bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Guard Channel Scheme in Wireless Network
Authors: Ojesanmi O.A. , Lawal O.A. , Ibharalu F.T. , Adejumobi I.A.
Published: March 2021

Dynamic Guard Channels (DCG) reduces the dropping and blocking rates in a network. However, most of the existing DGC allocations are not quite efficient because there were consideration for only the Handoff (HO) calls while the New calls (NC) were not considered; this leads to poor Quality of Service (QoS) for NC. Although it is better to give priority to HO calls over NC since the breaking of the connection of an established communicationis more annoying than blocking a NC. Thus, there is need to provide an alternative approach that guarantees an acceptable QoS in terms of both the HC and the NC. This paper presents the performance evaluation of an adaptive guard channel allocation; the scheme made use of two different models (1) guard channel with fuzzy logic (2) guard channel without fuzzy logic. Priority is given to handoff call due to the scarcity of radio spectrum. When all the guard channels have been allocated and the arrival rate of handoff calls keeps on increasing, new set of threshold values would be estimated by fuzzy logic model. Performance metrics are; Call Blocking Rate (CBR), Call Dropping Rate (CDR) and Throughput. Results showed that guard channel with fuzzy logic has the CBR values range from 24.02% to 69.015 and CDR values range from 12.025 to 18.90% while guard channel without fuzzy logic has CBR values range from 28.22% to 75.65% and CDR values range from 19.06% to 36.50%. The scheme proved to be more efficient in congestion control in wireless network.
Effective Moisture Diffusivity and Activation Energy of Tannia Cormels: Influence of Temperature, Pre-Treatment and Slice Thickness
Authors: Oyefeso B.O. , Raji A.O.
Published: March 2021

This study investigated the effects of temperature, pre-treatment and slice thickness on the effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) cormels. White-fleshed and pink-fleshed varieties of the cormels were used for this study. The effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of fresh and blanched cormels were determined by drying them at three temperature levels (60, 70 and 80°C) and three slice thicknesses (2, 3 and 4 mm). The effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of the cormels ranged between 1.47×10−7 and 2.09×10−6 m2s−1 and 49.02 and 63.23 kJmol−1 respectively. The study established that the effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy are drying temperature dependent. The effects of pre-treatment and slice thickness were also found to be significant on the measured parameters. Drying of blanched thin slices of tannia cormels at relatively high temperature levels is recommended for faster and cost-effective drying of the cormels.
Development of Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curve for Abuja, Nigeria
Authors: Ahmed M.A. , Olowosulu A.T. , Adeogun B.K. , Murana A.A. , Ahmed H.A. , Sanni I.M.
Published: March 2021

Urban flooding is a major social and economic problem of any nation. The social implication is attributed to loss of lives and property, unwanted displacement and emotional disturbance attached. While that of economic problem is the cost of mitigation of flood and the aftermath solution. Thus, storm water drainage is part of essential modern city infrastructure. The need for proper analysis and design of drainages and other road water facilities cannot be overemphasized. To achieve this, critical analysis of available rainfall data, which is a key input, is required. A 35 years daily rainfall data were obtained from NIMET, from which the analysis was carried out using frequency method. The output generated are presented in graphical forms and model. Ultimately, an IDF curve generated, depicts Abuja rainfall pattern from which a 3-parameter model equation, I = 37Tr0.2 (t + 0.1)−0.9 was formulated. This is site or location specific. The curve and/or the formulated model can be adopted to determine rainfall intensity of Abuja city if the rainfall duration and return period are predictable.
Replacement Model for Street Lighting Systems
Authors: Usman A.M. , Adediran Y.A. , Otuoze A.O. , Mohammed O.O. , Zakariyya O.S.
Published: March 2021

Replacing failed bulbs of streetlights in a location can be very tasking and expensive if the optimal time for replacement is not determined. In this paper, a model has been developed that helps to establish the optimal time for the replacement of streetlight bulbs. Burnt-out bulbs are replaced individually when they fail, and group replacement is carried out on all bulbs after a specified time. The costs for both individual replacement and group replacement are determined. The developed model was applied to locally sourced data from a field survey of a streetlight installation at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, North-central Nigeria. The model gave the optimum replacement time of burnt-out bulbs as the eighteenth week when applied to the data used in this work. The optimum replacement time will be dependent on the dataset used. This makes the developed model useful in establishing the optimal replacement time of any stochastically failing items that are in large quantities. The model will help to reduce maintenance costs for facility managers.
Low semen quality and adverse histological changes in testes of adult male mice treated with bee venom (Apis mellifera)
Authors: Regeai Sassia O. , Abusrer Salma A. , Shibani Naema S.
Published: March 2021

Background: Male infertility has been on the rise since the past seven decades. Recently, in Libya, bee venom therapy (BVT) has become a popular method among alternative healthcare practitioners for treating male infertility. However, a literature search did not find any published studies that investigated the use of BVT for infertility treatment.

Aim: To investigate the effect of bee venom on the male reproductive status through measurements of semen quality parameters and testicular histological changes in adult male mice.

