bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MANEJO DEL DOLOR EN UN CASO DE SINDROME DE BART: APLASIA CUTÁNEA CONGÉNITA Y EPIDERMOLISIS BULLOSA
Authors: Templos Luz Adriana , Orellana Caro Vanesa Rocio , Nina Blacutt Edna Luisa
Published: September 2022

Se denomina síndrome de Bart (SB) a la ausencia congénita localizada de piel (ACLP), ampollas generalizadas y alteraciones ungueales, se desconoce una etiología específica, existe una alteración genética del cromosoma 3 con patrón autosómico dominante de herencia [1, 2]. La aplasia cutis está presente en los subtipos de epidermólisis bullosa, denominándose Síndrome de Bart. Afecta con mayor frecuencia un miembro inferior, con ausencia de piel y patrón en forma de “S”, además de lesiones de epidermólisis bullosa en cualquier otra parte del cuerpo.

No se encontró literatura que respalde el efecto analgésico con Buprenorfina en neonatos cuando la vía intravenosa, subcutánea o transdérmica no están disponibles, siendo su uso más frecuente en el síndrome de abstinencia neonatal.

Se presenta el caso de  neonato de término con las características clínicas mencionadas,  hospitalizado en el servicio de Terapia intermedia Neonatal y tratado  por el servicio de Clínica del Dolor  del Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, donde se ve claramente  el efecto analgésico de buprenorfina en solución oral  sublingual, como alternativa,  al no disponer de Morfina en solución  oral y al estar contraindicado el uso de vía parenteral y  parche de buprenorfina por el compromiso de la piel,   logrando  control integral del dolor.
Reporte de caso clínico y revisión bibliográfica de aborto diferido de 17.2 semanas de gestación con implantación en cavidad rudimentaria no comunicante de útero unicorne.
Authors: Barajas Ortiz Tania , Ruiz Marines Daniel , Calderón Estrada Elisa , Ortiz Verdin Maira Denisy , Picazo Carranza Alma Rosa , Martínez Hernández Francisco Javier
Published: September 2022

Las anomalías congénitas Mullerianas son las que afectan al desarrollo y la morfología de las trompas de Falopio, del útero y/o de la vagina, con o sin anomalías asociadas de ovario, del tracto urinario, esqueléticas o de otros órganos. El desarrollo normal del tracto reproductivo femenino implica una serie de procesos complejos caracterizados por la diferenciación, la migración, la fusión y la posterior canalización del sistema mülleriano, aunque hay que señalar que muchas de las anomalías mullerianas podrían originarse como defectos mesonéfricos (wolffianos). No incluyen anomalías o defectos de la determinación sexual, como alteraciones cromosómicas, o de la diferenciación sexual, como los pseudohermafroditismos1.

El útero unicorne con cuerno rudimentario es la alteración anatómica congénita del aparato genital femenino más infrecuente producida por la detención prematura del desarrollo de uno de los dos conductos Müllerianos 1. La asociación de útero unicorne con anomalías del tracto urinario es frecuente se estima que el 0,5% de la población general es portadora de una anomalía uterina congénita y el útero unicorne constituye aproximadamente el 5% de las malformaciones uterinas9.

Aborto diferido: Aborto caracterizado por la retención en la cavidad uterina, de un embrión o feto muerto o la detención de la progresión normal del embarazo, puede acompañarse o no de sangrado variable y dolor tipo cólico semejante al de trabajo de parto22.
Efectos del taller mejorando nuestra gestión pedagógica en la elaboración del proyecto curricular de la I.E, “Miguel Chuquisengo Ramírez”, Tarapoto.
Authors: Ramírez Garcia Dr. Gustavo , Ramírez Moreno Mtro. Gustavo , Valera Vela Mtro. Jhaisinio Salomon , Chung Díaz Mtro. Segundo Fabián , Trigozo Paredes Mg. Mauro
Published: September 2022

Resumen

La presente tesis es el resultado de la aplicación del Taller Mejorando nuestra gestión pedagógica, que hace posible el mejoramiento del Proyecto Curricular de institución educativa (PCIE) como instrumento de gestión pedagógica, de metodología de tipo investigación –acción y del nivel cuantitativa y fue desarrollada con docentes de la Institución Educativa Miguel Chuquisengo Ramírez de la provincia de San Martín, Distrito de Tarapoto. El objetivo del presente trabajo de investigación, es determinar la influencia del taller en el mejoramiento del proyecto curricular de la institución educativa en mención. La muestra estuvo conformada por 19 docentes de la institución, la recolección de datos se efectuó mediante el pre y post test, para la contratación de la hipótesis se utilizó el parámetro estadístico T-student. Una vez fectuada la prueba de hipótesis y contrastadas las mismas se ha llegado a la conclusión que la influencia del taller “mejorando nuestra gestión pedagógica” ha sido significativa lo que implica que el proyecto curricular de institución educativa (PCIE) ha sido mejorado en todos sus componentes.
The Effect of Weight Reduction on Reaction Times in Wrestlers in the U17 Category
Authors: ÖNER Salih , TAŞÇI Mehmet
Published: September 2022

