bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Unfolding Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship: A Way Forward for Future Research
Authors: NOOR MISBAH , SHAH FAYAZ ALI , KAKAKHEL SHAHID JAN
Published: December 2020

Social entrepreneurship has been recently becoming center of attention for academicians and practitioners. It is mainly because of its critical role in addressing unmet needs and social problems of underprivileged communities around the globe. Social entrepreneurs are often confronted with the scarcity of resources as they are inherently located in resource constrained settings. Given the scarcity of resources and the crucial role of social entrepreneurship, bricolage is emerging as a promising strategy to address resource scarcity in impoverished settings. In this vein, this paper provides a comprehensive review of literature on bricolage and how it unfolds in social entrepreneurship. The review also sheds light on the conceptual evolution of bricolage and how it invades the entrepreneurship literature. A systematic approach was adopted for conducting the literature search in order to capture all the recent work on bricolage in context of social entrepreneurship. The review shows that most of the studies on bricolage in context of social entrepreneurship are concentrated in developed countries and more stable environments with only few exceptions. Also social bricolage theory which is an extension of entrepreneurial bricolage is still understudied and needs further investigation and documentation. The paper holds particular relevance for academicians and researchers as it provides useful insights into concepts of bricolage and its relevance to social entrepreneurship. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Bricolage, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Bricolage.
Profil Kecepatan dan Temperatur Pada Aliran Konveksi Campuran Yang Melalui Bola Berpori Dengan Pengaruh Hidrodinamika Magnet
Authors: Tafrikan Mohamad , Ghani Mohammad
Published: December 2020

Pada makalah ini, aliran konveksi bebas dan aliran konveksi paksa berperan penting pada aliran konveksi campuran. Dalam hal ini, pengaruh gaya tekanan (pressure forces) dan gaya apung (buoyant forces) pada aliran konveksi bebas menjadi signifikan. Aliran konveksi campuran dapat digunakan pada teknologi reaksi reaktor dan pendingin elektronik. Dalam makalah ini, persamaan lapisan batas (boundary layer) dari aliran konveksi campuran fluida viskoelastik yang melewati permukaan sebuah bola berpori awalnya ditransformasikan kedalam bentuk non-dimensi, kemudian ditransformasikan kedalam bentuk persamaan lapisan batas non-similar yang diselesaikan secara numerik menggunakan metode beda hingga Keller-Box. Hasil numerik pada makalah ini adalah profil kecepatan (
Affordances for Science Learning in “Bush Kinders”
Authors: Campbell Coral , Speldewinde Chris
Published: December 2020

The European forest kindergarten movement has recently translated into an Australian ‘bush kinder’ approach. The affordances of bush kindergarten settings with relation to the science experienced through play has not been previously investigated. This pilot project followed three kindergartens in South Eastern Australia using a bush kindergarten approach. A phenomenographic case study approach was used, in which data consisted of observations of ‘science learning through play’ during bush kinder sessions and educator interviews. Using interactive video interviews, educators were asked to comment on their perceptions of the science that formed children’s play. Findings suggest that the bush kinder environment enables children to experience and improve their understanding of a range of science ideas, however, there is an impact in the scope of children’s learning based on the educator scaffolding. It is argued here that bush kinder provides affordances for science learning and makes an important contribution to science education.
Students Who Surprise Teachers When Learning Mathematics Through Problem Solving in the Early Primary Years
Authors: Russo James Anthony , Bobis Janette , Downton Ann , Hughes Sally , Livy Sharyn , McCormick Melody , Sullivan Peter
Published: December 2020

Teacher reluctance to teach mathematics through challenging tasks is frequently linked to beliefs that such approaches are not appropriate for students perceived as less mathematically capable. One potential means of shifting such beliefs is inviting teachers to reflect on students that surprise them when working on such tasks. Early years’ primary teachers (n = 160) participated in a professional learning initiative that supported them to implement up to ten sequences of challenging tasks in their classrooms across the school year. When asked to describe a student who surprised them when working on the sequences, approximately half (47%) of teachers described students previously assumed to be less mathematically capable being successful in their mathematical learning. Most remaining teachers (36%) commented on the depth of student mathematical thinking and positive learning dispositions demonstrated, without making any explicit reference to preconceptions of student capability. By contrast, a notable number of teachers (15%) instead described their surprise at how students labelled as mathematically capable struggled with working on tasks that were more open-ended, had multiple solutions, and required them to explain their reasoning. Our findings suggest that teaching with sequences of challenging tasks has the potential to disrupt rigid teacher preconceptions as to whom might be considered a mathematically capable student.
Das Unbewusste und die Scham
Authors: Hübner Wulf
Published: December 2020

