bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Une enquête par le proche : vers la participation observante
Authors: Escande-Gauquié Pauline
Published: November 2023

Analyser les fluctuations liées au proche (Le Marec, 2010) lors de mon terrain d’enquête auprès des professionnels du cinéma français a amené, dans mon travail de recherche, à une herméneutique particulière. Cet article a pour objectif de rendre accessibles les conditions de production d’un savoir par une enquête relevant de la « participation observante » (Soulé, 2011) auprès des professionnels du secteur, depuis plus de dix ans. Il interrogera, par la réflexivité, ce « lointain si proche » de la proximité, lié à une intersubjectivité dans mon rapport avec les professionnels. Questionner ces rapports du proche et de « l’infraordinarisation » (Souchier, 2018) de la relation aux acteurs de mon terrain amène à une réflexion qui est au cœur des recherches actuelles dans le développement d’une « anthropologie du proche » (Augé, 2012). L’article exposera comment cette approche par le proche a fait émerger une matière aveugle et la nécessité d’appréhender aussi un travail intellectuel de recherche par « l’expérience acquise dans la vie » (Wright Mills Fort, 1960). Les résultats de cette enquête montrent, en effet, comment cet axe fluctuant entre le lointain et le proche dans l’enquête appelle à une forme de « dynamique oscillatoire » de recherche très opérante (Huynen, 1997).
Le concept métapsychologique de bisexualité
Authors: Houzel Didier
Published: November 2023

Le concept de bisexualité psychique traverse non seulement tout l’œuvre de Freud, mais aussi les développements ultérieurs de la psychanalyse. L’auteur soutient l’hypothèse que la fonction contenante décrite par W. R. Bion n’est pas que maternelle : elle comporte également des éléments paternels liés à l’identification paternelle de la mère et relayés plus tard par le rôle du tiers paternel dans le couple parental. L’exploration psychanalytique met en évidence une bisexualité psychique fondamentale pour le développement psychique. Pour autant, elle ne plaide pas pour la domination d’un sexe sur un autre, mais se contente d’apporter des éléments d’observation et de compréhension susceptibles d’éclairer les débats actuels sur l’identité de genre.
La « petite adolescence ». Enveloppe, langage et bataille identitaire
Authors: Mellier Denis
Published: November 2023

La période des 2 et 3 ans est marquée par une forte opposition de l’enfant à ses parents. Elle peut être considérée comme une « petite adolescence » dans la mesure où le sujet accède à une nouvelle indépendance tout en ne voulant pas perdre les acquis d’une situation précédente de dépendance. L’auteur émet l’hypothèse que cette « bataille identitaire » est le signe d’une « révolution » radicale chez l’enfant. Dans une première partie il indique que cette période implique une transformation de l’image du corps de l’enfant et donc des enveloppes psychiques entre lui et ses parents. Le travail d’attention et de contenance des parents est très intriqué aux enjeux pulsionnels propres à leurs relations. L’utilisation paradoxale de la négation verbale (le « non ») montre le dilemme dans laquelle le jeune enfant se trouve entre une modalité d’être-avec-l’autre où domine des communications non-verbales et la possibilité d’une aire de partage au niveau langagier. Dans une seconde partie des exemples illustrent le devenir possible de ce dilemme : sa cristallisation et sa persistance, sa réduction au contraire quand les forces d’opposition supplantent le bénéfice de l’accès au langage ou quand, à l’opposé, l’enfant se construit en faux-self en déniant son « soi-bébé ». Cette période qui est profondément inscrite dans des enjeux intersubjectifs conditionne l’existence d’une maturation des conflits intrapsychiques.
Document
Authors: Evans Marcus
Published: November 2023

Le nombre de patients (particulièrement des femmes de naissance) adressés dans les services prenant en charge les problématiques liées à l’identité de genre a connu une augmentation significative ces dernières années. Comprendre les raisons de cette augmentation, et la façon d’y répondre, est empêchée par le débat politiquement chargé que suscite la question de l’identité de genre. Cet article débute par une discussion de ce qui est convenu d’appeler « l’approche affirmative » de la dysphorie de genre, puis aborde les implications du Mémorandum d’Entente sur la Conversion. J’aborde ensuite la relation entre dysphorie de genre et les difficultés développementales caractéristiques de l’adolescence. Enfin, j’esquisse quels changements nécessite l’approche actuelle, afin de pouvoir faire de notre mieux pour que ces patients bénéficient d’une prise en charge appropriée.
Entre augmentation, maximisation ou amélioration : où se situe l’ ethos guerrier ?
Authors: Ruffo de Calabre Marie-des-Neiges
Published: November 2023

