bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Alexithymia; an often missed condition prevelant in the practice of nephrology
Authors: ERSOY YEŞİL Ezgi , PEHLİVAN Özlem , TOPRAK Zeki , SURARDAMAR Atalay
Published: January 2023

Aim: Alexithymia is a disorder associated with difficulty in recognizing and expressing feelings, which can lead to an increased susceptibility to disease development that makes alexithymia a possible risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study was performed to evaluate for alexithymia in pre-dialysis CKD and end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.Material and Method: The study was conducted in the Nephrology Outpatient Department and Hemodialysis unit of Ümraniye Research and Training Hospital. The patients had to have a diagnosis of CKD. Demographic data form, routine biochemical follow up data of patients, Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), and Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS) were used in this study. The statistical significance level was determined as p<0.05.Results: A total of 111 patients (mean age 58.10±13.48 years, 61% female) were included in the study, 83.9% of whom were found to have alexithymia. The incidence of alexithymia in CDK patients was significantly higher than that in the control group (p=0.004); however, no statistically significant difference was detected in its incidence between the hemodialysis and pre-dialysis groups (p>0.05). The results showed that increased incidence of depression resulted in a 4.47-fold (p=0.035) increase in the incidence of alexithymia. Conclusion: Alexithymia has been found to be high in patients with chronic kidney disease. Therefore, it is essential that we be aware of patients’ emotional stress and assess them for depression, anxiety, and alexithymia.
Comparison of clinical outcomes of intensive care patients with COVID-19 pneumonia receiving and not receiving tocilizumab treatment
Authors: DAL Hakan , KARABULUT KEKLİK Esra Sultan , DAĞTEKİN Gökçe , YAMAN Eda , PEHLİVANOĞLU Polat , ÇİMEN Meltem , DİKER Süleyman , AVCİL Mücahit , AVCI Sema
Published: January 2023

Aim: In patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, a situation called cytokine storm and an increase in proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the blood has been observed and it has been found that this is clinically related to the development of severe disease. Therefore, tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy that blocks IL-6 will reduce the immunological response and thus potentially harm caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The aim of this study is to determine the effect of TCZ treatment on length of hospital stay, need for invasive mechanical ventilation and mortality in COVID-19 patients followed in the tertiary intensive care unit.Material and Method: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia between 01.09.2020 and 01.01.21 in intensive care units. Data were analyzed and evaluated separately in patients who received and did not receive TCZ treatment. Patients older than 18 years of age, who were hospitalized for at least 24 hours with the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia and needed ≥36 hours of oxygen therapy, were not referred to another health center, were included in this study. Pregnant and lactating women were not included in the study. Patients with missing at least one data in the parameters to be evaluated were excluded from the study. Patients treated with an IL-6 inhibitor other than TCZ were excluded.Results: After excluding patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria, 565 patients were included in the study. It was found that patients who received TCZ treatment after propensity score matching (PSM) had a significantly higher mean age (P<0.001) and lower obesity rates (P=0.002). There was no significant difference between the patients who received and did not receive TCZ treatment in terms of mechanical ventilation need, length of hospital stay and mortality (P=0.505, P=0.661, P=0.834).Conclusion: As a result of our research, it was seen that TCZ treatment did not affect the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, hospital and intensive care unit stay, and mortality.
The relationship between systemic immune-inflammation indexes and treatment response in locally advanced esophageal cancer
Authors: KEKİLLİ Esra , ATASEVER AKKAŞ Ebru , UYAR Serab , YEKEDÜZ Emre
Published: January 2023

Aim: Systemic immune-inflammation indexes have been reported to be associated with clinical outcomes in several malignancies. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the potential relationship between prognostic nutritional index (PNI), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), the neutrophil- to- lymphocyte ratio (NLR), the monocyte- to- lymphocyte ratio (MLR), the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and the treatment response in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT).Material and Method: Esophageal cancer (EC) patients who underwent neoadjuvant CRT were retrospectively enrolled in the study. Immune-inflammation indexes were calculated from pretreatment blood counts in samples obtained. The relationships between PNI, SII, NLR, MLR, PLR values, treatment response, and overall survival (OS) rates were examined.Results: The data of 103 patients with EC who were referred to the Radiation Oncology Clinic of Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. In the univariate analysis for OS, alcohol consumption, CRT agent, NLR, MLR, PLR, SII and PNI were found as prognostic factors. Also alcohol consumption was found as an independent prognostic factor in multivariate analyzes (HR:5.201, 95% CI:1.9-14.2, p=0.01). Conclusion: In our study, high SII and low PNI values ​​were not found to be independent poor prognostic factors for OS, but lower OS rates were observed in patients with high SII and low PNI values.
Comparison of different endometrial preparation protocols in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Authors: ÖNAL Murat , AĞAR Mehmet , KÜÇÜKAKÇA Ayşe Şeyma , GÜRBÜZ Tuğba
Published: January 2023

