bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Survey on Patients’ Opinions of Alternative Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Glaucoma in South-South Nigeria
Authors: Echieh Chigozie I. , Mercieca Karl , Eze Ugochukwu A. , Weber Constance , Akinyemi Adedeji , Ibanga Affiong A. , Echieh Chidiebere P.
Published: November 2023

PURPOSE:

Despite the human ocular surface being easily accessible, ocular drug delivery can be challenging. When applied improperly, topical medications, the most popular first-line treatment used to treat glaucoma, can have a very brief contact time with the ocular surface and may not have the desired therapeutic impact. Drug delivery devices are gadgets that can address some of these problems. This study aims to determine patients’ opinions on ocular drug delivery devices used in the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

METHODS:

A pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used in a cross-sectional study of 115 POAG patients recruited from outpatient clinics in two Nigerian tertiary health institutions. Participants were asked about their understanding and acceptance of five Ocular drug delivery systems (ODD), namely drug-emitting contact lenses (CL), punctual plugs, subconjunctival injections, intracameral implants, and trabecular meshwork micro-stents, for the treatment of POAG.

RESULTS:

Sixty (52.2%) participants, whose average age was 50 ± 9.8 years, were men. Self-pay was used for eye health treatments by 65% of participants. Of the participants, 68.7% admitted to using eye drops on their own. 57% of people were said to take their glaucoma medications consistently. CL and subconjunctival implants were seen to be most acceptable according to 39% and 30% of participants, respectively. Major factors determining the acceptability of ODD for POAG treatment were observed to be cost and effectiveness.

CONCLUSION:

Patients in our cohort who are being treated for POAG have a fairly positive attitude towards ODD. The prospective use of these devices for POAG treatment in Nigeria will depend on their efficacy and cost, as well as how ophthalmologists will weigh ODD options.
Efficacy of Lacrimal Sac Massage in Management of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction in Infants: An Observational Study of 853 Cases from a Single Institute of Eastern Asia
Authors: Nanda Debajyoti , Sarkar Manisha
Published: November 2023

PURPOSE:

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is the most common cause of epiphora in infants. It usually resolves completely by the end of 1st year with conservative management in most cases. Many studies have confirmed high frequency (80%–90%) of spontaneous resolution of symptoms during the 1st year of life. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the lacrimal sac massage in the treatment of CNLDO.

METHODS:

The study was done in a tertiary care hospital in eastern Asia over 5 years. Each infant presenting with epiphora and diagnosed as CNLDO was treated with lacrimal sac massage and reviewed after every 1 month. The resolution of CNLDO was judged by the improvement of epiphora and from the fluorescein dye disappearance test.

RESULTS:

Following conservative management, 740 (86.75%) infants recovered completely after 3 months of continuous lacrimal sac massvage. One hundred and five (12.31%) infants did not recover with sac massage even at 12 months, in which cases probing was done. Repeat probing was needed in six patients (0.07%). Two patients did not recover, and a dacrocystorhinostomy was carried out. About 70.6% of infants recovered within 6 months of age. Earlier the age of presentation, the lesser the morbidity.

CONCLUSION:

The incidence of CNLDO is about 6%–20% among infants. Several studies showed spontaneous resolution within 1st year of life. In this study, the success rate of resolution of symptoms in CNLDO with sac massage is 86.75%. Conservative management should be the first line of treatment till 12 months of age in CNLDO.
Corneal Haze Secondary to Corneal Collagen Cross-linking in Keratoconus Patients: Treatment and Outcomes
Authors: Sayegh Kevin H. , Sammouh Fady K. , Ayash Jad G. , El Chakik Ghina F. , Haddam Majd S. , Warrak Elias L.
Published: November 2023

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients presenting with mild-to-moderate corneal haze after undergoing corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) for keratoconus (KCN) and their response to a proposed standardized topical steroid-based treatment.

METHODS:

This study included 19 eyes of 14 patients presenting with corneal haze after undergoing CXL for KCN. Corrected distance visual acuity, corneal thickness and Kmax values by Pentacam® Scheimpflug tomography, as well as subjective corneal haze changes were evaluated before and after a topical steroid- and cyclosporine-based treatment.

RESULTS:

Visual acuity improved after the completion of the treatment by 0.043 logMAR (P = 0.017) and Kmax values decreased by 1.17D (P = 0.0024), while the corneal thinnest pachymetry remained stable. Data collected from the examiner’s slit-lamp examination description revealed that seven eyes had a decrease in haze compared to 12 eyes with stable or no changes in the haze.

CONCLUSION:

Our findings suggest an improvement in visual acuity and possible corneal flattening with decreasing Kmax after the completion of topical steroids with taper course treatment in patients suffering from corneal haze post-CXL. This paper also highlights the importance of postcross-linking anti-inflammatory treatment and close follow-up.
Oral Cavity Manifestations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: A COVID Hospital-based Study
Authors: Swain Santosh Kumar , Baliarsingh Prasenjit , Dubey Debasmita
Published: November 2023

Background:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory disease caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. COVID-19 infection presents with mild flu-like symptoms to severe respiratory illness, even respiratory failure. Oral cavity lesions are currently documented in the COVID-19 infections, which increases the morbidity of the patients.

