bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
AlphaFold-SFA: Accelerated sampling of cryptic pocket opening, protein-ligand binding and allostery by AlphaFold, slow feature analysis and metadynamics
Authors: Vats Shray , Bobrovs Raitis , Söderhjelm Pär , Bhakat Soumendranath
Published: August 2024

Sampling rare events in proteins is crucial for comprehending complex phenomena like cryptic pocket opening, where transient structural changes expose new binding sites. Understanding these rare events also sheds light on protein-ligand binding and allosteric communications, where distant site interactions influence protein function. Traditional unbiased molecular dynamics simulations often fail to sample such rare events, as the free energy barrier between metastable states is large relative to the thermal energy. This renders these events inaccessible on the timescales typically simulated by unbiased molecular dynamics, limiting our understanding of these critical processes. In this paper, we proposed a novel unsupervised learning approach termed as slow feature analysis (SFA) which aims to extract slowly varying features from high-dimensional temporal data. SFA trained on small unbiased molecular dynamics simulations launched from AlphaFold generated conformational ensembles manages to capture rare events governing cryptic pocket opening, protein-ligand binding, and allosteric communications in a kinase. Metadynamics simulations using SFA as collective variables manage to sample ‘deep’ cryptic pocket opening within a few hundreds of nanoseconds which was beyond the reach of microsecond long unbiased molecular dynamics simulations. SFA augmented metadynamics also managed to capture conformational plasticity of protein upon ligand binding/unbinding and provided novel insights into allosteric communication in receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) which dictates protein-protein interaction. Taken together, our results show how SFA acts as a dimensionality reduction tool which bridges the gap between AlphaFold, molecular dynamics simulation and metadynamics in context of capturing rare events in biomolecules, extending the scope of structure-based drug discovery in the era of AlphaFold.
Exploring the prevalence of childhood adversity among university students in the United Kingdom: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Hamilton Jackie , Welham Alice , Morgan Gareth , Jones Christopher
Published: August 2024

Objectives

The focus of this review was to systematically review and meta-analyse the prevalence of ACEs among university students in the UK.

Method

The systematic searching of six electronic databases (conducted February 2024) identified ten relevant articles (peer-reviewed articles of a quantitative nature that included ACE prevalence). PROSPERO reference: CRD42022364799.

Results

Pooled prevalence for number of ACEs endured was 55.4% (95% CI: 32.4% - 78.4%; I2> 99.5%) for one or more, and 31.6% (7.5% - 55.6%; I2> 99.5%) for three or more. Pooled prevalence was: 15.9% (7.0% - 24.7%; I2> 94.5%) for physical abuse; 27.0% (18.1% - 35.9%; I2> 94.5%) for emotional abuse; 12.1% (5.2% - 19.0%; I2> 94.5%) for sexual abuse; 8.4% (1.7% - 15.1%; I2> 95.4%) for physical neglect, and 30.0% (21.5% - 38.5%; I2> 95.4%) for emotional neglect. Pooled prevalence for household dysfunction categories were: 34.4% (22.8% - 46.0%) for parental separation; 18.4% (10.1% - 26.8%) for domestic violence; 35.2% (23.6% - 46.8%) for mental health difficulties; 21.4% (12.9% - 29.9%) for substance use; and 5.7% (2.3% - 9.1%) for incarceration (I2> 88.8% for all household dysfunction items). Significant heterogeneity was observed between studies for most categories of adversity, and it was not possible to explain/reduce this variance by removing small numbers of influential/discrepant studies. Further analyses suggested potential influences of measurement tool used, country of data collection, and age and sex of participants.

Conclusion

Results demonstrate considerable, largely unaccounted-for, heterogeneity in estimates of the prevalence of ACEs, impeding confidence in any summary statistics. Conclusions must be tentative due to analyses being underpowered given small numbers of papers, as well as potential confounds, meaning results may not be truly representative. However, results do suggest high prevalence rates which warrant further investigation, with appropriate support offered to students.
AI can see you: Machiavellianism and extraversion are reflected in eye-movements
Authors: Tsigeman Elina , Zemliak Viktoria , Likhanov Maxim , Papageorgiou Kostas A. , Kovas Yulia
Published: August 2024

Introduction

Recent studies showed an association between personality traits and individual patterns of visual behaviour in laboratory and other settings. The current study extends previous research by measuring multiple personality traits in natural settings; and by comparing accuracy of prediction of multiple machine learning algorithms.

Methods

Adolescent participants (N = 35) completed personality questionnaires (Big Five Inventory and Short Dark Triad Questionnaire) and visited an interactive museum while their eye movements were recorded with head-mounted eye tracking. To predict personality traits the eye-movement data was analysed using eight machine-learning methods: Random Forest, Adaboost, Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression, k Nearest Neighbours, Decision Tree and a three-layer Perceptron.