Der Autor skizziert die Allgemeine Verführungstheorie von Laplanche und fragt, wie provozierend deren Annahmen – traumatische Verführung durch den Erwachsenen – für den Leser sind. Dann versucht der Autor, Laplanches Borderline-Modell zu präzisieren, in dessen Zentrum die Verleugnung steht, ein psychotischer Abwehrmechanismus, mit dem sich das Ich vor dem völligen Zerfall schützt: es wehrt die Schamangst durch Verleugnung ab. Dabei bedient es sich der Ichspaltung, der Trennung von Fühlen und Denken. Die transgenerationelle Weitergabe von Traumata folgt diesem Schema: Der Erwachsene leugnet seine Scham und beschämt das Kind Nicht ich bin verunsichert, sondern Du bist falsch. Das Kind muss verleugnen. Bemerkungen zur Therapie beschließen den Beitrag.
Ein Ort zum Sprechen, ein Ort zum Schweigen
Authors: Ronel Joram
Published: December 2020

Der Beitrag beschreibt die Entwicklung und Rationale des Café Zelig für die letzten Überlebenden der Shoah im Raum München. Das Café als ein niedrigschwelliges Gruppenangebot und als »potential space« des Nicht-Erklären-Müssens wird mit historischen Zusammenhängen, Themen der Schuldabwehr-Bedürfnisse der deutschen Mehrheitsgesellschaft, biografischen Narrativen der Besucher und Impressionen aus dem Caféleben kontextualisiert. Logozentrische Paradigmen werden zudem infrage gestellt, als dass das Café zwar ein Ort des Sprechens aber auch ein Ort des Schweigens sein darf.
The Stakeholders of Transport Infrastructure as an Element of the Transport Security System
Authors: Shvetsov A. V.
Published: December 2020

Using the methods of systematic and comparativ e analysis, the article systematized the tasks, main stages and participants in the transport security process, analyzed the role of the transport infrastructure stakeholders in this process, and formulated the functional structure of the activity of the transport infrastructure stakeholder in the form of an appropriate scheme in the framework of ensuring transport security. The main component of the transport security management system is determined. The results of the study, in addition to development of the existing methodological apparatus in the field of transport security, can be used in the following areas: in organizing the process of managing transport security of transport infrastructure facilities and vehicles of various types of transport, in the educational process of higher and secondary educational institutions, as well as educational process of specialized training centers for training of specialists in the field of transport security. The results of the study may also be of interest to officials responsible for ensuring transport security, especially in such companies as JSC Russian Railways, PJSC Aeroflot and State Unitary Enterprise Moscow Metro, which are the largest stakeholders of transport infrastructure in the Russian Federation.
The Politics of Impunity and the Shifting Media Landscape in Kenya
Authors: Onguny Philip
Published: December 2020

This article focuses on state-media relations and the shifts in the overall media landscape in Kenya. Drawing on a political economy approach to media operations in Kenya, it argues that while there are competing meanings over what constitutes "news values", "editorial independence", and "critical media", changes in political regimes and unclear media regulations contribute to political and/or corporate interference on media coverage of corruption and political impunity. This renders media operations problematic at the normative and operational levels. The discussion situates these arguments within the contexts of "policy laundering" and "critical junctures", seeking to establish whether the shifting media landscape is a function of increased information and communication affordability or, instead, an indication that critical media are on the decline. Overall, the article provides an assessment of key temporal periods that have shaped media regulatory frameworks to show how political and/or corporate interests have influenced journalistic practices and editorial independence over time and space. Keywords: Kenyan media, media regulations, editorial independence, political impunity, policy laundering, safety of journalists, critical junctures
Efectos de la globalización en los derechos sociales y económicos
Authors: Rivera Grimaldo José Manuel
Published: December 2020

En el presente trabajo se aborda la problemática acerca de la filosofía política desde las bases liberales de John Locke y del anarcocapitalismo del siglo xxi. En este tema, se observa que dicha filosofía política tiene implicaciones en el campo de la economía, que afectan los derechos sociales —es decir, la supervivencia física— de los seres humanos. Por tanto, el conflicto que surge de esta situación atraviesa los campos de la economía-política y de la producción jurídica que la acompaña. En ese contexto, las asimetrías y las desigualdades sociales surgidas de la globalización económica, acentúan la pobreza, la marginación, el desempleo y toda una serie de situaciones derivadas de tal fenómeno. El resultado deviene en una geopolítica del poder con países centrales y periféricos, concentración de la riqueza, hegemonía política y militar, así como una producción jurídica —que desplaza al Estado y su Constitución— centrada en los organismos financieros internacionales.
Historia taxonómica de las hormigas
Authors: Varela Hernández Fernando , Reyes Prado Humberto
Published: December 2020

