bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Energy Consumption and GDP in China
Authors: Zhang Jian , Zhou Xin
Published: November 2021

Based on the provincial panel data of China from 1990 to 2018, this paper establishes a simultaneous equation model containing exogenous variables such as capital stock, urbanization and trade liberalization to explore the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. The study found that China’s GDP and energy consumption influence each other, which is manifested as an endogenous causal relationship in the economic system. When the economic aggregate increases, the demand for energy has risen sharply. However, due to the low energy use efficiency production mode and environmental destruction and pollution, energy consumption shows a negative scale effect that restricts economic growth. China’s economic growth is manifested in diminishing returns to scale, and the urbanization rate and trade openness have a significant impact on energy consumption.
Integrated Flood Risk Assessment System Based on the Set Pair Analysis and Variable Fuzzy Sets for Cascade Dams
Authors: Chen Yu
Published: November 2021

Flood-caused dam break is an important dam safety problem. Dam flood risk assessment based on an appropriate assessing method is hence essential for reducing dam-break flood damages and losses. In this research, a comprehensive flood risk assessment system for cascade dams was developed by combining the set pair analysis (SPA) and variable fuzzy sets (VFS) theory (namely SPA-VFS for short), and expressing the flood risk as a product of hazard and vulnerability, which were quantified by selected indicators. In the case study of the Dadu river basin, reservoir capacity, dam height, dam age, gross domestic product (GDP) density, population density, and predicted damage were selected as the evaluation indicators, and the evaluation results derived the flood risk classes of each studied dam. The study indicates that the proposed SPA-VFS-based flood risk assessment model is simple and feasible, which enables its further application in flood risk analysis and evaluation, and its extension in the risk assessment of other natural disasters.
Managing Study Stress of College Students Through Personality Traits
Authors: Ding Ding , Liu Xinyue , Xu Haoran
Published: November 2021

University students’ stress management is a core topic in educational research; however, limited research has ever focused on how personality would impact students’ perception of stress level. Thereby, this quantitative study, based on the Big Five Personality Trait Model, set out to investigates how openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism affect the college students’ perception of their study stress. As a result of a survey with sixty college students in China, it is found that whilst students’ demographic factors may not significantly predict their stress level, psychographic factors including conscientiousness, agreeableness and neuroticism can positively and significantly determine the college students’ perception of stress. Based on the findings of the study, implications for future students’ mental health management and ensuing educational research are put forward.
Cutting L1-Norm Distance Discriminant Analysis with Sample Reconstruction
Authors: Shao Guowan , Peng Chunjiang , Ou Wenchu , Duan Kai
Published: November 2021

Dimensionality reduction plays an important role in the fields of pattern recognition and computer vision. Recursive discriminative subspace learning with an L1-norm distance constraint (RDSL) is proposed to robustly extract features from contaminated data and L1-norm and slack variables are utilized for accomplishing the goal. However, its performance may decline when too many outliers are available. Moreover, the method ignores the global structure of the data. In this paper, we propose cutting L1-norm distance discriminant analysis with sample reconstruction (C-L1-DDA) to solve the two problems. We apply cutting L1-norm to measure within-class and between-class distances and thus outliers may be strongly suppressed. Moreover, we use cutting squared L2-norm to measure reconstruction errors. In this way, outliers may be constrained and the global structure of data may be approximately preserved. Finally, we give an alternating iterative algorithm to extract feature vectors. Experimental results on two publicly available real databases verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
Analyzing mixed-type data by using word embedding for handling categorical features
Authors: Hsu Chung-Chian , Tsao Wei-Cyun , Chang Arthur , Chang Chuan-Yu
Published: November 2021

Most of real-world datasets are of mixed type including both numeric and categorical attributes. Unlike numbers, operations on categorical values are limited, and the degree of similarity between distinct values cannot be measured directly. In order to properly analyze mixed-type data, dedicated methods to handle categorical values in the datasets are needed. The limitation of most existing methods is lack of appropriate numeric representations of categorical values. Consequently, some of analysis algorithms cannot be applied. In this paper, we address this deficiency by transforming categorical values to their numeric representation so as to facilitate various analyses of mixed-type data. In particular, the proposed transformation method preserves semantics of categorical values with respect to the other values in the dataset, resulting in better performance on data analyses including classification and clustering. The proposed method is verified and compared with other methods on extensive real-world datasets.
On the application of intelligent speech aids in English teaching under multimedia environment
Authors: Zheng Jin
Published: November 2021

In order to improve the effect of English Teaching in multimedia environment, this paper proposes an English teaching method based on intelligent language AIDS in multimedia environment. Firstly, an intelligent speech teaching assistant system is designed in the multimedia environment. The software mainly includes four modules: new words and sentences, Chinese and English reading, voice evaluation, tools and settings. Learners can learn independently through the software, and teachers can also use the software to make various audio teaching resources in the classroom. In addition, the system can promote vocabulary teaching and support sentence pattern teaching and situational teaching in English teaching. The experimental results show that the average score of class 3A is increased from 86.35 to 86.79, with an increase of 0.64, which proves that the application of this method can effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of students in learning English and achieve good teaching effect.
Estimating the training effect through the levels of trait anger, anger expression, and coping with the stress of private security guards
Authors: Erçetin Şefika Şule , Açikalin Şuay Nilhan , Potas Nihan , Neyişci Nilay , Çevik Mehmet Sabir
Published: November 2021

