bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Innovative methods of therapy for eating disorders
Authors:   Institute of Eating Disorders Therapy, Kyiv, Ukraine, Patonich Valery
Published: December 2024

he study aimed to compare the effectiveness of treating eating disorders using three current approaches: cognitive behavioral therapy, physiotherapy, and a combination. The participants were 120 patients in the inpatient department of the Patonych Center for the treatment of eating disorders, with diagnoses of various types of eating disorders; the average age of patients was 31±5.5 years. The EDE-Q and EAT-26 questionnaires were used to monitor the dynamics of symptoms, and the SF-36 questionnaire was used to investigate the subjective assessment of quality of life. Cognitive skills such as attention and thinking speed were studied using the Munstenberg test. It was found that all methods positively affected the course of the disease in patients. The combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and physiotherapy demonstrated better results than each method alone, with an average EDE-Q score reduction from 30±2.98 to 15.3 ± 1.53 for the combination therapy group after six months, compared to 19.5 ± 1.58 for cognitive behavioral therapy alone. The latest method of fissiotherapy is described as an alternative method. Specialists of the appropriate profile, such as psychotherapists, can use the data obtained in the study.
Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Metode Mind mapping Terhadap Kemampuan Komunikasi Matematis
Authors: Al Islami Siti Nur Afni , Triyana Illah Winiati
Published: December 2024

In learning mathematics, mathematical communication skills play an important role because it allows students to express their mathematical thinking in writing. One of the approaches to improve this skill is through the application of cooperative learning that utilizes the mind mapping method. This study aims to assess the impact of cooperative learning model with mind mapping method on students' mathematical communication skills. The research method applied was quantitative with a quasi-experiment design. The population in this study were VIII grade students of Ma'arif Miftahul Ulum Junior High School in the even semester of the 2023/2024 academic year. The two classes involved in this study were class VIII A with 21 students and class VIII B with 20 students, which were used as research samples. Data collection techniques include mathematical communication ability tests and observations of the learning process whose results will be tested with statistical tests using SPSS 26.0. The results proved that there was a significant effect of using cooperative learning model with mind mapping method on students' mathematical communication skills, as seen from the hypothesis testing results with a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.051 > 0.05.
The Impact of Implementation Capacity on the Link between Infrastructure Financing and Success in Kenya's Vision 2030 Public Projects
Authors: Nguri John W. , Ochieng Dr. Duncan Elly , Wainaina Prof. Gituro
Published: December 2024

Purpose: This study examines the success factors influencing cost and time variances in public capital projects in Kenya, with a focus on identifying sectoral disparities and the role of financing and implementation capacity. It aims to provide insights into mitigating risks to achieve Kenya's Vision 2030 infrastructure goals.
Materials and Methods: The study employs descriptive statistics and regression analysis to evaluate data on cost and time overruns across various infrastructure sectors, including roads, energy, and water and sanitation. The analysis explores the impact of infrastructure financing (internal, external, and PPP) and implementation capacity factors such as procurement, supervision, planning, and payment processes.
Findings: The results reveal significant variability in cost and time overruns across sectors. The road sector recorded the highest mean cost overrun, while the energy sector exhibited the highest risk of cost overruns. Time overruns were also prominent, with the road sector experiencing the greatest variability. Internal financing increased both cost and time overruns, whereas external financing reduced them due to stringent oversight mechanisms. PPP projects, however, experienced notable overruns due to the complexities of multi-stakeholder management. Enhanced implementation capacity significantly mitigated both cost and time overruns, while delayed payments to contractors exacerbated project inefficiencies.
Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study emphasizes the need for enhanced risk management strategies tailored to sector-specific challenges. Strengthening implementation capacity through better procurement, planning, and supervision is critical to reducing variances. Policymakers should prioritize timely payments to contractors and adopt stricter accountability measures for internally and PPP-funded projects. Leveraging external financing's oversight benefits while simplifying PPP frameworks can further enhance the success of public capital projects.
Change and continuity in the EU's 'state building-security nexus' in Ukraine. A historical institutional perspective
Authors: Dumitrescu Lucian
Published: December 2024

While the 2014 Annexation of Crimea has been presented by the scholarly literature as leading only to an incremental change in the state-building and foreign policy practices of the EU towards Ukraine, the 2022 invasion of the Russian Federation has been assessed as a critical juncture that has finally turned the EU into a geopolitical actor. The research question that my presentation seeks to answer to is whether the dynamic of the EU's 'state-building security nexus' in Ukraine could be looked at with a different conceptualization of institutional change, one that goes beyond the already traditional dichotomy between incremental change triggered by endogenous factors and the radical change that could be caused by a critical juncture like the 2022 War in Ukraine. By relying on historical institutionalism - an approach that still tries to find its place in an academic field that is clearly dominated by either rational institutionalism or constructivist institutionalism -, I trace two aspects of institutional change, i.e., speed and depth, that the EU's 'state building - security nexus' has undergone since 2014. Specifically, I bring under scrutiny three types of evolutions related to the EU's 'state-building security nexus' in Ukraine: strategic thinking, state building practices, and foreign policy actions. As I am interested in the evolution of the abovementioned aspects in the long run, my presentation also seeks to trace their dynamic after 2022. To this end, I employ process tracing as a research method, while the data that I use come from both primary sources, i.e., official documents of the EU, and secondary sources, that is, scholarly literature
Advancing circular economy: integrating consumers and institutions towards sustainability
Authors: Plotnic Olesea , Crudu Rodica
Published: December 2024

