bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematoma: A Single Center 10-Year Analysis
Authors: Kıyak Veysel
Published: March 2024

Objective: In this study, we aimed to contribute to the literature by determining data such as mortality rates, demographic, clinical and radiological characteristics of patients who applied to our hospital's emergency department between January 2011 and December 2020 with the diagnosis of SISH and were operated on in our clinic.
Methods:53 patients who were operated on for SISH diagnosis between January 2011 and December 2020 were retrospectively examined. Patients with SISH on brain tomography (CT) were evaluated. Hematoma localization is lobar; those with frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital locations; Those in the thalamic, putaminal and basal ganglia were considered to be deeply located. Patients were divided into three groups according to the Glasgow coma score (GCS): GCS 5–8, GCS 9–12, and GCS 13–15.
Results: In our cohort, the patients mean age was 62.8 years (range, 19–92). The overall mortality rate was 62.87%. Age showed no significant association with mortality. Mortality was associated with increased hematoma volume and low GCS score at the first presentation (p < 0.001). In receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, hematoma volume was an important predictor of surgical outcome; the optimal cut-off value of 59.5 cm3 was associated with 84.4% sensitivity and 90.5% specificity (p < 0.001). Similarly, the optimal GCS score cut-off value of 8.5 was associated with a 96.9% sensitivity and 71.4% specificity for predicting mortality (p < 0.001).
Conclusions:Low GCS, increased hematoma volume, and especially the presence of concomitant hypertension (HT) are associated with poor prognosis in SISH patients.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Delinquent Children and Factors Associated with Recidivism
Authors: Öztürk Masum , Güzel Yağmur , Demirkıran Mustafa Erhan , Akan Zehra , Akbalık Davut , Gökcüoğlu Sevgi
Published: March 2024

Introduction: Many studies have shown that the prevalence and rate of delinquency in adolescents tends to increase during adolescence and decreases rapidly from the 20s to the early 30s. Juvenile delinquency is considered as a serious social problem because it is often occurs at a young age, is repeated and is often committed as a group. In this study, we aimed to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of children between the ages of 12 and 18 who engage in delinquent behavior and the factors that contribute to recidivism.
Methods: Children between the ages of 12 and 18 who were referred by the judicial authorities for alleged crimes were included in the study. The files of the children were reviewed retrospectively. Age, gender, psychiatric diagnoses, types of crimes, intelligence levels, family history of crime, number of crimes were evaluated and the factors associated with recidivism behaviors were investigated.
Results: A total of 91 children referred by the judicial authorities to the outpatient clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry were included in the study. The average age of the children at the time of the offense was 14.10±1.25 years and 87 (95.6%) were boys and 4 (4.4%) were girls. At least one active psychopathology was found in 38 (41.8%) of the cases. The most frequent psychiatric disorders among the psychopathologies during the study were attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 19 (50.0%) children and conduct disorder in 17 (44.7%) children. The presence of a family criminal history (p=0.024), school attendance (p
Earthquake as a Trigger of Acute Attacks in People with Hereditary Angioedema
Authors: Erbay Müge , Tuzer Can , Erkoç Merve , Erkoç Merve
Published: March 2024

Objectives: Two major earthquakes with 7.7 and 7.6 magnitudes struck the southeastern region of Turkey on February 6th, 2023. Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an inherited disease that can be worsened by psychological factors and physical trauma.Our study aimed to evaluate the effect of earthquake and earthquake-related anxiety, depression and stress factors in HAE patients.
Methods: The study was conducted on patients with HAE who are located in the southeastern region of Turkey.The mental-health-status was evaluated with Depression-Anxiety-Stress-Scale(DASS-21).
Results: Sixty-three HAE patients were includedin the study. More than half(n:33, 52.4%) were female andthe median age was 31(26-42) years. DASS-Stress, DASS-Anxiety,and DASS-Depression scores revealed that 25(39.7%), 37(58.7%) and 32(50.8%) patients had abnormal stress, anxiety and depression status, respectively. The numbers of post-earthquake attacks and icatibant injections were significantly higher than the ones in the pre-earthquake period(p
A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study on the Effect of Socio-Cultural Factors and Edication in Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Authors: Tüzün Abidin , Şener Bahçe Zeynep , Dalbaşı Erkan
Published: March 2024

Backgrounds: The aim of this study is to investigate the preferences of female patients regarding the choice of surgeon for breast examination and the factors impacting this preference.
Methods: A questionnaire was administered by interviewing 746 patients who applied to the General Surgery outpatient clinic with complaints of breast disease, and the results were analyzed statistically. The questionnaire form included the patient's age, marital status, hormonal status, history of delivery, complaints, factors that may impact the choice of physician, educational status, physical examination findings, and imaging results.
Results: The study group included 746 patients aged between 14 and 76 years. While 284 (38%) of our patients applied to the outpatient clinic within 7 days of their first symptoms, 462 (62%) applied more than 7 days later. Due to late admission, advanced-stage breast cancer was detected in 2.8% of the patients. The most common reason for the delay in admission was the feeling of embarrassment in females of all age groups.
Conclusion: Women with breast disease apply to the physician in the late period due to feeling embarrassed, religious beliefs, spouse pressure, and having a reservation for being examined by a male doctor. Breast diseases could be detected and treated in an earlier period, by enabling patients to apply to a physician earlier, with training, especially for women.
The role of triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in the prediction of intensive care unit admission in the earthquake victims
Authors: Akkaya Süleyman , Çakmak Ümit
Published: March 2024

