bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bottle-feed versus mother-feed children – Long term effects of infant feeding on congnitive development and school performance
Authors: Shah Faisal Hyder , Fasiha Shah  , Shaista Ehsan  , Nabia Shah
Published: May 2023

Mother feed (i.e. Breast feeding) provides essential nutrients, antibodies and immune cells to allow infant growth and protect them from infections. Mother feed not only have short term effects but it influences brain development as well as life time effects in many organ systems. This study was conducted to compare mother feed and bottle feed children at school going age. The self-administrated questionnaire survey was conducted including parents of children between 5 to 10 years of age (n=300). There was no significant difference found in the median age of children reported for, neither there was any significant difference in the weight of the two groups. However, bottle feed children significantly showed better performance in mathematics while mother feed children were significantly better in general science and physical activities at school. The study concluded that bottle feed or breast feed both provides nutrition and overall children were doing good.
Salvaging the Educational System through Effective Leadership: A Case Study of Rural Secondary Schools in South Africa
Authors: Ziduli Mlungiseleli , Buka Andrea Mqondiso
Published: May 2023

The South African education system is currently experiencing various challenges such as school violence, drug abuse, vandalism and burning of school properties. Educationists, administrators, policy custodians and leaders of institutions are in a dilemma regarding effective managerial leadership of their organizations. This article discussed appropriate measures that institutional leaders must develop to ensure an open space for other community leaders to actively participate in the running of institutions. The rationale behind this paper was to come up with solutions that would help school leaders to lead and manage schools effectively and efficiently. A phenomenological study was conducted with an interpretive-constructivism approach in schools to establish the capabilities and competencies of school principals regarding the incorporation of other community leaders in their schools. Data was collected through face-to-face in-depth individual interviews with the School Governing Bodies (SGB) chairpersons, SMT members, LRC representing learners in the SGB, community leaders, religious leaders, and business leaders. Data was thematically analyzed and it revealed that: Principals have failed to open up space for community leaders to participate in school matters; Education leaders lack the competencies and capacities to share leadership with other community leaders. The study thus advocates firstly, for school principals through SGBs to accommodate Community Resource Centres (CRCs). Secondly, highly esteemed leaders from various community stakeholders should be involved in prominent school decision-making processes and problem-solving practices. Thirdly, training workshops should be conducted to help school leaders develop necessary leadership skills and to map out strategies to effectively involve community leaders in school matters. Fourthly, the institutional leaders must organize training workshops for both school and community leaders on how to work collaboratively and peacefully for effective school management. This article adds to the existing literature on enhancing the South African Educational System.

Keywords: School Principals, Communal Support, Shared Competencies, Teacher Capability and Effective Leadership.
Christian Engagement with Ewe Culture in Ghana: A Dialogue
Authors: Nyador Mawuli
Published: May 2023

The issue of gospel and culture has been in contention since the inception of Christianity and its expansion into other environs outside the Jewish nation Israel. As Christianity left its comfort zone in Jerusalem, it needed to engage with different cultures and give relevance of the good news to people that were alien to the Jewish culture which was a national religious culture. Using the comparative and dialogical approaches, this study thus, discussed some religious and cultural practices of the people of Agave in Ghana and how these help in demonstrating the true revelation of God in the person of Jesus. The study found that all the religious and cultural practices have prepared the hearts of Agaveawo for the gospel of Jesus. All the practices were towards the aspirations of forgiveness of sin, well-being, productivity, peace, victory over death and dark powers and agricultural productivity. The individual responses strengthen the argument that what the traditionalists sought in Dzawuwu, amawuwu and Trᴐkosi systems, one can find in Christ. The study contributes to the agenda of developing and articulating Christology in African theology and Christianity.

Keywords: The Gospel, Christian Engagement, African theology, Culture
A MARKET RESEARCH ON CHALLENGES INFLUENCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ADOPTION
Authors: Schmiegelow Fernando , Melo Francisco C. L.
Published: May 2023

Although there are many theoretical references regarding the adoption of artificial intelligence, its practical challenges remain unknown. This article uses a market research aiming to identify the critical success factors to prepare for the artificial intelligence implementation, indicating the most appropriate strategies to adddress them. The results allow us to conclude that there are several challenges, the main ones being the lack of data infrastructure and trained people, and the lack of a better understanding of applications. Artificial intelligence, as well as other disruptive technologies, makes room for rethinking business models, not only improving existing processes, but also making it possible to see new opportunities. It is interesting to point out that, much more than a simple innovative project to improve processes and business, a succesful artificial intelligence implementation enables the creation of a new culture of interaction, experimentation, automation, analysis and prediction.
Deviation from a Continuous and Universal Turbulence Cascade in NGC 6334 due to Massive Star Formation Activity
Authors: Liu 刘 Junhao 峻豪 , Zhang Qizhou , Liu Hauyu Baobab , Qiu Keping , Li Shanghuo , Li Zhi-Yun , Ho Paul T. P. , Girart Josep Miquel , Ching Tao-Chung , Chen Huei-Ru Vivien , Lai Shih-Ping , Rao Ramprasad , Tang Ya-wen
Published: May 2023