L’article présente successivement trois propositions sémantiques permettant de qualifier l’ ethos guerrier : l’augmentation, la maximisation et l’amélioration. Chacun de ces choix terminologiques constitue un élément de langage susceptible d’orienter l’action militaire. Dans une démarche inspirée de la philosophie analytique, l’enjeu éthique consiste à clarifier ce vocabulaire, pour en débusquer les valeurs idéologiques, afin de démystifier préventivement les illusions qui auraient pu corroder l’expression d’un ethos guerrier souhaitable, au minimum compatible avec le droit international humanitaire et la tradition de la guerre juste. En conclusion, le texte remet en question la dimension éthique de l’augmentation, soulignant ses implications et limites problématiques. La maximisation consiste à porter ses capacités à leur maximum par un entraînement continu et exigeant, au lieu de compter sur des substances chimiques ou des technologies externes comme le prône l’augmentation. Plutôt que l’approche de l’augmentation ou de la maximisation seule, l’article suggère celle de l’amélioration, en tant que recherche permanente du Bien, comme la voie la plus appropriée à l’éthique et au contexte militaire.
Émergence d’une autonomie stratégique sans le Royaume-Uni dans l’industrie de la défense
Authors: Béraud-Sudreau Lucie , Faure Samuel B. H.
Published: November 2023

Sur quel territoire et avec quels acteurs, les entreprises constitutives de l’industrie de la défense basées en Europe entretiennent-elles des relations d’interdépendance ? Sur le continent et avec des acteurs européens confirmant ainsi l’argument d’une autonomie stratégique à l’œuvre ? Ou bien dans l’espace transatlantique et avec des acteurs américains confirmant, au contraire, la thèse d’une « illusion » de ladite autonomie stratégique et la structuration du capitalisme de la défense européen par une cacophonie stratégique entre Européens ? Cet article révèle que les deux arguments dominants de la littérature et qui s’opposent, représentent en réalité deux caractéristiques – paradoxales – d’une même réalité politique et industrielle. Les grandes entreprises européennes de la défense sont caractérisées par des relations d’interdépendances horizontales différenciées. Toutes sont enchevêtrées dans un filet d’interdépendances européennes et transatlantiques mais à des degrés différents. Les entreprises nationales ou transnationales basées en Europe sont d’abord déterminées par des interdépendances européennes, participant à la constitution d’une autonomie stratégique ou BITD-E (comme européenne). Concomitamment, la quasi-totalité des entreprises britanniques sont façonnées par des interdépendances transatlantiques dominantes, confirmant leur dépendance vis-à-vis des États-Unis et leur préférence pour participer à une BITD-T (comme transatlantique).
Les enjeux du soldat augmenté saisis par un centre de recherche militaire
Authors: de Boisboissel Gérard
Published: November 2023

Les tentatives d’augmentation des performances du combattant ne sont pas un phénomène nouveau. Elles s’inscrivent dans l’histoire des conflits, mais prennent de nos jours une nouvelle dimension avec la convergence des nouvelles technologies numériques et médicales. S’appuyant sur la définition proposée par le CREC Saint-Cyr en 2017, cet article revient sur la finalité de potentielles augmentations sur le combattant, détermine une classification possible et s’interroge sur les contextes militaires et sociologiques qui favorisent leur utilisation. Il met en lumière les enjeux que posent certaines techniques d’augmentation, notamment sur les plans de l’éthique médicale et militaire, en particulier lorsqu’elles sont invasives, voire irréversibles. Il conclut enfin par le fait que ces questions sont de grande importance car elles touchent au fondement même de ce qu’est la nature d’un soldat et la nécessité de définir un cadre précis d’accompagnement de ces augmentations, afin d’éviter que l’homme ne s’efface devant une approche purement techniciste de la performance du soldat dans l’unique but d’augmenter l’efficience militaire.
Le soldat augmenté : une « bifurcation » dans la modification de l’humain pour la guerre
Authors: Guérin Vincent
Published: November 2023

Cet article explore la cristallisation du soldat augmenté aux États-Unis, un concept qui vise non pas à repousser les limites humaines mais à s’en affranchir. Plus précisément, il analyse son émergence autour des attentats du 11 septembre 2001 au prisme de l’utopie technologique et du transhumanisme, dans un contexte sous-tendu par la menace bioterroriste et les difficultés rencontrées par l’armée américaine en Afghanistan et en Irak. L’étude se resserre ensuite sur son lieu de naissance, la DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), une institution née durant la guerre froide qui a pour objectif de produire de l’innovation radicale afin de garder un avantage stratégique sur l’adversaire. L’article se termine sur quelques exemples de programmes de recherche développés au sein de la DARPA qui font passage entre l’optimisation et l’augmentation du soldat.
L’Algérie, histoire d’oublier
Authors: Stora Benjamin , Contou-Terquem Sarah
Published: November 2023

Où en est l’oubli de la guerre d’Algérie ? Cet entretien aborde cette question qui travaille encore les sociétés française et algérienne : la guerre, la colonisation, leur histoire. Et l’écriture de cette histoire. Oublis volontaires ou organisés, visibles ou invisibles, Benjamin Stora nous parle ici d’une guerre à la fois dissimulée et trop montrée, parfois instrumentalisée, aux traces toujours actuelles. Il s’interroge sur les façons dont les représentations se sont construites, les unes sur et contre les autres, et les façons dont la parole circule, encore difficilement, d’une rive à l’autre de la Méditerranée pour forcer des blocus fabriqués par des mémoires cloisonnées.
Obliviscence
Authors: Quignard Pascal
Published: November 2023

