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“You Can’t Just Write an Essay in an Hour”: Supporting Middle Schoolers’ Peer Feedback and Revision Process through Online Writing Groups
Authors: Beth Kelly Laura
Published: February 2024

This paper explores a middle school American history teacher’s effort to support revision through peer feedback in his classroom. The teacher wanted to develop disciplinary writing skills among his students and teach them how to offer each other quality and meaningful feedback. He established online writing groups to support in-class instruction. Students uploaded essays to Google Classroom and shared them with their writing group. They used the comments and reply features to dialog about their work. The study found that teaching students to offer "clarifying" and "suggesting" feedback improved the quality of their comments to peers, using online writing groups motivated most students to revise, and students began to value peer feedback and the revision process overall.
Book Talk: Writing Matters for Characters Who Write
Authors: Roser Nancy , Price-Dennis Detra , Greeter Erin
Published: February 2024

The authors discuss the ways in which reading recent books for youth about characters who write help students understand the process and the craft of writing.
Quality Teaching in Inclusive Settings
Authors: Brooks Rebecca
Published: February 2024

All students have the right to a quality education. In order to achieve this, students must be provided with quality teaching consisting of collaboration,—personal supports, universal design, and administrative support. Each of these four essential key components plays a critical role in the success of all students—taught in an inclusive setting where students with a variety of learning needs are taught together. While each key component is discussed in detail separately, it—is important to recognize how they are intertwined and harmoniously implemented.
Leading the Call: The Consequences of Inaction
Authors: Beers Kylene
Published: February 2024

Educator Kylene Beers extends a conversation from the 2015 NCTE Annual Convention with advice for early-career teachers working to balance the mandated curriculum and the desire to serve the students. The key is learning to be an advocate.
New Voices: Renewing Our Call To Teach
Authors: Lehman Christopher
Published: February 2024

The New Voices column explores the struggles, successes, and dreams of early-career middle level educators, from preservice through sixth year. This inaugural column introduces some of those voices and point to the core reason to be part of the teaching profession: the students.
Troubling a “Cultured Hell”: Empowering Adolescent Voices through Youth Participatory Action Research
Authors: Hogan Jamie Jordan
Published: February 2024

The stuff our students want to talk about more and explore most is the heavy stuff. These adolescent youth long not only to talk about the heavy stuff, they want to research the issues that matter most to them, and they want to write about the socially constructed and politically loaded labels that they are forced to inhabit. They seek to understand—an understanding that is driven by a desire to actuate change. The burning question for us as educators: What are we so afraid of in letting them explore these topics?
Designing Curriculum That Matters: Awakening Middle School Minds
Authors: Wolk Steven
Published: February 2024

Middle school students are awakening to a more powerful and empathetic consciousness to the world around them. They have a new interest in important, complex, and sophisticated issues and topics. Teachers can tap into this young adolescent energy by designing curriculum around topics that truly matter to the students and to people across the planet. One way teachers can shape this curriculum is by using middle grade and young adult literature as "anchor texts" for project-based inquiry.
Pop Culture Classroom Presents … Discovering Literacy through Comics
Authors: Kowalchuk Illya , Kullberg Adam , Peteranetz Jay
Published: February 2024

The team at Pop Culture Classroom makes a great case for using comics in literacy education, pointing out the various ways this visual storytelling style scaffolds reading comprehension.
Notes from The Nerdy Book Club: What’s Next in Reading?
Authors: Miller Donalyn , Sharp Colby , Minnich Cindy , Sokolowski Katherine
Published: February 2024

In their debut column, the facilitators of The Nerdy Book Club blog discuss what literacy means in the current educational climate that emphasizes quantifiable, testable skills and places more value on opinion than fact. What’s next in reading depends on answers to larger questions that teachers and communities will work together to answer.
Challenging Constructions Together: Implications of a Mother-Daughter Book Club for Classroom Practice
Authors: Duinen Deborah Vriend Van , Hamilton Erica R. , Rumohr-Voskuil Gretchen
Published: February 2024

In this article, we explore ways our mother-daughter book club provides opportunities for participants to identify and, in some cases, challenge various dominant constructions of adolescence.
Notes from the Middle Level Section: Why Diversity Matters in the Middle
Authors: Hale Margaret
Published: February 2024

This column brings news from the NCTE Middle Level Section steering committee. In this issue, get a glimpse of what’s happening specifically for middle grades at the 2017 NCTE Annual Convention in St. Louis, MO, in November.
The Effect of In-store Logistics, Store Image, Sales Promotion, and Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction
Authors: Kartika Sari Yulia , Gani Ariel Nian , Marhamah Siti
Published: February 2024