We use molecular line data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Submillimeter Array, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and NANTEN2 to study the multiscale (∼15–0.005 pc) velocity statistics in the massive star formation region NGC 6334. We find that the nonthermal motions revealed by the velocity dispersion function (VDF) stay supersonic over scales of several orders of magnitude. The multiscale nonthermal motions revealed by different instruments do not follow the same continuous power law, which is because the massive star formation activities near central young stellar objects have increased the nonthermal motions in small-scale and high-density regions. The magnitudes of VDFs vary in different gas materials at the same scale, where the infrared dark clump N6334S in an early evolutionary stage shows a lower level of nonthermal motions than other more evolved clumps due to its more quiescent star formation activity. We find possible signs of small-scale-driven (e.g., by gravitational accretion or outflows) supersonic turbulence in clump N6334IV with a three-point VDF analysis. Our results clearly show that the scaling relation of velocity fields in NGC 6334 deviates from a continuous and universal turbulence cascade due to massive star formation activities.
Usages sociaux des monnaies dans les jeux vidéo
Authors: Garcia-Bardidia Renaud , Trizzulla Caterina , Maire Sarah
Published: May 2023

Parmi les monnaies numériques, certaines sont déjà au cœur des pratiques de nombreux consommateurs : les monnaies dans les jeux vidéo. Centrales dans les modèles économiques de ce secteur, elles invitent à une meilleure connaissance de leurs usages sociaux et du rapport qu’elles introduisent entre jeu vidéo et argent. Nous proposons d’analyser ces questions à partir des pratiques sur le mode compétitif en ligne FIFA Ultimate Team de FIFA. À partir de trente entretiens et d’observations participantes, nos résultats éclairent les usages différenciés des points FIFA et des crédits dans ce jeu et leur participation à la structuration de styles différenciés répondant à un triple impératif d’efficience, d’éthique et de plaisir ludique. Plus généralement, les résultats permettent de considérer une socialisation conjointe à l’argent et au jeu, qui ne se limite pas à la financiarisation de la vie quotidienne.
L’enseignement disloqué
Authors: Kneubühler Marine
Published: May 2023

Cet article présente l’ethnographie d’un enseignement universitaire délivré en co-modalité dans le contexte de la pandémie de coronavirus en Suisse romande. Il éclaire les modifications que ce contexte a fait subir aux configurations relationnelles et aux modalités d’interaction qui permettent habituellement de « faire classe » dans un cadre institutionnalisé. Pour ce faire, il propose une description détaillée des différents dispositifs matériels et techniques observés ainsi que leurs cadres de participation. L’analyse montre les effets de ces dispositifs sur la mise en présence des corps, leur perception et la mise en commun de leurs attentions afin d’examiner les multiples formes collectives prises par la classe d’enseignement au travers de différentes configurations. Partant d’une approche des médiations sociotechniques qui considère que toute situation est « disloquée », c’est-à-dire traversée par des éléments qui lui sont exogènes et la débordent, l’article montre que certaines dislocations ne permettent pas la transformation de l’enseignement universitaire en une expérience commune et véritablement éducative. Tout l’enjeu de l’enseignement disloqué consiste donc à garantir aux étudiants physiquement séparés une communication et une participation essentielles sans lesquelles la dislocation ne désignerait plus qu’un enseignement éclaté et écartelé sur le plan de l’expérience collective.
Insupportables fonctions « support »
Authors: d’Alessandro Hélène , Menanteau Sandrine
Published: May 2023

Assistante sociale et psychologue en imp ro, contrairement à ce que nous avions imaginé, nos places ne vont pas de soi. Il s’agit alors de se contorsionner dans les petits espaces de travail qui nous sont laissés dans l’équipe, ou alors d’inventer nos dispositifs au prix d’être à côté. Est-ce possible dans la durée ?
Le numérique
Authors: Buret Corinne
Published: May 2023

Une infirmière témoigne de l’invasion du numérique dans nos vies, mais aussi à l’hôpital, en psychiatrie, où ses usages vont bien souvent à l’encontre des soins humains.
Paroles de travailleur-pair
Authors: Douzamy Lusian , Chobeaux François
Published: May 2023

Lusian est travailleur-pair dans une association accueillant des jeunes en errance. Il témoigne de sa perception de cette fonction, de son rôle auprès des jeunes, des difficultés qu’il rencontre et de ses projets.
Mettre l’usager au centre
Authors: Chobeaux François , Karsz Saül , Pieuchot Christine
Published: May 2023

« Mettre l’usager au centre » risque de valoriser une approche uniquement individuelle des situations et de la mise en responsabilité de la personne. Ce qui est au centre, c’est le projet social collectif, co-construit à partir de savoirs complémentaires dont fait partie le savoir expérientiel des usagers devenant alors acteurs collectifs. Sinon la porte restera grande ouverte aux entrepreneurs d’individualisme.
Famiglia e gestione dei rapporti patrimoniali: profili fiscali nell’esperienza giuridica italiana
Authors: Saponaro Fabio
Published: May 2023

La trattazione dei profili fiscali dei rapporti patrimoniali della famiglia assume un ruolo di particolare rilevanza nell’ambito della politica economica di uno Stato, soprattutto qualora il tessuto imprenditoriale sia costituito, come in Italia, da piccole-medie imprese. Il contributo esamina, in particolare, la disciplina tributaria dell’impresa familiare, del fondo patrimoniale e dei patti di famiglia, istituti che assumono sempre più rilevanza nell’assetto dei rapporti socio-economici della famiglia.
Proceedings of ASNAC 2023; Hotel Shangri-La, Colombo.: 24-26 February 2023
Authors: Joint Editors .
Published: May 2023