This research was conducted to investigate the effect of weight reduction on simple reaction times in U17 category wrestlers. The research consisted of 24 wrestlers with an average age of 15.41±0.77, an average height of 170.33±7.72 cm and an average body weight of 66.04±16.79 kg in the U17 category group competition held in Malatya. Hubbard Scientific 6027 device was used to measure the reaction times of the participants. The participants were given the instruction to lose 4% of their own body weight after having their height, weight, and basic visual and auditory reaction times measured. Measurements were taken again after losing 4% of their weight. The SPSS 17.0 package program was used to examine the study's data. As a result of the findings of the study, a statistically significant result was observed between the body weight pre- test and post-test values of the participant group (p<0,05). While there was a significant difference between the left-hand visual pretest posttest values and the right-hand visual pretest posttest values (p>0,05), there was no significant difference between the left-hand auditory pretest posttest values. As a result, while the left-hand visual reaction time remained unchanged, the right hand visual, right hand auditory, and left-hand auditory reaction times all suffered due to the athletes wrestling in the U17 category losing 4% of their body weight. According to the study, athletes who lose weight quickly will experience negative effects on their reaction performance. For this reason, it is crucial to maintain weight control throughout the season in both athletic and scientific aspects.
Anti-inflammatory effects of different parts of Algerian caper (Capparis spinosa) on animal models
Authors: Cheniti Wafa , Amraoui Nacer , Roumili Imene , Abdelouhab Katia , Charef Noureddine , Baghiani Abderrahmane , Arrar Lekhmici
Published: September 2022

Capparis spinosa L. is a Mediterranean shrub widely used in traditional herbal medicine. This medicinal plant possesses several biological activities such as antioxidant, hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory effects. The present study aims to assess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of Algerian C. spinosa methanolic extracts from leaves (LME), stems (SME) and fruits (FME). Determination of total polyphenols, flavonoids and tannins was carried out using colorimetric methods. Antioxidant properties were evaluated using free radical scavenging activity against DPPH and ABTS, reducing power and β-carotene/linoleic acid tests. The Anti-inflammatory activity was assessed using carrageenan induced paw edema (CIPE), xylene (XIEE) and croton oil-induced ear edema (CIEE) models. The results showed that LME contains the highest concentrations of polyphenols, flavonoids and tannins. This extract also showed the highest reducing power (EC50= 32.83 ± 0.57 μg/ml), and scavenging activity against DPPH and ABTS radicals (IC50 = 30.51 ± 1.86 μg/ml and 11.93± 0.08 μg/ml, respectively), whilst the preventing of β-carotene bleaching was strong and similar for the three studied extracts. Unlike stem, both leaf and fruit exerted anti-edematous effect on all studied models. In conclusion, these results confirmed that C. spinosa parts possess different antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects related to their content in polyphenol and/or flavonoid contents, and justify the wide traditional use of this plant. Extracts of C. spinosa can serve as a good source of phytoconstituents used as drugs to treat inflammatory illness.
Effect of salinity-NaCl and clay-bentonite on some growth parameters of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under greenhouse conditions
Authors: BOUMAAZA BOUALEM , M’hamed Benada  , Ibrahim E. Benzohra  , Sofiane Boudalia  , Abdelhamid Gacemi  , Omar Khaladi  , Hakima Belaidi  , Mohamed Benkhelifa
Published: September 2022

The present research was taken out to assess the physiological, biochemical, and photosynthetic responses of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) to the combination of clay-bentonite and saline water in greenhouse conditions, at four concentrations of NaCl (0, 50, 100 and 200 mM). A substantial decrease in all the studied parameters (germination rate, root and stem length, fresh weight or dry weight, relative water content and chlorophyll content) was observed when salinity was increased. However, the application of various NaCl concentrations improved the total soluble protein and soluble sugar content in plants cultivated in the substrate without bentonite. The imposition of 50 mM NaCl with bentonite increased total soluble protein content. In contrast, the 100 and 200 mM treatment led to decreased total soluble protein content. The use of the bentonite did not produce any changes into depreciating of the effect of NaCl stress. On the other hand, salinity-bentonite exacerbated a reduction in physiological and biochemical processes of chickpea. Indeed, the K+/Na+ ratio decreased in all organs of plants with increasing NaCl doses. This ratio is slightly in favor of K+ only in substrate without bentonite. Our findings indicated that salinity-bentonite exacerbated a reduction in physiological and biochemical processes.
Modelling and forecasting the volatility of bitcoin futures: the role of distributional assumption in GARCH models
Authors: Gyamerah Samuel Asante , Abaitey Collins
Published: September 2022