This research aims to determine the effect of In-Store Logistics Performance, Store Image, Sales Promotion, and Service Quality on Satisfaction (Case Study of Matahari Department Store Consumers at Artha Gading Mall). The population in this study were consumers of the Matahari Department Store at Artha Gading Mall. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The number of respondents in this study was 100 respondents. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires. The data analysis methods used are multiple regression analysis. The results of this research show that: (1) partially In-Store Logistics Performance has a positive effect on consumer satisfaction. (2) Store Image partially has a positive effect on consumer satisfaction. (3) Sales Promotion has a positive effect on consumer satisfaction. (4) Service Quality has a partially positive effect on consumer satisfaction. (5) simultaneously, all independent variables have a positive influence on consumer satisfaction. The managerial implications of these findings are that improving in-store logistics performance, establishing a positive store image, implementing effective sales promotions, and improving service quality can increase customer satisfaction at Matahari Department Store.
Bats of the Bahamas: natural history and conservation
Authors: Speer Kelly A. , Soto-Centeno J. Angel , Albury Nancy A. , Quicksall Zachary , Marte Melina G. , Reed David L.
Published: February 2024

The Bahamas are well known for their karst landscape, with vast cave systems and inundated caves called blue holes that formed during the Pleistocene. Despite this, the biota of these islands has not been well documented when compared to other West Indian islands. It is important that Bahamians have the knowledge and tools to preserve the flora and fauna of their islands in the face of increasing development. This review provides an accessible resource for Bahamians and researchers by consolidating the available knowledge on bat biology from literature and natural history collections. Bats represent the most diverse group of mammals in The Bahamas and no study has thoroughly characterized their biology on these islands. There are currently 10 species of bat in The Bahamas, one of which is endemic and considered “near threatened” by the IUCN. While 9 of the 10 are considered species of “least concern,” bats in The Bahamas may be at higher risk of local extinction than in other parts of their ranges. As previous local conservation efforts have shown, it is imperative to gain support for bat research and conservation through outreach and education. We hope this review enables outreach efforts and research projects key to the conservation of bat populations in The Bahamas.
Magnetostratigraphy and paleontology of Wagner Quarry, (late Oligocene, early Arikareean) basal Arikareean Group of the Pine Ridge Region, Dawes County, Nebraska
Authors: Hayes F. Glynn
Published: February 2024

Mammalian fossils (the Wagner Quarry local fauna) from the basal Arikaree Group (Late:Oligocene) near Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska, are described. It is the first large mammal concentration described from the Pine Ridge Arikaree Group. Twenty-seven species of mammals are present: 1 marsupial (Herpetotherium), 2 insectivores (Proscalops, Ocajila), 9 rodents (Downsimus; Aywoodia, Cedromus savannae n. sp., Nototamias, Agnotocastor, Palaeocastor, Proheteromys, Leidymys, Geringia), 3 lagomorphs (Palaeolagus {2 sp.], Megalagus), 3 carnivores (Paradaphoenus, Canidae, Nimravus), 3 perissodaciyls (Miohippus, Diceratherium [2 sp.]), and, 6 artiodaciyls (Entelodontidae, Desmatochoerinae, Leptauchenia, Anthracotheriidae, Pseudolabis, Nanotragulus). Faunal correlation, with the Ridgeview local fauna and the radibisotopically constrained faunas of the Wildcat Ridge indicates an early Arikareean (Arl, 30-28 Ma, Tedford et al. 2004) North American Land Mammal age for the fauna. The first paleomagnetic study of the Pine Ridge basal Arikaree Group (Wagner Quatry section) shows that polarity signals are not the same, as basal Arikaree Group sediments (Gering Formation) in the Wildcat Ridge region. Correlation of the Wagner Quarry section with Chron 10n (28.25- 28.9 Ma) places it older than the Gering Formation (Chron 9r, 27.95-28.25 Ma) and younger than the lowermost White River Group "Brown Silistone" (Chron 10r-11n, 28.9-30.08 Ma) of Nebraska. These sedimbnts could represent time not recorded in the Wildcat Ridge. Cedromus (Sciuridae), Oligospermophilus (Sciuridae), and Alwoodia (A lodontidae) are newly recognized in the earliest Arikareean (Arl) of the central Great Plains.
Cranium of Dinohippus mexicanus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the early Pliocene (latest Hemphillian) of central Mexico, and the origin of Equus
Authors: MacFadden Bruce J. , Carranza-Castafieda Oscar
Published: February 2024

A newly discovered skull of Dinohippus is described from the latest Hemphillian (early Pliocene) Rancho El Ocote locality of Guanajuato, Mexico, which is dated at 4.8 Ma. This cranium is referred to D. mexicanus, the senior synonym for the latest Hemphillian species otherwise known from several localities in northern Mexico and the southern United States. Although crushed, this is the most complete skull known for this extinct species. With the diagnostic configuration of the dorsal preorbital fossa, distinctive dental pattern, and moderate tooth curvature, this cranium demonstrates a morphology similar to, although slightly more primitive than, that of closely related and slightly more derived Blancan Equus, such as E. simplicidens. As represented by occurrences in central Mexico and southern California, D. mexicanus coexisted with Equus during the middle Blancan from about 4.5 to 3 million years ago. Despite traditional interpretations of anagenetic speciation, the current study demonstrates that primitive species of Equus originated from D. mexicanus by cladogenesis.
Doves (Columbidae) and Cuckoos (Cuculidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida
Authors: Steadman David W.
Published: February 2024