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A time series analysis of government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria
Authors: Awoyemi Bosede O. , Makanju Aderonke A. , Mpapalika Jane , Ekpeyo Rita S.
Published: May 2023

Background: Despite a significant share of Nigeria’s budget in the health sector, the health status has not improved, as reflected by poor health indicators.Objective: This study investigates the linkages between government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria. Methods: The Autoregressive Distributed Lag technique was used to examine the short- and long-run effects of government health expenditure on health outcomes separately. The health outcome was captured by life expectancy at birth and mortality rate.Results: Findings show a negative relationship exists between health expenditure and mortality rate, implying that a rise in health expenditure leads to a decrease in mortality rate, while life expectancy at birth positively responds to the changes in health expenditure. Conclusions: As a policy recommendation from this study, the government should pursue increasing health expenditure and partner with the private sector in the form of Public-Private Partnerships to improve the health sector and outcomes.
Individual-related factors associated with treatment adherence among hypertensive patients
Authors: Radhi Mohammed Malih , Niay Shatha Mahmood , Abed Sameeha Naser
Published: May 2023

Background. Currently, some of the most prevalent illnesses are attributable to external sources, such as chronic disorders that threaten people’s health. The goal of the study was to investigate the differences in individual characteristics associated with treatment adherence among hypertension patients. Materials and Methods. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 176 hypertensive patients who reviewed primary healthcare facilities in Babylon Province were included. Experts were used to ensure the study questionnaire’s validity, and a pilot study was used to ensure its reliability. Using a standardized questionnaire and interviewing methods, data were collected and analyzed. Results. According to the study’s findings, participants’ average ages were 59 (10.86), 67% of them were over 60, 55.1% and 65.3% of them were men and married respectively, nearly half of them had moderate monthly income, the unemployed percentage was 61.9%, and 36.4% had completed their secondary education. Two-thirds, or 70.5%, of hypertension patients, reported poor treatment adherence. Ages 30-59, male patients, married, highincome, and college-educated patients showed significantly better treatment compliance (P0.05). Conclusions. Every individual characteristic of patients with high blood pressure is regarded as a predictor of therapy adherence. The current study is one of the few in Iraq to evaluate treatment adherence and look into the various elements that may influence it using the survey approach. Future research on the subject of antihypertensive treatment adherence in the hypertensive population in Iraq employing a representative sample, a qualitative methodology, and more factor exploration may offer additional insights.
A review of venous thromboembolism in India
Authors: Tabassum Heena , Chakraborty Rohan , Chatterjee Nabendu Sekhar
Published: May 2023

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which entails the formation of a thrombus (blood clot) in a vein, has a significant disease burden worldwide. While VTE has traditionally been considered to predominantly affect Caucasian populations, recent studies have indicated a gradual shift in the disease burden towards Asian populations, with added significance of it being a key driver of post-operative mortality. It is imperative to develop a sound understanding of the various factors that affect VTE in stratified local populations. However, there is a glaring paucity of quality data on VTE and its ramifications among Indians - both in terms of quality of life and cost of healthcare. This review aims to throw light on the disease burden, epidemiology, risk factors, environmental factors, food and nutrition that plays a key role in VTE. We also explored the association of VTE with coronavirus disease 2019 to grasp the interplay between the two most significant public health crises of our time. It is vital to place a special emphasis on future research on VTE in India to plug the gaps, which exist in our current knowledge of the disease, particularly with respect to Indian population.
Detection of micro-metastasis using cytokeratins (AE1/AE3) in haematoxylin & eosin-stained N0 lymph nodes of oral squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Sinha Gargi Mila , Hegde Veda
Published: May 2023

Background & objectives:

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignancies affecting the head-and-neck region, regional lymph nodes being an important prognostication factor dictating the survival rate. Despite an array of modalities used, clinically, radiographically and routine histopathologically, the detection of micro-metastasis (2-3 mm tumour cell deposits) in the lymph nodes often escapes identification. The presence of few of these tumour epithelial cells in the lymph nodes drastically increases mortality and alters treatment plan. Hence, the identification of these cells is of major prognostic significance for a patient. Thus, the present study was aimed to evaluate and detect the efficacy of the immunohistochemical (IHC) marker [cytokeratin (CK) AE1/AE3] over routine Hematoxylin & eosin (H & E) staining in detecting micro-metastasis in the lymph nodes of OSCC cases.

Methods:

Hundred H & E-stained N0 lymph nodes of OSCC cases treated with radical neck dissection were subjected to IHC with marker AE1/AE3 antibody cocktail for detecting micro-metastasis.

Results:

The IHC marker CK cocktail (AE1/AE3) did not demonstrate any positive reactivity for the target antigen in all the 100 H & E stained lymph node sections evaluated in the present study.