Objective:

The aim of this study is to evaluate the different types of the oral cavity lesions in COVID-19 patient, including its symptoms and signs.

Materials and Methods:

This is a prospective observational study. COVID-19 patients were evaluated for oral cavity manifestations. The age ranges from 18 years to 65 years. All these patients underwent detailed examinations of the oral cavity and oropharynx with the help of headlight, along with wearing personal protective equipment.

Results:

Fifty-six COVID-19 patients showed oral cavity manifestations during their treatment period. The most common clinical entity in this study was gustatory disturbance (26.78%), followed by oral mucositis (14.28%), glossitis (12.50%), and ulcers (8.92%) in the oral cavity of the COVID-19 patients.

Conclusion:

COVID-19 infection significantly affects the oral cavity and salivary glands. Clinicians should keep in mind different lesions in the oral cavity and taste disturbances of COVID-19 patients, which will help the early diagnosis, treatment and avoid the morbidity of the patient.
Epithelioid extragastrointestinal stromal tumor in the pelvic cavity: A rare case at a rare location
Authors: Vishvam Divvay , Ahuja Sana , Zaheer Sufian , Ranga Sunil
Published: November 2023

Extraintestinal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are rare stromal tumors involving mesentery, omentum, and retroperitoneum. EGISTs of the pelvic cavity are extremely uncommon, and till date, no case of pure epithelioid type arising from the pelvic cavity has been reported. They pose a diagnostic pitfall as they may mimic ovarian malignancy. We present a unique case of an epithelioid extraintestinal stromal tumor arising from the pelvic cavity. A 43-43-year-old woman presented with complaints of abdominal pain and menstrual irregularities. Ultrasound examination revealed a large well-defined hypoechoic mass in the right pelvic cavity with a possible site of origin from the right ovary. A total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was done. Histopathological examination revealed an encapsulated tumor comprising predominantly of nests and lobules of epithelioid cells with round-to-oval nuclei, vesicular chromatin, and moderate amount of eosinophilic to clear cytoplasm. Mitotic activity was brisk along with focal areas of necrosis. On immunohistochemistry, tumor cells were diffusely and strongly positive for DOG1 and CD117. They were negative for smooth muscle actin, vimentin, S-100, and HMB-45. Based on these findings, a final diagnosis of the high-grade GIST epithelioid variant was made. It is crucial to make the correct preoperative diagnosis of GIST, since these patients may benefit from neoadjuvant imatinib, especially in case of large tumor size.
Artificial intelligence and skull imaging advancements in forensic identification
Authors: Zain-Alabdeen Ebtihal Habeeb , Felemban Doaa Fared
Published: November 2023

Managing the massive losses associated with large-scale disasters requires significant resources. The unexpected violence of these events generally remains a matter of casualties that urgently need to be identified in a reliable and cost-effective manner. To overcome these difficulties, many researchers have attempted to develop automated methods; moreover, a few recent research have investigated the applicability of artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods using skull, dental, and maxillofacial forensic imaging. In this review, we speculate on the advancement and potential of AI in Dental and Maxillofacial imaging that can help simplify person or victim identification and speed up the process with good accuracy. Using a few prefix search phrases, an online literature search was conducted (AI, Forensic, Skull, Dental, Imaging, Radiology) to identify papers about the advancement of AI in forensic dentistry in all kinds of radiographs, including two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) radiographs, cone beam computed tomography (CT) and CT. Most of the studies reported that automated methods of human identification based on 2D and 3D Dental and Skull radiographs using a convolutional neural network showed to assist in the fast and accurate identification by expertise evaluating a lot of images and quickly coming up with potential matches for identification. We advocate the application of AI techniques in the identification of individuals. However, there is a need to continue research with emphasis to validate models in skull identification.
Utility of next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of neurological disorders
Authors: Raina Adnan Firdous , Ahuja Sana , Razdan Sushil , Khan Adil Aziz , Habib Murtaza
Published: November 2023

Background:

The spectrum of neurological diseases encompasses a large number of disorders, including neuromuscular disorder (NMDs), ataxias, and muscular dystrophies. A detailed clinical examination, followed by electromyography and muscle biopsy, is a traditional diagnostic approach. However, it is never helpful in the identification of the subgroups of either neuropathies or muscular dystrophies apart from being a painful procedure.

Aim:

The present study was to assess the diagnostic yield of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in the diagnosis of neurological disorders.

Materials and Methods:

It was a cross-sectional study where consecutive neurological patients for whom NGS was done were included. These variants were classified as pathogenic/likely pathogenic, variants of uncertain significance (VUS), likely benign and benign.

Results:

Among the 45 cases included, 31 variants were identified in 30 genes, and in 15 patients, no variants were detected. Among 31 variants, 14 were previously reported for the causal of neurological disorder, including NMD, whereas 16 were novel variants (14 missense, 1 frameshift, and 1 splice donor). A definite molecular diagnosis was achieved in 21 cases that were either pathogenic/likely pathogenic, whereas 9 came to be VUS; however, the clinical manifestations correlated well. The phenotype-based sequencing showed a high diagnostic yield of 66% in the present study.