A lo largo de los años se han hecho estudios sobre relaciones filogenéticas de las hormigas, éstos han ido cambiando con el tiempo porque se van aumentando nuevos conocimientos empíricos y objetivos para contribución de los anteriores estudios. La historia filogenética de las hormigas se puede dividir en dos etapas, la precladística y la cládistica. En la etapa precladística se creaban hipótesis de relaciones genealógicas de las hormigas, pero sin métodos rigurosos, era un análisis subjetivo, a comparación con la cládistica en donde se nota un método de análisis de datos morfológicos y de datos moleculares. Dentro de este artículo se exponen diferente información sobre el tema filogenético de las hormigas para dar un mayor panorama de todos los estudios que se han realizado a partir de mediados del siglo pasado hasta la actualidad.
The development of a model for predicting the stability boundaries of natural circulation process
Authors: Andreev Vyacheslav , Orekhova Ekaterina , Tarasova Natalya , Perevezentseva Julia
Published: December 2020

The concept of safety for facilities comprising nuclear power plants implies in large the use of passive systems. One of the main passive systems in a nuclear power plant is a system for cooling the reactor core with its action based on gravitational forces. In this regard, the importance of such a physical process as natural circulation is increasing with the development of nuclear power facilities. However, this system has not only advantages but some drawbacks as well. These are the emergence of instability in the two-phase coolant flow, pulsations of thermohydraulic parameters, possible circulation reversal and stagnation. This paper deals with the study of a generalized model of the natural circulation stability. The said model is designed to simplify the design engineering of power equipment. This model will also enable the operating personnel to predict the operating limits of the equipment and remain within the coolant stability bounds. This paper presents a model for predicting the stability boundaries of natural circulation process.
Fractographic analysis of fractures of graphitized cast iron using optical microscopy
Authors: Makarenko Konstantin , Nikitin Alexander , Parenko Andrey
Published: December 2020

Fractography - methods for studying material fractures, the science of the structure of fracture surfaces. Fractography is widely used to determine the causes of destruction of materials and structures. In materials sciences, fractography is used to study crack propagation, microstructure studies, and quality control. When investigating the failure of structures, determining the type of crack (material fatigue, hydrogen embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking, exceeding the permissible load, etc.) makes it possible to determine the cause of the failure. Fractographic studies include the study of a fracture with the naked eye, using an optical and electron microscope. Other methods are also often used, such as measuring hardness or studying the distribution of chemical elements using X-ray spectral microanalysis. Fractographic (or fracture) analysis is the first and obligatory stage of research that must be performed by an expert of the metallurgical examination laboratory when determining the causes of material destruction. Visual examination of the fracture (fracture) surface makes it possible to establish the location of the beginning of fracture, the nature of its further course, to make a judgment about the degree of plasticity of the material and about possible structural defects that led to the initiation and development of cracks. The use of fractographic analysis methods for reconstructing the fracture surface of graphitized cast iron is proposed. The influence of various inclusions in the structure of cast iron is considered. A study of the fracture surface of graphitized cast irons was carried out, and the causes affecting the fracture process were identified.
About one method of numeral decision of differential equalizations in partials using geometric interpolants
Authors: Konopatskiy Evgeniy , Voronova Olga , Bezditnyi Andrei , Shevchuk Oksana
Published: December 2020

The article presents a new vision of the process of approximating the solution of differential equations based on the construction of geometric objects of multidimensional space incident to nodal points, called geometric interpolants, which have pre-defined differential characteristics corresponding to the original differential equation. The incidence condition for a geometric interpolant to nodal points is provided by a special way of constructing a tree of a geometric model obtained on the basis of the moving simplex method and using special arcs of algebraic curves obtained on the basis of Bernstein polynomials. A fundamental computational algorithm for solving differential equations based on geometric interpolants of multidimensional space is developed. It includes the choice and analytical description of the geometric interpolant, its coordinate-wise calculation and differentiation, the substitution of the values of the parameters of the nodal points and the solution of the system of linear algebraic equations. The proposed method is used as an example of solving the inhomogeneous heat equation with a linear Laplacian, for approximation of which a 16-point 2-parameter interpolant is used. The accuracy of the approximation was estimated using scientific visualization by superimposing the obtained surface on the surface of the reference solution obtained on the basis of the variable separation method. As a result, an almost complete coincidence of the approximation solution with the reference one was established.
Methods for the synthesis of realistic images formed by optical devices containing hologram optical elements
Authors: Zhdanov Dmitriy , Potemin Igor' , Zhdanov Andrey , Galaktionov Vladimir
Published: December 2020

