for 1976-1984 were searched manually. Case records and autopsy reports were scrutinized. Deaths were classified as direct, indirect or coincidental and as early or late. RESULTS: Among 1600 women 48 died in pregnancy or within a year after pregnancy. Births totaled 172369 and overall maternal mortality was 27.8/100.000 births. Maternal mortality by World Health Organization criteria (direct/indirect ≤42 days) occurred in 14 instances giving a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 8.1/100.000. Rates lowered between the first and last 10-year periods, particularly initially followed by a lesser downward trend. Direct deaths were 6, indirect 20, coincidental 22 (accidents, diseases). Causes of direct deaths were severe preeclampsia, pulmonary embolism and choriocarcinoma. Underlying causes of indirect deaths included cancer, diabetes, brain/heart conditions and suicide. No deaths occurred from ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhage or anesthesia. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal mortality in Iceland is among the lowest reported. Women died because of the pregnancy, from worsening of underlying conditions or coincidentally. Risk groups require better support. Continued attention to adverse health connected to maternity is essential.
A Study on Intergenerational Solidarity between Separated Parents-Adult Children: Generalized Structural Equations Model (GSEM) Approach
Authors:   center for social welfare research yonsei university, Min Insik , Hong Kyung-Zoon , Jeon Yeji
Published: March 2023

This study aims to identify the types of intergenerational solidarity between parents and adult children and examine the significant factors of solidarity types. To this end, this study employs data from the 7th (2018) of Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging with 2,028 parents living apart from their children. The provision and reception of functional solidarity between parents and adult children are set as the first-order latent variables, associational solidarity and functional solidarity as the second-order latent variables, and intergenerational solidarity as the third-order latent variable. Four types are derived using a Generalized Structural Equations Model (GSEM): ‘Disconnected Type’ with low associational and functional solidarity, ‘Associational Solidarity Type’ with only minimal high-level associational solidarity, ‘Loose Solidarity Type’ with a medium level of associational and functional solidarity, and ‘Strong Solidarity Type’ with both high level of associational and functional solidarity. As a result of analyzing the influence factors focusing on the ‘Strong Solidarity Type’ - the highest intergenerational solidarity – the geographical proximity between parents and children, the income of parent households, and the residential areas are found to be important determinants. From these results, policy implications are presented, and suggestions are put forth for follow-up research.
The effect of Trust in Non-profit organizations on Altruistic behavior: The mediating effect of Donation duration
Authors:   center for social welfare research yonsei university, Oh Yukyeong , Jeon Hamin
Published: March 2023

Trust in non-profit organizations has an important influence on the survival and operation of non-profit organizations and is closely related to donations. In addition, altruistic behavior, contributing to society, is a positive factor in promoting social health. Therefore, this study aims to verify the effect of trust in non-profit organizations on altruistic behavior and examine the mediating effect of donation duration. To this end, the Beautiful Foundation’s 'Giving Korea 2020: Uncertain Times, Definite Happiness,' which discussed the transparency issues of the non-profit sector and the impact of donation behavior on citizens’ lives, was used. The study subjects were 2,006 adults aged 19 or older who responded to the survey. Frequency analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, skewness, kurtosis, and correlation analysis were conducted using the SPSS 26.0 program. And hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping were performed to confirm t he mediating effect. As a result o f this s tudy, it was confirmed that t he d egree of trust in non-profit organizations had a significant impact on the increase in altruistic behavior.
In addition, it was verified that the donation duration partially mediated the relationship between trust in non-profit organizations and altruistic behavior. Based on this, the direction of the development of non-profit organizations and future tasks to vitalize altruistic behavior and donations were presented.
Integrated information theory and its application for analysis of brain neuron activity
Authors:   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Nazhestkin Ivan , Svarnik Olga ,   Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: March 2023