BACKGROUND: Professionally, private security guards are expected to manage their anger and stress successfully. OBJECTIVE: The primary purpose of this study is to determine stress and anger levels of private security guards working in the Ankara Electricity, Gas and Bus Operations Organization. The secondary aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the training program given to private security guards within the scope of anger and stress control. The effects of training on 690 private security guards who participated in the training program were investigated. METHODS: In the first part of the study, the validity and reliability of the Trait Anger, Anger Expression Scale and Coping with Stress Scale were investigated, and in the second part, the effectiveness of training given to 690 private security guards was examined. Also, as a comparison group, 201 private security guards who did not participate in the training were reached and the scales were applied. RESULTS: The results showed that private security guards had an inability to cope with stress and anger was triggered easily. The average treatment effect was E[Y(1) – Y(0)| X] = –0.111 and statistically significant. It shows that training had a significant effect on anger. Anger decreased when stress-coping behaviours increased and the training was effective. CONCLUSIONS: It is important that training about anger and stress control should be given to security forces at regular intervals.
Development of thermostable filling for bakery products based on Siberian pear puree
Authors:   Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University, Nepomnyashchikh E.N. , Prisukhina N.V. ,   Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University, Ermosh L.G. ,   Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University
Published: November 2021

The paper presents the results of a study on the development of a recipe for a thermal stability bakery filling from small-fruited Siberian pears. In the study, 5 variants of fillings formulations were worked out, slightly differing in their composition and the ratio of components. The composition of the fillings included such components as pear puree, milk powder, powdered sugar, butter, chopped cashew nuts, pectin, agar, starch.
PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH SABUT KELAPA MENJADI POT BUNGA UNTUK MENUNJANG PEREKONOMIAN WARGA DESA PENGALIHAN DIERA PANDEMI COVID’19
Authors: Eliah Siregar
Published: November 2021

Penghasil utama masyarakat Desa Pengalihan adalah dari perkebunan kelapa, yang dihasilkan masyarakat dari perkebunan kelapa hanyalah kelapa bulatan, kopra putih dan arang tempurung namun saat ini nilai jual harga kelapa sedikit menurun sehingga berpengaruh pada pendapatan masyarakat. Pemanfaatan hasil samping tanaman kelapa sangat besar peluangnya salah satunya adalah dari sabut kelapa. Pemanfaatan limbah sabut kelapa sangatlah efektif dan dapat menjadi salah satu pilihan alternatif untuk menunjang perekonomian masyarakat Desa Pengalihan Diera Pandemi Covid’19. Limbah Sabut kelapa adalah salah satu biomassa yang mudah didapatkan dan merupakan hasil samping pertanian. Limbah  sabut kelapa sangat berpotensi sebagai Pot Bunga karena mengandung selulosa yang di dalam struktur molekulnya mengandung gugus karboksil serta lignin yang mengandung asam phenolat yang dibutuhkan bagi tanaman.
Determination of the species of fungi of the genus Fusarium by molecular method
Authors: Sokolova L. M. , Egorova A. A. , Hovrin A. N.
Published: November 2021

Currently, more than 10,000 species of fungi associated with plants have been found, and it is not surprising that fungal diseases cause a lot of harm. Most species of the genus Fusarium are soil protrophs that live on dead plant remains, in the rhizosphere of plants, on the surface of roots. They cause rot of roots, seeds, fruits, tubers, root crops. All forms of fusariums progress at high temperatures and humidity. The analysis of literary sources and experimental data allowed us to formulate the purpose of our research: “To analyze the species diversity of fungi of the genus Fusarium from the soil, table carrot plants, depending on the ecological and geographical zones of growth.” As a result, using PCR analysis, 13 samples attributed to F. langsethiae were identified; 2 samples of F. ochusrohim; 8 samples of F. roae; 2 of F. sporotrichioides; 1 sample attributed to F. sulmorum, this sample was collected in the Rostov region and the Moscow region. It was also revealed that the diversity of soil and climatic conditions in different zones leads to a change in the species composition of representatives of R. Fusarium: the species composition of fungi of R. Fusarium varies significantly depending on agro-climatic conditions. In wetter and warmer conditions (southern regions), specific species of F. culmorum, F. sporotrichiella, and F. oxysporum dominate. F. heterosporum, F. nivale are less common; F. graminearum species lives on plant residues, on plant roots or in the rhizosphere zone, but practically does not occur in the soil in its pure form. Thus, this direction is promising for the study of fungi of the genus Fusarium, since this microorganism lives in the soil and on plants. It is advisable to identify the pathogen from samples from different regions to significantly increas the representativeness of samples within the regions with further identification of diverse mycelium, thereby creating a scale of diverse mycelium.
Investigation of the effect of b-galactosidase enzyme on the storage capacity of low-lactose milk
Authors: Zhizhin N. A.
Published: November 2021

