bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
TREINAMENTO PERSONALIZADO DENTRO DA VISÃO DAS ACADEMIAS
Authors: Ferreira Maia Divanalmi , FARIAS ÁLVARO LUIS PESSOA DE , Souto Filho José Morais , Nascimento Marcos Antônio Medeiros do , Alves da Costa Rosa Maria
Published: January 2024

RESUMO

As academias atualmente oferecem várias formas de exercícios, tornando assim um espaço de educação não-formal, buscando proporcionar aos seus clientes diversas atividades, especialmente “cuidados” com o corpo. O objetivo do estudo foi realizar uma revisão de literatura acerca dos atendimentos personalizada nas academias. A coleta de dados aconteceu na busca nas seguintes bases de dados: SCIELO e LILACS, de 2010 à 2020. Os artigos, foram analisados o título, o resumo e, quando necessário, o texto completo. Após a análise inicial e seleção dos artigos, ocorreu a análise manual onde a seleção foi baseada na conformidade do tema desse estudo, tendo sido desconsiderados aqueles que, apesar de aparecerem no resultado da busca, não abordavam o assunto do estudo de forma especifica. Tendo como resultado que os motivos que levam as pessoas irem as academias para prática de exercício físico são a presença do Personal Trainer, aderência e o tempo de treinamento em programas de Treinamento Personalizado dos clientes, o Personal Trainer tem como predominância clientes do gênero feminino, com idade variadas, as academias atualmente tem a presença de um personal trainer graduado em Educação Física. Foi possível concluir que os motivos que levam as pessoas irem as  academias  para prática de exercício físico  são a presença do Personal Trainer, aderência e o tempo de treinamento em programas de Treinamento Personalizado dos clientes chega-se as seguintes conclusões: o Personal Trainer tem como predominância clientes do gênero feminino, com idade variadas, já os homens que buscam o treinamento personalizado têm idade superior a das mulheres, com a média de 35 anos, para os clientes a elaboração de estratégias no treinamento personalizado, promove motivação e fidelidade nas aulas, e a certeza que estão em direção de uma boa saúde.

Palavras-chaves: Academias. Personal Trainer. Treinamento personalizado.
TEACHING MODELING TO FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHEN SOLVING TEXT PROBLEMS
Authors:   Kyrgyz State University named after I.Arabaev, Seytalieva Elmira , Kasymalieva Gulmira ,   Kyrgyz State University named after I.Arabaev
Published: January 2024

The article deals with the problems of teaching the solution of text problems for younger schoolchildren in the preparation of future primary school teachers. The results of a survey of students, which was conducted in order to find out about the problem of modeling when solving text problems, are presented. Based on the results, we saw that students are able to solve problems associated with processes, but it was noted that they have difficulties in choosing an auxiliary model and solving it. The results were analyzed and reviewed using methodological techniques with auxiliary models of the work of solving text problems. Also, in the preparation of future primary school teachers, diagnostic work was carried out among students of different groups and the results were derived. Examples were given of the use of auxiliary models with the help of which solutions to text problems were shown. Thus, summing up, it was revealed that auxiliary models allow you to correctly find ways to solve text problems and develop general methodological logical thinking skills.
Implicaciones en seguridad de la migración irregular bajo el marco del extractivismo
Authors: Vargas-Villamizar Carlos-Enrique
Published: January 2024

La migración irregular de ciudadanos venezolanos hacia países del hemisferio se ha incrementado de manera exponencial en los últimos años, y ha adquirido connotaciones de política exterior y seguridad internacional. Para entender este fenómeno, se precisa un acercamiento a los flujos migratorios irregulares a partir de conceptos amplios de seguridad y extractivismo. Esto, entendiendo al humano como un nuevo commodity que es extraído y exportado por organizaciones criminales transnacionales, las cuales incrementan sus réditos ilícitos mediante la instrumentalización de las vulnerabilidades de las personas migrantes. En ese contexto, se profundizan situaciones de inseguridad en los países de destino, tránsito y origen. Se aprovecha la amplitud que la economía política ofrece al concepto de commodities, que en este escenario es el ser humano, explotado por el crimen. Se plantea una metodología a través de la aproximación teórica a las dinámicas de los flujos migratorios irregulares de ciudadanos venezolanos desde 2015, para evidenciar sus implicaciones en la seguridad hemisférica a través del concepto de multidimensionalidad. Por último, se concluye que las inseguridades que originan la migración masiva son profundizadas por estructuras criminales, que reproducen los problemas de inseguridad durante las travesías.
MODELING OF RECIPES FOR MOLDED SEMI-FINISHED FISH PRODUCTS USING SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS OF JUICE PRODUCTION
Authors:   Kaliningrad State Technical University, Mosharova M.E. , Titova I.M. ,   Kaliningrad State Technical University, Naumov V.A. ,   Kaliningrad State Technical University
Published: January 2024

When developing recipes for molded semi-finished fish products using secondary raw materials from juice production, it is necessary to establish the optimal composition of the minced fish system to ensure its formability. The researches on modeling the recipes of molded semi-finished fish products from minced pollock with the addition of vegetable powders by the mathematical experiment planning method using a second-order orthogonal central compositional plan for two factors were made. The optimal content of vegetable powders (apple, carrot and berry) was 10%, on average, and the mixing time of the minced system was 6 minutes. It allows to obtain a semi-finished fish product with high organoleptic characteristics and an optimal value of water-holding capacity necessary to ensure good formability of minced fish.
Coexistence of Anti-Hu and Anti-SOX1 Autoantibodies in Atezolizumab-related Encephalitis
Authors: Eun Mi-Yeun , Hah Hyungseok , Hwang Jaechun
Published: January 2024

