bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Desire and Marketizing English Version of Education as a Commodity in the Linguistic Market in Bangladesh
Authors: Roshid M Moninoor , Sultana Shaila
Published: March 2023

In recent years, the globalization of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) policy has grown exponentially, driven by socio-economic, political, cultural, and educational desires and forces. Despite having a well-established elite English-medium education in Bangladesh, EMI-based, a new type of education system has emerged recently at primary and secondary levels called English-version (EV) education. This paper investigates parents' desires to choose EV schools for their children and how those desires contribute to marketizing EV schools as a new and popular commodity in the education market of Bangladesh. Data were collected using open-ended questionnaires from 120 parents of primary school children studying at five EV schools. Moreover, further qualitative data was collected by conducting three follow-up focus group discussions (FGDs) with 14 parents and three key informant interviews (KIIs) with three EV school principals. Findings show that parents believe in the material value and promises of English as a linguistic capital that has implanted multiple desires in them for their children. They aspire for their children in EV to benefit from their improved English skills in the future at a reasonable cost while continuing to uphold Bangladeshi culture and values. In other words, the exponential market of EVs lies in its affordable cost and future benefits, in tandem with an informed distance from the culture associated with the English language.
Prototype Design of Solar Collector Hybrid Heating System and Testing of Triethylene Glycol Nanofluid
Authors: BABALIOĞLU Muhammed , BÜYÜKPATPAT Hakan , GENÇ Abdullah
Published: March 2023

The inclusion of solar energy, which is a renewable energy source, in heating systems in buildings provides significant advantages. To make heating with solar energy sufficient and efficient, nanofluids are used in solar collectors. In this study, a hybrid heating prototype is produced, a control mechanism controlling the operation of the hybrid system is established and tests are carried out by including monoethylene glycol, propylene glycol, aluminum oxide, copper oxide, titanium dioxide, especially triethylene glycol-based nanofluids in the system. Finally, a new nanofluid is obtained by mixing triethylene glycol with aluminum oxide and is tested on the prototype. With the tests carried out under the same conditions, the temperature differences of the nanofluids in a certain time period are observed and recorded. It is observed that the mixture of water and triethylene glycol provided the lowest temperature increase by providing a temperature increase of 8.6 °C in the range of 0-90 minutes. It also is observed that the highest temperature increase is achieved with the 21 °C temperature increase of the pure water and aluminum oxide mixture. Although the water and triethylene glycol mixture performs more inefficiently than other mixtures, it is thought that it can be used for heat storage since it heats up for a long time and cools down for a long time.
Ценности и коммуникативные смыслы современного интернет-пространства
Authors: Мельникова Алевтина Яковлевна , Ершов Вадим Юрьевич , Булаева Марина Николаевна
Published: March 2023

Современная реальность рождает новые ценности. В данной статье авторы обращаются к новым ценностям и смыслам интернет-пространства, которое формирует специфическое взаимодей-ствие участников интернет-сообщества. Обращаясь к данным, полученным в ходе исследова-ния, авторы отмечают повышение интереса граждан разных возрастных категорий к электрон-ному взаимодействию, изменение уровня значимости и, как следствие, повышение ценности виртуального взаимодействия. Интернет является не только продуктом технологической рево-люции, но и выступает в качестве социокультурного феномена, оказывающего значимое влия-ние на все сферы жизнедеятельности.
Психологическая безопасность педагогов
в условиях дистанционного образования
Authors: Серых Анна Борисовна , Бугаева Александра Сергеевна
Published: March 2023

Исследуется феномен психологической безопасности в образовании и анализируется влияние дистанционного образования на психологическую безопасность педагогов. В качестве рекомен-даций по выявлению уровня психологической безопасности сотрудников образовательного пространства, осуществляющих трудовую деятельность в дистанционном режиме, предлагается ряд диагностических методик.
Морское образование в России:
из истории лоцманских классов Кронштадтского порта
Authors: Каралаш Наталья Ивановна , Бураковская Марина Васильевна
Published: March 2023

Становление морского образования в России имеет многовековую историю. На рубеже XVII и XVIII веков оно не входило в систему государственной политики. Естественную часть обуче-ния составляли основы христианского вероучения. Внимание к проблемам образования изме-нилось в петровское время. Строительство флота требовало комплекса мер по организации спе-циального морского образования непосредственно в России. Впервые эксперимент «обучения в лоцманы» был предпринят Обществом кронштадтских лоцманов в 1869 году. Тема подготовки лоцманских кадров для редкой морской профессии – лоцман – оставалась нетронутой до второй половины ХIХ века и никогда всесторонне не исследовалась. Для подготовки данной статьи использованы документы из фондов Центрального государственного исторического архива Санкт-Петербурга (ЦГИА СПб), Российского государственного архива Военно-Морского флота (РГА ВМФ), Российского государственного исторического архива Санкт-Петербурга (РГИА), и фондов Российской национальной библиотеки (РНБ).
ANALYTICAL MODEL AND NUMERICAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL FOR A SUBMERSIBLE SYNCHRONOUS HYDROGENERATOR
Authors: DUMITRU CONSTANTIN , BUNEA FLORENTINA , NEDELCU ADRIAN , TANASE NICOLAE , MIHAIESCU GHEORGHE MIHAI
Published: March 2023

