bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
El método del caso y de las situaciones: herramientas de diagnóstico y de decisión
Authors: García del Junco Julio , Castellanos Verdugo Mario
Published: April 2023

El método del caso y de las situaciones: herramientas de diagnóstico y de decisión
Una perspectiva actual de las formas de distribución comercial en España
Authors: March Chorda Isidre , Revuelto Taboada Lorenzo
Published: April 2023

Una perspectiva actual de las formas de distribución comercial en España
Presencia y consecuencias del teletrabajo en el sector bancario. Un estudio empírico
Authors: Traverso Cortes Joaquín , Román Onsalo Marisa , Alfaro de Prado Sagrera Ana
Published: April 2023

En la era de la información en la que nos encontramos, el teletrabajo aparece y adopta un papel cada vez más relevante como una nueva forma de organización del trabajo. El estudio realizado y recogido en este artículo, en el que analizamos el grado de implantación del teletrabajo en el sector bancario sevillano así como sus principales repercusiones, nos revela la escasa presencia del teletrabajo en este sector y la baja predisposición a introducir esta modalidad de trabajo. Como razones de peso para la no incorporación del teletrabajo, las entidades manifiestan la pérdida de calidad en la atención al cliente y provocar sensación de aislamiento de los trabajadores.
Los sistemas de información como instrumentos de creación de ventajas competitivas
Authors: Marbella Sánchez Federico , Mielgo Álvarez Honorino
Published: April 2023

Los sistemas de información como instrumentos de creación de ventajas competitivas
La identificación de enlaces ausentes como competición Kaggle para la enseñanza de teoría de redes
Authors: Ahedo Virginia , Santos Ignacio , Galán José Manuel , Izquierdo Luis R.
Published: April 2023

En este trabajo describimos una competición en Kaggle en la que los alumnos afrontan el reto de predecir un número de enlaces ausentes de una red social de usuarios que califican películas. Las competiciones “InClass” de Kaggle son una herramienta de gamificación poderosa que puede aprovecharse para mejorar la motivación y el interés de los alumnos mediante el trabajo competitivo en equipo. En esta contribución, mostramos cómo convertir un problema de ciencia de las redes en un problema de clasificación que puede beneficiarse de la infraestructura que ofrece Kaggle.
An analysis on the job mobility of non-regular workers
Authors:   The Korean Data Analysis Society, Yoo Gyeongjoon , Kwon Taegoo
Published: April 2023

This study examines the changes in the economic activity status of non-regular workers, especially the transition to regular employment. Empirical analysis is carried out with Economically Active Population Survey data between 2006 and 2021. As a result of the analysis through the transition matrix, the conversion between wage and non-wage workers and the conversion between regular and non-regular workers among wage workers has decreased significantly over the past 15 years. In particular, the conversion ratio of non-regular workers to regular workers declined significantly from 18.9% in 2006-07 to 10.1% in 2020-21. The conversion of non-regular workers to regular workers has a higher proportion by turnover than by tenure, and the conversion to regular workers by tenure has decreased significantly. And the decline in the conversion ratio to regular workers is greater for non-fixed term contract workers and temporary agency workers. These results are generally consistent with the results of previous studies. However, this study does not provide an explanation of the reason for the decrease in the conversion to regular workers. Considering the empirical results and the trend of the proportion of non-regular workers among wage workers, additional studies of the cause of segmentation is needed.
The relationship between ESG practice and Firm Risk on KOSDAQ firms
Authors:   The Korean Data Analysis Society, Cui Jinhua
Published: April 2023

We examined whether ESG practice could reduce firm risk in the Korea KOSDAQ firms during 2012-2022 period. We found that there was a significantly negative relation between ESG practice and firm risk. This negative relation remains intact when we use different measures of firm risk. The results imply that the higher levels of ESG practice can act as channel to reduce firm risk. In addition, as a result of comparative analysis of the risk reduction effect of ESG practice of KOSDAQ firms before and after the outbreak of COVID-19, we found that the risk reduction effect of ESG practice was limited under the crisis. Our results imply that KOSDAQ firms not only can reduce firm risk through ESG investment, but also can somewhat mitigate the negative impact on companies even in crisis. Our results are consistent with previous research that ESG practices can be viewed as a tool to provide non-financial information and reduce information asymmetries.
Acupoint massage for chronic fatigue syndrome：A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors:   Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Bi Yunpeng , Li Xi , Yan Huixin , Zhang Xiaomei , Guan Hongyi , Zhu Haiyu , Ding Tingwei , Song Bailin
Published: April 2023