Although immune checkpoint inhibitor-related encephalitis has been reported, its underlying mechanism and treatment strategies remain unclear. Here, we present the case of a 60-yearold male patient with small cell lung cancer who developed autoimmune encephalitis during treatment with atezolizumab. Notably, this case involved the concurrent detection of two paraneoplastic autoantibodies (anti-Hu and anti-SOX1). Encephalitis was treated by discontinuing atezolizumab and administering steroids, despite the persistence of the antibodies. This case provides insights into the interaction between immune checkpoint inhibitors and paraneoplastic autoantibodies.
Atypical Presentation of Elsberg Syndrome Caused by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection
Authors: Je Yuri , No Jin Woo , Park Young-Eun
Published: January 2024

Elsberg syndrome is a rare disease of lumbosacral myeloradiculitis, mostly caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). It frequently has concomitant myelitis, and immunocompromised patients can be fatal with ascending myelitis. Since anti-viral agents might lead to good recovery, clinicians need to be suspicious for conditions of cauda equina syndrome. Detection of viral DNA from cerebrospinal fluid ensures the diagnosis. We report a case of Elsberg syndrome caused by HSV-2 and are to delineate the clinical and radiologic spectrum.
Stereology-mediated cell count using StereoInvestigator v1
Authors: not provided mariangela.massarocenere
Published: January 2024

Protocol for cell counting using StereoInvestigator software.
Rotarod test v1
Authors: not provided mariangela.massarocenere
Published: January 2024

Protocol to assess motor coordination and balance by using an accelerating rod
Chemogenetic modulation of catecholaminergic neurons v1
Authors: González-Cabrera Cristian , Novák Csilla , P. Contreras Maria , Durán Ernesto , Prigge Matthias
Published: January 2024

This protocol outlines a method for modulating noradrenergic and dopaminergic neuronal activity in the LC and SNc-VTA, respectively, using Cre-dependent hM3D and hM4D expression. It details stereotactic injection techniques for these chemogenetic tools and the preparation of the J60 agonist for intraperitoneal delivery. Developed for longitudinal studies spanning up to four weeks, the protocol aims to assess neuromelanin's activity-dependent accumulation through daily agonist administration.
Hot alkaline lysis gDNA extraction from formalin-fixed archival tissues v2
Authors: E Hahn Erin
Published: January 2024

The widespread practice of formalin preservation has historically limited genomic analysis of archival museum specimens. Here we describe sample selection and extraction methods to recover genomic DNA sufficient to reconstruct complete mitochondrial genomes and achieve up to 20X nuclear genome coverage from formalin-preserved tissues. We describe in detail our approach to vetting specimen preservation quality as well as our procedure for processing tissues with hot alkaline lysis (adapted from Campos et al. 2012) coupled with phenol-chloroform extraction and a small-fragment optimised SPRI bead clean up protocol. The last step in this version contains a supplemental video with extra context and tips, as part of the protocols.io Spotlight series, featuring conversations with protocol authors.
Investigating Indonesian language varieties in social media interactions: Implications to teaching practices
Authors: Mardikantoro Hari Bakti , Siroj Muhammad Badrus , Utami Esti Sudi , Kurniati Endang
Published: January 2024

Social media users come from various circles with different social and cultural statuses which will bring up diverse language variations. Additionally, language variations in speech events on social media certainly have characteristics that are distinctive and different from speech events in general. This study aimed at investigating types and forms of Indonesian language varieties occurred in speech events on social media. A quantitative and qualitative approaches was applied to accomplish the research objective. The quantitative approach was carried out using content analysis. The qualitative approach used was based on sociolinguistic theory. The research data were collected using the listening method (uninvolved conversation observation technique, recording technique, note-taking technique) and questionnaire method. The data were analyzed using the content analysis method to determine the form and percentage of language variety used in speech events on social media. In addition, Miles and Huberman's model was also used for data reduction, verification, conclusion drawing. The research found that language varieties in speech events on social media was not dominated by non-standard varieties, and inter-language mixture (code switching and code mixing). The characteristics of speech events on social media use, among others, informal language, daily-conversation language, unnatural context, and shortened writing. The results implied that the variety of language use on social media has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is necessary to research the use of codes, politeness, or hate speech on social media. Moreover, opportunities are also open to research the use of social media for language learning.
Reading stories for pleasure: An insight into Indonesian university students' practice in online reading platforms
Authors: Sari Winda Setia , Faruk Faruk , Hurley Ursula
Published: January 2024

Reading motivation has been extensively studied in online reading settings. However, little is known about what makes people want to read fiction online, especially in a foreign-language setting. As part of the growth of digital literature and cybernetics, online fiction is gaining popularity among young Indonesians. This research sought to explore Indonesian student-readers’ motivations and preferences as they practiced and were engaged in reading online stories in English. One hundred twelve university students responded to a survey, and 14 were randomly selected for in-depth interviews to learn more about their reading motivations, preferences, and cybernetic literary practices. Analysis of data from the survey showed that most participants chose Wattpad and Webtoon as their favorite online platforms, with romance and fantasy as their favorite genres. They devoted many hours to reading novels on these platforms to seek enjoyment and improve their English vocabulary and language. Nevertheless, data from the interviews further revealed that readers read solely to seek enjoyment and pleasure. Also, readers were primarily silent, unwilling to participate in online conversations between readers and reader-authors but actively rating the novels after reading. Findings contribute to establishing views on online reading motivation and cybernetic literary practices for EFL fiction readers; reading for pleasure is the intrinsic motivation that triggers Indonesian university student-readers to stay online on the platform.
Depicting reflections of power on illocutionary acts of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s speeches on Covid-19
Authors: Kartika Diana , Rahardi R. Kunjana , Aziz M. , Rahmat Wahyudi
Published: January 2024

