bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Urban Refugee Self-Settlement and Ecological Blame: Insights from Kolkata’s Jabar-Dakhal Colonies
Authors: Pal Shreyasi , Mitra Tapas 
Published: December 2024

Objective: This study maps refugee self-settlements, or Jabar-Dakhal colonies, in 1950s–60s Kolkata to examine their effects on broader ecological transformations. Demographic 'others' are often segregated and confined to the cracks and margins of the normative city. Kolkata was a major site of refugee influx after the 1947 Partition. The refugees adapted to survive with minimal resources and transformed otherwise inhospitable terrains. The study counters claims that refugees are always environmental burdens and calls for grounded studies on refugee urbanism within the broader discourse of inclusive, sustainable urban development, as envisioned in SDG 11.

Theoretical Framework: Urban refugees are understood as ‘bio-political’ subjects in a "state of exception," but with considerable agency.

Method: Archival data identifies the locations of 145 pre-1950 and 123 post-1950 Jabar-Dakhal colonies in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. Using GIS mapping, these locations are studied in relation to depleting eco-sensitive zones, such as the East Kolkata Wetlands. Primary interviews with early settlers offer insights into their resource management practices.

Results and Discussion: Findings show little overlaps between refugee colonies and large-scale ecological degradation in Kolkata. State-led urban projects, like Salt Lake Township and Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, caused greater ecological impacts. Self-settled refugees demonstrated adaptive practices and careful resource management.

Research Implications: The study advocates for integrating political ecology and socio-historical analysis into urban sustainability research in the Global South. It calls for context-sensitive, long-term research to address structural inequalities. The contemporary urban refugee crisis needs urgent academic and administrative attention to achieve SDG 11.

Originality/Value: The study visualizes Jabar-Dakhal colonies’ spatial distribution to counter reductionist narratives of refugee-led environmental degradation. It reframes refugees as active urban agents, and reinforces the need for ‘Southern’ perspectives on urban sustainability.
ANALISIS KELAYAKAN MUTU BATAKO DENGAN AGREGAT BATU KAPUR (LIMESTONE) PRODUKSI INDUSTRI KECIL DI KOTA KUPANG
Authors: Suparta I Made , Ari Ari , Benny Benny , Agnesius Agnesius 
Published: December 2024

Bata Beton (Batako) adalah salah satu material yang populer dimasyarakat sebagi material konstruksi dinding pada struktur bangunan gedung. Terbuat dari campuran Agregat halus, semen sebagai perekat, dan air sebagai katalisator. Penggunaan batu kapur (Gamping) sebagai agregat dalam campuran Bata Beton telah banyak dilakukan dalam produksi batako di Kota Kupang, namun kualitasnya menurut standar SNI 03-0349-1989 belum diketahui. Penelitian tentang Analisis kualitas Bata Beton dengan agregat batu kapur hasil produksi industri kecil di Kota Kupang dilakukan untuk mengetahui mutu bata-beton menurut SNI 03-0349-1989. Benda uji diambil secara acak dari 10 (sepuluh) UMKM yang tersebar di Kota Kupang. Jumlah benda uji 5 (lima) buah untuk masing-masing UMKM, dengan jumlah total benda uji 50 buah. Ukuran panjang (P), lebar (L), Tebal (t), tebal sekat (t sekat), dan luas lobang, berturut-turut 39,87 cm (398.7 mm), 17.03 cm (170.3 mm), 9.88 cm (98,8 mm), 3.41 cm (34,1 mm), dan 91,20 cm (3%) memenuhi standar dimensi dan toleransi SNI 03-0349-1989. Volume lubang rata-rata 986.60 cm3 dengan prosentase rata-rata terhadap volume bruto adalah 13.28%, lebih kecil dari standard maksimum 25%. Kuat tekan rata-rata bata beton didapat 7.647 Kg/cm2, lebih kecil dari kuat tekan rata-rata minimal untuk tingkat mutu IV bata beton berlubang sebesar 17 Kg/cm2, dengan rata-rata deviasi standar 1,37, tidak memenuhi syarat tingkat mutu
University and the Algorithmic Gaze
Authors: Gourlay Lesley 
Published: December 2024

