bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mandacaru Radioativa
Authors: Silva Alane Conceição Leite e , Leite Bruno Silva
Published: June 2023

Promover ações que engajem os estudantes na construção de seu conhecimento em Química, por vezes tem sido um dos maiores desafios para alguns professores. Uma das alternativas que tem se destacado nos processos educacionais é a Gamificação. Nesta pesquisa apresenta-se a construção e aplicação de uma atividade gamificada (AG) para o ensino do conteúdo de radioatividade contextualizado com o intuito de analisar se uma AG pode contribuir para o Ensino de Química Nuclear. Para isso, a pesquisa foi realizada em três etapas: i) revisão bibliográfica sobre a gamificação no Ensino de Química nos artigos de revistas com Qualis A e B em Ensino no período de 2013 a 2016; ii) desenvolvimento de uma AG envolvendo o conteúdo de radioatividade; iii) aplicação da AG. Os resultados, da pesquisa qualitativa, mostraram que somente oito artigos discutiam sobre gamificação no Ensino de Química, e que apenas um artigo envolvia o conteúdo da radioatividade e gamificação. Com os dados da revisão foi possível identificar quais elementos dos games estavam mais presentes nos estudos, contribuindo para a elaboração da AG “Mandacaru  Radioativa” que tem como objetivo propiciar a construção do conhecimento químico sobre radioatividade. Com relação à Mandacaru Radioativa, também foi realizada, de forma propedêutica, uma avaliação da atividade identificando suas contribuições para os processos de ensino e de aprendizagem da Radioatividade e sua aproximação com os pressupostos da Aprendizagem Tecnológica Ativa (ATA).
Simuladores de Realidade Mista no Desenvolvimento de Competências na Formação Inicial do Educador Matemático
Authors: Rostirola Sandra Cristina Martini , Henning Elisa , Siple Ivanete Zuchi , Santos Luciane Mulazani dos
Published: June 2023

Este estudo, caracterizado como uma Revisão Sistemática de Literatura (RSL), traz uma investigação relacionada ao uso dos simuladores de realidade mista na formação inicial dos professores que ensinam Matemática. Em uma abordagem exploratória, foram buscados artigos que tratassem da temática dentro da concepção de desenvolvimento de habilidades e competências dos docentes. Assim, foram encontrados vinte e três artigos analisados por meio de uma abordagem quanti-qualitativa, os quais permitiram  conhecer os aspectos de formação docente relacionados à importância do feedback do formador de professores sobre o desempenho do futuro docente no momento da experimentação; à possibilidade de desenvolver práticas de alta alavancagem; além da transposição de aprendizagem para situações reais de trabalho, destacando habilidades de gestão da sala de aula, que envolvem metodologias de ensino-aprendizagem, linguagens e atitudes. O estudo abriu possibilidades para futuras pesquisas, permitindo reflexões e questionamentos sobre as formas emergentes de formação inicial de educadores numa perspectiva tecnológica.
Privacy Orientation during Online Teaching-Learning Activities: Practices Adopted and Lessons Learned
Authors: Da Silva Mônica , Viterbo José , Salgado Luciana Cardoso de C. , Mourão Érica
Published: June 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted from traditional face-to-face teaching to technology-mediated distance learning, creating significant new challenges for teachers and students. The rapid integration of new technologies into the teaching and learning process can give rise to privacy issues. This study investigates how teachers and students of undergraduate and graduate courses in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been educated about protecting their privacy during online course activities. An exploratory qualitative-quantitative study was conducted, and 91 participants were interviewed to determine how they were guided to protect their privacy during online course activities. The study found that 75% of teachers consider teaching about privacy in ICT courses to be “very important”. However, these teachers still lack guidance, as 66% have not communicated privacy-related rights to their students. Furthermore, 80% have yet to communicate about websites or the location of privacy information from the educational institution. Despite some positive results identified in the study, such as 93% of teachers reporting that they are recording activities and 91% of students stating that they were informed about the recording of activities, challenges still need to be addressed regarding privacy issues during online teaching and learning activities. Therefore, the study proposes some good privacy practices that can be adopted by educational institutions, teachers, and students in the context of technology-mediated education.
Corona: a threatened kingdom! The serious gamebook’s logbook
Authors: La Carretta Marcelo , Britto Ana Clara , Arrais Marcos , Moreira Raquel , Santos Brisa Miranda Andrade , Bozzi Adriana
Published: June 2023

The article’s proposal is to present the development process of a digital gamebook, as well as its results, made in partnership with the Biology department from UESC - State University of Santa Cruz (Ilhéus, Bahia) and the Digital Games Engineering Course from PUC Minas (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais). The goal was to inform and raise awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the youth. It was necessary to approach themes such as the forms of infection, vaccines and prevention in a playful and creative form, resulting in a Serious Game with a medieval theme that is set inside the human body. The gamebook, which is available for free, uses interactivity and choice-making to raise awareness about the consequences of misinformation in the context of a pandemic that, to this moment, has made more than 6.87 million victims, and to place the player in the position of an active agent during the learning experience.
SERBAC: Uma Estratégia para Definição de Requisitos
Authors: Oliveira Antônio de Pádua Albuquerque , Leite Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado
Published: June 2023

