bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Peculiarities of an assessment of a cognitive efficacy in multiple sclerosis
Authors: Nikishkova Iryna , Kutikov Damir , Kutikov Oleksandr , Kizurina Julia
Published: October 2020

A key cognitive deficit in multiple sclerosis (MS) is a poor efficacy of the information processing, with working memory impairments and a decreased speed of the information processing as components of formation of this poor efficacy. Despite of a sufficient number of single cognitive tests and test batteries, there are still essential knowledge gaps and methodological limitations connected with understanding and measurements of the cognitive deficit in MS. To study real reasons of changes of the cognitive efficacy in MS, a neurocognitive testing with the original computerized Set for Assessment of Cognitive Capacity and Switchability (сSACCAS), an assessment of levels anxiety/depression, and an assessment of level of fatigue were performed for 25 patients with MS (including 17 female patients) (with a mean age of 34.14 ± 2.13 years old) and 25 practically healthy persons (including 15 females) (with a mean age of 31.80 ± 2.60 years old). To determine neurophysiological correlates of the cognitive functioning, an examination of cognitive evoked potentials (CEP) was performed. An investigation of the distribution density of results of the MS patients’ testing defined 3 groups among them. These groups had differences on the time of performing of test tasks, the “real mistake ratio”, switchability, parameters of N2- and P3-components of CEP, a localization of a maximal P3 peak. The motor reaction speed was more connected with the attention and the information processing speed, than with a visual-spatial orientation, whereas the fatigue more influenced on the speed of comparison and decision making, than on the attention. In 44 % of cases, the time of reply in tests were increased by a slowing down of assessment of a stimulus modality; in 24 % of cases, a long delay of the reply was connected, besides of a low speed of cognitive processes, with impairments of a working memory. The results obtained confirmed a significance of an integrated approach to understand reasons of changes of the cognitive efficacy and to assess adequately cognitive impairments in MS.
Key words: neurocognitive computerized tests, cognitive efficacy, cognitive evoked potentials, multiple sclerosis
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Linguistic and Discursive Strategies Used in Kenya’s Citizen Television Advertisements to Display Gender Ideologies
Authors: Mayoyo Edna Magoma , Khaemba Josephine , Simiyu Fred Wanjala
Published: October 2020

The present study sought to examine how linguistic devices and discursive strategies used in Kenya’s Citizen TV ads which pattern men and women differently according to gender well-being. This thereby results in unconscious rationalisations of social constructions. Using observation as the main tool of data collection, a corpus of fourteen adverts sourced from one mainstream media station, Citizen TV were purposively sampled, observed by the researcher, transcribed into data, coded, then thematically analysed using techniques of content analysis. Guided by Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis theory which provided the framework for analysis, the study adopted a qualitative, case study research design. The research design provided in-depth information about the phenomenon in order to establish the discursive and linguistic strategies used in the TV ads and how they mirror society’s system of values, attitudes and beliefs about men and women. The findings of this study indicated that gender ideologies that affect how meaning is made out of Kenyan TV ads were embedded in linguistic structures, social processes and manoeuvres.
Implementation research on problem solving in school settings: A workshop report
Authors: Kuzle Ana , Gebel Inga
Published: October 2020

On the last day of the conference, we organized a 90-minute workshop. The workshop focused on the conference theme “Implementation research on problem solving in school settings”. Throughout the conference, the participants were invited to write down their questions and/or comments as a response to held presentations.
Enhancing Household Well-being through Zakat Assistance
Authors: Abdul Rasool Mohamed Saladin , Ahmad Siti Nurul Akma , Ali Siti Mariam
Published: October 2020

The main purpose of Islam is to ensure and promote the wellbeing of all humanity and to avoid harm. From an Islamic perspective, wellbeing is explained through inside and outer fulfillment, driving towards a peaceful life, named as Hayat-e-Tayyaba. The objectives and vision of wellbeing are to satisfy the material and non-material needs. The Maqasid al-Shari’ah principles are normally used by scholars to explain wellbeing from the Islamic perspective. The objective of this empirical paper is to determine the wellbeing status of zakat recipient in Selangor using one of the dimensions of Maqasid al-Shari’ah that is wealth.  Specifically, the potential ability of zakat to enhance the wellbeing of poor households is discussed. The present study employed a dataset derived from a survey consisting of 258 heads of households of poor zakat recipients in the state of Selangor, the most populated state in Malaysia. The cross-section study employed the proportionate random sampling method across nine districts in Selangor. The paper presents the wellbeing of households proxied by selected variables representing the five dimensions of Maqasid al-Shari’ah using descriptive statistics, T-test and Pearson correlation. In brief, the role of zakat to promote a better life from a micro perspective is highlighted.
Women’s Social Memory of Daily Life through Diaries (1951–1969) of a Female Dweller of Stalingrad (Volgograd)
Authors: Богдашина И.В.
Published: October 2020

