bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Avaliação de protocolos de digestão química para a caracterização de microplásticos no Ribeirão São Bartolomeu, Viçosa-MG
Authors:   , Oliveira Andreza Caroline de Paula
Published: February 2024

Os microplásticos (MPs) são partículas plásticas com tamanho inferior a 5 mm que, devido a seus possíveis impactos ambientais prejudiciais, têm sido amplamente estudados nos últimos anos. Em virtude da variabilidade entre os métodos de detecção e caracterização dos MPs encontrada na literatura especializada, a presente pesquisa se propôs avaliar a eficiência e os efeitos ocasionados nas partículas plásticas pela digestão química com peróxido de hidrogênio (H2O2) e reagente Fenton (H2O2 + Fe(II)). Quatro protocolos de digestão química foram testados: H2O2 30%; H2O2 35%; H2O2 30% + Fe; e H2O2 35% + Fe, sendo que o melhor protocolo foi aplicado na caracterização de MPs de amostras coletadas no Ribeirão São Bartolomeu (RSB), a montante e a jusante do centro da cidade de Viçosa-MG. Amostras a montante foram coletadas na lagoa de captação de água, dentro do campus da UFV e as amostras a jusante, no bairro Barrinha, após o local de lançamento dos esgotos in natura do centro de Viçosa no ribeirão. As partículas de MPs foram identificadas por meio de suas assinaturas na espectroscopia Raman. A partir dos resultados obtidos, a digestão com H2O2 30% e 35% se mostraram eficientes para a identificação e caracterização dos MPs sem resultar em grandes danos às partículas, porém o uso do reagente Fenton foi descartado, devido à precipitação de ferro durante a digestão. As concentrações médias dos MPs foram de 0,02 MPs/L na lagoa e 0,06 MPs/L no RSB, com predominância de fibras de poliéster (45% na lagoa e 54% no RSB), e ocorrência de alguns fragmentos de polipropileno (5 e 2%) e poliestireno (5 e 6%), principalmente nas cores preta, azul e vermelha. Também foram detectadas partículas de borracha e polissufona (2% no RSB), além de materiais naturais (algodão, celulose e material vegetal) em proporções menores (18 e 20%). A digestão com H2O2 pode ser utilizada na identificação de MPs em amostras ambientais, sem grande interferência em sua caracterização física e química. Palavras-chave: Água superficial; Esgoto; Peróxido de hidrogênio; Reagente Fenton
Designing Distributed Artifact Ingestion Platform for Analytics & Machine Learning
Authors:   Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft, WA, USA, Mullapudi Mahidhar
Published: February 2024

Demand for efficient large-scale heterogeneous distributed data ingestion pipelines for transforming and publishing data that is essential for advanced analytics and machine learning models, have gained substantial importance. Services increasingly rely on near-real-time signals to accurately identify or predict customer behavior, sentiments, anomalies facilitating data-driven decision-making. This paper delves into the forefront of distributed and parallel computing, examining the latest advancements in storage, query, and ingestion methodologies. Furthermore, it systematically assesses cutting-edge tools designed for both periodic and real-time analysis of heterogeneous data. “The data quality is more important than the Machine Learning model itself ”. Achieving precision in decision-making or generating precise output from the Machine Learning models necessitates a keen focus on input data quality and consistency. Building a robust ingestion platform for handling hundreds of Gigabytes/Petabytes per day involves a comprehensive understanding of the overarching architecture, the intricacies of involved components, and the unique challenges within these ecosystems. Building a service platform demands thoughtful consideration and resolution of key aspects, including a scalable ingestion handler, a flexible and fault-tolerant data processing library, a highly scalable and resilient event system, an analytics/reporting platform, machine learning platform, and robust application health and security measures. This paper delves into the overall architecture, explicates design choices, and imparts insights into best practices for implementing and maintaining such a platform, leveraging contemporary tools. The discussion encompasses critical aspects of the platform's functionality, emphasizing the need for scalability, fbility, resilience, and security to meet the demands of modern data-driven decision-making scenarios.
Assessment of Antibiotics Resistance pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Patients Admitted in selected Hospitals in Kebbi State, Nigeria
Authors: Mohammed S , Saleh A , Abubakar B , Abdulkadir B , Tariq H , Alhassan M
Published: February 2024