SERBAC é uma estratégia para definição de requisitos apoiada por uma ferramenta que registra requisitos. A estratégia SERBAC utiliza várias propostas da literatura para montar um esquema de representação de requisitos baseado em linguagem natural. Utiliza a idéia de vocabulário da aplicação, a idéia de que as ações dos atores de uma organização são o ponto central do estudo da informação, a idéia de que um sistema responde a eventos externos e a idéia que um sistema pode ser definido por seus relacionamentos, por suas entradas e por suas saídas. Essas idéias de diferentes autores foram agrupadas e sistematizadas de forma a produzir um esquema onde os requisitos são definidos de uma maneira padrão. A estratégia SERBAC é apoiada por um software e foi avaliada em um caso real.
The topic of restitution in UN-Documentation following WW II
Authors: Adolff Ben
Published: June 2023

Based on an examination of the relevant UN-Documentation, this report identifies four notable instances of the topic of restitutions and reparations for victims of the Third Reich appearing as a topic of interest for UN bodies: the provisions made in the interest of refugees as part of the Paris Agreement, the discussion surrounding the draft of the Genocide Convention, as well as the legislative involvement of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and the Secretary General of the UN (Sec-Gen) in the (later) Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The funds created by the Paris Agreement are, probably, of the least interest, since they were conceived more as immediate relief than as individualized reparation. The discussion surrounding the Genocide Convention is interesting from a historical standpoint, as it attests an early and acute awareness of the underlying issues. However, any discussion addressing the restitution and reparation of victims of genocide did not find its way into the Convention. The involvement of the IRO with the Office of the Military Government for Germany, United States (OMGUS) and the FRG, which resulted in the drafting of specific laws on the matters of restitution and reparation, is perhaps the most interesting of the instances noted here. Potentially, the IRO played a significant role in the move towards restitution during the short years of its existence. Further investigations based on sources other than UN Documentation could reveal the extent to which the IRO was materially involved in the drafting of specific laws. The efforts of the Sec-Gen towards the reparation of victims of “medical” experimentation provides great insight into the process by which one such issue was discovered and addressed within the UN at the time. Beyond that, this is an instance in which there is a deeper understanding of the specific involvement of a UN-body with German reparatory legislation. In this case, it amounted to bringing up the issue and urging appropriate action without much involvement in the particulars of the resulting measures. Overall, it should be summarized that there was no consolidated or systematic effort towards the restitution of victims of the Third Reich on the parts of the UN. Rather, the issue appeared and reappeared with some frequency and only in certain cases did the UN take action.
Forensische Soziale Arbeit: Plädoyer für eine Fachsozialarbeit
Authors: Hahn Gernot
Published: June 2023

Der folgende Beitrag skizziert bisherige Versuche, Forensische Soziale Arbeit (FSA) als Vertiefungsbereich innerhalb der Klinischen Sozialen Arbeit zu etablieren. Dazu werden zentrale Theoriebezüge, Konzepte, Methoden und Verfahren benannt und in Zusammenhang zu dieser speziellen Form von Fachsozialarbeit gesetzt. Es folgt die Skizzierung der sich ergebenden Implikationen für Praxis und Forschung. Abschließend werden die verschiedenen Initiativen und der aktuelle Entwicklungsstand in Deutschland umrissen.
Wege der (Ver-)Besserung? Ergebnisse einer narrativ-biografischen Befragung inhaftierter Männer
Authors: Pohl Jeanette
Published: June 2023

Nach wie vor ist die Perspektive der Adressat*innen Sozialer Arbeit und insbesondere jene inhaftierter Menschen empirisch unterrepräsentiert und die Frage, wie sie Unterstützungsangebote der Sozialen Arbeit wahrnehmen, kaum beantwortet. Entsprechend begegnet diese Arbeit dem Thema abseits einer professions- und institutionsbezogenen Perspektive durch narrativ-biografische Interviews mit 15 Männern mit Hafterfahrung. Leitfrage ist, welche Rolle Angebote Sozialer Arbeit für sie vor, während und nach der (U-) Haft in ihrer Vita spielen. Ziel war es, sowohl die Nutzbarkeit sozialarbeiterischer Angebote biografisch aus Adressat*innenperspektive zu rekonstruieren, als auch die komplexen Interaktionsprozesse mit den Sozialarbeitenden zu verdeutlichen. Ferner wurden die bestehenden institutionellen Beschränkungen und die situativen Entscheidungen sowie Aneignungsprozesse und Handlungspraxen der Inhaftierten und Sozialarbeitenden gespiegelt. Die Möglichkeit, anhand individueller Aussagen kollektives Handlungsgeschehen zu dokumentieren, wurde in dieser Studie durch die Rekonstruktion von Nutzungstypen umgesetzt. Die ermittelten fünf Nutzungstypen berichten von biografisch unterschiedlichen Erfahrungen mit Sozialer Arbeit, was ihren Zugang zu diesen Menschen mitbedingt.
Chlamydia pneumoniae and Childhood Asthma
Authors: Daloglu Hayriye
Published: June 2023

