bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Consideraciones éticas sobre los ensayos de vacunas controlados con placebo en mujeres embarazadas
Authors: Oliveira Ana Cecilia Amado Xavier de , Paumgartten Francisco José Roma
Published: May 2023

Resumen El uso de placebo en ensayos clínicos es uno de los principales temas debatidos sobre la ética en investigación contemporánea cuando existe un tratamiento eficaz probado. Este artículo aborda la ética en el uso de placebo en ensayos clínicos sobre la eficacia de vacuna en mujeres embarazadas. Las participantes en los ensayos de vacunas estaban sanas al inicio del estudio, y algunas fueron vacunadas durante el estudio para demostrar la eficacia del producto. Las participantes tratadas con placebo corren el riesgo de sufrir daños graves e irreversibles. Si existen vacunas efectivas, este riesgo impide el uso de placebo. Este impedimento debe extenderse a cualquier ensayo clínico de eficacia de vacuna en embarazadas, pues la eficacia clínica demostrada en mujeres no embarazadas y las respuestas inmunogénicas comparables con las embarazadas son predictores de eficacia en el embarazo. Además, la efectividad del producto se constata en estudios observacionales realizados tras las campañas de vacunación.
The Education of Trans People*: reports of exclusion, abjection, and struggle
Authors: Xavier Thais Pimentel de Oliveira , Vianna Cláudia
Published: May 2023

ABSTRACT This article presents the results of an investigation about the processes of exclusion, abjection, and struggle from trans people* as an attempt to enforce their rights to education. The qualitative research was conducted drawing from five interviews and the analyses were organized in three axes: exclusion with the interruption of schooling; going back to school in adult life, and the new perspectives of life upon gaining access to and remaining at school. The results reveal students facing excluding processes who challenge gender rules regarding their right to education or, or even their right to live under situations of abjection. However, they also show ways to rethink gender relations in the struggle for accessing and remaining at a less excluding school.
Esboço biográfico de Aritana Yawalapíti: a formação de um chefe prototípico
Authors: Almeida João Carlos
Published: May 2023

Resumo A partir das etapas de formação de uma pessoa eminente, que pode motivar a execução do ritual itsatchi (quarup), o texto trata da biografia do recém-falecido cacique Aritana Yawalapíti. Sua trajetória é vista como o tipo ideal da formação de um chefe, passando por todos os estágios do modelo processual descrito pelos pesquisadores. A abordagem desta biografia permite perceber fatores inatos, como a ascendência de chefes dos povos Kamayurá e Yawalapíti, e fatores construídos em vida, como a proeminência na luta, o patrocínio de rituais, a participação na vida política e o poliglotismo. Considerado um dos maiores lutadores de todos os tempos, sua força e destreza apontam para uma formação corporal plena, segundo a prática alto-xinguana. Como ‘dono dos brancos’, ele mediou as relações entre o seu povo Yawalapíti e o Alto Xingu com os não indígenas. Poliglota, conseguia se comunicar bem e ser entendido nas três grandes línguas alto-xinguanas. Como ‘dono de rituais’, obteve proteção e auxílio de espíritos apapalutapa, com os quais manteve longas relações. O objetivo final é entender como a formação da pessoa e a trajetória biográfica do cacique o fizeram ser considerado um chefe renomado.
Hydraulic and economic analysis for rehabilitation of water distribution networks using pipes cleaning and replacement and leakage fixing
Authors: Osorio David Antonio Jimenez , Lima Gustavo Meirelles , Brentan Bruno Melo
Published: May 2023

ABSTRACT Water distribution networks (WDNs) are designed to operate over a long period, however, it is expected that their capacity reduces over time. The large set of options that can be applied to improve their capacity, combined with their hydraulic complexity and the search for the most economical solution create a difficult problem to solve. Therefore, in this paper the hydraulic and economic benefits of three rehabilitation strategies: pipes cleaning, pipe replacement and leakage fixing. were evaluated individually first and then combined into two case studies, through a cost minimization using the PSO algorithm. Initially, the relation between the investment and the reduction in pressure deficit is analyzed for each alternative to identify the best strategy, and at which point the benefits are saturated. Then, an optimization considering the combination of the three intervention techniques is made to verify if there is a prioritization of any technique, and if it is related with the individual performance. in economic and hydraulic terms pipe replacement was the best intervention technique, followed by pipe cleaning and leak repair. For substitution, few interventions are sufficient to significantly improve the pressure. Moreover, it was observed that in the intervention - combined, the algorithm prioritizes joint solutions.
Microplastics in sediments deposited by rainwater runoff in a populated center in the Peruvian Andes
Authors: Canchari Franklin , Iannacone José
Published: May 2023

ABSTRACT Microplastics (MPs) are present in surface sediments deposited on city streets as a result of stormwater runoff. The objective of this study was to determine the abundance and characteristics of MPs in surface sediments deposited by stormwater runoff from the village of Madeán in the Peruvian Andes based on size, shape, and color. Surface sediment samples were collected in triplicate at each of the eight sample sites. The sediments were deposited in some parts of the streets of this village due to the effect of rainwater runoff. The separation of MPs from the sediment was carried out in the laboratory by the density separation method with NaCl solution. The eight sampling sites in Madeán presented 292.91 ± 149.32 (MP Items/Kg of sediment) of MPs, showing significant differences in the abundance of MPs among the different sampling sites. The predominant characteristics of the MPs were small size (SMP) (50.95%) and large size MPs (LMP) (49.05%), being fiber (60.66%) and fragmented (38.39%) in morphology, and blue (29.86%), black (25.59%), and red (23.22%) in color, respectively. The following investigation suggests that solid waste is not being adequately managed by finding the presence of MPs in the sediments that are in the street ditches.
Proposta formativa para profissionais da educação infantil: contribuições da terapia ocupacional validadas pela técnica Delphi
Authors: Silva Renata Silva e , Cordeiro Luciana , Almeida Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy
Published: May 2023

