bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effective and innovative teaching methods in psychiatry for the medical undergraduates in South India: An exploratory study of teachers’ and students’ perspectives
Authors: Ruben Johnson-Pradeep , Shah Henal , Sreedaran Priya , Chandran Suhas , Selvam Sumithra , Kurpad Sunita Simon
Published: November 2022

Background:

Effective teaching methods are important in psychiatry. Previous studies have focused on the assessment of students about the effective teaching methods but not on a self-assessment by teachers.

Aims:

Primary objective is to evaluate the teachers’ and students’ perspectives of effective teaching methods in psychiatry for medical undergraduates. Secondary objectives include assessment of the concordance of each item and exploring innovative teaching methods.

Settings and Design:

A cross-sectional study design used in teachers and medical students from St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore (India).

Methods and Material:

A modified teachers and medical students perspectives of effective psychiatry teaching methods were used.

Statistical Analysis:

Differences in continuous variable assessed with independent sample-test and categorical variables with Chi-square test. The Domain scores were divided into tertiles and the highest and lowest tertiles were analyzed.

Results:

Both students and teachers had high perspectives on most of the teaching methods. Differences were found in items such as “using multimedia slide effectively,” “good sense of humor while teaching,” “presentation summarizes the key points,” and “presentation links ideas effectively.” Role play-based and live/simulated patient-based teachings were reported most frequently by both. Significantly, a higher proportion of the 6th term students and a lesser proportion of teachers were associated with the lowest tertiles for Domain 1, 2, and 3. Significantly, increased number of 8th term students were found in the higher tertiles in Domain 3.

Conclusions:

These findings have practical implications in identifying the gaps in effective teaching methods by the teachers. Teachers can improve their teaching methods by upgrading their presentation skills, employing new and innovative teaching skills.
Diagnostic accuracy of Vibrational spectroscopy in the diagnosis of oral potentially malignant and malignant disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Shrivastava Priyanshu Kumar , Kumar Ansul , Aggarwal Yogendra , Kumar Amit , Agrawal Anushka , Rai Arpita
Published: November 2022

Oral malignant and potentially malignant conditions affect several people worldwide each year. The early diagnoses of these conditions play an important role in prevention and recovery. Vibrational spectroscopy techniques such as Raman spectroscopy (RS) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy are used in the early, non-invasive, label-free diagnosis of malignant and pre-malignant conditions, and are areas of active research. However, there is no conclusive evidence suggesting the translatability of these methods into clinical practice. This systematic review and meta-analysis presents pooled evidence for RS and FTIR methods in the detection of malignant and potentially malignant conditions of the oral cavity. Electronic databases were searched for published literature on RS and FTIR in the diagnosis of oral malignant and potentially malignant conditions. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), pre-test, and post-test probability were then calculated using the random-effects model. A subgroup analysis was conducted separately for RS and FTIR methods. A total of 12 studies were included (8 of RS; 4 of FTIR) as per the eligibility criteria. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of the vibrational spectroscopy methods were calculated to be 0.99 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.90, 1.00) and 0.94 (95% CI: 0.85, 0.98), respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) for the summary receiving operator characteristic curve was found to be 0.99 (0.98–1.00). Therefore, the results obtained in this study suggest that the RS and FTIR methods offer great potential to be used in the early diagnosis of oral malignant and pre-malignant conditions.
Effectiveness and Safety of Sacubitril/Valsartan for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Secondary to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-Associated Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Jariwala Pankaj , Jadhav Kartik , Khetan Saket
Published: November 2022

In individuals with an ejection fraction of 40% or less, the use of sacubitril/valsartan significantly lowers mortality or hospitalization. There has been no research related to the effectiveness and safety of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)-associated cardiomyopathy. We hereby report a case of DMD-associated cardiomyopathy and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who had been on routine guideline-directed medical treatment with no change in clinical or echocardiographic markers. When guideline-directed medical therapy was unsuccessful, sacubitril/valsartan was started which resulted in a significant change in functional class and significant ventricular remodeling, including an improvement in left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, reduction in LV diastolic diameter, and a reduction in mitral regurgitation.
Validation and Clinical Application of ONCOaccuPanel for Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing of Solid Tumors
Authors: Kim Moonsik , Lee Changseon , Hong Juyeon , Kim Juhee , Jeong Ji Yun , Park Nora Jee-Young , Kim Ji-Eun , Park Ji Young
Published: November 2022