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the most suitable endometrial preparation protocols such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue (GnRH-a) suppression, HRT without GnRH-a suppression and mild ovarian stimulation (OS) for women with  polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET).Material and Method: We conducted a historical cohort analysis of 161 women with PCOS who underwent the “freeze-all” strategy between December 2018 and August 2020 because of their high risk for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Three endometrial preparation protocols were used: HRT with GnRH-a suppression (n=43); HRT without GnRH-a suppression (n=86); mild-OS (n=32).Results: The biochemical pregnancy results (55.8 % vs 54.65 % vs 53, p=0.900), ongoing pregnancy rates (44.2 % vs 43 % vs 40.62, p=0.572), and abort rates (20.8 % vs 21.3 % vs 23.52, p=0.900) were similar between the HRT with GnRH-a suppression, without GnRH-a suppression and mild-OS, respectively. This study showed no statistically significant difference between the three protocols in laboratory parameters (p>0.05). Conclusion: There was no statistically difference between three groups in terms of pregnancy outcomes. Dependent on clinical experience and facility, one of these protocols could be deployed for FET in women with PCOS.
A testbeszéd kutatásának tudománymetriai elemzése
Authors: Olexa Péter , Csaba Zágon
Published: January 2023

Aim: The authors’ research investigated human metacommunications from the perspective of how these signals could be interpreted and used as risk indicators during customs controls. Modern customs technology uses risk indicators to create risk profiles, separate risk groups, and assign risk levels. One element of the research is identifying other researchers’ published results in scientific studies of human metacommunication and the lessons we could learn from these previous studies.Methodology: The authors chose to start their study by conducting a scientometric analysis using a database of publications with global coverage and high academic prestige. They decided on the Elsevier Scopus repository from several possible database options and used the keyword search method. They analysed the published data set between 1971 and 2021 using Elsevier’s SciVal analysis tool. The statistical analysis, a measure of scientific performance, focuses on the metadata of publications and provides the opportunity to identify in-depth correlations between these papers.Findings: A statistical analysis of the core population of n = 2278 publications and the exploration of metadata of reduced records between 1997 and 2021 allowed us to understand deeper correlations between records of n = 2101. The study on a sufficiently large number of individuals demonstrated the multiand interdisciplinary nature of the topic and the growing scientific interest in its research.Value: The study has identified core elements of the theme, its links and the scientific discipline fields identified by the publications investigated. The analysis includes an overview of the authors, institutions and countries that have published the most, the new scientific value provided by the publications, and the leading scientific journals for scientific discourse. On this basis, the authors suggest further research directions, particularly for researchers in law enforcement sciences.
A sportrendészet és a turizmusbiztonság szerepe a nyári olimpiai játékokon
Authors: Mátyás Szabolcs , Tóth Ágnes Nikolett , Bujdosó Zoltán , Dávid Dénes Lóránt , Gogo Adol Collins Fredrick
Published: January 2023

Aim: The study examines the Summer Olympics from the point of view of sports policing and the Olympic events on television, and hundreds of thousands of people are simultaneously present at the venues. Ensuring the safety of tourists and athletes on-site is the host country’s responsibility. In many cases, the target of terrorists is the tourism sector, which in some countries, accounts for a significant share of annual revenue. The study seeks to answer the question of whether it is possible to host a safe Olympic event and whether there is a link between the money spent on Olympic security and safety.Methodology: This study uses crime statistics and economic data to analyze and comment on each Olympic venue. The data comes from international databases, police, and embassy sources.Findings: In many cases, the target of terrorists is the tourism sector, which in some countries, accounts for a significant share of annual revenue. An attack could therefore have significant economic and social consequences.Value: This research is novel in that it examined the safety of the Olympics from the perspective of tourism safety. The study used crime statistics and economic data to analyze and comment on each Olympic venue.
Komplementer rendészet
Authors: Finszter Géza
Published: January 2023

Aim: The review draws attention to a publication that initiates changes in the practice of law enforcement, and calls for the help of p olice science. Complementary policing is the product of a partnership between security authorities and a law-abiding society. The book by László Christián gives details of this process.Methodology: This monograph makes its recommendations based on the reality of everyday life, using factual analysis typical of social science research. Research on modern policing was limited to public law dogmatics for a long time. However, when the public authority’s surveillance of security is complemented by individual and collective forms of social care and the market services of property protection, the interpretation of the law is insufficient for exploration, and it is worthwhile to turn to the methodologies offered by sociology.Findings: The actors of the complementary model are law enforcement authorities, municipalities, individual and community self-defence and the security market. The best conditions for this cooperation can be created in a democratic state governed by the rule of law.Value: The exploration of the regularities of cooperation between the sectors responsible for law and order is a scientific achievement that can contribute to the lawful and efficient functioning of law enforcement administration, the protection of public security and the harmony of order, security and freedom.
El momento populista chileno, de Cristóbal Bellolio
Authors: Riveros Claudio
Published: January 2023