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp) that induce a dignified healthcare aggravation among hospital admitted patients. This results in prolonged hospital stays, which increase costs for healthcare providers and patients' families. Therefore, this   study aimed to isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa and evaluate its resistance patterns from patients admitted to selected hospitals in Kebbi State. A total of 185 clinical samples, including nasal intubation, urine catheters, and wound swabs, were obtained. The bacteria were isolated and identified following standard microbiological methods. Modified Kirby Bauer techniques was used to determine the susceptibility status of the isolates. Out of 185 clinical samples collected, 43 (23.2%) bacterial isolates yield positive and 13 (30.2%) of which were P. aeruginosa from the studied hospitals. Prevalence of P. aeruginosa was found to be higher among females 08 (61.5%). The age groups 6-11 years had the highest prevalence P. aeruginosa 07 (53.8%). P. aeruginosa was isolated most from wound swab samples, 07 (24.1%). The Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates exhibit high level resistance (100%) to Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, Cefpodoxime, Cefepime, Cepotaxime and Meropenem and showed least resistant to Imepenem 05 (38.4%). The increasing resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates to multiple antimicrobial agents that are currently considered as first- line agents for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, this highlights the need for careful use of these agents and also suggests the need for careful and up-to-date monitoring of multidrug- resistant strains diffusion in the various health care facilities  of the country. Treatment options should be guided by medical laboratory scientist via microscopy culture and sensitivity testing, as well as local epidemiological surveillance data.
Phytochemicals and Haematological Studies of Aqueous Crude Extract of Whole Plant of Euphorbia heterophylla Administered to Wistar Albino Rats
Authors: Oloninefa Stephen Dare , Aisoni Japhet Erasmus , Abalaka Moses Enemaduku , Mohammed Naibi , Na'inna Salisu Zainab
Published: February 2024

Changes in blood parameters are often triggered when toxic doses of plant extracts are administered to animals thereby calling for the haematological studies. Standard techniques were used for the phytochemical and haematological studies. Tannins, steroids, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, phenols, reducing sugars and saponins were found in the aqueous crude extract obtained from Euphorbia heterophylla. Dosage increment of the aqueous extract from 10-600 mg/kgbw led to increments in all the haematological parameters (Total white blood cell, red blood cell, packed cell volume, red blood indices, platelets and differential white blood cell) checked in the blood of the experimental Wistar albino rat.The implication of this study is that the extractcan be used as therapeutic agents and the haematological parameters were dose-dependent.
The Prevalence of Drug Abuse as it Relates to Psychosocial Reasons among University Athletes in Selected Competitive Sports in Kenya
Authors: Ramara Timothy , Munayi Simon , Bailasha Nicholas , Chumba Janet
Published: February 2024

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to explore the prevalence of drug abuse as it relates to psychosocial reasons that include peer pressure, social environment, emotional state and relationships; among university athletes involved in selected competitive sports.

Methodology: The study used a mixed methods research design with an intention to capture and utilize both qualitative and quantitative data. The study sample comprised 300 respondents. Out of the 300 students, 173 (57.7%) were male and 127 (42.3%) were female players derived from six selected competitive sports at the universities in Kenya. The selected sports were badminton, tennis, basketball, volleyball, soccer and rugby. Stratified sampling followed by simple random sampling was used to select 10 universities proportionately (4 private and 6 public), the method was the most appropriate to capture universities with women rugby in addition to the five other selected sports. The study sought to investigate the prevalence of drug abuse due to factors such as psychosocial, medicinal and competition. SPSS computer version 20 was used to process data. The data was presented in form of tables.

Findings: Data indicated clearly that athletes had abused drugs due to various psychosocial reasons. The prevalence per gender was close at 18% and 12.12% for males and females respectively. Peer pressure was regarded as a great contributor to drug abuse among the youth. Another psychosocial indicator is the emotional state of a particular individual. Students, just like other members of society, go through various challenging situations in life. The other indicator regarding drug abuse due to psychosocial factors is depression. Four (4, 40%) of the 10 dean of students interviewed said that students were victims of drug abuse due to depression. They alluded the depression cases mostly to relationship issues and financial challenges while the students are in session. The data was presented in form of Tables.

Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Social Learning Theory, Stress-Coping Theory and Social Control Theory may be used to anchor future studies. It is recommended that university athletes be sensitized on proper use of sports to relieve stress and maintain emotional balance. Further, only qualified coaches and sports officers should be allowed to mentor and man sports in the universities. According to some heads of sports seven out of the ten (70%) and 4 of the 10 (40%) deans of students interviewed, some coaches may not report cases of drug abuse by athletes. This could be attributed to the fact that the coaches, who mostly are on casual basis, could fear experiencing bad blood with the players thereby threatening their jobs. Trained sports officers and coaches should accompany the university athletes always and act as worthy mentors to the young athletes.
Impact of Globalization and Digitalization on Social Movements and Collective Action Across Different Regions and Contexts in Nigeria
Authors: Abdullahi Ahmed
Published: February 2024

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate impact of globalization and digitalization on social movements and collective action across different regions and contexts

Methodology: This study adopted a desk methodology. A desk study research design is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing resources preferably because of its low cost advantage as compared to a field research. Our current study looked into already published studies and reports as the data was easily accessed through online journals and libraries.

Findings: Globalization and digitalization have profoundly affected social movements and collective action. They enable global connectivity, amplify marginalized voices, and give rise to diverse movements. However, challenges include government control, digital inequality, and the need for new tactics. Activists now use digital platforms to mobilize globally, but also face increased state repression. The digital age has led to innovative strategies and ongoing evolution of the global activist landscape.

Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Resource mobilization theory, network theory & transnational activism theory may be used to anchor future studies on impact of globalization and digitalization on social movements and collective action across different regions and contexts. Movements should prioritize digital literacy and security training for their members. Policymakers should address the digital divide by implementing policies and initiatives that ensure equitable access to digital resources, particularly in marginalized regions
Банд солинган мулкни қонунга хилоф равишда тасарруф этиш жиноятининг субъекти
Authors: Эшонхонов Камолхон
Published: February 2024

Ушбу мақолада Ўзбекистон Республикаси Жиноят кодексининг 233-моддасида назарда тутилган банд солинган мулкни қонунга хилоф равишда тасарруф этиш жиноятини квалификация қилишдаги айрим масалалар кўриб чиқилган. Жумладан, ушбу жиноят субъектини тўғри аниқлашдаги муаммолар таҳлил қилиниб, жиноятни квалификация қилиш борасида ҳуқуқни қўллаш амалиётини такомиллаштиришга оид таклифлар илгари сурилган.
Ўзбекистонда турғунлик давридаги ижтимоий муаммолар ва уларнинг натижалари
Authors: Ходжамбердиев Хуршидбек
Published: February 2024

Ушбу мақолада Ўзбекистонда турғунлик давридаги таълим тизими ҳамда соғлиқни сақлаш соҳасидаги ижтимоий муаммолар, енгил саноат ва ишлаб чиқариш соҳасидаги ўзгаришлар ва уларнинг натижалари иттифоқдош республикаларга нисбатан қиёсий таҳлили архив манбалари ва тарихий адабиётлар ҳамда статистик маълумотлар асосида таҳлил қилинган.
Ўсмирлик даврида ўзини ўзи тушуниш муаммосига назарий ёндашувлар
Authors: Махмудов Абдурасул
Published: February 2024

Мазкур мақолада ўсмирлик даврида ўзини ўзи тушунишнинг моҳияти, мазмуни батафсил баён қилинган. Жумладан, хориж олимларининг ўзини ўзи тушуниш борасидаги назарий ёндашувларининг таҳлиллари келтирилган. Турли психологик мактаб намоёндалари томонидан ўзини ўзи тушуниш механизмлари атрофлича ёритиб ўтилган.
Миллий маънавиятларнинг ўзаро муносабатларида таҳдидларнинг зиддиятларни юзага келтириш омилига айланиши
Authors: Эшова Ҳуррият
Published: February 2024

Ушбу мақолада миллий маънавиятнинг ривожланиш қонуниятлари, турли  йўналишда ривожланаётган миллий маънавиятлар билан муносабатга киришиш, ўзаро таъсир ўтказиш ва бойиши, ўзаро муносабатларда таҳдидларнинг зиддиятларни юзага келтириш омилига айланиши, унинг сабаблари масалалари фалсафий таҳлилга тортилган.
Коррупциявий жиноятлар ҳақида хабар бериш тизимининг вужудга келиш тарихи
Authors: Маjidov Shаkhzod
Published: February 2024

Мазкур мақолада коррупцияга оид жиноятлар ҳақида хабар бериш тизимининг вужудга келиш тарихи назарий жиҳатдан таҳлил қилинган.
Правовой механизм правил происхождения товаров по генеральному соглашению по тарифам и торговле ВТО
Authors: Якубов Ойбек
Published: February 2024

В данной научной статье рассматривается становление государства в качестве полноценного участника международных торговых отношений, развитие партнерских торговых связей, а также суть соглашений по тарифам и торговле, а также правила происхождения товаров. Также в работе проанализированы методы выявления происхождения товаров и возможные проблемы, связанные с данными соглашениями.
The importance of International Health Standards in the regulation of health issues
Authors: Azkhodjaeva Roza
Published: February 2024

This article discusses the role and significance of the health standards of IHR, the history of its occurrence, and its features. The objectives and scope of the IHR, and the meaning of the concept of "public health emergency of international importance" are defined. The differences between the IHR of 1969 and 2005 are considered. The positive trends of IHR, as well as shortcomings and problems in the implementation of requirements, are analyzed. The final part of the article presents conclusions and suggestions for improving the IHR.
Some issues of disciplinary responsibility of judges: experience in Uzbekistan and abroad
Authors: Matkarimov Kudrat
Published: February 2024

This article examines in detail the principles of disciplinary liability of judges, the procedure for initiating disciplinary proceedings against a judge, types of disciplinary sanctions and their application, as well as the procedure for appealing decisions on the application of disciplinary sanctions, based on the experience of advanced foreign countries.
The author analyzes the need to adopt the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the status of judges in the Republic of Uzbekistan”, taking into account the positive experience of foreign countries. In addition, the article develops substantiated proposals aimed at improving theoretical and legal documents on the disciplinary liability of judges.
Oliy ta’lim universiteti o‘qituvchilari va talabalari o‘rtasidagi nizolar fenomenologiyasi
Authors: Berdiyeva Gulmira
Published: February 2024