Speeches are often construed to exert one’s power while projecting a political intent towards the audience. This research examines how power is reflected in speeches by Shinzō Abe, a former Prime Minister of Japan, through the categorisation of speech acts. The speeches were delivered in many of his press conferences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research employed a quantitative approach, and the analysis largely drew on Searle's classification of speech acts to identify and categorise Mr Abe’s expressions of power. Data for this study focused on various formal press briefings, interviews, or other communicative exchanges he conducted in his role as a prime minister. Eight texts were selected for the analysis, and they were collected from the website of the Japanese Prime Minister's Secretariat office from February to May 2020. Findings from the analysis indicated that the prime minister mostly utilised performative verb utterance directions, such as informing (66%), asking (78%), promising (90%), thanking (54%), and deciding (76%), in a form of polite and respectful language, Keigo, to demonstrate reverence towards diplomatic entities. In addition, he frequently highlighted statistical data regarding the circumstances and the prevailing factors of the pandemic that led to a regime of truth and knowledge about Covid-19 in Japan. The findings provided better understanding of Shinzō Abe’s exercise of authority in managing the variability of Covid-19 incidences in Japan, as reflected in the movement of relations with the society and with those diplomatic entities. This suggests that Shinzo Abe’s speeches during the pandemic have a potential pathway that world leaders, linguists or students can traverse and inquire into to ensure community resilience to counteract the fragility caused by a pandemic.
Malay proverbs in inquisitive Semantics approach lens: The case of Malaysian textbooks
Authors: Nasir Mohd Ridzuan Md , Subet Mary Fatimah
Published: January 2024

With reference to the Malay Language Secondary School Standard Curriculum, proverbs in Malaysian contexts are one of the language aspects that students needs to use integrated in the language teaching. This research identified proverbs in the Malaysian secondary school textbooks analyzed using inquisitive semantic approach.  The proverbs data were obtained Form 4 and Form 5 Malay Language textbooks, from Ministry of Education Malaysia. Nine pieces of data were identified using the inquisitive semantics study framework involving three stages; surface meaning analysis, the semantics resonance analysis involving speaker’s cognitive by applying the Cross-reference Framework (Kempson, 1986) in the Relevance Theory (Sperber Wilson, 2986; 1995), and the meaning analysis using the inquisitive semantics approach (Jalaluddin, 2014). The study indicated the proverb meaning analysis starting from the knowledge of the meaning from the dictionary, followed by the meaning of the proverbs in the context of sentences, and the exploration into the philosophy and common sense underlying the formation of the proverbs. The study proposed that the textbooks stimulated students’ higher-order thinking skills with the inquiry method to create new discovery and knowledge. In conclusion, the textbooks offered teachers the proverbs analyzed by the inquisitive semantics approach as a teaching approach such to make the process of learning language in their classrooms more meaningful.
Yeni Medya Bölümü Öğrencilerinin Algoritma Okuryazarlıkları Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Authors: KARAMAN Muhammet Kemal , YİĞİT İlker
Published: January 2024

Algoritmaların ve gelişmiş formları olan yapay zekânın başta internet servisleri olmak üzere her alanda artan bir kapsama alanı ve genişleyen etkileri kullanıcıları çeşitli yönlerden etkilemektedir. Çevrim içi ortamlarda algoritmalar, bir taraftan kullanıcıların ihtiyaç ve isteklerine göre kişiselleştirilmiş içerikler sunarken hayatı kolaylaştırmakta, bir taraftan da özellikle bilinçsiz kullanıcılar için çeşitli riskler barındırmaktadır. Gerek algoritmaların olumlu etkilerinden bilinçli bir şekilde faydalanabilmek için, gerekse de algoritmik ortamların şeffaf olmayan yapılarının olumsuz etkilerinden korunabilmek için algoritma okuryazarlığı yeterliliklerinin belirlenmesi ve ölçümlenmesi gerekmektedir. Bu yeterliliklerin belirlenmesi ve ölçümlenmesi, bu alana yönelik pratik uygulamalar için gerekli akademik çerçevelerin oluşturulması açısından gereklidir. Bu amaçla bu çalışmada, Uşak Üniversitesi Yeni Medya Bölümü öğrencilerinin algoritma okuryazarlık düzeyleri araştırılmıştır. Araştırmada Rasch modeli tabanlı üç şıklı ölçek kullanılmıştır. Analizler R Studio ve Excel programlarında yapılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, katılımcı grubu için genel olarak algoritma farkındalığı düzeyleri ortalamalarının, algoritma bilgisi düzeyi ortalamalarından daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca araştırma sonuçları, katılımcıların demografik özelliklerine göre algoritma okuryazarlıklarında belirgin farklılıklar olduğunu göstermektedir.
Film Keşif Ağlarının İzleme Deneyimi İle İlişkisi: Letterboxd Örneği
Authors: TURGUT Onur
Published: January 2024