Reseña de Claudio Riveros del libro El momento populista chileno, de Cristóbal Bellolio. Santiago: Debate, 2022.
THE IMPACT OF BRAND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE COMPANY’S SHARE VALUE
Authors: Fayvishenko Diana , Cherniavska Liudmyla , Bondarenko Iryna , Sashchuk Tetiana , Sypchenko Inna , Lebid Nataliia
Published: January 2023

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of brand social media marketing on the dynamics of the company’s share value. Methods of analysis and synthesis were used to determine the features of the implementation of the brand advertising campaign in social media. The economics and statistics analysis were used to analyse the costs of social media marketing (SMM) of the brands of global companies – leaders in market capitalization of shares, as well as to determine the capitalization level. The monographic method is used for a comprehensive and in-depth study of social media marketing, the causal links between the implementation of the advertising campaign and the overall performance of companies. The essence and importance of social media in the promotion of modern brands are studied considering the results of research and practice of global companies. The advantages of social media marketing activities of companies for brand promotion in the context of increasing the company’s value are identified, which include: increasing brand awareness; increasing the level of conversion and increasing the number of potential customers; direct communication with the target audience; coverage of the target audience which is not covered by traditional types of advertising. The dynamics of expenditures on social media marketing of global brands, as well as the dynamics of the cost of market capitalization of global companies were studied. An econometric regression model was developed to determine the quantitative impact of the costs of global brand social media marketing on the market value of shares of global companies. It was found that with an increase of $ 1 billion in spending on brand social media marketing, the cost of market capitalization of companies’ shares increases by an average of $ 1,445,947. Prospects for further research are to find new and increase the effectiveness of existing methods of brand social media marketing in order to maintain a stable competitive position and gain new competitive advantages.
Thermal Creep on Mars: Visualizing a Soil Layer under Tension
Authors: Bila Tetyana , Kollmer Jonathan , Teiser Jens , Wurm Gerhard
Published: January 2023

At low ambient pressure, temperature gradients in porous soil lead to a gas flow called thermal creep. In this regard, Mars is unique as the conditions for thermal creep to occur in natural soil only exist on this planet in the solar system. Known as a Knudsen compressor, thermal creep induces pressure variations. In the case of Mars, there might be a pressure maximum below the very top dust particle layers of the soil, which would support particle lift and might decrease threshold wind velocities necessary to trigger saltation or reduce angles of repose on certain slopes. In laboratory experiments, we applied diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS) to trace minute motions of grains on the nanometer scale in an illuminated simulated soil. This way, DWS visualizes pressure variations. We observe a minimum of motion, which we attribute to the pressure maximum ∼2 mm below the surface. The motion above but especially below that depth characteristically depends on the ambient pressure with a peak at an ambient pressure of about 3 mbar for our sample. This is consistent with earlier work on the ejection of particle layers and is in agreement with a thermal creep origin. It underlines the supporting nature of thermal creep for particle lift, which might be especially important on Mars.
Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal two new species and a new record of Apiospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) in China
Authors: Liu Rongyu , Li Duhua , Zhang Zhaoxue , Liu Shubin , Liu Xinye , Wang Yixin , Zhao Heng , Liu Xiaoyong , Zhang Xiuguo , Xia Jiwen , Wang Yujiao
Published: January 2023

The genus Apiospora includes endophytes, pathogens and saprobes, with a wide host range and geographic distribution. In this paper, six Apiospora strains isolated from diseased and healthy tissues of bamboo leaves from Hainan and Shandong provinces in China were classified using a multi-locus phylogeny based on a combined dataset of ITS, LSU, tef1 and tub2, in conjunction with morphological characters, host association and ecological distribution. Two new species, Apiospora dongyingensis and A. hainanensis, and a new record of A. pseudosinensis in China, are described based on their distinct phylogenetic relationships and morphological analyses. Illustrations and descriptions of the three taxa are provided, along with comparisons with closely related taxa in the genus.
Antioxidant, cholesterol lowering activity, and analysis of Caesalpinia bonducella seeds extract
Authors: Musa Weny J. A. , Bialangi Nurhayati , Kilo Ahmad Kadir , Situmeang Boima , Susparini Ninik Triayu , Rusydi Ilham Dwi
Published: January 2023

