bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Exploring Intercultural Awareness among Moroccan EFL Pre-service Teachers
Authors: Echcharfy Mouhssine
Published: August 2022

With the status of English as a lingua franca and the high social mobility, one of the current goals of pre-service teacher training programs consists in preparing intercultural competent practitioners who are capable of teaching learners how to communicate effectively and appropriately in cross-cultural encounters. Thus, the scarcity of intercultural courses in such training programs may represent a serious challenge for them. In light of this, the present paper intends to explore Moroccan pre-service EFL teachers’ intercultural awareness. In view of Byram’s (1997) Model of intercultural competence, a three-point Likert scale questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were adopted. In consideration of a convenience sampling, the study included ninety (n=90) trainee teachers from different TEFL/TESOL programs and pre-service teacher training centers in Morocco. The findings revealed that pre-service EFL teachers exhibit desirable attitudes towards cultural diversity. Nevertheless, it was observed that the participants’ knowledge about the Moroccan and the American cultures is shallow. It also turned out that pre-service teachers’ lack the mediation skills, including critical cultural awareness that an intercultural speaker/intermediary needs in intercultural encounters. The study addresses several implications regarding teacher education.
A Study of Yemeni Secondary School Students’ Article Errors in their English Writing
Authors: Qasem Bushra Thabit Ahmed , Ahmed Sabri Thabit Saleh , Pawar Sunil V.
Published: August 2022

This study has investigated Yemeni secondary school students’ articles errors with a reference to Labooza secondary school and AL-Samood secondary school in Radfan district. Data were collected through a writing test that targeted 100 students. The results revealed that 53.6% of students’ uses of the articles were wrong. It also showed that these errors can be subdivided into article omission errors 41.79%, article addition errors 23.88%, and article substitution errors 34.32%. These errors can be attributed to two sources, namely a- interference with students’ mother tongue (interlingual interference), constituting 39.93% and b- students’ insufficient knowledge of English articles as well as poor English teaching (intralingual), constituting 60.07%. As per these findings, these study provides some recommendations to syllabi designers, teachers and students of the Yemeni secondary schools.
Undergraduate Students' Perception of Hybrid Learning: Voices from English Language Education Students in Pandemic Era
Authors: Erliza Setia , Septianingsih Puteri Anugrah
Published: August 2022

The policy in learning has been changed by  the government since the Covid 19 cases decreased significantly in Indonesia. Therefore, the implementation of learning in this current era, especially in university level, is conducted limitedly in face to face learning mode known as Pembelajaran Tatap Muka (PTM) terbatas and online learning mode, named  Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh (PJJ). These mixed modes of learning are acclaimed as hybrid learning. This transition of learning potentially raises various perceptions among the undergraduate students. Hence, this study aims at  investigating the undergraduate students’ perception of hybrid learning system in the pandemic era. The participants of this study were 45 English department undergraduate students at State University of Malang. They were 38 females students and 7 males students from the 2nd, 6th and 8th semesters. This study was carried out through survey research design. Henceforth, the data of this study was gathered by spreading a closed-ended questionnaire via Google Form. The findings revealed that the undergraduate students showed positive perceptions regarding hybrid learning in pedagogical, social, and technical aspects. Notwithstanding, the negative perceptions were found in the technical aspects relating to students’ concentration in deeper learning and students’ difficulties in learning English during hybrid learning. Regardless of the positive and negative perceptions, according to the findings, hybrid learning can be categorized as the effective learning approach as well as the learning solution in this current pandemic era.
First indication on self-similarity of strangeness production in Au+Au collisions at RHIC: Search for signature of phase transition in nuclear matter
Authors: Tokarev Mikhail , Zborovsky Imrich
Published: August 2022

New results of analysis of K^0_S-KS0−meson
spectra measured over a wide range of energy
\sqrt {s_{NN}}=7.7-200sNN=7.7−200
GeV and centrality in Au+AuAu+Au
collisions
by the STAR Collaboration at RHIC using the
zz-scaling
approach are presented. Indication on self-similarity of fractal
structure of nuclei and fragmentation processes with
K^0_SKS0
probe is demonstrated. The energy loss as a function of the collision
energy, centrality and transverse momentum of the inclusive strange
meson is estimated.
Hadron Production in terms of Green's Functions in Non-Equilibrium Matter
Authors: Koshelkin Andrew
Published: August 2022

Following the quark-hadron duality concept, we show that the number
of hadrons generated in the deconfinement matter is entirely determined
by the exact non-equilibrium Green’s functions of partons in the medium
and the vertex function governing the probability of the
confinement-deconfinement phase transition. In such an approach,
compactifying the standard (3+1) chromodynamics into QCD_{xy} + QCD_{zt}QCDxy+QCDzt, the rate of the hadrons produced in particle collisions is
derived in the explicit form provided that the hadronization is the
first order phase transition. The pion production is found to be in good
agreement to the experimental results on the pion yield in
pppp
collisions.
Application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in newborns with refractory hypoxemia during medical evacuation
Authors: Yakovlev A. V. , Trizna E. V. , Nokhrin A. V. , Suvorov V. V. , Khatagova R. B. , Kiriakov K. S. , Solovieva E. A. , Pshenisnov K. V.
Published: August 2022