Interpretation & conclusions:

This study was undertaken to check the efficacy of IHC (CK cocktail AE1/AE3) in the detection of micro-metastasis in lymph nodes that are found to be negative in routine H&E stained sections. The findings of this study suggest that the IHC marker AE1/AE3 did not prove to be useful to detect micro-metastasis in this study population.
The Methotrexate Story: How did a Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agent Become a Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug
Authors: Malaviya Anand N. , Sareen Astha
Published: May 2023

Weekly mini-pulse of low-dose methotrexate (LD-MTX) is presently the first-line conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and several other systemic immunoinflammatory rheumatic diseases (SIRDs). Yet, most of the younger generation of rheumatologists around the world may be unaware of the interesting journey of MTX, from being an antifolate agent for use as cancer chemotherapy to becoming the mainstay of treatment for inflammatory arthritides and other SIRDs. This short essay narrates the journey of MTX from its precursor analog aminopterin to treat childhood leukemia, its name change from aminopterin to MTX, which became one of the major chemotherapeutic agents in oncology and then evolving as the mainstay of drug treatment for RA and other SIRDs. The seminal role of Gubner et al. from New York in 1953 in recognizing its steroid-sparing property in inflammatory diseases at doses much lower than that needed to treat cancer is highlighted.
Clinical and Serological Profile of Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients in a Tertiary Care Center in Kashmir, North India
Authors: Ahmad Mushtaq , Guroo Farooq Ahmad , Sofi Fayaz Ahmad , Naqati Shaariq Mehraj , Shah Tajamul Hussain
Published: May 2023

Background:

Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune illness characterized by lymphocyte infiltration and exocrine gland inflammation. SS has been considered a rare disorder in India, and data on its clinical manifestations and serology are lacking from North India.

Aim:

We aimed to study clinical manifestations, organ involvement, and autoantibodies in SS patients from Jammu and Kashmir.

Methods:

This was a single-center observational prospective study. A total of 50 patients satisfying the American-European Consensus Group criteria were included in the study. Data regarding subjective and objective evidence of disease were compiled. Extraglandular manifestations in the form of musculoskeletal, renal, pulmonary, and neurological were also recorded.

Results:

Of the 50 patients, 29 were primary SS and 21 were secondary SS. Female preponderance was observed with a female-to-male ratio of 24: 1. Xerostomia was the most common symptom present in all of the patients. The most common extraglandular involvement was musculoskeletal followed by renal and pulmonary.

Conclusions:

Early onset of the disease by a decade is a surprising observation in this study and rest of the Indian literature compared to western literature.
Recurrent Infections in an Infant
Authors: Agarwal Nagamani , Chaya K. A. , Megha P. , Subhash Anand
Published: May 2023

Background:

Cyclic neutropenia (CyN) is a rare inherited neutrophil disease characterized by a periodic neutropenia with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) dropping below 0.5 × 109/L every 3–4 weeks, followed by normalization over the next few days.

Clinical Description:

A 3-year-old boy presented with recurrent episodes of fever, respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, gingivitis, and oral and cutaneous ulcers from 11 months of age, requiring multiple hospitalizations. He was immunized for age, normal development, with an unremarkable family history. An underlying primary immunodeficiency disorder was suspected in view of recurrent multi-site infections since infancy.

Management:

The hemogram revealed a normal total leukocyte count with severe, neutropenia, lymphocytosis, normal platelet count and severe anemia. Purified protein derivative test and human immunodeficiency virus test were negative. The chest Xray showed right lower lobe consolidation. Blood culture was sterile. Bone marrow study, immunoglobulin profile, and lymphocyte subtyping were within the normal limits. The child was treated symptomatically with parenteral antibiotics and packed red blood cells transfusion. The ANC increased to 2592/mm3 but, again fell by 27 days after admission. Review of previous blood counts showed a fall and rise of ANC every 3–5 weeks. Clinical exome sequencing revealed a heterozygous mutation in the ELANE gene, a pathogenic variant c. 1A>G (p.Met1), confirming the diagnosis of CyN. The child improved with Granulocyte – colony stimulating factor (G-CSF).

Conclusion:

Diagnosis of CyN can be challenging as it needs a high index of suspicion and meticulous monitoring of blood counts. If suspected, they should be screened for ELANE mutations.
Efficacy of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant with ropivacaine in USG guided erector spinae plane block for modified radical mastectomy surgery- prospective randomized double blind controlled study
Authors: Kumari Indira , Sharma Sandeep , Ola Sandeep Kumar , Boliwal Krishna , Choudhary Santosh , Yadav Vidhu
Published: May 2023

Background and Aims:

Modified radical mastectomy (MRM) is associated with considerable acute postoperative pain and even chronic persistent pain. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is interfascial block for thoracic analgesia. This study was planned to evaluate efficacy of dexmedetomidine as adjuvant with ropivacaine in ESPB for postoperative analgesia in MRM surgery.

Materials and Methods:

In this prospective randomized double-blind controlled study, 60 American Society of Anesthesiologists Grade I and II female patients, aged 18–60 years scheduled for MRM surgery under general anesthesia were randomly allocated into Group R and RD to receive ultrasound (USG)-guided ESPB with 20 ml 0.375% ropivacaine and 1 μg/kg dexmedetomidine added to 20 ml 0.375% ropivacaine, respectively. Visual Analog Score (VAS) was recorded at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 24 h postoperatively. Duration of analgesia together with total number and amount of analgesic drug required was recorded in first 24 h postoperatively. Patient's satisfaction score was recorded on 10-point scale. Chi-square test, t-test, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were applied where deemed appropriate. P <0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results:

VAS score was less in Group RD at all measured time points postoperatively. Duration of analgesia was prolonged in Group RD (683.00 ± 83.99 min vs. 620.63 ± 70.42 min). Total number and amount of intravenous diclofenac (rescue analgesic) was lower in Group RD (1.13 ± 0.57 vs. 1.46 ± 0.57, 85.00 ± 42.85 vs. 110.00 ± 42.85). Patients in group RD were better satisfied with their anesthesia experience (8 [8–9] vs. 8 [7–8], P = 0.00194). Group RD demonstrated a lower heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and mean blood pressure intraoperatively.

