bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Association Between Smartphone Applications for Pregnant Women and Psychological Distress in Japan
Authors: Kodama Toyohiko , Takaki Sachiko
Published: July 2022

The current study investigated pregnant women's use of pregnancy applications (apps) and how these apps affect their mental health. A questionnaire was administered in the outpatient obstetrics and gynecology department at a university hospital. Of 110 pregnant women included in the analysis, 97 had downloaded and used pregnancy apps and believed that these were either
helpful
or
a little helpful
. Among the 110 respondents, 20 (18.2%) women were identified as having psychological distress. Thus, the percentage of women with psychological distress who downloaded pregnancy apps was significantly lower than women in the mentally healthy group. Non-use of pregnancy apps was strongly associated with psychological distress, indicating that pregnancy apps improve pregnant women's mental health. Alternatively, non-use of apps could arise from deteriorated mental health, causing reduced energy or inclination to use these apps. Screening for good mental health among pregnant women is important; non-use of pregnancy apps may indicate risk of mental health deterioration among pregnant women. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 61
(1), 32–38.]
Experiences of Mental Health Practitioners With Empathy Computer Games
Authors: Reed Jordan , Salusky Ida , Shattell Mona
Published: July 2022

Several learning games designed for nursing training exist. Yet, there is a gap in understanding what makes learning games efficacious. The current study examined the reactions of 12 mental health nurses, therapists, social workers, and counselors during and after playing four computer games designed to induce empathy for persons with mental health disorders. Thematic analysis revealed that games accurately embodied emotional and cognitive experiences of the intended disorders. Analysis also indicated shortcomings, including games falling short in their usefulness for understanding depicted disorders. Participants indicated that the games changed their attitudes and beliefs. Findings suggest that learning games can be useful for nursing students and trainees, as well as patients' friends and family members. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 61
(1), 25–31.]
Computational analysis of user experience and customer satisfaction with mobile food delivery services: Evidence from big data approaches
Authors: Park Eunil
Published: July 2022

Because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, mobile food delivery services have gained new prominence in our society. With this trend, the understanding of user experience in improving mobile food delivery services has gained increasing importance. To this end, we explore how user experience factors extracted by two natural language processing methods from comments of user reviews of mobile food delivery services significantly improve user satisfaction with the services. The results of two multiple regression analyses show that sentiment dimension factors, as well as usability, usefulness, and affection, have notable effects on satisfaction with the applications. Based on several findings of this study, we examine the significant implications and present the limitations of the study.
Targeted delivery of gold nanoparticles by neural stem cells to glioblastoma for enhanced radiation therapy: a review
Authors: Sababathy Mogesh , Ramanathan Ghayathri , Tan Suat Cheng
Published: July 2022

Glioblastoma (GB) is the most malignant subtype of brain cancer derived from astrocytes in the brain. Radiotherapy is one of the standard treatments for GB patients, but its effectiveness is often limited by the radioresistance of aggressive GB cells. Higher dose of radiation needs to be applied to GB patients to eliminate these stubborn cells, but this also means more side effects on the adjacent healthy cells because the radiation beam could indistinguishably harm all cells exposed to it. In order to address this problem, various strategies have been studied to enhance the radiosensitivity among the radioresistant cell populations for targeted eradication of GB without harming other surrounding healthy cells. One of the promising strategies for radiosensitization is to use gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) which can enhance photoelectric effects within the radioresistant cells for higher killing efficiency even at low doses of radiation. Nonetheless, there is no evidence showing the capability of these nanoparticles to travel to brain tumor cells, therefore, the application of this nanotechnology is very much dependent on the development of a suitable carrier to deliver the AuNPs to the GB tumor sites specifically. In this review article, we discussed the potentials of neural stem cells (NSCs) as biological carriers to carry AuNPs to targeted GB tumor sites and provided new insights into the potential of NSC-based targeted delivery system for GB treatment. The information reported here may pave a new direction for clinical transformation of next-generation nanoparticle-assisted radiotherapy to optimize the efficacy of radiotherapy for GB treatment.
Liouville’s theorem and the foundation of classical mechanics
Authors: Henriksson Andreas
Published: July 2022

In this article, it is suggested that a pedagogical point of departure in the teaching of classical mechanics is the Liouville’s theorem. The theorem is interpreted to define the condition that describes the conservation of information in classical mechanics. The Hamilton’s equations and the Hamilton’s principle of the least action are derived from the Liouville’s theorem.
Immigrants and the Pandemic in a Leading Region of Northern Italy: A Question of Positioning
Authors: Girardi Davide
Published: July 2022