Conclusion:

NGS improves diagnostic efficiency with quicker and earlier diagnosis. In addition, it is a reliable and noninvasive technique that is effective in the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and small deletions.
Review of Echocardiographic reports of children undergoing noncardiac surgery in a tertiary health center in Nigeria
Authors: Asani Mustafa O. , Ahmadu Ibrahim , Garba Nuhu Abubakar , Abubakar Muhammad Shakur , Daniel Apollos , Aliyu Ibrahim
Published: November 2023

Background:

The risk of cardiac anomalies, both acquired and congenital, is high in children undergoing noncardiac surgeries. These cardiac anomalies are associated with increased risk of perioperative complications.

Objectives:

This study, therefore, determined the common indications as well as the echocardiographic findings findings in children undergoing noncardiac surgery in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano.

Materials and Methods:

This is a retrospective descriptive study. The echocardiographic records of 25 children that underwent noncardiac surgery in AKTH over a 4 year period (from January 2015 to December 2018) were retrieved. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and the result was displayed using a frequency distribution table and bar chart.

Results:

There were 14 males and 11 females, with male to female ratio of 1.3:1. The ages of the patients range from 5 days to 8 years (median age of 8 months). The most common indication for echocardiography is orofacial cleft (cleft lip and/or palate), followed by adenotonsillar hypertrophy. The overall cardiac anomaly was found in 28% of the patients, with the highest anomaly being the atrial septal defect.

Conclusion:

The prevalence of cardiac anomaly was high in children with noncardiac surgical conditions.
Tissue and Plasma-Based Highly Sensitive Blocker Displacement Amplicon Nanopore Sequencing for EGFR Mutations in Lung Cancer
Authors: Akkhasutthikun Patinya , Kaewsapsak Pornchai , Nimsamer Pattaraporn , Klomkliew Pavit , Visedthorn Suthida , Chanchaem Pragwalai , Teerapakpinyo Chinachote , Payungporn Sunchai , Luangdilok Sutima
Published: November 2023

Purpose The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation is a widely prevalent oncogene driver in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in East Asia. The detection of EGFR mutations is a standard biomarker test performed routinely in patients with NSCLC for the selection of targeted therapy. Here, our objective was to develop a portable new technique for detecting EGFR (19Del, T790M, and L858R) mutations based on Nanopore sequencing.Materials and Methods The assay employed a blocker displacement amplification (BDA)–based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique combined with Nanopore sequencing to detect EGFR mutations. Mutant and wild-type EGFR clones were generated from DNA from H1650 (19Del heterozygous) and H1975 (T790M and L858R heterozygous) lung cancer cell lines. Then, they were mixed to assess the performance of this technique for detecting low variant allele frequencies (VAFs). Subsequently, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from patients with NSCLC were used for clinical validation.Results The assay can detect low VAF at 0.5% mutant mixed in wild-type EGFR. Using FFPE DNA, the concordance rates of EGFR 19Del, T790M, and L858R mutations between our method and Cobas real-time PCR were 98.46%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. For cfDNA, the concordance rates of EGFR 19Del, T790M, and L858R mutations between our method and droplet digital PCR were 94.74%, 100%, and 100%, respectively.Conclusion The BDA amplicon Nanopore sequencing is a highly accurate and sensitive method for the detection of EGFR mutations in clinical specimens.
La legitimación activa en procesos correctivos y sancionatorios de libre competencia
Authors: Arancibia Mattar Jaime
Published: November 2023

Resumen del trabajo: El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la legitimación activa en procesos correctivos y sancionatorios seguidos ante el Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia. El método utilizado ha consistido en analizar todos los fallos nacionales sobre la materia, la historia de la legislación respectiva, y los referentes doctrinales y jurisprudenciales más importantes en Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea. Se concluye que la legitimación activa es ordinaria respecto de la sociedad, representada por el Fiscal Nacional Económico, y extraordinaria respecto de los agentes del mercado en la medida que logren acreditar. Estos últimos ejercen una acción a nombre propio para el amparo de un interés ajeno (público) en virtud de una habilitación legal expresa. Esta legitimación no es popular porque exige la afectación de un interés como comprador o vendedor del mercado concernido. Ellos podrían actuar mediante un representante común o creando un grupo o asociación que sea titular de un interés supraindividual calificado por ley.
La especificación de tres conceptos jurídicos indeterminados en el Derecho Público Chileno
Authors: Agüero San Juan Claudio Antonio , Sepúlveda Arellano Eduardo
Published: November 2023

Este trabajo analiza la operación de construcción jurídica denominada especificación y desarrolla la noción de concepto jurídico indeterminado desde la perspectiva de la teoría del derecho realista. A partir de estas nociones profundiza y aplica un modelo de especificación descriptivo de las operaciones que realizan los jueces en diferentes sectores normativos. Así, se defiende la tesis que afirma que más allá de las categorías dogmáticas, el método de especificación desarrollado es útil en varios sectores normativos diversos dentro del derecho público. Con el fin de mostrar la utilidad del análisis, se incluye una revisión de tres sentencias judiciales donde se muestra cómo el tribunal construye derecho dotando de contenido a conceptos jurídicos indeterminados en juego.
Unirationality of varieties described by families of projective hypersurfaces
Authors: Ciliberto Ciro , Sacchi Duccio
Published: November 2023

