bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Screen printed carbon electrode from coconut shell char for lead ions detection
Authors: Heliani Kinkind Raras , Rahmawati Fitria , Wijayanta Agung Tri
Published: November 2023

This research aimed to produce a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) from an activated coconut shell carbon. As a raw material, coconut shell char provides renewability and is abundantly available in the market. Meanwhile, SPCE offers a simple electroanalytical electrode because the working, counter, and reference electrodes are in one piece. The coconut shell carbon was activated by steam at 700 oC for 1h, producing AC700 that was then characterized to ensure the result by following per under carbon as the main component, the phases, crystal structure, surface area, morphology, and elemental content. The result showed that the surface area of AC700 is 816 m2/g, and the surface structure is porous, as identified by SEM images. Impedance analysis followed by data fitting and conductivity calculation found a high conductivity of 8.68 x 10-2 Scm‑1. The produced-SPCE or SPAC700 was modified by ferrocene at various compositions of 10%; 20%; and 30% of mass. The SPAC700-Fc30 provided the best performance for lead analysis with a detection limit of 0.35 mM, a quantitation limit of 1.17 mM, and good reproducibility with a Repeatability Coefficient (RC) of 0.022. SPAC700-Fc30 showed good lead ions detection despite under 10% Cu2+ and 10% Co2+ interferences. The result confirmed the potential use of coconut shell char as the raw material for SPCE production.
Interaktionsarbeit in asymmetrischen Kommunikationssituationen
Authors: Hielscher Volker
Published: November 2023

Für Interaktionsarbeit „an und mit Menschen“ werden die betrieblichen und technologischen Rahmenbedingungen und ihre Anforderungen an die Beschäftigten zunehmend thematisiert. Der Beitrag fokussiert einen bisher wenig beachteten Aspekt: Er beleuchtet am Beispiel der Versorgung von neurologisch schwer erkrankten Patient*innen die Anforderungen, die sich daraus ergeben, dass die Adressaten von personenbezogenen Dienstleistungen aufgrund gesundheitlicher Beeinträchtigungen nur eingeschränkt in der Lage sind, an der Interaktionsgestaltung mitzuwirken. In asymmetrischen Kommunikationssituationen kommt professionell Helfenden die Rolle zu, eine Interaktionsfähigkeit der Klient*innen erst einmal herzustellen. Dies ist neben den technischen und organisatorischen Bedingungen der Interaktionsarbeit als eine eigenständige Anforderung zu begreifen, die entsprechende Kompetenzen und Ressourcen erfordert.
Auswirkungen von Covid-19 auf arbeitsvermittelnde Plattformen und Ressourcen der Pandemiebewältigung
Authors: Gerber Christine , Wandjo David
Published: November 2023

Der Artikel untersucht die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf arbeitsvermittelnde Plattformunternehmen sowie deren Strategien der Krisenbewältigung. Auf Grundlage einer qualitativen Untersuchung von zehn Unternehmen, die ortsabhängige und/oder ortsunabhängige Plattformarbeit in Deutschland organisieren, werden die Gruppen der Krisengewinner und Krisenbewältiger identifiziert. Die Befunde zeigen, dass zentrale Bewältigungsstrategien vor allem die Anpassung der angebotenen Dienstleistungen und die Erschließung neuer Kund*innen, teilweise sogar die Anpassung des Geschäftsmodells, sowie die Optimierungen von Service-Abläufen waren. Zentrale Resilienzressourcen sind insbesondere skalier- und diversifizierbare Ökosysteme, das Asset-light-Modell und damit einhergehend geringe Fixkosten sowie eine hohe Risikoauslagerung. Der Artikel trägt zu den Debatten um das mögliche Ausbreitungspotenzial des Geschäftsmodells in der Pandemie sowie um die Anpassungsfähigkeit von arbeitsvermittelnden Plattformunternehmen an externe, gesellschaftliche Veränderungen bei.
Bibliothek als Labor der Wissenschaft – Metamorphose einer Metapher
Authors: Stäcker Thomas
Published: November 2023

Die Bedeutung des Begriffs Labor hat sich in den letzten Jahren über den engen naturwissenschaftlichen Kontext hinaus erweitert. Als Metapher findet er auch in Bezug auf Bibliotheken Anwendung. Der Artikel diskutiert die Idee, Bibliotheken als Labore der Wissenschaft zu verstehen und zeichnet nach, wie sie sich in dieser Rolle entwickelt haben. Dabei wird betont, dass die Bibliothek nicht als Ort betrachtet werden sollte, an dem die Wissenschaft etwas Erforschbares findet, sondern als ein aktiver Teil des Forschungsprozesses. Entsprechend werden die Veränderungen in der Bibliothek insbesondere im Kontext der Digitalisierung beleuchtet, die sie zu einem Labor der Wissenschaft gemacht haben. Die Bibliothek spielt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Sammlung, Aufbereitung und Bereitstellung von Daten und Dokumenten für wissenschaftliche Forschung und Analyse. Sie fungiert auch als Filter und stellt sicher, dass qualitativ hochwertige und vertrauenswürdige Informationen zugänglich sind. Die Bibliothek wird als ein Ort der Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit hervorgehoben, da sie Informationen unvoreingenommen sammelt und bereitstellt. Darüber hinaus wird die Bibliothek als eine wichtige Schnittstelle zur Außenwelt betrachtet, die es ermöglicht, Daten und Dokumente standardisiert zu teilen und zu vernetzen. Schließlich wird die Bibliothek als Analyseplattform betrachtet, die Text- und Datamining ermöglicht, um neue Erkenntnisse aus umfangreichen Daten- und Dokumentsammlungen zu gewinnen.
Regional Environment Risk Assessment Over Space and Time: A Case of China
Authors: Dou Xiangsheng , Ishaq Fizza
Published: November 2023

