bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Peripheral monocyte count is associated with hematoma clearance after intracerebral hemorrhage: a multicenter retrospective study
Authors: Zhang Tianjie , Wen Dingke , Wang Xing , Yu Yang , Wang Canzhi , Tao Chuanyuan , Ma Lu
Published: December 2022

Background
Promoting hematoma clearance after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) can reduce secondary brain injury. However, factors influencing hematoma resolution remain unclear. We aimed to explore the factors influence hematoma clearance and find the relationship between the rate of hematoma clearance and short-term prognosis.
Methods
Multicenter consecutive ICH patients from 2020 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. We included subjects with a follow-up computed tomographic scan available within 15 ± 4 days and without recurrent bleeding or hematoma expansion after admission. Hematoma volumes were calculated by ABC/2 method, and CT value greater than 50U were identified as hematoma. Multiple linear regression and multiple Logistics regression are used to find the factors affecting the hematoma resolution. The association between the hematoma clearance rate and ICH expansion was investigated with multivariate logistic regression.
Results
A total of 116 subjects met eligibility criteria (median age, 57.1 years; 71.7% men), higher baseline monocyte count (odds ratio, 2.00; 95% confidence interval, 1.26–3.16; P = 0.003) and admission hematoma volume (odds ratio, 1.36; 95% confidence interval, 1.19–1.54; P = < 0.001) was associated with the rate of hematoma clearance. There was no association between hematoma clearance rate and short-term prognosis (odds ratio, 1.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.2–7.67; P = 0.823).
Conclusion
Elevated levels of peripheral monocyte count and hematoma volume were independently related to the rate of hematoma clearance. The relationship between the rate of hematoma clearance and short-term outcomes in ICH patients has not been demonstrated. Peripheral monocytes may be an important pathway to regulate hematoma clearance in the future.
Soil seed bank can complement restoration efforts in a coastal freshwater creek
Authors: Ling Joanne Elizabeth , Powell Megan , Wen Li , Pinto Uthpala
Published: December 2022

Riparian vegetation is a keystone ecosystem element heavily impacted by livestock grazing. Historically, regeneration approaches of the riparian vegetation use either active (planting) and passive (natural regeneration) strategies. Objective frameworks based on an understanding of the soil seed bank are needed to help guide the approach adopted. This study compared the soil seed bank composition to the extant riparian vegetation to assess the potential for natural regeneration to supplement active plantings, following livestock exclusion. Our results show that the proportions of species nativeness, growth forms, and life cycle was similar for both communities, but there was an inverse relationship between wetland specialist species in both communities. While invasive species in the soil seed bank are considered a challenge, there is potential that restoration efforts may not be overwhelmed when there is a persistent native seed bank combined with other basic management strategies. The high abundance of native grass-types (Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Juncaginaceae, Asparagaceae, Poaceae, Typhaceae), can be relied upon to regenerate the understorey to complement the planting of the upper tree layer and accelerate the successional trajectories of recovery. However, in areas that are species-rich of all native plant growth forms, redirecting resources to sites that are species-poor (especially of native trees and shrubs) could be an efficiency option. Our findings have important implications for land managers in not only selecting appropriate growth forms for restoration, but also extending their funding resources further to additional sites across the landscape.
Arsenic elevated groundwater irrigation: Farmers’ perception on rice and vegetables contamination in a naturally arsenic endemic area
Authors: Rokonuzzaman MD , ZH Ye , C Wu , WC LI
Published: December 2022

Arsenic (As) elevated groundwater irrigation for rice and vegetable cultivation, and its associated health threat is a significant concern worldwide. Researchers are endeavoring to invent As mitigating strategies to combat this terrible hazard; all their striving have ensued without adequate grassroots information about farmers' perception of the As accumulation scenario in their crops. This study investigates Farmers’ perception and current status of crop and body loading in naturally arsenic endemic regions. Results reveal that one fourth of the farmers giving the positive message regarding the As contamination scenario in rice and vegetables. Although ten of farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics were positively significant, distinctive emphasize should be given to five predictor variables explaining 88 percent variances such as knowledge, direct participation in farming, information sources used, participant education, and organizational participation. Path analysis depicts that direct participation in farming presents the highest positive total effect (0.855) and direct effect (0.503), whereas information sources show the highest positive indirect effect (0.624). The mean As content in all five locations was statistically significant at the 5%, 5%, 0.1%, 1%, and 1% probability levels in scalp hairs, rice, vegetables, soils, and irrigation water, respectively. Ninety-two point five percent of the variation is explained by the first principal component (PC1). Significant variations were primarily explained by As levels in irrigation water, rice grain, and soil. Farmers’ perception is far behind the actual field status of As level and its transfer. Therefore, intensified priorities should be administered on the farmers' characteristics contributing to the variances in perception.
Value dependent correlations: A flexible definition of non-Gaussian multivariate dependence
Authors: Bardossy Andras
Published: December 2022