This paper examines the impact of the pandemic on immigrants in one of the most economically developed areas in Northern Italy. Using a qualitative approach, the author highlights the effects on the traditional dimensions of inclusion (work and housing) and the perspectives of the younger generations (education and transition to adulthood). The results indicate how the weak social positioning of immigrants strongly and selectively conditioned their response to the pandemic. The study also revealed the intense erosion of immigrants’ social capital and the need for strategies to strengthen it.
Vključevanje v vzgojno-izobraževalni sistem iz perspektive staršev in otrok beguncev
Authors: Klun Lucija , Alali Alaa , Gombač Jure
Published: July 2022

Članek temelji na raziskavi, ki so jo avtorji opravili leta 2021. V središče postavlja izkušnje otrok in staršev beguncev z vključevanjem v slovenski vzgojno-izobraževalni sistem. Sogovorniki iz dvanajstih družin so spregovorili o pozitivnih in negativnih vidikih vključevanja v vzgojno-izobraževalni sistem. Med njimi so prevladovale težave z učenjem jezika, učne težave, diskriminacija. Proces vključevanja, ki v zakonih in strategijah deluje kot enoznačen »postopek« prilagajanja otrok na nove jezikovne, kulturne, izobraževalne in institucionalne razmere, v raziskavi predstavljamo iz perspektive »subjektov vključevanja«. Ti proces doživljajo kot dolgotrajen, niansiran in težaven.
Importações orientais de época romana-republicana em Monte Molião (Lagos, Portugal)
Authors: De Sousa Elisa , Gomes Francisco B. , Arruda Ana Margarida , Pereira Carlos
Published: July 2022

[pt] As intervenções arqueológicas realizadas no Monte Molião (Lagos, Portugal) proporcionaram um pequeno conjunto de materiais importados do Mediterrâneo Oriental. Trata-se, concretamente, de taças helenísticas com decoração a molde e de terra sigillata oriental A, que totalizam 18 fragmentos. Na maioria dos casos, estes exemplares surgem em contextos conservados de cronologia romano-republicana, especificamente entre 125 e 50/25 a. C., revelando a adopção de tradições helenísticas relacionadas com o consumo de líquidos e talvez até a existência de uma particular procura de vasos esteticamente mais apelativos. Apesar de ser um conjunto quantitativamente diminuto, assume uma particular relevância para o alargamento e compreensão da escala de distribuição destes produtos no litoral atlântico.
Les brevets de danse dans le Sud-Est de la France : sous-entendus d'une pratique et d'une sociabilité, 1808-1965 (texte intégral)
Authors: Viale Magali
Published: July 2022

Depuis le début du XIXe siècle, de nombreux danseurs se sont vu attribuer des brevets de Prévôt ou de Maître de Danse, titres liés à la présentation devant un jury de chorégraphies aussi prestigieuses que la Gavotte et l’Anglaise, fleurons du très riche répertoire des danses de caractères.Ce mémoire est basé sur l’étude et la publication de trente-huit brevets, dont beaucoup d’inédits, et reproduits pour la plupart en couleurs. La majorité de ces brevets ont été décernés dans le Sud-Est de la France (Toulon, la côte méditerranéenne et le Gard principalement) tout au long des deux derniers siècles.Leur étude fait ressortir différentes périodes d’implantation de ce répertoire : les prisonniers français des guerres napoléoniennes, Toulon au début du XIXe siècle, puis l’armée française jusque dans les années 1880 où les danses de caractères étaient associées à l’enseignement et l’attribution de brevets de boxe française, de bâton, de canne, d’escrime, de sabre... À partir du Second Empire des militaires, de retour de l’armée, vont enseigner ces danses dans différentes régions de France, d’où la naissance des Sociétés de Farandole dans le Gard, puis en Provence, de Sociétés Chorégraphiques à Toulon et dans l’Ouest de la France et l’adoption de ces pas virtuoses au sein des Mascarades de Carnaval en Soule (Pays Basque français).Au-delà de cette histoire c’est toute une culture et une sociabilité que Magali Viale met en lumière à travers l’analyse des divers éléments qui composent les brevets : espace de la danse, décors, instruments de musique, attitude et costumes des danseurs, des musiciens et des spectateurs et, en particulier, étude minutieuse des tenues militaires.
La conscience sociale des Gilets jaunes : étude sociologique de représentations en lutte
Authors: Legris Samuel
Published: July 2022

Cet article rend compte de la grande hétérogénéité des consciences sociales parmi les Gilets jaunes. À partir d’une analyse socio-discursive des représentations du monde social de protestataires rassemblés sur un rond-point du Berry, il vise à appréhender les conflits internes qui ont émaillé la mobilisation et leurs conséquences. À l’aune de ces résultats, la structuration du mouvement des Gilets jaunes contre ceux d’en haut est discutée.
Discourses of social workers on their practices in the field for asylum seekers in Italy
Authors: Lalli Pina , Giacomelli Elena
Published: July 2022

