bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Prevalence of teenage uterine fibroid: The radiologic perspective
Authors: E. D. ROBINSON  , C. Wekhe  , P. Wilson
Published: January 2025

Background: Uterine fibroids are the most common benign neoplasms among women but are rare and less seen before puberty.
Objective: This study is to evaluate the prevalence of teenage uterine fibroids using radiologic imaging.
Materials and Method: It was a cross-sectional study among 1225 teenage girls over a 12-month period. Participation was voluntary with patients’ confidentiality maintained. Ethical approval from the ethics committee was also obtained from participants, or guidance before the study. Age, clinical presentation, and provisional diagnosis were obtained from the referral form while the weight and height were measured before the pelvic ultrasonography. A full bladder was obtained by requesting the participants to take about 500 ml of water before the scan using a 3.5 MHz curvilinear probe coupled into a GE LOGIQ 5 ultrasound machine. Each participant lay supine on the examination couch in the presence of a chaperone. An ultrasound acoustic gel was applied on the skin of the exposed body region to obliterate the air interface between the skin and the transducer. The findings were documented, collated, and analyzed with descriptive statistics using IBM SPSS version 23.0 statistical software for Windows, and results were presented as tables, charts, and figures.
Results: The age distribution of the participants was 12 years (8.65%; n = 106), 13 years (15.27%; n = 187), and 16 years (23.35%; n = 286). The highest frequency of uterine leiomyoma was seen among those within the 85th to 94th percentile of BMI. Uterine fibroids were seen at ages 13, 14, and 15 years, accounting for 0.58% (n=22) of the participants. Other findings were PID (7.75%, n=106), UTI (7.52%, n=10), and ovarian cyst (1.50%, n=12).
Conclusion: The study also concludes that uterine fibroids can be seen among teenagers aged 13 to 15 years with a point prevalence of 1.8%. Also conclude that the disease is commoner among overweight teenagers.
Multi-Modal product recognition in retail environments: Enhancing accuracy through integrated vision and OCR approaches
Authors: Saumil R Patel
Published: January 2025

This research presents a transformative artificial intelligence solution that addresses critical operational challenges in modern retail environments. Our integrated system combines advanced computer vision and text recognition technologies to automate product identification, inventory tracking, and checkout processes. In response to the retail industry's pressing needs for automation amid labor shortages and rising operational costs, we developed and implemented a comprehensive solution that demonstrates significant business value. The system achieved a 94.6% accuracy rate in product recognition while processing 50-60 items per second, enabling real-time inventory management and automated checkout capabilities. Field testing across multiple retail locations showed a 35% reduction in inventory management time, a 40% decrease in checkout wait times, and a 25% improvement in stock accuracy. The solution encompasses a robust dataset of 538 distinct products, including challenging categories such as liquor bottles and grocery items, and features sophisticated optimization techniques that ensure consistent performance in diverse retail environments. Implementation of this system can lead to substantial operational cost savings, enhanced customer experience, and improved inventory accuracy. Our research demonstrates how AI-driven automation can address the retail industry's current challenges while providing a scalable foundation for future innovations in retail operations management.
Leveraging prompt engineering to enhance financial market integrity and risk management
Authors: Satyadhar Joshi
Published: January 2025

This paper presents a comprehensive investigation into the role of prompt engineering in optimizing the effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4 and Google Gemini for financial market integrity and risk management. As AI tools are increasingly integrated into financial services, including credit risk analysis, market risk evaluation, and financial modeling, prompt engineering has become crucial for improving the relevance, accuracy, and contextual alignment of AI-generated outputs. This study evaluates the impact of various prompt configurations in enhancing financial decision-making. Through a series of experiments, the paper compares the performance of ChatGPT-4 and Google Gemini (versions 1.5 and 2.0) in generating actionable insights for credit and market risk analysis. The results reveal that ChatGPT-4 outperforms Google Gemini by over 30% in generating accurate financial insights. Additionally, ChatGPT-4 Version 4 is found to be 20% more effective than Version 3 in risk analysis tasks, particularly in aligning with regulatory frameworks and financial data. These improvements highlight the significant role of prompt engineering in enhancing the precision of financial models. Furthermore, the study explores the reduction of error rates through optimized prompt strategies. In particular, prompt engineering reduces error rates by approximately 20% when assessing complex financial queries.
De Ctésiphon à Bagdad : héritage technique perse à la cour abbasside ?
Authors: Zubani Alessia
Published: January 2025