Dependencies between variables are often very complex, and may for high values be different from that of the low values. As the normal distribution and the corresponding copula behaves symmetrically for low and high values the frequent application of the normal copula for the description of the dependence may be inappropriate. In this contribution a new way of defining high dimensional multivariate distributions with changing correlations is presented. The method can also be used for a flexible definition of tail dependence. Examples of copulas with linear changing correlations illustrate the methodology. Parameter estimation methods and simulation procedures are discussed. A five dimensional example using groundwater quality data and another four dimensional using air pollution data are used to illustrate the methodology.
Effect of Dietary intake on Nutritional Status of under-five children in Ifedore Local Government Area, Ondo State Nigeria
Authors: Adewole R.O , Oluwajuyitan T. O
Published: December 2022

There is an increasing evidence that under-nutrition is most common form of malnutrition in Nigeria. This study reports the results analysis of 100 underfive children on dietary intake and nutritional status. The objectives is to investigate the pattern of dietary Intake of under-five children, determine their anthropometric and assess the nutritional status of under five in Ifedore local government area, Ondo state. The result shows that cereals and starchy food which are indomie and spaghetti, white bread, biscuit and yam porridge were the most consumed foods by under five children with the mean 3.78, 3.40, 3.20 and 1.54 respectively. Their anthropometric revealed that majority of under five children were between 36 and 47 months old .The results also shows prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting of under five children with 23%, 20% and 1% respectively. Furthermore, Nutritional status of under five children was significantly associated with their dietary intake (p-value = 0.00 < 0.05).
Morphological, Spectroscopic and Thermal Analysis of Cellulose Nanocrystals Extracted from Waste Jute Fiber by Acid Hydrolysis
Authors: Rana Md. Sohel , Mosharraf Md. Pervez , Rahim Md. Abdur , Tipu Fazlul Karim , Chowdhury Jakir Ahmed , Haque Mohammed Rashdul , Kabir Shaila , Amran Md. Shah , Chowdhury Abu Asad
Published: December 2022

Natural cellulose, a sustainable bioresource, is highly abundant in nature. Cellulosic materials, particularly those that explore and employ such materials for industrial use, have recently attracted significant global attention in the field of material science because of the special properties of cellulose. The hydroxyl groups enable the formation of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding as well as the arrangement of cellulose chains in a highly ordered crystalline zone, with the remaining disordered structure being referred to as an amorphous region. The crystalline areas of cellulose are well-known as cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). In the present study, we extracted CNCs from pure cellulose isolated from waste jute fibers by sulphuric acid hydrolysis followed by characterization. Pure cellulose was isolated from jute fibers by treating with sodium hydroxide (20% w/w) and anthraquinone (0.5%) solution at 170 ⁰C for 2 hours, followed by bleaching with chlorine dioxide and hydrogen peroxide solution. CNCs were isolated from pure cellulose by treating with different concentrations (58–62%) of sulphuric acid at different time intervals (20 min to 45 min). FTIR study of the CNCs reveals no peak at 1738 cm− 1 which confirms the absence of hemicellulose in the samples. The CNCs obtained after 45 mins of acid hydrolysis are rod-shaped, having an average length of 800 ± 100 nm and width of 55 ± 10 nm with high crystallinity index (90%). Zeta potential greatly increased due to the attachment of SO42− ion on the surface of CNC from − 1.0mV to about − 30mV with the increment of reaction time from 20 min to 45 min, which proved the higher stability of CNC suspension. Crystallinity increased from 80–90% when the reaction time was increased from 20 to 45 mins, respectively, while crystallite size from 2.705 to 4.56 nm was obtained with an increment of acid concentration. Acid hydrolysis enhanced crystallinity but attenuated the temperature corresponding to major decomposition (Tmax) at 260 ⁰C and beginning of degradation (Ti) at 200 ⁰C due to the attachment of SO42− ion on the surface decreased the thermal stability of CNC. The second degradation at 360 ⁰C indicated the stable crystal structure of CNC. The endothermic peak at 255 ⁰C in the DTA study provided evidence of sulphated nanocrystal decomposition and the recrystallization of Cellulose Ⅰ to cellulose Ⅱ, the most stable structure among the other four cellulose.
Training peer recovery specialists in behavioral activation: preliminary outcomes and predictors of competence
Authors: Anvari Morgan S. , Kleinman Mary B. , Dean Dwayne , Rose Alexandra L. , Bradley Valerie D. , Hines Abigail C. , Abidogun Tolulope M. , Felton Julia W. , Magidson Jessica F.
Published: December 2022

Background: The peer recovery specialist (PRS) workforce has rapidly expanded to increase access to substance use disorder services for underserved communities. PRSs are not typically trained in evidence-based interventions (EBIs) outside of motivational interviewing, though evidence demonstrates the feasibility of PRS delivery of certain EBIs, such as a brief behavioral intervention, behavioral activation (BA). However, characteristics that predict PRS competency in delivering EBIs such as BA remain unknown, and are critical for PRS selection, training and supervision if the PRS role is expanded. This study aimed to explore the outcomes of a brief PRS training in BA and identify predictors of competence.
Method: Twenty PRSs completed a two-hour training on PRS-delivered BA. Participants completed baseline and post-training assessments, including role plays and assessments of PRS characteristics, attitudes towards EBIs, and theoretically-relevant personality constructs. Role plays were coded for competence (BA specific and PRS skills more broadly, ie., PRS competence) and changes were assessed from baseline to post-training. Linear regression models tested factors predicting post-training competence, controlling for baseline competence.
Results: There was a significant pre-post change in BA competence (t = -7.02, p= <0.001) such that post-training competency was higher. Years working as a PRS significantly predicted post-training BA skills (B=.16, p=.005). No variables predicted post-training PRS competence.
Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence that BA may be appropriate for dissemination to PRSs through brief trainings, particularly for PRSs with more work experience. However, additional research is needed to examine predictors of competence among PRSs.
Immunosuppressed children and young people, psychosocial wellbeing, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Driessens Corine , Mills Lynne , Patel Ravin , Culliford David , Gbesemete Diane , Lee Emma , Shaunak Meera , Chappell Harry , Faust Saul N. , Graaf Hans
Published: December 2022

