bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANALISIS KUALITAS AIR DI HUTAN MANGROVE PESISIR NEGERI AMAHAI KABUPATEN MALUKU TENGAH
Authors: Wailisa Ridwan , Putuhena Jusmy D. , Soselisa Fanny
Published: May 2022

This study aims to analyze the air quality of mangrove forests on the coast of Amahai, Central Maluku Regency, including DO, salinity, temperature, pH, TDS, BOD and NH4. Data were analyzed directly in the field and in the laboratory. Measurement of air quality is divided into 3 (three) research locations. Each location represents the condition and character of the environment, namely near the estuary, middle and far from the estuary. The water quality of each location was analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the condition of the coastal waters of Amahai State at high tide had a range (DO between 101.8 – 109.2 mg/l, TDS between 101.8 – 109.2 mm/l, temperature between 29.5 – 30.0 OC, salinity between 3.9 – 4.5, pH between 6.3 – 6.7, NH4 between 0.005 – 0.008 mg/l and BOD between 3 – 3.9 mg/l) compared to low tide conditions with DO quality range between 5.7 – 6.3 mg/l, temperature between 29.0 -29.5 OC, salinity between 3.2 - 4 , pH between 6.3 - 6.9, NH4 between 0.006 - 0.008 mg /l and BOD between 3.2 – 3.7 mg/l). Overall the measurement results are still within the permitted quality standard limits. The air quality index calculation shows DO and TDS parameters in good category, pH and BOD in fairly good category, while DO and salinity parameters are in poor condition. The calculation of the Pollution Index for each parameter is based on the Decree of the Minister of the Environment No. 51 of 2004 at three sampling points, Mangrove Tourism Places, Estuary/River and Amahai Settlement. for each parameter Good Status for parameters DO, salinity, temperature, pH, TDS, BOD and NH4.
KLASIFIKASI TUTUPAN LAHAN PADA HUTAN LINDUNG GUNUNG SIRIMAU KOTA AMBON
Authors: Tuakora Marleen A. , Mardiatmoko G. , Lelloltery H.
Published: May 2022

Protected forest is a forest area that has the main function of protecting life support systems, to arrange water management, preventing flooding, erosion and sea water intrusion. The information of land cover is very important to determine the distribution of spatial use patterns on environmental conditions and regional spatial planning. This research aims to know the classification of land cover in Gunung Sirimau Protected Forest area in 2000, 2009 and 2019, and to identify the level of accuracy of the classification. This research used remote sensing and GIS methods to identify land cover classes using land cover maps released by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in 2000, 2009 and 2019. The results of this research are classification of land cover in 2000 consist of primary dryland forest, secondary dryland forest, shrubs, and mixed dryland farming. Land cover in 2009 has an additional classification  that is residential land, and in 2019 also has an additional classification that is open land. Overall accuracy value with ground checking obtained accuracy level 86,67% from 15 sample points.
Walls: Participatory Design Activism
Authors: Juen Nikki , Hamdy Basma
Published: May 2022

Nikki Juen and Basma Hamdy are two graphic design professors from North America and the Middle East respectively. Despite the distance between them, they are both operating in the spaces between the individual and institution, subject and system, and their practice, in different ways, is concerned with public mass demonstrations but also individual efforts and grass roots protest. They discuss how their approach to design teaching and practice is more concerned with energies over objects, with processes over products, and with legacies over artifacts and how their work moves beyond the four walls of the institution and outside the traditional definitions of design practice into fluid, participatory spaces.
Evaluating Liquefaction Phenomenon Of Silty Sand Using Piezocone Penetration Test (CPTu)
Authors: Johan Albert , Rahardjo Paulus Pramono , Widjaja Budijanto
Published: May 2022

Most investigations into liquefaction have focused on clean sandy soils, with time, evidence has grown that liquefaction is often associated with silty sand material. Sibalaya Village, which suffered the greatest damage from the Palu-Donggala earthquake, is dominated by silty sand material. Related to this issue, an experimental study is conducted in the laboratory to understand the behavior of excess pore pressure and the strength of the saturated silty sand under dynamic loading. The experimental study uses several sets of testing apparatus such as a shake table, chamber, and CPTu. The shake table provides a dynamic load for the soil sample. The chamber allows the field environment to be duplicated in the laboratory. The CPTu measures excess pore pressure and strength of the soil sample. The test results show that liquefaction can occur in silty sand material. However, the fine-grain particles cannot generate the overall pore water pressure in which the pore water pressure ratio can only reach 93% of the initial effective vertical stress. Liquefaction also generates increased pore water pressure and a decrease in soil strength. The increase of dynamic load will result in a shorter liquefaction starting time, and fine content strongly influences the pore water pressure behavior, especially on the rate of pore water pressure dissipation after liquefaction occurs. Therefore, based on this research, it is known that silty sand material can experience liquefaction and can have a longer liquefaction period due to its lower permeability.
Everybody knows
Authors: Renzel Andreas
Published: May 2022

