bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of Noise on the Mental Health of Megapolis Adolescents
Authors: Philippova Alla , Malkina Olga , Korotun Vladilena , Shatova Evgeniya
Published: December 2022

BACKGROUND: Mental health is one of the most significant components of overall health conditions. Mental health well-being results from genetic, psychological, and neuropsychological processes interacting with environmental and social influences.
AIM: The study aims to examine the impact of noise on the psyche of megapolis adolescents and determine their levels of anxiety, depression, and stress susceptibility depending on the level of noise.
MATHERIAL AND METHOD: The study included 322 adolescents (180 girls and 142 boys) aged 15 to 17 years, divided into two groups.
RESULTS: Higher noise levels lead to greater vulnerability of adolescents to depression, anxiety, and stress. High noise levels provoke a 1.56 times (p < 0.05) greater incidence of depression on the HAM-D scale than among adolescents living with lower noise levels. Constant exposure to moderate noise levels showed 1.60 times (p < 0.05) higher anxiety levels on the HAM-A scale.
CONCLUSION: High noise levels adversely affect the psyche of megapolis adolescents. The higher the noise level, the more adolescents were exposed to depression, anxiety, and stress. Increased noise levels negatively affect the psyche of megapolis adolescents.
The Level of Individual Biochemical Constants of the Brain of in the Krushinsky-Molodkina Inbred Rat Strain against the Background of Radon Inhalation During Epilepsy
Authors: Nikolaishvili Marina , Nanobashvili Zakaria , Mitagvaria Nodar , Chkadua Gvantsa , Museliani Tea , Jikia Gogi , Bilanishvili Irine , Dondoladze Khatuna
Published: December 2022

Introduction: The elucidation of the mechanism of action of radon on antioxidant processes needs further research, however, based on the results of the experiment, it can be concluded that studies on experimental animals have shown that, while inhaling Tskhaltubo water, the phenomenon of hormesis develops.
Methods: we placed 10 experimental animals (KM rats) in Radon contained mineral water spa`s sauna.  Inhalation of radon-water was administered through the nose, for 10 minutes, once a day, in conditions of high humidity (about 90%) for 10 days.
Results: Hormesis regulates oxidative processes in the brain due to the activation of antioxidants expressed in a decrease in existing epileptic seizures and is expressed in the activation of Na / K-ATPase and specific glutaminergic neurons of the "attack center" of the hypothalamus but also with the activation of the entire adaptive-compensatory system.
Conclusion: Inhalation of radon contained water can be considered as a method of treatment with an anticonvulsant effect confirmed by experimental studies.
Que faire des déchets radioactifs ?
Authors: de Brux Julie , Geoffron Patrice , Joly Pierre-Benoît , Lahidji Reza , Percebois Jacques , Quinet Émile
Published: December 2022

Que faire des déchets radioactifs dont la durée d’activité se compte en milliers d’années ? La transmutation n’étant pas encore maîtrisée, restent deux options : soit prévoir un entreposage de longue durée qui, sauf catastrophe, aura un coût régulier important, soit les stocker en « lieu sûr », à 500 mètres de profondeur (projet Cigéo), ce qui implique un investissement majeur. Le choix nécessite de procéder à une évaluation socio-économique (ESE) des avantages et inconvénients de ces solutions à l’horizon de plusieurs milliers d’années, un horizon temporel particulièrement long au regard des travaux de prospective habituels. Julie de Brux, Patrice Geoffron, Pierre-Benoit Joly, Reza Lahidji, Jacques Percebois et Émile Quinet, qui ont contribué à cette ESE, exposent ici comment l’évaluation a pu être faite, en prenant en considération non seulement les perspectives économiques à très long terme, mais aussi la pérennité des institutions publiques et, plus généralement, de la société. De manière certes un peu caricaturale, deux scénarios sont esquissés, dits scénarios OK ou KO, mais encore faut-il calculer les coûts et bénéfices des deux options dans chaque cas de figure (dont la probabilité est grossièrement estimée) en utilisant un taux d’actualisation dont les auteurs expliquent le mode de calcul. L’étude ainsi menée montre que le projet d’enfouissement (projet Cigéo) est « avec un taux d’actualisation tout à fait raisonnable, le plus profitable du point de vue de la collectivité dès lors que l’on assigne au scénario KO une probabilité de réalisation d’au moins 15 % ». Un tel exercice est assurément périlleux et la méthode osée. Quelqu’un a-t-il une autre solution ?  H.J.
Enquête INSEE sur le « sentiment de discrimination » : précautions d’usage
Authors: Tribalat Michèle
Published: December 2022