Purpose Targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) is widely used for simultaneously detecting clinically informative genetic alterations in a single assay. Its application in clinical settings requires the validation of NGS gene panels. In this study, we aimed to validate a targeted hybridization capture-based DNA panel (ONCOaccuPanel) using the Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform. The panel allows the simultaneous detection of single-nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertions, deletions, and copy number changes of 323 genes and fusions of 17 genes in solid tumors.Materials and Methods We used 16 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor samples with previously known genetic mutations and one reference material (HD827) for validation. Moreover, we sequenced an additional 117 FFPE tumor samples to demonstrate the clinical utility of this panel.Results Validation revealed a 100% positive percentage agreement and positive predictive value for the detection of SNVs, insertions, deletions, copy number changes, fusion genes, and microsatellite instability–high types. We observed high levels of reproducibility and repeatability (R2 correlation coefficients=0.96-0.98). In the limit of detection assessment, we identified all clinically relevant genes with allele frequencies > 3%. Furthermore, the clinical application of ONCOaccuPanel using 117 FFPE samples demonstrated robust detection of oncogenic alterations. Oncogenic alterations and targetable genetic alterations were detected in 98.2% and 27.4% cases, respectively.Conclusion ONCOaccuPanel demonstrated high analytical sensitivity, reproducibility, and repeatability and is feasible for the detection of clinically relevant mutations in clinical settings.
Dynamische Systeme
Authors: Arnaud Marie-Claude , Hofer Helmut W. , Hutchings Michael , Kaloshin Vadim
Published: November 2022

This workshop continued a biannual series of workshops at Oberwolfach on dynamical systems that started with a meeting organized by Moser and Zehnder in 1981. Workshops in this series focus on new results and developments in dynamical systems and related areas of mathematics, with symplectic geometry playing an important role in recent years in connection with Hamiltonian dynamics. In this year special emphasis was placed on various kinds of spectra (in contact geometry, in Riemannian geometry, in dynamical systems and in symplectic topology) and their applications to dynamics.
Partial Differential Equations
Authors: De Philippis Guido , Schoen Richard , Schulze Felix
Published: November 2022

The workshop covered topics in nonlinear elliptic and parabolic Partial Differential Equations as well as topics in Geometric Measure Theory, touching topics such as geometric variational problems and minimal surfaces, geometric flows, free boundaries and the structure of nodal sets of eigenfunctions as well as real and complex Monge–Ampère equations.
Computational Group Theory
Authors: Eick Bettina , Holt Derek F. , Nebe Gabriele , O'Brien Eamonn A.
Published: November 2022

This was the eighth Oberwolfach Workshop on Computational Group Theory. It demonstrated how an increasing number and variety of deep theoretical results are being used to devise powerful and practical algorithms in Computational Group Theory. The talks also presented connections with and applications to Number Theory, Combinatorics, Geometry, and Geometric Group Theory.
Homotopical Algebra and Higher Structures
Authors: Batanin Michael A. , Lazarev Andrey , Livernet Muriel , Markl Martin
Published: November 2022

Homotopical algebra and higher category theory play an increasingly important role in pure mathematics, and higher methods have seen tremendous development in the last couple of decades. The talks delivered at the workshop described some of the latest progress in this area and applications to various problems of algebra, geometry, and combinatorics.
Applied Harmonic Analysis and Data Science
Authors: Daubechies Ingrid , Kutyniok Gitta , Rauhut Holger , Strohmer Thomas
Published: November 2022

Data science has become a field of major importance for science and technology nowadays and poses a large variety of challenging mathematical questions. The area of applied harmonic analysis has a significant impact on such problems by providing methodologies both for theoretical questions and for a wide range of applications in signal and image processing and machine learning. Building on the success of three previous workshops on applied harmonic analysis in 2012, 2015 and 2018, this workshop focused on several exciting novel directions such as mathematical theory of deep learning, but also reported progress on long-standing open problems in the field.
Convex Geometry and its Applications
Authors: Artstein-Avidan Shiri , Barthe Franck , Ludwig Monika
Published: November 2022

The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of algorithms in computer science. The purpose of this meeting was to bring together researchers from the analytic, geometric and probabilistic groups who have contributed to these developments.
Analytical Approaches in Human Resources – a Systematic Review
Authors: Soares Vinícius Gomes , Pérez Álcazar José Jesús , Ludena Mercy Escalante
Published: November 2022

Surveys related to analytics in the area of human resources (HR) have increased in the last 10 years. They usually suggest frameworks, tools, and concepts. Although there is much useful information, there is still a lack of materials consolidating real case studies or quantitative experiments with HR data. This systematic review analyzes 42 papers with analytical experiments in terms of three different segments of HR: recruitment, talent management, and turnover. The goal is to offer an updated perspective of what is being applied in HR regarding the problems that can be solved with data analysis, the most used techniques, and what could be explored to promote more scientific research on data-oriented projects in HR. Some of the results include talent management as the segment with the most related papers and the use of companies’ internal data as predominant in the studies.
Gameplay in Perspective: Applications of a Conceptual Framework to Analyze Features of Mathematics Classroom Games in Consideration of Students’ Experiences
Authors: Nurnberger-Haag Julie , Wernet Jamie L. , Benjamin Judy I.
Published: November 2022