Nowadays, virtual tests of optical systems with holographic elements are being used more and more. Despite the fact that holographic optical elements have existed for decades and most programs for designing optical systems include ray tracing modules in optical systems containing holographic elements, the synthesis of realistic images formed by these systems is absent in most of these programs. The paper presents the results of a study of the possibility of implementing an effective and physically accurate stochastic ray tracing through hologram optical elements. The theoretical foundations of the light propagation through hologram optical elements are considered and a detailed ray tracing algorithm for its implementation in forward, backward and bidirectional stochastic ray tracing methods are presented. The results of modeling the propagation of rays and the synthesis of a realistic image formed by a two-hologram augmented reality system are presented. Also, we conducted a study of the influence of the observer's eye pupil position on the quality of the formed image.
Creating the requirements to the national platform "Digital Agriculture"
Authors: Raikov Alexander , Medennikov Viktor
Published: December 2020

The paper addresses the issue of creating the requirements for the development of the Russian national platform "Digital Agriculture" on the bases of collecting, formalizing and analyzing data on the current and forecasting states of the processes of using digital technologies in the agricultural economy sector at the federal and regional levels, as well as the world experience of digitalization. The national strategy agriculture goals were used as the criteria for analyzing the situation connected with the issue of creating the national platform. Currently, the agricultural sector of the country's economy has more than ten large information systems that require to be integrated to achieve the goals of the country's agricultural development. The list of problems of developing the processes of agriculture digitalization was made. The special author’s convergent strategic methodology was used for formulating the requirements that ensure the conditions for the purposefulness and sustainable convergence of the process of creating the national platform. About fifty requirements were formulated for creating sub-platforms and digital services of the national platform "Digital Agriculture". It was also used the methods of cognitive modelling and the inverse problem solving for taking into account changes in the importance of roadmap’s events of making the sub-platforms and digital service over time.
Tools for innovation strategies
Authors: Ozdoeva Alina , Seleznev Denis
Published: December 2020

The current article is devoted to search tools for determining the optimal solution and forming the optimal company strategy for small innovative companies in the business innovation environment of the oil and gas complex. The main area of research in the article is the reasons for the difficulties of innovative Russian entrepreneurship and its entry into the domestic market and work in this market. We also consider tools such as SWIFT-analysis of assessment and forecasting of the company's performance, the portfolio model of BCG (Boston consulting group), a multi-factor matrix for selecting strategies for the most effective planning of the company's activities, as an improved version of the Arthur D. Little model. At the same time, the study revealed that a wider range of project and strategic opportunities for planning and managing a company is formed by the production and economic matrix using SWOT analysis. Thus, based on this study, the following recommendations were formulated for beginning entrepreneurs and developers in the field of innovation: take into account and apply the strategy for small innovative enterprises according to the SWOT analysis for monitoring and forecasting upcoming events (production or economic); use marketing research tools, as well as forms for planning a product plan for the life of the company; take into account that the forecast should be based on strategic analysis, using the optimal method for specific goals, and be the starting point for developing new models and business development plans.
Electronic Training Polygon for Artificial Intelligence Systems
Authors: Karandeev Alexander , Baluta Viktor , Osipov Vladimir
Published: December 2020

In the framework of the concept of neoconflictology, the possibilities and methods of mathematical modelling of conflict dynamics under uncertainty are considered. Complex contradictory situations, when it is necessary to quickly respond to changes in the situation and perform some actions in conditions of uncertainty, are often found in different spheres of activity. In this case, the uncertainty may be due to incomplete knowledge of the situation, the inability to quickly understand and evaluate possible options for its development, the influence on it from other participants in the process, etc. The result of further developments depends on how the decision will be to the situation and what actions will follow on its basis. Usually, the effectiveness of behavior in difficult situations is determined by the level of special training and experience of the decision maker. The trend of using artificial intelligence systems to support decision-making, including complex conflict situations with a high level of uncertainty, is now more frequent. Focusing on the use of such systems requires the creation and improvement of specialized tools and technologies, thanks to which the artificial intelligence systems themselves can form an information base, which is a necessary factor for developing rational solutions in a complex environment. The creation of a virtual polygons is one of the ways for producing such information base.
Mathematical Justification of the Wound suturing by Wound Contractors of new Generation
Authors: Izmailov Sergey , Perevezentseva Julia , Rotkov Andrey , Beschastnov Vladimir , Popov Evgeniy , Lukoyanychev Egor
Published: December 2020