Tombili plant (Caesalpinia bonducella) belongs to the family of Fabaceae. The seed extract of tombili has been empirically used as a traditional medicine. The purpose of this research was to fractionate tombili seed extract and test their antioxidant and cholesterol lowering activities. Extraction was made into fractions using n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol as a solvent. The chemical compound of the ethyl acetate fraction was analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Antioxidant activity was tested using the DPPH method. The highest antioxidant activity was shown in ethyl acetate fraction with an IC50 value of 86.153 μg/mL. The second was the methanol fraction with an IC50 value of 94.053 μg/mL, and the third was the n-hexane fraction with an IC50 value of 100.933 μg/mL. The cholesterol lowering activity analysis showed that all fractions could inhibit cholesterol. The highest anti-cholesterol activity shown in ethyl acetate fraction with the concentration of 600 μg/mL can inhibit 81.5% of the cholesterol activity. The LC-MS/MS analysis showed that the ethyl acetate fraction contained glucoside, homoplantaginin, and vernolic acid compounds.
L’ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ou la propagande au service de la démocratie. La définition du travail de communication gouvernementale dans les premières années de la RFA (1949-1953)
Authors: Hubé Nicolas
Published: January 2023

Au cours des premières années de la RFA, élites politiques et administratives partagent l’idée que les Allemands ont pris l’habitude d’être dirigés par un discours propagandiste. Un service du porte-parolat est institué dès 1949 sous le nom d’Office de Presse et d’information (BPA) du gouvernement. La perspective des élections de 1953 agite les équipes autour du chancelier. Le BPA doit permettre de bâtir une communication gouvernementale forte dans la continuité des années d’avant-Guerre afin de s’assurer de remporter l’adhésion populaire au régime et à la CDU. Mais cette recherche d’une communication efficace bute sur la figure écrasante de Goebbels. Pour parer à l’accusation de propagande, le terme qui s’institutionnalise est celui de la Öffentlichkeitsarbeit , modèle euphémisé de « propagande démocratique ».
C’est pas moi, c’est moi ivre. L’alcool, une justification aux violences conjugales ?
Authors: Goujat Raphaele
Published: January 2023

À partir de notre expérience en Csapa, nous nous interrogerons sur les liens entre alcool et violences conjugales. Partant de l’idée – répandue – que c’est l’alcool qui provoque la violence, par le truchement de ses effets pharmacologiques, nous verrons, à travers les études expérimentales de la psychologie sociale et de la sociologie, que cette problématique est plus complexe et intègre d’autres dimensions. Le chapitre sur les violences conjugales nous permettra d’aborder d’un point de vue psychologique cette problématique, en considérant ce qu’elle porte en son sein de déstructurant et d’annihilant. Enfin, nous mettrons l’accent sur l’aspect genré de la consommation d’alcool, pour voir comment les représentations collectives, reprises sur le plan psychique individuel, peuvent participer et alimenter, entre autres, la construction d’une image de soi sexuée.
Dynamiques d’économie populaire au venezuela comme moteur de transformation sociale
Authors: Gonzalez Broquen Ximena , Ochoa Eisamar , Perez Monica , Lobos Nayralda , Medina Yoandy , Real Leipzig , Naime Alfredo
Published: January 2023

Dans la perspective d’une analyse propre à l’économie populaire latino-américaine, et partant d’une brève présentation du contexte historico-politique de l’économie vénézuélienne, nous exposons le travail de caractérisation et d’analyse réalisé auprès de plus de 500 expériences productives autogérées en matière alimentaire, de façon à proposer une réflexion sur les dimensions transformatrices de l’économie populaire au Venezuela. Il s’agit de mettre en relief les différentes formes d’organisation, temporalités, modes de production et motivations de ces diverses expériences, afin de penser le fait productif autogéré en tant que moteur de transformation sociale, au-delà de la simple subsistance, sans pour autant nier son importance.
Quand les élèves font de la BD sur l’art
Authors: Baryga Philippe
Published: January 2023

Les programmes d’histoire des arts au cycle 3 appellent à équiper les élèves en outils d’interprétation des œuvres étudiées en classe. La pratique de la bande dessinée semble constituer un outil adapté au développement de cette compétence : d’abord parce que les élèves ont davantage tendance à raconter les œuvres qu’à les expliquer, et que cette envie d’exercer leur imaginaire peut croiser leur culture déjà constituée dans le domaine de la BD ; ensuite parce que le caractère intermédiatique de la traduction d’une œuvre en BD donne à la notion d’interprétation une dimension d’appropriation absente d’une approche iconologique conventionnelle. L’analyse de trois séquences d’enseignement révèle les limites de l’hypothèse : le médium BD incite à emprunter des conventions narratives propres au médium, et la construction ou l’assimilation de savoirs propres à l’histoire des arts reste limitée.
Approche « analytique » et approche « sensible » dans l’enseignement de L’interprétation en première année de violoncelle
Authors: Bellu Cristina
Published: January 2023