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and it is a major global health problem. Asthma is characterized by chronic airway inflammation and the pathogenetic mechanisms leading to asthma are likely to be diverse, and influenced by multiple genetic polymorphisms as well as environmental factors, including respiratory tract infections. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a human pathogen belonging to the Chlamydiae family. Since its recognition in 1989, C. pneumoniae has been extensively studied for its role as a widespread respiratory pathogen and its potential consequences in both children and adults. Its ability to evade the human immune system, biphasic development cycle, and capacity to spread throughout the host has made it a suspect in many chronic inflammatory diseases, including asthma. Chlamydia pneumonia is of particular interest among the various infections associated with new-onset asthma, asthma severity, and treatment resistance.
Importance of using tissue PCR to diagnose CMV colitis in ulcerative colitis
Authors: ERÜRKER ÖZTÜRK Tuba , KIYICI Murat , GÜLTEN Macit , DOLAR Enver , GÜREL Selim , GİRAY NAK Selim , EREN Fatih
Published: June 2023

Objective: To show the importance of tissue Cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR to diagnose CMV infection in patients with treatment-resistant ulcerative colitis.

Methods: Fifteen patients who had previously been diagnosed as ulcerative colitis with clinical, endoscopic, histological, and radiological criteria and who had referred to our clinic with acute exacerbation who were diagnosed with CMV colitis and received CMV treatment, were evaluated retrospectively. After the demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were noted, Mayo scores were evaluated to determine ulcerative colitis activity. Patients' age, gender, laboratory values, type of colitis, and Mayo scores were recorded. Biopsy results, CMV IgM, serum, and tissue CMV DNA levels were noted. Descriptive statistical parameters of the demographical data were calculated.

Results: Eleven of the patients were male, and four were female. The mean age of the patients was 42±11,3. The mean duration of the disease was 28±46 months. Twelve patients had pancolitis, and three patients had distal colitis. All patients' Mayo score was 12 points. All patients were steroid-resistant, and none had previously received biological agent therapy. 7 of 15 patients had serum CMV DNA levels over 1000 copies/mL. Tissue CMV DNA levels of 8 patients were found higher than 250 copies/mg, although serum CMV DNA levels were below 1000 copies/mL. Pathology samples of 11 patients were evaluated, and CMV inclusion bodies were not detected. All patients received ganciclovir for CMV treatment. After treatment, CMV DNA of all patients was negative, and diarrhea and inflammation markers were reduced.

Conclusion: For the diagnosis of CMV, CMV-PCR in colon tissue specimens should also be considered in addition to endoscopic appearance and serum CMV DNA levels.
Acute Renal Failure in a Patient with Coronavirus: A Case Report of a Rarely-Seen Presentation
Authors: Aref Asieh , Valizadeh Zohre , Sakiani Mohammad , Maleknia Mohsen , Shahpouri Arani Zahra , Kazemi Hashem
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presents primarily as an acute respiratory disorder with interstitial and vesicular pneumonia but affects various organs, including the kidneys, heart, gastrointestinal tract, blood, and gastric nervous system. This study aimed to report a case of COVID-19 with acute kidney injury (AKI). Case Presentation: A 37-year-old female patient with two positive COVID PCR and Cr = 0.8 but with no record of AKI was admitted to Razi Hospital in Ahvaz in April 2020 for ten days. After completion of the informed consent, her blood samples were obtained, and a renal biopsy and other tests were performed on her. Conclusions: Announced COVID-19 cases reported in AKI. In sum, patients with a high prevalence of comorbidities, such as AKI, suffered from severe COVID-19. Therefore, it was recommended that the risk of acute kidney damage, in addition to the respiratory failure risk, should be taken into consideration in patients with COVID-19. Furthermore, COVID-19 may have presented symptoms of AKI in patients with no history.
A Modern Mechanism for Formal Analysis of Biometric Authentication Security Protocol
Authors:   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, 572103, India, R. Pradeep , Sunitha N. R. , Thejas G. S.
Published: June 2023