Frequent cases of man-made disasters, terrorist attacks and military conflicts lead to an increase in the number of victims. Significant soft tissue defects are known to result from gunshot wounds. So, as a result of mine-blasting injuries, defects in the skin and underlying tissues more than 10 cm in diameter are formed in 71.1% of cases. The prerequisite for the uncomplicated course of the wound process is to achieve an adequate comparison of the edges of the wound without excessive tension. To close such extensive wounds, various technical means are used: sutures on pads, various types of dermatotension. We have developed various models of wound contractors (RC) for treatment of wounds. With the help of the RC, a complete reposition and good adaptation of the edges of the wound is created. The wound closure method using these RC almost completely eliminates tissue cutting and limits the sawing effect to a minimum. This is explained by the effects of elastic forces reducing to zero when matching soft tissues and suturing. The use of hardware methods for suturing wounds requires the development of mathematical models of various types of wounds and surgical sutures. These models should provide a simulation of living tissues of the wound edges behavior to achieve the best results in the treatment of wounds by RC advanced technologies. The purpose of this study is to mathematically justify RC with the parallel holding of spokes. Another purpose is to develop a mathematical model of the wounds suturing by hardware technology.
Long-term operation of Russian NPPs taking into account the actual loading of passive components
Authors: Arzhaev Alexander , Arzhaev Kirill , Butorin Sergey , Denisov Ilya , Konstantinov Maxim
Published: December 2020

The paper considers provision of strength and structural integrity for safety relevant passive NPP components - pipelines and equipment - in long-term operation of NPP units. The methods of determining the actual load parameters during equipment installation, adjustment and commissioning are considered. The application of the acoustoelasticity method, which provides measurement of mechanical stresses arising as a result of technological operations, will allow to identify implicit installation preloads and assess their impact on ensuring the design life of pipeline systems, including the equipment installed. Recommendations are given for application of the acoustoelasticity method on NPP units under construction as a fist priority. At the objects of application of the acoustoelasticity method for the construction of the Unit1 of Kursk NPP-2, noted above (ECCS, CS, steam and feed water pipelines), at the present time, in accordance with the certified measurement procedure (CMP), it is possible to reveal implicit installation preloads only at temperatures not higher than 55ºC. Monitoring the actual load level in the "as built" state will be a reliable guarantee of safe operation of Kursk NPP-2 pipelines according to the criteria of strength and structural integrity.
Axiomatic basis and methods for interpreting conflict situations in an urgent computing environment
Authors: Baluta Viktor , Nechaev Yuri , Osipov Vladimir
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the issues of developing an axiomatic basis and interpreting conflict situations in conditions of high uncertainty based on the dynamic theory of catastrophes. Control over conflict situations is provided using applied modeling at the expense of the supercomputer center through system integration of technologies and tools for processing large amounts of current information. Functional components of the center for applied simulation implement dynamic visualization and development of management decisions. The key factor in ensuring the safety of critical facilities in a complex conflict situation is the speed of assessment of the situation and the development of adequate management decisions for the implementation of the response. Adequate management is based on experience, as a rule, obtained experimentally in the course of physical modeling of impacts (exercises, trainings, experiments, etc.), and accumulated in the form of a knowledge base of the information and analytical decision support system of the center for applied simulation.
Development of the design method for the optimal design of the Neutron Converter experimental plant
Authors: Smetani Timur , Gureva Elizaveta , Andreev Vyacheslav , Tarasova Natalya , Andree Nikolai
Published: December 2020

The article discusses methods for optimizing the design of the Neutron Converter research plant design with parameters that are most suitable for a particular consumer. 38 similar plant structures with different materials and sources were calculated, on the basis of which the most optimal options were found. As part of the interaction between OKBM Afrikantov JSC and the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R. E. Alekseev, the Neutron Converter research plant was designed and assembled. The universal neutron converter is a device for converting a stream of fast neutrons emitted by isotopic sources into a "standardized" value of flux density with known parameters in the volume of the central part of the product, which is the working part of the universal neutron converter. To supply neutron converters to other customer organizations (universities, research organizations and collective centers), it is necessary to take into account the experience of operating an existing facility, as well as rationalize the design process of each specific instance in accordance with the requirements of the customer.
Approaches to assessing the semantic similarity and future citation of publications by identifying informative terms with predictive properties
Authors: Hakimova Aida , Charnine Michael
Published: December 2020