The article discusses the effect of the b-galactosidase enzyme on the storage capacity of milk with hydrolyzed lactose. For this purpose, parallel studies of a sample of sterilized milk and low-lactose milk, produced on its basis, were carried out. The peptide profile was used as a criterion for assessing the storage capacity of milk that underwent enzymatic decomposition of lactose. Assessment of the state of the peptide profile during storage was recorded at three control points — 30, 60 and 90 days. Studies have shown that at the second checkpoint, peptides were identified that characterize the proteolytic activity in the product. The third checkpoint study revealed the presence of low molecular weight peptides responsible for the bitter taste in milk. Parallel studies of sterilized milk without the addition of the enzyme did not reveal any changes in the peptide profile. The studies carried out indicate that the b-galactosidase enzyme has a residual proteolytic activity, which negatively affects the storage capacity of low-lactose milk and, as a consequence, the products, produced on its basis.
Influence of extrusion on the feed value of flax seeds
Authors: Minevich I. E. , Goncharova A. A. , Zaitseva L. A.
Published: November 2021

Relevance. The wide use of extrusion for processing plant raw materials is explained by the possibility of improving the structure and increasing the availability of macronutrients of the target product. Extrusion of oilseeds is complicated by the negative effect of high lipid content on the ongoing physicochemical processes and, as a consequence, a decrease in the quality of extrudates. Along with their high lipid content, oilseeds such as flaxseed contain significant amounts of protein, soluble (mucilage) and insoluble (cellulose, lignin) fibers, which can also affect the technological properties of extrudates. As a high-energy and protein component, flax seeds are used in the feed industry. Increasing the nutritional value of flax seeds and their safety will expand the range of biologically active additives for the production of feed. The purpose of this work is to study the effect of extrusion on the feed value of flax seeds.Methods. For the research we used unmilled oil flax seeds produced in 2020. Flax seeds were processed by wet extrusion: the raw material was preliminarily moistened to 17% at 80 °C; extrusion process parameters — 120 °С, pressure 40 atm., duration 30 sec. Extruded flax seeds were obtained on a pilot plant of OOO “Fid-Group” (Belgorod region). Studies of extruded flax seeds were carried out on the basis of the laboratory for processing bast crops of the Federal Scientific Center for Fiber Crops (Tver).Results. A comparative analysis of the results showed a positive effect of short-term barothermal treatment, such as extrusion, on the chemical composition of flax seeds and their feed parameters. It has been shown that: the content of crude protein in extruded flax seeds increased by 3.97%, the water-soluble fraction increased by 66.18%, which indicates an increase in the biological value of the extrudate; the mass fraction of crude fiber decreased by 1.18%, which indicates an improvement in the digestibility of the extruded product; the content of mineral nutritional value increased by 12.5%; when using barothermal treatment, the nutritional value of flax seeds increased by 2.46%, metabolic energy increased by 2.19% and digestible protein increased by 4.08%; the level of indicators of the lipid complex, acid number and peroxide number, decreased by 40 and 39% respectively, which indicates a decrease in the activity of enzymes that cause hydrolytic and oxidative deterioration of the extrudate.
The new winter bread wheat variety of universal type ‘Donskaya Step’
Authors: Skripka O. V. , Samofalov A. P. , Podgorny S. V. , Gromova S. N. , Chernova V. L. , Kravchenko N. S.
Published: November 2021

Introduction and methodology. Wheat bread belongs to the greatest inventions of the mankind. Therefore, the study aimed at solving the issues of improving its productivity and quality, stabilizing the gross yield of wheat grain have always arisen a great interest of researchers and specialists in agricultural production. The most accessible source of improving yields and gross harvests is a variety.

The purpose of the current study was to characterize the winter bread wheat variety ‘Donskaya Step’ according to the main economically valuable traits and properties. The study was carried out by the FSBSI “ARC “Donskoy”” from 2016 to 2020 on the experimental plots of crop rotation belonging to the winter wheat department. The object of the study was the winter bread wheat variety ‘Donskaya Step’. The variety ‘Ermak’ was used as a standard variety. There were used four forecrops: maize for grain, peas, sunflower and green fallow. The trials were conducted in sixfold replications. The accounting area of the plot was 10 m2.Results. The variety was sent to the State Variety Testing in 2016. In 2020 it was introduced into the State List for the North Caucasus and Low Volga regions of the Russian Federation. This variety has a high potential for grain productivity. The maximum yield of 11.83 t/ha was obtained in 2017 when sown in weedfree fallow. The average yield through four years of the competitive variety testing (2016–2020) was 9.77 t/ha, which is on 0.96 t/ha higher than that of the standard variety ‘Ermak’. The variety ‘Donskaya Step’ is a middle-maturing variety that forms ears and ripens as the standard variety ‘Ermak’. The variety forms high and stable yields due to increased frost resistance, drought resistance and resistance to the main wheat leaf diseases.
Evolución de la Cirugía de Epifisiodesis
Authors: Sepúlveda O. Matías , Ferrada A. Paulina , Miranda-Chacón Zaray , Saban G. Esteban , Pérez G. Juan
Published: November 2021