The arrival of migrants has been a major challenge for Italian society; however, a uniform reception system has yet to be created in the country. Based on interviews conducted in one of the best local reception systems (located in Trentino, in Northern Italy), we analyze two central themes raised in the discourses of this community of practice that bring out the more or less recognized role of “moral entrepreneur” at street level.
From War to Radical Love
Authors: Suh Emily K. , Owens Sam
Published: July 2022

Although LGBTQIA+ literature frequently applies the frame of war to conceptualize the struggle for inclusion, this chapter presents beloved community as a more healing framework for theorizing trans inclusion in higher education. The authors trace the roots of beloved community through relevant educational and theological scholarship. The framework's three interconnected concepts of radical love, inclusion, and balance are introduced with specific recommendations for trans and cisgendered members of the academic community who seek to create more inclusive and just spaces in the academy. This chapter explores how the beloved community framework can be used to repair harms to the community resulting from misidentification, misgendering, and performative allyship. The authors conclude with a call to apply the beloved community framework to engage in systems-level change to benefit all members of the academic community.
Developing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Authors: Brice Alejandro , Coles-White D'Jaris
Published: July 2022

This chapter will illustrate the intertwined concepts of cultural and language proficiency, acculturation, and resilience among marginalized populations and implications for higher education. When students make the transition to tertiary education, they are met with challenges of how to reconcile or integrate what they know and ways of doing things to different standards, rules, beliefs, and norms of higher education culture. Rather than an all or nothing approach, recognizing that preservation of the native culture may coexist with openness to a new culture may have long-term positive implications for families and their children. Strategies to reduce marginalization and achieve high levels of resilience in higher education for students will be provided for teachers, higher education administration, and other school professionals.
Influence Faculty Members' Thinking to Promote Social Justice and Equity
Authors: Parham Charlotte Rainey , Wake Donna Glenn , West Sherece , Maxwell Candice Dowd
Published: July 2022

This chapter presents research conducted over two years at a mid-sized university to determine the efficacy and impact of a transformative disruptive educational equity initiative. This chapter will share strategies for capacity building, reflection, and culturally responsive teaching of faculty members in teacher education programs. These strategies are designed to guide disruptive practices and situate social justice and equity in P-12 education. The initiative focused on the disruptive education equity model (DEEP) and was funded by a local philanthropic foundation.
An Approach to Identifying Pre-Existing Chronic Conditions for Corona Virus Positive Patients Using Regression
Authors: Agarwal Anshu S. , Iyer Sailesh Suryanarayan , Patel Alex V. , Saxena Akash
Published: July 2022

COVID-19 has various symptoms, and they are cold, cough, mild or high fever, and breathing problems for severe cases. In addition, it is in talk that diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular, asthma, and many diseases invite the virus. Machine learning and data analysis are considered best for predicting approaches for finding various aspects of the effect of the virus. In this chapter, the authors deal with symptoms that have been recorded in the dataset and try to find which pre-defined symptoms are considered effective or responsible in positive case of infection by coronavirus. The dataset has been taken from Kaggle. As the dataset is categorical in nature, the authors use correlation and logistic regression analysis to find the symptoms that prevail in the patient and have caused the infection in them. This is also about dimensionality reduction and feature selection where they are reducing the available features based on regression.
Emergency Vehicle-Based Vehicle Detection Model
Authors: Chakravarty Poonam D. , Pandya Jigar Dilsukhray , Dave Akshara , Rathod Yagnesh , Iyer Sailesh Suryanarayan
Published: July 2022

In India, the population is large, and it is very crucial to maintain emergency vehicle services properly. Everyday many accidents occur due to lack responsibility of drivers and lack awareness of motor act laws. Here the authors have developed a very unique solution and try to find unsolved issues in more technical way. The system is about tracing follower vehicles of emergency vehicles using RFID (radio frequency identification). Camera set on an emergency vehicle will capture an image of a trespassing vehicle and read the RFID tag. It will trace the details of the vehicle using an RFID reader. There is one front camera which will check the traffic signals, and if red signal already on red state, then it will not consider the follower vehicle, but if there is green signal and vehicle is following the emergency vehicle, then RFID will scan it, trace it. E-memo is generated and sent to the nearest RTO office for penalty.
Creating Social Sustainability Initiatives in an Effort to Increase Profits for the Underserved
Authors: Reyes Yosmayra Erika , Clement Vikiana
Published: July 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has coerced society to recreate the delicate balance between small business owners and the local community. Throughout Brooklyn, NY, the anguish resonates the difficulties of increasing profits. With communal solidarity serving as a central tenet, sword, and shield, technological and social researchers traversed urban Brooklyn, NY areas. Researchers conducted a series of exploratory interviews and surveys over the course of the last quarter specifically within the geographic grouping areas of the Crown Heights 11225 and Bedford Stuyvesant 11216 zip codes. Investigators identified key interventions to assist Black and Brown-owned businesses increase long-term sustainability. Focusing primarily on the triple bottom line theory and practice, investigators compiled data to suggest how businesses can become more economically diverse in client acquisition strategies.
Social Media and User-Generated Content as a Teaching Innovation Tool in Universities
Authors: Mora-Cruz Alexandra , Saura José Ramón , Palos-Sanchez Pedro R.
Published: July 2022

