bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Cost Efficient Contactless IoT based Body Temperature Detection System
Authors: Abdullah A’risya A’ina , Lee Chu Liang , Chan Kah Yoong
Published: September 2022

In the recent outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, various methods has been adopted to prevent and control the wide spread of pandemic. One of the commonly used method is by detecting the body temperature. This is to isolate those obtained higher body temperature who are possibly infected with the virus. Body temperature detection device is commonly deployed at the entrance of merchants for this purpose. However if one person is detected in one merchant with higher body temperature, this information is not bundled with his/her identity information. Therefore his/her entranced to other merchants are not linked and warned, and causing a possible spread of pandemic if other customers who appeared in the same premises are not being notified. In this work, an IoT based body temperature detection system is developed. In this system, the body temperature data is obtained and sent to the internet cloud together with the identity information of that person. This allow easy tracking of the potential virus infected person. The collected data can be further analysed using online analysis tool. Furthermore, the identity information is obtained using QR code which eliminate the ordinary procedure of writing personal data into logbook. The QR code method is contactless and able to avoid the infection of virus through the contact of pen and logbook. This system is developed with low-cost material and is affordable for small merchants.
Development and Analysis of an In-Mold Coating Procedure for Thermoplastic Resin Transfer Molding to Produce PA6 Composites with a Multifunctional Surface
Authors: Semperger Orsolya Viktória , Török Dániel , Suplicz András
Published: September 2022

We have developed a complex Thermoplastic Resin Transfer Molding procedure to create polyamide 6 composites and their multifunctional coatings in a single production cycle with low cycle time. The advantage of the new process is that it has low emission of volatile organic compounds due to the closed mold and the products can be recycled easily, decreasing the negative impact on the environment. In addition to developing the process steps and parameters, we produced samples with different curing time and fabric content of the base layer, waiting time before coating injection, surface thickness and titanium dioxide content of the surface layer. Then we analyzed the adhesion between the surface and base layers and the warpage of the complex part. SEM analysis proved that the reinforcement fabrics could be properly impregnated with the reactive thermoplastic system during the production of the base layer. Furthermore, we showed that the strength of the interlayer bonding can be improved when the base layer is properly polymerized in the first step. Using our method developed to assess warpage, we demonstrated that the warpage of the base layer can be reduced by applying the appropriate manufacturing parameters to the surface layer.
Violencia de género: deportes de combate
Authors: Ruíz Rodríguez Juan Felipe
Published: September 2022

La presente investigación pretende evidenciar como los deportes de combate resultan relevantes en la consolidación de herramientas que fomenten la defensa personal, específicamente en mujeres, pero también quiere destacar que dichas herramientas que brindan los deportes de combate son esenciales para contrarrestar cualquier situación de violencia. Lo anterior, dado que se ha evidenciado que en Colombia el índice de violencia hacia las mujeres es permanente, además se mantienen estereotipos de género que limitan la participación activa de las mujeres en escenarios deportivos. De esa forma, mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario elaborado por el investigador, denominado “Violencia de género: deportes de combate”, se pretende buscar información relevante para el fenómeno a investigar. Esto se ve reforzado por los resultados obtenidos, evidenciado que la percepción de las mujeres sobre los deportes de combate es positiva sobre las habilidades que se pueden adquirir en su práctica, además de abrir la posibilidad de la ejecutar los mismos, ya que se brinda una percepción de seguridad para la vida diaria; así como, se reconoce que por parte de las instancias estatales se ve una ausencia en el apoyo y fomento de escenarios deportivos de cualquier categoría, lo que radica en que las mujeres tengan poco acceso al ámbito de los deportes.
La sociomotricidad, estrategia pedagógica para la mejora de la conducta en los aprendices operarios de un taller externo del SENA
Authors: Ruiz Begambre Rubén Dario
Published: September 2022

El propósito de la investigación fue analizar el cambio actitudinal de los aprendices nivel operarios de un taller externo del SENA, en la comuna 13 de Medellín, un sector vulnerable, en el cual se presentan antecedentes de desplazamiento, familias disfuncionales, bajo nivel educativo, alto índice de pobreza, madres cabezas de familia, conflictos familiares y otras problemáticas sociales; estas posteriormente pueden incidir al interior de un ambiente de formación a través de acciones como: conductas agresivas, un alto índice de deserción, ambiente de tensión o indisciplina, formación poco efectiva, baja motivación, bajo rendimiento académico, baja autoestima, depresión, acercamiento a consumo de sustancias psicoactivas, delincuencia, entre otros. Frente a la problemática observada, se propone la sociomotricidad como una pedagogía activa que ayuda a la construcción de la praxis en base a los aportes teóricos y experienciales. La investigación se basa en el método de investigación-acción de tipo participativa, recolectando datos de manera cualitativa por medio de la observación. Finalmente, los resultados obtenidos indicaron que el uso de la sociomotricidad responde a las demandas pedagogías actuales, y como esta puede incidir en la disminución de dichas problemáticas en un ambiente formativo, permitiendo, además, convertirse en una estrategia que optimice el proceso de la formación profesional integral.
Соціально-психологічні особливості розвитку комунікативної компетентності здобувачів вищої освіти гуманітарного профілю
Authors: Завацька Наталія , Смирнова Олена , Федорова Олена , Каширіна Євгенія , Бровендер Олена
Published: September 2022

