bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Critical thinking skills in the Greek lyceum: Their promotion within the first class’s informatics textbook
Authors: Oikonomidis Ioannis , Sofianopoulou Chryssa
Published: June 2023

To solve problems, specific skills are needed. Critical thinking can help develop such skills. It can contribute to improving problem-solving skills, developing communication skills and cultivating decision making skills. Critical thinking is considered to be a key pedagogical goal in education. Education of informatics and critical thinking have a strong relationship since students cannot develop skills related to Informatics if they cannot think critically. Therefore, within the informatics textbooks the cultivation of critical thinking skills should be promoted. The present paper aims to determine to what extent the cultivation of critical thinking skills is promoted in the Informatics textbook of the first class of the Greek lyceum. This textbook contains thematic units referring to hardware-software and applications, programming environments-applications development and communication collaboration and security within Internet. The method that was used is the quantitative content analysis. The present research revealed that within the examined textbook cultivating critical thinking skills is promoted insufficiently, since in the whole text, the cultivation of critical thinking skills is promoted in a small percent of the text it covers. In the examined material, the critical thinking skills whose cultivation is promoted are the interpretation skill, the analysis skill, the evaluation skill, the inference skill and the explanation skill. The interpretation skill is represented by the categorization sub-skill and the clarifying meaning sub-skill. The analysis skill is represented by the examining ideas sub-skill. The evaluation skill is represented by the assessing claims sub-skill. The inference skill is represented by the querying evidence sub-skill, the conjecturing alternatives sub-skill and the drawing conclusions sub-skill. The explanation skill is represented by the stating results sub-skill and the presenting arguments sub-skill. Moreover, it was found that within the examined text, the cultivation of the self-regulation skill is not promoted. The only parts of the examined text in which the cultivation of critical thinking skills is promoted in the largest percentage of the text they cover are the teaching objectives and in the activities.
MRI sequencing of brain metastasis from lung malignancy: Literature review
Authors: Diah Kurnia Mirawati  , Widiastuti Soewondo
Published: June 2023

Background: Lung cancer is ranked as the second most prevalent disease, with 2,2 million new cases anticipated by 2020. 85% of lung cancers are non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC), with 25-40% of NSCLC patients developing brain metastases during the course of the disease, typically within 2 years of the primary tumor's detection. Contrast-enhanced MRI is the preferred modality for judging cranial and intracranial metastases. Methods: The most recent articles published between 2017 and 2023 were searched for in the databases of PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library. Two reviewers (D and W, with more than 10 years of neurology and radiology experience, respectively) independently searched all papers. Results: Cancer in the lung is most prevalent primary malignancy associated with CNS metastases, with 23% to 36% of lung cancer patients ultimately developing CNS metastases.6Patients with lung cancer and EGFR mutations in the brain metastases had a higher response rate to whole-brain radiation therapy and specific chemotherapy drugs. For the detection of tiny metastases, MR is more sensitive than CT or even CT/PET. However, sensitivity on MR is variable, as various parameters of the MR capture can affect performance.5Therapeutically specialized brain metastases MRI procedures frequently include pre-contrast and post-contrast sequences. Conclusion: MRI is the gold standard for evaluating patients with brain masses, such as primary and secondary due to metastatic malignancies. Brain metastases must be diagnosed early and distinguished from suspicion of other neuropathologies. Initial diagnosis influences prognosis and outcome.
On the virtue of practicality for scientists
Authors: Wu Wenqing
Published: June 2023

This paper argues for the importance of the virtue of practicality for scientists, highlighting its role in scientific research and governance of scientific integrity. The pursuit of truth is considered a key value in scientific endeavors and must take precedence over personal interests. Rigorous scholarship is emphasized as essential for scientific integrity, as it serves as the moral cornerstone for carrying out research and is necessary for building trust in research evidence and professional knowledge. The paper concludes that the practicality of scientists is crucial for obtaining empirical facts and data, proposing explanatory laws, and ensuring the truth of theories, making it increasingly important in the future governance of scientific integrity.
Demographic features of patients seeking cosmetic surgery in southern Nigeria
Authors: Kingsley Okechukwu Opara  , Anthony Onyekachi Uzoho
Published: June 2023

Background and objectives: The numbers of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery is increasing worldwide, Nigeria inclusive. Whereas several reports abound describing the demographic characteristics of cosmetic surgery recipients in other regions of the world, there are no such reports in Nigeria. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the demographic characteristics of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery in Southern Nigeria. Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the case records of all patients who had cosmetic procedures at a privately owned aesthetic surgery facility in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria from January 2020 to December 2021 (two year period). Information on biodata; age, gender, marital status, and educational level were retrieved and analyzed. Results: In the period under review, a total of 175 patients had cosmetic surgeries done in the facility. 168 (96%) of patients were females, constituting the vast majority of patients. Only 7 (4%) patients were males. The age range of patients was from 21 years to 57 years, with a mean age of 35 years. 104 (59%) of patients were married, while 71 (41%) patients were single. 154 (88%) had at least tertiary level education. 4 (2.3%) patients only had secondary level of formal education. 17 patients (9.7%) were university/college undergraduates. Conclusions: The average cosmetic surgery recipient in Southern Nigeria is a young, married, college/university educated female.
Epidemiology of intestinal parasitosis in the population of Agadir City, Morocco
Authors: Imane Ouahidi  , Knza BARKATE  , Ayoub RAFEI  , EL Mostafa ELMEZOUARI  , Redouane MOUTAJ
Published: June 2023