Due to the digital transformation, universities have had to renew the didactic strategies used by teachers so that they can comply with the teaching-learning process. The implementation of practices in social networks has been essential to adapt to the skills of the new generation of digital students. The main objective of this chapter is to analyze how social networks and user-generated content can be used by university teachers as tools that foster innovation. For this, a review of the literature and different sources is carried out that allows for laying the foundations of the research. In addition, the chapter provides information on the main platforms used in the different educational experiences. With the data obtained, it is possible to understand how these social interaction tools can contribute to teaching innovation and, therefore, to the significant improvement of the learning results of higher education students.
Practice-Integrated Teaching at Universities of Applied Sciences
Authors: Lederer Matthias , Finken Silke
Published: July 2022

What is special about the German-speaking education system is that there are two types of higher education institutions. While classical universities do academic teaching, so-called universities of applied sciences (UAS) focus more on practical training for the labour market. This chapter presents the experiences of two professors with practice-integrated teaching at two UAS that ensure employability to a large extent. The common setting of the four courses presented is that students work on real business cases, practical challenges, and real fields of innovation. Methodologically, design think and SCRUM are used. It is described for these cases how the design of the course contributes to students developing innovative and digital approaches for real companies. The chapter concludes with a compilation of good practices that emerged from experiences. These can serve as input for other teachers to design their own practice-integrated courses.
TBS
Authors: Montero-Navarro Antonio , Rodríguez-Sánchez José-Luis , Gallego-Losada Rocio , González-Torres Thais
Published: July 2022

The European higher education area (EHEA) aims at creating a climate of less traditional learning through higher levels of interaction between the professors and the students. In that context, the use of participative tools, such as case study discussions, can be especially useful. Nevertheless, the attempt of a group of professors to implement that methodology in their classes had to face some difficulties, with the the high number of students with different goals and needs the main one. In order to deal with this situation, the students were given the possibility to choose amongst three different evaluation methods: non-continuous evaluation, continuous evaluation, and business school – the last one focused on the discussion of freshly prepared case studies about business management. The results can be considered positive, both in terms of academic progress and competencies achievement, and led to the creation of an online version of this “business school.”
Higher Education Students' Online Learning Attitudes and Academic Performance
Authors: Othman Radiah , Othman Roslan bin , Chan Siu , Mat Roni Saiyidi , Ameer Rashid
Published: July 2022

This chapter examines higher education students studying in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Samoa on their attitudes toward online learning and its effects on academic performance after the first COVID-19 lockdown. A total of 165 usable responses from 260 online surveys distributed (63.5%) were analyzed. The results revealed that students across the four countries had a positive attitude toward online learning, which significantly improved their academic performance. Interestingly, information literacy had a negative association with academic performance and attitudes toward online learning. This indicates that students with higher information literacy do not necessarily favor online learning. Facilitating conditions and learning support from higher education institutions (HEIs) strengthened students' attitudes toward online learning performance. The findings highlight the importance of providing continuous support for students studying online.
Flipped Exams as a Reliable and Formative Assessment Tool in Higher Education
Authors: Oltra-Massuet Isabel , Alvarez-Morera Georgina , Fullana Celia
Published: July 2022

Flipped exams are presented as a solution to overcome the limitations of online assessment, such as validity and reliability. Flipped exams are tests designed and solved by the students themselves at home, following the teacher's guidelines and instructions, and are later corrected by the teacher, who can provide further feedback. In times of COVID-19, flipped exams are reliable tools that facilitate assessment of both the learning process and the content, and they also stimulate students' critical and reflective thinking skills, thus covering cross-curricular competencies under a summative-formative assessment methodology. The benefits of flipped exams are further assessed by means of a students' perception survey delivered 18 months after the COVID-19 outbreak. The participants confirm that this novel methodology provided them with a high degree of freedom and autonomy, as well as the opportunity to organize their own time during the global lockdown.
Learner Experiences in Autonomous Learning Environments
Authors: Gasparini Alice
Published: July 2022

