bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identification and analysis of characteristic flavor compounds in baked potato of different cultivars based on HS-GC-IMS
Authors: Duan Wen-sheng , Jiang Hong , Liu Xiao-feng , Wen Guo-hong , Zhou Ai-lan , Zeng Fan-kui K.
Published: March 2023

In this study, the volatile flavor compounds of baked potatoes from different cultivars were identified and analyzed via headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) together with principal component analysis (PCA). Totally, 88 signal peaks were detected, and 64 compounds were identified and classified into 25 aldehydes, 14 alcohols, 11 ketones, 5 esters, 2 furans, 1 pyrazine and others. Based on the signal intensity of the identified compounds, topographic plots and fingerprints were established to investigate the differences caused by cultivars. The main compounds including aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, esters, furan and pyrazine varied with cultivars, which were more abundant in B5 and B6 cultivars. Moreover, PCA and fingerprint similarity analysis clearly showed that these samples are independent and distinguishable. Results also showed that the GC-IMS technique might be helpful and useful in the rapid detection of volatile compounds in cooked potatoes and provide support for the domestic and industrial products.
Bespoke Virtual Machine Orchestrator: An Approach for Constructing and Reconfiguring Bespoke Virtual Machine in Private Cloud Environment
Authors: Park Joonseok , Jeong Sumin , Yeom Keunhyuk
Published: March 2023

A cloud-computing company or user needs to create a virtual machine to build and operate a cloud environment. With the growth of cloud computing, it is necessary to build virtual machines that reflect the needs of companies and users. In this paper, we propose a Bespoke Virtual Machine Orchestrator (BVMO) as a method of constructing a virtual machine. The BVMO builds resource volumes as core assets to meet user requirements and builds virtual machines by reusing and combining these resource volumes. This can increase the reusability and flexibility of virtual machine construction. A case study was conducted to build a virtual machine by applying the proposed BVMO to an actual OpenStack cloud platform, and it was confirmed that the construction time of the virtual machine was reduced compared with that of the existing method.
Evaluating the impact of noise on the performance of the Variational Quantum Eigensolver
Authors: Oliv Marita , Matic-Flierl Andrea , Messerer Thomas , Lorenz Jeanette M.
Published: March 2023

Quantum computers are expected to be highly beneficial for chemistry simulations, promising significant improvements in accuracy and speed. The most prominent algorithm for chemistry simulations on NISQ devices is the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE). It is a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm which calculates the ground state energy of a Hamiltonian based on parametrized quantum circuits, while a classical optimizer is used to find optimal parameter values. However, quantum hardware is affected by noise, and it needs to be understood to which extent it can degrade the performance of the VQE algorithm. In this paper, we study the impact of noise on the example of the hydrogen molecule. First, we compare the VQE performance for a set of various optimizers, from which we find NFT to be the most suitable one. Next, we quantify the effect of different noise sources by systematically increasing their strength. The noise intensity is varied around values common to superconducting devices of IBM Q, and curve fitting is used to model the relationship between the obtained energy values and the noise magnitude. Since the amount of noise in a circuit highly depends on its architecture, we perform our studies for different ansatzes, including both hardware-efficient and chemistry-inspired ones. Finally, we compare our results from noisy simulations with experiments on different IBM hardware devices.
A systematic review of CSF biomarker discovery in neuro-oncology: A roadmap to standardization and clinical application
Authors: Mikolajewicz Nicholas , Yee Patricia , Bhanja Debarati , Trifoi Mara , Kislinger Thomas , Mansouri Alireza
Published: March 2023

Effective diagnosis, prognostication and management of central nervous system (CNS) malignancies traditionally involves invasive brain biopsy but sampling and molecular profiling of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a safer, rapid and non-invasive alternative that can offer a snapshot of the intracranial milieu. While numerous assays and biomarkers have been analyzed, translational challenges remain, and standardization of protocols is necessary. Here we systematically reviewed 141 studies (Medline, SCOPUS, and Biosis databases; published between January 2000 and September 29th, 2022) that molecularly profiled CSF from adults with brain malignancies including glioma, brain metastasis (BrM), and CNS lymphoma (CNSL). We provide an overview of promising CSF biomarkers, propose CSF reporting guidelines, and discuss the various considerations that go into biomarker discovery, including the influence of blood-brain barrier disruption, type of biomarker (i.e., tumor cell DNA, RNA, protein), cell-of-origin, and site of CSF acquisition (e.g., lumbar, ventricular). We also performed a meta-analysis of proteomic datasets, identifying biomarkers in CNS malignancies and establishing a resource for the research community.
Bronchiectasis-associated infections and outcomes in a large, geographically diverse electronic health record cohort in the United States
Authors: Dean Samantha , Blakney Rebekah , Ricotta Emily E , Chalmers James , Kadri-Rodriquez Sameer , Olivier Kenneth N. , Prevots D Rebecca
Published: March 2023