Results and discussion

Extracted eye movement features introduced to machine learning algorithms predicted personality traits with above 33% chance accuracy (34%–48%). This result is comparable to previous ecologically valid studies, but lower than in laboratory-based research. Better prediction was achieved for Machiavellianism and Extraversion compared to other traits (10 and 9 predictions above the chance level by different algorithms from different parts of the recording). Conscientiousness, Narcissism and Psychopathy were not reliably predicted from eye movements. These differences in predictability across traits might be explained by differential activation of different traits in different situations, such as new vs. familiar, exciting vs. boring, and complex vs. simple settings. In turn, different machine learning approaches seem to be better at capturing specific gaze patterns (e.g. saccades), associated with specific traits evoked by the situation. Further research is needed to gain better insights into trait-situation-algorithm interactions.
Accurate statistical methods to cover the aspects of the increase in the incidence of kidney failure: A survey study in Ha’il -Saudi Arabia
Authors: Abdulrahman Alanazi Talal , Alnagar Dalia Kamal
Published: August 2024

Introduction

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become more common in recent decades, putting significant strain on healthcare systems worldwide. CKD is a global health issue that can lead to severe complications such as kidney failure and death.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual causes of the alarming increase of kidney failure cases in Saudi Arabia using the supersaturated design analysis and edge design analysis.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed to the general population in the KSA, and data were collected using Google Forms. A total of 401 responses were received. To determine the actual causes of kidney failure, edge and supersaturated designs analysis methods were used, which resulted in statistical significance. All variables were studied from factor h1 to factor h18 related to the causes of kidney failure.

Results

The supersaturated analysis method revealed that the reasons for the increase in kidney failure cases are as follows: h9(Bad diet), h8(Recurrent urinary tract infection), h1 (Not drinking fluids), h6 (Lack of exercise), h14 (drinking from places not designated for valleys and reefs), h18 (Rheumatic diseases), h10 (Smoking and alcohol consumption), h13 (Direct damage to the kidneys), h2 (take medications), h17 (excessive intake of soft drinks), h12 (Infection), h5 (heart disease), h3 (diabetes), h4 (pressure disease), h15 (Dyes used in X-rays), and h11 (The presence of kidney stones) are all valid. The design analysis method by edges revealed that the following factors contributed to an increase in kidney failure cases: h8 (Recurrent urinary tract infection), h6 (Lack of exercise), h7 (Obesity), and h11.

Conclusion

The findings showed that there were causes of kidney failure that led to the statistical significance, which is h8 (Recurrent urinary tract infection) and h11 (The presence of kidney stones)
Treating the disease and meeting the person with the illness-patient perspectives of needs during infective endocarditis, a qualitative study
Authors: Lindberg Helena , Vaktnäs Johan , Rasmussen Magnus , Larsson Ingrid
Published: August 2024

Background

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare but severe infectious disease. Patients with IE are treated for weeks in the hospital and have profound impairments to their health. New treatment modalities increase options for outpatient care. Little is known about how patients perceive their disease and hospitalisation. We aimed to explore the needs of patients with IE during hospitalisation and the first few months after discharge.

Methods

In this qualitative study, 20 patients (45–86 years of age) hospitalised due to IE in Swedish hospitals were interviewed a median of 112 (67–221) days after hospitalisation. Data were analysed with qualitative content analysis, identifying eight subcategories, two categories, and an overall theme.

Results

The overall theme illuminated a spectrum of needs of patients suffering from IE, between treating the disease and meeting the person with the illness. The needs encompassed eight axes with dual focus on both medical excellence and person-centred care. Medical excellence was needed to optimally treat, supervise, and offer follow-up on this rare and severe disease; patients longed to come home, and there were issues of reliability in the healthcare system. Person-centred care was requested, including individualised information leading to knowledge, reorientation, the beginning of health restoration, and being met as a unique person. Symptoms of fatigue, wasting, and cognitive and mental distress were often neglected by the caregiver.

Conclusions

This explorative study shows the patient’s needs as important areas in a spectrum between medical excellence and person-centred care. Care in specialised units secure quality. Early discharge is requested by patients. Multiprofessional individualizing outpatient care needs to develop with preserved safety and medical excellence. The disease trajectory after discharge progresses slowly, and the possibility of mitigating its progress is still unclear. Person-centred care, screening for delayed restoration and rehabilitation after endocarditis are important fields for future studies.
MAGA (metamodernism as game aesthetic)
Authors: Conway Steven , Andiloro Andrea
Published: August 2024

This article considers Trump’s presidency as metamodern, embodying contradictions within the established order and resonating with contemporary cultural trends. Oscillating between modernism and postmodernism, metamodernism is defined by coexistence of seemingly contrasting affective states and dispositions: enthusiasm and irony, hope and melancholy, attachment and alienation, generating a multifaceted subjecthood. Trump’s nostalgic slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) emphasizes this vacillation, a new inflection of an old phrase, received as both facetious and sincere, promising return to a prelapsarian state, while also taking neo-liberal ideals to extreme conclusions. This juxtaposition, the nostalgic impulse for something new, is traced as an increasingly dominant aesthetic form within digital games. As we explore, certain genres and aesthetics epitomize this, providing anachronistic audio-visuals, rhizomatic exploration, punishing gameplay, revolving around intertextuality and demands for community participation. We finally locate both Trump’s presidency and this nostalgic turn in contemporary digital games as symptomatic of a metamodern impulse, a search for stability and order amongst an increasingly fragmented, imbalanced and chaotic system.
Empowering sustainability in the virtual work landscape: Exploring social support, psychological empowerment and psychological well-being
Authors: Kaur Bipinpreet , Goyal Shavina , Kumar Anuj
Published: August 2024