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a modern therapeutic strategy aimed to stabilize vital function in a patient suffering from severe circulatory failure and refractory hypoxia.Purpose. To describe two clinical cases of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates with mеconium aspiration syndrome, complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension and refractory hypoxia during medical evacuation.Material and methods. The authors performed a comprehensive analysis of the condition specifics based on clinical and instrumental work up.Results. We demonstrated that early application of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome promotes the quickest possible stabilization and reverse of hypoxia and low cardiac output.Conclusion. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome and refractory hypoxemia is a life-saving procedure, that can be applied during medical evacuation by qualified medical staff.
A Proatividade e Resolutividade do Ministério Público como sustento da legitimação social e proteção dos Direitos humanos
Authors: Alvares Rocha Lira Vera Nilva , Alencar Bolwerk Aloísio
Published: August 2022

Nesse ensaio crítico enfocamos que, com a promulgação da CF/1988, o Ministério Público, no Brasil, até então no exercício precípuo da acusação na área criminal com uma tímida incursão na esfera cível, vê-se erigido à categoria de agente de promoção social num Estado Democrático de Direito que tinha por objetivos fundamentais a construção de uma sociedade livre, justa e solidária, necessitando erradicar a pobreza, a marginalização e a redução das desigualdades sociais e regionais, dentre outras questões desafiadoras. Durante décadas postulou, mediante ajuizamento de ações perante o Poder Judiciário, direitos individuais e coletivos concernentes às necessidades básicas e fundamentais da vida em sociedade, no entanto, a tutela jurídica perseguida por esse meio, mormente, a de natureza coletiva, não raras vezes decorria insatisfatória, dadas as inadequadas estruturas do órgão julgador. Ao lado disso, emergia como direito fundamental dos cidadãos o acesso à justiça para a resolução dos conflitos. Premente tornou-se ao Ministério Público – como forma de atender a novos valores de uma sociedade ávida pela execução do espírito democrático, desempenhando, desse modo, as relevantes atribuições de órgão de transformação social, continuando a ser útil e legitimado por essa sociedade – a adoção de outro perfil (não abandonando de tudo o perfil clássico/demandista) fincado na iniciativa (proatividade) e na resolução dos conflitos, controvérsias e problemas sociais (resolutividade), sem a necessidade de ajuizamento de demandas, mas que pacificasse e restaurasse o convívio social com respeito aos direitos humanos, representando um meio de acesso à justiça ampliado. Nessa esteira, mediante orientação e capacitação dos membros e servidores do Ministério Público, o Conselho Nacional do Ministério Público (CNMP), numa perspectiva de estimular a resolução extrajudicial, apresentou métodos autocompositivos, a exemplo da negociação, mediação e conciliação, instrumentalizados, que podem ser pelo inquérito civil público, termos de ajustamento de conduta, etc.
Gestão, Governança e Compliance: O caso da transposição do São Francisco
Authors: Silva José Irivaldo Alves Oliveira , De Almeida Poliana Lourenço Ribeiro
Published: August 2022

A gestão e governança da água tem sido um dos problemas mais sérios a serem enfrentados neste milênio. Nessa esteira, a transposição de águas tem sido apresentada como solução de um cenário de escassez. É preciso levar em consideração, entretanto, os problemas que ainda existem na gestão e governança da água como a frágil descentralização, ausência de planejamento, de pessoas capacitadas e de participação. Nesse contexto, a questão de pesquisa que se apresenta é saber até que ponto a gestão e governança do eixo leste da transposição tem sido realizada dentro de parâmetros mínimos de compliance. Pretende-se caracterizar a aplicação da expressão gestão e governança no caso da transposição do Rio São Francisco, analisando a atuação dos atores envolvidos nessa dinâmica, verificando-se até que ponto o compliance indica as falhas desse processo complexo de transferência hídrica, por meio do levantamento bibliográfico e da análise documental. Verifica-se a ausência de estrutura de gestão e governança que possa prever riscos e resolver efetivamente problemas que ocorrem em obras dessa magnitude. É preciso colocar em prática um sistema de compliance na gestão e governança do eixo leste da transposição.
A nova hermenêutica constitucional e a discricionariedade das decisões judiciais na concretização dos direitos fundamentais
Authors: Rodrigues Kálita de Castro , De Souza Paulo Henrique Salmazo , Nanaka Humberto Massahiro
Published: August 2022

