bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PHÂN TÍCH KẾT QUẢ KINH DOANH CÁC NHÓM THUỐC CHỐNG NHIỄM KHUẨN, TAI MŨI HỌNG, MẮT CỦA CÔNG TY TRÁCH NHIỆM HỮU HẠN DƯỢC PHẨM XUÂN HÒA NĂM 2017-2018
Authors: Việt Dũng Bùi , Xuân Thắng Đỗ
Published: August 2021

Đặt vấn đề: Phân tích hoạt động kinh doanh của doanh nghiệp dược là cần thiết để nhìn nhận những điểm đã làm tốt và một số hạn chế để từ đó có giải pháp phù hợp cho doanh nghiệp phát triển trong những năm tiếp theo. Theo đó, Phân tích kết quả hoạt động kinh doanh của Công ty TNHH Dược phẩm Xuân Hoà năm 2017-2018 là cần thiết. Đối tượng và phương pháp: các mặt hàng thuốc, thực phẩm chức năng kinh doanh của công ty TNHH Dược phẩm Xuân Hòa năm 2017 và năm 2018. Phương pháp nghiên cứu: mô tả cắt ngang hồi cứu số liệu. Kết quả:  Doanh thu của Công ty TNHH Dược phẩm Xuân Hòa năm 2018 với 50 sản phẩm đạt 122.598 tỷ đồng, đạt 87,61 so với năm 2017 với 47 sản phẩm (đạt 139.925 tỷ VND). Nhóm thuốc Hóa dược kinh doanh của công ty năm 2018 là 48 sản phẩm đạt doanh thu là 116,768 tỷ VND chiếm tỷ trọng 87,3 % thấp hơn so với năm 2017 (134.784 tỷ đồng). Doanh thu bán hàng tập trung vào một số nhóm thuốc chủ đạo là nhóm thuốc điều trị mắt, tai mũi họng với 3 sản phẩm đạt doanh thu là 28,583 tỷ đồng năm 2018, giảm hơn so với năm 2017 (doanh thu đạt 39,932 tỷ đồng). Tiếp theo là nhóm chống nhiễm khuẩn có 5 sản phẩm với doanh thu năm 2018 đạt 24,754 tỷ VND  tăng hơn so với năm 2017 (doanh thu đạt 15,224 tỷ đồng). Thuốc kinh doanh theo nguồn gốc sản xuất trong nước năm 2017 có 45 sản phẩm doanh thu đạt 130,899 tỷ chiếm 93,5%, tới năm 2018 có 47 sản phẩm doanh thu đạt 113,586 tỷ đồng. Đối với nhóm hàng nhập khẩu năm 2017 có 2 sản phẩm, giá trị đạt được là 9,026 tỷ chiếm tỷ lệ 4% tổng doanh thu, năm 2018 có 3 sản phẩm giá trị đạt được 9,012 tỷ chiếm 6% tổng doanh thu. Lợi nhuận và tỷ suất lợi nhuận đạt mức thấp trong năm 2018 khi so với 2017. Tỷ suất lợi nhuận trên doanh thu thuần LN/DTT (ROS) đạt ở mức thấp 0,01% năm 2018. Tỷ suất lợi nhuận trên VCSH (ROE) của Công ty năm 2018 đạt 0,11 %. Kết luận: Công ty cần tìm kiếm thêm các nguồn hàng có lợi thế cạnh tranh để tăng hiệu quả kinh doanh của công ty trong các năm tiếp theo.
Pensamento algébrico nos anos iniciais: o que pensam os professores?
Authors: Oliveira Vanessa De , Paulo Rosa Monteiro
Published: August 2021

Neste artigo discutimos o que se compreende por pensamento algébrico considerando o que se evidencia nas pesquisas em Educação Matemática. A revisão teórica mostra que, embora não haja consenso entre os autores sobre o que se assume como pensamento algébrico, a perspectiva da História e da Filosofia da Educação Matemática nos dá possibilidade de dizer que, na sala de aula, a álgebra pode ser trabalhada a partir de situações nas quais se exploram o sentido numérico, as propriedades das operações e a identificação de regularidade em sequências, enfatizando o modo de pensar e não o conteúdo. Para entender o que se efetiva na sala de aula dialogamos com professores dos anos iniciais em um curso de extensão oferecido em parceria entre a Universidade Estadual Paulista, Unesp e a Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Guaratinguetá. A vivência no curso foi registrada em áudio e vídeo para constituir os dados de uma pesquisa de doutorado em desenvolvimento. Assumimos a pesquisa qualitativa de abordagem fenomenológica para a análise desses dados. Neste artigo trazemos, além da discussão teórica, a análise de uma situação vivida com os professores em um dos encontros do curso. Damos destaque aos diálogos, pois eles nos permitem identificar que o professor, ao ensinar Matemática nos anos iniciais, propõe tarefas que têm características do que se nomeia pensamento algébrico.
“Como faço a conta?” – Esquemas mentais e registros de representações das operações do campo aditivo
Authors: Etcheverria Teresa Cristina , Garcia Silva Angélica Da Fontoura , Campos Tânia Maria Mendonça
Published: August 2021