The dynamics of virtual work have become increasingly complex in the ever-changing digital ecosystem, seeking a comprehensive examination of the connections among social support, psychological empowerment (PE) and psychological well-being (PWB). The study explores the multifaceted dynamics present in virtual environments, with particular attention on how PE mediates these relationships and how social support influences PWB by investigating the employees of the IT sector working in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India, a significant player of the global technology market, where remote and virtual work arrangements have been extensively employed. A survey was conducted using Google Docs, with 483 participants responding to personally administered questionnaires. The study’s conceptual framework was built upon the principles of self-determination theory (SDT) and the conservation of resources theory (COR). Confirmatory factor analysis and mediation analysis through structural equation modelling (SEM) techniques were utilized to evaluate the measurement model’s validity and explore the relation among variables. The results highlight the significance of social support in improving employees’ PWB in virtual work situations. Furthermore, the study indicates the existence of direct relationship between social support and well-being, as well as the mediating role of PE. The study reveals that impact, competence and self-determination act as intermediary factors, suggesting their capacity to facilitate the impact of social support on PWB.
Formación de profesores en Brasil y el proceso de construcción curricular propuesto por supuesto la pedagogía en la UFPR (1996-2011)
Authors: Gabardo Cleusa Valério , Hagemeyer Regina Cely de Campos
Published: August 2024

Este artículo se centra en la reformulación de la actual propuesta de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Federal de Paraná (Brasil), establecida en 2009, y analiza conceptos, avances y perspectivas de cambio generadas en este proceso. Se ocupa primero de la ambigüedad que marcó la identidad profesional del docente en la historia de la Facultad de Educación en la Educación Superior de Brasil. Se trata de una propuesta anterior en 1996 para superar la formación de cualificaciones en vigor durante el período, apostó por la formación de un educador, organizador de la enseñanza de la escuela trabajo, gerente e investigador. La propuesta actual, emanó de la Directrices Temas para Debate (2005), que destacó una formación del profesorado centrada en las prácticas de enseñanza. Sin embargo, las revisiones sistemáticas del curso, en la UFPR, señalaron la expansión de las operaciones de la unidad docente, dada la inseparabilidad de la enseñanza, la organización y la gestión de los procesos educativos. La formación de un investigador-formador de docentes, agente intelectual y cultural, busca un rendimiento educativo consciente de enfrentar las nuevas configuraciones culturales de la sociedad brasileña contemporánea.
Celedonio Villa Tejederas (1874-1952): un maestro regeneracionista andaluz
Authors: Franco Carrasco Antonio , Montero Pedrera Ana María
Published: August 2024

El presente artículo, dedicado al maestro nacional Celedonio Villa Tejederas, intenta poner de relieve la tarea regeneracionista realizada por tantos maestros de «figura minúscula» entre los siglos XIX y XX. Como educador preocupado y a la vez convencido del poder de la educación, realiza a lo largo de su obra y discursos en la Escuela Normal de Sevilla un alegato a favor de la misma, atisbándose a través de sus palabras las ansias de renovación hacia una escuela nueva. Analista del sistema educativo, pone de manifiesto, así mismo, la dejación de la Administración Educativa con las escuelas rurales. En este mismo sentido y consciente de su labor, pone en marcha atractivos métodos destinados a desterrar uno de los grandes lastres de las mencionadas escuelas: el absentismo escolar. A través de su particular visión de la educación, compartida por otros autores coetáneos e incluso predecesores, lleva a cabo una labor coherente con su pensamiento, basada en el valor del esfuerzo y la necesidad de acción, valores éstos que tanto admira y que toma como ejemplo de las abejas.
Development of an Automatic Feature Point Classification Method for Three-Dimensional Mapping Around Slewing and Derricking Cranes
Authors: Shigemori Hisakazu , Susaki Junichi , Yoneda Mizuki , Ososinski Marek
Published: August 2024

Crane automation requires a three-dimensional (3D) map around cranes that should be reconstructed and updated quickly.In this study, a high-precision classification method was developed to distinguish stationary objects from moving objects in moving images captured by a monocular camera
to stabilize 3D reconstruction. To develop the method, a moving image was captured while the crane was slewed with a monocular camera mounted vertically downward at the tip of the crane. The boom length and angle data were output from a control device, a controller area network. For efficient
development, a simulator that imitated the environment of an actual machine was developed and used. The proposed method uses optical flow to track feature points. The classification was performed successfully, independent of derricking motion. Consequently, the proposed method contributes
to stable 3D mapping around cranes in construction sites.
O lugar e o fazer do apoiador institucional no Sistema Único de Saúde
Authors: Araújo Renan Soares de , Prado Ernande Valentin do
Published: August 2024

