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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes admitted to multidisciplinary hospitals: results of a prospective observational multicenter study (CREDO)
Authors: Antsiferov M. B. , Kotenko O. N. , Kobalava Z. D. , Demidova T. Y. , Markova T. N. , Tolkacheva V. V. , Morgunov L. Y. , Andreeva A. V. , Pashkova E. Y. , Khaziakhmetova M. R. , Samburova E. S. , Vedyashkina S. G. , Mkrtumyan A. M. , Petunina N. А. , Serebrov А. N. , Deeva T. M. , Karaeva A. Y.
Published: July 2024

AIM: To assess the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), clinical and demographic characteristics and therapy profile in patients with type 2 diabetes admitted to multidisciplinary hospitals. CREDO (Cardio-REnal Diabetic cOmplications) trial was initiated for this purpose.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: in a prospective observational multicenter study for the period from August 2022 to April 2023, data from 445 patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized in multidisciplinary hospitals of the Moscow Department of Health were analyzed. The data was collected on a single visit. The design of the study did not involve any interventions in routine clinical practice, including the choice of a diagnostic or treatment method.

RESULTS. The study included 445 patients with the main inclusion criteria — type 2 diabetes, age over 50 years, duration of diabetes more than 3 years. The prevalence of CKD was 90%, while in 43% the diagnosis of CKD was confirmed, in 43% it was detected for the first time, and in 7% the disease progressed. Patients with stage C2 and C3 (a and b), as well as with levels of A1 and A2 albuminuria, were most often identified. The percentage of patients in whom the albuminuria was not performed remained high — 46.2%. The highest incidence of CKD was observed in patients with inadequate glycemic control, having an HbA1c level of ≥9%. In the group with newly diagnosed CKD, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor (iSGLT-2) was received by 31.1% of patients, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) — 7.9% of patients. In the group with confirmed CKD — 30.7% and 9.4%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: it has been shown that patients over the age of 50 with type 2 diabetes with a disease duration of more than 3 years are at a high risk of developing CKD — 90%. The results obtained convincingly confirm the possibility of detecting CKD and initiating nephroprotective therapy at the hospital stage.
Clinical decision support system based on artificial intelligence for adjusting insulin pump parameters in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Sorokin D. Yu. , Trufanova E. S. , Rebrova O. Yu. , Bezlepkina O. B. , Laptev D. N.
Published: July 2024

BACKGROUND: Widely available diabetes devices (continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pump etc.) generate large amount of data and development of an advanced clinical decision support system (CDSS), able to automatically evaluate and optimize insulin therapy, is relevant.

AIM: Development of a mathematical model and an CDSS based on it to optimize insulin therapy in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and assessment of the agreement between the recommendations of the CDSS and the physician on insulin pump (IP) parameters: basal profile (BP), carbohydrate ratio (CR), correction factor (СF).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from 504 children with T1DM were analyzed over the period of 7875 days. The data included glucose, insulin, food, sex, age, height, weight, diabetes duration and HbA1c. We constructed recurrent neural network (RNN) to predict glucose concentration for 30-120 minutes, an algorithm for optimizing IP settings using prediction results. Next, a software product was developed — a CDSS. To assess the agreement of the recommendations of the CDSS and physicians, retrospective data from 40 remote telemedicine consultations of 40 patients with T1D (median age 11.6 years [7; 15]) were used and 960 points of possible adjustments were analyzed. Three degrees of agreement have been introduced: complete agreement, partial agreement, and complete disagreement. The magnitude of the adjustments was also analyzed.

RESULTS: The accuracy of glycemic predictions was better or comparable with other similar models. The assessment of agreement for BP, CR and CF, according to the Kappa index, showed slight and weak agreement. The frequency of complete agreement between recommendations for adjusting the ongoing IP therapy between the CDSS and physicians is 37.5–53.8%, and complete inconsistency is 4.5–17.4%. From a clinical point of view, consistency in the frequency of occurrence of the indicator is more important. There were no differences in median IP settings between the CDSS and physicians.

CONCLUSION: The CDSS has an acceptable accuracy of glycemic predictions. The CDSS and physicians provide comparable recommendations regarding CSII parameters.
Enhancing Early Childhood Educator's Digital Competencies through AI-Powered Learning Modules (AI-PEL) Training Program
Authors: Yafie Evania , Anisa Nur , Maningtyas Rosyi Damayani Twinsari , Iriyanto Tomas , Jumaat Nurul Farhana , Widiasih Rina Mukti
Published: July 2024