Este artigo fomenta uma discussão sobre o ensino de diferentes esquemas de pensamento e de registros escritos relativos aos processos resolutivos das operações do campo aditivo. O aporte teórico engloba as ideias de Vergnaud sobre o campo conceitual aditivo e de Humphreys e Parker sobre a prática das conversas numéricas como auxiliares na criação de estratégias de resolução. Os dados foram coletados em uma atividade de ensino realizada com 35 estudantes concluintes do 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola municipal do interior do Estado de Sergipe - Brasil. Os resultados da análise dos processos resolutivos das operações do campo aditivo apresentados pelos estudantes revelam que eles tiveram melhor desempenho nas situações menos complexas, e mais dificuldade em utilizar a estratégia que requeria decompor o subtraendo. Também sinalizaram que o ensino de diferentes formas de solução permite aos estudantes a criação ou adaptação de esquemas mentais que favorecem a compreensão dos procedimentos resolutivos.
Formação continuada em uma comunidade profissional de professores que ensinam Matemática nos anos iniciais: análise de tarefas sobre números e operações
Authors: Maggioni Cássia Edmara Coutinho Murback , Estevam Everton José Goldoni
Published: August 2021

Esta pesquisa, de caráter qualitativo com características da pesquisa-intervenção, tem como objetivo investigar a potencialidade de uma ação formativa assente na análise de tarefas sobre números e operações, orientada pela perspectiva de comunidade profissional para o desenvolvimento profissional de professores que ensinam Matemática nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental. O estudo envolve um grupo de cinco professoras, com ações síncronas em pequenos grupos (análise de tarefas) e grande grupo (discussão coletiva) via Google Meet. Para a coleta de dados, utilizaram-se transcrições das gravações em áudio dos encontros e os registros escritos das professoras, cuja análise segue as etapas de estudos interpretativos. Os resultados sugerem indícios de desenvolvimento profissional quando as professoras: colocam-se no lugar de alunos e pensam sobre suas dificuldades e motivações; valorizam o compartilhar de conhecimentos e experiências; identificam a importância das diferentes visões para o desenvolvimento do conhecimento; discutem a natureza das tarefas como possibilidade de pensar a Matemática; e defendem a permanência do grupo e sua identidade de professoras que ensinam Matemática. Como aspectos favorecedores, identificam-se o enfoque na prática, o contexto dialógico da comunidade e a natureza das tarefas, em que a participação ativa, colaborativa e reflexiva nas ações realizadas permitiu às professoras (re)pensar sua prática profissional, vislumbrando possibilidades de mudança.
Conceitos do campo multiplicativo e a metodologia de resolução de problemas
Authors: Vieira Edite Resende , Abrahão Ana Maria Carneiro
Published: August 2021

O foco desse artigo foi analisar os encaminhamentos dados por crianças dos Anos Iniciais ao resolverem problemas de multiplicação e de divisão envolvendo Números Naturais. A Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC) evidencia que desde o 2º ano as crianças precisam aprender a resolver e a elaborar problemas. Esses dois verbos estão presentes em todas as habilidades da BNCC que envolvem problemas do campo multiplicativo com os Números Naturais. O trabalho aqui apresentado explora duas situações-problema resolvidas por estudantes do 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Um problema contempla o eixo da proporção simples, e o outro, o da comparação multiplicativa, segundo a Teoria dos Campos Conceituais de Vergnaud. Com base em Polya, trazemos um caminho metodológico de reflexão por meio de perguntas presentes nos dois problemas propostos. Os resultados do estudo indicaram que a maioria das crianças demonstrou carência de estudo em proporcionalidade e dificuldade em entender problema inverso na comparação multiplicativa. A análise sugere dificuldade dos estudantes na interpretação dos problemas e pouca familiaridade com a verificação da coerência da resposta encontrada para a questão do problema. Concluímos que é essa leitura interpretativa que poderá ajudar a criança a desenvolver o letramento matemático, daí a necessidade de que esse trabalho seja enfatizado na formação inicial ou continuada de professores.
Algumas reflexões sobre o desenvolvimento do pensamento geométrico no Currículo de Matemática da cidade de São Paulo
Authors: Curi Edda
Published: August 2021

Este artigo tem como finalidade analisar o Currículo da Cidade de São Paulo no que se refere ao ensino de Geometria, envolvendo figuras planas e espaciais, ao longo dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental. O estudo é realizado com base nas pesquisas de Van Hiele (1986) sobre o desenvolvimento do pensamento geométrico. Permite articular a pesquisa e o ensino em Educação Matemática. Como metodologia de pesquisa são usados procedimentos de pesquisa documental. O documento analisado foi construído coletivamente, por um grupo formado por professores que ensinam Matemática na rede municipal, alguns gestores e técnicos da Secretaria Municipal de Educação e de assessores. Apresenta uma introdução que aborda o ensino de Matemática e uma lista de objetos do conhecimento com seus respectivos objetivos de aprendizagem e desenvolvimento por ano de escolaridade, além de textos de orientações didáticas baseados em pesquisas, publicados em dois volumes. Entre os resultados destacam-se nos objetivos de aprendizagem e desenvolvimento indicações de propostas para o ensino de Geometria que são promissoras para o desenvolvimento do pensamento geométrico dos estudantes dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental.
A need for rigorous review of literature for development of new drugs in Ayurveda
Authors: Acharya Prof Rabinarayan
Published: August 2021