Este ensaio tem como objetivo refletir sobre o papel do apoiador institucional no âmbito do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), com foco na caracterização de “fazer” dele e na diferenciação entre as dimensões “educativa” e “pedagógica” da sua atuação, vinculado à Escola de Saúde Pública da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde da Paraíba (SES/PB). Trata-se de um texto prático-teórico-reflexivo, fundamentado na prática no território e diálogo com diferentes autores que abordam a temática do Apoio Institucional e da Educação Popular. O “agir pedagógico e educativo” do apoiador institucional se caracteriza pela mediação de processos, pela promoção do diálogo e da participação social, pela construção de conhecimentos coletivos e pela busca de soluções para os problemas do SUS. A Educação Popular se apresenta como um referencial teórico-metodológico importante para o desenvolvimento de um “agir pedagógico” transformador e emancipatório. Por fim, conclui-se que o apoiador institucional não ocupa e nem deveria se restringir a ocupar um “não-lugar” ou um “entre-lugar”, e sim que o “agir pedagógico e educativo” do apoiador deveria constituir-se em seu lugar na estrutura do SUS e, se este ainda não existe, deveria ser construído/instituído.
Saberes e fazeres matemáticos utilizados por pedreiros no município de Amapá/AP
Authors: Custódio Elivaldo Serrão , Moreira Paumiere Castro
Published: August 2024

O presente artigo tem por objetivo discutir acerca dos saberes e fazeres matemáticos realizados por pedreiros do município de Amapá, no estado do Amapá, com vistas a reforçar que a matemática aplicada tem uma grande eficácia na construção do conhecimento empírico. O trabalho objetiva ainda descrever como esses saberes e fazeres matemáticos são transmitidos e repassados por essas famílias. A pesquisa tem caráter qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo. Para tanto, foi realizada observação direta por meio de visita in loco em obras realizadas no município. Os dados da pesquisa foram obtidos a partir de conversas informais com um pequeno grupo de oito pedreiros, cujos recortes de inclusão e exclusão foram os pedreiros mais antigos do município e que atuam na área há mais tempo. Os resultados apontam para um rico conjunto de conhecimentos matemáticos (empíricos e tradicionais) que vêm sendo adquiridos e transmitidos ao longo dos anos. Além disso, os dados levam à reflexão quanto à prática pedagógica do ensino e da aprendizagem da matemática, assim como quanto à importância do estudo da cultura e a aplicabilidade desta em sala de aula como forma de valorizar e manter as tradições locais e os conhecimentos matemáticos.
Financiamiento y sostenibilidad de la deuda pública: el caso de la economía argentina (2001 – 2022)
Authors: Rodríguez Agustín
Published: August 2024

Hacia finales de 2001, inmersos en una profunda crisis política, social y económica, el gobierno de aquel entonces al mando de Rodriguez Saá decidió, ante la imposibilidad de hacer frente a los compromisos asumidos, declarar la cesación de pagos de los servicios de la deuda pública.
Más allá de la magnitud del récord histórico nacional del volumen que cayó en default, la situación instaló una gran preocupación tanto a los hacedores de la política económica como a los académicos, en relación con el impacto que pudiese tener sobre el ritmo de crecimiento de la economía del país y en particular al grado de sostenibilidad fiscal de las instituciones locales a largo plazo. El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar sistemáticamente la evolución del endeudamiento público argentino durante los años 2001–2022.
Particularmente, examinar si existieron lapsos temporales compatibles con el concepto de deuda pública sostenible. El principal hallazgo es que durante la mayor parte del período indagado (68,0 %), el indicador formulado —«efectos sobre la deuda pública»— se ubicó en terreno negativo, evidenciando, por un lado, signos de insostenibilidad e incapacidad de maniobra de la política fiscal y, por otro, cierta insuficiencia teórica analítica del cociente deuda/PBI, tradicionalmente utilizado al momento de extraer conclusiones referentes a dicha temática.
PEMBERDAYAAN ORANG MUDA KATOLIK PAROKI MUTING, KEUSKUPAN AGUNG MERAUKE DALAM BIDANG PASTORAL-KATEKESE DENGAN MODEL SHARED CHRISTIAN PRAXIS
Authors: Pranyoto Yohanes Hendro
Published: August 2024