The main objective of the paper is to demonstrate the functionality and reliability of a hydrokinetic turbine system – a submersible electric generator, suitable for very low watercourses. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to design and build a prototype of a hydrokinetic turbine, coupled with an electric generator with excitation made with permanent magnets. This paper presents an analytical model and a finite element numerical model for estimating the electrical parameters of the generator (voltage, current, power, etc.). The two models were compared, and the results were extrapolated, in the analytical model, for several speed values.
Soil heavy metals in Dagestan Republic and human health risk assessment
Authors: Abdulagatov Ilmutdin M. , Yahyaev Magomedpazil А. , Salikhov Shamil K. , Karaeva Ainaz F.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. The comprehensive studies of heavy metal content in soils around the world are extremely important for the assessment and prediction of environmental risks due to their impact on human health. To prevent and restore heavy metal pollution in soil, source identiﬁcation and risk assessment of heavy metals are requiring.
Aims and objectives. The purpose of the present work is to find the correlations (direct links) between human’s health (endocrine diseases) and a heavy metal to prevent the endocrine diseases of the population.
Materials and methods. A total of six hundred fifty seven samples of agricultural soil were collected and five heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Mn, Co, and Pb), were analyzed for their concentrations, pollution levels and human health impact.
Results. A total of 657 surface soil samples (0–20 cm) from agricultural areas of Dagestan Republic, five kinds of metals (Zn, Co, Cu, Mn, and Pb) were analyzed.
Limitations. To check of the reliability of the results obtained on the relationship between the content of Zn, Co, Cu, Mn, Pb in soils and blood of the population with the prevalence of endocrine diseases (diabetes mellitus, endemic goiter) in the population, repeated studies are needed to expand the list of heavy elements, diseases of the population, and the geography of coverage of the study area.
Conclusions. The relationship of endocrine diseases with the concentration of heavy metals in the soils of the flat zone of Dagestan Republic (DR) and patient’s blood was found. The level of МРС (maximum permissible concentration) for Mn was is revealed to be within (0.45–1.29), while for Pb as 0.5–0.0). The results of the present study showed that the concentrations of Co and Cu in the soils of DR are low than МРС.
Current concepts of the radio-biological effects of plutonium and uranium (Based on ICRP Publication 150)
Authors: Parinov Oleg V. , Semenova Mariya P. , Shandala Natalya K. , Lyaginskaya Antonina M. , Metlyaev Evgeny G. , Kuptsov Vladimir V. , Bogdanov Iliya I.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. The article discusses the health risks associated with exposure to plutonium and uranium, given in ICRP Publication 150 and relevant in the context of the development of technologies, the production of new types of nuclear fuel.
Cancer risk from plutonium exposure. Exposure to plutonium occurs predominantly in industrial settings. After inhalation and deposition in the respiratory tract, plutonium is eliminated by particle transport to the digestive tract and lymph nodes, and by absorption into the blood. The main risk associated with exposure to plutonium is lung cancer. Comparing the lifetime excess risk of mortality from lung cancer due to external gamma radiation (based on a lifetime survey of Japanese residents who survived the atomic bombing) and internal exposure to plutonium alpha particles (based on a study of Mayak employees), for the same absorbed dose to the lungs, the risk associated with exposure to plutonium alpha particles was found to be greater than the risk associated with external gamma exposure by about 15–16 and 19–22 times.
Cancer risk from exposure to uranium. At present, there is very little evidence to suggest a relationship between internal dose due to uranium exposure and cancer risk. ICRP Publication 150 provides a critical review of the UNSCEAR Report 2016 (2017) and discusses recent epidemiological studies. There are different health hazards at different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle, given the different forms of uranium present at each stage. Estimating doses from exposure to uranium for workers in the nuclear fuel cycle is difficult due to the relatively rapid elimination of uranium from the bloodstream, variability in exposure to uranium compounds, and differences in the methods used to control internal exposure. Based on published research data, it is not possible to quantify the risk of cancer from uranium by doses to individual organs/tissues.
Conclusion. Research was carried out as a part of the study of the properties of new types of nuclear fuel should take into account the comprehensive data presented in ICRP Publication 150.
Determination of the peroxide anion radical in water by the chemiluminescent method