The article discusses new approaches to assessing the semantic similarity of documents in a vector space, taking into account statistically significant and informative terms. Informative terms reflect the current state of research in a certain field of research. To select informative terms, an algorithm for calculating the impact factor of the term is proposed. It is shown that informative terms allow both to evaluate the semantic similarity of texts and to predict future citations. The developed methods for assessing the semantic similarity and future impact of scientific publications can be used in the framework of “Predictive optimization”, a modern technology that allows us to make decisions based on forecasts. In evaluating the activities of research and individual scientists, bibliometric indicators often play an important role. However, the use of citation-based indicators is problematic in determining the impact of recent publications. Usually, two years after the publication of most articles, they receive only a few links. The probability of future citation can be predicted using the proposed indicator - IFT.
High Order Thinking Skills Teaching Innovation: An Analysis onEnglish Teachers’ Understanding and Practices
Authors: Muliyah Pipit , Rekha Agnira
Published: December 2020

The aim of the research was to investigate English teachers’ understanding and its practices in teaching HOTS. This research was conducted from October to November 2019 involved 20 English teachers from state and private school in Majenang and its surroundings. Data about teachers’ understanding was obtained by interviewing the teachers. Meanwhile, the data about its practices was obtained from observation and supervision document from the school principal and supervisor. The result showed that most of English teachers that participated in this research was not clear enough about HOTS and its implementation in teaching and learning process. There were also misunderstanding about designing lesson plan which covered the implementation of teaching HOTS in the classroom. The conclusion indicated that most of older teachers were not clear enough about HOTS and its practices as they are lack of training and information about it. In contrast, most younger participated teachers understood about HOST but they have misconception related to its practices.
Communication Disorder of The Autistic Character in The “Fly Away” Movie
Authors: Prastiwi Nadira Dinda , Indah Rohmani Nur
Published: December 2020

This study aims to identify the type of communication disorder in comprehending the speech of an autistic character in the “Fly Away” movie. In addition, it aims to describe the occurrence of communication disorders. In this study, the researchers used the theory on the type of communication disorder (Paul, 2008). As the findings, there are forty-three data of the five types of communication disorders namely, repetition of words, minimal response, limitation of communication function, use of unusual words, and low frequency. The result stated that word repetition is a type of disorder that often occurs in autistic characters in “Fly Away”. The occurrence of communication disturbance is also sown by several incidents such as, jumping, excessive laughs, rebellion, repeating posture, eyes up, just see the interlocutor and bite the fingers. These things are an expression that happened to the autistic character when experiencing communication disorders. This finding can be used as a guideline for those interacting with autistic individuals applying both verbal and nonverbal communication.
Indonesian Students’ Attitudes towards EFL Learning in Response to Industry 5.0
Authors: Yosintha Rolisda
Published: December 2020

The main objective of this study was to identify the attitudes of Indonesian students towards studying English vis-a-vis their readiness to compete in the fifth industrial revolution era. The data obtained from a four-point scale questionnaire administered to 216 participants from 12 universities across Indonesia were analyzed through a descriptive case study procedure. The findings showed that even though most students had positive attitudes towards EFL learning ( = 3.29) as well as towards Industry 5.0 ( = 3), they did not have the confidence to affirm that they have the instrumental competencies required by the tight competition of Industry 5.0, especially English competencies ( = 2.37). These findings indicate that despite their positive attitudes towards EFL learning, Indonesian students would be possibly not yet ready for Industry 5.0 in terms of their English proficiency. Therefore, it is suggested that policymakers and all education stakeholders take the necessary measures to improve the students’ English skills to ensure that they will be graduates who match the demands of Industry 5.0.
Students’ Perception Of Online Learning Amidst Pandemic Covid 19: A Study Of Junior-Senior High School And College Student In Remote Area
Authors: Harefa Senida , Sihombing Grace Lamudur Arta
Published: December 2020

Online learning during the Covid 19 pandemic has developed very rapidly, but it cannot be separated from various challenges. Online learning that aims to streamline learning does not get a positive response from all students. This article aims to identify and report students' perceptions about the effectiveness of online learning amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. In this study, data were obtained through a questionnaire consisting of 20 items were distributed to 30 respondents representatives of the three levels of education. The results of the survey were analyzed using descriptive quantitative methods and percentages. The results showed that online learning was considered less effective by students. Thus the teacher is expected to need to evaluate how to teach and re-design models and approaches to be applied in learning by adjusting to the current situation of students to generate interest and willingness to learn online.
ABD19: MHC Class I H-2Kb-SIYRYYGL-2C TCR complex: convergence diagnostics of number density
Authors: Antipas Georgios S.E. , Ntallis Nikolaos
Published: December 2020

ABD19: MHC Class I H-2Kb-SIYRYYGL-2C TCR complex: convergence diagnostics of number density
Prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection by earthing
Authors: Mousa Haider Abdul-Lateef
Published: December 2020