L’INSEE (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) a publié l’été dernier un numéro d’ INSEE Première décryptant les résultats de la deuxième enquête Trajectoires et origines menée en 2019-2020, 11 ans après le premier volet, et donc consacré à l’évolution de « l’expérience autodéclarée des discriminations » en France. La démographe Michèle Tribalat revient sur cette publication, soulignant les approximations et raccourcis qui y figurent, qui tendent à assimiler l’expression d’un sentiment de discrimination à la réalité de faits discriminatoires. Elle précise ici les précautions d’usage qui s’imposent vis-à-vis des résultats de l’enquête tels que présentés par l’INSEE.  S.D.
Le projet de Revenu de base en Gironde : une expérience de « bureaucratie représentative active par l’extérieur » dans l’administration française
Authors: Keiff Sébastien
Published: December 2022

Cet article a pour objectif d’étudier les effets d’un dispositif de bureaucratie représentative active par l’extérieur sur la performance administrative. Le Conseil départemental de la Gironde a, en effet, souhaité initier un tel dispositif en vue d’étudier un projet d’expérimentation du revenu de base universel. La bureaucratie représentative se situe dans le cadre normatif plus large du nouveau service public qui suppose que l’administration publique est en premier lieu au service de la construction de solutions communes avec les citoyens. L’administration a donc vocation à représenter et à être le plus possible à l’image de ses administrés, tant dans son effectif que dans la mobilisation de ressources extérieures. C’est dans ce contexte qu’une observation participante en immersion de 18 mois au sein de l’administration a permis de suivre l’ensemble de ce dispositif atypique, allant de la commande politique jusqu’à l’adoption d’une résolution en assemblée plénière. De manière originale, la représentativité de l’administration a été travaillée sur le plan des identités, mais aussi des valeurs. La représentativité des valeurs publiques est en effet encore peu étudiée en gestion. Nous verrons que cette ouverture à la représentativité active par l’extérieur a été un levier important pour débloquer les conflits et permettre à l’administration de se saisir plus efficacement d’une commande complexe et clivante, offrant ainsi une meilleure performance administrative. L’expression de la diversité a permis de transcender des clivages et de construire des consensus sur un sujet pourtant source de tensions. Par la suite, les fonctionnaires ont été plus disposés à adopter des postures de représentation des citoyens traditionnellement plus éloignés des instances publiques.
Fixer les caractéristiques d’un instrumentde politique publique controversé
Authors: Lamb Thoma
Published: December 2022

Résumé Cet article est consacré à l’étude du processus d’élaboration du compteur Linky en France. Pour identifier les enjeux sociaux et politiques qui font de ce compteur un instrument de politique publique, il propose de décrypter les principales concertations qui ont entériné les modalités de son fonctionnement. Après avoir suivi la constitution progressive de systèmes de croyance divergents autour de l’instrument Linky, cette contribution met en lumière leur confrontation et interroge la logique de changement impulsée par son déploiement. Celle-ci étant moins fondée sur un consensus clair et explicite que sur des évolutions incrémentales négociées, ainsi que sur des ambiguïtés volontairement maintenues au cours des différentes concertations.
Vérité et connaissance en droit
Authors: Géa Frédéric
Published: December 2022

Quelle est la place de l’idée de vérité dans la connaissance juridique ? À quels défis cette idée se trouve-t-elle, le cas échéant, confrontée ? Ces questions invitent, d’abord, à identifier les conceptions de la vérité susceptibles de jouer un rôle dans la connaissance juridique, sachant que celle-ci apparaît plurielle. Les thèses de la vérité-cohérence et de la vérité-correspondance ne sont pas sans soulever des interrogations et poser problème, du moins au regard de certaines approches occupant une place importante en ce domaine. L’on y repère néanmoins le jeu d’une conception alternative, peut-être plus pertinente et centrale : celle d’une conception intersubjective – voire dialogique – de la vérité. Une telle approche permet de montrer que la quête de vérité apparaît ici largement tributaire de la posture épistémologique des chercheurs en droit. Mais elle conduit aussi à prendre au sérieux, s’agissant de la connaissance juridique, le défi de la « post-vérité » et à s’interroger sur le sens qu’il peut y revêtir.
Faits, valeurs, normes : Y a-t-il une vérité du droit ? (Putnam critique de Habermas)
Authors: Ladd Kevin
Published: December 2022

Cet article est consacré à la critique, par Hilary Putnam, de la dichotomie entre fait et valeur, défendue par les positivistes, et entre valeur et norme, défendue par Habermas. Critiquer ces dichotomies permet de dénoncer comme faux problèmes certaines implications juridiques du relativisme culturel. Mais cela rend aussi possible une interprétation de l’ordre juridique en tant que description vraie ou fausse de la réalité sociale.
Solving an integral equation via orthogonal generalized $ {\boldsymbol{\alpha}} $-$ {\boldsymbol{\psi}} $-Geraghty contractions
Authors: Prakasam Senthil Kumar , Gnanaprakasam Arul Joseph , Mani Gunaseelan , Jarad Fahd
Published: December 2022