A new genus, Arenicolumba (Aves: Columbiformes: Columbidae), is proposed for the fossil species Columbina prattae Becker and Brodkorb, 1992. This small dove is known from many hundreds of fossils, representing all major post-cranial skeletal elements, from the early Miocene (ca. 18.5 Ma; Hemingfordian land mammal age) Thomas Farm local fauna, Gilchrist County, Florida. Except for the single humerus of Gerandia from the Aquitanian (early Miocene; ca. 22 Ma) of France, Arenicolumba prattae is the oldest known member of the family Columbidae. The nearest living relatives of Arenicolumba appear to be the African genera Oena and Turtur. Thomasococcyx philohippus, new genus and species (Aves: Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), is also described from the Thomas Farm local fauna. Neotropical ground-dwelling cuckoos in the genera Morococcyx, Tapera, Geococcyx, and Dromococcyx may be the closest living relatives of Thomasococcyx. Along with Cursoricoccyx from the Hemingfordian of Colorado, Thomasococcyx philohippus provides evidence that the subfamily of New World ground-dwelling cuckoos (Neomorphinae) existed by the early Miocene.
The prehistory of terrestrial reptiles and birds in the Central Lau Group, Fiji
Authors: Pregill Gregory K. , Steadman David W.
Published: February 2024

We identified nearly 1000 bones of reptiles and birds from 20 prehistoric sites in caves and rockshelters on four islands (Lakeba, Nayau, Aiwa Levu, and Aiwa Lailai) in the Lau Group of Fiji. The bones are Late Holocene in age (ca. 2800 to 200 years old) and are contemporaneous with prehistoric human habitation of the islands. They represent 32 species (7 reptiles, 25 non-passerine landbirds). Six of the seven taxa of squamate reptiles recovered from the prehistoric sites are indigenous to the Lau Group, including an undescribed and presumably extinct species of gekkonid lizard. While the Lau islands have never been surveyed comprehensively for modern squamate reptiles, six other species of lizards known to occur in Lau today are not represented with certainty in any of the bone deposits (the geckos Hemidactylus frenatus and Lepidodactylus lugubris, and skinks Emoia cyanura, E. impar, Cryptoblepharus eximius, and Lipinia noctua). Except for C. eximius, these synthropic and not necessarily native species are widespread on Pacific islands, with much or all of their dispersal being due to human agency. For landbirds, the prehistoric bones increase the species richness values from 21 to 29 species on Lakeba, from 17 to 19 species on Nayau, from 18 to 26 on Aiwa Levu, and from 16 to 17 on Aiwa Lailai. The extinct species of birds consist of two megapodes (Megapodius alimentum, M. amissus), two flightless rails (Gallirallus undescribed sp., Porzana undescribed sp.), and a pigeon (Ducula lakeba). Three living species of birds recorded pre-historically, but that no longer occur on these islands, are characteristic of freshwater habitats: the heron Butorides striatus and two volant rails, Porzana tabuensis and Poliolimnas cinereus. Three other extant species recorded from bones on Lakeba, but that no longer inhabit that island or any others in Lau, are the pigeon Didunculus cf. strigirostris, parrot Prosopeia sp., and lorikeet ?Charmosyna amabilis. Much of the inter-island differences in total species richness of birds (modern + prehistoric) is probably due to uneven sampling of prehistoric bones, which are both older (on average) and more abundant on Lakeba and Aiwa Levu than on the other two islands. Reconstructing the composition of the reptile and bird communities as they existed at first human contact demonstrates the unappreciated species richness of very small islands, a concept of interest to biogeographers and conservation biologists.
Policy Modernization and Novel Economic Indicators Coxswaining Nation on Growth Path
Authors:   Research Scholar, BSMED, Bharathiar University., Prakash A Arun , Devi N Dr. Uma ,   Associate Professor, BSMED, Bharathiar University.
Published: February 2024

India as a nation witnessing the continuous modernization of Monetary and Fiscal Policies. In the previous subsequent budgets, the allocation of funds on the national development which is gauged on the scales of infrastructure, production and manufacturing index, farming and allied farming index, supply chain and logistics, health, education, employment, rural and women empowerment and national governance has seen considerable progress. On looking at the larger picture, the total expenditure stated in the budget and its impact on the economic growth considering the factor Like GDP, GVA, NR, Per Capita Income, is evident. However, to create a profound understanding and awareness about the policy, changes and implementation of policy, and how its roads to the growth of the nation, we need to prove it with the less revealed, less used economic indicators like, to name a few, Government Debt to GDP, Government Revenue to Spending, Government spending to GDP, PMI to Private sector Credit, Youth Unemployment Rate to Jobless Claims, Labor Force Participation rate, NPA to Loans to Private Sector, Capital flow to Capacity utilization, Business Confidence index, Composite PMI to corporate profits, ZEW Economic Sentiment Index, etc. This research would provide all the hidden spots, blind spots to the leaders who can guide the nation to prosper.
Gyroscopic Systems for the Orientation of the Underground Geodetic Network Points
Authors: Kurtović Seat-Yakup , Matić Slavica
Published: February 2024

Underground geodetic measurements are quite different from the surface measurements. In tunnels and mines could be hot, humid, dark, cramped, dusty, dirty and dangerous (most of the above is usually present). Important problem with underground surveying is an orientation based on surface measurements, which is often done by using gyrotheodolite.
Regression Analysis in Function of Examining Geometrical Parameters of the High Rise Buildings
Authors: Đidelija Muamer
Published: February 2024