Authors: Stekhin Anatoly A. , Yakovleva Galina V.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. The necessity of the analysis of peroxide anion radicals in the aqueous medium as the main element performing a special role in the management of internal processes in the body is substantiated.
Goals and objectives of the study. Creation of methodological support for the determination of a superoxide anion radical in drinking waters, providing metrological characteristics of parameterization of its systemic homeostatic action in a biologically significant concentration range. The task of the study was to find a method and optimal conditions for determining the concentration of peroxide anion radical in drinking waters that differ in their electrochemical parameters.
Materials and methods. As an analytical instrument for measuring ultra-low concentrations of hydrogen peroxide in water (more than 0.1 µg/l), a kinetic chemiluminescent analyzer was used (liquid chemiluminescent analyzer “LIK Universal”, TU 9443-001-42844321-03).) Parametrization of the ratio of anion-radical and free molecular forms of hydrogen peroxide in the specified range of its concentrations in water was carried out by HPLC. A capillary cryophysical method based on the selection of chains of self-similar aqueous associates was used to estimate the dimensional parameters of the associates of peroxide anion radicals.
Results. The dependence of the integral chemiluminescence intensity on the concentration of superoxide anion radicals in water was established to be linear only in the range of peroxide concentrations from 0 to 40 µg/l. At the same time, the time to reach the maximum intensity of the glow depends on the concentration of the peroxide anion radical in water. By studying the dimensional parameters of associates of peroxide anion radicals from the content of hydrogen peroxide in water, it was found that in the range of ultra-low concentrations they practically do not change for a sufficiently long time, which is due to the stability of the isomerism of water molecules in this concentration range.
Limitations. The objects, composition, quantitative limits and conditions for measuring anion radical peroxide using this technique apply to drinking water, the quality and control methods of which are regulated by regulatory documents of the international community.
Conclusion. A method for estimating the content of peroxide-anion radical in water based on the use of a kinetic chemiluminescence method with a sensitivity
of about 10–1 µg/l in small volumes of water (50–200 µl) has been developed, which has sufficient accuracy and reproducibility for practical purposes.
Determination of the elemental homeostasis in children population in Zabaikalsky Krai by multi-element instrumental neutron activation analysis
Authors: Mikhailova Larisa A. , Baranovskaya Natalia V. , Bondarevich Evgeny A. , Vitkovsky Yuri A. , Zhornyak Lina V. , Epova Ekaterina S. , Eremin Oleg V. , Nimaeva Balzhit V. , Ageeva Elena V.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. The biogeochemical environment of the territory of the Eastern Zabaikalye is characterized by excess, deficiency or unfavourable ratio of many macro- and microelements in soil, water and vegetation. This is due to the metallogenic characteristics of the region and industrial mining activities, carried out for more than three hundred years.
The aim of the study was to investigate the accumulation of chemical elements in the hair in children and to identify specifics in their distribution depending on the naturally occurring and technogenic factors.
Materials and method. Hair samples were taken from seventy nine 5-12 years children living in the areas of geochemical anomalies and in the administrative centre of the region, Chita. The elemental composition of the samples for 28 chemical elements was determined by multi-element instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Statistical processing of the results was carried out using nonparametric methods, concentration coefficients were calculated relative to the regional background.
Results. In settlements (V-Shakhtaminsky, Sherlovaya Gora, Kalga, Urulyungui) located in the zone of geochemical anomalies, which formation is associated with the presence of various and numerous deposits of lead-zinc, gold-polymetallic, tin, molybdenum ore and mining operations, the maximum amount of substances with content exceeding the regional background is observed in the biosubstrate. The values of concentration ratios above the background were established for antimony, gold, arsenic, europium, ytterbium, silver, rare-earth elements, cobalt, chromium, zinc and iron.
Limitations. In studying the elemental homeostasis of children and adolescents living in natural and anthropogenic geochemical anomalies of Zabaikalsky Krai, the content of 28 chemical elements in hair was analyzed.
Conclusion. The revealed characteristics of distribution and accumulation of certain spectrum of chemical substances in biosubstrate in children and adolescents reflect both metallogenic features of each territory and technogenic impact, which allows forming an idea of a unique regional component of the elemental homeostasis in the population.
On the representativeness of hygienic and sanitary data
Authors: Danilov-Danilyan Viktor I. , Rosenthal Oleg M.
Published: March 2023