The Catholic Youth (OMK) Empowerment Program in the pastoral-catechetical field, using the shared Christian Praxis (SCP) model, departs from the problem that young people are often used as pastoral objects of the church and not the subjects or pastoral actors themselves. We implemented this program as a workshop for four days using seminar methods, guided practice, simulation, evaluation, reflection, and follow-up. The target participants were 49 Catholic youths representing each station of the Muting Parish. The techniques for data collection are using questionnaires, observation, and documentation studies as portfolios of participants' work and also parish reports. The results: first, implementing SCP model catechesis training activities for OMK. Second, improving the quality of human resources (OMK) in terms of pastoral catechesis knowledge and skills, especially using the SCP model. Third, the formation of a work program and road map for parish-level catechesis themes for one year. The findings from this activity, especially the catechesis themes, which result from a social analysis by the activity participants, are very contextual and useful for the development of pastoral-catechetical programs in the parish. We hope the programs developed based on this theme mapping can answer the needs and problems of life of people in stations and parish.
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Program pemberdayaan Orang Muda Katolik (OMK) dalam bidang pastoral-katekese dengan model shared christian praxis (SCP) ini berangkat dari permasalahan bahwa kaum muda sering kali dijadikan objek pastoral gereja dan bukan subjek atau pelaku pastoral itu sendiri. Program ini dilaksanakan dalam bentuk workshop selama 4 (empat) hari dengan metode seminar, praktik terbimbing, simulasi, evaluasi, refleksi dan tindak lanjut. Peserta sasaran adalah pengurus organisasi dan aktivis Orang Muda Katolik perwakilan dari setiap stasi berjumlah 49 orang. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan  kuesioner, observasi dan studi dokumentasi berupa portofolio karya peserta dan juga laporan paroki. Hasil dari program ini adalah; pertama, terlaksananya kegiatan pelatihan katekese model SCP bagi OMK. Kedua, peningkatan kualitas SDM (OMK) dalam hal pengetahuan dan keterampilan pastoral katekese khususnya dengan model SCP. Ketiga, terbentuknya program kerja serta road map tema katekese tingkat paroki untuk satu tahun. Hasil temuan dari kegiatan ini khususnya tema-tema katekese yang merupakan buah-buah pemikiran dan analisis sosial oleh peserta kegiatan sangat kontekstual dan bermanfaat bagi pengembangan program-program pastoral-katekese di tingkat paroki maupun stasi. Program-program yang dikembangkan berdasarkan pemetaan tema ini diharapkan dapat menjawab kebutuhan dan permasalahan hidup umat di stasi maupun paroki.
MONITORING KUALITAS AIR SECARA KOLABORATIF DI SUNGAI BOYONG, YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Awaliyah Dien Fitri , Uyun Shofwatul , Sulistiyowati Eka
Published: August 2024

Biotilik is an uncomplicated method to monitor the stream quality and can be handled communally with the help of information technology. However, involving community in a monitoring, especially those based on applications, is a challenge that requires a comprehensive approach. Therefore, this research was conducted to measure how deep the community can be involved and the significancy of the community services. A collaborative approach has been done, starts with activity planning, mobile app developing, introducing the app to the community, until doing some collaborative regular monitoring activities through biomonitoring workshops. The communities involved in this study include KPLS, Waterforum Kalijogo, and the Entomology Study Group. The results show that mobile applications are successfully created and adopted by the community, although there are some community members who have difficulty accessing them, especially senior citizens. Biomonitoring workshops were conducted several times along with measurements of community knowledge and skills before and after the workshop. The result shows that the change in knowledge was not statistically significant because the public was already familiar with biomonitoring.  Changes in skills occurred in this study because the community conducted biomonitoring workshops for some time and was assisted by mobile applications.
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Metode biotilik adalah metode pemantauan kualitas air yang sederhana dan dapat dilakukan secara komunal dengan bantuan teknologi informasi. Walaupun begitu, pelibatan masyarakat dalam pemantauan air secara komunal apalagi yang berbasis pemanfaatan aplikasi merupakan tantangan yang membutuhkan pendekatan yang komprehensif. Untuk itu penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengukur seberapa besar masyarakat dapat terlibat dalam pengembangan pengetahuan dan keterampilan pemantauan kualitas sungai dan bagaimana dampak yang dihasilkan oleh kegiatan tersebut. Pendekatan kolaboratif yang dimulai dengan perencanaan kegiatan, perancangan aplikasi mobile untuk membantu pemantauan kualias air, pengenalan aplikasi, sampai kepada kegiatan pemantauan secara berkala. Komunitas yang terlibat berasal dari Komunitas Pecinta Lingkungan dan Sungai (KPLS), Waterforum Kalijogo, dan Kelompok Studi Entomologi. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa aplikasi mobile yang dibangun dapat diadopsi oleh masyarakat, meskipun ada beberapa yang kesulitan mengaksesnya terutama warga senior. Selanjutnya, workshop biomonitoring dilakukan beberapa kali bersamaan dengan pengukuran terhadap pengetahuan dan keterampilan masyarakat sebelum dan sesudah workshop. Hasilnya, perubahan pengetahuan tidak signifikan secara statistik karena masyarakat sudah cukup mengenal biomonitoring.  Perubahan keterampilan terjadi di dalam penelitian ini karena masyarakat melakukan workshop biomonitoring dalam beberapa waktu dan dibantu dengan aplikasi mobile.
Pioneering Inclusivity: A Narrative Study of the First Inclusive Raudatul Athfal in South Kalimantan
Authors: Pratiwi Hardiyanti , Yarliani Ikta , Haida Rizki Noor
Published: August 2024