A Biometric Authentication Security (BAS) protocol is a method by which a person's unique physiological or behavioral characteristics are used to verify their identity. These characteristics can include fingerprints, facial features, voice patterns, and more. Biometric authentication has become increasingly popular in recent years due to its convenience and perceived security benefits. However, ensuring that the BAS protocols are secure and cannot be easily compromised. . Developing a highly secure biometric authentication protocol is challenging, and proving its correctness is another challenge. In this work, we present a modern mechanism for formally analyzing biometric authentication security protocol by taking a Aadhaar Level-0 Iris-based Authentication Protocol as a use case. The mechanism uses formal methods to formally verify the security of the Aadhaar Level-0 Iris-based Authentication protocol, and is based on the widely-used BAN logic (Buruccu, Abadi, and Needham). Using Scyther model checker we analyze the existing biometric authentication protocol and have shown its effectiveness in identifying potential security vulnerabilities. The proposed mechanism is based on a set of security requirements that must be met for the protocol to be considered secure. These requirements include the need for the protocol to be resistant to replay attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, and impersonation attacks. The mechanism also considers the possibility of an attacker obtaining the biometric data of a legitimate user.
Graph Coloring in University Timetable Scheduling
Authors:   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh, Biswas Swapnil , Nusrat Syeda Ajbina , Sharmin Nusrat , Rahman Mahbubur
Published: June 2023

Addressing scheduling problems with the best graph coloring algorithm has always been very challenging. However, the university timetable scheduling problem can be formulated as a graph coloring problem where courses are represented as vertices and the presence of common students or teachers of the corresponding courses can be represented as edges. After that, the problem stands to color the vertices with lowest possible colors. In order to accomplish this task, the paper presents a comparative study of the use of graph coloring in university timetable scheduling, where five graph coloring algorithms were used: First Fit, Welsh Powell, Largest Degree Ordering, Incidence Degree Ordering, and DSATUR. We have taken the Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh as a test case. The results show that the Welsh-Powell algorithm and the DSATUR algorithm are the most effective in generating optimal schedules. The study also provides insights into the limitations and advantages of using graph coloring in timetable scheduling and suggests directions for future research with the use of these algorithms.
Static Timing Analysis of Different SRAM Controllers
Authors:   Electronics and Communication Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208 Bangladesh, Sultana Jabin , Alam S. M. Shamsul
Published: June 2023

Timing-critical path analysis is one of the most significant terms for the VLSI designer. For the formal verification of any kinds of digital chip, static timing analysis (STA) plays a vital role to check the potentiality and viability of the design procedures. This indicates the timing status between setup and holding times required with respect to the active edge of the clock. STA can also be used to identify time sensitive paths, simulate path delays, and assess Register transfer level (RTL) dependability. Four types of Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) controllers in this paper are used to handle with the complexities of digital circuit timing analysis at the logic level. Different STA parameters such as slack, clock skew, data latency, and multiple clock frequencies are investigated here in their node-to-node path analysis for diverse SRAM controllers. Using phase lock loop (ALTPLL), single clock and dual clock are used to get the response of these controllers. For four SRAM controllers, the timing analysis shows that no data violation exists for single and dual clock with 50 MHz and 100 MHz frequencies. Result also shows that the slack for 100MHz is greater than that of 50MHz. Moreover, the clock skew value in our proposed design is lower than in the other three controllers because number of paths, number of states are reduced, and the slack value is higher than in 1st and 2nd controllers. In timing path analysis, slack time determines that the design is working at the desired frequency. Although 100MHz is faster than 50MHz, our proposed SRAM controller meets the timing requirements for 100MHz including the reduction of node to node data delay. Due to this reason, the proposed controller performs well compared to others in terms slack and clock skew.
Non-Functional Requirements Classification Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors:   Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Rahman Abdur , Nayem Abu , Siddik Saeed
Published: June 2023

Non-functional requirements define the quality attribute of a software application, which are necessary to identify in the early stage of software development life cycle. Researchers proposed automatic software Non-functional requirement classification using several Machine Learning (ML) algorithms with a combination of various vectorization techniques. However, using the best combination in Non-functional requirement classification still needs to be clarified. In this paper, we examined whether different combinations of feature extraction techniques and ML algorithms varied in the non-functional requirements classification performance. We also reported the best approach for classifying Non-functional requirements. We conducted the comparative analysis on a publicly available PROMISE_exp dataset containing labelled functional and Non-functional requirements. Initially, we normalized the textual requirements from the dataset; then extracted features through Bag of Words (BoW), Term Frequency and Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF), Hashing and Chi-Squared vectorization methods. Finally, we executed the 15 most popular ML algorithms to classify the requirements. The novelty of this work is the empirical analysis to find out the best combination of ML classifier with appropriate vectorization technique, which helps developers to detect Non-functional requirements early and take precise steps. We found that the linear support vector classifier and TF-IDF combination outperform any combinations with an F1-score of 81.5%.
Statistical and Machine Learning Approach for Robust Assessment Modelling of Out-of-School Children Rate: Global Perspective
Authors:   Department of Educational Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood Campus, South Africa, Joseph Edith Edimo , Isabona Joseph , Dare Sunday , Osayande Odaro , Omasheye Okiemute Roberts
Published: June 2023