Purpose of this review is to consider the possibility to apply the integrated information theory to investigate the brain neural activity. Earlier was shown that the integrated information amount Φ quantifies a degree of a dynamic complexity of a system and able to predict a level of its success defined by classic observable benchmarks. For this reason, a question arises about the application of the integrated information theory to analyse changes in brain spiking activity due the acquisition of new experience. Conclusion. The bases of the integrated information theory and its possible application in neurobiology to investigate the process of new experience acquisition were reviewed. It was shown that the amount of integrated information Φ is a metric which is able to quantify the dynamic complexity of brain neural networks increasing when the new experience is acquired. Methods, enaabling the practical calculation of Φ for spiking data, were proposed.
Results of student sports development monitoring in the Russian Federation
Authors:   Kaliningrad State Technical University, Zaytsev Anatoly A. , Olkhovskiy Roman M. ,   Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow Pedagogical State University
Published: March 2023

The article presents the results of student sports development monitoring in the Russian Federation. The main trends that determine the vector of development of this direction, including those within the framework of the implementation of the disciplines of the module “Physical culture and sports”, extracurricular work in the field of student sports, and the activities of student sports leagues are identified.
Biological Activity of Burozems in Young “Windows” of the Forest Canopy of the Caucasus Biosphere Reserve
Authors: Shkhapatsev Aslan K. , Grabenko Evgeny A. , Kazeev Kamil Sh.
Published: March 2023

The ecological features and biological activity of Cambisols of acidic low mountains in the upper reaches of the Belaya River in the Western Caucasus have been carried out. The studies were carried out on the territory of the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve in the primary beech -fir forests and “windows” of fallouts formed at the site of the death of old trees. The investigated “windows” aged 2-6 years are characterized by increased insolation and a special microclimate, they quickly overgrow with undergrowth and grassy vegetation. This leads to a change in the physical, chemical and biological properties of Cambisols. The moisture content of soils, the degree of saturation of soils with bases increase significantly, the content of humus and active carbon increases. A change in edaphic properties leads to an increase in the number of microorganisms and microbial biomass. The enzyme activity of Cambisols from different area s varies considerably and does not have an unambiguous behavior. Despite the differences in the values of individual indicators of biological activity, the integral assessment showed practically equal values for the Cambisols of primary forests and young “windows” of fallouts.
Organic Matter of Particle-Size Fractions and Its Role in the Formation of Morphogenetic Specificity of Burozems on Russky Island
Authors: Latysheva Larisa A.
Published: March 2023

The features of the fixation of humus substances by particle-size fractions of soil for the main types of burozems of the Russky Island are characterized. It is shown that the diagnostic indicator of the morphological diversity of island burozems soils, reflecting the different intensity of the development of accumulative-humus and illuvial-humus processes of soil formation in their profile, is the level of carbon accumulation in the fractions of silt and fine dust, the share of carbon of these fractions in the structure of the total humus and the features of its profile dynamics. It has been established that in typical burozem, the bulk of carbon is confined to the fraction of silt, with depth the role of silt in fixing the organic matter of these soils only increases. In dark burozem, the carbon content of the silty fraction increases almost twice as compared to typical brown soils, and its share in the composition of total soil carbon decreases. At the same time, the saturation of the organic matter of the upper humus horizon with carbon of the fine dust fraction increases. The most significant changes in the structure of total carbon and in the level of its accumulation by particle-size fractions are noted for dark illuvial-humus burozem. An important diagnostic feature of dark illuvial-humus burozem is that the fine-dusty fraction participates in the accumulation of organic matter more than the silty fraction, both in the upper humus horizon and in the sub-humus horizon. In the lower part of the profile of all burozems, the concentration of humus in the silt increases almost twice, accounting for more than half of its gross content in the soil.
Mathematical Study of Equilibrium of the Column of Compressible Atmospheric Air. Part 2: Stationary Solutions for Pressure and Density
Authors: Radionoff Anatoliy A.
Published: March 2023

With the one-dimensional aerodynamic model, the problem of equilibrium of a compressible atmosphere column unlimited from above is considered. Numerical and analytical solutions of the model equations are written taking into account two equilibrium conditions: the hydrostatic condition and the equilibrium condition when the density of the column changes with time. The boundary conditions for the solution are the value of pressure or density and the corresponding gradient near the surface. The solution for pressure extends the well-known hydrostatic formula, in addition to which there is a more complex solution. The physical interpretation of the solutions based on the data of experimental measurements in the Earth's atmosphere is discussed. The analytical solution can be used to describe adiabatic atmospheric column, which is important for some applications. The research results improve understanding of processes in atmosphere and can be used for scientific and educational purposes.
Behavior of Nickel's Migration Forms in Water Along the Continuum “The Mius River's Estuary - the Taganrog Bay of the Azov Sea”
Authors: Fedorov Yury A. , Kostenko Darya F. , Dotsenko Irina V.
Published: March 2023