Various geophysical and physical processes, as well as the exploitation of objects, among other things, cause deformations of objects. The work of the geodetic expert is to detect the presence (absence) of deformation or deviations of the actual object from its planned geometry, with appropriate reliability measures. This paper presents the use of regression analysis as a verification process of two high-rise buildings (UNITIC towers in Sarajevo) verticality. Starting with the development of the geodetic network, through measurement and data processing, until the planning and execution of geodetic monitoring of buildings, as well as data processing, this paper is a well-rounded study. The entire process indicated that the regression analysis is extremely sensitive to measurement's accuracy, and the modeled directions that approximate building's edges tend to deviate from the vertical, which can be said in particular for the southern skyscraper (U2).
Accuracy Assessment of Different Polynomial Geoid Models in Orthometric Height Determination for Akure, Nigeria
Authors: Raufu Ibrahim Olatunji , Tata Herbert
Published: February 2024

Height is an important component in three dimensional coordinates and determination of the position of points for any meaningful development. Ellipsoidal heights from GNSS require geoid model which could be global, regional and local for transformation to orthometric height. The absence of a national geoid model in Nigeria remains a great drawback to develop local geoid for local application in place of global geoid models. The study aims to assess the accuracy of polynomial geoid models in orthometric height determination. Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) observations were carried out to determine ellipsoidal heights of the point while nine and eleven coefficients were used for the geoid and orthometric height modelling. Model A and Model C used 2-D (x, y) positions with nine and eleven parameters while model B used 3-D (x, y, ∆h) positions with nine parameters. The least-squares method was adopted in computing the parameters of the models. Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) was used to assess the accuracy of the models with the RMSE of model A is 14.3 cm, model B is 15.7 cm and model C is 14.5 cm, respectively. The inclusion of height term (∆h) in model B does not improve the accuracy over model A and model C. Model A with the lowest RMSE is hence the better of the three models. One-way ANOVA test conducted at 95% confidence level, however, revealed that the three models did not differ significantly. Model A having lower RMSE is recommended with GPS determined ellipsoidal heights as an alternative to conventional spirit levelling for orthometric height determination within Akure for engineering and environmental applications.
Geodatabase on the Example of the Cadastre of Vineyards
Authors: Dizdarević Ema , Borisov Mirko , Petrović Mirko , Stoilković Ivan , Rakićević Nenad
Published: February 2024

This paper describes the creation of the geodatabase of the vineyard cadastre. In order to create the database itself, it was necessary to make a selection of what data is suitable to collect, in what way, and also to determine what existing data is. Due to the sheer size of the vineyards on Ćemovsko polje, such records are necessary. The focus of this work is on the collection, processing of data, and the formation of a functional georeferenced database. The goal of creating such a database is to facilitate the search, addition of data, and manipulation of the same, as well as transparency of the tables for the needs of further processing of grapes and obtaining final products from the Plantation 13th July, located on Ćemovsko polje in the vicinity of Podgorica, Montenegro.
Potencial de producción de semilla de Pinus montezumae Lambert en el centro de México
Authors: Herrera-Hernández Raquel , López-Upton Javier , Muñoz-Gutiérrez Liliana , Ramírez-Herrera Carlos
Published: February 2024

Los bosques que rodean las ciudades de México, Puebla y Tlaxcala son fuente de servicios ambientales para 25 millones de personas. Pinus montezumae Lambert es una especie abundante en la zona que está bajo presión antropocéntrica. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la capacidad de repoblamiento a través del análisis de indicadores reproductivos y su relación con 26 variables ambientales (clima, suelo) y ecológicas (densidad de árboles). En ocho poblaciones se recolectaron 10 conos sanos por árbol, de 15 árboles por población (1200 conos). Los datos se analizaron con las pruebas GLIMIX y Kruskal–Wallis, según el comportamiento de cada variable. Las correlaciones se estimaron por el método de Pearson y Spearman. Se encontraron diferencias significativas (p<0.05) en todas las variables entre poblaciones y en 3 de 11 variables entre árboles.  Se obtuvo un promedio 132 semillas desarrolladas por cono, 55% de ellas se encontraban llenas, 43% vanas y 2% plagadas. La eficiencia de producción, eficiencia reproductiva y el índice de endogamia fueron 0.33, 28.7 y 0.43, respectivamente. Algunas variables ambientales mostraron asociaciones con la producción de semilla. Se observó menor potencial de producción de semilla (r < -0.70) en poblaciones con elevada temperatura y baja precipitación, además de mayor peso de semilla al aumentar la temperatura media (r = 0.74). El peso de semilla disminuye a menor disponibilidad de materia orgánica (r = -0.94), mientras que suelos más ácidos poseen mayor potencial de producción de semilla (r = 0.76). La densidad no presentó correlación significativa con ninguna variable (p<0.05; r<±0.26). A pesar de la alta fragmentación y baja densidad de árboles en las poblaciones, los indicadores reproductivos no muestran deficiencia en la producción de semilla llena, siendo indicio de un correcto proceso de regeneración natural por semilla. El aumento sustancial de la temperatura y la reducción de la precipitación podría reducir la producción de semilla de la especie y su capacidad de repoblarse naturalmente. Esto advierte la necesidad de un manejo adecuado de los bosques bajo un escenario climático desfavorable, enfocado a la renovación de las poblaciones por medio de programas de reforestación.
Relações de poder na inserção profissional de professores na carreira docente
Authors: Araújo Ginaldo Cardoso de
Published: February 2024