Mit dem vorliegenden Beitrag legt der Autor eine Zusammenfassung des Forschungsberichts des IPP München (P. Caspari et al., 2021) vor. Es handelt sich um die erste Aufarbeitung sexuellen Missbrauchs an einem bundesdeutschen psychotherapeutischen Ausbildungsinstitut. Die qualitative Fallstudie untersucht jahrzehntelangen Machtmissbrauch und sexualisierte Gewalt durch den Leiter des Instituts für analytische Kinderund Jugendlichen-Psychotherapie Heidelberg. Die ForscherInnen können auf dem Hintergrund ihrer Erkenntnisse aus Datenmaterial und Interviews zahlreiche Übergriffe benennen und beschreiben, analysieren dann Kontexte und Systemdynamiken dieses institutionellen Missbrauchs. Eine ausgeprägte Kultur der Verleugnung, des Schweigens und der Ignoranz gegenüber den Opfern wird sichtbar. Die ForscherInnen zeigen eine dialektische Grunddynamik auf, die sich zwischen den Polen »Notwendigkeit der Aufarbeitung« und »Wunsch nach ungestörtem Funktionieren der Institution« bewegt. Deutlich werden grundsätzliche Probleme im Bereich der Psychotherapie und insbesondere der psychotherapeutischen Ausbildung, wo ausgeprägte Abhängigkeitsverhältnisse bestehen.
Jeder kann alt werden, der lange genug lebt (Groucho Marx)
Authors: Geißler Karlheinz
Published: May 2022

»Jeder kann alt werden, der lange genug lebt« (Groucho Marx). Was aber heißt das für die Integration und die Wertschätzung der älteren Bevölkerung? Und was heißt es, wenn heute, in Zeiten von Corona, die über 65-jährigen aufgrund ihrer altersbedingten Verletzlichkeit zur Risikogruppe erklärt werden? Wo der Wert des Lebens durch dessen Preis ersetzt wird, reduziert es die Alten auf ihre Schutzbedürftigkeit, ängstigt sie und provoziert ihre Diskriminierung. Wenn nach Kosten-Nutzen-Abwägung entschieden wird, ob sich lebenserhaltende Maßnahmen bei älteren Menschen noch lohnen, müssen diese damit rechnen, als »nachrangig« klassifiziert zu werden. Das ist inhuman. Es bedarf daher Anstrengung, die Unantastbarkeit der Würde älterer Menschen gegen die ökonomische Rationalität zu behaupten.
Nachruf auf uns selbst
Authors: Weigand Wolfgang
Published: May 2022

Anhand der Rezeption von Harald Welzers Nachruf auf mich selbst (2021) und Odo Marquards Endlichkeitsphilosophie (2013) werden Endlichkeitsperspektiven dargestellt und diskutiert. Die Corona-Krise ist eine Konfrontation mit der Endlichkeit und zeigt, wie schwer es ist, sich auf dieses unendliche Thema einzulassen. Die Beratung kann auch als ein Paradigma der Endlichkeit verstanden werden und könnte mit dazu beitragen, eine »Kunst des Aufhörens« (Welzer) zu entwickeln.
Psychotherapeutischer Umgang mit psychotischen Symptomen bei Menschen mit Demenz
Authors: Wuttke-Linnemann Alexandra
Published: May 2022

Psychotische Symptome zählen zu den nicht-kognitiven Symptomen der Demenz. Sie kommen häufig vor und gehen mit einer starken Belastung der pflegenden Angehörigen und Brüchen in der Versorgungsstabilität der Menschen mit Demenz einher. Die S3-Leitlinie »Demenzen« empfiehlt medikamentöse Therapien von Verhaltensstörungen bei Demenz nur für den Fall, dass sämtliche vorhandenen psychosozialen oder nicht-medikamentösen Maßnahmen ausgeschöpft sind und nicht zum Erfolg geführt haben. Allerdings gibt es für psychotische Symptome innerhalb der nicht-kognitiven Symptome keine spezifischen evidenzbasierten Behandlungsansätze. Die Evidenz hierzu basiert bislang auf Fallund Erfahrungsberichten sowie konzeptionellen Arbeiten. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird – angelehnt an psychotherapeutische Techniken aus angrenzenden Themengebieten – das Validieren auf diesen Kontext angewandt. Dabei wird entlang einer Fallvignette das Validieren im Umgang mit psychotischen Symptomen bei Menschen mit Demenz sowie die Wichtigkeit der Begleitung der pflegenden Angehörigen skizziert. Fallstricke im Umgang mit psychotischen Symptomen werden vorgestellt und diskutiert sowie Lösungswege anhand des Validierens aufgezeigt.
Zusammensein mit Menschen höheren Alters
Authors: Red Hans
Published: May 2022

Die psychoanalytisch geprägte Psychotherapie der Schizophrenie kann eine Bereicherung für das Verständnis und die Betreuung Menschen höheren Alters sein. Daraus wird versucht, Elemente von basalen Grundsätzen menschlicher Begegnungen und Beziehungen zu erarbeiten. Auf der Grundlage einer Schicksalsverbundenheit kann in der Interaktion der Begegnung und Beziehung ein dynamisches Hilfs-Ich entstehen, das dem Bedürfnis nach Annahme, Bestätigung, Schutz und Begleitung der Menschen höheren Alters entgegenkommt und für die betreuende Person eine kostbare Erfahrung wird.
SELECTIVE METHOD OF CURING EPOXY BINDERS FOR THE CREATION OF THIN-WALLED HIGH- STRENGTH STRUCTURES
Authors:   Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Man'ko Tamara , Siedachova Kateryna ,   Rocket-and-Space Engineering College of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Kozis Khrystyna ,   Yuzhnoye State Design Office
Published: May 2022