A decadência do legalismo do positivismo jurídico ocasionou o advento do pós-positivismo jurídico, propondo força normativa a esses princípios, dando azo ao surgimento do neoconstitucionalismo, ante a necessidade de garantir efetiva concretização dos direitos fundamentais. Diante disso, origina-se uma Nova Hermenêutica constitucional. Os referidos fenômenos, por conseguinte, empoderam o poder Judiciário e intensificam a discricionariedade judicial. Assim, o objetivo da presente investigação é analisar como a utilização da Nova Hermenêutica pode ocasionar decisões judiciais excessivamente discricionárias. Para tanto, utilizando-se do método dedutivo, por meio de um levantamento bibliográfico, realizou-se revisão da literatura doutrinária, perscrutando a historicidade do fenômeno jurídico mencionado até o advento do neoconstitucionalismo e o surgimento de uma Nova Hermenêutica Constitucional dentro deste novo paradigma jusfilosófico. Em seguida, analisa-se a máxima da proporcionalidade de Robert Alexy como um dos métodos interpretativos oriundos do neoconstitucionalismo, demonstrando-se posteriormente que a utilização discricionária da hermenêutica principialista é propiciada por uma falha na aplicação da teoria da ponderação, a qual proporciona ao julgador o livre arbítrio de julgar e também como resultado de uma má aplicação da máxima da proporcionalidade pelo Judiciário brasileiro. Por fim, constata-se que a Teoria de Dworkin e a Teoria Crítica de Lênio Streck, com esteio na Hermenêutica Filosófica e na integridade de Ronald Dworkin, mostram-se como possíveis soluções ao problema que se apresenta, com intuito de superação da discricionariedade na concretização dos direitos fundamentais.
 
Palavras-chave: Hermenêutica Filosófica; Neoconstitucionalismo; Discricionariedade.
A política indigenista brasileira, cidadania e direitos humanos em conflito: A Terra Indígena Inhacorá
Authors: Felzke Schonardie Elenise , Cipriano Mauro , Winkelmann Régis Natan
Published: August 2022

Este artigo aborda o desenvolvimento da política indigenista brasileira em relação às categorias da aculturação, da cidadania e dos direitos humanos a partir da análise da comunidade existente na Terra Indígena Inhacorá, localizada na região noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Essas categorias são fruto de um legado de transformações social, política e jurídica que não pode ser desprezado mesmo diante de políticas públicas desidratadas na proteção da cidadania e dos direitos humanos, como ocorre na maior parte da tratativa indígena feita pelo Estado brasileiro e referida neste trabalho. O texto expõe, inicialmente, aspectos sobre a Terra Indígena Inhacorá. Na sequência explica a respeito da presença dos povos indígenas Kaingang no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul e a política indigenista brasileira. Ocupa-se, ainda, da questão da aculturação da comunidade indígena, da proteção de direitos humanos e do reconhecimento da cidadania para os povos e comunidades indígenas. A pesquisa teórica observou como método de abordagem o hipotético dedutivo, por meio do procedimento bibliográfico documental e interpretação histórico-sociológica. Conclui-se que as políticas indigenistas promovidas pelo Estado brasileiro foram desastrosas, forçando a aculturação das comunidades indígenas, resultando em perdas culturais e identitárias, e não promoveram o reconhecimento da cidadania aos membros remanescentes da comunidade Kaingang da Terra Indígena Inhacorá.
Liberdade de Cátedra e futuro do trabalho docente
Authors: Estivalet de Mello Lawrence , Siqueira Katrein Camila , Maciel Veiga Alexandra
Published: August 2022

Este artigo situa-se no campo dos estudos sobre erosão de direitos sociais fundamentais e reestruturação neoliberal do trabalho, com recorte para seus efeitos sobre a regulação laboral pública de professores e professoras. O problema de pesquisa é delimitado pelo exame de compatibilidade entre reestruturação da atividade docente e estatuto constitucional da liberdade de cátedra, como parte de um estudo mais amplo sobre contratualidades espoliativas no âmbito de Instituições de Ensino Superior Privadas. Mediante estudo bibliográfico e documental sobre a liberdade de cátedra na Constituição Federal (seção 1) e análise dos problemas da gravação de aulas e da divisão do trabalho proposta no ensino a distância (seção 2), verificou-se um processo de expropriação de atributos da personalidade de professores e professoras. O processo de investigação tem caráter qualitativo e exploratório, utilizando-se dos métodos de revisão bibliográfica e análise de conteúdo de documentos jurídicos.
Local leadership development and WASH system strengthening: insights from Cambodia
Authors: Nhim Tum , Mcloughlin Claire
Published: August 2022

To accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on clean water and sanitation, the focus of WASH programming in developing countries has shifted from a traditional infrastructure approach to a more systems-based approach. Greater emphasis on a systems approach has also drawn attention to the significant role played by local leadership in developing sustainable WASH systems. Building on the evidence of the effectiveness of leaders trained through the Civic Champions Program, an innovative leadership development program in Cambodia, this article examines leaders' characteristics and explores how participating in the program affected their capacity, skills, and perceptions of leadership. Crucially, it seeks to understand the extent to which participants in the Civic Champions Program differ from comparable local leaders along these dimensions. By combining survey data with qualitative analysis, the paper identifies how localization enhances the effectiveness of leaders in promoting sanitation, including working through and strengthening pre-existing institutional arrangements and adapting promotion strategies to different audiences. In this way, the article demonstrates how non-prescriptive programs that tap into the legitimizing potential of local leaders may contribute to addressing sanitation challenges and ultimately to WASH system strengthening.
A multi-criteria approach of assessing groundwater potential, recharge and flow in the transboundary Tuli Karoo Basin
Authors: Tinonetsana Primrose C. , Gumindoga Webster , Rwasoka Donald T.
Published: August 2022

Quantitative estimates of amount of groundwater resources are required in the transboundary Tuli Karoo Basin to better manage and promote sustainable conjunctive use of the aquifer. Unfortunately, such important data and information are lacking. The aim of this study was to map groundwater potential zones and model groundwater recharge as well as groundwater flow in the Tuli Karoo Basin (12,164 km2) using geospatial techniques. To delineate groundwater potential zones, nine thematic maps of groundwater conditioning factors were computed and weighted using Saaty's Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). To validate the groundwater potential map, a Kruskal–Wallis test was performed. Groundwater recharge and groundwater flow direction were estimated in a coupled Geographic Information System (GIS) and modelling environment using the soil–water–balance model (SWB) and British Geological Survey (BGS) groundwater tool, respectively. Results for groundwater potential mapping showed that the area is dominated by high ground water potential which covers about 57.8% (6,915.1 km2) of the basin. The Kruskal–Wallis test showed that the median values of the borehole yields vary significantly between the different groundwater potential zone classes (P-value <0.0001). Estimated groundwater recharge using SWB model showed that the maximum annual potential recharge for the Tuli Karoo Basin was 13.2 mm/year for the 10-year period from 2010 to 2020. Results from the BGS tool for groundwater flow show that the dominant groundwater flow direction is southeast. The results showed that there is no link between groundwater flow direction and surface water flow direction. This study is relevant in water development policy, water-related development aid, community planning and technical decision making for hydrogeologists, catchment managers, water planners and non-specialists alike.
El desarrollo del derecho internacional privado en el Perú
Authors: Vassallo Nicolás
Published: August 2022

El desarrollo del Derecho Internacional Privado tomó especial impulso con el fortalecimiento del Estado-nación y la reivindicación de su soberanía. El autorefectúa un repaso de la evolución del Derecho Internacional Privado en Latinoamérica y su codificación en el Perú y, luego de un análisis en el Derecho Comparado, discute la necesidad de cambios en el ordenamiento peruano.
Valoración aduanera de las mercancías importadas, importancia y nociones básicas para su aplicación
Authors: Guadalupe Báscones Julio
Published: August 2022

La valoración aduanera constituye aquella metodología que permite determinar la base imponible para el cálculo de los tributos de importación y que se sustenta, primordialmente, en el precio realmente pagado o por pagar por las mercancías importadas. Su complejidad es la causa de diferentes interpretaciones tanto de parte de la Autoridad Aduanera como de los importadores que podrían generar importantes y cuantiosas contingencias.
Central Effects of Ivermectin in Alleviation of Covid-19-induced Dysauto-nomia
Authors: Alexiou Athanasios , Batiha Gaber El-Saber , Al-kuraishy Hayder M. , Al-Gareeb Ali I.
Published: August 2022

Covid-19 may be associated with various neurological disorders, including dysautono-mia, a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). In Covid-19, hypoxia, immuno-inflammatory abnormality, and deregulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may increase sympathetic discharge with dysautonomia development. Direct SARS-CoV-2 cytopathic effects and associated inflammatory reaction may lead to neuroinflammation, affecting different parts of the central nervous system (CNS), including the autonomic center in the hypothalamus, causing dysau-tonomia. High circulating AngII, hypoxia, oxidative stress, high pro-inflammatory cytokines, and emotional stress can also provoke autonomic deregulation and high sympathetic outflow with the development of the sympathetic storm. During SARS-CoV-2 infection with neuro-invasion, GABA-ergic neurons and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) are inhibited in the hypothalam-ic pre-sympathetic neurons leading to sympathetic storm and dysautonomia. Different therapeutic modalities are applied to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection, like antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs. Ivermectin (IVM) is a robust repurposed drug widely used to prevent and manage mild-moderate Covid-19. IVM activates both GABA-ergic neurons and nAChRs to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infec-tion-induced dysautonomia. Therefore, in this brief report, we try to identify the potential role of IVM in managing Covid-19-induced dysautonomia.
Fiber Intake and Vegan Lifestyle Behaviour on Blood Glucose Control in
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Case-Control Study
Authors: Rachmah Qonita , Pavitasari Adisty , Farapti Farapti , Kalpana Chinnappan A.
Published: August 2022

Aim:

The study aims to determine the relationship between blood glucose level control
with a vegetarian diet and vegan lifestyle behavior in patients with T2DM.