The current linear economy, defined by a buy-use-discard approach, is unsustainable, leading to overconsumption and waste that threaten the environment. By 2050, global consumption is expected to surpass Earth's capacity by threefold, making the transition to a circular economy essential. This article explores the challenges and opportunities of adopting a circular economy, emphasizing the need for collective action at both national and international levels. It examines how consumer behaviour, policy-making, and stakeholder engagement can drive this transition. Drawing on initiatives like the European Green Deal and Circular Economy Action Plan, the article focuses on strategies within the European Union to promote sustainability and address the global overconsumption crisis.
Mapping the role of civil society across the western Balkans
Authors: Vila Jubjana , Melani Ingrit
Published: December 2024

The six Western Balkan countries are experiencing simultaneous democratization and EU integration processes. The EU has been leveraging the possibility of EU membership and EU conditionality for the implementation of a range of policies and promotion of democratic reforms. In the context of EU conditionality, along the other issues there is an emphasis on the 'week civil society' across the Western Balkan countries. This study examines the situation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as agents of change in region. Through a comparative approach, it aims to map the role of civil society across the WB countries to understand the main issues and challenges in state-civil society relationship for WB countries in promoting democratic governance, reconciliation, and EU accession.
Innovation of E-Learning Platform: IBE Eduflix
Authors: Rashid Wan Edura Wan , Razak Norfadzilah Abdul , Saihani Shamsul Bahrin , Jaffri Muhammad Haziq , Wemel Rani
Published: December 2024

The shift to digital learning has presented significant challenges for educational platforms, including low user engagement, digital accessibility, and ensuring relevant content. IBE Eduflix is an innovative e-learning platform designed to revolutionize the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners. IBE Eduflix stands at the forefront of modern learning solutions by offering flexible, engaging, and personalized educational pathways. However, this study address these issues, offering a comprehensive e-learning platform designed to enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners. By providing flexible, engaging, and personalized pathways, IBE Eduflix aims to overcome the limitations of traditional and online learning formats. This pilot study, conducted with 60 users, highlights high user satisfaction, particularly with Edu4U’s curated content, which includes online courses from prestigious institutions, professional associations, and experts. The platform’s extensive library of eBooks, educational videos sources such as TED Talks and YouTube, and open-access research articles ensures diverse learning materials are readily available. Interactive features, such as quizzes, study tools, and motivational content, foster active engagement and enhance knowledge retention. The findings suggest that IBE Eduflix is a valuable tool for enhancing accessibility, academic rigor, and professional development. Educational institutions can use it to supplement traditional teaching, businesses benefit from its support for employee upskilling, and individual learners gain essential resources for thriving in a dynamic job market, bridging the gap between formal education and real-world skills. The implications of these findings are meaningful to learning institutions, students, lecturers, and training provided to apply the IBE Eduflix in future use.
Teachers’ expanding roles and tasks
Authors: Siljamäki Mariana , Anttila Eeva Helena
Published: December 2024

Developing linguistically and culturally aware pedagogies is essential in increasingly diverse countries, such as Finland, thus needing more attention in teachers’ preservice education. This article focuses on physical education (PE) students’ views on their future profession and how these views may expand toward cultural and linguistic awareness. In addition, it explores how Finnish as a second language (F2L) teachers view their roles and tasks and how they apply embodied and arts-based pedagogies in their language classes. The notion of expanding professionalism is a central concept in this study. It entails attending to teachers’ social responsibilities. In addition, the theoretical framework includes a discussion of embodied pedagogy and language as a multimodal phenomenon. The context is a mandatory equality course in a PE teacher program at a Finnish university. The course included fieldwork where the PE students practiced embodied and arts-based language pedagogies. Drawing mainly from approaches to performative writing, the authors approach the research material and present their findings in narrative form. Based on the study, both PE students and F2L teachers appear to be aware of the need to expand their professional competences and consider embodied and arts-based approaches to be important in teaching language. However, future teachers need courage and skill in embodied and multimodal pedagogies.
Moreover, they expressed an awareness of teachers’ social responsibilities within the increasingly complex societal situation. The authors conclude that embodied and arts-based approaches are key to developing culturally and linguistically aware PE. Such approaches have great potential for educating all future teachers.
Embodied language learning through engagement in the arts
Authors: Jusslin Sofia , Lilja Niina , Anttila Eeva
Published: December 2024

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Cemil Kavukçu’nun Yapıtlarının Çocuk Yazınının Temel Ögeleri Açısından Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Yüce Büşra , Hamzadayı Ergün
Published: December 2024