Ayurveda, one of the oldest life sciences, had been evolved in India, and stands still on a rational and logical foundation with own fundamental principles which guides the society towards prevention of diseases, to maintain the health through prevention and cure of ailments. The genesis and development of Ayurveda stream, as a health care system, is well supported by a robust literature being fortified with numerous experience-based treatment protocols. The available literature of Ayurveda, based on time period, can grossly be divided into three categories i.e., Veda, Samhita and Samgraha period.................
GESTÃO DEMOCRÁTICA E REGIMENTO ESCOLAR: UMA CONEXÃO NECESSÁRIA
Authors: Ribeiro Fernando da Costa
Published: August 2021

Tendo em vista a dinamicidade e heterogeneidade nas formas de pensar e agir dos sujeitos no contexto da sociedade contemporânea, na qual a educação tem como demanda principal formar cidadãos críticos e participativos, se faz mister a construção e o cumprimento do Regimento Escolar como exercício pleno de uma gestão democrática que prima pela autonomia e pela participação conjunta dos atores escolares, a fim de nortear as ações administrativo-pedagógicas da instituição de acordo com suas especialidades, bem como assinalar os princípios de convivência entre os setores no cotidiano escolar. Sob esta ótica objetivou-se analisar a atuação da equipe gestora na efetividade do Regimento Escolar, bem como verificar o nível de participação na construção deste documento, e em que medida este documento é construído e (re)conhecido pelos atores da comunidade interna de algumas escolas no Amapá. A base teórica conceitual adotada ancorou-se nas idéias de Vianna (1986); Veiga (1995); Saviani (1997); Oliveira (1998) Andrade (2001); Demo (2002); Santos (2002); Libâneo (2004); Luck (2007) dentre outros. Optou-se pela metodologia de abordagem descritivo-qualitativa nos moldes da pesquisa de campo com procedimento de entrevista e questionário como instrumentos de coleta de dados, aplicados aos membros que compõem a Escola. Conclui-se que o Regimento das escolas pesquisadas foi construído de forma antidemocrática, como pacotes prontos que pretendem dar conta da realidade de todas as escolas já que na maioria das vezes é um instrumento único para todas as unidades, especialmente na esfera pública de ensino. Os atores escolares não participaram desta concepção implantada nas escolas, pouco se conhece sobre o documento e/ou questiona acerca de sua efetividade; o que exprime a ausência dos princípios da gestão democrática.
Codes et tatouages
Authors: LEFÈVRE Pascal , CARRÉ Philippe , GABORIT Philippe
Published: August 2021

Ce chapitre présente le principe du tatouage numérique des images à travers le prisme de l'utilisation des codes correcteurs dans le cadre du tatouage dit robuste. Durant ce chapitre, les codes correcteurs de Hamming classiques ainsi que les codes BCH et les codes de Reed-Solomon sont présentés associés aux structures d'erreurs aléatoires et par paquet. Afin d’illustrer l'impact et l'intérêt de l’utilisation des codes correcteurs, nous déployons un cas d'usage simple basé sur un tatouage par modulation d'index. Nous discutons notamment des différences de comportement concernant la robustesse selon l'attaque subie et le code utilisé.
Crypto-compression d’images
Authors: ITIER Vincent , PUTEAUX Pauline , PUECH William
Published: August 2021

La transmission et le stockage d'images JPEG peuvent être sensibles aux fuites de confidentialité. Dans ce chapitre, nous dressons un état de l'art des méthodes de chiffrement d'images JPEG, appelées méthodes de crypto-compression. Nous décrivons également une approche de recompression d'images crypto-compressées permettant de préserver le format JPEG ainsi que le niveau de sécurité de la méthode de chiffrement.
Explorer les changements temporels dans la composition des communautés de macroalgues à partir des collections
Authors: ROBUCHON Marine , FEUNTEUN Éric , JULLIARD Romain , ROUSSEAU Florence , LE GALL Line
Published: August 2021

Les changements globaux, climatiques en particulier, influencent la distribution des espèces et la composition des communautés. Ce chapitre évalue la pertinence et les limites de l’utilisation des collections d’histoire naturelle pour retracer les changements temporels dans les communautés de macroalgues de Bretagne depuis le début de l’ère industrielle jusqu’à nos jours.
Utilisation des grands jeux de données naturalistes pour répondre aux enjeux scientifiques et sociétaux actuels
Authors: MONNET Anne-Christine , HAEVERMANS Thomas , ARCHAMBEAU Anne-Sophie , GRANDCOLAS Philippe , PELLENS Roseli
Published: August 2021

L’informatisation des collections d’histoire naturelle et leur agrégation dans des portails globaux donnent un accès sans précédent à la richesse des collections. De la gestion des collections à l’analyse scientifique, le défi consiste à s’approprier ce changement d’échelle en regard de la quantité et de la nature des données pour répondre à de nouvelles questions dans une dynamique de science ouverte.
Les gemmes bleues de Louis XIV : des exceptionnelles redécouvertes au MNHN
Authors: FARGES François
Published: August 2021

La découverte au MNHN d'un moulage inconnu du Grand Diamant Bleu de Louis XIV, perdu en 1792, permet de le refaire « renaître » grâce aux méthodologies de la minéralogie physique : scanner, spectroscopie optique, mécanique quantique, simulations info-graphiques et nanoparticules. Combiné à d’autres découvertes concernant le Grand Saphir de Louis XIV, des études paléographiques complètent ce sujet science-histoire.
A comparative study to reveal the influence of typhoons on the transport, production and accumulation of O3 in the Pearl River Delta, China
Authors: Qu Kun , Wang Xuesong , Yan Yu , Shen Jin , Xiao Teng , Dong Huabin , Zeng Limin , Zhang Yuanhang
Published: August 2021