Este artigo elege como foco central das discussões as relações de poder que atravessam a inserção de professores iniciantes na carreira docente. Objetiva analisar as táticas de poder que são postas em ação para governar a condução das condutas desses docentes, visando à sua constituição profissional. Para tanto, este artigo toma como inspiração o referencial teórico-analítico de Michel Foucault. Para a produção de dados e informações sobre o objeto, o estudo fez uso de grupos de discussão com professores iniciantes e experientes que atuam nos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental de escolas públicas municipais de Caetité, no Estado da Bahia. Os achados da pesquisa evidenciaram que as relações de poder, no começo da profissão docente, mobilizam as táticas de desestabilização e de recomposição do corpo dos professores iniciantes. Em ação, essas táticas de poder buscam constituir profissionais da docência flexíveis e habilidosos para o desempenho de múltiplas práticas de aprendizagem, de cunho neoliberal, na escola contemporânea.
Prosedur Invasif Minimal Pada Pneumothoraks: Penggunaan Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
Authors: Adhadi Harits Hammam , Pondang Josafat
Published: February 2024

Peningkatan penggunaan bedah torakoskopi berbantuan Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) sebagai alternatif yang lebih disukai daripada torakotomi dalam penatalaksanaan pneumotoraks, namun masih terbatasnya penelitian yang ada mengenai pengalaman penggunaan VATS uniportal untuk kasus pneumotoraks. Dengan pengembangan teknologi dan pendekatan invasif minimal, penelitian ini menyoroti kebutuhan akan evaluasi lebih lanjut terhadap keamanan dan efektivitas VATS uniportal dalam mengobati pneumotoraks, menyediakan bukti yang dapat mendukung penggunaannya dalam praktik klinis dengan potensi untuk memperbaiki hasil pasien, mempersingkat masa rawat inap, dan mengurangi nyeri pasca operasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengevaluasi keamanan dan efektivitas bedah torakoskopi dengan bantuan video port tunggal dalam pengobatan pneumotoraks. Penelitian ini mengusulkan penggunaan metode observasional retrospektif untuk menyelidiki pneumotoraks dalam konteks populasi pasien yang telah didiagnosis dengan Pneumotoraks Spontan Primer (PSP), Pneumotoraks Spontan Sekunder (SSP), dan pneumotoraks iatrogenik. Data akan dianalisis dari rekam medis pasien dalam rentang waktu tertentu, dengan fokus pada demografi pasien, faktor risiko, presentasi klinis, diagnosis, manajemen, serta prognosis dan komplikasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini reseksi paru invasif minimal dapat berhasil dilakukan dengan menggunakan sayatan tunggal. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini, bedah torakoskopi dengan bantuan video port tunggal adalah metode yang aman dan efektif untuk pengobatan pneumotoraks.
What Are The Factors That Affecting The Usage Of Bank Jago Application?
Authors: Mahardika Yudha , Tjhin Viany Utami
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this study is to identify the causes that affecting Bank Jago Usage. Starting from a Conventional Bank (Head Quarter) in Bandung in 2019 and now in 2023, Bank Jago already has moved to Jakarta as a Digital Bank, with more than 5 million users. Yet the users still found some weaknesses while using the Bank Jago Application on transferring money, using the features, and making an account. Spreading questionnaires was conducted to Bank Jago Application users, who live in Jabodetabek area (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi). 136 People was filled the questionnaire as voluntary. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Self-Service Technology (SST) research model was used in this study. The result has been proven that there are two factors, which is Convenience and Perceived Ease of Use. Thus, for future development, from this study, the developer can add some more futures. Such as using the digital wallet by Face Recognition and Fingerprint as Authentication code. The Data processing was using Smart PLS (Structural Equational Modelling) V.3.2.9.
rOpenSci News Digest, February 2024
Authors:   The rOpenSci Team
Published: February 2024

Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup!
Influence of job satisfaction on employee organizational commitment in Serbian companies
Authors: Cvjetković Milena , Cvjetković Milovan
Published: February 2024

This paper presents research aimed at assessing the impact of job satisfaction on employee's organizational commitment. The study involved a sample of 248 employees in Serbian companies. Correlation analysis revealed a statistically strong and significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment variables. Regression analysis identified that the nature of work and supervision variables made the most significant individual contributions to achieving organizational commitment. The T-test of independent samples on job satisfaction indicated a statistically significant difference in mean values concerning employee satisfaction based on years of service. The research findings offer insights for enhancing employee job satisfaction, consequently fostering organizational commitment, leading to increased engagement and improved work performance.
The impact of ERP system implementation on the development of modern economic flows in the company
Authors: Živković Marijana , Maričić Srđan
Published: February 2024