Çocukların yazın alanında nitelikli yapıtlar ile buluşmaları ana dil bilincini, okuma kültürünü edinebilmeleri açısından çok önemlidir. Öte yandan çocuk yazını yapıtları çocuğun varoluşunu anlamlandırmasında, yaşadığı toplumun maddi ve manevi değerler dizgesini edinmesinde son derece önemli görevler üstlenir. Bu bağlamda bu araştırmada, Cemil Kavukçu’nun çocuklara yönelik yazdığı yapıtlarının tamamı Prof. Dr. Sedat Sever’in Çocuk ve Edebiyat adlı kitabında yer alan çocuk yazınının temel ögeleri (konu, ileti, karakter, dil ve anlatım ile resim) yönünden incelenmiştir. Kavukçu’nun çocuklara seslenen yapıtlarının çözümlemeleri nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden belge incelemesi yoluyla yapılmıştır. Yapıtların her bir ögeye ilişkin elde edilen verileri frekans ve yüzdelik değer olarak sunularak aynı zamanda yapıtlardan kesitler verilerek çocuk yazınının temel ögeleri yönünden değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında elde edilen bulgular benzer çalışma sonuçlarıyla kıyaslanarak tartışılmıştır. Kavukçu’nun çocuğa görelik ve çocuk gerçekliği ilkelerini gözettiği ve yapıtlarının çocuk yazınının temel ögeleri yönünden genellikle yetkin olduğu saptanmıştır.
Diaphonía, v. 10, n. 3, 2024
Authors: Comissão
Published: December 2024

A presente edição (vol. 10, n. 3) da DIAPHONÍA, Revista dos Discentes do Curso de Filosofia da UNIOESTE, promovida pelo Grupo PET [Programa de Educação Tutorial], torna público mais um número primado pelo rigor e pela originalidade, ao marcar, consideravelmente, uma posição qualificada em termos de produtividade de pesquisa no contexto nacional da área.
Isso posto, por meio desse terceiro e último número de 2024, o periódico faz jus, mais uma vez, ao espírito formador, plural e dialógico que tem sido a marca indelével da Revista, como um veículo propulsor de fomento.
A unidade substancial entre alma e corpo na antropologia filosófica de santo Tomás de Aquino
Authors: MORO DOUGLAS DAL
Published: December 2024

A antropologia de Tomás de Aquino concebe o homem como constituído por uma unidade substancial entre alma e corpo, elementos essencialmente integrantes da substância una “homem”. Tal compreensão exige antes o entendimento de certos conceitos metafísicos empregados, e que, após acordados, permitem avançar à análise detida de corpo e alma, sobretudo em sua relação hilemórfica, onde fulgura a definição da alma intelectiva como forma do corpo. Essa alma detém grande notoriedade por suasubsistir à separação com o corpo e ser criada e infundida diretamente por Deus, conquanto sua gênese seja vinculada à matéria. Essa concepção antropológica do santo fornece luzes à compreensão de determinados dogmas católicos, como o da Encarnação,outorgando-lhe grande notoriedade também no campo teológico.
Nicolau Maquiavel
Authors: ARIZA PÉRICLES
Published: December 2024

O objetivo deste trabalho é destacar o caráter republicano do pensamento e obra de Maquiavel. Para tanto, o trabalho parte de uma análise do primeiro livro da obra Discursos sobre a Primeira Década de Tito Lívio, onde Maquiavel apresenta de modo maisdireto e claro seu posicionamento republicano, assim como sua proposta de “República Perfeita”. Por fim, a partir de um resgate da reflexão sobre a natureza humana, as causas que dão origem às cidades, das formas possíveis de governo, o presente estudo procurademonstrar o papel determinante do povo na luta contra o desejo de dominação dos grandes e a tirania, sendo decisivo para a preservação da liberdade, assim como para a consolidação, o desenvolvimento e aperfeiçoamento de um governo autenticamenterepublicano.
Café filosófico atemporal
Authors: WELTER NELSI KISTEMACHER , CARVALHO AMANDA VICTÓRIA MILKE FERRAZ DE , SILVA ANA MARCIA WIEZZER , BRASIL DANIEL ROSA , DIAS DIEGO HENRIQUE FERREIRA , GONÇALVES EDUARDO ADAM ALVES DE SIQUEIRA , BRASIL EZEQUIEL ROSA , SANTANA GABRIELA THAINARA FERREIRA DE , ROSSATO GUSTAVO LUIS , SANTOS IASMIM IACI DOS , CORDEIRO LARISSA CRISTINA , COSTA LEONAN COELHO DA , QUEIROZ THIAGO LUAN
Published: December 2024

A oficina intitulada "Café Filosófico Atemporal: Onde Estão as Pensadoras?" propõe uma reflexão crítica sobre a ausência histórica das mulheres no cânone filosófico. Utilizando uma metodologia teatral e dialógica, a oficina busca iluminar as contribuições de filósofas ao longo da história, questionando as estruturas de poder que perpetuam a exclusão feminina. O objetivo é fomentar uma reavaliação crítica e inclusiva da narrativa filosófica, promovendo a inserção das vozes femininas e desafiando os participantes a refletirem sobre a importância dessas contribuições no contexto atual da filosofia e outras áreas do conhecimento.
Türkiye’de Toplum Dilbilimi Üzerine Yapılan Akademik Çalışmalar: Açıklamalı Bibliyografya Denemesi
Authors: Çiçek Hatice
Published: December 2024