In this paper, we introduce orthogonal generalized $ {\bf{O}} $-$ {\boldsymbol{\alpha}} $-$ {\boldsymbol{\psi}} $-Geraghty contractive type mappings and prove some fixed point theorems in $ {\bf{O}} $-complete $ {\bf{O}} $-$ \mathfrak{b} $-metric spaces. We also provide an illustrative example to support our theorem. The results proved here will be utilized to show the existence of a solution to an integral equation as an application.
Las siete vidas de la bóveda plana de Abeille
Authors: Perelló Marta , Rabasa Enrique
Published: December 2022

En 1699 Abeille presenta a la Académie des Sciences su propuesta para la construcción de una bóveda plana compuesta por piezas todas iguales. El diseño de la pieza o dovela y la estructura resultante de su aparejo fueron una novedad para la teoría del corte de piedra. Las cuatro caras laterales de esta dovela son convergentes dos a dos, de tal forma que con dos de estas caras puede apoyarse en dos piezas, a la vez que dos dovelas adyacentes se pueden apoyar sobre las otras dos caras restantes. Se forma una estructura recíproca que ha tenido una importante presencia a lo largo de la historia. En el ámbito francés, generó un intenso debate acerca de sus ventajas, mientras que en España se quiso comprobar su eficacia a través de la práctica constructiva. Estos ejemplos construidos son recurrentes desde el siglo XVIII, el más reciente, en el siglo XX.
The removal of toxic metals from liquid effluents by ion exchange resins. Part XVIII: Vanadium(V)/H+/Amberlite 958
Authors: Alguacil Francisco José , Escudero Esther
Published: December 2022

The ion exchange resin Amberlite 958 was used to investigate its behaviour on the removal of hazardous vanadium(V) from aqueous media. This investigation was carried out under various hydrodynamic conditions and chemical conditions, such as variation of the stirring speed, variation of the pH of the aqueous solution, resin dosage, initial vanadium(V) in the aqueous solution, and temperature. Vanadium(V) uptake onto the resin was highly dependent on the pH of the solution, and thus, to the vanadium(V) speciation in this phase; the ion exchange process had an endothermic character. The experimental data, under different experimental conditions, were fitted to various models: kinetics (stirring speed), rate law (vanadium concentration) and model isotherms (resin dosage). Multiwalled carbon nanotubes were also investigated on vanadium(V) removal from the solution. Vanadium(V) loaded onto the resin can be eluted under acidic conditions.
Effect of surface macroroughness on the microstructure and sliding wear properties of Al2O3 + 13 wt.% TiO2 thick coatings
Authors: Zesati-Belmontes Sara I. , López-Baltazar Enrique A. , Ruiz-Mondragón José J. , Ruiz-Luna Haideé , Alvarado-Hernández Francisco , Baltazar-Hernández Víctor H.
Published: December 2022

ABSTRACT

Two macro-roughness patterns namely spiral grooving and diamond knurling were performed on an AISI/SAE 1045 cylindrical steel bar. Al2O3 + 13 wt.-% TiO2 powder was deposited by utilizing a multi-pass torch. Microstructure, microhardness and wear resistance were analyzed. The presence of both γ-Al2O3 and α-Al2O3 throughout the coating was promoted by partially melted and un-melted particles; however, the formation of interlayers of hard α-Al2O3 was influenced by the re-heating during the multi-pass torch causing transformation from γ-Al2O3→α-Al2O3. Knurling pattern specimens contained less defects owe to a suitable splat accommodation thus strengthening the inter-splat anchorage. The improved sliding wear resistance was influenced by both the combination of γ-Al2O3 (toughness) and α-Al2O3 (hardness) phases and, predominantly by the reduced porosity and micro-cracks in specimens with the knurling pattern.
St. Yared in the Sǝmen Mountains of northern Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Orthodox and Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jewish) religious sites
Authors: Kribus Bar , Dege-Müller Sophia
Published: December 2022

The Betä Ǝsraʾel and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians did not commonly recognize the same post-biblical individuals as holy men. One striking exception is Yared, perhaps the most renowned local saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, traditionally the composer of numerous elements of its liturgical music and hymns. The Betä Ǝsraʾel identify Yared as a member of their community, and holy sites of both groups, dedicated to him, existed in the Sǝmen Mountains of northern Ethiopia, in significant proximity to each other. These mountains are a unique test-case for interreligious interaction involving the Betä Ǝsraʾel, since rather than being a minority group under Christian rule, the Betä Ǝsraʾel of the Sǝmen were, from the 15th to the 17th century, politically autonomous and at times engaged in military conflict with the Christian Solomonic state. Yared is also recognized as a holy man by members of a third religious group residing in northern Ethiopia—the Kǝmant. This article will examine the layout and characteristics of the sites dedicated to him in the Sǝmen Mountains, as well as the nature of the religious activities conducted in them, and examine their roles in the sacred geography of the region.
Reconstruire l'été grec : le rôle de la presse pour relancer le voyage et le tourisme à l'époque de la pandémie de Covid-19
Authors: Kosmas Petros , Giannoulis Petros , Panagopoulou Maria , Vatikiotis Leonidas , Andreev Hristo , Theocharous Antonis
Published: December 2022

