bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Are yellow dung flies domesticated cow dung specialists?
Authors: Blanckenhorn Wolf U. , Burkhard Dieter
Published: August 2023

The theory of niche differentiation implies some extent of specialization of species with regard to key resources, notably food. Coprophagous (dung-eating) insect larvae play a critical role in the decomposition of livestock dung in modern and traditional agricultural grasslands. The yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria L.; Diptera: Scathophagidae) is one of the largest, most common and abundant dung decomposers on pastures in cold-temperate regions across the entire northern hemisphere. As this fly is often associated with domesticated cattle or dairy cows, which are commonly kept for human nutrition worldwide (beef, milk, cheese, etc.), it is sometimes suspected to be a cow dung specialist. However, yellow dung flies are regularly active on and around other dung types, and must have reproduced on dung of wild vertebrates before the domestication of cattle. We therefore experimentally studied the performance of yellow dung fly larvae on dung of various large domestic vs. wild mammals (cow, horse, wild boar, red deer) in the laboratory in Switzerland. Larval performance in terms of juvenile survival, egg-to-adult development time, growth rate, and final adult body size, the major life history indicators of individual reproductive success, did not vary greatly among the various dung types tested. Thus, yellow dung flies can successfully reproduce on multiple types of mammal (vertebrate) dung, wild and domestic, and are therefore dung generalists rather than specialists. We conclude that yellow dung flies are common in European low- and highlands because they could plastically shift to dung of common herbivorous livestock after their domestication without losing the ability to reproduce on dung of common wild mammals.
A new compression fossil, Eotriadomeroides abjunctus Huber, gen. & sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), in Eocene shale from the Kishenehn Formation, USA
Authors: Huber John T. , Greenwalt Dale E.
Published: August 2023

A new fossil genus and species of fairyfly, Eotriadomeroides abjunctus Huber & Greenwalt, gen. and sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae), is described and illustrated from a female preserved as a compression fossil in middle Eocene shale from the Kishenehn Formation, Montana, USA. It is compared to extant species of Neotriadomerus Huber, known only from Australia, and Triadomerus Yoshimoto, a Cretaceous amber fossil from Canada. It is suggested that these three genera, classified together in Triadomerini, likely the most ancestral lineage of Mymaridae, are evidence of the Middle or perhaps Late Jurassic origin of the family.
An Expert Roundtable Discussion on the Use of Classic Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Depression – Part Two
Authors: Berk Michael , Van den Eynde Vincent , Ganapathy Karthikeyan , Andrade Chittaranjan , Birkenhäger Tom , Bodkin J. Alexander , Nutt David , Barnett Brian , Feinberg Simeon Shalom , Parker Gordon , Ruhe Eric , Fornaro Michele , Redhead Charles , Godet Lila , Gillman Peter Kenneth
Published: August 2023

Experienced clinicians and academics from the International MAOI Expert Group comment on questions of interest concerning monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) pharmacotherapy for depression. These comments in this Part Two of the Expert Roundtable Discussion emphasize good pharmacological practice, starting with a low dose and progressing slowly and only changing one element at a time. Issues related to augmentation and drug combinations are also mentioned, including comments about the safety of ketamine. The special ability of MAOIs to improve dopamine function is highlighted, especially in relation to melancholic and psychotic depression.

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On two-term exponential sums and their mean values
Authors: Li Jianghua , Zhang Zepeng , Pan Tianyu
Published: August 2023

The mean value problems of exponential sums play a very important role in the research of analytic number theory, and many famous number theory problems are closely related to them. The main purpose of this paper is using some elementary methods and the number of the solutions of the congruence equations to study the calculating problem of some fourth power means of two-term exponential sums, and give exact calculating formulae and asymptotic formula for them.
Topological variability in financial markets
Authors: Valdivia Aaron D
Published: August 2023

We investigate market crashes and downturns through the lens of persistent homology and persistence landscape norms. Using individual stock price data from Yahoo! Finance, we find that the variation in the persistence landscape norm as well as other measures of persistence exhibit a marked increase followed by a decline prior to historic incidents. We show that basic descriptions of persistent homology may be useful in addition to more sophisticated tools like the persistence landscape norm.
Endovascular embolization with EVOH for the treatment of a Rasmussen aneurysm
Authors: Bechay Kirollos , Katz Michael David , Quinn Brian
Published: August 2023

First-line treatment of pulmonary artery aneurysms/pseudoaneurysms (PAA/PAPA) is percutaneous or endovascular embolization. The present case of a Rasmussen aneurysm, a PAPA caused by Tuberculosis (TB), was successfully treated with ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH), a radiopaque liquid embolic agent with favorable characteristics. A 35-year-old man presented as a new patient with hemoptysis, and CT imaging revealed multiple cavitary lesions and a 2.1 cm aneurysm in the upper right lobe. Endovascular treatment was delivered and a complete lack of filling of the lesion was noted on post-treatment angiography. The patient's history includes risk factors and past TB infection. Despite the suspicious imaging, diagnostic tests were negative for active TB in this patient. He was then found to have MRSA bacteremia and a mediastinal lymph node positive for M. avium. The etiology of this aneurysm is suspicious for the superinfection of a chronic tuberculous cavity with M. avium, MRSA, or both.
Gender Inequalities in Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-based Study in Korea
Authors: Kang Minku , Yu Sarah , Choe Seung-Ah , Moon Daseul , Ki Myung , Chun Byung Chul
Published: August 2023