The negative impact of out-of-school students' problems at the basic and high-school levels is always very weighty on the affected individuals, parents, and society at large. Owing to the weighty negative consequences, policymakers, different government agencies, educators and researchers have long been looking for how to effectively study and forecast the trends as a means of offering a concrete solution to the problem. This paper develops a better hybrid machine learning method, which combines the least square and support vector machine (LS-SVM) model for robust prediction improvement of out-of-school children trend patterns. Particularly, while other previous works only engaged some regional and few samples of out-of-school datasets, this paper focused on long-ranged global out-of-school datasets, collated by UNESCO between 1975- 2020. The proposed hybrid method exhibits the optimal precision accuracies with the LS-SVM model in comparison with ones made using the ordinary SVM model. The precision performance of both LS-SVM and SVM was quantified and a lower NRMSE value is preferred. From the results, the LS-SVM attained lower error values of 0.0164, 0.0221, 0.0268, 0.0209, 0.0158, 0.0201, 0.0147 and 0.0095 0.0188, compared to the SVM model that attained higher NRMSE values of 0.041, ,0.0628, 0.0381, 0.0490, 0.0501, 0.0493, 0.0514, 0.0617 and 0.0646, respectively. By engaging the MAPE indicator, which expresses the mean disconnection between the sourced and predicted values of the out-of-school data. By means of the MAPE, LS-SVM attained lower error values of 0.51, 1.88, 0.82, 2.38, 0.62, 2.55, 0.60, 0.60, 1.63 while SVM attained 1.83, 7.39, 1.79 7.01, 2.43, 8.79, 2.58, 4.13, 6.18. This implies that the LS-SVM model has better precision performance than the SVM model. The results attained in this work can serve as an excellent guide on how to explore hybrid machine-learning techniques to effectively study and predict out-of-school students among researchers and educators.
The Leading Role of Digital Technologies in the Development of the Smart City Concept in Azerbaijan
Authors:   Institute for Scientific Research on Economic Reforms/the deputy director: Baku, AZ1010, Azerbaijan, Huseynova Arzu , Mazanova Ophelya
Published: June 2023

The article describes the application of the Smart City concept and the economic opportunities it creates, infrastructure and services, and opportunities to improve governance. The main features of the Smart City concept, development directions and evolution, standards and solutions, and factors and obstacles to its implementation have been analyzed by the author. The experience of different countries in the application of digital technologies is discussed. The article provides the scope and structure of the "smart" market, application stages, and scenarios The international experience in this direction was widely analyzed and examples were shown. The article talks about smart cities, the construction of which has already begun in Azerbaijan. The application of the smart city concept in Azerbaijan has been studied. It is stressed that the spread of digital technologies for the construction of a smart city in Azerbaijan is a prerequisite. The Network Readiness Index (NRI) identifies the indicators that are holding back Azerbaijan in the ranking for 2021.
The rise of the WZIĄĆ (TAKE) Serial Verb Construction in Polish
Authors: Andrason Alexander , Gębka-Wolak Małgorzata , Moroz Andrzej
Published: June 2023

The present study is dedicated to the emergence of an asymmetrical serial verb construction (SVC) with the verb wziąć in Polish. By making use of a dynamic prototype-driven approach to linguistic categorization and by reviewing the historical corpora that range from the first Old Polish texts in the 14th c. until the end of the New Polish period in 1939, the authors conclude that the wziąć SVC has resulted from the fusion of the original conjunctively coordinated (CC) clauses. Although two types of clause-fusion mechanisms have operated during the grammaticalization of the wziąć SVCs, their contribution to this process has been dissimilar. The evolution from the syndetic CC with the coordinator i to the wziąć SVC via a pseudo-coordinated (PC) stage (i.e., the wziąć-i PC) has constituted a faster and stronger drift, while the more direct evolution originating in the asyndetic CC with wziąć has been slower and less pervasive.
Constructions with ‘take’ in Latgalian: The limits of diachrony
Authors: Nau Nicole
Published: June 2023

A collection of Latgalian oral folktales published in 1895 shows a great frequency of multi-verb constructions with a modifying verb ‘take’, including Serial Verb Constructions. These constructions are not found in Old Latgalian written texts, while in modern writing, only one type is attested: pseudo-coordination. Although the documentation of Latgalian spans almost three centuries, it is not possible to show grammaticalization paths of multi-verb constructions, as these are register-specific.
Serial Verb Constructions in North-West Semitic languages: From a synchronic radiation back to the ‘Big Bang’
Authors: Andrason Alexander
Published: June 2023