La présente recherche s'attache à explorer le rôle que joue la presse dans la procédure de reprise du secteur touristique en période de crise pandémique. Pour atteindre cet objectif, des sources sélectionnées de la presse grecque ont été analysées en profondeur afin d'évaluer la gestion par le gouvernement grec de la reprise du tourisme grec après la première vague de la pandémie de COVID-19 au cours de l'été 2020. Une analyse de contenu a été appliquée aux colonnes éditoriales de quatre quotidiens grecs afin d'examiner si, et dans quelle mesure, l'affiliation politique de ces journaux a influencé leur perception du processus décisionnel et de la gestion concernant la reprise du tourisme par le gouvernement grec. La recherche explore en outre les façons dont ces journaux tentent de remodeler le récit du gouvernement vers le redémarrage du tourisme grec.
Sustainability and Urban Innovation by Smart City Implementation
Authors: Alvarez-Risco Aldo , Tapia-Meza Patricia V. , Del-Aguila-Arcentales Shyla
Published: December 2022

Sustainability is a global need, both for companies and people. It is not only a matter of convenience to achieve more excellent business benefits, but it is also accompanied by the concept of a smart city, which is of fundamental importance since it also goes in parallel with Industry 4.0. This chapter describes the technologies associated with the implementation of smart cities, benefits, limitations, and contribution to sustainability. Different examples of smart cities are described, highlighting the requirements for implementation and the associated risks. The amount and type of specific technologies available in implementing a smart city are striking. Sustainable cities and smart cities undoubtedly share many characteristics, so the interconnection of concepts facilitates implementation, knowing all the technological requirements necessary for development.
Toward Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Authors: Kim Hannah
Published: December 2022

Although teachers' awareness of SEL plays a critical role in successful SEL implementation, most research is focused on the effects of SEL policy/programs on students and schools with little attention to teachers' experiences of SEL implementation, especially those serving low-income predominantly non-dominant communities. In fact, teachers in underserved schools are reported to have greater needs for support to adapt SEL programs to their students' different backgrounds. This qualitative research explores how teachers experience the SEL policy/programs at one elementary school implementing SEL pilot programs in Colorado, with a high percentage of racially and linguistically minoritized students facing economic challenges. This research draws upon culturally responsive pedagogy frameworks to capture teachers' praxis of culturally responsive SEL in an underserved multilingual/multicultural school and what challenges they are navigating. This study's more situated data extends the theory and practices of culturally responsive SEL.
Exploring the Development of Racial and Cultural Literacy Skills in the Classroom
Authors: Robinson Petra A. , Williams Kamala V.
Published: December 2022

This chapter seeks to interrogate and disrupt dominant perceptions and narratives that subjugate students of color and those from underrepresented groups – as a means of disrupting deficit and models that frame views of students of color and others from marginalized communities. The chapter is grounded on the critical literacies advancement model to frame the understanding of how teachers and faculty can develop certain non-traditional critical literacy skills to reframe their perceptions and advance equity and social justice. The critical literacies of focus in this instance include racial and cultural literacies, which the authors argue can lead to more informed behaviors and actions with the intent of promoting positive social change. By developing racial and critical literacies, the authors discuss how teachers and faculty can navigate their teaching careers in ways that create environments that promote learning and success for of all students.
An Ecological Systems Approach to Forming Community Partnerships That Promote Student Success in High Poverty Rural and Urban Communities
Authors: Boggs Olivia M. , Ross James Chadwick
Published: December 2022

The chapter explores the critical need for schools in high poverty communities to foster collaborative associations with influential partners that will offer children pathways to greater opportunities for success. An ecological systems model is presented to explain ways in which school-community partnerships are essential for disrupting the poverty cycle and expanding the cultural capital of children in rural and urban settings. Further, the chapter identifies and discusses the specialized talents and proficiencies needed to come into heretofore neglected rural and urban communities and transform schools, rejuvenate teachers, mobilize parents, and empower students to excel academically.
Partnering to Bolster Student Achievement
Authors: Nyatuka Benard O.
Published: December 2022

Guided by the ecological systems theory, this chapter examines the basis, themes, and implications of the child-friendly school (CFS) initiative to family-school-community partnerships in Kenya. The CFS initiative is a joint venture between UNICEF and the government that was rolled out in schools two decades ago. The CFS has five themes that are meant to sustain the crucial reforms in the classrooms and the schools to enhance student achievement. It is imperative, however, to note that understanding as well as implementing the concept requires strong family-school-community partnerships.
An Unexpected Journey
Authors: Rishi Bikramjit , Anand Anushka , Sharma Tejasvi
Published: December 2022

The chapter addresses how small-scale enterprises fundamentally use social media to leave a footmark of their brand and have a direct mode of interaction with customers. The chapter indicates the need for SMEs to develop a social media roadmap to come up with user-friendly ideologies and use of relevant social media platforms to cater to the needs of customers. The chapter also discusses the varied social media platforms that have become an integral part of the marketing function for SMEs and play an impeccable role in successful campaigns with the sole motive of adding value to a brand face. The chapter also provides some managerial guidelines to use social media marketing in the marketing function of SMEs.
Examination of the Effect of New Media in Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship in Bauchi State, Nigeria
Authors: Ola-Akuma Roxie Ojoma , Okocha Desmond Onyemechi , Kente Josiah Sabo
Published: December 2022