Objectives: This study explored the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on psychosocial stress in prime working-age individuals in Korea, focusing on gender inequalities. We hypothesized that the impact of COVID-19 on mental health would differ by age and gender, with younger women potentially demonstrating heightened vulnerability relative to men.Methods: The study involved data from the Korea Community Health Survey and included 319 592 adults aged 30 years to 49 years. We employed log-binomial regression analysis, controlling for variables including age, education, employment status, marital status, and the presence of children. The study period included 3 phases: the period prior to the COVID-19 outbreak (pre–COVID-19), the early pandemic, and the period following the introduction of vaccinations (post-vaccination).Results: The findings indicated that women were at a heightened risk of psychosocial stress during the early pandemic (relative risk [RR], 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.98 to 1.05) and post-vaccination period (RR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.10) compared to men. This pattern was prominent in urban women aged 30-34 years (pre–COVID-19: RR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.10; early pandemic: RR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.08 to 1.25; post-vaccination period, RR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.14 to 1.31).Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted unequal impacts on psychosocial stress among prime working-age individuals in Korea, with women, particularly those in urban areas, experiencing a heightened risk. The findings highlight the importance of addressing gender-specific needs and implementing appropriate interventions to mitigate the psychosocial consequences of the pandemic.
De la cibernética al metaverso: una genealogía de características, transparencias y opacidades algorítmicas
Authors: Ariel Gendler Martín
Published: August 2023

A la hora de pensar en las tecnologías digitales, Internet, y su influencia en las distintas esferas de la vida social, es frecuente que se apunte a los algoritmos informáticos como pilares centrales de estos efectos. Diversos andamiajes discursivos y prácticos respecto de esperanzas y temores han sido desplegados en torno a ellos, principalmente a causa de sus potencialidades de transformación, pero, también, de los posibles sesgos en su diseño, desarrollo y aplicación. Sin embargo, los algoritmos informáticos, como objeto técnico digital, presentan sus propios procesos de concretización sociotécnica que los han llevado a ser de un modo y no de otro. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo el establecer una genealogía del devenir de los algoritmos informáticos delineando cinco periodos sociohistóricos en función de analizar los cambios en su conceptualización, producción y características, como también los aspectos en torno a sus transparencias y opacidades. Se parte así de las Conferencias Macy de 1946 -donde se establecieron los criterios respecto de cómo debe ser un algoritmo informático- hasta llegar a la actual situación donde diversos tipos de algoritmos, muchos de ellos imbuidos con machine learning y deep learning, son partícipes centrales en los ejercicios de gubernamentalidad y personalización algorítmica.
Docencia, organización y liderazgo de un mundo en movimiento. El contact improvisación en Buenos Aires de 1985 a 2005
Authors: Nardacchione Gabriel Andrés , Muñoz Tapia Sebastián
Published: August 2023

En este trabajo nos preguntamos cómo y a través de qué actividades se produjo, organizó y estabilizó el mundo del Contact Improvisación en Buenos Aires entre 1985 y 2005, cómo se construyeron sus liderazgos; y cuáles fueron sus principales controversias. Considerando una cierta marca de origen desde sus inicios en Estados Unidos (la improvisación, una ideología igualitarista y de la espontaneidad junto con un tipo de organización informal y descentrada) reconstruimos la historia de su implantación en la capital argentina. Al respecto, planteamos la existencia de una serie de «ondas expansivas» en que se van incorporando y solapando actividades y saberes, que se organizan en tres momentos: i) acumulación originaria, ii) infraestructura plástica y iii) multiplicación. Dentro de esta periodización, identificamos los liderazgos en torno a la docencia, la gestión y la cualidad performática, así como las controversias sobre aspectos pedagógicos y técnicos, por un lado, y sobre el grado de codificación de los espacios de danza, por otro. El artículo triangula entrevistas individuales y colectivas con la revisión de documentos (flyers, fotografías, escritos), centrándonos en las y los principales referentes de esta danza.
El coraje en movimiento: movilidad emocional y migración sin redes
Authors: Rodríguez-Sánchez Marissa
Published: August 2023