A variety of sources report that the Sasanian king Khusraw II (r. 590-628) commissioned the construction of an imposing throne designed to celebrate his prowess as a ruler and the grandeur of the Sasanian dynasty. These sources describe the throne as a complex machine capable of movement, recreating natural sounds, and computing time. Approximately a century after the fall of the Sasanian Empire, the Abbasid Caliph al-Manṣūr (r. 754-775) founded a new capital for his empire, Bagdad. Following the example of the Sasanians, whom the Abbasids considered as a model of political authority, the caliphal court maintained a collection of ingenious devices. A comparative study of these instruments in the Sasanian and Abbasid courts reveals their significant political function and question the possible Abbasids’ recovery and integration of Sasanian technical knowledge and motifs into the Islamic context.
Historical and source study of the antimins of the 18th – first quarter of the 20th century of Nikolo-Perervinsky monastery
Authors:   Moscow State United Museum-reserve, Astafyeva Nadezda А.
Published: January 2025

Antimins of Nikolo-Perervinsky monastery are considered as things reflecting cultural-historical events of Moscow in the second part of the 18th century – first quarter of the 20th century. As a result of studying unpublished monastic inventory and account books of the 18th – 19th centuries, it became possible to identify documentary the antimins of the Nikolo-Perervinsky monastery, to establish the dates, circumstances of their consecration and replacement the old ones with new antimins, and also to note the color symbolism that cosidered from the second half of the XVIII century the antimins. According to the monastic documents, we found that the validity period of the antimins was determined not only by its wear and tear, but also by its commemorative significance. The source study made it possible to introduce into scientific circulation new data on the veneration of the Moscow Iberian Icon of the Mother of God.
Tiles from archaeological excavations in the collection of the Lipetsk Regional Museum of Local History
Authors:   federal state autonomous educational institution of higher education "Russian State University of Humanities", Markina Inna B.
Published: January 2025

At present, the country’s museums are intensively accumulating collections of archaeological materials from the Late Middle Ages and the New Age. One of the mass categories of funds in such collections is tiles. Tile collections of Moscow museums are the best known, while regional materials remain understudied. The article for the first time considers archaeological tiles from the collection of the Lipetsk Regional Museum of Local History, where fifteen collections containing tiles of the mid 17th – early 20th centuries were identified. The collections were collected in the Lipetsk region (Lipetsk, Elets, Lebedyan, Chaplygin) and Tambov. The information about the collections (place, year, author of excavations, number in the Book of Receipts and information about publications) is given. The most representative items are analysed within the framework of this work. In several collections from Elets fragments of green glazed tiles from the second half of the 17th – early 18th centuries, made of light clay, were found, for which no analogues could be found. It can be assumed that there was a tile workshop in Elets. It is concluded that it is necessary to further study tiles from archaeological collections of regional museums as an important source on the history of material culture of provincial cities.
"The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci in the works of contemporary Palestinian artists
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education «Saint Petersburg State University of Culture», Madlen Mahameed
Published: January 2025

Religious themes from the Christian world occupy a major place in contemporary Palestinian art. One of the themes encountered among Palestinian artists is works containing references to Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper". Today, artists from various countries explore contemporary issues through this work, referring to the iconology, symbolic, and formal-stylistic legacy of the Renaissance master. Based on Nina Heydemman’s research on the strategy of quoting artworks in contemporary art, this article highlights several types of quoting, which also allows for understanding the various meanings of quotes in artistic, political, social, or cultural contexts. Interviews with Palestinian artists discussed in the study form an important basis for conclusions related to the citation of the image of the Last Supper in Palestinian works.
Did the Scythes and the Maeotians understand the subjects of the paintings on the Athenian vases?
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education "Saint Petersburg State Institute of Culture", Petrakova Anna E.
Published: January 2025

The finds of Athenian painted vases (especially red-figured ones of the fourth century BC) in the South Russia, where Greek settlers lived side by side with various "barbaric folks, excited the minds of scientists since the 19th century. The ordinary productions of the masters of Athenian Kerameikos, such as lekythoi with net pattern or with palmettes, found in Scythian, Meotian, etc. burials were perceived more calmly. But the items decorated with multi-figured compositions have generated controversy. The ideas concerning some special work by Attic potters and vase painters for Bosporan barbarians who were able to understand only a limited subject-thematic repertoire of vase paintings or to give a different meaning to these paintings based on their own mythological ideas were popular. No less common was the idea of a kind of "fusion" of Greek and Barbarian "merged into an indivisible whole" both in the field of formal features (Athenian red-figure vases with additional relief and polychrome decor) and in the field of subject-thematic repertoire (Amazons, Arimaspes, Persians and other barbarians on the Athenian vases). The study of the previously unpublished materials from old excavations and relatively recent finds in burials, which are interpreted as barbaric (Scythian, Meotian), allows us to reconsider these ideas.
Publishing practices of the largest libraries of St. Petersburg
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education "Saint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design", Romanova Alexandra V.
Published: January 2025