Nano, micro, small, and medium enterprises (NMSMEs) are still heavily reliant on the “brick-and-mortar” system or traditional street-side business methodology, which is no longer as efficient as it once was. In contrast to the foregoing, this study examined the effect of new media on nano and micro enterprises (MSSBs) in Nigeria. Hinged on the technology acceptance model (TAM) and theory of digital divide, the research employed a survey method to generate responses from micro business owners within 36 business categories in Bauchi Metropolis by deploying 100 questionnaires to a random sample size. Chi-Square test calculator and sample median test were used to examine the various hypotheses at a 5% level of significance. The analysis revealed that there was no significant positive relationship between new media products' usage and increased business performance in Bauchi. This is because the majority of NME owners were still unaware of what new media products could offer them. As such, NME owners need to be trained to adopt the new media tools in order to boost NMEs in this region.
Interior Design That Changes According to the Approaches Used in Preschool Education
Authors: Zengin Gözde
Published: December 2022

Preschool education programs jointly focus on supporting the child's physical, mental, emotional, and social development; and helping them know themselves by gaining self-control. The preschool period is also the beginning of the process in which children aged 0-6 begin to socialize with other children and adults. How this socialization and knowledge transfer will occur varies according to the approaches used in preschool education. The division of the learning environment into functions and the provision of the environment need to be expected from each function, with furniture and other elements become as important as the learning approach. The interior and furniture needs, which change according to the focus of the educational approach, form the essence of this study. Within the scope of the study, four different educational approaches and educational environment expectations were examined. These approaches were determined as Montessori, Reggio Emilia, HighScope, and Waldorf, and the educational philosophy of each approach and the changing spaces and furniture were evaluated.
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Urban Social Sustainability
Authors: Özdemir Elvan Elif
Published: December 2022

It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the design, use, and perception of public spaces in the future. The meaning and use of public spaces designed to bring individuals together is changing and transforming. This study seeks answers to the following questions: How will it change our relationship with public space? How long will we endure this change and transformation? Is the COVID-19 pandemic diverting our attention from climate change and sustainability? The aim of this chapter is to read these research questions and ideas about how the relationship of the COVID-19 pandemic with public space will change and transform through the social sustainability feature of public space. The study focused on the relationship between these 11 dimensions of social sustainability and public spaces. The dimensions determined in this framework are accessibility, security, comfort, readability, social cohesion, quality of life, sense of belonging, inclusiveness, social opportunities, public services, diversity.
Preparing a New Generation of Early Autism Educators
Authors: Crain Marina R. , Bao Wenjing , Patricelli Miyoko , Shire Stephanie Yoshiko
Published: December 2022

Despite young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) making up larger portions of early intervention caseloads and classrooms, many educators and related service providers do not receive explicit training and practical experience in supporting these students until they encounter them on caseloads. This chapter provides an example of a personnel preparation program emphasizing interdisciplinary training of early intervention (EI)/Early childhood special education (ECSE) service providers and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to serve young children with ASD. Specifically, the chapter will discuss the Preparing a New Generation of Early Autism Educators (PANGEA) personnel preparation grant (H325K180170), funded through the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education. Descriptions and rationales for required competencies, coursework, and practicum will be described as well as induction support. Finally, the chapter will review strengths and positive outcomes, challenges, and future directions for similar interdisciplinary grants.
Partners in Improving Social Communication in Children With Disabilities in Urban Early Childhood Settings
Authors: Chang Ya-Chih , Symon Jennifer B. , Fryling Mitch
Published: December 2022

This present chapter describes the focus and aims of the partners in improving social communication in early childhood special education (PISCES) program at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA). The chapter begins with an overview of the aims and focus of the PISCES program in general; providing an interdisciplinary and collaborative training experience to graduate students in early childhood special education and applied behavior analysis who provide services to minimally verbal children with disabilities. After describing the context of the University, the shared experiences of students in the two programs are described in detail. These shared experiences include coursework, fieldwork, and PISCES specific activities. After describing the PISCES program, the authors consider some of the lessons learned, and importantly, how some features of the PISCES program can be sustained going forward. The chapter concludes with a call for ongoing, community-based action research to further inform service provision with early childhood special education populations.
Social Emotional Development and Early Childhood Mental Health
Authors: Mitsch Maryssa Kucskar , Collins Brett , Friesen Amber , Hermoso Jocelyn Clare Reyno
Published: December 2022

