bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Empowering Entrepreneurs in the Informal Sector: Strategies for Youth Engagement and Educational Reform
Authors: Kouam Arthur William Fodouop 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

This study investigates the role of informal entrepreneurship in empowering youth within Cameroon, with a particular focus on the gender dimensions influencing entrepreneurial experiences. Addressing significant gaps in the literature that predominantly concentrate on formal business sectors, the research employs a mixed-methods approach that integrates qualitative interviews, observational studies, and quantitative surveys. Data were collected from 30 informal entrepreneurs and 300 youth aged 18–35 across three major cities, revealing both common success factors in informal business ventures and systemic barriers such as lack of financing, societal stigma, and gender-specific challenges women face. The findings indicate a strong positive correlation between awareness of successful informal enterprises and youth intentions to pursue entrepreneurship, with qualitative insights underscoring that community support, adaptability, and resilience are crucial for success. Notably, female entrepreneurs encounter unique obstacles, including limited access to funding and societal perceptions that undermine their legitimacy, highlighting the need for targeted support mechanisms. While this study provides significant contributions to understanding the informal economy's role in youth empowerment, some limitations include a relatively small sample size and the concentration on urban areas, which may not fully capture rural dynamics. Future research could explore the impact of cultural factors on gender roles in entrepreneurship and the long-term effects of informal entrepreneurship on socio-economic mobility among youth. This research emphasizes the potential of the informal sector as a legitimate pathway for economic empowerment, especially for women, and proposes actionable strategies for policymakers and educators to foster a culture of entrepreneurship in Cameroon.
«Он дал имя этой земле и назвал ее Гренландией, и сказал, что людям скорее захочется туда поехать, если у страны будет хорошее название»
Authors: Т.Н. Джаксон 
Published: November 2024

В статье рассматриваются представления оГренландии, нашедшие отражение в большом числе памятников древнескандинавской письменности. Разделяя мнение исландского исследователя Гисли Сигурдссона, что в сагах мы имеем дело не с непрерывной устной традицией о Гренландии, ас отражением в текстах местных локальных знаний, относящихся к разным периодам времени и имеющих разные источники, автор демонстрирует, что в исландской коллективной памяти всё же имеются два момента, связанных с Гренландией. Во-первых, это представление о том, что остров был открыт Эйриком Торвальдссоном (более известен как Эйрик Рыжий) за четырнадцать или пятнадцать лет до христианизации Исландии. Во-вторых, это географическая идея, связанная с пространственным положением Гренландии на крайнем севере ойкумены: Гренландия видится не островом, а частью Европейского материка, протянувшейся через открытые скандинавами северо-американские земли вплоть до Африки.
The paper discusses ideas concerning Greenland reflected in a large number of works of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Sharing the opinion of the Icelandic scholar Gsli Sigursson that in the sagas we are dealing not with a continuous oral tradition about Greenland, but with the reflection in the texts of local knowledge relating to different periods of time and having different sources, the author demonstrates that in Icelandic collective memory there still are two points related to Greenland. Firstly, this is an idea that the island was discovered and settled by Eirkr orvaldsson (better known as Eirkr raui) fourteen or fifteen years before the Christianization of Iceland. Secondly, this is a geographic idea related to the spatial position of Greenland in the far north of the oecumene: Greenland is seen not as an island, but as part of the European mainland, stretching as far as Africa across the North American lands discovered by Scandinavians.
Петербургская академия наук в 1779–1780-е гг. и карты Третьей экспедиции Д. Кука
Authors: Е.Е. Рычаловский 
Published: November 2024

К концу 1770-х гг. Петербургской академией наук был издан ряд карт северной части Тихого океана с прилегающими частями Евразии и Северной Америки, недостатки которых осознавались российскими учеными. Журналы и карты Третьего плавания капитан-командора Джеймса Кука 17761779гг., использовавшего более совершенные приборы и методы съемки, значительно дополнили географические представления об указанном регионе. В статье рассмотрены пути, которыми сведения о плавании Кука достигали Петербурга, характер этих сведений и первые отклики на них членов Академии. Предметом отдельного изучения являются первые карты промышленников и сибирских геодезистов с использованием данных английской экспедиции, в том числе практически неизвестные в историко-географической науке. Поставлена под сомнение возможность передачи какой-либо из карт Третьего плавания с изображением северной части Тихого океана русским офицерам или промышленникам. Немалое место уделено истории изданий Петербургской академии наук от карты 1781 г. П.С. Палласа до Новой карты Российской империи 1786 г., втой или иной степени интерпретировавших данные английского мореплавателя.
By the end of the 1770s the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences published a series of maps of the northern part of the Pacific Ocean with adjacent parts of Eurasia and North America, the shortcomings of which were recognized by Russian scientists. Magazines and maps of the Third Voyage of Captain-Commander James Cook of 17761779, who used more advanced instruments and methods of shooting, significantly supplemented the geographical representations of this region. The paper discusses the ways in which information about Cooks journey reached St. Petersburg, the nature of this information and the first responses of Academy members to them. The subject of a separate study is the first maps of industrialists and Siberian surveyors using data from the English expedition, including almost unknown in historical and geographical science. The possibility of transferring any of the Third Voyage maps depicting the North Pacific to Russian officers or industrialists has been called into question. Considerable attention is paid to the history of publications of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences from the map of 1781 by P.S. Pallas to the New Map of the Russian Empire (1786), which to some extent interpreted the data of the English navigator.
Расселение «зарубежных выходцев» в дворцовых волостях Деревской и Бежецкой пятин Новгородской земли в XVII веке
Authors: А.И. Савинова , Ю.В. Степанова 
Published: November 2024