Ushbu maqola ikki tomonlama pedagogik nizolarni o‘rganishga bag‘ishlangan. Maqolada muhokama qilingan muammolarni hal qilish uchun chora-tadbirlar taklif etiladi.
EFEKTIVITAS PELATIHAN GAWAT DARURAT DENGAN METODE CHAIR SIDE TALK TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN IBU DALAM PENANGANAN KEJANG DEMAM ANAK
Authors: Kusno Ferianto  , Dyah Pitaloka  , Mei Widyawati
Published: February 2024

Ability is a skill of an individual in mastering a skill and being used to do various tasks in a job. Mothers are the most important role in the family when children are sick and mothers tend to be unprepared to deal with children with febrile seizures. However, based on the experience of mothers in Mander Village, Tambakboyo District, shows that there has been no socialization of emergency training using the chair side talk method on the mother's ability to handle febrile seizures in children. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emergency training with the chair side talk method on the mother's ability to treat children's febrile seizures (RT 18 RW 09 Mander Village, Tambakbooyo District). The research method used is pre-experimental, with a one-group pre-post test design. The research sample was  28  women from  Mander  Village,  Tambakboyo  District who were selected by simple random sampling. SOP research instruments and questionnaire sheets. The analysis of this study used the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that most of the mothers' abilities in dealing with children with febrile seizures before being given training were categorized as incapable, and after being given emergency training using the chair side talk method, most of them were categorized as capable. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a difference in the ability of mothers to handle febrile seizures after being given training with the chair side talk method with p-value = 0.000 at a = 0.05 (p <0.05). It is hoped that after having the child's ability to have seizures, the mother can take care of the child during a seizure
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND THE INCIDENT OF 7TH DAY POST PARTUM BLUES IN PUBLIC WOMEN AT BPS ASRI (Baturetno Subdistrict, Tuban District)
Authors: Qoyimah Ilmiatus , Khoirotul Iftitakhiyyah
Published: February 2024

In Indonesia, the incidence of post-partum blues is higher than the incidence in other countries in Asia. Postpartum blues is a problem that often occurs in postpartum mothers. Postpartum blues can be overcome by providing counseling to postpartum mothers. The research aimed to determine the relationship between family support and the incidence of postpartum blues on the 7th day in postpartum mothers in BPS Asri, Baturetno Village, Tuban District.
This research uses a cross-sectional research method. The population in this study was all postpartum mothers who gave birth at BPS Asri in the last month, totaling 35 people. After applying the Simple Random Sampling method, 33 samples were obtained—a questionnaire sheet measuring tool.
The results of this research were tested using the Spearman Rank test method using SPSS For Windows software, it was found that the p-value = 0.009 (α <0.05) which states that H1 is accepted, meaning there is a relationship between family support and the incidence of postpartum blues on the 7th day. Postpartum mother at BPS Asri, Baturetno Village, Tuban District.
From the explanation above it can be concluded that family support can influence the incidence of postpartum blues, it is hoped that it can increase insight and knowledge so that it can emphasize the level of knowledge of family support
Aspetti della politica culturale di Costantino
Authors: PIACENTE Daniele Vittorio
Published: February 2024

The new institutional rule wanted by the Emperor Constantine called a direct intervention in public education. With the establishment of the new capital, Constantinople, there are schools and universities, as well as a public library, poles of attraction of the ducts of the time looking for sinecures and honors from the Emperor. Constantine in fact reward with important exemptions from munera professors and doctors, together with their closest relatives, in order to facilitate their professional duties.
The art of the British Celts. A critical review
Authors: SHIROKOVA Nadezhda S.
Published: February 2024

The article discusses Celtic art in pre-Roman Britain. The author of the article disagrees with the opinion expressed by R.G. Collingwood and certain other scholars that the art of British Celts, being fragile, linear and abstract, having shallow social foundations (since it was the art of the nobility), was doomed to decline and extinction, even if the Roman conquest of Britain had not taken place. The sources referred to in the article demonstrate that Celtic art, whose intrinsic feature was that bent for poetic abstraction which was typical of Celtic mentality in general, had great potential for growth that lay dormant during the Roman period. The view that the artistic style of British Celts possessed creative capacity which remained hidden under Roman reign is confirmed by the Celtic art’s revival in medieval Britain during the Anglo-Saxon domination.
Dall’“Epiclassico” di Franz Wieacker al’“Esplosione di Tardoantico” di Andrea Giardina
Authors: PIACENTE Daniele Vittorio
Published: February 2024