Resumo Atualmente, identificam-se importantes lacunas nas pesquisas em terapia ocupacional que enfoquem as diversas concepções e objetivos da educação infantil brasileira. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi apresentar o processo de validação de oficinas formativas voltadas para trabalhadoras da educação infantil, por meio do consenso de especialistas. Sete oficinas elaboradas participativamente deram origem ao quadro formativo e tais informações foram apresentadas detalhadamente aos especialistas em duas rodadas, conforme a técnica Delphi. Foram convidados 29 doutores experts em educação infantil, sendo que seis deles aceitaram participar, com formação em filosofia e letras, pedagogia e terapia ocupacional. Foi feita análise descritiva das respostas, a partir da média dos resultados encontrados. As oficinas alcançaram a 95%-100% de concordância. Foram sugeridos alguns enriquecimentos temáticos, como: o cotidiano escolar e pré-escolar; neoliberalismo e educação infantil; infâncias e suas múltiplas determinações; o espontaneísmo do brincar na educação infantil; cultura infantil e currículo. Os especialistas também sugeriram dinâmicas e bibliografias para as oficinas. O consenso denota consistência teórico-metodológica multidisciplinar, o que aumenta a complexidade da abordagem e as chances de generalização para além dos interesses locais da instituição que sediou esta experiência. O quadro contém temas-chave, focados nas problemáticas atuais da educação infantil, o que o torna passível de utilização por terapeutas ocupacionais em outros contextos.
IMPACT OF NANO-LUBRICATION ON SINGLE-LAYERED POROUS HYDRODYNAMIC JOURNAL BEARING: A HYPOTHETICAL APPROACH
Authors: Bhattacharjee Biplab , Biswas Nabarun , Chakraborti Prasun , Choudhuri Kishan , Gurusamy Pathinettampadian
Published: May 2023

In this article, a mathematical model of single layered nanofluid lubricated porous journal bearing (PJB) has been
formulated. The nano-lubricant's impact on the efficiency of said journal bearing has been studied using modified
Darcy's law and boundary conditions. The different nanoparticles often used as an additive in industrial lubricating oils improve their viscosity significantly. The brief description of dimensionless performance characteristics of the investigated bearing was obtained by the use of the nano-lubricant's modified Krieger-Dougherty viscosity model. The observations reveal that the output characteristics are substantially improved by using nano-lubricant. The present study is validated by comparing the findings of recently published data with micropolar fluid and is found to be completely compatible since data with nano-lubricant are still unavailable.
Andrew Marvell’s "Bermudas," Paradisal Places, and the Protestant Critique of Sacred Space
Authors: Gavin Dominic Hubert
Published: May 2023

In this article I look at Andrew Marvell’s “Bermudas” (1653-54), a work that continues to puzzle us. The poem describes an idyllic paradisal landscape, identified with the tropical Bermudas but which the reader knows belongs only to a cartography of the imagination. In what sense are we supposed to believe in this patently fictional paradise, and what is the relationship between the Bermudas of Marvell’s fiction and the islands of history?  Here I suggest that an answer to these questions lies in Protestant attitudes toward space and the sacred. The Reformation challenged the idea that particular spaces contained any intrinsic holiness—the shrines of Catholicism, the churches of the Laudian era, and the temples of the pagans were all cited as idolatrous confusions of the holy with special places. Reading “Bermudas” against the backdrop of such critiques allows for an alternative perspective on its elusive symbolism. In Marvell’s time, the Protestant criticism of sacred spaces extended to the sacralization of localities by the godly, who in some cases believed that places (such as colonies in the New World) were marked out by providential favor. I suggest that in “Bermudas” Marvell extends the critique of special places to the providentialism of the godly mariners in his poem.
Urasuunnittelutaitoja jäsentävä selvitys ja näkökulmia jatkokehittämistä varten
Authors: Vuorinen Raimo , Kettunen Jaana , Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen Outi , Kukkaneva Eelis
Published: May 2023