Purpose To improve the physical and mechanical characteristics of the epoxy composition, reduce energy consump-tion, cost, reduce production areas, as well as protect the environment, for the hardening thin-walled structures made of polymer composite materials, it is necessary to choose the most rational method for curing polymer composite materials. Methodology The prepared samples of the epoxy binder ЭДТ-10+УП606/2(1%) with a size of 10х10х10 mm, were hardened by convective, IR heating, and selective IR heating according to specified modes. IR heating is provided by unit with three halogen incandescent lamps type КГТ-220-1000-1 inside and using a salt filter. The mode of composition hardening according to three technologies has been developed. Findings The results of measurements of the cured samples showed that the highest microhardness was achieved using selective IR heating. Metallographic studies has shown that polymer obtained a compact structure with a high degree of hardening, approximately 97%. Hardened samples of ЭДТ-10 epoxy binder were subjected to mechanical tests. Having determined the microhardness, it was found that during the selective hardening of the ЭДТ-10 binder, the microhardness was 34,57 kgf/mm2, IR heating - 30,85 kgf/mm2, convective heating – 29,61 kgf/mm2. Originality To obtain the maximum specific power from the IR emitter, salt filters were used, in which the main part of the emitted energy fell on the wavelength (2,8 – 3,2)•10-6 м. This technique allows you to select the necessary frequency bands. Practicalvalue The results of epoxy composition samples hardening experiment showed that the hardening process by the IR heating selective method takes 1 hour and 15 minutes, in contrast to convective heating which requires at least 7 hours and IR heating with 2 hours and 30 minutes. The selective method provides a uniform temperature distribution over the entire surface to be treated, which ensures high physical and mechanical characteristics. Conclusions On the basis of experimental researches with help selective method IR of hardening samples from PCM have been received on the basis of epoxy binding which possess high mechanical durability and compact structure in comparison with a composition which hardening a traditional convection heating.
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF SOIL, ITS IMPORTANCE FOR SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION
Authors:   Uman National University of Horticulture, Trus Olexandr , Prokopenko Eduard ,   Uman National University of Horticulture, Polishchuk Tetyana ,   Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University
Published: May 2022

Purpose. It is established that biological activity is one of the main indicators of soil fertility and it plays an important role in the cycle of nutrients, in their availability to plants. Methodology. Based on the analysis of literature sources, the article presents the results of scientific research of domestic and foreign authors on the patterns of passage in the soil microbiological processes in intensive land use. Findings. The mineral and organic composition of the soil and its physicochemical state regulate the number and composition of microbiocenoses, which include bacteria, fungi, protozoa and bacteriophages. The microflora is used as an indicator to determine the direction of over flow in the soil of such processes as the rate of humification and mineralization of humus, the growth of unproductive losses of nitrogen gas in the processes of denitrification and nitrification, the accumulation of nitrates in the soil. The process of humification depends on the amount of microflora involved in the synthesis and decomposition of humus. The rate of carbon dioxide release allows you to assess objectively the intensity of the process of mineralization of organic matter. Mycorrhizal fungies are important in the soil ecosystem, as they play a key role in the close relationship between plants and soil. Soil bacteria (bacilli) can be used as an indicator of the depth of development of the soil formation process. Originality. The peculiarity of the soil microorganisms is their ability to decompose complex macromolecular compounds into simple final products. With the change of nutrient, air and water regimes during the intensive agriculture, the anthropogenic impact on the soil increases. Practical value. The application of mineral and organic fertilizers in sufficient quantities provides the plant with nutrients that are the sources of nutrition for microorganisms in the soil and the energy for biochemical processes taking place in it. It was studied that the application of manure, straw, cereals and greens leads to an increase in total biological activity of the soil by 8.24 %, activates the flow of microbiological and biochemical processes in the soil, increases the intensity of carbon dioxide by 1.7–2.5 times. The use of mineral fertilizers slows down the microbiological and cellulosolytic processes of mineralization of organic residues and the development of soil biota. The combined use of organic and mineral fertilizers makes it possible to achieve maximum values of soil nitrification capacity, carbon dioxide emissions and the intensity of decomposition of linen. References 29.
A study on pre-service mathematics teachers’ criteria of proof evaluation
Authors: Öztürk Tuğba , Güven Bülent
Published: May 2022