Faced with increasingly serious environmental risks, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the regional environment to provide a solid foundation for environmental policies and actions in the future. This article builds a composite environment risk index that considers spatiotemporal factors and uses annual socio-economic and environmental data of China’s 31 provincial administrative regions from 2004 to 2019 to quantitatively analyze environmental risks. Furthermore, the article employs a panel data model to empirically test the key factors that lead to environmental risks. Moreover, this article employs SVAR models to analyze the dynamics of regional environmental systems in China. The study finds that, at least at this stage, the environmental risks in provincial regions in China are still relatively high, and the key factors of the risks are economic growth, urbanization development, secondary industry growth, and green policy. Therefore, China must adopt more stringent environmental protection policies and actions in the future.
Design and synthesis of various 1,3,4-oxadiazoles as AChE and LOX enzyme inhibitors
Authors: Iqbal Javed , Mallhi Ali Imran , ur Rehman Aziz , Al-Mijalli Samiah H. , un-Nisa Mehr , Zafar Fatiqa , Shahzad Sohail , Rasool Shahid , Iqbal Munawar , Shah Syed Adnan Ali
Published: November 2023

N-Substituted-2-propanamide analogues of 1,3,4-oxadiazole have been synthesized using a multi-step synthetic protocol to explore new therapeutic anti-enzymatic agents. Herein, we have merged sulfonyl, piperidine, oxadiazole and amide into a single unit to synthesize a library of unique compounds, 8a–n. The molecular structures of all synthesized compounds were verified by 13C-NMR, 1H-NMR, HRMS and IR spectroscopy. Furthermore, the compounds were screened for their inhibition potential against acetylcholinesterase (AChE), urease and lipoxygenase (LOX) enzymes. A considerable inhibition potential was observed for three compounds against LOX with quercetin as a reference standard, two compounds against urease with thiourea as a reference standard and two compounds against AChE with eserine as a reference standard. Through molecular docking investigations, we were able to correlate the overall impact and inhibition criteria by the structure–activity relationship via the interactions between synthesized compounds and active sites of enzymes. Pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and in vivo studies may be investigated further for the most active compounds to substantiate them as potential anti-enzymatic medications.
Genotype-environment interaction in the variability of yield associated indices under stress conditions in sunflower
Authors: Duca Maria , Mutu Ana , Port Angela , Clapco Steliana
Published: November 2023

The impact of biotic (infestation with the Orobanche cumana) and abiotic stress (drought) factors on the productivity indicators of sunflower hybrids was evaluated in two years, 2020 and 2021, which were significantly different regarding to the weather conditions. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied on 10 parameters: plant height (PH); leaf number (LN); leaf area (LA); seed yield (SY); leaf area index (LAI); chlorophyll a content (Chla); chlorophyll b content (Chlb); carotenoids content (Car); chlorophyll pigment ratio (Chla/b); total of chlorophyll pigments (Chla+b), that are directly or indirectly associated with the productivity of sunflower hybrids. The first two PCs explained 75 % (drought stress for 2020) and 83 %, respectively (stress caused by broomrape infestation), of the total variance of parameters or hybrids. A higher number of positive correlations were identified between the studied morpho-physiological indices differentiating the hybrids. The SY index correlated with PH, LN, LAI, LA (r = 0.54–0.78) under biotic and abiotic stress. Also, seed yield related with the content of pigments (r = 0.65–0.79) in the case of infested hybrids with broomrape. The infested hybrid H11, in both years, showed the highest values for most of the analyzed indices, indicating a relatively high degree of tolerance to the combined stressors.
Recent advancement of RB noise alleviation techniques in different communication networks and its lacunae: a review
Authors: Mandal Paulomi , Sarkar Nilanjana , Atta Rinki , Patra Ardhendu Sekhar
Published: November 2023

Telecommunication networks are forced to be advanced day by day for high data rate transportation over long-reach to fulfil the ever-increasing demand of the subscribers. Different used schemes, modulation techniques are smart enough to support high data rate transmission over long distance but some impairment like Rayleigh backscattering (RB) brings a limitation on data rate or transmission distance. RB noise effect arises and affects the system performance when more than one signal of similar wavelengths are transmitted through a same feeder fiber in full-duplex networks and different researchers have already proposed various schemes to eliminate RB noise effect in different transport networks. The present paper surveys and analyses the techniques which proposed in last 15 years for mitigation of RB noise in communication systems. The origin of RB and the impact of it in different communication systems are also explained. All the proposed networks are aimed to support next generation communication systems by providing high data rate (up to 160 Gbps downstream and 20 Gbps upstream) over long reach (up to 115 km single mode fiber link) with lesser RB noise effect but exact quantification of RB noise mitigation is not reported till now which could be a future scope for the new researchers.
„Monophysiten“ und „Nestorianer“. Überlegungen zu zwei Bezeichnungen aus der christlichen Theologie- und Kirchengeschichte
Authors: Lange Christian
Published: November 2023

This paper challenges the traditional notions of ‘Monophysitism’ and ‘Nestorianism’ or ‘The Nestorian Church’. With regard to ‘Monophysitism’, it argues that two interpretations of the basic ‘Alexandrian’ Christological formula of the ‘one nature of the God-Logos incarnate’ need to be distinguished. One, according to which the individual properties of the two ‘natures’ of Christ were lost and mixed, and which can, indeed, be referred to as ‘Monophysitism’ – in contrast to another interpretation which insisted that the individual characteristics of the two ‘natures’ were preserved and the ‘God-Logos incarnate’ remained consubstantial with human beings (homoousios hēmin). This second approach might be better referred to as ‘Miaphysitism’.