Дневники хирурга Зинаиды Сергеевны Седельниковой хранятся в Государственном архиве Волгоградской области в коллекции документов медицинских работников и являются редким архивным источником по истории женского нестоличного быта и повседневности. Автор очень бережно относилась к дневникам, которые вела с 1933 по 2004 год, разделив их на 179 тетрадей. Область наших научных интересов представляют дневниковые записи, сделанные в период с 1951 по 1969год (тетради № 35–85) и охватывающие события города Волгограда (Сталинграда). Основным содержанием дневниковых записей являются заметки с описанием повседневной жизни и окружающей обстановки, особое внимание уделяется эпизодам бытового характера: обеспечение продовольственными и непродовольственными товарами, жилищные условия, внутрисемейные отношения
и досуговые занятия. Особенности дневника состоят не только в авторских записях, но и вложенных и вклеенных фотографиях, вырезках из газет и календарей, телеграмм, писем, театральных буклетов, билетов на мероприятия, лоскутков тканей и гербариев цветов. Благодаря наличию такого редкого источника личного происхождения, мы имеем возможность воссоздать картину повседневного быта нестоличного региона через призму женского восприятия.

The State Archive of the Volgograd Region stores diaries of a surgeon Zinaida Sergeyevna Sedelnikova. The diaries are part of the collection of documents of healthcare workers and are a rare archival source that can shed light on the history of everyday life as viewed by women living far from the capital. The author of the diaries treated them with meticulous care and completed 179 notebooks, her first diary was written in 1933, her last diary was completed in 2004. Our research investigates diary entries written
in 1951–1969 (notebooks 35–85) and describing events witnessed by the author in the city of Volgograd (Stalingrad). The analyzed diary entries focus on everyday life, they describe the environment in which the
author lived and treat some daily routines: provision of food and non-food products, accommodation, family relationships, and leisure activities. The diaries do not only contain the authors’ memories, they also include numerous photographs, newspaper clippings and calendar sheets, telegrams, letters, theatre booklets, tickets for events, pieces of fabric, dried flowers. This unique and rare document enables us to clearly visualize everyday life and daily routines through the eyes of a woman living far from the capital.
Religious Beliefs Reflected in Creative Word-formation Patterns of Russian Dialects
Authors: Дубровина С.Ю.
Published: October 2020

В современных русских говорах, несмотря на воздействие на них норм литературного языка, межкультурную контактность и деформацию в результате воздействия средств массовой информации, постепенное исчезновение диалектов в условиях цивилизации медиа, сохраняется лексическое ядро, в котором особое место занимает лексика нравственно-религиозной сферы. Наличие этого лексического пласта выделяет русский язык среди других в отношении аксиологической акцентированности земного и небесного. В настоящей статье обобщены наблюдения автора, касающиеся состава, семантики, сложения лексических гнезд, составляющих макрополе народного православия, формальной стороны словопроизводства единиц соответствующей лексики на общерусском фоне с привлечением материала, собранного автором статьи в Тамбовской области. Выделены разновидности структурных типов номинаций, определены особенности и приоритеты словообразовательной креативности. Для достижения целей исследования применялись методы сопоставительного, лексического, словообразовательного, компонентного анализа.

Despite the influence exerted on them by the literary norms of the Russian language, despite the intercultural contacts promoted by mass media, and despite gradual annihilation of dialects provoked by media-propelled civilization, modern Russian dialects preserve their pivotal lexemes which are mostly related to the sphere of morality and religion. This lexical stratum, the axiological significance of the celestial and the earthly realms, distinguishes the Russian language from other languages. The present article summarizes the author’s ideas related to word formation, to the composition and semantics of lexical clusters of the macrofield of public orthodoxy. The analysis involves the material collected by the author in the Tambov Region. It singles out structural types of nominations, defines the peculiarities and priorities of creative word-formation. To achieve the aim of the research, the author employs such methods
as comparative analysis, lexical analysis, word-formation analysis, and componential analysis.
AN OVERLAPPING SCHWARZ METHOD FOR SINGULARLY PERTURBED FOURTH-ORDER CONVECTION-DIFFUSION TYPE
Authors: Roja J. Christy , Tamilselvan Ayyadurai
Published: October 2020