The accelerated development of information and communication technologies (ICT), from the end of the 20th century until today, has made a great contribution to all segments of social life, and a significant part of this contribution is the impact on modern economic trends. New forms of business, such as digital marketing, electronic banking, and the web market, have confirmed old and set new theoretical postulates in economic science as well, although there are still disagreements at the global level regarding the intertwining of the understanding of traditional economic flows and terms with newly introduced economic flows and terms. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) basically represents a business information system, i.e., a set of commercial software packages for small, medium, and large companies.The subject of research in this paper is the analysis of the ERP system project in JKP Gradska čistoća in Belgrade, done with the aim of encompassing and describing the company's business processes, identifying problems and proposing a solution with other information important for further steps.The goal of the research work is the analysis of business processes, implemented software, and possible suggestions for improvement through the implementation of new technologies and solutions and integration between different systems, which would eliminate problems that complicate the development of business processes and reduce the efficiency of the organization.Basic hypothesis of the work: The implementation of the ERP system has a significant impact on the development of modern economic flows in a company such as PUK Gradska čistoća in Belgrade. Research methodology and main results: The project included business processes and areas for which the ERP system can be responsible: operational, landfill and recycling, legal personnel affairs, economic sector, commercial sector, maintenance, and level of the enterprise and other services in the enterprise. During the research, the authors used analysis and synthesis methods, classification methods, comparison methods, and statistical methods. The main research results of this work are presented in the chapter "Research Results".
Zhuangzi and Epicurus: Life and death as a play of cosmic forces
Authors: Pušić Radosav
Published: February 2024

Due to our materiality, we are woven into this reality and cannot deny the land we belong to a morsel of bread or love that fills our being. Epicurus has believed that all people have a right to happiness through philosophical exploration, as only through philosophical exploration can we realize our aspiration and reach our goal - life in pleasure, without pain, life filled with happiness. Epicurus, like Zhuangzi, has had a strong need to demonstrate that it is necessary for us to know ourselves, our very essence. Zhuangzi, having been aware of the illusions into which we "lull ourselves", has come to the realization that this is not only undesirable but also impossible. There are just endless transformations of things (wu hua 物化), as the only certainties for human beings. Changes of state and form are our constant companions in life. Nothing can stop and steady this profound and distressing cosmic play.
Genotypes maize for biomass and grains of second season cultivation in Dourados-MS
Authors: Guimarães Amanda Gonçalves , Ceccon Gessí , Oliveira Verônica Gleice de , Retore Marciana
Published: February 2024

Maize is a versatile crop, which allows from the production of whole plant silage to the harvest of grain maize, but it is necessary to verify the genotypes with these potentials according to the region of cultivation. Thus, the objective of this work was to identify the aptitude of maize for biomass for silage and grain in two years of second season cultivation in Dourados-MS. The experiment was conducted at Embrapa Western Agriculture, Dourados, MS, Brazil under field conditions in the experimental design was in randomized complete block in a 6x2 factorial scheme be six maize genotypes (BRS1010, KWS9606, BRS3046, 1P2224, 1Q2383, CAPO) and two growing years (2021 and 2022) with five replications. The agronomic traits of plant biomass for silage (plant and ear heigh, stem diameter number of leaves, green mass yield plant, leaf, steam more tassel and ear, dry matter yield in the plant and efficiency of land) and maize grain (ear diameter ear length, number of grain rows per ear, number of grains per row in ears, hundred seed weight and grain yield) were evaluated. There was an increase in the values of the traits for whole maize plant in the year 2022 compared to the year 2021. The maize genotypes indicated for biomass for silage were BRS3046, KWS9606 and 1Q2383, as for maize grain, the experimental genotypes that are under development, 1P2224 and 1Q2383, are promising options for the region.
Intestinal endoparasitism in Corydoras multiradiatus (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in Iquitos, Loreto-Peru
Authors: Arias Nathaly Maura Ortiz , Martínez Marcos Enrique Serrano , Chaupe Nieves Nancy Sandoval , Sousa Alana Lislea de , Morey Germán Augusto Murrieta
Published: February 2024

Corydoras multiradiatus (Orcés V.1960), commonly called “hog-nosed brochis” and popularly known in Peru as “coridora jumbo” is a species of commercial importance among the Amazonian ornamental fish. It is known that the integrity of the health of aquatic organisms positively increases the production and trade of quality products, however, the opposite negatively affects financial losses and production costs. Among the possible diseases, parasitism stands out, and there is still a lack of information, mainly about metazoans, parasitic species that infect C. multiradiatus. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the species of endoparasite metazoans in C. multiradiatus and evaluate the histological lesions present to provide information to ornamental fish producers about these pathologies. Thirty specimens of C. multiradiatus were collected by fishermen in the municipality of “Belén” in Iquitos, Peru. The results revealed the presence of Tylodelphys sp. and nematode larvae in the intestinal wall and Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pintoi (Kohn & Fernandes 1988) present in the intestine. The histopathological analysis of the intestine showed several lesions: necrosis; cell desquamation; infiltration of lymphocytes in the mucosa; transepithelial infiltration of lymphocytes; enterocyte hyperplasia; goblet cell hyperplasia and enterocyte desquamation. The study revealed the presence of endoparasites in C. multiradiatus collected in Iquitos, Loreto-Peru, and a moderate degree of damage caused by histological lesions in the intestine of infected fish. The results of this work will serve the fishermen, collectors and aquarists of the city of Iquitos, who, knowing the endoparasites present in C. multiradiatus and the damage they can cause to the fish, will be able to adopt prophylactic measures in order to guarantee the good condition of the fish for its consequent commercialization at a local, national and international level.
Daily weight gain of goats until weaning receiving two schemes of mineral supplementation
Authors: Pimentel Viviane Antunes , Malafaia Pedro Antônio Muniz , Magiero Karen Purper Freitas , Farias Mariana de Souza , Deminicis Bruno Borges , Deminicis Renata Gomes da Silveira
Published: February 2024