The studys results of nickel (Ni) migration forms in water along the continuum “the Mius River estuary - the Taganrog Bay of the Azov Sea” are presented. Standard methods, specialized equipment and mathematical and statistical analysis were applied. It is revealed that experimental data on the content of the nickel dissolved form do not exceed global background concentrations. The nickel suspended migration form with dominant values in the Mius River zone (54-71 % of the gross content) prevailed along the continuum. A symbiotic behavior was established for all Ni migration forms with a general decrease in concentrations along the profile of “the Mius River→the Taganrog Bay”. A correlation analysis was carried out between the contents of Nigr., Nidis., Nisusp., Nisusp. in % of the total and physical and chemical parameters, as well as various forms of iron. The significance level of p≥0.05 was noted in the pair S (‰) and Nigr., Nidis., Nisusp., and moderate direct connections are characteristic of the pairs Ni susp. in % of the total – Fegr., Nigr. – Fesusp. in % of Fegr. and Nisusp. in % of the total – Fesusp. in % of Fegr.. With a sub-parallel decrease in these indicators, the withdrawal of both nickel and iron into the bottom sediments was recorded.
Comprehensive Assessment of the Spatial Development of the Rostov Region
Authors: Bessmertny Ilya V. , Latun Vladimir V. , Khavansky Alexander D.
Published: March 2023

At present, such a scientific category as the spatial development of territories is still insufficiently studied and in need of further conceptualization. And although the main directions of the country’s and region’s spatial development are presented in scientific discourse and government documents, their implementation in the region requires their specification, taking into account regional natural resource conditions, the characteristics of the socio-economic and environmental development of territorial entities. The present study attempts to fill this gap. It is devoted to presenting the results of the development of an original methodology for assessing the level of spatial development at the regional level. The Rostov region was chosen as the object under study, on the example of which the essence of the developed methodology is revealed. The presented methodology includes spatial differentiation of the territory, establishing the territorial structure of the region, determining the level of socio-economic and environmental development of territorial entities, assessing their balance, identifying problems and prospects for spatial development. In addition, this paper highlights the main factors of the spatial development of the region, which include economic, demographic, natural resource potentials, the state of the environment, the level and quality of life of the population. In the work, on the basis of calculated and detailed integral indicators for each municipality of the Rostov region, the territorial features of socio-economic and environmental development and the main problems of the spatial development of the Rostov region are established, the territories that are characterized by the maximum imbalance of development are identified.
SUPREMAS CORTES PELOS ARES
Authors: Staffen Márcio Ricardo
Published: March 2023

O primeiro semestre de 2022 é marcado pela discussão em sede de controle de constitucionalidade, na Suprema Corte (Estados Unidos da América) e no Supremo Tribunal Federal (Brasil), de ações em que se julgam os padrões normativos de controle de poluição do ar mediante os preceitos da Constituição. Ambas as Cortes reconhecem a relevância material da proteção ambiental, da necessidade de posicionamento ante os desafios das mudanças climáticas e a tutela do meio ambiente como pretensão jurídica difusa. O presente artigo objetiva analisar, diante da similitude temática dos julgamentos produzidos, por Tribunais homónimos, o impacto dos padrões normativos transnacionais nos debates e na fundamentação das decisões, considerando que os países em referência integram os mesmos acordos jurídicos internacionais e têm relações profundamente marcadas pela transnacionalidade/globalização, inclusive como reconhecimento expresso da transnacionalidade em decisões antecedentes. Utilizou-se, para o desenvolvimento da presente pesquisa, o método comparativo, operacionalizado pelas técnicas de conceito operacional, da pesquisa bibliográfica e de análise jurisprudencial. O produto da análise comparativa realizada permite classificar o padrão decisório do caso West Virginia v. EPA completamente alheio ao direito não nacional, ao passo em que a Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade n. 6.148/2019, constantemente menciona vínculos jurídicos transnacionais e, indica, no caso de omissão regulatória do Estado brasileiro, a prevalência de normas da Organização Mundial da Saúde.
The Principal Management in Digital Literacy Empowerment of Elementary School Teachers
Authors: Marmoah Sri , Indrastoeti Siti Poerwanti Jenny , Suharno Suharno
Published: March 2023

