bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Prevalence and associated factors of cigarette smoking and substance use among university entrance test-taking students: A GIS-based study
Authors: Mamun Mohammed A. , Roy Nitai , Gozal David , Almerab Moneerah Mohammad , Hossain Md. Shakhaoat , Al Mamun Firoj
Published: August 2024

Background

Numerous studies have examined substance use and smoking behavior among adolescents and university students. However, little is known about these behaviors among students undergoing university entrance tests, a critical transition period from adolescence to adulthood. The entrance test can significantly affect students’ mental health, potentially leading to substance use. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of cigarette smoking and substance use among students taking these exams and the associated factors.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was carried out on September 4th and 11th, 2022 to collect data from 1,480 university entrance test-taking students using a convenience sampling technique. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were conducted using SPSS software. Besides, GIS mapping was used to visualize the distribution of substance use and smoking behavior across districts via ArcGIS.

Results

The study found a 10% prevalence of current tobacco smoking and 4% substance use. Females (OR = 1.98; 95% CI: 1.38–2.85), urban residence (OR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.42–2.88), repeater (OR = 1.45; 95% CI: 1.02–2.06), anxiety (OR = 1.55, 95% CI: 1.10–2.19), burnout (OR = 1.51, 95% CI: 1.00–2.12), and suicidal behavior (OR = 1.57; 95% CI: 1.03–2.40) were the significant factors for cigarette use. Whereas the urban residence (OR = 1.91; 95% CI: 1.11–3.31), anxiety (OR = 2.47, 95% CI: 1.45–4.20), and suicidal behavior (OR = 2.76; 95% CI: 1.55–4.92) significantly increased the risk of substance use. GIS analysis revealed males varied in substance use and females in tobacco smoking by district. Repeat test-takers were associated with district variations in both smoking and substance use.

Conclusions

Educational institutions, public health authorities, and policymakers must implement mental health support and substance use prevention programs for students. Integrating mental health education, providing resources, and enforcing regulations can promote healthier coping strategies and reduce substance use risks among students.
What is a liveable tourist city in twenty-first-century Spain? From leisure and consumption to degrowth
Authors: Vilaseca Stephen Luis
Published: August 2024

This editorial raises crucial issues surrounding the sustainability of tourist cities in Spain, highlighting the tension between the desire for leisure and consumption-driven tourism and the growing need for more sustainable, degrowth-oriented practices. Through the lens of philosopher Marina Garcés’s concept of liveability, it explores the challenges and potential solutions for creating tourist cities in Spain that are not only attractive and liveable but also environmentally responsible and socially equitable.
A tourist city: Utopia and dystopia: Views from the Spanish ‘boom’, 1964–75
Authors: Afinoguénova Eugenia
Published: August 2024

This foreword to the Special Issue, titled ‘A Tourist City: Utopia and Dystopia: Views from the Spanish “Boom”, 1964–75’, provides historical and theoretical context to better understand the dual nature of Spain’s rapid urbanization and tourism-focused development during the period between 1964 and 1975 known as the ‘boom’, and introduces the articles that make up this Special Issue.
The End of History, alienation and urban photography across the French–Spanish border, 1964–75
Authors: Afinoguénova Eugenia
Published: August 2024

Offering an overview of Spain’s illustrated magazines of the late 1960s and early 1970s, this article retrieves the debates concerning leisure society and reveals the role that street photography played in visualizing the promises and the defeats of touristified spaces. As the article demonstrates, these discussions creatively elaborated the Marxist ideas of the time about commodified leisure as a form of human survival following the End of History that were debated in France.
Fernando Higueras and Lanzarote: A utopian approach to the landscape of tourism in Spain
Authors: Martín-Mantero Ramón V. Díaz del Campo
Published: August 2024

Throughout history, the coasts have been an important source of wealth as well as strategic points for defending the territory. From the 1950s onwards, a vast number of buildings began to appear on the Spanish coasts, colonizing the surroundings and turning them into an enormous tourist space. Although a significant proportion of this construction is of appalling architectural quality, forming part of a chaotic urban development process which destroyed natural ecosystems, some alternative models also emerged, seeking a different kind of relationship with the environment. Fernando Higueras, who, together with his friend César Manrique proposed a distinctive approach to the island of Lanzarote, is an outstanding figure in this respect. Blending into and respecting the habitats in which they were planned, his proposals responded to the demands for new tourist accommodations by drawing on the traditions of local vernacular architecture.
Resistir 'la calamidad'
Authors: Filgueira Couto Raquel
Published: August 2024

Las sucesivas crisis repercuten a todos los niveles de la estructura social. A través de la ficción especulativa este escrito dialoga con las acciones que Lauren, protagonista de la novela La parábola del sembrador, genera como respuesta a las dificultades que está atravesando en su mundo. Todas las adversidades a las que se enfrenta son consecuencias extremas derivadas de un sistema capitalista neoliberal denominado por Octavia Butler como «la calamidad». Resultado de esta lectura, se relacionan diferentes corrientes de pensamiento y procedimientos con el objetivo de reflexionar sobre las posibilidades de trabajo del artista en relación a las intervenciones comunitarias y a la cada vez más consciente ‘crisis de cuidados’ en un marco esperanzador que resiste en un futuro posible.
huerto como espacio de resiliencia productiva, cultural y familiar
Authors: Luque Cuesta Fernando , Hidalgo Rodríguez Mª Carmen
Published: August 2024