The Bitcoin futures market is growing and, as such, becoming more sophisticated. A small change in price may therefore have a large impact on the market. This paper investigates the propensity of 18 different competing GARCH family models and error distributions to model and forecast the volatility of Bitcoin futures returns. The study employs two different time periods (from January 2, 2018 to June 14, 2021; and March 11, 2020 to June 14, 2021). From the results, iGARCH(1, 1)-Students't-distribution (STD) is selected as the best performing model among the constructed models for the first period. By fitting the best three models from the first period to the second period, the iGARCH(1, 1)-STD is again selected as the optimal model. However, the iGARCH(1, 1)-normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) provides a significant variance forecast when used for in-sample and out-of-sample forecasts before the financial crisis and during the financial crisis, respectively. Our results indicate the impacts of past squared shocks on squared returns of Bitcoin futures and the ability of iGARCH(1, 1)-STD to capture such innovations and the propensity of iGARCH(1, 1)-NIG to optimally forecast the variance of Bitcoin futures returns.
On the generalized Gronwall inequalities involving $ \psi $-fractional integral operator with applications
Authors: Wang Qi , Zhu Shumin
Published: September 2022

In this paper, a Gronwall inequality involving $ \psi $-fractional integral operator is obtained as a generalization of [23]. An example is listed to show the applications.
A soft set based approach for the decision-making problem with heterogeneous information
Authors: Xia Sisi , Chen Lin , Yang Haoran
Published: September 2022

This paper proposes the concept of a neighborhood soft set and its corresponding decision system, named neighborhood soft decision system to solve decision-making (DM) problems with heterogeneous information. Firstly, we present the definition of a neighborhood soft set by combining the concepts of a soft set and neighborhood space. In addition, some operations on neighborhood soft sets such as "restricted/relaxed AND" operations and the degree of dependency between two neighborhood soft sets are defined. Furthermore, the neighborhood soft decision system and its parameter reduction, core attribute are also defined. According to the core attribute, we can get decision rules and make the optimal decision. Finally, the algorithm of DM with heterogeneous information based on the neighborhood soft set is presented and applied in the medical diagnosis, and the comparison analysis with other DM methods is made.
Some new integral inequalities for a general variant of polynomial convex functions
Authors: Akdemir Ahmet Ocak , Butt Saad Ihsan , Nadeem Muhammad , Ragusa Maria Alessandra
Published: September 2022

In this study, the concept of $ (m, n)- $polynomial $ (p_{1}, p_{2}) $- convex functions on the co-ordinates has been established with some basic properties. Dependent on this new concept, a new Hermite-Hadamard type inequality has been proved, then some new integral inequalities have been obtained for partial differentiable $ (m, n)- $polynomial $ (p_{1}, p_{2}) $- convex functions on the co-ordinates. Several special cases that some of them proved in earlier works have been considered.
Tourism as Experience and Desire for Territory and Traveling
Authors: Martins Moisés de Lemos
Published: September 2022

The approach the author takes on tourism is not related to economic analysis, nor even a political analysis stricto sensu. He configures tourism as a cultural activity. The perspective developed on tourism is here phenomenological and socio-anthropological. Hence, the author does not dwell on business (nec/otium – not/leisure; activity, work, commerce) but mostly on leisure (otium – time free from activity). First, he points out that tourism reflects our current obsession with one territory and traveling in one territory. The second element developed in this chapter is the experience of traveling, which is always a possibility of an encounter – an encounter with the other and an encounter with nature.
Lethal Virality of Otherness
Authors: Joron Philippe
Published: September 2022

Sanitary issues and pandemics are in no way new in the history of our collective questioning concerning the organisation of the present and the arrangement of the future according to imperatives external to ourselves, the consequences of which we have been suffering (“black plague,” “Spanish flu,” “Ebola,” “HIV AIDS,” etc.). However, we are now taking for granted, with the appearance in 2019-2020 of COVID-19, the fact that we are no longer in a position to exist fully without external interference in the shared project of human fulfilment. The COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on tourist mobilities can be analysed in the light of other mesological forms in a state of interdependence. Polemology uses the term “total wars,” actual or potential. The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with all its diplomatic, political, military, economic, migratory, humanitarian, and other consequences, is a tragic illustration of that. By terminological extension, it is now possible to speak of “total crises” or “pancrises.”
Total Tourism Experience and Viral Environment
Authors: Simões João Tomaz , Simões Jorge Manuel , Figueira Luís Mota
Published: September 2022