Tässä raportissa tarkastellaan kansalliseen ja kansainväliseen kirjallisuuteen pohjautuen sitä, kuin- ka yksilöiden ja ryhmien urasuunnittelutaidot vahvistuvat eri elämänvaiheissa ja konteksteissa. Lisäksi kuvataan sitä, millaisilla julkisilla ja yksityisillä palveluilla voidaan tukea urasuunnittelutaitojen kehittymistä. Urasuunnittelutaidot nähdään monitahoisina, metakognitiivisina koko elämän ajan rakentuvina kompetensseina, joita yksilö kehittää vuorovaikutuksessa yhteiskunnan kanssa. Raportissa tarkastellaan eri maiden urasuunnittelutaitojen viitekehyksiä ja kootaan yhteen kansallisten ja kansainvälisten arviointien sekä kehittämishankkeiden kautta havaittuja urasuunnittelutaitojen osatekijöitä, jotka ovat osoittautuneet merkityksellisiksi riippumatta kansallisesta kontekstista tai ohjauspalvelujen järjestämistavoista. Tarkastelussa huomioidaan se, millaisessa yhteiskunnallisessa ja sosiokulttuurisessa kontekstissa viitekehykset on laadittu, ja arvioidaan, miltä osin esitetyillä viitekehyksillä voisi olla yhtymäpintaa Suomen kansalliseen kontekstiin. Lisäksi ra- portissa tarkastellaan ja arvioidaan sitä, millaisin eri menetelmin urasuunnittelutaitojen lähtötasoa ja kehittymistä voidaan mitata, millaisia nämä mittarit ovat tai voisivat olla ja mihin niillä pyritään. Raportti sisältää konkreettisia ehdotuksia urasuunnittelutaitojen viitekehyksen kehittämisen tueksi Suomessa. Tämä raportti on laadittu osana KEHA-keskuksen toteuttamaa Urasuunnittelutaitojen edistämishanketta. Hanke pohjautuu Elinikäisen ohjauksen strategian 2020–2023 tavoitteisiin sekä Jatkuvan oppimisen parlamentaarisen uudistuksen (2020) linjauksiin. Elinikäisen ohjauksen valtakunnalliseen kehittämiseen on saatu EU:n elpymis- ja palautumistukivälineestä rahoitusta Suomen kestävän kasvun ohjelman perusteella.
Physical activity resource needs of occupational therapists in primary public health care in Gauteng, South Africa
Authors: van Niekerk K , da Silva S , Swart C , Hugo M , Flatela Z , Janse van Vuuren A
Published: May 2023

INTRODUCTION: Resource constraints in primary health care settings in South Africa give rise to challenges for occupational therapists. This study aimed to determine the physical activity resource needs (including objects used and space demands) of occupational therapists in the primary health care context of Gauteng, South Africa METHOD: A qualitative, descriptive research design was used. The participants were occupational therapists working in primary health care settings in Gauteng. Convenience and snowball sampling were used. Data were collected through two online asynchronised focus groups, conducted over three days each. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data FINDINGS: Findings included the resource constraints experienced by occupational therapists and how the occupational therapists' adaptability helped them overcome these constraints. Space, resources for basic and instrumental activities of daily living, assistive devices, Bobath plinths and recyclable and low-cost materials were identified as being particularly useful physical activity resource needs CONCLUSION: Although limited physical activity resources were available in the settings, therapists' skills in adaptability proved useful in using unconventional resources instead. This study's results identify physical resources deemed as most useful to provide occupational therapy services in primary health care. Furthermore, the results provide information to the education faculty in order to adapt the undergraduate curriculum to better prepare occupational therapy students for practice in primary health care Implications for practice • The findings can be communicated to management of primary health care facilities in order to procure or advocate for the procurement of resources deemed as essential in primary health care practice contexts. • Innovation, problem-solving and adaptability can be valuable characteristics used in professional reasoning that may enable occupational therapists to overcome physical resource barriers. • Faculty at tertiary educational institutions may utilise the findings in order to adapt curriculums to better prepare occupational therapists for work in the South African primary health care context. • Occupational therapy students should gain experience in developing and adapting activities using recyclable and reusable materials for diverse clients, including children and adults.
Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in the adult Inuit population of Nunavik (northern Quebec, Canada)
Authors: Allaire Janie , Lévesque Benoît , Poirier Paul , Gagnon Claudia , Auclair Geneviève , Lemire Mélanie , Ayotte Pierre
Published: May 2023

Objectives

To assess the prevalence of arterial hypertension among Inuit adults living in Nunavik (northern Quebec, Canada) in 2017 and identify its sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants.

Methods

We used data obtained from 1177 Inuit adults aged ≥ 18 years who participated in the cross-sectional Qanuilirpitaa? Nunavik Inuit Health Survey during late summer-early fall of 2017. Resting blood pressure (BP) and anthropometric characteristics were measured during a clinical session, while sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle habits were documented using validated questionnaires. Information on current medication was retrieved from medical files. Sex-stratified population-weighted log-binomial regressions were conducted to identify determinants of hypertension, adjusting for potential confounders.

Results

Hypertension (systolic BP ≥ 140 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg or taking antihypertensive medication) was present in 23% of the adult population and was more frequent in men than women (29% vs. 18%). About a third of hypertensive individuals (34%) were taking antihypertensive medication. These estimates are prone to biases due to the relatively low participation rate (37%). As expected, the prevalence of hypertension increased with age, but values were surprisingly elevated in 18 to 29-year-old men and women (18% and 8%, respectively) compared with 20 to 39-year-old adults of the general Canadian population (3% in both sexes, according to data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2012–2015). Hypertension was associated with obesity and alcohol consumption in both men and women, and with higher socioeconomic status among men.