Review question / Objective: With changes in lifestyle and rhythm, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is becoming increasingly common in the population. Many randomized controlled clinical studies have shown that acupoint massage has significant advantages in improving symptoms such as fatigue. However, there is no systematic review and meta-analysis published on the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome with acupoint massage, which is worthy of our team's research. Condition being studied: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by persistent or recurrent conscious fatigue, accompanied by accompanying symptoms such as sleep disorders, subjective cognitive impairment, or diffuse muscle and bone pain. Its symptoms usually persist for six months or more, and fatigue cannot be relieved after rest. The average prevalence of CFS in the global general population ranges from 1.40 to 1.57%. However, the impact of acupoint massage on chronic vibration fatigue syndrome is still controversial. Therefore, a current systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to investigate the role of acupoint massage in the management of chronic fatigue syndrome.
The Vanishing Invalid: Visual Representations of Disabled Veterans in Interwar Romania
Authors: Bucur Maria
Published: April 2023

In Romania after World War I, visual representations of disability became both a necessity and a problem for developing a vocabulary to describe the everyday experience of more than 200,000 disabled veterans who lived in nearly every town and village. By exploring the history and signification of the
Last Grenade
monument in relation to other visual representations of disabled veterans, the author teases out how disability came to be understood in public discourse, performance, and policy both for those who returned home as visible “invalids,” as well as those who could hide disabilities or those who did not experience them.
FromMonitorul Oficialto Calea Victoriei: Decoding 1930s Bucharest through Women’s Fashion
Authors: Andraș Sonia D.
Published: April 2023

This paper explores the contrasts between the draconic taxation policies affecting garment production, dissemination, and intake in 1930s Romania and the concurrent glamour displayed by fashion-consuming women in public spaces in Bucharest. The focus is on the relationship between the Romanian state and the idea of fashionability represented by theflâneusespromenading Calea Victoriei. This paper employs visual and written text analysis to determine the commonalities in messaging and language used in the literature related to women’s fashion in interwar Bucharest. The sources range from fiction and non-fiction interwar books, illustrated and glossy periodicals, photographs, and postcards from the author’s personal collection. This research is built on the interdisciplinary model of fashion studies, borrowing methods from semiotics, cultural, fashion, and Romanian studies. Through the lens of fashion, the aim is to decode the negotiations between state authority agendas and women’s wish for prosperity and modernity.
The Origin of the Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Cluster NGC 2005
Authors: Piatti Andrés E. , Hirai Yutaka
Published: April 2023

The ancient Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) globular cluster NGC 2005 has recently been reported to have an ex situ origin, thus, setting precedents that the LMC could have partially formed from smaller merged dwarf galaxies. We here provide additional arguments from which we conclude that is also fairly plausible an in situ origin of NGC 2005, based on the abundance spread of a variety of chemical elements measured in dwarf galaxies, their minimum mass in order to form globular clusters, the globular cluster formation imprints kept in their kinematics, and the recent modeling showing that explosions of supernovae are responsible for the observed chemical abundance spread in dwarf galaxies. The present analysis points to the need for further development of numerical simulations and observational indices that can help us to differentiate between two mechanisms of galaxy formation for the LMC; namely, a primordial dwarf or an initial merging event of smaller dwarfs.
To Be or Not to Be: Alicante-8, a Cluster or Not?
Authors: Asa’d Randa , Ivanov V. D. , Negueruela I. , John J. M , Gonneau A. , Rejkuba M.
Published: April 2023

Recent surveys have uncovered new young massive clusters that host dozens of red supergiants (RSGs) near the inner Galaxy. However, many of them have still not been fully studied. Using Very Large Telescope/X-shooter near-infrared spectra, we present the first radial velocity analysis for the putative members of the candidate RSG cluster Alicante-8. Our results show a large dispersion of radial velocities among the candidate member stars, indicating that Alicante-8 does not seem to be a real cluster, unlike Alicante-7 and Alicante-10, which are confirmed by the distribution of the radial velocities of their RSG members. Measuring the spectral indices reveals that the assumption that the candidate stars are RSGs was incorrect, leading to the misclassification of Alicante-8 as a candidate RSG cluster. Our results imply that spectral classification based on the widely used CO band at 2.3 μm alone is not a sufficient criterion, because both red giants and RSGs can attain similar CO equivalent widths, and that spectroscopic radial velocities are needed in order to confirm unambiguously the cluster membership.
Distorted-toroidal Flux Rope Model
Authors: Nieves-Chinchilla Teresa , Hidalgo Miguel Angel , Cremades Hebe
Published: April 2023