Tourism activities produce multiple stimuli in both the conception and enjoyment of travel. These travels, whose main purpose is to provide an experience to visitors, have not been properly studied, particularly in the post-pandemic era. There are a number of movements and schools of thought but not all aligned to one that is the total tourist experience. It is, therefore, that the authors propose in this chapter to raise questions that will lead to the production of ideas about this theme. These questions will be considered in the survey built throughout the investigation.
Digital Media and the COVID-19 Urban Crisis
Authors: Tarachucky Laryssa , Simão Rafael Soares , Baldessar Maria José
Published: September 2022

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic we suffered during the urban era, but it is the first one to force governments to respond with such large-scale severe restrictions. Alongside institutional measures are the proliferation of collective endeavors that respond to community demands emerging from the struggle to contain contagion. Individuals of different age groups and demographic profiles are crowdsourcing their own solutions for both local and national issues using online tools to map and respond to pandemic- and lockdown-related crises. In seeking to understand these technological appropriations during the COVID-19 crisis in the Brazilian context, where 87% of the population lives in cities, the authors employed an online ethnographic research method and conducted a thematic analysis on 41 crowdsourced mappings in the country. The results present five main groups of matters of concern conveyed by these maps as well as the role of digital media in addressing them.
International Visitors to Las Vegas
Authors: Nehls Kimberly
Published: September 2022

Prior to the pandemic, more than 42 million individuals visited Las Vegas annually, and 14% were from outside the U.S. The number of overseas visitors increased by more than a million people during the decade from 2009-2018. The greatest increase in international visitors came from Brazil, China, South Korea, Argentina, and India. This chapter sought to examine international visitors to Las Vegas with the overarching research question: Why has the international tourist market to Las Vegas increased among specific countries and how can this information be utilized for future marketing purposes in a post-COVID-19 world? The most significant findings highlighted the increases in GDP and GDP per capita of the visitor countries. The city of Las Vegas can better target growth patterns like these to plan for the return of international visitors, along with marketing plans to reinvigorate international tourists to the region following the pandemic.
Challenges for Urban Tourism in a Post-Pandemic World
Authors: Dias Lopes José , Lopes Ângela , Correia Antónia , Portugal João Pedro
Published: September 2022

Urban tourism has particularities that distinguish it from other forms of tourism. The urban tourist wants to enjoy the city, its monuments, its environment, its cuisine, its events. The tourist will always be an outsider to the city, someone who will enjoy an area that is not designed specifically for tourism. But the tourist does not have to be a stranger in the city. The pandemic affected urban tourism in a more “violent” way. However, the pandemic has not affected the pull factors of cities – the cuisine, the monuments, the events, the vibe are still there waiting to be enjoyed. They will be, and city tourism will return with full vigor. This chapter argues that the quest for sustainability and change supported by a disruptive set of new technologies and the consequent skill shifts will possibly affect urban tourism intensely. These new trends have the potential to give rise to different solutions than those that have been attempted in the past. We will see if we can better reconcile cities with their tourists to the benefit of all.
Thinking Urban Heritage in Times of Pandemics
Authors: Contreras Medina Fernando R.
Published: September 2022

This chapter studies the work of the art museum exhibition during the pandemic. The confinement in citizens' homes, as a preventive measure against COVID-19, forced museums to a new virtual staging and an ordering of the works under the technical conditions of the internet. The excess of the virtualization of heritage as opposed to the rational contemplation of art is what establishes the bases of identification of the anticulture proper to capitalist consumption. Theoretical questions of art, philosophy, sociology, and politics are discussed, but only as stepping stones into the deep waters of visual culture.
The Cordel Pandemic
Authors: Moita Filomena Maria , Lucas Leandro Mário
Published: September 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic established a transmutation, which, although initially temporary in appearance, produced dramatic changes in the secular way of teaching and learning in methodologies and resources. It also caused profound social, emotional, and educational impacts on the academic community in general. From this perspective, in this chapter, the authors aim to identify the impacts caused by the pandemic on daily life and revealed by students in their storytelling in verse, more specifically, in cordel. For this, they used as methodology the assumptions of content analysis, in the expectation of having an in-depth understanding of the content presented by the students and making inferences, in order to achieve the intended purpose. As a result, they found in the verses impacts associated with three categories of daily life, which they created from the data processing—sanitary, personal, and social—and they found that cordel literature, by the very essence of capturing the images of life as it is, proved to be an adequate way to capture the students' voices about the topic in question.
Extended Reality as the Immersive Environment Conjunction of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality
Authors: Montenegro Andres R.
Published: September 2022