Esta contribución muestra las experiencias llevadas a cabo en un huerto familiar entre un abuelo y su nieto, en Antequera (Málaga), recogidas en el ‘diario del huerto’, un registro gráfico y textual de los procesos llevados a cabo que servirá como fuente de inspiración artística. El objetivo es el de dar a conocer a través del arte tanto los conocimientos como los cultivos en peligro de extinción ligados a la producción de alimentos. Para ello se contrastan nuevas formas domésticas de producción de alimentos con otras preindustriales. La asiduidad en el huerto, el cuidado del gallinero familiar y la consulta bibliográfica, no sólo permitieron fortalecer y enriquecer la relación entre abuelo y nieto, sino inspirar una serie de colecciones artísticas. Una de ellas, es la ilustración de cultivos autóctonos de Perugia (Italia) que, pese a la distancia con el huerto familiar, permite construir un relato internacional a través de la etnografía y la bibliografía, pues la pérdida de cultura y biodiversidad hortelanas son comunes en todo el mundo desarrollado debido a la industrialización agrícola. De la investigación y los resultados se extrae la necesidad de reforzar relaciones personales intergeneracionales con el fin de evitar la extinción de culturas asociadas a la producción, incluyendo las variedades de cultivos autóctonos. Además, la creación artística resultante presenta al huerto como motor de estas obras, que encierran concepciones del mundo donde la muerte no es un tabú y donde el ser humano es un integrante legítimo más de la naturaleza.
Descolonizar los métodos
Authors: Cornago Bernal Oscar
Published: August 2024

La crisis medioambiental se impone con una urgencia, una rotundidad y una demanda de acción y resultados característica de nuestro de tiempo, de un tipo de sociedad y una economía que han contribuido paradójicamente a esa misma crisis que se quiere frenar. Este estudio se plantea la pregunta por los métodos, por unos métodos con unos tiempos y unos modos en relación con el entorno en el que se desarrollan y no impuestos por las buenas razones del experto, el investigador, el artista. Para ahondar en esta cuestión, se analiza la intervención del colectivo mexicano Teatro Ojo «Volverse negro» (volversenegro.mx) en Salamanca (Guanajuato), donde está ubicada la mayor refinería de petróleo del país.
trabajo de Rachel Sussman
Authors: Cerezo Montoya Belén
Published: August 2024

Este artículo analiza y presenta algunas reflexiones a partir del proyecto fotográfico «The oldest living things in the world» (Las cosas vivas más viejas del mundo) de la artista estadounidense Rachel Sussman, que se basa en la generación de un archivo de los organismos más longevos del planeta. A través del análisis de la relación de este trabajo con el saber científico y su constante evolución, esta investigación aborda cómo las prácticas artísticas que trabajan con las imágenes pueden contribuir a generar nuevos sentipensares en lxs espectadores y así generar nuevos comportamientos en un contexto sociopolítico en el que los imaginarios tienen un papel fundamental. En resumen, esta investigación explora el potencial del arte para afirmar y celebrar la vida, una vida interconectada, interdependiente y multiespecies, y así dejar de considerar a la naturaleza como un recurso a ser explotado o dominado.
Treatment of Vedolizumab With Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Adult Patients With Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease (Crohn Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Study)
Authors: Wang Jing , Tang Zhishun , Li Jiao , Yin Anning , Xu Yaqing , Zou Liping , Ren Haixia , Kang Jian , Su Juan , Zhou Qian , Wang Yang , Wang Wei , Zhang Jing , Wan Huipeng , An Ping
Published: August 2024

INTRODUCTION:

Despite increasing studies confirming the efficacy of vedolizumab (VDZ) in Crohn's disease (CD), improving the responses to this biologic agent remains challenging in clinical practice. In this article, we investigated the efficacy of combined treatment of VDZ and 16-week exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) in moderately to severely active CD.

METHODS:

From October 2020 to October 2023, 81 patients with moderately to severely active CD treated with VDZ from 2 inflammatory bowel disease centers were retrospectively selected. Forty-one patients received treatment of VDZ with concomitant 16-week EEN (VDZ + EEN cohort), and 40 patients received VDZ treatment alone (VDZ cohort). Clinical and biological outcomes were evaluated. Endoscopic response and mucosal healing were assessed by colonoscopy at weeks 16 and 52.

RESULTS:

There was no statistically significant difference between 2 groups at baseline for demographic and clinical characteristics. Compared with patients treated with VDZ alone, patients in the VDZ + EEN cohort achieved higher rates of clinical response (84.2% vs 40.0%), clinical remission (81.6% vs 30.0%), endoscopic response (91.4% vs 34.6%), including mucosal healing (85.7% vs 26.9%) at week 16. The superiority of VDZ + EEN treatment sustained in maintenance, with 76.7% (vs 33.3%) clinical response, 70.0% (vs 26.7%) clinical remission, 76.9% (vs 33.3%) endoscopic response, and 61.5% (vs 26.7%) mucosal healing at week 52. None of the patients experienced severe adverse events.