Background
Bronchiectasis is a pulmonary disease characterized by irreversible dilation of the bronchi and recurring respiratory infections. Few studies have described the microbiology and prevalence of infections in large patient populations outside of specialized tertiary care centers.
Methods
We used the Cerner HealthFacts Electronic Health Record database to characterize the nature, burden, and frequency of pulmonary infections among persons with bronchiectasis. Chronic infections were defined based on organism-specific guidelines.
Results
We identified 7,749 patients who met our incident bronchiectasis case definition. In this study population, the organisms with the highest rates of isolate prevalence were Pseudomonas aeruginosa with 937 (12%) individuals, Staphylococcus aureus with 502 (6%), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) with 336 (4%), and Aspergillus sp. with 288 (4%). Among persons with at least one isolate of each respective pathogen, 219 (23%) met criteria for chronic P. aeruginosa colonization, 74 (15%) met criteria for S. aureus chronic colonization, 101 (30%) met criteria for MAC chronic infection, and 50 (17%) met criteria for Aspergillus sp. chronic infection. Of 5,795 persons with at least two years of observation, 1,860 (32%) had a bronchiectasis exacerbation and 3,462 (60%) were hospitalized within two years of bronchiectasis diagnoses. Among patients with chronic respiratory infections, the two-year occurrence of exacerbations and hospitalizations were 53% and 82%, respectively.
Conclusions
Patients with bronchiectasis experiencing chronic respiratory infections have high rates of hospitalization.
The Constraints and Prospects of Pastoralists Seasonal Migration in Gambella Region: The Case of Itang Special District
Authors: Gatdet Chayot
Published: March 2023

The pastoralists cross the territory with their herds as they migrate periodically between the forests and Baro River bank. The aim of this study was to evaluate the challenges and opportunities presented by the seasonal migration of pastoralists in the research area. Then, simple random samplings and purposive samplings were employed. Moreover, 278 chosen pastoral homes were used to gather the quantitative and qualitative data. The data was gathered using the focus group discussion, interview schedule, and document analysis techniques. The data were analyzed using percentage, frequency, and the chi-square test. The findings revealed that the pastoral households had to deal with ongoing war, poor physical infrastructure, a lack of non-farm developments, a shortage of water resources, and widespread livestock diseases in their home regions. Similarly, pastoral households have increased their resilience, promoted social cohesion, and maintained rangelands in their final destinations by obtaining a growing amount of animal products. The seasonal migration of the pastoralists thus brings about a variety of surprises and opportunities in the district.
LINGUISTIC INTERPRETATION OF LEGAL TERMINOLOGY IN SEMANTIC-TEXTUAL RESEARCH
Authors: Sydorenko Olha , Bondarenko Olena , Sypchenko Inna
Published: March 2023

The article provides a lexical interpretation of the legal concepts of "justification of armed aggression", "recognition of armed aggression as legitimate" and "denial of armed aggression", an example of a semantic-textual study of a media message using linguistic interpretation of legal terms is given. The proposed model of practical application of linguistic interpretation of legal terms in solving the tasks of semantic-textual examination of speech is determined by the stages of semantic-textual research of controversial texts: 1) interpretation of legal terminexemes by means of semantic analysis of their components; 2) establishing the objective content of statements by means of lexical-semantic and conceptual-content analysis, followed by establishing the semantic correlation of the content of the statement and the lexical interpretation of legal concepts; 3) determination of the actual meaning of the key words of the message through the application of the contextual-interpretive method, which makes it possible to expand the conceptual content of the studied phenomena; 4) establishing key words, logical-grammatical connections within the communicative act, means of inter-phrase communication in the text of the message to determine cause-and-effect relationships in the objective content of the message as an argument for the legality of armed aggression.
THOMAS NASHE IS NOT A SATIRIST: THE IMAGE OF “THE BLACK DEATH” IN HIS POETRY
Authors: Fedoriaka Liudmyla , Klymenko Iryna
Published: March 2023