The late antiquity in modern historiography has generated two schools of thought: one side is seen as a time of slow transition to the Middle Ages, the other is regarded as a time of crisis and decline. Franz Wieacker spoke of period “epiclassic“ and Andrea Giardina has commented the explosive and sudden interest of researchers in the last thirty years.
Materiales mágicos. Conjuros, fantasmas, necromancia y otros dispositivos de economía antropológica en el pensamiento griego
Authors: MÁRSICO Claudia
Published: February 2024

The studies on ancient philosophy have a long tradition of analysis about the Greek views on anthropology. The beliefs developed in Greece from the archaic to the Hellenistic times offer a wide range of variants different from the opposition between soul and body that became traditional in the classical period, with continuities and contrasts regarding later thought. However, some important elements go often unnoticed and this compromises the quality of the reconstruction of the ancient epoch. In this work, we will study three points related to magic: the spells, the ghosts and necromancy, in order to infer from these materials the underlying anthropological structure.
The Bioarchaeology of Humans in Italy: development and issues of a discipline
Authors: LICATA Marta , TOSI Adelaide , ROSSETTI Chiara , IORIO Silvia
Published: February 2024

In Italy, the “Archaeology of Emergency” influences the work of physical anthropologists. In fact, most archaeological excavations are not completely investigated because of the lack of funds destined to cultural heritage and the archaeological competences intervene especially when building works bump accidentally into archaeological findings. Emergency excavations cannot pull any whole osteoarchaeological sample, thus the anthropological study is never exhaustive. In addition to this, in Italy there are still problems related to a lack of job perspective because there is not an adequate professional recognition of the bioarchaeologist. Perhaps the issues should be discussed at the root, namely that there is no clear university education that prepares for this type of profession. Today, only a postgraduate education (PhD or Master) can determine the acquisition of specific skills in the several specialties of Bioarcheology. In an era of cultural crisis, as ours is nowadays, it is a struggle to think of a right recognition of any professionalism employed in the field of cultural heritage, but we must insist for this to happen.
EVOLUTION OF THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Authors: Fanny Mfiya Lunga
Published: February 2024

The DRC's education system will play an important role in rebuilding the country's political institutions, stimulating growth and correcting inequalities. The DRC is emerging from a long economic and political crisis which has had serious consequences on the education system. The main objective of this study is to help us identify the priorities of educational policy; options for the development of the education system are presented in order to help the government to establish its educational strategy. This study presents the issues relating to the basic education system (primary and secondary education) of the DRC, in particular on its evolution, its characteristics, its organization and management as well as the difficulties encountered and challenges to be overcome.
Educating Out-of-School Children in North Western Nigeria through Open Schooling: A Case for Using Mobile Technologies
Authors: Kabir Dr. Fatima Shehu
Published: February 2024

In today’s technologically enabled global culture, open schooling has become one of the recognized delivery modalities for both formal and non-formal education. Furthermore, tablets, mobile phones, and other digital gadgets are now tiny enough to fit in pockets, connecting users to information sources and encouraging learning at any time and from any location suitable for Nigeria’s out-of-school children who are ever-increasing due to fragility. Conflict and violence (FCV). This is a review paper which describes the usage of mobile devices in Nigeria’s informal education sector. Materials used were from several databases: Google scholar, Web of Science, EBSCO, and ERIC. Major findings pointed out that there were successful ICT integrated projects in several developed countries. The paper made a recommendation for the utilization of mobile technology to boost the effectiveness of Nigeria’s open schooling Initiative, for its thirteen million children not attending formal schools.
An Evaluation Study of Shading Devices and Their Impact on the Aesthetic Perception vs. Their Energy Efficiency
Authors: Ibrahim Anwar , Freewan Ahmed , Obeidat Ala'
Published: February 2024

Sunlight control tools, such as shading devices, are used to improve buildings' thermal and visual conditions. One of the concerns about using shading devices is their potential to harm the visual appearance of buildings. This study aims to study the aesthetic perception of different shading devices while concurrently evaluating their energy performance. Augmented reality was used to place virtual shading devices onto a building's façade at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). One hundred two students from JUST evaluated eight shading devices on a seven-step semantic differential scale. Participants comprised 49 students from Architecture and Design College and 53 students from other colleges. The energy efficiency of shading devices was tested using DesignBuilder. The results revealed that certain types of shading devices were perceived as more aesthetically pleasing than others. Architecture students and non-architecture students showed significant differences in their affective  responses. Regarding shading devices, shape-morphing and horizontal-louvres devices are the most preferred by participants, while egg-crate devices are the least recommended. Regarding energy efficiency, results showed that the tested shading devices improved buildings' energy efficiency by 7% (vertical fins) to 17% (egg crate) compared to the base case and did not negatively impact their visual appearance.
Entrecruzamento de trajetórias de formação e atuação de professores que ensinam Ciências nos anos iniciais
Authors: Castro Elias Brandão de , Pessoa Wilton Rabelo
Published: February 2024