У статті розкрито соціально-психологічні особливості розвитку комунікативної компетентності здобувачів вищої освіти гуманітарного профілю. Аналіз проблеми дослідження уможливив розуміння сутності комунікативної компетентності особистості з точки зору її соціального контексту, а саме як соціально-психологічної категорії, що виявляється на інтеріндивідному рівні – як володіння стратегіями, тактиками і техніками вирішення комунікативних завдань і інтраіндивідному рівні – як особистісно-смислове утворення (прояв потреби, комунікативної інтенції, готовність і здатність здійснювати співробітництво, виявляти емпатію, впроваджувати творчу інтелектуальну діяльність, швидко адаптуватися до нових умов).
Комунікативну компетентність здобувачів вищої освіти гуманітарного профілю розглянуто як динамічне інтегративне утворення, основою якого є володіння соціально-психологічними механізмами взаємовпливу і взаєморозуміння на особистісному, когнітивному та конативному рівнях, що базується на властивостях, які дозволяють здійснювати продуктивні міжкультурні професійні контакти й забезпечують готовність до комунікативної діяльності та її організацію (адекватно ситуаціям спілкування стосовно мети, форми, змісту і рольових відносин на основі знань, умінь, особистісного досвіду і ціннісних переконань), а також професійну референтність.
Ключові слова: здобувачі вищої освіти, гуманітарний профіль підготовки, комунікативна компетентність, соціально-психологічні умови розвитку комунікативної компетентності.
Впровадження когнітивно-поведінкової програми психологічної підтримки «дорога до себе» для осіб із моральною травмою під час війни
Authors: Засєкіна Лариса , Козігора Марія
Published: September 2022

Поняття моральної травми (МТ) здебільшого розглядається як стан, при якому людина не змогла адаптуватися до стресової ситуації та її наслідків через порушення власних етичних переконань. Попри дослідження МТ переважно у військових чи професійних груп зони ризику, у науковій літературі відсутні дані щодо ефективних психологічних інтервенцій при моральній травматизації. Метою цього дослідження є теоретичне вивчення існуючих психологічних інтервенцій, які рекомендуються для роботи з МТ, а також розробка та впровадження цілісної психологічної програми, спрямованої на роботу з МТ у військових та цивільних під час воєнного стану. Для досягнення мети у роботі використовувалися методи теоретичного аналізу та моделювання МТ та її наслідків, метод кейс аналізу, а також природний експеримент з впровадження програми «Дорога до себе», яка реалізовувалася у форматі групової роботи з військовими та їхніми сім’ями (n=10), а також онлайн ресурсу самодопомоги цивільному населенню під час воєнного стану (n=48). Результати дослідження впровадження експериментальної програми «Дорога до себе» свідчать про те, що вона є ефективною для цивільного населення для зменшення проявів депресії в умовах тривалого травматичного стресу під час війни (t=2,04, p=0,04 в експериментальній групі до і після впровадження програми), а також для наповнення власного життя смислом (t=1,94, p=0,04 в експериментальній групі до і після впровадження програми), що є важливим чинником при роботі з МТ. Водночас для ефективності психологічної допомоги при моральній травматизації, вважаємо, що у програму слід додати модулі, присвячені природі МТ, а також роботі із синдромом «вцілілого», який загострений під час воєнного стану. Аналіз кейсів із психологічної допомоги ветеранам та їхнім дружинам свідчить про те, що програма «Дорога до себе» є ефективною для адаптації учасників бойових та їхніх сімей до цивільного життя.
Ключові слова: моральна травма, військове та цивільне населення, експериментальна програма «Дорога до себе».
Methodological Challenges for Cross-cultural Research in Sport Psychology: A Review
Authors: Rawat Kanupriya
Published: September 2022