Games are often used to foster student engagement and motivation to learn content, such as mathematics. Although digital games dominate game-based learning research, the table games commonly used in classrooms warrant investigation. Especially for mathematics learning, prior research has not taken into account content-specific frameworks. Integer arithmetic (i.e., calculations with negative numbers) is a difficult topic that is crucial for later mathematics. Thus, this study synthesized multiple theoretical perspectives to understand students’ experiences playing games during an integer unit. A mixed methods design study was conducted to answer the primary question: How was student experience (motivation to learn and engagement) related to game features? Student perspectives about the three integer games they played and observations of student engagement during gameplay were analyzed using perspectives from game design and the Cognitive Demand framework for mathematical tasks. Overall, students positively perceived playing games, however, individuals’ motivation and engagement varied in relation to game features. Students provided valuable insights for research and practice as to which game features were engaging or motivating and why. Speed-based synchronous games that exclusively used skill, rather than a chance-skill balance induced stress and decreased motivation for many students. Thus, a critical implication was to first do no harm by selecting or designing classroom games that have features of turn-taking and chance. We suggest recommendations for mathematics learning and provide the STEM Classroom Games Features Framework to benefit research and practice of any STEM content area.
Preservice Teachers’ Perceived Philosophies of Education in the Context of Outcome-Based Teacher Education Curriculum (OBTEC)
Authors: Marpa Eliseo Perante
Published: November 2022

Educational philosophy is one of the most critical arms of the teacher in the classroom. Thus, this research aims to determine OBTEC preservice teachers' perceived philosophies of education. To gather information on their philosophies, the researcher adapted the questionnaire of Sadker and Zittleman administered to 214 preservice teachers. Results show that the majority of the preservice teachers were reconstructionists. However, male preservice teachers were more of a progressivists, while the females were social reconstructionists. Considering their areas of specialization, preservice teachers were reconstructionist. BECED, on the other hand, were existentialists. Preservice teachers wanted to educate the learners with social problems and issues that influence society. They also wanted schools to be student-centered and activity-based. Thus, this study suggests that OBTEC preservice teachers need to acquire in-depth knowledge of the different philosophies of education. Teacher Training Institutions are also encouraged to strengthen preservice teachers' orientation of the different philosophies of education.
The Efficacy of Metacognitive Reading Strategies in the College Classroom: Student Perception towards the Learning Experience
Authors: Kim Ji Young , Anderson Trela N.
Published: November 2022

Many college professors are not adequately trained to help academically underprepared college students understand the course material. Recent statistics indicate that reading proficiency among high school seniors has declined over the past five years. As a result, many students enter college underprepared for college-level reading assignments. These challenges are exacerbated among students at two-year colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), resulting in diminished classroom learning experiences for the students and lower graduation and retention rates for the colleges. This research assesses metacognitive reading strategies implemented within the college classroom, provides a model for focusing attention on college students’ lack of comprehension skills, and helps faculty address the problem. Additionally, it provides program methodology, data, analysis, student feedback, and recommendations as a blueprint for improving students’ reading and reading comprehension skills and fostering greater student success.
Supporting Homework: Reverence or Profanity on Students’ Academic Achievements
Authors: Paudel Pitambar
Published: November 2022

The role of homework in students’ academic achievement has become matter of discussion for the decades. In this sphere, this research tried to investigate the role of homework in students’ academic achievement from learners’ perspectives with sequential explanatory mixed research design. Survey questionnaire and unstructured interview were used as the tools of data collection and 400 secondary level students from both public and institutional schools from a district of Nepal were the sample population. Two datasets; quantitative and qualitative were collected and analyzed sequentially. The findings of the research reveal that homework can enhance students’ academic achievement but the traditional type and amount of homework assigned, and the less support from their teachers and parents promote plagiarism and demotivate learners in doing it for their own sake. The findings suggest that homework should be for students’ leaning which is possible when they are intrinsically motivated in doing it.
The Effect of Educational Games on Success in Teaching Mathematics: Reading and Writing Natural Numbers
Authors: Albayrak Mustafa , Simsek Mertkan , Yazici Nurullah
Published: November 2022

In this study, the effect of educational games, which are included in the alternative learning activities prepared by the researchers, on the learning environment will be investigated. In other words, the effect of educational games on the elimination of difficulties experienced by students in reading and writing natural numbers and the formation of permanent learning in students will be investigated. In the research, a quasi-experimental model with pretest-posttest control group was used. The population of the research consists of 5th grade secondary school students studying in one of the Eastern provinces of Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of 75 students studying in two branches of the 5th grade of a primary school located in the city center of the same province in the 2021-2022 academic year. According to the results of the research, while the permanence of the success in learning activities with educational games was ensured, the success achieved with the traditional teaching method was not permanent. In this context, as a result of the research, it has been seen that educational games are a successful activity in providing learning and making it permanent.
Pseudo-Scientific Beliefs and Knowledge of The Nature of Science in Pre-Service Teachers
Authors: Kızılcık Hasan Şahin
Published: November 2022