Proof is foundational to mathematics, and constructing proofs and establishing their validity are both important mathematical studies. Determining the validity of a proof is a part of the process of proof evaluation. Proof evaluation contributes to students’ ability to construct and revise their own proofs. The purpose of this study was to determine the criteria pre-service mathematics teachers take into account in evaluating a proof. The study was carried out with 50 first-year university students enrolled in an elementary mathematics teacher education program. The data were collected through activities relating to proving. The results of this study revealed that, when evaluating a proof, the participants regarded use of appropriate definitions, axioms, or theorems in the steps of the proof as the most important criterion with reference to justification, while in terms of mathematical language; they regarded appropriate use of symbolic language as the most important criterion. However, they tended to ignore situations where non-symbolic language was used. To address this issue, it is recommended that mathematics-learning environments include the use of non-symbolic language, as well as symbolic representations, in the definition of mathematical concepts.
Some Continuous Neutrosophic Distributions with Neutrosophic Parameters Based on Neutrosophic Random Variables
Authors: GRANADOS Carlos , DAS Ajoy Kanti , DAS Birojit
Published: May 2022

In this paper, we apply continuous random distributions such as the exponential distribution, gamma distribution, beta distribution and uniform distribution and discontinuous random distribution such as Poisson distribution by using neutrosophic random variables. This study opens a new way for dealing with issues that follow the classical distributions which appear in classical random variables and at the same time contain data not specified accurately.
Is There a 4th Law for Non-Ergodic Systems That Do Work To Construct Their Expanding Phase Space?
Authors: Kauffman Stuart
Published: May 2022

Substantial grounds exist to doubt the universal validity of the Newtonian Paradigm that requires a pre-stated, fixed phase space. Therefore, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, stated only for fixed phase spaces, is also in doubt. The validity of the Newtonian Paradigm may stop at the onset of evolving life. Living cells and organisms are Kantian Wholes that achieve constraint closure, so do thermodynamic work to construct themselves. Evolution constructs an ever-expanding phase space. Thus, we can ask the free energy cost per added degree of freedom. That cost is roughly linear or sublinear in the mass constructed. However, the resulting expansion of the phase space is exponential. Thus, the evolving biosphere does thermodynamic work to construct itself into an ever-smaller sub-domain of its ever-expanding phase space at ever less free energy cost per added degree of freedom. Entropy really does decrease.A testable implication of this, termed here the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics, is that at constant energy input, the biosphere will construct itself into an ever more localized subregion of its ever-expanding phase space. This is confirmed. The energy input from the sun has been roughly constant for the 4 billion years since life started to evolve. The localization of our current biosphere in its protein phase space is at least 10^-2540. The localization of our biosphere with respect to molecules of CHNOPS comprised of up to 350,000 atoms is extremely high. Entropy has decreased. The universality of the Second Law fails. "If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations - then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation - well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics, I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation."- Sir Arthur EddingtonScientific Folk Wisdom: "If a famous old scientist tells you something is impossible, he is invariably wrong."
Experimental evaluation of the effects of bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) density on shallow lake ecosystems
Authors: Wilkinson Grace , Butts Tyler , Sandry Elena , Simonson Martin , Weber Michael
Published: May 2022

Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is a large-bodied planktivore inhabiting shallow waterways in North America and subjected to unregulated harvest throughout much of their native range. Despite high harvest pressure on some populations, we know little about the ecosystem-level effects of lowering bigmouth buffalo densities. To evaluate the effect of bigmouth buffalo density on lower trophic levels we added fish in ambient and harvested densities to a set of ponds and compared plankton dynamics to reference, fishless ponds. Zooplankton biomass declined in ambient density ponds after the fish addition while chlorophyll-a concentrations increased. In the harvested density treatment chlorophyll-a concentrations were similar to the reference ponds despite a decline in zooplankton biomass, likely due to larger zooplankton community size in the harvested ponds exerting greater grazing pressure. This experimental manipulation revealed density-dependent top-down control on lower trophic levels by bigmouth buffalo and the potential for cascading trophic interactions with the harvest of this species. These results point to the need for ecosystem-level studies of the effects of intensive harvest of bigmouth buffalo on water quality.
The Value of Social Media Language for the Assessment of Wellbeing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Sametoğlu Selim , Pelt Dirk , Eichstaedt johannes Christopher , Ungar Lyle H , Bartels Meike
Published: May 2022

Wellbeing is an important concept that concerns researchers, policy makers, and the broader general public. The measurement of individuals’ wellbeing levels has predominantly been done through self-reports (e.g., survey questionnaires), which is time-consuming for respondents and costly. Alternatively, wellbeing can be measured in real-time by automatically analysing the language expressed on social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Weibo), through social media language text mining (SMTM). The application of this method for the measurement of wellbeing is relatively new, therefore the validity of SMTM for wellbeing is still being established. We present a systematic review based on 45 studies, and a meta-analysis on 32 effect sizes from a subset of 18 studies reporting correlations between SMTM wellbeing and survey-based ground truth measures. Our qualitative synthesis of the reviewed studies provided insights into current patterns in the literature including (1) most studies were conducted in English speaking samples, (2) Twitter was the most popular social media platform for data collection, (3) closed vocabulary dictionary methods driven and word-level methods of analysis were equally preferred, (5) satisfaction with life was the most popular ground-truth measure across the studies. In addition to this, our qualitative synthesis provided support for the face validity of SMTM for wellbeing by comparing/highlighting the similarities between the broader survey-based wellbeing literature and the findings of the SMTM-based wellbeing studies. Our meta-analysis found that SMTM shows convergent validity with traditional wellbeing measures (r = .54, 95% CI [.37, .67] for location level studies, and r = .33, 95% CI [.25, .40] for individual-level assessments).SMTM is a promising and growing method, but researchers should be aware of its current pitfalls such as the non-representativeness of the samples acquired through social media platforms. We provide recommendations for future SMTM studies in the context of wellbeing.
How genes, schools, and residential areas shape achievement: A population-wide gene-environment interaction study
Authors: Cheesman Rosa , Borgen Nicolai T. , Lyngstad Torkild Hovde , Eilertsen Espen Moen , Ayorech Ziada , Torvik Fartein Ask , Andreassen Ole A. , Zachrisson Henrik Daae , Ystrom Eivind
Published: May 2022