La perte l’emporte sur la mémoire. L’oubli s’oublie. Parfois, dans le sommeil, l’oubli de l’oubli se perd. Parfois, dans les ruines, l’oubli s’est tellement oublié qu’il cesse d’être ruine, qu’il devient un site merveilleux.
Ça, je l’ai toujours su
Authors: de La Gorce Bernard
Published: November 2023

L’enjeu de l’analyse n’est pas tant d’exhumer des vérités cachées que de les remettre en mouvement, le principal effet du refoulement étant de dissoudre les corrélations. L’expérience analytique ouvre la porte à cette remise en circulation empruntant la voie détournée de la rencontre avec l’autre qui écoute. S’y engager, c’est ouvrir la porte à l’étranger en soi-même, c’est repartir au-devant de l’énigme – l’énigme du temps, de la perte, de la mort, et l’énigme du sexuel. C’est descendre les marches de l’oubli, qui vont des tourments du présent aux expériences passées, puis de celles-ci aux fantasmes, dont nos souvenirs pourraient bien n’être que le trompe-l’œil, pour aller finalement de ces productions chimériques au pulsionnel qui les anime. Sous forme allégorique, Hiroshima mon amour , le film d’Alain Resnais, écrit par Marguerite Duras, se prête de façon saisissante à figurer ce parcours.
« Cher Père »…
Authors: Laurent Françoise
Published: November 2023

C’est sous l’angle de l’intense investissement de la chose écrite par Marie Bonaparte qu’est abordée ici sa correspondance avec Freud, sauvée de l’oubli par sa « manie de l’archive » et récemment publiée. Il s’y déploie une auto-analyse épistolaire relancée périodiquement par quelques séquences de séances en présence de Freud. Dans ce cadre particulier s’est déroulé un authentique processus analytique, mais dont les limites manifestes – signalées par le recours récurrent des deux protagonistes à la notion de sublimation comme moyen et comme fin de l’analyse – peuvent être imputées notamment à l’impossibilité de perlaborer suffisamment la résistance, faute de pouvoir s’y affronter suffisamment en présence.
L'âge des travailleuses du care : une propriété sociale invisible ?
Authors: Derrien Marie , Rossigneux-Méheust Mathilde
Published: November 2023

Résumé Auron et d’Ainay-le-Château constituent une expérience pionnière de prise en charge à domicile de personnes atteintes de maladies mentales. Leur fonctionnement repose sur les soins délivrés par des femmes appelées « nourricières » qui accueillent chez elles ces « pensionnaires » contre une maigre indemnité journalière. Totalement profanes, celles-ci ont plus de 44 ans (âge médian) lorsqu’elles commencent à exercer cette activité et 71 ans lorsqu’elles cessent. Comment expliquer que l’âge de ces travailleuses sans statut ni salaire reste une constante pendant un siècle, sans jamais faire l’objet d’un débat pour leurs employeurs ? En analysant le bassin d’emploi dans lequel elles sont recrutées, les formes de valorisation liées à leurs fonctions et la mise à l’écart des travailleuses âgées provoquée dans les années 1990 par une professionnalisation tardive, nous proposons de revisiter le rôle de l’âge dans la complexité des rapports sociaux en contexte de care .
Mettre la vieillesse au travail
Authors: Sarzier Martin
Published: November 2023

Résumé À partir d’une enquête ethnographique, cet article étudie les pratiques de « stimulation » de patient·es par les membres du personnel de deux services de psychiatrie spécialisés dans la prise en charge de la vieillesse. Il s’agit de montrer qu’à condition d’être systématisée et rigoureusement contrôlée, l’analogie de la « mise au travail » des patient·es permet d’ouvrir l’imagination sociologique et de questionner le travail des professionnel·les, l’expérience des personnes hospitalisées ainsi que les rapports entre « soignant·es » et « soigné·es ». Après avoir décrit les spécificités de la prise en charge stimulante et montré qu’elle sert des intérêts professionnels, l’article met en évidence des modalités socialement différenciées d’appropriation du métier de malade. Il interroge notamment l’hypothèse d’un ajustement spontané entre un dispositif de prise en charge et certaines dispositions.
Effects of the association between hydroxyapatite and photobiomodulation on bone regeneration
Authors: de Oliveira Rossi Jéssica , Rossi Gabriel Tognon , Camargo Maria Eduarda Côrtes , Buchaim Rogerio Leone , Buchaim Daniela Vieira
Published: November 2023

Background

Hydroxyapatite (HA)-based ceramics are widely used as artificial bone substitutes due to their advantageous biological properties, which include biocompatibility, biological affinity, bioactivity, ability to drive bone formation, integration into bone tissue and induction of bone regeneration (in certain conditions). Phototherapy in bone regeneration is a therapeutic approach that involves the use of light to stimulate and accelerate the process of repair and regeneration of bone tissue. There are two common forms of phototherapy used for this purpose: Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) and LED (Light Emitting Diode) Therapy. Understanding the mechanisms of laser therapy and its effects combined with hydroxyapatite has gaps. Therefore, this review was designed based on the PICO strategy (P: problem; I: intervention; C: control; O: result) to analyze the relationship between PBM therapy and hydroxyapatite.