Background: In the study of vascular and metabolic diseases, the ratio of triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (TG/HDL) is crucial. Its significance for earthquake victims hasn't been fully investigated, though. This study investigates the relationship between the TG/HDL ratio and critical care unit admission in earthquake victims.
Methods: Sixty-four patients were enrolled. Both the laboratory results and the clinical features were documented. The TG/HDL ratio's prognostic value for intensive care unit (ICU) admission was then evaluated using ROC curve analysis. Spearman test was applied to analyze correlation between TG/HDL-c and inflammation markers. Logistic regression analysis was then used to elucidate the independent contribution of the TG/HDL-c ratio to the ICU admission risk.
Results: Median age of the cohort was 28 (IQR 17-40) and thirty-seven (57.8%) of the patients were female. 27 patients (42.2%) were admitted to ICU. In the multivariate model, the TG/HDL ratio was associated with higher risk of ICU admission (OR: 1.225, 95% CI: 1.003-1.496, p=0.047). The TG/HDL-c ratio may be a predictor of ICU admissions, according to the ROC curve (AUC: 0.737, 95% CI: 0.610-0.864, p=0.001). The TG/HDL ratio was positively correlated with procalcitonin (r = 0.620, p
Trikomoniyaz tanısında farklı laboratuvar yöntemlerinin kullanılması ve Trikomoniyaz hastalarında miRNA profilinin belirlenmesi
Authors: Turgut Hasan , Eroğlu Fadime
Published: March 2024

Amaç: Türkiye’nin kuzeyinde yer alan Karadeniz Bölgesinde yapılan bu çalışmada trikomoniyaz tanısında kullanılan laboratuvar yöntemlerini karşılaştırmak, sosyo-demografik özelliklerin ve cinsellikte çok eşliliğin hastalığın yaygınlığına etkisini araştırmak, trikomoniyaz hastalarında immun yanıt oluşumunda rol oynayan T ve B hücrelerini aktive eden miRNA profilini belirlemek amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntemler: Çalışma için 2018-2023 yılları arasında üroloji polikliniğine üretral akıntı şikayeti ile başvuran 86 erkek hastadan idrar örneği alınırken, eşlerinden de vajinal sürüntü örnekleri alınmıştır. Klinik örnekler mikroskobik inceleme, kültür, PCR ve gerçek zamanlı PCR yöntemleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Hastalardaki miRNA analizini belirlemek için alınan kan örnekleri miRNA kitlerinin (Qiagen, Hilden, Almanya) kullanma talimatlarına göre hazırlandıktan sonra miRNA analiz cihazında (Fluidgm, Almanya) hastaların miRNA profili belirlenmiştir.
Bulgular: Gerçek zamanlı PCR yönteminin pozitif prediktif değeri %17,4 ve duyarlılığı ise %100 bulunmuş olup trikomoniyaz tanısında kullanılabilecek en duyarlı test olduğu saptanmıştır. Çalışmada sosyo-demografik özelliklerin trikomoniyaz yaygınlığına etkisinin olmadığı, ancak cinsellikte çok eşliliğin hastalığın yaygınlığına etkili olduğu görülmüştür. Trikomoniyaz hastalarında T ve B hücrelerini aktive eden 60 miRNA’nın 20’sinin düşük seviyelerde eksprese olduğu, 11’inin ise yüksek seviyelerde eksprese olduğu ve 29’unun ise değişmediği saptanmıştır.
Sonuç: Trikomoniyazın laboratuvar tanısında gerçek zamanlı PCR yöntemi kullanılarak hastalığa erken ve hızlı tanı konulabilir. Böylece hastalık erken tedavi edilerek, hastalığın yayılması ve halk sağlığı sorunu olması önlenebilir. Trikomoniyaz hastalarında T ve B hücrelerini aktive eden miRNA’ların ekspresyon seviyelerinin belirlenmesi ile hastalığın immünitesi hakkında yeni bilgiler elde edilmiştir.
COVID-19 Pandemisi Kapanmalarının Obez Çocukların Yaşam Tarzları ve Beden Kitle İndeksleri Üzerindeki Etkileri
Authors: Ceylan Kıraç Ceren , Bilir Pelin
Published: March 2024

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVİD-19 pandemisi kapanmalarının; okul çocuklarının yaşam tarzı, BKI (Beden Kitle İndeksi) ve obezite düzeylerini etkileyip etkilemediğini saptamaktır.
Yöntemler: Kesitsel/tanımlayıcı tipteki araştırmanın evrenini Bir Üniversitenin Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları hastanesinde izlenen 89 obez ve 79 gönüllü çocuk oluşturmuştur. Katılımcılara yapılandırılmış bir anket uygulanmıştır. Katılımcıların hasta dosyaları taranarak pandemi öncesi ve kapanma dönemindeki muayene bulguları elde edilmiştir.
Verilerde sürekli değişkenler ortalama, (x¯) ± standart sapma (SD), kesikli değişkenler ise sayı (n) ve yüzde (%) dağılımı şeklinde gösterilmiştir. Katılımcıların COVID-19 pandemisi öncesi ve kapanma dönemindeki boy, vücut ağırlığı, BKI, RBKI vb değerleri ortalamaları karşılaştırılmıştır.
Bulgular: Kapanma döneminde obez grupta ortalama vücut ağırlığı 67,5’den 80,0’e, kontrol grubunda ise, 39,5’den 46,2’ye çıkmıştır (p=0,000).
Obez grupta BKI ortalaması pandemi öncesi 28,10 iken kapanma döneminde 30,46’ya, kontrol grubunda ise, 18,92’den 19,76’ya yükselmiştir (p=0,01). Obez grupta RBKI ortalaması kapanma öncesinde 145,81, kapanma döneminde 151,14 (p=0,000) bulunmuştur.
Heriki grupta da kapanma döneminde günlük ana öğün ve ara öğün sayıları, aburcubur gıda tüketim sıklığı artmıştır. Her iki grupta da BKI ortalaması artışı ile abur-cubur gıda tüketimi arasında, ekran süresi ile ana öğün, ara öğün ve abur-cubur gıda tüketimi arasında pozitif korelasyon bulunmuştur.
Kapanma döneminde her iki grubun ekran süreleri (p
Hastanede Yatan Yaşlı ve Kronik Hastalığı Olan Bireylerin Anksiyete ve Baş Etme Düzeyleri ile Etkileyen Değişkenlerin İncelenmesi
Authors: Kaçan Havva , Bayram Değer Vasfiye
Published: March 2024