Similarly, this contribution suggests that it seems necessary to differentiate between what Nestorius of Constantinople himself taught and what his opponent Cyrill of Alexandria imputed to him. When analyzing Nestorius’ own writings, it becomes clear that Nestorius neither challenged the true union between the God-Logos and the ‘Man’ nor assumed a time in which the ‘Man’ existed prior to his unification with the God-Logos. Therefore, Nestorius taught no ‘Nestorianism’ in the sense in which Cyrill of Alexandria introduced it. Likewise, the Christology of the Apostolic Church of the East is based on the views of Theodore of Mopsuestia. It is not before the 6th century that representatives of this Church discovered Nestorius as a martyr for the ‘orthodox belief’ who was persecuted by the Egyptian ‘Pharaoh’, just as had been John Chrysostom before him. Because of its loyalty to the Christology of Theodore of Mopsuestia, it seems rather fitting to abandon the inappropriate title ‘Nestorian Church’ – a polemical title that has been pinned on the ‘Church of the East’ by its theological opponents from the 6th century onwards.
Inkarnationsdeutung bei Johannes von Damaskus in Auseinandersetzung mit der „koranischen“ Bewegung
Authors: Kiel Nikolai
Published: November 2023

John of Damascus (ca. 650/660 – 754 AD) is one of the first contemporary witnesses to critically examine the emergence of Islam and its holy scripture, the Qur’an. John came from a distinguished Melkite family that held political offices in state finance for generations. Like his father, he was initially a civil servant under the Arab rule of Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik (685 – 705). The anti-Christian movement that began in that time forced him to withdraw from public life and enter the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem. While at the monastery, John grappled with the text of the “new” religion and defended the Christian position. In this milieu, the interpretation of the divine incarnation occupied a central position. By demonstrating the divine incarnation in Jesus Christ, John makes convergences with the Qur’anic movement of the new rulers. In doing so, he highlights the Qur’ans high esteem of the Virgin Mary as well as the birth and humanity of her Son, Jesus Christ. In this way, he seeks to bring Christianity into agreement with the Qur’an and to break down theological barriers.
Oikoi stratiōtikoi. Open Questions on Land and Military Service in Byzantium (c. 7th–10th centuries)
Authors: Cosentino Salvatore
Published: November 2023

The expression oikoi stratiōtikoi, used in Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus as opposed to oikoi politikoi, designates all those families who were bound to military service. They, in the tenth century, were listed in various enlistment registers that were periodically updated, among which one was kept in Constantinople. There is solid evidence to argue that such an administrative practice originated in the eighth century, coinciding with a significant transformation in the enrolment of soldiers and their maintenance. A conscription procedure was devised in the age of the Isaurians, which, although it is not known whether it was on a voluntary or compulsory basis, entailed the entry in the military records (in Constantinople and the provinces) of every person in charge (oikodespotēs) of the family that had assumed the military burden. This implied in later periods a strong uncertainty in the relationship between service and its performance because registration rested on an ambiguous vocabulary. The ambiguity, in fact, was rooted in the polysemy of the concept of oikos, family unit, home and patrimony at the same time. While such a notion allowed the recruitment in thematic armies to function flexibly through the wide network of the family’s cognate and agnatic structure, precisely because the oikos was also a set of economic interests, it exposed the landed patrimony of military families to splitting and erosion. This ambiguity ended with Constantine VII’s famous law of 949, which regulated the property regime of the stratiōtikoi oikoi, a regime that, as the same provision explicitly states in several points, already existed previously throughout the empire. The law provided a precise economic quantification of the assets needed for each ‘military family’ to perform the service. Historiography has generally interpreted Constantine VII’s measure as an act breaking with the previous tradition, since military service appears in it much more markedly connoted as a patrimonial burden, rather than as a personal one. However, this ‘oppositional’ interpretation does not seem adequate for understanding the concept of oikos stratiōtikos, which from the outset must have implied a profound interrelationship between the personality of the service and its patrimonial basis, since the one did not exist without the other.
Reaching beneath the tip of the iceberg: A guide to the Freiburg Multimodal Interaction Corpus
Authors: Rühlemann Christoph , Ptak Alexander
Published: November 2023