Methods

The bibliographic search, with the descriptors “hydroxyapatite AND low-level laser therapy” and “hydroxyapatite AND photobiomodulation” resulted in 43 articles in the PubMed/MEDLINE database, of which 1 was excluded for being a duplicate and another 33 due to inclusion/exclusion criteria, totaling 9 articles for qualitative analysis. In the Web of Science database, we obtained 40 articles, of which 7 were excluded for being duplicates, 1 for not having the full text available and another 17 due to inclusion/exclusion criteria, totaling 15 articles for qualitative analysis.

Results

The most used biomaterial was composed of hydroxyapatite and β-tricalcium phosphate in a proportion of 70%–30%. In photobiomodulation, the gallium-aluminum-arsenide (GaAlAs) laser prevailed, with a wavelength of 780 nm, followed by 808 nm.

Conclusions

The results indicated that the use of laser phototherapy improved the repair of bone defects grafted with the biomaterial, increasing the deposition of HA phosphate as indicated by biochemical estimators, spectroscopy and histological analyses.
Predicting stock market direction in South African banking sector using ensemble machine learning techniques
Authors: Mcwera Angelica , Mba Jules Clement
Published: November 2023

The ability to accurately predict stock price direction is important for investors and policymakers. We aim to predict the direction of daily stock returns for five major South African banks using ensemble machine learning techniques. Financial ratios were used as predictors in single classifier and ensemble models. The key findings were that the support vector machine performed best among single classifiers, with the highest accuracy for 4 banks ranging from 54% to 99% and produces fewer wrong classifications compared to its peer single classifiers. More importantly, the heterogeneous ensemble classifier, combining support vector machines, decision trees and k- (KNN) nearest neighbors, achieved average accuracy rates above 95% and outperformed all other models. This confirms that ensemble methods that combine multiple models can generate more accurate predictions compared to single classifiers. The results suggest that the heterogeneous ensemble is a suitable approach for predicting stock price direction in the South African banking sector. The findings imply that investing in banks may be a good decision and can assist investors. However, further research could expand the models to incorporate macroeconomic and other external factors that influence stock prices. Overall, we demonstrate the value of ensemble learning for a complex forecasting problem. The heterogeneous ensemble approach achieved high accuracy and outperformed single classifiers. However, future research incorporating additional factors and policy implications could build on these findings.
Survey on low-level controllable image synthesis with deep learning
Authors: Zhang Shixiong , Li Jiao , Yang Lu
Published: November 2023

Deep learning, particularly generative models, has inspired controllable image synthesis methods and applications. These approaches aim to generate specific visual content using latent prompts. To explore low-level controllable image synthesis for precise rendering and editing tasks, we present a survey of recent works in this field using deep learning. We begin by discussing data sets and evaluation indicators for low-level controllable image synthesis. Then, we review the state-of-the-art research on geometrically controllable image synthesis, focusing on viewpoint/pose and structure/shape controllability. Additionally, we cover photometrically controllable image synthesis methods for 3D re-lighting studies. While our focus is on algorithms, we also provide a brief overview of related applications, products and resources for practitioners.
Improvement of spinal cord injury symptoms by targeting the Bax/Bcl2 pathway and modulating TNF-α/IL-10 using Platelet-Rich Plasma exosomes loaded with dexamethasone
Authors: Akbari-Gharalari Naeimeh , Ghahremani-Nasab Maryam , Naderi Roya , Aliyari-Serej Zeinab , Karimipour Mohammad , Shahabi Parviz , Ebrahimi-Kalan Abbas
Published: November 2023

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition that results in impaired sensory and motor function due to the limited self-regenerative ability of the spinal cord. To address this issue, combination therapy has been proposed as an effective treatment strategy for SCI regeneration. In this study, Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)-derived exosomes loaded with dexamethasone were utilized in a mouse model of SCI compression. PRP-derived exosomes loaded with dexamethasone (Dex) were prepared using ultracentrifugation and sonication methods and were administered to the mice via intravenous injection. Following a four-week duration, behavioral assessments were administered to assess functional recuperation, and diverse metrics encompassing the expression of genes associated with apoptosis and antiapoptosis, serum cytokine concentrations and tissue sampling were subjected to thorough examination. The results of this study demonstrated that mice treated with PRP-derived exosomes loaded with Dex (ExoDex) exhibited altered levels of TNF-α and IL-10, along with decreased Bax and increased Bcl2 expression in comparison to the model group. Furthermore, intravenously injected ExoDex reduced the size of the lesion site, lymphocyte infiltration, vacuolation, cavity size and tissue disorganization while also improving locomotor recovery. We propose that the utilization of exosome-loaded Dex therapy holds potential as a promising and clinically relevant approach for injured spinal cord repair. However, further extensive research is warranted in this domain to validate and substantiate the outcomes presented in this study.
El conjunto de Bāb al-Sabʿ: evolución de un acceso en la ciudad palatina de Fās al-Ǧadīd (Fez, Marruecos)
Authors: Almela Iñigo
Published: November 2023