This chapter describes Project Adversity and Resiliency Interventions for Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood (Project ARISE), a preservice interdisciplinary training for early childhood special education (ECSE) and social workers (SW) to support young children and their families with high-intensity social emotional needs who require early childhood mental health support (ECMH) through collaborative and inclusive services. One key to understanding why many young children continue to be excluded from inclusive settings is understanding the differences between disciplines, as well as systemic inequities. To address these challenges, the program honors a holistic and interrelated development approach within the tenets of ECMH. This chapter begins with an overview of the program's essential theoretical frameworks. Then, the chapter shares key elements that define the program. Finally, the chapter shares reflections and next steps for interdisciplinary programmatic development.
Immersive Learning, Immersive Scenarios, and Immersive Technologies
Authors: Oktay Özlem Soydan , Yüzer T. Volkan
Published: December 2022

In online learning the positive effect of using multimedia continues to grow gradually with the use of interactive video and interactive multimedia. Parallel to virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and extended reality, known as immersive technologies, are becoming popular, and the point of view for online learning has been improved and expanded. This context opened an opportunity to the concepts like immersive learning, immersive learning environments, and immersive scenarios to emerge. What are the model implementations of immersive technology use? What kind of studies have been conducted by using which immersive technologies? In order to answer all of these questions, it is aimed to systematically review the literature in the SCOPUS database between the years 2018-2022 and analyze the applied research. Thus, it will be possible to create an insight directed to the immersive learning scenarios in immersive learning environments and design the learning environments of the future in online learning.
Teachers' Perceptions of the Use of the Metaverse in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Authors: Aydin Selami
Published: December 2022

The use of the metaverse may provide unique opportunities for teaching and learning a foreign language depending on teachers' pedagogical, personal, and linguistic skills; competencies; technical knowledge and skills; beliefs; attitudes; and perceptions. However, a serious lack of research exists on English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' perceptions of and attitudes toward its utilization in the teaching and learning processes. The current study investigates foreign language teachers' perceived knowledge about the metaverse, attitudes toward the use of the metaverse in the teaching and learning process, perceived self-confidence in integrating the metaverse into their teaching pedagogy, and perceptions of school climate and support concerning the metaverse use. The results showed that EFL teachers had a relatively low familiarity with its utilization in the foreign language teaching and learning processes, positive attitudes towards using it, and neutral perceptions of self-confidence in integrating the metaverse into the mentioned processes.
The Use of Gamification Elements in an Online Introduction to Programming Course
Authors: Battal Ali , Kayaduman Halil , Polat Hamza
Published: December 2022

This study aims to understand the different methods of badge transformation on students' achievement, satisfaction, learning enjoyment, and engagement. An explanatory mixed method study was adapted in this study. A counter-balanced experimental design with no control group was employed for the quantitative phase. Participants were randomly assigned to two equal groups and received the constant and variable-rate badge transformation method in different orders. The paired-sample t-test showed no significant mean difference in students' achievement, satisfaction, learning enjoyment, and engagement in using the constant-rate and variable method. For the qualitative phase, students were asked to explain their opinions about the applied methods. Qualitative findings supported the quantitative results. While some students favored the use of badges and different methods of badge transformation, some students were neither interested in the collection of badges nor their transformation.
Social Entrepreneurship and Related Concepts
Authors: López-Cózar-Navarro Cristina , Priede-Bergamini Tiziana
Published: December 2022

In the past few decades, a new way of responding to social and environmental problems has emerge: the social entrepreneurship. It is presented as a special type of venture, in which the creation of social value prevails over the maximization of profits. Thus, the main objective of these types of ventures is to serve the community and to search for a positive social change. In this chapter, in addition to presenting the concept of social entrepreneurship and its various approaches within the so-called third sector and the emergent fourth sector, the main sources of funding that can be used by social entrepreneurs are also presented, especially business angels and crowdfunding, are detailed. New paradigms such as the collaborative economy and the circular economy are also addressed within social economy, highlighting the relationship with social entrepreneurship and the path of opportunity to foster new ventures in these fields.
The Effects of Digitalization on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Value
Authors: Cide Demir Hale
Published: December 2022

The intense competition and change by globalization and digitalization in the 21st century have made organizations and people face opportunities, threats, and uncertainty. Digitalization allows new and original business models and thus, presenting changes as a service or benefit to the consumer has become more important. A network is the most powerful instrument of social entrepreneurs or other employees to adapt to the new order. A very important tool of the new order is the blockchain technology which allows more secure, efficient, and trustworthy social enterprises. Social entrepreneurship is the process of establishing social enterprises to create social benefits and the relevant social value is general non-financial effects of programs, organizations, and interferences that include the wellbeing of people and communities, social capital, and the environment. This study tries to define and theorize that the results of digitalization can be managed by increasing social entrepreneurship and the resulting social impact and networking have an easing effect on this method.
Creating Equal Opportunities through Social Entrepreneurship
Authors: Bozaykut-Buk Tuba , Titiz Serra
Published: December 2022