This study aimed to determine the levels of pre-service teachers' nature of science (NOS) knowledge, assess their pseudo-scientific beliefs, and examine the relationship between aspects of their NOS knowledge and these beliefs. It also aimed to determine whether NOS knowledge and pseudo-scientific beliefs depended on the discipline and gender. A survey method was conducted in this study. Data were collected from 215 pre-service teachers who are being educated in different fields in a state university. Two different five-point Likert scales were applied. Scale 1, which has three factors, measured pseudo-scientific beliefs, while Scale 2, which has seven factors, measured NOS knowledge. As a result, pre-service teachers' NOS knowledge was found to be inadequate and their pseudo-scientific beliefs were excessive. All factors of Scale 1 were positively correlated with each other, and they were correlated with some components of NOS knowledge. Significant differences were found between disciplines in the analysis of the factors of Scale 2; however, no significant differences were found between genders.
New Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Impact on Student Learning While Developing Knowledge and Skills to Teach Online
Authors: Tanguay Carla L. , Many Joyce E.
Published: November 2022

Due to the health pandemic of 2020, teachers have been forced to initiate online teaching delivery models with little preparation just as students and parents have had their routines abruptly altered from in-person schooling to hybrid and fully online instruction (Mecham, et al., 2021). The pandemic brought to light new opportunities for novice teachers to learn how to implement pedagogical strategies using digital tools to support student learning and development in remote settings. As part of a larger case study of 23 novice teachers who graduated from our urban institution, these results focus on new teachers’ perceptions of their own development and their impact on student learning while teaching online, during the pandemic. Semi-structured interviews focused on educators’ approaches to instruction across 12-18 months of the pandemic.  Data were analyzed using NVivo through open coding. Findings help us understand these new teachers’ perceptions of their impact on student learning while developing knowledge and skills to teach fully online. Four themes are highlighted in this study as a glimpse into new teachers’ perceptions of themselves and their impact during this time. New teachers describe their impact on student learning as their ability to build relationships and trust with learners and their families, to use students’ funds of knowledge to engage them in meaningful tasks, to teach with digital tools, modeling and collaborating with learners, and to incorporate various digital tools to monitor progress, assess, and provide feedback online. Novices describe student engagement and motivation as resulting student outcomes due to their abilities to build relationships, tap into students’ multiple knowledge bases, and use digital tools to teach and assess student learning. They describe their new knowledge and skills teaching online as unintended outcomes related to their own development and learning.
The Relationship between Game Addiction, Emotional Autonomy and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents: A Multiple Mediation Model
Authors: Eker Halime , Taş İbrahim
Published: November 2022

This study researches the mediating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between emotional autonomy and game addiction. The sample of the study consists of 335 adolescents. Ages of the sample are between 14 and 18, and the mean age is 15.78. 135 (40.3%) of the participants are 9th graders, 96 (28.7%) are 10th graders, 62 (18.5%) are 11th graders, and 42 (12.5%) are 12th graders. Weekly aimless internet usage time of the adolescents were found to vary between 1 and 80, with a mean of 22 hours. Game Addiction Scale, Emotional Autonomy Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale were used as data collection tools. SPSS 25 package program and PROCESS Macro program, which works as an add-on to it, were used in data analysis. According to the results of the study, emotional autonomy significantly predicts dysfunctional internal and external emotion regulation sub-dimensions and game addiction in a positive way. Dysfunctional emotion regulation predicts game addiction significantly in a positive way. The relationship between emotional autonomy and game addiction is mediated by dysfunctional internal emotion regulation and dysfunctional external emotion regulation. As a result, it was found that the relationship between emotional autonomy and game addiction occurred through dysfunctional emotion regulation.
Pandemi Süreci ve Yaşlılık (Denizli İli Örneği)
Authors: İÇLİ Gönül
Published: November 2022

Covid 19 sağlık alanında ortaya çıkan bir sorun olarak hayatımıza girmesine rağmen sosyal, ekonomik, siyasal, kültürel sonuçları ile yaşamı küresel ölçütte etkilemiş ve toplumsal hayatın tüm bileşenleri üzerinde yeni düzenlemeler yapılmıştır. Bu süreçte birçok ülkede olduğu gibi Türkiye’de yüksek risk altında görülen, virüsün ölümcül etkisi bakımından kırılgan grup içerisinde bulunan 65 yaş üzeri bireylere yönelik kısıtlamalar getirilmiştir. Yaşlıların sokağa çıkmasını engellemek üzere kamusal düzeyde alınan tedbirler Mart 2020’den itibaren süresiz bir yasaklamaya dönüşürken artık yaşlılar kırılgan grup bireyleri olarak değil, virüs yayan tehlikeli insanlar olarak görülmeye başlanmıştır. Bu süreç sonuçta evlerine kapanan yaşlılar uzun süreli bu kısıtlama sürecinde belki de hayatlarının en yalnız dönemlerini yaşamışlardır. Covid 19 küresel pandemi risk toplumu, bilişim toplumu, gözetim toplumu gibi sosyal, kültürel değişmelerin günlük hayatımızda, görünürlük kazanmasında etkili olmuştur. Bu durum yaşlıların gündelik pratiklerindeki yapabilirlik kapasitesini de büyük ölçüde etkilemiştir. Toplumsal yapıda ortaya çıkan tüm bu değişmeler kısıtlamalar altındaki yaşlı bireyler üzerinde fazladan bir baskı da yaratmıştır.
Bu çalışmada yaşlıların toplumsal farklılıkları bağlamında pandemi sürecinden nasıl etkilendikleri üzerinde durulmaktadır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma metoduyla derinlemesine görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Katılımcılarımız daha çok orta sosyoekonomik düzeyde yer alan 65-80 yaş arası bireylerdir. Çalışmada, yaşlıların bu dönemde gündelik yaşam deneyimleri içerisinde karşılaştıkları kısıtlamalar, yaşlılığa yönelik ayrımcılık, sosyal ilişkilerindeki farklılaşmalar, yaşadıkları korkular, yasağa tepkileri, yasakları içselleştirmeleri, evde nasıl vakit geçirdikleri, dijital dünya ile ilişkileri üzerinde durulmuştur
invisibilização dos povos da floresta amazônica nos dioramas de museus
Authors: Marandino Martha
Published: November 2022