Background: Earthig is a contact with earth by several means that could cause influx of electron into the body with subsequent anti-inflammatory effect, immunity enhancement, anticoagulation, rising blood oxygenation, and possible antipyretic effect. All these effects of earthing might have a substantial role in the management of patients with COVID-19 infection without deleterious side effects of ordinary medications.Objective: to investigate the role of earthing in treatment and prevention of COVID-19 infection.Design: Observational studySetting: University of Basrah, College of Medicine, Iraq.Patients: The study included 59 cases with COVID-19 infection.Interventions: All patients conducted earthing through direct contact with earth or connecting apparatus for about 15 min-3 hours/day.Measurements and Main Results: The diagnosis was confirmed by PCR test with or without chest CT-scan. There was spectacular response in a severely ill patient who was unable to speak due to dyspnea with blood oxygen level 38% on continuous oxygen supply. On the second day of three hours daily earthing, his oxygen level raised to 95% with oxygen supply and 77% without oxygen supply. After 1-3 days of earthing, most patients revealed improvement of the following symptoms: fever, dyspnea, cough, weakness, headache, chest pain, taste and smell sense loss, anorexia, and body pain. Six people were in contact with COVID-19 patients that had performed preventive earthing. They contracted mild or short-lived illness although their household were severely affected.Conclusions: The outcome of patients with COVID-19 who had performed regular and sufficient earthing showing significant curing or preventive effects that more studies on larger sample size are advocated.
Introducing COLDAT: The Colonial Dates Dataset
Authors: Becker Bastian
Published: December 2020

Social scientists increasingly turn to historical research to understand long-term institutional and societal change. However, data availability and quality, including disagreements about basic historical facts, remain central challenges to this line of work. When it comes to research on European colonial empires and their legacies, social scientists draw on a number of secondary sources, which differ in scope, detail, and coding decisions. Thus, findings risk being driven by the choice of the data source rather than substantive differences. To address this shortcoming, I introduce the Colonial Dates Dataset (COLDAT), which aggregates information on the reach and duration of European colonial empires from renowned secondary sources. By aggregating secondary sources, rather than collecting from primary sources, the new dataset reflects the accumulated knowledge in the discipline and relieves researchers from making hard to justify choices between different historical datasets.
I do it my way. Understanding policy variation in pandemic response across Europe
Authors: Egger Clara , Magni-Berton Raul , Roché Sébastian , Aarts Kees
Published: December 2020

To contain the spread of the Covid-19, governments have designed and implemented a large range of exceptional measures. Yet, the restrictive nature of the policy options chosen and the severity of their enforcement mechanisms considerably vary across countries. Focusing on the case of the European Union – a group of closely connected nations which develop some forms of supranational policy coordination to manage the pandemic -, we first map the diversity of policy responses taken using two original indicators : the stringency and scope of freedom limitations and the depth of control used in their enforcement. Second, we elaborate a comprehensive set of eight hypotheses to explain cross-national variation in pandemic policy-making. Our exploratory results – based on bivariate statistical associations – reveal that structural determinants – the level of political and interpersonal trust, a country’s overall resources, democratic experience and, to a lesser extent, political check and balances – shape crisis policy-making more than conjectural factors such as the magnitude of the crisis at stake. These results call for further research into the determinants of crisis policy-making that we propose to address with a new research project focusing on the modalities, determinants and impacts of exceptional decision making in times of Covid-19.
Pointless questions
Authors: Ho Manh-Toan
Published: December 2020

When I was driving home, suddenly I thought: “Does riding a motorbike in Vietnam improve the spatial awareness in football?”
The Role of State and Trait Anxiety in the Processing of Facial Expressions of Emotion
Authors: Dyer Maddy , Attwood Angela Suzanne , Penton-Voak Ian , Munafo Marcus Robert
Published: December 2020

State anxiety appears to influence facial emotion processing (Attwood et al., 2017). We aimed to (a) replicate these findings, and (b) investigate the role of trait anxiety, in an experiment with healthy UK participants (N = 48, 50% male, 50% high trait anxiety). High and low state anxiety were induced via inhalations of 7.5% carbon dioxide enriched air and medical air, respectively. High state anxiety reduced global emotion recognition accuracy (p = .01, ηp2 = .14), but it did not affect interpretation bias towards perceiving anger in ambiguous angry–happy facial morphs (p = .18, ηp2 = .04). We found no clear evidence of a relationship between trait anxiety and global emotion recognition accuracy (p = .60, ηp2 = .01) or interpretation bias towards perceiving anger (p = .83, ηp2 = .001). However, there was greater interpretation bias towards perceiving anger (i.e., away from happiness) during heightened state anxiety, among individuals with high trait anxiety (p = .03, dz = 0.33). State anxiety appears to impair emotion recognition accuracy, and among individuals with high trait anxiety, it appears to increase biases towards perceiving anger (away from happiness). Trait anxiety alone does not appear to be associated with facial emotion processing.
The role of familiarity on within-person age judgements from voices
Authors: Lavan Nadine
Published: December 2020