La modulación quirúrgica del crecimiento fisiario, más conocida actualmente como “Crecimiento Guiado”, es un procedimiento utilizado como tratamiento para las diferencias de longitud o alteraciones de ejes de las extremidades. Si bien su uso se considera en aumento por el desarrollo de nuevas técnicas menos invasivas, no existen análisis estadísticos en la literatura que comprueben dicha afirmación.Objetivo: Evaluar la incidencia de la cirugía codificada como “Epifisiodesis (Fémur y/o Tibia)” en la población chilena desde el 1 de enero del 2010 al 31 de diciembre del 2019, los días de estadía hospitalaria relacionada con dicho código, y los datos demográficos de la población estudiada.Pacientes y Método: Se obtuvo desde la base de datos del Departamento de Estadísticas e Información de Salud (DEIS) de Chile, todos los egresos hospitalarios desde el 1 de enero del 2010 al 31 de diciembre del 2019, desde donde se extrajeron los resultados con el código de “Epifisiodesis (Fémur y/o Tibia)”, en menores de 15 años. Se analizó el número de procedimientos por año, número de días de estadía hospitalaria, edad y sexo de los pacientes.Resultados: El número de procedimientos codificados como “Epifisiodesis (Fémur y/o Tibia)” fue en aumento en Chile, durante el período analizado. Los días de estadía hospitalaria asociados a dicho procedimiento disminuyeron de forma progresiva entre los años 2012 y 2017. El procedimiento se realizó principalmente en mujeres, y en el grupo de 5-9 años, mostrando una tendencia al alza en niños del grupo de 10-14 años entre los años 2015 y 2019.Conclusiones: Se debe realizar mayores análisis para determinar los factores que producen estos resultados, los que probablemente se relacionen a acceso a técnicas más eficaces y sencillas, con menor morbilidad.
Revista Chilena de Pediatría/Andes Pediatrica en el nuevo milenio. Análisis bibliométrico.
Authors: Schonhaut B. Luisa , Oppenheimer S. Ilan , Del Río G. Catalina , Pizarro F. Vicente , Costa-Roldan Italo , Harris Paul R. , Cano Sch. Francisco
Published: November 2021

Andes Pediatrica/Revista Chilena de Pediatría (AP/RCHP), mantiene un perfil de documentos que abarca todos los formatos de la publicación científica, desde Artículos Originales (AO) hasta Cartas al Editor. Para una adecuada planificación editorial se requiere un análisis bibliométrico de largo plazo. Objetivo: Describir el perfil de AO publicados en AP/RCHP en las últimas 2 décadas. Metodología: Desde una lista de vocabulario controlado se estandarizaron los descriptores temáticos y metodológicos de los documentos del 2000 al 2020. Se analizó nacionalidad, género y profesión de los autores, tipología documental y diseño de los AO. Se analizó los descriptores citados en Google Schoolar y los más visitados en el sitio web de la revista en los últimos años. Resultados: Se publicaron 1.738 manuscritos, 580 (33,4%) AO, con un incremento de 59 a 129 AO entre el primer y último trienio. El promedio de autores fue superior para los AO (4,7) que para los no originales (3,0); el año 2020 hubo 9 colaboraciones multicéntricas de distintos países. Los AO de autores extranjeros incrementaron de 3,3 a 28,7%, la autoría en primera posición de profesionales no médicos aumentó de 15 a 31%, hubo predominio de primer autor femenino (relación 1,4/1). De los AO 9,1% eran experimentales, 3,3% cualitativos y el resto cuantitativos observacionales. Los descriptores más publicados fueron Nutrición, Infectología, Neonatología y Broncopulmonar, mientras que los más citados fueron Nutrición, Neonatología y Salud Oral, sin tendencia entre los más visitados. El 44% de los artículos más citados y el 35% de los más visitados fueron AO. Conclusiones: Destaca un importante incremento de AO publicados, con baja frecuencia de diseños experimentales. Hubo participación de autores de distintas nacionalidades y profesiones. Los AO contribuyeron a un tercio de las visitas y casi la mitad de las citas, sin demostrarse correlación entre los descriptores más publicados y los más citados.
Evaluación docente escuela de enfermería
Authors: Salgado Jiménez Ruth Elizabeth , Tobar Lozada Wilson Casimiro , Fuertes López Anyela Jackeline
Published: November 2021

La presente investigación analiza dos períodos académicos: septiembre 2012 /febrero 2013  y marzo / agosto 2013. Tornando en cuenta los resultados de la evaluación docente integral que consta de cuatro componentes: La Hetero-evaluación (alumnos); la autoevaluación; la evaluación del directivo y la evaluación del par académico.La ponderación de cada componente y el cálculo del pontaje total se muestran de acuerdo al modelo matemático T = 0.25 (A) + 0.40 (EED) + 0.20 (EPP) + 0.15 (EDD). La evaluación docente es un proceso que se realiza en un lapso según consta en el calendario académico, utilizando el software QUANTO, el cual puede ser utilizado vía internet dentro o fuera del campus universitario.La evaluación se la realiza a todos los docentes tanto de teoría como de práctica, la población investigada es en un 83.4% femenino y 16.6 % masculino para el primer período y para el segundo período un porcentaje de 85.72% femenino y un 14.28 % masculino.
El adulto mayor como cliente de servicios sexuales
Authors: Zea Herrera Maria del Carmen
Published: November 2021