Purpose: Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, research highlighted the impact of the pandemic on the psychosocial wellbeing of children and young people (CYP). The long-term consequences of the pandemic on clinically vulnerable CYP is however unclear. This study aims to describe the psychosocial experiences of immunosuppressed CYP while Britain moved from the COVID-19 pandemic to epidemic.
Methods: We invited 1021 CYP participating in the ImmunoCOVID-19 study to complete a mental wellbeing survey in November/December 2021, January/February 2022, and March/April 2022, 467 accepted the invitation. At these 3 timepoints we assessed health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using the Kidscreen-27 and mood using the positive and negative affect scale. A linear mixed model repeated measure approach was used to analyse this prospective cohort data.
Results: At the first 2 timepoints, the COVID-19 pandemic timepoints, the CYP reported HRQOL levels that were noticeably lower compared to pre-COVID-19 norm levels. However, as the immunosuppressed CYP moved towards the COVID-19 epidemic, HRQOL levels significantly increased and negative mood decreased, indicating that these CYP were recovering from the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on their psychosocial wellbeing. Our findings confirmed early pandemic findings indicating that younger children were less affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and that individuals living in low-income households were more affected by the pandemic. Moreover, parental anxiety and/or depression decreased CYP’s psychosocial wellbeing.
Conclusion: Health care provided to immunosuppressed CYP should include family guidance and interventions to support not only the psychosocial wellbeing of the paediatric patients but also other family members.
Diurnal variations in light intensity and different temperatures play an important role in controlling cyanobacterial blooms
Authors: Rahman Mizanur , Asaeda Takashi , Abeynayaka Helayaye Damitha Lakmali
Published: December 2022

Temperature and light intensity have a significant impact on cyanobacteria. This study conducted laboratory experiments to evaluate the combined effect of different temperatures and diurnal light intensities on cyanobacteria. The sufficient Microcystis aeruginosa and Phormidium ambiguum cells were transferred into three incubators at 30°C, 20°C, and 10°C temperatures for 23 days to acclimatize. After 23 days of incubation, the light intensities were changed diurnally hourly by 100 µmol m-2 s-1 starting from 6:00 to 18:00, where maximum light intensity reached 600 µmol m-2 s-1 at 11:00 to 13:00 and then decreased parallel till 18:00. The samples were collected at three-hour intervals — 6:00, 9:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, and 21:00 — to analyze hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) concentration, protein concentration, chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) content, and catalase (CAT) activity. M. aeruginosa and P. ambiguum showed an increasing trend of H2O2, Chl-a, and CAT for 30°C, 20°C, and 10°C until 15:00, and after that, it decreased with decreasing PAR variations. There was a significant positive effect of temperature in M. aeruginosa and P. ambiguum on H2O2 concentration (30°C to 10°C, p< 0.001 and p<0.01 respectively), protein concentration (30°C to 10°C, p< 0.001 in both species), and Chl-a content (30°C to 10°C, p< 0.001 in both species). CAT activity was directly proportional to H2O2 concentration at each temperature. Chl-a/protein content in lowering temperatures (30°C to 10°C) harms both species' growth conditions. These findings would provide the necessary tools for treating cyanobacterial blooms.
An A-typical Anatomical Variation of the Petrosphenoidal Ligament in a Newborn Cadaver
Authors: KARAPINAR Burak Oğuzhan , WARILLE Aymen A. , BAŞ Orhan , EMİRZEOĞLU Mehmet , BİLGİÇ Sait
Published: December 2022

Purpose:To report an atypical anatomical variation of the petrosphenoidal ligament in a newborn cadaver and to discuss its clinical significance.
Methods: During a study of 10 newborn cadavers, the skull base was dissected to reveal the anatomy of the petrosphenoidal ligament and its relationship with the abducens nerve. An atypical anatomical variation was observed, and this is described. The length of the right and left ligaments to the point where it splits into two arms, the joint length of the two ligaments at the junction of the clivus, the length of the ligament proceeding to the posterior clinoid process, and the abducens nerve’s diameter as it passes below the ligament were measured on ImageJ software.
Results: The petrosphenoidal ligaments were y-shaped, and the attachment of the proximal ligaments was bifid. In the midline above the clivus, some ligament bundles joined the contralateral petrosphenoidal ligament, whilst another group of bundles originated at the posterior clinoid process. At the entry to Dorello's canal, the abducens nerve had a diameter of 0.59 mm on the left and 0.65 mm on the right. The part of the ligaments converging on the clivus in the midline after dividing into two arms was 10.68 mm.
Conclusions: We think that this case report will provide useful information for surgical procedures to the petroclival region, transnasal surgical anpproaches, and surgical interventions involving the carotid artery.
The Bared External Anal Sphincter (BEAS), a New Technique for High Horseshoe Anal Fistula: a Hospital-based Cohort Study
Authors: Du Peixin , Wang Zhenyi , Wang Qingming , Mei Zubing
Published: December 2022