Notre contribution s’inscrit dans le prolongement de notre thèse de doctorat. Centré sur la problématique de l’enseignement de l’interprétation aux enfants débutants au violoncelle, dans le cadre des écoles de musique, cet article vise à identifier les approches de deux professeurs lors du premier face-à-face avec une pièce contemporaine, Mélancolie de P. Moss (in : Marcinkovska, 1994). Les trois dimensions de l’œuvre de Nattiez (1987), le concept de corporéité (Mili et al. , 2013), ainsi que les théories didactiques (Brousseau, 1998) ont permis d’analyser l’agir de ces enseignants grâce à une approche clinique (Leutenegger, 2009). L’insertion des actions observées dans l’agir global des deux professeurs, fait également l’objet d’une analyse. Les résultats tiennent compte des deux focales : celle du face-à-face et celle de l’agir plus global.
Développer et promouvoir les transports publics : un défi important dans les petites et moyennes agglomérations
Authors: Witter Régina
Published: January 2023

Tram, métro, bus à haut niveau de service… dans les grandes agglomérations suisses, les solutions sont assez évidentes pour améliorer l’offre en transports publics, moderniser leur image et changer les habitudes des gens. Mais quelles sont les solutions dans les agglomérations de petite et moyenne taille, qui ont entre 20 000 et 160 000 habitants et emplois ? Comment ces agglomérations peuvent-elles bénéficier d’un cofinancement de la Confédération suisse dans le cadre du programme en faveur du trafic d’agglomération ? Cet article présente le programme ainsi que quelques exemples de projets financés.
The effectiveness of the use of augmented reality-assisted physics e-module based on pedicab to improve mathematical communication and critical thinking abilities
Authors: Sari Dewi Poppy , Kuswanto Heru
Published: January 2023

This study aims to reveal the effectiveness of the use of an augmented reality-assisted physics e-module based on the local wisdom of the pedicab in improving critical thinking and mathematical communication abilities. The study used the 4D model. Empirical trials were conducted involving 255 grade XII students. The effectiveness test was conducted in class X with 36 students as the experimental class and 36 students as the control class at SMA Negeri 1 Depok, Sleman. The data analysis used the Quest program to see the validity and reliability of the items, and the Manova test (effect size) was carried out to see the effectiveness of the media. The results showed that the augmented reality-assisted physics e-module based on the local wisdom of pedicab was effective in improving mathematical communication with a score of 0.40 (large) and critical thinking abilities with a score 0.11 (medium).
Utilizing STEM-based practices to enhance mathematics teaching in Vietnam: Developing students' real-world problem solving and 21st century skills
Authors: Tuong Hoa Anh , Nam Pham Sy , Hau Nguyen Huu , Tien Vo Thi Bich , Lavicza Zsolt , Hougton Tony
Published: January 2023

In Vietnam, STEM-based teaching approaches have been recommended for schools since 2018 with the integration of multiple related courses in schools. Teachers' perspectives on integrated STEM education, and how to design a STEM lesson that supports students’ learning are critical for ensuring that an integrated STEM curriculum is implemented successfully. This paper aims to describe a study applied successfully to STEM education in teaching Mathematics, in particular “Trigonometry ratio of an acute angle” in Vietnam.  This study utilized mixed methods approaches with three phases: the first stage employed a quantitative study to examine the Vietnamese teachers' perspectives on STEM education. The second phase was an experiment on teaching while applying STEM education to design and organize a mathematics lesson, and the final phase was to employ a qualitative study to explore the Vietnamese students' experiences of STEM education connected with real-world problem solving and 21st-century skills development. A total of 47 teachers and 85 students participated in this study and data was collected through multi ways of surveys and semi-structured interviews. The findings show Vietnamese teachers' perspective of the necessity and importance of applying STEM education, however, they reported facing many challenges. A lesson designed as a STEM education application and the student's feedback regards the real-world roles. Learning outcomes connect with 21st-century skills in this study that are expected to provide the success evidence for further discussion and practice to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning STEM education in Vietnam
The Mystifying Role of the Associate Dean
Authors: Brown O. G.
Published: January 2023

African American administrators with aspirations and competencies in higher education administration are sometimes unaware of the Associate Dean's critical role in an academic college or how they can leverage the position to launch their career journey of becoming a dean. Black faculty possessing the predispositions and tool kit should be purposeful in developing their career to climb the administrative ranks to obtain a Dean, Provost, or President's position within the public or private higher education systems. The author unpacks his reflections about navigating the overt and covert barriers of becoming an Associate Dean in a college at a PWI in the heartland. The author concludes the chapter by recommending aspirants establish six objectives that will help them operationalize their career development of becoming an Associate Dean to launch their career journey to the Dean position and beyond.
Usability of Security Mechanisms of E-Health Applications
Authors: Lessa Lemma , Etoribussi Antonyo George
Published: January 2023