In this paper, we have constructed an iterative numerical method based on an overlapping Schwarz procedure with uniform mesh
for singularly perturbed fourth-order of convection-diﬀusion type. The method splits the original domain into two overlapping subdomains.
A hybrid diﬀerence scheme is proposed in which on the boundary layer region we use the central ﬁnite diﬀerence scheme on a uniform mesh
while on the non-layer region we use the mid-point diﬀerence scheme on a uniform mesh. It is shown that the method produces numerical
approximations which converge in the maximum norm to the exact solution. We prove that, when appropriate subdomains are used the method
produces convergence of almost second-order. Furthermore, it is shown that, two iterations are suﬃcient to achieve the expected accuracy.
Numerical examples are presented to support the theoretical results.
ON THE NONLINEAR IMPULSIVE Ψ–HILFER FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Authors: Kucche Kishor D. , Kharade Jyoti P. , Sousa J. Vanterler da C.
Published: October 2020

In this paper, we consider the nonlinear Ψ-Hilfer impulsive fractional differential equation.
Our main objective is to derive the formula for the solution and examine the existence and uniqueness of solutions.
The acquired results are extended to the nonlocal Ψ-Hilfer impulsive fractional differential equation. We gave an
applications to the outcomes we obtained. Further, examples are provided in support of the results we got.
Définir le document composite : exemples d’analyses et exemple d’élaboration
Authors: Quirino-Chaves Stéphanie , Maisonneuve Luc
Published: October 2020

Les programmes scolaires (Ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de la jeunesse, 2018) soulignent la nécessité de travailler au cycle 3, la compréhension des documents composites. Caractérisés par leur hétérogénéité et par les différents parcours de lecture qu’ils proposent, ces documents, courants à l’école et au collège, peuvent se présenter sous la forme de doubles-pages de manuels scolaires, de fiches que les enseignants trouvent sur internet ou qu’ils élaborent à partir de diverses ressources documentaires. La lecture de ces documents nécessite des compétences expertes et, sans un étayage important de l’enseignant, leur compréhension peut s’avérer complexe pour de nombreux lecteurs. Leur composition notamment peut faire obstacle aux connaissances dont ils sont censés être porteurs. Après avoir développé une définition du document composite en appui sur l’analyse d’une double-page de manuel, nous présenterons ici un exemple du travail documentaire réalisé par trois professeurs de cycle 3 et les productions inhérentes dans le cadre de la préparation d’une séance en histoire portant sur la bataille de Verdun.
Lire des documents composites en histoire scolaire : problème de lecture et problème historique
Authors: Doussot Sylvain
Published: October 2020

Le travail documentaire fait partie de l’essence même de l’approche historique, les traces du passé étant par nature composites. Transposé en histoire scolaire à travers « l’étude de documents », ce travail se focalise généralement sur les différentes composantes des documents en vue de confronter ce qu’ils disent ce qu’ils sont. Mais cette transposition modifie radicalement la nature épistémologique du travail de lecture des documents composites par les élèves vis-à-vis à la visée scientifique. L’article prend appui sur l’historiographie et l’épistémologie de l’histoire, sur la base de quelques cas, pour mettre au jour des conditions disciplinaires de gestion de l’hétérogénéité des registres énonciatifs et des systèmes sémiotiques lors de l’acte de lecture des documents. Il apparait qu’il serait plus aisé pour les élèves de lire des documents composites lorsque ces derniers constituent des traces d’une même situation socio-historique.Documentary work is part of the very essence of the historical approach, traces of the past being by nature composite. Transposed into school history through the “study of documents”, this work generally focuses on the different components of documents in order to compare what they say to what they are. But this transposition radically modifies the epistemological nature of the students' work of reading composite documents in relation to the scientific aim. On the basis of a few cases, the article draws on the historiography and epistemology of history to reveal, disciplinary conditions for managing the heterogeneity of enunciative registers and semiotic systems during the act of reading documents. It appeared that it would be easier for students to read composite documents when they constitute traces of the same socio-historical situation.
Le devenir littéraire
Authors: Viala Alain
Published: October 2020