Most corpora tacitly subscribe to a speech-only view filtering out anything that is not a ‘word’ and transcribing the spoken language merely orthographically despite the fact that the “speech-only view on language is fundamentally incomplete” (Kok 2017, 2) due to the deep intertwining of the verbal, vocal, and kinesic modalities (Levinson and Holler 2014). This article introduces the Freiburg Multimodal Interaction Corpus (FreMIC), a multimodal and interactional corpus of unscripted conversation in English currently under construction. At the time of writing, FreMIC comprises (i) c. 29 h of video-recordings transcribed and annotated in detail and (ii) automatically (and manually) generated multimodal data. All conversations are transcribed in ELAN both orthographically and using Jeffersonian conventions to render verbal content and interactionally relevant details of sequencing (e.g. overlap, latching), temporal aspects (pauses, acceleration/deceleration), phonological aspects (e.g. intensity, pitch, stretching, truncation, voice quality), and laughter. Moreover, the orthographic transcriptions are exhaustively PoS-tagged using the CLAWS web tagger (Garside and Smith 1997). ELAN-based transcriptions also provide exhaustive annotations of re-enactments (also referred to as (free) direct speech, constructed dialogue, etc.) as well as silent gestures (meaningful gestures that occur without accompanying speech). The multimodal data are derived from psychophysiological measurements and eye tracking. The psychophysiological measurements include, inter alia, electrodermal activity or GSR, which is indicative of emotional arousal (e.g. Peräkylä et al. 2015). Eye tracking produces data of two kinds: gaze direction and pupil size. In FreMIC, gazes are automatically recorded using the area-of-interest technology. Gaze direction is interactionally key, for example, in turn-taking (e.g. Auer 2021) and re-enactments (e.g. Pfeiffer and Weiss 2022), while changes in pupil size provide a window onto cognitive intensity (e.g. Barthel and Sauppe 2019). To demonstrate what opportunities FreMIC’s (combination of) transcriptions, annotations, and multimodal data open up for research in Interactional (Corpus) Linguistics, this article reports on interim results derived from work-in-progress.
Effective Assessment in a Block Pedagogy
Authors: Buck Ellen , Vieira Braga Paulo , Ortiz Granero Carmen Maria
Published: November 2023

Block mode of delivery, also known as intensive mode, has increasingly been adopted by courses in higher education institutions (HEIs) in recent years. This surge has been attributed to the efforts of HEIs to adapt to the changing student population, which involves a diverse student population, as well as the evolving education landscape, recently impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The distinctive nature of a block delivery model, and the impact of demographic, contextual and disciplinary factors on assessment performance makes an evaluation of student achievement in a block pedagogy a critical area of focus. The study presented here explores the impact of different types of summative assessment on student achievement in a block mode of delivery implemented across the different courses in a UK-based HEI. This is achieved using a quasi-experimental design, involving independent sample t-tests. The study firstly compared first and second year students’ grades in modules where summative assessment had been adapted for block, with students’ grades from the same modules that were traditionally taught in the previous year; and secondly examined the impact of different types of summative assessment in block delivery on students’ grades. Results indicate that adapting the type of assessment for block delivery had no statistically significant difference on students’ final grades. However, when comparing different types of summative assessments in block delivery, students achieved higher grades in time-constrained and multiple summative assessments, compared to single final essays (p<0.001 and Cohen’s d>0.5). The results from this study indicate that the type of summative assessment has an impact on students’ academic success and, therefore, this should be at the heart of staff training and curriculum design when adopting block delivery.
Modular Splicing Is Linked to Evolution in the Synapse-Specificity Molecule Kirrel3
Authors: Traenkner Dimitri , Shennib Omar , Johnson Alyssa , Weinbrom Adam , Taylor Matthew R. , Williams Megan E.
Published: November 2023

Kirrel3 is a cell-adhesion molecule that instructs the formation of specific synapses during brain development in mouse and Kirrel3 variants may be risk factors for autism and intellectual disabilities in humans. Kirrel3 is predicted to undergo alternative splicing but brain isoforms have not been studied. Here, we present the first in-depth characterization of Kirrel3 isoform diversity in brain using targeted, long-read mRNA sequencing of mouse hippocampus. We identified 19 isoforms with predicted transmembrane and secreted forms and show that even rare isoforms generate detectable protein in the brain. We also analyzed publicly-available long-read mRNA databases from human brain tissue and found 11 Kirrel3 isoforms that, similar to mouse, encode transmembrane and secreted forms. In mice and humans, Kirrel3 diversity arises from alternative, independent use of protein-domain coding exons and alternative early translation-stop signals. Intriguingly, the alternatively spliced exons appear at branch points in the chordate phylogenetic tree, including one exon only found in humans and their closest living relatives, the great apes. Together, these results validate a simple pipeline for analyzing isoform diversity in genes with low expression and suggest that Kirrel3 function is fine-tuned by alternative splicing and may play a role in brain evolution.
Introduction
Authors: Anatone Richard , Mc Glynn James Denis , Powell Andrew S.
Published: November 2023

In the introduction to this Special Issue of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games, the guest editors outline the history and significance of the Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. They situate the game within the history of technological developments in both home gaming systems and the World Wide Web, exploring the musical importance of the game. The editors also provide an overview of the Special Issue’s contents and highlight the broader issues that are explored in the contributions contained therein.
The “Cinematic Promise” of Video Game Music
Authors: Mc Glynn James Denis
Published: November 2023

Consonant with recent developments that have contributed to the ongoing convergence of film and video game forms, a common aspiration exists among many contemporary “Triple A” titles to fulfil what we might call the “cinematic promise” of video games. Many recent releases illustrate that a shift has taken place towards certain games’ stylistic harnessing and hybridisation of cinematic idioms that, in turn, transforms the experience being marketed to gamers. One title in which these dual-aspirations are especially conspicuous is Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix, 2020), a game that straddles an intricate balance between channelling elements of both the cinematic and the game’s original identity as a fifth-generation video game.