Se presenta el estudio de un conjunto de estructuras medievales y modernas que resulta fundamental para conocer la historia de Fez la Nueva y la arquitectura defensiva del Occidente islámico. En este punto de la ciudad, permanecen los restos de un dispositivo militar novedoso en su contexto histórico, de modo que es preciso analizarlos con el objetivo de confirmar la cronología insinuada por las fuentes escritas, así como precisar su configuración y evolución.
Educational Inequality Across Quantiles
Authors: Tunç Ahmet
Published: November 2023

This study aims to investigate the quantile effects of various economic determinants on educational inequality. To this aim, the authors utilize the method of moments quantile regression (MMQR) in this empirical investigation, focusing on two separate panels of data; one including countries classified as developed (MSCI-D) and the other including developing (MSCI-E) countries by the MSCI standard index. Results reveal that both per capita income and female unemployment are important tools in reducing educational inequality for all country panels. Government expenditures on education, while reducing educational inequality in developed countries, exhibit no significant effect in developing countries. Similarly, income inequality positively affects educational inequality in developing countries, whereas it does not exert any significant effect in developed countries. These findings provide valuable insights, emphasizing the importance of considering the specific economic conditions within countries when designing policies, and interventions aimed at reducing educational inequality.
Time-Poverty and the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Student in Higher Education
Authors: Begian-Lewis K. M.
Published: November 2023

Time-poverty is an economic concept that is used to account for and further explore the expenditure of time as a percentage of available time, which varies from person to person. This concept can be adapted to better understand the implications of out-of-class time-use expectations on students who have less available time due to work, family care, dis/abilities, sports participation, studying in a second language, or for a variety of other reasons. By considering common rhetoric about time use and time management, and by breaking down time expenditure as a percentage of available time, this chapter suggests the need for educators to take action to minimize the out-of-class work expectations they place on students.
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity in Higher Education From the Sustainability Perspective
Authors: Sart Gamze
Published: November 2023

The principle of equal opportunities in education aims to eliminate the social and economic privileges that young people face in acquiring their social status and roles. In this way, everyone, regardless of their social and economic status, will have the opportunity to take their place in society according to their wishes and abilities, and to fully realize their personalities and aspirations. Education, besides being a fundamental right, plays a crucial role in reducing societal inequalities, preventing detrimental factors, and fostering economic and human development. Education represents an enduring benefit for all of humanity, underscoring the importance of preventing factors that lead to disparities in educational access. This study aims to assess the significance of inclusion in higher education and equal educational opportunities in the context of sustainability. It will also evaluate factors related to economics, social dynamics, regional disparities, biology, and management that contribute to inequality of opportunity.
Does Human Development Matter to Green Growth on the Path to Sustainability?
Authors: Şentürk Canan
Published: November 2023

Modern theories and practices that focus on the sustainable development approach point to the protection of the ecosystem as well as economic growth factors. The process called green growth offers the opportunity to reactivate the universal goal by creating a more comprehensive discussion area. This approach can be considered not as an alternative to sustainable development, but as a way to achieve it. In addition, it recognizes the contribution of natural capital to the process of creating economic wealth and puts people at the center of the growth process. Thus, the importance of human capital, which is an indicator of productivity embodied in labour, skills, and knowledge, emerges. This study investigates the mutual interaction between human capital development and green growth on the path to sustainability in BRICS countries 1990-2020 period through panel causality analysis. According to results, there is a bidirectional causality relationship between variables. It is concluded that human development is important for green growth on the path to sustainable development.
Evaluation of Gender Perceptions of University Students
Authors: Sezgin Funda Hatice
Published: November 2023

Gender differences are differences between the feelings, roles, behaviors, and attitudes that boys and girls learn during the socialization process and that society deems appropriate for their gender. Gender equality in education means that girls and boys are not subjected to any gender-based discrimination in access to opportunities, resources, and services in the education process, and that they benefit from equal opportunities and are treated equally. The aim of this study is to reveal whether university students' gender perceptions differ in terms of demographic characteristics. As a result of the analysis, the gender perception level score was found to be significantly higher in female students, students aged 27 and over, students studying in the fourth grade, students studying in the field of social sciences, students whose parents' education level was university, and students who participated in gender training. The overall response average for the scale falls into the “moderately positive gender perception” zone.
The Effect of Psychological Safety on the Performance of Students in Graduate-Level Online Courses
Authors: Hanshaw George , Hanshaw Jacob
Published: November 2023