Extant literature supports that e-health applications are developed with a proper set of security mechanisms in place. However, the majority of the security mechanisms were not considered from the users' point of view. As a result, the security of health information is becoming an important and growing concern. The objective of this study is to evaluate the usability of security mechanisms of e-Health applications functional at health facilities operating under the Addis Ababa Health Bureau, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the usability of the security features of the e-Health applications. This study uses a qualitative research methodology. The findings revealed that out of the thirteen criteria, learnability, aesthetics and minimalist design, and user language complied; on the contrary, revocability and user suitability were not in compliance with security features according to all the experts' review of all e-Health applications. Finally, recommendations were given for practice, and suggestions were forwarded for future research.
Applications of Information Systems and Data Security in Marketing Management
Authors: Naim Arshi , Alqahtani Hamed , Muniasamy Anandhavalli , Bilfaqih Syeda Meraj , Mahveen Ruheena , Mahjabeen Reshma
Published: January 2023

This chapter is an extended research work showing the role of applications of Information Systems (IS) and importance of data security in Marketing Management. This research focuses on the application of Decision Support Systems (DSS) models of what-if analysis (WIA) for customer relationship management (CRM) at Analysis, Operational and Directional (AOD) level and also shows the dependence on the Information Success model (ISM). The second part of the chapter shows the role of data security in the growth of marketing for the companies. Hypothetical data are analyzed for (AOD) by three types of (WIA) to attain CRM and profit maximization. The results show that the analytical method based on the concepts of DSS can be used by all customer-oriented firms as a general model for achieving CRM and data security is a key to success for all firms.
Compassion and Technology-Based E-Learning
Authors: Vazirani Kiran , Kalra Rameesha , Jaiwant Sunanda Vincent
Published: January 2023

E-learning is the learning process that continues with the help of technology. Learners and educators interact with online platforms or tools like video, audio, virtual or augmented reality, etc. The inclusion of e-learning has geared up during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also existed before where educators used to interact, discuss, teach, or guide the learners from different parts of world. Emotional intelligence is something which we can do, keeping the emotions aside and following the cognitive behaviour for a particular situation. Compassion is a feeling of being moved by someone's feelings and finding a way to help or motivate or support the individual. The sharing of the compassionate feelings becomes difficult in the case of e-learning. This chapter will provide a detailed understanding of the concept of compassion as provided by different authors and the method of practicing compassion for an improved and effective learning process. This chapter will also discuss the relationship of emotional wellbeing with compassionate behaviour.
Technology-Driven E-Learning and Student Emotional Well-Being
Authors: Ilesanmi Ayodeji
Published: January 2023

Students' emotional well-being is an important issue that needs adequate attention in today's dynamic digital world. Technology-driven e-learning helps students' tasks become more accessible through digital learning artificial intelligence tools. This necessitates the need to examine the students' emotional well-being regarding content exposed in the course of searching and downloading materials on the internet. The chapter tolls the path of conceptual approaches. This provides an answer as to why students need to be equipped with emotional well-being in connection to e-learning. The study concludes that emotional well-being if well embraced and tutored tends to help guide students on their journey of acquiring knowledge and skills through technology-driven e-learning platforms.
Technology-Driven E-Learning Pedagogy Through Emotional Intelligence
Authors: Sharma Deepa
Published: January 2023

Emotional intelligence has a favorable impact on both work performance and interpersonal interactions, which affects how people perform at work. The purpose of this study is to see how the job performance of teachers in the educational system is affected by their emotional intelligence and examines the variables influencing students' emotional intelligence and provides an overview of the relevant literature. This study, which is being conducted to better understand the performance levels of managers and staff in Indian educational institutions, focuses on understanding emotional intelligence and how it relates to performance.
Learning by Design Through Born-Digital Texts in EFL
Authors: Reyes-Torres Agustin , Castellano-Sanz Margarida
Published: January 2023

The new contexts and challenges of the 21st century require the implementation of methodologies and resources that focus both on words and on other modes of representation to construct knowledge. To this end, language education involves paying attention to diverse pedagogical demands of a global and digital world. This chapter supports the notion of literacy as a multidimensional concept and proposes the “learning by design” concept as a means for teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) to use born-digital texts and other visual elements. To this end, a learning path has been designed following the pedagogy of multiliteracies to work with first-year students in the course “English for teachers” at the University of València. The results show a very positive impact regarding the enhancement of learners to become meaning-makers and express their ideas in the target language.
Phytonyms and Mechanism of Semasiological Lexical Creation
Authors: Martines Llinares Joan de Déu
Published: January 2023