The authors of this article focus on poetics of “triptych about the Black death”, which is included in the play “Summer’s Last Will and Testament” (1592) written by the Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe. As this writer is well-known to modern literary scholars mostly as a talented satirist, the author of a novel and numerous pamphlets, the attention to his poetic heritage is nowadays surprisingly relevant from the view point of their thematic vector and from the viewpoint of the author’s contribution into the development of the Elizabethan poetic tradition. The three poems about the London plague of 1592-1594 forced T. Nashe to change both his lifestyle and concepts of his fiction. Faced with inevitable illness and death, the writer demonstrated his imagination about plague in poems that enrich the fictional structure of drama. Being united by the ideas of the life transience and the fear of death, the author’s psycho-emotional state and his contemporaries’ universal vision of the medical disaster are manifested in different ways. In this article, there is also an attempt to find out the ideological and fictional specificity of the poems and their correlation with the structural and compositional organization of the play, as well as to define so-called theatricality as an artistic feature of drama. Some unfamiliar facts from the author’s life and socio-cultural context are also placed in the given article. Having analyzed the poems, the authors of the research came to conclusion that their uniqueness lies in the following: in his first drama Nashe represented his first poems, moreover, for the first time in the Late Renaissance literature, they were devoted to the Black death. This artistic achievement differs Th. Nashe from contemporary men-of-letter. Thanks to these poems, Nashe can be henceworth considered not only a great satirist, but also as a talented poet of the Elizabethan age.
Validation of the Minnesota Easy Culture System II
Authors: Lago A. , Godden S. , Bey Rus , Leslie K. , Dingwell R. , Ruegg P.
Published: March 2023

Despite continued progress in mastitis control research, mastitis remains the most costly infectious disease, and the most frequent cause of antibacterial use, on commercial dairy farms. As such, research should continue on the development and validation of new management tools that will help reduce the health and economic impact of this disease, while at the same time promoting the judicious and strategic use of antimicrobials on dairy farms. Accordingly, there is increasing adoption of on-farm culture systems for selective treatment of clinical mastitis cases. Similarly, there may be an opportunity for using on-farm culture systems for the diagnosis and selective treatment of subclinical intramammary infections in fresh cows.

A multi-site, multi-herd, three-year controlled field study has been designed to validate the efficacy and quantify the cost-benefit of incorporating on-farm culture systems into both clinical and subclinical mastitis monitoring and treatment programs. This manuscript outlines the methodology followed and presents the preliminary results of one of the objectives of the project, which is validation of an on-farm culture system (Minnesota Easy Culture System II).
Case Description of Possible Vitamin-E Deficiency among Calves in a Large Danish Dairy Herd
Authors: Engelbrecht R. , Krogh Jensen S. , Linde E. , Myrup Pedersen K.
Published: March 2023

The objective with the present report is to present a case of what seemed to be hypovitaminosis E among two ten-week-old dairy calves (mainly due to pneumonia) in a 900-cow Danish dairy herd.
Reproductive Records
Authors: Nebel Ray L. , DeJarnette J. Mel
Published: March 2023

Reproductive performance of a dairy herd is a function of certain management policies and how well these are implemented in daily herd management. It has long been known that there is an important economic advantage to be gained by efficient reproduction in dairy herds. The ability to use records effectively is a cornerstone of reproductive management. Accurate records are necessary to obtain the history of past performance and determine if changes or adjustments need to be made in current management policies. However, one must use good judgment with monitoring to avoid changing something that is not really a problem. Change should occur as needed or warranted, and not just for the sake of change. Many parameters can be used to monitor reproductive status and trends on the dairy herd, but every parameter monitored should be proactive, measurable and result in profit to the dairy.

Benchmarks are standards by which performance can be measured or compared, and are not synonymous with goals. Benchmarks are simply the averages for different monitoring parameters and may be derived by grouping together herds that represent specific categories (herd size, production level, geographic location). Goals are target levels of performance toward which managers are striving. Complete herd records should provide the necessary tools to define herd performance historically, assist in establishing goals for monitored parameters and assist in determining the impact of the plan developed to reach the established goals.

What is compliance on the dairy? It will be defined here as the administration of treatments or actions according to a prescribed protocol. The more complicated a protocol, the greater the chances for procedural failure. Protocol compliance is critical for success. There are two types of monitoring points for compliance: the execution of the event itself, or the resulting outcome from that action that is related to the process. Most reproductive monitoring is performed on the resulting action which is indicated by the day in milk at first service (DIMFS), serum progesterone levels at time of injection or insemination, and finally, pregnancy rates in the subsequent 21-day cycles.
Effects of SRP® E. coli Vaccine Technology on Feeder Cattle Performance, Health, and Carcass Characteristics
Authors: Rezac D. J. , Thomson D. U. , Butler B. A. , Wileman B. W. , Reinhardt C. D.
Published: March 2023