Статья посвящена проблеме миграции населения из отошедших к Шведскому государству территорий после окончания Смутного времени в центральные районы Российского государства. Рассматривается расселение корелян на дворцовых землях в Деревской и Бежецкой пятинах Новгородской земли по данным переписной книги 1668 г. из РГАДА. Анализ текста переписной книги с применением компьютерных технологий позволил определить территориальное происхождение групп зарубежных выходцев и сопоставить их с погостами Деревской и Бежецкой пятин. Дворцовые земли, полученные на оброк корелянами в Бежецкой пятине, локализуются в ее южной части: в бассейне рек Волчина, Тихвинка, Ворожба (в общей сложности в 20 погостах). Обособленным анклавом является Заборовский погост Деревской пятины. Выяснено, что оброчные пустоши в этих микрорегионах получили группы выходцев из Корельского уезда и Шелонской пятины, а также погостов северной части Бежецкой пятины. На основании исследованных источников можно заключить, что процесс заселения корелянами рассмотренных дворцовых волостей начался вконце 1650-х годов, а наиболее масштабным стало переселение в конце 1660-х годов. Переселение шло поэтапно, включая временное размещение в центральных и восточных частях Новгородской земли, в том числе в окрестностях Валдая и Тихвина.
The paper is devoted to the analysis of reports of foreign travelers from the 16th to the beginning of the 17th century, who arrived in Russia by water. The notes of these travelers, as well as the maps compiled by them, are a valuable source not only for the history of geographical knowledge and cartography, but also for the history of the development of the inland waterways of the Russian state the most important transport arteries connecting the basins of the White and Baltic Seas with the Caspian Sea. The paper discusses data on travels to Muscovy in the 16th century by representatives of the English Muscovy Company Richard Chansellor, the Borough brothers, Thomas Southam, John Sparke, Anthony Jenkinson who made a great contribution to the geographical description and mapping of Eastern Europe. The evidence of the activities of Dutch merchants and sailors traveling to Russia in the 16th century Simon von Saling and Cornelius de Meyer is investigated, as well as a 1589 map of the Baltic Sea by Cornelius Duts. The geographical information contained in the Notes on Muscovy by Heinrich von Staden (second half of the 16th century) is analyzed in detail. A drawing to Ukrainian and Cherkassky cities from Moscow to Crimea (the first half of the 17th century), which shows the hydrography of the southern part of the Russian state, is considered in the context of the work on mapping of the Russian lands carried out in Russia from the second half of the 16th to the beginning of the 17th century.
Prediction of High-risk Growth Pattern in Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma using Preoperative Multiphase MDCT, 18F-FDG PET, and Clinical Features
Authors: Luo Yi , Sun Jinju , Hu Daoxi , Wu Tong , Long He , Zhou Weicheng , Dong Qiujie , Xia Renxiang , Zhang Weiguo , Chen Xiao 
Published: November 2024

Objective:
This study aimed to establish a model based on Multi-detector Computed Tomography (MDCT), 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission
Tomography/Computed Tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT), and clinical features for predicting different growth patterns of preoperative Invasive
Adenocarcinoma (IAC).

Methods:
This retrospective study included 357 patients diagnosed with IAC who underwent surgical treatment. According to pathological subtypes, IAC
was classified into low-risk growth patterns (lepidic, acinar) and high-risk growth patterns (papillary, micropapillary, and solid). The clinical
features of patients, preoperative MDCT, and 18F-FDG PET imaging characteristics were collected. Logistic regression analysis was used to
determine the independent risk factors for the high-risk growth pattern of IAC and construct models for predicting the high-/low-risk growth
patterns of IAC. Receiver operating characteristics and calibration curves were plotted and Decision Curve Analysis (DCA) was performed to
evaluate the performance and clinical benefits of the models, respectively.