Methods: A total of 48 male mice were randomly divided into three experimental groups (which were subdivided into two subgroups with eight mice each) as follows: control, bee venom sting (BVS), and bee venom injection (BVI). The normal control subgroup mice were not subjected to any treatment, while the vehicle control subgroup mice were injected (i.p.) with 200 μl of 0.9% saline solution. In the BVS-treated subgroups, each mouse was stung by one live bee for five times (BVS-5) or seven times (BVS-7) every third day for 2 or 3 weeks. While each mouse in the BVI-treated subgroups received 23 μg/kg in a dose volume of 200 μl BVIs (i.p.) for five times (BVI-5) or seven times (BVI-7) every third day for 15 or 21 days.

Results: The findings of this study showed that repeated bee venom treatment by sting or injection to adult male mice resulted in a significant decline in testosterone levels, sperm count, sperm motility, and a very significant increase in the percentage of abnormal sperm morphology; also, there were harmful testicular histological changes in the structural organization of seminiferous tubules and degenerative changes in the germinal epithelium compared to control group.

Conclusion: The results of this study provide evidence for the low semen quality and adverse testicular histological changes in male mice treated with bee venom. Hence, there is a desperate need for educating alternative healthcare practitioners and infertile couples about the harmful effects of BVT on reproductive status.
Flea and tick treatment satisfaction, preference, and adherence of US cat owners prescribed topical fluralaner (Bravecto® Topical Solution for Cats)
Authors: Lavan Robert , Normile Dorothy , Armstrong Rob , Vaala Wendy
Published: March 2021

Background: Fluralaner is a novel isoxazoline compound and the only systemically distributed ectoparasiticide approved in the United States for redosing at up to 12-week intervals for flea and tick control in cats. Other feline ectoparasiticides, including other systemic isoxazolines, are approved for redosing at monthly intervals. A survey developed in 2016 to assess the satisfaction, preference, and adherence of dog owners prescribed fluralaner as an ectoparasiticide with the treatment and veterinary flea and tick protection recommendations was adapted for completionby cat owners in the USA.

Aim: The study objective was to use cat-owner survey data obtained at US veterinary practices to assess client satisfaction and utilization practices for fluralaner, and to evaluate owner adherence to current flea and tick control recommendations.

Methods: US veterinary practices (n = 26) were asked to obtain completed surveys for up to 25 active clients who were currently treating their cats with a topical preparation of fluralaner for flea and tick control. Clients who had previously used flea and tick products for cats other than fluralaner were enrolled in the study. Participating cat owners completed an 11-question survey on their satisfaction with, preference for, and adherence to treatment recommendations for topically applied fluralaner as a feline flea and tick control medication.

Results: The average cat in this study had a mean (± SD) body weight of 5.1 (± 0.9) kg and was 7.1 (±1.4) years old. Most cats lived in a home versus an apartment and more than half spent some time outside. Satisfaction was assessed with a 5-point Likert scale, with nearly all cat owners (97%) indicating that they were satisfied or very satisfied with fluralaner. Most of them (66%) had previously used other monthly flea and tick products for cats. Owners were not excluded if they had previously used a canine flea and tick product. The extended dosing interval up to 12 weeks was the most frequently selected benefit of fluralaner. Nearly 9 out of 10 respondents indicated they readministered fluralaner mostly on time or delayed by a few days, and most said they were more likely to give a repeat dose of fluralaner at the recommended redosing interval compared to monthly products. 87% of the responding cat owners preferred topical fluralaner over the monthly flea and tick products they had used.

Conclusion: The extended dosing interval of up to 12 weeks was the leading preference factor and the key driver of user satisfaction with fluralaner leading to improved adherence to redosing recommendations. Cat owners said they were more likely to administer fluralaner at the recommended redosing interval compared to monthly products, indicating that less frequent redosing contributes to improved adherence.
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytological findings in healthy Amiata donkeys
Authors: Vitale Valentina , Bonelli Francesca , Briganti Angela , Sgorbini Micaela
Published: March 2021

Background: The approach to respiratory diseases in donkeys is similar to that for horses; nevertheless, Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and tracheal wash cytology in this species have been described only a few times in the literature.

Aim: To describe BALF cytological findings in a cohort of 24 healthy Amiata donkeys.

Methods: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was carried out via standing sedation with a large animal where the BAL catheter passed blindly through the nasal passage into the trachea.

Results: The total nucleated cell count of the BALF was found similar to that already described in healthy horses and donkeys. No differences in the differential count were observed according to age and sex. A decreased macrophage percentage and an increased eosinophil percentage were observed in our donkey population when compared to the existing reference range for horses.

Conclusion: The reference intervals for BAL cytology in donkeys may be significantly different for those referred for horses.
The occurrence of osteosarcoma after tibial fracture repair in a dog
Authors: Isaka Mitsuhiro , Kokubo Daiki , Sakai Toshikazu
Published: March 2021

Background: There are few detailed reports on implant-associated sarcoma in dogs; however, loose implants, metal type, and infection have not been shown as specific risk factors for this condition.

Case Description: A 14-year-old spayed female Labrador retriever was referred to our hospital with a main complaint of chronic right hind lameness after previous tibial fracture repair. On radiographs, rupture of the bone plate and screws with swelling of the surrounding soft tissue was observed, and osteosarcoma (OSA) was diagnosed after histopathological examinations. During amputation surgery, a plastic band was found associated with the implant.