Background:

Diabetes prevalence escalates each year. Nutritional therapy is one of its management,
by choosing a suitable diet to maintain nutrient intake.

Methods:

This was a case-control study including 46 patients with T2DM divided into 24 people
for the case group and 22 people for the control group selected using purposive sampling method.
Data was obtained using a general questionnaire; food intake with the SQFFQ; the 8-item Morisky
Scale questionnaire, to assess medication adherence; the IPAQ, to assess physical activity. Blood
sugar measurements were observed by measuring the respondents' fasting blood sugar in the last
six months. The data was then analyzed using Chi-square statistical test and logistic regression.

Results:

The results indicate a relationship between a vegetarian diet and a vegan lifestyle behavior
that control blood sugar levels in patients with T2DM (P = 0.004). Diabetic patients on a nonvegetarian
diet had a six times greater risk of having uncontrolled blood sugar (OR = 6.476). A
significant relationship was found between a vegetarian diet and fasting blood sugar control based
on bivariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, fiber intake was most significant to blood glucose
control (OR=18.824; 95% CI 2.795-126.795).

Conclusions:

Vegetarian diet affects blood sugar control in T2DM patients. The type of nutritional
intake needs to be more considered rather than the vegetarian diet in general, so that nutritional
therapy in diabetics can be started by increasing fiber intake.
Direct Reprogramming in Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases: Applications,
Obstacles and Directions
Authors: Shi Kesi , Li Fangcai , Tao Yiqing , Chen Qixin
Published: August 2022

With a booming aging population worldwide, bone and joint degenerative diseases have gradually
become a major public health focus, attracting extensive scientific attention. However, the effective
treatments of these degenerative diseases have been confined to traditional medications and surgical interventions,
which easily lead to the possibility of drug abuse or loss of physiological function to varying
degrees. Recently, given that the development of reprogramming has overcome shackles in the field of
degenerative diseases, direct reprogramming would provide a new concept to accelerate progress in the
therapy of bone and joint degenerative diseases. The process of direct reprogramming would directly
induce ordinary somatic cells to the desired targeted cells without passing through pluripotent cell states.
In this review, we summarize some direct reprogramming of cells that has been attempted for the repair of
common bone and joint degenerative diseases, such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis-related fracture and
intervertebral disc degeneration. However, it is inevitable that some obstacles, such as accurate transcription
factors, an appropriate extracellular microenvironment and efficient delivery carriers in vivo, need to
be resolved. In addition, developmental and promising directions associated with direct reprogramming
have attracted public attention. Investigation of the regulation of the transient genome, metabolic conversion
and cellular skeleton would provide superior potential candidates for the revolution of direct reprogramming.
The aim of direct reprogramming is to directly provide target cells for cell therapy and even
tissue reconstruction in bone and joint degenerative diseases. Moreover, the development of direct reprogramming
have potential to achieve repair and even reconstruct in situ, which would be breakthrough
effect for the repair of bone and joint degenerative diseases. The advance of direct reprogramming has
opened numerous opportunities for new therapeutic strategies in regenerative medicine.
The Unethical Use of Paracetamol As a Food Tenderizer in Four Selected
African Countries: A Major Public Health Concern?
Authors: Oppong Mahmood B. , Afful Ewurabena Y. , Frimpong-Manso Samuel , Bekoe Samuel O. , Barfi Chris O. , Opuni Kwabena F.M.
Published: August 2022

Paracetamol poisoning is the commonest cause of acute liver injury. Therefore, the
unethical use of paracetamol as a food tenderizer poses a threat to human health. Although this is a
common practice in Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, and Kenya, there are few or no scientific records on
the use of paracetamol as a food tenderizer and its deleterious effects, thus making it difficult to
regulate this practice. This review aims to fully collate and present a systematic overview of the
literature on the use of paracetamol as a food tenderizer in these countries, the potentially harmful
effects posed by the practice, and measures in place to curb the situation. Additionally, this review
aims to reveal the scientific gaps and areas requiring more research, thus providing a reference for
further research to regulate this unscrupulous practice. From our extensive review of the literature,
the high cost of fuel used in cooking and longer cooking times are the main reasons for the inappropriate
use of paracetamol as a food tenderizer. Also, this review concludes that little has been
done to create public awareness of this unethical practice. Furthermore, few ways to monitor, control
and regulate this practice have been proposed.
Изменения энтропии при вязком течении дисперсных систем с фазовым переходом в их частицах
Authors: Семихина Л.П. , Штыков С.В.
Published: August 2022