Este artigo estuda o papel educativo dos dioramas sobre o tema da “Floresta Amazônica”, a partir da perspectiva do Pensamento Latino Americano em Ciência-Tecnologia-Sociedade/PLACTS e a perspectiva decolonial. Para tal, foram selecionados dois dioramas de dois museus brasileiros.  Os resultados evidenciaram formas coloniais de dominação relativas a hegemonia da ciência moderna, expressa no apagamento da sociobiodiversidade amazônica. Conclui-se que no processo de transposição museográfica, conhecimentos, corpos, culturas e formas de ser e viver dos povos amazônicos estão sendo apagados nessas montagens, privilegiando-se expor uma floresta em que a biodiversidade não está sendo impactada por ações antrópicas, onde não há seres humanos e que, quando aparecem, são responsáveis por extrair recursos infinitos por ela oferecidos para sobrevivência humana.
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES INVESTIGATION OF HEMPCRETE
Authors: Adam Laurentiu , ISOPESCU Dorina-Nicolina
Published: November 2022

Food, energy and construction are the three main domains in which different uses of industrial hemp confirm the role and importance that agriculture has in human life. In the current context with an increased need for energy efficiency and environmental protection, the attention of scientists is directed towards the identification of ecological construction materials, and a sustainable way of life, where the circular economy must become part of people’s living habits. The objective of the research was to analyze the thermo-mechanical properties of hempcrete. The goal is to determine a point of reference for future studies that will aim to adapt the agreed compositions to the particularities of the raw material obtained locally. Measurements were determined through laboratory tests, performed on specimens obtained using, for the base material, the woody part of industrial hemp, and for the binder, a mixture consisting of hydrated lime and Portland cement. The results place the construction materials made from hemp vegetable waste in the group of heat-insulating products characterized by low specific weight and thermal transfer coefficients, according with conventional insulating materials, with values between those of polyurethane foam and autoclaved cellular concrete.
IDENTIFYING PROFITABILITY DETERMINANTS IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY PRE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE
Authors: Petkovska Ivona , Trpkova-Nestorovska Marija
Published: November 2022

This study aims to explore the impact of the current challenges that the hotel industry is experiencing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical analysis identifies the key determinants that have a significant impact on the improvement of the current situation of the hotel industry. The paper elaborates the ongoing situation of the pandemic in the global service industry; Special attention is given of the pre-pandemic and in the pandemic situation in the hotel industry in North Macedonia. The present pandemic resulted in global challenges, especially affecting the economy and the healthcare system of different countries. It has also posed spillover effects on the global industries, including tourism and travel that nowadays are the major contributors to the service industry worldwide. Since tourism had a great impact on raising the economy in many countries, national economy included, this research main goal is to identify the determinants that have affected the hotel profits the most in this time of pandemic through the appropriate literature and theoretical background, and with empirical analysis. The analysis includes exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and regression model. For this analysis, a data from 120 questionnaires were used. Management from different hotels from all parts of the country were interviewed. Revealing the main determinants that affect the improvement of the existing situation in the hotel industry could contribute to the improvement of the decision-making process in an emerging crisis environment. It can also trigger the most affected parts of the hotel businesses and point out to segments which need the most attention. Lessons learned can contribute to better preparation for similar risks in the future.
Bir Kopuş: Yer Algısından Mekan Algısına Modernite Eşiği ve Modern Mekansallığın Metafizik Karakteri
Authors: EKER Ahmet
Published: November 2022

Yer ve mekan kavramları güncel insan ve toplumsal deneyimin en tartışılan meselesi haline gelirken kavramların tarihsel serüveni içinde kırılmalar, kopuşlar genellikle belirsizleşmektedir. Öznel deneyiminin ontik ve ontolojik niteliği bir dünyada olmaktır; bu nedenle insanın mekansal deneyimindeki değişimlere paralel kavramsal anlayış çerçevesi de değişim göstermektedir. Bu nedenle modern toplumsal formasyondaki değişimin mekan anlayışını etkilememesi söz konusu değildir. Bu çalışma, mekanın modern anlamlandırma çerçevesinin metafizik bir belirlenim tarafından inşa edilmekte olduğu; Hesiod, Platon ve Aristoteles ile çerçevesi çizilen Antik düşüncenin yer/mekan anlayışı ile Modernitenin eşiği olarak değerlendirilebilecek Galileo, Newton ve özellikle Descartes’in mekan anlayışında temel bir kopuşun belirginleştiği, iddiasını taşımaktadır. Bu kopuşun tarihsel izleğini ve kavramsal bir haritalandırma çerçevesini çizmeyi amaçlamaktayım.
Design and Development of a System for Corrosion Detection Using Image Segmentation Technique
Authors: Praful Sonarkar  , Gaurav Patil  , Pranav  Chalasani
Published: November 2022