This article explores the ongoing convergence of scoring idioms for films and games. Remake is adopted as a central case study, considering the extent to which game and film music idioms coalesce as part of the game’s idiosyncratic musical identity and are foregrounded as a result of their interaction. I argue that the tension between Remake’s clear efforts to channel aspects of the cinematic alongside sounds, timbres, and compositional structures from the original game affords us new insights into: the relationship between film and game music; remakes and adaptations more generally; and game soundtracks that adapt pre-existing music. Beginning with overviews of existing research on (i) film and game music, and (ii) music in remakes, the article culminates in musical analyses of both Final Fantasy VII and its Remake, illustrating the palpable tension that emerges between Remake’s concessions to both film and game scoring conventions: arguably the defining characteristic of the game’s musical identity.
Cumulative Health Vulnerabilities Among Adolescents by Age and Neighborhood Opportunity
Authors: DiFiore Gabrielle , Wood Sarah , Jenssen Brian P. , Fiks Alexander G. , Mayne Stephanie L.
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Early detection of health vulnerabilities in adolescents is integral to promoting healthy behaviors into adulthood. Our objective was to quantify the prevalence of health vulnerabilities among adolescents and examine differences by age and neighborhood opportunity.

METHODS

In a cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record data for adolescents aged 13 to 18 years with preventive visits in a large pediatric primary care network between September 2021 and September 2022, we examined 5 health vulnerabilities: Tobacco use, substance use, firearm access, condomless intercourse, and depressive symptoms. Health vulnerabilities were assessed via self-reported adolescent health questionnaire and the validated Patient Health Questionnaire-Modified. Prevalence of health vulnerabilities were calculated alone and in combination, and compared by age and by quintile of neighborhood Child Opportunity Index (COI) score. Multivariable logistic regression estimated associations of neighborhood COI with reporting ≥2 health vulnerabilities.

RESULTS

Among 40 197 adolescents (57.7% aged 13–15 years, 66.3% living in “high”/”very high” COI neighborhoods), 29.7% reported at least 1 health vulnerability and 7.9% reported ≥2 vulnerabilities. Cumulative health vulnerabilities were more prevalent among older adolescents and adolescents from lower opportunity neighborhoods. In adjusted models, lower COI was associated with 65% higher odds of having ≥2 vulnerabilities (odds ratio 1.65, 95% confidence interval 1.43–1.91) compared with adolescents from the highest COI quintile.

CONCLUSIONS

Understanding the relationship between health vulnerabilities and neighborhood opportunities among adolescents may allow pediatric primary care providers and health systems to offer more tailored community support services and transdiagnostic specialized care navigation to address the health needs of teens with multiple vulnerabilities.
Geometric features and traffic dynamic analysis on 4-leg intersections
Authors: Saeed Wajahat , Saleh Muhammad Sohail , Gull Muhammad Naqash , Raza Hassan , Saeed Rafaqat , Shehzadi Tahira
Published: November 2023

With the escalating density of vehicles converging at road intersections, the surge in road accidents, traffic conflicts, and traffic congestion has emerged as a pressing concern. This research paper addresses these challenges by employing MC (manual control) techniques to mitigate encroachment issues at three selected intersections. These intersections were identified through a comprehensive analysis of the Ranking-based Instance Selection (RIS), enabling the design of suitable measures to facilitate smooth traffic flow and minimize the occurrence of crashes. In order to gather pertinent data, the study incorporates various parameters such as traffic volume, peak flow rate (PFR), traffic conflicts, accidents, and intersection inventory. Through the implementation of our proposed approaches, which involve both MC techniques and signalized operation, a supreme level of service (LOS) is attainable. Notably, our findings demonstrate a remarkable reduction in the volume-to-capacity ratio (v/c ratio) of up to 0.62. This paper thus serves as a significant contribution to the field of traffic management, offering practical insights for optimizing intersection design and effectively addressing the challenges posed by increased traffic density.
Circulating apelin, IL22RA2 and VEGF in pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension
Authors: Csósza Györgyi , Szűcs Gergő , Rozgonyi Zsolt , Csoma Balázs , Losonczy György , Müller Veronika , Karlócai Kristóf , Lázár Zsófia
Published: November 2023

Cytokines can modulate vascular remodelling and the adaptation of the right ventricle in pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, detailed data on the circulating levels of cytokines in patients are limited. We measured blood cytokine concentration in 39 treatment-naïve patients (pulmonary arterial hypertension: N = 16, chronic thromboembolic PH: N = 15, PH due to lung disease: N = 8) and 12 control subjects using enzyme-linked immunoassays. Apelin concentration >1,261 ng/mL identified patients with PH (66% sensitivity and 82% specificity), and in patients it was related to systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) (r = 0.33, P = 0.04), right atrial pressure (r = 0.38, P = 0.02), cardiac index (r = −0.34, P = 0.04), and right ventricular stroke work index (r = −0.47, P = 0.003). IL22RA2 concentration correlated with mean PAP (r = −0.32, P = 0.04) and serum N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide level (r = −0.42, P = 0.01). VEGF concentration increased in patients upon clinical improvement (N = 16, P = 0.02). Circulating apelin is a novel biomarker of pre-capillary PH. Apelin and IL22RA2 levels are related to right ventricular function upon diagnosis of PH.
‘Multilingualism across the lifespan’ Unn Røyneland and Robert Blackwood (eds) (2022)
Authors: Wu Hongmei
Published: November 2023