Purpose – Digital skills among educators are becoming increasingly important and essential for creating interactive and relevant learning experiences. However, many teachers are still unprepared to fully integrate technology into their teaching and need to improve their understanding of AI technology to support the learning process. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of improving the digital skills of early childhood education (ECE) teachers through AI-Powered Learning Modules (AI-PEL) training.
Design/methods/approach – This research employs a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental method to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-Powered Learning Modules (AI-PEL) training for Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers in the Tumpang Sub-district. Purposive sampling was used to select 80 ECE teachers who participated in the training. Data were collected through pre-tests and post-tests. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics using SPSS 17.0, including the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for normality, Cronbach's Alpha for reliability, and Independent t-tests to compare group means.
Findings – This study found a significant improvement in the digital skills of ECE teachers in the Tumpang Sub-district after the AI-PEL training. Initially, the teachers struggled with technology integration, but after the training, their skills and understanding of digital tools improved. Evidence shows that 68 out of 80 participants successfully created teaching modules and picture stories using AI technologies such as Chat GPT, Gemini, DeepL, and Bing Image Creator within the specified deadline.
Research implications/limitations – This finding highlights the importance of improving digital skills among teachers, as it enhances their teaching effectiveness and positively impacts students' learning experiences and outcomes. This fosters an engaging, interactive, and effective learning environment in the 21st century.
Practical implications – This research emphasizes the importance of supporting strategies such as developing digital learning modules, continuous mentoring, and integrating technology into the ECE curriculum. Partnerships with stakeholders are also crucial to ensuring the sustainability and effectiveness of the AI-Powered Learning Modules (AI-PEL) Training Program. These measures are essential for improving teachers' digital skills and the overall quality of teacher education in the 21st century.
Originality/value – This research highlights that early childhood teachers can develop more creative and effective teaching methods with good digital skills. Ultimately, this will improve the quality of early childhood education for the 21st century.
Paper type Research paper
Biological control of tephritid fruit flies Bactrocera spp. in Himachal Pradesh, India
Authors: Tomar Preety , Thakur Priyanka , Singh Sangram , Shreaz Sheikh , Rustagi Sarvesh , Kumar Rai Pankaj , Yadav Ashok , Yadav Ajar Nath
Published: July 2024

Over the years, chemical-based insecticides have been used to enhance crop yield in the agricultural industry. However, the hazards associated with these insecticides have highlighted the need for an alternative method that is economical, eco-friendly, and safe. In this investigation, the efficacy of various biological materials, such as Neem kavach, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo), and clay, was evaluated against fruit flies under open field conditions. The results revealed that the highest infestation was recorded in the control (71.67 %), while the lowest infestation (25.67 %) was observed in the plot treated with B. bassiana (1.5 %). This was followed by Neem kavach-treated plot (4 %) with an infestation rate of 26.67 %, and the clay-treated plot (15 g/L) with an infestation rate of 38.67 %, after the third spray. The impact of these biological agents on cucumber yield was also evaluated. The highest yield, 9.36 kg/plot, was obtained from the B. bassiana-treated plot, followed by Neem kavach-treated plots with yields of 8.94 and 7.28 kg/plot, respectively. The lowest yield of 4.58 kg/plot was recovered in the untreated plots. These findings suggest that the application of these biological agents is highly effective, as they repel egg-laying (oviposition deterrence), thereby minimizing fruit infestation and maximizing yield profit.
Weed growth and productivity of green gram (Vigna radiata L.) under integrated weed management practices
Authors: Das Rounak , Dash Subhaprada , Priyadarshini Ankita , Jena Jagadish , Subhadarshi Swagat
Published: July 2024

Green gram is a short-duration crop that requires initial control of weeds for better crop establishment. The growth and productivity of green gram under integrated weed management was studied at the Agricultural farm of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, in the summer 2022. Ten treatments comprised of recommended herbicides, the stale seedbed technique, an aqueous extract of Calotropis gigantea and their combination were designed in the RBD with 3 replications. Results showed that the minimum density and biomass of weeds and maximum growth of green gram were found in twice hand weeding, which was statistically significant with the pre-emergence application of pendimethalin fb imazethapyr as post-emergence and the stale seedbed technique fb imazethapyr as post-emergence. The maximum yield (10.70 q/ha) was documented under two-hand weeding at 15 and 30 DAS, which was statistically comparable with the yield levels of sequential application of pendimethalin fb imazethapyr (10.17 q/ha) and stale seedbed technique fb imazethapyr as post-emergence (9.92 q/ha). Thus, pendimethalin at 750 g/ha at 1 DAS or stale seedbed at 15 days before sowing (DBS), followed by imazethapyr at 75 g/ha at 20 DAS, appeared to be effective in reducing the diverse weed flora significantly and achieving higher growth and yield in summer green gram.
The very idea of e-Exams
Authors: Hillier Mathew
Published: July 2024