The present article argues that Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs) in North-West Semitic (NWS) languages have emerged from clause fusion. The analysis of the synchronic profiles of SVCs in four of the oldest attested languages of this branch, i.e., Canaano-Akkadian, Ugaritic, Biblical Hebrew, and Biblical Aramaic, reveals an evolutionary path from less cohesive non-canonical serializing patterns of a pseudo-coordinated character to increasingly more cohesive and canonical serializing patterns. The ultimate source of this path and verbal serialization is reconstructed as conjunctive coordination with two clauses being linked by the predecessor of a coordinator that surfaces as u/w in the four analyzed languages.
Do prior motion serial verbs (go) morphologize? Insights into diachrony from typology
Authors: Ross Daniel , Lovestrand Joseph
Published: June 2023

Associated motion is a grammatical category which modifies a verbal predicate by adding a motion component such as indicating that motion took place prior to the event predicated by the verb. Many languages express prior associated motion (‘go and V’) in the form of a serial verb construction, while in other languages the same meaning is expressed morphologically. This suggests a possible diachronic link between serial verbs and affixes, but a comparison of the synchronic distributions of prior associated motion in serial verb constructions and verbal morphology reveal that such a path of grammaticalization is remarkably rare. This can be at least partially explained by temporal iconicity and a cross-linguistic suffixing bias. We conclude that prior motion serial verb constructions are relatively stable diachronically. The source of prior motion morphology is more likely other multiverb constructions, especially those with non-finite verbs where an overt morpheme marking dependency is lost to allow for a more efficient expression of this grammatical category, ultimately leading to univerbation.
On the rise: The expansion of Serial Verb Constructions in Tariana
Authors: Aikhenvald Alexandra Y.
Published: June 2023

The emergence and the expansion of serial verbs can be affected by language contact. This paper focuses on a case study from Tariana, a highly endangered Arawak language spoken in the multilingual Vaupés River Basin Linguistic Area in Brazilian Amazonia. Tariana has numerous types of asymmetrical and symmetrical serial verbs highly frequent in discourse of all genres. Two kinds of serial verbs are on the rise. A construction involving a prefixed form -siwa with an emphatic, reciprocal, sociative, and reflexive meaning is developing into a serial verb construction. The motivation for this development lies in intensive language contact with the unrelated Tukano, now the major language in use by the extant speakers of Tariana, where reflexive and reciprocal meanings are expressed through serial verbs. The integration of recapitulating verb sequences with the verb -ni ‘do, make’ into the system of serial verbs is indirectly linked to the impact of Tucano where the verb meaning ‘do, make’ is used as a recapitulating device in bridging linkage. The development of recapitulating serial verbs in Tariana can be partly seen as an independent innovation, and as an outcome of language-internal pressure to create further serial verbs, expanding and extending the productive and much-deployed mechanism in the language.
Secondary concepts and internal dynamics of Emai Serial Verb Constructions
Authors: Schaefer Ronald P. , Egbokhare Francis O.
Published: June 2023

We examine verbs in series as they relate to Dixon’s (1991, 2010) notion of secondary concepts. Our verb samples and their structures derive from an Edoid language of southern Nigeria. Emai shows asymmetrical and symmetrical serial verb constructions. However, our analytic concern is the differential realization of secondary concepts according to form class. Most verbs that realize secondary concepts appear in A-SVCs as a minor component. Some verbs that code secondary concepts shun serialization and generally take complements that are clausal, truncated, or obliquely marked gerundives. Other form classes expressing secondary concepts are preverb and particle. Members reveal a verb heritage that is either lexical or phrasal. Even a few nouns convey secondary concepts. Auxiliaries, while referencing secondary concepts, do not disclose a verb heritage. Secondary concepts in A-SVCs reveal an asymmetry as occupants of positions V1 or V2 in series. V1 manifests event and participant qualifiers, whereas V2 exhibits primarily event qualifiers. Both positions also evidence serial-within-serial structures. Overall, secondary concepts only partially align with Emai verbs in series. Since a significant number of preverbs and particles actualize secondary concepts and have a verb heritage, we assume they have grammaticalized from earlier verb-in-series structures. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the pre-verbstem position in the canonical simplex clause of Emai has had a privileged role in the emergence of secondary concepts as preverbs from verbs in series and in the continual development of serialization as an expressive means for event and participant qualifiers.
Influence of Graduate Teachers’ Knowledge of the Senior High School Social Studies Curriculum/ Instructional Objectives on Assessment Items
Authors: Brew­­ Emmanuel , Opare Francis
Published: June 2023

Aim: This study aimed at determining the influence of graduate teachers’ knowledge of the Senior High School Social Studies curriculum/ instructional objectives on assessment items.

Methods: This study employed a qualitative and interpretive methodology, using the case study design. The population for the study included all the 15 graduate Social Studies teachers at the Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The researchers by the use of the purposive sampling technique, selected ten (10) trained graduate Social Studies teachers out of the fifteen (15) teachers for the one-on-one interview. Qualitative data collection instruments were used in gathering data for the study. The data collection methods involved an interview guide made up of fifteen (15) semi-structured items for ten (10) graduate Social Studies teachers at the Senior High School level.