The use of SRP® E. coli vaccine technology effectively decreases the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in feeder cattle, thus making it a valuable tool for increasing food safety in the beef industry. However, questions continue to be raised about the vaccine effects on economic drivers in cattle feeding. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of vaccinating cattle three times with SRP® E. coli vaccine technology verses a placebo (control) on performance, health, and carcass characteristics of cattle fed in commercial feedlots.
Hoof histopathological changes in cattle subjected to the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp
Authors: Mendes H. M. F. , Valadares R. C. , Paz C. F. R. , Rocha Júnior S. S. , Ribeiro R. M. , Faleiros R. R.
Published: March 2023

Although hyperinsulinemia has been shown to play a central role in horse laminitis, the link between insulin and hoof diseases has not been established in cattle. The objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged hyperinsulinemia on the integrity of the hoof lamellar tissue in cattle
Survey of reproduction management on Canadian dairy farms
Authors: Denis-Robichaud J. , Cerri R. L. A. , Jones-Bitton A. , LeBlanc S. J.
Published: March 2023

Many dairy herds do not achieve their targets for reproductive performance. Despite many advances in technologies and management tools, producer attitudes towards, and frequency of implementation of these tools are not well documented. The objective of the present study was to survey current reproduction management practices in a representative sample of Canadian dairy farms.
Clinical case studies of the Whitetail Deer
Authors: Donley Shane
Published: March 2023

Through clinical experience we have learned that whitetails have an amazing ability to heal from certain injuries and illnesses and are not very good at recovering from others. Part of the problem arises from lack of research on deer, although there is more and more research in the works. This presentation is a compilation of case studies explaining treatment techniques that worked well clinically and others that did not. As the deer industry grows, we are going to be asked to treat more cervids in private practice. This discussion should give multiple techniques for treating some of the most common problems you will encounter in private practice.
Assessment of periparturient behavior in beef cattle using accelerometers
Authors: Bayne J. E. , Walz P. H.
Published: March 2023

A large percentage of calf death loss in cow-calf operations occurs during the intrapartum period, with the majority a result of dystocia. The usefulness of commercial activity monitors to detect changes in behavior indicative of impending parturition has not been fully explored. Research objectives included characterization of behavioral indices during the periparturient period in beef cattle and the ability of changes in behavioral indices from baseline to accurately predict impending parturition in individual cows.
Evaluation of digital Brix refractometry in assessing maternal colostrum quality and transfer of passive immunity in beef cattle
Authors: Windeyer M. C. , Homerosky E. , Grover M. , Murray C. , Pajor E. A. , Lewis R. , Haines D.
Published: March 2023

Newborn calves depend on passive immunity acquired by the timely ingestion of colostrum containing adequate concentrations of immunoglobulin G (IgG). Failed transfer of passive immunity (FTP) in calves is defined as serum IgG concentrations <10 g/L, measured between 1 and 7 days after birth. It is estimated that up to 27% of beef calves suffer from FTP, which can affect calf health, survival, and growth. In contrast to dairy calves that are typically hand-fed prescribed volumes of colostrum, beef calves ideally suck from their dam and do not need human intervention. This requires the calf to be vigorous, the cow to allow the calf to suckle, and the colostrum to be of sufficient quality and quantity. However, beef producers rarely know the quality or quantity of colostrum available to, or consumed by, the calves in their care. Although measuring the volume of colostrum is not generally feasible for beef producers, there are on-farm tools available to estimate IgG concentration. Optical and digital refractometers are widely used to evaluate colostrum and serum of dairy cattle. However, there is minimal published research evaluating these tools in beef cattle. Objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of the Brix refractometer for estimating quality of maternal colostrum and levels of passive immunity acquired by commercial beef calves.
When the Wrong Woman Wins: Building Bullies and Perpetuating Patriarch
Authors: Brunner Penelope W. , Costello Melinda L.
Published: March 2023

Some women are not good managers; and that is exactly why some companieskeep them. For 30 years, researchers and working women have watched theprogression of females into America's corporate management positions, and in theirexamination of the glass ceiling phenomenon, Corsun and Costen (2001) reportthat 40% of US executives, managers, and administrators are now women. Duringthe early years of the women's movement, it was hypothesized that as the numberof women entering the working public increased, a feminization or softening ofbusiness organizations would also occur. Publications such as Helgesen's (1990) TheFemale Advantage, Helgesen's (1995) The Web of Inclusion, and Rosener's (1990)"Ways Women Lead" led us to believe that kinder, gentler, and nurturingenvironments fostered by humane, caring, and intuitive leaders were developing.Multiculturalism and diversity were the expected outcomes.
Creating Space for Subjectivity: Wandering Discourses of Female/Teacher
Authors: Phillips Donna K. , Cammack J. Camille
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we draw from a cluster of stories to illustrate theneed for new spaces in teacher education where preserviceteachers can "speak the unspeakable" in order to open uppossibilities in their teacher identities. We want to demonstratehow discourses surrounding what it means to be a teacherrestrict preservice teachers' abilities to problem-solve andrespond critically to important educational issues. We want toshow how discourses silence students to a dangerous politenesswhere issues of importance are denied discussion. The storiestold here lead us to theorize a need for a space where preserviceteachers can "speak the unspeakable," and, through this,identify and deconstruct public discourses defining what itmeans to be "female" and "teacher." Ultimately, we believe thatsuch discussions are imperative if preservice teachers are to beprepared to work with sensitive issues such as gender, race, andclass.
GRADUATE STUDENTS' DESCRIPTION OF THE IDEAL SCIENCE ADVISOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR GRADUATE WOMEN'S SUCCESS
Authors: Ferreira Maria M.
Published: March 2023