This paper explores the preconceptions of students as reported via a voluntary online preimplementation survey administered in late 2013 on the topic of e-exams. The survey was conducted as part of a wider research program into the development and implementation of on campus computerised examinations using BYOD. The survey at an Australian university received just over 480 responses from undergraduate students across a wide range of discipline areas including Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Humanities and Science. Twenty-four Likert scale items on e-exams covered pedagogical suitability, fairness, security, cheating, technical reliability, keyboard proficiency, physical comfort, equipment provision and preferences for pen-on-paper or computer based testing. Two open comments on concerns and opinions were included. Data was analysed using Mann-Whitney’s U Test across programs (discipline groups), gender and by level of experience of computerised exams. The survey was conducted with the intention of uncovering pre-conceived ideas held on the part of students with regard to the idea of e-exams ahead of a planned series of e-exam trials. A range of concerns were expressed by students both for and against the idea of exams that provide the planners of e-exam approaches valuable insights into the attitudes of one of the most significant stakeholder groups.
Blended learning
Authors: Meyer Salomé , Wohlers Shane , Marshall Bob
Published: July 2024

The purpose of this study was to evaluate student experiences with Blended Learning (BL) with the focus on development and delivery across Schools at EIT. At the end of the teaching period students were asked to complete a survey containing 28 closed questions and three open ended questions. Students were mostly satisfied with the process of being exposed to BL, and made useful suggestions to the institution and its tutors on how to improve their learning experiences. It is generally accepted that BL allows for meaningful learning, but it is important to keep in mind that tutors should set learning activities that comply with the level of learning that is required by the student. This was identified by students as an area that tutors mostly got right. Some tutors did however need to improve their skills in using technology effectively.
A multidisciplinary focus on 21st century digital learning environments
Authors: O'Connell Judy
Published: July 2024

As a result of an extensive curriculum review of a master’s programme for teachers in the School of Information Studies, a multi-disciplinary degree programme in education and information studies was developed to uniquely facilitate educators’ capacity to be responsive to the demands of a digitally connected world. Charles Sturt University’s new Master of Education (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation) aims to develop agile leaders in new cultures of digital formal and informal learning. By examining key features and influences of global connectedness, information organisation, communication and participatory cultures of learning, students are provided with the opportunity to reflect on their professional practice in a networked learning community, and to improve learning and teaching in digital environments. This paper presents a case study of the implementation of the new programme, reviews the first session experiences of the students, and presents findings from student evaluation of the levels of success achieved.
Student use of technologies for learning
Authors: Gosper Maree , McKenzie Jo , Pizzica Jenny , Malfroy Janne , Ashford-Rowe Kevin
Published: July 2024

This paper reports on a large longitudinal survey of students and their use of technologies in two Australian universities. The SEET survey is unique in Australia because it includes not just current use, but students’ expectations about their future use of technology. The survey was originally run in 2010 and then repeated, with slight modifications to reflect changes in technologies, in 2013. This paper compares the results from 2013 with the 2010 results. Whilst some changes reflect the wider access to freely available open resources and new technologies such as Smartphones and iPads, other results are remarkably consistent with the 2010 results. Overall students are increasingly satisfied with their use of technologies and despite the increase in uptake of freely available technologies, it is evident that the LMS and its inbuilt tools and functions remain a key platform for learning and teaching at universities.
Nyungar Place Stories Pilot
Authors: Irving Leah , Hoffman Julie
Published: July 2024

This paper describes the development and piloting of a project that uses augmented reality to support the cultural sustainability of Aboriginal Nyungar peoples of Western Australia’s South Western corner. Place narratives are a central part of Australian Indigenous culture and knowledge, and the significance of place is critical to Aboriginal people’s health and well-being. This pilot project examines the efficacy for the augmented reality app to present Indigenous narratives in a way that engages students in reflexive practice.
ImpressDent
Authors: Ma Sunyoung , Hesson Gala , Zeng Richard , Loke Swee-Kin
Published: July 2024

Despite the importance of learning how to make accurate dental impressions, dental students do not currently get adequate opportunities to apply their dental anatomy knowledge to the procedure of impression-making. A computer simulation ImpressDent was built to allow students to test out various scenarios in order to understand the impact of different variables on dental impressions. A case study was conducted with ten dentistry students to find out what and how students learned from their interactions with ImpressDent. Congruent with our aim, students reported that they learned the impact of different variables on the dental impression and they identified iterative trial and error as their main learning process. The instructional design of ImpressDent can serve to guide educators interested in developing their students’ procedural knowledge in constructivist ways. Further investigations will be undertaken to examine the impact of this learning activity on students’ ability to evaluate their dental impression independently.
Blended professional learning
Authors: Singh Kuki
Published: July 2024

Many academics are grappling with transforming their teaching practices to embed 21st century pedagogy creating new challenges for academic developers. To address this, a professional learning program was redesigned integrating emerging technologies and practices to provide an immersive experience in the flipped classroom strategy and to foster technology enhanced pedagogy using an experiential learning framework. Participants (n = 195) in the first iteration of the program reported a very positive learning experience regarding engagement, motivation to integrate learning technologies in teaching and confidence to embrace new pedagogies. Overall, conceptions of and engagement with the flipped strategy were also highly positive but the blended nature of the course poses challenges in terms of participants’ personal learning journeys, raising critical implications for those involved in planning and facilitating professional learning courses.
Authentic assessment of reflection in an ePortfolio
Authors: Roberts Pauline , Farley Helen , Gregory Sue
Published: July 2024