Extended reality environments will exceed virtual reality and mixed reality environments and will be understood as a new level among several of the metaverse modalities that will become technology standards on the internet of the next future. Extended reality will address as well how the user's interface will experience dramatic changes in the way users manipulate digital 3D content. Interactive objects will adopt a holographic status. The use of natural tactile interactions determines the availability of our body as an integral interface that will obtain responses in several levels of perceptions, one of which is haptics. To create the meaningful experience of our body and the possible responses obtained from a spatial interaction or interface inside this metaverse, the content and its design must achieve a fully immersive dimension. In this crucial crossroad of body and interface interactions, phenomenological experiences will be vital to understand contemporary problematics and cultural changes.
Tiny Disasters
Authors: Sweeney J. Chad
Published: September 2022

In this lyric essay, the author weaves personal Autism narratives with linguistics and disability theory to illuminate the challenges and joys of being an autistic adult in today's world. As a student, a poet, a junior high teacher and finally as a university professor, the author explores the daily challenges of being out-of-sync with the norm, of living and working with sensory processing disorder, social ostracism and discrimination due to interpersonal communication issues, executive dysfunction, meltdown, shutdown, and atypical emotional expression and eye contact, amidst an ill-informed public resistant to lowering the barriers to adults with Autism. He also celebrates the joys of being autistic, his autistic "super-powers," and the ways in which his life-long struggles to understand and to feel welcome have shaped him to be a compassionate teacher, writer and community activist. The author includes anecdotes of autistic students, friends and family as well, and makes recommendations for better sensory/social environments for students and faculty alike, all in the service of greater autistic awareness, inclusion and acceptance.
Exploring the Perspectives of Teachers, Parents, and Students in an Inclusive Education Setting
Authors: Dirton Thea
Published: September 2022

Autism spectrum disorder or autism is a disorder that affects the people living with it in different ways. The outcome of a person living with autism's life is affected by recent federal law and available support. Inclusion is an educational practice designed to provide support and opportunities for students to increase their functionality in all areas or their life. This chapter focuses on the perspectives of the student living with autism and the stakeholders in their lives as they participate in the inclusive education setting. It explores the perspectives of teachers, parents, and students, through research and first-hand experience, as they navigate autistic behaviors and offers strategies and solutions for challenging behavior.
Understanding the Andragogical Learning Experiences of High School Students With Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Jacobson Tamara Lee
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the virtual learning experiences of high school students with severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during the COVID-19 pandemic-mandated stay-at-home order. This research seeks to strengthen the existing literature regarding best practices for andragogical learning for students with ASD. The COVID-19 pandemic presented unique learning challenges for students with severe ASD, including limited ability to meet individualized educational program (IEP) goals and access to essential services. This chapter illuminates the connection between suboptimal virtual learning practices for high school students with severe ASD and declines in mental health and both developmental and educational outcomes. As virtual learning is increasingly utilized and embedded into andragogical education, centering the experiences of students with severe ASD is essential. With this in mind, the chapter conveys the vision necessary for improving the best practices for virtual learning for students with severe ASD.
Could There Be an AutCrit?
Authors: Nerren Jessica Block
Published: September 2022

DisCrit, critical race theory, disability rights, deficit thinking, and critical PR all lend themselves to a strong argument for autism inclusion in general education settings. In this chapter, an inclusion framework based upon multidisciplinary scholarship is offered for use across not only teacher preparation, but also industry sectors, higher education, K12 districts, and school sites. Theoretically, the multidisciplinary scholarship leading to this curriculum was detailed with a new proposed AutCrit scholarship examined and considered. The tools of a future with a possible AutCrit scholarship would use new tools and new ways of thinking built on the critical scholarship and rejecting tools of historic oppression that led to the challenges that both individuals with autism and the practices of inclusion face in parallel today.
Big Data and Public Health
Authors: Talati Kandarp Narendra , Parikh Swapnil Maheshkumar
Published: September 2022

Healthcare has been recognized as one of the five focus areas for artificial intelligence intervention by the Government of India's think tank NITI Aayog. Many of the AI innovations for healthcare are around clinical and administrative applications, with public health gaining attraction. Participation is restricted to top-performing academic and research institutions with data mostly coming from government and private conglomerates. The faculty with expertise in AI/ML at academic institutions are facing the challenges of access to reliable databases, technical understanding, and support to identify critical research questions, and opportunities for multidisciplinary collaborations. Towards addressing this critical research and development void, this chapter is proposed to pen down the multidisciplinary collaboration strategies for academic-led data products and data-as-a-product to create data bank and embedded analytics, which can facilitate evidence-based, context-specific insights to guide policies and program interventions for local communities at district levels and beyond.
The Integration of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning
Authors: Ali Muhammad Mooneeb
Published: September 2022