The 3D characterization of magnetic flux ropes observed in the heliosphere has been a challenging task for decades. This is mainly due to the limitations on inferring the 3D global topology and physical properties from the 1D time series from any spacecraft. To advance our understanding of magnetic flux ropes whose configuration departs from the typical stiff geometries, here we present an analytical solution for a 3D flux rope model with an arbitrary cross section and a toroidal global shape. This constitutes the next level of complexity following the elliptic-cylindrical (EC) geometry. The mathematical framework was established by Nieves-Chinchilla et al. with the EC flux rope model, which describes a magnetic topology with an elliptical cross section as a first approach to changes in the cross section. In the distorted-toroidal flux rope model, the cross section is described by a general function. The model is completely described by a nonorthogonal geometry and the Maxwell equations can be consistently solved to obtain the magnetic field and relevant physical quantities. As a proof of concept, this model is generalized in terms of the radial dependence of current density components. The last part of this paper is dedicated to a specific function,

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Observation of the Hall Magnetic Reconnection As Close As 56 Solar Radii from the Sun
Authors: Wang Rongsheng , Yu Xiancai , Wang Yuming , Lu Quanming , Lu San
Published: April 2023

A few thin current layers were detected in the rear boundary of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) observed at 56 solar radii from the Sun as the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approached the perihelion for the first time, and were caused by the interaction between the background solar wind and the rear boundary of the ICME. Among two of the current layers, the ion diffusion region of the Hall magnetic reconnection was directly detected, based on opposite ion jets, low-speed inflows, and the Hall effect. Both reconnection events were fast and occurred in the current layer with a small magnetic field shear angle and with significantly asymmetric magnetic field intensity as well as plasma between their two sides, i.e., an asymmetric magnetic reconnection with a strong guide field. A magnetic flux rope was detected inside one of the diffusion regions, indicating bursty reconnection. Additionally, multiple reconnection jets were detected inside the ICME and its rear boundary. Thus, we speculate that more ongoing reconnection events were occurring inside the ICME and its boundary. The observations suggested that fast Hall magnetic reconnection can occur as close as 56 solar radii from the Sun and plays a crucial role in ICME evolution.
Hybrid zones of Natrix helvetica and N. natrix: Phenotype data from iNaturalist and genetics reveal concordant clines and the value of species-diagnostic morphological traits
Authors: Fritz Uwe , Grismer L. Lee , Asztalos Marika
Published: April 2023

Using georeferenced photographic records of 2944 grass snakes from Germany, Austria, and northern Italy as well as previously published mtDNA sequences (n = 1062) and microsatellite data (n = 952) for grass snakes from the same regions, we examined whether or not coloration and pattern reliably allow to differentiate between Natrix natrix and N. helvetica and if so, whether the distribution patterns revealed by phenotypes and genetics are congruent. Furthermore, we used cline analyses across hybrid zones to test whether the phenotypic transition from one species to the other parallels the steep clines unveiled by genetics. Our results suggest that the two species can be reliably differentiated using coloration and pattern. The most powerful diagnostic traits are the presence/absence of side bars on the body flanks, the number of occipital spots, and the shape of the posterior dark occipital spot. The distributions of morphologically identified N. natrix and N. helvetica match their genetically confirmed ranges. Single conflicting individuals morphologically identified as N. natrix or hybrids within the distribution range of N. helvetica either represent misidentifications or translocated snakes. For the genetic markers and phenotypes, our cline analyses revealed concordant steep clines across hybrid zones. However, the southern part of the hybrid zone in Italy, for which no sufficient genetic data are available, should be studied in more detail because the phenotypic data suggest a smooth cline in this region. The unexpected high percentage of putative hybrids with dorsal stripes in this region also calls for further research. For northwestern Germany, another region for which no genetically verified records are available, iNaturalist data suggest that the contact zone of N. natrix and N. helvetica is near the Ems River and extends from there southeastwards to the region of Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Description of a new nematode species, Chromadorina communis sp. nov. (Nematoda, Chromadoridae), from Changdao Island, China and phylogenetic analysis of Chromadorida based on small subunit rRNA gene sequences
Authors: Guo Wen , Wang Mengna , Li Haotian , Wang Chunming
Published: April 2023

Chromadorina communissp. nov. is described from Changdao Island at the confluence of the Yellow and the Bohai seas. The new species is characterized by its medium-sized body; finely striated cuticle with homogeneous punctations; absence of ocelli; buccal cavity with three equal-sized, solid teeth; four cephalic setae; oval amphidial fovea which is positioned between cephalic setae; curved spicules with tapered distal ends; simple, boat-shaped gubernaculums; five or six cup-shaped precloacal supplements; and conical tail with a very short spinneret. A phylogenetic analysis of small subunit rRNA gene sequences using maximum-likelihood and Bayesin inference confirmed the taxonomic position of Chromadorina communissp. nov. within Chromadorinae. Tree topology in Chromadorida shows six morphological families clustered into a monophyletic clade and verifies the taxonomic position of the family Neotonchidae based on morphological and molecular analysis.
DNA barcoding and morphology reveal European and western Asian Arctia villica (Linnaeus, 1758) as a complex of species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Authors: Ortiz Antonio S. , Rubio Rosa M. , de Freina Josef J. , Guerrero Juan J. , Garre Manuel , Yela José Luis
Published: April 2023