This review investigates methodological challenges in conducting cross-cultural studies in sport psychology. Over the last few decades, there has been an increase in the number of studies to incorporate culture and cultural identities in research and interventions in this field. As sport grows more transnational and multicultural, the need to explore better research methods and the challenges in conducting these cross-cultural sport psychology studies emerges. For this review, we examined studies that were published between January 1985 and July 2021, written in English, and focused on cross-cultural studies in the field of sport psychology. The literature search was conducted in EBSCO (e.g., MEDLINE, APA PsychARTICLES, Academic Search Ultimate, and ERIC), Sciencedirect, Researchgate, Springer link and Wiley Online library databases. A total of 18 articles matched the inclusion criteria and were selected. The study observed that quantitative approach was the most often used methodology in the studies due to popularity and easy administration. Qualitative and mixed (quantitative and qualitative) approaches are now gradually being used by researchers to overcome the cultural insensitivity in the quantitative research, although these studies are scarce and need to be highlighted more. We discussed research designs formulated by researchers in their quantitative and qualitative studies and methodological challenges they encountered, such as sample representativeness, small and unequal sample sizes, gender inequality, and comparing different kinds of sports across countries. Therefore, this review addressed the gap in the literature and paved the way for future research studies.
PROGRAM KEMITRAAN MASYARAKAT (PkM) KELOMPOK USAHA MASYARAKAT PENGOLAH SABUT KELAPA UNTUK COCOPEAT DAN POT TANAMAN
Authors: Yuliyanto Yuliyanto , Sugiyarto Sugiyarto , Sukanto Sukanto
Published: September 2022

This PKM activity aims to increase the income of the community, especially housewives in Sungailiat District, Bangka Regency. The program carried out is processing coconut coir into pots and cocopeat. Sungailiat District has a lot of coconut tree plants belonging to the surrounding community, especially in the coastal area. One of the partners for PKM activities is Mr. Karyadi, whose address is in Rebo Village, Sungailiat District, Bangka Regency. Problems that arise in the production process include the length of time required for the process of taking coconut coir and cocopeat powder, which is ± 10 days. Because the process of taking it must be soaked and beaten. The implementation of this activity is carried out by field observation, machine design, machine manufacturing, operation and maintenance training and monitoring and evaluation. The results of this PkM show that the manufacture and procurement of coco decomposing machines for partners has been well realized. There is still a process left because there is an outer part of the coconut husk that is still attached to the machine. This is due to the distance between the wall and the crushing blade having a distance of approximately 15 mm.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FSO LINK UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Authors:   Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India, aijaz Affreen , Narwal Abita ,   Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India
Published: September 2022

free space optics is currently a well-known technology for its use in the systematic transport of enormous volumes of data. It has proven to be a feasible technique for assisting existing networks with high data transfer safely across a moderate distance without the usage of fiber. Free space optics has emerged as the most viable option to the broadband market's current bottlenecks. However, certain external characteristics have a significant impact on the performance of free space optics. We calculate signal loss owing to environmental elements such as fog, snow, rain, blurring,and scintillation, as well as a detailed approach for reducing their impact on free space optical network performance. Signal quality has improved significantly using the provided methods.
REVEALING THE TRUE AUTHORSHIP: A CASE STUDY
Authors:   Rabindranath Tagore University, M.P., Mahor Urmila , Kumar Aarti ,   Rabindranath Tagore University, M.P.
Published: September 2022

As digital media is growing, the problem of text proliferation is becoming a big problem. Therefore, the identification of true ownership of a document has become a cumbersome task. In the digital era, it is very easy to copy someone's document and publish it in their name. So it is very necessary to check the true authorship. Authorship attribution becomes difficult when we conduct it manually. However, this process needs automation, when the document size becomes large. AA is a mixture of art, science and technology that helps to discover the genuine authorship of an unknown text/document, based on its specific writing features. These specific features can reflect the author's mood, education, gender, age, ideology, religion, or motivation. Many kinds of characteristics, like lexical, character, structural, syntactic, and semantic are used in authorship recognition. In this experiment, we used approximately 120 different kinds of feature sets. In our experiment, we examined that the logistic classifier was working well and gave good results in the form of accuracy.
STUDY OF SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION AND SEISMICRESPONSE OF BASE ISOLATED STEEL FRAME WITH BUCKLING RESTRAINED BRACEDAMPING SYSTEMS
Authors:   Sinhgad College of Engineering Pune, Bajirao Chitte Roshanee , Taware Akshaya ,   Sinhgad College of Engineering Pune
Published: September 2022

n this study, The project relies on the, process in which the response of the soil influences the motion of the structure and the motion of the structure influences the response of the soil is termed as Soil Structure Interaction. In this case neither the structural displacements nor the ground displacements are independent from each other. The phrase ‘soil-structure interaction’ may be defined as influence of the behaviour of soil immediately beneath and around the foundation on the response of soil-structure subjected to either static or dynamic loads. A buckling-restrained brace (BRB) is a structural brace in a building, designed to allow the building to withstand cyclical lateral loadings, typically earthquake-induced loading. It consists of a slender steel core, a concrete casing designed to continuously support the core and prevent buckling under axial compression, and an interface region that prevents undesired interactions between the two. It consists of four models of clay, sand and silt, each one has models as without bracing, with X-bracing, with inverted V-bracing and Y-bracing. It is concluded that X-bracing has less displacement, storey drift and high base shear compared to others. Also, X-bracing with SSI has less displacement, storey drift and high base shear compared to without SSI
EVOLVING FRAMEWORK FOR IOT-BASED ENERGY EFFICIENT WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Authors:   Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India, Singal TL , Singh Rajvir ,   Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
Published: September 2022