The chapter analyses the topic of the learner experiences and usability in autonomous learning environments, employing learning analytics data coming from monitoring software. Usability measures the easiness of use of a system. A good usability can contribute to improve the engagement of a learning experience. The study is part of a PhD project carried out at the University G.D'Annunzio in collaboration with the University for Foreigners of Siena. It considers Italian as L2 resources implemented in two different digital environments. It focuses on the learner experiences as the “created” relationship between human and computer. The results highlight the importance for educational designers to be pre-emptively aware on the way learners actually interact with the resources and spaces made available to them. The consciousness of this information allows the designer to build environments that could meet the communicative and linguistic needs of the students.
E-Learning
Authors: Vale Miguel Diamond , Lamas Marco , Rua Orlando Lima
Published: July 2022

This research aims to study the influence of the pandemic on the current higher education institutions' methods to understand better its impact on the development of e-learning structures as a proactive solution to the in-person classes and methods. A quantitative methodology was developed through a survey questionnaire from Porto Accounting and Business School students to identify e-learning initiatives and the possible new standard for higher education. The results show that the current pandemic situation serves as a base for developing and implementing online learning methodologies such as e-learning and b-learning. They are concluding the most common struggles or barriers that students highlight during their online learning experiences related to their prearrangement with the learning process and connected to the institution's investments in “remote” learning structures. It is crucial to mention that this study can give further research literacy to developing specific research from a student perspective.
Creating a Beginners English for Speakers of Other Languages E-Course Curriculum for Adult Migrants
Authors: Berdesi Evgenia
Published: July 2022

This case study aims to present a 36, online, beginner, intensive course of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) which addresses six young adult migrant students and is to be implemented in a non-formal educational context in Western Greece. The curriculum combines both synchronous and asynchronous distance learning principles and the presentation-practice-production (PPP) teaching method. The authentic, real-life activities integrate digital tools and aim to enable students to acquire basic English corresponding to A1-A2 levels of the common European framework of reference for languages (CEFR) to communicate effectively in simple everyday situations. Technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) principles are also employed as the learners practice individually on Google Classroom platform using simple digital tools. Finally, some reflective comments aim to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of this course and help for further improvement before its implementation.
COVID-19 and School Management
Authors: Prakasha G. S. , Muttungal Peter Varkey , Kureethara Joseph Varghese
Published: July 2022

The breakout of COVID-19 from Wuhan, China has shaken the world economy, giving a traumatic experience to people across the world. Most of the countries have locked down their business enterprises. Schools have started teaching online, and teachers have moved to online teaching in no time. School managers are making quick decisions on various challenges faced by their schools. These uncertain conditions have led to the present study. The present study explores the impact of COVID-19 on various dimensions of school management, such as finance, infrastructure, staff training, student enrollment, student retention, student welfare activities, co-curricular activities, and challenges and opportunities; how to maintain efficiency amidst COVID-19 pandemic; and how to reduce the pandemic effect in schools. This research employed the phenomenological qualitative method to address the research problems. The data was collected from the semi-structured online interview and review of related literature. The study describes the effect of COVID-19 on various dimensions of school management.
Hegemonic Forces
Authors: Herzberg Judith Townes
Published: July 2022

Like so many Black female academics, the author's career path through the university system has been impeded by racism. Despite its claims to promote diversity, historically white higher educational institutions inevitably reflect the attitudes of the culture at large. Indeed, these universities and colleges are whiter than the American population. After years of hegemonic inequalities in job opportunities, wealth, health, housing, and education, many Black people are filtered out. The presence of full-time Black faculty members in higher education is undermined by the numbers themselves. The paucity of Black faculty in higher education makes them a smaller minority on campus than off. Even though predominately white college and university campuses are often considered bastions of liberalism, Black female academics continue to have justifiable apprehensions about professional recognition, promotion, and inclusion in the academy. The focus of this chapter, then, is to examine the systemic conditions that create, for Black women academics in particular, a path with tripwires shaped by hegemony.
Measures of Education and Training to Support the Long-Term Skills of Teachers After the COVID-19 Crisis
Authors: Efthymiou Efthymia
Published: July 2022

School closures and the wider social constraints resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the difficulty of attaining educational goals and affected students with special needs. Education and training systems have responded and demonstrated a great ability to innovate and adopt new approaches, but also shown significant shortcomings due to teachers' being unwilling to make use of different environments and learning tools. The chapter reflects on the immediate response to the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, looking at the systems of teacher support available, including the successful and safe uses of technology for learning that help education systems become more equitable and inclusive and more effective in fulfilling their mission, more efficient in their operation and use of resources, and thus, better equipped to serve the needs of their communities and society at large. Appropriate teacher training and teacher competencies are fundamental to ensuring teachers are adequately skilled, remunerated, and ready to implement equitable and inclusive learning.
Adapted Physical Activity
Authors: Stylianides Karen J. , Stylianides Georgios A.
Published: July 2022