Library publishing practices are currently one of the least studied areas of library activity. However, in connection with the changing role of libraries in the modern world, it is precisely such practices that are one of the key ones that a library can use to develop culture and science in general and its scientific activities in particular, as well as to maintain its image and authority. Studying the origins of libraries’ publishing activities and their current state will make it possible to outline ways for its further development. In this article, attention is focused on the federal libraries of St. Petersburg, the scale of collections and status of which allows us to talk about active publishing activity and lay the foundation for the study of this area. In addition, during the sampling process, issues related to the definition of types of libraries were identified, which were also reflected in the article.
Review of the monograph by G. V. Skotnikova "Russian artistic culture of the 12th Century: ‘symphony of concepts’" (SPb., 2022)
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education "Saint Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television", Kruglov Roman G.
Published: January 2025

Skotnikova G. V. Russian artistic culture of the 12th Century: "symphony of concepts" / ed. V. S. Myasnikov. – Saint-Petersburg: Argus SPB, 2022. – 296 p., 8 p. ill. – ISBN 978-5-6047772-0-6 (Publishing house Argus SPB), ISBN 978-5-86845-278-9 (RIII).
Cultural changes in the territory of residence of small ethnic groups
Authors:   federal state autonomous educational institution of higher education "National Research Tomsk State University", Galkin Dmitrij V. , Shajdurov Aleksandr V. ,   federal state autonomous educational institution of higher education "Omsk State Technical University"
Published: January 2025

The relevance of this topic is due not only to its scientific novelty and little knowledge, but also to its importance for understanding the influence of human activity on geological processes and the mechanisms of formation of cultural memory. In the modern world, humanity has become one of the key active agents influencing the geological environment of the planet. Ecosystem destruction, climate change, environmental pollution – all these factors create global geological changes, often called the Anthropocene. This article therefore examines the relationship between human-induced geological change and the transformation of cultural memory. The research provides a deeper understanding of how these processes interact and what consequences they may have for our society and future generations. The results of the work will help expand our knowledge of the interaction of geological and cultural processes, as well as shed light on the importance of preserving and protecting cultural heritage and truthful historical narratives.
Cultural heritage in design
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education «Saint Petersburg State University of Culture», Demshina Anna Yu.
Published: January 2025

Modern design often refers to the interpretation of objects of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. A successful design product can become not only a way to demonstrate the connection between eras, but also a way to form a communicative field for rethinking and representing the contexts of understanding cultural heritage. Such projects should consider not only copyright, the opinions of representatives of diverse cultures, but also be based on respect for cultural monuments. This is not about limiting interpretation, but about the need for careful work with the rethought original source. If we talk about the forms of interpretation, we can highlight a number of approaches: reconstruction, citation, stylization, deconstruction, an appeal to the figurative-emotional, narrative-value aspects of the monument, the author’s rethinking. In specific projects, several forms are most often used simultaneously. Using the example of the "Restavratsia" project, the experience of joint work of artists, designers, representatives of state institutions, the museum and scientific community in the study and rethinking of cultural heritage is considered.
"Binge-watching" in the narrative of the TV-show "Stranger Things"
Authors:   National Research University "Higher School of Economics", Mekhonoshin Vasiliy Yu.
Published: January 2025

The article analyzes the phenomenon of "Binge-watching" using the popular series "Stranger Things"(2016–2025, directed by the Duffer Brothers) as an example. Special attention is given to the shift in cultural paradigms of content perception, which has significantly influenced the construction of story arcs, character development, and viewer-media interaction. The narrative structures that maintain sustained viewer engagement and foster an emotional attachment to the series are examined. The novelty of the article lies in its multidimensional approach to exploring the narrative of Stranger Things, where a unique blend of retro aesthetics and modern audiovisual techniques enables the audience not only to follow the plot with interest but also to actively participate in its interpretation. The author explores how the show creates lasting involvement, sustaining tension and intrigue throughout its seasons.
The concept of Russian cosmism by academician V. P. Kaznacheev
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education «Saint Petersburg State University of Culture», Alexandrov Ilya Yu.
Published: January 2025