Film keşif ağları yalnızca film önerileri sunmakla kalmaz, izleyici pratiklerini dönüştüren faktörlerle alımlama biçimlerinden tüketim örüntülerine kadar uzanan değişimlerin aracı olur. Bunun yanında filmlerle ilgili paylaşımlar yapmak, filmleri derecelendirmek, film listeleri oluşturmak gibi eylemler, dijital kültürün sinema kavrayışını değiştiren etkilerine işaret etmektedir. Seyir formlarını ve sinema söylemini etkileyen yeni medya olanaklarının, nasıl ve hangi amaçlarla kullanıldığının belirlenmesi, farklı seyirci profillerinin anlaşılmasında kritik bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu olanakların kullanımı, izleyicilerin film deneyimlerini şekillendiren ve sinema kültürünü çeşitlendiren dinamikleri açığa çıkarmaktadır. Bu noktada, örneklem olarak belirlenen Letterboxd film keşif ağı incelenmeye değer bir örnek olarak belirlenmiştir. Nitekim Letterboxd, sinema tutkunlarının film önerilerini paylaşma, değerlendirme yapma ve özel listeler oluşturma gibi etkileşimli eylemleriyle, dijital çağın sinema algısını değiştiren önemli bir araç olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Buradan yola çıkarak, bu sosyal ağı kullanan 11 katılımcı ile derinlemesine görüşmeler düzenlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak bu sosyal ağ aracılığıyla katılımcıların, dijital çağın getirdiği yenilikleri benimsedikleri görülmüş, ayrıca Letterboxd sosyal ağının kendi değer yargılarını üreten interaktif ve özelleştirilmiş bir mecra olduğu gözlemlenmiştir.
Sosyal Medyada Kamu Diplomasisi: Türk Cumhuriyetleri’nin Ankara Büyükelçiliklerine Dönük Bir Değerlendirme
Authors: BÜYÜKDOĞAN Birol
Published: January 2024

İletişim teknolojilerindeki değişim ve gelişime paralel olarak diplomatik faaliyetler de dijital ortama aktarılmıştır. Dijital iletişimin diplomasiye olan katkısı özellikle kamu diplomasisi alanında hedef kitleye daha kısa zamanda ve daha etkili bir şekilde ulaşmayı sağlamasıdır. Bu çalışma, Ankara’da bulunan Türk Cumhuriyetleri Büyükelçilikleri sosyal medya paylaşımlarını kamu diplomasisi açısından analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma yalnızca 1 Mart-30 Nisan 2023 tarihleri arasındaki Facebook paylaşımlarını içermektedir. Çalışma nitel ve dokuman analizine dayalı bir çalışma olup verilerin analizinde içerik analizi tekniği uygulanmıştır. Paylaşımlarda beğeni ve yeniden paylaşımlar olsa dahi takipçilerle ikili iletişime geçilmediği görülmüştür. Elçilikler paylaşımlarında çoğunlukla kültürel diplomasi üzerinde dururken, onu sırasıyla turizm, ülke fikrini savunma, uluslararası iş birliği, ekonomik diplomasi ve bilim diplomasisi konuları takip etmektedir. Eğitim, spor ve STK’larla iletişim konularındaki paylaşımlarsa çok düşük seviyede görülmüştür. Büyükelçiliklerin sosyal medya paylaşımlarının bu amaçla istihdam edilmiş çalışanlar tarafından yapılması, kamu diplomasisi faaliyetlerinin bütünleşik bir bakış açısıyla gerçekleştirilmesi, takipçi sayılarının artırılması amacıyla daha kaliteli ve daha fazla paylaşımda bulunulması ve ülke markasına dönük paylaşımlara ağırlık verilmesinde fayda görülmektedir.
Çağdaş Televizyon Anlatılarında Deliliğin Sunumu: Kırmızı Oda Dizisi Örneği
Authors: ALÇAYIR Merve
Published: January 2024

Bu çalışma, deliliğin kültürel temsilini bir sosyal içerme meselesi olarak sorunsallaştırarak yerli televizyon anlatılarında delilik söylemlerine odaklanmaktadır. Çalışma, üretilen söylemlerin yaşanmış deneyimi olan kişileri ne dereceye kadar failliklerini ve deneyimin kolektif boyutlarını öne çıkaracak şekilde güçlendiren veya kişileri nesneleştirme ve deneyimi bireyselleştirme yoluyla güçsüzleştiren mesajlar ürettiğini incelemektedir. Deliliğe dair popüler anlatılar, deliliği bir hastalık veya anomalite olarak gören tıbbi söylemin hakimiyetindedir. Tıbbi perspektiften çerçevelenen bu temsiller, deneyimi bireyselleştirdiği ve karmaşıklığını görünmez kıldığı gerekçesiyle deliliği sosyokültürel perspektiften incelemeyi öneren disiplinlerce eleştirilmiştir. Literatür, son yıllarda televizyon ve sinema anlatılarında deliliğin tıbbi temsillerinin yanı sıra deneyimin farklı katmanlarını ortaya çıkaran sunumlarının da belirmeye başladığını göstermektedir. Bu çalışma, bu verilere dayanarak yerli televizyon anlatılarında delilik temsillerinin çeşitlenip çeşitlenmediğini incelemek için son yılların en popüler televizyon dizilerinden biri olan “Kırmızı Oda”ya odaklanmaktadır. Çalışma engellilik çalışmalarının sunduğu eleştirel perspektiften yararlanarak Kırmızı Oda dizisini Eleştirel Söylem Analizi yöntemiyle çözümlemektedir. Bulgular, Kırmızı Oda dizisinin klişelerin ötesinde bazı alternatif söylemler sunmasına rağmen deliliği baskın bir şekilde hastalık, anomalite ve kişisel bir trajedi olarak çerçeveleyerek hakim söylemleri yeniden ürettiğini göstermektedir. Çalışma, engellilik çalışmalarının eleştirel perspektifini kullanarak, delilik hakkında üretilen popüler anlamları, ayrımcılık, erişilebilirlik ve savunuculuk temaları ile ilişki içinde incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Kriz Anlarında Kitle İletişim Araçları: Afet Dönemlerinde Televizyon Yayıncılığı Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Authors: KOLUMAN Hakan , ÖZŞİRİN Sena , ASLAN Pınar
Published: January 2024