Intestinal parasitosis in Morocco represents a real public health problem given the promiscuity and sanitary facilities that prevail in some regions, Agadir city is not spared. To determine the epidemiological profile of intestinal parasitosis in this population, a retrospective study was conducted over a period of five years in the medical biology laboratories. 6201subjects have benefited from at least one parasitological stool examination (PSE) including an analysis in the fresh state, after staining with Lugol and finally after concentration by the technique of Willis and Ritchie; 933 examinations were positive with a simple parasitic index (SPI) at 15.04%. Our study also included 1105 children of whom 238 were positive with a higher SPI at 21.53%. The average age of our patients was 28 years old. Among the parasites encountered, protozoa were present in 92.53% of cases. Blastocystis hominis were the most common with 43.2%, followed by amoebae (40.7%), flagellates (8%), helminths (7.46%) and lastly coccidia (0.62%). Giardia intestinalis appeared to be the most dominant pathogenic parasite in children and was responsible in 20% of stature–weight growth delay cases. The different results recorded are roughly comparable to the data reported by similar studies. Despite the urban origin of our population, the prevalence of intestinal parasitism is not negligible. It is still necessary to insist on the rigorous respect of hygiene rules against orofaecal contamination, as well as the realization of similar studies in the rural environment to establish more precise epidemiological profile of intestinal parasitosis in this region.
Legal consequences of making of electronic notary deeds on the authenticity of the deed
Authors: Siti Malikhatun Badriyah  , Marjo, R. Suharto  , Mas’ut
Published: June 2023

The rapid development of technology and information requires that various human activities be carried out electronically. Likewise, there are arrangements regarding notaries in making electronic deeds, but the arrangements are still unclear. This creates legal uncertainty regarding the legal consequences of making an electronic notarial deed on the authenticity of the deed. The problem of this research is how the legal consequences of making a notarial deed on the authenticity of the deed. The research method used is normative juridical by conducting library and field research to obtain secondary and primary data related to the arrangement and implementation of making authentic deeds and the legal consequences for the authenticity of deeds. The results of the study show that there are still different interpretations of the authenticity of notarial deeds made electronically, especially regarding the obligation of the parties to appear before a notary. In this case, there is something that means you have to face conventionally. If it is done electronically, it will result in a violation, so that the deed made is not an authentic deed. On the other hand, there are those who argue that parties dealing with a notary can be done electronically. This difference in views creates legal uncertainty, so that notaries do not yet have the courage to make deeds electronically.
Students unrest in Nigerian universities: Types, causes and administrative strategies to the challenges
Authors: Joseph Efe, Anho  , Jane Golohor Kporhobo  , Juliet Ufuoma Aweto
Published: June 2023

This write up is on the influence of students’ unrest, prevalent in the administration of public universities in Nigeria. The author used library research to look into the types, causes and influences on university administration and the administrative strategies to curtail the challenges. Students’ unrest is described as intentional, destructive, disruptive and conflicting behaviour of students’ in universities. It is the rampage made by students in pressing their demand on certain issues with university authorities. Student unrest include; demonstration, boycott of classes/lectures, civil disturbance, protect, crises, and riot among others. The causes have been identified to be poor funding of the universities system, government and public political interference, cultism, insecurity, communication gap, peer influence, management leadership styles, school environment/facilities, and youth unemployment among others. It was discovered that student unrest affects university administration in various forms such as; Malicious destruction and vandalism of infrastructures thereby preventing effective teaching and learning, Some suggestions were offered; University management/administrations should diffuse tension and crises pruned problems from university management and administration through good government such as; collective decision making involving students, showing respect to students’ demands, being equitable and unbiased in disciplinary issues, being transparent and effective in communication and Government funding of universities appropriately and adequately.
Effects of Contact Lens Wearing Habits on Ocular Surface and Microbial Flora
Authors: Arslan Nese , Bahar Alperen , Sabur Huri
Published: June 2023