Currently, the genus Arctia Schrank, 1802 includes approximately 16 species in the Palaearctic region, depending on the taxonomic interpretation. Here, populations of the Arctia villica (Linnaeus, 1758) morphospecies complex were studied from Europe to the Middle East (Turkey, northern Iran) by molecular methods. Morphological treatment has traditionally revealed the presence of five nominal taxa: A. villica (Linnaeus, 1758), A. angelica (Boisduval, 1829), A. konewkaii (Freyer, 1831), A. marchandi de Freina, 1983, and A. confluens Romanoff, 1884. The molecular approach tests whether they represent well-delimited species. Subsequently, this study corroborates the suitability of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) marker sequence for species delimitation. In total, 55 barcodes of the Arctia villica complex were compared, and two molecular species delimitation algorithms were applied to reveal the potential Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTUs), namely the distance-based Barcode Index Number (BIN) System, and the hierarchical clustering algorithm based on a pairwise genetic distances approach using the Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP). The applied ASAP distance-based species delimitation method for the analysed dataset revealed an interspecific threshold of 2.0–3.5% K2P distance as suitable for species identification purposes of the Iberian A. angelica and the Sicilian A. konewkaii and less than 2% for the three taxa of the A. villica clade: A. villica, A. confluens, and A. marchandi. This study contributes to a better understanding of the taxonomy of the genus Arctia and challenges future revision of this genus in Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia as well as northern Iran using standard molecular markers.
Aircraft scheduling optimization model for on-ramp of corridors-in-the-sky
Authors: Ren Jie , Qu Shiru , Wang Lili , Ma Lijing , Lu Tingting
Published: April 2023

To efficiently handle the projected growth in air traffic, operational concepts such as "corridors-in-the-sky" have been developed in future Air Traffic Management (ATM) plans. Corridors-in-the-sky are defined as reserved airspace where aircraft move in a common direction along parallel lanes on high flight levels. The on and off ramps play an important role in connecting this airspace structure to the jet route. This paper addresses the scheduling problem for flight sequences entering the corridors-in-the-sky via the on-ramp. To satisfy the requirements of various stakeholders, this paper proposes time-based and cost-based aircraft scheduling optimization models for the on-ramp of the corridors-in-the-sky. An improved Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is also developed to solve a case study of the air route B215 in the Beijing control area. Computational results indicate that the optimized models have advantages in reducing the delay time and cost for both single aircraft and flight sequences, compared with the First-come, First-served (FCFS) approach.
An approach to generate damage strategies for inter-domain routing systems based on multi-objective optimization
Authors: Zhao Wendian , Wang Yu , Liang Liang , Liu Daowei , Ji Xinyang
Published: April 2023

Inter-domain routing systems are important complex networks on the Internet. It has been paralyzed several times in recent years. The researchers pay close attention to the damage strategy of inter-domain routing systems and think it is related to the attacker's behavior. The key to the damage strategy is knowing how to select the optimal attack node group. In the process of selecting nodes, the existing research seldom considers the attack cost, and there are some problems, such as an unreasonable definition of attack cost and an unclear optimization effect. To solve the above problems, we designed an algorithm to generate damage strategies for inter-domain routing systems based on multi-objective optimization (PMT). We transformed the damage strategy problem into a double-objective optimization problem and defined the attack cost related to the degree of nonlinearity. In PMT, we proposed an initialization strategy based on a network partition and a node replacement strategy based on partition search. Compared with the existing five algorithms, the experimental results proved the effectiveness and accuracy of PMT.
Corrector results for a class of elliptic problems with nonlinear Robin conditions and $ L^1 $ data
Authors: Donato Patrizia , Guibé Olivier , Oropeza Alip
Published: April 2023

In this paper, we consider a class of elliptic problems in a periodically perforated domain with $ L^1 $ data and nonlinear Robin conditions on the boundary of the holes. Using the framework of renormalized solutions, which is well adapted to this situation, we show a convergence result for the truncated energy in the quasilinear case. When the operator is linear, we also prove a corrector result. Since we cannot expect to have solutions belonging to $ H^1 $, the main difficulty is to express the corrector result through the truncations of the solutions, together with the fact that the definition of a renormalized solution contains test functions which are nonlinear functions of the solution itself.
Performance Evaluation of the Application of Smart Flipped Classroom in Classroom Guided Teaching
Authors: Wang Lijin , Liu Amymya Menghua
Published: April 2023