Conclusion: Veterinary surgeons should be aware of implant-associated OSA and refrain from using non-medical materials in the implants. Furthermore, they should recommend the removal of orthopedic implants after fracture repair.
Distribution of injectates in the thoracic paravertebral space of the dog and cat: A cadaveric study
Authors: Santoro Francesco , Franci Paolo , Grandis Annamaria , Valgimigli Simond
Published: March 2021

Background: Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) entails injecting a local anesthetic inside the thoracic paravertebral space (TPVS). Loss of resistance to air injection (air-LOR) was the first technique described in humans to locate the TPVS. To date, no study has investigated the spread of any substance after injection into the TPVS using the air-LOR technique nor has described the cranial and caudal limits of the space.

Aim: To identify the boundaries of the TPVS, to determine whether the air-LOR technique is reliable for the identification of the TPVS and to examine the relationship between the volume of injectate and its spread.

Methods: After a preliminary phase, the thorax of five cat and five dog cadavers was accessed and eviscerated. After TPVS probing, the polyurethane foam was injected, and the cranial and caudal borders were recorded after its maximum spread. Different volumes of a mixture of new methylene blue and ioversol were injected in the TPVS after its localization with a Tuohy needle and air-LOR technique in fourteen dog and six cat cadavers. Lateral radiographs of the vertebral column were used to document needle positioning, spread pattern and extension. The thorax of these subjects was then accessed and eviscerated to observe and record the spread of the mixture.

Results: Injecting a dye into the TPVS, localized by an air-LOR technique, resulted in multi-segmental and often bilateral subpleural staining of paravertebral, intercostal, and dorsal mediastinal structures in dog and cat cadavers. The lateral radiographs most often showed a mixed cloud-like and linear spread pattern, which could be a predictor of the longitudinal spread of the dye. The foam injected into the TPVS at the cranial and the caudal level revealed anatomical communication with the cervical, axillar, and lumbar paravertebral regions.

Conclusion: TPVS localization by air-LOR technique and injection results in a longitudinal multi-segmental spread in dog and cat cadavers. The communication of the TPVS with the axillary and lumbar regions could be of clinical interest for the brachial plexus and the lumbar intercostal nerve blocks in a clinical setting.
Electroacupuncture anesthesia for laparotomy in goats
Authors: Ashour Khalifa , Awad Naglaa Abd Elkader , Abdelgayed Sherein S. , Leil Amal Zakaria Ahmed , Sheta Eldessouky
Published: March 2021

Background: The objective of the study to evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture during laparotomy in goats.

Aim: To study the abdominal anesthesia in goats by electroacupuncture using the physiological variables, vital parameters, hematological, biochemical, cortisol hormone, pain threshold, and wound healing for laparotomy in goats.

Methods: Fifteen healthy adult bucks were used to receive electroacupuncture in 10 newly selected acupoints. The data (M ± SD) were assessed at intervals (0 minutes) before induction (control group), (5 minutes), (10 minutes), (15 minutes), and (20 minutes) during induction, (30 minutes), (45 minutes), and (60 minutes) throughout surgery and (24 hours) after surgery, cortisol levels in serum at (0), (24 hours), and (72 hours) throughout laparotomy.

Results: The goats of the study showed improvement in the rates of eyelid closure, head, and neck relaxation, rumen motility, and tympany which were graded into mild (+), moderate (++), and severe (+++) degrees. The respiratory rates, body temperatures, and capillary fill times were not significantly different. The total mean of hematocrit was (19.9 ± 2.68), the total mean of hemoglobin was (9.9 ± 0.94), the total mean of red blood cells was (7.9 ± 0.8), the total mean of platelets was (244,861.3 ± 138,444.8) and the total mean of SPO2 was (70.5 ± 4.6). ALT and AST showed no significance. The significant mean cortisol level was (2.6 ± 2.01) and the significant mean pain threshold level was (0.02 ± 0.03). The results proved that electroacupuncture had a lot of significant parameters. The wound healing was improved by early epithelization and immature granulation tissue (at 7 days). Thick keratinized epithelization and collagen deposition in the dermal tissue with enhanced angiogenesis (at 14 days). Mild restoration of skin and the dermal tissue was well-organized (at 21 days). Besides, well-formed scar tissue covering a highly cellular organized dermal tissue (at 28 days).