Amaç: Kontakt lens kullanım alışkanlıklarının, bakım önerilerine uyumun ve hijyen alışkanlıklarının sorgulanması ve bunların oküler yüzey ve mikrobiyal kontaminasyon üzerindeki etkilerini incelemek Hastalar ve Yöntem: Bu prospektif çalışmada 2021-2022 yıllarında kontakt lens bölümümüze başvuran, takipli 108 yumuşak kontakt lens kullanıcısına, kontakt lens kullanımı için riskli kabul edilen davranış ve kullanım alışkanlıkları soruldu. Hastaların son kullandıkları kontakt lensler saklama kapları ile beraber mikrobiyolojik çalışma için laboratuvara gönderildi. Oküler yüzey analizi için oküler yüzey boyanması, göz yaşı kırılma zamanı ve oküler yüzey hastalık indeksi skorlaması yapıldı. Mikrobiyal kontaminasyon ve oküler yüzey analizi ile kontakt lens kullanım alışkanlıkları arasındaki ilişki analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Kliniğimize başvuran kontakt lens kullanıcılarından sadece %6.4 ü tüm kontakt lens kullanım önerilerine uyduğunu bildirdi. Kullanıcıların 72 sinde (%66.7) kültürlerde en az bir üreme olurken, oküler yüzey bozukluğu görülen kullanıcı sayısı ise 60 (%55.6) idi. Kontakt lens ile uyuma (p=0.003) ve lensi belirtilen süreden uzun süre kullanma (p=0.016) oküler yüzey problemlerini arttırıyorken; el hijyenine uymama (p ≤0.001), lens kabı ve solüsyonu belirtilenden uzun süre kullanma (p=0.038) ve solüsyon yerine su kullanmanın (p=0.001) mikrobiyolojik kontaminasyonu arttırdığı gösterilmiştir.
Sonuç: Bu ve bundan önceki çalışmalar göstermiştir ki riskli lens kullanım davranışları oküler yüzey- gözyaşı bozuklukları ve mikrobiyal kontaminasyonu arttıran önemli bir problemdir. Toplumda artan lens kullanımıyla beraber yüksek riskli lens kullanım oranları ciddi oküler patolojileri beraberinde getirebilir.
Study of steady-state modes of a synchronous electric machine
Authors:   O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Petrenko Oleksandr Mykolaiovych , Shavkun Viacheslav Mykhailovych , Donets Oleksandr Vadymovych , Zubenko Denys Yuriiovych
Published: June 2023

The monograph contains theoretical studies and a mathematical apparatus justifying the use of synchronous permanent magnet motors. Comparative calculations of synchronous machines and permanent magnet motors are shown. The monograph is intended for specialists of design, transport and municipal organizations of the urban economy, as well as for teachers, graduate students and students of technical specialties
대학생의 셀프리더십이 자기효능감을 매개로 대학몰입에 미치는 영향
Authors:   The Korea Association of Education Consulting & Coaching, KAECC, Kim Younghyun , Lee Sang Seub
Published: June 2023

This study aims to investigate how university students' self-leadership affects institutional commitment by using their self-efficacy as a mediating factor. To gather data, a web-based survey was given to students at four-year public and private universities in Seoul. The final sample size is 347, and the research findings are as follows: First, students' self-leadership positively affects their institutional commitment. Multiple regressions showed that behavior-focused strategies and natural reward strategies have a direct and positive effect on institutional commitment. Second, students' self-leadership positively affects their self-efficacy. Third, students' self-efficacy positively affects their institutional commitment. Last, students' self-efficacy mediates the relationship between self- leadership and institutional commitment. A mediator analysis showed that through self-efficacy as a mediator, all self-leadership strategies affect institutional commitment. This is the first study to examine relationships between self- leadership, self-efficacy, and institutional commitment among undergraduate students. This research has implications for the importance of increasing students' commitment to universities, self-leadership, and self-efficacy. It also gives researchers and practitioners helpful information about setting up self- leadership and self-efficacy programs to help students become more committed to their institutions and become successful and versatile self-leaders.
Analisis Potensi Ketersediaan Air Thornthwaite Mather untuk Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Air di Kabupaten Klaten
Authors: Dewantara Fajar Bima , Ali Munawar
Published: June 2023

Kabupaten Klaten merupakan wilayah yang sering mengalami kekurangan air di setiap tahunnya. Kondisi tersebut menyebabkan penduduk bergantung pada bantuan air dari pemerintah untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sehari – hari. Tujuan dilakukan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis tingkat kekritisan air bulanan yang terjadi di Kabupaten Klaten dan cara pengelolaan air ketika kekritisan air terjadi. Metode yang digunakan untuk mendapatkan tingkat kekritisan air adalah dengan cara membandingkan antara kebutuhan air domestik dan ketersediaan air permukaan, dimana ketersediaan air diperoleh dari menghitung neraca air Thronthwaite Mather, sedangkan kebutuhan air diperoleh melalui kuesioner yang diberikan kepada penduduk Kabupaten Klaten. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketersediaan air permukaan di Kabupaten Klaten akan mengalami surplus saat musim hujan dan mengalami defisit pada musim kemarau. Secara temporal, Kabupaten Klaten mengalami kekritisan air selama empat bulan yakni pada bulan Agustus hinga November. Untuk mengatasi kekritisan air di Kabupaten Klaten selama empat bulan, maka perlu dilakukan upaya konservasi air yaitu dengan memanfaatkan curah hujan yang melimpah ketika bulan basah. Dalam penelitian ini, hasil yang ditemukan dapat diatasi dengan konservasi vegetatif dan konservasi mekanis. Adapun upaya konservasi vegetatif yang perlu dilakukan adalah menanam tanaman Bambu seluas 8.167 Ha. Sedangkan konservasi mekanis dilakukan dengan pemanenan air hujan melalui atap rumah yang membutuhkan daya tampung untuk masing – masing rumah sebesar 46.018 m3 dengan luas ideal untuk menangkap hujan adalah 23.6 m2.
REPRESENTASI NILAI BUDAYA HIMNE PASOMBA TEDONG : SEBUAH CERMIN KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT TORAJA
Authors: Fahmi
Published: June 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai-nilai budaya dalam himne Pasomba Tedong. Himne Pasomba Tedong adalah pengiring upacara yang diucapkan pada upacara syukuran tertinggi dalam kehidupan orang Toraja yaitu pada upacara Maqbuaq dan Meruaq yang diperuntukkan kepada Puang Matua, Ilah-ilah dan Dewata. Tujuan upacara ini adalah untuk memohon kesuburan tanah, memudahkan interaksi sosial masyarakat dengan mengorbankan seekor kerbau muda hitam, dan gemuk. Himne Pasomba Tedong disajikan dalam bentuk prosa lirik. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu penelitian yang menggambarkan objeknya secara apa adanya. Data dalam penelitian ini data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan teknik inventarisasi, baca simak, pencatatan. teknik observasi partisipasi, dan wawacara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai-nilai yang ditemukan dalam himne Pasomba Tedong adalah nilai religi, nilai persatuan, nilai musyawarah mufakat, nilai etis, dan nilai tenggang rasa/saling menghormati.
Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism in Public Law
Authors: Martha Lee
Published: June 2023

Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism in Public Law
ECT2 expression is a transcriptional feature of solid tumors in humans.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: June 2023

We have previously demonstrated, by systems-level discovery of the tumor transcriptional fingerprint in humans, the transcriptome-wide differential expression of ECT2 in breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and cancer of the endometrium (1-3). We report here the differential expression of ECT2 in human cervical cancer (4, 5) and in human liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) (6, 7). ECT2 has previously been described as part of a gene signature describing cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, like cervical cancer (8). We demonstrate here that ECT2 is neither a specific marker of HPV infection nor tumorigenesis resulting from HPV infection (5, 9), rather a general reflection of transformation. Thus, we have utilized published microarray data (4-7, 9) to perform blind differential gene expression analysis of tumor transcriptomes finding that ECT2 is a transcriptional feature of solid tumors in humans: in the cervix and the liver, as we have found in the breast, colon and endometrium (1-3). Wide and differential expression of ECT2 suggests ECT2 bears promise as a transformation- or tumor-specific marker with utility in targeted therapeutics, as a target (10) for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-type therapy, or in diagnostics, as a labeled immunoglobulin or RNA probe for detection of transformation in solid tissues (11).
Judicial Review in Public Law: Juggling Democracy and Fundamental Freedoms
Authors: saif asdss
Published: June 2023

Judicial Review in Public Law: Juggling Democracy andFundamental Freedoms
PENERAPAN HASIL BELAJAR MAHASISWA DENGAN MATERI PEMUSATAN DATA MELALUI MICROSOFT EXCEL
Authors: Utami Putri
Published: June 2023

Pengembangan statistik sangatlah pesat, hingga menjuru dalam ilmu pendidikan yang semakin maju. Ilmu statistik mengajarkan bahwa pengolahan data dapat ditemukan dan ditentukan dengan mudah apabil dipelajari. Dalam pengolahan data ini berfungsi dalam penelitian kuantitatif. Kejadian yang sering dijumpai, ialah mahasiswa masih banyak belum mengetahui tentang pentingnya mempelajari statistik dengan menggunakan microsoft excel, padahal dengan menggunakan alat bantu semakin mempermudah untuk mendapatkan hasil dalam bentuk diagram, grafik, maupun tabel.
IMPLEMENTASI PEMBELAJARAN MENULIS PUISI BEBAS MENGGUNAKAN MODEL PAIKEM SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF PEMBELAJARAN PADA SISWA KELAS X SMA NEGERI BINAAN KHUSUS KOTA DUMAI
Authors: Utami Putri
Published: June 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengimplementasikan pembelajaran menulis puisi bebas dengan menyenangkan, sehingga peneliti mengkaji dengan model pembelajaran PAIKEM pada siswa kelas X SMA Negeri Binaan Khusus Kota Dumai. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Data diambil menggunakan pembelajaran secara langsung di kelas, sehingga membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama. Data penelitian ini adalah data implementasi pembelajaran menulis puisi bebas dengan menggunakan model PAIKEM sebagai alternatif pembelajaran pada siswa kelas X SMA Negeri Binaan Khusus Kota Dumai. Data khusus dari penelitian ini adalah ucapan wawancara dari narasumber yang sudah direkam dan dicatat dengan ditulis dengan sistematis, yang menggunakan alat telepon genggam. Hasil penelitian ini adalah bahwa siswa kelas X SMA Negeri Binaan Khusus Kota Dumai mampu dan berhasil mengimplementasikan pembelajaran menulis puisi bebas dengan menggunakan pembelajaran model PAIKEM.
Fair Trials and Victim Reparations: Improving Judicial Oversight
Authors: Shahid Ramisha
Published: June 2023

Fair Trials and Victim Reparations: Improving JudicialOversight
Tinjauan Umum Perilaku Lalat Musca Domestika Dalam Perspektif Islam dan Sains
Authors: Irmayani
Published: June 2023