A child’s environment is thought to be composed of different levels that interact with individual genetic propensities, with less advantaged environments suppressing genetic effects on achievement. However, studies have not tested this theory comprehensively across multiple environmental levels. Here, we quantify the contributions of child, parent, school, neighbourhood, district, and municipality factors to achievement, and investigate interactions between polygenic scores for educational attainment (EA-PGS) and environmental levels. We link population-wide administrative data on children’s standardised test results, schools and residential identifiers to the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), which includes >23,000 genotyped parent-child trios. We test for gene-environment interactions using multilevel models with interactions between EA-PGS and random effects for school and residential environments (thus remaining agnostic to specific features of environments) and use parent EA-PGS to control for gene-environment correlation. Our within-family results suggest that students’ EA-PGS interact with schools but not residential environments (neighbourhoods, districts, and municipalities), which explain negligible variance. Students’ EA-PGS explain four times the variance in achievement in the 2.5% of schools where EA-PGS associations are strongest as in the 2.5% where effects are weakest. Contrary to theory, PGS effects are stronger in less advantaged environments (lower-performing schools). None of the school sociodemographic measures we tested could explain the interaction. Schools make a greater difference to the achievements of students with lower EA-PGS, explaining 4% of the variance for students 2SD below the mean PGS, but 2% for students 2SD above the mean. Policy to reduce social inequality in achievement in Norway should focus on tackling unequal support across schools for children with difficulties, and not on differences between residential areas.
Problemy ukraińskich uchodźców przebywających w Polsce
Authors: Długosz Piotr , Kryvachuk Liudmyla , Izdebska-Długosz Dominika
Published: May 2022

Celem prowadzonych badań było poznanie sytuacji społeczno-psychologicznej ukraińskich uchodźców wojennych szukających schronienia w Polsce. Kolejnym zamiarem było też poznanie ich planów na przyszłości i poziomu integracji z polskim społeczeństwem. Badania zostały zrealizowane za pomocą metodologii sondażu (CAWI). Badania były prowadzone w okresie kwiecień – maj 2022 r. na próbie 737 respondentów. Wyniki badań wskazują, że ukraińscy uchodźcy są młodymi kobietami z dziećmi z wyższym wykształceniem, które w większości zamieszkiwały w miastach i pozytywnie oceniały swoją sytuację finansową przed wybuchem wojny na Ukrainie. W Polsce zamieszkują w domach lub mieszkaniach, dobrze oceniają udzielaną im pomoc. Jedna trzecia pracuje zdalnie na Ukrainie. Większość z nich chciałaby pracować i uczyć się języka polskiego. Trzy czwarte ma problemem ze zdrowiem psychicznym, około połowy ma duży poziom dystresu. Połowa z nich zaraz po zakończeniu wojny zamierza wrócić na Ukrainę do swoich domów.
Using extended reality to study the experience of presence
Authors: Suzuki Keisuke , Mariola Alberto , Schwartzman David J , Seth Anil
Published: May 2022

Extended Reality (XR), encompassing various forms of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), has become a powerful experimental tool in consciousness research due to its capability to create holistic and immersive experiences of oneself and surrounding environments through simulation. One hallmark of a successful XR experience is when it elicits a strong sense of presence, which can be thought of as a subjective sense of reality of the self and the world. Although XR research has shed light on many factors that may influence presence (or its absence) in XR environments, there remains much to be discovered about the detailed and diverse phenomenology of presence, and the neurocognitive mechanisms that underlie it. In this chapter, we analyse the concept of presence and relate it to the way in which humans may generate and maintain a stable sense of reality during both natural perception and virtual experiences. We start by reviewing the concept of presence as developed in XR research, covering both factors that may influence presence and potential ways of measuring presence. We then discuss the phenomenological characteristics of presence in human consciousness, drawing on clinical examples where presence is disturbed. Next, we describe two experiments using XR that investigated the effects of sensorimotor contingency and affordances on a specific form of presence related to the sense of objects as really existing in the world, referred to as ‘objecthood’. We then go beyond perceptual presence to discuss the concept of 'conviction about reality', which corresponds to people's beliefs about the reality status of their perceptual experiences. We finish by exploring how the novel XR method of ‘Substitutional Reality’ can allow experimental investigation of these topics, opening new experimental directions for studying presence beyond the ‘as-if’ experience of fully simulated environments.
Automation-coerced, increased dilution of correlation
Authors: Chan Chung-hong
Published: May 2022