Conclusion

This survey revealed a high prevalence of hypertension among young Nunavimmiut adults in 2017 and the need to improve hypertension diagnosis and treatment in the region. Curbing obesity and alcohol consumption, two actionable determinants of hypertension, will require improving food security and addressing the consequences of historical trauma linked to colonization.
Natural language processing
Authors: Németh Renáta , Koltai Júlia
Published: May 2023

Natural language processing (NLP) methods are designed to automatically process and analyze large amounts of textual data. The integration of this new-generation toolbox into sociology faces many challenges. NLP was institutionalized outside of sociology, while the expertise of sociology has been based on its own methods of research. Another challenge is epistemological: it is related to the validity of digital data and the different viewpoints associated with predictive and causal approaches.
In our paper, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of the use of NLP in sociology, offer some potential solutions to the concerns and provide meaningful and diverse examples of its sociological application, most of which are related to research on Eastern European societies. The focus will be on the use of NLP in quantitative text analysis. Solutions are provided concerning how sociological knowledge can be incorporated into the new methods and how the new analytical tools can be evaluated against the principles of traditional quantitative methodology.
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE CHALLENGE OF BEING MUSLIM IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN ZIMBABWE
Authors: Mabvurira Vincent , Adam Yasin
Published: May 2023

With the rise of extremist and terror activities by the various groups which are alleged to be associated with Muslim religion, people of non-Muslim communities hold a negative perception about Islam and Muslims. This study examined challenges faced by Muslim students in two public universities in Zimbabwe. The study was informed by the Social Dominance Theory. Eighteen Muslim students participated in the study, and they were identified through purposive sampling from students’ religious societies. The findings revealed that Islamophobia in public universities has resulted in Muslim students facing various challenges that include stigmatization and labelling, institutional and religious discrimination, being denied their religious rights such as performing their prayers and their societies not being recognised as official religious society at the institutions whilst other faiths and religions are awarded that opportunity. The participants also pointed out that they encounter hate crimes and verbal abuse in the lecture rooms. Students from minor religions therefore face grievous challenges in public space in Zimbabwe where the majority of the population claim to subscribe to Christian faith. The study proffers several recommendations among them; universities should investigate discrimination on grounds of religious affiliation, conducting awareness campaigns to benefit minority religious groups and sensitising university staff to be religiously conscious in their conduct.
INTERCULTURAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION AT THE CHINATOWN MARKETPLACE, PETAK SEMBILAN, INDONESIA
Authors: Fajar Julianto Gregah , Ridaryanthi Melly
Published: May 2023

Petak Sembilan is a Chinatown area located in Jakarta, where many Chinese hereditary communities stay. There is a famous Petak Sembilan Market that becomes the meeting point of mostly Chinese hereditary merchants with their customers. The interaction that occurred for years has always been interesting to be studied for the dynamic of their communication. The aim of this study is to identify the intercultural communication and interaction patterns between customers and merchants who are culturally diverse. The verbal and nonverbal communication were addressed in their interactions. This research employed a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data collection techniques used were observation, interview, and documentation for literature review. The results of the study are presented in the form of descriptive writing. The findings show that intercultural communication that occurred between the merchants and customers is a linear two-way communication. Verbal and nonverbal cues were identified from the observation conducted. During the interaction, the merchant and customers tend to use the same language to avoid misunderstanding.
USES AND GRATIFICATIONS OF TRILINGUAL NEWSPAPERS IN SABAH
Authors: Openg Elizabeth Joanny , Mustafa Siti Ezaleila , Pakri Mohammad Rashidi
Published: May 2023

There are at least 33 periodicals have been established in Sabah since 1883. These include various monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual newspapers published between 1883 and 2022 in various formats including the trilingual newspaper’s format The focus of this study is to investigate the roles of local trilingual newspapers in Sabah and, at the same time, to distinguish between the gratification sought (gs) and the rewards received (gratifications obtained) by readers of the selected local trilingual newspapers in Sabah namely The New Sabah Times, Daily Express, and Borneo Post. The mixed-method research method was implemented to meet the research objectives. 159 respondents were randomly selected to participate in the online and offline questionnaires, and 10 of them were randomly selected to answer the interview. The findings of this study show that readers chose trilingual newspapers to satisfy their cognitive, social-integrative, escapist, and affective needs. Therefore, this study wishes to provide evidence to the local newspaper press to continue the Kadazandusun column in a way that can satisfy the needs of their readers.
THE INVOLVEMENT OF MALE OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS IN THE 13TH PARLIAMENT, 2013-18
Authors: Asri Amirul Azam , Muhamad Rosyidah
Published: May 2023

Gender is defined as personality, behavior, value, power, influence, and the role played by the two genders known as men and women. However, the problem of gender inequality often occurs in any country and occurs in various sectors such as society, economy, education, medicine, and politics. Many previous scholars made studies on women’s involvement in the political arena, but a lack of previous researchers focused on men’s involvement in the political arena. This is because in many countries the involvement of males in politics is quite high compared to women. While in Malaysia too, there is a huge gap between the involvement of men and women in the political landscape. Therefore, this article will focus on the involvement of male opposition parliamentarians in the 13th Parliament starting from 2013 until 2018. The objective of this study is to identify the issues debated by the male opposition in the 13th Parliament. The second objective is to study the behavior of the opposition in the 13th parliament and the third objective is to identify the involvement of the male opposition in the 13th parliament. This study uses a qualitative approach by using document analysis as the main method obtained from the parliamentary Hansard. According to the empirical result, there is a connection between the number of parliamentary seats and Pakatan Harapan (PH)’s victory in the previous general election (GE). The opposition acted actively in playing their role as a legislative, and representative. Interestingly this study will provide additional interest and information to several parties. Among them are the community, politicians as well as researchers. This study will give exposure to the community of the opposition parties, especially in Malaysia. Through this study, is expected that the researcher will be able to provide knowledge and information related to the opposition, especially male opposition.
MEMAHAMI HUBUNGAN SIVIL-TENTERA THAILAND DARI PERSPEKTIF TEORI CONCORDANCE: SATU ANALISIS
Authors: Abdul Malek Durrah , Mohamed Noor Muhamad Nadzri
Published: May 2023