Academician V. P. Kaznacheev, along with his main contribution to scientific medicine, also made a significant contribution to the creation of the comprehensive teaching of Russian cosmism. Kaznacheev studied man as a cosmoplanetary phenomenon. In the science of Russian cosmism of Kaznacheev, man appears as a receiver of all kinds of cosmic energies and radiations. The concept of the significant role of man in the cognitive process significantly enriches the subject-object ontological-epistemological scheme of modern European philosophy. Kaznacheev believes that Russian science and culture are characterized by a special humanistically oriented synthetism and encyclopedism. He substantiates this understanding of Russian culture by tracing the tradition of cosmicity of ideas about the world and man in it, which goes back to both ancient Greek philosophy and the mythology of Indo-European peoples. In his experimental studies of living matter, Kaznacheev relies primarily on the methodological concepts of V. I. Vernadsky and A. L. Chizhevsky, who demonstrated the causal relationship of terrestrial processes to cosmic radiation. In the 1960s, V. P. Kaznacheev and his collaborators discovered the effect of distant intercellular interactions, which underlies the ideas about the presence in nature, along with the protein-nucleic form of life, of various "field" forms of life. Both Russian and foreign scientists have experimentally registered this kind of interaction. The scientific and philosophical ideas of academician V. P. Kaznacheev are aimed at the distant future of humanity.
Collections of art cast iron Kusa in museums of Central Russia
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education "Tyumen State Institute of Culture", Semenova Valentina I. , Bagapova Nadezhda V. ,   federal state budget educational institution of higher education "Tyumen Industrial University"
Published: January 2025

The article examines the cultural heritage of the decorative and applied arts of the Urals – the artistical castiron of Kusa (1860s – 2004). This study is aimed at characterizing 6 identified collections of Kusa the artistical cast-iron in the museums of the Central Federal District of Russia: the State Historical Museum, the State Historical Museum-Reserve "Gorki Leninskie", the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Folk Arts, Sergiev Posad State Historical and Art Museum-Reserve, V. Yu. Orlov Museum. The pre-revolutionary period is represented by products of domestic and foreign sculptors F. O. Vasenin, V. V. Gordeeva, G. L. Zaytsev, A. A. Solovyeva, A. A. Kosterkina, E. A. Lanzere, N. E. Liberiha, P. K. Klodta, P. P. Zelo, O. L. Motro, K. FF. Inquel, P.-J. Men, S. R. Maste. The identified museum collections are not numerous, but the exhibits stored are rare, found in a single copy, and are represented by high-quality products of the prerevolutionary and Soviet periods of the artistical cast-iron of Kusa.
Texts in the cultural space
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education «Saint Petersburg State University of Culture», Suvorov Nikolay N.
Published: January 2025

The study of texts in culture and the consideration of culture as a text relates to the tradition of structuralism and poststructuralism. Some generalizations should be made and necessary adjustments made. Textual analysis is aimed at rationalizing cultural phenomena, many of which lose important characteristics at the same time. The texts are connected with the main elements of the cultural space: meanings, values, images and bodies. Synthetic formations are formed from these relationships. Various forms of the existence of textuality and complex forms of connections with meanings, values, images and bodies are considered. Examples from the field of artistic practices and facts of cultural history serve as a test for the truth of scientific statements.
Personal inculturation as a process of acquiring competence in the field of intellectual property
Authors:   Federal Institute of Industrial Property, Tokareva Anastasia A.
Published: January 2025

The aim of this article is to identify aspects of enculturation processes of a person in the formation of intellectual property culture. Identifies the factors that actualize society’s demand for acquiring competencies in the field of intellectual property. The mastering of competencies in the field of intellectual property takes place through education and awareness, but we propose to consider other mechanisms of formation of values to respect human creative labor, namely the processes of enculturation. Based on the studies of domestic and foreign authors, we summarize the main ideas of understanding the phenomenon of "enculturation" as a person’s acceptance of culture (society, corporate) and highlight its main types. On the basis of the given practices of the Center "All-Russian Patent and Technical Library" of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property – exhibitions and multimedia content, in which the mechanisms of the formal type of enculturation are applied, the formats of the processes of personal integration into the culture of intellectual property are proposed.
Military-historical events as a tool for the formation of patriotic culture in the Republic of Mordovia
Authors:   State Administration of theRepublic of Mordovia "Research Institute of Humanities under the Government of the Republic of Mordovia", Troshin Andrey I.
Published: January 2025

The article is devoted to the role of military-historical events in the formation of the socio-cultural space of the Republic of Mordovia, in particular patriotic culture. The object of the research is the socio–cultural space; the subject is military historical games and reconstructions as a means of forming a culture of patriotism. The purpose of the work is to analyze the role of military-historical events in the formation of the socio-cultural space of the region. The author considers the country’s military past as the basis of cultural and patriotic education, emphasizing the predominant role of historical memory of the Great Patriotic War and respect for its participants. Analyzing the mass events dedicated to it, the author identifies in them a number of features characteristic of the region under study: reliance on the local historical context, the presence of ethnic symbols emphasizing the equivalence of the contribution to the Victory of representatives of all peoples living in a multicultural region.
A private space in Soviet nonconformist art on the example of Moscow conceptualism
Authors:   federal state budget educational institution of higher education "Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov", Schneider Julia Ju.
Published: January 2025