The emergence of the smart flipped classroom has since changed the traditional teaching mode in China: students are stimulated to independently learn in advance, and teachers provide classroom guidance according to the problems encountered by students, help students deal with difficult knowledge, and guide them with homework to improve multidimensional learning performance. These advantages lead to various proposals for its application and performance evaluation in classroom-guided teaching. By collecting teaching-related data from students in both the smart flipped and the traditional teaching classroom, the performance of the smart flipped classroom in the classroom-guided teaching was evaluated from three aspects: online learning performance, examination results, and after-school homework results. Results indicate there is a significant difference between students’ learning performance before and after application of the mode. The smart flipped classroom teaching mode improves students’ academic performance along with the significant difference between students’ academic performance and traditional teaching mode. The mode effectively mobilizes students’ learning initiative and improves their learning satisfaction. Conclusions herein play a certain guiding role in changing mainstream teaching modes and improving students’ learning concepts.
Widening Circles
Authors: Kligman Linda
Published: April 2023

The current study utilizes a grounded-theory methodology to examine how tenets of restorative justice and practice influence workplace leadership. The theory of widening circles was coconstructed from the intensive and iterative interviewing of 16 participants until theoretical saturation led to qualitative generalizations. The emerging theory asserts that when leaders model mutual accountability, vulnerability, and engagement, they produce a sense of stewardship, trust, and belonging. While prior workplace applications focus on remedying harm, widening circles focuses on the building of proactive relationships. Specific processes, such as facilitating dialogue in circles, were identified across sectors to create intentional reciprocity and encourage shared learning and decision making. Leaders aspire to create an inclusive work culture that is collectively upheld by a network of relationships and norms rather than shouldered by an individual leader.
Faculty Vulnerability
Authors: Cottrell Cicely Jenice , Williams Candice Rochelle , Shinault Carley Michelle
Published: April 2023

Academically disengaged college students are often judged as detached, alienated, and uncommitted to the rigors of learning. While these assumptions are sometimes true, academic disengagement is a multi-faceted phenomenon consisting of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. A restorative approach to disengagement requires faculty to demonstrate vulnerability in telling their own stories of success and failure to foster learning and change of behavior. This chapter is a case study outlining the steps of a restorative experiential learning activity conducted in a criminal justice course in response to 71% of students failing an examination. Using scholarly personal narrative methodology and a qualitative content analysis of open-ended questionnaires from students, this chapter focuses on the need for faculty to be vulnerable to connect and build trusting relationships with students as both prevention and intervention to academic disengagement.
Teacher Leadership as a Value of Restorative Justice Practice in Schools
Authors: Zugelder Bryan S. , Griffin Oris T.
Published: April 2023

While values and practices are important for a school to provide students, modeling among the school professionals the same values and practices expected of students is an essential leadership custom that has potential for impact across the school community. This chapter presents a conceptual framework for how creating teacher leadership in schools is a critical value and practice for restorative justice to exist in a school community. This includes: 1) relationships as the key to all parts of a school community; 2) the importance of teacher modeling with students and colleagues; 3) understanding the role of conflict resolution among teacher teams and how that transfers to conflict resolution among students; 4) collective accountability among all school stakeholders; 5) distributed leadership as an equity practice for addressing power differentials; and 6) implications for research on teacher leadership and restorative justice.
State of the Art in Distributed Privacy-Preserving Protocols in Private Web Search
Authors: Ullah Mohib , Abbas Arbab Waseem , Rukh Lala , Ullah Kamran , Haq Muhammad Inam Ul
Published: April 2023

Web search engine (WSE) is an inevitable software system used by people worldwide to retrieve data from the web by using keywords called queries. WSE stores search queries to build the user's profile and provide personalized results. User search queries often hold identifiable information that could compromise the user's privacy. Preserving privacy in web searches is the primary concern of users from various backgrounds. Many techniques have been proposed to preserve a person's web search privacy with time. Some techniques preserve an individual's privacy by obfuscating a user's profile by sending fictitious queries with the original ones. Others hide their identity and preserve privacy through unlinkability. However, a distributed technique preserves privacy by providing unlinkability and obfuscation. In distributed protocols, a group of users collaborate to forward each other queries to WSE, providing unlinkability and obfuscation. This work presents a survey of distributed privacy-preserving protocols. The benefits, limitations, and evaluation parameters are detailed in this work.
A Survey on Performance Evaluation Mechanisms for Privacy-Aware Web Search Schemes
Authors: Khan Rafi Ullah , Ullah Mohib , Shafi Bushra , Ihsan Imran
Published: April 2023

Due to the exponential growth of information on the internet, web search engines (WSEs) have become indispensable for effectively retrieving information. Web search engines store the users' profiles to provide the most relevant results. However, the user profiles may contain sensitive information, including the user's age, gender, health condition, personal interests, religious or political affiliation, and others. However, this raises serious concerns for the user's privacy since a user's identity may get exposed and misused by third parties. Researchers have proposed several techniques to address the issue of privacy infringement while using WSE, such as anonymizing networks, profile obfuscation, and private information retrieval (PIR) protocols. In this chapter, the authors give a brief survey of the privacy attacks and evaluation models used to evaluate the performance of private web search techniques.
Digital and Virtual Book Clubs
Authors: Moran Renee R. M. , Ward Natalia A. , Billen Monica T. , Wood Lashay , Yang Shuling
Published: April 2023