Amaç: Bu araştırma hastanede yatan kronik hastalığı olan yaşlı hastaların anksiyete ve baş etme düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve etkileyen değişkenlerin incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Yöntemler: Çalışma tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı bir çalışma olarak planlanmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini 01.04.2022-01.07.2023 tarihleri arasında hastaneye yatan 65 yaş kronik hastalığı olan 1426 hasta, örneklemini ise 310 hasta oluşturmuştur. Veriler, üç bölümden oluşan (yaşlı bireyleri tanımlayıcı form, Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği ve Stresle Başa Çıkma Tutumları Ölçeği) bir veri formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ortalama, sayı, yüzde, pearson korelasyon ve regresyon analizi (stepwise) kullanılmıştır.
Sonuçlar: Yaşlı hastaların yaş ortalaması 70,83 ±5,66 olarak, hastalığı nedeni ile hastaneye yıllık yatış sayısı ortalaması 2,05±1,11 olarak saptanmıştır. Yaşlıların “anksiyete” puan ortalaması 23,53±9,85 olarak saptandı. Sıklıkla ilk üç sırada kullanılan başa çıkma tutumları dini başa çıkma (31,38±1,92), madde kullanımı (11,96±2,83), soruna odaklanma ve duyguları açığa vurma (10,32±2,29) olarak saptamıştır. Anksiyete düzeyini yaşın ileri olması arttırmakta (ß=0,229), sağlığı iyi olarak değerlendirme azaltmakta (ß=-0,338), hastalığı için hafif kaygı yaşadığını ifade etme azaltmakta (ß=-0,248)’ dır. Kronik hastalık sayısının fazla olması ise anksiyete düzeyini arttıran (ß=0,110) ve belirleyen değişkenler olarak saptanmıştır.
Tartışma: Hastanede yatan kronik hastalığı olan yaşlıların kaygılı oldukları ve yaşanan kaygı ile etkili baş etmede yeterli olmadıklarını söyleyebiliriz. Yaşın ileri olması ve kronik hastalık sayısının fazla olması anksiyeteyi arttıran değişkenlerdir. Yaşlılar için özel olarak hizmet alabilecekleri geriatrik ruh sağlığı tedavi merkezleri, ruh sağlığını koruyucu ve özellikle depresyon ve kaygı bozukluğu gibi ruhsal hastalıkları önleyici özel hizmet birimlerinin (psikiyatri hekimi, hemşire, sosyal hizmet uzmanı ve psikoloğun da dahil olduğu) oluşturulması önerilmektedir.
Ektopik Yerleşimli Tı̇moma Olguları
Authors: Güzel Fatih , Altuntuzcu Şadiye
Published: March 2024

Timomalar timik epiteliyal hücrelerden köken alır. Genellikle benign veya düşük gradeli tümörler olup malign potansiyel de gösterebilir. Erişkinlerde en sık görülen primer mediastinal tümör olup, erişkinlerdeki mediastinal kitlelerin %20’sini oluşturur1,2. Timomalar, primer kitle olarak da genellikle anterior-süperior mediastenden köken alır3. Ancak boyundan diyaframa kadar herhangi bir lokalizasyonda olabilirler. Timomalar bazen de mediasten dışında servikal bölgede, perikardiyak alanda ya da akciğer içerinde ektopik olarak yerleşim gösterebilirler. Ve hatta ektopik timomalar intrapulmoner odak dışında akciğer periferinde, akciğer hilusunda da bulunabilir4. Biz bu yazıda mediastinal timus ile bağlantısı olmayan ektopik yerleşimli 3 adet timoma olgusunun bulgularını paylaşmayı amaçladık.
A revision of the genus Armillipora Quate (Diptera: Psychodidae) with the descriptions of two new species
Authors: Jaume-Schinkel Santiago , Mengual Ximo
Published: March 2024

The genus Armillipora Quate is recorded for the first time in Ecuador, with a new geographical record for Armillipora selvica Quate, 1996 and the descriptions of two new species, namely Armillipora muyu sp. nov. and Armillipora imitata sp. nov., doubling the total number of species in the genus. In addition, we make available the first DNA barcodes for the genus, providing a sequence of the 5´-end of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene for A. imitata, A. muyu, and, A. selvica. Moreover, we describe the second known female of the genus and we provide a taxonomical key for the known males of the world. Finally, we build Species Distribution Models and discuss the potential distribution of the genus in the Neotropical region.
مسائل فقه اللغة وعلوم القرآن وما وقع فيه خلاف التضاد في قول الإمامين عبد الله بن مسعود وعامر الشعبي في تفسير الطبري
Authors: ا.د. محمد معيوف مطرود الجبوري  , الباحث عبد القادر إبراهيم حسن
Published: March 2024

لقد تناولت في تفسير الطبري، تباين الآراء التفسيرية بين عبد الله بن مسعود وعامر الشعبي في مسائل فقه اللغة وعلوم القرآن وماوقع فيه خلاف التضاد ، وعند وجود الاختلاف يرجح أحد القولين على الآخر لان الترجيح هو الخلاصة للدراسات المقارنة، وذلك لان وجوه تأويل كتاب الله كثيرة، وأن الروايات متعددة، فالدراسة المقارنة ومن ثم الترجيح يصل الباحث الى مبتغاه وهو اعتماد القول الراجح من بين الأقوال.