Lalat merupakan jenis Arthropoda yang termasuk ke dalam ordo Diptera. Beberapa spesies lalat merupakan spesies yang paling berperan dalam masalah kesehatan masyarakat, yaitu sebagai vektor penularan penyakit. Sebagai vektor mekanis lalat membawa bibit-bibit penyakit melalui anggota tubuh seperti rambut-rambut pada kaki, badan, sayap dan mulutnya. Lalat untuk mempertahankan kehidupannya dan daya tariknya terhadap bau yang busuk menuntun lalat untuk mencari tempat yang kotor untuk mencari sesuatu yang dapat dimakannya. Biasanya tempat tersebut adalah tempat yang banyak berhubungan dengan aktivitas manusia. Seperti tempat sampah. Lalat masih menjadi permasalahan hingga saat ini. Habitat lalat yang berada di lingkungan kotor menjadikan lalat sebagai vektor penyakit yang dapat menginfeksi manusia. Adapun ayat terkait lalat yaitu dalam Al-Quran surah Al-Hajj 73 pada ayat tersebut menjelaskan bahwa tantangan Allah swt. Kepeda sesembahan kaum musyrikin, untuk bekerja sama membuat seekor lalat saja dan mereka juga di tantang untuk mengambil kembali sesuatau yang diambil oleh lalat.
The Power of the General Factor of Personality: Incremental Validity over the Big Five in Predicting Innovativeness and Life Satisfaction
Authors: Wu Peiqian
Published: June 2023

Several previous studies have tested how to use the Big Five traits to predict individuals’ innovation. Nevertheless, considering that innovation is a rather comprehensive concept, the use of only one or several traits in personality to predict it may not be sufficient. The present study, therefore, considers using a comprehensive personality structure to predict innovativeness. That is the General Factor of Personality (GFP), which accounts for the lion’s share of variances in the Big Five traits. The present study found that the GFP provides incremental validity over the Big Five in predicting individual innovativeness as well as life satisfaction. In detail, the GFP highly correlated with individual innovativeness and life satisfaction at r = .53 and r = .63, respectively, much higher than conscientiousness which led to the correlations with both variables in the Big Five traits (r = .37 and r = .42). These findings suggest that the GFP may be a useful tool for understanding and predicting these outcomes. On the other hand, the present study also found that the GFP model fits data much better than the Big Five traits model and provides a much more parsimonious solution in explaining a complex network relation. These findings have important implications for researchers and practitioners interested in understanding and predicting individual innovativeness and life satisfaction.
General Factor of Personality as Evolutionary Adaptability: A Live Proof from Chinese College Freshmen
Authors: Wu Peiqian
Published: June 2023

In recent decades, the General Factor of Personality (GFP) has been thought to provide a new way to understand personality from the perspective of evolutionary psychology and found to influence individuals’ lives and work in many aspects. However, explanations of the GFP in the literature are somewhat ambiguous. The present study aims to provide a new explanation of the GFP that can harmonize existing explanations. For such a goal, this study re-emphasizes its relevance to humans’ evolutionary adaptation and proposes that the GFP represents overall adaptability. This supposition was tested using a live example in real life: college freshmen’s adaptation to college life two months after enrollment. A series of structural equation models showed that the GFP highly overlaps with overall adaptability (r = .85 or β = .85) and is highly correlated with learning adaptability (r = .76), major study adaptability (.54), and interpersonal adaptability (.57). The present study found that overall adaptability indicated by the GFP has at least two parts: the larger part is social adaptability and the smaller part is cognitive adaptability, as the GFP was found to correlate with social adaptability factor for β = .83 and academic adaptability for β = .28. Social adaptability may reflect social effectiveness, while cognitive adaptability broadens the implications of the GFP.
Redistricting in Virginia: Identifying a Gerrymandered Map using County Levels
Authors: Hodges Brita
Published: June 2023

This paper analyzes redistricting in Virginia between the 2010 and 2020 election cycles. While existing redistricting research proposes solutions to gerrymandering, identifies gerrymandered maps, and reviews the local effects of redistricting, there lacks research using smaller levels of analysis. Thus, this study employs a meta-analysis, comparing a partisan index of each of Virginia’s 134 counties to the congressional district that county was a part of, in both 2010 and 2020. The results demonstrate an average 3 percent decrease in the disparity between a county’s partisanship and the entire district from 2010 to 2020. This change in the average distance between a county’s partisanship and its district indicates that the 2020 redistricting made Virginia’s districts more representative. This conclusion is corroborated by other Virginia-focused studies. By using counties as levels of analysis, this study delves deeper into how to identify gerrymandering using smaller groups. Given how important redistricting is to the American voting system, more research is needed to better understand the best way to identify a gerrymandered map.
«The Future Begins in 2020»: Narratives and Speculative Imaginaries in the Latin American (Sci-Fi) Audio Drama Podcasts Caso 63 (2020) and Número Oculto (2022)
Authors: Sáenz-Leandro Ronald
Published: June 2023