Let

\mathscr{X}\to W

be a flat family of generically irreducible hypersurfaces of degree

d\geq 2

in

\mathbb{P}^n

with singular locus of dimension

t

, with

W

unirational of dimension

r

. We prove that if

n

is large enough with respect to

d

,

r

and

t

, then

\mathscr{X}

is unirational. This extends results by J. Harris, B. Mazur and R. Pandharipande in [Duke Math. J. 95 (1998), 125–160] and A. Predonzan in [Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Padova 31 (1961), 281–293].
Male Hegemony through Education: Construction of Gendered Identities
Authors: Ullah Hazir , Ali Johar -
Published: November 2023

The fundamental presupposition of this paper is that ‘gender’ is a social category, hence a social construction, which can be negotiated and left fluid instead of something fixed and eternal. To examine the gendered social order, this study focuses on how hegemonic masculinity and feminine subordination are naturalized by positioning men as physically strong and women as weak on the ground of biological differences between the sexes. The study is informed by social constructionist understandings of gender. The main focus of the paper is to highlight how gendered discourses in Pakistan inform textbooks as objective and true knowledge. The data for the study comes from 28 educationists (11 females and 17 males). The study’s findings revealed that, despite prevailing claims to establishing gender equality and equity education, educationists are active in the production of gender/sexual identities and hierarchies in a ways that reinforces hegemonic ‘masculinity’ and a fixed notion of ‘femininity’. The paper concludes that what ends up as school knowledge arises from gendered power/knowledge relations.
Dynamics of gender representations in learning materials and gender equality
Authors: Mustapha Abolaji Samuel
Published: November 2023

The concept of representation has been taken up in many disciplines, largely, in visual arts, music, media studies, feminism, gender studies among others.The particular interest that researchers in gender and education studies have taken in gender representation has yielded many studies that have in turn reported interesting findings that are instrumentals to revision of learning materials and education process/programmes in some countries.This paper explicates on the concept of representation and its dynamics through learning materials in order to stress a need for studies in under-researched sites and to shedlight on the importance of gender representation in text studies with the anticipation that those who do not share this orientation, and whose take on the concern with gender representation in learning materials studies is that it is a nonessential issue in education mightbe able to appreciate both the undertakings and the findings of studies on gender representations in textbooks.Keywords: representation, gender equality, socialisation, learning materials, education
Toward Gender Justice: Confronting Stratification and Unequal Power
Authors: Seguino Stephanie
Published: November 2023

This paper advances a theory of gender justice, defined as equality of outcomes in three domains: capabilities, livelihoods, and empowerment/agency. A pivotal requirement is that women and men must be equally distributed along axes of well-being, with their respective distributions possessing equal means and dispersions. An understanding of gender stratification lies behind this proposal, whereby males benefit materially from a system of gender-divided work and responsibilities. This hierarchical system, buttressed by gender ideology, norms, and stereotypes, is disturbed as we approach gender equality in outcomes, especially of livelihoods. The latter induces greater female bargaining power which, coupled with the effect of social role incongruency on norms and stereotypes, serves to leverage change. Macroeconomic policy can support the shift to greater economic power for women by creating the conditions for class equality that is compatible with sustained economic growth.
Domestic Labor Sharing and Preference for Son: Children's Perspective
Authors: Siah Poh-Chua
Published: November 2023

The main aim of this study was to find out through the perception of children whether there is a significant association between the sharing of domestic labor and preference for sons between fathers and mothers. This study used a cluster sampling method to select 1982 secondary students from Malaysia to answer questionnaires. The results showed significant associations between the preference for sons and the sharing of domestic labor between fathers and mothers in the perception of children. These significant associations could still be found after logistic regression controlling for some background factors. In the light of the continuing prevalence of preference for sons in some Asian countries, it is suggested that more studies are needed to examine the possible influence of preference on culture in different areas.
Women’s education reduces risk of Gender-Based Violence: evidence from 29 countries
Authors: Simister John Gordon
Published: November 2023

Many researchers have found that a woman is less likely to be a victim of domestic violence if she is more educated. But some studies found that a few years in school had little or no effect on a woman’s risk of being hit by her husband. This paper studies domestic violence against women in 29 countries, using ‘Demographic and Health Survey’ household data, and data from ‘Work, Attitudes & Spending’ surveys in Nigeria. In most countries studied in this paper, there is clear evidence that education reduces the risk of violence; but education appears to have much less effect on risk of violence in three countries (Cameroon, Liberia, and Nigeria). Nigeria is used as a case study, to examine these issues in depth. This paper finds evidence that the apparent lack of effect of education is an artefact of the data, which can be explained by studying different ethnic groups separately. It is not obvious why these ethnic groups differ; but female seclusion and nomadic cattle farming may explain much of the apparent difference in GBV prevalence rates between ethnic groups.
‘The barriers that only you can see’: African Australian women thriving in tertiary education despite the odds
Authors: Spark Ceridwen , Harris Anne , Ngum Chi Mimmie Claudim
Published: November 2023