Inclusive education is indispensable for ensuring equitable educational opportunities and rights for children with special needs (CWSNs) to enhance their skills. However, maintaining inclusive schools encounters significant challenges, including limited resources and societal biases against CWSNs. This study centers on the establishment and operation of Ulumul Qur'an Al-Madani, the first inclusive Raudatul Athfal in South Kalimantan. Employing a qualitative narrative approach, data were gathered through in-depth interviews, document analysis, and participatory observation. The study highlights the crucial role of the school principal, bolstered by her family's property business and partnerships with therapists and experts in inclusive education, facilitated the school's transition to inclusivity. Despite encountering initial lack of support from the Ministry of Religion and the city government, the school achieved national acclaim for promoting inclusive education in South Kalimantan. This research underscores the principal's dedication and collaborative endeavors in promoting inclusive education and overcoming societal barriers for CWSNs.
Pendidikan inklusif penting untuk memastikan kesempatan pendidikan yang adil dan hak-hak yang setara bagi anak-anak berkebutuhan khusus (ABK) untuk menstimulasi perkembangan mereka. Namun, menyelengggarakan sekolah inklusif menghadapi tantangan signifikan seperti sumber daya yang terbatas dan prasangka sosial terhadap ABK. Penelitian ini berfokus pada pendirian dan penyelenggaraan Ulumul Qur'an Al-Madani, Raudatul Athfal inklusif pertama di Kalimantan Selatan. Menggunakan pendekatan naratif kualitatif, data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam, analisis dokumen, dan observasi partisipatif. Penelitian ini menyoroti peran kunci kepala sekolah, yang didukung oleh bisnis properti keluarganya dan kolaborasi dengan terapis dan ahli pendidikan inklusif, yang mendukung transformasi inklusif sekolah tersebut. Meskipun awalnya tidak mendapat dukungan dari kementerian agama dan pemerintah kota, sekolah ini mendapatkan pengakuan nasional dalam memajukan pendidikan inklusif di Kalimantan Selatan. Penelitian ini menyoroti pentingnya dedikasi kepala sekolah dan upaya kolaboratif dalam mewujudkan pendidikan inklusif dan mengatasi hambatan sosial terhadap ABK.
Competence Strengthening of Hard Skills and Soft Skills of Prospective Religious Education Teacher Students through the Introduction to School Field Program (PLP) in Indonesia
Authors: Muh Hizbul Muflihin  , Arif Budi Raharjo  , Hanif Cahyo Adi Kistoro  , Khairul Ummah Mohamad Jodi
Published: August 2024

Purpose – The Introduction to School Field Program (PLP) in Indonesia is mandatory in universities and designed to produce professional teacher candidate competencies. Each prospective teacher-student is equipped with adequate hard skills and soft skills before becoming a teacher in the school environment.
Design/methods/approach – This study used a phenomenological approach that aims to obtain an understanding of the hard skills and soft skills taught in the PLP program. Moreover, the study also explained what types of hard skills and soft skills were trained during the PLP. This phenomenological research explored the experience of prospective teacher students participating in PLP. The research data was taken through in-depth interviews with interview guidelines made for 20 PLP participating students at the two host universities in Purwokerto and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Data analysis used data reduction, presentation, and interpretation.
Findings – The study results found that the teaching of hard skills and soft skills has been integrally applied in the program through the existing curriculum. Methods of mentoring, field practice, evaluation, and improvement have been used in the PLP program. Meanwhile, the types of hard and soft skills provided consist of ethics, communication, learning design, and evaluation making.
Research implications/limitations – The respondents of this study were limited to the coverage of two regions, namely Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, leading to the research limitation. Expanding the research location and using other quantitative research can strengthen the results of this study.
Originality/value – Future studies should further overcome the shortcomings of this program and improve to be reference for policy-making by the PLP program organizers.
Procesos inquisitoriales de judeoconversas en Aragón (1484-1492)
Authors: Motis Dolader Miguel Ángel
Published: August 2024

La presente colección documental recopila veinticinco procesos inquisitoriales, en su inmensa mayoría inéditos, instruidos entre los años 1484 y 1492 –en la fase de implantación del Santo Oficio–, a mujeres que vivieron en Aragón, y que en el momento de su procesamiento tuvieron como nexo en común su condición de judeoconversas viudas, de modo que vivieron una triple marginalidad. Dichos textos configuraron los cimientos de mi tesis doctoral en Antropología Social y Cultural, disciplina que aporta un valioso arsenal heurístico y hermenéutico para profundizar en sus vidas y vivencias, publicada bajo el título Vivencias, Emociones y Per files femeninos. Judeoconversas e Inquisición en Aragón en el siglo XV. Dichas fuentes han sido transcritas en su práctica totalidad, pese a las dificultades jurídicas y diplomáticas que entraña, como sucede con la documentación procesal en general, porque nos aportan numerosos prismas sobre la compleja realidad personal. Son un punto de partida en la reconstrucción de microhistorias y biografías de mujeres anónimas, a partir de la información, en ocasiones fragmentaria, aportada en los sumarios, vinculando su trayectoria individual con la social y con la colectividad a la que pertenecen, sobre cuyos sentimientos y aspiraciones suele proyectarse una sombra de silencio en una sociedad patriarcal. Su análisis, asimismo, permite un acercamiento a los perfiles e identidades de las judeoconversas en su contexto cultural, social, familiar, sororal, emocional y creencial, al comportarse como narraciones de vida, biografías sociales o egodocuments.
Predicting Ocean Current Temperature Off the East Coast of America with XGBoost and Random Forest Algorithms Using Rstudio
Authors: Alfaris Lulut , Firdaus Anas Noor , Nyuswantoro Ukta Indra , Siagian Ruben Cornelius , Muhammad Aldi Cahya , Hassan Rohana , Aunzo, Jr. Rodulfo T. , Ariefka Reza
Published: August 2024