Automated data-making methods in content analysis —like all measurements— are fallible. The purpose of this simulation study is to show this fallibility can lead to the correlation dilution effect: the biased estimation of true effect size towards zero, or, in other words, the unexpected reduction in statistical power. An alternative way to measure the performance of automated procedures, which focuses on the retention of statistical power, is proposed. This paper ends with best practices regarding planning, executing, and reporting of automated content analyses.
Addressing Informal Skill Learners' Challenges in Skill Test in Nepal
Authors: Bajracharya Anil Muni
Published: May 2022

In Nepal, more than eighty percent learners gain skills through work and experiences. The informal sector is dominant in the nation. If the skills acquired by the work and experiences are accredited through the testing authority, underemployment and underpayment can be addressed and decent employment and gainful income assured. The recognition of the informally learned skill will transform the path for the formal stream. Despite having the benefits of recognition of the prior learning and establishment of testing authority for forty-five years, the number of the informal skills learners appearing for the accreditation is not encouraging. In this context, this paper explains the challenges of the informal skill learners that encounter during the accreditation of their skills through the National Skill Testing Board. I came up with the qualitative research with seven participants, including informal skill learners and testing authority officials. As the informal skill learners explore the lack of information, awareness and orientation of the skill test system, the information provided must be clear, short, user friendly, precise and free from complexity. Similarly, the testing authority and informal skill learners shared that the skill-testing certificates are less valued by the employers during the recruitment.
Instructional Leadership Behavior among Principals of Two Schools in Lalitpur, Nepal
Authors: Lamsal Bishnu
Published: May 2022

Instructional leadership is the position in any educational institute that can utilize individual skills and knowledge to ensure the academic performance of students with necessary support for all teachers, students, and school staff. There are various components and dimensions of instructional leadership, such as planning, curriculum design and development, training delivery and professional development, evaluation and monitoring of teachers, and assessment of students. The purpose of the study is to explore the perceptions of school principals about instructional leadership and narrate their experiences. The research adopted a qualitative research method in which principals of renowned schools of Lalitpur district of Nepal were interviewed as the participants. The study shows that principals of high-performing schools possess certain qualities as instructional leaders. Since the study was conducted with limited participants, it can be further taken to larger extent to explore additional details and dimension about instructional leadership.
A Criminological Study on Crimes in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, During the covid 19 Lockdown Period
Authors: Imalka D. D. D. , Wijewardhana B. V. N.
Published: May 2022

The novel coronavirus Covid 19 has become a worldwide public health pandemic that has induced Anomic conditions to influence daily routines. Crime is a constant phenomenon of society and it results in the necessity of maintaining crime prevention and controlling machinery during any situation to establish law and order. The study used the positivist paradigm to interpret the research problem ''Has Covid 19 changed the crimes in Sri Lanka during the lockdowns in early 2020'' while analyzing the relationship between crimes and Covid 19 induced lockdowns. The study followed a deductive approach; Primary data was collected from sixty-four police officers, who were selected according to the stratified sampling technique within the Western province. Questionnaires and interviews were the main primary data collection tools used in the study. Qualitative and quantitative mixed analytical tools were applied in identifying criminal tendencies during the lockdown period. The study revealed that property crimes in the year 2020 dropped by 44% more than the year 2019 and 63% of property crimes were committed during the first half of the year 2020 compared to the whole year. Sexual crimes noted a 0.99% drop and violent crimes stated a 50% drop compared to 2019. However, organized crimes have increased 11% more than in 2019. From all the categories of crimes, over 50% were committed during the first half of the year 2020. It further demonstrates that property crimes increased because of the economic instability induced by the lockdowns. However, drug-related crimes were committed continuously without considering the pandemic and lockdowns. The study further discovered that there was a decrease in regular street crimes and minor crimes such as pick-pocketing, vehicle theft, and spare parts robberies executed in the Pettah area during the Covid 19 lockdown period. The study recommends the application of a technological approach to detect criminal tendencies, and pandemic planning module, which can be implemented to the national emergency management system.
Predictors of Psychological Well-Being among Veterinary Medical Students
Authors: Hafen McArthur , Drake Adryanna S. , Elmore Ronnie G.
Published: May 2022

This study evaluated associations between healthy activities of daily living, common stressors, and psychological well-being among 230 veterinary medical students at Kansas State University. Participants completed the Psychological Wellbeing Scale during the fall semester of 2019. Additionally, students provided information about specific stressors, healthy activities of daily living, and relevant demographic information. Similar to previous studies, participants in this study reported being concerns about heavy workloads, being behind in studies, inefficient study, and academic performance. On average, the students in this study ate fewer than three meals per day, slept less than 7 hours per night, exercised only twice per week, and spent an average of 83 minutes per day on social media platforms. A higher number of daily meals, more days of exercise, and more frequent contact with one’s support system, particularly significant others and family members, predicted students’ increased psychological well-being. In contrast, lower psychological well-being scores were associated with comparing oneself to others and financial distress. This study identifies potential activities that students can engage in to improve psychological well-being. The discussion section provides specific suggestions for intervention.
Profile of digital slow journalism audiences in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico
Authors: Peñafiel-Saiz Carmen , Manias-Muñoz Miren , Manias-Muñoz Itsaso
Published: May 2022