In conditions of exclusion from the official exhibition culture, the practice of apartment exhibitions and conversations is being formed in the circle of the Soviet underground. The topic of art outside the museum raises a few questions that are rarely addressed in contemporary art criticism. The study of private spaces as an alternative to museums is relevant both for the history of the development of Soviet unofficial art, and from the point of view of studying issues of theory and philosophy of art. Artist’s studios become centers of intellectual and aesthetic vector forms, which largely determined the further development of art and exhibition practice. This format requires the author to search for new artistic forms and ways of representing works. Isolation and privacy determine the emergence of new artistic genres (in particular, the formation of albums and total installations in the work of Moscow conceptualists). The absence of differences between the author, the work and the viewer, the limited architecture of the rooms, the apartment, and at the same time the author’s undivided right to shape the space outside the exhibition – all these factors create a unique artistic landscape. A type of artist-curator is being formed, fully responsible for both the work and its representation. Thus, it is in unofficial culture that one can trace the origins of the first curatorial projects.
Editorial
Authors: Adeyemi Sola
Published: January 2025

Editorial
Traversing Distances and Differences: Developing the African Women’s Playwright Network
Authors: Hutchison Yvette
Published: January 2025

In 2015, playwright, director and screenwriter from Cape Town, South Africa, Amy Jephta and I set up the African Women’s Playwright Network (AWPN) via a mobile app to traverse literal, conceptual and historic distances to enable artists, researchers, educators, programmers and publishers from various parts of Africa and its diasporas to connect. In this article, I will trace how and why this network was set up, while reflecting on what we need to think about when creating online and in-person spaces for artists and academics to explore difficult questions across cultural lines in postcolonial contexts. These questions include how we consider colonial legacies that continue to impact this kind of contemporary cross-cultural work, and how we shifted the network from discourse on creativity to what Aristea Fotopolou terms ‘doing feminism and being feminist’ (2016:5), as lived and performed behaviours.
Public Art, Dance, and Music and the Politics of Culture in East and Central Africa
Authors: Kasule Sam
Published: January 2025

The interview that follows took place on Microsoft Teams on 22 May 2022. I have edited the transcript for length and readability. I asked Faisal Kiwewa to talk in some detail about the origin of the Bayimba International Festival of the Arts, its organisation and networks. I also invited him to discuss the Festival’s continuing impact on participating artists and audiences as well as its influence on the creative arts. He noted the changed landscape for the independent artists; the creative industry’s trend away from individual artist or small performing group productions powerfully limits the distribution and venue bookings’ potential of indigenous creative artists. And importantly, Kiwewa agreed on Bayimba International Festival’s lasting contribution to the creative industry and to an interregional East and Central African contemporary artistic culture.
Fémi Òsófisan in Yorùbá: Ònà Òmìnira Ònà Èjè and Yéèpà Sólàárín n Bò
Authors: Oyètádé Akin
Published: January 2025

Although originally written in English as Red is the Freedom Road and Who is Afraid of Solarin, these two publications, which were meticulously translated by Adémolá Àrèmú on the one hand, and Dòtun Ògúndèjì and Fémi Òsófisan on the other, are clear demonstrations of the passion of the author, the translators and the publisher (this contributor), to make some of Òsófisan’s works more visible in his mother tongue, Yorùbá. The theme of Ònà Òmìnira Ònà Èjè remains relevant today in our perennial struggle to be completely free from the clutches of imperialism. On the other hand, Sólàárín’s battle with Nigerian societal vices of embezzlement, bribery and corruption; incompetence at work, soliciting for and acceptance of kickback, siphoning funds from the national treasury to foreign accounts and other forms of capital flight, hoarding of essential products in order to charge exorbitant rates and giving preferential treatment to certain individuals in society for whatever reasons, etc., are the main thrusts of Yéèpà Sólàárín n Bò.This article affirms that Òsófisan’s original assertions more than forty years ago remain relevant to our situation in Nigeria today, as they were when he first penned the ideas. I have endeavoured to tease out the relevance of the contents of these plays to the current generation of Nigerians and recommend that more of Òsófisan’s works be translated, not only to Yorùbá, but also to other Nigerian languages, and more widely to other languages beyond Nigeria and Africa.
Eurocentric(ism) and Folk(ism) in Edegborode Festival Performance
Authors: Adjeketa Blessing
Published: January 2025