وإن ملكة المقارنة التي توصل الباحثين الى معرفة أسباب الخلاف والوقوف على المناهج والاتجاهات، فأحببتُ الخوض في هذا الموضوع، لعدم وجود دراسة مقارنة بين عبد الله بن مسعود t وعامر الشعبي رحمه الله من خلال تفسير الطبري، سائلا المولى Y التوفيق والسداد، وان تكون هذه الدراسة نافعة لطلبة العلم.
تفسير فَتْحِ البَيَانِ لِحُصُولِ النَّصْرِ وَالفَتْحِ وَالأمَانِ لعبد الحي بن صاجلي ابراهيم الادرنوي من الآية الأولى من سورة الفتح إلى الآية الثانية(دراسة وتحقيق)
Authors: أ.د. صلاح احمد شلال  , الباحث مصطاف رحيم علاوي
Published: March 2024

إنَّ هذا التفسير قد صنَّفهُ عبد الحي بن صاجلي(رحمه الله) في ظل سلطانٍ عثمانيٍّ مسلم كان قد خرج للجهاد في سبيل الله لرفع راية الإسلام عاليًا مساهمة من المصنف في الجهاد وإعلاء كلمة الله بالكلمة إضافة إلى السيف وفيه تتجلى أهمية البيان في معاني القرآن في تحقيق النصر، وإجابة الدعاء، وقد اختار المصنف سورة الفتح التي نزلت في صلح الحديبية، والذي رأى قسم من المسلمين فيه لأول وهلة انتكاسة وهزيمة، فما لبث أن بان وظهر ثمرته في انتشار الاسلام وتوسعه ثم النصر العظيم في فتح مكة، في هذا المصنف وازع لطرح الهزيمة النفسية وارتقاب نصر الله تعالى تأسيًا برسول الله (صلى الله عليه وسلم) وصحابته، فالناس بأمس الحاجة للاطلاع على مثل هذا التفسير المختص بالفتح.
سُنة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم في العبادة
Authors: م. د إيمان منعم حميد
Published: March 2024

ارسل الله سبحانه وتعالى رسوله الكريم نبياً وهادياً ومعلماً للأمة الاسلامية ، فعاش بينهم ، وفهم ظروفهم ، وارشدهم الى الطريقة المثلى لعبادة ربهم ، وكان القدوة لهم . فرسم لهم خطة قويمة لكيفية العبادة ، ليتقبلها الله منهم من دون أن تؤثر سلباً على حياتهم اليومية ، لأن العبادة هي تربية للنفس الانسانية ، فهي تربي المؤمن ليكون اقرب ما يكون للكمال في التعامل مع ربه ، ومع العباد وليس الغرض منها استنزاف طاقة الأنسان أو ابعاده عن واجباته الدنيوية ، فضلاً عن تدريبه على تقسيم وقته بين العمل والعبادة والاحسان في ادائهما بأقل جهد  .
Understanding Metaphors for Writing: In Defense of the Conduit Metaphor
Authors: Eubanks Philip
Published: March 2024

The Conduit Metaphor has been roundly condemned by language scholars, including scholars in rhetoric and composition, but it is time to reevaluate its import and value. Rather than simply asserting a mistaken view of linguistic communication, the Conduit Metaphor combines with the metaphor Language Is Power to form a prudentially applied ethical measure of discourses, genres, and texts.
Finitude’s Clamor: Or, Notes toward a Communitarian Literacy
Authors: Davis D. Diane
Published: March 2024

To the extent that rhetoric and writing studies bases its theories and pedagogies on the self-present composing subject—the figure of the writer who exists apart from the writing context, from the “world,” from others—it is anti-communitarian. Communication can take place only among beings who are given over to the “outside,” exposed, open to the other’s effraction. This essay therefore calls for the elaboration of a “communitarian” literacy that understands reading and writing as functions of this originary sociality, as expositions not of who one is (identity) but of the fact that “we” are (community).
Revealing Silence: Rethinking Personal Writing
Authors: Gere Anne Ruggles
Published: March 2024

Silence has positive as well as negative attributes, and composition teachers can help students understand and use its aesthetic, ethical, and political resources in their personal writing. Approaching silence in these ways can establish new alignments among the expressivist, psychoanalytical, and social discourses that circulate around the term personal writing.
Empowering Rhetoric: Black Students Writing Black Panthers
Authors: Pough Gwendolyn D.
Published: March 2024

This article examines Black student responses to Black Panther Party documents and how those documents moved the students toward change. I maintain that by allowing the classroom to function as a public space in which students can discuss the issues that matter to them, teachers can help to foster and encourage student activism and ultimately their empowerment.
Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On The Discourse of Color1
Authors: Villanueva Victor
Published: March 2024

The author takes us back through his own and his family’s stories and histories to suggest that while academic discourse can be cognitively powerful it needs to be supplemented by memory and story, in our classrooms and in our scholarship. Memoria, mother of the muses, complements academic discourse’s strengths in logos and in ethos with pathos, providing an essential element in the rhetorical triangle, and, crucially, validating the experiences of people of color that might otherwise be silenced.
Down by the River, or How Susan La Flesche Picotte Can Teach Us about Alliance as a Practice
Authors: Powell Malea D.
Published: March 2024