Multilingualism across the lifespanUnn Røyneland and Robert Blackwood (eds) (2022)London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 252ISBN: 978-0-367-64682-0 (hbk)ISBN: 978-0-367-64686-8 (pbk)ISBN: 978-1-003-12581-5 (ebk)
‘Spaces of multilingualism’ Robert Blackwood and Unn Røyneland (eds) (2022)
Authors: Liu Mengdi , Li Songqing
Published: November 2023

Spaces of multilingualismRobert Blackwood and Unn Røyneland (eds) (2022)London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 226ISBN: 9780367646899 (hbk)ISBN: 9781003125839 (ebook)
Empatia przyszłych nauczycieli a ich wrażliwość międzykulturowa
Authors:   Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, Wosik-Kawala Danuta , Korczyński Mariusz ,   Akademia Nauk Stosowanych Wincentego Pola w Lublinie
Published: November 2023

This article is empirical. It presents the results of a study aimed at determining the level of empathy and intercultural sensitivity of future teachers. Preparation of teachers to fulfil the pedagogical role of school, especially in the current situation caused by the war in Ukraine and the enrolment of approximately 200,000 Ukrainian children into the Polish education system, involves the necessity of adequate training of candidates for this profession. What is significant in this context is the definition of empathy, which should be understood as the ability to respectfully understand the other person and the inner power that guides and motivates an individual to pro-social behaviour. Another important element of that definition is cultural sensitivity understood as an indicator of cross-cultural communication ability, manifested in the readiness to interact with people from different cultures. The study was conducted employing a diagnostic survey with the use of a revised version of the Empathic Understanding Questionnaire by Andrzej Węgliński and the scale of intercultural sensitivity developed by Guo- Ming Chen and William Starosta in the Polish adaptation of Dariusz Majerk and Mariusz Korczyński. The survey involved students in pedagogical faculties from various higher education institutions in Poland. The results of the study reveal the need for pedagogical preparation of future teachers to fulfil their professional role to the highest possible extent.
Zdolności i twórczość w perspektywie międzykulturowej
Authors:   Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Humanistyczny im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Radomiu, Giza Teresa , Bocharova Olena ,   Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Published: November 2023

Cultural variables are increasingly being taken into account in new models of ability and creativity. This is due to changes in the definition of terms, socio-cultural changes, and international cooperation. The role of international comparative research is growing. Usually, the divergence is used: individualismcollectivism. With few exceptions, most of the research is conducted in Western institutions. Western countries and highly developed Asian countries are most often compared with each other. The results of the research indicate cultural differences in recognizing and educating gifted and creative students. The article comprises an outline of the main areas of cross-cultural research on abilities and creativity. The conclusions indicate a discrepancy between the development of theoretical knowledge and school practice, where there are cultural barriers to the education of the gifted. The main problem here is the underrepresentation of students from minority groups in educational programs for the gifted. Teacher’s work with gifted students in multicultural conditions is a special challenge. It requires socially equitable and differentiated strategies for diagnosing giftedness. Gifted students from culturally diverse groups have specific educational problems and needs. They are doubly exceptional students.
Cargas de trabalho, precarização e Saúde do Trabalhador no agronegócio no semiárido do Nordeste brasileiro
Authors: Pontes Andrezza Graziella Veríssimo , Silva Raiane Torres da , Silva Jennifer do Vale e
Published: November 2023

RESUMO A expansão do agronegócio no semiárido do nordeste do Brasil tem transformado agricultores camponeses em empregados de empresas de fruticultura, trazendo mudanças para seus modos de vida e trabalho. O estudo objetivou analisar condições, processos e cargas de trabalho no agronegócio de fruticultura. Realizou-se pesquisa qualitativa em que foram entrevistados empregados do agronegócio. As evidências foram produzidas e analisadas a partir de referenciais do campo Saúde do Trabalhador, fundamentando-se na teoria da determinação social do processo saúde-doença e adotando ‘processos de trabalho’ e ‘cargas de trabalho’ como categorias compreensivas das relações entre trabalho e saúde-doença. Observou-se que a produção agrícola se baseia na monocultura, no uso intensivo de mecanização e de agrotóxicos, e segue os moldes organizacionais da acumulação flexível e do taylorismo e fordismo. O mundo do trabalho vivido pelos empregados é marcado por alienação dos trabalhadores, precarização e intensificação do trabalho, que se concretizam em cargas de trabalho físicas, psíquicas, fisiológicas e, sobretudo, químicas. Estas advêm do uso intenso de agrotóxicos, presentes em todos os ambientes e processos de trabalho investigados. A proteção da saúde desses trabalhadores tensiona o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) a intensificar a vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador, e a saúde coletiva, a incluir a problemática da saúde no debate público sobre os modelos agrícolas nacionais.
Comprometimento da Capacidade para o Trabalho e efeitos neuropsicológicos entre trabalhadores com Covid-19 prévia
Authors: Ferreira Livia de Pinho , Yasuda Clarissa , Cendes Fernando , Martinez Maria Carmen , Lucca Sérgio Roberto de , Azevedo Valmir , Bandini Marcia
Published: November 2023