Le début du xxie siècle est marqué par une persistante « crise de la littérature ». La chose n’est pas neuve en elle-même : la littérature vit sous le régime de la crise depuis bien longtemps, c’est-à-dire que d’aucuns la proclament en crise voire en péril. Mais ces discours de crise sont devenus un lieu commun chez certains critiques (tels T. Todorov, W. Marx…) et ils se couplent avec une persistante « querelle de l’enseignement littéraire ». Ainsi se redessine, une tension de longue durée entre une conception de la Littérature comme un absolu, qui appelle une lecture immanente et vaut comme inculcation d’un ordre moral, et une conception qui envisage la littérature (ou le littéraire) comme une activité associée à d’autres au sein des outils de connaissance et qui incline vers des modes de lecture transférables ré-investissables. Ainsi apparaît-il combien le littéraire est un des espaces culturels où se joue de façon particulièrement aiguë l’enjeu social des attributions de qualifications.
Machine Learning in Sentiment Analysis Over Twitter
Authors: Zerrouki Kadda
Published: October 2020

Social networks are the main resources to gather information about people's opinions and sentiments towards different topics as they spend hours daily on social media and share their opinions. Twitter is a platform widely used by people to express their opinions and display sentiments on different occasions. Sentiment analysis's (SA) task is to label people's opinions as different categories such as positive and negative from a given piece of text. Another task is to decide whether a given text is subjective, expressing the writer's opinions, or objective. These tasks were performed at different levels of analysis ranging from the document level to the sentence and phrase level. Another task is aspect extraction, which originated from aspect-based sentiment analysis in phrase level. All these tasks are under the umbrella of SA. In recent years, a large number of methods, techniques, and enhancements have been proposed for the problem of SA in different tasks at different levels. Sentiment analysis is an approach to analyze data and retrieve sentiment that it embodies. Twitter sentiment analysis is an application of sentiment analysis on data from Twitter (tweets) in order to extract sentiments conveyed by the user. In the past decades, the research in this field has consistently grown. The reason behind this is the challenging format of the tweets, which makes the processing difficult. The tweet format is very small, which generates a whole new dimension of problems like use of slang, abbreviations, etc. The chapter elaborately discusses three supervised machine learning algorithms—naïve Bayes, k-nearest neighbor (KNN), and decision tree—and compares their overall accuracy, precisions, as well as recall values; f-measure; number of tweets correctly classified; number of tweets incorrectly classified; and execution time.
Online Inter@ctivity via Web 3.0
Authors: Hrichi Ali Sallemi
Published: October 2020

The end of the 20th century was marked by the advent of the internet along with the transformation of the consumer behavior into an information behavior. As a matter of fact, our daily life becomes centered on a multitude of informational exhibitions through which brands have invested this cutting-edge information technology, tending for delivering the perfect service by adopting the multichannel communication strategies. The advent of interactive marketing has brought new features to the web, allowing online companies to configure websites and manage smarter, more social, and more personalized interactions and communications. Accordingly, this chapter aims to make a synthetic study of the concept of online interactivity and to present a review of the literature, and to better explain the concept and to how to achieve the role of Web 3.0.
Incorporating Classroom Blogs in Teaching
Authors: Relojo-Howell Dennis
Published: October 2020

There are 1,518,207,412 websites in the world as of January 2019. These websites can be a personal, commercial, government, or non-profit organisation website. Websites are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose, ranging from entertainment and social networking to providing news and education. Blogs are another form of website and they have been in use for years, but it is more recently that teachers are including them as a learning tool in the classroom – as it provides many positive aspects to their students. When speaking about blogging in the classroom, we are running away from the academic writing and practising informal writing, which in many occasions takes off pressure and gives a voice to our students in a ‘safe environment'. This does not mean that it may be also used to publish assignments and essays, which do contribute to share and educate in particular topics and to practice writing.
A Model for Institutional Equity
Authors: Everett David L. , Harris Whitney G.
Published: October 2020

In exploring new ways of thinking about and approaching equity, components that contribute to leadership development, ownership characteristics and partnership opportunities are essential. Institutions need to expand their thinking relative to a practical meaning of equity and find ways to establish critical methods of engagement evaluation/assessment and evolution. Traditional approaches to equity have proven to be ineffective and even counterproductive as they tend to conflate the meaning and application of equity, inclusion, and diversity. This chapter will explore how a comprehensive approach to equity, diversity and inclusion can be more effective in regards to culture, expectation, and connection. The contributors assert that specific organizational dimensions are critical and anticipate that this perspective will assist institutions in recognizing crucial areas and aspects for the successful implementation of equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives.
Sustaining and Retaining the Diversity Practitioner
Authors: Moore-Southall Trina
Published: October 2020