In this research a linguistic study has been carried out from the perspective of cognitive semantics on the mechanisms of categorization and semasiological lexical generation of popular plant names (phytonyms). More specifically, of the mechanisms of categorization and semasiological lexical generation: metaphor and metonymy with which polysemy is achieved. Thus, some theoretical tools of cognitive semantics such as Geeraerts' Prototype Theory (1997 and 2010) will be used. In short, cultural history and experience are the basis for the creation of phytonyms and most of them have originated from changes 3) Ephemeral semantic changes: semantic polygenesis and 4) Encyclopedic nature of semantic change.
The Integration of Gender Equality Policies in the Training of Future Teachers
Authors: Gavilán-Martín Diego , Fernández-Herrero Jorge , Urrea-Solano Mayra
Published: January 2023

Little research has highlighted the integration of gender equality policies in the training of future teachers. Based on this, this study aimed to (1) integrate the study of basic gender laws and policies in teacher training, and (2) analyze the knowledge of future teachers about laws, plans and policies linked to gender equality. The research was evaluative, formative, and qualitative. Ninety-two students enrolled in the Primary Education Teacher Degree participated. The findings showed an insufficient initial knowledge of the students about important gender legislation and policies. At the end of the experience, a better knowledge of regulations, especially national ones, was observed. Although knowledge of gender legislation and policies is not a determining issue in the gender training of future teachers, it helps develop an awareness of gender equality.
Gender Equality in Male-Dominated Universities
Authors: Ozdemir Pinar
Published: January 2023

This chapter addresses one of the biggest educational challenges of our time: inequalities in access to education. Today, students have difficulty accessing quality education for social, cultural, or political reasons. However, perhaps the saddest of these reasons is the inability to access education because of gender. Unfortunately, in some countries, girls' right to education is denied or restricted. In this regard, the socio-cultural structure of the country is effective, as well as the perspective of the sector in which education is sought for female students. In this chapter, the subject will be discussed in terms of maritime education, where female students face problems more or less all over the world. The difficulties experienced by female students in maritime universities first and in their work later will be discussed, and solutions will be suggested.
The Influence of Emotion Recognition in Learning Processes
Authors: Llurba Cèlia , Palau Ramon , Mogas Jordi
Published: January 2023

In the context of smart classrooms (SC), one of the sources that can enrich data collection, analysis, real-time feedback, and decision making are students' emotions. This research tried to analyse the knowledge published over the last 5 years about the effectiveness of emotion recognition (ER) interventions in classrooms. A total of 214 articles were chosen based on the search terms and analysed according to the PRISMA statement, and finally 39 were selected. The findings of the interpretation of facial image-based ER have been upgraded with rapid and power progress of deep learning technology. As emotions can be detected using different sort of input, such as speech, facial expressions, videos, messages, and emoticons, the main point is tracking emotions while the lesson is taking place so as to warn the teacher. It is of utmost interest if one seeks to improve the student's academic performance, improve teaching, and understand students' learning behaviour.
The Psychosocial Functionality of Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Nikolaou Stamatia
Published: January 2023

Infectious diseases remain one of the greatest threats to the health and well-being of the human race. As of December 2019, the new COVID-19 infection spread rapidly throughout China initially and around the world thereafter. The COVID - 19 epidemic has paralyzed the whole world. The direct and indirect effects of the pandemic range from harm to human health to economic disaster both personally and socially. For many, drastic measures for public health, such as social distancing, have been some of the most difficult challenges posed by the Covid-19 outbreak.
Evaluating the VGI Users' Level of Expertise
Authors: Azariasgari Elaheh , Hosseinali Farhad
Published: January 2023

Currently, online maps are of the most innovative and significant sources of information in people's daily life. However, quality assessment of volunteered geographic information (VGI) data raises some challenges. This research aims to analyze the VGI participants' level of expertise through evaluation of their background information. Towards this goal, an android application was developed to test users' knowledge and cognition about some selected regions of city as well as their background information. In order to evaluate the quality of information expressed by participants, some changes were made in Tehran's online map, and users were asked to identify the changes and to guess the vanished attributes. Statistical and ANN approaches were applied for analysis. The results demonstrated that the ANN was able to predict the percentage of correct answers of a new volunteer with mean squared error of 0.2. This research suggests that users' age and familiarity with the specific region in the city play more significant roles in their expertise in using online maps and in probable participating in VGI.
Designing Group Tasks in Online Task-Based Language Teaching Environments
Authors: Jiang Zilu , Akinkuolie Babatunde , Huang Lizeng , Xie Kui
Published: January 2023

The design of online task-based language learning (TBLT) tasks encompasses the design of activity, settings, procedures, and participants. Previous empirical studies have conducted an extensive investigation on each design factor; however, an effective design of the online environment is built upon the interplay between the consideration of task types, online learning modalities, task implementation, and the participant background. A systematic review is needed to examine the potential synergistic effects of task design factors on students' online language learning experiences. The study investigated the current trends in the design of group TBLT task types in online settings and how task types and design features (modalities, participants, and task implementation) jointly influenced the language learning experience. The analysis revealed eight popular task types and synthesized how the design features affect language learning engagement and performance. The authors further discussed implications for future online TBLT task design and research.
Efficient Identity-Based Multi-Cloud Security Access Control in Distributed Environments
Authors: Yakoob S. K. , Reddy V. Krishna
Published: January 2023