Abstract. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in South China is
faced with severe ambient tropospheric ozone (O3) pollution in autumn and summer, which mostly coincides with the occurrence of typhoons above the Northwest Pacific. With increasingly severe O3 pollution in the PRD under the influence of typhoons, it is necessary to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact of typhoons on O3 transport, production and accumulation for efficient O3 reduction. In this study, we analysed the general influence of typhoons on O3 pollution in the PRD via systematic comparisons of meteorological conditions, O3 processes and sources on O3 pollution days with and without typhoon occurrence (denoted as the typhoon-induced and no-typhoon scenarios, respectively) and also examined the differences in these influences in autumn and summer. The results show that the approach of typhoons was accompanied by higher wind speeds and strengthened downdraughts in autumn, as well as the inflows of more polluted air masses in summer, suggesting favourable O3 transport conditions in the typhoon-induced scenario in both seasons. However, the effect of typhoons on the production and accumulation of O3 were distinct. Typhoons led to reduced cloud cover, and thus stronger solar radiation in autumn, which accelerated O3 production, but the shorter residence time of local air masses was unfavourable for the accumulation of O3 within the PRD. In contrast, in summer, typhoons increased cloud cover, and weakened solar radiation, thus restraining O3 formation, but the growing residence time of local air masses favoured O3 accumulation. The modelling results using the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model for the typical O3 pollution days suggest increasing contributions from the transport processes and sources outside the PRD for O3 pollution, confirming enhanced O3 transport under typhoon influence in both seasons. The results of the process analysis in CMAQ suggest that the chemical process contributed more in autumn but less in summer in the PRD. Since O3 production and accumulation cannot be enhanced at the same time, the proportion of O3 contributed by emissions within the PRD was likely to decrease in both seasons. The difference in the typhoon influence on O3 processes in autumn and summer can be attributed to the seasonal variation of the East Asian monsoon. From the meteorology–process–source perspective, this study revealed the complex influence of typhoons on O3 pollution in the PRD and their seasonal differences. To alleviate O3 pollution under typhoon influence, emission control is needed on a larger scale, rather than only within the PRD.
Leaching of inorganic and organic phosphorus and nitrogen in contrasting beech forest soils – seasonal patterns and effects of fertilization
Authors: Fetzer Jasmin , Frossard Emmanuel , Kaiser Klaus , Hagedorn Frank
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Leaching is one major pathway of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) losses from forest ecosystems. Using a full factorial N×P fertilization and irrigation experiment, we investigated the leaching of dissolved organic and inorganic P (DOP and DIP) and N (DON and DIN) from organic layers (litter, Oe/Oa horizons) and mineral A horizons at two European beech sites of contrasting P status. Leachates showed highest DIP and DIN concentrations in summer and lowest in winter, while dissolved organic forms remained rather constant throughout seasons. During the dry and hot summer 2018, DOC : DOP and DOC : DON ratios in leachates were particularly narrow, suggesting a release of microbial P due to cell lysis by drying and rewetting. This effect was stronger at the low-P site. The estimated annual mean fluxes from the Oe/Oa horizons in the non-fertilized treatment were 60 and 30 mg m−2 yr−1 for total dissolved P and 730 and 650 mg m−2 yr−1 for total dissolved N at the high-P and the low-P site, respectively. Fluxes of P were highest in the organic layers and decreased towards the A horizon, likely due to sorption by minerals. Fertilization effects were additive at the high-P, but antagonistic at the low-P site: At the high-P site, fertilization with +N, +P, and +N+P increased total P fluxes from the Oe/Oa horizon by +33, +51, and +75 %, while the respective increases were +198, +156, and +10 % at the low-P site. The positive N-effect on DIP leaching possibly results from a removed N limitation of phosphatase activity at the low-P site. Fluxes of DOP remained unaffected by fertilization. Fluxes of DIN and DON from the Oe/Oa horizons increased upon +N and +N+P, but not upon +P fertilization. In conclusion, the estimated P fluxes from the A horizons were comparable in magnitude to reported atmospheric P inputs, suggesting that these systems do not deplete in P due to leaching. However, a particularly high sensitivity of DIP leaching to hotter and drier conditions suggests accelerated P losses under the expected more extreme future climate conditions. Increases of P leaching due to fertilization and drying-rewetting were higher in the low-P system, implying that the low-P system is more susceptible to environmental future changes.
Global distribution of wastewater treatment plants and their released effluents into rivers and streams
Authors: Ehalt Macedo Heloisa , Lehner Bernhard , Nicell Jim , Grill Günther , Li Jing , Limtong Antonio , Shakya Ranish
Published: August 2021