Background
The aim of this study was to introduce a new technique, the bared external anal sphincter technique, and to evaluate its effectiveness and safety for primary or recurrent high horseshoe anal fistula (HHAF).
Methods
We used data from a tertiary referral hospital’s prospective database of a hospital-based cohort. All the patients underwent the bared external anal sphincter procedure. The main outcomes were the 6-month cure rate, Visual Analog Scale pain score (VAS-PS) and Cleveland Clinic Florida incontinence score (CCF-IS). The secondary outcomes included the Quality of Life in Patients with Anal Fistula Questionnaire score (QoLAF-QS), Bristol stool chart and postoperative complications.
Results
A total of 48 HHAF patients (39 males) with a mean age of 34.20 years (SD 9.04; range, 21-54) were analyzed in this prospective study. At the 6-month follow-up, the average VAS-PS and CCF-IS were 0.81 (SD 2.28; range, 0-10) and 1.29 (SD 2.87; range, 0-13), respectively. Three patients (6.25%) experienced recurrent symptoms but recovered after surgical management. Urinary retention occurred in 1 case (2.78%). No other postoperative complications were reported. No patient had anal incontinence.
Conclusion
The bared external anal sphincter procedure is a safe, effective and sphinctersparing modality for patients with primary or recurrent HHAF.
Ethics and dissemination
Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics committee of Shuguang Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Approval No. 2020-823-30-01). Written informed consent was obtained from each participant.
Molecular mechanism of phosphopeptide neoantigen immunogenicity
Authors: Patskovsky Yury , Natarajan Aswin , Patskovska Larysa , Nyovanie Samantha , Joshi Bishnu , Morin Benjamin , Brittsan Christine , Huber Olivia , Gordon Samuel , Michelet Xavier , Schmitzberger Florian , Stein Robert B. , Findeis Mark A. , Hurwitz Andy , Dijk Marc Van , Buell Jennifer S. , Underwood Dennis , Krogsgaard Michelle
Published: December 2022

Altered protein phosphorylation in cancer cells often leads to surface presentation of phosphopeptide neoantigens. However, their role in cancer immunogenicity remains unclear. Here we describe a mechanism by which an HLA-B*0702-specific acute myeloid leukemia phosphoneoantigen pMLL747-755(EPR(pS)PSHSM) is recognized by cognate TCR27, which is a candidate for immunotherapy of AML. We show that the replacement of phosphoserine P4with serine or phosphomimetics does not affect the pMHC conformation or peptide-MHC affinity but abrogates the TCR27-dependent T cell activation and weakens binding between TCR27 and pMHC. We determined the crystal structures for TCR27 and cognate pMHC, mapped the pMHC-TCR interface by TROSY-NMR, generated a ternary pMHC-TCR complex using information-driven protein docking, and identified key polar interactions between phosphate group at P4and TCR27 that are crucial for ternary complex stability and TCR27 specificity. These data will support development of cancer immunotherapy through target expansion and TCR optimization. *The authors would like to note that Yury Patskovsky and Aswin Natarajan contributed equally.
Abundance of Ruminococcaceae is Associated with Claudin 22 Gene Expression and Body Weight in Mice
Authors: Nemoto Shino , Kubota Tetsuya , Ohno Hiroshi
Published: December 2022

We aimed to identify gut microbiota that influences body weight by elucidating the association with diets and host genes. Germ-free (GF) mice with and without fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) were fed a normal, high-carbohydrate, or high-fat diet. FMT mice exhibited greater total body weight, adipose tissue and liver weights, blood glucose, insulin, and total cholesterol levels, and oil droplet size than the GF mice, regardless of diet. However, the extent of weight gain and metabolic parameter levels associated with gut microbiota depended on the nutrients ingested. For example, a disaccharide- or polysaccharide-rich diet caused more weight gain than a monosaccharide-rich diet. An unsaturated fatty acid-rich diet had a greater effect on increased insulin by microorganisms than a saturated fatty acid-rich diet. Perhaps the difference in microbial metabolites produced from substances taken up by the host created metabolic differences. Therefore, we analyzed such dietary influences on gut microbiota, differentially expressed genes between GF and FMT mice, and metabolic factors including body weight. The results revealed a correlation between increased weight gain, a fat-rich diet, increased Ruminococcaceae abundance, and decreased claudin 22 gene expression. Thus, prevention of claudin 22 downregulation by manipulating Ruminococcaceae metabolism may inhibit weight gain.
Physiological Parameters Response to Hydraulic Resistance Training of College Students: a Study of Women Health
Authors: Karthikeyan K.Manosakthi , K.Divya
Published: December 2022

Objective

Whom sports for health aims to ensure a healthy and safe event for women. The study aims to determine college women students' physiological responses to hydraulic resistance training. Although this hydraulic resistance training effect can reflect the resting pulse rate, systolic pressure and diastolic pressure, resistance exercise may be safer for all populations, especially for untrained women.