After international recognition from critics, the release of three seasons, and several adaptations to other languages, the fiction podcast Caso 63 (Chile, 2020) success is unprecedented for the podcasting industry produced in Spanish. Together with Número Oculto (Argentina, 2022), both are current paradigmatic cases for studying the new Latin American (sci-fi) audio drama podcasts. This paper proposes a comparative analysis of the first season of these audio series distributed by Spotify Studios to locate them as representative productions of the narratives and speculative imaginaries related to science fiction, such as post-eschatological futures, time travels, the global dominance of big tech companies, the environmental destruction (ecocide), quantum mysticism, among others. The proposal contextualizes these productions as part of the trends of audio drama produced in Spain in the last decade, the intermedial dialogues with the so-called "new Hispanic apocalyptic" literature, and the recent "awakening of podcasting” in Latin America after the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. Finally, it concludes with a reflection on the platformization of cultural production and the future of (sci-fi) audio drama podcasts in the Hispanic world.
Legitimation Devices of Moral Entrepreneurs: The Fictional Pact and the Claimsmaking of Genevan Philanthropy
Authors: Serrano Sophie
Published: June 2023

The moral entrepreneur is a social actor capable of turning social situations, perceived by themself as harming, into public problems. In line with Howard Becker's work, the criminological literature has looked at the processes of problem construction by moral entrepreneurs and their consequences. It explains how certain social situations are turned into public problems and how they are dealt with in the public arena. However, to achieve their self-attributed mission, moral entrepreneurs need to be, above all, feel legitimate to do so. This paper focuses on the legitimation devices put forth by moral entrepreneurs through the specific case study of Geneva’s philanthropy. Philanthropists take over various social harms and, in parallel, develop a narrative presenting themselves as legitimate to do so. This research, using a qualitative methodology (observation, interview, documentary analysis), unveils two main devices of legitimation: (1) The Fictional Pact, a narrative that functions as a self-legitimation tool on the moral level, and (2) the public legitimation, making a solid and supported claim that society needs philanthropy. More broadly, this study helps to understand better how private moral entrepreneurs justify their participation in society’s governance by bringing together two traditionally separate pieces of literature on legitimation.
On predicting and explaining asylum adjudication
Authors: Piccolo Sebastiano , Gammeltoft-Hansen Thomas , Katsikouli Panagiota , Slaats Tijs
Published: June 2023

Asylum is a legal protection granted by a state to individuals who demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution or who face real risk of being subjected to torture in their country. However, asylum adjudication often depends on the decision maker’s subjective assessment of the applicant’s credibility. To investigate potential sources of bias in asylum adjudication practices researchers have used statistics and machine learning models, finding significant sources of variation with respect to a number of extra-legal variables. In this paper, we analyse an original dataset of Danish asylum decisions from the Refugee Appeals Board to understand the variables that explain Danish Adjudication. We train a number of classifiers and, while all classifiers agree that candidate credibility is the single most important variable, we find that performance and variable importance change significantly depending on whether data imbalance and temporality are taken into account. We discuss the implications of our findings with respect to the theory and practice of predicting and explaining asylum adjudication.
A Framework for Geoeconomics
Authors: Clayton Christopher , Maggiori Matteo , Schreger Jesse
Published: June 2023

Governments use their countries’ economic strength from financial and trade relationships to achieve geopolitical and economic goals. We provide a model of the sources of geoeconomic power and how it is wielded. The source of this power is the ability of a hegemonic country to coordinate threats across disparate economic relationships as a mean of enforcement on foreign entities. The hegemon wields this power to demand costly actions out of the targeted entities, including mark-ups, import restrictions, tariffs, and political concessions. The hegemon uses its power to change targeted entities’ activities to manipulate the global equilibrium in its favor and increase its power. A sector is strategic either in helping the hegemon form threats or in manipulating the world equilibrium via input-output amplification. The hegemon acts a global enforcer, thus adding value to the world economy, but destroys value by distorting the equilibrium in its favor.
Kelindan Noise dan Voice menjadi Choice: Komunikasi Sains dalam Implementasi Kebijakan Berbasis Bukti Penanganan Pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia
Authors: Seftyono Cahyo
Published: June 2023

Handling the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge for all countries, including Indonesia. Each country has a strategy according to its capacity. Likewise, each region with various potentials and limitations in Indonesia creates different policy strategies. The elaboration of policy contextualization issues is explained through several concepts: scientific communication, evidence-based policy, the valley of death and policy innovation, and knowledge brokers and expert citizens.These key concepts are strengthened by literature research and qualitative-based field research complemented by surveys and interview to strengthen the argument. The handling of the pandemic study in Indonesia is complemented by information at the local level, which is considered capable of representing the picture of handling pandemics on a national scale. Researchers chose Depok City and Surakarta City as the locus of deepening information by surveiing the general public and health workers. Researchers also conducted in-depth interviews with science activists, health educators and health workers at the national level and in both cities.Two important things were found in this study. First, there are formal non-legal aspects in policy implementation that need to be accommodated to maximize a policy in addition to guidelines and rules. Grindle (2017) suggests that policy is not only about the regulation or text, but also highly context-dependent. Second, what is also important and has not been widely disclosed is the role of science communication in the policy. As Hoover (2018) and Zhang (2021) explain, the process of bridging science or research to policy is the critical role of good science communication in translating the ideas to be realized.Theoretically, the novelty in this research is the role of science communication which can bridge the implementation of contextual policies. The city of Depok and the city of Surakarta as representatives of Indonesia are better able to handle the pandemic well. The role of expert citizens is a node in optimizing their scientific communication, both to the government as policymakers directly to the public who must carry out these policies well, and through volunteer networks. Thus, the government and the public need to receive and construct scientific information both produced from scientific studies (hard science) and social humanities (soft science) as the basis for handling the pandemic. The attitude to handling the pandemic must be strengthened with collaborations across institutions and scientific backgrounds.
Unraveling the Factors Influencing Public Pension Knowledge: Findings from the World's Most Super-Aged Society
Authors: Hirao Tomotaka
Published: June 2023