Physical activity (PA) is important for all individuals regardless of their age, gender, and/or abilities. Adapted physical activity includes PA that has been adapted or modified, so that it is as appropriate for the person with a disability as it is for able-bodied individuals. As the authors investigate the world of movement and the challenges that come along with it, they explore possible approaches on how to include PA among individuals with special needs. Approaches to overcome diversity in terms of inclusive environments within physical education and sports will be the main focus. Inclusive instructional modifications will be presented, along with basic principles for modification in games and sports in inclusive environments, highlighting equality participation for all. They presently see diversity and acceptance being embraced by using modifications, open minded approaches, and adaptive equipment that facilitate PA. Society has come a long way in exploring best practices for inclusive environments that are specially designed to promote the inclusive environment.
Linguistically-Responsive Educational Framework for Multilingual Contexts
Authors: Lone Rasak Annayat , Efstratopoulou Maria
Published: July 2022

It is estimated that 221 million primary-aged children from remote rural areas, linguistic minority, and ethnic communities who speak a different language at home and have no contact with the instructional language outside of the classroom do not have access to education and have the biggest problems in learning and understanding of the language taught at school. UNESCO notes that Africa is the only continent, where the majority of the children start schooling using a foreign language. For instance, in Zambia, where English was the educational language (among non-English speakers), it was found at the end of primary schooling that children were unable to read fluently or write clearly, and they failed examinations because they could not understand the instructions. The chapter focuses on the important issues of multilingual contexts in education and spread light to the factors that influence inclusion and academic achievement.
Inclusive Education Leadership in Non-Western Contexts
Authors: Opoku Maxwel Preprah , Nketsia William , Amponteng Michael , Odame Lois , Belbase Shashidhar , Al Nuaimi Aysha
Published: July 2022

Inclusive education is universally accepted as a useful policy to promote the learning of all students in one classroom. While actual teaching practices are pivotal to achieving the goal of having all students study in one classroom regardless of any difficulties and differences they may have, the ‘change agents' in schools are leaders who are expected to lead the process. Over the years, there has been discussion on the contributions of school leaders towards the successful practice of inclusive education. However, efforts towards the implementation of inclusive education in especially developing countries have stalled. Indeed, the process towards practicing inclusive education has been led by developed countries that have provided resources and a ‘policy blueprint' for developing countries. In this chapter, the authors demonstrate how ‘Western leadership' frameworks are unworkable in developing countries and recommend an alternative framework for training inclusive leaders.
Information System for Cyber Threat Detection Using K-NN Classification Model
Authors: Kothari Prem Mahendra , Gaharwar Ratan Singh
Published: July 2022

Due to the drastic and exponential growth of information systems and their use, the technology has taken a quantum leap. To ensure safe data transportation, different protection systems are used, such as intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, and firewalls. In this chapter, the proposed system has an anomaly-based cyber threats detection system using advanced machine learning algorithms. The anomaly-based detection system was used to analyze repackage signatures of malware which is not predefined. Machine learning with the use of previous datasets and algorithms to make the IDS intelligent. In this chapter, the authors use K-NN, which takes the similarity between new attack footprints and compare it with the older footprints in the dataset, and tell which has a higher resemblance. The major challenges of this IDS are minimization of false alarms and gaining high accuracy. The proposed IDS system is not only tested manually but is tested by automated utilities as well, and minimizing of overfitting and underfitting is also checked.
Structure Analysis of Tor Hidden Services Using DOM-Inspired Graphs
Authors: Dalvi Ashwini , Shah Kunjal , Jambhalkar Uddhav , Pawar Varun , Bhoir Dashank , Bhirud S. G.
Published: July 2022

The dark web contains sensitive data that strategic organizations must identify well in advance to anticipate and handle threats. However, associates will prefer to automate classifying the dark web pages instead of opening them due to their disturbing visual images and dangerous links and attachments. Most research is focused on web page text analysis to infer dark web data. But no visible attempt is observed in the literature that classifies dark web content at the structure level. In the chapter, extended scope of work aims to predict the genre of the webpage without opening the web page. The work converts web pages to their respective DOM (document object model) graphs. DOM graphs essentially represent web page structure. A GNN (graph neural network) is trained with constructed DOM graphs to predict the page's genre. The various graph properties like a number of nodes, edges, etc. for web page DOM graphs are extracted. Unsupervised learning (i.e., k-means clustering) is performed on the dataset to group the web pages into clusters based on similarity in structure.
Anomaly Detection in Biometric Authentication Dataset Using Recurrent Neural Networks
Authors: R. Chitra , A. M. Anusha Bamini , M. Chenthil Jegan T. , K. Padmaveni
Published: July 2022