This study aims to describe the principal's management in empowering teachers' digital literacy in elementary schools. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The subjects used in this study were principals of public elementary schools in Simo Boyolali, Indonesia. The total subjects who participated were eight principals. Data collection techniques are used in the interview, questionnaire, observation, and documentation studies. The discussion in the preliminary study, interview, and observation are to find out the problems of managing principals' digital literacy and digital literacy problems for teachers in online learning. The data analysis technique in this study uses Miles and Hubarman’ analysis techniques, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The data validation used source triangulation and technique triangulation. The results show that, first, the need for principals in digital literacy with the highest acquisition of ICT indicators in principal management is 57.53%; indicators for accessing information from the internet in the leadership process are 56.22%, and indicators for teacher support in using ICT are 54.87%. Second, the principle of empowering teachers' digital literacy requires steps: identifying, planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling. This research implies that digital literacy skills have an important impact on improving the professionalism of teachers, especially in the online learning process.
Pedagogical Philosophy as a New Independent Scientific Theory
Authors: Kurylo Vitalii , Karaman Olena , Kurylo Nataliya
Published: March 2023

The challenges of the modern, global, fast-changing world require that theoreticians and practitioners in the sphere of education should focus their efforts not only on finding innovative forms, methods and technologies of teaching, but also on reconsidering the entire philosophy of organization and functioning of the educational space, which inevitably leads to the need of developing a new independent scientific and pedagogical theory – pedagogical philosophy.
Comparing pedagogical philosophy with the philosophy of education (teaching), defining the subject and object of the new pedagogical science, the author formulates its main elements: a) the leading ideas; b) the basic concepts and categories; c) the fundamental laws and regularities; d) the main principles and rules of application of the theory in practice during the organization of educational processes in real time. The main ideas of the new theory of pedagogical philosophy are as follows:

The idea of recognizing the life of the younger generation and each individual person as the main and leading value of the entire educational space that has been built or is currently being built;
The idea of showing an essential and constant concern of the adult generation for the conditions, development and strengthening of the comprehensive health of the younger generation at all the stages of their maturation;
The idea of introducing psychological and pedagogical, socio-pedagogical and philosophical-pedagogical favoring for a free development and maturation of the younger generation and each individual person in real time in the educational space;
The idea of the imperative of restricting, at all levels of educational administration, permissive, prohibitive and controlling functions and expanding organizational and search-and-creative ones, focused on the protection of comprehensive health of the younger generations and the introduction of constructive processes in their real life by fully suppressing and limiting the destructive ones.
Social Inclusion of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds: New Strategic Approaches to Educational Counselling and Communication
Authors: Cîrtiţă-Buzoianu Cristina , Mareş Gabriel , Cojocariu Mihaela , Amălăncei Brîndusa-Mariana
Published: March 2023

The need to provide education for all has continued to be at a high level even now when access to education is easier and considerably wider than in the previous historical periods. There is a general causality as well as a specific one supporting this necessity. The latter includes an additional set of reasons which connect defining characteristics of disadvantaged learners with the limitations of the pandemic crisis and its effects on communication. They also continue to manifest themselves after the health restrictions have been lifted and further hinder communication and educational counselling, thereby imposing additional barriers to inclusive education. This study is a literature review through which we aim to make a synthesis of current communication and educational counselling new strategic approaches suitable for use in the post – COVID context for facilitating access to education for disadvantaged students. The objectives of the study are as follows: O1: to identify a set of strategies which correspond to the specific communication pattern and information needs of the children and teenagers nowadays; O2: to identify current educational counselling strategies which can be successfully used in the post - COVID context to enable well-informed career decisions for disadvantaged students; O3: to develop a formative intervention model for social inclusion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The study findings may be useful in school and career counselling in pre-university education, but also in collaborative approaches between pre-university and academia in order to facilitate the inclusion of the disadvantaged students.
Emotional Intelligence in the Context of Personal Dispositions Development of Students - Future Psychologists
Authors: Chuykoa Halyna , Koltunovych Tetiana , Chaplak Yan
Published: March 2023