RESUMO A Covid-19 é uma doença multissistêmica e consequências funcionais e tardias estão em estudo. Sequelas psicológicas e neurocognitivas podem comprometer a Capacidade para o Trabalho (CT) dos trabalhadores. Objetivou-se investigar a CT de pessoas previamente infectadas pelo Sars-CoV-2, correlacionando-a com avaliação da sonolência, ansiedade, depressão e fadiga. Estudo transversal, com trabalhadores diagnosticados com Covid-19 e em acompanhamento no Serviço de Neurologia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Aplicou-se o instrumento Índice de Capacidade para o Trabalho (ICT), um formulário com dados sociodemográficos e ocupacionais, bem como escalas de sonolência, ansiedade, depressão e fadiga. Dos 119 trabalhadores que participaram do estudo, mais da metade apresentaram comprometimento da CT (52,9%). Distúrbio emocional foi o agravo relatado mais frequente (31,9%). A regressão logística múltipla mostrou que a interação entre ansiedade e sonolência esteve associada ao comprometimento da CT (OR=4,50 com p=0,002). Ansiedade e sonolência foram alterações tardias da Covid-19 e associadas ao comprometimento da CT dos trabalhadores avaliados. Este estudo demonstra a necessidade de que todos os trabalhadores com teste positivo por Covid-19 tenham sua CT avaliada por ocasião do retorno ao trabalho. Ações de promoção à saúde, reabilitação funcional e adaptação do trabalho de acordo com as sequelas apresentadas pelos trabalhadores.
Work and illness risks in Territorial Psychosocial Care: implications for mental health care management
Authors: Lima Israel Coutinho Sampaio , Sampaio José Jackson Coelho , Ferreira Júnior Antonio Rodrigues
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT The study aims to analyze precarious work due to working conditions that influence the management of mental health care and occupational health. This single case mixed study was conducted in six Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS) in a Decentralized Health Sector. The Work and Illness Risks Inventory was applied to a total purposeful sample of 35 workers, 15 of whom participated in the projective interview. Data were processed in SPSS 26.0.0.0 as measures of central tendency and dispersion. The interviews were categorized based on the evaluation axes proposed by the inventory, contextualized, and discussed from Edgar Morin’s Complex Thought. The result is critical for most predictors that evaluated the context, human cost, pleasure, distress, and harm related to work in the CAPS. Data illustrated by the workers’ narratives describe the precarious work conditions. Local Unified Health System managers quickly incorporated neoliberalism’s productivist principles, perpetuating substandard work conditions. Mental health care management processes, funding, and legal occupational and contractual conditions must be reviewed to align with Territorial Psychosocial Care (APT).
Rompendo as barreiras à participação cidadã: o caso da CGE-GO
Authors: COSTA VICTÓRIA VILVERT , PINHEIRO DANIEL MORAES , CANCELLIER EVERTON LUIS PELIZZARO DE LORENZI
Published: November 2023

Resumo A Controladoria-Geral do Estado de Goiás (CGE-GO) criou um Ecossistema de Participação Cidadã, a tríade composta por projetos que incentivam a participação cidadã e o controle social. Mas a equipe da CGE-GO está com dificuldades para estimular e garantir a ampliação e pleno funcionamento deste ecossistema. Henrique Ziller, Diego, Lucélia, Marjorie e toda a equipe precisam buscar estratégias para que a tríade de projetos não seja somente dependente da instituição, mas parte da sociedade civil. Para isso, precisam de estratégias para mitigar os riscos a fim de manter vivo o Ecossistema de Participação Cidadã.
Autonomy and submission in digital self-exposure and violent exposure of women
Authors: Patrocino Laís Barbosa , Bevilacqua Paula Dias
Published: November 2023

Abstract: The article discusses the meanings of the experiences of women who have undergone unauthorized exposure to intimacy, focusing on the possibilities and challenges to exercising autonomy in the experience of sexuality. It starts with debates in the fields of feminist political theory and exposure in the digital culture. Field work consisted of in-depth interviews with 17 girls and women who had intimate images disseminated in an unauthorized manner, as well as with 10 health and care professionals who assisted women in this situation. It is observed that the problematization of the various dimensions of desire, and not just the differentiation of violence, is a fruitful way to understand the possibilities of experiencing sexuality by women autonomously, especially in its contemporary manifestations.
Discursos que pesam: realismo agencial e processos de materialização corporal
Authors: Santos Caynnã de Camargo
Published: November 2023

Resumo: O artigo propõe um esforço de tensionamento dos argumentos feministas pós-estruturalistas sobre as relações estabelecidas entre práticas discursivas e a materialidade dos corpos. O fio condutor do texto é uma entrevista realizada com uma mulher que vivencia uma forma rara de malformação congênita do aparelho reprodutor. Interpelamos, primeiramente a partir das perspectivas pós-estruturalistas e, em seguida, com base no realismo agencial de Karen Barad, a narrativa da entrevistada sobre os processos de diagnóstico e tratamento da condição de agenesia vaginal. Concluímos que o advento do realismo agencial permite superar os limites epistêmicos das teorizações construtivistas acerca dos processos de materialização corporal, garantindo uma fundamental complementação materialista a tais posições e evidenciando a eficácia produtiva do poder disciplinar em toda sua dimensão empírica.
Trabajadoras a domicilio: el último eslabón de la producción neoliberal en Chile
Authors: González Cid Claudia Andrea
Published: November 2023