In the biometric authentication, the stored data is used for the verification of used identity. The unique biological traits commonly used for biological authentication are facial characteristics, fingerprints, and retinas. It also offers superior fraud detection and customer satisfaction, compared to all other traditional multi factor authentication. Deep learning algorithms plays a major role in anomaly detection and fraud identification in various real-time applications. RNNs have proven that they work well in analysing and detecting anomalies in time series data. RNNs have the unique ability for each cell to have its own memory of all the previous cells before it. This allows for RNNs to process sequential data in time steps which other machine learning models cannot do. RNNs can also be found sorting through your emails to sort out spam and phishing emails from friendly emails. This chapter reviews the methodologies, purposes, results, and the benefits of RNNs in anomaly detection in biometric authentication.
Content Labelling of Hidden Services With Keyword Extraction Using the Graph Decomposition Method
Authors: Dalvi Ashwini , Raut Saurabh Mahesh , Joshi Nirmit , Bhuta Dhairya Rajendra , Nalla Saikumar , Bhirud S. G.
Published: July 2022

The data investigation of hidden services on the dark web is gaining attention from the research community and law enforcement agencies. However, the anonymity feature of hidden services makes it difficult to index the hidden services for investigation. Therefore, one of the primary focuses of dark web data investigation research is labelling the hidden services so that the labelled services can be classified or indexed further. The methodology deployed in the proposed work is based on keyword extraction using the graph degeneracy method. The proposed work analyzes the text data by extracting keywords from each hidden service document. The accuracy of the proposed method is validated by LDA-based topic modelling approach. The document labelling obtained by the keyword extraction method and LDA model matched with the accuracy of 78. The main intuition behind the keywords extraction method is that central nodes make good keywords. This is because central nodes with high centrality in the GoW of a document correspond to the document's keywords, which are well-understood by humans.
Cyber Security Event Sentence Detection From News Articles Based on Trigger and Argument
Authors: Chaturvedi Nikhil , Dubey Jigyasu
Published: July 2022

Events are critical for comprehending the things that occur in the actual world. The term “events” is frequently used to describe the numerous relationships between people, places, activities, and things. Events-centered modelling entails the representation of several facets of an event in addition to the semantic representation of event facts. Detecting cybersecurity occurrences is important to keep us aware of the rapidly increasing number of such incidents reported via text. The authors focus on cyber security event detection task in this study, specifically on identifying event trigger words and arguments in the cybersecurity area. For this study, they use the CASIE dataset. They propose a system that involves the events identification, event triggers identification, and event arguments extraction. In this section, they divide the cyber security event sentence classification model into two steps: event trigger and argument identification, and cyber security event sentence classification using the training corpus.
Photocatalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol over Bismuth Sulfur/Titanium Dioxide Heterojunction: Influence of Bismuth Sulfur Content on the Reaction Efficiency
Authors: GarcÍa-Mendoza Cinthia , Alvarez-Lemus Mayra Angélica , López-González Rosendo , Frias Márquez Dora María , Jácome-Acatitla Gabriela
Published: July 2022

Photocatalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol is one of the most promising methods to remove this hazardous pollutant from wastewaters and generated a raw compound widely use in industrial processes. In the present work, three Bi2S3/TiO2 catalysts with different Bi2S3 content, were synthesized by a hydrothermal method. The materials were characterized by XRD, X-ray fluorescence, physisorption of N2, HRTEM, UV-Vis reflectance spectroscopy and zeta potential measurements. The catalytic activity of the synthesized materials was tested in the photoreduction of 4-nitrophenol in aqueous medium. Although the results indicate the formation of heterojunction for all the samples, the physicochemical properties of each material depend on the Bi2S3 content. The material with 6%wt of Bi2S3 exhibit the major catalytic activity, reducing 80% of the target molecule within 60 minutes of reaction.
Epidermolysis Bullosa – Tread Carefully!!
Authors: Kundal Raksha , Singh Ranju , Verma Neha
Published: July 2022

Patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) provide a unique and complex challenge for the anaesthesiologist. This is a rare inherited group of diseases characterized by excessive fragility of skin and mucous membranes. These patients tolerate compressive forces to the skin but barely tolerate friction and shearing forces. Major challenges to the anaesthetist include establishing adequate monitoring without damaging the skin, issues with positioning, high possibility of difficult airway, compromised immunity and nutritional deficiencies, and other comorbidities. We present a case of a 4-month-old baby boy with epidermolysis bullosa simplex presented with blisters and ulcers all over the body, posted for thoracoscopic plication for diaphragmatic eventration. We highlight that with meticulous preoperative planning and extreme attention to prevent any shearing or frictional forces, anaesthesia can be delivered safely.
Midazolam-Dexmedetomidine Combination versus Midazolam Alone for Premedication in Children Undergoing Pediatric Cataract Surgeries: a Double‐Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Sen Indu , Kandasamy Prabhakar , Sarna Rashi , Bhardwaj Neerja , Sethi Sameer , Ram Jagat
Published: July 2022