Listeners can perceive a person’s age from their voice with good accuracy. Studies have usually established this by asking listeners to directly estimate the age of unfamiliar voices. The recordings used mostly include cross-sectional samples of voices, including a people of different ages to cover the age range of interest. Such cross-sectional samples likely not only include cues to age in the sound of the voice but also socio-phonetic cues, encoded in how a person speaks. How accuracy is affected when minimising socio-phonetic cues by sampling the same voice at different timepoints remains largely unknown. Similarly, with the voices in age perception studies being usually unfamiliar to listeners, it is unclear how familiarity with a voice affects age perception. We asked listeners who were either familiar or unfamiliar with a set of voices to complete an age discrimination task: Listeners heard two recordings of the same person’s voice, recorded 15 years apart, and were asked to indicate in which recording the person was younger. Accuracy for both familiar and unfamiliar listeners was above chance. While familiarity advantages were apparent, accuracy was not particularly high: Familiar and unfamiliar listeners were correct for 68.2% and 62.7% of trials respectively (chance = 50%). Familiarity furthermore interacted with the voices included. Overall, our findings indicate that age perception from voices is not a trivial task at all times – even when listeners are familiar with a voice. We discuss our findings in light of how reliable voice may be as a signal for age.
The selection balance: contrasting value, proximity and priming in a multitarget foraging task
Authors: Tagu Jérôme , Kristjansson Arni
Published: December 2020

A critical question in visual foraging concerns the mechanisms driving the next target selection. Observers first identify a set of candidate targets, and then select the best option among these candidates. Recent evidence suggests that target selection relies on internal biases towards proximity (nearest target from the last selection), priming (target from the same category as the last selection) and value (target associated with high value). Here, we tested the role of eye movements in target selection, and notably whether disabling eye movements during target selection could affect search strategy. We asked observers to perform four foraging tasks differing by selection modality and target value. During gaze foraging, participants had to accurately fixate the targets to select them and could not anticipate the next selection with their eyes, while during mouse foraging they selected the targets with mouse clicks and were free to move their eyes. We moreover manipulated both target value and proximity. Our results revealed notable individual differences in search strategy, confirming the existence of internal biases towards value, proximity and priming. Critically, there were no differences in search strategy between mouse and gaze foraging, suggesting that disabling eye movements during target selection did not affect foraging behaviour. These results importantly suggest that overt orienting is not necessary for target selection. This study provides fundamental information for theoretical conceptions of attentional selection, and emphasizes the importance of covert attention for target selection during visual foraging.
Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in School Psychology:  Excavation by De-Implementing the Disproved
Authors: Shaw Steven
Published: December 2020

The scientist-practitioner model of practice is the most common approach to the profession of school psychology and embraces evidence-based practices as foundations of clinical practice. The focus on evidence-based practices involves not only using the preponderance of research to determine what works, but also how to implement these practices effectively. An important impediment to implementing innovative evidence-based practices is that interventions and practices that have been proved ineffective or of low value continue to be used in education and psychology. What are the issues that assist in discontinuing practices that are widely used, but have been disproved or are otherwise problematic? How can room be made for more effective, innovative, and evidence-based practices? This issue of the Canadian Journal of School Psychology is devoted to exploration of different forms of disproved, low value, or problematic practices, factors that keep these practices alive in schools, and how to best de-implement ineffective and problematic practices. If the scientist-practitioner model is to be defined largely by the implementation of evidence-based practices, then de-implementation will be a critical aspect in the evolution of the profession of school psychology.
A personal essay on Bayes factors
Authors: Navarro Danielle
Published: December 2020

This is an archived version of a blog post on Bayes factors. It is a personal reflection on some of the practical issues that one encounters when attempting to apply Bayes factors to difficult inference problems. The main message of the piece is real world inference is hard and that being too prescriptive about how statistics must be done is generally a recipe for disaster.
Contributing to an Evidence-Based Practice in Canadian School Psychology
Authors: Shaw Steven
Published: December 2020

The Canadian Journal of School Psychology has established itself as one of the leading scholarly journals in the profession of school psychology. In addition to promoting a Canada-wide version of professional school psychology, CJSP will continue to be an international leader for innovation and contributions to creating an evidence-based profession. CJSP will continue to publish the highest quality research and scholarship that contributes to the practice of school psychology, supports professionals working in schools and clinics, and presents new approaches to support the mental health, learning, and development of children and adolescents. The accomplishments and contents from 2020 are reviewed and a roadmap is described for the future of CJSP.