Research indicates that doctoral students' relationship with their advisor is the most important factor in thedegree progress, and often the main reason for student attrition. In this study interviews with graduatestudents in two science departments, biology and chemistry, at a large research university were used toexplore their concept of the "ideal" science research advisor and the extent to which their present advisorfits this ideal. Students' descriptions of the ideal research advisor included many of the traits thatcharacterize the advisor as a mentor. However, student responses also indicated that most of their advisorsdeviated considerably from students' descriptions of the "ideal." This perception was particularly commonamong the female students in chemistry.
The Impact of Feminist Pastoral Counseling on the Self -Esteem of Female Christians
Authors: Lin Yu-Fen
Published: March 2023

Feminist therapy has risen correspondingly to feminism since 1960 (Israeli & Santor, 2000). Dutton-Douglas and Walker (1988) stated that over a decade feminist theory has greatly impacted the major therapysystems. Feminist therapy also has developed considerably and brought its unique contribution to the area ofpsychotherapy. This therapy addresses four important issues, which are: (a) the special problems thatwomen bring into the therapeutic setting, such as motherhood, employment discrimination, marriages, rape,wife abuse, sexual harassment, etc.; (b) sex-role socialization in the development of women, for example,women are expected to maintain the body image of a certain thin figure and try their best to stay youngbecause this society adores youth, especially for women, and other social sex-roles which keep womensubordinate to the other gender and, therefore, causes women' s unhealthy problems.; (c) the inadequacies ofcontemporary theory, research, and practice in addressing the lives of women; and (d) the development ofalternative approaches to conceptualization and intervention with women (Worell & Remer,1992).
Women Leaders' Perspectives and Experiences of Leadership Development
Authors: Stelter-Flett Nicole
Published: March 2023

Ideas and theories that consider the intersection of leader diversity and development needs are in thebeginning stages of exploration and understanding. The purpose of this study is to explore and understandhow women in organizational leadership roles describe their lived experiences of leadership development.Women leaders participated in semistructured interviews with the researcher to explore the participants'perspectives and lived experience of leadership development. Five core meanings and themes wereelucidated from interview responses using phenomenological analysis methods. Each theme is discussedand recommendations for future research are considered. The results of this study can be used to informspecific individual-level considerations for women's leadership development, improve leadershipdevelopment applications, and describe potential actions needed to address the issues that influencewomen's leadership applications.
Standing on the Frontline: Having the Courage to Teach
Authors: Garner Rochelle
Published: March 2023

Issues of race, class, and gender along with many other characteristics that define human differences areinextricably woven into the fabric of the social institutions in the United States of America; the universityclassroom is not excluded. This article discusses the teaching experiences of an African-American womanteaching associate/doctoral student while teaching at a predominantly white institution and the resistanceoften encountered from students in the form of challenging authority, questioning credibility and/or grades,and other forms of disrespectful behavior that could be subtle and covert. Despite such challenges, theteaching associate discusses ways in which she used various strategies to successfully manage barriers in theclassroom. Dealing with issues of social justice in the classroom inevitably creates a level of discomfort forindividuals who have never had to deal with these issues; yet, it is critically important to continue to raisethe level of awareness for faculty and administrators of the type of issues women and people of color arefaced with in the classroom when dealing with these topics."When and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and withoutsuing, or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me."-Anna Julia Cooper"As subjects, people have the right to define their own reality, establish their own identities, [and] name theirhistory."-bell hooks
Telling Stories: Examining the Views of an African-Centered Female Minority Leader
Authors: Davenport, Ph.D. Elizabeth K.
Published: March 2023

Many educators believe that unless a determined effort is made to include cultural relevance in publicschool curriculums, public education will continue to fail African-American students. In fact, the quality ofone's experience in education and in the community is often identified as a critical determinant for gaining afoundation for higher intellectual pursuits. This article examines the beliefs of an African-centered educatoras she uses her own African-centered model to empower African-American students and solve this seriousproblem in her community.
Women Leaders and Spirituality
Authors: Harris Sandra
Published: March 2023