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’de toplum dilbilimi alanında gerçekleştirilen akademik üretimi incelemeyi ve bu alandaki mevcut durumu ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında, 1965 yılından günümüze kadar yapılan 347 akademik çalışma; tür, yöntem ve içerik açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Bu çalışmalar arasında 21 kitap, 22 kitap bölümü, 1 sözlük, 192 makale, 66 tez ve 45 bildiri bulunmaktadır. Ayrıca, 31 üniversitede toplum dilbilimi ve ilişkili konularda dersler verildiği tespit edilmiştir. Çalışma, özellikle 2007 yılından sonra toplum dilbilimi alanındaki akademik üretimde önemli bir artış yaşandığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bununla birlikte, toplum dilbilimiyle ilgili özel ansiklopedilerin, akademik dergilerin ve sözlüklerin eksikliği dikkat çekmektedir. Bu tür kaynakların oluşturulmasının, alandaki metodolojik ve kavramsal sorunların çözümüne katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir. Ayrıca toplum dilbilimi derslerinin müfredata dahil edilmesi, dil ve toplum arasındaki karmaşık ilişkilere yönelik artan akademik ilgiyi yansıtmaktadır. Kaynak çeşitliliğinin artırılması ve disiplinlerarası akademik iş birliğinin desteklenmesiyle, Türkiye’de toplum dilbilimi alanının ulusal ve uluslararası düzeyde daha güçlü bir konuma ulaşma potansiyeli bulunmaktadır.
Physicochemical Properties of Soil Samples Collected from Three Different Areas of Haldwani Regions of Uttarakhand, India
Authors: Akanksha Papola  , Pankaj Arya  , Manoj Karakot  , Prasoon Kumar Joshi
Published: December 2024

The physicochemical properties of soil are essential in determining its suitability for agricultural, environmental, and engineering applications. This study presents a comprehensive physicochemical analysis of soil samples from diverse locations to evaluate key parameters such as texture, pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and nutrient levels (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium). In the present study, three soil samples in triplicate are collected from different areas of Nainital district of Uttarakhand State and texture of soil, its pH value. Organic carbon %, Available N, P2O5, K2O, electrical conductivity, CEC and WHC properties were analysed. The results indicate significant variations in soil composition, which influence fertility and overall soil health. Correlations between soil properties and land use patterns were observed, offering insights into sustainable land management practices. The study highlights the importance of regular soil analysis to guide effective soil conservation, crop management, and environmental monitoring efforts
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Competence on Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students: The Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurial Attitude and the Moderating Effect of Need for Achievement
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, Kim Hyeongmin
Published: December 2024

The purpose of this study is to empirically identify the structural influence relationship between entrepreneurial competence, which is composed of cognitive competence, interpersonal relationship competence, and commercialization competence, and entrepreneurial attitude and need for achievement as factors that influence college students' entrepreneurial intention, and to provide success factors and insights for stakeholders in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. For this study, based on the relevant prior research, we selected cognitive competence, interpersonal competence, and commercialization competence as sub-factors of entrepreneurial competence as independent variables, and entrepreneurial attitude, which represents a positive perception of entrepreneurs, was selected as a mediating variable. In addition, need for achievement, which can be seen as an individual's drive, was selected as a moderating variable between entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial intention to start a business, and a structural research model was established. After establishing the research model and hypotheses, we utilized the data from the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation's “Entrepreneurship Survey 2022 (Individual Edition)” and sampled university students for the purpose of the study. A total of 536 university students' responses were extracted, and SmartPLS (v.4.1.0.8) was utilized to evaluate the reliability and validity of the measurement variables, and the fit of the structural model was evaluated to verify the model fit. For hypothesis testing, bootstrapping was conducted to check whether the eight hypothesized paths were supported or rejected. The results showed that cognitive competence, interpersonal relationship competence, and commercialization competence all had a positive effect on entrepreneurial attitude, and entrepreneurial attitude positively mediated the relationship between the three independent variables and entrepreneurial intention. In addition, need for achievement did not have a direct effect on entrepreneurial intention, but it had a positive moderating effect on entrepreneurial intention through interaction with entrepreneurial attitude. As a result, all eight hypotheses were supported. The theoretical significance of this study is that it validated the empirical model of the structural influence relationship between entrepreneurial competence, entrepreneurial attitude, need for achievement, and entrepreneurial intention using national statistical data at the national level, and the practical suggestion is that the direction of entrepreneurship education should be more centered on entrepreneurial competence to increase the effectiveness of practical entrepreneurship.
The Influences of Career Self-Directedness on Depression and Anxiety in Female University Students
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, Cho Yongsun
Published: December 2024