Conclusions: Electroacupuncture had been considered a powerful anesthetic for abdominal surgery in goats. Moreover, wound healing proved excellent and better healing.
Zaniedbane emocjonalnie dzieci – symptomy, diagnoza, formy wsparcia w środowisku przedszkolnym
Authors: Kleszczewska-Albińska Angelika
Published: March 2021

Children Emotional Neglect – Symptoms, Diagnosis, Forms of Support in Kindergarten Environment This article aims to present analysis of possible actions of kindergarten teachers and other specialists working with emotionally neglected children. The first part of the text includes definition of emotional neglect and information about the symptoms observed in emotionally neglected child. The short term and long term consequences of emotional neglect in group of children aged 3–6 were shortly described. The characteristics enabling recognition of emotional neglect and diagnostic procedures facilitating identification of a problem by teachers and kindergarten specialists were given. Basic cues concerning the work with emotionally neglected child that can be accomplished in kindergarten, including description of basic behavioral techniques, were presented. The cues for working with neglecting parent were also given. The article serves as a preliminary set of indicators for working with emotionally neglected children.
Stulecie traktatu wersalskiego i jego znaczenie z perspektywy polskiej i rosyjskiej telewizji
Authors: Krzywdzińska Agata
Published: March 2021

100 Years of the The Treaty of Versailles and Its Significance from the Perspective of Polish and Russian Television

The subject of the qualitative analysis are Russian and Polish programmes devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Versailles Treaty. Four television programmes from Russian and Polish television, which show similarities and differences, were analysed for the purpose of this article.

Przedmiotem analizy jakościowej są rosyjskie i polskie programy poświęcone 100. rocznicy podpisania traktatu wersalskiego. Przeanalizowano cztery programy telewizyjne z telewizji rosyjskiej i polskiej, które wykazują podobieństwa i różnice.
Znaczenie traktatu wersalskiego dla kultury polskiej. Literatura polska po 1918 roku – wybrane aspekty
Authors: Sławomirski Radosław
Published: March 2021

The Importance of the Treaty of Versailles for Polish Culture. Polish Literature After 1918

As the result of the Treaty of Versailles, Poland regains independence and Poles from the three partitions become full citizens of the Polish state. Such strong political changes had a significant influence on the culture of the reborn state. Polish culture of the 1920’s is not unified and homegeneous, which was demonstrated by literature. Various concepts of artistic activity and literary disputes appeared on its outskirts. A famous Skamander group, Cracow avantgarde, and the catastrophic philosophy represented by Witkacy are all worth mentioning. However, the element that connects these artists is that they wrote in the new political situation. Independent Poland and the changing world in which culture gains the status of a popular one, pose new challenges for the creators of culture. Culture’s task is to unite Poles.

Na mocy Traktatu Wersalskiego Polska odzyskuje niepodległość i Polacy z trzech zaborów stają się pełnoprawnymi mieszkańcami państwa polskiego. Tak dalekie zmiany polityczne nie mogły pozostać obojętne dla kultury odrodzonego państwa, rozwijającej się pod zaborami w niesprzyjających dla niej warunkach, w ramach trzech różnych systemów polityczno-prawnych. Odzyskanie niepodległości przez naród polski zdjęło z twórców jego kultury obowiązek walki o wolność, pozwoliło im zrzucić z ramiom „płaszcz Konrada” i podejmować jako wiodącą – nową tematykę. Dzięki temu kultura polska lat dwudziestych ubiegłego wieku nie jest jednowymiarowa ani jednolita, czego najlepszym przykładem jest literatura. To w jej przestrzeni pojawiają się różne koncepcje działalności artystycznej i toczą spory literackie. Warto tutaj przywołać grupę pięciu poetów tworzących Skamander, krakowską awangardę, a także katastrofizm reprezentowany przez Witkacego. Jednak elementem, który łączy artystów pierwszej dekady dwudziestolecia międzywojennego jest tworzenie w nowej sytuacji politycznej.
Niepodległa Polska ze zjednoczonym narodem - żyjącym ponad wiek w trzech różnych państwach zaborczych - oraz zmieniający się świat, w którym kultura zyskuje statut popularnej, stawiają nowe wyzwania przed twórcami. Jednym z ważniejszych jest zjednoczenie Polaków, w których zaborcy poprzez swoje działania próbowali wykorzenić pierwiastek polski.
La filosofía de la pedagogía publicitaria en el Perú
Authors: Tapia Rodríguez Alfredo Henry
Published: March 2021

El presente artículo, sobre la Filosofía de la Pedagogía Publicitaria en el Perú, tiene como objetivo conocer dicha Filosofía la cual se orientó con la investigación cualitativa, el método de investigación fue la teoría fundamentada y los sujetos de investigación fueron docentes universitarios con investigaciones y trabajos de Filosofía que tienen una idea sistematizada acerca de la realidad desde una perspectiva filosófica, y en mayor medida se revisó documentos oficiales para poder simbolizar la realidad subyacente. Durante el desarrollo de la investigación se encontró que la variable de investigación se desarrolla bajo cinco dimensiones cada dimensión se encontró como evidencias que hoy más que nunca la política educativa está impulsando una visión de pedagogía publicitaria. La dimensión antropológica tiene la visión de un hombre individualista emprendedor, innovador y exitoso; la dimensión ética plantea la práctica de la ley pero el modelo neoliberal que es su base no lo cumple; la dimensión epistemológica relativiza el conocimiento en el sentido que cada sujeto tiene sus propias formas de aprender, claro esta forma justifica el individualismo a ultranza y finalmente la dimensión estética que es central en el desarrollo del ser humano, implica hablar del desarrollo integral del hombre, el arte es una pieza clave en el desarrollo del espíritu, lo que pretende el MINEDU es tener a los estudiantes más ocupados en el deporte pero no generar espíritus críticos y la dimensión ontológica presenta al ser como la realidad en un todo que es presentada como algo incognoscible.
Uso de tecnologías de información de comunicación y logro de aprendizajes en estudiantes de secundaria
Authors: Chumacero vega Luis Miguel , Leyva Aguilar Nolberto Arnildo
Published: March 2021