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices having unique identifiers that enables to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-computer or human-to-human interaction. With the rapid growth in embedded wireless computing devices with high-speed internet connectivity, the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for healthcare applications comprises of interconnected several tinypowered, wearable, wireless bio-sensors to provide an effective way of collecting vital health-related data. The emerging paradigm of IoT in smart healthcare system requires a specialized secure framework in order to enable real-time health monitoring, reliable diagnostics, effective treatment processes, and many other related aspects of healthcare system. In this paper, various aspects of energy consumption in IoT-based framework of WSNs for healthcare services are discussed. The framework for IoTbased healthcare network cater to upgraded microcontrollers, IoT gateway devices, various wireless and web technologies for IoT, variety of bio-sensors and data collectors, and secure communication protocols. Techniques to optimize the energy consumption in WSNs have been presented leading to energy efficient framework for WSNs suitable for healthcare systems.
LOW COST APPROACH TO SECURED STUDENT ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria, Anderson Ise Orobor , Sophia Ojo Omokhafue ,   University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Published: September 2022

In every setting where attendance is important, a system for managing attendance is a crucial tool. Several works exist in automated attendance management systems however, most of the approaches come with a lot of weakness and relatively high operational costs. These include additional hardware installations, less secure, and most critical, not efficient in handling large target/classroom populations. This paper identifies some weaknesses of the most popular approach used in developing student attendance management systems. Hence, develop a low-cost and secured student attendance management system using face recognition and GPS location that can be provisioned as a cloud application and accessible using any internet-enabled mobile device. Using this approach, the student can only clock-in attendance within the stipulated lecture time using their face and must be within the lecture venue coordinates. The proposed system was developed with python using the Django framework. It uses Viola-Jones Algorithm and face recognition API for face detection and recognition respectively. The system was deployed and tested on AWS EC2. The results showed that the system could be adopted by institutions or organisations having large classroom populations that desire to take attendance more efficiently with less cost.
CREATING A FOOD BASE AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL CENTERS OF THE USSR DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
Authors:   Ural State Law University V.F. Yakovleva, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, MOTREVICH VLADIMIR
Published: September 2022

The article examines the process of creating a suburban agricultural zone around the industrial centers of the Soviet Union at the final stage of the Great Patriotic War, based on the materials of declassified resolutions of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. It is shown that the purpose of this direction of the agrarian policy of the USSR was to provide the population of industrial centers with potatoes, vegetables and dairy products. This required a change in the specialization of agricultural enterprises assigned to the suburban zone, which in those conditions it was not possible to do without the help of the state. Therefore, in 1944-1945 by the resolutions of the Soviet government, in a number of industrially developed republics and regions of the country, the mobilization of labor from collective farms to industry, construction and transport was prohibited, the debt of previous years on mandatory supplies was written off from agricultural enterprises, part of the land unsuitable for economic use was excluded from taxation, etc. Since 1945 in order to stimulate the production of potatoes, vegetables and root crops for the collective farms of the suburban zone, it was allowed to reduce the norms of mandatory grain supplies. As a result, milk production has significantly increased in a number of industrialized republics and regions of the country, such as the Bashkir ASSR, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Chkalov regions, potato and vegetable crops have grown, which has improved the nutrition of the urban population.
ON THE ISSUE OF THE CAPACITY OF INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE CHARCOAL METALLURGY OF THE URALS OF THE LATE XIX - EARLY XX CENTURIES)
Authors:   Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Вranch of the RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation, SHUMKIN GEORGY
Published: September 2022

The paper attempts to apply the concept of «the capacity of the enclosing landscape» in relation to charcoal metallurgy. The object of the study was the ferrous metallurgy of the Urals in the late XIX - early XX centuries. The statistical reference books of the Mining Scientific Committee served as the source base for this study. The conducted research has shown that the charcoal metallurgy can be considered as an «enclosing landscape». In the late XIX - early XX centuries, the ferrous metallurgy of the Urals reached the limits of the capacity of its main resource - mining forests. On average, in 1882-1911. there were 20.7 workers per 1000 desyatina forests. At the same time, the density of workers gradually increased. If before 1895 there were 18.7 workers per 1000 desyatina forests, then after 1895 it was 21.9, 6% more. This growth was due to going beyond the limits of the production capabilities of the «ecological niche», since at the same time the share of mineral fuel in the energy balance increased by 6%. At the beginning of the XX century, the reduction of the forest area by 25.6% led to a reduction in the number of workers by 25.7%. The influence of the terms of trade (the ratio of prices for metal and bread) on the capacity of the ferrous metallurgy of the Urals was analyzed. The inverse relationship between the prices of bread and the number of workers per 1,000 desyatina of forest has been revealed.
Migration and Addiction: Substance Use Profile Among Syrian Migrants
Authors: ŞAHİN Meryem , GÜNGÖR Fethi
Published: September 2022