DISCUSSION:

VDZ with concomitant 16-week EEN might be an effective and optimized approach with solid efficacy in the induction and maintenance treatment of active CD.
Development of New Screening Methods for SARS CoV 2 and its Associated Developing Variations
Authors: Kumari Deepika , Mavi Anil Kumar , Chaudhary Jyoti , Kumar Manoj , Gupta Rajesh Kumar , Kumar Umesh
Published: August 2024

As new and changing SARS-CoV-2 variants are discovered, there is an increasing demand for more adaptable diagnostic tools capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2 infections. The wide range of symptoms experienced by infected individuals and unexpected variants make it more challenging than ever to create quick and accurate diagnostic tools. Pharmaceutical treatments and vaccinations are continually designed to strengthen the immune function and successfully combat SARS-CoV-2 and its variations. The discovery of new SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variants, along with the advancement of diagnostic methods that make it possible to identify them, have brought up a number of urgent issues that are covered in this review from a completely fresh perspective. Additionally, we go over the creation, composition, operating principles, benefits, and downsides of some of the most popular vaccinations and therapeutic medications, as well as the ensuing immunological influence.
The Impact of Flyover Development on Business Income in Surabaya Intersection Area, Banda Aceh
Authors: Rizkiya Putra , Hasan Zainuddin , Akbar Muhammad Irfan , Gunawan Arief , Maulida Putra
Published: August 2024

Surabaya Intersection is one of the main intersection with vigorous economic activity in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Nevertheless, it was also one of the main congestion points during peak hours. Therefore, a flyover infrastructure was develop in 2016 to reduce congestion. With better traffic, the income of business in its surrounding area was expected to rise. However, many business experienced declining conditions and even closed a few years after the construction. This research aims to study the impact of flyover development on the income of business in the Surabaya Intersection area. Data were collected through questionnaires supported by observation and interviews with related agencies and academics. The business income questionnaires were distributed to 100 samples from 320 business in this area , chosen with a purposive sampling technique. The study area was divided into 10 segments based on physical characteristics. The analysis conducted was descriptive quantitative supported by qualitative analysis. The result shows that after the flyover development, the business income declined. The income of business in most of business in most segments (7 of 10 segments) reduced between 3.33% to 27.2%. Only three segments experienced increasing income, ranging between 0.8% to 4%. As shown by interpolation result, all segments located right along the Surabaya Intersection flyover showed a significant decrease in business income. The decline in business income is caused by the lack of parking spaces, difficult interzonal mobility, and decreasing attractiveness. This condition indicates that the flyover development in Surabaya Intersection has caused and unsustainable impact on the business in its surrounding area.
A Rare Case of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Secondary to Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome in an Older Woman
Authors: Zorlu Hasan Huseyin , Kocyigit Suleyman Emre
Published: August 2024

Primary Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of salivary and lacrimal glands. The extra-glandular manifestations might be arthritis, myalgia, glomerulonephritis, skin rashes, and neurologic involvement. One of the uncommon neurologic manifestations is neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). In the present case, an older woman is reported that was diagnosed with NMOSD secondary to keratoconjunctivitis sicca, which is rare in geriatric practice.
„Żeby nie uprawiać autorefleksji, musiałbym w ogóle nie myśleć”. Paweł Szymański w rozmowie z Marcinem Krajewskim, Ewą Schreiber i Sławomirem Wieczorkiem
Authors: Schreiber Ewa , Szymański Paweł , Wieczorek Sławomir , Krajewski Marcin
Published: August 2024

Interview with Paweł Szymański
The Creative Potential of Students in Educational Projects
Authors: Kasprzak Michalina
Published: August 2024

Creativity is seen as one of the prerequisites for success in various areas of life. Students often look for additional activities outside school or university to help validate the knowledge and skills they have acquired. Through participation in educational projects (local and international), students gain extra-curricular knowledge, experience, and competences, but are only sometimes able to put these into practice on their own to create new ideas, concepts, or solutions. The article presents the process of supporting and developing students’ creative potential on the example of selected educational projects.
Evaluation of upper airway ultrasonographic measurements in predicting difficult intubation: A cross-section of the Turkish population
Authors: Sayir Tugba Nur , Tuncer Bilge , Erkilic Ezgi
Published: August 2024

Objectives

Studies have shown that there are differences in clinical evaluation parameters and difficult intubation rates among different ethnic populations. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of upper airway clinical and ultrasonographic measurement methods in Turkish population.

Methods

Our study is a single-center, prospective, observational study conducted with 402 patients. All patients underwent clinical airway measurements which are routinely used in pre-anesthetic evaluation. In addition, ultrasonographic anterior neck soft tissue thickness measurements of each patient were made and recorded.

Results

Among the clinical measurements, we found the neck circumference/thyromental distance (TMD) ratio to be significant with a cut-off value of 5.5 and a sensitivity of 92.9% and a specificity of 88.3%, while among the ultrasonographic anterior neck measurements, we found the skin–epiglottic distance to be the most sensitive measurement. We found that there was a positive relationship between the neck circumference/TMD ratio and skin–epiglottis.