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the ways in which an organization or an institution can utilize a diversity practitioner for success. This chapter explores the culture of the organization and what the senior management needs to be mindful of in the hiring process and beyond. The chapter then investigates the practices that should be carried out by the organization that will prompt a practitioner for success. It explores the considerations as the practitioner works in the organization on establishing a quality work environment. With a visible commitment and support of the individual and the expected outcomes, the practitioner will be a critical part of the organization's success. Organizations have to be strategic and intentional about implementing measures to assure the diversity practitioner has the tools they need. The organization has a responsibility to recognize the emotional toll and additional stress of being in the diversity practitioner role. Clear expectations and strategies are offered.
Building Resilient Voices
Authors: Eakins Sheldon Lewis , Adams David A. , Falaise Josue B.
Published: October 2020

This chapter discusses social-emotional learning (SEL) in urban schools and the impact of these interventions on student academic achievement, behavior, self-efficacy, and instances of stress and depression. Utilizing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the White-Savior Industrial Complex, the authors provide a conceptual framework for developing a culturally responsive SEL program for urban youth. Because the teaching demographics in the United States consisting of over 80% white educators, the authors discuss the importance of implementing SEL practices that specifically address racism at the individual and institutional levels.
Agnotology and Ideology
Authors: King Victorene L.
Published: October 2020

During periods of local and national unrest, leaders engage in discussions surrounding the reexamination of old policies and the consideration of new policies. Their changes to policies and procedures may be symbolic to silence objections or performative to feign new awareness, but symbolic and performative changes will not lead to transformative change. So how does a nation fix a problem of which many of its citizens are mostly ignorant? How do organizations redress inequitable hiring practices when they believe America is a meritocracy where everyone has the same chance of succeeding? How do educational institutions restructure teaching practices when the predominately White teacher workforce continues to resist talking about race? Transformative change will require the unexamined power of Eurocentric culture and thought that normalizes the marginalization, oppression, and subordination of Communities of Color and other groups of people based on gender, class, and citizenship to be completely exposed and then abolished.
India's Entrepreneurial Path to Green Market Solutions in Waste Management
Authors: Webb Heather C.
Published: October 2020

New technologies and increasing opportunities in sustainable development propel start-ups in the green economy. For an emerging economy such as India, the government is focusing heavily on creating a green economy through changes and development of its governmental policies to strengthen green practices among entrepreneurs and other businesses. Specifically, though, India is focused on creating more marketable solutions for the bottom-of-the-income population. Nonetheless, for green entrepreneurs, starting a business is not easy and even more difficult within the workings of sustainability and other external barriers. Barriers may include weak institutional frameworks, weak supply chains, lack of infrastructure, or lack of regulations, which are more problematic in emerging economies. The chapter defines green entrepreneurship and the green economy while discussing India's policy agendas and path towards green market solutions. It then presents a case study about a green start-up, Carbon Masters, and their path towards an innovative waste management solution.
Policies for Science, Technology, and Innovation
Authors: He Li , Zhang Xukun
Published: October 2020

Although there is plenty of research in the science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy studies, the trend and process of government regulations in a transition economy is underexplored. Empirical data such as central government laws, regulations, and policies for STI are collected from 1978 to 2018. Qualitative analysis software is adopted to facilitate the documentary analysis process. After a temporal examination of the government policies, the authors unearthed four stages in the evolution of STI policy: recovery and reconstruction of science and technology, transformation and market-led science and technology development, adjustment and innovation of science and technology, and promotion of science and technology and development of independent innovation. They found that the policy system has gradually changed and improved in continuous exploration and practice. First, the focus of the national policies has changed from science and technology to innovation. Second, the regulations are closely relevant to the political economy environment and central objectives.
Sustainable Innovation Management in Indonesia
Authors: Yusoff Abdul Karim Mohamed
Published: October 2020

Indonesia's National Innovation Policy requires consistent support from the private sector participation to raise its knowledge-based economic growth and become one of the top 15 powerful countries in the world by 2045, as declared by the Presidential decree. The low participation rate of private industries in R&D activities is a cause for concern for the government, as an effort to improve the country's social and economic performance must be a shared responsibility. This chapter looks into how the private sector participation in innovative effort plays an essential role in improving the country's economic performance. The challenges that lie ahead in achieving the goals of National Innovation Policy rest with both the government and the private sector.
National Innovation Systems
Authors: Kabadurmus Fatma Nur Karaman , Senses Ceyda , Turkyilmaz Buse
Published: October 2020