Giving priority to creating value for sustainable development rather than accepting the dominance of the profit-centered perspective has been gaining more momentum. Within this changing perspective, social entrepreneurs are the most notable group, whose innovative initiatives create valuable contributions by becoming pioneer forces required for economic and social development. Further, their efforts in showing the significance of social value creation result in a new business model, “social business.” Although the social business shares some common features with the traditional business, the social business differentiates itself by acting as a social change actor accompanied by a socially sensitive mission, a hybrid flexible design, innovative ways of finding/using resources for creating new solutions to needs. Thereby, this study aims to understand the features of social business models together with their contribution to social inclusion and creating equal opportunities for all in terms of a developing country context.
Creating Hybrid Social Ventures Through Effectuation and Bricolage
Authors: Olive-Tomas Antoni , Gonzalez-Sabate Lucinio
Published: December 2022

In the abundant literature on social entrepreneurship, little attention is paid to the creation process of hybrid social ventures, beyond the assumptions that they are originated by market failures and are born to alleviate a social problem. Using a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews, the authors derive a process model explaining the creation of hybrid social ventures through effectuation and bricolage. They show that these decision-making tools may play a role in the creation process and that the new venture may have the defining characteristics of opportunity creation. They conclude that for a new venture to be created as a hybrid firm, a dual mission-goal with a social problem as the trigger and a financial goal to ensure sustainability are required.
Social Enterprise in Developing Countries
Authors: Nova Monika
Published: December 2022

The chapter is intended to share the author's experience with social enterprise and start-ups gained in the developing countries of Africa. Relying on her ample professional practice, the author believes that many a good idea can be translated into a successful social enterprise project. The chapter will therefore provide an example of good practice. Supported by an already accomplished qualitative research and many years of relevant practice, the author argues that social enterprise and start-up may lay the groundwork for social recognition, self-determination and improved living generally. The persons involved in such enterprise will also enhance their social status and become fully or partially independent of foreign developmental assistance.
Social Entrepreneurship and Its Competences
Authors: Rossano Sue , Baaken Thomas , Orazbayeva Balzhan , Baaken Marieke C. , Kiel Bert , Maas Gideon Johannes Pieter
Published: December 2022

Entrepreneurship needs a vision and leadership skills to accomplish it and a motivation to build something new, which will develop and sustain it. And society needs social entrepreneurs, contributing to a new organization of the welfare system, while making a difference and helping each other. The central theme in the existing social entrepreneurship literature is the pursuit of a social mission or objective. Thus, social entrepreneurs play a role as reformers and revolutionaries, who are intending to solve social problems, and not being answered by governmental policies. Entrepreneurial thinking and acting as well as innovation driving managers is a need for society. However, it is not the organization but the people, united by a proactive and market-driven culture, that are innovative and which combine to populate and to equip the organization with the required competencies. The chapter proposes a methodology to analyze the competencies that should be fostered by higher education programs to provide graduates with the desired competencies for entrepreneurship and driving innovation.
Monitoring Continental Wetland Dynamics and Drivers of Changes Using Google Earth Engine
Authors: Moukrim Said , Lahssini Said , Rhazi Mouhssine , Saber Er-Riyahi , Menzou Kamal , El Madihi Mohammed , Ben Salem Abdelkrim , Benabou Abdelkader , Mharzi-Alaoui Hicham , Boukhris Issam , Rhazi Laïla
Published: December 2022

Wetlands around the world face anthropogenic and climate pressures that threaten key ecosystem processes such as the water cycle. Such threats are most acute for non-perennial systems that rely on occasional surface water flows to maintain important ecological functions. This work will focus on the use of remote sensing within a cloud-based computing platform to assess the spatio-temporal evolution of Dayet Aoua through the development of a water transition map between 1984 and 2019. It is also question of detecting and spatializing the main drivers of the various challenges, mainly the land use changes operated. This study revealed that a combination of changes in climatic and land use change in the vicinity of the lake has recently affected the dynamic and the recovery capacity of Dayet Aoua. This study highlights the need to increase public awareness and decision-makers' knowledge concerning the relationship between land use change and wetlands degradation.
Outcomes of continent and incontinent external urinary diversion in management of patients with refractory non-malignant lower urinary tract dysfunction
Authors: Mostafa Mostafa M. , Khallaf Ashraf , Kamel Mohamed , Patil Nilesh , Mahdy Ayman
Published: December 2022