Corrosion, the natural and irreversible process that converts refined metal into a more chemically stable form such as oxide, hydroxide, carbonate. Ultimately the purity of metal goes down and it will cause failure in Welding,bindings in an industry. Accidents due to mechanical loss of metallic bridges, cars, aircraft, etc may cause damage to not only metal but the human digestive tract, eyes, skin,respiratory tract. The manual checking on these metals for corrosion detection is time-consuming. Hence this study builds the Design and Development of a system for Corrosion detection using the image segmentation algorithm U-Net. Dataset creation is first and foremost, a crucial step whenever we go for applying machine learning for any new task. During this experiment, the dataset was generated by capturing images from surrounding various devices and combining datasets from various online sources consisting of rusted metal. This approach obtains a good predictive result with an intersection over union score of 0.6160, and a Jaccard loss of 1.1356 for rust detection. In this paper, we proposed the automated technique by which we can be able to detect rust on metal.
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INFORMATION RELEVANCE OF ROMANIAN LISTED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
Authors: FOLTEAN Natalia Ioana
Published: November 2022

Financial reporting aims to provide financial and economic information about a company, which is useful for internal and external users, in order to provide the basis for business decisions. The business area needs to pay close attention to the information in financial reporting, whether it belongs to the entity’s internal environment or the external environment, to use the information as efficiently as possible. Financial information most frequently is used through the analysis conducted on indicators calculated with the help of the summary and reporting documents for the financial year. This paper aims to analyze the main factors that make a significant contribution to the relevance of financial information. To achieve our target, we have carried out an empirical analysis of panel data on a sample of five pharmaceutical companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The period considered was five years, since financial years were included in this period, which had been conducted under similar conditions, but also surprised a financial year in which most of the areas of activity suffered. The data were collected based on the companies’ annual financial reports. The present study confirms that both the net income and the comprehensive income of the year have a substantial impact on the relevance of the financial accounting information. In addition, according to the present study, the main drivers of the relevance of financial information are ROE (Return on equity), ROA (Return on assets), profit margin rate, and LEV (leverage).
POLAND – MODEL OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Authors: MOLDOVAN Bogdan Cosmin
Published: November 2022

Regional development plays an important role in the economic and social policy of each Member State of the European Union. In this article, we have analyzed the absorption of European funds in Poland, their impact on regional development and identified the pragmatic ways to improve absorption, which will be useful in future financial years. The aim of the research is to identify the structure of the absorption system, the components on which it is built, the mode of operation and the determinants of the absorption process.
RESURRECTING THE TYPE LOCALITY OF Ceropegia odorata (APOCYNACEAE) AFTER 175 YEARS
Authors: Singh R. Kr. , Patil Sameer , Jalal J.S.
Published: November 2022

The type locality of the critically endangered Ceropegia odorata Nimmo ex J. Graham is resurrected after a lapse of about 175 years. A detailed description, distribution, habitat, IUCN threat status, and a nomenclatural note are provided along with a neotype designation. The main threat factors responsible for dwindling of populations of the species are discussed and measures are suggested to arrest the operative causal factors.
Andrographis longipedunculata (Sreem.) L.H. Cramer (Acanthaceae) from northwest India
Authors: Tiwari U. , Ravikumar K.
Published: November 2022

As a part of survey and collection of medicinal plants of India, under the Center of Excellence Programme supported by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, the authors collected the endemic species Andrographis longipedunculata (Sreem.) L.H. Cramer in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. This species has so far not been reported in these states
Efforts to Improve Cross-Cultural Competencies and Resiliency for Peacekeepers and Their Families in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Authors: Rachmawati Ridha Ayu , Widana I Dewa Ketut Kerta , Yanca I Gede Sumertha Kusuma , Saragih Herlina Juni Risma
Published: November 2022