In a doctoral study that focused on the enhancement of reflection through an ePortfolio-based learning environment, students’ indicated that they felt reflection was not real when it was used for assessment. This led to an examination of assessment practices linked to reflection and ways to make it authentic. The literature revealed that reflection is often a component of authentic assessment rather than being a focus of it. The practices associated with the assessment of reflection are examined in order to formulate 4 guiding principles. These principles aim to make the process of reflection more ‘real’ to students in higher education settings, particularly when using an ePortfolio platform.
Designing a technology-enhanced authentic learning environment for a large engineering class
Authors: Corrias Alberto , Buist Martin L. , Soong Swee Kit Alan
Published: July 2024

A growing body of evidence suggests that one area in which new approaches have been a significant improvement over traditional teaching methods in tertiary education is where there has previously been a detachment between what is taught in the classroom and the real life scenarios where that content is used. For this reason, the creation of authentic learning environments in tertiary education has been advocated over the last decade. The literature now provides the necessary theoretical framework and boundaries of what can be defined as an authentic learning environment. Here, we present the design of several teaching practices aimed at creating an authentic learning environment in a large undergraduate engineering class. In particular, we leverage on various technological tools to overcome the inherent difficulties of providing an authentic learning environment in the presence of a large group of students.
Refreshing the eLearning guidelines
Authors: Kelly Oriel
Published: July 2024

First launched in 2005, the New Zealand eLearning Guidelines (NZeLgs) provided a set of questions to drive improvement in the tertiary sector’s capability to deliver eLearning. This paper describes a joint AKO Aotearoa/New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC) funded project which has updated and enhanced the guidelines (eLg) for the tertiary sector during 2013 /2014 and which now provides access via a new website: (www.elg.ac.nz). The guidelines provide prompts for good practice as a guide to designing, implementing and enhancing eLearning for an expanded range of participants in the process – the learner, the teacher, the manager, the organisational leader and quality assurance bodies. The process of how the refreshed guidelines came to be will be shared, along with the principles underpinning the prompts for each of the different perspectives which have been designed to foster quality provision of eLearning for the sector.
Ensuring the development of Digital Literacy in higher education curricula
Authors: McMahon Mark
Published: July 2024

Digital Literacy is widely considered to be an essential attribute for both academic and professional success. In an increasingly regulated and standards-based higher education environment, however, there is a lack of clear guidance as to what constitutes the nature of appropriate level of Digital Literacy that graduates need to demonstrate. This paper argues for the application of a Digital Literacy Taxonomy to articulate the dimensions inherent in it, which can then be applied to student activities and curricula. This process can be used to assist academics in identifying the literacy requirements of their courses, their own opportunities for professional development and the creation of appropriate pedagogies to teach them.
Remote Access Laboratories enhancing STEM education
Authors: Ting Wu , Albion Peter R.
Published: July 2024

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workers are important contributors to the innovation on which modern life depends. Hence it is important that education develops STEM capability but too few teachers, especially in primary schools, are well prepared for teaching STEM. Remote Access Laboratories (RAL) have potential to offer STEM experiences in schools and to influence pre-service teachers’ capabilities to teach STEM subjects effectively. This mixed methods research is investigating how engagement with RAL influences pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching STEM.
Creating digital self-reflective frameworks to encourage learner autonomy in post-graduate courses
Authors: Clayton John , Saravani Sarah-Jane
Published: July 2024

The almost universal acceptance of constructivist views of education has firmly placed the learner at the centre of the teaching and learning experience. This acceptance has required educationalists to critically review existing educational strategies, techniques, methods and beliefs. Learner autonomy, the ability to take charge of one's own learning, is based on the concept that learners have the capabilities to reflect on their current skills and identify areas of development. Interactive self-reflective frameworks enable learners to firstly, make independent and informed decisions about their learning needs and secondly, establish a personalised learning plan to address the needs identified. This paper explores how the development and implementation of a digital self reflective framework for post-graduate study in transdisciplinary education contributes to wider acceptance of the conceptions of learner autonomy.
The Failure of Defining Failure in Social Networking Sites
Authors: Pearson Erika , Moskal A.C.M.
Published: July 2024