Objetivamos investigar expressões de professoras polivalentes, concernentes a maneira de ser e de ensinar, ao refletirem sobre suas histórias de formação e docência em Ciências nos anos iniciais. A pesquisa é de caráter qualitativo e teve como colaboradoras quatro professoras atuantes nos anos iniciais, na rede pública de ensino do município de Ananindeua/PA. Os dados foram construídos em encontros formativos e seu tratamento se deu pela Análise Textual Discursiva, a partir da qual emergiram dois eixos temáticos: i) Professoras dos anos iniciais: o que dizem sobre si e ii) Professoras polivalentes, que ensino de ciências mobilizam. Evidenciou-se que uma incipiente formação inicial, o baixo reconhecimento do valor formativo do ensino de ciências e a pouca confiança profissional para o fomento de práticas interdisciplinares por parte das professoras. acaba por reforçar a secundarização do ensino de ciências. Ao mobilizarem o ensino de ciências nos anos iniciais, as professoras demonstram enfatizar temáticas relacionadas a conhecimentos biológicos em detrimento de conhecimentos físicos e químicos. Porém, verificamos indícios de insubordinação das colaboradoras, ao proporem práticas interdisciplinares em aulas de ciências. Neste direcionamento advertimos para necessidade de aproximação reflexiva dos saberes práticos da experiência com os aportes teóricos na formação continuada.
Soil Classification and Crop Suggestion using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors: Dhiraj Ingole  , Gaurav Pachbhai  , Pranav Jambhrunkar  , Aniket Bismore  , Prof. R. N. Satthwane
Published: February 2024

In agriculture, the optimization of crop selection based on soil characteristics plays a pivotal role in maximizing yields and ensuring sustainable agricultural practices. Traditional methods of soil classification and crop suggestion rely heavily on manual labour and expertise, often resulting in time-consuming processes with limited accuracy. However, the integration of machine learning techniques presents a promising solution to this challenge
AI-Powered Energy Management System for Industry
Authors: Piyush Gamne  , Prathmesh Gaikwad  , Prajakta Jadhav  , Shridhar Gore  , Kapil N. Vhatkar
Published: February 2024

The industrial sector, serving as a linchpin of global economic growth, continually shapes innovation, job creation, and wealth accumulation. However, its indispensable role is juxtaposed with substantial energy consumption, contributing significantly to the world’s energy usage and environmental footprint. In their pursuit of heightened competitiveness and profitability, industries confront a pressing challenge: the judicious management of energy resources. Striking a harmonious equilibrium between cost-efficiency, operational excellence, and environmental sustainability presents a formidable complexity. Compounding this complexity is the reluctance of traditional energy management methodologies to adapt to the dynamic and data-rich landscapes characterizing modern industrial domains. This research paper ventures into the heart of these challenges, exploring the convergence of the industrial sector, energy management, and technological advancements. Within this multifaceted landscape, it scrutinizes the intricacies of contemporary industrial environments, exposing the inherent complexities of responsible energy management. With data-driven technologies and advanced analytics as guiding lights, this study illuminates a transformative path forward—transcending conventional paradigms to forge a new era of efficiency, sustainability, and profitability
Simon of Samaria and the Simonians
Authors: Litwa David
Published: February 2024

Who were the Simonians? Beginning in the mid-second century CE, heresiologists depicted them as licentious followers of the first “gnostic,” a supposedly Samarian self-deifier called Simon, who was thought to practice “magic” and became known as the father of all heresies.

Litwa examines the Simonians in their own literature and in the literature used to refute and describe them. He begins with Simonian primary sources, namely The Declaration of Great Power (embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies) and The Concept of Our Great Power (Nag Hammadi codex VI,4). Litwa argues that both are early second-century products of Simonian authors writing in Alexandria or Egypt. Litwa then moves on to examine the heresiological sources related to the Simonians (Justin, the book of Acts, Irenaeus, the author of the Refutation of All Heresies, Pseudo-Tertullian, Epiphanius, and Filaster). He shows how closely connected Justin’s report is to the portrait of Simon in Acts, and offers an extensive exegesis and analysis of Simonian theology and practice based on the reports of Irenaeus and the Refutator. Finally, Litwa examines Simonianism in novelistic sources, namely the Acts of Peter and the Pseudo-Clementines. By the time these sources were written, Simon had become the father of all heresies. Accordingly, virtually any heresy could be attributed to Simon. As a result—despite their alluring portraits of Simon—these sources are mostly unusable for the historical study of the Simonian Christian movement. Litwa concludes with a historical profile of the Simonian movement in the second and third centuries.

The book features appendices which contain Litwa’s own translations of primary Simonian texts.
The Impact of a PhD on Design Practice
Authors: Vaughan Laurene
Published: February 2024

The Impact of a PhD on Design Practice assesses the value and impact of design PhDs for design practitioners, exploring in detail and through perspectives from a range of international designers how a doctorate can develop research and critical thinking skills that will enhance their professional practice.