Hubungan sivil-tentera Thailand sering berada dalam keadaan antagonisme dan menjadi subjek pemerhatian kerana tindakan-tindakan tidak demokratik institusi ketenteraan, terutamanya kudeta yang kerap dilakukan. Ia sedikit sebanyak menyumbang kepada pembantutan proses pendemokrasian dan polarisasi ekstrem dalam politik domestik Thailand. Namun, lanskap ini terhasil daripada kurangnya keazaman politik dan persetujuan dalam kalangan pihak-pihak berkepentingan untuk mewujudkan satu ekosistem politik domestik yang boleh memenuhi kehendak semua pihak dan membawa kepada kestabilan politik. Teori concordance yang dikembangkan oleh Rebecca Schiff tidak pernah digunakan ke atas hubungan sivil-tentera Thailand dan model ini memberikan satu alternatif yang berbeza dari teori institusi Huntington: matlamat hubungan sivil-tentera yang baik adalah kestabilan politik dan bukan demokrasi semata-mata. Melalui kajian ini, pengkaji akan mengaplikasikan model ini dan menganalisa kemungkinan sebuah hubungan sivil-tentera yang stabil dan profesional di Thailand sekiranya ia menurut prasyarat-prasyarat yang digariskan oleh teori concordance.
COVID-19'S IMPACT ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Mohd Kamil Nur Khaleeda , Amin Aizan Sofia , Md. Akhir Noremy , Ahmad Badayai Abdul Rahman , Mohd Zambri Insyirah , Sutan Rosnah , Khairuddin Khairul Farhah , Wan Abdullah Wan Arnidawati
Published: May 2023

COVID-19 pandemic is a public health issue. From 2019 to 2022, 4.5 million people died from the COVID-19 epidemic. Consequently, COVID-19 has put a significant strain on every single creature in this world. COVID-19 has been associated with lockdown, thus resulting in lockdown related inequities towards most people in this world, with unanticipated consequences for people with disabilities. Building in this debate, this paper aimed to discuss on the impacts of COVID-19 on the physical health of People with Intellectual Disabilities. Based on the Prisma protocol, this systematic literature review examined 28 publications from Web Sources of Science and Scopus.The study identified three themes regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the physical environment of people with intellectual disabilities namely mental health, social isolation, severe health problems, socioeconomic and psychology. This study has significant implications in understanding how PWID are impacted by COVID 19 and urged that early preventative measures should be taken since People with Intellectual Disabilities are considered a vulnerable population, therefore it is crucial to ensure that their health status are sustained.
THE TRANSLATION OF SPEECH ACTS IN ARABIC LEGAL DOCUMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF PALESTINE DIVORCE CONTRACTS
Authors: Khalaf Camellia Najeh , Moindjie Mohamed Abdou , Subramaniam Ilangko
Published: May 2023

This study deals with the translation of speech acts in legal documents from Arabic into English. It aims at describing the translatability of speech acts to determine whether there are meaning loss or meaning gain and the reasons behind that. In doing so, the study follows Searle’s speech acts concept and taxonomy since Searle’s taxonomy is based on the illocutionary force of the speech act. Being a qualitative study, samples of translated divorce contracts have been collected from Palestinian sworn translators and translation certified offices. Speech acts have been identified, categorized, and analyzed based on Searle taxonomy. Then, the translation of the speech acts is analyzed in terms of the meaning of the illocutionary force of the different speech acts. The study has revealed that the illocutionary force is conveyed completely in some cases. In other cases, it is affected by the translators’ choices in using active voices instead of passive voices, present perfect and simple past instead of simple present, mistranslation of some verbs expressing directive force, probability modals instead of prohibition modals, style shift from direct speech into indirect speech, and omission of introducing verbs of speech act force. It is concluded that both sematic and pragmatic norms should be taken into consideration in translating speech acts of legal documents, which optimize Arabic - English legal translation.
PENYAYANG DAN BERWAWASAN CIRI KEPIMPINAN PEMERINTAHAN DALAM SYAIR DIRAJA MELAYU PERAK-JOHOR ERA KONTEMPORARI
Authors: Nani Ros Nani , Hanafiah Muammar Ghaddafi , Md.Radzi Shaiful Bahri
Published: May 2023