Justificación: Se reflexiona acerca de la sexualidad como una necesidad humana, en etapas vitales donde es tema tabú que favorece el estereotipo del adulto mayor como un ser inofensivo y asexuado. Se plantea la compra de los servicios sexuales, como una circunstancia social riesgosa que debe ser enfrentada y abordada con compromiso por diferentes disciplinas y profesiones especialmente las relacionadas con educación, salubridad y protección social. Objetivos: Realizar un estudio de caso único sobre el mayor como comprador de servicios sexuales, utilizando la técnica de la entrevista. Proponer reflexiones y recomendaciones que sirvan a la comunidad científica de enfermería, geriatría y gerontología, para que aborden el tema con mayor profundidad. Diseño y Metodología: Se diseñó una guía de entrevista para el estudio del caso que incluye las causas, los perfiles, el contexto y las consecuencias de la compra de servicios sexuales. Resultados: Los mayores, clientes de los servicios sexuales, entran en una cadena mercantil de oferta y demanda, que los puede convertir en víctimas, en victimarios de diversos delitos y en portadores de enfermedades de transmisión sexual. Conclusión: Se realizan propuestas que iluminan nuevos estudios de mayor rigor científico para identificar posibles soluciones a la problemática de los mayores compradores de sexo.
Peran Pelatihan dan Pengembangan Dalam Menciptakan Perilaku Kerja Yang Inovatif dan Efektifitas Organisasi
Authors: Rosmayati Siti , Kuswarno Engkus , Mudrikah Achmad , Iriantara Yosal
Published: November 2021

This research uses descriptive qualitative research by creating a simple model in the development of training to create innovative and effective work in the workplace. Innovation is the development of work according to the skills of its employees. If the thoughts and actions of employees are creative and innovative, then innovation emerges. The need for innovation arises when a person tries to do cognitive work that is not routine. Learning and development is very important among various development resource practices that help employees to continuously update the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for innovation. It is important for the Organization to focus on eliciting innovative behavior among its employees to enable innovation. Non-routine work helps employees to be innovative and understand the importance of being innovative and learn the skills that are prerequisites for innovative behavior. This conceptual model tries to explore how non-routine work is carried out effectively through innovative work behaviors.
Proses Penilaian Prestasi Kerja Pegawai Negeri Sipil Pada Kantor Unit Penyelenggara Bandar Udara
Authors: Suhartono Moh. Agus , Zacharias Tehubijuluw , Madya Faizal
Published: November 2021

The purpose of the study was to analyze the identification of the process in the SWOT strategy which was carried out in improving employee performance appraisal, at the Karel Sadsuitubun Airport Organizing Unit office. This research is qualitative research with a focused case study approach. Data was collected through in-depth open interviews, observation, and documentation. The data analysis technique is limited by using SWOT analysis (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis) so that the structure and strategic level of these factors can be known. From the results of data presentation and data analysis, it can be concluded that the performance appraisal of officers at Karel Sadsuitubun Airport has referred to the applicable regulations and in terms of improving Leadership Competence in carrying out the assessment, it is carried out through training or workshops.Keywords: Evaluation, Process, Assessment, Task Achievement
TEACHER CAREERS AND TEACHER EDUCATION : A BRAZILIAN DILEMMA
Authors: Vargas Hustana Maria
Published: November 2021

The professional aspect of teacher education is in the core of a more general context of teachers’ work. One of the most marking issues of this work’s conditions, as cause and consequence of many problems, is its insertion in a career framework. At which point of this framework are teaching careers? What consequences for the teaching work may be anticipated from this relative position of teaching in the general career framework? Let us examine this situation from the Brazilian viewpoint. To discuss this subject, a study that deals with career hierarchy in higher education, the socioeconomic profile of undergraduates of some careers related to teacher formation and the position of these careers in the Brazilian university context was conducted. Socioeconomic data were obtained from national microdata of undergraduate students in a time series from 2000 to 2008. The investigation concluded that there is a strong internal hierarchy among careers in Brazil, revealing its effects in symbolic, intra institutional, employment, salary, and corporate terms. This scenario has persisted over time, without the entry of new profiles in teaching careers, traditionally addressed to low-income students.
Key words: careers hierarchy, sociology of education, teacher education.
AN EARLY UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANISM OF RAINFALL: A STUDY EXAMINING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUNG MINORITY IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE-BORN CHILDREN
Authors: Villarroel José Domingo
Published: November 2021