Abstract. The main objective of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is to remove contaminants such as pathogens, nutrients, and organic and other pollutants from wastewaters using physical, biological and/or chemical processes prior to discharge into receiving waterbodies. However, since WWTPs cannot remove all contaminants, they inevitably represent concentrated point sources of residual contaminant loads into surface waters. To understand the severity and extent of the impact of wastewater discharges from such facilities into rivers and lakes, as well as to identify opportunities of improved management, detailed information about WWTPs is required, including (1) their explicit geospatial locations to identify the waterbodies affected; and (2) individual plant characteristics such as population served, flow rate of effluents, and level of treatment of processed wastewaters. These characteristics are especially important for contaminant fate models that are designed to assess the distribution of substances that are not typically included in environmental monitoring programs, such as contaminants of emerging concern. Although there are several regional datasets that provide information on WWTP locations and characteristics, data are still lacking at a global scale, especially in developing countries. Here we introduce HydroWASTE, a location-explicit global database of 58,502 WWTPs and their characteristics. This database was developed by combining national and regional datasets with auxiliary information to derive or complete missing WWTP characteristics, including the amount of people served. A high-resolution river network with streamflow estimates was used to georeference WWTP outfall locations and calculate each plant’s dilution factor (i.e., the ratio of the natural discharge of the receiving waterbody to the WWTP effluent discharge). The utility of this information was demonstrated in an assessment of the distribution of wastewaters at a global scale. Results show that 1.2 million kilometers of the global river network receive wastewater input from upstream WWTPs, of which more than 90,000 km are downstream of WWTPs that offer only primary treatment. Wastewater ratios originating from WWTPs exceed 10 % in over 72,000 km of rivers, mostly in areas of high population densities in Europe, USA, China, India, and South Africa. In addition, 2,533 plants show a dilution factor of less than 10, which represents a common threshold for environmental concern.
Magnetostatic reciprocity for MR magnet design
Authors: Silva Pedro Freire , Jouda Mazin , Korvink Jan G.
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Electromagnetic reciprocity has long been a staple in magnetic resonance (MR) radio-frequency development, offering geometrical insights and a figure of merit for various resonator designs. In a similar manner, we use magnetostatic reciprocity to compute manufacturable solutions of complex magnet geometries, by establishing a quantitative metric for the placement and subsequent orientation of discrete pieces of permanent magnetic material. Based on magnetostatic theory and non-linear finite element modelling (FEM) simulations, it is shown how assembled permanent magnet setups perform in the embodiment of a variety of designs and how magnetostatic reciprocity is leveraged in the presence of difficulties associated with self-interactions, to fulfil various design objectives, including self-assembled micro-magnets, adjustable magnetic arrays, and an unbounded magnetic field intensity in a small volume, despite realistic saturation field strengths.
Building Community in Online Professional Practice Doctoral Programs
Authors: Lively Cece Lynn , Blevins Brooke , Talbert Sandra , Cooper Sandi
Published: August 2021

Despite high attrition rates and abundant criticisms, online graduate programs continue to grow. This paper describes the efforts of one online doctoral program that focused on developing programmatic support structures to increase community. Utilizing a qualitative, case study research design, including surveys and semi-structured interviews, this study examined two research questions: 1) In what ways did students experience a sense of community? 2) What elements of an online professional doctoral program did students find most influential in developing a learning community? Findings indicate that students experience community through peer collaboration, program support, and shared learning and networking. A sense of community was developed through the cohort model, strong student support services, synchronous live sessions, and relationships formed with faculty. As a result, a community of practice was formed among program participants. Findings from this study have the potential to aid other online graduate programs as they design and implement structures to foster student success and retention.
Building Critical Inquiry in the Online EdD: Examining Successes & Challenges
Authors: Ludwig Eric , Preston Courtney
Published: August 2021

In this essay, we apply Garrison et al.’s (2000, 2003) framework for critical inquiry in online learning to a review of a cohort-based online EdD at a large public research-intensive university. We examine the technological, pedagogical, and organizational successes and challenges we have experienced and encounter in building and sustaining critical inquiry in a fully online doctoral program. Includes considerations for faculty and administrators in developing and managing online EdD programs committed to engaging in critical inquiry and reflection.
When Qualitative Research is Taught Virtually: Drawing on Experiential Design to Build Deeper Knowledge of Qualitative Observation
Authors: Phillips Joy C. , Lewis Grant Kristine S. , Geller Kathy D.
Published: August 2021

This essay discusses the EdD Program design and qualitative research course sequence at Drexel University, a private, non-profit institution. This large program admits up to 140 EdD students annually with approximately 100 attending fully online and 40 attending hybrid offerings at the main campus and at a satellite program in Washington, DC. The essay features a qualitative course observation activity designed by Janesick (2011) to be used face-to-face and details how the activity has been adapted for virtual delivery at East Coast University. As a literature review revealed a paucity of published works on teaching observation qualitatively, the authors seek to contribute to the knowledge base with particular emphasis on faculty teaching in an online program. Based upon the East Coast University faculty’s use of this observation activity, students develop increased understanding of the roles of perception and perspective in qualitative observation.
Luxembourg COVID-19 Governmental Response
Authors: S. Abdellatif Omar , Behbehani Ali , Landin Mauricio
Published: August 2021

The UN Compliance Research Group is a global organization which specializes in monitoring the work of the United Nations (UN). Through our professional team of academics, scholars, researchers and students we aim to serve as the world's leading independent source of information on members' compliance to UN resolutions and guidelines. Our scope of activity is broad, including assessing the compliance of member states to UN resolutions and plan of actions, adherence to judgments of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and commitments made at UN pledging conferences. We’re proud to present the international community and global governments with our native research findings on states’ annual compliance with the commitments of the UN and its affiliated agencies. Our goal as world citizens is to foster a global change towards a sustainable future; one which starts with ensuring that the words of delegates are transformed into action and that UN initiatives don’t remain ink on paper. Hence, we offer policy analysis and provide advice on fostering accountability and transparency in UN governance as well as tracing the connection between the UN policy-makers and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, we aim to adopt a neutral path and do not engage in advocacy for issues or actions taken by the UN or member states. Acting as such, for the sake of transparency. The UN Compliance Research Group dedicates all its effort to inform the public and scholars about the issues and agenda of the UN and its affiliated agencies.
Viac ako 10 rokov s projektom OpenAIRE
Authors: Horáková Silvia
Published: August 2021