This chapter reaffirms books clubs as a sound pedagogical strategy and considers how digital and virtual book clubs may allow us to meet this globalized moment in which technology has become a staple of our everyday lives. The authors provide two examples of how to integrate digital and virtual book clubs in both elementary classrooms and teacher education. The first demonstrates the promise of cross-country virtual books clubs as a way to help pre-service teachers access children's literature and consider diverse perspectives. The second case illustrates how one rural elementary school successfully made the shift from face-to-face to digital books in order to build motivation to read and increase authentic discussion between students. The authors argue that digital and virtual book clubs can expand access to text, empower and motivate students of all ages, and mirror real world literacy practices. The authors advocate for book clubs as a necessary literacy practice, which should be part of the science of reading movement.
Women and Mental Health Concerns in the New Normal
Authors: Parikh Dharti , Patel Niyati
Published: April 2023

Women have been hit harder than men by the Covid-19 pandemic, both on the job and at home. Women's transition to a new normal is influenced by biological, social, psychological, and economic factors. One of the main concerns when it comes to psychological elements is mental health. This had an impact on sadness, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, losing a loved one, and having inadequate coping mechanisms. As a result, it is critical to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of working women in terms of challenges and concerns as the pandemic transitions to the new normal. The primary goal of this research is to identify factors influencing women's mental health as they move from the COVID-19 pandemic to the new normal. Hence, the authors consolidated the research with the aid of secondary data and to examine the effects of COVID 19 on working women's mental health in terms of difficulties and worries during the transition from the COVID-19 paradigm to the new normal. Stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, denial, anger, and fear were the most commonly reported mental health issues.
Mental Health and Well-Being Products/Apps and Their Challenges
Authors: Sooradas Saubhagya , Vatsa Amisha , Negi Annanya , Singh Harman , Mantri Aditya , Khedkar Sanchit , Varshney Rohan
Published: April 2023

Over recent times, multitudinous internal health apps (MHapps) have been developed and made available to smartphone druggies. The pandemic, of course, has put employees under a kind of mental strain few have likely experienced before, so it's no wonder more businesses are looking for ways to help workers who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness. In recent years, apps aiming to address all of those issues have proliferated. The boon of mental health application downloads during Covid-19 soared, and while interest will remain, there are bound to be some digital health apps that disappear. During those strange times, people couldn't go and see a doctor face to face about their mental ill-health or go to therapy appointments. Just as with most areas of healthcare impacted by the pandemic, mental health had to go digital. Digital mental health products and digital and virtual therapy have been shown to be comparable to real-life therapy for many patients.
Workplace Well-Being During and Post Pandemic
Authors: Gupta Ayush
Published: April 2023

The chapter will give a broad overview of the changes in the well-being of individuals in the workplace during and post-pandemic. The chapter focuses on the problems faced by the people in the pandemic era, which has affected their physical and mental well-being, and some recommendations to be taken by them post-pandemic. The well-being term is complicated as the authors define it in many other ways. In simple words, well-being means dealing with how well a person's mind works and how happy a person is. The whole chapter consists of two major parts: First, based on the role, and second based on demographic factors. Based on role, there are two categories: employees, and employers and business owners. There are three demographic factors: Age, gender and sexuality, race and religion. In the end, two case studies of reputed organizations are given, which came up with innovative measures to improve employees' well-being.
A Detailed Post-Pandemic Perspective of Indian Families
Authors: Lande Om Sushil , Daulatabadkar Tanvi Yogesh
Published: April 2023

Indian households have prioritised health and hygiene since the pandemic. Due to increased awareness of social distancing, handwashing, and mask use, families can protect themselves and their loved ones from infectious diseases. Because of this, people are making healthier choices and appreciating preventative healthcare more. Indian families and households have benefited from the pandemic, despite its many negative effects. Digital technology, family ties, gender equality, and health and hygiene will all benefit Indian society in the long run.
Can Change Management Be Disrupted Through Leadership Stretegies?
Authors: Ray Samrat
Published: April 2023

The “change management” process is a helpful approach for changing the environment of business companies to go ahead in the upcoming days. It has been known that the employees are the main part of an organisation who has not accepted the changing process at first; and for that reason, the appropriate leadership strategy is required to bring the changes within. The start-ups of Asia have been explained in this study for improving the leadership techniques by which the leaders have enhanced their leadership qualities to accept the change management process. The analysis of the responses derived from the survey has been done using the statistical tool “SPSS,” which has been chosen for its tools of descriptive and inferential statistics. The outcomes of the data analysis have been evaluated to depict the inference of the results of the correlation and regression of the data. Moreover, the results of the statistical analysis have been discussed in alignment with the hypotheses that have been formed using the independent and dependent variables.
Building Change Maturity in Organisations
Authors: Kanikani Isolde G.
Published: April 2023