The process of modern communication has become effective due to the use of modern devices and tools. In education, the value of teacher and student communication is pivotal as it can help to improve learning. One of the latest methods to elevate learning processes is mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). MALL has emerged as a modern learning and teaching way all around the world. Looking at the Pakistani society, the use of latest devices and techniques is absent. There is a dire need to employ some latest ways and methods that can overhaul the already established system of learning. Importantly, before applying any particular method, there is a strong need to focus upon the perception of the users. Therefore, this study looks for the perceptions of ESL pre-service Pakistani teachers regarding MALL. Data were collected through interviews, and it was explored that pre-service teachers had positive perceptions regarding MALL.
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Integrate Technology in the K-12 Language Classrooms
Authors: Tolosa-Casadont Lou
Published: September 2022

Integrating technology when teaching languages provides exciting opportunities for learners and educators. Three ways teacher candidates can integrate technology in the classroom are 1) as technology leaders, where they model, lead, and control the integration of educational technology (edtech) in the classroom; 2) as observers and learners, who support, encourage, and empower learners to lead the use of edtech for learning; and 3) as collaborators with their learners in (virtual) spaces that blend interactive technologies with co-developed/authored experiences. Four additional topics of chief importance and significance for teachers are discussed: 1) the need to experience and assess technologies prior to employing them in the classroom, 2) potential affordances and caveats of integrating technology and digital media in teaching and learning, 3) the need for TCs' acquisition of technology skills, and 4) the importance of aligning teaching with technology with standards and other requirements.
Learning Trajectory-Based Formative Assessment and Sequenced Digital Learning Activities in Math Class
Authors: Suh Jennifer M. , Roscioli Kate
Published: September 2022

The chapter focuses on how preservice teachers used learning trajectory research to analyze formative assessment data and then sequenced bridging activities using digital technologies to enrich and scaffold mathematics instruction for elementary students. Integrating technology in the mathematics classroom has always been a key focus for mathematics teacher education. In particular, the authors focus on supporting preservice teachers to become more proficient with tools and technology to support mathematical reasoning and sense-making, both in doing mathematics themselves and in supporting student learning of mathematics. Through case studies, they detail how preservice teachers use formative assessment and research around learning trajectory to design a sequence of learning activities using technology. In addition, they share the challenges and successes preservice teachers encountered in designing scaffolded learning activities based on individual student needs using digital learning activities.
An Analysis of the Volatility Index With the Vector Error Correction Model
Authors: Altin Hakan
Published: September 2022

The primary objective of this study was to examine the causal relationships between the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial, the NASDAQ Composite, and the VIX indices using the VECM method. The findings demonstrated a strong mutual causal relationship between indices. This relationship strongly indicated that other indices tend to follow the VIX index. The direction of this relationship is most valid for American stock markets. Considering the causal relationships between other country indices and the VIX, it can be said that this relationship will remain weak because the VIX index only represents the American markets. Furthermore, even if the relationships between the VIX index and other country indices are accepted as econometrically correct, the mutual causal relationships found cannot go beyond illusion. A foreign investor should not build a portfolio based solely on the VIX index which reflects future expectations only in the American market. However, a foreign investor can use the VIX index as a great metric in the process of minimizing portfolio risk.
Effects of Implied Volatility Indices on CESEE Stock Markets
Authors: Škrinjarić Tihana
Published: September 2022

This chapter analyzes several model specifications of the asymmetric relationship between the implied volatility index (VIX) and return series for the CESEE (Central-Eastern and South-Eastern European) stock markets. Several different country-origin VIX indices are examined (US, emerging markets, Russian, and EU) to analyze which one has the best forecasting ability of the return series. Based on daily data analysis and six different model specifications, resulting in 240 models in total, asymmetric and non-linear relationships were found between the selected VIX and return series. As the results differ over all stock market return series, international investors are advised to consider such results when making decisions about their portfolio selection.
Strategy Management of Institutional Investors
Authors: Yu Poshan , Wu Qimiao , Nyaribo Wycliffe Misuko , Lu Shengyuan
Published: September 2022

It has been nearly 20 years since the official establishment and implementation of the qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) system in China. During this period, China's financial market has gradually opened to the outside world, as has its capital market. The Chinese government is constantly adjusting and improving the QFII system and policies according to the domestic and international situation. In response to the adjustment of China's policies, foreign investors should also adjust their investment strategies in a timely manner. This chapter will focus on the sources of QFII investment and explore the current investment potential of China's QFII. This chapter will first discuss the major issues in overseas investment research, then analyze the situation of QFII in different regions according to the QFII list, and finally, analyze the investment potential of each region and give suggestions based on these situations.
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Authors: Goel Archana , Sharma Renuka , Mehta Kiran
Published: September 2022