Conclusions

In our study, we found that routine measurement methods used in airway examination alone are not sufficient, and measurements that take into account the body proportions of the patients, such as the neck circumference/TMD ratio and the ultrasonographic evaluations are more useful in predicting difficult intubation.
Crystal structure of poly[bis(μ3-3-fluoro-4-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)benzoato-κ3
O:O′:N)cadmium(II)] – dimethylformamide (1/1), C21H17CdF2N7O5
Authors: Wang Yanqing , Hao Yifan , Wang Zhangjing , Lv Xiaoxu , Gu Fangjing , Chen Jiaxiang , Dong Lintao
Published: August 2024

C21H17CdF2N7O5, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 15.2452(2) Å, b = 16.1445(2) Å, c = 9.58901(14) Å, β = 101.0960(15)°, V = 2315.99(6) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt
(F) = 0.0281, wRref
(F
2) = 0.0777, T = 273 K.
Research on optimization of combustor liner structure based on arc-shaped slot hole
Authors: He Zhenpeng , Huang Tao , Bao Zhenxing , Lei Ziyi , Zhang Baoshen , Luo Gui , Cai Meng
Published: August 2024

The flow and heat transfer characteristics of the fluid in the combustor were investigated using numerical simulation in this study. The physical properties of the cooling airflow were fully utilized, and the structure of the combustor was improved. Film hole with novel structure (arc-shaped slot hole) was proposed and compared with cylindrical hole. The optimization schemes for the combustor liner structure were established, in the meanwhile, the influence of different inclinations and slot depths on the temperature distribution of the combustor liner wall was investigated. Compared with the original structure, the average temperature of the target cooling zones in these optimized schemes are reduced by a minimum of 15.12% (227.1 K) and a maximum of 20.65% (351.6 K). A new assessment model (weighted average temperature assessment model) was proposed to provide an effective assessment of the overall cooling effect. The following conclusions were arrived at: high temperature in localized areas is an important reason for the damage of combustor liner wall. Compared to cylindrical hole, the cooling performance of arc-shaped slot hole is better. When the hole type is the same, the larger inclination has higher jet height than the smaller inclination, and the cooling effect is worse. Increasing the slot depth h can improve the cooling efficiency.
O que há em um nome? O estado-da-arte da autonomia na aprendizagem de línguas
Authors: Filho Augusto César Luitgards Moura
Published: August 2024

O interesse em abordagens que envolvam a autonomia do aprendiz1 na aprendizagem de línguas continuará a crescer devido à necessidade de reconhecer-se, cada vez mais, a importância das vozes e das escolhas dos aprendizes no processo de aprendizagem. Neste artigo, apresentamos, inicialmente, as origens históricas da aprendizagem autônoma, o desenvolvimento do conceito de autonomia e as implicações deste na aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras. Em seguida, desenhamos um “estado-da-arte” desse princípio pedagógico. O texto aborda, também, questões relativas ao treinamento de aprendizes, aos papéis do professor e ao perfil do aprendiz autônomo como uma contribuição aos interessados em conhecer mais esse assunto.
A sala de aula de alemão LE para falantes de dialeto
Authors: Kersch Dorotea Frank , Sauer Carina Maria
Published: August 2024

Muitos dos mitos que povoam o imaginário de professores de língua materna estão presentes também nas aulas de língua estrangeira, de modo especial nas de alemão padrão a falantes de variedades de menor prestígio dessa língua. No presente estudo, temos como objetivo identificar as concepções de alunas e professora em relação ao dialeto nas aulas de alemão padrão. Para essa finalidade, acompanhamos, durante um mês, as aulas de alemão padrão numa turma de alunas do primeiro ano do ensino médio, numa escola de Ivoti-RS. Além das observações, foi também aplicado um questionário que objetivava identificar qual a concepção das alunas em relação às interferências que o dialeto podia ter nas aulas de alemão padrão, considerando as quatro habilidades: ler, compreender, falar e escrever. Além disso, o questionário procurou verificar que atitudes – preconceituosas ou não – as falantes tinham em relação a sua língua materna. Os resultados mostram que há indícios de que o dialeto é um elemento facilitador na aprendizagem do alemão padrão, especialmente no que diz respeito à compreensão, à leitura e à desenvoltura na fala dessa língua estrangeira. Diferente do quemuitos pensam, o dialeto aparenta não interferir de forma negativa nas aulas de alemão padrão, ao contrário, produz efeitos muito positivos. Apenas em relação à escrita grande parte das alunas considera o fato de serem falantes bilíngues (português-alemão) um dificultador.
Autores
Authors: Ensino Revista Linguagem &
Published: August 2024

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EFEKTIVITAS PEMBELAJARAN DBL BERBASIS IDENTIFIKASI DAN ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN ALAT PERAGA DI KELAS VIII TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PENALARAN PADA MATERI GEOMETRI
Authors: Afriyanti Ice , Pujiastuti Emi , Suyitno Amin
Published: August 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) rata-rata kemampuan penalaran perta didik kelas VIII menggunakan model DBL dengan alat peraga manipulatif mencapai KKM; (2) rata-rata kemampuan penalaran peserta didik kelas VIII menggunakan model DBL dengan alat peraga manipulatif lebih baik daripada model ekspositori pada materi limas. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh peserta didik kelas VIII SMP Negeri 22 Semarang tahun pelajaran 2014â„2015. Dengan teknik cluster random sampling, terpilih sampel yaitu peserta didik kelas VIII A sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas VIII D sebagai kelas kontrol. Metode pengumpulan data meliputi: observasi, tes dan dokumentasi. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji normalitas, uji homogenitas, uji prporsi dan uji beda rata-rata. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) rata-rata kemampuan penalaran peserta didik kelas VIII menggunakan model DBL dengan alat peraga manipulatif mencapai KKM; (2) rata-rata kemampuan penalaran peserta didik kelas VIII menggunakan model DBL dengan alat peraga manipulatif lebih baik model ekspositori.
KEEFEKTIFAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING BERNUANSA ETNOMATEMATIKA TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH SISWA KELAS VIII
Authors: Abdullah Dian Insani , Mastur Zaenuri , Sutarto Hery
Published: August 2024