In the literature, the experience of migration and its effects are considered as a risk in terms of addiction. This study aims to determine the substance use processes of Syrian immigrants and related risk factors, and to draw attention to the relationship between migration and addiction. In this context, first of all, the literature on the relationship between migration and addiction was examined, and then a field study was carried out. In the research, phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used and interviews were conducted with 4 substance users living in Bursa, who were selected by purposive sampling method. The study group is male and they have traumatic memories (such as the death of family members, imprisonment, being under siege, witnessing explosions, etc.) related to the civil war. According to the findings, the factors that encourage substance use are curiosity, influence of friends, the presence of substance users among relatives, anxiety about future and family problems. It has been observed that health problems, legal problems, family problems, anger control problems and financial problems are experienced as a result of substance use and social support resources are not sufficient, especially in this regard. Although they had the motivation to be treated, it was observed that they could not continue the treatment processes due to the language barrier, fear of deportation, and lack of information about treatment. Based on the findings, it is recommended to establish social assistance programs for immigrants, inform them about the treatment processes, and carry out studies to remove the barriers to their access to treatment.
Credit Risk Prediction for Peer-To-Peer Lending Platforms: An Explainable Machine Learning Approach
Authors: Chong Pei Swee , Labadin Jane , Meziane Farid
Published: September 2022

Small and medium enterprises face the challenge of obtaining start-up fund due to the strict rules and conditions set by banks and financial institutions. The plight yields to the growth in popularity of online peer-to-peer lending platforms which are an easier way to obtain loan as they have fewer rigid rules. However, high flexibility of loan funding in peer-to-peer lending comes with high default probability of loan funded to high-risk start-ups. An efficient model for evaluating credit risk of borrowers in peer-to-peer lending platforms is important to encourage investors to fund loans and justify the rejection of unsuccessful applications to satisfy financial regulators and increase transparency. This paper presents a supervised machine learning model with logistic regression to address this issue and predicts the probability of default of a loan funded to borrowers through peer-to-peer lending platforms. In addition, factors that affect the credit levels of borrowers are identified and discussed. The research shows that the most important features that affect probability of default are debt-to-income ratio, number of mortgage account, and Fair, Isaac and Company Score.
Economic Status and Elections: The Voting Behaviour and Economic Hardship in Rome
Authors: BRANCATO Giovanni , D'AMBROSIO Gabriella , PALMIERI Marco
Published: September 2022

Empirical research shows the existence of a relationship between the electoral behaviour of citizens and their economic condition. The economic voting theory explains that in periods of economic growth citizens-voters reward the government considered the author of their well-being; on the contrary, in times of crisis, the population punishes it. The peculiarity of these studies, based on the analysis of secondary data designed for other primary purposes, is to have national territorial dimension, where the percentage of votes collected by government/opposition parties in political national elections is associated to the country’s macro-economic indicators (for example, GDP or unemployment rate). Nevertheless, up to now, only few scholars have analysed this relationship at local level, due to the lack of local statistical data on citizens’ economic conditions. This study tries to fill this gap. It is conducted in the city of Rome, to understand whether the electoral behaviour of Roman citizens changes in function of their economic hardship, in each of the 15 Municipalities of the capital city of Italy. To this end, two different data sources are integrated: Electoral Statistical Office of Rome and Italian Revenue Agency. The results offer empirical evidence to strengthen the local relation between electoral behaviour and economic conditions.
High School Students’ Attitudes towards Migrant Youth
Authors: VILÀ BAÑOS Ruth , ANEAS ÁLVAREZ Assumpta , SÁNCHEZ MARTÍ Angelina , FREIXA NIELLA Montserrat
Published: September 2022

The appearance of unaccompanied migrant minors in our communities and the impact they have had on Spanish society, and vice-versa, is a phenomenon of outstanding educational importance, as it has brought into public awareness issues such as child vulnerability and focused our attention on the legal, social and educational policies and resources that are meant to materialise an inclusive, democratic and just society. Around these young people, mainly from the Maghreb and therefore identified with Islam, society has created an image that serves to bolster many Islamophobic, xenophobic and racist discourses emanating from the media and the ideologies of Spanish far-right political parties. This is achieved by generalising the criminal conduct of some migrant youths, by depersonalising them as human beings and by linking news about them to vicarious emotions such as mistrust and the feeling of menace. Recognising the importance of this phenomenon, in this article we present the results of a study aiming to identify and analyse the main stereotypes, attitudes and prejudices that Barcelona secondary-school students have towards unaccompanied migrant minors (MENA in their Spanish initials). To this end a questionnaire based on the Overcoming Prejudice Scale (Etxeberria, Murua, Arrieta, Garmendia & Etxeberria, 2012) was administered. Our findings showed that high-school students hold certain prejudices and stereotypes that should be tackled in order to promote the integration and inclusion of unaccompanied migrant minors and to ensure a culture of peace among young people.
Factors Influencing the Teaching Beliefs of University Faculty Members during Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: HSU Wan-Chen
Published: September 2022