Bir kitle iletişim aracı olarak güncelliğini koruyan televizyon, afet dönemlerinde geniş kitlelere kesintisiz ulaşabilen bir enformasyon kaynağı olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Afet dönemlerinde gerçekleştirilen gerek canlı yayınlar gerekse kriz anlarına yönelik programlar, bu dönemde doğru bilgi almak isteyen kamu tarafından takip edilmektedir. Dijital iletişim teknolojileriyle ortaya çıkan alternatif haber kaynaklarının söz konusu olduğu günümüzde televizyon; editoryal süreçlerden geçmesi, yetkililer ve izleyiciler tarafından muhatap alınması, tecrübeye sahip ve kurumsallaşmış bir niteliğe sahip olması sebebiyle olağanüstü durumlarda daha “geçerli” bir enformasyon kaynağı olarak dikkate alınmaktadır. “Afet dönemlerinde bir kitle iletişim aracı olarak televizyonun rolü nedir ve nasıl olmalıdır?” sorusundan yola çıkan çalışmada sektörel ve akademik tecrübeye sahip uzmanlarla derinlemesine görüşmeler gerçekleştirilecek, internet yayıncılığı ve televizyon karşılaştırması etik, canlı yayın, eşik bekçiliği ve iletişim eğitimi odağında tartışmaya açılacaktır. Çalışmanın sonuçlarının değişen dünyada televizyon yayıncılığının sürdürülebilirliği, televizyonculuk ve internet yayıncılığının entegrasyonu ve afet dönemlerinde televizyonun güvenilir bir bilgi kaynağı olarak dikkate alınması konusunda önemli ipuçları barındırması beklenmektedir.
The Representation of Older People In Commercials
Authors: İŞBİLEN Damla , SALMAN Semih
Published: January 2024

The media has a crucial role in the formation of perceptions toward older individuals and the development of various stereotypes. This research aims to identify and analyze older individuals’ representations in the media through commercials. The study population of the research is composed of commercials with older individuals’ representations by Saatchi & Saatchi agency which has carried out advertising campaigns for different cultures in more than 67 countries around the world. This study uses the homogenous sampling technique for the purposive sampling method. The study sample consists of commercials with older individuals’ representations broadcasted in five countries between 2015 and 2020 by Saatchi & Saatchi agency. The commercials are analyzed by the semiotic analysis method over Roland Barthes' concepts of denotation and connotation to comprehend the process of creating meaning. The study shows that commercials include negative and positive representations of older individuals. In the commercial with positive representations of older individuals, there is an attitude to break down the stereotype of the negative older individuals’ representation to oppose it. However, in most commercials, the negative stereotype of older individuals is reinforced.
The Politics Of Fear: Fear Of Migrants As An Instrument Shaping The Political Environment
Authors: GÜNDOĞMUŞ Bekir , METE Mahmut
Published: January 2024

Fear; throughout history, it has been a powerful tool used by authorities, governments and leaders to shape social reactions, manipulate public opinion, influence the masses and shape the political environment. Today, the common feature of the politics of fear on a global scale is that it is directed at immigrants. Leaders and political parties are instrumentalizing the fear of immigrants in order to gain legitimacy and support for their policies and to gain the support of the voters in the election processes. Fear on immigration is used in ways that reflect immigrants as a threat to economic stability, national security, nation-state and cultural identity through a process that emphasizes political communication methods. As a result of the manipulation of the public with the fear of immigrants, travel bans, border walls, mass deportation and restrictions that make citizenship processes difficult are accepted by the societies; political attitudes and preferences of individuals and masses are shaped. Therefore, fear as an effective emotion in political decision-making processes and politics towards this emotion can shape the political conjuncture of countries. In this study, the feeling of fear; it has been tried to determine the psychosocial factors in the channeling of immigrants to immigrants, and how it is instrumentalized in order to shape political policies and elections in a psychopolitical framework is embodied with examples. In this context, the study analyzes the effect of fear on political policy and elections by revealing the historical and current situation of fear of immigrants in the United States, European countries and Türkiye.
Üniversitelerde Dijital Eğitim-Öğretim Faaliyetleri Ve Teknostres: İletişim Akademisyenleri Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Authors: KÜÇÜKCİVİL Büşra , GARGALIK Esra , KOÇYİĞİT Murat
Published: January 2024