Conclusion:

Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in USG-guided ESPB for MRM surgery leads to lower postoperative pain scores, prolongs postoperative analgesia, reduces postoperative rescue analgesics requirements, and provides better hemodynamic stability and good patient satisfaction.
Perioperative hemodynamic management in surgery for phaeochromocytoma
Authors: Krishna Bhavya , Khurana Deepa Kerketta , Kohli Santvana , Sharma Kavita Rani , Gandhi Ranju
Published: May 2023

Pheochromocytomas are rare adrenal tumors that produce excessive catecholamines and their surgical removal poses significant risks of intraoperative hemodynamic instability (HI) due to catecholamine release. This review article discusses the perioperative factors that impact hemodynamic lability and its management in patients undergoing surgical removal. A literature review was conducted by searching the electronic databases - Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library using appropriate Medical Subject Heading terms and keywords such as phaeochromocytoma, HI, and perioperative hemodynamic monitoring. The advancements in surgical and anesthetic techniques and appropriate preoperative medical optimization have contributed to a significant decrease in mortality rates. However, perioperative HI remains the biggest surgical and anesthetic challenge in treating pheochromocytomas. Patients with larger and more hormonally active tumors are at higher risk for extreme hypertensive episodes during surgery. Preoperative α-blockade, higher phenoxybenzamine doses, and laparoscopic approach improve the outcomes in phaeochromocytoma removal. Anesthetic techniques and drugs used during surgery may help prevent HI, but careful intraoperative management is essential. Perioperative HI can lead to increased surgical blood loss, patient morbidity, and prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stay. Therefore, a multidisciplinary approach involving the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and ICU team is essential to ensure optimal perioperative management of patients with pheochromocytoma. Intensive hemodynamic monitoring may be required in the postoperative period to manage hypotension seen after tumor removal. In conclusion, perioperative HI is a significant risk during the surgical removal of pheochromocytomas, even with preoperative pharmacological treatment. Therefore, the use of appropriate preoperative medical optimization, surgical and anesthetic techniques, and careful intraoperative management can significantly improve the outcomes.
TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal
Authors: McGrath Simon , Russon Jo-Anna
Published: May 2023

Mainstream vocational education and training (VET) has been complicit in unsustainable practices due to its longstanding relationship with productivism, extractivism and colonialism. However, it is beginning to address the need to balance its dominant focus on skills for employability with a growing awareness of the imperative to promote environmental sustainability, in terms of skills for sustainable production. There is also a sense that vocational institutions must also be sustainable in the wider sense of viability, durability, etc. While these positive steps are welcome, careful analysis is needed regarding how far recent initiatives are limited both by institutional capacities and wider disenabling environments, and how far they are meaningful steps towards sustainable VET for just transitions. Moreover, the current debate is also limited in its overwhelming focus on formal spaces of learning and work. Yet, most vocational learning and work sits outside this formal realm. We contribute to this debate by exploring four case studies of complex skills ecosystems with varying levels of (in)formality taken from both rural and urban settings in Uganda and South Africa. We consider how the dynamics of each ecosystem generate complex mixes of sustainability and employability concerns. We suggest that, in cases like the more formalised ones presented here, there is a possibility to look at the development of centres of skills formation excellence grounded in sector and place but that this also requires thinking about bigger challenges of just transitions. More radically, by highlighting the contexts of less formalised skills ecosystems in two other cases, we point towards new ways of thinking about supporting such ecosystems’ work on sustainable livelihoods in ways that enhance their durability. Although context always matters, we suggest that our arguments are pertinent beyond the countries or region of this research and have international salience.

Keywords: vocational education and training, Africa, green skills, sustainable development, skills for sustainability
TVET SI: Evaluating Boundary Crossing Social Learning in Vocational Education and Training: A value creation approach
Authors: Lotz-Sisitka Heila , Sisitka Lawrence , Chakona Gamucharai , Matiwane Mandilive , Matambo Chamu
Published: May 2023