The book develops the contribution of Laurene Vaughan's earlier work Practice Based Design Research in furthering the global understanding of this dynamic and expanding area of design education. Whereas Practice Based Design Research provided a survey of key issues and developments in doctoral education in design globally, this book delves deeper by focusing on the experience of those who have undertaken design PhDs and taken their expertise into industry settings. Designers from Europe, the United States and Australasia working in a range of design disciplines provide perspectives on how they have used project design, research, analytical and writing skills developed as a result of completing a PhD to enrich their professional practice and add value to their organizations.

The Impact of a PhD on Design Practice is relevant not only to doctoral students who anticipate an academic career, but also to practitioners and those interested in undertaking doctoral research in order to bring their insights from their research to practice.
Debating in Teaching and Learning English
Authors: Wilson Ben
Published: February 2024

This book offers the first full-length treatment of the topic of debating as a method of developing English Foreign Language (EFL) speaking, inviting scholars and practitioners to reflect on the demands of the current age for moving forward educational practice. While debating is a well-known method of dialogic speaking and is widely practiced, the extent to which it is integrated in adult TEFL has not been established, and an understanding of its affordances for developing foreign language speaking is also limited.

This book fills the gap in the field of TESOL and applied linguistics on the affordances of debating as a form of dialogic speaking that can promote a holistic understanding and improvement of experience of education, and indeed academic outcomes. The two main themes that situate the work are those of dialogic speaking and affect (at times referred to as 'humanistic', 'positive psychology' and 'social and emotional learning').

The book details the experiences of an adult EFL debate group in a private language school in the North of Italy. It reports how the participants experience the pedagogy so as to offer insights into it as a form of teaching speaking in adult EFL, as well as providing a practical framework with lesson plans and curriculum. The affordances of debating emerge as being social, cognitive, educational and communicative, and are discussed alongside the work of language teaching scholars Curran and Freire, and more broadly within a Social Constructivist approach to education. As such, debating is discussed as being a holistic and dialogic form of pedagogy. Particular attention to experience - often affective - is also found to be fundamental in planning and assessing educational outcomes for both teachers and learners.
The Gathering Place
Authors: Colwell Mary
Published: February 2024

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'Deeply poetic.' CAROLINE LUCAS MP

'A masterpiece of storytelling.' NICK MAYHEW-SMITH

'Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity.' PATRICK LAURIE

'An unforgettable story.' MICHAEL MCCARTHY

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Mary Colwell makes a solo pilgrimage along the Camino Francés winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship.

Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors once followed. In the winter of 2020, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell walked a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain.

In a typical year, many thousands of people walk this route, but Mary had it virtually to herself at a unique historical moment – a time of profound political change, escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies and global pandemic.

The modern world weaves in and out of the Camino’s worn trackway, providing a focus for contemplation and a place for memories and experiences to gather. In her delightful book, Mary weaves experiences from her solo winter pilgrimage with stories from a walk millions have undertaken over the centuries. Her thoughtful and, at times, humorous journey of body and soul includes moments of intense spirituality, meetings with a demon slayer, strange goings-on and magical tales, and Mary’s exquisite descriptions of the constant backdrop of nature in all its complexity and wonder.
Transmodern Cinema and Decolonial Film Theory
Authors: Beshara Robert K.
Published: February 2024

In this book, Robert K. Beshara applies decolonial film theory to an analysis of Youssef Chahine's (1997) Al-Masir (Destiny).

Transmodern Cinema and Decolonial Film Theory is the first book on decolonial film theory, which unpacks key concepts in decoloniality and decolonial aesthetics. Decolonial film theory is then applied to Youssef Chahine's (1997) historical drama al-Ma?ir in an effort to juxtapose the Egyptian filmmaker (Chahine) and his decolonial cinema to the Andalusian polymath (Ibn Rushd) and his Islamic philosophy.
Space Rover
Authors: Lawrence Sinclair Stewart
Published: February 2024

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

In 1971, the first lunar rover arrived on the moon. The design became an icon of American ingenuity and the adventurous spirit many equated with the space race. The lunar roving vehicles (LRVs) would be the first and last manned rovers to date, but they provided a vision of humanity’s space-faring future: astronauts roaming the moon like space cowboys.

Fifty years later, that vision feels like a nostalgic fantasy, but the LRV’s legacy would pave the way for Mars rovers like Sojourner, Curiosity and Perseverance, who afforded humanity an intimate portrait of our most tantalizingly (potentially) colonizable neighbor. Other rovers have made accessible the world’s deepest caves and most remote tundra, extending our exploratory range without risking lives. Still others have been utilized for search and rescue missions or in clean up operations after disasters such as Chernobyl.