La finalidad del estudio fue determinar la relación entre el uso de las Tecnologías de la información y comunicación y los aprendizajes en estudiantes de segundo grado de secundaria. El estudio fue de tipo cuantitativa, con un diseño correlacional-transversal, no experimental, una muestra de 53 estudiantes de segundo grado de secundaria, se usó un cuestionario como instrumento, validado a juicio de expertos, y con una confiabilidad de 0,880. Según la prueba de normalidad se usó Pearson para la prueba de hipótesis. Según los resultados, la dimensión instrumental, cognitivo y actitudinal del uso de la Tecnología de la información y comunicación se relacionan directamente con el logro de aprendizaje en nivel alto, y moderado, respectivamente. En conclusión, el uso de la tecnología de la información y comunicación se relaciona relacionan directamente con el logro de aprendizaje siendo el valor p= 0,000 menor a 0,05.
Revoluciones digitales y protestas globales: vigilar, compartir, imaginar
Authors: Barboza Marco , Colona Guadalupe Carla , Aguirre Castañeda Hugo , Ortega Gutierrez Enedina
Published: March 2021

Desde un esquema conceptual que asume tres ejes: el de la cultura que contiene a la comunicación, el de las plataformas y redes sociales, y el de la salud, respecto de los cuerpos y las emociones, se analizan las revoluciones digitales y protestas globales del último bienio. Se plantea que las protestas globales son expresión de una ruptura semántica y acumulación semiótica generacional, más a tono con la vigilancia, la imagen y el compartir, como claves de la comunicación actual.
«Nadie comprende lo que “yo” pienso aquí»
Authors: Gómez Algarra César
Published: March 2021

Las reflexiones que Heidegger plantea sobre la ipseidad y el ser sí-mismo (Selbstheit; Selbstsein) en Ser y tiempo, y que están recibiendo un nuevo impulso hermenéutico en los últimos años, distan mucho de desaparecer a partir de la Kehre. Al contrario, en el marco conceptual de los tratados del Ereignis, el problema asume una nueva forma. La aclaración de este problema exige, por un lado, desarrollar una crítica histórica de las «egologías» pertenecientes a la filosofía moderna, y por otro lado, replantear, a partir de la pregunta por «quiénes somos», el sentido del ser humano y del Da-sein en la llamada historia del Ser. Son estos dos aspectos, íntimamente ligados, los que queremos elucidar en este artículo, para determinar mejor la lectura heideggeriana de la tradición y a su vez, reconsiderar el alcance (positivo y negativo) del ser sí-mismo en el pensar del Ereignis.
Ser sí mismo auténtico. Existencia, facticidad e instante
Authors: Aucar María Cielo
Published: March 2021

Desde una perspectiva ontológico-existencial, el artículo pretende poner en evidencia algunos de los rasgos constitutivos del ser sí mismo auténtico en el pensamiento de Søren Kierkegaard y su respectiva recepción en la obra temprana de Martin Heidegger, específicamente Sein und Zeit. Para ello se propone, en primer lugar, llevar a cabo el análisis fenomenológico-hermenéutico de la noción kierkegaardiana de sí mismo como espíritu, así como de la noción heideggeriana de Dasein, para concluir en un diálogo crítico-hermenéutico entre ambos pensadores en torno a tal cuestión.
Claves agustinianas en la fenomenología del sí mismo de la vida fáctica
Authors: Palomar Torralbo Agustín
Published: March 2021

El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar el lugar que ocupa San Agustín en el desarrollo de la fenomenología del sí mismo que se halla incoada en la descripción de la vida fáctica que hace Heidegger en Grundprobleme der Phänomenologie (GA 58). Para ello, en primer lugar, caracteriza la fenomenología de la vida como aquella que requiere del mundo para manifestarse y, por ello, como aquello que ha de ser comprendido como vida fáctica. En segundo lugar, el artículo dilucida los rasgos de una fenomenología del sí mismo como descripción de ese mundo propio [Selbstwelt] que está imbricado en el mundo circundante [Umwelt] y en el mundo compartido [Mitwelt]. Y, por último, expone el lugar de las Confesiones de San Agustín en esa fenomenología del sí mismo a partir de lo que entraña la quaestio mihi factus sum.
El sujeto en carne y hueso
Authors: Sini Carlo
Published: March 2021

En Husserl y Heidegger el sujeto fenomenológico no es una categoría lógica o una teoría filosófica, como en Kant o Fichte. Su naturaleza es existencial y está siempre vinculada a la corporeidad viva, como también argumentaron Merleau-Ponty, Paci y Sartre. En este sentido, tanto Husserl al final de su vida, como Heidegger ya al comienzo de su enseñanza, entendieron la fenomenología como una superación del horizonte filosófico tradicional. Su diferencia está en la interpretación del dato fenomenológico: objeto de una intuición a la vez activa y pasiva del Sí mismo en Husserl; objeto, en cambio, de una hermenéutica del encuentro en Heidegger. De ahí también una manera diferente de entender la historicidad del sujeto, que en Husserl implica una reconstrucción operativa, un despertar de la conciencia ética de las operaciones subjetivas mientras que en Heidegger  se trata de una exposición de la oscuridad de la fuente y del destino del interpretar.
A Review of Ronald J. Pelias’ Performance: An Alphabet of Performative Writing
Authors: Mettälä Matilda
Published: March 2021