This article focuses on the development and application of an evaluation model and approach for evaluating boundary crossing social learning in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) learning network in South Africa, with an emphasis on a Training of Trainers (ToT) course that helped to catalyse and strengthen this learning network via two iterations of the course over an eight-year period. The article shares how we adapted the value creation framework (VCF) of Wenger, Traynor and De Laat (2011; Wenger & Wenger-Traynor, 2020) in the evaluation of a VET Training of Trainers (ToT) programme and learning network that focussed on the uptake and circulation of rainwater harvesting and conservation (RWH&C) knowledge in a particular formal and informal VET context in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, where smallholder farmers were struggling to find water for producing food. The evaluated ToT course was catalytic in establishing a boundary crossing social learning network approach in a VET context that linked formal and informal VET (Lotz-Sisitka et al., 2016; Lotz-Sisitka et al., 2022; Pesanayi, 2019); hence we found it important to develop adequate tools for its evaluation. The focus of this article is to share how we developed an evaluation approach to this work. We share insights on the indicators developed for diff erent types of value created, and also insights gained into the use of this evaluation approach in a boundary crossing VET social learning project that took a ToT course as focus. In short, evaluation findings show that the boundary crossing ToT course off ers strong immediate, potential and applied value that can lead to realised and reframed value, especially if supported by ongoing learning network activities that follow the initial engagement in the boundary crossing ToT course. Th is leads, over time, to transformative value which is important in achieving the overall objective of such social learning, namely making knowledge more co-engaging, accessible and useful in the context where improved food security via better use of rainwater harvesting and conservation amongst smallholder farmers and household food producers is a necessary form of sustainable development. Orientation value, and enabling value were found to be vital for the emergence of other kinds of value. The evaluation model also allows for the lifting out of strategic value which points to wider uptake potential. All this creates the possibility for indicator development that can help inform iterative development of boundary crossing VET courses used to stimulate the co-construction of learning networks and ongoing social learning for sustainable development.

Keywords: Vocational Education and Training, evaluation, social learning, value creation framework
ANAIS DO III ENCONTRO NORTE MINEIRO DE SERVIÇO SOCIAL - ENMSS
Authors: Revista Serviço Social em Perspectiva
Published: May 2023

Anais do III Encontro Norte Mineiro de Serviço Social - III ENMSS.

Textos apresentados nas Comunicações Orais e nas Mesas Coordenadas Temáticas aprovadas para o encontro que ocorreu entre os dias 28 a 30 de abril de 2022, na Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - UNIMONTES, MONTES CLAROS, MG.
Inconsistencies and Values as Signs of Paradigmatic Change: Researchers’ Language in Research Articles on Feedback
Authors: Sellbjer Stefan
Published: May 2023

The aim is to contribute to scientific research development in the field of feedback. More specifically, the purpose is to illustrate how researchers, even though they are devoted to the constructivist model, still use expressions with their roots in the transfer model, and to demonstrate researchers’ use of value statements in favor of the constructivist model thus distancing themselves from the transfer model. The examples are taken from research articles on feedback mainly focusing on higher education. The empirical material is analysed using concept analysis. The result is discussed in relation to theories of metaphors and folk-theories as well as to a more general trend in favor of formative assessment.
Discursos Patriarcales y legitimación de las desigualdades de género en la escuela
Authors: Arrango Rios Sara Juliana , Cardona Tejada Johan Arley , Usma Gutiérrez Maria Doris , Diaz Alzate Magda Victoria
Published: May 2023

El presente artículo expone los resultados de una investigación cualitativa que buscó comprender cómo los discursos patriarcales de un grupo de docentes contribuyen a la perpetuación de las desigualdades de género en dos instituciones de Antioquia, Colombia, ubicadas en los municipios de Medellín y en Amalfi. A partir de la utilización del método hermenéutico y la entrevista semiestructurada como herramienta de recolección de información, logramos construir los resultados del estudio, que se configuraron en tres categorías emergentes, a saber: (i) Discursos patriarcales y escuela, (ii) Los estereotipos y desigualdades de género y (iii) La educación como proceso político. Concluimos que en las narrativas de las docentes y los docentes se pueden develar aspectos que son parte de los discursos patriarcales que soportan las diferencias de género en términos de la desigualdad, la inequidad, la relación jerárquica y la injusticia, como son: la comunicación verbal, las construcciones culturales y el proceso de socialización, la crianza familiar, el disciplinamiento de los cuerpos, estereotipos de género, roles y estereotipos de género y desconocimiento de conceptos.
Journalism on Forced Migration in Latin America: Recommendations from Experts and International Journalism Guides from a Qualitative Study
Authors: Lotero-Echeverri Gabriel , Romero-Rodriguez Luis
Published: May 2023

Wars, insurgent groups, dictatorships, and economic crises are the main reasons for forced migration. Displaced persons, asylum seekers, and refugees often face public stigmatization, as they are treated by the media as a social problem and, in many cases, seen as economic and social threats. This article presents the results of in-depth interviews with expert journalists and researchers from different Latin American countries on the phenomenon of forced migration and its journalistic coverage. Their recommendations are complemented by Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) of international guides on migration journalism. The findings highlight the need for training and awareness-raising in critical skills and social analysis for journalists to understand the complexity of human mobility and approach it from a human rights perspective, as well as to project the positive contributions of migrants to the host society. Findings suggest the need to avoid disseminating and magnifying hate speech, which may be used to justify discrimination and violence against migrants. This highlights the fact that migration issues must be dealt with under slow journalism schemes, with an emphasis on research, thus avoiding falling into xenophobic discourse due to the very immediacy that the digital ecosystem demands.
Writing with Pleasure: A Review
Authors: Roulston Kathryn
Published: May 2023