Over the past years, corporate governance has sparked the interest of both academia and industry. However, despite extensive research on this topic, there is still a dearth of comprehensive knowledge in this field. The objective of the chapter is to conduct a comprehensive review of the previous Indian studies on corporate governance (CG) and firm performance (FP) conducted in India and carry out an in-depth investigation in this field. Research on CG and FP in India is synthesised here in order to understand how the field has evolved over the past few years, as well as where it is headed in the future. The prominent Scopus database was utilised to identify the relevant literature. The final sample includes 75 articles analysed systematically. TCCM approach—theory, context, construct, and methodology—has been applied. This review chapter ends with future research directions to aid future scholars.
The South Asian Sharing Economy
Authors: Rahman Kazi Turin , Bansal Rohit
Published: September 2022

The central agenda of this study is to assess the current state of affairs on research pertaining to the South Asian sharing economy. As per PwC assessment, Asians are more receptive to these economies in comparison to Americans and Europeans. However, in terms of research, most of it is focused on developed markets rather than emerging ones. This chapter initiated a comprehensive review of research on the South Asian sharing economy by following the updated 2020 guidelines issued by PRISMA. After exclusions, only a handful of studies were found dealing with the sharing economy in South Asia. Moreover, no studies on Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Maldives were found. Lack of theoretical foundations in included studies was a point of concern. Mixed method studies were also scarce among the papers reviewed. A comprehensive review of research on the South Asian sharing economy is absent in extant literature, and this study contributed to filling this gap.
Energy Strategy and Policy Development Process
Authors: Danish Mir Sayed Shah , Ibrahimi Abdul Matin , Ahmadi Mikaeel , Shams Shawkatullah , Fedayi Habibullah , Senjyu Tomonobu Shah
Published: September 2022

This chapter discusses energy policy development at the moment that 169 countries are trying to save the world through ratifying the Paris Climate Change Summit (2016). However, competitive policy planning and design are multidimensional endeavors when most developing nations are faced with the advent of economic and population increase. Some of these countries still do not have energy policies or, for many years, remain unchanged. The proposed framework aims to retrieve nations' socio-economic status onto a full growth path when facing multiple challenges that fit the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This chapter reviews the literature, focusing on a systematic framework that can guide energy policy development. This chapter tries to adopt a new approach for a successful public energy policy development that meets priorities commensurate with the national strategies to meet anticipations and deliver optimum opportunities of technical, technological, political, social, environmental, economic, and institutional benefits.
Entrepreneurship Education Development in the Context of Tourism in Oman
Authors: Kukreti Mohit , Dileep M. R. , Dangwal Aarti
Published: September 2022

An entrepreneurship is a key factor for any country that aims to become competitive in the knowledge-based global market as it is viewed as a means of promoting economic growth, innovation, and creativity. This opinion has given rise to growing interest in establishing entrepreneurship educational programmes by several countries including Oman. The government of Oman has taken tourism as one of the main economic sectors to diversify its oil-based economy. This chapter focuses on the facilities provided by the government of Sultanate of Oman to encourage and motivate growth of new ventures with context to entrepreneurship education, how the government of Oman is monitoring and assessing its initiatives and strategies, planned and implemented to establish entrepreneurship education in tourism context. The chapter also proposed a conceptual framework on entrepreneurship education in tourism context which can be considered by the policy makers to measure the efficacy and efficiency of the entrepreneurship education strategies and policies.
Digital Transformation and Innovation Management
Authors: Shatila Khodor , Jalloul Suha
Published: September 2022

Transformational entrepreneurship refers to the capacity of entrepreneurs to deal with global difficulties, such as the current economic crisis, to enhance the well-being of their local communities. Digital technologies have impacted the connection between entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The survey was distributed online using Google forms between December 2021 and February 2022. The target population for the study included entrepreneurs owning small-medium enterprises in Lebanon. Additionally, the sample that is used for this study is 270 entrepreneurs (N=270). As a result, this study contributes to the body of knowledge by examining the relationship between technical preparedness and market expansion and the investigation and use of that technology. Understanding the relationship between macro-level policy changes and the national level is essential. Ultimately, the findings might help encourage developing and implementing cutting-edge technology-driven business strategies.
Co-Creating Digital Transformation
Authors: Kalkan Özgecan
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss two subfields of marketing, namely digital transformation and co-creation, that share common characteristics and possess key differences. The initial focus is on the digital transformation subfield, in terms of the definition, phases, strategies, business models and resource integration, and finally, the new technologies and platforms. Subsequently, the chapter provides in-depth information on the value co-creation subfield focusing on value definition, innovation and co-creation, and the service-dominant logic. Value co-creation and digital transformation have emerged because academics in both subfields have been discussing new questions raised by the advent of new technologies on how value from delivering new products and services can be captured. This chapter argues that these two subfields are converging to enable resource integration through similar sources such as platforms created through digital ecosystems. Working together, the two fields can improve their potential to find better solutions to improve the transformation process.
Conceptual Review of Technology Enabled Marketing
Authors: Chhabra Sakhhi
Published: September 2022