In addressing leadership, there are often two interlocking strands. One of these strands centers on thecontributions of leadership grounded in men's leadership experiences (Regan & Brooks, 1995). The secondinterlocking strand includes feminist attributes. This contributes to nuances of meaning that arise fromwomen's experiences of leadership. Regan and Brooks noted five attributes of leadership among women:collaboration, caring, courage, intuition, and vision. Often these attributes are embedded in firmly heldbeliefs which are at the heart of a notion of relational leadership. Over twenty years ago, Jaggar (1983)further emphasized that "feminist theory is at its best when it reflects the lived experiences of women, whenit bridges the gap between mind and body, reason, and emotion, thinking and feeling" (p. x).
Testimonies of Exemplary Caribbean Women Educational Leaders
Authors: Conrad Dennis A. , Conrad Deborah J.
Published: March 2023

This study recognizes and honors the contributions and opinions of three exemplary educational and socialinstitutions at national levels in Trinidad and Tobago. They emerged as leaders, despite the dominantpatriarchy, pervasive bureaucracy, and elitist hegemony characteristic of "developing" countries. Thetestimonies of these women in leadership reveal glimpses of how they evolved as community leaders andtheir perceptions on what is critical to educational leadership. This study uses oral history methodology todevelop thick narratives and aims to share, celebrate, and value the lessons of these participant-exemplars.Findings from the study reveal leadership as an evolutionary process, nurtured by spirituality, community,and a sense of gender-equity--along with inter-relatedness--in the lives of the participants
Gender Identity and the Role of an Adult Educator in a Vocational Training Institute
Authors: Kokogiannis Kostas
Published: March 2023

This study examined the degree of sensitization of an adult educator in a Vocational Training Institute with regard to the link between his (her) gender identity and his (her) pedagogic role. In effect, the degree of sensitization connotes the extent to which an educator experiences the sexism. Thirty eight adult educators (19 male and 19 female) have been interviewed for the purpose of the inquiry. The results showed that the female adult educators experienced and perceived higher the above link than the male educators. The origin of this differentiation has been largely based on the social construction of the gender identity and the segmentation of the labour market, and internalized in values and beliefs about appropriate masculine/feminine roles and expectations.
Women's Parliament: The Israeli Experience
Authors: Hertzog Esther
Published: March 2023

The Women's Parliament in Israel is a platform for politics from a feminist perspective, established in November 1989. The article discusses the aims, activities and achievements of this framework on the background of political marginalization, economic discrimination, religious oppression, and cultural objectification of women. The Parliament strives to raise awareness of this reality; to change public discourse and policies; to support women competing over leadership positions. The article also addresses the financial and organizational barriers faced by the Women Parliament's endeavors to bring about fundamental change in the gendered power structure. Consequently, it examines the idea of establishing Women's Parliaments around the world, as a means for global gender change.
Is There Perceived Gender Disparity for Women Practicing Sports Medicine?
Authors: Stern Nicole G. , Barrett James R.
Published: March 2023

To understand the demographics of women sports medicine physicians and to determine whether they experienced gender disparity in the quality, quantity or types of clinical job opportunities. The authors surveyed women sports medicine physicians in the United States who were trained in one of the five primary care sports medicine specialties (pediatrics, emergency medicine, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and family medicine). The participants completed the survey on the Internet and their participation was solicited via email based on membership in the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine or board certification with the American Board of Family Medicine. A total of 300 surveys were distributed; 182 surveys were completed for a response rate of 61%. Our study revealed that women over 35 years of age covered fewer events and games as part of their sports medicine practice than women under age 35 (75% versus 89% respectively). Only 25% of women under 35 and 41% over age 35 felt that they had achieved their career goals. In addition, 60.5% of the women surveyed felt that they were compensated at a rate commensurate with their male peers and most women stated that the type and amount of clinical opportunities for women did not differ from men. Overall, women sports medicine physicians were satisfied with their careers and most work in larger communities. However, it will be important to follow the careers of women sports medicine physicians in order to better understand the nuances of their clinical practice environments that may reveal disparities in the field of primary care sports medicine.
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: The Leadership Development of African American Women in Higher Education
Authors: Davis Deanna R. , Maldonado Cecilia
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this research study was to explore the intersectionality of race and gender for African American women through their lived experiences of how they developed as leaders. This qualitative study aimed to research the implications of race and gender for African American women in academia. A phenomenological research method was employed to capture the essence of the participants' stories and to fully understand their common experiences. Results show that the women in the study confirmed that race and gender informed their development as leaders in academia. Five themes were generated from their stories. In general, most of them described how the intersection of race and gender affected their leadership development and career trajectories. In spite of the barriers they encountered, these women perform skillfully in an environment where inequities, negative assumptions and doubts are prevalent. Even through adversity, they carry out their responsibilities but often in an atmosphere where they constantly have to prove themselves. Yet, these African American female leaders have persevered and continue to demonstrate their ability to rise above and perform with tenacity.
Women Leaders within Higher Education in the United States: Supports, Barriers, and Experiences of Being a Senior Leader
Authors: Hannum Kelly M. , Muhly Shannon M. , Shockley-Zalabak Pamela S. , White Judith S.
Published: March 2023