Understanding public pension schemes is crucial for effective pension reforms in advanced countries. However, despite Japan having the fastest ageing population in the world, there is limited research regarding people's actual levels of understanding of public pensions and their determinants. This study focuses on the knowledge of Japanese individuals who contribute to the pension system and future pensioners, as they play a key role in sustaining the Japanese public pension system. Public pension knowledge is examined in terms of test reliability and validity; the determinants are then analysed after controlling for individual-specific effects. The empirical results showed that the average number of correctly answered questions regarding Japanese public pensions was approximately 33%. This outcome is suboptimal because it shows that participants exhibited less-than-ideal levels of basic pension knowledge despite their contributions to the public pension system. This study also confirms that there are positive correlations between some independent variables regarding education and the level of public pension knowledge. The results suggest that education could be a potential policy tool to enhance pension knowledge and maintain a robust public pension system.
MODEL OF THE HUMAN ELEMENT INDIVIDUAL FACTORS MANAGEMENT FOR ENSURING SAFETY IN THE PROJECT-ORIENTED SHIPPING
Authors:   Odessa National Maritime University, Bychkovsky Y.V.
Published: June 2023

Безпека є основною вимогою до сучасного судноплавства. Ризики чи загрози безпеці формуються під впливом цілої сукупності факторів різної природи, до яких належить і людський елемент. Крім того, саме «людський елемент» є досить «керованим» фактором ризику, на відміну, наприклад, погодно-кліматичних умов. Отже безпека судноплавства починається саме з людського елемента. Проєктний підхід передбачає все розмаїття ризиків розглядати інтегрально, що формує цілісний погляд на можливі негативні ситуації в процесі виконання рейсу, що є ще одним фактором в обґрунтуванні доцільності викорис-тання проєктно-орієнтованого управління в судноплавстві. У даному дослідженні запропоновано безпеку проєкту в контексті впливу людського елемента розгля-дати у вигляді марківського процесу прийняття рішень – оскільки у кожному стані команда проєкту та керівники робіт роблять певні дії, що впливають на мож-ливість переходу в той чи інший стан.Ідентифіковано множину станів безпеки у даному контексті, пропонується підхід до аналізу безпеки протягом життєвого циклу проєкту. Пропонований підхід об'єднує всі складові системи «людський елемент – безпека проєкту» з урахуванням технічних та зовнішніх факторів на стан людського елемента. Запропонована концептуальна модель та всі її еле-менти є універсальними та можуть бути використані для проєктів різної природи. Ключові слова: проєкт, безпека, індивідуальні фактори людського елементу, марківська модель, життєвий цикл
Қазақ тіліндегі тұрақты тіркестердің құрамында сақталған тарихи уәждер
Authors: Тымболова А.О. , Калыбаева К.С. , Мурзинова А.
Published: June 2023

Мақалада қазақ тіліндегі тұрақты тіркестердің құрамында сақталған тарихи уәждер сөз етіледі. Оларды қарастырудың тіл тарихы үшін маңызы зор. Тіліміздегі кейбір тұрақты тіркестер құрамындағы сөздер сан мың жылдарды артқа тастаған соң, бастапқы мағынасы ұмытылып немесе ұмытылуға жақындап көмескілене бастайды.Сөз бір халықтан, екінші бір халыққа әртүрлі жолдармен ауысады. Осындай сөз ауысулары арқылы алыс дәуірлердегі ұлттар арасындағы мәдени байланыстармен қатынастарды кей ретте әлдебір тарихи куәлар мен ескерткіштер қалмаса да білуге болады. Тіпті кейбір компоненттер идиомаға айналады. Сөздердің бұлай идиомалануы тұрақты тіркестердің мағынасынан туған ерекшелік болып табылады. Демек бірнеше сөздің тобы идиом болуы үшін көп уақыт, көп замандар қажет болады. Ана тілінің бай қазынасымен сусындаған әрбір адам тұрақты тіркестерді, небір афоризмдер мен мақал-мәтелдерді қолданады. Бірақ сол тұрақты тіркестердегі, мақал-мәтелдердегі кейбір сөздерді жеке-дара алып қарағанда кез-келген адамның түсіне беруі неғайбыл.Тілімізді қаншама меңгердік дегенмен оның беймәлім тұстары да жетерлік. Сондықтан ана тіліміздің біз үшін әлі де ашылмаған қыр-сыры көп. Сондықтан мақалада қазақ тіліндегі тұрақты тіркес сыңарларының дыбыстық жағынан көнерген түрлері қарастырылды.
Из опыта исследования концепта «красота»: свободный ассоциативный эксперимент
Authors: Мудровская А.М
Published: June 2023