Since innovation is central to the success of firms in the 21st century, policymakers in many countries try to achieve sustained competitive advantage by promoting technological innovations. However, achieving this goal requires coordination of all actors in the economy including governments, industries, and national institutions. Although each individual actor has unique capabilities and strategic resources, how well the economy performs depends on the strengths of the network as a whole. National Innovation Systems (NIS) approach considers all these interdependent actors within a country to increase national competitiveness. A good example in this regard is South Korea, an innovation leader, which could be a role model for developing countries with its well-established NIS. This chapter studies the elements of the NIS of this country and compares them with that of an emerging economy, Turkey, by using data from the Global Innovation Index and the Global Competitiveness Index. The analysis reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Turkey and helps to draw concrete policy conclusions.
Community Development in Occupational Therapy Education
Authors: Engelen Anne-Mie , Silva Carla Regina , Zango Martín Inmaculada , Cloete Lizahn Gracia , Schiller Sandra , Kagwiza Jeanne Nyirankumbuye , Hengelaar Rieke , Çelik Zeynep
Published: October 2020

Occupational therapists consider community-centered practices such as community development essential practice domains. In some parts of the world, community development is strongly embedded in occupational therapy practice, while in other places this approach is emerging and need strengthening. This chapter outlines the synergy between occupational therapy, community development, sustainable development, and critical citizenship. In doing so, it will consider the profession's understanding of the value of an occupational perspective in critically addressing community issues and aiming for sustainable development. A module to prepare occupational therapy students for their potential role in community development processes is associated with case studies from three different continents. These examples give a rich image of community development approaches within occupational therapy practice.
The Tale of Fabled Creatures
Authors: Erdem M. Nur
Published: October 2020

Violence has been a part of daily life in both traditional and digital media. Consequently, neither the existence of violence in the media nor the debates on this subject are new. On the other hand, the presentation of violence in fictional content should be viewed from a different point of view, especially in the context of aesthetization. Within this context, in this chapter, the serial of Penny Dreadful is analyzed. As analyzing method, Tahsin Yücel's model of the “space/time coordinates of narrative” is used. And the subject of “aestheticization of violence” is analyzed through a serial with the elements of person, space, and time. Thus, the role of not only physical beauty but also different components in the aestheticization of violence is examined.
State, Masculinity, and the Aestheticization of Violence
Authors: Subasi Erol , Subasi Selda Tunc
Published: October 2020

Violence is a fundamental bio-sociological phenomenon. It can take many forms including psychological, emotional, economic, gender-based, religious, cultural, and political. The latter is primarily associated with the state. Historically, all states exercised violence in accordance with their law. Thus, law is the codification of violence. State and violence are also associated with masculinity, which is not fixed biological but rather a flexible sociological category. Masculinity is concretized in specific patterns of behaviors. In this perspective, the present study analyzes the famous Turkish TV Series, Behzat Ç: An Ankara Detective Story. It argues that since the Turkish law system could not function of its violence due to the struggles of various socio-political actors within the state, the protagonist, Behzat, aestheticizes and mimics state violence through his masculine performances. That is, state violence is materialized in the masculinity of Behzat who by resorting to violence brings the justice that the state fails to provide.
Reality Augmented Nightmares or Experiences of Fear
Authors: Gurses Munevver Elif , Sahin Sena
Published: October 2020

Virtual reality- and augmented reality-supported games can be used to appeal to all tastes and audiences, especially for people who seek adventure, adrenaline, and fear and who want to take a break from their daily life with action. The element of fear, which has been used frequently in every branch of art, has been indispensable in the field of entertainment and art, although it is far from the functioning of this feeling. When we look at the purpose of fear, it is an unconscious sensation that allows the person to take action against a situation that threatens or endangers the life of the person. The person is afraid of danger and develops a reaction to the situation. Fear within the boundaries of entertainment and art, although parallel to this situation, is a controlled and safe form of true fear. Fear of man in the face of art or game area creates emotional satisfaction because it will not cause a life threat. For this reason, films and games created, especially in the genre of fear, are indispensable for the masses.
How Online Grading Feedback Might Benefit From a Grounding in Feminist Theory
Authors: Schneider Jennifer
Published: October 2020

This chapter explores the application of feminist theory to online grading feedback processes in higher education. Christianakis describes teacher research as a feminist act. This chapter presents the argument that grading feedback can be viewed from a complementary lens. Many believe that feedback, when offered correctly, has the ability to transform a learner for the better. When actively and intentionally viewed from a feminist perspective, feedback offers a plethora of opportunities to not only teach content, but also to empower and address power inequities. Feminist theory also offers helpful guidance on how to do so.
Cultivating the Online Graduate Student Experience
Authors: Goldstein Allie , Paulson Karen
Published: October 2020