Preschool and lower grades of primary education (that is, before the age of 8) are a crucial period to attempt to reduce the educational performance gap between minority immigrant and native-born children. Regarding the science education field, it is believed that early exposure to scientific explanations on natural phenomena may positively influence to not only a better comprehension of the surrounding world but, also, the pupils’ success in grasping subsequent and more formal scientific concepts.
In this respect, little research has been conducted to examine whether the learning process on the subject of the comprehension of natural phenomena varies significantly in the case of young minority immigrant children in comparison with the mainstream process covered by native-born children.
In this vein, this study aims to study how 5 to 7 year old children understand the rainfall phenomenon (N=124) and to examine whether this comprehension differs according to the differences regarding the socio-cultural background of the children comprised in the sample.
To that end, children’s answers to a semi-open questionnaire and their pictorial representations are analyzed and socio-cultural perspectives on the human cognitive development are utilized to assign meaning to the results obtained.
Key words: cognitive development, early understanding, natural phenomena, science education.
SELF-LEADERSHIP PERCEPTION AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS THE PREDICTORS OF COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY
Authors: Akın Kösterelioğlu Meltem
Published: November 2021

Cognitive flexibility is one of the most important skills that school administrators should have in today's world of rapid change and transformation. This study aimed to explore whether emotional intelligence and self-leadership predicted cognitive flexibility. The study universe consisted of principals and deputy principals working in primary, secondary and upper-secondary schools affiliated with the Provincial Directorate of National Education in the center and districts of Amasya in the 2019-2020 academic year. The views of participating school administrators who voluntarily participated in the study (N=204) were analyzed in the framework of the study. Self-Leadership Questionnaire, Cognitive Flexibility Scale and Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire were used as data collection tools in addition to the Personal Information Form developed by the researcher. In the analysis the data was used for the multiple regression analysis conducted to determine whether self-leadership and emotional intelligence predicted cognitive flexibility. Based on the study results, it was concluded that self-leadership and emotional intelligence together -with all their dimensions- had a predictive effect on cognitive flexibility. Based on the results of the research, it can be said that training and practices that improve administrators’ emotional intelligence levels and provide them with self-leadership awareness will make an indirect contribution to cognitive flexibility skills. Based on the results of the research, it can be argued that offering training and practices that improve administrators’ emotional intelligence levels and provide self-leadership awareness will make an indirect contribution to the development of their cognitive flexibility skills.
Keywords: Self-leadership; emotional intelligence; cognitive flexibility; school administrators
THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING TEACHERS' DISASTER LITERACY: INTERDISCIPLINARY DISASTER EDUCATION PROGRAM (IDEP)
Authors: Şeyihoğlu Ayşegül , Kartal Ayça , Tekbiyik Ahmet , Sezen Vekli Gülşah , Birinci Konur Kader
Published: November 2021

The interdisciplinary aspect of natural disasters requires their correlation with more than one discipline and orientation for understanding and teaching the inevitable nature of disasters. This study aimed to design a teacher training program called the Interdisciplinary Disaster Education Program (IDEP) and reveal its effect on improving teachers' natural disaster literacy. Furthermore, teachers' opinions about program were examined. The mixed-method design was used in the study. The study participants consisted of 36 teachers (science, classroom, and social studies teachers) working on different subjects. Data were obtained using the Natural Disaster Literacy Scale and the survey for the IDEP. The data collected from the scale were analyzed using two-way mixed ANOVA. The qualitative data collected from the survey were subjected to content analysis. The results indicated that the IDEP statistically improved teachers' natural disaster literacy. Moreover, the survey results highlighted that different instructional activities (experiments, modeling, workshops, rock/soil analysis, coding, augmented reality, and STEM applications, etc.) related to natural disasters contributed to a lot of professional and personal knowledge of teachers, particularly disaster management. Keywords: disaster literacy, interdisciplinary education, mixed method, natural disaster, teacher training program
Sosialisasi Protokol Kesehatan 3M pada Siswa SMP Negeri 26 Malang untuk Menghadapi Era Kenormalan Baru Pasca Pandemi COVID-19
Authors: Arvianti Eri Yusnita , Anggrasari Herdiana , Hastutiningtas Wahidyanti Rahayu
Published: November 2021

The current condition, even though Covid-19 still exists, it has entered a new era of normality. So far, the education sector has implemented online learning, which has begun to take place face-to-face again but still follows health rules and protocols. The health protocol is implemented to protect all components in schools from the risk of Covid-19 transmission. SMP Negeri 26 Malang has also started to hold face-to-face learning activities. The learning activity began on April 19, 2021, which was carried out in stages. Therefore, SMP Negeri 26 need socialization related to health protocols as long as they carry out face-to-face learning activities. This socialization aims to provide information to SMP Negeri 26 Malang students regarding the prevention of covid-19 by implementing the health protocol, namely 3M (keeping a distance, wearing masks, and washing hands) to avoid covid-19 transmission. The results of this socialization are that students and students of SMP Negeri 26 Malang have understood the ways of transmission and prevention of Covid-19 using the 3M health protocol.ABSTRAKKondisi saat ini meskipun covid-19 masih ada, namun sudah memasuki era kenormalan baru. Selama ini bidang pendidikan menerapkan pembelajaran daring, mulai berlangsung lagi secara tatap muka, namun tetap  mengikuti aturan dan  protokol  kesehatan. Protokol kesehatan diterapkan bertujuan  untuk  melindungi  seluruh komponen  yang  ada  di  sekolah  dari resiko  penularan  Covid-19. SMP Negeri 26 Malang juga mulai menggelar kegiatan belajar secara tatap muka. Kegiatan belajar tersebut dimulai tanggal 19 April 2021 yang dilakukan secara bertahap. Oleh karena itu siswa-siswa SMP Negeri 26 membutuhkan sosialisasi terkait dengan protokol kesehatan selama mereka melakukan kegiatan pembelajaran tatap muka. Sosialisasi ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi kepada siswa-siswi SMP Negeri 26 Malang terkait pencegahan covid-19 dengan menerapkan protokol kesehatan yaitu 3M (menjaga jarak, memakai masker, dan mencuci tangan) agar terhidar dari penularan covid-19. Hasil dari sosialisasi ini yaitu mayoritas siswa dan siswi SMP Negeri 26 Malang telah memahami terkait dengan cara penularan dan pencegahan covid-19 menggunakan protokol kesehatan 3M.
Offshore snapper and shark distributions are predicted by prey and area of nearby estuarine environments in the Gulf of Mexico, USA
Authors: Pickens BA , Taylor JC , Campbell MD , Driggers WB
Published: November 2021