Despite the widespread use of the terms ‘failure’ and ‘success’ within social networking site (SNS) literature, determining benchmarks of either is a complex undertaking. Success and failure both are often identified according to the presence or absence of context-specific ‘markers’. ‘Snapshot’ metrics such as network growth or activity are pointed to as indicators of a network’s overall success. However, such reductive approaches oversimplify the underlying social processes. This paper presents a review of current literature, and argues for the conceptualisation of failure at the macro-level as the constraint of network actors, regarding ‘success’ and ‘failure’ as recurrent processes in the lifecycle of a social networking site rather than outcomes. It is hoped that theorising failure independent of specific ‘markers’ will provide the basis for future development of predictive and analytical models to identify instances of failure in SNS case studies.
Exploring students’ interpretation of feedback delivered through learning analytics dashboards
Authors: Corrin Linda , De Barba Paula
Published: July 2024

The delivery of feedback to students through learning analytics dashboards is becoming more common in higher education. However, it is not clear what ability students have to interpret this feedback in ways that will benefit their learning. This paper presents the preliminary results of a mixed methods study into students’ interpretation of feedback delivered through learning analytics dashboards and the influence this feedback has on students’ self-regulated learning. The findings from a preliminary analysis of the data from the first two phases will be discussed and the future phases of the research outlined. The outcomes of this research provide new insights into how dashboards can be designed to provide effective feedback in blended learning environments.
Developing an online learning community in Industrial Law
Authors: King Lisa , Leroy Bronwen
Published: July 2024

In the past decade, theoretical frameworks for designing online learning communities have continued to evolve. These frameworks can provide an engaging and dynamic learning experience for online students. In the current Higher Education climate, current teaching approaches need to adapt to changing student demographics to retain student engagement. At the University of New England, a unit Industrial Law has been redeveloped as a scaffolded and activity focused online learning experience with off-campus students. The aim of this approach was to achieve a collaborative learning environment that encouraged critical thinking and communication. This paper reflects on the frameworks of online learning communities in practice, specifically relating to the instructional design process underpinning the development of online learning communities.
Auditing the Office for Learning and Teaching Resource Library
Authors: Hider Philip , Dalgarno Barney , Bennett Sue , Liu Ying-Hsang , Gerts Carole , Daws Carla , Spiller Barbara , Parkes Robert , Knight Pat , Macaulay Raylee , Carlson Lauren
Published: July 2024

The Australian government Office for Learning and Teaching’s (OLT) Resource Library (http://www.olt.gov.au/resources) is a key means of disseminating the outcomes from projects funded by itself and its predecessor organisations, the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) and the Carrick Institute. In order to apply the recommendations and resources emanating from these projects, it is vital that educators and other stakeholders are aware of, and effectively able to use, the Resource Library. Based on anecdotal evidence indicating a lack of awareness of the Resource Library and problems with consistently being able to search for and retrieve relevant resources from the database, the OLT commissioned a project to formally evaluate the Library and redesign it to improve access and usability. This paper reports on the project’s progress, including the results from a questionnaire completed by 117 higher education stakeholders.
Benchmarking for technology enhanced learning
Authors: Sankey Michael
Published: July 2024

Benchmarking in the areas of technology enhanced learning (TEL) has become an important part of how many institutions are able to mediate a level of quality in their learning and teaching practice. Many tools and methodologies have emerged over the last 10+ years to help our institutions undertake this important task. A recent major benchmarking activity (June 2014) took this to a whole new level; with 24 institutions meeting together to benchmark their capacity in TEL. This was based around using the newly refreshed ACODE Benchmarks and involved each institution performing a self-assessment of their practices and then sharing this with the other participants. This paper will report on this activity and, importantly, provide evidence of the value of this activity for those involved. It will conclude with a series of recommendations on how this may be applied by other institutions, as they contend with the rapidly changing TEL space.
The one-eyed king
Authors: Kerr Thomas , McAlpine Iain , Grant Michael
Published: July 2024

This paper describes the implementation of universal design (UD) principles in a tertiary setting from an educational design perspective. It discusses how those responsible for implementing this relatively new approach to learning design are building a dialogue around UD in education and willing cooperation from staff in the development of its use in course design at the institutional level. The nine principles of UD are described, together with the three principal models that apply UD to learning. An implementation plan, currently in development at a metropolitan university, maps out how the educational development team is building acceptance of UD principles across the campus in the design of all future learning materials.
Fertilizer application parameters for drip-irrigated peanut based on the fertilizer effect function established from a “3414” field trial
Authors: Gao Zhijian , Bai Xinlu , Tang Xiaoyun , Zhi Jinhu , Liu Yu , Wang Guodong , Yang Guojiang , Liu Yantao , Wang Liang
Published: July 2024