This article explores the Edegborode Annual Festival Performance of Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria, as one of the dramatic performances in Africa, with the possibility of defining the festival as a contemporary folk drama using Sam Ukala’s Folkism eight (8) Laws of Aesthetic Response. Adopting traditional African performances into modern African folk drama is a challenge. I adopt the qualitative methods of research in collecting and analysing data on the festival. My aim is to examine and measure the number of Eurocentric dramatic elements like plot, character(isation), music, song, performance arena (stage), and the audience in the Edegborode Annual Festival Performance, and how these aesthetics fit into modern African folk drama using Folkism. The study shows that the Edegborode festival performance provides entertainment to its audience. Also, its ability to attract local tourists within Delta State adds economic value to community development. Most importantly, when subjected to the aesthetics of Folkism, the Edegborode annual festival is viable source material for modern folk drama.
Study of the thermal decomposition products of grain (barley and wheat) using terahertz high-resolution gas nonstationary spectroscopy
Authors:   IPM RAS, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, GSP-105, Vaks V.L. ,   Lobachevsky University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Gagarina av, 23, Anfertev V.A. ,   IPM RAS, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, GSP-105,   Lobachevsky University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Gagarina av, 23, Domracheva E.G. ,   IPM RAS, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, GSP-105,   Lobachevsky University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Gagarina av, 23, Chernyaeva M.B. ,   IPM RAS, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, GSP-105,   Lobachevsky University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Gagarina av, 23, Cherniaeva A.S. ,   IPM RAS, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, GSP-105, Yablokov A.A. ,   IPM RAS, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, GSP-105,   Lobachevsky University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Gagarina av, 23
Published: January 2025

The work is devoted to studying the composition for grain (barley and wheat) by terahertz (THz) high-resolution gas spectroscopy. The comparison of the set of chemical compounds formed during thermal decomposition of grain and cereals produced from grain was carried out with using a high-resolution spectrometer with phase-switching of radiation in the range of 115-175 GHz acting on studied gas developed by the authors. Free online spectroscopy databases were used for identification of substances. The results of comparison of molecular profiles of gas mixtures of thermal decomposition products of two varieties of barley, pearl barley and one variety of wheat are presented. Good agreement of the molecular composition for barley and pearl barley and some difference from the composition of the mixture obtained by heating wheat are shown.
Utilidad del Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) para el diagnóstico de apendicitis aguda en pacientes pediátricos
Authors: Barón-Méndez Lina Estefanía , Acosta-Suárez Shary , Tinoco-Guzmán Nestor Julián , Robayo-García Julieth Tatiana , Porras-Luengas Maria Lucía
Published: January 2025

Introducción. La apendicitis aguda constituye la patología quirúrgica más frecuente en urgencias pediátricas y un diagnóstico tardío puede conllevar a complicaciones. Ante la variabilidad en la presentación clínica se han desarrollado escalas diagnósticas. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar el rendimiento del Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) en nuestra población.
Métodos. Estudio observacional analítico, realizado en el Hospital Infantil Universitario de San José desde el año 2020 al 2022, en menores de 16 años con sospecha de apendicitis aguda. Se describieron los hallazgos clínicos, quirúrgicos y patológicos. Se elaboró la curva ROC para determinar la capacidad discriminativa de la escala.
Resultados. Se estudiaron 881 pacientes, 51 % de sexo femenino, con mediana de edad de 11 años. Los factores de riesgo independientes para apendicitis perforada fueron reconsulta, fiebre, leucocitosis y dolor migratorio. El área bajo la curva de la escala para el diagnóstico de apendicitis fue de 0,60, lo cual configura un rendimiento regular.
Conclusión. Estudios previos estimaron una buena precisión de la escala con puntuaciones de 7-8. En este estudio la mejor clasificación se obtuvo con una puntuación de 9. Existe heterogeneidad en los estudios y las poblaciones donde se ha validado la escala; sin embargo, se considera que el Pediatric Appendicitis Score puede llegar a ser aplicado en los pacientes pediátricos que cursen con dolor abdominal, con sospecha de apendicitis aguda, aunque no tiene el rendimiento suficiente para el diagnóstico.
Nursing Students’ Perceptions about Perinatal Mental Health Issues
Authors: Osmanaga Fatbardha , Gusha Kilda
Published: January 2025