‘Building change maturity in organisations' explores what change maturity looks like in practice and how increased maturity brings a myriad of benefits to the organisation investing in it. Building maturity of any kind is often seen as a luxury, and with the growing amount of change organisations contend with, this is no longer the case. It's becoming increasingly clear that if an organisation does not develop the capability to change effectively, it will metaphorically miss the boat. This tipping point is very real, making the subject of building change maturity a poignant one. The impact of change maturity is often seen via change management on the project or program levels, and ROI measurements don't often go beyond this focus. Building the capability at the organisational level might appear like a theoretical exercise for those managing change, but with the right mindset, change capability can already be built into the transformation projects already taking place.
A Play-Based Approach to Learning in Internationalizing Arab Family Businesses
Authors: Gonsalves Edward , Fakoussa Rebecca
Published: April 2023

Arab family businesses (AFB) can be found across a richly diverse region with a myriad of unique cultures. As Arab family businesses worldwide become more sophisticated with ownership, succession and wealth planning changing, family business training and education need to rapidly evolve its support of family businesses. This chapter argues that in the MENA region, training and education approaches for family-owned businesses differ to others due to their environmental paradox. Given such differences, play could offer Arab family business leaders an alternative route to training and education, as executives increasingly encounter rapid and complex environmental, competitive, and internal changes. In particular, the chapter argues that AFB's which are internationalizing their markets and operations will be driven by changes that force breaks with traditional routines.
Strategy Development With Future Scenarios
Authors: Ertem Mehmet
Published: April 2023

In this chapter, a university's story of conducting a “brainstorming session for strategy development with future scenarios” process and the steps of this process are presented and examined, in detail. This chapter aims to help managers and scholars know how to conduct a brainstorming session for producing future scenarios for their organizations by explaining the process with a lived example. For this purpose, “Narrative Research Design,” which is one of the qualitative research designs, is chosen for this research study. Consequently, a brief theoretical framework and a step-by-step guide are presented for the related parties.
Unleashed, Harnessed, and Empowered
Authors: Hayes Catherine
Published: April 2023

This chapter provides an insight into the challenges faced specifically by women in relation to the agency they are afforded within the context of change management in crisis situations and responses. This is contextualised within global higher education and examined through theoretical perspectives such as neoliberalism, which have impacted so much on the context specificity of change management and the cultures within which it has influenced so greatly. The recent global COVID-19 pandemic is used as a vehicle by which to drive thinking around concepts, which have had such an impact on women during this time, such as emotional labour and inequality. The chapter concludes with a consideration of organisational structures and the agency that this has afforded women both historically and within the leadership challenges they currently face.
Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Innovation Management Models
Authors: Vargas-Hernandez José G. , Salazar-Echeagaray Teresa I. , Vargas-González Omar C.
Published: April 2023

This study has the aim to analyze the different perspectives on socio-ecological innovation management models. The analysis departs if socio-ecological innovation initiatives connect to resources and capabilities, culture, creativity, tacit, and formal knowledge between nurtured entrepreneurship and different domains of innovation management models that become supply factors to determine the production potential and based on this assumption to analyze the ability to economic growth. The method used is the meta-analytic reflection based on theoretical and empirical literature review. It is concluded that the socio-ecological thinking and collaborative knowledge production takes the natural environmental resources for socio-ecological management innovation relevant for the transition towards the analytical framework for innovation management models This is a crucial factor that contributes to economic development of the internal and external environments full of a range of threats and opportunities because the interactions of biological diversity.
Identifying and Addressing Fear of Learning in Adult Education and Training
Authors: Sharp Jen Linn Lallo
Published: April 2023

The aim of this chapter is two-fold: to bring to light 1) how fear is a barrier to adult learning and 2) how online education has advantages to address it. It is also a hope that this chapter can inspire and empower adult learners, educators, and instructional designers to be proactive in identifying and addressing fear in adults who have not yet committed to being students again, who are considering dropping out of programs, and who are failing to fully experience the potential of an educational endeavor. This problem and the suggested intervening approaches draw on social-emotional learning concepts, connectivism, technology in education, and andragogy.
Designing an Adult Entrepreneurial Competency Learning Strategy
Authors: Akella Nirupama , Akella Nirupama
Published: April 2023