В статье представлены результаты свободного ассоциативного эксперимента. Слово-стимул – «красота». Данный эксперимент был проведен с применением Гугл-формы, в которой перед респондентами было сформулировано задание: «Напишите Ваши ассоциации со словом «красота». В качестве респондентов выступило взрослое население Карагандинского региона в возрасте от 18 до 50 лет (студенты, работники образования, сферы услуг, пенсионеры и др.). Образование респондентов вовнимание не принималось. Общее количество респондентов составляет 100 человек. Целью данного эксперимента являлось наблюдение над семантической наполненностью концепта «красота» на современном этапе функционирования русского языка в Карагандинском регионе, а также выявление динамики языкового и когнитивного содержания данного концепта.
The Effect of the Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Learning Method on Student Learning Outcomes in Indonesian Language Lessons at School
Authors: Novita Rika , Sukenti Desi
Published: June 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of the STAD type of cooperative learning method. The method used is descriptive quantitative. Data were obtained from tests and questionnaires. The source of the data from this study was a sample of 31 from the control class and 31 from the experimental class. The results of this study are that learning before using the Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) learning method is still monotonous learning and lack of activity in class it affects student learning outcomes. but after applying the Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) learning method it can be stated that it has increased. This is evidenced by Based on the calculations that have been carried out, the average value of the control class is 85.07 and the average value of the experimental class is 90.48. Based on these average values, it can be seen that the average experimental class = 90.48 > average control class = 85.07.
PENGARUH KESADARAN LINGKUNGAN TERHADAP MINAT BELI GENERASI MILINEAL
Authors: Mawardi Mawardi
Published: June 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi hubungan antara kesadaran lingkungan dan minat beli konsumen Milineal. Data dikumpulkan melalui survei yang dilakukan terhadap responden yang terdiri dari 200 konsumen. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa nilai korelasi antara kesadaran lingkungan dan minat beli adalah 0,073, menunjukkan hubungan yang sangat lemah dan tidak signifikan. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa kesadaran lingkungan tidak memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap minat beli konsumen dalam konteks penelitian ini. Penelitian ini memberikan wawasan tentang faktor-faktor lain yang mungkin lebih dominan dalam mempengaruhi minat beli konsumen, serta pentingnya melanjutkan penelitian dan pemahaman lebih lanjut mengenai hubungan antara kesadaran lingkungan dan perilaku pembelian konsumen.
Comparison of physical and psychological symptoms of somatic symptom disorder (cognitive, affective and behavioral) in women and men with somatic symptom disorder
Authors:   Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Esmaeilinasab Maryam , Bakhshi Khanshir Sama ,   MSc, Department of Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Hamdieh Mostafa ,   Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) is characterized by distressing somatic symptoms which are accompanied by disproportionate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, has wide gender differences in prevalence, which has been less investigated in researches. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the physical (criteria A) and psychological symptom of SSD (criteria B) consist of cognitive, affective and behavioral in female and male patients. Method: This study was a descriptive and causal-comparative research. The participants included 60 Iranian women and 30 men with SSD in the age range of 18-60 years old who participated in the study based on the diagnosis of a psychiatrist by Convenience sampling method in 2021-2022. Data was collected by The Somatic Symptom Disorder-B (2017) Criteria Scale and The Somatic Symptom Scale8 (2014). For data analysis, MANOVA were applied by using SPSS-22. Results: The findings revealed that women with SSD generally showed more psychological symptoms compared to men and in the psychological subscales, affective (P=0.00) and behavioral (P=0.00) was more evident in them, however there was no significant difference between men and women in cognition of psychological subscales (P=0.18) and intensity of physical pain (P=0.13). Conclusion: According of the study, one of the factors of the difference in SSD prevalence can be from less expressing, not less suffering from the disorder in men. Studying the main causes of differences in the affective and behavior of psychological subscales such as cultural origin, can be effective in further studies.
Psychometric properties of screen time questionnaire in children
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, Soltani Kouhbanani Sakineh , Zarenezhad Somayeh ,   MSc, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, Arabi Seyedeh Manizheh ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, BuAli Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Nowadays, the long-term use of screens leads to physical, cognitive, and behavioral injuries in children. Aim: The present study was conducted to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the screen-time questionnaire in children. Method: The present is applied in terms of objective and developmental in terms of methodology. The statistical population of the study comprised 90 children aged 8-12 years in Mashhad in 2021-2022 who were selected based on availability sampling method. The research tools included the Screen-time Questionnaire (2019) and Conners’ Questionnaire (1999). Test-retest reliability was used to measure the reliability of screen time questionnaire in children using the intra-class correlation coefficient and standard error of measurement. Moreover, the correlation between the scores of the components of the screen-time scale and the parental version of the Conners’ questionnaire was checked to verify the convergent validity. Results: Intraclass correlation coefficient values for the components of children’s screen-time questionnaire on normal days of the week were between 0.80-0.92, weeknights between 0.79-0.90, and weekends between 0.78-0.85, while the use of the screen in the background was between 0.73-0.80. All these values indicated high reliability or favorable retest reliability of the screen-time questionnaire components in children. Furthermore, the results of convergent validity suggested that there is a positive and significant relationship between the components of the screen-time questionnaire and the lack of attention component at 0.01 level. Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that the screen-time questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool for the quantitative evaluation of the use of electronic-screen devices in Iranian children. Therefore, this tool can be used for research and clinical applications in the field of cognitive disorders related to children.