This open access book takes an innovative and critical look at the ways in which digital data and algorithms are changing the face of higher education in multiple ways.It examines their impact at both the macro scale of universities and systems worldwide, but also at the more subtle level of effects on academics and students. In doing so, it focuses on the day-to-day life of the university, examining how the digital is changing the way that we communicate, learn, and create new knowledge.
As well as exploring the role of ‘big data’ and learning analytics, the book also focuses on areas of academic life not normally considered to be part of datafication, such as the physical structures of surveillance on campus and the ways in which systems of ‘quality’ in research can morph into regimes of surveillance and algorithmic discipline. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the volume interweaves insights from Surveillance Studies, Science and Technology Studies and Postphenomenology. . Its wide-ranging analysis generates fresh, critical new insights into the nature of communication, semiosis, textual practices, subjectivities and knowledge practices at this dynamic and fast-moving juncture in the history and development of higher education worldwide.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University College London, UK.
Health Resort in Modern European Literature
Authors: Köhler Astrid , Schmidt Henrike 
Published: December 2024

This innovative open access book reappraises the health resort in literature from its rise in the late Enlightenment period to the wellness age of the 21st century. Most of the existing body of academic work on the subject is concerned with either the classic spa novel or sanatorium narratives, and focuses on distinct national literatures, selected canonical texts, and particular themes. Contrary to this conventionThe Health Resort in Modern European Literaturecovers all types of health resort texts and sees them as part of a "transnational resort narrative" that covers the whole of Europe. Its uniquely broad corpus goes beyond the famous English, French, German and Russian novels and includes work in all genres, by female and male authors, from high literature and popular culture, in less studied languages such as Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Polish, Swedish or Ukrainian, right up to the present day.
Drawing on theorists such as Barthes, Deleuze and Foucault, Henrike Schmidt and Astrid Köhler compellingly argue that the literary health resort represents a social microcosm that responds to and reflects historical developments in special ways. Being an ‘other place’ where time and space are configured differently, it has both utopian and dystopian potential, while its intertextual interconnectedness enables it to interrogate assumptions and discourses not just about sickness and health, but also about European society in its different iterations.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA).
Economic Cooperation in the Shadow of Contested Sovereignty
Authors: Wu Chien-Huei , Lin Ching-Fu , Liu Han-Wei 
Published: December 2024

This open access book is the first of its kind to address a question of both theoretical and practical significance: how do countries or entities approach economic cooperation in the face of vexing political concerns and overlapping sovereignty claims?
Built upon three contemporary case studies on North-South Korea, China-Taiwan, and North-South Cyprus – representative pairs of ‘divided nations’, broadly defined – the book explores from both an empirical and a conceptual perspective the underlying factors, approaches and patterns that influence the economic relationship between the two sides.
The book examines complex dynamics and identifies critical factors across the case studies, making a timely contribution to debates surrounding sovereignty, democracy and legitimacy in the context of international economic laws given the shifting geopolitical landscape. It further informs countries that do not share the same features of divided nations but nonetheless experience diplomatic crises or military conflicts, which render their economic cooperation sensitive and strenuous.
This book is a must-read for researchers, trade lawyers, and students in international law and international relations. It also serves as a valuable asset for negotiators, diplomats and policymakers, providing crucial insights for making decisions that can either escalate or de-escalate geopolitical conflicts.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Academia Sinica Thematic Program.
ĐẶC ĐIỂM SUY GIẢM NHẬN THỨC Ở NGƯỜI BỆNH PARKINSON
Authors: Hà Phước Đông , Nguyễn Thanh Bình 
Published: December 2024

Mục tiêu: Mô tả đặc điểm suy giảm nhận thức và phân tích một số yếu tố liên quan đến suy giảm nhận thức ở người bệnh Parkinson tại Bệnh viện Lão khoa Trung ương. Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang; đối tượng là người bệnh được chẩn đoán bệnh Parkinson khám, điều trị và đánh giá chức năng nhận thức bằng bộ trắc nghiệm thần kinh tâm lý tại Bệnh viện Lão khoa Trung ương từ 01/01/2024 – 31/08/2024. Kết quả: Nghiên cứu thu tuyển được 113 người bệnh. Tuổi trung bình của mẫu nghiên cứu là 69 ± 7,931, nữ giới chiếm 64,6%. Tỉ lệ người bệnh suy giảm nhận thức là 66,3%, trong đó suy giảm nhận thức nhẹ chiếm 27,4% và sa sút trí tuệ chiếm 38,9%. Trong các người bệnh Parkinson có suy giảm nhận thức, suy giảm chức năng điều hành chiếm tỉ lệ cao nhất với 96% người bệnh. Tỉ lệ suy giảm nhận thức có sự khác biệt có ý nghĩa thống kê giữa các nhóm tuổi, học vấn, nghề nghiệp, giai đoạn Hoehn và Yahr, tuổi khởi phát bệnh Parkinson, thời gian mắc bệnh Parkinson và mức điểm UPDRS (III) với p < 0,05. Kết luận: 27,4% người bệnh Parkinson có suy giảm nhận thức nhẹ và 38,9% có sa sút trí tuệ. Suy giảm chức năng điều hành là một trong các đặc điểm nổi bật của suy giảm nhận thức ở người bệnh Parkinson. Các yếu tố như tuổi, học vấn, nghề nghiệp, giai đoạn Hoehn và Yahr, tuổi khởi phát bệnh Parkinson, thời gian mắc bệnh Parkinson và mức điểm UPDRS (III) có liên quan đến suy giảm nhận thức ở người bệnh Parkinson.
ĐÁNH GIÁ KỸ THUẬT DÙNG BÌNH HÍT XỊT ĐỊNH LIỀU TRÊN BỆNH NHÂN COPD TẠI BỆNH VIỆN HỮU NGHỊ
Authors: Võ Thị Kim Tương , Vũ Thị Chi 
Published: December 2024