Distributed computing is a forceful idea in disseminated registering which depicts versatile information to the executives for a minimal price dependent on client interest to various business associations. Because of multi-cloud identity-based encryption over distributed environment, in this document, the authors present and implement a novel identity-based multi-cloud security access control approach (NIMSACPA) for efficient security in multi data security and privacy based on three basic parametric concepts: 1) open minded security between autonomous user privacy using Byzantine protocol, 2) to classify the security privileges with respect to multi-cloud data sharing is described using DepSky Architecture, and 3) for identity-based information distribution between diverse users in CC described using Shamir secret key sharing procedure. This execution gives better and critical execution as far as data stockpiling and information investigation contrast and existing cryptographic techniques alongside practical multi-cloud information.
Mutual Clustered Redundancy and Composite Learning for Intrusion Detection Systems
Authors: Veeranna Thotakura , Kumar R. Kiran
Published: January 2023

In the area of cyber space security, intrusion detection is a challenging task which aims at the provision of security from various malicious attacks. Hence, this paper proposes a two-stage hybrid intrusion detection system (IDS) mechanism to identify between normal and attack activities. The proposed mechanism is an integrated form of two simple and effective machine learning algorithms; they are support vector machine (SVM) and composite extreme learning machine (CELM). The first stage aims to distinguish the normal activities from abnormal activities and employed SVM. Next, the second stage employs CELM for the detection of different types of attacks . Further, aiming over training data, a clustering followed by duplicate connections removal and duplicate features removal is accomplished through fuzzy C-means clustering, correlation, and mutual information respectively. The proposed method applied eventually on the standard benchmark dataset NSL-KDD and the real modern UNSW-NB15 dataset. The performance analysis validates through accuracy, false alarm rate and computational time.
Feature Extraction From Single-Channel EEG Using Tsfresh and Stacked Ensemble Approach for Sleep Stage Classification
Authors: Radhakrishnan B. L.  , Ezra Kirubakaran , Jebadurai Immanuel Johnraja
Published: January 2023

The smart world under Industry 4.0 is witnessing a notable spurt in sleep disorders and sleep-related issues in patients. Artificial intelligence and IoT are taking a giant leap in connecting sleep patients remotely with healthcare providers. The contemporary single-channel-based monitoring devices play a tremendous role in predicting sleep quality and related issues. Handcrafted feature extraction is a time-consuming job in machine learning-based automatic sleep classification. The proposed single-channel work uses Tsfresh to extract features from both the EEG channels (Pz-oz and Fpz-Cz) of the SEDFEx database individually to realise a single-channel EEG. The adopted mRMR feature selection approach selected 55 features from the extracted 787 features. A stacking ensemble classifier achieved 95%, 94%, 91%, and 88% accuracy using stratified 5-fold validation in 2, 3, 4, and 5 class classification employing healthy subjects data. The outcome of the experiments indicates that Tsfresh is an excellent tool to extract standard features from EEG signals.
Role of Total Quality Management in Digital Literacy for Management Institutes of Odisha
Authors: Hota Pritidhara , Nayak Bhagirathi , Mishra Sunil
Published: January 2023

In every country's higher education, the management education bears special importance to shape the growth and development of the country as the managers who are the end product of the management institutes take the major responsibilities of making any organization success or failure. This paper explores the role of different stakeholders, specifically the external stakeholders, in implementing total quality management in management institutes. This study identifies the major external stakeholders of the management study and uses an empirical survey taking all the external stakeholders as the unit of the survey. For a collection of data, a total of 40 questions were asked, which come under eight major factors. The principal component methods (PCA) and ANOVA test are used for the data analysis. The result shows the positive impact of different components of TQM on external stakeholders. To ensure quality from the external stakeholder perspective, every management institute has to think about building a quality culture in the organization involving everyone.
E-Learning Teaching System in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Using Big Data Analytics
Authors: Lei Lei , Hsu Ching-Hsien , Kadry Seifedine Nimer
Published: January 2023

The key barriers to children with special needs to contact individuals are to sustain them alertly and efficiently for learning languages. As the first step for students with disabilities is language development. The report contributes to the sector by identifying the obstacles and opportunities. The research proposed an English language teaching in augmentative and alternative communication (ELT-AAC) and was performed using a qualitative approach by extracting evidence from several independent schools with particular students. The results showed the educators were faced with great difficulty in educating advanced students on the language: limited comprehension, classroom equipment, unawareness, and inappropriate language instruction. The research further showed that the problems were mitigated and language instruction improved by special education, another well-designed class, daily psychological counseling, and various viewpoints.