Scientific fertilization is an important technical means of achieving high and stable peanut yields. Using soil testing and formula fertilization, the “3414” optimal regression design was used and included 14 nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) fertilization treatments. Ternary quadratic functions of the fertilizer effect were established according to three-season field experiments and the regression analysis of fertilizer–yield function was performed to explore the optimal fertilizer application mode and ratio for peanuts under mulched drip irrigation (MDI), and a suitable fertilizer application system was established. The ternary quadratic equation relating peanut yield (y) and the fertilizer application rates of N (N), P (P2O5), and K (K2O) was obtained after fitting, i.e., y = 2912.528 + 21.432N + 16.324P + 6.181K − 0.051N2 − 0.109P2 − 0.061K2 + 0.017NP + 0.023NK + 0.086PK, and significance analysis and typicality assessment were performed. The model R
2 was 0.9709, both values are extremely significant (p < 0.01), which indicates that the obtained ternary quadratic fertilizer effect function is typical and could be used for statistical purposes and fertilization recommendations. Three quadratic fertilizer effect functions were obtained. Among them, the equation for K is extremely significant, and the equations of N and P are significant. According to the assumption that the marginal yield is zero and the marginal profit is zero, the fertilizer application rate with the maximum yield, the fertilizer application rate with the best economic benefits, and the corresponding yields were obtained. The optimal fertilizer application rate predicted by the ternary quadratic fertilizer effect function was relatively high, so the three quadratic fertilizer effect functions were used for prediction. Under the test conditions, the recommended fertilizer application rates for peanuts under MDI are 256.6 kg N per ha, 164.2 kg P2O5 per ha, and 213.2 kg K2O per ha, the recommended fertilization ratio is 1:0.64:0.83, and the recommended ratio under formula fertilization is 23:15:19. The study has developed a data-based decision support system for Xinjiang drip-irrigated peanut, which assists farmers and agricultural managers in making more scientific and precise fertilization decisions based on the specific growth requirements of the crops and soil conditions. This evidence-based methodology enhances the precision of agricultural management, which is conducive to increasing crop yields while reducing resource wastage and environmental impact. However, multipoint and multiyear experiments are still needed to ensure that the findings are adaptable to the diverse soil conditions and fluctuating climate patterns that may be encountered in practice.
Vom ‚Begrüßungs-Smartphone‘ zum Großen Austausch?
Authors: Liese Lea
Published: July 2024

Der Beitrag geht davon aus, dass urban legends, die mehrheitlich als Unterhaltungsphänomen und nicht als politisches Instrument rezipiert werden, durch ihre spezifischen narratologischen und medialen Funktionsmechanismen zu der Normalisierung und Popularisierung rassistischer, antisemitischer und sexistischer Stereotypisierungen beitragen können. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht er ausgewählte urban legends auf unterschwellige bis offenkundige populistische und konspirationistische Tendenzen und fragt nach den formalen, medialen und politischen Verbindungslinien zu Verschwörungstheorien und Verschwörungsgerüchten. Beispielhaft wird dies an wiederkehrenden populistischen Narrativen im Kontext der sogenannten „Flüchtlingskrise“ in Deutschland aufgezeigt, die sowohl Berührungspunkte zu populären urban legends als auch zu der Verschwörungstheorie vom „Großen Austausch“ aufweisen.
Gegenlektüren. Kulturelle Konflikte und populistische Leseschaften
Authors: Amlinger Carolin
Published: July 2024

Der Beitrag untersucht die politische Aufladung alltagsästhetischer Rezeption, um populistische Popularisierungsstrategien zu rekonstruieren. Ausgehend von der öffentlichen Kontroverse um Uwe Tellkamps Roman Der Schlaf in den Uhren im Jahr 2022 werden narrative Entstehungs- und Funktionsmechanismen einer populistischen Situation analysiert, in der eine affizierende narrative Atmosphäre starke Gefühle der Zustimmung oder Ablehnung kreiert. Im Fokus stehen dabei kulturelle Konfliktfelder, in denen ästhetische Bewertungsmuster politisiert werden, um Beachtung herzustellen. Veranschaulicht wird dies durch eine Analyse der Amazon-Kundenrezensionen zum Roman, in denen der Kampf um ästhetische Wertungskompetenz politisch überformt und dadurch in eine populistische Situation überführt wird.
Ein Bauer im Machtdiskurs. Zur Figur Hans Lange
Authors: Wójcik Bartosz
Published: July 2024

Die von mehreren Autoren bzw. Editoren redigierte und narratologisch bearbeitete Sage vom Bauern Hans Lang(e) wurde im Laufe von ca. 500 Jahren interdiskursiv in das Netz von gesellschaftlich formierten Vorstellungskomplexen einbezogen. Dadurch wurde sie zu einem Medium der Machtausübung und Mitgestaltung gesellschaftlicher Sinnstiftungsprozesse. Um die Diskurse im deutsch- und polnischsprachigen Pommern nachzuzeichnen, wurden mehrere an der Überlieferung beteiligte Quellen analysiert.
Characteristics and considerations of French medical education
Authors: Chen Xin , Yuan Huiyun , Zhang Yong , Bertrand Dominique , Vicente Gilbert , Zhang Wenhui
Published: July 2024