As long as there have been writers, they have given advice to others on writing. Numerous academic and non-academic writers have contributed advice on how to create a writing life, how to write well, and how to get published. Much of this literature aims to assist writers through the challenges encountered in the writing process. Helen Sword’s book, Writing with Pleasure, takes an atypical approach to writing by showing readers how they can create their own action plan to write with pleasure. Suited to novice and experienced writers, Sword’s book provides practical strategies for creating and sustaining a writing practice characterized by more pleasure than pain.
POLIMORFISME GEN ENZIME EPOXIDE HIYDROLASE DAN RISIKO TERJADINYA KANKER PARU
Authors:   Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, Aktalina Lucia
Published: May 2023

Approximately 80-90% of lung cancer patients are smokers. Smoking is the activity of burning cigarettes which produces smoke. Cigarette smoke contains 4000 harmful chemical compounds. Among these chemical compounds, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PaH) are inhaled and persist in the bronchial epithelium. PaH will be metabolized to Benzo A Pyrene (BaP) catalyzed by the enzyme epoxide hydrolase (EPHX). BaP is lipophilic and carcinogenic. The carcinogenic properties of BaP are very reactive so that they bind to DNA to form DNA adducts. If this occurs in the cell cycle regulatory gene, then this will initiate the initiation process of lung cancer. But of all smokers only 10-15% are known to suffer from lung cancer. This shows that there is a genetic role that causes a smoker to suffer from lung cancer. Several studies have stated that the EPHX gene polymorphism can increase or decrease the risk of a smoker suffering from lung cancer. There are two EPHX gene polymorphisms that are thought to be significantly related to the incidence of lung cancer. The two polymorphisms are EPHX Tyr113His and EPHX His139Arg. The EPHX Tyr113His polymorphism in vitro causes the EPHX enzyme activity to decrease so that DNA mutations decrease. Individuals with the EPHX Tyr113His genetic variation have a lower risk of developing lung cancer. The EPHX His139Arg polymorphism increases EPHX enzyme activity thereby increasing DNA mutations. Individuals with the EPHX His139Arg genetic variation have a higher risk of developing lung cancer.
BERAGAMA DENGAN HATI: SUMBANGSIH TEOLOGI JOHN WESLEY DALAM KONTEKS MODERASI BERAGAMA DI INDONESIA
Authors:   Universitas Methodist Indonesia, Sibarani Apriani Magdalena
Published: May 2023

Religious moderation is one of the efforts launched by the government in order to manage religious diversity in Indonesia. The interesting thing in its development is that religious moderation is recognized as a 'living document'. This living document opens a space for this religious moderation to be adapted and translated in the diverse Indonesian context with various points of view that can enrich the meaning of religious moderation itself. On the other hand, John Wesley's understanding of "heart religion" is interesting to consider. Even though at his time, John Wesley did not deal directly with the context of religious moderation, his thoughts can be a valuable contribution in the context of religious moderation in Indonesia. This paper highlights relevant aspects of John Wesley's thought for the contemporary Indonesian context, especially with regard to religious diversity and religious moderation proclaimed by the government.
RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4 (RBP 4) PADA OBESITAS SENTRAL
Authors:   Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, Oktaria Selly
Published: May 2023

Obesity is currently a problem in the world. Lifestyles such as eating fast food, junk food, lack of activity and exercise which can cause obesity rates to increase every year. Obesity has a negative impact on health. Obesity may causing various diseases and may even causing death. Central obesity is a condition where the waist circumference is above 90 cm in men and above 80 cm in woman.Adipose tissue is also known as an endocrine organ that can release active mediators. One of the active mediators released is Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4). RBP4 is a risk factor for diseases such as insulin resistance, affecting fat metabolisme such as increasing cholesterol, low swnsity lipoprotein (LDL), tryglicerides, apolipoprotein B (apo B), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), diabetes mellitus type 2, heart disease and metabolic syndrome. RBP4 in subcutaneous adipose tissue is associated with several macrophages and inflammatory markers. RBP4 is known to increase TNFα which can stimulate lipolysis.
PENGARUH BEBAGAI JENIS BIOCHAR DAN PUPUK NPK TERHADAP KAPASITAS TUKAR KATION (KTK) TANAH ULTISOL PADA BUDIDAYA JAGUNG MANIS (Zea mays saccharata L.)
Authors:   Universitas Methodist Indonesia, Saragih Meylin Kristina , Sianipar Ebsan Marihot , Sianturi Pahala L. L , Sihombing Parsaoran , Sihite Bayu Roharta
Published: May 2023

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of various types of biochar and NPK fertilizer on growth, production of sweet corn (Zea mays saccharata L.) and cation exchange capacity (CEC) in ultisols. This study used a randomized block design (RBD) with 2 factors. The first factor was the type of biochar consisting of 3 levels, namely: B1 = sekampadi biochar (96 g/polybag), B2 = corn cob biochar (96 g/polybag), B3 = coconut shell biochar (96 g/polybag). The second factor was NPK fertilizer consisting of 3 levels, namely: P0 = 0 g/polybag (control), P1= 2 g/polybag, P2= 4 g/polybag. The results showed that the type of biochar had a significant effect on plant height4 MST and root dry weight but had no significant effect on leaf number, flowering age, cob length, non-sticky crop production, sweetness index and cation exchange capacity (CEC). NPK fertilizer treatment significantly affected plant height Leaf number and sweetness index but had no significant effect on flowering age, cob length, non-sticky production per plant, root dry weight and exchange capacity (CEC). The interaction of various types of biochar and NPK fertilizer had no significant effect on plant height, number of leaves, flowering age, cob length, non-sticky production per plant, cob weight per plot, sweetness index, root dry weight and cation exchange capacity (CEC).
IMPLEMENTASI DATA MINING PENINGKATAN PRODUKSI BERAS MENGGUNAKAN METODE K-MEANS CLUSTERING
Authors:   STIKOM Tunas Bangsa, Febriani Intan , Safii M. , Alfina Ommi ,   Universitas Potensi Utama
Published: May 2023