Psychological safety underpins high-performing teams in the business world. This study explored the effects of the feeling of psychological safety on graduate students participating in online courses. Psychological safety plays a crucial role in student grade outcomes and even the emotions the student feels in the online classroom environment. A significant difference in grade outcomes was found along with an effect size of 1.813 when comparing final grade outcomes between courses with a felt level of psychological safety to courses that did not reach a level of psychological safety. The presence of psychological safety affected the individual students' feelings by lowering the feeling of sadness and raising the feeling of excitement. Therefore, when creating and delivering online graduate-level courses, it is imperative to use specific teaching behaviors and design strategies to support those behaviors to build psychological safety within the online classroom and foster high performance by students.
Are higher levels of lipid profile parameters associated with increased chances of uncontrolled asthma among adults?
Authors: Singh Pratibha , Shukla Amitabh D. , Singh Abhishek , Agarwal Vaidehi , Varma Kachnar
Published: November 2023

Background:

Studies on the relationship between asthma and various parameters of fasting lipid profile have reported conflicting results. In this study, we intend to explore this association between asthma and its level of control with fasting serum lipid profile further.

Methods:

In our observational prospective cohort study, we studied 107 known asthmatic patients presenting in large tertiary care centre of North India. Fasting serum samples for lipid profile reports of all patients were collected. Patients were divided into controlled and uncontrolled asthma groups on the basis of clinical symptoms and spirometric findings. We evaluated the statistical difference and significance for various lipid profile parameters in between two groups using an independent t-test.

Results:

On comparing the fasting lipid profile of 38 patients with uncontrolled asthma and 69 patients with controlled asthma, we found that serum levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and ratio of total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein (TC: HDL) were significantly higher among patients with uncontrolled asthma. On statistical analysis, their P values were 0.03 and 0.047, respectively.

Conclusion:

Serum levels of LDL and ratio of TC: HDL were higher in patients with uncontrolled asthma.
Value of preoperative biliary drainage in pancreatic head cancer patients with severe obstructive jaundice: A multicenter retrospective study
Authors: Lu Bin , Chen Yao , Qin Songyuan , Chen Jiansheng
Published: November 2023

Background:

Pancreatic head cancer accompanied by obstructive jaundice is a common clinical situation. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) on clinical outcomes in patients with severe obstructive jaundice.

Methods:

Patients with a bilirubin level of ≥250 μmol/L at diagnosis who underwent PBD were included. The primary endpoints and secondary endpoints were the postoperative severe complications rates. Secondary endpoints were the degree of improvement in general condition, predictors of severe postoperative complications, and the impact of PBD on patients with bilirubin levels >300 μmol/L.

Results:

In total, 289 patients were included, and 188 patients (65.1%) underwent PBD. The patients who met the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification II–III stages decreased from 119 to 100 (P = 0.047) after PBD. The overall severe complications were significantly more frequent in the direct surgery (DS) group than in the PBD group (34.7% vs. 22.9%, P = 0.031), especially the postoperative hemorrhage (6/43 [14.0%] vs. 9/35 [25.7%], P = 0.038) and intra-abdominal infection (6/43 [14.0%] vs. 10/35 [28.6%], P = 0.018). The ASA classifications II–III (odds ratio [OR]=2.89, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.38–4.31), P = 0.01) and DS (OR = 3.65, 95% CI: 1.45–7.08; P = 0.003) were independently associated with severe postoperative complications. The occurrence rate of severe postoperative complications in patients with a bilirubin level >300 μmol/L who underwent PBD was significantly lower than in patients who underwent DS (25.6% vs. 40.6%, P = 0.028), but the benefit of PBD was not observed in patients who had a bilirubin level between 250 and 300 μmol/L.

Conclusion:

PBD is useful in reducing severe postoperative complications, especially in patients with bilirubin levels >300 μmol/L.
A Novel Ensemble Model for Complex Entities Identification in Low Resource Language
Authors: Vats Preeti , Sharma Nonita , Kumar Sharma Deepak
Published: November 2023

The fundamental method for pre-processing speech or text data that enables computers to comprehend human language is known as natural language processing. Numerous models have been developed to date to pre-process data in the English language; however, the Hindi language does not support these models. India's national tongue is Hindi. In order to help the locals, the authors of this study used supervised learning methods like Linear Regression, SVM, and Naive Bayes algorithm to investigate a dataset of complicated terms in the Hindi language. Additionally, a sophisticated Hindi word classification model is suggested employing several methods based on the forecasts as well as collective learning strategies like Random Forest, Adaboost, and Decision Tree. Depending on how well the user's language is understood, the suggested model will assist in simplifying Hindi text. Authors attempt to classify the uncharted dataset using deep learning algorithms like Bi-LSTM and GRU approaches in further processing.
Propagation of chaos for topological interactions by a coupling technique
Authors: Degond Pierre , Pulvirenti Mario , Rossi Stefano
Published: November 2023

We consider a system of particles that interact through a jump process. The jump intensities are functions of the proximity rank of the particles, a type of interaction referred to as topological in the literature. Such interactions have been shown relevant for the modelling of bird flocks. We show that, in the large number of particles limit and under minimal smoothness assumptions on the data, the model converges to a kinetic equation which was derived in earlier works both formally and rigorously under more stringent regularity assumptions. The proof relies on the coupling method which assigns to the particle and limiting processes a joint process posed on the cartesian product of the two configuration spaces of the former processes. By appropriate estimates in a suitable Wasserstein metric, we show that the distance between the two processes tends to zero as the number of particles tends to infinity, with an error typical of the law of large numbers.
Ekonomiczny wymiar prawa pracy − ujęcie syntetyczne
Authors: Żołyński Janusz
Published: November 2023