For all these achievements, rovers embody not just our potential, but our limits. Examining rovers as they wander our terrestrial and celestial boundaries, we might better comprehend our place, and fate, in this universe.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Disabling Criminal Justice
Authors: Tidball Marie
Published: February 2024

This book considers the governance of autistic defendants in the UK courts. Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including ‘vulnerability’, which the author argues obscures the rights of disabled people in the criminal justice system. In doing so it sheds light on how this group should be governed.

Drawing on rigorously-researched case studies of autistic adult defendants through the court process, the book brings together relevant legal and policy literature, criminological and criminal justice theory and disability studies to provide insight into the ‘dividing practices’ that affect the governance of disabled defendants’ conduct.

Using interviews with elites and practitioners, textual analysis, and court observation of eight autistic adult defendants through their court process, the book investigates why the status of autistic defendants as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 has been overlooked in criminal justice policy and criminal court decision-making.

It explores the impact of the ‘collateral’ effects and ‘symbiotic harm’ of the criminal justice process on family members who support these defendants through the criminal justice process.
The European Integrated Border Management
Authors: Raimondo Giulia
Published: February 2024

What are the human rights obligations of Frontex and its Member States at the borders of Europe? Who is responsible when the rights of people crossing those borders are breached? Those are the main questions that this book addresses while exploring the evolution of the European integrated border management (EIBM).

The mode of administration of European borders has become a complex and polymorphous affair involving multiple actors working at different levels, with different competences and powers. In this context, borders are no longer lines on a map but enmeshed in a tapestry of different actors and technologies. This evolution not only tests the relationship between territory and public power, it also requires a different understanding of the responsibility for the exercise of that power by a panoply of actors.

This book addresses the challenges related to the implementation of the EIBM and the human rights responsibilities that it can trigger. It entwines two separate but interlaced discourses: the first being a reflection on the concept of EIBM and its human rights impact; the second being the question of the attribution of international responsibility for violations that occurred in the implementation of the EIBM.

Volume 120 in the Series Modern Studies in European Law
Teaching STEM and Common Core with Mentor Texts
Authors: Suen Anastasia , Duke Shirley L.
Published: February 2024

Librarians can use this book to become leaders in their schools, collaborating with teachers to keep them abreast of resources that will facilitate the inclusion of STEM in the curriculum.

Teaching STEM and Common Core with Mentor Text explains the basics of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and shows how librarians can become a key component in STEM education, guiding teachers and sparking interest though the books and technology inherent in their curriculum. The volume offers 20 mentor texts, plus in-depth, collaborative lesson plans linked to the Common Core Standards for K–5 librarians. There are additional lessons for classroom teachers, as well as activities that can easily be done in the library or classroom. Each lesson includes mentor text information, an overview of the lesson, step-by-step lesson plans, assessment options, and extension activities. By implementing these lessons in the library, librarians will be able to cover multiple Common Core State Standards and science standards, and at the same time establish the library as a resource for teaching STEM subjects.
Religion in the Classroom
Authors: Golden Jonathan M. , McCallister Joseph J.
Published: February 2024

An indispensable resource for understanding religion's place in American schools and in matters concerning the separation of church and state in the United States.

The framers of the American Constitution, in drafting the so-called "Establishment Clause" of the First Amendment-Congress shall not establish nor prohibit the practice of religion-intentionally juxtaposed two seemingly contrasting articles, understanding that we would grapple with these questions anew each day. And, indeed, we have.

This book treats the Constitution, and the First Amendment in particular, as a living document, one that requires interpretation and re-interpretation on a regular basis as our nation and its people evolve. The book begins with an overview essay discussing the background of the contemporary debate over religion in schools. A timeline then highlights key events related to religion and education. Approximately 50 alphabetically arranged reference entries follow. These focus on contemporary concerns and provide objective, fundamental information about events, legislation, people, and other topics. The entries provide cross-references and suggestions for further reading, and the volume closes with an annotated bibliography.
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Running a Business
Authors: Rhoads CJ
Published: February 2024

The final entry in this all-you-need-to-know series summarizes the best points in the previous 12 books, updates many of them, and integrates must-have knowledge into a unified, indispensable whole.

Entrepreneurs need authors who will speak to them as equals, sharing the secrets they found as they built their own businesses. Crafted in that spirit, Praeger's Entrepreneur's Guide series provides practical, accessible, and authoritative advice on the major considerations in establishing and growing a new venture. Each book includes wisdom, tales from the trenches, worksheets, templates, sample documents, and resource lists to help entrepreneurs leverage their time and money. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Business distills and shares the important points from each of the series' previous books, making the road to success smoother and more certain.

This culmination of the professional development series takes the reader through all the important steps of starting and running an enterprise. It includes such essentials as writing the business plan, hiring the team, raising capital, managing technology, doing market research, and, of course, marketing the product. Once the business is up and running, the book can be consulted for advice on managing growth and inspiring and retaining employees, as well as for knowledge about handling crises and flourishing even during a recession.