Objective: To evaluate the early and late outcomes of continent and incontinent external urinary diversion in management of patients with refractory non-malignant lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). Materials and methods: The charts of patients with refractory non-malignant LUTD who underwent continent or incontinent external urinary diversion at University of Cincinnati hospitals in the period between March 2012 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The demographic and baseline characteristics, surgery indications, operative data, early and late outcomes were collected, analyzed, and compared. Results: A total of 78 patients including 55 patients with neurogenic bladder (NGB) and 23 patients with non-neurogenic bladder (non-NGB) refractory non-malignant LUTD were included. Fifty-three patients underwent incontinent urinary diversions (IUD), while 25 patients underwent continent urinary diversions (CUD). During the first 4 postoperative weeks, 53.85% (n=42) of patients developed complications, and the incidence was nonsignificantly higher in patients with NGB than those with non- NGB (56.36% vs 47.83%, p-value=0.490). Fever was exclusively encountered in patients with NGB earlier, while stomal retraction occurred only in patients with non-NGB later. More non- NGB patients had early wound infection. There was an overall improvement of urological symptoms in 52 patients (66.67%), and the rate was non-significantly higher in non-NGB patients than NGB patients (78.26% vs 61.82%, p-value=0.160). Late complications were reported in 47 patients and were more encountered in those with non-NGB than those with NGB (65.22% vs 58.18%). Stomal leakage and stenosis occurred more with CUD than with IUD (52% vs 0% and 28% vs 3.77%, respectively). Conclusions: External urinary diversion can achieve a reasonable level of urological symptoms control in patients with refractory non-malignant LUTD, but with associated adverse outcomes. Although non-significantly, these complications tend to be higher in patients with IUD and/or NGB during the early postoperative period and higher with CUD and/or non-NGB on the long-term.
Accuracy of PET-choline in nodal staging of localized very high-risk prostate cancer
Authors: Dias Nuno , Colandrea Gianmarco , Botelho Francisco , Rodriguez-Sanchez Lara , Barbé Yann , Macek Petr , Cathelineau Xavier
Published: December 2022

Objectives: Localized very high-risk prostate cancer (VHR PCa) has long suffered from the inex-istence of good lymph node staging methods other than invasive surgery, as computed tomogra-phy has low sensitivity for nodal disease. With the rising use of positron emission tomography (PET), it is clinically meaningful to know its value for these patients. Our goal was to evaluate the real-life diagnostic accuracy of PET Choline in nodal staging, comparing it with the gold standard of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND).Materials and methods: We reviewed data from a high-volume center, including patients with VHR PCa according to current NCCN guidelines who underwent community 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT; followed by ro-botic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and ePLND between 2010 and 2021. Results: We included 44 patients and 88 lymph node regions. Among those, 14/44 (31.8%) patients and 20/88 (22.7%) regions had nodal disease present on definitive pathology. In comparison with ePLND, we found a sensitivity of 64.3% (95% CI, 39.2-89.4%), specificity of 83.3% (95% CI, 70.0- 96.7%), PPV of 64.3% (95% CI, 39.2-89.4%), and NPV of 83.3% (95% CI, 70.0-96.7%) for nodal disease on a patient-based analysis; and sensitivity of 35.0% (95% CI, 14.1-60.0%), specificity of 88.2% (95% CI, 80.6-95.9%), PPV of 46.7% (95% CI, 21.4-71.9%), and NPV of 82.2% (95% CI, 73.4-91.0%) on a region-based analysis. Conclusions: In our view 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT doesn’t meet the criteria to be a standard exam for pre-operative staging for patients with VHR PCa, mostly due to its low sensitivity. However, other radiotracers should continue to be investigated in this setting.
A single-operator experience using EchoLaser SoracteLiteTM for focal laser ablation of prostate cancer: One more arrow in the quiver for the conservative management of the disease
Authors: Meneghetti Iacopo , Giardino Demostene , Morganti Riccardo , Marino Vincenzo , Menchini Fabris Filippo , Bartoletti Riccardo , Pinzi Novello
Published: December 2022

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients suffering prostate cancer (PCa) treated conservatively using 1064 nm laser energy for focal laser ablation (FLA). The patients included in the study were unsuitable for surgery or unwilling to receive external beam radiotherapy because they were afraid of the possible side effects of whole-gland therapies. Methods: This study included patients with a diagnosis of nonmetastatic PCa who underwent FLA using SoracteLiteTM system. Tissue ablation was performed at a fixed power of 5 W by the diode multichannel laser system EchoLaser X4 that uses laser light transmitted through optical fibres causing the target tissue to undergo irreversible thermal damage. Functional outcomes were evaluated with the International Prostatic Symptoms Score (IPSS) and 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) before the treatment and one year later. Results: Ten patients suffering non-metastatic PCa were included. Four decided upon a conservative treatment because of reduced performance status and for six patients the procedure was chosen electively. All patients underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging at 3 and 12 months and eight out of ten patients underwent prostate biopsy at 6 months. Persistent disease was detected in 3 patients who underwent a second ablation. In these patients at the biopsy following the second ablation none harbored residual disease. At follow-up, no patient suffered urinary incontinence requiring the use of pads. No significant worsening in sexual potency measured with IIEF-5 (p = 0.356) or prostatic symptoms measured at IPSS (p = 0.462) were recorded comparing pre-treatment condition vs one-year follow-up. Compared with baseline, prostate-specific antigen was significantly reduced at one-year follow-up (3.7 ± 1.1 vs 7.9 ± 4.1 ng/mL; p = 0.008). Conclusions: Although whole gland therapies remain the gold standard treatment for PCa, our results indicate that the SoracteLiteTM system for focal laser ablation, as a very preliminary step, appears to offer a short-term oncologic control of PCa with negligible side effects.