OpenAIRE je od roku 2008 pevnou súčasťou európskej siete otvorenej vedy, ktorého partnerom je od začiatku aj Slovensko. Sieť sa skladá z 34 NOAD (National Open Access Desk), ktoré podporujú a koordinujú prechod k otvorenej vede. Hlavnými cieľmi sú poskytovanie služieb k otvorenej vede, budovanie komplexných štandardov na prepájanie výskumu, monitorovanie otvorenej vedy, školenia k otvorenej vede, spájanie Európy so svetom a podpora otvorených inovácií. V roku 2018 sa z projektu OpenAIRE stala samostatná organizácia.
Návratnosť investície do technológií sa prejaví v podobe spokojných používateľov
Authors: Halienová Mária
Published: August 2021

Štátna vedecká knižnica v Prešove (ďalej ako ŠVK v Prešove) je jednou z dynamicky sa rozvíjajúcich knižníc na Slovensku, ktorá sa snaží aplikovať nové technológie v knižničnej praxi. Takou je aj RFID technológia, ktorú sme sa pokúsili implementovať prostredníctvom projektov, podaných zriaďovateľovi – Ministerstvu kultúry SR. AKO SME V ROKOCH 2000 – 2021 ZAVÁDZALI RFID TECHNOLÓGIU U NÁS? ČO NÁM TO PRINIESLO A AKO NÁS TO POSUNULO ĎALEJ? POSÚĎTE SAMI…
Minority identity and counter-discourse: Indigenous Australian and Muslim-Australian authors in the young adult fiction market
Authors: Mills Catriona
Published: August 2021

This article traces the increasing participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

authors and Muslim-Australian authors in the Australian young adult fiction market.

Using bibliographical data drawn from the AustLit database, the article first outlines

the general parameters of young adult publishing in Australia since the 1990s, before

specifically examining the works produced by Indigenous Australian and MuslimAustralian authors. These two groups share a significant characteristic: although they

are often at the forefront of current Australian public discourse, they are more often the

object of such speech than the speaking subject. This article examines the extent to

which young adult fiction provides a platform for these authors.
What about young adult non-fiction?: profiling the young adult memoir
Authors: Brien Donna Lee
Published: August 2021

Despite significant scholarly interest in the genre of memoir, the young adult memoir –

as a subset of both young adult writing and the memoir more generally – has attracted

far less attention. This introductory study understands the young adult memoir as a

form of both life writing and creative writing. As a frame to the discussion, it outlines

the history of scholarship and interest in young adult non-fiction, and then surveys a

number of examples of the contemporary young adult memoir in order to provide a

preliminary narrative profile of the form. This includes texts written for young adults

by both adult and younger authors, as well as crossover texts. In identifying some

common and more unusual subjects and narrative styles and forms, as well as

remarking on the voice utilised in these texts, this article posits that the young adult

memoir can be described as a distinct subset of both young adult and life writing texts

and is, therefore, worthy of further detailed investigation in terms of these categories,

providing a attempt at a preliminary classification of the form.
Where is queer studies now? An interview with Annamarie Jagose
Authors: and Dallas J Baker Jay Daniel Thompson
Published: August 2021

Australia Queer was a Special Edition of the Australian journal Meanjin and was. a

pioneering collection of queer Australian writing. It was published during a time (the

1990s) that saw the rapid rise of queer theory and politics. Annamarie Jagose was one

of the editors of that special edition and her book Queer Theory (published by the

University of Melbourne Press in 1996) was among the first to set the parameters for

queer theory and queer studies. This brief interview with Annamarie Jagose focusses on

where queer studies is now, nearly two decades after the release of Australia Queer.

• This interview was not peer-reviewed.
‘Rupture and rapture all at once’: Queer Australian fiction 2000-2014
Authors: Barlow Damien
Published: August 2021

This article provides a critical survey of queer Australian fiction spanning fifteen

years from 2000 to 2014. Forty works of fiction in the forms of novels and short story

collections are discussed. The survey is organised by a series of modes that I argue

are prevalent within queer Australian fiction: contemporary realism, surrealism,

historical novels and cosmopolitanism.
Writing and reading queerly: Foucault’s aesthetics of existence and queer self-making
Authors: Baker Dallas J
Published: August 2021

Michel Foucault advocated an ongoing assembly and disassembly of subjectivity that

constituted a kind of self-bricolage; a making and re-making of subjectivity that he

saw as an aesthetic struggle towards an artistic ideal. Foucault described this process

as an ethics of the self. The purpose of this transformative self-bricolage is to make

philosophy a ‘way of life’. One of the examples Foucault gave of a technique used in

such an ethics of the self – implemented to produce a desired or altered/transformed

subject – was reflective writing. This article explores the ways that writing informed

by Queer Theory can be used as a technique in a Foucauldian ethics of the self,

especially within the context of the teacher-student relationship in the discipline of

creative writing. It further argues that creative writing is an appropriate site for