Este texto se inscribe dentro de los estudios antropológicos de las emociones, abonando con un enfoque que destaca la cualidad dinámica de la expresión emocional, entendido aquí como movilidad emocional. Ello mediante la descripción y análisis etnográfico de un caso migrante del centro-sur de México hacia los Estados Unidos sin redes solidarias de apoyo previamente establecidas. En su tránsito hacia el norte, se asienta temporalmente en el mercado Mesón Estrella del centro de Monterrey, México. Las vicisitudes aparejadas a las estrategias sociales, políticas y laborales durante su estancia temporal, se recrudecen por la soledad, debido a la carencia de redes en Monterrey ni en el país destino. De tales experiencias surge, como emoción principal de esta etapa de vida, el coraje. Este escrito tiene como base el argumento de que, si la movilidad migratoria es generadora de experiencias de vida inéditas, son asimismo inéditas las experiencias emocionales y debemos explicar su proceso de construcción, que es a la vez íntimo y social. La indagación desde el enfoque propuesto de la movilidad emocional, pone en diálogo dos ámbitos o «espectros emocionales»: el subjetivo y sociocultural, relacionados indisociablemente en la constitución de este estado emocional.
Toward a Context-Aware Course-Planning Model in Pervasive Learning Environments
Authors: Kosrane Mohamed , Gharzouli Mohamed
Published: August 2023

This article proposes a context-aware course-planning model for pervasive learning environments. The model considers learners’ preferences, including their learning styles, locations, activities, and devices. The model generates four-dimensional contexts based on these preferences, each dimension being a weighted vector of visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic (VARK) features. Using a content-based similarity algorithm, the model adapts the course content to each learner’s context. The courses are created in a sequence of rings, each containing all possible learning materials (LMs) that have the same content in different formats. Each LM is represented by a vector with weights like those of the learners’ context dimensions. The model generates all possible plans based on the predefined contexts of the learner, detects the learner’s actual context, and adapts the content accordingly. The goal of the model is to enable learners to learn what they want, in the way they prefer, and to complete courses efficiently, at any time, place, and during any activity, in the appropriate format.
Exploring English Major Students’ Self-Directed Technology Use for Language Learning
Authors: Pham Kim Chi , Nguyen Ngoc Tuyet Nhi , Nguyen Thi Tuong Anh , Phan Yen Nhi , Nguyen Huynh Kha Han
Published: August 2023

English, as a foreign language education, requires students to be taught in the classroom and participate in additional hands-on activities outside the classroom using technology resources or non-technology. However, language learners rarely use technology to learn outside the classroom, and types of technology have been limited. Therefore, it is crucial to provide language learners with various technology resources to enhance their learning experience and motivate them to continue practicing outside the classroom. The study aimed to provide insights into factors influencing students’ self-directed technology use for language learning. The study findings can help design effective language-learning programs integrating technology and enhancing self-directed learning. The study, which included 167 English major students, employed quantitative methods and an adapted questionnaire. Multiple Linear Regression, Pearson Correlation, and descriptive statistics helped quantitatively analyze the data. The findings show that the three factors—attitude toward an act or behavior, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control—are highly correlated. Furthermore, the subjective norm was the most significant influence, and attitude toward action or behavior was the least. Teachers should focus on creating a positive social norm around self-directed technology use for language learning and encourage students to perceive it as socially desirable. Additionally, they can work on improving students’ attitudes toward technology by highlighting its benefits and providing opportunities for hands-on practice.
BlockCode: A Web Application to Create Games that Support the Learning of Computer Programming Logic
Authors: Jaimez-González Carlos R. , Erazo-Palacios Javier , García-Mendoza Betzabet
Published: August 2023

This paper presents BlockCode, a web application developed to create board games that support the learning of computer programming logic. The goal of the games created with BlockCode is to move a bunny around a board using block-based programming in order to collect all the carrots that are placed on the board. In every game, the bunny has to deal with obstacles, represented by rocks and holes, which have to be avoided using the commands available. BlockCode was designed for teachers and students: teachers can create games, specifying the arrangement of the boards; and students play the games, specifying the sequence of commands with the aim of collecting all the carrots.
The Impact of Online Teaching Using Interactive Learning Methods on the Utilization of Learning Resources
Authors: Huang Zhanbo , Wang Min , Ling Feng , Chen Bo
Published: August 2023

The management of learning resources is based on educational information technology, and the interactive learning method can improve teaching efficiency in colleges and universities. However, the diversity of resources leads to differences in teaching levels and attributes. To further improve students’ utilization of learning resources and the level of teaching in colleges and universities, the impact of online teaching using interactive learning methods on the utilization of learning resources was explored, and the application of database teaching in online teaching platform was analyzed. Based on this platform, the structure of an interactive learning-based intelligent Q&A module was established to determine the impact of online teaching on the utilization of learning resources using interactive learning methods. Results indicate that the proposed method can effectively save students learning time while improving learning efficiency. The proportion of students who are not interested in online teaching using interactive learning methods is reduced to 0%. The application of the method described in this study is beneficial for enhancing students’ interest in online teaching using interactive learning methods, improving their learning outcomes, and increasing their academic achievements.
Multi-Dimensional Evaluation of Teachers’ Leading Role in Art-Training Courses
Authors: Yang Shiqiang
Published: August 2023