Results: Findings from the study indicate that teachers’ assessment practices were to a very large extent not influenced by the objectives of the subject. The observational session revealed that not only did the performances in the test items match with performances in the curriculum/instructional objectives; but the choice of assessment techniques was inappropriate as the participants for instance used pencil-and–paper test in evaluating learning objectives dealing with valuing and the development of skills. Interestingly enough, even though all the participants agreed that the overall goal of Social Studies is citizenship education; their assessment practices did not reflect the curriculum/instructional goals of the subject.

Conclusion: From the findings, the participants failed to consider the curriculum/ instructional objectives in their assessment practices. Most of the participants’ choices of assessment techniques were incongruent with their instructional objectives. Even though the participants demonstrated a very good knowledge of the objectives of teaching the subject, they failed to translate theory into practice.

Recommendations: In order to ensure success in improving the educational system, there must be monitoring in the curriculum design, and its implementation. Educational policy could fail if there are lapses at any of the levels, that is, curriculum design, implementation and monitoring. In this study, however, the improvement of attitudes must be seen as the hallmark of social studies programme at the training institutions. This can be done with an increase in supervisory role carried out by the training institutions or universities in the country to see how their products are performing. These could help the programme to achieve its goals and objectives of teaching it.
Aspek-Aspek Ketuhanan dalam Teologi Islam: Analisis Tiga Mazhab: Mu’tazilah, Asyariyah, Al-Maturidiyah
Authors: Syawal Kurnia Putra  , Muhammad Amri  , Mahmuddin
Published: June 2023

This article discusses the debate over divinity aspects in Islamic theology, using the literature study method. The purpose of this paper is to find out the meaning of monotheism in Islamic theology and debates related to divine aspects in Islamic theology. The results of this writing show that religion is a belief that has long existed throughout human civilization. As for the debate on the divine aspect in Islamic theology related to the nature of God, the Mu`tazilah argue that Allah is All-Knowing with His essence, not with knowledge, power and life, because all of these are attributes while attributes are something outside of matter. While the Asy`ariyah, argue that God has properties. God's justice, according to Asy'ariyah, God does as He wills, so God does not put all people into heaven unjust and if God puts all people into hell God is not unjust. Meanwhile, the understanding of justice for the Mu`tazilah implies obligations that must be respected by God. Regarding the power and will of God's Mutlat, Mu'tazilah argues that God's absolute power has been limited by the freedom that has been given to humans in determining wills and actions. whereas Asy`ari said that God is absolute in His will and power
An integrated academic programmes information system: a case of the inter university council for east Africa
Authors:   , Manishimwe Alban
Published: June 2023

The re-establishment of the East African Community (EAC) necessitated the need to establish various institutions required for proper implementation of the harmonization pillars (Customs Union, Common Market Protocol, Monitory Union and Political federation) within various sectors. For example, the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), a surviving institution of the EAC was tasked to lead the harmonization of education and training system in East Africa (IUCEA, 2009). The IUCEA has set up various frameworks and programs to achieve this mandate, however IUCEA has not yet established a one stop live data system on Universities and Programs which would provide for evidence-based policy process. This study therefore leads to an establishment of an Academic Programs Information Management System (APIMS) which breaks the ground for an established regional system on Universities and Programs offered with in the East African Community. The application was developed using Django Web Framework and validated with 15 IUCEA staff. The established system will promote Students and Staff Mobility and also protect students against degree mills.
Mobile application development for university students management system: the case of Pwani University in Kenya
Authors:   , Hassan Amrani
Published: June 2023

Universities in Kenya have demonstrated a great increase of mobile gadget users to access university-related information. In Pwani University, the Information Management System is currently accessible through a local area network connection on laptops and desktop computers, which are fixed in offices. In addition, the working hours of the office between Monday to Friday limit access to services to many students especially those who are out of the main campus. The objective of this project is to develop a mobile application and integrate it with the existing university Information Management System for improving access and user experience for services to be accessed anytime, anywhere through connected smartphones. An online survey, interviews, and observations to collect the system requirements were gathered and analyzed essential requirements for the design and development of the mobile application. Agile software methodology was used because of its flexibility to accommodate changes. The integration architecture was based on Representational state transfer (RESTful) Application Programming Interface. The System Usability Scale methodology assessed the user's perception and usefulness of the mobile application. The developed mobile app successfully connected with the current system. Unit, integration, and system testing were performed to ensure the intended specifications were met. The key findings from the survey show that smartphones, are the most owned and used mobile devices among students and staff. The majority of students 97% agreed that the justification for developing the app was valid. The study indicated that 68% of students want access to course information, fees balance, and their profile via their mobile gadgets. The usability and acceptance testing were successful with 90% of users liking the app and 80% did not need any assistance to use the app and did not find it cumbersome. Universities can provide seamless services by integrating their current management systems with mobile apps and this research contributes to the knowledge on mobile app design, usability, and acceptance testing.
Online platform for linking farmers and agro-vet services in Tanzania. case study: poultry
Authors:   , Mshana Evelyn
Published: June 2023