This qualitative study argues the need to recognise the increasing numbers of new African women migrants who have come to Australia with tertiary qualifications, but who are not necessarily refugees. These women are enrolling in and successfully completing university study. At the same time, the study makes clear the limits of conceptualising African Australian women’s experiences of education through a singular focus on struggle, disengagement and non-belonging. Rather, African Australian women’s enrolment in higher education needs to be seen as enabling new forms of participation and belonging in resettlement, while simultaneously impacting in multiple and sometimes personally challenging ways on the women’s more traditional cultural roles and identities. The article finishes by recognising that universities and other educational institutions can play a more active role in supporting migrant African women to thrive in tertiary educational contexts.
Disagreement about Division of Household Labour and Experiences of Work-Family Conflict in Different Gender Regimes
Authors: Nordenmark Mikael
Published: November 2023

This article focuses on the level of disagreement about how to divide household labour as well as on the experience of work-family conflicts among cohabiting women and men living in different gender regimes. The German speaking countries Germany, Switzerland and Austria represent a typical conservative gender regime while the Scandinavian countries Sweden, Denmark and Norway are representatives of a typical egalitarian gender regime. The data used comes from the International Social Survey Program 2002. Results support the notion that people living in a context characterised by an egalitarian gender regime to a higher extent report disagreement about the division of household work and work-family conflict than people living in a context characterised by a more traditional gender regime. The results indicate that these differences can be explained by the fact that people in an egalitarian gender regime have a more egalitarian gender ideology than people in a more conservative context.
The Interracial Sublime: Gender and Race in Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya
Authors: Nayar Pramod K.
Published: November 2023

This essay argues that Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya (1806) presents an interracial sublime in the form of the dissolution of the European home/family. Dacre, I suggest, traces this dissolution to the European woman’s assertion of agency by stepping outside spatial, familial, racial and sexual boundaries. In the first section it examines the crisis of European domesticity where the family and the parent/s fail in their responsibilities toward the children. In section two I suggest that within the dissolving home/family we see the European woman, Victoria, subverting further the dissolution. The arrival of the Moor within the house compounds the blurring of hierarchies and ordering. In the final section I trace the features of the interracial sublime. I conclude by proposing that Dacre’s interracial sublime serves the purpose of demonstrating the permeability of European borders - a permeability that wreaks disaster. Dacre’s tale therefore ultimately functions as a caution against the woman’s emancipated and agential actions.
Nacimiento y Desarrollo de los grupos de hombres por la Igualdad en España
Authors: Pinilla Muñoz David , Boira Sarto Santiago , Tomás Aragonés Lucía
Published: November 2023

Desde el punto de vista internacional los grupos de hombres han desempeñado un papel importante en la reivindicación de derechos políticos y civiles. Sin embargo este tipo de movimientos en España ha sido poco estudiado. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el surgimiento de los grupos de hombres por la igualdad en el estado español incidiendo en los aspectos relacionados con su desarrollo, su acción sociopolítica, sus relaciones con el movimiento feminista y su concepción de la masculinidad. Para ello, a partir de un diseño cualitativo de análisis, se examinan los discursos y las vivencias de un grupo de hombres y mujeres involucrados con este movimiento. Los resultados muestran su papel significativo en la denuncia de las situaciones de violencia de género y a favor de la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres presentando modelos alternativos a la masculinidad hegemónica. Asimismo, se destacan las relaciones ambivalentes y en ocasiones conflictivas con los movimientos feministas. Finalmente, se analiza su presencia social y pública y los retos respecto al futuro.
Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Spain. A quantitative analysis
Authors: Espinar-Ruiz Eva , López-Monsalve Begoña
Published: November 2023

A growing number of authors have been suggesting the necessary incorporation of children in the analysis of gender violence and, specifically, in the analysis of intimate partner violence against women (IPV). Such incorporation would be relevant not only for reducing children's invisibility and vulnerability, but also for achieving a better understanding of the characteristics and dynamics of IPV. Based on these considerations, we present in this paper the results of a secondary analysis applied to the data obtained in the last Spanish Survey on Violence Against Women. The available information allows us to analyze: 1) the presence of children exposed to IPV, 2) the relationship between this presence and the probability of reporting the violence, and 3) women's perception about the parental role of the aggressors.
What's Critical Feminism doing in a field like Teacher Education?
Authors: De Saxe Jennifer Gale
Published: November 2023

This manuscript looks at the role that critical feminism may have within the teacher education community. The author looks at the many components that are incorporated within critical feminism, and how we may look to such a scholarship as a way to think differently about ourselves as prospective and current teachers. Throughout the manuscript, the author brings in many diverse scholars, and demonstrates how their work complements the many components of critical feminism. Specifically, the author looks to the practice of self -reflexivity, and how this practice can be strengthened through the many characteristics that encompass a critical feminist theory. The manuscript concludes with a brief discussion of considering the potential contributions that critical feminism may have within the field of teacher education.
Chinese proverbs: How are women and men represented?
Authors: Lee Jackie F. K.
Published: November 2023