Taiwanese university educators’ efficacy is traditionally associated with the belief in aligning teaching and learning outcomes. However, existing research on teacher efficacy involving modern university educators is limited. We bridge this gap by exploring university educators’ perceived efficacy and the factors that influence those perceptions. We surveyed teachers from a national university in southern Taiwan using the Teacher Efficacy Scale and interviews about the source of efficacy beliefs. We obtained 74 survey responses and descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were performed. During the interviews, four qualitative data sets were collected, and we analyzed the data using a continuous comparison analysis method. Generally, participants had medium- to high-levels of perceived efficacy; however, levels differed by gender. Efficacy scores were also higher in course design, technology usage, and classroom management, compared to instructional strategies and learning assessments. The main sources of efficacy perception included mastery experience, role models, student-teacher relationship, professional growth, and student support. Our findings suggest several strategies for follow-up research to promote university educators’ sense of efficacy.
Relationship between Subjective Financial Knowledge and Financial Well-Being: The Mediating Role of the Financial Executive Function
Authors: CASTELLANOS-ALVARENGA Luis Mario , DENEGRI-CORIA Marianela , SEPÚLVEDA-ARAVENA Jocelyne
Published: September 2022

This research aimed to examine the mediating role of financial executive function in the relationship between subjective financial knowledge or self-confidence in one's financial knowledge and financial well-being. A quantitative design was used, with a descriptive and correlational scope. The scales of subjective financial knowledge, financial well-being and financial executive function was applied to 554 university students from Temuco, Chile. The results show that subjective financial knowledge has an indirect effect on the financial control dimension of Financial Well-being, mediated by organization and planning of the executive function scale. Likewise, it was found that subjective financial knowledge had an indirect effect on the dimension of having financial stress through the planning dimension of the executive function scale. It is concluded that it is important to strengthen organization and planning to improve financial well-being, which could be done from an intervention based on financial literacy.
Образ места в представлениях жителей малого российского города Старица Тверской области
Authors: Сабинина Д.С.
Published: September 2022

В статье на примере г. Старица Тверской области рассматриваются особенности восприятия образа города его жителями. Данная тема становится актуальна, в числе прочего, благодаря широкому интересу регионов России к развитию туризма. Исследование построено на основе этноэкологического подхода. Применялись такие методы, как анкетирование и экспертные опросы, глубинные и тематические интервью. Обработка данных анкетирования производилась с помощью программы SPSS. В результате удалось выделить категории культурных, религиозных и природных достопримечательностей, которые жители связывают со своим городом и отмечают как важные для себя лично. Анализируется отношение к этим достопримечательностям жителей разных возрастов. Отмечается разница в мнениях людей, вовлеченных профессионально в туристическую деятельность, и тех, кто не связан с ней. На суждение первых часто влияют клише и административные ограничения, что порой мешает формированию индивидуальности образа места при представлении его гостям и ведет к обезличиванию городов. Люди, не имеющие прямого отношения к туристической деятельности, значительно чаще высказывают мнения, раскрывающие особый образ города и его индивидуальность.
The article is devoted to the perception of a small town by its citizens. In this paper, we consider the case of Staritsa town in Tver’ region. The topic has become relevant due to the broad interest in tourism development throughout Russian regions. The study is based on questionnaires, expert polls, in‑depth and thematic interviews used the human ecology approach. The survey data was processed using the SPSS software package. As a result, significant cultural, religious and natural sites were categorized. These spaces and locations were mentioned by residents as personally meaningful, providing the connection between them and their town. The age‑related aspects of choice were analyzed as well. We also distinguished between the residents professionally involved in tourism and those not associated with it. Clichés and administrative restrictions often influence the judgments of experts. This sometimes leads to the rejection of individuality of certain places or the town itself. Residents not directly involved in the tourism industry provide more variable lists of valuable sites that form the town’s image and its specific features.
Повседневная жизнь каракалпакских студентов в 1960–1970‑е годы
THE STUDENTS’ EVERYDAY LIFE IN KARAKALPAKSTAN IN 1960–1970’S
Authors: Seydametova G. U.
Published: September 2022