Methods

They were randomly divided and assigned into two groups of fifteen each as the experimental group (HRTG) 1(n = 15) and control group 1 (n = 15). The data were collected before and after the training of 8 weeks, paired sample t-test was used to find the significant difference between the groups.

Results

The Statistical analysis of the HRTG, the control group of paired sample t-test. The obtained t-test of significant improvement in resting pulse rate is 41.01, systolic pressure is 40.44, and diastolic pressure is 31.59 of post-test was more significant than the table value of the degree of freedom 2.76 (14) required for the significance at 0.05 level. The hydraulic resistance training group responded to the training with a more positive influence on physiological variables, when compared hydraulic resistance training group better than the CG.

Conclusion

It concluded that the study significantly improved the hydraulic resistance training and improved their resting pulse rate, systolic pressure and diastolic pressure and enhanced their daily activity level of fitness and improved lifestyle.
Does Professional Development Effectively Support the Implementation of Inclusive Education? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Donath Johanna L. , Lüke Timo , Graf Elisabeth , Tran Ulrich , Götz Thomas
Published: December 2022

Inclusive education is a reform aimed at educating all students in general classrooms, independent of diversity features such as special educational needs, giftedness, or migration. Its successful implementation requires teachers with professional knowledge about inclusive education, skills to address the diverse needs in the classroom, and positive beliefs toward inclusive education. Teachers are provided with professional development opportunities, but are these effective in improving their learning process and positively impacting students’ behavior and achievement? We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to address this question. The screening of 12,050 search results revealed 342 eligible studies with more than 155,000 participants and 1,123 effects from four outcome categories: teachers’ knowledge, skills, and beliefs and students’ behavior and achievement. We observed positive, though varying, effects on all four outcome categories: large effects on knowledge regarding inclusive education (g = 0.93), moderate effects on teachers’ skills (g = 0.49), small effects on teachers’ beliefs (g = 0.23) and small-to-moderate effects on student behavior (g = 0.37). We also examined factors that might explain the differences in the strength of training effects. The data suggest that long-term training with high practical relevance and active learning opportunities facilitates transfer to schools.
Ökopassionen
Authors: Lötscher Christine
Published: December 2022

[English title and abstract below]
Die environmental humanities florieren auch im deutschsprachigen Raum, und Konzepte der neomaterialistischen Theorie finden mehr und mehr Eingang in populäre Narrative rund um Klimawandel und Ökologie. Das zeigt sich in Genres wie Nature Writing und Climate Fiction, die mit Metaphern von Verwobenheit (entanglement) operieren, ebenso wie in den zahllosen Kinder- und Jugendbüchern, die ökologische Themen aufgreifen und Geschichten erzählen, in denen es um eine besondere Affinität zwischen Kindern und nichtmenschlichen Wesen geht. Dabei stehen oft die Emotionen der kindlichen und jugendlichen Figuren im Zentrum, ihre Angst, Sorge, Empörung und Wut angesichts des Schwindens der Artenvielfalt. Diese Emotionen, wie ich in diesem Beitrag zeigen möchte, bieten für Kinder- und Jugendmedien Zugang zu einer Vielfalt von Erzählungen rund um das Zusammenleben von Menschen und nichtmenschlichen Wesen, rund um die Bedeutung, die den vielfältigen Erfahrungen mit Tieren, Pflanzen und Landschaften zugeschrieben wird. So entsteht aus der Tradition des Erzählens aus der Perspektive von Kindern und Jugendlichen ein neuer Blick auf eine vielfach verwobene Welt – mitunter begleitet von einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit popularisierten neomaterialistischen Topoi. Kindliche und jugendliche Protagonist:innen werden mit ihren Ökopassionen zu Reflexionsfiguren im Verhältnis von Mensch, Natur und Medien.
 
EcopassionsTowards a New Materialist Reading of Children’s and Young Adult Media in the Anthropocene
Environmental humanities are flourishing in the German-speaking world, and concepts of new materialist theory are increasingly finding their way into popular narratives about climate change and ecology. This is evident in genres such as nature writing and climate fiction that operate with metaphors of entanglement, but also in the countless books for children and young adults books that take up ecological themes and tell stories about special affinities between children and non-human beings. These often focus on the emotions of the child and adolescent characters, on their fear, concern, outrage and anger in the face of disappearing biodiversity. These emotions, as I will show in this article, allow children's and youth media to access a variety of narratives about the coexistence of human and nonhuman beings, and about the meaning ascribed to the wide range of experience with animals, plants, and landscapes. A new perspective on a multiply interwoven world thus emerges from the tradition of storytelling from the point of view of children and young people, sometimes accompanied by a critical examination of popularised new materialist topoi. With their ecopassions, young protagonists become tropes of reflection in the relationship between humans, nature and media.
Was kannst du tun?
Authors: Ritter Alexandra , Ritter Michael
Published: December 2022