This research investigates the comparative predictive efficacy of two leading machine learning methodologies, specifically the XGBoost and Random Forest models, in estimating ocean temperature dynamics in the TS Gulf Stream and Labrador Current regions along the east coast of North America. Using annual temperature datasets and relevant oceanographic parameters, the data is carefully processed, cleaned and sorted into training and test subsets via the RStudio Platform. The performance evaluation model is carried out using predetermined machine learning assessment criteria, including Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Mean Squared Error (MSE), and R-squared. The results show the superiority of the XGBoost model compared to Random Forest in terms of prediction accuracy and minimizing prediction errors. The XGBoost model shows lower MSE values and higher R-squared values than the Random Forest model, indicating its better capacity in explaining data variations. XGBoost consistently provides more accurate predictions and shows higher sensitivity in identifying important factors influencing ocean temperature fluctuations than Random Forest. This research significantly improves understanding and prognostic capabilities regarding ocean temperature dynamics in the TS Gulf Stream and Labrador Current regions. Empirical evidence underlines the efficacy of the XGBoost model in predicting ocean temperatures in the studied region. Continuous model evaluation and parameter refinement for both methodologies is critical to establishing standards for optimal prediction performance. The findings of this research have implications for the fields of oceanography and climate science, and offer potential pathways to comprehensively understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.
Mystery and artistic veil – Widma [Phantoms] by Stanisław Moniuszko and Paweł Passini
Authors: Lisiecka Katarzyna
Published: August 2024

The purpose of this paper is to analyse Moniuszko’s Phantoms with a particular focus on the relationships between music and libretto in order to compare them later with modern strategies of performances staged recently in Polish operas and concert halls. The source-historical context referring to cultural and perceptive aspects of Phantoms serves as a starting point. The question is also raised concerning the relationship and fusion of arts constituting that intriguing work. A search for dramaturgic-theatrical aspects of Moniuszko’s work assumes an attempt to capture a so-called ‘intentio operis’, created at the intersection of Mickiewicz’s text and musical intentions of the composer. The analysis was centered on selected aspects of dramaturgy of a few performances of ‘Phantoms’ staged at the Wratislavia Cantans Festival (2017, dir. P. Passini), the Wrocław Opera, (prem. 2018, dir. J. Fret), and the Polish Royal Opera (prem. 2017, dir. R. Peryt). All stagings were an interesting attempt to reinterpret a starting form of cantata bringing it closer to theatrical work. This paper intends to answer the following questions: what dramaturgic and theatrical strategies are generated by Moniuszko’s cantata? To what extent does the cantata nature of this music-textual work contributes to new theatrical interpretations? To what extent are modern stage productions the answer to an artistic potential present in its music-textual layer? Do the new projects of its visualization and dramatisation result, even indirectly, from the structural and staging potential of the work, or whether they attempt to add new artistic ideas in order to make Phantoms more attractive as a starting, incomplete, music-textual structure?
Dreaming Fish, Becoming Fish: Animating Modern Mythology and Zhuangzian Philosophy in the Fantasy Film Big Fish & Begonia
Authors: Wang Dingding
Published: August 2024

This paper analyzes the 2016 Chinese animation film Big Fish & Begonia and its precursor, a 2004 Flash animated short video, in conjunction with Zhuangzi’s philosophy of becoming and transformation. It traces the origin of the film in the auteur’s dream experience and the development of cinematic language and animation technology from the initial short video to the full-feature film. Adopting a form closely associated with the fantastical and speculative traditions of Chinese mythology, Big Fish & Begonia represents animal becomings through the apparatus of the dream, as both crucial content and form, and the formal characteristics of animation. Both the dream and the animation forms allow the expression of desires to break through the ontological and epistemological constraints of the human subject and to render the physical form unstable. By engaging with key passages from Zhuangzi that discuss dreams, knowledge, “free and easy wandering,” and “becoming/transformation,” the paper asserts Zhuangzi’s continued influence in contemporary Chinese animation. The film offers new ways of conceptualizing and addressing modern environmental crises while aligning itself with the cultural–political agenda to create “authentic” Chinese stories.
The Broken Human–Object Continuum: The Technological Future and Socialist Contradictions inRhapsody of the Ming Tombs Reservoir(1958)
Authors: Zhang Ruiying
Published: August 2024

The third section ofRhapsody of the Ming Tombs Reservoir(Shisanling shuiku changxiangqu十三陵水库畅想曲, 1958), the first film in Mao-era China to include elements of science fiction, envisions a technologically advanced future in the year 1978. While seemingly aligned with the rapid industrialization goal of the Great Leap Forward, the film’s techno-fantasy attracted blistering criticism. Focusing on the overlooked historical debate that followed the release of the film, this article argues that criticism regarding the visualization of a technological future reveals how seemingly legitimate imaginations of a communist future reflect internal contradictions within the socialist present. Reading the film and the debate it sparked within the context of technological development in the late 1950s, this article identifies one locus of criticism: the human–object relationship. During the construction of the reservoir, the film shows a harmonious human–object relationship, but the futuristic part of the film depicts that relationship as profoundly alienated. I argue that this discontinuity does not betray ignorance of or an intentional departure from socialist ideology; rather, it reflects ideological contradictions between intellectual and manual labor, egalitarianism and class difference, industrialization processes and revolutionary agendas. In its rhapsodic depiction of advanced devices that consolidate the division of knowledge, the film unintentionally lays bare a fundamental conflict that was undermining the socialist system in the real world.
Personality Traits of Academic Librarians and Their Knowledge Acquisition and Application Behavior
Authors: Akbar Azeem , Malik Amara , Warraich Nosheen Fatima
Published: August 2024