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia carries out a free and active foreign policy, therefore the Government of Indonesia has always actively participated in efforts to maintain world peace under the banner of the United Nations. This study aims to analyze about: a) how Indonesia’s Participation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Mission; b) Approach Program Through Cross-Cultural Competence for Peacekeepers in UNIFIL’s Mission; and c) Resilience Improvement Program for Peacekeepers and Their Families in UNIFIL Mission. The research method used is qualitative with data collection techniques through interviews with informants and literature studies. The results of the study prove that (1) Indonesia has actively participated in maintaining world peace which is the embodiment of the 4th Paragraph of the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD NRI 1945). (2) These obstacles and challenges are caused by differences in Cross-Cultural Competence and Cultural Intelligence, both of which are closely related. Cultural Intelligence (Cultural Intelligence) consists of Mental Ability and Behavioral Ability. Mental abilities include metacognitive intelligence, cognitive intelligence, and motivational intelligence. Meanwhile, Behavioral Ability is behavioral intelligence. Cross-Cultural Competence can be improved through experience (experience), training (training), education (education), self-development (self-development); and (3) To increase the peacekeeper’s resilience, there are 4 (four) efforts, namely practical handling of stressors, cognitive or internal strategies, stress reduction supported by the situation and environment, and personal approach. There must be additional Cross-Cultural Competence training by the United Nations for peacekeepers (civil and military) in every UN peacekeeping mission around the world. The importance of creating a Family Resilience program for peacekeeper families, such as FOCUS in the United States, which can reduce stress levels and other problems so that the performance of peacekeepers in carrying out their duties becomes more qualified and effective in order to maintain international peace and security.
Redaktörerna har ordet
Authors: Ellis Nilsson Sara , Kolbe Wiebke , Zachrisson Terese
Published: November 2022

Denna introducerande text diskuterar det aktuella temanumret Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa.
Religious participation in the local communities of 17th-century Eastern Finland
Authors: Kuha Miia
Published: November 2022

In recent years, the perspective of lived religion has drawn attention toward the everyday religious practices of the laity. In early-modern Europe, the realm of the sacred could be approached in different ways from within the mundane world, and religious practices were tightly intertwined with social life. In local communities, religious ideas and practices taught by the church in varying ways intermingled with traits from local religious traditions. This article examines the different ways of religious participation available to the rural inhabitants of late 17th century Eastern Finland, a part of the kingdom of Sweden during the early modern era. Applying the concept and approach of lived religion, the article analyses how Eastern Finnish peasants adjusted their religious practices to their individual circumstances. The article also examines different kinds of interaction and influences affecting the choices of the laity in the sphere of religion. The article is based on surviving court and visitation records from the province of Savo, a rural area where distances between households were often large and many people had to travel a long way to reach the nearest church. It is in the article emphasized that while physical distances and other factors such as infirmity could restrict one’s ability to participate in religious activities at the parish church, the laity had different kinds of practices to choose from and they even created ways of religious participation for themselves. Religious practices could include participating in household feasts on holy days or bringing offerings to a devotional site near the household or in the forest. It is argued that while there were many traditional elements in the sphere of religion passed on to following generations, people also adopted and adapted new ideas in their everyday religious lives.
Scandia introducerar: Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa
Authors: Ellis Nilsson Sara , Liepe Lena , Zachrisson Terese
Published: November 2022

Under större delen av mänsklighetens historia har religiösa föreställningar och sedvänjor varit grundläggande för hur människor har förstått och interagerat med sin omvärld. Religionen har bidragit till att forma livets, arbetets och de sociala relationernas rytm och gett dem en mening. Om historiker vill förstå människor i det förflutna är det av yttersta vikt att vi förstår deras levda religiösa erfarenheter. Religion är också en grundläggande del av både det materiella och immateriella kulturarvet. Syftet med detta aktuella temanummer, Levd religion i det förmoderna Nordeuropa, är att introducera begreppet levd religion som ett analytiskt verktyg för en bredare publik i hopp om att få se fler studier av levd religiositet, särskilt i det förmoderna Norden.

För att sätta detta temanummer i ett sammanhang introduceras och utforskas utvecklingen av levd religion som analytiskt perspektiv i denna artikel. Historieskrivningen visar att begreppet har sitt ursprung i ett försök att komma till rätta med religiös variation och komma bort från studier av de rent dogmatiska och teologiska aspekterna av religionen, liksom de dikotomier som uppstod i samband med försök att skilja mellan folklig och elitmässig religion. Begreppet "levd religion" introducerades på 1990-talet som en del av denna strävan och användes först av sociologer och antropologer för att förstå samtida religiösa uttryck. Successivt har det också använts för att förstå historiska sammanhang. I forskning som publicerats på engelska började begreppet användas i stor utsträckning i början av 2000-talet, medan det i nordiska sammanhang främst har varit finska forskare som har anammat och fortsatt att utveckla begreppet i studier om förmodern religiositet under det senaste decenniet. I denna artikel diskuteras de olika sätt på vilka levd religion och dess relaterade begrepp har tillämpats i forskning som behandlar förmoderna religiösa erfarenheter och med särskilt fokus på forskning i och om de nordiska länderna.

Generellt sett ses levd religion som något som individer gör genom att anta olika seder och bruk och använda dem i enlighet med sina egna behov och prioriteringar, inte bara som något de tror på. Den kan uttryckas fysiskt i en individs interaktioner med sin materiella omgivning, liksom inom sociala interaktioner och genom språket. Levd religion innebär att man studerar hur människor levde sin religion, snarare än om tro som en artikulerad internalisering av teologiskt definierade trossystem. Fokus ligger på religiositet som är förankrad i kroppsliga, intellektuella, känslomässiga och vardagliga praktiker.