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of commercial mineral supplementation and selective mineral supplements in which only elements known to be deficient in the animal's diet. In an experiment conducted in Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were analyzed: daily weight gain, nutritional and economic aspects of goats mixed breed receiving two types of mineral supplements. The sixteen animals were divided into two groups. For one group a commercial mineral mixture was used, and to the other group selective mineral mixture containing only sodium (Na) and copper (Cu) was offered. There was no difference in daily weight gain when the selective or commercial mixture was given. The selective mineral supplementation was 4,8 times more economic than conventional supplementation with a commercial mineral mix. The animals showed an increase of hair pigmentation around the eyes, attributed to the correction of copper deficiency. Thus, when an adequate concentrate and good quality forage is given, only the deficient mineral element(s) should be supplemented. The result of this experiment confirms the hypothesis that selective mineral supplementation is correct and can result in reduction of the cost with mineral supplementation of a herd.
Fragmentos de floresta ombrófila mista em diferentes estágios sucessionais: caracterização dendrométrica e determinação da biomassa e carbono
Authors: Silva Victória Varela , Nicoletti Marcos Felipe , Dobner Jr. Mario , Vaz Douglas Rufino , Oliveira Gustavo Silva
Published: February 2024

O objetivo desse estudo foi quantificar as principais variáveis dendrométricas, a biomassa e o carbono estocado de fragmentos da Floresta Ombrófila Mista de diferentes níveis sucessionais, em diferentes estratos selecionados. O banco de dados utilizado foi obtido a partir do inventário realizado nos municípios de Campo Belo do Sul e Capão Alto (SC), em fragmentos de Floresta Ombrófila Mista classificados como secundários (últimas intervenções em 1960) e primários (preservados durante o “ciclo da madeira”), seguindo a metodologia do Inventário Florístico Florestal de Santa Catarina (IFFSC). A determinação do volume e biomassa foram realizadas por meio de equações da literatura, e o carbono determinado pela metodologia do Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Para as características dendrométricas, o estudo demonstrou grande variação entre as sucessões e dentro dos estratos, o que se é esperado tratando-se de uma floresta com grande variedade de espécies, em que algumas diferenças podem ser indicativos de intervenções passadas. Em todas as variáveis, a Araucaria angustifolia possui grande participação na Floresta Primária, sendo bem menor na Secundária, sendo que o mesmo acontece para a espécie Dicksonia sellowiana. A partir desse estudo conclui-se que florestas secundárias se diferenciam das primárias tanto na florística quanto na estrutura, e mesmo em áreas consideradas primárias, como a desse estudo, vê-se que não atingem o estoque de estágios sucessionais avançados, possivelmente devido a intervenções anteriores ao histórico conhecido da área.
Response of faba bean (Viciafaba L.) varieties to lime application in wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia
Authors: Tsige Bekalu Abebe , Dechassa Nigussie , Tana Tamado , Laekemariam Fanuel , Alemayehu Yibekal
Published: February 2024

Soil acidity and scarcity of faba bean varieties adapted to lower pH soils are major factors that limit faba bean production in Ethiopia. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to find the lime rate and faba bean can improve the yield of the crop. Four rates of lime (0, 2, 4, and 6 t ha–1) and five-faba bean varieties (local, Dosha, Gebelecho, Tumsa, and Bobicho) were used as treatments, which laid out as CRD with six replications. The main and interaction effects of lime rates and varieties significantly (P < 0.05) influenced all growth, yield components, and yield parameters. Nevertheless, root morphological parameters were significantly (P < 0.05) affected by the main effects of the lime rate. Accordingly, the most significant high aboveground biomass of 47.92 g pot–1, and seed yields of (19.16 g pot–1) were obtained in response to the interaction of the Tumsa variety with 3 g pot–1lime rate (2 t ha–1). The lowest aboveground biomass of (32.08 g pot–1) and seed yield of (12.84 g pot–1) were obtained in response to the local variety planted with no lime application. Overall, in terms of seed yield, the Gebelcho and Tumsa varieties performed best by attaining their maximum seed yields in response to the application of 3 g lime pot–1 (2 t ha–1). Thus, 3 g pot–1 (2.0 t ha–1) liming rate with the Gebelcho and Tumsa varieties was found to be the best-combined treatment to improve the yield of the crop in the study area. The results of the study indicated the need to ameliorate soil acidity and select acid-tolerant faba bean varieties for enhancing the yield of the crop.
O resgate das raízes do design brasileiro e português a partir do paralelismo temático entre as fases cronológicas de produção de Aloisio Magalhães e Raul Cunca
Authors: Martin Geovana , Pinheiro Olimpio José , Carvalho Carla Paoliello de Lucena
Published: February 2024