Seascape ecology has demonstrated that marine fishes are associated with multiscale habitat characteristics; however, most species distribution models focus on only a few predictors (e.g. depth, temperature), and this limits knowledge of essential fish habitat characteristics. Our objectives were to (1) determine habitat associations of offshore predatory marine fishes using a comprehensive suite of predictors, including area of nearby estuarine environments, (2) assess variable influence, and (3) model the spatial distribution of selected fishes in the families Carcharhinidae and Lutjanidae. We hypothesized that the concept of coastal outwelling would be evidenced by species associations with areas of nearby estuarine environments, and prey abundance would correlate with predator distributions. Species distribution models were developed for 2 snapper and 3 shark species in the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. We used 34 multiscale predictors to evaluate how fish probability of presence or catch per unit effort (CPUE) were associated with oceanography, geography, substrate, area of nearby wetlands and estuaries, and prey abundance. Boosted regression trees, a machine-learning technique, modeled the most influential variables and predicted distributions. Model validation showed an overall accuracy of 79-86%, and CPUE models explained >40% of model deviance. Oceanographic variables, particularly mixed layer depth, were most influential and most frequently selected. As hypothesized, predatory fish distributions were predicted by prey abundances, and shark distributions were predicted by area of nearby coastal wetlands and estuaries. Our findings suggest that spatial models can provide novel insights into prey associations and linkages of marine species with nearby wetlands and estuaries.
Dirac Particle in the Coulomb Field on the Background of Hyperbolic Lobachevsky Model
Authors: Ovsiyuk E. M. , Koral’kov A. D. , Chichurin A. V. , Red’kov V.M.
Published: November 2021

The known systems of radial equations describing the relativistic hydrogen atom on the base of the Dirac equation in Lobachevsky hyperbolic space is solved. The relevant 2-nd order differential equation has six regular singular points, its solutions of Frobenius type are constructed explicitly. To produce the quantization rule for energy values we have used the known condition for determination of the transcendental Frobenius solutions. This defines the energy spectrum which is physically interpretable and similar to the spectrum arising for the scalar Klein-Fock-Gordon equation in Lobachevsky space. In the present paper, exact analytical solutions referring to this spectrum are constructed. Convergence of the series involved is proved analytically and numerically. Squared integrability of the solutions is demonstrated numerically. It is shown that the spectrum coincides precisely with that previously found within the semi-classical approximation.
Collective Behavior of Secondary Particles in the Region of high Multiplicity in pp Interactions at 50 GeV/c
Authors: Kokoulina Elena , Barlykov Nurlan , Dudin Vladimir , Gribovsky Alexander , Dunin Vladimir , Nikitin Vladimir , Popov Vsevolod , Kutov Andrey , Ryadovikov Vasiliy , Shulyakovsky Roman
Published: November 2021

The latest results on the search for collective phenomena in proton interactions at the U-70 accelerator at IHEP (Protvino) are presented. This long-term experiment has been carried at the SVD-2 setup. Our study was aimed at a high multiplicity region where the series of collective phenomena is predicted. We have received an evidence of the formation of a pion (Bose-Einstein) condensate. We have observed two noticeable peaks in the angular distribution of charged pions interpreted as Cherenkov radiation of gluons by quarks and others phenomena.
Rupture, Suture, Nietzsche: Impossible Intersubjectivity in Alien
Authors: Lash Dominic
Published: November 2021