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of career self-directedness on depression and anxiety among female university students. To achieve this, a study was conducted on 310 female students enrolled in universities located in the metropolitan area from May 13 to June 14, 2024. The participants were assessed on career self-directedness, depression, and anxiety.
The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and reliability analysis. Additionally, Pearson correlation analysis and regression analysis were employed to investigate the relationships and effects among the variables. The analysis revealed negative correlations between career self-directedness and both depression and anxiety. Furthermore, career self-directedness was found to have a negative effect on depression and anxiety. Specifically, the sub-factor of career self-directedness, career certainty, had the greatest impact on depression, while the persistence of career exploration had the most significant effect on anxiety.
This study demonstrates that career self-directedness significantly influences depression and anxiety among female university students. It highlights that career self-directedness is a crucial variable in helping female students cope with psychological challenges, particularly depression and anxiety, amid the stress of job-seeking. Moreover, fostering career self-directedness can play a pivotal role in helping students solidify their career paths and persistently prepare for their future.
Leveraging deep learning segmentation techniques and connected component analysis to automate high-level cost estimates of facade retrofits using 2D images
Authors: Escalada María
Published: December 2024

Deep learning semantic segmentation techniques applied to 2D facade images hold a great promise in several domains that go far beyond model generation, mainly if the data used are front-parallel or orthonormal photographs. However, effective applications in the field of built heritage have not been adequately explored, largely due to the absence of multidisciplinary teams that include architecture professionals as early as the dataset creation stage. The aim of this research is to introduce a holistic view in order to demonstrate the practical usefulness of state-of-the-art segmentation models to automate high-level cost estimates of urbanscale residential building facade rehabilitations when combined with a connected component analysis. To achieve this, a scalable bottom-up approach is formulated in five simple phases, encompassing both data science and architecture expertise. This strategy seeks to improve the accuracy of analyses at early stages when limited information on constructions is available and there is a significant cost uncertainty, and therefore to optimise the strategies used by construction stakeholders involved in economic feasibility studiesand decision-making processes.
Relationships between blood concentrations of cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, and manganese and the risk of chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2011–2018
Authors: Yao Shenghua , Xu Dan
Published: December 2024

Introduction

Currently, knowledge on relationships between blood concen-trations of cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, and manganese and the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is lacking. The aim of the study was to ex-plore the relationships between blood concentrations of heavy metals and the occurrence of CKD.

Material and methods

Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2018 were used to investigate the relationships between blood concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, and manganese and the occurrence of CKD using a weighted logistic recession analysis. Restrictive cubic spline analysis was applied to assess the dose–response relationship. The sample population was divided into four groups based on the quartiles of heavy metal concentrations (Q1: < 25th percentile, Q2: 25th–50th percentile, Q3: 50th–75th percentile, Q4: ≥ 75th percentile).

Results

A total of 15,450 participants were included. With regard to blood lead concentrations, the odds ratio (OR) for CKD in Q4 relative to Q1 was 1.36 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20–1.61), indicating an increased oc-currence of CKD in Q4. With regard to blood cadmium concentrations, the ORs for CKD in Q2, Q3, and Q4 were 1.06 (95% CI: 0.92–1.22), 1.21 (95% CI: 1.05–1.39), and 1.52 (95% CI: 1.31–1.76), respectively. Non-linear dose–response relationships were identified between blood cadmium and lead concentrations and the occurrence of CKD. Further, blood lead and cadmium concentrations showed statistically significant interaction effects with age, hypertension, and obesity on CKD.

Conclusions

Higher cadmium and lead concentrations in blood are asso-ciated with increased occurrence of CKD, especially in older adults, people with hypertension, and people with obesity.
Bitcoin, Notre Dame und Steinzeitbergbau
Authors: Voisin Melanie
Published: December 2024

Onlinefundus: Auf dem Web-Portal ingenieur.de vom VDI Verlag widmen sich unsere Redakteure und Autorinnen bunten Technikthemen aus aller Welt. Hier ein Überblick der beliebtesten Artikel der letzten zwei Wochen.
Wie KI die Spielregeln der Innovation für technische Textilien verändert
Authors: Rollwagen Ingo
Published: December 2024

Innovation zur Überwindung der Konsolidierung und zum Aufbau künftiger Wettbewerbsfähig­keit sind die Schlagworte für die technische Textilindustrie im Jahr 2024. Die Analyse längerfristiger Trends im Bereich der technischen Textilien zeigt, dass der Erfolg im Innovationsspiel davon abhängt, die Bedürfnisse der Kunden zu verstehen und immer schneller darauf zu reagieren, um die Anforderungen an Preis und Qualität/Funktionalität perfekt zu erfüllen.1 Darüber hinaus stellt der regulatorische Wirbel mit der unterschiedlichen Intensität und Raffinesse der regulatorischen und quasiregulatorischen Anforderungen an die finanzielle und nachhaltige Materialität von Vermögenswerten in der ganzen Welt neue Herausforderungen an die Innovationsfähigkeit.2 Während die Konsolidierung bereits stattgefunden hat und in den nächsten 2 Jahren weitergehen wird, befindet sich die Branche der technischen Textilien an einem Scheidepunkt. An dieser Stelle ist es wichtig festzuhalten, dass daten- und KI-gestützte Lösungen die Spielregeln für Innovationen in der technischen Textilindustrie bereits grundlegend verändert haben.3 Aber was genau ist passiert und was wird noch passieren?
„Lieber Würstchen mit Kartoffelsalat“
Authors: Nissen Madeleine
Published: December 2024