The article is connected with a theoretical analysis of the emotional intelligence and empirical studies of the development of emotional intelligence in the context of personal dispositions of students future psychologists (n=84). The following methods were used in the empirical study: EQ test K. Barchard, «Diagnosis of emotional intelligence» (N. Hall), «Questionnaire SVF120» (V. Yanke, G. Erdmann, adaptation N. Vodopjanova), «Methods of diagnosing viability» (S. Muddy, adaptation D. Leontiev), «Oxford Happiness Inventory», «Diagnosis of emotionality» (Suvorov, 1976), «Questionnaire Machiavellianism of the individual». Mathematical data processing and graphical representation of the results were performed using the statistical package SPSS 17.0. It is noted that the real impetus for the emergence of the concept of EI in science were the works of G. Gardner and his theory of multiple intelligences. The basic models of ЕІ and the author’s interpretation of this concept are analyzed, which leads to the conclusion: the integrated understanding of this phenomenon by psychologists is still absent, the main definition of the concept of EI is often a list and description of its components, and the main justification for its importance is a list of those areas of life where the role of EI is most obvious.
Difficulties in Accommodating Students with the Academic Environment
Authors: Farca Speranța , Gheorghe Oana
Published: March 2023

This article investigates the educational support opportunities which can be given to students in their first years of study in order to accommodate them with the academic environment. The data in the article is based on the research “Students’ accommodation with the university environment carried by Teachers Training Department from National University of Arts, Bucharest (Farca (ed.), 2018-2021). The methods used in the research are the analysis of documents, the analysis of data which come from students. This research highlights the accommodation difficulties that some of the students face when entering the academic environment, it showed their causes and effects as well as the educational changes which are necessary at university level. So far, it has been observed that there is a direct connection between students’ accommodation to the academic environment and the decline of the educational achievement and later, the decline of the professional achievement. The article selects the main accommodation issues expressed by students and the suggestions for academic improvement which have been conceived for them. The data of our research shows that a change in education is needed, that it cannot be left in the students’ responsibility and that their failures are in fact ours, the professors’.
Access to Recreation in Rural Communities: Municipal Recreation’s Approaches to Supporting Citizens Living with Low Incomes
Authors: Oncescu Jackie , Fortune Megan , Frigault Julia
Published: March 2023

Rural communities often have fewer resources and supports to cultivate recreation participation, making participation in recreation less accessible for citizens with low incomes. Such barriers highlight the important role rural recreation practi-tioners have in terms of developing and delivering access provisions for these citi-zens. The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) explore the access provisions recreation practitioners design and deliver to rural citizens with low incomes, and 2) discuss the implications of the access provisions in relation to the rural con-text and citizens with low incomes’ participation in recreation. This paper focuses on research conducted in 2019-2020 in Atlantic Canada. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 municipal recreation practitioners. Through the social ecological framework, the results revealed three access provi-sions designed for and delivered to rural citizens with low incomes: 1) one-on-one support for programmatic processes; 2) flexibility with financial policies and programs; and 3) building reach, relevancy, and capacity: the role of community partnerships. Based on these findings, this study addresses the benefits of these provisions in terms of supporting access to recreation for citizens with low in-comes residing in rural communities. Considering the rural landscape, we recom-mend access provisions in rural communities encompass more personal, flexible, and community approaches to support access to recreation for citizens of limited financial means.
Content and Area Income Disparities in Recreation Center Website Promotion of Physical Activity
Authors: Kahan David , McKenzie Thomas L. , Kallai Olivia
Published: March 2023