Economic dimension of labor law: a comprehensive approach

Human labour has an economic and social dimension. Social, because the person doing the work does not do it alone, individually. The social act of labour creation occurs. The economic dimension is the result of the fact that the work is undertaken for the sole purpose of earning money, as the activity is paid and therefore economic. For this reason, labour law in its economic dimension should be analysed both as a normative phenomenon and as a concept. Furthermore, it should be considered integrally in the praxeological field, as the law is adopted to be effective through its solutions and not merely showy, satisfying in a given period of history the particular political needs of those currently in power.
Odpowiedzialność menedżerów w systemie zarządzania jakością
Authors: Szczepańska Katarzyna , Patulski Andrzej
Published: November 2023

Responsibility of managers in the quality management system

A certified quality management system is one of the sources of the company’s operational competitive advantage and a factor in the formation of the company’s operational value. In addition, it reduces operational risks associated with, among other things, producer liability and its consequences (marketing, financial). For meeting the requirements of the ISO standard for a quality management system, top management: bears the responsibility associated with specific roles (functional responsibility) and takes responsibility for decisions. In addition, it should act responsibly in the internal and external environment of the organization. In legal terms, responsibility is related to the accountability sanctions in the quality management system, which are derived from its requirements for top management. Accordingly, failure to meet the requirements of the quality management system can be considered an act to the detriment of the owners of the enterprise, for which managers are liable under the terms of the Labor Code.
The Specific Nature of the Clerical Duty of Loyalty
Authors: Wieczorek Mariusz
Published: November 2023

Loyalty to their employer is one of the duties of civil servants, local government employees in clerical positions, and state officials
Officials owe loyalty to their employer, in this case an organisation without a legal personality under Art. 3 of the Labour Code and an office as defined by administrative sciences. The clerical duty of loyalty cannot be restricted to the other party to the employment relationship, however. Given the importance of the Polish nationality to the contracting and continuation of clerical employment relationships, officials must be assumed to owe loyalty to the state and public institutions. The clerical loyalty to the Republic of Poland should be seen as a materialisation of the constitutional duty of a citizen’s allegiance to a state. Due to the importance of an act of will to the deprivation of Polish citizenship, the discontinuation of a clerical employment relationship is necessary.
Obowiązek uzgodnienia regulaminu nagród z zakładową organizacją związkową – rozważania na temat relacji art. 27 ust. 3 ustawy o związkach zawodowych z art. 105 Kodeksu pracy
Authors: Rumian Jakub
Published: November 2023

The obligation to agree on the awards regulations with trade unions—considerations on the relationship of art. 27 sec. 3 of the Act on Trade Unions with Art. 105 of the Labor Code

This study aims to answer the question: can an employer grant an award without prior arrangement of the award regulations, when a company trade union is active? To do this, it is necessary to define the award itself for the purposes of the labor law system. It is also necessary, in order to put forward the final thesis, to specify the obligation to establish the regulations of awards with trade unions and to define the nature of the regulations themselves. The author pays particular attention to the relationship between the nature of the award, and the objective scope of the awards regulations. This issue is not only important and very sensitive from the point of view of the boundaries set by the very definition of the award, but it is of particular importance in the practical and correct application of the law. considerations.
Children’s Reflections on Two Cultural Ways of Working Together: “Talking with Hands and Eyes” or Requiring Words
Authors: Roberts Amy L. , Rogoff Barbara
Published: November 2023

Forty-four pairs of Mexican-heritage and European-heritage US children were asked to characterize differences between two contrasting cultural patterns of working together in video clips that showed a) Mexican Indigenous-heritage children working together by collaborating, helping, observing others, and using nonverbal as well as verbal communication, and b) middle-class European-American children working alone and using predominantly verbal communication.Through experience in two cultural settings, bilingual Mexican-heritage US children may become familiar with these contrasting cultural patterns that have been identified in research. Mexican-heritage US children characterized the clips in ways that corresponded with researchers’ descriptions more often than did European-heritage children, when discussing working together and helping but not when discussing communication.The children from the two backgrounds differed in their treatment of talk. In addition to talking more overall, half of the European-heritage US children considered talk a requirement for working together or helping, excluding nonverbal communication as a way of working together or helping. In contrast, the Mexican-heritage US children included nonverbal communication as a means of working together and helping, and some seemed to include nonverbal communication as a form of talking.
Vygotsky’s Analysis of Children’s Meaning Making Processes
Authors: Mahn Holbrook
Published: November 2023