Hygienic and sanitary research, as a rule, are related to the selective control. In this case, the decision on the quantitative characteristics of environmental factors or public health is based on the results of checking one or more selections of samples, and environmental quality is assessed by comparing the values of these characteristics with standards, primarily – maximum allowable concentrations of pollutants. Strict legal regulation of such work is necessary, but the current regulatory documents are incomplete and even contradictory. There are erroneous decisions due to unrepresentativeness, not only to the insufficient amount of initial data, but also to their unsatisfactory processing. The consequence of such decisions is unjustified requirements for enterprises that pollute the environment, charging inflated payments for a negative impact on the environment, etc. Using the example of monitoring for highly variable indicators of the quality of natural and waste waters, showed that in order to make a correct conclusion about the fulfillment or violation of hygienic and sanitary requirements, based on a comparison of several samples, it is necessary to equalize their statistical weights. Violation of this condition can lead to the dependence, oriented in one direction in stratified datasets, will acquire the opposite direction after their summation. In preventing such errors, the role of territorial bodies of sanitary and epidemiological control and supervision is essential.
Modeling the dynamics of key integrated indicators for the COVID-19 spread in St. Petersburg
Authors: Gerasimenko Petr V.
Published: March 2023

The author carried out the modeling of the dynamics of key integrated indicators for the COVID-19 outbreak in St. Petersburg, Russia. The dynamics of infection, recovery and mortality in the region was analyzed based on the monitoring data of the Coordination Council to control the incidence of the novel coronavirus infection in St. Petersburg. The analysis showed that it was possible to quickly make a shortterm forecast for the pandemic spread based on the polynomial regression of integral indicators. Through forecasting, administrative and sanitary institutions have the possibility to make suitable management decisions on the creation of normal conditions for maintaining the public health.
For citation: Gerasimenko PV. Modeling the dynamics of key integrated indicators of the COVID-19 spread in St. Petersburg. City Healthсare. 2023;4(1): 83-89 doi: 10.47619/2713-2617.zm.2023.v.4i1;83-89.
Performance management assessment in agriculture organisations (using factorial parameters case of Albania)
Authors: Sinaj Zamira , Ramosacaj Miftar , Kushta Elmira
Published: March 2023

The relevance of the study is determined by the need to identify solutions to increase the productivity of agricultural and food enterprises in Albania and to improve their production. The purpose of the study is to analyse the production of agricultural and food products, the level of remuneration of agricultural workers, the impact of state financial assistance on production volumes, and to provide proposals for increasing productivity in the agricultural sector. The methodological approach is based on: statistical analysis, the analogy method, graphical method, method of logical generalisation. The key findings are the substantiation of the expediency of mechanisation in the production of agricultural products, and an increase in the budgetary financial support and the wages of employees to boost the productivity of agricultural enterprises, reducing the dependence on imported goods and increasing the export of Albanian agricultural products to the world markets. The authors confirmed that to enhance the productivity of agricultural and food enterprises, it is necessary to focus on raising the wages of workers, mechanising production, and expanding the area of irrigated land. This will raise the competitiveness of Albania's agricultural and food products to a new level and increase its exports to the world markets. The findings of the study and the conclusions formulated on their basis are of practical importance for the managers of agricultural and food enterprises in Albania when developing measures to increase the productivity of workers, as well as for the government of the country when approving the areas of financial support for economic activities
Various production planning models for manufacturing execution systems
Authors: Kurmanov Serik
Published: March 2023

Presently, many enterprises are automating all processes in their production, and the metallurgical industry is no exception. There are many software products for industrial automation on the market today. Such products allow bringing certain processes to a single management process, displaying all processes and automatically monitoring performance indicators, thereby assessing the effectiveness of the models implemented in the enterprise and the operation of the entire enterprise in general. The purpose of this study is to consider which production planning models are currently used for manufacturing execution system (MES) and highlight their features, specifically when implemented at metallurgical enterprises. The study employed the following methods: analysis, synthesis, comparison, graphical presentation of data. The information basis of this paper included the studies of Russian, European, American, Asian specialists investigating the implementation of an integrated management system (MES) in the metallurgical industry. The results of this study allowed highlighting the features of existing production planning models for manufacturing execution systems (MES) in the metallurgical industry. This study is of practical importance because it allows highlighting the major features of various production planning models for manufacturing execution systems (MES) in the metallurgical industry and based on a comparative analysis, choosing the best one to implement at the enterprise. The results of a comparative analysis of production planning models for manufacturing execution systems (MES) in the metallurgical industry can also lead to the fact that an enterprise may abandon one model that is already operating in the enterprise and switch to a new, more progressive model that meets all the requirements and development trends market in the steel industry
Problem of food waste based on a survey among young citizens in Poznań at household level
Authors: Zięba Milena
Published: March 2023

Food waste has a negative impact on people around the world, affecting the economy, environment, and society. Recognized as an international problem, much effort has been taken to identify goals and potential measures to reduce waste at every stage of the supply chain, both domestically and globally. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted among young adult residents (aged 18–25) of Poznań, a city with a population of over 500,000, with the aim of identifying the reasons for food waste by consumers, exploring methods to reduce it, and determining the level of public awareness of the issue and its consequences at household-level. The study found that consumers have difficulty purchasing adequate amounts of food and tend to prepare excessively large portions. The results provide valuable information for local governments, municipal authorities, companies, shops, schools, and other institutions that can use it to organize educational and informational campaigns targeted at consumers.
İşletmelerin Türkiye Muhasebe Standartları Uygulamalarında Karşılaştığı Sorunlar: Borsa İstanbul’da Bir Araştırma
Authors: DURSUN Adem , GÜNGÖR KARYAĞDI Nazan
Published: March 2023

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Bu çalışmada, Borsa İstanbul’da faaliyet gösteren işletmelerin muhasebe standartları uygulanmalarında karşılaştığı sorunların tespit edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada nicel veri yöntemleri içerisinde yer alan anket tekniği kullanılmış olup; araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgular SPSS paket programında analiz edilerek değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırmada Borsa İstanbul’da faaliyet gösteren 479 evren içerisinden 251 firmanın anketi çalışmaya dâhil edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, muhasebe standartlarının işletmelerin mevcut yoğunluğuna ek olarak yoğunluk oluşturması, işlemlerin yapıldığı anda yöntemlerde değişikliklerin yapılması, ara dönem mali tablo düzenlemesinde zorlukların yaşanması (yılsonu yapılacak işlemlerin nasıl yapılacağına ilişkin yaşanan sorunlar), standartların eğitimi konusunda yetersizliğin olması ve değer düşüklüğü testinin yapılması dönemi (yıl sonu-ara dönem) noktasında birtakım sorunların yaşandığı tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmada elde edilen bir diğer sonuç ise, Borsa İstanbul’da faaliyet gösteren firmaların daha çok raporlama ve vergi konularını esas alan standartları kullandıkları görülmektedir. Çalışmada firmaların en çok kullandığı Türkiye Muhasebe Standartları (TMS) tespit edilmiştir. Bu standartlar sırasıyla; TMS-1, TMS-7, TMS-32, TMS-12, TMS-2, TMS-23 ve TMS-27 standartları olarak belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Standartlar, Muhasebe Standartları, ,Borsa İstanbul, İşletmeler, Sorunlar
Sou da EJA
Authors: Ferreira Francisca Moreira
Published: March 2023