The mental health of women in the perinatal period is the focus of attention around the world. Many studies emphasize the problems that women experience during pregnancy or after childbirth, also focusing on mental health problems. In this context, the attention towards the woman, both during pregnancy and after birth, should be very great, especially from the health professionals. The paper aims to explore the perception of students enrolled in the professional master’s study program in Health Psychology at "Luigj Gurakuqi" University, Shkodër, Albania regarding their knowledge of perinatal mental health problems, and their ability to identify and managing these problems. Nursing students have high levels of awareness related to perinatal mental health issues. Their perceptions of their knowledge regarding perinatal mental health issues, as well as their confidence in identifying and in managing them, is positive. Students believe that they have the appropriate skills to assess and care for women with mental health problems, both during pregnancy and after, but, also, they need further training to improve their skills. It is necessary to carry out more extensive studies on this topic in our country to shed light on the Albanian reality. Also, it is necessary to revise the curricula, especially in general nursing education program, and to provide training for nurses on the problems of perinatal mental health issues.
Keywords: perinatal mental health, awareness issues, curricula revision
A Strategic Approach for Making Higher Education Institutions Relevant and Viable through Engaged Learning and Teaching based upon Graduate Employability Profiles
Authors: Baban Serwan M J
Published: January 2025

HEI’s attempt to stay relevant and viable through engaging effectively with society, government and the private sector at all levels. These objectives are achieved via renovating their vision, approaches to learning and teaching and developing relevant graduate profiles for employment in both public and private sectors. It has been recognised that these interrelated challenges can successfully be accomplished through effective management practices and resourceful planning to handle ongoing market influences, competition and fluctuations in student enrolments. Therefore, enabling the institution to align its decisions with its mission and goals, while addressing risk assessment and risk management and considering the needs and expectations of its internal and external constituents. This paper presents a collaborative process for developing learning and teaching strategic plans, with a focus on graduate employability profiles, to fulfil an institution’s forethought for the future. The paper also proposes an implementation procedure to manage the successful delivery of declared learning and teaching priorities and objectives. In other words, enabling the organisation to remain relevant and competitive and on the path to realize this aspiration.
Keywords: Higher Education, Learning and Teaching, Strategic Plans, Relevance, Graduate Employability.
Scoring Rubrics Method in Performance Assessment and its effect of Mathematical Achievement
Authors: Tashtoush Mohammad A. , Shirawia Nawal , Rasheed Noha M.
Published: January 2025

This study aimed to investigate the impact of using scoring rubrics on assessing the performance of students in achievement. The study followed an experimental approach, and the sample consisted of 187 male and female students enrolled in the Calculus course. They were divided into three groups: the first experimental group, whose performance was evaluated using analytical scoring rubrics, the second experimental group, whose performance was evaluated using holistic scoring rubrics, and the control group, whose performance was evaluated using the traditional method. Additionally, a mathematics achievement test was developed, and two of scoring rubrics, one analytical and the other holistic, were prepared to evaluate students' performance. The results of the study favored the use of analytical scoring rubrics over holistic correction rules, as they considered all details, procedures, and levels of understanding and perception. The students expressed satisfaction with the use of analytical and holistic performance scoring rubrics in evaluating their performance. The study recommended the need for students to pay attention to interpreting their procedures when performing mathematical tasks. It also encouraged teachers to use scoring rubrics to evaluate students' performance and called upon curriculum authors to make the necessary modifications and additions to increase students' opportunities for justifying their procedures. Moreover, conducting in-depth studies that allow students to justify their procedures was suggested.
Keywords: performance-based assessment, scoring rubrics, achievement, composition and inverse functions, assessment strategies, educational psychology, pedagogical methods.
Exploring the Preservice Teachers’ Work to Label the Plants in the Faculty Garden
Authors: Telli Sibel
Published: January 2025

This descriptive qualitative case study aims to find out the pre-service science teachers (PST)’ confidence about instructional practice in outdoor setting, their knowledge about the plants and it explores the two research questions: To what extent do the preservice science teachers have confidence to teach in the outdoor settings? (1) and What are the preservice teachers’ knowledge about the plants that they see on a daily basis? (2). To do this, it was reported the entire activity of two voluntary pre-service science teachers (PST)’ work to label the plants at the faculty garden. The data collection encompassed rounds of semi-structured interviews, observations and a portfolio was prepared. The protocol addressed preparation for the connection to everyday life, their General Biology Course and for their collaboration. Preservice science teachers labelled in total 124 plants from 14 species by focusing on mostly the trees. They reported that their main challenge is to label the family Pinaceae, although they have seen these plants almost daily for over two years. They reported that this practice-based instructional work at the faculty garden enhances their knowledge and confidence to teach in the outdoor settings.
Keywords: biology education, outdoor learning environments, out-of-school teacher education, pre-service teacher education, science education
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Teaching in the Digital Age
Authors: Arek-Bawa Orhe , Reddy Sarasvathie
Published: January 2025