The author challenges the rhetoric of “inclusion” of the voices of people of color, with its implicit reiteration of a hierarchy of center and margin, to suggest instead the more powerful possibilities offered by alliance. The example of Susan La Flesche Picotte, an enrolled member of the Omaha Nation with mixed ancestry and an unconflicted identity, who was able to ally herself with and participate fully in both European American and Indian cultures, illustrates this complex and productive rhetorical approach and its possibilities for what the author terms “survivance.”
Shooting Our Last Arrow: Developing a Rhetoric of Identity for Unenrolled American Indians1
Authors: Bizzaro Resa Crane
Published: March 2024

Tracing her own efforts to assert her Cherokee ancestry, the author considers what is at stake for the more than four million mixed-bloods in the United States and suggests that individual nations must find some way to acknowledge those who wish to claim their heritage. She argues that finding a way to accept unenrolled mixed-blood peoples will allow indigenous nations to accrue greater political and cultural power in this country.
Da State of Pidgin Address1
Authors: Tonouchi Lee A.
Published: March 2024

The author stretches the bounds of what we might think can and can’t be done in Pidgin, both by statement and by example: “Lotta times I get back all kine disorganized papahs dat grammatically no even make sense. But wen I tell da students dat […] I like dem write for fun, I walk around da room and I see lotta da kids stay writing in Pidgin like das da voice dat comes most natural to dem. And I’m looking over their shoulders and I’m all like WOW, dey get ideas. Stay organize. And can understand too.”
Bringing the Rhetoric of Assent and the Believing Game Together--and Into the Classroom
Authors: Elbow Peter
Published: March 2024

Booth and Elbow engage in a dialogue about what has become even more important in recent years, namely how we come to believe what we believe and convince others to believe with us. Booth speculates that one needs to commit oneself to combating both dogmatism and skepticism by embracing the rhetoric of assent, and offers rules to help us “learn how to listen“; Elbow agrees with Booth on a number of points but argues for the special value of dissent, perhaps even “unreasonable” dissent, before going on to offer specific classroom practices that can advance their common goal of critical thinking.
BookTalk: Books Matter
Authors: DeStigter Todd
Published: March 2024

Shares with readers the responses of several teachers and teacher educators whom were asked to comment on some of the books that have been important to their work. Draws upon these comments to offer reading suggestions. Notes that expanding teachers’ interests and attention offers the best hope of making books matter in a complex teaching world.
Conversations from the Commission: Negotiating the Tensions in the Preparation of Teachers with Disabilities
Authors: Bowman Cynthia A. , Barr Katherine
Published: March 2024

Suggests the most significant barriers that preservice teachers with disabilities face are negative attitudes, accessibility issues, and employment opportunities. Raises awareness of disability issues. Suggests guidelines to assist teacher educators in preparation of teachers with disabilities. Considers the definition of disability, identification of preservice teachers with disabilities, and continuing goals of the Commission on the Preparation of Teachers with Disabilities.
BookTalk: Whose America?
Authors: DeStigter Todd
Published: March 2024

The rapidly increasing number of students of color in our nation’s schools has led educators to consider the relationship between cultural affiliation and the ways in which students learn as a part of determining how best to teach in response to all students’ needs and abilities. DeStigter reviews three texts that offer productive ways think about this issue.
Academic Service Learning: More Than Just “Doing Time”
Authors: Sipe Rebecca Bowers
Published: March 2024

Discusses academic service learning, and the three key elements of such projects. Discusses the need for meaningful community service that meets needs, clear curriculum connections for students, and projects that incorporate ample time for both reflection and evaluation. Describespairing preservice secondary teachers with high school writers. Discusses needs assessment, representative goals, and benefits of service learning projects.
Partners in Reading: A Community Reading/Writing Project
Authors: Schnack Pat
Published: March 2024

Pat Schnack’s community reading’ writing project began as a way for the community to appreciate the personalities and quirks of middle-schoolers, as well as to offer her 150 students the individual attention she alone could not provide. The project grew to encompass those goals and more.
From the Secondary Section: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Authors: Jago Carol
Published: March 2024

Jago explains why Charles Dickens' words aptly describe the state of assessment in public education today.
The Myth Ritual Theory and the Teaching of Multicultural Literature
Authors: Allender Dale
Published: March 2024

Grapples with the difficult task of helping students differentiate between “myth” as a false belief or lie and “myth” as a cultural phenomenon embedded in sophisticated systems of meaning and action. Outlines four goals for the world mythology unit that help explore this greater sophistication with ninth graders. Concludes that the unit helps students locate themselves within this cultural dynamic.
Help for High School Students Who Still Can’t Read
Authors: Howerton Dauna , Thomas Cathy
Published: March 2024

Drawing on experiences as an English language arts teacher and a special education teacher, respectively, Dauna Howerton and Cathy Thomas consider the needs of struggling high school readers and their teachers. They share activities to address common reading problems.
Being “Social”: Expanding Our View of Social Interaction in Writing Workshops
Authors: Burns Terry J.
Published: March 2024

Terry Burns draws on research in a fourth-grade classroom to show that teachers can teach composing strategies that encourage a variety of ways of interacting socially while writing.
Talking about Books: Pairing Fact and Fiction for Deep Understanding
Authors: Gilles Carol , Pierce Kathryn Mitchell
Published: March 2024

This month’s Talking about Books column focuses on the depth of learning that happens when classroom teachers employ text sets for thematic teaching.
Democracy in the Balance: Democracy has been discussed at length by educators, but do we really understand what democracy looks like, sounds like, and feels like?
Authors: Edelsky Carole
Published: March 2024

Discussions of democracy in education tend to focus, not surprisingly, on education. To right the balance a bit, this article focuses on democracy, specifically focusing on historical reactions to the concept, a description of two types of democracy as they appear in U.S. contexts, a brief discussion of the contradictions and tensions built into the very core of democracy, evidence for corruption of democracy, and connections between this discussion and the concerns of educators.
Necessary and Irreconcilable Differences: Paradigms within the Field of Reading
Authors: Gill Sharon Ruth
Published: March 2024