Tema: Educação de Pessoas Jovens, Adultas e Idosas - Educação e Envelhecimento.
Desconstruindo para construir: a atuação da Linguística aplicada como compreensão no ensino de produção textual com foco na recuperação da aprendizagem de Língua portuguesa entre estudantes do Ensino Médio no pós-pandemia
Authors: Ayres Thayná Fontan Duarte
Published: March 2023

RESUMO: O artigo obteve o preterido tema a fim de envolver os estudantes em virtude de ser desenvolvido na perspectiva de habilidades e competências que contemplem o exame que exige bastante preparação: o Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM). Todavia, as aulas também estiveram centradas em um ensino no qual fosse abordado além de técnicas e dicas de escrita, mas um planejamento do discurso e mecanismos de argumentação os quais modificassem a forma de produzir uma redação. Por meio do projeto a ser relatado, pode-se desmistificar sensos e noções errôneas por parte dos próprios estudantes, tais como: “eu não sei argumentar”, “eu não possuo bons argumentos”, “argumentar é difícil”, pois os mesmos terão que construir, bem como efetivar a argumentação no processo de produção textual. O projeto foi realizado, também, com a intenção de reduzir os impactos na aprendizagem, causados pela pandemia do COVID-19. A pesquisa utilizada foi o método pesquisa-ação, onde a mesma deve ser um processo de ensino e aprendizagem para todos os participantes.

Palavras-chave: Estudantes. Argumentar. Produção textual. Pesquisa.

 

ABSTRACT: The article obtained the deprecated theme in order to involve students because it was developed from the perspective of skills and competences that contemplate the exam that requires a lot of preparation: the Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM). However, the classes were also centered on teaching in which it was addressed in addition to techniques and writing tips, but a discourse planning and argumentation mechanisms which would modify the way of producing an essay. Through the project to be reported, it is possible to demystify erroneous senses and notions on the part of the students themselves, such as: “I don't know how to argue”, “I don't have good arguments”, “arguing is difficult”, because they will have to construct, as well as to carry out the argumentation in the process of textual production. The project was also carried out with the intention of reducing the impacts on learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research used was the action-research method, where it should be a teaching and learning process for all participants.

Keywords: Students. To argue. Text production. Search.
O neofascismo no Brasil: entre escalas, abordagens e historicidade
Authors: Caldeira Neto Odilon
Published: March 2023

Esta réplica busca refletir sobre o artigo “Neofascism in Brazil, from local to global?” a partir dos comentários de Camilo López Burian, Carles Viñas Garcia, David Magalhães, Fábio Gentile, Gisela Pereyra Doval & Gastón Souroujon, Janaína Martins Cordeiro e Larissa Jacheta Riberti. A estrutura da réplica está divida em três pontos fundamentais: a questão das categorias de análise e conceitos mobilizados, a expansão e estrutura do neofascismo no Brasil, as possibilidades historiográficas a partir de questões comparadas, transnacionais e do campo de estudo sobre as direitas.
Sustainable Theatre: Theory, Context, Practice
Authors: Taxopoulou Iphigenia
Published: March 2023

This handbook provides practical guidance about how to embed environmental sustainability in theatre. It guides theatre practitioners and students towards “greening” the entire scope of the theatre-making processes and daily operations through practical advice and tools as well as an overview of the most effective methodologies on sustainable cultural management.

This green guide covers all areas of organisational change such as adopting an environmental mission statement; “greening” the office; running energy saving building audits; reconsidering waste management; reviewing procurement policies; monitoring and reducing impacts of touring/travelling/commuting; greening the production process; engaging staff and artists; and assuming environmental leadership. This is as much about reducing the sector’s measurable impacts on the environment, as it is about using the theatre’s enormous potential to shift existing cultural norms and contribute to a paradigm change.

This book explores the best green practices and policies in the theatre sector from across the world and includes interviews and case-studies of organisations with outstanding records of both artistic excellence and environmental leadership such as the National Theatre London, the Opera de Lyon, the Broadway Green Alliance, Julie’s Bicycle (UK), Greening the Theatre project (Griffith University, Australia), Gothenburg Opera (Sweden), Matthew Bourne Green Adventures, Sydney Theatre Company, and many more.