Syftet med den här artikeln och även med det tematiska numret är att betona att forskning om religiositet trivs bäst i ett klimat där många olika perspektiv är tillgängliga: levd religion är bara ett av många användbara begrepp. En särskild förhoppning är dessutom att vi kommer att få se fler förmoderna studier som angriper också andra religiösa traditioner än den kristna med detta perspektiv.
BİTLİS TARİHİ HATUN ÇEŞMESİ KORUMA ÇALIŞMALARI HAKKINDA BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Şahabettin
Published: November 2022

Bitlis kent merkezindeki mimari yerleşim dağınık, coğrafik olarak oldukça engebeli bir konumdadır. Şehir merkezinde günümüzde var olan 40 adet çeşmelerinin dışında 296 çeşmenin olduğu tarihi kaynaklardan bilinmektedir. Yıkılan çeşmelerin, Bitlis Merkez Hersan, İnönü, Taş, Zeydan Mahallerinde yer aldığı ancak mimari nitelikleri hakkında hiçbir bilgi yoktur. 1960 yılına kadar büyük bir bölümü ayakta ve akar konumda olan suyun şebeke sistemiyle evlere taşınmasından sonra, bakımsızlık, ilgisizlik, yol, kanalizasyon çalışması gibi vb. birçok sebepten dolayı tamamen yıkılmıştır. Bitlis şehir merkezindeki çeşmelerin büyük bir bölümü bir yapıya bitişik inşa edilmiştir. Bağımsız inşa edilen çeşmelerin yan ve arka cepheleri ya sağır ya da toprağa gömülü bir konumdadır. Araştırma konusu Hatun Çeşmesi, Hersan Mahallesi, Kurubulak mevkii yer almaktadır. Çeşme plan tipolojisi olarak bulundukları yere göre “Bağımlı Çeşmeler” cephe kompozisyonuna göre ise “Sivri Kemerli Çeşmeler” grubu içerisinde değerlendirilmektedir. Çeşmenin kuzeydoğusunun tarihi tescilli kilise yapısına bitişik olarak inşa edilmiştir. 1995 yılına kadar akar konumda olan çeşme, son yıllarda yapılan aslına uygun olmayan müdahaleler ve mühdes eklemeler ile kısmen hasar görmüştür. Tescilli olan Hatun Çeşmesi’nin alınlığındaki dikdörtgen planlı kitabede M.1000/H. 1592 yılında Ata Muhammed Oğlu Hüseyin tarafından inşa edilmiştir. Hatun Çeşmesi, dikdörtgen planlı, çeşme nişi üzeri sivri kemerli tonoz ile örtülüdür. Çeşme haznesinin her iki yanında simetrik olarak yerleştirilen iki adet kaş kemerli niş yerleştirilmiştir. Hatun Çeşmesi, oldukça yalın inşa edilmiş, kitabe ve kaş kemerli iki adet niş dışında herhangi bir süsleme unsuru bulunmamaktadır. Hatun Çeşmesi’nde kullanılan yapım malzemesi ince yonu taştır. Çeşme yalak, hazne, çörten, oluk ve zemin kaplamasında ise erkek bazalt taştan yekpare olarak kullanılmıştır. Çeşme lülesi ise pirinçten imal edilmiştir. Yapıda bağlayıcı harç olarak hidrolik kireç karcı kullanılmıştır.
Indicadores de gestión y calidad de las universidades federales brasileñas
Authors: Santos João Paulo Araujo dos , Silva Júnior Luiz Honorato da , Nunes André
Published: November 2022

El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar la relación entre los indicadores de gestión y calidad de las universidades federales brasileñas, entre 2012 y 2018, a través de las pruebas no paramétricas de correlación de Spearman y de comparación de grupos de Kruskal-Wallis. Los resultados mostraron que los indicadores de gestión Costo Corriente (CC), Número de Profesores Equivalentes (NPE), Número de Funcionarios Equivalentes (NFE), Grado de Participación en Estudios de Posgrado (GPEP), concepto CAPES e Índice de Calificación del Cuerpo Docente (ICCD) presentaron las correlaciones más significativas con los indicadores Índice General de Cursos (IGC) y Ranking Universitario de la Folha de São Paulo (RUF). Además, las regiones Sur y Sudeste mostraron los mejores resultados para los indicadores IGC e ICCD. En cuanto a los indicadores RUF, CC, NPE y NFE, los mejores resultados se concentraron en las regiones Sur, Sudeste, Centro-Oeste y Nordeste, sin diferencia estadística entre estas regiones. Para los indicadores GPEP y concepto CAPES, los mejores resultados se dieron en las regiones Sur, Sudeste y Centro-Oeste. La Región Norte, por su parte, presentó los peores resultados para todos los indicadores. En las comparaciones por año, solo los indicadores RUF, CC e ICCD mostraron variaciones significativas durante el período.

 

Palabras Clave: Indicadores de Gestión. Indicadores de Calidad. Universidades Federales. Correlación de Spearman. Comparación de Grupos de Kruskal-Wallis.