[English title and abstract below]
Gerade das Sachbilderbuch widmet sich in den letzten Jahren mit innovativen Darstellungs- und Erzählkonzepten verstärkt den Themen Klimawandel und Umweltschutz. Dem Medium wird dabei ein hohes Wirkungspotenzial hinsichtlich der Einstellungsänderung und Handlungswirksamkeit bei jungen Leser:innen zugeschrieben. Wie werden in diesem Kontext aber Klimawandel und Umweltschutz dargestellt? Wie informieren Sachbilderbücher und wie erzeugen sie Anschaulichkeit, Dichte und Verbindlichkeit? Solchen Fragen und den damit adressierten literarischen Phänomenen wendet sich der folgende Beitrag unter Rückgriff auf den Ecocriticism zu. Besonders in den Blick gerät dabei die lerntheoretische Konstruktion der Adressat:innen, die sich aus der impliziten Didaktisierung des Themas in der Buchgestaltung rekonstruieren lässt. Den Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchung bildet eine deskriptive Fragestellung: Wie wird mit der Problematik und Multierspektivität dieses komplexen Gegenstands (Klimawandel/Umweltschutz) umgegangen und wie wird der Gegenstand im Buch konstruiert und inszeniert? Die Befunde werden dann, normativ gewendet, vor dem Hintergrund der genrespezifischen Entwicklungen der Bilderbuchliteratur diskutiert.
 
What Can You Do?Climate and Environmental Protection in Information Picturebooks
In recent years, information picturebooks have turned increasingly, and with innovative presentational and narrative concepts, to the topics of climate change and environmental protection. It is assumed that these books have significant potential for changing attitudes and motivating action among young readers. But how are climate change and environmental protection presented in them? How do they create graphic clarity, density and commitment? This article addresses these questions in the context of ecocriticism studies while examining two contemporary information picturebooks. We ask how these issues are presented and staged in multimodal texts. We focus on the literary construction of the addressees from a pedagogical perspective, which can be reconstructed from the implied didacticism in the design of the picturebooks. The findings are discussed in terms of how the books can encourage and increase engagement with climate change and environmental protection.
Genderhybridität und nationale Feuerprobe im Rahmen der ‚Schwarzen Schmach‘
Authors: Kebe-Nguema Joseph
Published: December 2022

[English title and abstract below]
Dieser Beitrag setzt sich mit den Intersektionen von gender, race und Nation und den ihnen zugewiesenen Rollen in der NS-Geschichtswissenschaft in dem Mädchenroman Grenzlandjugend (1934) von Minni Grosch auseinander. Da die Erzählung in der Zeit der Schwarzen Schande – einer internationalen Propagandakampagne gegen die Besetzung des Rheinlandes durch französische Kolonialtruppen – spielt, werden im ersten Teil des Beitrages der kulturgeschichtliche Kontext und die Gender- und Rassendiskurse jener Zeit dargestellt. Das Hauptaugenmerk des zweiten Teils liegt auf den Figurenkonstruktionen. Dabei wird mithilfe der critical race theory und postkolonialer Ansätze der Fokus zunächst darauf gelegt, wie die Konstruktion der Hauptfigur Karola Krug an die Heldinnen der Mädchenkolonialliteratur anknüpft, sie sich Eigenschaften aneignet, die zur Zeit der Handlung als ‚männlich‘ galten – z. B. Mut und Einsatz im Dienste einer Aufgabe von nationaler Bedeutung. Danach werden die Feindbilder und deren Implikationen thematisiert. Es wird weiterhin argumentiert, dass die Fokussierung auf diese Episode der deutschen Geschichte ihr nationenbildendes Potenzial hervorheben soll. Abschließend wird festgestellt, dass die Negierung der Klassenunterschiede zugunsten der Betonung der durch Erz- und ‚Rassenfeinde‘ dargestellten Gefahren, denen weiß-deutsche Frauen und Mädchen – hier als stellvertretend für Deutschland konstruiert – ausgesetzt sind, in der Erzählung Minni Groschs als Vorbote der NS-Genozidlogik gelesen werden kann.
 
Gender Hybridity and the National Acid Test during the ‘Black Horror on the Rhine’The National Socialist Novel for Teenage Girls Grenzlandjugend [Borderland Youth] (1934) by Minni Grosch
This article focuses on gendered, racial and national constructions, and their role in National Socialist historiography, in the novel for teenaged girls, Grenzlandjugend [Borderland Youth] (1934), by Minni Grosch. Since the story is set during the so-called ›Black Horror on the Rhine‹ – an international propaganda campaign against the use of French colonial troops on German soil – the first part of the article briefly sums up the cultural-historical context. The second part centres on the depictions of the characters in the novel. Using a postcolonial lens, combined with a critical race theory approach, the article argues that Minni Grosch uses established tropes of German colonial literature for teenage girls to allocate to the main character Karola Krug what were considered masculine qualities such as bravery and self-sacrifice for the national community. It also argues that this episode of German history was chosen for the novel to underline its nation-building character while presenting the French, as well as racialised men, as a danger to Germanness. The article concludes that by erasing class differences while highlighting the external threats posed to German women and girls – as an allegory for Germany – Minni Grosch’s novel serves as a harbinger of Nazi genocidal logic.
Mobilitätsmanagement an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Campus Westend
Authors: Belz Markus , Höner Svenja , Kruse Claudia , Rolfsmeier Sebastian , Schroer Merle
Published: December 2022