Fundamental change is underway in higher education requiring more leaders and a different type of leadership at all levels. However, statistics indicate the women are under represented at the senior-most levels. Our research focused on 35 women at the senior-most levels of institutions of higher education and explored their journey into senior leadership roles and their experience of being a leader in higher education today. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, coded, and analyzed. Included is a statistical comparison of the experiences of white women and women of color. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of the experiences of women in senior leadership positions in higher education. The women leaders in this study provide more detailed descriptions of the positive aspects of being in a leadership role than have been previously reported. The positive aspects of being in a leadership role are important to document in order to provide balanced perspective on the experiences of being a senior leader and a woman in higher education.
Considering Principal Evaluation as Means of Renewal, Reflection and Growth
Authors: Harper Brenda L.
Published: March 2023

In this article, the author examines the current context of educational leadership evaluations and how this context might be reimagined and operationalized in terms of feminist ideas and ideals in which collaboration, renewal, development and growth are valued throughout the evaluative process. Feminist philosophy is explored and applied to the feedback process for educational leaders, enabling them to sustain and renew in a climate of intense scrutiny and accountability.
In Quest of Excellence, Not Power: Women's Paths to Positions of Influence and Leadership
Authors: Moor Avigail
Published: March 2023

Despite the tremendous advancement of women in Western society, they are still exceedingly underrepresented in positions of leadership and policymaking in the public sphere. This study aims to explore the ways women may overcome the traditional barriers on their path to key positions of influence by examining the factors that contributed to the success of women who have reached senior policymaking positions in their organizations. The study combines qualitative and quantitative methodologies, consisting of in-depth interviews with high-ranking women in different spheres of Israeli society, such as parliament members, directors in the public and private spheres, senior military commanders, and the like, along with self-report questionnaires. The findings identify diverse factors that contributed to the rise of these women to the top, including organizational properties, familial features and personal attributes. Practical recommendations for the advancement of women to influential leadership positions are suggested in accordance with the results.
Sleep Medicine in Australia
Authors: Grivell Nicole , Sweetman Alexander , Lovato Nicole , Vakulin Andrew , Chai-Coetzer Ching Li
Published: March 2023

This chapter explores the current context of sleep medicine in Australia. Detailed descriptions of the providers involved in sleep health care, the services available for the assessment and management of sleep disorders, the professional organisations supporting and advocating for sleep medicine, Australian clinical guidelines, and the barriers limiting the provision of best practice sleep health care are presented within this chapter. Sleep medicine is available within Australia by means of publicly funded specialist-led sleep services such as public hospital outpatient clinics and sleep laboratories, and private referral options including specialist sleep physicians, sleep psychologists and private sleep laboratories. Access to publicly funded sleep services are often limited by long wait times for assessment and management, insufficient numbers of sleep-trained providers and long distances to travel for those individuals located in rural and remote areas. Private sleep services offer shorter waiting times than public sleep services, however the associated costs of accessing private treatment mean that it is limited to those with the financial means to afford it. Subsidies for many treatments for sleep disorders, such as continuous positive airway pressure and mandibular advancement splints, are also restricted to those on government benefits and/or those who hold private health insurance coverage. Research exploring new models of care for sleep health care within the primary care setting is currently being conducted in an effort to improve access to care for the many Australians living with sleep disorders.
Past, Present, and Future Directions of Sleep Medicine in Thailand
Authors: Chirakalwasan Naricha , Desudchit Tayard , Preutthipan Aroonwan , Maranetra Khunying Nanta , Yongchaiyudh Prapan , Neruntarat Chairat , Chinvarun Yotin , Kotchabhakdi Naiphinich
Published: March 2023