Resumen: Mediante este texto damos cuenta de las experiencias de trabajo de mujeres que se desempeñan como trabajadoras a domicilio, en la confección de ropa y sobres de papel. La premisa que está a la base es que estas experiencias se configuran a partir de la coocurrencia y articulación de una serie de relaciones sociales, que configuran experiencias particulares de trabajo y de vida. Se adopta una perspectiva interseccional y de género, para así reconocer y problematizar estas coocurrencias y configuraciones complejas. La metodología utilizada fue cualitativa. Se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad y observación en los domicilios de las trabajadoras. Uno de los principales hallazgos refiere a la imbricación y mutuo condicionamiento entre las relaciones de clase y de género, que sujeta a las trabajadoras al domicilio, y al doble desempeño de las labores productivas y reproductivas.
Narrativas de mulheres com deficiência física e visual sobre suas Maternidades
Authors: Corrêa Vanessa da Costa Rosa , Jurdi Andrea Perosa Saigh , Silva Carla Cilene Baptista da
Published: November 2023

Resumo: Embora, no Brasil, as mulheres representem cerca da metade das pessoas com deficiência, faltam dados sobre assistência e necessidades específicas dessa população em fase reprodutiva, dificultando a formulação de políticas públicas. O presente estudo teve por objetivo investigar as particularidades do ciclo gravídico-puerperal de mulheres com deficiência. Foram colhidas narrativas de seis mulheres com deficiência visual e física, moradoras de Santos, São Vicente e Praia Grande. A partir dos resultados, foi possível identificar experiências tanto positivas quanto negativas na assistência ao parto e pós-parto dessas mulheres, ligadas ao tipo de acolhimento que receberam. A pesquisa demonstrou a necessidade de mais estudos sobre essa temática e traz importantes contribuições para as áreas da Reabilitação e da Saúde da Mulher.
A viagem de urutau: Como é a vagina por dentro?
Authors: Franchetto Bruna
Published: November 2023

Resumo: Uma akinha (narrativa) kuikuro faz a autora voltar a pensar e a escrever sobre sexos e sexualidades de mulheres (e homens) num canto do mundo ameríndio e no nosso mundo de kagaiha (não indígenas). A personagem da akinha é Ájahi, a ave-gente Urutau, que empreende uma viagem para saber como seria a vagina por dentro. É uma narrativa divertida e séria, ao mesmo tempo, que leva para complementaridades, desdobramentos e contrastes. Egü (vulva ou vagina) é outro personagem, vagina-pessoa, que atravessa o pensamento mitológico ameríndio em fragmentos e transformações. Vulva “boa para ser pensada”.
From the training of Artificers to the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific, and Technological Education
Authors: Cechin Marizete Righi , Pilatti Luiz Alberto
Published: November 2023

Abstract The study aims to outline the power, dependence, and exclusion relations in the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific, and Technological Education and its implications at the organizational level and aspects of the composing institutions. This is documentary research, and its corpus consists of official documents, bills, laws, reports issued by federal bodies, electronic pages, and academic productions. The Eliasian theory was used, employing established and outsider categories. The 19 Schools of Apprentice Artificers represent the genesis of the Network, which, despite tensions, was politically expanded. The advance to higher levels of education materialized in institutional transformations has the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná as an inflection point. The Ministry of Education has been proposing policies to curb the individual application of Network members for higher levels of education. The most noticeable movement in this direction was the establishment of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science, and Technology. In conclusion, as a pulsating configuration, the network was built between the stigma of offering a species of second-class education aimed at the most disadvantaged classes (ÉRGA) and the search for a superior status (ÉPEA).
PORTUGUESE ADOLESCENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEERS WITH DISABILITIES
Authors: Ribeiro Alda , Peixoto Carla , Machado Francisco , Soares Mónica , Coelho Vera , Alves Sílvia , Azevedo Helena
Published: November 2023

Abstract This study aims to explore the attitudes of adolescents toward peers with disabilities, as well as its relationship with sociodemographic and psychological variables and contact experience. A total of 190 students, between 12 and 17 years old, participated in this study. Data collection was made through a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes Towards Children with Handicaps Scale, the Basic Empathy Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale. Results suggest that the attitudes of adolescents towards peers with disabilities are generally positive. Female, younger students and students who have contact with persons with disabilities out of school tend to have more positive attitudes. Empathy was positively correlated with attitudes.
“NOT A BOX!”: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SENSES ASSIGNED TO A CARDBOARD BOX
Authors: Gonçalves Jacqueline da Silva , Silva Elenice de Brito Teixeira , Neves Vanessa Ferraz de Almeida
Published: November 2023

Abstract This article argues that play is an activity that produces subjectivities, meanings, narratives, and, therefore, human consciousness in historically and culturally situated conditions. From the historical-cultural theory and ethnography in education, we argue that play is an act of creating possibilities, both for participation in the social group and for the production of meanings for what happens in collective life, through the analysis of creation meanings for a cardboard box in the event “Não é uma caixa!” [“Not a box!”]. We conclude that play creates contradictions between the perceptive, narrative, and imaginary fields, expanding the possibilities of action, language, and social relations, which drives the cultural development of children.