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui model pembelajaran PBL bernuansa etnomatematika efektif terhadap kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa pada kelas VIII SMP N 1 Demak tahun pelajaran 2014/2015. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan cluster random sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode dokumentasi, observasi, angket, dan tes. Analisis data menggunakan menggunakan uji One Sample T Test, uji proporsi, uji Independent Samples T Test dan uji regresi linear berganda. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model PBL bernuansa etnomatematika mencapai KKM, (2) kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model PBL mencapai KKM (3) kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model PBL bernuansa etnomatematika lebih tinggi daripada kemampuan pemecahanÂ  masalah siswa dengan model PBL, (4) terdapat perbedaan sikap terhadap budaya lokal antara sebelum dan setelah diterapkan pembelajaran model PBL bernuansa etnomatematika dan (5) aktivitas belajar siswa dan sikap terhadap budaya lokal siswa berpengaruh terhadap kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa, sehingga dapat disimpulkan model pembelajaran PBL bernuansa etnomatematika efektif terhadap kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa kelas VIII.
Effectiveness of Probing-prompting Learning Models with Scaffolding Strategy to Mathematic Creative Thinking Ability and Enthusiasm
Authors: Alfian Miftah Hafidz , Dwijanto Dwijanto , Sunarmi Sunarmi
Published: August 2024

The purpose of this research was to know that the learning model ProbingPrompting with Scaffolding strategy effective on the mathematic creative thinking ability and enthusiasm. Based on the research results in students population in class VII SMP N 1 Adiwerna in the academic year 2016/2017, used techunique random sampling there are class VII A as experimental class and class VII B as control class. The research total show that in experimental class is reached out classical. The difference test of two average mathematic creative thinking abilities indicates that students' mathematic creative thinking ability in the experimental class is better than the control class. The difference test of two average of enthusiasm shows that enthusiasm students in the experimental class is better than the control class. The conclusion of this research is ProbingPrompting learning model with scaffolding strategy effective to the mathematic creative thinking ability and enthusiasm.
Enhancement of Lecturer Professionalism using Lesson Study Approach for Curriculum Review of Mathematics 1
Authors: Agoestanto Arief , Kurniasih Ary Woro , Zahid Muhammad Zuhair , Mulyono Mulyono
Published: August 2024

The purpose of this research is to know the improvement of lecturer professionalism through the approach of lesson study, to see the increase of student interaction (with the students, teaching materials, lecturer), and to know whether the student learning result of the lesson study approach reaches the completeness. This research is a research of mixed method based on lesson study. Activities performed for each cycle consists of three stages: planning, execution, and reflection. The qualitative data is the description of the lectures professionality improvement with the quantitative is the increase of student interaction (with students, teaching materials, lecturers), and the result of studying Curriculum Review of Mathematics 1. The subject of this research was the students of Curriculum Review of Mathematics 1 in Mathematics Department UNNES year academic 2016/2017. The research instruments are a test, observation sheet, and questionnaire. The result of the research is the improvement of professionalism of lecturers of KBK Mathematics Education through lesson study approach for Mathematics Curriculum Mathematics 1 course, student interaction (with students, teaching materials, lecturers) increases, and learning achieves mastery.
Cognitive load in working memory on trigonometry Learning
Authors: Basir Mochamad Abdul , Maharanib Hevy Risqi
Published: August 2024

The cognitive process involves three elements in the human memory system; sensory, working, and long term memory. Unless the long term memory does not have enough preliminary knowledge, the working memory will have difficulties in providing meaning and constructing information as a knowledge, so the working memory is overloaded to understand the problems.With regard to that symptom, the aim of this study is to find out the cognitive load in trigonometric learning. The subjects of this study are students of grade X4 SMAN 6 Semarang. The cognitive load in working memory is caused by three sources, including Intrinsic Cognitive Load (ICL), Extraneous Cognitive Load (ECL), and Germane Cognitive Load (GCL). The results show that ICL can not be manipulated, but ICL can be well processed. Then, ECL can be minimized by material presentation techniques through the help of materials that utilize information technology media. While GCL can be improved through problem solving in developing students' mathematical creative thinking skills.
Informe de vigilancia competitiva y análisis bibliométrico temático como apoyo de la propuesta de creación de un programa de Maestría en Interventoría, Gerencia y Supervisión de la Construcción en la Universidad Santo Tomás, seccional Bucaramanga
Authors: Idárraga-Ortiz Sergio Alejandro , Vargas Leal Viviana Marcela , Becerra Vargas Wilmer Andrés , Rangel Castañeda Ana Elizabeth
Published: August 2024