This book:
- Identifies new ways of being artistically creative, while using creativity and imagination to operate in an environmentally friendly manner- Helps design sustainability projects, from adopting the minimum non-cost basic principles- Knows where to find expert support and specialist advice when designing a long-term environmental policy plan or upscaling a green project- acquires and passes on knowledge from experienced individuals and organisations
Weaving Europe, Crafting the Museum
Authors: Buchczyk Magdalena
Published: March 2023

Weaving Europe, Crafting the Museum explores the history and the changing material culture in Europe, through in-depth explorations of five textile objects; a weaving tool, a woven basket, a carpet, a waistcoat and a dress. Using textiles from a German museum (the Museum of European Cultures in Berlin) to tell their stories in wide-ranging chapters, the book locates fabrics as part of a kaleidoscopic story of textile cultures. Combining new archival research with ethnography, it proposes that textiles can be simultaneously used as the material object of research, and as a metaphorical device, a lens through which we can view museums.

Each chapter focuses on one object story and can be read individually. Swooping from 19th-century wax figure cabinets, Nazi-era collections, Cold War exhibitions in East and West Berlin, and institutional reshuffling after German unification, it reveals the dramatically changing story of the museum and its collection. Based on research with museum curators, makers and users of the textiles in Italy and Germany, Poland and Romania, the book provides intimate insights into how objects are mobilised to very different social and political effects. It sheds new light on movements across borders, political uses of textiles by fascist and communist regimes, the objects’ fall into oblivion, as well as their heritage and tourist afterlives. Addressing this complex museum legacy, the book suggests new pathways to prefigure the future.

Featuring new archival and ethnographic research, evocative examples and images, it is an essential read for students of textile and material culture, museum and curatorial studies as well as anyone interested in history, heritage and craft.
Uncurating Sound
Authors: Voegelin Salomé
Published: March 2023

Uncurating Sound performs, across five chapters, a deliberation between art, politics, knowledge and normativity. It foregrounds the perfidy of norms and engages in the curatorial as a colonial knowledge project, whose economy of exploitation draws a straight line from Enlightenment’s desire for objectivity, through sugar, cotton and tobacco, via lives lost and money made to the violence of contemporary art.

It takes from curation the notion of care and thinks it through purposeful inefficiency as resistance: going sideways and another way. Thus it moves curation through the double negative of not not to “uncuration”: untethering knowledge from the expectations of reference and a canonical frame, and reconsidering art as political not in its message or aim, but by the way it confronts the institution.

Looking at Kara Walker’s work, the book invites the performance of the curatorial via indivisible connections and processes. Reading Kathy Acker and Adrian Piper it speculates on how the body brings us to knowledge beyond the ordinary. Playing Kate Carr and Ellen Fullman it re-examines Modernism’s colonial ideology, and materialises the vibrational presence of a plural sense. Listening to Marguerite Humeau and Manon de Boer it avoids theory but agitates a direct knowing from voice and hands, and feet and ears that disorder hegemonic knowledge strands in favour of local, tacit, feminist and contingent knowledges that demand like Zanele Muholi’s photographs, an ethical engagement with the work/world.
Sex and Gender in Pop/Rock Music
Authors: Everett Walter
Published: March 2023

Following the 1960's sexual revolution, rock and pop have continued to map the societal understanding of sexuality, feminism, and gender studies. Although scholarship has well established how early rock and roll encouraged and affected issues of sex in the baby boomer generation, this book asks how subsequent pop music has maintained that tradition.

The text discusses the gendered performances and biographical experiences of individual musicians, including Patti Smith, Rufus Wainwright, Etta James, and Frank Ocean, and how their invented personae contribute to musical representations of sexuality. It evaluates lyric structure and symbolic language of these artists, and overall emphasizes how pop music, while a commodity art form, reflects the diversity of human sex and gender.
Revisiting the Hill of Pnyx: The Physical, Rhetorical, and Sociocultural Contexts
Authors: Serafim Andreas
Published: March 2023

This paper offers a holistic reconsideration and reexamination of what the transmitted texts say about the political and rhetorical processes on the hill of Pnyx in classical Athens. It has three specific aims: (1) to explore existing ancient literature references to the Pnyx as a physical and constitutional/political place; (2) to identify and discuss a wide range of aspects of rhetoric in action, or performance, in a suitable sample of symbouleutic (or political) speeches – specifically, the three Olynthiacs and the four Philippics of Demosthenes; and (3) to offer answers to the question about the how physical conditions and the architectural form of the Pnyx might have affected acoustics and delivery of speeches, and why the hill was chosen to be the location of the Athenian Assembly meetings.
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS MASALAH UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR FISIKA SISWA KELAS X MIA SMA NEGERI 9 MALINAU
Authors: SUJITA NUR
Published: March 2023