Die Münchener Professorin für Psychologie Erika Spieß beobachtet eine anhaltende Unsicherheit der Konsumenten und erklärt, warum ein gemeinsames Essen zu Weihnachten für viele Deutsche nicht spektakulär sein muss.
Galeria bestätigt Rückkehr zu Payback
Authors: Konrad Jörg , Tewes Werner
Published: December 2024

Nun ist es amtlich: Ab Ende 2025 können Kunden in allen Galeria-Warenhäusern und online auf Galeria.de wieder Payback-Punkte sammeln. Der Warenhausbetreiber baut zudem ein eigenes Loyalty-Team auf – und setzt weiter auf die Unterstützung der Laya Group.
KI hat Einfluss auf Kaufentscheidung
Authors: Rück Daniela
Published: December 2024

Individuelle Auszeiten, gemeinschaftliche Erlebnisse, Freiheit bei der Getränkewahl – das sind alles Themen, die in der 4. Trendstudie zur Genusskultur von Rotkäppchen-Mumm abgefragt wurden.
Impact of AI in the Health Sector in the USA – Focus on Leading Industries
Authors: Amponsah Benjamin Kwame , Adanuvor Setor Yaw , Appiah-Kubi Bless Ben
Published: December 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a disruptive and influential field of computer science that can drastically change the practice of medicine and healthcare provision. The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) has been drastically rising in recent years, mainly in the health sector. Focusing on leading industries such as GE Healthcare, IBM Watson Health, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mayo Clinic, this paper aims to spotlight recent breakthroughs in the utilization of AI in the health sector, provide a blueprint for establishing safe, effective and reliable AI systems and discuss the influence of AI on healthcare delivery, operational efficiency and patient outcomes in the top industries within the US healthcare sector. An extensive literature review will spotlight the transformative ability of AI in customized treatments, drug discovery and disease detection while simultaneously discussing challenges such as algorithmic bias and data privacy.

The research approach utilized a secondary data analysis, drawing insights from the available credible sources in Google and other reputable academic databases, including PubMed, JSTOR, Google Scholar and ScienceDirect among others. The expected findings of this research include policy recommendations for addressing challenges to AI adoption and substantial developments in health sector practices. This research will generate insightful knowledge for healthcare stakeholders to reach informed decisions concerning adopting AI into health systems, generally in addition to optimizing patient care and health services in the US.
“Teachers’ Perceptions and Preparedness for Implementing the new AS & A Level Design and Technology Syllabus by Cambridge Assessment International Education in Zimbabwean Context: Challenges and Opportunities in Adapting to a Technology-Oriented Curriculum”
Authors: Hove Blessing , Mazvimba Nyasha
Published: December 2024

This study explores the perceptions of teachers regarding the newly introduced AS & A Level Design and Technology syllabus by Cambridge Assessment International Education, which will be implemented from 2025-2027 in Zimbabwean Context. The focus is on how teachers, administrators and students, particularly 10 educators (4 Heads of Department [HODs] and 6 classroom teachers),3 School heads and 10 learners, are adapting to the curriculum changes. The research adopted a qualitative research method and data was gathered through interviews and questionnaires. The theoretical framework guiding the research draws on Change Management Theory and Constructivist Learning Theory, both of which provide insights into how educators navigate curriculum reforms and adjust their teaching strategies. The findings reveal both challenges and opportunities that teachers foresee with the new syllabus, including concerns over the diminished role of traditional drawing skills, the increased emphasis on technological skills, and the pressing need for professional development workshops to support teachers. This study offers a nuanced view of the early reactions to the curriculum shift, providing policy suggestions for a smoother transition.
Digital Marketing Communication Strategy in the Anambas Marine Tourism Publication Process (Implementation of Advertising Through Instagram Social Media)
Authors: Afriadi Afriadi , Angelita Gloria
Published: December 2024

This study identifies how digital marketing communication strategies promote marine tourism in Anambas Islands Regency. Using qualitative methods with a case study approach, the study explores the implementation of advertising through Instagram by the Anambas Tourism Office. The results show a focus on utilizing social media, especially Instagram, to display attractive visual content. The main challenges include limited budget and human resources. However, creative efforts are made through the involvement of local communities and optimization of existing resources. This study provides insight into the best practices of digital marketing of marine tourism destinations and recommends the development of a more comprehensive strategy.
Research of nematicidal and nematostatic activity of pesticide components
Authors:   Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow State Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev, Egunova Daria , Spuny Marina , Konrat Alena ,   K.I. Scriabin Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants
Published: December 2024

The article deals with the evaluation of nematicidal and nematostatic activity of preparations that are used to improve the effectiveness of agrochemicals by changing the surface tension. These substances are added to pesticide solutions. The study investigated the effect of different concentrations of the formulations. The screening of the formulations was carried out using the acetic eelgrass (Turbatrix aceti) as an example. The results of the experiment revealed the nematicidal effect of the preparation “Fert” in all dilutions. Surfactant “DASH” showed nematicidal effect at dilutions 1, 1\1, 1\10, and nematostatic efficiency at higher dilutions. No nematicidal effect was revealed in the study of “MD” preparation. Studies of the preparation “VRC” showed mortality only at higher concentrations (1 and 1/1). The preparation “KE” showed nematostatic activity at a dilution of 1\1000, at lower dilutions a nematicidal effect was observed.