Based on the compensation effect, a method has been developed for the correct calculation of entropy changes at viscous flow of liquid dispersed systems using the Eyring equation. At temperature range of 313 ± 10 K in dispersed systems with a liquid-like state of dispersed phase particles the presence of a specific phase transition is substantiated, at which changes in enthalpy and entropy undergo a jump in these systems.
Каскад неустойчивостей импеданса структуры Pd--поверхностно-окисленный InP
Authors: Компан М.Е. , Горбатюк А.В. , Малышкин В.Г. , Шутаев В.А. , Гребенщикова Е.А. , Яковлев Ю.П.
Published: August 2022

Multiple instability was found on the volt-ampere characteristic of the palladium-surface-oxidized indium phosphide structure. The effect is recorded when recording the dependence of differential conductivity and differential capacitance on the applied external voltage. A mechanism for the appearance of instabilities is proposed.
Исследование прочности тонких пластин кремния в зависимости от методов обработки их поверхности при утонении
Authors: Козлов В.А. , Николаев В.И. , Шпейзман В.В. , Тимашов Р.Б. , Поздняков А.О. , Степанов С.И.
Published: August 2022

The mechanical strength of silicon wafers of 100 µm thickness was studied. Loading of the
wafers was carried out by the “ring-on ring” method, stress and deflection under the small ring
were determined by finite element modeling. The validity of the calculation model was checked
by comparing the dependences of the deflection under the small ring on the load obtained in the
experiment and by the simulation. The effect of methods of wafers obtaining and their surface
treatment on the strength, as well as the connection between the strength and surface roughness
characteristics were shown.
Особенности ионизации потока рабочего вещества в стационарных плазменных двигателях с вынесенной зоной ускорения, работающих на криптоне
Authors: Меркурьев Д.В. , Калязин В.Г. , Ким В.П. , Нестеренко А.Н. , Приданников С.Ю. , Шилов Е.А.
Published: August 2022

Given paper presents the results of the propellant flow ionization peculiarities study in
the discharge with crossed electric and magnetic fields burning in the different scale stationary plasma thruster (SPT) models with the ionization and acceleration layer shifted out of thruster, namely: there were determined the integral characteristics and dependences of the total current of the exhausting ions from thruster operating with Krypton under different operation modes. It is shown that the mentioned ion current and its ratio to the discharge current are typically reduced with increase of the discharge voltage and these trends are different from that ones for the standard SPT’s. As result they cause the notable change of the thrust efficiency dependence on the discharge voltage.
Speaking Anxiety in the Interlanguage of Kurdish University Students of English: A Quantitative Study
Authors: Sayer Inaad Mutlib
Published: August 2022

The aim of this study was to investigate the level of speaking anxiety in the interlanguage of Kurdish EFL students at the University of Human Development (UHD), to find out which component of the participants’ interlanguage (phonology, grammar and meaning) contributes more to speaking anxiety, to assess the effect of gender and level of study on the participants’ speaking anxiety, and to examine the correlation between the three components of the participants’ interlanguage as far as speaking anxiety is concerned. The study utilized a quantitative method represented by a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 18 items responded to by 106 Kurdish university EFL students from three semesters at UHD. The statistical analyses of the collected data revealed that the participants had a low to moderate level of speaking anxiety, meaning was the most contributing component of the participants’ interlanguage to speaking anxiety, gender and level of study exhibited no significant impact on speaking anxiety and there was a strong positive correlation between the three components of the participants’ interlanguage (phonology, grammar, meaning) as far as speaking anxiety is concerned.
Accessibility of Virtual Primary Care for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study
Authors: Selick Avra , Durbin Janet , Hamdani Yani , Rayner Jennifer , Lunsky Yona
Published: August 2022

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in the delivery of virtual primary care. Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) have complex health care needs, and little is known about the value and appropriateness of virtual care for this patient population.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore the accessibility of virtual primary care for patients with IDDs during the pandemic.

Methods

We conducted semistructured interviews with 38 participants in Ontario, Canada between March and November 2021. A maximum variation sampling strategy was used to achieve a diverse sample including 11 adults with IDDs, 13 family caregivers, 5 IDD support staff members, and 9 primary care physicians. An iterative mixed inductive and deductive thematic analysis approach was used to code the data and synthesize higher-level themes. The analysis was informed by the Levesque Patient-Centered Access to Health Care Framework.

Results

We identified themes related to 4 of 5 access-to-care dimensions that highlighted both the benefits and challenges of virtual care for adults with IDDs. The benefits included saving time spent traveling and waiting; avoiding anxiety and challenging behavior for patients who struggle to attend in-person visits; allowing caregivers who live far away from their loved ones to participate; reducing illness transmission; and allowing health care providers to see patients in their home environments. The challenges included lack of access to necessary technology, lack of comfort or skill using technology, and lack of nonverbal communication; difficulty engaging and establishing rapport; patient exclusion from the health care encounter; and concerns about privacy and confidentiality. An overarching theme was that “one size does not fit all,” and the accessibility of virtual care was dependent on the interaction between the following 5 categories of factors: patient characteristics, patient context, caregiver characteristics, service context, and reason for a particular primary care visit. Though virtual care was not always appropriate, in some cases, it dramatically improved patients’ abilities to access necessary health care.