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many traditional contact higher education institutions, such as the institution where the study was based, transitioned abruptly to remote online learning. Students in the School of Education at the institution who are predominantly from the lower end of the socioeconomic digital divide in South Africa had no choice but to navigate digital technologies to further their education. The extent to which their digital learning experience fostered the requisite TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge) and other cross-functional skills needed for the 4IR classrooms remained uncertain. Framed by the TPACK Model, this paper employed a mixed-method approach to understand students' online learning experiences and how their digital learning experiences prepared them for their future teaching practices. Data generated from questionnaires randomly distributed to undergraduate students, followed by a focus group interview with twelve purposively sampled students across the five undergraduate clusters of the school, was used to address the research objective. The findings revealed that it is unlikely that their virtual learning experience could have prepared them for teaching in the digital age. Insights from this paper will benefit academics in their online pedagogical engagements and curriculum design while informing policy directions at the institutional level.
Keywords: digital learning, pre-service teachers, 4IR classroom, TPACK, students' experiences
Emotion Regulation and Social Adjustment of Student Teachersa
Authors: Geetha KR , Parimala Fathima M.
Published: January 2025

The present study focuses on emotion regulation and the social adjustment of student teachers. A survey method was employed in this present study. The sample of the study comprised 210 student teachers (N=210) from three teacher education colleges located in and around Karaikudi, Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, India. A simple random sampling technique was utilized for sample selection. The social adjustment questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.76, was constructed and validated by the researcher and research supervisor, and the standardized Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), Gross and John (2003), with Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient for the scale was calculated as 0.75 for present sample, were administered to the student teachers for data collection. Descriptive and differential statistical analyses were used to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study revealed that the level of emotion regulation and social adjustment of student teachers is favorable, there was no significant difference found in emotion regulation and social adjustment of student teachers based on their gender, educational qualification, locale, type of institution, marital status, and age and there exists a strong positive relationship between emotion regulation and social adjustment among student teachers.
Keywords: emotion regulation, social adjustment, student teachers, mental state, well-being
Appreciative Inquiry for Inclusive Schools: Preliminary Results from a Scoping Review on Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Authors: Capodanno Flavia , Zappalà Emanuela , Aiello Paola
Published: January 2025

Inclusion is widely recognized as one of the founding principles for the quality of educational institutions and it is strictly related to the ICF perspective. Actually, the conceptualization of educational needs is associated to the enhancement of everyone’s strengths and potential, and to the influence the (physical and social) environment may have. For these reasons schools should pay attention on these factors and on what is positive to lead to transformative and generative processes that may promote inclusion. In this sense, a useful framework may be that of the Appreciative Inquiry as it is strength-based process through which people act in partnership to determine and co-create how to move an organization forward. Based on this premises, this contribution aims at exploring existing literature on the adoption of this strength-based approach in the inclusive educational field and presenting preliminary results of a Scoping review. The PRISMA-ScR checklist will be used to report the review and five databases and global search engines. As a final point, this preliminary investigation will pay special attention to the adoption of the Appreciative Inquiry to encourage full participation and learning process of students who use Virtual Learning Environment at school. Results show that only few studies adopt the AI in this specific educational field, but an interesting investigation propose the adaptation of the Appreciative Learning. Hence, more studies should be done to make clear how this process may support inclusive process.
Keywords: appreciative inquiry, inclusion, virtual learning environments, scoping review
Das Arbeitsrecht am Treffpunkt des öffentlichen Rechts und des nationalen Privatrechts
Authors:   Facultatea de Drept, Universitatea din București, MOARCĂȘ Claudia-Ana
Published: January 2025

"The evolution of the Romanian labour law was determined by the social and economic dynamic that was specific to the changes in the governance and functioning of the Romanian state. This paper aims to highlight: (i) how technology, through its operation ways, has us adapt the legislation to the surrounding reality and redefine and correctly identify the parties to the labour contract (the employer, when about digital platforms, and the judicial statue of worker that is at the border between the employee and the independent worker), the new atypical forms of work, the working place (when about remote work) and particularly the feature that tells the labour relationship – i.e. subordination – from other forms of contract, like servicing ones (civil and commercial) in this case; (ii) how present-day circumstances under which work is performed have radically changed the place-and-work unity, i.e. the unity between the working-place and working-time (the working programme) and have opened at least two ways in front of the development of the labour relationship: one where individual freedom and responsibility prevail through focusing on self-employment (independent work/worker) and one that emphasizes the social component, where the main place goes to the ‘professional status’ including “portable rights” and what is beyond ‘employment and market’: professional training sessions; learning; volunteering a.s.o.
The paper finds that some norms of the labour law, which refer to the negotiation of collective and individual labour contracts, to the labour statute, to social partners’ rights and duties, do belong to the private law, while other norms, which rule on the way social partners are organized, on settling labour disputes and conflicts, and those regarding general and specific protection of women and youth and other categories of personnel, belong to the public law. However, labour law justifies and warrants its own autonomy as a branch of law in relation to both the constitutional law and, more importantly, to the civil law."