Chinese proverbs, a mode of language that children encounter in their early stage of learning, are important tools with which to instil values and transform the social order. Any biases hidden in them may affect children’s self-images and their perceptions of others. The present study examines the images of men and women represented in Chinese proverbs as found in a dictionary published in Hong Kong. Despite the absence of the under-representation of women, gender inequality is evident in the stereotypical depiction of women, who are described as dependent on and submissive to men, and who are valued for their physical charm, chastity, domestic roles and ability to bear sons to continue the family line. For men, on the other hand, values are placed on their talents, friendship building and such personal attributes as bravery, modesty and kindness. Men’s fondness for women is neutrally or positively portrayed as unrestrained or romantic, reflecting the sexual objectification of women. Male supremacy is also evident in the common use of masculine generic constructions and male-firstness in Chinese proverbs.
The Role of Experiential Learning in Holocaust Education
Authors: Ben Peretz Miriam , Shachar Madene
Published: November 2023

The paper starts with a brief description and analysis of Holocaust education in Israel as a case of teaching history. The role of experiential learning is discussed, leading to the presentation of the "Journey to Poland", as a central element in teaching and learning about the Holocaust. Several evaluation studies of this journey are noted. Finally, the discussion offers some conclusions concerning the use of experiential learning in the teaching of history, its advantages, limitations and risks.
Las teorías de la desescolarización; cuarenta años de perspectiva histórica
Authors: Igelmo Zaldívar Jon
Published: November 2023

Hace más de cuarenta años que una generación de autores publicaron un conjunto de trabajos que marcaron un hito para la crítica a las instituciones educativas en el siglo XX. Entre los pensadores que contribuyeron a esta crítica radical de la educación y sus instituciones destacaron Iván Illich, Paul Goodman, John Holt y Everett Reimer. Desde su aparición, para la comunidad internacional de la pedagogía los textos firmados por estos autores fueron estudiados bajo el enunciado de la desescolarización. Si bien, durante las últimas cuatro décadas el peso que esta generación ha tenido en la pedagogía ha sido desigual. En este artículo se presenta una reflexión de carácter histórico sobre el modo en que las teorías de la desescolarización han sido recibidas por la pedagogía en los últimos cuarenta años. El objetivo es atisbar las posibilidades que ofrece su reformulación en el nuevo contexto de la primera década del siglo XXI.
The City as a Curriculum Resource: Pedagogy and Urban Literacy in Europe, ca. 1900-1920
Authors: Forsell Hakan
Published: November 2023

The concept of “metropolitan pedagogy” got foothold in larger urban areas in Central Europe during the years before the First World War. The advocates of this loosely organized reform movement - predominantly progressive primary school teachers in rapidly growing German speaking towns like Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg and Vienna - emphasized urban space as a learning environment and curriculum resource of outmost importance. They experimented with excursions, object lessons and new textbooks to “adjust” the official school curriculum to real life situations and demands. They also sought to practice the conviction that the city could serve as a vehicle for democratic culture and community awareness and function as a negotiation platform to tackle the knowledge inflation of modern society.
Las Escuelas Normales de Gipuzkoa Durante el Franquismo
Authors: Murua Cartón Hilario , Camino Ortiz de Barrón Igor
Published: November 2023

Con este trabajo pretendemos dar a conocer qué ocurrió en las Escuelas Normales de Gipuzkoa una vez finalizada la Guerra Civil. Desde sus orígenes a mediados del siglo XIX y hasta la llegada de la II Republica la actitud por parte de la población guipuzcoana hacia estos centros de formación del profesorado no se puede decir que fuera muy favorable. Sin embargo, cuando parecía que los estudios y la profesión del magisterio estaban adquiriendo un cierto prestigio, el inicio del conflicto bélico, supuso una vuelta atrás en materia de formación de maestros y maestras. En este contexto, surge en la localidad de Irun una Escuela Normal de la Iglesia, Nuestra Señora del Juncal, cuyos propietarios son los Hermanos de las Escuelas Cristianas o Hermanos de La Salle que, en cierto modo vienen a cubrir las carencias que la Escuela Normal Pública de San Sebastián venía presentando en lo que al género masculino respecta.
Justice, écriture et littérature d’après l’Å“uvre de Dame Cornet
Authors: Regina Christophe
Published: November 2023

Nous nous proposons d’étudier dans cet article des libelles judiciaires, aussi bien dans leurs formes que dans leurs finalités, afin de montrer que leur construction rhétorique est fortement influencée par la littérature qui donne Ã  l’écriture judiciaire les moyens de son efficacité.Afin d’appréhender la richesse et la diversité des ces sources judicaires, nous nous proposons d’étudier un procès qui impliqua des membres de l’élite marseillaise. Véritable guerre conjugale, ce conflit opposa un consul vénitien Ã  son épouse qu’il accusa d’Ãªtre adultère, Ã  quoi l’épouse répondit en l’accusant de la maltraiter et de vouloir la spolier de ses biens. La qualité sociale des partis et l’importance des réseaux (parentés, amis, voisins, hommes de loi) qui les soutiennent respectivement, donnent Ã  cette affaire un tournant inattendu, quitte la sphère privée, dépasse la sphère publique et s’étend au-delÃ  de la ville de Marseille.
Secondary Education and School Offer of La Salle in San Sebastian during the 20th Century
Authors: Dávila Balsera Paulí , Naya Garmendia Luis Maria , Murua Carton Hilario
Published: November 2023