This research is a class action research (classroom action research) which aims to determine the increase in student physics learning outcomes through the application of problem-based learning in the odd semester of the 2021/2022 school year consisting of 9 students. This research was conducted in two cycles consisting of four activities, namely: planning, action, observation, and reflection. Cycle I was carried out for 3 weeks and cycle II for 2 weeks. The collection of learning outcome data was carried out using a learning achievement test in each cycle, in Cycle I a learning achievement test was carried out and in Cycle II a learning achievement test was carried out at the end of the cycle. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results of the quantitative analysis of physics learning outcomes data showed that the number of students who passed the first cycle test was 9 people or 66.7% and the second cycle was 9 people or 88.9%. The results of the qualitative analysis showed that there was an increase in the physics learning activities of class X MIA SMA NEGERI 9 MALINAU. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that learning physics through problem-based learning can improve learning activities and learning outcomes of physics students in class X MIA SMA NEGERI 9 MALINAU.
ABSTRAKPenelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (classroom action research) yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui peningkatan hasil belajar fisika siswa melalui penerapan pembelajaran berbasis masalah pada semester ganjil tahun pelajaran 2021/2022 yang terdiri dari 9 orang siswa. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dua siklus yang terdiri dari empat kegiatan, yaitu: Perencanaan, pelaksanaan tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi. Siklus I dilaksanakan selama 3 minggu dan siklus II selama 2 minggu. Pengumpulan data hasil belajar dilakukan dengan menggunakan tes hasil belajar pada setiap siklus, pada Siklus I dilakukan tes hasil belajar dan pada Siklus II dilakukan tes hasil belajar pada akhir Siklus. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil analisis kuantitatif data hasil belajar fisika menunjukkan bahwa jumlah siswa yang tuntas pada tes siklus I adalah 9 orang atau 66,7% dan siklus II adalah 9 orang atau 88.9%. Hasil analisis kualitatif menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan aktivitas belajar fisika siswa kelas X MIA SMA NEGERI 9 MALINAU. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa pembelajaran fisika melalui Pembelajaran Berbasis Masalah dapat meningkatkan aktivitas belajar dan hasil belajar fisika siswa kelas X MIA SMA NEGERI 9 MALINAU.
UPAYA MENINGKATKAN PEMAHAMAN KIMIA MATERI HIDROKARBON MELALUI MODEL DISCOVERY LEARNING PESERTA DIDIK KELAS XI MIPA 6 SMA NEGERI 2 KUTA
Authors: MUKASARI NENGAH
Published: March 2023

This research is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) with the Kemmis and Mc Taggart models which were carried out in two research cycles. This study aims to increase students' understanding of Hydrocarbon material in class XI MIPA 6 at SMA Negeri 2 Kuta Badung through the application of discovery learning models. The subjects of this study were students in class XI MIPA 6 at SMA Negeri 2 Kuta Badung Odd Semester for the 2022/2023 academic year, which consisted of 30 students. Data collection techniques in this study used a test for understanding chemistry. The indicator of the success of this study was more than 70% of students' activeness and 85% of students achieving KKM of 65. The results showed that through the application of the Discovery Learning learning model it could increase students' understanding of Chemistry on Hydrocarbons material. This can be seen from the increase in class average scores and student learning completeness. The average class value in cycle I was 73.83, and cycle II was 80.50. Student completeness as measured by cognitive competency tests in cycle I was 86.67%, and cycle II was 90.00%. This means that there is an increase from cycle I to cycle II of 6.67% in the average value of students and an increase in student mastery of 3.33%.
ABSTRAKPenelitian ini merupakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) dengan model Kemmis dan Mc Taggart yang dilakukan dalam dua siklus penelitian. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman peserta didik pada materi Hidrokarbon kelas XI MIPA 6 di SMA Negeri 2 Kuta Badung melalui penerapan model pembelajaran discovery learning. Subjek penelitian ini adalah peserta didik kelas XI MIPA 6 SMA Negeri 2 Kuta Badung Semester Ganjil Tahun Pelajaran 2022/2023 yang berjumlah 30 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan tes untuk pemahaman Kimia. Indikator keberhasilan penelitian ini sebesar lebih dari 70% keaktifan siswa dan 85% siswa mencapai KKM sebesar 65. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa melalui penerapan model pembelajaran Discovery Learning dapat meningkatkan pemahaman Kimia peserta didik pada materi Hidrokarbon. Hal tersebut dapat dilihat dari adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata kelas dan ketuntasan belajar siswa. Rata-rata nilai kelas pada siklus I sebesar 73,83, dan siklus II sebesar 80,50. Ketuntasan belajar siswa yang diukur dengan tes kompetensi kognitif pada siklus I sebesar 86.67%, dan siklus II sebesar 90.00%. Hal ini berarti ada peningkatan dari siklus I ke siklus II sebesar 6,67% pada nilai rata-rata siswa dan peningkatan ketuntasan belajar siswa sebesar 3,33%.
Mobile MAX-DOAS observations of tropospheric NO2 and HCHO during summer over the Three Rivers' Source region in China
Authors: Cheng Siyang , Cheng Xinghong , Ma Jianzhong , Xu Xiangde , Zhang Wenqian , Lv Jinguang , Bai Gang , Chen Bing , Ma Siying , Ziegler Steffen , Donner Sebastian , Wagner Thomas
Published: March 2023