This commentary uses Thomas Kuhn’s work to provide a new perspective on the “Reading Wars,” one which suggest that disagreements within the field of reading are “both necessary and irreconcilable” and need not be ignored or glossed over in a search for “common ground.” Rival paradigms represent incommensurable ways of seeing the world, differing in beliefs about what reading is and what counts as evidence. Masking differences behind terms like “balanced,”or “comprehensive,” or some other new label, invites an abandonment of theory.
Literacy All the Livelong Day: A Picture Portfolio of Kindergarten Teaching and Learning
Authors: Leland Christine H. , Bowden Shelly Hudson
Published: March 2024

This article documents a picture portfolio of teaching and students’ learning literacy throughout the school day in a kindergarten classroom.
The Impact of Word Study instruction on Kindergarten Children’s Journal Writing
Authors: Williams Cheri , Hufnagel Krissy
Published: March 2024

The research reported here examined word study as an approach to spelling instruction. In particular, the researchers investigated kindergarten children’s transfer of specific words, word knowledge, concepts about print, and strategies for spelling unknown words to their self-selected journal writing.
Instructional Note: Electronic Notes
Authors: Krauthamer Helene
Published: March 2024

Describes a workshop used with classes doing Web research for their English papers in a computer lab. Shows how this is a good opportunity for students to learn to find, evaluate, and save Web sources, how to read critically and annotate the sources, and how to weave them into working drafts and avoid plagiarism.
Philosopher-Kings and Teacher-Researchers: The Charge of Anti-Intellectualism in Composition’s Theory Wars
Authors: Svehla Lance
Published: March 2024

Discusses leveling a charge of anti-intellectualism against compositionists who demand that theory result in classroom practice. Suggests the charge ignores the material conditions and intellectual reasons for that demand. Concludes there is a crucial place for theory in composition, even theory for theory’s sake, but teaching in the composition classroom should be the center of the discipline, its epistemological heart.
Scholarship in Community Colleges: An Interview with George B. Vaughan
Authors: Harrington Dick
Published: March 2024

Offers a critical distinction between scholarship and research. Notes how George Vaughan urges community colleges to support and reward scholarship. Comments that excellence in teaching and therefore excellence in learning happen only when faculty and staff are engaged in their fields and supported in their daily work.
Rhetoric as Commitment: Ethics and Everyday Life
Authors: Sutton Robert C. , Collins Daniel F.
Published: March 2024

Sutton and Collins describe their team-taught humanities course that combines “Introduction to Ethics” with “Argument-Based Research.” The course asks students to examine ethical situations and seeks to establish a forum for deliberation in hopes that students will learn to express themselves more persuasively and self-critically while gaining empathy to those whose views and practices differ from their own. The ultimate goal is that rhetoric and ethics reach further from the classroom and into every day life.
Instructional Note: Midterm Assessment Techniques: Unearthing the Vital Learning and Growing That Occur beneath the Surface
Authors: Feuer Wendy
Published: March 2024

This article describes midterm assessment techniques that helped students tap into their process as emerging writers, and how the author used this feedback to realign the course at a pivotal time to reach resistant students.
Support for Scholar-Teachers
Authors: Goldenberg Myrna , Stout Barbara
Published: March 2024

A Maryland college supports scholarship that helps faculty maintain currency in their disciplines and explore effective pedagogy.
Instructional Note: Engaging with Shakespeare through Translation
Authors: Kleypas Kathryn L.
Published: March 2024

The act of translating Shakespearean text into contemporary language encourages student interest in further study of the text.
Improving Reading Comprehension by Using Media Literacy Activities
Authors: Hobbs Renee
Published: March 2024

Rather than viewing popular culture as an enemy to the work we do in schools, Renee Hobbs challenges educators to find creative ways to build connections between kids’ worlds and the work we do in classrooms. She shares a sequence of classroom engagements that moved students from film to literature to writing.
Cultivating the Questions in the Minds of Young Writers
Authors: Fredricksen Jim
Published: March 2024

Adolescence is a time of great change, and, because of those changes, introspection is difficult during this time. It is also difficult for students to manipulate and internalize their own process of writing. Fredricksen discusses some of the strategies he uses to help students learn to ask the right questions about their writings. By offering a wide range of writing experiences and by creating a safe, casual environment in which to develop students’ relationships to the world, he helps students discover how, when, and which questions to ask as they write.
The Eliot Conference: An analysis of a Peer Response Group
Authors: Denyer Jenny , LaFleur Debra
Published: March 2024

Peer response is one of the most challenging tasks we ask students to tackle, and we wonder, “are they really on task?” Denyer and LaFleur investigate this by looking closely at one peer revision group, seemingly off track, and find that students do engage in complicated tasks as they struggle to justify their decisions as authors to their peers and offer feedback to challenge those decisions. They advise that teachers should continue to create situations for students to meet with their peers to talk about their writing, guiding them to thinking about how they integrate that feedback into their text.
It’s A Girl Thing
Authors: Ward Cheryl Karp
Published: March 2024

Offers brief annotations of 24 books for adolescents in which girls take on tough tasks, face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and triumph over adversity.
Spelling: From Invention to Strategies
Authors: Miller Howard M.
Published: March 2024

Veteran educator Howard Miller shares a set of strategies that can propel middle school writers (and "inventive" spellers) into the role of being responsible and strategic in this Voices from the Middle article.
Writing and Neighborhood Voices: “It depends on where you grow up at”
Authors: Schwartz Tammy A.
Published: March 2024