Mục tiêu nghiên cứu: Đánh giá kỹ thuật sử dụng các thuốc dạng hít trên bệnh nhân COPD và phân tích các yếu tố liên quan tới việc sai sót trong kỹ thuật sử dụng thuốc dạng hít. Phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang trên bệnh nhân đã được chẩn đoán COPD từ tháng 10 năm 2023 đến tháng 10 năm 2024 tại phòng quản lý Hen- COPD Bệnh viện Hữu Nghị. Kết quả: Có 120 bệnh nhân được thu nhận vào nghiên cứu. Về kỹ thuật sử dụng bình hít: Tỷ lệ bệnh nhân mắc ít nhất một lỗi trong kỹ thuật sử dụng MDI và DPI lần lượt là 85,83% và 78,125%; Các bước bệnh nhân thường mắc lỗi khi sử dụng MDI là: Lắc thuốc, thở ra hết sức, phối hợp động tác tay ấn- miệng hít và động tác nín thở. Với cả MDI và DPI, tỷ lệ bệnh nhân mắc sai sót ở bước “thở ra hết sức” là cao nhất 62,5% và 65,6%. Về đánh giá các yếu tố ảnh hưởng: Yếu tố tuổi, tư vấn của nhân viên y tế và tham gia câu lạc bộ là những yếu tố liên quan có ý nghĩa thống kê lên kỹ thuật sử dụng ( p< 0,05). Kết luận: Tỷ lệ bệnh nhân sử dụng dụng cụ hít xịt chưa đúng kỹ thuật còn cao. Yếu tố tuổi, tư vấn của nhân viên y tế và tham gia câu lạc bộ là những yếu tố liên quan có ý nghĩa thống kê lên kỹ thuật sử dụng
GIÁ TRỊ CỦA ĐỘT BIẾN hTERT C228T TRONG CHẨN ĐOÁN UNG THƯ BIỂU MÔ TẾ BÀO GAN NHIỄM VIRUS VIÊM GAN B
Authors: Phạm Châu , Phạm Quang Trung , Ngô Tất Trung , Dương Quang Huy 
Published: December 2024

Mục tiêu: Xác định giá trị của đột biến hTERT C228T máu ngoại vi trong chẩn đoán ung thư biểu mô tế bào gan (UTBMTBG) nhiễm virus viêm gan B (Hepatitis B virus - HBV). Đối tương và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang trên 159 bệnh nhân UTBMTBG nhiễm HBV, đối chứng với 62 bệnh nhân xơ gan nhiễm HBV và 98 bệnh nhân viêm gan B mạn điều trị tại Bệnh viện Quân y 103 và Bệnh viện TWQĐ 108. Đột biến hTERT C228T trong máu ngoại vi được xác định bằng kỹ thuật Nested - PCR kết hợp realtime-PCR. Kết quả: Đột biến hTERT C228T trong máu ngoại vi chỉ phát hiện được ở nhóm UTBMTBG nhiễm HBV với tỷ lệ 25,2%, không xuất hiện nhóm xơ gan nhiễm HBV và viêm gan B mạn (p < 0,001), đạt độ đặc hiệu chẩn đoán UTBMTBG 100%. Kết hợp đột biến hTERT C288T với AFP huyết tương trong chẩn đoán UTBMTBG so với nhóm xơ gan, viêm gan virus B mạn và nhóm không ung thư đều có AUC đạt mức tốt (giá trị lần lượt là 0,81; 0,88 và 0,85), cao hơn so với giá trị tương ứng khi sử dụng AFP đơn thuần (AUC lần lượt là 0,76; 0,84; 0,81). Kết luận: Đột biến hTERT C228T có giá trị chẩn đoán UTBMTBG nhiễm HBV với độ đặc hiệu cao và khi kết hợp với nồng độ AFP huyết tương thì giá trị chẩn đoán cao hơn so với AFP đơn thuần.
Zircon luminescence dating revisited
Authors: Schmidt Christoph , Halter Théo , Hanson Paul R. , Ulianov Alexey , Putlitz Benita , King Georgina E. , Kreutzer Sebastian 
Published: December 2024