Pada era abad ke-16 hingga penghujung abad ke-19, syair adalah satu daripada wadah pengkaryaan penulis-penulis istana. Corak kepengarangan pada era ini ialah pujian dan penceritaan berhubung sultan dalam zamannya. Setelah kehadiran kuasa Barat yang membawa bersama-sama corak kepengarangan yang pelbagai bentuk dan genre, golongan raja tidak lagi menjadi idea dalam penulisan. Syair tidak lagi menjadi pilihan sebagai wadah pengkaryaan. Corak kepengarangan sedemikian mula melemah apabila berkembangnya sastera moden. Syair Riwayat Yang Amat Mulia Tengku Ampuan Besar Pahang (1953) rakaman terakhir sejarah golongan Diraja. Walau bagaimanapun, pada era kontemporari ini muncul dua karya sedemikian, Syair Sultan Azlan Shah Berjiwa Rakyat (2009) karya Mohd Ibrahim bin Said dan Syair DYMM Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (2018) oleh Maskiah binti Masrom. Kedua-dua teks syair DiRaja ini dijadikan sampel kajian. Hasil penekunan menemukan kedua-dua penulis menjadikan raja sebagai subjek penulisan. Kaedah kaji banding diapliksi dalam usaha untuk meneliti kepengarangan kedua-dua penulis dalam mempersembah idea rakaman sejarah DiRaja pada era kontemporari. Kaedah kajian secara intrinsik terhadap sampel kajian juga turut digunakan. Dapatan kajian menemukan terdapat persamaan kepengarangan dengan memaparkan ciri kepimpinan pemerintahan yang penyayang dan berwawasan dimiliki oleh sultan bagi negeri masing-masing. Hasil kajian ini membuktikan bahawa syair diraja masih kekal relevan dalam mengangkat dan mengagungkan seseorang raja walaupun dalam era moden. Kedudukan pengarang moden yang berada di luar lingkungan istana tidak menghalang mereka menghasilkan syair diraja ini.
TAHAP KELESTARIAN PERTANIAN KOMUNITI PEKEBUN KECIL KOKO (KPKK) DI ZON PANTAI TIMUR SABAH (PTS)
Authors: Syarifuddin Noviatin , Abu Samah Asnarulkhadi , Burhan Nik Ahmad Sufian , Arif Shah Jasmin
Published: May 2023

Penurunan produktiviti tanaman koko seringkali dikaitkan dengan kuantiti, kualiti dan demografi pekebun kecil yang semakin berusia. Amalan pertanian baik (APB) yang tidak dipraktiskan dengan konsisten juga mempengaruhi kelestarian pertanian komuniti pekebun kecil koko (KPKK). Justeru, kajian bertujuan untuk mendeksripsi profil KPKK di zon Pantai Timur Sabah dan mengenal pasti tahap kelestarian pertanian KPKK dari segi sosial, ekonomi dan alam sekitar. Reka bentuk kajian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan penyelidikan tinjauan dilaksanakan ke atas 195 orang responden KPKK menggunakan borang soal selidik. Landasan model kajian adalah berdasarkan Model Kelestarian Pertanian. Item kajian mempunyai nilai kebolehpercayaan yang tinggi berjumlah antara 0.874 sehingga 0.934. Data kajian dianalisis secara deksriptif menggunakan perisian SPSS versi 26.0. Kajian menunjukkan majoriti pekebun kecil merupakan generasi pertama penanam koko, berumur lingkungan 51 sehingga 60 tahun dan berpengalaman 1 hingga 20 tahun dalam bidang pertanian. Tahap kelestarian pertanian berada pada tahap tinggi yang didominasi oleh aspek sosial (min 4.27). Diikuti, dengan kelestarian pertanian dari segi ekonomi (min 4.25) dan alam sekitar (min 4.25). Input kajian memberi kefahaman baharu kepada model yang menjelaskan keperluan Lembaga Koko Malaysia (LKM) untuk menambahkan usaha bagi melestari pertanian koko. Ini bertepatan dengan usaha LKM bagi meningkatkan sekuriti makanan negara melalui komoditi koko.
PENDEKATAN PELANCONGAN WILAYAH DARI PERSPEKTIF PEMEGANG TARUH DI KELANTAN, DALAM KONTEKS WILAYAH ECER
Authors: Wan Ibrahim Suzita , Kanyo Nor-Ina
Published: May 2023

Pelancongan wilayah merupakan satu strategi pembangunan negara yang melibatkan ruang, produk, perkhidmatan dan sumber pelancongan bagi meningkatkan mutu pelancongan di sesebuah wilayah. Di Malaysia pelancongan wilayah telah dilaksanakan namun, sehingga kini tiada kajian secara terperinci tentang pendekatan simbiosis, konflik dan integratif dalam pembangunan wilayah. Para sarjana berpandangan, pelancongan wilayah berupaya menjana pembangunan di Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECER), namun, kejayaan masih belum teserlah ekoran pembangunan yang dilakukan adalah berdasarkan kepentingan negeri masing-masing. Justeru itu. artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti orientasi pembangunan pelancongan wilayah yang telah dilaksanakan oleh pemegang taruh dari tahun 2008 sehingga (2020) di salah satu negeri koridor pembangunan wilayah Pantai Timur iaitu di Kelantan. Data primer diperolehi melalui survei ke atas 28 responden dalam kalangan pemegang taruh di Kelantan. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa pendekatan pemegang taruh dalam aspek integratif lebih diutamakan berbanding pendekatan simbiosis dan konflik dalam proses perancangan, pembangunan dan pelaksanaan pembangunan pelancongan wilayah di Kelantan, Wilayah ECER. Kajian ini turut memberikan implikasi polisi dan amalan kepada pemegang taruh dalam usaha meningkatkan pembangunan wilayah dan mutu industri pelancongan negara.
Signal Communication for Collaborative Robot Behavior Control
Authors: Karpov V. E. , Rovbo M. A. , Sorokoumov P. S.
Published: May 2023