В фокусе исследования повседневная жизнь каракалпакского студенчества в 1960–1970‑е гг. Начальным этапом формирования социальной группы студенчества в Каракалпакии стало появление в 1934 году Учительского института, который позже, в 1956 году был преобразован в Педагогический институт. В статье представлена повседневная жизнь каракалпакских студентов через анализ ее базовых элементов: быта и досуга, которые реконструированы на основе воспоминаний жителей Кегейлийского, Шуманайского и Ходжейлийского районов Республики Каракалпакстан. Сведения получены автором в ходе историко‑этнографических экспедиций в период с 2018 по 2022 гг. Интервью, взятые у респондентов по разнообразным аспектам досугово-бытовых практик, позволили воссоздать студенческую жизнь изучаемого периода. К опросу привлекались местные жители, получившие образование не только в Каракалпакстане, но и за пределами республики. Судя по их рассказам, дополненным архивными материалами, в отличие от представителей других слоев населения студенчество в изучаемый период находилось в более выгодных условиях. Студентов обеспечивали жильем, получаемая ими стипендия позволяла не ощущать проблем с продуктами. Одной из сложных, как рассказывают очевидцы, представлялась ситуация с одеждой, потребность в которой на тот период плохо решалась государством, в связи с чем дефицит в ней ощущали все слои населения, в том числе и студенты.
The focus of the study is the daily life of Karakalpak students in the 1960s‑1970s. This social group emerged with the foundation of the first higher educational institution in the republic — the Teacher Training Institute in 1934, which was later, in 1956 transformed into the Pedagogical Institute. The article analyzes the main elements of the Karakalpak students’ everyday life — activities and leisure — reconstructed from the interviews with residents of Kegeyli, Shumanai and Khodjeyli regions of Karakalpakstan. These were conducted by the author during historical and ethnographic expeditions in 2018–2022. The interviews on the main aspects of leisure and domestic practices served to recreate the student life of the studied period. The survey involved respondents who studied not only in Karakalpakstan, but also outside the republic. Unlike other population groups, students lived in rather favorable conditions. They were provided with housing, and the scholarship was sufficient to fully cover food expenses. However, the situation with clothing was complicated, as the need for it at that time was poorly addressed by the state. Therefore, all segments of the population, including students, experienced the shortage of clothing.
3D CNT/MXene microspheres for combined photothermal/photodynamic/chemo for cancer treatment
Authors: Gao Wei , Zhang Weihao , Yu Haipeng , Xing Wenge , Yang Xueling , Zhang Yongguang , Liang Chunyong
Published: September 2022

MXene nanosheets have shown exciting potential in nanomedicine because of their large surface area, intense near-infrared (NIR) absorbance, and good biocompatibility. However, their development in the direction of treating tumors is constrained by the limitations of existing design methodologies. These methodologies lack control over the size and distribution of tumors. Moreover, their photodynamic therapy (PDT) effect is poor. To address this unmet medical need, a simple strategy that processes MXene with carbon nanotube (CNT) into a three-dimensional (3D) honeycomb structure having anti aggregation capacity was established. The structure can be used in disease phototherapy against tumors, bacteria, and viruses, such as photothermal therapy (PTT), photodynamic therapy (PDT), and multimodal synergistic therapy. In the present study, 3D CNT/MXene microspheres were obtained by the template method and spray-drying method. The microspheres possessed special photothermal effects and photothermal stability under NIR laser irradiation. Furthermore, the developed microspheres could achieve a maximum of 85.6% drug loading capability of doxorubicin (DOX). Under light irradiation at 650 and 808 nm, 3D CNT/MXene microspheres could efficiently produce singlet oxygen due to the effectiveness of CNTs as carries for Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) photosensitizers present on the MXene surface. Furthermore, in vitro studies had showed that 3D CNT/MXene-DOX effectively inhibited the proliferation of HeLa cells. Hence, this study provides a promising platform for future clinical applications to realize PTT/PDT/chemotherapy combination cancer treatment based on MXene.
Emerging roles of TRIM27 in cancer and other human diseases
Authors: Yu Chengpeng , Rao Dean , Wang Tiantian , Song Jia , Zhang Lei , Huang Wenjie
Published: September 2022

As a member of the TRIM protein family, TRIM27 is a RING-mediated E3 ubiquitin ligase that can mark other proteins for degradation. Its ubiquitination targets include PTEN, IκBα and p53, which allows it to regulate many signaling pathways to exert its functions under both physiological and pathological conditions, such as cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. During the past decades, TRIM27 was reported to be involved in many diseases, including cancer, lupus nephritis, ischemia-reperfusion injury and Parkinson’s disease. Although the research interest in TRIM27 is increasing, there are few reviews about the diverse roles of this protein. Here, we systematically review the roles of TRIM27 in cancer and other human diseases. Firstly, we introduce the biological functions of TRIM27. Next, we focus on the roles of TRIM27 in cancer, including ovarian cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer. At the same time, we also describe the roles of TRIM27 in other human diseases, such as lupus nephritis, ischemia-reperfusion injury and Parkinson’s disease. Finally, we discuss the future directions of TRIM27 research, especially its potential roles in tumor immunity.
Prostate cancer cells of increasing metastatic potential exhibit diverse contractile forces, cell stiffness, and motility in a microenvironment stiffness-dependent manner
Authors: Molter Clayton W. , Muszynski Eliana F. , Tao Yuanyuan , Trivedi Tanisha , Clouvel Anna , Ehrlicher Allen J.
Published: September 2022