El documento titulado "Informe de vigilancia competitiva y análisis bibliométrico temático como apoyo de la propuesta de creación de un programa de Maestría en Interventoría, Gerencia y Supervisión de la Construcción en la Universidad Santo Tomás, seccional Bucaramanga" presenta un exhaustivo análisis de la dinámica académica y profesional en el campo de la construcción. Este informe se centra en la importancia de la interventoría, la gerencia y la supervisión en la ejecución de proyectos de infraestructura, subrayando su papel crucial en la garantía de calidad, eficiencia y cumplimiento normativo. El análisis bibliométrico destaca las tendencias actuales de investigación en estas áreas, identificando las fuentes de publicación más relevantes, la evolución de la producción científica y la colaboración internacional. También resalta la necesidad de integrar la sostenibilidad y la innovación tecnológica en los procesos constructivos. El informe concluye que la creación de un programa de maestría especializado es esencial para fortalecer la formación de profesionales capaces de afrontar los desafíos contemporáneos del sector. Este documento es una valiosa herramienta para académicos y profesionales interesados en la gestión de proyectos de construcción, y su inclusión en el repositorio institucional promoverá su consulta y contribuirá al desarrollo del conocimiento en esta área clave.
Clyde Woods on Social Triage
Authors: Woods Clyde
Published: August 2024

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Insubordinate Space
Authors: Blake Felice
Published: August 2024

As the system of education turns on itself under the conditions of neoliberal disaster, “common sense” dictates the amputation of certain areas of research in favor of increasingly authoritarian, colorblind, and extractive approaches to knowledge production. These efforts attempt to establish all other sites and perspectives as “insubordinate spaces” and thus targets of repression.
And yet insubordination and accompanying spaces for rethinking the politics of education and expanding political education persist and proliferate. Insubordination is a tool, as Barbara Tomlinson and George Lipsitz articulate, that has “transformative and redemptive power when mobilized against exploitation and hierarchy.” Protests in the streets and across the educational system have expressed frustrations over the lack of progress on educational conditions, and staged opposition to new policies that criminalize bodies and minds.
Mapping Race and Urban Ecologies
Authors: Colón Sigma , Thomas Chloe , Alvarez Marelis
Published: August 2024

“Race and Urban Ecologies” served as the organizing theme for a course that adopted socio-spatial strategies to explore connections among racial justice and ecological flourishing. Drawing from approaches in the fields of critical geography, urban studies, and digital humanities—and taking inspiration from scholars and community members who use interdisciplinary methods to reimagine processes of knowledge production and community engagement—students worked together to create interactive digital maps. These maps contribute to the ongoing project of developing collective research practices and building a digital archive that examines intersecting injustices that impact marginalized communities while also reflecting community visions and struggles for livable and just geographies. Course research and cartography offered generative modes for deepening understandings of diverse communities and envisioning some of the spaces and politics we inhabit collectively.
Kalfou at the Crossroads
Authors: Blake Felice
Published: August 2024

The crossroads are a place where we find ourselves and each other. As Kalfou strives to generate new research and knowledge in reciprocal relation to aggrieved populations who are eyewitnesses to the effects of dominant social structures, our namesake—the term for crossroads in Haitian Creole—reminds us that important lessons are learned and decisions made at such critical junctions.
Elasticity Inhabited
Authors: Denis Pascale
Published: August 2024

In critiquing the trope of resilience, Kaiama Glover has defined it as “elasticity,” “the capacity to resume an original form, or a condition.” She points to how that term has been used “gleefully” when talking about migrants and refugees, as “a category” that is “long applicable to Haitians, as they are, if nothing else, resilient.” This paper proposes an exploration of elasticity as a possible site of imagining an “otherwise” of the diasporic experience: an open space in which both the nostalgia of the old home and the experiencing of the new one can be engaged with and nurture a new sense of self.
In These Uncertain Times, Pittsburgh: Contents
Authors: Ford Leon , Fracul Deanna
Published: August 2024

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Introduction: In These Uncertain Times, Pittsburgh
Authors: Ford Leon , Fracul Deanna
Published: August 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic and mass protests in response to the murder of George Floyd during the spring and summer of 2020 gave rise to the phrase “in these uncertain times” as a frame for everyday life in the United States and abroad. For this special issue of Kalfou, we explore uncertainty as a theme for discussions of racism and injustice in a time when even those shielded by significant privilege have been left feeling uprooted and alone. 
This nation has seen horrifying killings of people of color since before its inception. We have also seen pandemics before, as well as the day-to-day health crisis produced by socioeconomic inequality. Yet while resistance, indignation, and protests against such inhumanity are common, we sensed that something was different this time as our elders and young people marched through cities of all sizes. We had not seen white participation at these levels or an executive branch as willfully outrageous as that of our forty-fifth president. Was this a perfect storm that might sweep in significant advances toward equality and justice, or would things get worse? What is the best that we can hope for in these uncertain times, and what is required of us to make it a livable reality in the coming days?
Call-and-Response in the City: Embodied Mercy in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Authors: Glass Kathy
Published: August 2024

Suffering and mercy meet at the crossroads in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1988), a play documenting newly arrived migrants’ dreams and disappointments in Pittsburgh. Moving their very bodies to resist southern oppression, these characters participate in the Great Migration, joining millions of Blacks leaving the south for an uncertain future in the north. My essay examines the challenges facing these migrants, highlighting hope and mercy in the midst of heartbreak. Focusing on characterization, I argue that mercy becomes a resistant social value enabling communion and community in Wilson’s play.
Using Community-Engaged Arts-Based Methods to Explore Housing Insecurity in Rural-Urban Spaces
Authors: Pin Laura , LeBlanc Haley Tobin , Levac Leah
Published: August 2024