This book explores performance in everyday life through performative writing. It offers us an opportunity to examine how people act and react in society based on a constructivist view, which acknowledges multiple realities and truths. The book has several potential audiences as it can serve as a methods book for those who seek to study and write about performative writing as well as to all those who seek to understand human experiences from a different and non-traditional view.
Role Stress and Coping Among Business School Professors: A Phenomenological Study
Authors: Priyadarshini Chetna , Ponnam Abhilash , Banerjee Pratyush
Published: March 2021

The purpose of the paper is to identify the determinants of role stress amongst business school professors in India and explore the coping strategies followed by them based on the professional experiences shared by the professors. We employ Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to gain insights into the causes of rising levels of stress in business schools and the practised coping strategies from the professors’ perspective based on their narratives of lived experiences. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 64 professors from 29 public and private business schools in India. Analysis of qualitative data resulted in the emergence of 11 themes; we make recommendations based on the themes for the business schools’ management to assist the professors in alleviating role stress. As pointed out by Chong and Ahmed (2014), phenomenological studies are rarely used for inquiry in the higher education context. The insights gathered from IPA help in understanding the tenacious causes of role stress in the management institutes and the day-to-day coping strategies followed to reduce the same.
Womanism and Snowball Sampling: Engaging Marginalized Populations in Holistic Research
Authors: Woodley Xeturah , Lockard Megan
Published: March 2021

Womanist and feminist qualitative researchers continue to identify research methods and techniques that harness the power of social networking and personal connections while engaging with marginalized populations. Many have found that the use of snowball sampling allows increased access to individuals and groups that may otherwise remain inaccessible. The purpose of this article is to discuss the use of snowball sampling techniques within womanist and feminist research. The authors offer critical reflections of the use of this sampling technique as a tool that allows researchers access to “hidden” and marginalized populations. An example of the use of snowball sampling in a doctoral research project, which looks at the experiences of Black women faculty in New Mexico’s institutions of higher education, is provided. The article concludes with recommended strategies and key considerations about the use of snowball sampling in womanist research.
Identifying Pertinent Elements of Critical Thinking and Mathematical Thinking Used in Civil Engineering Practice in Relation to Engineering Education
Authors: Osman Sharifah , Abu Mohd , Mohammad Shahrin , Mokhtar Mahani
Published: March 2021

Engaging critical thinking and mathematical thinking in solving engineering problems is a way of approaching the engineering criteria of Engineering Accreditation Council, Board of Engineers Malaysia. Thus, it is timely and crucial to inculcate the critical thinking and mathematical thinking into the current engineering education. Unfortunately, information about these two modes of thinking in real-world engineering practice is found lacking in the literature. Therefore, this paper focuses on explaining an analytic process in identifying pertinent elements of critical thinking and mathematical thinking used in real-world civil engineering practice. The analytic process, namely open coding is a part of coding process in modified grounded theory analysis. Data consist of semi-structured interviews with eight practicing civil engineers from two different consultancy firms. A total of fifty three pertinent elements emerged during the analytic process. The selection of these pertinent elements was based on the predominant pattern and frequency of the informants and open codes. The pertinent elements were eventually integrated to develop a substantive theory. The substantive theory provides useful information for the engineering education.
Youths' Perspectives on the Reasons Underlying School Truancy and Opportunities to Improve School Attendance
Authors: Gase Lauren , DeFosset Amelia , Perry Raymond , Kuo Tony
Published: March 2021

School truancy is common in the United States; however, youths’ perspectives on the underlying reasons for and the best ways to curtail this phenomenon are lacking. This project sought to better understand what factors contribute to youths’ decisions to skip classes or ditch full days of school over time and to solicit youths’ recommendations on how to reduce truancy and improve system functioning. We used a community partnered qualitative descriptive approach to conduct in-depth interviews with 39 youths with a history of truancy from South and East Los Angeles. Youths’ experiences and recommendations illustrate the multiple factors that influence school truancy and suggest potential leverage points for reducing truancy, including modifications to the school environment to increase student engagement; a more effective school response to address truancy; and further involvement and engagement of parents. Researchers, policy makers, and school practitioners can use results to help inform efforts to address school truancy.
The Corporate Social Responsibility in Lidl’s Communication Campaigns in Croatia and the UK
Authors: Topic Martina , Tench Ralph
Published: March 2021