‘ethical interventions’ into subjectivity and for explorations into how philosophy, in

this case Queer Theory, can be applied as a way of life in which new forms of

subjectivity are explored and produced. Furthermore, the paper discusses the way that

queer readings of literary texts can also be part of an ethics of the self or queer selfmaking.
Queer theory, neoliberal homonormativity and social utility for queer writing on youth (suicide)
Authors: Cover Rob
Published: August 2021

Contemporary sexual citizenship is governed by neoliberal concepts of selfhood that

both encourage subjects to manage their own risk and that establishes risks by creating

hierarchies of affluence, self-commodity and belonging. These risks relate to the ways

in which LGBT self-harm and sexuality-related suicide are conditioned and normalised,

with continuing high rates of suicidality. While neo-liberal formations of sexual

selfhood have created the conditions for writing and making sense of fictional and nonfictional narrative accounts in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific for the legalised

expression and representation of non-heterosexuality, they continue and exacerbate

risks that can lead to the cultural formations associated with youth suicide. The fact that

non-heterosexual youth have traditionally made use of the ‘logics’ of non-normative

sexuality given in queer writing calls for an ethical approach to the ways in which

narratives of non-heteronormative sexuality are written. This article presents a framing

account of how contemporary neoliberal forms of ‘homonormative’ queer cultures

serve as a backdrop and context for queer creative representations that may be utilised

as forms of support, frameworks for identity norms or projections of queer lives that

can, arguably, exacerbate risks of suicide. It examines some of the ways in which we

can come at the conditions that make queer youth suicide possible and thinkable from a

queer culturalist angle, allowing us to consider how suicide risks are creatively

represented, produced, or contributed to.
The Effect of Livelihood Assets on Living Strategies: An Empirical Study of Farmer Household Characteristics
Authors: Illu Abraham , Muhaimin Abdul Wahib , Setiawan Budi
Published: August 2021

This study aims to analyze the effect of livelihood assets and demographics on the implementation of farmers' livelihood strategies in Pandansari Village, Ngantang District, Malang Regency after the eruption of Mount Kelud. This research is a type of quantitative research that uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with the Warp PLS approach. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews using questionnaires and field observations, while secondary data obtained through literature studies from various related sources. It was determined the location deliberately considering that Pandansari Village was the area in Ngantang District that was the worst affected by the eruption of Mount Kelud. Seventy-five farmers with simple random sampling technique were selected as respondents in this study. The results showed that livelihood assets had a positive but insignificant effect on demographics. Then livelihood assets have a positive and significant influence on livelihood strategies. Meanwhile, demographics have a negative and significant impact on livelihood strategies.

Keywords : Sustainable Livelihoods, Livelihood Assets, Livelihood Strategies, Eruption, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), WarpPLS.
Perceptions and comparison of bedside teaching among final year students of public and private medical colleges of Peshawar
Authors: Adeeb Humera , Jamil Brekhna , Ullah Ihsan , Junaid Khan Muhammad
Published: August 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Bedside teaching is an important but declining strategy in medical education. The regulatory authority’s insistence on structure of an institute needs be supplemented with quality of bedside teaching. The objective of this study was to find perceptions and compare bedside teaching among students of public and private medical colleges of Peshawar.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at four medical colleges of Peshawar during the month of February 2020. A Likert scale tool with 30 items and four subscales; physical environment, patient’s comfort and student attitude, teaching session and teaching fellow was filled by 242 students. Mean score for each question and each subscale was calculated for each institute for perceptions. Mean score of two public and two private institutes for each subscale was compared by unpaired t-test.

Results: Physical environment mean score was highest at Khyber Girls Medical College Peshawar (2.97±0.50). Patients’ comfort and students’ attitude mean score was approximately equal in four institutes. In teaching session, the highest mean score was reported by Khyber Girls Medical College and was lowest by Khyber Medical College. For teaching fellow, mean score was highest at Khyber Girls Medical College (3.70±0.67) and lowest at Kabir Medical College (2.85±0.55). For physical environment (public 2.87±0.48 vs. private 2.59±0.60) and teaching fellow scale (public 2.87±0.48 vs. private2.59±0.60) there was highly significant difference (p=0.0001).

Conclusion: Mean score in four subscales are comparable in four institutes with some variation but there are significant differences between public and private institutes in physical environment and teaching fellow subscales. There are some consistencies and conflicts with regional and international literature. This needs in-depth qualitative exploration.

Bedside teaching, Medical education, Perception, Physical environment, Teaching session, Teaching fellow
Health panorama of the Afro-Brazilian population: a systematic review
Authors: Gonçalves Júnior Jucier , De Sales Jair Paulino , De Vasconcelos Carlos Augusto Carvalho , Rolim-Neto Modesto Leite , Cândido Estelita Lima
Published: August 2021

In the present study, we sought to identify the current health panorama of the Afro-Brazilian population in the period from 2007 to 2021, based on a systematic review study. The nineteen selected studies allowed the creation of two thematic groups: Epidemiological aspects of pathologies in the afro-brazilian people and Health epidemiological aspects of the afro-brazilian women. We identified that some common chronic pathologies are Metabolic Syndrome (Hypertension, DM 2, Obesity) and Chronic Renal Insufficiency; infectocontagious pathologies like HIV/AIDS, tooth decay and Chagas disease; and mental disorders. In addition, smoking during pregnancy and anemia seem to be more prevalent in black women.
An Empirical Study of ESP Learners’ Experiences Using Edmodo in a Virtual Community of Practice
Authors:   Universiti Sains Malaysia, Muniandy Jayanthi , Shuib Munir ,   Universiti Sains Malaysia
Published: August 2021