The “De La Salle” Brothers enjoy great prestige in Gipuzkoa which is established in the network of schools that they have been creating from the beginning of the 20th century. Among all their education centres it is necessary to emphasize two schools of prestige in San Sebastian city: San Bernardo school (1905-1928) and La Salle San Sebastian school (1946-present). The dedication of both schools to the secondary and commercial education for pupils proceeding from middle and high classes contrasts with the school offer that traditionally distinguishes La Salle, mainly dedicated to the popular classes and the elementary and professional education. Another distinctive element of these schools was the maintenance of some boarding schools that were receiving a few pupils who had diverse geographical and formation origins. In this collaboration we explain the most typical features of those schools, especially in reference to their school offer referred to the secondary education.
Title IX and the Global 1970s: Women's Sports Activism in International Perspective
Authors: Ware Susan
Published: November 2023

Title IX, a piece of federal legislation passed in 1972, spurred dramatic growth in the opportunities for women and girls to participate in sports and athletics in the United States, especially in the 1970s. Whereas only 1 out of 27 high school girls participated in sports in 1971, by the end of the decade the figure was 1 out of 3. These breakthroughs were confined to the U.S. Women’s sports activism did not emerge as a global phenomenon until the 1990s. A key factor in facilitating its emergence were the networks and coalitions encouraged by the United Nations World Conferences on Women, beginning with Mexico City in 1975 and especially Beijing in 1995.
British Justice in Western Germany, 1949-55
Authors: Graham-Dixon Francis
Published: November 2023

Britain did not release its final two prisoners from the prison it administered in West Germany until July 1957, eight years after the formation of the Federal Republic and the formal ending of its military rule. By 1949, Germany, once the enemy of Europe assumed greater strategic significance in the minds of western politicians seeking its reintegration within a new European family of nations to forestall fears of Soviet hegemony, not least because it now wanted to re-arm West Germany. The continuing incarceration of German war criminals had become a lesser priority in the battleground of Cold War ideologies. The Adenauer government pressurised Britain to honour its pledge to review the sentences for the hundreds of detainees who remained in custody following the Nuremberg trials. Britain’s moral mandate to govern Germany from 1945 was underpinned by its claims to be exporting democratic liberal values but, as this article explains, was exposed in its illiberal handling of the war criminals issue which ran counter to the new moves towards reconciliation.
Retales de la Historia de la SE en España: del Papel Reproductor al Compromiso con la Transformación Social
Authors: Iñiguez Berrozpe Tatiana , Burgués de Freitas Ana
Published: November 2023

La Sociología de la Educación (en adelante SE) en España está en un gran momento. En muy poco tiempo ha pasado de ser desconocida por la Sociología mundial y nada valorada por la SE internacional, a ser una referencia clave de ambas y citada por varios de sus principales autores/as. En el mismo periodo, ha pasado de no haber generado ninguna mejora real en nuestros centros educativos, a que sociólogos/as de muchas de nuestras universidades estén realizando importantes contribuciones para superar el fracaso escolar y la exclusión. Sociólogas/os de veinte de nuestras universidades han decidido alimentar esta progresión acelerada del nivel científico y ético de nuestra disciplina recuperando su historia. Es importante que hayan decidido emprender esta tarea antes de que desaparezcan los documentos escritos y los testimonios personales, que corrigen los elementales errores de lo poco que se ha escrito hasta ahora sobre esta cuestión. Para la elaboración de este trabajo hemos realizado entrevistas personales y colectivas a 33 personas protagonistas de los hechos que aquí se explican. Además hemos analizado toda la documentación disponible en Internet y la que nos han proporcionado las personas entrevistadas. El presente artículo pretende ser una recopilación de todos estos análisis en un afán de relatar una historia inacabada, apasionante y llena de futuros retos.
Exchange teachers as "another link in binding the [British] Empire" in the interwar years
Authors: Whitehead Kay
Published: November 2023

This article focuses on “exchange teachers” from Great Britain plus Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, these countries constituting the white settler dominions of the British Empire. Participants in the League of Empire’s exchange scheme were mostly white middle class women elementary teachers. Reports of their work in newspapers and magazines show that they used whiteness as a strategy to differentiate the lands and peoples they encountered during their year-long overseas appointment, as well as their experiences of education in government school systems that were underpinned by race thinking. At the same time, they affirmed the British Empire and white settler national identities. Ultimately, exchange teachers were implicated in a transnational politics of whiteness binding the white settler dominions to each other and to the imperial centre in the interwar years.
La genèse du Mouvement Associatif du corps enseignant du lycée au Portugal (début du XXème siècle)
Authors: Viegas Brás José Gregório , Leal Gonçalves Maria Neves
Published: November 2023