Adult learning has become a dominant emerging trend of contemporary education systems across the globe. Indeed, the pandemic, globalization, deskilling, and increasing migration trends have re-focused academic and applied scholarship on adult learning strategies. But till date adult learning lacks a comprehensive holistic learning theory that focuses solely on fulfilling the dynamic needs and expectations of adult learners. Written from a first-person perspective, this chapter offers a behind-the scenes look of designing an adult entrepreneurial competency learning strategy that encompasses traditional learning principles and unique adult learning characteristics and needs. The chapter details existing learning theories followed by the author's account of how she developed and designed an integrative adult learning strategy.
Creating an Inclusive and Motivational E-Learning Environment for LGBTQ+ Online Students in Higher Education
Authors: Walker-Roberts Gary Simeon
Published: April 2023

This chapter will cover the following topics: LGBTQ+ history, key terms, gender non-conforming, and e-learning attrition issues facing LGBTQ+ students. The purpose of this chapter is to present issues facing gender non-conforming LGBTQ+ students in the higher educational online system. This chapter presents best practices on how to create an inclusive and encouraging e-learning environment in order to increase matriculation rates. One strategy, amongst others, is on how to be more inclusive in Zoom rooms, using circumlocution, to switch from gender binary language to gender neutral language.
Addressing the Needs of Adult English Language Learners and Motivational Skills
Authors: Galvao Samira R.
Published: April 2023

This chapter covers the following topics: the differences between adult English language learners and the adult native English speakers, diversity, language diversity, diversity within higher-ed, cultural awareness, cultural competence, cultural diversity, strengths, challenges, and motivation. The purpose of this chapter is to address the needs of adult English language learners in higher education and the different types of motivational skills to empower these scholars to stay dedicated to keep moving forward in their educational journey regardless of their needs. Additionally, the author addresses the importance of culture and the need for cultural competence in higher education.
The Effects of New Characters on the Narrative Structure in Film Sequels
Authors: Gedik Alper , Aydoğan Ümit
Published: April 2023

In the movie industry, the complex cinematic universes constructed for sequels are crucial elements that strengthen the narrative continuity and bond between the audience and the story. In successful cases, this will result in a strong attachment and easy identification by the viewer, since they would emotionally relate to what and how things are represented in the film. On another aspect, sequels frequently answer ontological questions that arose in the first film. This clarification accounts to a satisfying completion in terms of overall story and feel. In order to achieve this, sequels often introduce new characters, side stories and flashbacks. This slight contribution adds to the expansion of overall cinematic experience, enriching and deepening the film texture. For this study, the 1982 film Blade Runner and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) are analyzed on how the inclusion of new characters and spaces in the cinematic universe effects the narrative structure of the films.
Leadership Effectiveness and Sustainability of State-Owned Enterprises
Authors: Jeremiah Andrew , Atiku Sulaiman Olusegun , Villet Hylton J.
Published: April 2023

Governments across many African countries acknowledge that well-managed State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) lead to economic growth and the upliftment of citizens' welfare and livelihoods. Hence, SOEs require effective leadership to achieve strategic objectives. The chapter aims to examine the relationship between leadership effectiveness and sustainability in SOEs following a literature review approach. This chapter is based on reviews of academic and popular literature utilizing deductive and inductive thinking approaches. The study found that there is a dearth of leadership effectiveness in most SOEs, which has an adverse effect on the operations of SOEs. The transformational, transactional, servant, authentic, adaptive, and situational leadership styles could be adopted in SOEs to ensure sustainability. This is essential to provide meaningful public goods and services that meet the needs of stakeholders.
Energy Sector Growth and Sustainability
Authors: Musti K. S. Sastry
Published: April 2023

The energy sector in any country requires a lot of natural resources and logistical support. These resources can be effectively controlled by the state when compared to non-state actors. This chapter first identifies various key, macro-level issues in the energy sector, such as appropriate policy framework, energy mix, duck curve problem, geo-location of power plants, and energy prices. The chapter then discusses each of these along with their internal relationships due to the natural cash flows and then examines the need for the active intervention of the government. Then various factors associated with those macro-level issues will be illustrated with both quantitative and qualitative examples.
An exploratory study of lexicography
Authors: Upali Demunnawe
Published: April 2023

There are two major types of lexicography: Practical lexicography and Theoretical lexicography. In the past, glossaries were compiled to facilitate the use of religious books. At the beginning, the compilation of glossaries has been done by Christian priests in Europe and by Hindu priests in India. English Dictionaries were introduced in the West as a result of the compilation of Glossaries for religious information sources. Also, Sanskrit Dictionaries were introduced in India as a result of compiling Nighandus (volumes Compiled bySanskrit word lists). It can be seen that lexicography has matured in the face of linguistic needs that have arisen over time. Later dictionaries were developed into various types such as monolingual dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries and multilingual dictionaries.The Dictionary can be identified as a reference source which provides a linguistic contribution for the Users.