Physical activity (PA) is associated with numerous health benefits; however, both children and adults in the U.S. fall short of national PA recommendations. Diverse agencies have identified the importance of recreation professionals playing an ac-tive role in providing and promoting PA, including via recreation centers. Few studies have examined the contributions public recreation centers make in pro-viding residents with opportunities for PA, and those that exist offer mixed results concerning the influence of neighborhood family income levels.Recreation center websites are a popular, cost-efficient, and flexible me-dium for providing information about PA and center programs. We completed a line-by-line analysis of the content of the websites of all public recreation centers (N = 58) in the city of San Diego, California. We extracted the days and hours the centers operated as well as PA facil-ity types and programs they provided. Program details were identified, includ-ing content, frequency/duration for classes, participants targeted, and enrollment costs. Additionally, we generated information about local neighborhoods, includ-ing family median income levels. Diverse statistical analyses were conducted, overall, and by a median split for neighborhood income status. On average, centers had 4.5 PA facilities and were open 59 hours/week, with no differences by neighborhood income. Meanwhile, centers in higher-income areas provided significantly more programs (5.3 vs 2.3). Overall, 33 distinct facility types were identified, but only gymnasia and outdoor basketball courts were listed by over 50% of centers. Fifty distinct programs were identified, with dance, teen center, basketball, and volleyball mentioned most frequently.
A Logotherapy Meaning-Centered Approach to Therapeutic Recreation Rooted in Centripetal Leisure
Authors: Dieser Rodney B.
Published: March 2023

This paper describes a logotherapy meaning-centered therapeutic recreation model based on Viktor Frankl’s will to meaning theory and his centrifugal and centrip-etal leisure dichotomy.This manuscript introduces a therapeutic recreation meaning-centered intervention grounded in existentialism and logotherapy, with its focus on human suffering-meaning potentials and self-transcendence. Therapeutic recreation application begins with an assessment focused on understanding the client’s values and meaning potentials then links leisure as a way to discover or experience meaning. Primary intervention strategies are search for meaning and Socratic and ma-ieutic dialog linked to leisure interest finders to help cli-ents experience centripetal leisure. The paper presents an intervention applying these strategies. A concluding sec-tion offers recommendations for education and research.
Presentación Dossier: Masculinidades en el Perú y América Latina
Authors: Villa-Palomino Julio
Published: March 2023

En el año 2020 el artista René Pérez Joglar, conocido como Residente, lanzó su canción titulada «René». En ella, el artista entrelaza recuerdos de su niñez y adolescencia con dificultades con el alcohol, malestar subjetivo y otras frustraciones. La letra de la canción es íntima al punto que ha llevado a algunos comentaristas de calificarla como confesional. Algunos incluso lo compararon con lo hecho por Eminem en la canción «Loose Yourself», donde se abordan tensiones sobre masculinidad, raza y autenticidad. Tal vez lo más interesante ha sido la reacción que «René» generó en la sección de comentarios de YouTube. Ahí se pueden leer el análisis del video y de la letra, donde se empatiza con las experiencias en la niñez y adolescencia y se trata de diagnosticar los problemas de padecimiento subjetivo. Sobre todo, llama la atención el nivel de identificación de hombres con la canción, la letra y las experiencias de René. «La única canción con la que lloré», escribe un usuario.El ecosistema de las redes sociales y la economía de la atención no tardó en capitalizar tanto la performance como el mensaje de la canción. Varias video-rreacciones muestran a personas ―en su mayoría hombres― escuchando la letra y mostrando algún grado de empatía y vulnerabilidad. Muchos hombres se muestran llorando profundamente al identificarse con las experiencias relatadas. También hay miradas cínicas y sospechosas hacia la canción: ¿Acaso es una forma de confesión de malas conductas, una forma de anticiparse a una posible «cancelación»? Como es de esperarse, también se pueden apreciar comentarios y videorreacciones donde se argumenta que los hombres también son oprimidos por el sistema. Muchas de estas reacciones hacen eco de argumentos de académicos, pseudoacadémicos, y personajes en redes sociales que viven de la polémica y la polarización. Por ejemplo, es sorprendente ―y alarmante― presenciar el incremento en el número de seguidores que tiene Andrew Tate, llamado por ciertos medios como «el rey de la masculinidad tóxica», a pesar de haber sido censurado en diversas plataformas. ¿Qué es y qué hace la masculinidad tóxica en nuestra sociedad? ¿Cómo enfrentan los hombres tanto los discursos frente a la igualdad y equidad de género, y a la vez discursos que llaman a reconocerse en las prácticas de la masculinidad hegemónica?