This chapter presents recommendations for creating co-curricular engagement opportunities for online graduate students with evidence and examples drawn from both research and practice. Examples of successes and challenges from a leading online master's program are explored that ultimately led to the creation of multiple events including advising intake sessions, social opportunities, professional development experiences, and a virtual commencement. Four key considerations are provided to those interested in advancing new initiatives: know your audience and your goals, know your time and capacity restraints, consider partners and/or collaborators, and do not be afraid to fail.
Affordances and Pedagogical Implications of Augmented Reality (AR)-Integrated Language Learning
Authors: Khoshnevisan Babak , Park Sanghoon
Published: October 2020

Technologies have permeated the field of language education in recent decades. Language education has been informed by the technology-enhanced practices. Researchers have exhausted a variety of technologies and technological tools in the field of language education. Augmented reality (AR) is one of the emerging technologies that has been exploited in both education and language education. However, it is reported that educators' lack of knowledge and confidence in employing emerging technologies such as AR are limiting the use of these technologies in language education. To dive into the employed AR-related practices in language education, this chapter will (1) introduce the definition of AR, (2) discuss the underlying theories undergirding AR-integrated language learning, (3) present both the affordances and thorny issues accompanied with AR, and lastly, (4) share pedagogical implications of AR-integrated language learning to inform and usher the practices of language educators.
Virtual Reality Simulations in Science Education
Authors: Lamb Richard
Published: October 2020

This study examines the role of virtual reality (VR) in the promotion of writing with greater complexity and lexical density. Using a combination of neuroimaging and traditional measures, the author characterizes differences in writing complexity and lexical density scores across four different pedagogical modalities: VR alone, VR followed by a textbook reading, textbook reading followed by VR, and textbook reading alone. Middle school students recruited from a rural middle school in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States responded to two prompts related to science content found in VR environments and a textbook. The authors hypothesized that exposure to a virtual environment prior to responding to the writing prompts would enhance both argumentative and summative writing products, when compared to participants who only had access to the textbook experiences. Participants who were exposed to the VR environment then had access to a textbook demonstrated significantly greater writing complexity and lexical density scores than those who had VR alone, or access to the text alone.
The Role of Religion and Culture in Modern Day Society
Authors: Shafi A. T. M. Abdullahel
Published: October 2020

In modern day culture, religion is specifically a business, rather than a faith. After European renaissance, religion is seen as derivative of changes between effect and resistance which had forced social scientists to think about religion from different perspectives. Then with some formal mixtures of capitalism and religion, religion became a component of business, rather than just a belief. From an individual perspective to social, political, economic perspectives, it's true. Even from individual to national and international perspectives, religion is just a business concept in the geo-politics at the international, super-national, and even supra-national arena. Nothing has changed the religions; rather international geo-politics has transformed religions into their own interests sometimes as an evil and sometimes as a “divine angel,” which can benefit their interests.
Use of Social Media by Tourists at Religious Tourism Destinations in India
Authors: Singh Lakhvinder , Dhankhar Dinesh
Published: October 2020

The chapter assesses the social media usage by tourists during their visit to religious tourism destinations and evaluates rationale and challenges faced by religious tourism establishments and other stakeholders in using social media as tools for marketing of religious tourism. The study used secondary data sources for getting a theoretical understanding of social media and religious tourism. Primary data conveniently collected through field survey from tourists and tourism establishment at religious tourism destination to know the extent of social media usage. The chapter indicating increased use of social media by tourists in searching, planning, booking, and sharing experiences about different products and services. The study identifies a crucial role of social media in the marketing and development of religious tourism along with certain challenges related to using as a mechanism to promote destination. Finally, implication and recommendations for different stakeholders were given to ensure adequate presence on social in more effective manner.
Choice Architects and Behavioral Economics
Authors: Aliende Iñaki
Published: October 2020

The purpose of this essay is to help generate a framework to promote and refine further investigations and projects in the field of behavioral economics (BE). It leads to being useful for delimiting the phases of any investigation and defines the conditions and elements to be considered in a genuine behavioral study. It has been elaborated by reviewing the work of behavioral insight units (nudge units) of countries and international organizations during the last decade, as well as previous papers in the discipline, to offer a summary of the main steps in BE studies: a manageable shortlist of cognitive bias, feasible examples of application, a guide to know when to nudge, and a reminder of what nudge is not; in short, a process to nudge extracted from the practice of the specialists who applied the approach in the last decade. Particularly, it can result in useful steps for those researchers willing to apply the behavioral approach to their ongoing studies and projects, besides students who require familiarizing with the method.
A Novel Algorithm for Distributed Data Stream Using Big Data Classification Model
Authors: Qiu Yongxiao , Du Guanghui , Chai Song
Published: October 2020