This study investigated the effect of the Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness) on knowledge acquisition and application by Pakistani university librarians. To increase their impact in academic institutions, it is imperative to examine how people acquire and apply knowledge within the field of librarianship. This study employed a quantitative research approach based on the survey research method. The Big Five personality inventory designed by John and Srivastava was adopted, however, measurement items related to knowledge acquisition and application behavior were developed with the help of the existing literature. The study population comprised academic librarians working in the university libraries of Pakistan, with a census sampling method used to collect data and 357 completed questionnaires received. The results indicated that extraversion, agreeableness, and openness to experience positively affect the university librarian’s knowledge acquisition, while neuroticism has a negative effect. The findings also revealed that extraversion and openness to experience positively affects academic librarians’ knowledge application behavior while neuroticism has a negative effective, however, conscientiousness and agreeableness personality traits were found to be insignificant predictors of the same. This study highlights the significant personality features contributing to knowledge acquisition and application behavior in academic libraries from a developing country’s perspective.
Combining transcriptomic and metabolomic insights to guide the clinical application of adipose- and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Authors: Zhou Wenyan , Lin Junxin , Hay David C. , Yao Xudong , Ouyang Hongwei
Published: August 2024

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have shown great potential in clinical applications. However, the similarities and differences between these two cell types have not been fully elucidated. Recent advances in transcriptomic and metabolomic research have provided valuable insight into the characteristics and functions of ADSCs and BMSCs. In this perspective article, we review the key findings from these studies, including cellular heterogeneity as well as differences in metabolic and secretory properties. We discuss how these insights can help guide the selection of the most suitable cell source for the clinic, and the optimization of preconditioning strategies prior to clinical deployment. Furthermore, we analyze the current landscape of products and clinical trials involving ADSCs and BMSCs, highlighting their therapeutic potential. We propose that the integration of multi-omics datasets will be crucial for establishing a comprehensive understanding of ADSC and BMSC identity and potency, and the provision of quality-assured stem cell-derived products for the clinic.
Against Infinite Nothingness – Response to McKenzie and Adamson
Authors: Frazier Jessica
Published: August 2024

If there is something non-reducible to anything else, self-existent, unsusceptible to further explanation, then in what sense might it befundamental, and in what sense might it beunified? In my response to Kerry McKenzie and Peter Adamson, I try to clarify the idea of “foundation” that these arguments claim to show, by first contrasting two conceptions of fundamentality (a concrete complete bottom level from which the world isbuilt up –the kind people often have in mind, and an ultimate modal determination thatexplainsthings), and then discussing McKenzie’s main worry that what is modally irreducible does not necessarily qualify as fundamental, and Adamson’s worry that the bottom-level entities need not be numerically single.
Sujeito, linguagem e discurso
Authors: Luiz Gaspari Madureira André
Published: August 2024

Neste trabalho se objetiva apresentar resultados do projeto de pesquisa intitulado “Análise discursiva de livros didáticos de Língua Portuguesa”, desenvolvido na Universidade do Estado da Bahia – UNEB –, tomando-se por recorte atividades de linguagem e gramática propostas em um livro didático de Língua Portuguesa do Nível Fundamental II, distribuído na rede pública de ensino. A pesquisa se justifica pela necessidade de serem avaliados certos princípios norteadores do trabalho de texto e gramática que vem se realizando na Educação Básica. Já que o livro didático se constitui enquanto um material de apoio didático-pedagógico para as aulas de Língua Portuguesa, emerge a necessidade de ser periodicamente analisado, de modo a permitir que o professor da Educação Básica tenha um suporte eficaz para o desenvolvimento de atividades nas quais o texto, o discurso e a gramática sejam abordados de forma integrada. Essa integração visa possibilitar que as atividades de linguagem tornem-se significativas ao estudante, na medida em que se abre espaço para a reflexão de questões textuais e normativas, relacionando-as ao discurso. Nesse sentido, procura-se evidenciar as potencialidades dos procedimentos didáticos que o material em tela apresenta, e também as insuficiências, como forma de propor adequações para o estabelecimento da postura reflexiva relacionada aos aspectos textuais e discursivos. Por base teórica para a efetivação da pesquisa, institui-se a análise do discurso de linha francesa (doravante AD), fundamentada pelo filósofo Michel Pêcheux. Diante dessa perspectiva, são mobilizados os conceitos de memória discursiva, sujeito do discurso (ou forma-sujeito), condições de produção, além da concepção de não transparência da linguagem.