Üniversitelerde eğitim-öğretim faaliyetlerinin dijitalleşmesi durumunu, teknostres kavramı ve iletişim akademisyenleri üzerinden incelemeyi amaçlayan bu çalışmada, nitel araştırma türlerinden biri olan görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın desenini ise nitel araştırma deseni olan fenomenolojik yaklaşım oluşturmaktadır. İlgili teknik ve desen ile katılımcıların teknostrese ilişkin deneyimlerini yansıtmak, bu araştırmanın öncelikli amacıdır. Araştırmanın bulguları değerlendirildiğinde katılımcıların eğitim-öğretim faaliyetlerini gerçekleştirirken farklı dijital araç ve platformlar ile birlikte çeşitli dijital eğitim-öğretim modellerini kullandıkları görülmektedir. İletişim akademisyenlerinin teknostrese ilişkin sorulara verdikleri yanıtlar incelendiğinde, katılımcıların ifadelerinde genel anlamda tekno aşırı yüke maruz kaldıklarını dile getirdikleri görülmektedir. Katılımcı deneyimlerinin ifadelerine yansımasından hareketle, iletişim akademisyenlerinin tekno istilaya maruz kalıp kalmamalarına ilişkin eşit oranda görüş bildirdikleri anlaşılmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, katılımcıların yanıtları incelendiğinde tam tersi cevaplara nazaran, tekno karmaşıklık ve tekno belirsizlik yaşadıkları görülmektedir. Son olarak ise tekno güvensizliğe yönelik katılımcı ifadeleri incelendiğinde, iletişim akademisyenlerinin eğitim-öğretim faaliyetlerindeki dijitalleşme sürecini güvensiz bulmadıkları anlaşılmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, iletişim akademisyenlerinin eğitim-öğretim faaliyetlerindeki dijitalleşme sürecinde teknostres kavramı ile yüzleştikleri ve bu bağlamda konuya ilişkin olumlu ya da olumsuz yönde bir görüş bildirecek tecrübeye eriştikleri yine bu araştırmanın sonuçları arasındadır.
The Representation of War in All Quiet on Western Front Films
Authors: MASDAR Funda
Published: January 2024

War, which represents power on the one hand and destructiveness on the other, is a form of struggle in the most general sense. This phenomenon, which includes all kinds of diplomatic or armed struggles in which the peace environment is disrupted, is of great importance not only during the war process but also with its post-process effects. Cinema has been interested in war as a social phenomenon since its early years. War cinema, which developed as a sub-genre of Western cinema, has become a genre over time. The history of cinema is full of countless examples of war films. In some of these films, the destructive social phenomenon of war is revealed, while in others war propaganda is made. All Quiet On The Western Front, which was transferred to cinema by different directors almost a hundred years apart from Remarque's autobiographical novel of the same name, is one of the important works of the war film genre. This study compares the versions of this film shot by Lewis Milestone in 1930 and Edward Berger in 2022. This comparison, it is aimed to reveal how war has been evaluated in cinema over the years. For this purpose, the plot and content of both films are analysed by the qualitative content analysis method. With this analysis, it will be explained comparatively how the ideological discourse on war is realised in the films. As a result of the study, it is seen that, as in many examples of war cinema, both films successfully reveal the destructiveness of war, its bitter face, and the destruction and despair it creates.
PLANTAS MEDICINAIS NO AUXÍLIO DOS SINTOMAS DA ANSIEDADE E DEPRESSAO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Santos Andresa Torres , Pereira Cinthya Jamilly Guedes , Silva Daniel Berg Marcos da , Oliveira Leonardo Rodrigues de , Ferreira Maria Denise Leite , Cavalcanti Élida Batista Vieira Sousa
Published: January 2024

A depressão e a ansiedade geralmente afetam o humor e o comportamento dos indivíduos. Os medicamentos utilizados em seu tratamento são conhecidos por apresentarem efeitos colaterais pouco tolerados. Nesse sentido, as plantas medicinais representam uma alternativa para o tratamento da depressão e ansiedade. Diante do exposto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar uma revisão integrativa da literatura acerca do potencial antidepressivo e ansiolítico das plantas medicinais Matricaria chamomilla, Cymbopogon citratus e Melissa officinalis. O estudo foi desenvolvido por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura que buscou artigos publicados entre os anos de 2013 a 2023. A seleção dos artigos ocorreu nas bases de dados Embase®, Science Direct® e PubMED® através das combinações dos seguintes descritores: Depressão, Ansiedade, Matricaria chamomilla, Cymbopogon citratus e Melissa officinalis. Na realização da busca geral dos artigos foram encontrados 8.397, dos quais, após aplicação dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, foram incluídos no estudo 13 artigos. As partes das plantas utilizadas variaram em cada estudo, sendo o extrato seco das folhas analisado em 5 estudos, os óleos essenciais analisados em 3, seguido pelo extrato seco das flores com 2 estudos e o chá, extrato aquoso das folhas e as partes aéreas com 1 estudo cada. Com relação à Melissa officinalis, as pesquisas demonstraram seu grande potencial no tratamento da ansiedade e depressão, além de evidenciar o provável mecanismo de ação da espécie. No que diz respeito a Matricaria chamomilla o seu efeito ansiolítico e antidepressivo foi bastante significativo e seu provável mecanismo de ação está ligado a presença da apigenina-7-glicosídeos totais. Poucos estudos relatam a atividade de Cymbopogon citratus em humanos para tratamento da depressão e ansiedade. Os relatos apontaram um envolvimento positivo da Camomila, Erva Cidreira e do Capim Santo no tratamento de sintomas de ansiedade e depressão, como também demonstraram uma atuação dessas espécies em outros distúrbios neurológicos.
For White Social Workers: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Dual Awareness in Ongoing Anti-Racist Practice
Authors: Keenan Elizabeth
Published: January 2024