The purpose of the paper was to investigate whether Lidl uses CSR communication in their Advertising and Communication Campaigns in two different business contexts, and if so, how. The paper built upon existing analyses of CSR Communication by analysing Lidl’s websites in both countries, and went step forward and analysed TV adverts of the company in both countries as well. The analysis discovered importance of the social context in using CSR to promote business, as well as a different communication management strategy where Lidl does not communicate with UK public as extensively as with the Croatian public due to different views on the CSR communication. An in-depth analysis of TV adverts of Lidl in Croatia and the UK using their YouTube channel with all promoted TV adverts, as well as official websites of Lidl in both countries was conducted. The findings were analysed using the qualitative method of thematic, contextual analysis. The findings reveal that CSR is used as an argument to foster sales and consumer trust in Croatia but not in the UK. The communication management strategy is different in two countries due to different views of the public about CSR Communication, and Lidl's Communication strategy is designed accordingly.
Using Focus Group in the Development of UNIPA Emotional Autonomy Inventory
Authors: Lo Cricchio Maria Grazia , Lo Coco Alida , Ingoglia Sonia , Liga Francesca , Di Maria Rodan , Inguglia Cristiano , Musso Pasquale
Published: March 2021

Focus groups were used in order to develop a new measure of adolescents' emotional autonomy from parents. The procedure started from an in depth analysis of the literature concerning the construct and a definition of the dimensions which characterize it. Following our idea of the construct, we developed a list of 60 items, getting some of them from existing instruments. Twenty-four adolescents participated in the focus group discussions about the adequacy of the items to measure emotional autonomy. Following their feedbacks a second version of the list with 59 items was presented in a focus group with experts in the field of developmental and clinical psychology, who were called to judge the ability of each item to evaluate the construct. Resulting from the indications emerged in this discussion, a final version of the scale with 66 items was developed and called UNIPA Adolescent Emotional Autonomy Inventory.
Member Checking Process with Adolescent Students: Not Just Reading a Transcript
Authors: Simpson Amber , Quigley Cassie
Published: March 2021

This paper explores the way in which educational researchers created a member checking process with adolescent students during a study to uncover and understand female and male’s dynamic mathematics identity in single-sex and coeducational mathematics classes within a public coeducational middle school in the United States. The authors developed a member checking process that included I-poems and Word Trees, which provided the youth with opportunities for self-reflection, enhancement of findings, examination of the students’ learning, and as a way to shift some of the power from the researcher to the participants. This paper serves as an example for other researchers to begin thinking about the important process of member checking and participants’ roles in the research.
Anonymity as a Double-Edge Sword: Reflecting on the Implications of Online Qualitative Research in Studying Sensitive Topics
Authors: Bouchard Karen
Published: March 2021

In this article, I reflect on the potentials of using online qualitative data collection methods to elicit narratives from adolescent participants who have experienced victimization within their friendships. Specifically, this article examines the impact of anonymity on participants’ self-disclosure, while also considering the potential limitations of online qualitative research, namely, building rapport amongst participants and the researcher, participant authenticity, and participant safety. It is the hope that other novice researchers will benefit from these methodological and ethical reflections of using online qualitative data collection methods for research on sensitive topics.
One More Step in Childhood Research Discovery. A Review of Doing Mental Health Research with Children and Adolescents. A Guide to Qualitative Methods
Authors: Savinskaya Olga
Published: March 2021

In “Doing mental health research with children and adolescents. A Guide to qualitative Methods” (2014), Michell O’Really and Nicola Parker present a highly practical guide to conduct qualitative research with children what extremely easy to follow. The authors show a research process step-by-step with special attention to communicative, ethical and legal issues. The guide is provided by overview of the theories, the importance of research for evidence construction, and most popular qualitative data collection and analysis techniques. In the last chapter, authors discover the successful practice of knowledge dissemination.
THE POLITICAL CIRCLE OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD STUDENTS UNDER THE PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP
Authors: Kamardin Igor N.
Published: March 2021

By the mid-1920s, the remnants of the multi-party system in the USSR were eliminated, and the political monopoly of the RCP(b) fully established in the country. During Lenin’s illness in 1922–1923, Stalin and his allies began to solve all the issues in the highest party leadership. During this period, a struggle for power began between the Bolshevik leaders, which found expression in the subsequent party discussions. In May-June 1927, a Statement of the 83 appeared, which at that time collected about 1.5 thousand signatures of representatives of the old Leninist Guard. This statement was signed by supporters of Trotsky in the opposition of 1923–1924 and supporters of Zinoviev and Kamenev in the opposition of 1925–1926. They shared a common goal — the desire to change the intra-party regime.

Since the party-state apparatus prevented the opposition from forming a legal faction, it was forced to use the methods of illegal work familiar from pre-revolutionary times: creation of a coordination center, its own channels for distributing information, issuing statements, «platforms», leaflets, sending representatives to the places, organization of secret meetings. Under these conditions, a political circle formes among Nizhny Novgorod students, basing on the ideas of the opposition. Students with the help of leaflets called on the population to unite those who disagree with the political arbitrariness of the authorities and create an opposition movement «Union of Struggle for the Dictatorship of the Working Class», which could resist the party and state bodies basing on «militant Marxism». OGPU rapid operational actions led to finding and eliminating the political circle among Nizhny Novgorod student youth. Thus, the forced use of illegal methods by the opposition gave Stalin a reason to strengthen punitive measures against dissenters. Thus, at the end of the 1920s, the prerequisites for the formation of totalitarianism finally formed in the USSR.
«ULYANOVSKAYA SVYAZ» – A UNIQUE TRAINING CENTER FOR MILITARY SIGNALMEN IN THE COUNTRY (on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and the anniversary of Ulyanovsk Higher Military School of Communications)
Authors: Mankov Andrei V.
Published: March 2021