Conclusions

This study suggests that a flexible patient-centered system including multiple delivery modalities is needed to ensure all patients have access to primary care. Implementing this system will require improved virtual care platforms, access to technology for patients and caregivers, training for primary care providers, and appropriately aligned primary care funding models.
Humanity in the Light of Revolution—A Study of Evan King’s English Translation of National Patriotic Writer Xiao Jun’s Village in August
Authors: Liu Xinyu , Cui Dan
Published: August 2022

As one of the pivot figures of “Northeastern Writers”, Xiao Jun’s Village in August is of great importance in the history of modern Chinese literature, highlighting the local characteristics of Northeastern China, the revolutionary “banditry”, and the romantic personal heroism, attracting the attention of Chinese and Western critics. The translation by American sinology researcher Evan King shows attention to Chinese stories and makes a unique contribution to the cultural exchange between China and the West. His translation is noteworthy, but given the differences in cultural contexts between the two countries and the subjectivity of the translator, it is inevitably full of adaptation and mistranslation. Therefore, it is necessary to make a comprehensive examination of the literary style of the original work, and then propose handy translation strategies and principles for the new era: under the translation principle of truthfulness and accuracy, when translating Chinese culture, it is better to integrate both the foreignisation and domestication; when it comes to local culture, it is appropriate to apply various means to compensate for the cultural default given the specific situation and keep fidelity to the original text in the translation of the novel’s literary characteristics.
Teoría y práctica de la educación intercultural en Chiapas
Authors: Ascencio Franco Gabriel , López Sánchez Javier , Nava López Enrique Fernando , Baronnet Bruno , Saldívar Moreno Antonio , Núñez Patiño Kathia , Villalobos Cecilia Alba , Gómez Lara Horacio , Limón Aguirre Fernando , Bertely Busquets María , Arcos Vázquez Francisco , Sartorello Stefano Claudio , Martínez Jesús , Corona Berkin Sarah , Pérez Daniel Myriam Rebeca , Cuevas Romo Julio , Schumann Gálvez Otto
Published: August 2022

El presente volumen revisa desde la rica experiencia de investigación etnográfica en Chiapas y otros lugares del país la pertinencia lingüística y cultural de las prácticas, los materiales y los programas escolares, tanto oficiales como alternativos, así como de la educación intercultural enfocada a alcanzar la equidad; por otro lado, critica este enfoque como una política que suele quedarse en el discurso, sin llegar a una acción definida y consistente, vivida por los actores centrales: padres, maestros y niños.
Securing Cloud Data Under Key Exposure
Authors: Jummelal K. , Kavya K. , Nikitha T. , Thapaswika P. Rupa
Published: August 2022

Abstract: Recent news reveal a powerful attacker which breaks data confidentiality by acquiring cryptographic keys, by means of coercion or backdoors in cryptographic software. Once the encryption key is exposed, the only viable measure to preserve data confidentiality is to limit the attacker’s access to the ciphertext. This may be achieved, for example, by spreading ciphertext blocks across servers in multiple administrative domains—thus assuming that the adversary cannot compromise all of them. Nevertheless, if data is encrypted with existing schemes, an adversary equipped with the encryption key, can still compromise a single server and decrypt the ciphertext blocks stored therein. In this paper, we study data confidentiality against an adversary which knows the encryption key and has access to a large fraction of the ciphertext blocks[3]. To this end, we propose Bastion, a novel and efficient scheme that guarantees data confidentiality even if the encryption key is leaked and the adversary has access to almost all ciphertext blocks. We analyze the security of Bastion, and we evaluate its performance by means of a prototype implementation. We also discuss practical insights with respect to the integration of Bastion in commercial dispersed storage systems.
A Web Application for Drug Traceability in Healthcare System using Blockchain
Authors: V Varshad , S Vinay Prasad M
Published: August 2022