Increasingly high growth rates in the world, especially in developing countries like Indonesia, have reduced the area of agricultural land, thereby reducing food production. Rice is one of the staple food ingredients which is an important commodity, especially in Indonesia because rice is the main consumption ingredient for people to obtain carbohydrate intake. This study discusses the implementation of data mining in increasing rice production in North Sumatra province using the K-Means Clustering algorithm as a solution to solving cases. The source of data in this study was obtained from BPS North Sumatra with 32 processed data. Data analysis in this study used 2 (two) cluster levels, namely the high cluster (C1) and the low cluster (C2). The research results obtained are that there are 3 cities/regencies that are included in the high cluster (C1) and there are 29 other cities/regencies that are included in the low cluster (C2). It is hoped that the research results can become input, suggestions and efforts for the North Sumatra provincial government to pay more attention to increasing rice production in each region so that it can meet the basic needs of the community so that it can increase food security more optimally.
MOOD ANALYSIS IN JOE BIDEN’S REMARKS ON FIGHT AGAINTS COVID-19
Authors: Sitanggang Putri M. , Duha Henoki , Siahaan Hiace Vega Fernando
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini membahas tentang mood dalam pidato joe biden dan bertujuan untuk menemukan Type of Mood dalam pidato Joe Biden berdasarkan teori M.A.K Halliday. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa ada 81 klausa dalam ucapan Joe Biden. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada 3 jenis suasana hati dalam ucapan Joe Biden. Diantaranya adalah 69 mood deklaratif dengan persentase 85%, 4 mood interogatif dengan persentase 5% dan 8 mood imperatif dengan persentase 10%. Dalam temuan ini, deklaratif sebagai jenis mood yang paling dominan digunakan dalam pidato Joe Biden artinya memberi atau menyampaikan pernyataan yang berupa informasi kepada pendengar.
PENINGKATAN EFISIENSI ENERGI PADA UNIT SPAM PADALARANG PERUMDA AIR MINUM TIRTA RAHARJA KABUPATEN BANDUNG
Authors: Suatmadji Galih Priyonggo , Masduqi Ali , Pandin Gabriel Novianus Rumambo
Published: May 2023

Pelayanan air minum Kecamatan Padalarang Kabupaten Bandung diselenggarakan oleh Perumda Air Minum Tirta Raharja menggunakan kombinasi sistem perpompaan. Penggunaan sistem perpompaan mengakibatkan biaya energi di Sistem Penyediaan Air Minum Padalarang Perumda Air Minum Tirta Raharja Kabupaten bandung (839 Rp/m3) lebih tinggi dibandingkan rata-rata nasional (345,77 Rp/m3). Lokasi penelitian di sistem distribusi Padalarang dipilih karena operasional pompa pada sistem ini berjalan selama 24 jam langsung melayani pelanggan. Pompa eksisting beroperasi mengikuti fluktuasi debit penggunaan pelanggan yang mengakibatkan penggunaan energi menjadi tidak efisiensi. Penelitian ini menganalisis alternatif peningkatan efisiensi energi pada sistem perpompaan Pedalarang melalui skema pemasangan Variable Speed Drive (VSD) pada pompa sumur dalam dan optimalisasi jaringan produksi dan disitribusi. Pelaksanaan penilitian dilakukan dengan mengambil beberapa data diantaranya data aliran debit pompa sumur dalam, debit pompa distribusi, tekanan pada pipa transmisi, tekanan pada pipa distribusi, konsumsi energi pompa sumur dalam, tagihan rekening listrik SPAM Padalarang dan dimensi jaringan pipa transmisi unit Produksi dan pipa distribusi unit distribusi SPAM Padalarang guna mengevaluasi kebutuhan volume reservoir untuk mencukupi kebutuhan volume air pelayanan distribusi dan penentuan elevasi eleated reservoir guna mencukupi tekanan minimum pada titik kritis pelayanan. Peluang penghematan energi untuk mendapatkan sistem yang lebih efisien sangat terbuka untuk diterapkan. Skema Optimalisasi Jaringan Unit Produksi dan Distribusi berupa perencanaan elevated reservoir dan pemasangan Variable Speed Drive (VSD) pada pom dapat mengurangi waktu kerja pompa distribusi dan beban kerja pompa yang lebih ringan, dikarenakan perputaran motor pompa yang bervariasi karena frekuensinya diatur oleh VSD. Hal ini berpengaruh pada penurunan tagihan energi listrik dari semula Rp. 49.395.413,00/bulan menjadi Rp 32.242.587,00/bulan. Penurunan pemakaian energi listrik di Sistem Distribusi SPAM Padalarang akan mengurangi tagihan listrik sebesar 34,72%. Penurunan tagihan tersebut membuat Perumda Air Minum Tirta Raharja akan menghemat  Rp 17.152.825 setiap bulannya