A teacher with vivid memories of a childhood of poverty in Appalachia helps launch a community-based, participatory action research project with adolescent girls from the same background. Applicable to all marginalized students, the results of this research highlight the importance of seeing and hearing oneself in stories and of sharing stories with family and others who mirror the same experience.
Names Will Never Hurt Me
Authors: Adoff Jaime
Published: March 2024

Just watch your characters and tell the story of what they’re thinking and doing. It sounds easy, but Adoff confides that he becomes attached to his characters in the process of living in their heads, and sometimes awakens wondering if they’re okay. It’s that level of intimate storytelling that he hopes will connect with readers, allowing them to see themselves and each other with respect and hope. An excerpt from Names Will Never Hurt Me introduces us to several kids who lead lives your students will identify with.
Six Stones for a Mosaic: Louise and Teaching from Her Son’s Perspective
Authors: Ratner Jonathan
Published: March 2024

The March 2005 issue of Voices from the Middle is a tribute to the life and work of Louise M. Rosenblatt, a pioneer in reading theory and the teaching of literature, who died on February 8, 2005, at age 100. Through her groundbreaking books, Literature as Exploration (1938) and The Reader, the Text, the Poem (1978/1994), and her years as a teacher, researcher, and speaker, Dr. Rosenblatt affected the thinking and teaching of generations of teachers. These pages are filled with stories and perspectives from those who knew her and learned from her, articles from those whose work has been indelibly imprinted with the principles of her theories, and excerpts from Rosenblatt’s own writing over 70 years of publishing. There is even a poignant piece from her son, Jonathan Ratner. A selected bibliography is included to encourage deeper reading.
A Tribute to Louise
Authors: Farrell Edmund J.
Published: March 2024

The March 2005 issue of Voices from the Middle is a tribute to the life and work of Louise M. Rosenblatt, a pioneer in reading theory and the teaching of literature, who died on February 8, 2005, at age 100. Through her groundbreaking books, Literature as Exploration (1938) and The Reader, the Text, the Poem (1978/1994), and her years as a teacher, researcher, and speaker, Dr. Rosenblatt affected the thinking and teaching of generations of teachers. These pages are filled with stories and perspectives from those who knew her and learned from her, articles from those whose work has been indelibly imprinted with the principles of her theories, and excerpts from Rosenblatt’s own writing over 70 years of publishing. There is even a poignant piece from her son, Jonathan Ratner. A selected bibliography is included to encourage deeper reading.
Currículo como lugar de escuta:
Authors: Marques Roberta Ramos
Published: March 2024

O presente artigo é motivado pelos tensionamentos que tenho observado e vivenciado no contexto educacional universitário brasileiro, devido ao fato de que ações afirmativas, incluindo a políticas de cotas, já vêm acontecendo no país há quase 20 anos (embora, inicialmente, em níveis estaduais e de modo isolado, até que, em 2012, tornou-se a Lei 12.711); porém, sem virem acompanhadas de uma reformulação mais radical e sistemática da “infraestrutura da vida branca” (MOMBAÇA, 2021, p. 40), através da qual se organizam as instituições educacionais, incluindo as de Ensino Superior, no Brasil. Tenho proposto tentativas de lidar com essa problemática, partindo do reconhecimento das relações de posicionalidade entre lugares de privilégios e lugares historicamente invisibilizados e silenciados, numa abordagem interseccional; e, a partir disto, tenho buscado desenvolver, nos últimos anos, o que poderia corresponder, na prática curricular, ao que estou experimentando chamar de currículo como lugar de escuta (MOMBAÇA, 2021).
Perspektif Islam Dalam Pendidikan Yang Ideal Bagi Kehidupan Manusia
Authors: Juhra Al
Published: March 2024

Education is an effort that is carried out regularly and systematically, carried out by people who are responsible for influencing children to have characteristics and habits in accordance with educational ideals, in other words education is assistance given deliberately to children, in physical and spiritual growth to reach the adult level. Pragmatically, education must be carried out ideally, in accordance with applicable rules, both formatively and religiously, so that education is not separated between general and religious. The purpose of this writing is to provide a view of the ideal education of human education in terms of Islamic education, so that there is an integration of education in life. The method used in this writing is qualitative descriptive concept analysis. The result of this writing is the descriptive descriptive description of the ideal education for humans according to the Islamic view, namely education based on the Qur'an and Hadith. So that the implication of education based on the Quran and Hadith is the integration of science in living in this world.
Varhaiskasvatuksen aloitus vuorohoidossa: Pienen lapsen suru ja sen kohtaaminen vaihtelevassa sosiaalisessa ympäristössä
Authors: Salonen Eija , Pursi Annukka , Lipponen Lasse
Published: March 2024

Varhaiskasvatuksen aloitus ja siihen liittyvä ero huoltajasta herättävät toisinaan pienissä lapsissa surua. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastelemme varhaiskasvatuksen aloitusta vuorohoidon kontekstissa ja selvitämme, millaista pienen lapsen suru ja sen kohtaaminen on vaihtelevassa sosiaalisessa ympäristössä. Ymmärrämme surun kulttuuripsykologisena, vuorovaikutuksessa rakentuvana ilmiönä. Aineistonamme on ympärivuorokautisen päiväkodin alle 3-vuotiaiden lasten ryhmissä kerätty havainnointimateriaali, josta keskitymme analysoimaan kolmen 9–16 kk ikäisen lapsen ensimmäisiä kuukausia varhaiskasvatuksessa. Tutkimuksemme perusteella niin lapsesta huolehtivien aikuisten vaihtuminen kuin vertaisryhmässä tapahtuvat muutokset ovat lapsen surun ja sen kohtaamisen kannalta merkityksellisiä ja voivat yhtäältä voimistaa lapsen surua, toisaalta tyynnyttää surevaa lasta ja luoda mahdollisuuksia surun myötätuntoiseen kohtaamiseen. Suuressa aikuisten tiimissä lapsen surun kohtaamiseen liittyvä yhteistyö ja tiedon jakaminen korostuu. Huomioimalla vuorohoidon erityispiirteet tutkimus laajentaa varhaiskasvatuksen aloitukseen liittyvän surun ja sen kohtaamisen ymmärrystä.
Gemination of maxillary incisors in decidous and permanent dentition – a case report
Authors: Nešković Isidora , Anđelković Aleksandar , Blagojević Duška , Vujkov Sanja , Komšić Jelena , Petrović Bojan
Published: March 2024