The aim of this work is to study slow journalism audiences, with a particular interest in Latin America, specifically Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. Five case studies were carried out, covering Anfibia (Argentina), Arcadia (Colombia), Gatopardo (Mexico), La silla vacía (Colombia), and Letras libres (Mexico), along with a Delphi study (double round with 27 participants) and a structured questionnaire (of 1,500 people between the ages of 18 and 65 years). The results indicate that 75% of the surveyed population obtain their information from all kinds of digital media, among whom 84% use social media for this purpose. Slow journalism is still mainly unknown to a large fraction (17%) of the population, although once given its definition and some named examples, 40% of those surveyed claimed to have read the slow press at some time. Quality is the main reason for its consumption (62%), followed by searching for specific subjects (46%), especially for young people (65%) and in Colombia (52%). Experts in slow journalism agree that the key to consolidating an audience involves listening to and interacting with its members, together with their active participation in the media.
Land consolidation in Ukraine after land reform: voluntary and forced mechanisms
Authors: Martyn Andrii , Koshel Anton , Hunko Liudmyla , O	Kolosa Liudmyla
Published: May 2022

During the land reform, which has been going on in Ukraine since 1991, the state form of land ownership has been demonopolized. The lands of almost 12,000 farms have been reformed, and 6.77 million peasants have acquired land rights (shares), the vast majority of which are registered as separate plots of land. Today, land consolidation should be considered as a set of land management measures to regulate the structure of land rights in order to create more favorable conditions for farming, increase productivity, reduce production costs, create appropriate infrastructure, improve the agricultural structure. The current land legislation of Ukraine does not contain a sufficiently effective mechanism for ensuring land consolidation and needs to be improved. The purpose of the study is to identify ways to improve the mechanism of legal regulation of land consolidation in Ukraine and integrated land management, which will provide restructuring and improvement of spatial conditions of agriculture, achieving more efficient multifunctional use of rural areas, environmental protection and infrastructure development for further harmonization of legislation.
Installation of transmission facilities on lands covered with flowing surface water – the Polish example
Authors: Klimach Anna , Bagan-Kurluta Katarzyna
Published: May 2022

The purpose of the research is to check whether it is possible to encumbrance lands covered with flowing surface water in favor of a transmission networks operator (hereinafter: transmission undertaking) by way of a transmission easement. The term ‘flowing surface water’ includes rivers and flowing lakes, which according to the Central Statistical Office occupy around 2% of Poland’s land area. These waters are located in both urban and rural areas, and the transmission infrastructure facilities involved may be constructed below ground, on the ground or in the air space above the ground. This applies to the transmission of all public utilities including but not limited to water, gas, electricity and telecommunications. The transmission undertaking should seek to acquire the right to the land to install the facilities. This article attempts to address the question of whether the land covered by flowing surface water constitutes a specific type of land which might in some way affect the possibility of establishing a transmission easement.
The didactic model of education of the future elementary school teachers to activities for the prevention of violations of children’s posture
Authors: Лукаш , Людмила Вікторівна
Published: May 2022

The state of musculoskeletal system incidence of pupils of secondary schools remains a pressing problem in all regions of Ukraine, in spite of significant achievements in this direction. The determination of the readiness of teachers and senior students of pedagogical college for implementation of health-keeping technologies, which are aimed at creating a physiological posture of schoolchildren, to the educational process was conducted by our questioning method. 95% of teachers and 77.6% of students (according to polls) need methodological assistance for effective use of health-keeping technologies. We consider the main task of high school to be an optimization of the informational flow regarding health-keeping during the educational process and adaptation of the ways of presenting information to the perception of modern youth. The self-education has a great value for getting mastery, so it is necessary that a student or a teacher could have a wide access to both literature and electronic media. The Internet conferences, Internet sites, electronic textbooks, computer programs will be useful.
Медіаосвіта як складова професійної підготовки майбутнього вчителя німецької мови і літератури
Authors: Дрогайцев О. І.
Published: May 2022

Розглянуто медіаосвіту як складову професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів німецької мови і літератури, що спрямована на сприяння опануванню ними сучасних комп’ютерно-телекомунікаційних технологій за одночасного виховання відповідальності, пов’язаної із застосуванням цих технологій, і на усвідомлення не тільки їх переваг, а й загроз для людської психіки.
Сучасні підходи до процесу структурування змісту гуманітарних дисциплін у фаховій підготовці студентів педагогічних ВНЗ
Authors: Устінова В. О.
Published: May 2022

У статті висвітлено й охарактеризовано сучасні підходи до процесу структурування змісту гуманітарних дисциплін у фаховій підготовці студентів педагогічних ЗВО. Стверджено, що значущим методологічним фактором у структуруванні змісту гуманітарних дисциплін є його орієнтація на особистість як на мету, суб'єкт, результат і головний критерій ефективності та продуктивності підготовки майбутніх спеціалістів. Установлено, що домінуючими методологічними підвалинами структурування змісту освіти загалом і гуманітарних дисциплін у системі вищої педагогічної освіти зокрема є аксіологічний, особистісний, дiяльнicний та компетентністний підходи.
Estructura y composición de los céspedes intermareales
dominados por Palisada perforata y coralináceas
geniculadas
Authors: Sangil Carlos , Afonso Carrillo Julio , Sansón Marta
Published: May 2022