French medical education, with a long history and guided by laws and decrees set by the French Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, aims at elite training, focusing on the cultivation of students’ clinical practice and scientific research capabilities, and implementing a unified medical talent training model. The French medical education system continuously seeks innovation and change. In September 2020, a new round of reforms was initiated in aspects such as admission pathways, examination system, and assessment methods. These changes aim to enhance medical students’ disciplinary backgrounds, strengthen process-based assessment, and foster the development of versatile medical professionals. This article analyzes the characteristics of French medical education and the main measures of this round of reforms, providing insights and considerations for the training of cultivated medical talents in China.
Mass transfer at vapor-liquid interfaces of H2O + CO2 mixtures studied by molecular dynamics simulation
Authors: Stephan Simon , Bråten Vilde , Hasse Hans
Published: July 2024

In many industrial applications as well as in nature, the mass transfer of CO2 at vapor-liquid interfaces in aqueous systems plays an important role. In this work, this process was studied on the atomistic level using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. In a first step, a molecular model of the system water + CO2 was developed that represents both bulk and interfacial equilibrium properties well. This system is characterized by a very large adsorption and enrichment of CO2 at the vapor-liquid interface. Then, non-equilibrium mass transfer simulations were carried out using a method that was developed recently: CO2 is inserted into the vapor phase of a simulation box which contains a liquid slab. Surprising effects are observed at the interface such as a net repulsion of CO2 particles from the interface and a complex time dependence of the amount of CO2 adsorbed at the interface.
Upper bounds for the global cyclicity index
Authors: Palacios José Luis
Published: July 2024

We find new upper bounds for the global cyclicity index, a variant of the Kirchhoff index, and discuss the wide family of graphs for which the bounds are attained.
Exploring the interplay between iron metabolism imbalance and esophageal cancer
Authors: Qi Lu , Li Zhongwen
Published: July 2024

Iron metabolism plays a crucial role in various physiological processes, and its dysregulation has been implicated in many cancers. Epidemiological studies have confirmed a significant correlation between iron overload and an increased risk of oesophageal cancer. The purpose of this review is to investigate the relationship between iron metabolism imbalance and oesophageal cancer and to explore the potential application of iron metabolism regulatory mechanisms in the treatment of oesophageal cancer. This paper details the physiological mechanisms that regulate cellular iron homeostasis, including absorption, storage, utilization, and excretion and focuses on changes in iron homeostasis in oesophageal cancer cells. In addition, the paper discusses the multifaceted roles of iron in tumourigenesis, progression and metastasis, as well as the impact of iron metabolism in the tumour microenvironment. Finally, this paper discusses the potential impact of ferroptosis on cancer cell survival, highlights the importance of iron metabolism in oesophageal cancer, and provides new ideas for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oesophageal cancer. Future research should further elucidate the specific role of iron metabolism in esophageal cancer pathogenesis and explore new therapeutic approaches using these mechanisms for more effective treatment strategies.
χὠς ἴδον, ὣς ἐμάνην. Space, Desire and the Female Gaze in Hellenistic Poetry
Authors: Sistakou Evina
Published: July 2024

This paper studies the female gaze at the intersection of space, genre and gender in three Hellenistic poets who have explored the female viewpoint in their works, namely Apollonius of Rhodes, Theocritus and Herodas. The female gaze covers all the stages of desire from erotic fantasy to sexual fulfillment, and is contingent on both aesthetic factors and the sociocultural background of gender roles. It reflects the power dynamics between male and female and also becomes a means of subverting male authority by the gazing female. In Hellenistic poetry, the various degrees of female liberation through the control of the gaze vary depending on the spaces occupied by women. I argue that women, initially confined in the oikos according to the conventions of epic poetry, are represented as being gradually liberated in natural and urban spaces, the emblematic spaces of the neoteric genres of the bucolic idyll and the mime; this shift in gender dynamics is conveyed through the illustration of the female gaze in distinct genres of poetry and their respective symbolic spaces, namely the house, the natural landscape, and the city.
“What is ‘the tradition overall’?”: Theorising Classical Reception through the Lens of Memory Studies
Authors: Scherer Madeleine , Schneider Jakob
Published: July 2024

Memory is the topic of many modern engagements with antiquity, and it is also the modus operandi of many modern adaptations of antiquity, driven and shaped by the ever-changing ways in which ‘the classics’ are conceptualised within different time-periods and socio-cultural contexts. Popular awareness of classical materials, their socio-economic status, how famous characters and stories are perpetuated through mnemonic adaptation – these are important factors of memory-driven reception that deserve to be investigated as part of classical reception studies. In this article, we thus propose ways in which interdisciplinary connections between memory studies and classical reception studies can be established.
Influence of yttrium doping on the photocatalytic behaviour of lanthanum titanate: a material for water treatment
Authors: Prabitha Vasumathi Gopala , Sahadevan Jhelai , Sankaran Esakki Muthu , Bhat Mashooq Ahmad , Nisha Narayanan Girija , Viji Arangarajan , Kim Ikhyun
Published: July 2024