This article explores how community-engaged, art-based research methods can enrich our understanding of homelessness, with a specific focus on housing insecurity in rural urban communities. Drawing on a digital storytelling project in Dufferin County, Ontario, involving twelve storytellers- ten with lived experience of homelessness - we explore the complexities of homelessness that are often neglected in official narratives of housing and home. We argue that the dominant methods of documenting homelessness - enumeration through point-in-time (PiT) counts - provide a limited understanding of homelessness and can contribute to the invisibility of these problems in rural-urban spaces. We explore how a participant-led critical engagement can help make visible experiences of housing insecurity as a form of homelessness, and direct focus to the intersection of individual circumstances with structural factors, pointing to key areas for policy change.
Meeting the challenges of temporary full-arch rehabilitation in patients with bruxism: a step-by-step approach
Authors: Boukhris Hanen , Bouslama Ghada , Zidani Hajer , Messaoud Nour Ben , Youssef Souha Ben
Published: August 2024

Bruxism, poses significant difficulties for implant rehabilitation, particularly in full-arch cases. With the emergence of immediacy concept as a pivotal focal point within the domain of implant dentistry, immediate loading of dental implants has gained widespread. However associated with bruxism, temporary full-arch rehabilitation may be challenging. This case report demonstrates a structured, step-by-step approach to temporary full-arch rehabilitation in patients with bruxism. The use of digital work flow starting by implant planning and provisional prosthesis design can effectively address the challenges posed by bruxism, leading to improved clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.
A Review of the Role of Tests of Coronary Reactivity in Clinical Practice
Authors: Sueda Shozo , Sakaue Tomoki
Published: August 2024

Vasoreactivity testing is used by cardiologists in the diagnosis of coronary spasm endotypes, such as epicardial and microvascular spasm. Intracoronary injection of acetylcholine and ergonovine is defined as a standard class I method according to the Coronary Vasomotion Disorder (COVADIS) Group. Because single vasoreactivity testing may have some clinical limitations in detecting the presence of coronary spasm, supplementary or sequential vasoreactivity testing should be reconsidered. The majority of cardiologists do not consider pseudonegative results when performing these vasoreactivity tests. Vasoreactivity testing may have some limitations when it comes to documenting clinical spasm. In the future, cardiologists around the world should use multiple vasoreactivity tests to verify the presence or absence of epicardial and microvascular spasms in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory.
Project Spotlight: Replacement bridge uses CFCC, GFRP for durability
Authors: Atkinson William
Published: August 2024

The North Carolina Department of Transportation replaced the Earl C. Davis Memorial Bridge (bridge number 73) and bridge number 96, both of which connect the town of Straits, N.C., on the mainland to Harkers Island,N.C., with a new structure. The new bridge is designed to provide better access to and from the island in emergencies and during hurricane evacuations. The new bridge is primarily made using carbon-fiber- and glass-fiber-reinforced concrete, making it the first structure in the state to use the material. Coastal Precast Systems of Chesapeake, Va., was selected for the precast concrete portion of the project.
Advances in global land use systems development and sustainability: A bibliometric analysis
Authors: Sarfo Isaac , Qiao Jiajun , Effah Nana Adwoa Anokye , Yeboah Emmanuel , Alimo Philip Kofi , Ben Amara Dhekra , Kwang Clement , Qiankun Zhu , Allotey Michael Kpakpo , Djan Michael Atuahene
Published: August 2024

Land-use systems have a significant impact on environmental, economic, and societal issues worldwide. This study uses R's Biblioshiny package to critically examine an extensive bibliographic database of 1814 publications on global land use systems development and sustainability (GLUSDS) from the Web of Science (WoS). Findings indicate that the scientific productivity of GLUSDS has been increasing between 2004 and 2023. The five most influential sources, constituting ‘Sustainability’, ‘Land Use Policy’, ‘Land’, ‘Science of the Total Environment’ and ‘Ecological Indicators’ produce and disseminate information that drives policy responses, innovations and future research perspectives. Similarly, the most cited papers demonstrate the complexity and encompassing nature of land use systems development and sustainability. There was a low (high) level of cooperation between (among) the leading scholars in the field. Compared to emerging nations, industrialised nations such as China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany have a far greater impact on land use science. Current research trends demonstrate the utilization of ‘digital technologies (DTs)’ through the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and integrated remote sensing techniques, Geo-detectors, regression models, artificial intelligence, as well as social and economic models to comprehensively identify, monitor and advance knowledge in land use science, management and sustainability. Thus, we support initiatives like 'Citizen Science' that promote the adoption of cutting-edge theories, methods, instruments, and procedures that support the sustainable use of lands and other natural resources. Limited scientific investments and productivity from industrialized and emerging nations call for further studies in land system science and management.
The cyclic loads influence on mechanical parameters of morselized bone graft
Authors:   Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Fedorova Natalya , Larichkin Alexey , Boyko Svetlana , Panchenko Andrey ,   LOGEEKS MS LLC, Golnik Vadim ,   Federal Center of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Arthroplasty, Pavlov Vitaly ,   Tsivyan Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Kosinov Aleksandr
Published: August 2024