Abstract. The tropospheric concentrations of nitrogen dioxide
(NO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO) have high spatio-temporal variability,
and in situ observations of these trace gases are still scarce, especially in
remote background areas. We made four similar circling journeys of mobile multi-axis differential optical
absorption spectroscopy
(MAX-DOAS) measurements in the Three Rivers' Source region over the Tibetan
Plateau in summer (18–30 July) 2021 for the first time. The differential
slant column densities (DSCDs) of NO2 and HCHO were retrieved from the
measured spectra, with very weak absorptions along the driving routes. The
tropospheric NO2 and HCHO vertical column densities (VCDs) were
calculated from their DSCDs by the geometric approximation method, and they
were further filtered to form reliable data sets by eliminating the
influences of sunlight shelters and the vehicle's vibration and bumpiness. The
observational data show that the tropospheric NO2 and HCHO VCDs
decreased with the increasing altitude of the driving route, whose
background levels ± standard deviations were 0.40 ± 1.13×1015 molec. cm−2 for NO2 and 2.27±1.66×1015 molec. cm−2 for HCHO in
July 2021 over the Three Rivers' Source region. The NO2 VCDs show
similar geographical distribution patterns between the different circling
journeys, but the levels of the HCHO VCDs are different between the
different circling journeys. The elevated NO2 VCDs along the driving
routes usually corresponded to enhanced transport emissions from the
towns crossed. However, the spatial distributions of the HCHO VCDs depended
significantly on natural and meteorological conditions, such as surface
temperature. By comparing TROPOMI satellite products and mobile MAX-DOAS
results, we found that TROPOMI NO2 and HCHO VCDs have large positive
offsets in the background atmosphere over the main area of the Three Rivers'
Source. Our study provides valuable data sets and information of NO2
and HCHO over the Tibetan Plateau, benefitting the scientific community in
investigating the spatio-temporal evolution of atmospheric composition in
the background atmosphere at high altitudes, validating and improving the
satellite products over mountain terrains, and evaluating the model's
ability to simulate atmospheric chemistry over the Tibetan Plateau.
Contaminants in Urban Stormwater: Barcelona case study
Authors: Teixidó Marc , Schmidlin Diego , Xu Jiaqi , Scheiber Laura , Chesa Maria José , Vázquez-Suñé Enric
Published: March 2023

Abstract. Today's cities face simultaneous challenges due to rapidly growing
populations, urban sprawl, climate change, and environmental pollution which
pose a pressure on our traditional urban drinking water supplies. In this
context, stormwater could augment our over-drafted urban groundwater
resources. However, urban stormwater runoff carries a myriad of dissolved
contaminants (e.g., organics, metals, nutrients), which pose a serious risk
to the environmental and public health. Moreover, dissolved contaminants of
urban origin – such as trace metals and organic compounds of emerging
concern – may not be adequately removed by conventional stormwater
treatments. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to fully understand
stormwater contaminant presence, transport, and fate in the built
environment to design novel or improve conventional treatment systems. To
address this knowledge gap, we have conducted 7 field sampling campaigns
during storm events at different Barcelona locations (within 3 districts) to
investigate contaminant presence in different urban compartments (e.g.,
roofs, conventional streets with automobile traffic, pedestrian streets, and
green infrastructure outlets). Preliminary results have confirmed presence
of toxic metals in Barcelona urban rain and stormwater runoff along with
significant differences depending on the catchment areas. After a storm
event, trace metal concentrations followed the order: roof rain <
pedestrian street runoff < conventional street runoff. Additionally,
blue-green infrastructures (bioretention systems) had lower mean metal
concentrations at the effluent (outlet) than the influents (inlet). Our
initial results on metal occurrence in stormwater collected in the city of
Barcelona will provide stormwater quality foundation for water agencies,
municipalities, and companies in other water-stressed regions with
Mediterranean climate.
Indian Ocean variability changes in the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project
Authors: Brierley Chris , Thirumalai Kaustubh , Grindrod Edward , Barnsley Jonathan
Published: March 2023

Abstract. The Indian Ocean exhibits multiple modes of interannual climate variability, whose future behaviour is uncertain. Recent analysis of glacial climates has uncovered an additional El Niño-like equatorial mode in the Indian Ocean, which could also emerge in future warm states. Here we explore changes in the tropical Indian Ocean simulated by the Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project (PMIP4). These simulations are performed by an ensemble of models contributing to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 and over four coordinated experiments: three past periods – the mid-Holocene (6000 years ago), the Last Glacial Maximum (21 000 years ago), the last interglacial (127 000 years ago) – and an idealized forcing scenario to examine the impact of greenhouse forcing. The two interglacial experiments are used to characterize the role of orbital variations in the seasonal cycle, whilst the other pair focus on responses to large changes in global temperature. The Indian Ocean Basin Mode (IOBM) is damped in both the mid-Holocene and last interglacial, with the amount related to the damping of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in the Pacific. No coherent changes in the strength of the IOBM are seen with global temperature changes; neither are changes in the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) nor the Niño-like mode. Under orbital forcing, the IOD robustly weakens during the mid-Holocene experiment, with only minor reductions in amplitude during the last interglacial. Orbital changes do impact the SST pattern of the Indian Ocean Dipole, with the cold pole reaching up to the Equator and extending along it. Induced changes in the regional seasonality are hypothesized to be an important control on changes in the Indian Ocean variability.