Art-training courses are an important form of practical education, with cultivating students’ innovative thinking and practical skills as their primary objective. In classroom teaching, teachers have a vital influence on students’ learning results. However, conventional methods for evaluating teachers of art-training courses generally have few dimensions and thus are unable to comprehensively and accurately reflect teachers’ leading role in art-training courses. To fill in this blank, this study created a multi-dimensional evaluation index system (EIS) for assessing teachers’ leading role in art-training courses and built a multi-dimensional model based on a satisfaction function and using a cobweb chart. The proposed model can be used to evaluate the overall performance of teachers and analyze the relationship and balance between each evaluation index. The model can output more equitable evaluation results, increasing the trust of evaluation objects for the evaluation process. Lastly, validity of the model was verified by empirical analysis.
Responsividade e dialogicidade na interação com os saberes em projetos de ensino no espaço de formação
Authors: Lopes Maria Angela Paulino Teixeira , Alves Assis Juliana
Published: August 2023

Assumindo os subsídios teóricos e metodológicos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo, à luz de estudos sobre gêneros de discurso como possibilidade de instrumentalização e de participação dos sujeitos nas esferas de atividades, neste artigo, de forma a contribuir para as reflexões sobre as práticas formativas, tomadas a partir das interações entre os objetos do conhecimento do campo da linguagem e os modos de didatização desses objetos, objetivamos analisar movimentos apreendidos na interlocução entre os sujeitos diretamente implicados na prática de estágio (estagiário, professora orientadora na universidade e professores supervisores em campo), ao longo de um semestre. Partimos do pressuposto de que o processo formativo, na/pela mediação do gênero projeto de ensino, permite entrever a dinâmica da constituição do futuro docente, isto é, o que se revela e se refrata pela própria constituição sígnica possibilitada pelo gênero. Os dados (versões de projetos de ensino de uma universidade mineira), analisados sob uma perspectiva metodológica de cunho qualitativo e interpretativista, apontam para um processo formativo e profissional marcado por vozes múltiplas e heterogêneas que são mobilizadas em ações responsivas e dialógicas possibilitadas pelo gênero acadêmico em questão. 
Palavras-chave: Saberes; Práticas de formação; Discurso acadêmico.
O letramento acadêmico e a formação inicial de professor do Curso de Letras: um estudo documental com foco nas abordagens de escrita
Authors: Capelin Pamela Tais Clein , Costa-Hübes Terezinha da Conceição
Published: August 2023

Este artigo se volta para o tema do letramento acadêmico, com o objetivo de refletir sobre as abordagens de escrita que subjazem ao Projeto Político Pedagógico (PPP) e aos Planos de Ensino das disciplinas da área de Língua Portuguesa do Curso de Letras da Unioeste – Campus de Cascavel/PR, estabelecendo relações com as abordagens de escrita elencadas por Lea e Street (2014). As reflexões são oriundas de uma pesquisa de mestrado (Capelin, 2022) desenvolvida por meio de análise documental voltada para o PPP e para os Planos de Ensino do referido Curso. Os resultados demonstram que, de modo geral, as três abordagens com foco na escrita – habilidades de estudo, socialização acadêmica e letramentos acadêmicos (Lea e Street, 2014) – subjazem, ainda que de maneira implícita, ao PPP e aos Planos de Ensino do Curso de Letras da instituição investigada, todavia, a que predomina, na maioria dos Planos de Ensino é a abordagem com foco nas habilidades de estudo (Lea e Street, 2014).
Palavras-chave: Formação Inicial de Professores; Letramento Acadêmico; Abordagens de Escrita.
“Uno comparte la pantalla y todos vamos leyendo a la misma vez”: lectura y desempeño en educación superior
Authors: Calderón Alfredo , Velásquez Marisol , Navarro Federico
Published: August 2023

La lectura es una práctica compleja central para la participación social y educativa que involucra factores cognitivos, lingüísticos y socioculturales. Con la ampliación y diversificación de la matrícula en educación superior latinoamericana, existe un interés creciente por comprender la experiencia estudiantil con la lectura y su relación con el desempeño académico. Esta investigación busca determinar cualitativamente qué estrategias metacognitivas utilizan y en qué prácticas de lectura participan estudiantes de alto y bajo desempeño académico. Se realizaron entrevistas con 10 estudiantes con perfiles diversos en cuarto año de una universidad estatal, regional y selectiva de Chile. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes, sin importar su desempeño, utilizan activamente estrategias metacognitivas de lectura y participan en diversas prácticas letradas dentro y fuera de la universidad. A su vez, los estudiantes de alto desempeño reportan con mayor frecuencia estrategias metacognitivas de apoyo, en particular la lectura autogestionada con otros y el uso de fuentes complementarias, mientras que los estudiantes de bajo desempeño mencionan estrategias globales de lectura, como establecer una situación propicia para la concentración al leer. Estos hallazgos contradicen las narrativas de “crisis de literacidad” y sugieren que es preciso complejizar la noción de lectura para entender su impacto en el desempeño.
Considerações sobre a Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC) enquanto um gênero de governança
Authors: Freitas Henrique Campos
Published: August 2023