In order to solve the problem of real-time detection of power grid equipment anomalies, this paper proposes a data flow classification model based on distributed processing. In order to realize distributed processing of power grid data flow, a local node mining method and a global mining mode based on uneven data flow classification are designed. A data stream classification model based on distributed processing is constructed, then the corresponding data sequence is selected and formatted abstractly, and the local node mining method and global mining mode under this model are designed. In the local node miner, the block-to-block mining strategy is implemented by acquiring the current data blocks. At the same time, the expression and real-time maintenance of local mining patterns are completed by combining the clustering algorithm, thus improving the transmission rate of information between each node and ensuring the timeliness of the overall classification algorithm.
Empirical Evaluation of Bug Proneness Index Algorithm
Authors: Bhat Nayeem Ahmad , Farooq Sheikh Umar
Published: October 2020

Researchers have devised and implemented different bug prediction approaches that use different metrics to predict bugs in software modules. However, the focus of research has been on proposing new approaches/models to predict bugs rather than on validating performance of existing approaches. In this paper, the authors evaluate and validate the findings of an algorithm that predicts the bug proneness index (bug score) of the software classes/modules. The algorithm uses normalized marginal R square values of software metrics as weights to the normalized metrics to compute bug proneness index (bug score). The experiment was performed on Eclipse JDT Core and reports significant improvements in F-measure of their algorithm as compared to the multiple linear regression. The authors found that there was no improvement in F-measure of evaluated algorithm compared to multiple linear regression. The use of marginal R square values as weights to the metrics in linear functions in the evaluated model instead of regression coefficients had no performance boost compared to the multiple linear regression.
Survey of Online Identity Management Techniques on Blockchain
Authors: Gahlawat Monica
Published: October 2020

Secure identity management is one of the controversial topics in the cybersecurity landscape. The user needs to rely on third-party providers for managing their personal information, which is a big security concern. Traditional identity systems typically suffer from single points of failure, lack of interoperability, and privacy issues such as encouraging mass data collection and user tracking. Blockchain technology has the potential to support novel data ownership and governance models with built-in control and consent mechanisms, which may benefit both users and businesses by alleviating these concerns. Blockchain-based systems provide the possibility for their users to insert their data in this distributed ledger. Users can trust the blockchain as it is leveraging consensus mechanisms to validate and gather the transactions in immutable blocks. The transparent and decentralized nature of the blockchain network enables the development of a non-refutable and unbreakable record of data, which is the fundamental feature of many applications, such as identity management.
Linear Regression on Internet Banking Adoption Dataset Using WEKA
Authors: Verma Nidhi Nigam , Pathak Deepika
Published: October 2020

Data mining or knowledge discovery in the database (KDD) is an excellent process to find out valuable information from a large collection of data. Data mining has successfully been used in different fields such as medical, marketing, banking, business, weather forecasting, etc. For the banking industry, data mining, its importance, and its techniques are vital because it helps to extract useful information from a large amount of historical data which enable to make useful decisions. Data mining is very useful for banking sector for better acquiring and targeting new customers and helps to analyze customers and their transaction behaviors. In the recent era, a new technology that has achieved considerable attention, especially among banks, is internet banking. Its large scope of applications, its advantages brings an immoderate change in a common human's life. Linear regression is one of the most commonly used and applied data mining techniques. Linear regression is really a very fast and simple regression algorithm and can give the best performance if the output variable of your data is a linear grouping of your inputs. In this paper, the linear regression is applied on internet banking adoption dataset in order to compute the weights or coefficients of linear expression and provides the predicted class value. The analysis here is done with the help of WEKA tool for data mining.
Conversational System, Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) Named DIVA Using Raspberry Pi
Authors: Bajaj Divij , Pramod Dhanya
Published: October 2020

Humans are living in an era where they are interacting with machines day in and day out. In this new era of the 21st century, a virtual assistant (IVA) is a boon for everyone. It has opened the way for a new world where devices can interact their own. The human voice is integrated with every device making it intelligent. These IVAs can also be used to integrate it with business intelligence software such as Tableau and PowerBI to give dashboards the power of voice and text insights using NLG (natural language generation). This new technology attracted almost the entire world like smart phones, laptops, computers, smart meeting rooms, car InfoTech system, TV, etc. in many ways. Some of the popular voice assistants are like Mibot, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, Bixby, and Amazon Alexa. Voice recognition, contextual understanding, and human interaction are some of the issues that are continuously improving in these IVAs and shifting this paradigm towards AI research. This research aims at processing human natural voice and gives a meaningful response to the user. The questions that it is not able to answer are stored in a database for further investigation.