Abstract. Luminescence dating plays a pivotal role in Quaternary science, yet ongoing methodological challenges persist in refining the temporal range, accuracy, and precision of luminescence methods. Our contribution revisits zircons as potential alternative dosimeters to quartz, feldspar, or calcite for routine dating applications. The essential advantage of zircons over other minerals is the time-invariant and high internal dose rate due to high radionuclide contents, dominating over the external contribution, which is more challenging to assess. Reported drawbacks are low zircon abundance, laborious sample preparation, signal instabilities, unknown optical signal resetting rates, and low signal intensities. Our present study uses modern luminescence detection equipment and analytical methods to investigate mineral separation, mineral characteristics, bleachability, signal spectra and intensities, and the potential to auto-regenerate signals. We present results for two zircon samples that are different in provenance, trace element composition, and luminescence characteristics, each of them containing a couple of hundred grains. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signal resetting rates of zircon in response to simulated sunlight exposure are orders of magnitudes faster than for feldspar and slightly slower than for quartz. The recorded thermoluminescence (TL) spectra confirm previously published results with luminescence emissions in the UV/violet and red wavelength range, supplemented by narrowband emissions associated with rare earth element (REE) dopants. Storage experiments of single zircon grains for auto-regenerated measurements over 1.5 years yielded very low OSL signals. At the same time, after only 3 weeks, we measured acceptable TL signal intensities at the cost of lower bleaching rates. To date, the auto-regeneration approach seems to be a promising and accurate approach to dating zircon light exposure events, especially when combining the natural OSL with auto-regenerated TL. However, further studies are required to optimise signal intensities and establish zircons as viable targets for routine dating applications.
Analisis Pendapatan Petani Kentang Atlantik Melalui Kemitraan dengan PT. Indofood di Desa Sindangsari Kecamatan Cigedug Kabupaten Garut
Authors: Saptaji Bagus , Febrianti Tintin , Adinasa Muhamad Nu'man 
Published: December 2024

Kecamatan Cigedug tercatat sebagai wilayah utama produksi tanaman kentang atlantik di Jawa Barat, terutama dalam lingkup Kabupaten Garut. Untuk memitigasi risiko fluktuasi harga yang sering terjadi dan mengurangi ketidakpastian, kemitraan antara kelompok tani Sebartani dengan PT Indofood telah terjalin. Melalui kemitraan ini, harga jual produk kentang atlantik dapat dijamin, sehingga petani dapat mengurangi risiko penurunan pendapatan. Selain itu, penggunaan bibit berkualitas dari PT Indofood juga dapat mengurangi risiko gagal panen dan investasi modal yang besar. Petani non-mitra cenderung menghadapi tantangan yang lebih besar terkait fluktuasi harga jual, terutama saat memasuki musim panen yang berlimpah. Penggunaan bibit lokal oleh petani non-mitra dapat meningkatkan risiko penurunan hasil panen. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melakukan analisis mendalam terhadap pendapatan dan kelayakan usaha pertanian kentang atlantik bagi petani yang menjalin kemitraan dengan PT Indofood. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif deskriptif, yang bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran menyeluruh mengenai usaha pertanian kentang atlantik dengan pola kemitraan. Analisis mencakup pengeluaran biaya usaha pertanian, termasuk biaya produksi, serta penerimaan dan pendapatan yang diperoleh. Sampel penelitian diambil dengan pendekatan non probability sampling, dengan melibatkan semua kelompok tani Sebartani yang menjalin kemitraan dengan PT Indofood. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa total biaya produksi untuk satu musim tanam kentang atlantik pada luas lahan satu hektar adalah sebesar Rp. 105.871.657. Namun, pendapatan yang diterima mencapai Rp. 180.000.000, sehingga total keuntungan yang diperoleh petani mitra sebesar Rp. 74.128.343. Berdasarkan hasil ini, dapat disimpulkan bahwa usaha pertanian kentang atlantik bagi petani mitra layak untuk dijalankan, dengan tingkat risiko yang lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan petani non-mitra.
Профориентационная деятельность как фактор повышения значимости созидательного труда в системе ценностных ориентиров школьников
Authors: Фроленкова И.Ю. , Кузнецов К.Г. , Ермолаева А.В. 
Published: December 2024