Keywords: NEMATICIDITY, NEMATOSTATICITY, TURBATRIX ACETI, PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES
Introduction
Authors: Carter Eric D.
Published: December 2024

This chapter sets the stage for an intellectual and political history of Latin American social medicine. Opening with the Brazilian health reforms of the 1980s, the chapter then lays out the major research questions and themes to be explored in the book; situates the book’s argument within key scholarly fields, especially the history of public health in Latin America and history of international development; and explains the significance of the project, beyond academia.
Roots
Authors: Carter Eric D.
Published: December 2024

This chapter disputes the notion that social medicine diffused from Europe to Latin America as a coherent leftist ideological project. Rather, social medicine emerged in the region as one response to what was termed the “social question,” a coming-to-grips with the social consequences of modernization and urbanization. With the academic social sciences still in their infancy, the pioneers of social medicine used an eclectic analytical toolkit that adapted ideas from the natural sciences about organisms, systems, harmony, growth, and decay and applied them to understand the workings of society. Social medicine was also strongly tied, and at times hard to distinguish from, other streams of scientific-reformist thought, including eugenics (and “race science,” more generally), scientific hygiene, and puericulture, which are discussed in detail in the chapter. Ideological foundations of Latin American social medicine include socialist ideas, Catholic social doctrine, and anarchism, which offered the most radically divergent vision of the role of the state in promoting population health.
Perdition
Authors: Swanson Drew A.
Published: December 2024

The second chapter describes federal governance of North Carolina during the early Reconstruction period, including the importance of the Freedmen’s Bureau in administering interracial interactions. It then turns to profiles of crucial figures in state and county life, including Governor William Woods Holden and senator John Stephens’s background and his rapid rise to political prominence in the late 1860s. Organizations like the Union League sought to secure Republican political power and the rights of freedpeople at the state and local level, while Conservatives aimed to reestablish their political and economic power through the use of violence and intimidation. The chapter culminates in the election of 1868, in which Republicans firmed their control of state governance and Stephens was elected to the Senate.
Urban Specters
Authors: Mayorga Sarah
Published: December 2024

Racial capitalism, invisible but threaded throughout the world, shapes our lives. Focusing on the experiences of white, Black, and Latinx residents of Cincinnati, Sarah Mayorga argues that residents' interpretations of their circumstances, what she calls urban specters, are often partial recognitions of the exploitation and dehumanization produced by racial capitalism. Much scholarly work on racial capitalism has necessarily focused on historical, theoretical, and macro-level accounts. Mayorga takes these vital insights and applies them to two contemporary working-class neighborhoods, centering the lives of working-class and poor people. Using data from interviews with 117 residents, Mayorga maps how racial capitalism creates the everyday harms people know all too well. Chronic underdevelopment, private property, and policing, she shows, have produced these harms. In this enlightening book, Mayorga identifies small windows into abolitionist possibilities that create different types of relations, ones based on care and connection. This is a guide for anyone trying to understand urban inequality, but also more importantly, for how we might create a different world.
Security and Policing
Authors: Mayorga Sarah
Published: December 2024

This chapter presents stories from many Carthage and Riverside residents who witnessed firsthand the failures of policing as the sole source of harm reduction and community justice. Poor and working-class resident narratives illustrate how Cincinnati police are generally unsuccessful at stopping crimes from happening. Security is an urban specter or ideology that obscures and justifies the exploitative and dehumanizing work of the policing relation. Already existing abolitionist possibilities in Cincinnati are also discussed.
Records and Manifestos
Authors: Menconi David
Published: December 2024

Rounder formally began in 1970, joining a folk-label landscape including labels like Takoma, Arhoolie, County and Yazoo. Rounder signed plenty of old-time folk and bluegrass musicians, as well as new acts like Holy Modal Rounders and Spark Gap Wonder Boys. Living communally, the three founders adopted a very frugal lifestyle to support their label, pinching pennies wherever they could. Calling themselves “anti-profit,” Rounder printed a manifesto to that effect on early releases. They also became a distribution to get their records into stores when no one else would carry them.
Quiet Girls
Authors: Menconi David
Published: December 2024

Ken Irwin discovered Rounder’s franchise act Alison Krauss on an unsolicited cassette demo in 1985, launching a career of millions of sales and dozens of Grammy Awards. It was a very gradual build, and she passed up many overtures by major labels. Rounder also bought another label for the first time, Philo Records, which was in bankruptcy in 1984. That brought in another major act, Nanci Griffith.
Openings
Authors: Nelson John William
Published: December 2024