The concept of suture has long been an important and controversial concept in investigations of the relationships between narrative, diegesis, character, and spectator. The dominant understanding of suture has paid more attention to its Lacanian derivation – and to the account given by Daniel Dayan – than to the work of Jean-Pierre Oudart which first introduced suture into Film Studies. This article, however, follows the recent work of George Butte, who argues that the way Oudart understands suture is very illuminating for the study of the complex forms of intersubjectivity that cinema so readily, and so richly, dramatises – famously (but by no means exclusively) by means of shot/reverse shot figures. It argues that certain key moments in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) activate ideas of corporeality, desire, and intersubjectivity in ways that contribute to a wider thematic and figurative nexus at work in the film directed at the exploration of impossible intersubjectivities. The article also proposes that, via this nexus, the film offers an intriguing instantiation of Nietzsche's notion of the “human, all too human”, thereby demonstrating that there is much more in Nietzsche of relevance to Alien than the xenomorph's superhuman “will-to-power”. The android Ash's admiration for the alien's lack both of conscience and consciousness ironically indicates his own all-too-human recognition of the superfluity but inescapability of his own consciousness. The article concludes by drawing briefly on the work of Stanley Cavell on acknowledgment, proposing that much of the horror of Alien lies not only in how bodies are ruptured but in the fact that some subjectivities cannot even be sutured.
Thinking, Feeling and Experiencing the “Empty Shot” in Cinema
Authors: Duan Siying
Published: November 2021

This article introduces the unique Asian film technique of the “empty shot” ( kong jingtou 空镜头) from the perspective of Chinese philosophical thought and aesthetics. In Chinese cinema, the “empty shot” is understood as a shot comprised of nonhuman subjects, distinct from both the establishing shot and the cutaway. Perhaps due to the lack of understanding of its philosophical grounding, the “empty shot” has not received much attention in Anglophone film studies, and has been criticized as an overgeneralised concept. This article first relates the “empty shot” to the more widely accepted “pillow shot” in Anglophone studies of Japanese cinema. This article aims to make visible a non-anthropocentric worldview conveyed through the “empty shot”, and to make space for the potentialities of this film device, which may also be found in non-Chinese cinemas. It explains the “empty shot”’s central features: firstly, its visible scenes are imbued with invisible emotion, leaving space for the audience to feel what the characters are feeling. Second, it facilitates the generation of qi or “air” in a film, indicating the circulation of qi in a process of dynamic transformation between “actual” and “virtual”. Thirdly, the “empty shot” communicates with the audience, allowing them to more fully experience natural scenery and to encounter other beings while suspending everyday experiences, existing biases, and the separation between self and other.
The Name ‘Palestine’ in Classical Greek Texts
Authors: Alonso Serrano Carmelo A.
Published: November 2021

This article provides a contextualised exposition of classical Greek texts, in chronological order, from Herodotus to Eusebius of Caesarea (5th century BC-4th century AD), with brief biographical reviews and in which the name ‘Palestine’ appears. A Latin text by Pomponius Mela is also included for its reference to Gaza which, with the exception of the Septuagint texts, predates Arrian, Arrian of Nicomedia, a Greek historian of the Roman period, by nearly a century. The selection of classical texts explored in this article is not intended to be exhaustive; however, the exploration of these texts in connection with Palestine has never been attempted before. While avoiding historical, philosophical or literary criticism of these texts, this article focuses on the specific considerations of the name ‘Palestine’ in the classical literature.
Saladin, The Latin Crusaders, and Palestine: David Eldridge'sHoly Warriorsand the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ Propaganda
Authors: Yousef Nisreen Tawfiq
Published: November 2021

This article explores representations of the Third Crusade in David Eldridge's play Holy Warriors: A Fantasia on the Third Crusade and History of Violent Struggle in the Holy Lands (2014). It argues that Eldridge tries in some instances to present the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a legacy of European imperialism in the Middle East and warns against contemporary Western involvement in the region. However, on other occasions, he suggests that Islamic cultures are incompatible with Western values of secular democracy and therefore the two-state solution is more applicable a solution that the one-state settlement. Ultimately, Eldridge shares some of the ideas behind Huntington's theory of the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ and supports Western military action in Muslim-majority countries.
Of Time and the City: The Doyles and London Print Culture
Authors: Cranfield Jonathan
Published: November 2021

This article examines Arthur Conan Doyle's status as a ‘London’ writer. It places his own experiences of the city within the same historical frame as that of his father, his uncles, and his grandfather. The Doyles had spent decades working in London print culture before Conan Doyle had even been born, and it is helpful to understand his early struggles to make his name as part of this longer literary-historical narrative. The London Doyles were able to establish their names as artists, illustrators, and writers before the tectonic plates of printing technology and public taste shifted beneath them. The article also focuses on the Doyles' status as a family of immigrant Irish Catholics who found that their faith, as well as their politics, made them perpetual outsiders.
Arthur Conan Doyle and Medical London: Reading the Topography ofRound the Red Lamp
Authors: Luckhurst Roger
Published: November 2021

This essay explores the short period of time that Arthur Conan Doyle spent between March and June 1891 when he moved his family into rooms in Bloomsbury and took a consulting room near Harley Street in an attempt to set up as an eye specialist. This last attempt to move up the professional hierarchy from general practitioner to specialist tends to be seen as a final impulsive move before Conan Doyle decided to become a full-time writer in June 1891. The essay aims to elaborate a little on the medical contexts for Conan Doyle’s brief spell in London, and particularly to track the medical topography in which he placed himself, situated between the radical, reformist Bloomsbury medical institutions and the fame and riches of the society doctors of Harley Street. These ambivalences are tracked in the medical fiction he published in Round the Red Lamp, his peculiar collection of medical tales and doctoring in 1894.