Este artigo apresenta as lacunas conceituais da história e teoria do design brasileiro a partir de uma visão mais alargada, que busca nas relações entre passado e presente os registros de ancestralidade nas obras de Aloisio Magalhães e Raul Cunca. Procuramos observar se após pouco mais de quinhentos anos e de cerca de duzentos anos após a ruptura política entre Brasil e Portugal, ainda poderia haver uma relativa aproximação entre as obras do designer brasileiro Aloisio Magalhães (entre 1975 e 1982), e as obras do designer português Raul Cunca (entre 2012 e 2020). Embora se apresentem em contextos distintos e afastadas do período pré-independentista, seria possível observar paralelismos entre as fases “Dimensão da Cultura” de Aloisio Magalhães e a “Habitar a terra” de Raul Cunca? Seria possível observá-las sob inter-relações de busca de identidade e pertencimento? A análise de similaridades entre as identidades particulares destas obras talvez possa evidenciar uma orientação mais ampla sobre as raízes relativamente comuns do design brasileiro e português.
Ensino-aprendizagem da modelagem do vestuário: a trajetória profissional e a experiência sensível na prática docente
Authors: Nascimento Janaina
Published: February 2024

Entrevista com a professora Dra. Maristela Abadia Fernandes Novaes, sobre a sua trajetória como profissional de moda, a formação do professor e a importância da ressignificação das experiências no processo de construção de roupas. O texto aborda a relação entre as técnicas de moulage e modelagem, o processo criativo e as vivências dos modelistas e dos professores da área, como aspectos sensíveis do ensino-aprendizagem da modelagem do vestuário e seu desenvolvimento, ao atravessar e integrar as décadas de experiências, conhecimentos e histórias vividas dos professores como fatores importantes para a construção da docência.
Assessing Knowledge And Attitude Of Hcws On Inter-Professional Education And Collaboration In Jizan Region; A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: Abdulaziz Ali Ahmed Sharahili,  , Ali Ibrahim Noshili (corresponding author),  , Ahmad Shoi Mohammad Ogdi,  , Mousa Ali Mousa Ayashi,  , Fouad Mosa Getini,  , Ibrahim Sadiq Tohary,  , Muhannad Ali Aljabri,  , Madish Sadiq Tohari,  , Ali Mohammed Amery,  , Hassan Mohammad Tohary,  , Yahya Bahis Ali Hakami,  , Alwaleed Ali Yahya
Published: February 2024

Background: Effective inter-professional collaboration is vital for optimizing healthcare outcomes. This study focuses on healthcare workers in the Jizan Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), to evaluate their knowledge, attitudes, and challenges concerning inter-professional collaboration.

Aim: The study aims to assess the current state of inter-professional collaboration among healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Jizan Region, KSA, with a focus on understanding their knowledge levels, attitudes, identifying potential barriers, and examining the relationships between knowledge, attitudes, and demographic factors.

Method: A descriptive and quantitative cross-sectional research design was employed, involving multidisciplinary healthcare teams in selected Jizan Region hospitals. Data were collected through a questionnaire measuring knowledge and attitudes, and analyses were conducted using SPSS version 28.

Findings and Results: The demographic profile of healthcare workers in Jizan, KSA, reveals a predominantly male workforce (90.6%) with diverse educational backgrounds, notably featuring a high percentage of Ph.D. holders (33.1%). Psychometrically validated scales indicate positive attitudes (M=44.40) and high knowledge levels (M=49.34) among participants, with positively skewed distributions. Healthcare professionals displayed overwhelmingly positive attitudes (207 out of 257) and high knowledge levels toward emphasizing a positive foundation for collaborative practices in the region.

Conclusion: The study contributes valuable insights to the KSA healthcare context, indicating a positive foundation for inter-professional collaboration. Recommendations include tailored training programs and interventions addressing communication barriers. Limitations, such as the cross-sectional nature of the study, should be considered in interpreting the results.
Use Of Organic Fruit Residues To Obtain Bioplastics
Authors: Pilco Carlos Jácome , Mendoza Franz Verdezoto , Siza Karen Caragulla , Sisa Nelly Guambuguete , Manobanda Martha Patín
Published: February 2024

The research of organic fruit waste as a source of raw material for the creation of bioplastics not only responds to the search for sustainable solutions to environmental problems related to waste and plastic pollution, but is also aligned with the growing global demand. of more environmentally friendly alternatives in all areas of production. The article delves into the perspective of using organic fruit waste as a way to manufacture bioplastics, which represent an eco-friendly alternative to traditional petroleum-derived materials. Emphasis is placed on the variety of fruits used in the production of bioplastics, as well as the characterization of these bioplastics, the various applications they can find in a wide range of industries, and the production methods that allow optimizing their viability. The exhaustive characterization of the resulting bioplastics is a fundamental pillar in this process. Understanding their mechanical properties, degradability, biocompatibility and thermal resistance is not only essential to ensure they are suitable for their intended applications, but also provides key information for further development and improvement. This characterization contributes to the acceptance and adoption of these bioplastics in the market, since it becomes a trust factor for end users and industries.