May 24, 2021 marks the 85th anniversary of establishing Ulyanovsk Order of the Red Star Higher Military Engineering School of Communications named after G.K. Ordzhonikidze under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Within its walls, more than 25 thousand officers were trained, about 60 of them rose to the rank of generalship, 7 trainees of the school were awarded with the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union, and one of them was awarded with the title of the Hero of Russia. The article is devoted to the experience of training military signalmen in this military educational institution, which is still of interest for specialists. The author of the article considers this topic relevant due to the year of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Its purpose is to identify the features of establishing and functioning of the military signal troops school in Ulyanovsk on the eve and during the war against fascism. Ulyanovsk Military School of Communications was formed on the basis of a special equipment school created in 1936 in Ulyanovsk. Transformed into Ulyanovsk Military Technical School, and then – into the military School of communications of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army in 1937, it trained, in particular, signalmen for armored troops. This problem has not been sufficiently studied. The researcher pays special attention to the fact that he met with pre-war graduates of this educational institution, who passed training in the specialty «telemechanics» which was secret in those years. The author uses their memories in his work, which is new in the analysis of this topic. The work also traces the fate of the first head of the school, General T.P. Kargopolov. Summarizing, the author concludes that on the eve of the war, Ulyanovsk School was the first training center for unique military communications specialists in managing military facilities at a distance. After the beginning of the Second World War, Ulyanovsk School of Communications became a major center for training and educating qualified signal officers.
MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY REFLECTING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE CHUVASH AUTONOMY IN THE 1920s – 1930s
Authors: Gasanova Maleka N.
Published: March 2021

The article considers the content of works written by modern scientists of the Chuvash Republic from the point of view of their covering the issues related to the history of the activities performed by the Chuvash public education management bodies in the 1920s – 1930s – the Department of Public Education of the Chuvash Executive Committee of the Soviet, the People’s Commissariat for Education of the Chuvash ASSR, the departments of public education of volost, uyezd and district executive committees of the Soviets. It is concluded that the works of modern researchers provide little information about individual structural subdivisions of the regional public education department and their activities, and do not study the history of the Chuvash ASSR People’s Commissariat for Education, its successes and failures in the advancement of education. Based on the identification of the most studied aspects of the topic, the prospects for additional research in the field of the history of the activities performed by public education management bodies in the territory of Chuvashia in the first post-revolutionary decades are determined.
Awareness of Mainstream Primary School Teachers on the ADHD Symptoms in Punjab
Authors: Pasha Shaheen , Ijaz Maimona , Qadri Muhammad Ahmed
Published: March 2021

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) harms the learning, social, and family performance of the child as one of the most prevalent psychological disorders of children. The recent rehabilitation activities focused on schools with trained teachers. This study's key goal is to investigate “Awareness Level of Primary School Teachers Regarding the Symptoms of Students with ADHD in Mainstream Schools of Punjab”. The research has used the disability model presented in ICF by WHO having five major areas of functional disorders of ADHD - Attention, Hyperactive/ impulsive Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Cognitive Symptoms, and Psychosocial Symptoms. A sample of 440 individuals was selected from 20 schools. Teachers, parents, and psychologists were the respondents as well. The data was collected from 20 schools of Lahore city; and was analyzed by using a correlation between the variables (psychological, behavioral, cognitive, psychosocial, symptoms of ADHD). Frequencies and percentages were calculated for each of 84 statements in five areas. Results showed most of the teachers have an insufficient level of knowledge about ADHD. There is a tangible need for training programs provided to the teachers about early recognition and policy of care of ADHD children.
HUBUNGAN MENGONSUMSI MAKANAN KARIOGENIK DENGAN KEJADIAN KARIES PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DI MI AL-HIDAYAH
Authors: Ramadhanintyas Karina Nur
Published: March 2021

Teeth caries common in primary school children are caused by cariogenic food consumption habits. The children like to cousume cariogenik food, because it has a sweet and tasty. Dental caries is a disease of dental hard tissue (email, dentin). Objective of this study was to determine the relationship Cariogenik Consumption Eating Relations With Caries In School Age Children. This study uses correlation design with cross sectional approach. The study population are 105 students in grade I and II, sample 51 students whose teeth have not experienced loose teeth taken by simple random sampling method. The statistical test used the Spearman test.The results of this study showed respondents who frequently consume cariogenic foods as are 28 students (54.9%). Respondents who have dental caries are 37 students (72.5%) and respondents who did not happen dental caries are 14 students (27.5%). Results obtained spearman test p-value = 0.000 so that the alternative hypothesis is accepted. the Conclusion of this study, there is  relationship between cariogenik consumption with caries is habits and caries.The from this study that the cariogenic foods can cause dental caries. So less consumption of cariogenic foods (candy, chocolate, ice cream and biscuits) can reduce the number of dental caries in MI AL-Hidayah Madiun.