Introduction. Shape variations of teeth can be present both in perma nent and in deciduous dentition. Gemination, fusion, concrescention, and ,,twin teeth” are development anomalies. Aim of this article is to show different cases of simultaneous gemination in deciduous denti tion and supernumerary teeth in permanent dentition in upper incisors region.

 Case report. A nine-year-old girl, suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis, has been sent to the Dental Clinic of Vojvodina. The clinical examination and OPG (orthopantomography) analysis revealed the presence of supernumerary tooth in the region of tooth 51, and also supernumerary tooth in tooth region 11. There was the presence of a cyst in the region 23, which was corresponding to the follicular cyst. The treatment plan included extraction of tooth 51 and supernumer ary tooth, extraction of tooth 52, and control examination after three months with 3D radiography.

 Conclusion. Full cooperation between pediatric dentist, oral surgeon and orthodontics is required. Therapy should be focused on balanc ing the occlusion and gaining best aesthetic results. The significance of highlighting the importance of this case lies in its contribution to expanding our understanding of gemination anomalies in the dental f ield. By presenting a rare occurrence involving gemination of maxillary incisors in both deciduous and permanent dentition, this case report offers valuable insights into the clinical manifestations, diagnostic ap proaches and treatment strategies associated with this condition.
Status-Conferral Function of the Press and the Fight against Corruption in Nigeria: Issues, Trends, and Implications
Authors: Chukwu Obinna Johnkennedy , Anavberokhai Latifah Efua
Published: March 2024

The study was carried out to ascertain the relationship between the status-conferral function of the press and the fight against corruption in the country, as well the issues, trends, and the implications. The study was predicated on Status Conferral Theory (SCT) and Social Responsibility Theory (SRT). The objectives were to ascertain the relationship between the status-conferral function of the press and the fight against corruption in Nigeria and evaluate the trends, issues and the implications of status-conferral function of the press on the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Interview schedule was used to elicit information from 24 media practitioners (12 Practising journalists and 12 Journalism teachers) selected from the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria, via convenience sampling method. Findings established relationship between status-conferral and the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Indicate the use of status-conferral in developmental reporting as a trend, whilst the issues of lack of integrity, objectivity and fairness in the media and no regard for the rule of law in the country, as well as corruption were highlighted, amongst others. Given the findings, the study recommends that the media should be circumspect, whilst utilising status conferral function of the press, so as not to glorify perpetuators of corruption in Nigeria, as well as not engage in witch hunt, amongst others.
Modulating Proteasome Function with Polyphenol Metabolites: A Promising Therapeutic Avenue for Alzheimer's Disease
Authors: Okei Nyerovwo Charity
Published: March 2024

Alzheimer's disease (AD) presents many difficulties and has few available therapies. Because of their many advantages, polyphenolic metabolites of flavan-3-ol have gained attention as possible candidates for AD treatment. This work investigates the impact of these compounds on proteasome function in neuronal cells expressing genes related to AD. It finds that these compounds have inhibitory effects on proteasomes, especially in cells that have mutations in genes related to AD. Amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, oxidative stress, compromised autophagy, and proteasome systems, which affect protein clearance, are all components of AD pathology. Rich in anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities, polyphenols change into bioactive metabolites such as phenyl-γ-valerolactones. These metabolites alter Aβ oligomers and mitigate Aβ toxicity, potentially providing a therapeutic intervention for AD. The presented findings underscore the potential of various compounds, including C1, C2, C3, PGPH, and BrAAP, as modulators of proteasome function. The differential inhibitory effects observed on both constitutive (ChT-L) and immunoproteasome (T-L) activities signify the nuanced impact of these compounds. Notably, the selectivity of certain compounds towards either proteasome subtype suggests the possibility of targeted therapeutic strategies, particularly in the context of diseases associated with proteasome dysfunction, such as neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease. This study looks at how flavan-3-ol metabolites affect proteasome function and how they might be used as AD treatment agents. Understanding their effects on proteasomes opens avenues for novel AD treatments at a molecular level.
Design and Implementation of C-Band Frequency Synthesizer Using LMX2592 IC
Authors: Khadolia Ashok Kumar , Bhat Amith S. , Reddy Ramesh Babu , Wara Md. Tosicul
Published: March 2024

The paper presents the design scheme and implementation of a PLL-based-frequency synthesizer using LMX2592 IC. The frequency synthesizer have vital role in the development of up-converter and down-converter equipments. Therefore, on the RT-Duroid RO4350 substrate, a low phase noise and stable carrier generator is designed and implemented. Graphical User Interface (GUI) & LAN based programming is developed to easily change the synthesizer frequency. The control system analysis using root locus and bode plot is presented for system stability.The experimental results representing the performance parameters, like frequency range, frequency step size, output power, phase noise, carrier stability, harmonics, and spurious, etc., are also presented in the paper. The analysis of spurious and phase noise performance at near integer boundary conditions are done by changing loop bandwidth and phase margin.