Введение. Современные экономические и социальные вызовы обусловили повышенное внимание к факторам, влияющим на формирование ценностных ориентиров, в частности на ценность созидательного труда, в содержании профориентационных программ. Цель. Определить условия, способствующие повышению значимости ценности созидательного труда у обучающихся общеобразовательных школ в процессе профориентационной работы. Методы. Использованы методы сравнительного и обобщающего анализа научных публикаций по теме исследования. Для обработки результатов тестирования применены методы корреляционного и факторного анализа. Результаты. Исследование показало, что участие в профориентационных программах, включающих профессиональные пробы, экскурсии, внеурочные занятия и профориентационную диагностику, повышает значимость созидательного труда в восприятии учащихся, создавая предпосылки для ценностно-целевого единства профориентационной деятельности. Научная новизна. Установлена связь между ценностью труда в обществе и его уровнем благосостояния: общества с более высокой значимостью созидательного труда показывают более высокие экономические результаты. Практическая значимость. Результаты исследования могут быть использованы для организации профориентационной и воспитательной работы в общеобразовательных школах.
Introduction. Current challenges, both economic and social, highlight the factors that influence the formation of value orientations, particularly the value of creative labor in the content of career guidance programmes. Aim. To determine the factors that contribute to the increased value placed on creative labour by students in comprehensive schools during career guidance programmes. Methods. This study used comparative and generalised analyses of existing scientific publications on the topic of the research. The methods of correlation and factor analysis were used to process the test results. Results. Research data indicates that students’ perception of the importance of creative labor is enhanced through participation in career guidance programmes that systematically incorporate professional tryouts, guided tours, extracurricular activities, and career guidance diagnostics. This creates the conditions for a value-based unity within career guidance activities. Scientific novelty. The research identified a correlation between the value of labour in a society and its level of prosperity. Societies and communities where members highly value creative labour demonstrate superior economic performance. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used for organising career guidance and educational work in comprehensive schools.
Utilization of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of pes planus and pes cavus with a smartphone camera
Authors: Ghandour Samir , Lebedev Anton , Tung Wei-Shao , Semianov Konstantin , Semjanow Artem , DiGiovanni Christopher W , Ashkani-Esfahani Soheil , Pineda Lorena Bejarano 
Published: December 2024

BACKGROUND
Pes planus (flatfoot) and pes cavus (high arch foot) are common foot deformities, often requiring clinical and radiographic assessment for diagnosis and potential subsequent management. Traditional diagnostic methods, while effective, pose limitations such as cost, radiation exposure, and accessibility, particularly in underserved areas.
AIM
To develop deep learning algorithms that detect and classify such deformities using smartphone cameras.
METHODS
An algorithm that integrated a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) into a smartphone camera was utilized to detect pes planus and pes cavus deformities. This case control study was conducted at a tertiary hospital with participants recruited from two orthopaedic foot and ankle clinics. The CNN was trained and tested using photographs of the medial aspect of participants’ feet, taken under standardized conditions. Participants included subjects with standard foot alignment, pes planus, or pes cavus determined by an expert clinician using the foot posture index. The model’s performance was assessed in comparison to clinical assessment and radiographic measurements, specifically lateral tarsal-first metatarsal angle and calcaneal inclination angle.
RESULTS
The CNN model demonstrated high accuracy in diagnosing both pes planus and pes cavus, with an optimized area under the curve of 0.90 for pes planus and 0.90 for pes cavus. It showed a specificity and sensitivity of 84% and 87% for pes planus detection, respectively; and 97% and 70% for pes cavus, respectively. The model’s prediction correlated moderately with radiographic lateral Meary’s angle measurements, indicating the model’s excellent reliability in assessing food arch deformity (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION
This study highlights the potential of using a smartphone-based CNN model as a screening tool that is reliable and accessible for the detection of pes planus and pes cavus deformities, which is especially beneficial for underserved communities and patients with pain generated by subtle foot arch deformities.