Sleep Medicine is a growing discipline in Thailand. The formal 2-year-sleep medicine fellowship was approved by medical council of Thailand and established under four specialties including internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, and otolaryngology in 2018. Thailand has also established formal sleep technologist courses and certification examinations since 2010. Sleep Society of Thailand was established in 2009 and subsequently other sleep societies were also established. All societies contributed to the development and advancement of sleep medicine in Thailand including the development of national clinical practice guidelines. There are limited numbers of sleep laboratories in the country particularly in government settings. Fortunately, polysomnography conducted at a sleep laboratory in a government hospital is covered by most of the health care coverage programs. However, CPAP cost is only covered by the civil service welfare system, limited private health insurance, certain state enterprise or government employees. There has been an increasing number of research in the field of sleep medicine in recent years. However, multicenter, multidisciplinary, longitudinal studies in the field of sleep medicine are still lacking. Internationalization in terms of hosting international conferences and awards by the international sleep society has increased the visibility of Thailand regionally and globally. Collaboration among various disciplines is the key to advancing the field forward.
Current Practice of Sleep Medicine in India
Authors: Dang Nitika
Published: March 2023

The history of sleep medicine dates back to millennia, carrying centuries of wisdom, decades of myths and challenges through the many years of struggle. Having been recognised as a body of knowledge in the last two decades and a formal branch of medicine in modern-day India. The burden of impending clinical practice, research and disproportionate health indices has allowed the tide of sleep medicine to be surfed by multiple specialties. With research interest dating back to 1965, the practice laid its formal beginning with the first sleep lab set up in New Delhi in 1995. The regulatory practices are thin on the ground that impedes the standardization of clinical research, labs or training of personnel in India. Initiatives at the behest of physicians have led to the setup of self-structured regulatory bodies, expanding the network of sleep labs in the country, albeit still very limited in comparison to the size of its populace. Increasing awareness about healthy sleep habits, bridging gaps in research, quality training and standards, improved regulatory frameworks, and translating knowledge from evidence-based medicine will drive the desired public health outcomes as well as the growth of standards and the future of sleep medicine practice in India.
Sleep Medicine and Surgery in Egypt: Evolution, Clinical Practice, Education and Research Services
Authors: Zaki Nevin Fayez , Morsy Nesreen Elsayed
Published: March 2023

All through Egyptian history, starting from the pharaohs, passing by the Coptic and Islamic eras up to modern Egypt, there have been different interests in healthy sleep and sleep hygiene. Myths about sleep medicine are common among cultures and in Egypt, lack of public awareness about sleep disorders makes most patients undiagnosed or ignorant about whom to consult about their symptoms. In this chapter, we aim to provide the reader with the current state of the art of sleep medicine in Egypt. We conducted a literature review, furthermore the opinion of sleep experts in Egypt was collected and stated in detail, and additionally Egyptian sleep centers were invited to answer a survey in order to collect information about the equipment and trained personnel presented in this chapter. There are three types of Egyptian medical education streams including, the public, private and Al-Azhar medical schools, in which undergraduate and postgraduate medical students can join and earn their degrees but there are no specialized degrees in sleep medicine yet, exact details about medical education in Egypt are provided below. Egypt has numerous health care system providers or sectors: public, private and financing agents’ parastatal providers. Nevertheless, sleep studies remain expensive for the Egyptian public and most insurance companies do not fund it, which makes the expenses of polysomnography the duty of the patient to pay from his own pocket. Egyptian sleep laboratories are governmental and private labs, the governmental labs usually exist in university hospitals, financial and educational hassles make accreditation of these labs by AASM difficult. We provided statistics describing these labs and the type of equipment they use. We tried to discuss the clinical and research sleep status in Egypt, additionally, we tried to suggest solutions for these challenging issues.
Sleep Medicine in Austria
Authors: Popovic Rainer , Saletu Michael T. , Kerbl Reinhold
Published: March 2023

Austria has had a long tradition of sleep and dream science since Sigmund Freund published his psychoanalytic theory of personality at the turn of the twentieth century. Sleep medicine today, however, is a multidisciplinary specialization and training in Austria lasts about 18 months. Exploring the impact of sleep on daily activity, Austrian scientists are especially interested in the role of sleep disorders as an independent risk factor for neurological, psychiatric, and vascular diseases and their therapeutic management.

When the Austrian Sleep Research Association (ASRA) was founded in 1991, CPAP therapy for sleep apnea had already celebrated its 10th birthday and had become a standard therapy covered by all public health insurance. Quite in contrast, in the field of insomnia, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been established in international therapy guidelines, but for sleep-disturbed patients, affordable rapid access to this therapeutic option is still a challenge in our country.

Since 1998, the ASRA has been offering voluntary accreditation based on a quality check process to sleep centers. More recently, a sleep training plan was introduced to obtain a sleep physician diploma by the Austrian Medical Chamber.