In the seventeenth century, beavers built an immense dam along the wetland landscape of Chicago’s continental divide. The chapter begins with an environmental history of Chicago’s portage geography, showing how the entire area thrived as an ecological borderland—an ecotone—between Lake Michigan and the area’s wetlands, between oak “openings” and tallgrass prairies, and between the two key watersheds of the continental interior: the Great Lakes and Mississippi drainages. The chapter recreates what we know about Chicago’s early Indigenous history before European contact, before going on to document early French exploration into the region. Detailing the turmoil of the Mourning Wars, in which Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) raiders faced off against Illinois, Miamis, and other Indigenous allies of the French, the chapter shows how accessing and controlling the portages as a site of movement became vital to a variety of French and Native peoples during the conflicts as the area transitioned from a prosperous ecotone to a violent borderland in the wake of European contact.
Making the Latino South
Authors: Márquez Cecilia
Published: December 2024

In the 1940s South, it seemed that non-Black Latino people were on the road to whiteness. In fact, in many places throughout the region governed by Jim Crow, they were able to attend white schools, live in white neighborhoods, and marry white southerners. However, by the early 2000s, Latino people in the South were routinely cast as "illegal aliens" and targeted by some of the harshest anti-immigrant legislation in the country. This book helps explain how race evolved so dramatically for this population over the course of the second half of the twentieth century. Cecilia Márquez guides readers through time and place from Washington, DC, to the deep South, tracing how non-Black Latino people moved through the region’s evolving racial landscape. In considering Latino presence in the South’s schools, its workplaces, its tourist destinations, and more, Márquez tells a challenging story of race-making that defies easy narratives of progressive change and promises to reshape the broader American histories of Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, immigration, work, and culture.
Deadly Transitions
Authors: Dizon Mark
Published: December 2024

Located along foothills, the missions of Ituy and Paniqui occupied a crossroad that uplanders and lowlanders traversed as they conducted their various activities. Throughout the eighteenth century, growing contact between uplanders and lowlanders increased the prevalence of disease in this transitional space. On one hand, missions located in foothills were a breeding ground for malaria that most probably earned this area its reputation for being pestilential. The foundation of mission settlements and the concomitant promotion of cattle and horses potentially made the situation worse by multiplying the mosquito population. On the other hand, lowlanders brought with them contagious diseases such as smallpox that decimated the upland population. Greater borderland mobility helped spread epidemic diseases and resulted in more infections and deaths.
Conclusion
Authors: Dizon Mark
Published: December 2024

Connections in borderlands had previously existed even during precolonial times, but the closer proximity and meandering mobilities of various borderland actors in the eighteenth century led to more encounters. Despite the prominence of the upland-lowland divide in the mental map of Spaniards and indigenes, increased mobility ensured that the trajectories of the two areas became more entangled than ever. More people converted and apostatized, aligned with, and connived against Spanish colonizers, and visited their friends and attacked their enemies. Whatever people did to avoid disease and death, it became more and more difficult for them to escape the same fate. As networks of cooperating and competing polities, borderlands were in a continuous state of flux and mobility.
The Edwin Fox
Authors: Cothran Boyd , Shubert Adrian
Published: December 2024

It began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vessel—in a word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an extraordinary age of rising empires, sweeping economic transformation, and social change. This fascinating work of global history offers a vividly detailed and engaging narrative of globalization writ small, viewed from the decks and holds of a single vessel. The Edwin Fox connected the lives and histories of millions, though most never even saw it. Built in Calcutta in 1853, the Edwin Fox was chartered by the British navy as a troop transport during the Crimean War. In the following decades, it was sold, recommissioned, and refitted by an increasingly far-flung constellation of militaries and merchants. It sailed to exotic ports carrying luxury goods, mundane wares, and all kinds of people: not just soldiers and officials but indentured laborers brought from China to Cuba, convicts and settlers being transported from the British Empire to western Australia and New Zealand—with dire consequences for local Indigenous peoples—and others. But the power of this story rests in the everyday ways people, nations, economies, and ideas were knitted together in this foundational era of our modern world.
Coolies
Authors: Cothran Boyd , Shubert Adrian
Published: December 2024

The British interdiction of the slave trade in 1807 and the abolition of slavery in the British empire in 1833, and the simultaneous exponential expansion of plantation agriculture, especially sugar, generated the need for a new source of cheap labor. Indentured labor was the answer, and between 1840 and 1920 more than two million men and women signed contracts of indenture to work in the expanding plantation economies of Mauritius, the British West Indies, Guyana, and Cuba, as well as in the booming guano industry in Peru. Planters and imperial authorities found indentured laborers around the world, but the two main sources were India and China. This chapter explores indentured labor, or coolie, trade between China and Cuba. It discusses how the trade was organized; why Chinese men were open to migrating for work; how they were recruited; their experience on the voyage; and what happened to them after they arrived in Cuba.