Após diversas discussões do Conselho Nacional de Educação (CNE) para atender às metas estabelecidas para a melhoria da educação, de 2015 a 2017 foi elaborada uma Base Nacional Comum Curricular (conhecida como BNCC) a fim de definir o conjunto de aprendizagens que todos os alunos deveriam desenvolver no seu percurso escolar. Partindo disso, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo compreender a Base como um gênero situado de governança, identificando quais são os conhecimentos que estão sendo legitimados e, até mesmo, deslegitimados com a implementação da BNCC. A Base serviu, inclusive, como corpus de estudo, que teve as teorias da Análise Crítica do Discurso (ACD) e da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (LSF) como abordagens teórico-metodológicas. Como resultados, foi possível identificar que o discurso produzido pela Base é um discurso de governança, pois, implicitamente, evidencia o foco das mudanças, que acontecerão por meio do enfoque nas aprendizagens essenciais, indicadas pelas competências e habilidades trabalhadas em cada componente curricular, voltadas para o mercado de trabalho. Esses valores estão acima, inclusive, da preocupação de manter o aluno na escola e criar as condições mínimas de estudo.
Palavras-chave: BNCC; Gênero de governança.
“Ela queria ser dona dele”: a construção do sentido por meio de frames em narrativas orais de pessoas com a Doença de Alzheimer
Authors: Costa Ribeiro Mira Caio César , Eltz Dornelles Ana Isabel , Colares Rodrigues Bruna
Published: August 2023

O envelhecimento da população é uma realidade demográfica em todo o mundo. Tal cenário demanda atenção às questões de saúde que acometem população acima de 60 anos. Nesse quadro a Doença de Alzheimer (DA) se destaca por conta de seus prognósticos alarmantes por ser uma doença neurodegerativa sem cura (Mc Made; Bateman, 2017). No intuito de enfatizar o que acontece na interação com pessoas vivendo com DA e não somente destacar os déficits linguísticos, este artigo visa a analisar as narrativas orais que emergiram em uma interação com uma pessoa acometida pela DA. As entrevistas qualitativas (Mishler, 1986), a perspectiva de dimensões da narrativa preconizado por Ochs e Capps (2001) e o modelo de lâminas de análise de Biar, Orton e Bastos (2021) constituem o aparato teórico-metodológico para investigar os processos de construção de sentidos e a emergência de identidades sobre o papel materno na narrativa. Para alcançarmos esse objetivo, embasamo-nos, também, no conceito de frame de Goffman (1974). Os resultados evidenciam que, mesmo com as dificuldades causadas pela doença, a participante se manteve ativa na interação, trazendo discursos recorrentes na sociedade e demonstrando seu posicionamento em relação à sua concepção de maternidade, por meio do frame “filho é da mãe”.
Palavras-chave: Doença de Alzheimer; Narrativas; Frames.
The Motivation That Improves Student Behavior
Authors: Arslan-Cansever Belgin
Published: August 2023

Motivation is one of the concepts handled by many different disciplines. Motivation in educational environments is seen as one of the important factors in terms of effort, choice, and determination, supporting the academic success of students, shaping their development. The purpose of the chapter is to deal with the concept of motivation with all its components and to reveal the ways to motivate students in the online learning process. For this purpose, first of all, the concept of motivation is explained in the context of motivation in the online learning environment. Secondly, theoretical perspectives on motivation and how these perspectives guide student behavior in the online learning environment will be discussed. Finally, the importance of motivation in improving student behavior in the online environment and the ways to motivate students in this environment will be discussed. All the content that will be discussed within the framework of the literature will be interpreted from an analytical point of view.
Student Motivation and Technological Applications in Online Learning Environments
Authors: Kokoç Memnüne , Üstün Ayşin Gaye
Published: August 2023

This chapter provides a perspective on technological applications that can be used to achieve and maintain learner motivation in online learning environments. In this context, it focuses on the definition of online learning, motivation, and motivation models used in online learning environments, which form the theoretical basis of the book chapter. The chapter emphasizes that learner motivation is an important issue in online learning environments. It then explains the role and importance of Web 2.0 tools in teaching processes and learner motivation. Finally, Web 2.0 tools, including technological applications that can be used to motivate learners in online learning environments, are discussed in detail. The chapter provides the rationale for including appropriate Web 2.0 tools in the process by designing motivational instruction in the light of theoretical foundations to ensure learner motivation in online learning environments.
Gamification Through “Fantasy Class” to Improve Motivation in the ELE Classroom in a Dual-Immersion Context
Authors: García Isabel María
Published: August 2023