La construction de la profession d'enseignants, comme les autresprofessions, est indissociablement liéeau mouvement associatif. Etant donné que la profession est une constructioncollective, il est important de savoir comment les enseignants se sont organiséspour donner du sens Ã  leur travail. L’ objet de notre étude est le journal de la première Association duMagistère Secondaire Officiel, dont letitre est Boletim da Associação do Magistério Secundário Oficial (Bulletin de l’Association du MagistèreSecondaire Officiel). L’objectif c’est identifier les discours produits dans la genèse du mouvement associatif (débutdu XXème siècle). L’intérÃªt de cette étude relève de la spécificité del’association qu’on va analyser: elle groupait des enseignants du lycée deplusieurs disciplines - et pas d’une seule discipline - parce que dans cettepériode au Portugal il n’y avait pas des associations de professeurs demathématiques, de français, ou d’autres disciplines. La méthodologie utilisée dans cette étude a été l’analyse du discours.Pour cela on a fait l’analyse du contenu de la source déjÃ  énoncée. Avec lesrésultats obtenus on conclut que cette Association a joué un rÃ´le trèsimportant dans les débats sur réformes éducatives, les méthodes d´enseignement,les questions associatives et les problèmes d’ordre socioprofessionnel.
Cambio Curricular en las Escuelas Inglesas: la Educación de la Infancia de la Clase Obrera
Authors: Wrigley Terry
Published: November 2023

Este artículo presenta un resumen y análisis político de cambio curricular en las escuelas inglesas, con un enfoque particular sobre cómo se educa a los niños de la clase trabajadora. Primero se examina brevemente, el período comprendido entre 1870 (en la educación primaria obligatoria) y 1945 (escuelas secundarias para todos), y luego en mayor detalle las importantes reformas progresivas hasta la década de 1970. Por último, se examina el período de la Ley de Reforma de la Educación de 1988, discutiendo el contraste y la interacción de las políticas neoliberales y neoconservadoras. Se examina el impacto de rendición de cuentas en los alumnos de la clase trabajadora, y en particular sobre el incremento del número que crecen en la pobreza. El artículo trata de ofrecer conceptos e ideas para dar luz sobre lo que está sucediendo en otros sistemas educativos, aún en la diferencia de cronología y políticas especificas.
Pensar i Educar per Canviar el Món. Maria Rosa BorrÃ s: Moral kantiana per a un Marxisme Viu
Authors: Bengoechea Soledad , Montserrat Solé Antoni
Published: November 2023

L’objecte d’aquest estudi és donar visibilitat a alguns aspectes (docents, polítics i socials) de la vida de Maria Rosa BorrÃ s, filòsofa, comunista, pacifista i feminista. El marc cronològic en el que transcorre el relat comença en els anys trenta del segle vint i finalitza a la primera dècada del vint-i-u. Des d’un punt de vista metodològic, el treball es basa fonamentalment en fonts orals, metodologia que va permetre realitzar una llarga entrevista a BorrÃ s (realitzada per Xavier Domènech entre el 08/02/00 i 14/03/00 amb una duració aproximada de nou hores i quaranta minuts, dipositada Ã  l’Arxiu Històric dela CONC) . També s’han recollit els records del seu espòs, Antoni Montserrat, coneixedor de la seva obra escrita, especialment en matèria d'educació. Utilitzant aquesta eina metodològica per a endinsar-se en el segle vint, el resultat ha permès submergir-nos en els esdeveniments polítics i socials més rellevants succeÃ¯ts durant aquest llarg període, per mitjÃ  de l’evocació de la protagonista, que els va viure en primera persona. Malgrat que la metodologia basada en fonts orals té el problema que la memòria personal tendeix a ser selectiva i pot portar a enganys -de vegades, el que la persona recorda no és pas exactament el que va passar- la consulta de bibliografia sobre el segle vint ha permès verificar l’exactitud dels fets històrics citats.
Perte de masse des étoiles évoluées via des observations avec SPHERE au VLT
Authors:   Observatoire d'astrophysique, Laboratoire de Physique et de Chimie de l’Environnement (LPCE), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (UJKZ), Burkina Faso, Badolo N. Aymard , Kam Sié Zacharie , Lagadec Eric ,   Laboratoire Lagrange,  Parc Valrose, UMR7293, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur,  06108, Nice, France, Hocde Vincent , Bado Fabrice , Koulidiati Jean
Published: November 2023

The Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars lose a huge amount of matter and the mechanism of this massloss is not yet well understood. We wanted to better understand this mechanism using data from SPHERE. IRAS spectra of three AGB stars V1943_Sgr, Psi_Phe et Ups_Cet have been used to determine their properties. The polarimetric data of each star from ZIMPOL allowed us to make they polar maps. Thanks to theses colormaps, we were able to prove the existence of dust envelop around each star confirming that they are AGB stars.
El símbolo del castillo interior en Sohravardi y en Santa Teresa
Authors: Antón Pacheco José Antonio
Published: November 2023

Aparte de los ejemplos añadidos por Miguel Asín Palacios y Luce López-Baralt, en los que se aprecia la presencia del símbolo de castillo interior en la mística islámica, el símil de los siete castillos del alma de los siete castillos del alma se encuentra también en el filósofo persa filósofo persa Shihaboddin Yahya Sohravardi (siglo XII). Por tanto, se trata de un antecedente de Santa Teresa de Ávila en el uso de este símbolo