Vygotsky’s work is extensive and covers many aspects of the development of children’s meaning-making processes in social and cultural contexts. However, his main focus is on the examination of the unification of speaking and thinking processes. His investigation centers on the analysis of the entity created by this unification - an internal speaking/thinking system with meaning at its center. Despite the fact that this speaking/thinking system is at the center of Vygotsky’s work, it remains little explored. This article relies on Vygotsky’s writings, particularlyThinking and Speech, to describe his examination of the speaking/thinking system. To analyze it he derives the unit -znachenie slova - “meaning through language.” InThinking and Speech Vygotsky describes the origins and development ofznachenie slova as a unit of the speaking/thinking system. He also details his genetic, functional, and structural analysis of the processes through which children internalize meaning in social interaction and organize it in an internal, psychological system. The foundation of this system is the child's ability to generalize by using symbolic representation in meaningful communication. Vygotsky’s analysis of the structure of generalization in the speaking/thinking system is central to his examination of how children make meaning of their sociocultural worlds.
A Framework for Social Justice in Education
Authors: Cazden Courtney
Published: November 2023

Political philopher Nancy Fraser has developed a theory of social justice with three dimensions: Redistribution (economic), recognition (cultural), and representation (political). This article first presents Fraser's theory. Then I describe in her terms the successes and challenges encountered in four primary schools in Australia that were trying to provide educational equity for all students, especially their Indigenous students. That evidence suggests that the dimensions of redistribution and recognition are both essential for "closing the gap" in academic achievement, and that representation is important for school and community relationships.
Can Collaborative Knowledge Building Promote Both Scientific Processes and Science Achievement?
Authors: Chan Carol K.K. , Lam Ivan C.K. , Leung Raymond W.H.
Published: November 2023

This study investigated the role of collective knowledge building in promoting scientific inquiry and achievements among Hong Kong high-school chemistry students. The participants included 34 Grade 10 (15-16 years old) students who engaged in collective inquiry and progressive discourse, using Knowledge Forum@, a computer-supported learning environment. A comparison class of 35 students also participated in the study. The instructional design, premised on knowledge-building principles including epistemic agency, improvable ideas and community knowledge, consisted of several components: developing a collaborative classroom culture, engaging in problem-centered inquiry, deepening the knowledge-building discourse, and aligning assessment with collective learning. Quantitative findings show that the students in the knowledge-building classroom outperformed the comparison students in scientific understanding with sustained effects in public examination. Analyses of knowledge-building dynamics indicate that the students showed deeper engagement and inquiry over time. Students’ collaboration and inquiry on Knowledge Forum significantly predicted their scientific understanding, over and above the effects of their prior science achievement. Qualitative analyses suggest how student’s knowledge-creation discourse, involving explanatory inquiry, constructive use of information and theory revision,can scaffold scientific understanding.
The Development and Psychometric Assessment of a Scale to Measure the Severity of Examination Anxiety among Undergraduate University Students
Authors: Bedewy Dalia , Gabriel Adel
Published: November 2023

The study reported here aimed to develop and psychometrically assess aninstrument to measure examination anxiety among undergraduate universitystudents. Based on empirical evidence and recent literature review wedeveloped a 1 2 item scale to measure the severity of examination anxiety. Theinstrument was administered to students, two weeks before they wrote theirexaminations. Experts (n=1 0) participated in a validation process of theinstrument before it was administered to students (n= 40). Internal consistencyreliability for the instrument was 0. 82 (Cronbach's alpha) and there was 92 %overall agreement between experts about the relevance of the instruments’items to measure students’ examination anxiety, providing evidence for contentvalidity. Factor analysis resulted in three cohesive and theoretically meaningfulfactors. There is evidence for content and convergent validity. The developedinstrument is a reliable, valid and empirical measure to assess the severity ofexamination anxiety. The scale will take five minutes to complete.
Eye of the Beholder: Investigating the Interplay between Inquiry Role Diversification and Social Perspective Taking
Authors: Walker Cheryl L , Shore Bruce M , Tabatabai Diana
Published: November 2023

Students and teachers engage in specific roles in classrooms, and within inquiry classrooms, these roles tend to be more varied compared to traditional settings. Teachers may take on traditional student roles including the role of learner, and students, for example, take on the additional role of question asker, traditionally reserved for the role of a teacher. Several of these roles are specific to perspective taking, in particular, social perspective taking (SPT). SPT is critical to successful social interactions and, because group work occurs frequently within inquiry-based teaching and learning environments, a better understanding of SPT roles is required. SPT roles within two different inquiry classrooms were closely examined through audiorecorded group interactions. Additional data were collected in the form of questionnaires, interviews, student and teacher log responses, and field notes. Two teachers and eight students participated. Social perspective-taking roles were dynamic and susceptible to influences including the nature of the classroom activities and instructional choices, student personality differences, and group-work dynamics. All participants adopted SPT roles, however, students who played an active role in choosing their work partners and who were assigned a task that required a consideration of the audience’s understanding tended to adopt more Imagine Other roles as opposed to Imagine Self roles and also adopted more emotionally-based SPT roles compared to students in teacher-formed groups who were assigned more cognitively-based assignments. Implications for researchers, consultants, and students and teachers were discussed.