Die Goethe-Universität ist einer der größten Verkehrserzeuger der Stadt Frankfurt. Der Bericht zum Mobilitätsmanagement stellt zunächst die drängendsten Herausforderungen an der Goethe-Universität exemplarisch für den größten Campus, den Campus Westend, dar. Anschließend werden Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Situation abgeleitet und hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkung, ihrer zeitlichen Realisierung und der notwendigen Kosten abgeschätzt. Übergreifend wird die Einführung eines institutionalisierten Mobilitätsmanagements für die Goethe-Universität vorgeschlagen. Damit können – in enger Abstimmung mit weiteren städtischen Akteuren – Maßnahmen zu einer sowohl effizienteren als auch umweltfreundlicheren und sicheren Gestaltung des Verkehrs von Studierenden und Beschäftigten umgesetzt werden.
Wohnumzüge und Mobilitätsverhalten
Authors: Rolfsmeier Sebastian
Published: December 2022

Für Arbeitswege charakteristisch sind eine räumliche und zeitliche Konzentration in Richtung Arbeitsplatzzentren und zu Tagesrandzeiten sowie ein überdurchschnittlich hoher Anteil des motorisierten Individualverkehrs an der Verkehrsmittelnutzung. So tragen Arbeitswege bedeutend zur zyklischen Belastung der Verkehrsinfrastruktur sowie zu städtischen Verkehrs- und Umweltproblemen bei. Da die Verkehrsmittelnutzung vor allem auch auf Arbeitswegen unter stabilen Rahmenbedingungen außerdem in hohem Maße routinisiert abläuft, kommt sogenannten Umbruchsereignissen in Mobilitätsbiographien eine zentrale Bedeutung hinsichtlich einer Reflexion des Mobilitätsverhaltens zu. Aufgrund dessen wird in dieser Arbeit zum einen untersucht, inwiefern überregionale Wohnumzüge (zwischen Bremen, Hamburg und dem Ruhrgebiet) zu einer Veränderung der Verkehrsmittelnutzung auf Arbeitswegen beitragen. Darauf aufbauend wird mittels multivariaten binär-logistischen Regressionsmodellen untersucht, welche Bedeutung veränderte raumstrukturelle Rahmenbedingungen sowie a priori vorhandene Verkehrsmittelpräferenzen für diese Veränderungen haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen zum einen, dass es im Anschluss an Wohnumzüge zu einer signifikanten Veränderung der Verkehrsmittelnutzung auf Arbeitswegen in Form von einer Anpassung dessen an die mobilitätsbezogenen Rahmenbedingungen des Zielortes des Wohnumzugs kommt. Anhand der multivariaten Regressionsmodelle kann darüber hinaus ein signifikanter Einfluss raumstruktur- und präferenzbezogener Faktoren auf die Veränderung der Verkehrsmittelnutzung auf Arbeitswegen nachgewiesen werden. Da sich der Einfluss dieser Faktoren je nach Verkehrsmittel zum Teil sehr unterschiedlich gestaltet, werden aus diesen Ergebnissen abschließend verkehrsmittelspezifische Maßnahmen, z.B. zur Gestaltung eines (betrieblichen) Mobilitätsmanagements, abgeleitet.
Akzeptierbarkeit und Wirksamkeit verkehrspolitischer Maßnahmen zur Neuaufteilung öffentlicher Räume
Authors: Baumgartner Annabell
Published: December 2022

Mit dem Ziel, Erkenntnisse darüber zu gewinnen unter welchen Umständen verkehrspolitische Maßnahmen seitens der Bevölkerung befürwortet und angenommen werden, wurde im Hebst 2020 eine quantitative Haushaltsbefragung (N = 832) in vier Frankfurter Befragungsgebieten durchgeführt. Als Untersuchungsgegenstand wurde die Umwandlung von Auto- in Fahrradspuren ausgewählt – eine Maßnahme, die in Folge des Frankfurter Radentscheids entlang verschiedener Verkehrsachsen in Frankfurt geplant und teilweise bereits umgesetzt wurde. Dabei wurde deutlich, dass die Akzeptierbarkeit für die zukünftige Umsetzung einer solchen Maßnahme zur Neuaufteilung öffentlicher Räume in Frankfurt insgesamt sehr hoch ausfällt. Unter Heranziehung des stage model of self-regulated behavioural change (SSBC) konnte zudem aufgezeigt werden, dass sich eine starke Orientierung am Auto negativ auf die Höhe der Akzeptierbarkeit auswirkt, während eine regelmäßige Nutzung des Fahrrads höhere Zustimmungswerte für die Maßnahme hervorruft. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde weiterhin untersucht, inwiefern die bereits umgewandelten Radspuren zwischen der Alten Brücke am Main und dem Friedberger Platz im Frankfurter Nordend, eine Veränderung in der Wahrnehmung und Verkehrsmittelnutzung der Befragten begünstigen und somit auch wirksam sind. Dabei wurde mitunter ersichtlich, dass es seit der Umwandlung sowohl zu einer gesteigerten Fahrradnutzung als auch zu einer reduzierten Autonutzung entlang der umgewidmeten Strecke gekommen ist.
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Berbasis Android pada Materi Suku Banyak (Polinomial)
Authors: Saidah Zulinda Nur , Hamidah Dewi , Syamsudin Ahmad
Published: December 2022