Although many White social workers engage in ongoing anti-racist actions, they may still be complicit in perpetuating and reinforcing racism and White Supremacy Culture. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) social workers, activists, and scholars have described the numerous ways in which the harmful impacts of White Supremacy Culture appear in the well-intentioned efforts of White people who seek to be anti-racist. White social workers are thus responsible for engaging in intentional ongoing practices to identify, interrupt, and shift their interpersonal oppressive uses of power in their practice. The RE/UN/DIScover heuristic is an iterative, embodied set of three practices for working with one’s experiences of shame and internalized dominance, habitual not-seeing, and in-the-moment activations. Literature theorizing White Supremacy ideology and culture frames the description of the RE/UN/DIScover heuristic. This paper describes several heuristic applications, including prompts for engaging in REcover, UNcover and DIScover practices and two composite examples. These applications illustrate how to use the heuristic practices with dual awareness of self and one’s social work practice in the moment and over time. White social workers are encouraged to learn and use the RE/UN/DIScover heuristic practices to guide their efforts to more fully live into their anti-racist commitments in moments of not-seeing and moments of activation.
The effect of flow experience on reuse intention of mobile navigation apps: The mediating role of location-based mobile service quality
Authors:   Istanbul University, Ozkan Erdem , Yasin Bahar ,   Istanbul University, Gursen Aylin Ecem ,   Galatasaray University
Published: January 2024

This study aims to determine the effect of consumers' flow experience on their intention to reuse mobile navigation apps and reveal the mediating role of location-based mobile service quality in this effect. Data were collected through an online survey of 513 respondents who were actively using mobile navigation apps and analyzed using structural equation modeling and mediation analysis. The results reveal that flow experience affects the intention to reuse mobile navigation apps and that location-based mobile service quality mediates this effect. When the mediating role of location-based service quality was tested, the direct effect of flow experience on reuse intention became insignificant. Information, reliability, and design quality are the most significant dimensions of location-based service quality. Considering the limited number of studies on mobile navigation services, particularly user behavior, this study contributes substantially to services marketing literature. In addition, this study provides insights for practitioners on how to design service proposals and the realization processes of mobile navigation apps.
Teaching Thermofluids Sciences from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Authors: Guajardo-Cuéllar Alejandro , Vázquez Carlos R. , Navarro-Gutiérrez Manuel
Published: January 2024

Thermal and fluid sciences, as taught in Mechanical Engineering undergraduate programs, have traditionally followed an intrinsic separation. Typically, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics are delivered as separate courses. The leap from the fundamental thermofluids subjects to the application courses, in which the aforementioned subjects must be involved to obtain optimal thermal systems, demands significant effort from the students to combine all of them together. In this framework, this work presents an innovative approach that combines these subjects following a different learning path, adopting a Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) approach by solving a real and relevant challenge in partnership with both industry and NGO partners. The results, observations, and conclusions of implementing this novel approach for teaching thermal sciences are presented.
Reform Strategies of Internal Medicine Nursing Teaching Methods in Higher Vocational Colleges under the Background of Internet+
Authors: Li Yunxia
Published: January 2024

With the extensive development of educational information technology in China, significant changes have been brought to all stages of education in China, including medical nursing teaching system in higher vocational colleges. Under the background of Internet+, the internal medicine nursing teaching in higher vocational colleges should also carry out targeted reform, flexibly utilize various new teaching methods, so as to improve the final teaching results. This paper first expounds the importance of medical nursing teaching reform in higher vocational colleges under the background of Internet+. Based on the analysis of the basic situation of internal medicine nursing teaching, it thoroughly and comprehensively analyzes the reform of medical nursing teaching methods in higher vocational colleges under the Internet+ background from four aspects, which refer to improving teachers’ Internet literacy, integrating traditional teaching methods into Internet technology contents, actively using all kinds of modern information technology and emphasize interaction between teachers and students in various teaching methods.
Whether Post-Merger Higher Education Institutions Operate Efficiently in the Long-Run? A Follow-up Study in Taiwan
Authors: Chen Chiou Rung
Published: January 2024

This study applied DEA to verify the effects of mergers on the three cases of HEIs in Taiwan from 2012 to 2020. The results revealed NKUST’s merger promoted his PTE. Though, that was not the case in other mergers. The efficiency HEI can still maintain its PTE, as shown as NPTU, whereas inefficiency HEI became more inefficient, as shown as NTHU. Moreover, although the merger may bring in economies of scale and scope, the effects cannot be sustained, as shown as NPTU and NKUAS. Indeed, from the lengthy perspective, all of them experienced diseconomies of scale and scope, among others, NTHU and NKUST have been even into DRS. Finally, the TE of all three HEIs decayed, and both of the SE and TE did not yet recover to the levels before the mergers, by 2020. To sum up, the results recommended governments and HEIs should be prudential on the mergers of HEIs, especially in Taiwan suffering from the vivid and persistent drops in fertility rates. Moreover, HEIs should capitalize on their multi-field, interdisciplinarity, and multi-campus to develop and innovate the new courses, programs, and research meeting the needs of the times, and optimize their SE by the economy of scope.
Gross architecture of ovarian specimens from a southwest Nigerian tertiary healthcare facility
Authors: Olaofe Olaejirinde O. , Okongwu Chigozie C. , Ewoye Ese E. , Oladele James O. , Soremekun Ademola I. , Omoyiola Oluwatosin Z.
Published: January 2024