A change is currently taking place in the educational field. Teachers must face new challenges that entail an adjustment in certain traditional teaching and learning methods as well as the implementation of new methodologies appropriate to the interests of their learners. At this point, gamification plays a crucial role, as it allows breaking the rules of traditional learning and guiding students towards more active learning shaped according to their own interests. The present work aims to develop an innovation project in which gamification strategies are applied through the digital platform Fantasy Class to teach the contents of natural sciences in Spanish to American 8th grade students. The objective is to show that the use of gamification is an effective technique both to increase student motivation and to teach the required contents within a dual-immersion context, which is based on the integrated learning of contents and foreign language.
Disruptive Practices
Authors: Santos Brenda
Published: August 2023

This chapter describes the service-learning experience of the author in a graduate-level service-learning course for education students. It explains how that experience stimulated critical reflection on positionality and practice as a social justice-oriented educator-researcher who plans to conduct community-based collaborative research with teachers and students. The author approached the course with a critical perspective and endeavored to engage in service learning cautiously, careful to recognize and resist colonial assumptions, dynamics, and practices. In addition to its impact upon the author's development as a researcher, this chapter discusses how the service-learning experience also prompted deeper consideration of the ways in which pedagogy, knowledge production, and social justice transformation are linked, especially in a postcolonial framework. This chapter concludes with recommendations for doctoral students who are preparing for scholarly practice, and for researchers who seek to expand the current understanding of service learning with graduate students.
Learning to Do Substantive Relational Work in Community-Based Research
Authors: Chew Phebe , Abad Miguel N. , Mendoza Elizabeth , Michalchik Vera , Aquino-Robles Lindsey , Cabadas Xitlali , Velasquez Valentina M.
Published: August 2023

Relationships are at the core of doing community-based research (CBR) that works and matters. However, the process through which university researchers learn to engage in relational work is often presumed to be understood rather than explicitly articulated. Building on approaches that conceptualize relationality and critical historicity as central to the success of equity-oriented approaches in education, the authors present a polyvocal autoethnography where researchers in a CBR project learned to engage in substantive relational work (relational work committed to caretaking relations and critical bifocality) with community partners. By analyzing everyday moments, they highlight the invisible learning process of a doctoral student working alongside a university researcher, program staff, and youth leads at a non-profit organization. They discuss how relational work is both work necessary to move equity-oriented service learning work and general CBR endeavors forward—as well as work that matters in itself for researchers to reconceptualize discursively and materially.
Tourist Inspiration and Its Empirical Study
Authors: Tsaur Sheng-Hshiung , Yen Chang-Hua , Wu Hong-Ru
Published: August 2023

Tourist inspiration is an emergent topic. Although studies in the psychology and marketing fields have examined inspiration theory, relevant concepts and measurement tools are lacking for tourist inspiration in the context of tourism. This research reports on two studies: Study 1 employed a literature review to conceptualize tourist inspiration and to develop a scale with satisfactory reliability and validity. In Study 2, the developed tourist inspiration scale was applied to identify the relationship between the antecedents (i.e., openness to experience, proactive personality, and existential authenticity) and consequences (i.e., transcendent tourist experience and tourist satisfaction) of tourist inspiration. The theoretical and practical implications were then presented with suggestions for future studies.
Electronic Word-of-Mouth and Tourist Satisfaction in Rural Tourism in Schist Villages
Authors: Santos Marta , Rita Paulo , Moro Sérgio , Alturas Bráulio
Published: August 2023

Consumers' decision-making processes and the way they purchase their products and services have been evolving over the years due to the influence of information technologies. Tourists are increasingly making their decisions based on online reviews made by other users, which contain descriptive comments and/or a rating system, leveraging electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). This study aims to understand the variation of the eWOM in rural tourism as well as unveil the main characteristics that influence the satisfaction and the interest of the consumers. To that end, the content of the comments and quantitative classification of Portuguese schist villages' lodgings on the platforms of TripAdvisor and Facebook were studied using both sentiment polarity and frequency analysis. The results show that eWOM has increased in rural tourism and that the satisfaction of tourists are more influenced by the friendliness of the hosts, the variety and good breakfast or Portuguese cuisine, and the service provided.
Managing Cultural Tourism
Authors: Carignani Francesco , Bifulco Francesco
Published: August 2023

In the field of niche tourism, some genres such as dark tourism and subgenres such as grave tourism, are attracting the attention of scholars. The contributions that use a managerial approach to analyse these genres are still limited. This work analyses some case studies of subjects who deal with the cultural enhancement of places still linked to ancient cults, in a particular on a delimited territory, such as the UNESCO historic centre of Naples, Italy. The analysis underlines their business models to show some differences in management but, above all, some similarities such as in the staff and founds. The main common point of these subjects is the involvement of local communities, especially in order to preserve the authenticity of these places still used. It is also underlined how digital can be a tool that, if used correctly, can support niche tourism in the preservation of this authenticity.
Prospect of Dynamic Metasurface Array Antenna System With Machine Learning
Authors: Kumar Rupesh
Published: August 2023