This study aims to develop android-based mathematics learning media on polynomial material that is valid, practical, and effective for use in learning. This type of research is research and development by applying a 4-D development model which has stages consisting of: define, design, develop, and disseminate. The data collection instruments used were an expert validation questionnaire, practicality questionnaire, and pretest-posttest questions. The subjects of this study were students of class XII SMAN Gogol. The results show that the assessments of material experts and media experts obtained valid criteria. In the practical aspect, the learning media are stated to be very practical to use as a support for learning from the assessment of teachers and students. In the pretest-posttest results of students, the increase in learning outcomes is at the "medium" level seen from the n-gain test scores so the "Pintar Polinomial" learning media is declared to be effectively used in learning polynomial material. It can be concluded that the "Pintar Polinomial" learning media is feasible to use in learning because it has met the criteria of validity, practicality, and effectiveness.
Pengaruh Self-esteem (Harga Diri) terhadap Hasil Belajar Matematika Siswa Kelas XI SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Temon
Authors: Oktavia Riska Kartika , Rachmanda Hana Alifya , Ibrahim Ibrahim
Published: December 2022

Self-esteem is one of the factors from within students that affect learning outcomes and achievement. Learning outcomes can be obtained from students’ report book which shows the average of the accumulation of all student scores for one semester and also reflect all students’ achievements in the process of participating in learning. Therefore, this research aims to determine the effect of self-esteem on mathematics learning outcomes of students at SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Temon, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. The population in this study were grade XI students of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Temon. The sampling method used in this research is purposive sampling and obtained 32 students of class XI SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Temon as the subjects. The data collection was conducted using the method of distributing questionnaires and collecting student learning outcomes in the form of transcripts of students' report book in mathematics subject for the 2020/2021 Akademic Year. The questionnaire instrument was adopted from the research of Naike (2017), and then analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis techniques and simple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 25 application. The results showed a relationship between self-esteem and learning outcomes with a significance value of 0.022. In addition, the coefficient of determination (R Square) is 0.162. This shows that self-esteem affects the learning outcomes of SMK students by 16.2%.
Organisation of product suppliers’ audits at an industrial and civil construction enterprise, including the de-livery of the DRV-001 water dispenser spray, ensuring an increase in the quality of products and a reduction in their cost price
Authors:   Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Lontsikh Pavel A. , Kibirev Yurii V. ,   Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Lontsikh Natalya P. ,   Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Livshits Ilia I. ,   Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University, Stefanovskaya Olga M. ,   Irkutsk National Research Technical University
Published: December 2022

The purpose of the work is to study the properties and characteristics of the object of research - a diversi-fied enterprise, one of the main areas of its work is the design, production, modernisation, repair of con-struction equipment and machinery, and to offer approaches and tools to ensure product quality. To study the properties and characteristics of the enterprise, the requirements and conditions for organizing and con-ducting audits of product suppliers at a construction enterprise, including the delivery of the DRV-001 water dispenser spray, are considered. The goal of the requirements is to improve the quality of products and reduce their cost. Also it justifies the need for a risk-based approach in order to support the strategic level of construction enterprises management. A study of the capabilities and resources of the enterprise during the audit of suppliers was carried out. It is recommended to pay attention to the issues of minimising the cost of construction enterprises products, which is well linked to the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015. With a reasonable approach, this allows the supplier to provide key benefits. On the basis of the conducted re-search, it has been established that at the present stage of the industry development, using just “classical”, well-known standards, like ISO (GOST R ISO) of the 9001series, is not enough to ensure the required level of quality. To ensure high performance indicators of activity, the top management of the enterprise should pay considerable attention to the quality of the supplied products (services provided) from external suppli-ers. If this technique is adopted, the potential supplier would be able to minimise the cost of the produced components and to keep this competitive level within the specified indicators.
Study of the stress-strain state of the structure by the strain gauge method in the implementation of renova-tion facilities
Authors:   National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Topchiy Dmitriy V. , Klimina Victoriya V. ,   National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Kodzoev Muhamad-Basir Kh. ,   National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Khaliullin Ildar M. ,   National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
Published: December 2022

The stress-strain state of reinforced concrete structures was investigated using the strain gauge method within the framework of geotechnical monitoring and the construction of the calibration dependence. The behaviour of the test bars under load was studied along with a model of the calibration dependence of the gradually increasing load on indirect characteristics. A comparative analysis and reduction of the dependen-cies effective in tabular and graphical form, gradually increasing in numerical value of the loads from the indirect reactive characteristic showed on the display of the strain gauge weighing instrument, were obtained in the course of field laboratory tests. The basis of these tests includes a refinement of the methodological approach, rational selection of hardware with sufficient accuracy of measurement of the monitored value, setting up software, calibration and verification of strain gauge sensors, test bars of structures that reflect the work of reinforced concrete elements in reality during construction and installation works with different value of the physico-mechanical and strength characteristics of the material. The strain gauge method was chosen for studying the stress-strain state of a structure since it allows the most accurate determination of internal forces and deformations that occur in the process of construction and installation works. The cali-bration dependences obtained in the process of carrying out static field tests should be taken with the mar-gin of error. Geotechnical monitoring of the stress-strain state of the building bearing system structures as the construction cycles of the object are completed (construction of the underground part, the above-ground part, etc.) and, accordingly, a gradual increase in the load on the structures (pylons of the under-ground part and foundation pile of grating) to the estimated design values can be made with sufficient accu-racy and reliability of measurement results by the strain gauge method using embedded sensors.