Prosthetic components are subject to wear at the prosthetic-bone interfaces after hip replacement. Over time, this causes the healthy pelvic bone around the implant to deteriorate to the point that revision surgery is required. In this case, the technique of impaction bone grafting (IBG) is used with various osteoplastic materials (OPM). Therefore, the OPM becomes an important mechanical link that takes on cyclic loads during the patient’s physical activity. Predicting long-term stability of the endoprosthesis after revision surgery using IBG is inextricably linked to understanding the mechanical behavior of OPM in the form of morselized bone graft – a mixture of crushed particles human cortical and trabecular bone. The article provides an experimental and numerical study of the elastic and viscoelastic parameters of the bone-plastic material based on morselized bovin bone graft. The experiments were carried out on single-cycle and cyclic constrained compression of the OPM. The problems of compressing the OPM are solved numerically based on the obtained parameters. Instantaneous modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio were obtained for single-cycle loading. The values of the instantaneous modulus of elasticity under cyclic loading were obtained for “dry” specimens and containing an aqueous solution of glycerol, simulating wound “blood”. The comparison was made of the compressive stresses during the relaxation process of the OPM, obtained numerically and experimentally. The values of instantaneous elastic moduli increase not only with increasing number of cycles, but also with increasing applied load in the test. The modules of specimens with “blood” are larger than those of “dry” specimens. The obtained parameters make it possible to describe the viscoelastic behavior of osteoplastic materials based on morselized bone allograft using Prony series in finite element programs with numerical modeling.
Zen Echoes: a consonância de vozes femininas na tradição Chan
Authors: Sakuma Regina Harumi
Published: August 2024

RESENHA: GRANT, Beata. ZEN ECHOES: classic Koans with verse commentaries by three female chan masters. Sommerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. 2017
Gezegensel sınırlar ve modern kurumsal kapitalizm perspektifinden kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik için ekolojik temeller
Authors: Elmacı Orhan
Published: August 2024

Dünyanın doğal kaynaklarının ve ekosistemi endişe verici bir düzeyde bozulmuş ve bozulmaya devam etmektedir. Bu nedenledir ki kaynak kıtlığı kurumsal sürdürülebilirliğin önünde en önemli bir handikap olmaı, şirketler için en önemli gündem maddesidir. Şirketlerin Sürdürülebilirliğin sağlanması ise biyolojik çeşitlilik kaybını ve ekosistem düşüşünü durdurma, iklim değişikliğini azaltma ve çevre koşullarını daha genel olarak iyileştirmeyi gerekli kılmaktadır. Ancak bunu yapmak için işletme plan ve teşvikler günümüz de oldukça çok zayıf düzeydedir. Bu konuda ki sarmal, çevresel sorunların mevcut ekonomik paradigma da hala “dışsallıklar” olarak görülmesine rağmen, doğa insanlığın gelecekteki hayatta kalması için yönetim ve yatırım gerektiren temel doğal sermaye olarak görülmek yerine bozulmaya ve değerinin altında kalmaya devam etmektedir. Şirketlere daha sürdürülebilir iş kararları için belirli eylemler, hedefler veya ölçütler konusunda tavsiye ve rehberlik sağlayan birçok kaynak ve girişim bulunmakla birlikte bunların önemli bir kısmı sınırlı kaynaklar ve doğal sermaye bağlamında sürdürülebilirlik yerine “daha az etki’ yi sürdürülebilir olmakla eş tutulmaktadır. Diğer yandan, Dünya Sisteminin holistik bir yapı olarak dikkate almadığından genellikle ekosistemlere ve yerel veya bölgesel düzeyde çevreye odaklanmalarına neden olmaktadır. Hangi iş eylemlerinin gerçekten sürdürülebilir olduğunu anlamak için yeni ve daha sofistike bir farkındalığa gereksinim olduğu tartışmasız bir gerçektir. Bu şekilde, çeşitli zorlukları ve özellikle Dünya Sisteminin bir bütün olarak istikrarsızlaşmasıyla ilişkili olanları ele alan çok faydalı çözümler sunabilen yaklaşımlara öncelik verilmesi kaçınılmazdır. Bize yalnızca ekosistemleri ve biyo çeşitliliği (doğal sermayemiz) yerel ve bölgesel ölçekte değil, aynı zamanda Dünya Sisteminin istikrarını yöneten gezegen sistemlerini iyileştirmek, eylemleri yönlendirmek için Gezegensel Sınırlar [(Planetary boundaries (PB)]) çerçevesinde strateji ve eylem planlarının hazırlanması gerekmekte. PB çerçevesini, özellikle tedarik zincirlerinde, kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik kararlarını bilgilendirmek için kullanmak, işletmelerin etkilerinin makro düzeydeki sonuçlarını anlamalarını sağlayacak ve bunları ele almak için belirli eylemlere odaklanmalarına yardımcı olacaktır.
Bu bağlamda çalışmanın temel amacı: kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik için ekolojik ve sistemik temellerin yeni bir paradigma ile daha bütüncü (holistic), tamamlayıcı (integrative), çevreci (ecological) ve güçlendirici (empowering). yeniden gözden geçirme ve çevresel, sosyal ve yönetişim (ÇSY) ile entegrasyonun sağlanması adına PB çerçevesinin değerini, zorlukları ve sınırlamalarıyla birlikte tanıtma, PB çerçevesinin kurumsal bir bağlamda nasıl uygulanabileceğini ortaya koyma, PB çerçevesinin dayalı yenilikçi yaklaşımlar önerme ve şirketleri PB çerçeve gelişimine entegre etmek için bir sonraki kilometre taşlarını belirlemektir.