This chapter presents the machine learning (ML) concept for standard RF component design in microwave frequency. It will explain the use of the deep machine learning concept for antenna and other RF components, such as RF filter, and all relevant analysis will be based on the CST simulations. The comparative study of the ML approach and the antenna design tool (such as CST) will be presented in the form of their performance. This chapter will explain the perspectives of ML in RF system design and analysis. This chapter will present the design of the antenna and filter as examples. The simulated results will be obtained by the CST MW Studio and the ML will be implemented in MATLAB.
Advanced Engineering Design of the Metamaterial Absorbers
Authors: Wen Jingda , Wang Yinpeng , Wang Yuhang
Published: August 2023

In this chapter, the authors introduce the concept of MMA through reviewing the development of conventional absorbers. To illustrate the important operating mechanism, design process, and functionalization of the metamaterial absorber, they show the absorption relation of the absorber, impedance matching condition, equivalent circuit model, the evaluation of thickness, and oblique incidence condition in the first part. Then, they show the basic design method of the absorber, including parameter sweep method, equivalent circuit method, and deep learning method. Next, the planar integration strategy, vertical stacking strategy, and dispersive material strategy for broadband absorption bandwidth are discussed. In addition, they illustrate the tunable design of absorber, involving lumped element design method, thermal tunable design method, electrical tunable design method, mechanical tunable method, and reconfigurable tunable method. Finally, they talk about the basic engineering application of the metamaterial absorber in practical engineering application.
Examining Teacher Narrative Vignettes of Experience to Foster Educational Equity
Authors: Douglas Kristian , Dove Demetrius , Brady-Ngugi Maya
Published: August 2023

Current scholarship has engaged teacher/educator narratives and revealed how they might encourage critical reflection, curate innovation with respect to teaching and learning, and also push forward social justice efforts in the field of education. To date, however, the narratives of student-teachers have not been appropriately tended to. Student teachers are uniquely positioned to contribute to educational innovations, and their voices offer meaningful insights into the ways in which such innovations might emerge, so that students can reach their ultimate potential. Given the aforementioned understandings, this chapter seeks to accomplish two things: (1) position teacher narratives, particularly those of student-teachers, as a tool of inquiry for substantive change in elementary learning contexts and (2) highlight equity-based instructional approaches that stand to increase student academic success.
When 1+1 Did Not Equal 2
Authors: Diamond Melissa
Published: August 2023

In this reflective narrative vignette, the author shares the struggles of a first-year teacher. She highlights the importance of strong, collaborative, and supportive mentors. Sharing several helpful hints she learned in the field, the struggling first-year teacher, now academic coach, shares her story to inspire other educators to preserve and to make meaningful classroom experiences for students. This work focuses on elementary math instruction and points to both mentoring and instructional strategies that may be used to support student learning in the classroom.
Equity and Excellence in Education
Authors: Ferrero Valerio
Published: August 2023

This chapter focuses on the policy commitment enshrined in 2030 Agenda with respect to schooling's role for social justice and equity as a horizon of pedagogical meaning for educational action. The reflection unfolds in three steps: (1) construction of a theoretical-conceptual framework on social justice and equity, with attention to classical and non-traditional factors of inequality; (2) analysis of the idea of equity promoted by 2030 Agenda, with particular reference to Goal 4 on quality education placed in relation to Goals 5, 10, and 16; (3) focus on the Italian context through a thematic analysis of public education policies developed to achieve Goal 4 and a literature review to understand their effect, with ameliorative proposals to increase equity in the school system. This chapter delves into 2030 Agenda's strategies for equity; the focus on the Italian context may also prove useful for those school systems with similar characteristics and issues.
Public Policy and Sustainable Waste Management
Authors: Awang Mat Japar Fathin , Ali Emil , Haidi Hamizah
Published: August 2023

Public policy has an effect on diverse aspects of the public domain, including the domain of waste management, which falls under SDG12: sustainable consumption and production. This chapter discovers and discusses the definition of the waste management concept derived from the Qur'ān and Sunnah (Prophetic traditions) from the ground up, beginning with the concept of waste itself. It is found that the concept of waste in Islam comprises an interdisciplinary approach, thus leading to the understanding of the concept of waste management in Islam that incorporates sustainability elements and integration of multiple dimensions.
Radiological Detector Aircraft for Marine Life's Sustainability in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Authors: Pattiroei Aldi Alauddin , Anshari Muhammad , Hamdan Mahani , Ali Emil
Published: August 2023