Abstract: In current situation, we come across various problems in pharmaceutical supply chain in India which can be solved with different ideas. Since a drug’s ownership changes from manufacturer to distributor and then to the pharmacist before reaching the customer . The manufacturers don’t know how their drug is being used. At the same time, consumers don’t know whether the drug has come from the rightful source including inaccurate information, lack of transparency and limited data provenance. It is difficult to detect counterfeits because these drugs pass through different complex distributed networks, thus forming opportunities for counterfeits to enter the authentic supply chain. Most existing track and trace systems are centralized leading to data privacy, transparency and authenticity issues in healthcare supply chains. In this project work, an end-to-end drug tracking system across the pharmaceutical supply chain is built as a Web Application. It attempts to prevent drug counterfeiting, add traceability, security, and visibility to the pharmaceutical supply chain using Blockchain technology and AWS S3 service. The system guarantees data provenance, eliminates the need for intermediaries and provides a secure immutable history of transactions to all stakeholders. We developed a Web application which provides traceability of drug manufacturers and other information to emulate the data tampering scenario. We also create a tampering application to exhibit the false transactions of a node. We perform testing and validation to recover the original data to evaluate it’s effectiveness to enhance traceability within pharmaceutical supply chain.
Path Analysis of Youth Betting Behavior by Accessibility Level
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee Nanhee , Jeon Hyojeong , Goh Eunkyoung
Published: August 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide data for an integrated understanding of youth betting behaviors and customized interventions for each path by identifying the paths of youth betting behaviors by accessibility level.
Methods For this purpose, data from 571 adolescents residing across the country were collected, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were performed with SPSS 21.0, and latent profile analysis was performed using the ‘tidyLPA’ package in R version 3.6.1 environment. Next, the pathways of neglect and abuse on depression, impulsivity, betting behavior expectations, irrational beliefs, and adolescent betting behaviors were identified with AMOS 21.0 by level of betting behavior accessibility.
Results First, for adolescent betting behavior paths by accessibility level, the coefficient differences between the path from impulsivity to betting behavior, the path from betting behavior expectation to betting behavior, and the path from irrational belief to betting behavior were found to be statistically significant. Second, the path that affects betting behavior in the group with high accessibility is the path from neglect to betting behavior through irrational beliefs, the path from neglect to depression, impulsivity, betting behavior expectations, the path to betting behavior through irrational beliefs, and the path from abuse to betting behavior The path to betting behavior through depression, impulsivity, betting behavior expectation, and irrational beliefs and the path from abuse to betting behavior through impulsivity, betting behavior expectation and irrational beliefs are significant. Third, in the group with low accessibility, a significant path leading to betting behavior does not appear.
Conclusions This study confirmed the distinct differences in specific pathways on adolescent betting behavior by accessibility level, and confirmed multidimensional pathways by accessibility level by inputting betting behavior expectancy variables, which were not covered in domestic studies, together with major variables of adolescent betting behaviors. This broadened the understanding of youth betting behavior and presented evidence for customized intervention.
Image Analysis of Children's Play: For 5 year old children who have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Hwang Ji young , Jeong Mi rae
Published: August 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the image of play of children attending early childhood education institutions under various restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this, it is a study to understand the image of children's play and to support appropriate play for children.
Methods The research method targeted 159 children aged 5 and a half at a total of six institutions in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungnam, and Jeonbuk. A 5-year-old infant drew a picture of play and had individual interviews. Data analysis was analyzed by play relationships, play spaces, play types, and play expressions.
Results As a result of the study, first, in the play of children, the subjects of play relationships of children were mainly recognized as peers of early childhood education institutions, and solo play was also very high. Second, the play space for children was mainly found to be the indoor environment of early childhood education institutions and homes. Third, the type of play for children was mainly physical play, and the play for games, smartphones, and media devices was also high. Fourth, the play expression of children was mainly expressed positively, and the picture without masks and features was high.
Conclusions The play images perceived by children experiencing limited educational environments such as pandemics, unpredictable changes are expected to be used as basic data for the operation of early childhood curriculum that can be supported by children for their play in future situations.
Analysis of igneous rock classification process by earth science teachers using eye trackers
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee Dong-Keun , Chung Duk-Ho , Jeon Woong-Hyeon , Lee Chul-Min
Published: August 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics that earth science teachers show in the process of classifying igneous rocks and the difficulties in classifying igneous rocks.
Methods To this end, the researchers collected gaze data and language data in the process of classifying igneous rocks by using a Eyetracker(Tobii Ⅱ) and a think-aloud method from five high school earth science teachers in Jeollabuk-do. Then, the collected data were analyzed using the gaze analysis program and the semantic network analysis, respectively.
Results First, in the process of classifying igneous rocks, earth science teacher’s gaze fixation duration was long in the order of diorite, andesite, rhyolite, gabbro, basalt, and granite. Second, in the semantic network for the classification of igneous rocks by earth science teachers, the eigenvector centrality of words related to the apparent characteristics of rocks such as “particles” and “rock color” was high. Third, in the process of classifying igneous rocks, earth science teachers found it difficult to determine the range of characteristics that determine each igneous rock, that is, the range of rock colors, particle sizes, stripes, etc. In other words, earth science teachers found it most difficult to distinguish diorite, and granite was the easiest to distinguish. In the process of classifying igneous rocks, they classified igneous rocks mainly based on the size of the particles that make up the rocks and the color shown by the rocks rather than the minerals that make up the rocks. In addition, earth science teachers were unclear about the scope of the criteria for classification of igneous rocks.
Conclusions Earth science teachers need to clearly establish personal standards for the classification of igneous rocks. And personal standard for rock classification can be established through various observation experiences as well as the geological knowledge they perceive. Therefore, earth science teachers should be provided with various types of rocks and typical rocks for extensive observation experiences, such as activities to observe rocks and various types of rocks.