Remediating water contamination greatly benefits from the removal of chemical as well as microbiological contaminants using the same substance. Yttrium-doped Lanthanum Titanate (LaY
x
Ti1−x
O3, where x = 0 (LTO) and 0.05 (LYTO)) nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by the auto-combustion method were already proven to have better antibacterial activities. The current study aims to investigate the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of the same sample for the organic pollutant Methylene Blue (MB) dye. Here, two vital and decisive characterization methods were employed: Raman spectroscopy for chemical and morphological features and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for surface phase identification. The oxidation states of La3+ and Ti3+ ions have been deduced using XPS. The HRTEM reveals the nano-structure with SAED pattern is supporting with XRD data. LaTiO3 (LTO) and LaY0.05Ti0.95O3 (LYTO) nanoparticles showed degradation efficiencies of 40.26 % and 86.24 %, respectively, at degrading methylene blue (MB) dye after a reaction time of 90 min. The degradation efficiency of LTO increased to 87.19 % after a reaction time of 150 min. The introduction of yttrium doping into lithium titanate demonstrates promise as a material for mitigating water treatment, as it augments the material’s antibacterial and photocatalytic characteristics.
Recording Neural Reward Signals in a Naturalistic Operant Task Using Mobile-EEG and Augmented Reality
Authors: Stringfellow Jaleesa S. , Liran Omer , Lin Mei-Heng , Baker Travis E.
Published: July 2024

The electrophysiological response to rewards recorded during laboratory tasks has been well documented, yet little is known about the neural response patterns in a more naturalistic setting. Here, we combined a mobile-EEG system with an augmented reality headset to record event-related brain potentials (ERPs) while participants engaged in a naturalistic operant task to find rewards. Twenty-five participants were asked to navigate toward a west or east goal location marked by floating orbs, and once participants reached the goal location, the orb would then signify a reward (5 cents) or no-reward (0 cents) outcome. Following the outcome, participants returned to a start location marked by floating purple rings, and once standing in the middle, a 3 s counter signaled the next trial, for a total of 200 trials. Consistent with previous research, reward feedback evoked the reward positivity, an ERP component believed to index the sensitivity of the anterior cingulate cortex to reward prediction error signals. The reward positivity peaked ∼230 ms with a maximal at channel FCz (M = −0.695 μV, ±0.23) and was significantly different than zero (p < 0.01). Participants took ∼3.38 s to reach the goal location and exhibited a general lose-shift (68.3% ±3.5) response strategy and posterror slowing. Overall, these novel findings provide support for the idea that combining mobile-EEG with augmented reality technology is a feasible solution to enhance the ecological validity of human electrophysiological studies of goal-directed behavior and a step toward a new era of human cognitive neuroscience research that blurs the line between laboratory and reality.
Commentary to the judgment of the ECHR of 16 June 2022 Żurek v. Poland, Chamber (Section I), Application no. 39650/18 (on freedom of expression of judges)
Authors: Rytel-Warzocha Anna ,   University of Gdańsk, Poland, Jackiewicz Andrzej ,   University of Bialystok, Poland
Published: July 2024

The commented ruling of the ECHR of 16 June 2022 in the case Żurek v Poland concerned the crucial issue of judges' freedom of expression. It is particularly significant in the context of the recent changes concerning the judiciary in Poland and the associated threats to judicial independence and the independence of judges, which were manifested, inter alia, by numerous disciplinary proceedings initiated against judges. The authors present the main facts and legal issues concerning the case, as well as the findings of the Court and the judgement. They also refer to other previous judgments relevant to this context. The authors fully endorse the position of the Court that a judge has not only the right but also a duty to speak out on the rule of law in case the reforms introduced in the country constitute a violation of the constitutional principle of a democratic state based on the rule of law.
Scientific Periodicals Circulation in Lithuania in the First Half of the 19th Century: the Case of Vilnius University
Authors: Pacevičius Arvydas
Published: July 2024

This article examines the evolution and circulation of scientific periodicals within the academic community of Vilnius. The study aims to determine how periodicals from abroad reached Lithuania, how they were stored at Vilnius University, and how scientists utilized these information resources. It was found that the concept of scientific periodicals in the early 19th century began to emerge in bibliographic classification and librarians’ documentation, with their form and content being equated to popular science and/or the continuous works of scientific academies and societies. The distribution of scientific periodicals, especially those received from abroad, faced obstacles due to repressive censorship, which were attempted to be overcome using alternative channels (services of street book vendors). Despite the “clutches” on scientific information, the periodicals collection at Vilnius University Library grew significantly between 1803 and 1832, catering to the needs of the academic community. The thematic and content analysis of this collection from a heritage perspective would be the subject of another study.