Background: Dexmedetomidine, a selective α2 agonist has shown promising results when used as a premedicant. This prospective randomized study evaluated the efficacy of two different premedication regimens in achieving a smooth conduct of anesthesia and optimum pain relief in pediatric cataract surgeries.
Methods: 90 ASA I or II children, aged 1-6 years, scheduled for elective cataract surgeries were randomized to receive either 0.25 mg kg-1oral midazolam and 1μg kg-1 of intranasal dexmedetomidine (Group MD; n=45) or 0.5mg/kg oral midazolam followed by 0.02ml kg-1 intranasal saline drops (Group MS; n=45) 45 min prior to surgery. Drug acceptance, anxiety at parental separation and quality of mask induction was evaluated. Subtenon block was given to all the children. Intraoperative use of narcotics was avoided and used only as rescue drug. Primary outcome of the study was number of patients requiring rescue analgesia over 24-hour period. The secondary outcomes were time to first rescue analgesia, frequency of rescue analgesia, incidence of OCR and PONV.
Results: 90% of the children in Group MD achieved MOAA/S ≤ 4 at 30 minutes versus 95% in Group MS. Drug acceptability, parental separation and mask acceptance were similar in both groups. Incidence of PONV and children who required rescue analgesia was less in MD group compared with MS group. There was no event of OCR in both groups.
Conclusion: Premedication with combined IND and low dose oral midazolam is superior in decreasing postoperative analgesic requirements when compared to routine oral midazolam premedication alone in pediatric cataract surgeries under general anesthesia.
Pre-operative Fasting in Elective Adult Surgical Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka
Authors: Hapugoda Minura , Perera Lakmini , Nishadi Ambalandoowa Kankanamge Darshika
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Preoperative fasting which is defined as “abstinence from all foods and liquids for a specified period of time before induction of anaesthesia and/or commencement of surgery”, is a time-tested practice that is undertaken for the benefit of patients presenting for surgery globally.Aim: To assess the current practice of preoperative fasting (POF) and to investigate the complications associated with prolong fasting among adult patients scheduled for elective surgery at Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura.Method: This clinical audit was performed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. 430 adult patients awaiting elective surgery were interviewed following informed consent.Results: 95.3% thought POF was important but 55.6% lacked knowledge on the reason for POF. 52.8% of patients received instructions on POF by nurses, but only 32.6% of them were educated on the correct standards of POF. 67.4% of respondents who were educated by nurses were not told of the standards of POF. On average respondents fasted for 12.85 hours for solids and 7.38 hours for fluids. 85.7% fasted for more than 2 hours for clear fluids and 94.1% fasted for more than 6 hours for solids. 55.8% of the respondents complained of thirst and 11.6% and 5.1% had features of dehydration and postoperative nausea and vomiting respectively.Conclusions: Most patients fasted for both food and fluid longer than the fasting time recommended by the European Society of Anaesthesiology guidelines. It underscores the importance of educating the healthcare staff and patients on the updated guidelines.
Post COVID Tsunami of Black Fungus – Anaesthetic Challenges in Management: Case Series
Authors: Sandhya P. , Narkhede Harsha , Gajbhare Manojkumar , Gaikwad Maroti , Dandge Kalyani , Munde Ashwini
Published: July 2022

Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucor mycosis is a rare, opportunistic, fatal fungal infection most commonly seen in diabetic and immunocompromised individuals, but an outbreak of cases was seen in post COVID-19 patients during the second wave in India. Our aim is to elaborate the anaesthetic management of post COVID-19 Mucor mycosis patients scheduled for FESS (Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery) for debridement of involved areas. Here, we have discussed the anaesthetic challenges faced in a series of eleven patients with COVID-19 and Mucor mycosis such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, irrational use of steroids for the treatment of COVID-19, amphotericin B and its interactions with anaesthetic management. Preventive measures in COVID-19 patients, early detection, timely management, perioperative vigilant monitoring, multidisciplinary approach will reduce the morbidity and mortality in these patients. As limited data is available, further studies are necessary to understand aetiology and pathogenesis of Mucor mycosis in post COVID-19 for better management
Lost Airway in Airway
Authors: Anandaswamy Tejesh C. , Patil Sahana , Thammanna Prathima P.
Published: July 2022

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