Poultry farming is a rapidly, growing livestock sector in Tanzania that supports rural and urban households on income and source of information. In addition to poultry being a source of food, it provides manure which is used for improving crop farming. Currently, there is still a high demand of poultry in Tanzania. However, there are challenges that lead to low productivity in the sector. The uneven distribution of the Agro-vet shops/ Veterinary centers that provide poultry farming inputs such as feeds, drugs, vaccines, and other poultry equipment is a challenge to poultry farmers. The inadequate and lack of extension officers who are the potential information providers to the poultry farmers is another challenge. The objective of this paper is to help improvement of poultry production by linking poultry farmers to these poultry services. A sample size of 200 respondents comprised of poultry farmers, agro-vet owners and extension officers were selected using Cochran’s Formula from three regions in Tanzania. We found that there are areas where these poultry services are not found at all and others are very far from the poultry farmer’s locality. Thus, poultry farmers walk long distance accessing products and services from agro-vet shops and at times fail to get extension services rather they use their experience in husbandry and through word of mouth to improve production. However, poultry farmers try to address their problems either by asking their friends or neighbors due to inaccessibility of the poultry services within their locality. Therefore, in order to address these challenges, this study contributes a mobile and web based application that provides poultry farmers’ insight on the locations of the agro-vet services within their locality. Furthermore, the application facilitates the provision of extension services in addition to the agro-vet services. The contacts of the extension workers and the veterinarians within the location are provided on the application. The information provides direction for decision makers and investors about the areas where there are lack of Agro-vet shops/ Vet centers and to the need for Extension services. . The study concludes that through the proposed system, it can be a panacea to improving and accessing poultry services through linking the poultry farmers to the poultry services using both mobile application and web based application.
Assessment of Nurses’ knowledge about Enteral Feeding at Critical Care Units in Hospitals of Al-Anbar Governorate
Authors: Abdulrahman Thiab Ahmed  , Huda Baker Hassan
Published: June 2023

Objectives of the study: The present study aims to evaluate nurses’ knowledge about enteral feeding in critical care units.

Methodology

             A descriptive study design was carried out in the critical care units at Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital and Al-Fallujah Teaching Hospital of Al-Anbar Governorate for the period 6th of December 2020 to 5th of January 2021. A non-probability (purposive sample) consists of 32 nurses was selected based on the study criteria. The instrument consist of, the reliability of instrument was = 0.87.

The instrument consist of 30 items of knowledge about  enteral feeding, the first part, included the study sample's socio-demographic characteristics of age, gender, level of education, years of experience in nursing field, years of experience in critical care unit, and training course on enteral feeding, second part  is a questionnaire to assess nurses’ knowledge about care provided to patients undergoing enteral feeding.

Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis approaches were used for data analysis.

Results: The findings of the study indicated that most of the nurses had fair level of knowledge about enteral feeding.

Conclusions: The study concluded that most of critical care nurses did not have a good knowledge about enteral feeding and this can lead to inadequacy of calorie intake in critically ill patients.

Recommendations:  The study recommends developing and improving the nurses’ knowledge about the correct method of enteral feeding through education program and participation in training course programs about safe administration of enteral feeding.
Assessment of Health Follow up and Weight Control for Women with Osteoporosis in Baqubah City
Authors: Manal Y.  Mohammed  , Hala S. Abdulwahed
Published: June 2023

Objective(s): assessment of  the health follow up and weight control for women with osteoporosis and find out the relationship between their health follow up and weight control and their socio-demographic characteristics.

Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted on women with osteoporosis for the period of September, 26th 2020 to Jun, 20th 2021. Non- probability (convenient) sample of (70) women with osteoporosis selected from (5) Private Clinics for Joints and Fractures in Baqubah City. A questionnaire was designed though extensive review of literatures and it consists of three parts: the first part includes women’s socio demographic characteristics, the second part includes items on women’s health follow up , and the third part includes items on women’s weight control. Interview technique was used for data collection. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire was determined through a pilot study and a panel of (9) experts. The data was analyzed through the use of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis approaches.

Results: The results of the study show that the majority of the study sample are within the age group of (40-49) years , married and housewives, low educated, with low family monthly income, and living in the rural area. most of these women are between fair level and a good level of health follow-up and  fair level of weight control.

Conclusions: The study concluded that women of osteoporosis need to be more complied with health follow up and weight control. Age is the only trait of women's demographic characteristics that has a relationship with their health follow up and weight control.

Recommendations:  The study recommend for the conduction of Health education programs about weight control to presented for women with osteoporosis , and  mass media can play an essential role in raising women’s awareness about health follow up and weight control.