Robots are increasingly required to work in close cooperation with humans and other robots, performing common tasks jointly, in collaboration. High-level decision making by an autonomous agent with such interactions require specific means of responding to the situation. This paper describes the implementation of the control system for a collaborative robot, based on the emotion-need architecture that provides reliable and interpretable interaction means of the robot with other agents. The robot is an autonomous device whose behavior is aimed at satisfying its current needs. The communication between the operator and the robot is based on signal communication: the operator’s signal ("command") activates an element of the emotion-need scheme — a gateway that implements the emotional feedback. Since the gateway connects the sensors and behavioral procedures, its activation starts the corresponding procedure, as if the sensory system had registered a real stimulus. The external signal of such indirect control can be represented in acoustic form or as the operator’s posture. The needs of the robot are aimed at both its physical survival (danger avoidance) and maintenance of the social connections (accompanying friendly agents). The robot recognizes external commands and activates the gateway associated with the highest priority action. The activity also gradually fades, which allows actions to be performed for some time even in the absence of an appropriate internal stimulus. The resulting robot is able to perform the simplest patrol tasks together with a human, acting in a predictable and understandable (interpretable) way for the human.
Housing as a Battlefield Between Self‐Organization and Resistance: The Case of Reclaim the City
Authors: Daniel Antje
Published: May 2023

Cities are a place of transformation, since cities are being challenged through various processes, among them gentrification. Likewise, cities are a space for innovation and new solutions, as many changes start locally. Reclaim the City is one such local movement: It is a response to weak statehood which results in a limited ability to solve the housing crisis and the continuation of spatial segregation in Cape Town. Gentrification deepens the housing crisis and has an impact on the most vulnerable groups, black and colored people, who are affected by eviction. Based on a qualitative study, this article first unpacks the weakness of the city authorities regarding housing and then analyzes the relationship between Reclaim the City and the city. This relationship is not to be understood as a binary, conflictual liaison; rather, the relationship is complex, involving resistance but also complementarity, because in the self-organized occupation Reclaim the City offers what the city is not able to provide. The response of the authorities is ambivalent: They welcome self-organization and yet try to control and delegitimize the occupation by criminalizing the occupants. The relationship between Reclaim the City and the city thus shows that self-organization does not necessarily lead to new interfaces between the state and social movements, as often discussed in the context of new municipalism, but rather housing becomes a field of social contestation in that the city and Reclaim the City negotiate for mutual acceptance and legitimation, at times with an open end.
Pedestrian Crowd Management Experiments: A Data Guidance Paper
Authors: Boomers Ann Katrin , Boltes Maik , Adrian Juliane , Beermann Mira , Chraibi Mohcine , Feldmann Sina , Fiedrich Frank , Frings Niklas , Graf Arne , Kandler Alica , Kilic Deniz , Konya Krisztina , Küpper Mira , Lotter Andreas , Lügering Helena , Müller Francesca , Paetzke Sarah , Raytarowski Anna-Katharina , Sablik Olga , Schrödter Tobias , Seyfried Armin , Sieben Anna , Üsten Ezel
Published: May 2023

Understanding pedestrian dynamics and the interaction of pedestrians with their environment is crucial to the safe and comfortable design of pedestrian facilities. Experiments offer the opportunity to explore the influence of individual factors. In the context of the project CroMa (Crowd Management in transport infrastructures), experiments were conducted with about 1000 participants to test various physical and social psychological hypotheses focusing on people's behaviour at railway stations and crowd management measures. The following experiments were performed: i) Train Platform Experiment, ii) Crowd Management Experiment, iii) Single-File Experiment, iv) Personal Space Experiment, v) Boarding and Alighting Experiment, vi) Bottleneck Experiment and vii) Tiny Box Experiment. This paper describes the basic planning and implementation steps, outlines all experiments with parameters, geometries, applied sensor technologies and pre- and post-processing steps. All data can be found in the pedestrian dynamics data archive.
A Systematic Review of Gamification as a Playful Strategy to Prevent Bullying
Authors: Achab Moukram Yosra , Manzano-León Ana , Rodríguez-Ferrer José M. , Rodríguez-Moreno Javier , Aguilar-Parra José M.
Published: May 2023

Playful learning is an educational method in which students experience fun and curiosity in an active context that is meaningful to them. Game-based learning, serious games, and gamification can be highlighted here. The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review of studies that have used gamified resources as a game-based strategy for bullying prevention. For this study, a search of several databases (Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Dialnet) was conducted. 606 studies were collected, of which 12 scientific studies were selected. Playful strategies are effective in identifying and processing different variables related to bullying. The use of playful strategies in the classroom has many benefits and several studies confirm that it is an effective method for raising awareness and preventing bullying.
Developing an Integrated Teaching Module for the Topic of Smart Industry in the Museum
Authors:   National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan, Lin Jian-Liang , Su Fang-Yi , Lin Chieh-Ya , Hsiao Kuo-Hung
Published: May 2023