This study was conducted to investigate English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learners’ experiences in using social learning network sites, namely Edmodo in a virtual community of practice environment. This study was also aimed to identify the challenges that the learners encountered in using Edmodo. Mixed-method research was employed to collect the data for this study; a questionnaire survey and a focus group discussion. The collected data was analysed through statistical and thematic analysis. The results showed that most of the ESP learners were of the opinion that Edmodo was effective as a platform for a virtual community of practice, particularly in terms of interaction and knowledge sharing. The findings also revealed that some learners have had difficulties in creating a social identity in the community because of the lack of collaboration among the team members. Therefore, it is suggested that genuine, consistent, and synergistic motivation from educators followed by the active involvement of learners will surely boost the engagement of peripheral participants in the community. This study is significant as it offers some insights into how ESP practitioners and learners use social learning networks in building an effective ESP virtual learning community to achieve the learning outcome of the ESP course.
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Adsorption Methylene Blue by Nitrated Biomass of Prunus Cerasus
Authors: Kale A. A.
Published: August 2021

Adsorption of methylene blue biomass of Prunus cerasus is conducted in batch mode. The effect of various factors such as contact time, adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, temperature and pH of dye solution was investigated. The maximum removal of methylene blue dye was attained at 8.0 pH. The adsorption equilibrium was represented with Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherm models. Langmuir and Tempkin equations were found to have the correlation coefficient value in good agreement. Adsorption of MB onto prunus cerasus followed pseudo second order kinetics. The calculated values of ∆H°, ∆S° and ∆G° were found to be -31.177kJ/mol, 0.1099 KJ/mol and -63.9722 KJ/mol, respectively. The equilibrium data were also fitted to the Freundlich equation. It was observed that the sorption process is spontaneous and exothermic in nature.
Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Copper Oxide using Copper (II) Semicarbazone Derivative
Authors: K. Rana Paritosh , Janwadkar Suhas P. , Yadav Dilip K.
Published: August 2021

The Semicarbazone derivatives of 2-4, dihydroxy acetophenone is synthesized and characterized by physico‐chemical techniques such as melting point, Ultra Violet‐Visible Spectrophotometer, Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR) spectroscopy and used as a chelating agent to form complex with Copper as Copper (II) semicarbazone derivative. The synthesised Copper (II) semicarbazone complex was also studied for its complex formation IR analysis, decomposition studies using TGA. The synthesised Copper (II) semicarbazone complex was successfully employed as precursor for synthesis of nano crystalline Copper oxide and its formation was confirmed by UV-Visible spectroscopy and XRD analysis. The method successfully employed use of Copper (II) semicarbazone complex for synthesis of nano Copper oxide.
Oxidation of Toluene on Supported and Unsupported LaCoO3 Perovskites Catalyst
Authors: Goswami H.S. , Acharya Shveta
Published: August 2021

Perovskite type oxide are known to be catalysts for a number of reactions such as total and partial oxidation, hydrocracking, hydrogeneous, hydrogenolysis and reduction etc. Efforts has largely been directed towards synthesis of unsupported and supported perovskites oxides of moderates or high specific area, their bulk and surface properties and their role in heterogenous catalysis. Oxidation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon over LaMO3 (M=Al, Ni, Mn, Co, Fe, Cr etc.) perovskites have been studied. Vapour phase catalytic oxidation of toluene over perovskites Viz., LaCoO3, LaCoO3/ SiO2 and LaCoO3/Al2O3 has been studied. The characterization of the catalyst was carried out using technique Viz. I.R., Surface area, Packing density. Surface acidity, Surface basicity. The surface area measurements in the temperature range 350ºC to 600ºC. The maximum surface area & maximum activity was observed at 450ºC. The heterogeneous catalytic vapour phase oxidation of toluene give benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, maleic acid and CO2 as products over LaCoO3 and LaCoO3 supported on Al2O3 and SiO2 as catalyst. The LaCoO3 supported on Al2O3 has been found to be the most active and selective catalyst giving 84.0% selectivity for benzaldehyde at 450⁰C with surface area 78.9m2/g. The overall Kinetic analysis indicate that the oxidation of Toluene to benzaldehyde is first order. The order of catalytic reactivity is LaCoO3/Al2O3 > LaCoO3/ SiO2 > LaCoO3.
My Knowledge Management (MyKM) Guidelines and Video Tutorial: Special Project in Library
Authors: Mazlan Mazwani Ayu , Mohd Hamdi Hamidah
Published: August 2021

The goal of this article is to highlight a special project completed by a final semester Bachelor of Information Science (Hons.) Resource Centre Management student at UiTM Shah Alam's Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR). In addition to the internship activity in the company or organisation, students must complete a special project as an extra task that will contribute to the library. The focus of this article is on a particular project involving a tutorial on how to use the library UiTM's MyKnowledge Management (MyKM) website. The development method was used, with stages such as analysing the learning objectives, creating a storey board, validating the story board, revising the story board, and creating video tutorial media. The article will be discussing about the process of creating the video tutorial and user guidelines.