During metastasis, all cancer types must migrate through crowded multicellular environments. Simultaneously, cancers appear to change their biophysical properties. Indeed, cell softening and increased contractility are emerging as seemingly ubiquitous biomarkers of metastatic progression which may facilitate metastasis. Cell stiffness and contractility are also influenced by the microenvironment. Stiffer matrices resembling the tumor microenvironment cause metastatic cells to contract more strongly, further promoting contractile tumorigenic phenotypes. Prostate cancer (PCa), however, appears to deviate from these common cancer biophysics trends; aggressive metastatic PCa cells appear stiffer, rather than softer, to their lowly metastatic PCa counterparts. Although metastatic PCa cells have been reported to be more contractile than healthy cells, how cell contractility changes with increasing PCa metastatic potential has remained unknown. Here, we characterize the biophysical changes of PCa cells of various metastatic potential as a function of microenvironment stiffness. Using a panel of progressively increasing metastatic potential cell lines (22RV1, LNCaP, DU145, and PC3), we quantified their contractility using traction force microscopy (TFM), and measured their cortical stiffness using optical magnetic twisting cytometry (OMTC) and their motility using time-lapse microscopy. We found that PCa contractility, cell stiffness, and motility do not universally scale with metastatic potential. Rather, PCa cells of various metastatic efficiencies exhibit unique biophysical responses that are differentially influenced by substrate stiffness. Despite this biophysical diversity, this work concludes that mechanical microenvironment is a key determinant in the biophysical response of PCa with variable metastatic potentials. The mechanics-oriented focus and methodology of the study is unique and complementary to conventional biochemical and genetic strategies typically used to understand this disease, and thus may usher in new perspectives and approaches.
The Piwil1 N domain is required for germ cell survival in Atlantic salmon
Authors: F. L Almeida , K. O Skaftnesmo , E Andersson , L Kleppe , R. B Edvardsen , B Norberg , P. G Fjelldal , T. J Hansen , R. W Schulz , A Wargelius
Published: September 2022

Genetic introgression of farmed salmon into wild populations can damage the genetic integrity of wild stocks and is therefore considered as an environmental threat. One possible solution is to induce sterility in farmed salmon. We have searched for proteins potentially essential for germline survival in Atlantic salmon. One of these is the argonaute protein Piwil1, known to be required for germ cell survival. To examine Piwil1 function in salmon, we induced indels in the N domain by CRISPR-Cas9. The encoded domain is present in all vertebrate Piwi proteins and has been linked to Tdrd1 protein interaction and PAZ lobe structure. The F0 founder generation of piwil1 crispant males and females displayed a mosaic pattern of piwil1 mutations, exhibiting highly mutated alleles (53%–97%) in their fin gDNA samples. In general, piwil1 crispants carried germ cells, went through puberty and became fertile, although a transient and partial germ cell loss and delays during the spermatogenic process were observed in many male crispants, suggesting that Piwil1 functions during salmon spermatogenesis. By crossing highly mutated F0 founders, we produced F1 fish with a mixture of: loss-of-function alleles (−); functional in frame mutated alleles (+) and wt alleles (+). In F1, all piwil1−/− fish lacked germ cells, while piwil1+/+ siblings showed normal ovaries and testes. Yet, most juvenile F1 piwil1+/−males and females displayed an intermediate phenotype with a higher somatic/germ cell ratio without an increase in germ cell apoptosis, suggestive of a gene dose effect on the number of germ cells and/or insufficient replacement of lost germ cells in heterozygous fish. Interestingly, the two longest in-frame indels in the N domain also ensured germ cell loss. Hence, the loss of 4–6 aa in this region Phe130-Ser136 may result in crucial changes of the protein structure, potentially affecting piRNA binding of the PAZ lobe, and/or affecting the binding of Piwil1 interacting proteins such as Tdrd protein, with critical consequences for the survival of primordial germ cells. In conclusion, we show that loss of piwil1 leads to loss of germ cells in salmon and that part of the N domain of Piwil1 is crucial for its function.
Multiple resonance type thermally activated delayed fluorescence by dibenzo [1,4] azaborine derivatives
Authors: Bae Jaehyun , Sakai Mika , Tsuchiya Youichi , Ando Naoki , Chen Xian-Kai , Nguyen Thanh Ba , Chan Chin-Yiu , Lee Yi-Ting , Auffray Morgan , Nakanotani Hajime , Yamaguchi Shigehiro , Adachi Chihaya
Published: September 2022

We studied the photophysical and electroluminescent (EL) characteristics of a series of azaborine derivatives having a pair of boron and nitrogen aimed at the multi-resonance (MR) effect. The computational study with the STEOM-DLPNO-CCSD method clarified that the combination of a BN ring-fusion and a terminal carbazole enhanced the MR effect and spin-orbit coupling matrix element (SOCME), simultaneously. Also, we clarified that the second triplet excited state (T2) plays an important role in efficient MR-based thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). Furthermore, we obtained a blue–violet OLED with an external EL quantum efficiency (EQE) of 9.1%, implying the presence of a pronounced nonradiative decay path from the lowest triplet excited state (T1).