The teaching of innovative technology in primary education in Taiwan is not enough at present. The National Science and Technology Museum cooperated with the university and the vocational high school to deliver the smart industry knowledge to senior high school students. Here, this research presented a 5-step design procedure to systematically develop an integrated teaching module for various issues. It is a demonstration example that the research generated an integrated teaching module for the smart industry’s issues by the design procedure. The knowledge database of module content was built and applied multiple teaching ways to enhance students’ attention. The module developed an e-book, one augmented reality (AR) game, one board game, and one package of teaching aids for maker education to introduce the historical developments of industrial revolutions, the internet of things, the smart vehicles, and the industrial robots. Furthermore, the learning outcome and the generic learning outcomes (GLOs) are the evaluation index and the evaluation method, respectively. By the framework of the GLOs, the questionnaire with a 5-level Likert scaling was designed for evaluating the module. By the experiment of demonstration teaching, the statistical analysis revealed that either students from the engineering or non-engineering departments have positive learning outcomes. A slight difference is in the category of “Activity, Behavior, and Progression”. The research inferred that the culture of the tested school and the students’ background could affect the learning outcomes. The result indicated that the integrated module is useful to science popularization learning of technological issues.
The Role of Gender and Self-efficacy on the Relationship between Flipped and Flex Blended Learning and Mathematics Abilities
Authors:   Universitas Qomaruddin, Gresik, Indonesia, Jamaluddin Muhammad , Mustaji Mustaji , Bachri Bachtiar S. , Sutarto Auditya Purwandini
Published: May 2023

The pandemic is the right momentum for developing countries to shift their education system towards blended learning adoption despite all the potential challenges. This study aims at investigating the effects of flipped and flex blended learning models on mathematics abilities as well as the role of gender and self-efficacy. A pre-post-test quasi-experimental design with 128 eighth-grade students who were equally divided into the flipped and flex classroom models was employed. PROCESS Macro model 1 analysis revealed that flipped classroom students performed better in their problem-solving abilities than those in the flex class. A similar effect was not observed in students’ conceptual understanding. Self-efficacy belief was also a strong predictor of mathematics abilities. However, it did not significantly moderate the relationship between blended models and math-related achievement. Furthermore, gender was also not associated with the effectiveness of blended learning models. This study provides insights into the potential of blended learning adoption as a future education system in developing countries.
Healthy lifestyle program for hypertensive adolescents with a Vitamin D deficiency
Authors: Ahmed Ali Howaida Moawad
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study is to gauge the efficacy of a healthy lifestyle program on adolescents who are hypertensive as well as deficient in Vitamin D. It has been a known fact that Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood is linked to a higher risk of elevated systolic blood pressure during childhood and adolescence.

: This study employed a quasi-experimental research design which took a purposive sample of 300 hypertensive adolescents who were formally diagnosed as Vitamin D deficient and attended follow-up consultations in an out-patient paediatric clinic in Banha University Hospital in Benha City, Egypt.

Several factors such as the respondents’ socio-economic data and family history of chronic disease were taken into consideration when the study was done. The subjects’ healthy lifestyle practices were also assessed both before and after they had been through the healthy lifestyle program. It also monitored the subjects’ blood pressure and their intake of vitamin D before, during and after the course of the program. The study’s subjects were asked to fill out a questionnaire before and after the program to evaluate their knowledge regarding hypertension and vitamin D deficiency. An observation checklist was used before and after the program to evaluate the subjects’ practices when taking blood pressure measurements.

The study showed that 72 percent of adolescents had a family history of hypertension. It also showed that female subjects exhibited a remarkable improvement in terms of their healthy lifestyle knowledge and practices after going through the healthy lifestyle program when compared to their male counterparts. The study showed a statistically significant relationship between the adolescents’ healthy lifestyle and their socio-demographic characteristics such as their gender being female aged between 14-18 years old with secondary education and having appropriate economic status and healthy house conditions.

The study also showed that among the male adolescent subjects, 94 percent were physically active, 60 percent were aged between 11-14 years and 55.7 percent had non-appropriate economic status.

: The study concluded that the healthy lifestyle program was effective in changing the healthy lifestyle knowledge and practices of the adolescent subjects which in turn enabled them to manage their hypertensive condition and overcome their vitamin D deficiency.
Sztuka i transcendencja w refleksji estetyczno-religijnej Karola Tarnowskiego
Authors: Krawiec Andrzej
Published: May 2023

Na gruncie polskiej estetyki filozoficznej rozważania Karola Tarnowskiego o sztuce odzwierciedlają przemiany, jakie dokonały się w fenomenologii — zwłaszcza francuskiej — w drugiej połowie XX wieku. Myślenie religijne, uwzględniające tradycję scholastyczną oraz klasyczną doktrynę transcendentaliów, okazuje się w wielu aspektach pokrewne fenomenologii donacji Jeana-‑Luca Mariona oraz nieintencjonalnej fenomenologii niewidzialnego życia Michela Henry’ego, ale nie jest z nimi tożsame. Poglądy estetyczne Karola Tarnowskiego, wybitnego filozofa religii i pianisty, odnajdujemy w rozproszonych tekstach, których nie zawsze głównym tematem jest sztuka, dlatego celem niniejszego artykułu jest syntetyczne ujęcie tej szczególnej refleksji w kontekście współcześnie prowadzonych debat usytuowanych wokół fenomenologii.
Związki religii i techniki
Authors: Rarot Halina
Published: May 2023

Autorka analizuje, z punktu widzenia filozofii kultury, historyczną i współczesną kwestię relacji między religią a techniką. W wyniku tego filozoficznego namysłu stwierdza, że relacja ta może przyjmować cztery różne postaci. Zaprezentowana typologia relacji między religią a techniką staje się następnie narzędziem do znalezienia odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy religie światowe w ich wymiarze światopoglądowym i instytucjonalnym mogą odnieść się w sposób konstruktywny (a nie wyłącznie pesymistyczno-krytyczny) do coraz bardziej skomplikowanych zagadnień cywilizacyjnych z przełomu XX i XXI wieku.