Technology is changing rapidly, which is constantly changing the status quo in people's lives. It is difficult for marketers to understand these accelerating changes and act on them. In this work, the author explores how the marketing discipline has evolved due to changing technologies over the years. The work first uncovers the major changes in technology and ponder the foundational concepts which have led to these technology changes. Then it reflects on these changes from a marketing lens and understand how the new concepts have emerged in the discipline. Further, the author dives into how the changes in marketing discipline have impacted consumer behavior and subsequently predict the directions in which the marketing discipline would evolve due to changes in technology. The contribution of this paper is a comprehensive literature review and development of a framework that links the changes in technology and resultant changes in consumer behavior which throws up new research agenda in technology-enabled marketing for academicians and Ph.D. scholars working in this area.
Bibliometric Analysis of Supply Chain Digitalization
Authors: Saglietto Laurence , Lazzeri Gracia-Campo Jennifer , Pigni Federico
Published: September 2022

“Digital transformation” or “digitalization” is a rapidly evolving concept that is gaining popularity in various different disciplines and highlighting a wealth of ideas, theoretical anchors, and research directions. In the present chapter, the authors try to understand the structure underlying research on supply chain digitization, the topics investigated which need more attention, how the existing literature could be classified, and how the discipline could be advanced. Using a bibliometric approach, this chapter analyzes 638 articles published between 1995 and 2020. The authors use VosWier to analyze the mapping information and Alceste for a detailed lexical analysis. The analyses reveal the main trends in supply chain digitalization and suggest an agenda for future research that includes a systemic approach to the analysis of digitalization, supply chain digitalization to create new strategic value, and digitalization as a dynamic capability.
Blood Pressure Target in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Kim Hyun-Jin , Kim Kwang-il ,   on Behalf of the Policy Committee of Korean Society of Hypertension
Published: September 2022

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to increase worldwide, and it is a well-established cardiovascular risk factor. Hypertension is also an important cardiovascular risk factor to be controlled and is common among patients with diabetes mellitus. Optimal blood pressure (BP) goals have been the subject of great debate in the management of hypertension among patients with diabetes mellitus. This review provides detailed results from randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses of clinical outcomes according to the target BP in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition, the target BP in patients with diabetes mellitus recommended by different guidelines was summarized and presented. A target BP of <140/90 mm Hg is recommended for patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and BP should be controlled to <130/80 mm Hg in patients with diabetes mellitus who have high-risk clinical features. We hope that this review will be helpful to clinicians and patients by promoting the understanding and appropriate application of BP control in the comprehensive management of patients with diabetes mellitus.
How Many Microwave Disinfection Cycles is Safe for the Adaptability of Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) Denture Base Materials?
Authors: Ali Wan Nor Syariza Wan , Ahmad Noor Farishahbanubinti , Yussof Sharifah Nor Aishah Syed
Published: September 2022

Introduction:

We aimed to determine the maximum microwave disinfection cycles that is safe for the adaptability of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) denture bases under power–time setting of 630 W for 3 minutes.

Materials and Methods:

Thirty PMMA maxillary denture bases were constructed and divided into two groups, control (no disinfection) and test (microwave disinfection at 630W for 3 minutes in water immersion). Coltene Rapid Liner (Coltene/Whaledent AG, Altstatten, Switzerland) silicone was coated onto the internal surface of the samples followed by placement of 8 kgf of axial load. The silicone film was removed, and weighed using analytical balance. One day interval was given between each cycle and samples were stored in 37°C water bath. Tests were carried out until a statistically significant silicone film weight change detected. The data were analyzed on SPSS version 21.0 (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY).

Results:

Statistically significant change of the denture base was detected after the tenth cycle of microwave irradiation.

Conclusion:

The maximum microwave disinfection cycles that is safe for the adaptability of PMMA denture bases under power–time setting of 630 W for 3 minutes is only up to 10 cycles.
Choriocarcinoma of the Ovary Masquerading as Ectopic Pregnancy
Authors: Malik Roopa , Verma Menka , Chauhan Meenakshi , Sinha Pooja
Published: September 2022

Choriocarcinoma of ovary is a rare aggressive tumor of ovary. It may be gestational or nongestational tumor. High index of suspicion is required for diagnosis in reproductive age group females. Here, we present a case report of a 30-year-old female who was operated for ectopic pregnancy but was diagnosed as ovarian choriocarcinoma on histopathology. The patient had abnormally high beta-human chorionic gonadotropin levels with history of amenorrhea and negative urine pregnancy test. On laparotomy, a mass of 8 cm × 10 cm was found which was confirmed as choriocarcinoma on histopathological examination. The patient was managed with chemotherapy and responded well to treatment.