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to protect oceans by ensuring their sustainable use. This includes safeguarding marine and coastal habitats, reducing marine pollution, and minimising ocean acidification. This chapter seeks to promote the implementation of SDGs by evaluating the capability of Indonesia's marine patrols, as the world maritime axis, to address the issues presented by the use of nuclear energy as an alternative source of energy for maritime patrol. Data was gathered using the qualitative method from nuclear specialists and maritime patrol officers. After data collection reached saturation, data were codified and analysed. The Ishikawa Model is also deployed to portray stakeholder analysis structure. The research revealed the significance of Indonesia's ability to identify nuclear material as a part of the world maritime axis. The risk of failure or leakage in the water is a challenge of marine life's resilience. The research is expected to contribute to the body of knowledge by addressing how nuclear energy can be used to enhance maritime patrol capabilities.
Rethinking Anti-Corruption Efforts in Algeria
Authors: Benlahcene Abderrahmane , Awang Hapini , Ghozali Nurul Izaah Mohamad
Published: August 2023

The main purpose of this chapter is to scrutinize the role of civil society in curbing corruption in Algeria. This chapter argues that the active engagement of civil society actors in the fight against corruption is likely to promote a better balance between prevention and enforcement measures in addressing the ill-effects of corruption. Moreover, effective and engaged civil society is key to the realization of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable development SDGs. The conclusions drawn from this chapter will generate valuable insights into the issues of anti-corruption and civil society involvement in sustainable development in Algeria and other countries of similar social and cultural settings. Also, the chapter attempts to draw the attention of researchers, policy-makers, and anti-corruption professionals to the significant role of civil society in the collective efforts of combating corruption and strengthening institutional accountability in the country.
Strategies for Planning, Developing, and Implementing a Heuristic for Inclusive Instructional Design for Higher Education Settings
Authors: Blick Andrew M. , Brown Justina S. , Nicandri Lauren , Posthumus Lee
Published: August 2023

This chapter presents a case study of the development process of a framework used to leverage inclusive course design and provide a tool that can be used by colleges and universities looking to create a heuristic or set of guiding questions related to accessibility, equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism. The chapter introduces the authors' collaborative, integrated process for defining, planning, developing, and implementing the Western Washington University Teaching and Learning Cooperative Heuristic for Inclusive Instructional Design. As instructional design support specialists in the online learning unit and the teaching and learning center, the authors created the Heuristic as a guide for centering inclusive design practices for all modalities, providing instructional designers and faculty with prompts for various stages of the design process. The Heuristic is by no means an exhaustive collection of questions; it undergoes regular edits as the field expands, as contributors provide feedback, and as knowledge develops in the field.
Organization of Distance Learning
Authors: Jansen Jan Hendrik , Vaganova Anna , Vereshchagina Tatyana , Kaledinova Elena
Published: August 2023

This chapter gives an overview of theories on didactics and distance learning used in the framework of an online course in English given by a lecturer from the Netherlands (HAN) to students of the faculty of Economics of Chelyabinsk State University to let students get experience in distance learning in an international educational environment and acquire knowledge on the topic Supply Chain Finance (SCF). The term ‘distance learning' comprises all aspects in regard to online teaching. These are, among others: the teaching material of the course accessible through the Internet, online seminars, and online discussions of home assignments. It also includes innovative new approaches, such as ‘flipping the classroom' and blended learning, as well summative assessments. The online course SCF allows students to gain a deeper understanding of the topic of SCF. The theories of Biggs, Garrison, Vaughan, and Kolb applied for the course CSF help to provide students with the best modern experience of distance learning.
Factors Influencing Behavioural Intention to Use e-CNY Among College Students in Guangzhou City, China
Authors: Kuang Bowen , Lai P. C.
Published: August 2023

The Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency, E-CNY (previously called Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP)) is a proposed digital legal tender issued by the People's Bank of China (PBC) in 2014. In 2020, DC/EP pilot testing was under way in several cities. In 2022, DC/EP project expended to 23 regions in 15 provinces and cities, including Guangzhou City (GZ). In the previous study, there is no research on investigating factors that influencing behavioural intention to use e-CNY among college students in Guangzhou City, China. Accordingly, this study is to develop a theoretical model for college students' behavioural intention by integrating the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT), which is tested on the intended use of e-CNY in Guangzhou City. The authors conducted a survey with 400 participants. The data analysis was carried out using SPSS software. It is hoped that this research will give values to PBC with an understanding of the contributing factors that affect college students' acceptance of e-CNY in China.
A Study of College Students' Use of Live Streaming Platforms as Anchors
Authors: Pan Wei Xiang , Lai P. C.
Published: August 2023

This chapter examines the factors that contribute to college students' use of live-streaming platforms as anchors so that school administrators can understand students' concerns and the problems they face in related areas in order to guide them back to the right track of learning and thinking. This study uses the technology acceptance model (TAM) with several key factors containing live streaming platform design, economic income, perceived entertainment, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use; distributes questionnaires to college students; collects data using a five-point scale; performs statistics using the goodness-of-fit of the measurement model; analyzes the data using the standardized regression weights of the structural model; and ultimately obtains the relevant results and discusses them, making recommendations to the schools and college students to make recommendations.