Background: The aim of our study is to describe the gross morphology of ovarian specimens and to see if some entities can be distinguished based on their gross morphology.
Methods: We did a cross-sectional study of all ovarian specimen received by the department of morbid anatomy and forensic medicine of Obafemi Awolowo university teaching hospitals complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022 (Five-year period). OAUTHC is situated in the southwestern part of Nigeria.
Results: We examined 225 right ovarian specimens. Non- neoplastic lesions were the most common lesions of the right ovary accounting for 52 cases followed by malignant tumour accounting for 25 cases. We examined 233 specimens of the left ovary of which 133 were normal. Eighteen (72%) of malignant tumors of the left ovary had cystic cut surfaces. The spectrum of lesions of both ovaries has different average widest diameters with significant overlap in their distribution. Metastatic carcinoma is seen to involve both ovaries and found to mainly have a solid cut surface. We found that the average widest diameter of a normal left ovary is 3.6 cm while that of a normal right ovary is 4.9 cm.
Conclusions: The ovarian lesions have different widest diameters and are usually larger than that of a normal ovary. Benign ovarian tumours are generally larger than their malignant counterparts but cannot be distinguished based on size alone. Metastatic carcinoma involved both ovaries and had a predominantly solid-cut surface. The normal left ovaries were smaller than the normal right ovaries.
Effect of omega 3 fatty acid in infertile males with oligozoospermia
Authors: Munira S. M. , Lasker Nastaran , Laila Rawnok , Akter Asma , Banu Jesmine , Ishrat Shakeela
Published: January 2024

Background: Oligozoospermia is the cause of male infertility in 33.3% of cases. Omega-3 fatty acid has been utilized in infertility because of its widespread availability, low cost, and high safety profile. We intended to conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acid in oligozoospermia.
Methods: A prospective comparative study was conducted in the outdoor of the department of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, from July 2022 to August 2023. A total of 70 Infertile males with oligozoospermia, were enrolled in the study. The participants were assigned to the omega-3 fatty acid group who was treated with omega-3 fatty acid 1 gm orally twice daily for 12 weeks. The other group was treated with placebo orally twice daily for 12 weeks. Sixty patients completed the 12 weeks of treatment. The changes in sperm count were determined.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 35.6±4.59 years. Following treatment with omega-3 fatty acid significant improvement was observed in sperm count from 11.10±2.81 million/ml to 34.2±31.36 million/ml. Significant improvement in total motile sperm count was also observed. At the end of 12 weeks of treatment 76.7% of participants in the omega 3 fatty acid group and 10.0% in the placebo group had normozoospermia.
Conclusions: Supplementation with omega-3 fatty acid results in improvement of sperm concentration and total motile sperm count in infertile men with oligozoospermia.
Intravaginal misoprostol 100 µg for cervical ripening and induction of labour in nulliparous women with term pregnancy and unfavourable cervix: a case series report
Authors: Awoyesuku Peter A. , Ohaka Chinweowa , Amadi Simeon C.
Published: January 2024

Cervical ripening is a prerequisite for induction of labour in women adjudged to have an unfavourable cervix. Misoprostol administered intravaginally has previously been shown to be effective for cervical ripening and labour induction. It is often used in dosages of 25 µg or 50 µg in single or repeated dose regimen as per guidelines. Higher doses or shorter dosing intervals were reportedly associated with a higher incidence of side effects, especially uterine hyperstimulation syndrome. Studies and clinical experience have shown that 50 µg dose was not as effective in nulliparous women as it was in multiparous women, which implies that this dose might not be optimal for nulliparous women. We report a series of seven carefully selected patients in whom we used 100 µg of misoprostol intravaginally for cervical ripening and induction of labour at term. We achieved a short induction delivery interval, had good improvement in Bishop’s score, with less need for oxytocin augmentation and good safety parameters.
Laparoscopic surgery for ectopic pregnancies in peripheric hospital: about 7 cases at Amath Dansokho regional hospital in Kedougou, Senegal
Authors: Wade Mouhamadou , Sene Mouhamet , Gueye Mamour , Faye Adjie Betty , Ghais Heyssam , Faye Khadim , Sane Doudou
Published: January 2024

We report 7 cases of laparoscopic management of ectopic pregnancy but also the benefits and limitations of laparoscopic surgery in rural areas. This was a series of cases of ectopic pregnancy managed with laparoscopic surgery at the maternity ward of Amath Dansokho regional hospital of Kedougou from January 01 2023 to October 31 2023. We recorded 7 cases of ectopic pregnancy managed by laparoscopy. In 5 patients, it was an ectopic pregnancy complicated with hemoperitonea. The pregnancy was ampullary in most cases and cornual in one patient. The procedure consisted of a total salpingectomy in all 6 patients and a salpingotomy in one patient who had a history of total salpingectomy on the contralateral tube. The average duration of the operation was 45 minutes. Laparoscopic surgery is the gold standard for surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy. It results in lower morbidity, less impact on reproductive health and a quicker return to normal activity. Through these advantages, it is well adapted in our environment, where the average distance to a health facility is 37 to 42 km.
Coitus induced colpo evisceration in a 3-months post hysterectomy patient: an unusual tale in gynecology
Authors: Ramirez Fernando P. , Hakizimana Theoneste , Naranjo Ubarnel A. , Fajardo Yarine , Torres Llanelys de L. A. G.
Published: January 2024

Vaginal dehiscence after pelvic surgery is an extremely rare gynecological emergency world over. Without a high index of suspicion, it can easily be missed with grave consequences. We present an extremely rare case of this post abdominal hysterectomy case for which if immediate suspicion and timely intervention were not ensured, the patient would have suffered serious morbidity and/or death.