Se realiza un estudio de las comunidades cespitosas del
intermareal inferior en La Salemera (La Palma), una localidad
semiexpuesta al oleaje en las islas Canarias. Los muestreos se realizaron en
una plataforma basáltica de escasa pendiente, relativamente llana y con
pocos charcos. Para el análisis de la variación en la composición y
abundancia de las especies, las muestras fueron separadas en cinco grupos en función de la distancia de cada muestra al límite de bajamar, resultando
cinco franjas paralelas a la costa. En estos céspedes, el alga roja Palisada
perforata y varias coralináceas geniculadas fueron los taxones dominantes.
Los resultados muestran diferencias entre las sucesivas franjas estudiadas,
y es posible distinguir tres céspedes con composición y abundancias
específicas diferentes. Estas diferencias se deben fundamentalmente a las
biomasas de Palisada perforata y coralináceas geniculadas, y a la
abundancia de otras especies ligadas generalmente a un solo césped. La
presencia de especies que definen el comienzo del sublitoral en las
comunidades cespitosas se debe a la existencia de microhábitas, grietas e
irregularidades, donde se retiene agua que permite el crecimiento de
especies sensibles a la desecación, como Cystoseira abies-marina.
Evolución del paisaje litoral y de la biodiversidad marina
en Playa de San Marcos (Tenerife, islas Canarias): desde
los años 60 hasta la actualidad
Authors: Sansón Marta , Reyes Javier , Muñoz Eduardo
Published: May 2022

Se muestra la evolución del litoral y de las poblaciones de
algas bentónicas de Playa de San Marcos (norte de Tenerife) durante unos
40 años. En base a los datos iniciales sobre la flora y vegetación marina,
publicados en 1970, y a los estudios posteriores realizados en el eulitoral y
sublitoral de la localidad, mostramos los cambios ocurridos en las últimas
décadas y su relación con las variaciones en las condiciones ambientales. El
continuo declive de las poblaciones de algas originales, especialmente
Cystoseira abies-marina y las gelidiales, se explica por la transformación de
los hábitats sublitorales y la contaminación química. Los fondos originariamente rocosos se transformaron en fondos con elevada
sedimentación, que inicialmente favorecieron la creación de nuevos ambientes
colonizados por una gran diversidad de especies y comunidades, siendo la
más abundante la de Zonaria tournefortii. Se presenta el catálogo actualizado
de la flora marina de la localidad, en el que se incluyen hallazgos
recientemente publicados de especies para las islas Canarias. La
sedimentación continúa aumentando en los fondos y, en los últimos años, se
ha detectado un empobrecimiento en especies y una notable reducción en la
biomasa algal.
Spadella duverti (Chaetognatha: Spadellidae), nueva
especie bentónica recolectada en las islas Canarias
Authors: Hernández Fátima , de Vera Alejandro , Casanova Jean Paul
Published: May 2022

Spadella duverti n. sp. (familia Spadellidae, Chaetognatha) se
describe a partir de cinco ejemplares recolectados en un arrastre sobre
sebadales (Cymodocea nodosa) de la Bahía de Gando (isla de Gran
Canaria). Se trata de la tercera especie descrita a partir de material de
Canarias, después de Spadella nunezi (Casanova & Moreau, 2004) y
Spadella lainezi (Casanova, Hernández y Jiménez, 2006), lo que unido a la
especie de amplia distribución Spadella cephaloptera (Busch, 1851), que
ya fue mencionada en su día para las Islas por Hernández & Jiménez
(1992), eleva a cuatro la relación de quetognatos bentónicos conocidos para
el Archipiélago.
Inglés de negocios para mejorar la competencia profesional del Contador Público en el reto de la internacionalización de la Contabilidad
Authors: Mario David Cabrera Solarte
Published: May 2022

Este artículo convoca la necesidad de fomentar el conocimiento del inglés de negocios en la formación integral del Contador Público colombiano, para despertar el interés y reflexionar sobre la importancia de promover este tipo de inglés profesional en las universidades de Colombia, como una especialidad del idioma dinámico y esencial para mejorar el perfil profesional del estudiante de Contaduría Pública en la universidad.
La importancia de la orientación vocacional en la formación escolar
Authors: Luis Felipe Yalandá Tombe  , Alberto Vianey Trujillo Rodríguez
Published: May 2022

El texto reflexiona sobre la orientación vocacional, como una estrategia pedagógica que ayuda a los estudiantes a discernir y tomar decisiones acertadas en su vida personal y en el futuro desempeño laboral. Si bien durante todas las etapas de formación es importante el acompañamiento permanente de los docentes, los agentes de pastoral, la orientadora escolar, en el grado once es definitivo, porque permite aportar ciertos elementos que muestran la existencia como una posibilidad enmarcada en la subjetividad y en la realidad del contexto de las juventudes.