Results:
Gender, tumor location, size, spiculation, and SUVavg were independent risk factors for high-risk growth patterns of IAC. The PET/CT imaging-
clinical characteristics combined model could well identify high-/low-risk growth patterns of IAC (AUC=0.789), which outperformed the CT

model (AUC=0.689, p=0.0012), PET model (AUC=0.742, p=0.0022), and clinical model (AUC=0.607, p<0.0001). The calibration curve indicated
good coherence between all model predictions and actual observations in both training and test sets (p>0.05). DCA revealed the highest clinical
benefit of PET/CT imaging-clinical characteristics combined model in identifying the high-risk growth pattern of IAC.

Conclusion:
The PET/CT imaging-clinical model based on multiphase MDCT features, 18F-FDG PET features, and clinical characteristics could predict the
high-risk growth pattern of IAC preoperatively, aiding clinicians in deciding personalized treatment strategies.
interplay of price, word-of-mouth, and tourist satisfaction in marine tourism
Authors: Ahmed Tanvir , Mohhamad Shuvo Md Istiaq , Imam Rifat Md. Hasan , Hasan Mehedi , Akter Nasima 
Published: November 2024

Marine tourism contributes socioeconomically to its stakeholders. Appropriate management of perceived price, word-of-mouth (WOM), and tourist satisfaction overall the destination image must be ensured, ultimately influencing tourists’ behaviour. This research looks at the impact of perceived price, word-of-mouth (WOM), and tourist satisfaction on the destination image of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, and their subsequent effects on tourist behaviour in the marine destination. Using a quantitative approach and focusing on young, educated, and budget-conscious travelers, data was collected from 426 respondents through structured surveys. The connections among the constructs were evaluated using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result reveals that perceived price and word of Mouth (WOM) tourist satisfaction significantly influence Cox's Bazar's destination image and mediates their effect on tourist behaviour. It provides useful insights for all stakeholders, especially tourism marketers by pointing to tourist satisfaction to promote goodwill to maintain the sustainability and competitiveness of maritime tourist destinations.
Excursion quest as a tool for developing socio-cultural competence of foreign students
Authors: Amelina I. O. 
Published: November 2024

The article is devoted to revealing the features of quest technology in the educational process, conducting a “live” excursion quest for the development of sociocultural competence of foreign students.The relevance of the study lies in the need to study the features of creating and conducting excursion quests in the preparation of foreign students.The purpose of the study is to consider the features of conducting a “live” excursion quest in a foreign audience, to analyze the effectiveness of integrating such a quest into the educational process as a tool for developing sociocultural competence at the pre-university stage. In accordance with the stated purpose of the study, the following tasks are identified: developing a “live” quest as part of a museum excursion; conducting a test to determine the degree of effectiveness of integrating the quest into the educational process.The development and testing of the quest was carried out on the basis of Southwest State University as part of teaching Russian as a foreign language at the pre-university stage.During the research process, theoretical, empirical, pedagogical methods were used, such as analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, descriptive method when disclosing the content of the developed excursion quest, and a statistical method when determining the level of formation of students’ socio-cultural knowledge.The research material was a developed excursion quest designed to work with foreign citizens as part of a visit to the city’s local history museum at the stage of pre-university preparation.An excursion quest is a promising technology for achieving educational goals when teaching foreign citizens. Quest technology updates the language knowledge, communication skills and abilities of students, while stimulating their cognitive activity and developing such important personality qualities as intelligence, attentiveness, and independence. Sociocultural competence is an integral part of foreign language communicative competence, and a “live” excursion quest, used within the framework of linguoeducation in a foreign audience, is capable, with careful preparation, of effectively introducing foreign speakers to the culture of the country in the context of real urban space, expanding their knowledge of culturally oriented vocabulary, and emphasizing the importance of sociocultural observation.
Microbiological evaluation of packaging obtained from cosmetics production establishments
Authors: Contri Renata Vidor , Lagemann Danieli Cristina , Capp Zilles Julia 
Published: November 2024

The cosmetics are commonly placed in plastic packaging that have the important function of protecting the product. However, the cosmetics packaging can contribute to the total microbial load of the product, leading to product deterioration and putting the health of users at risk. The main purpose of this research was the microbiological evaluation of cosmetics packaging obtained from cosmetics production establishments (an industry and four compound pharmacies) from Vale do Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Based on the results of a questionnaire applied at the moment of packaging acquisition, previous sanitization is performed for compound pharmacies packaging, with different handling of the packaging, whereas in the industry the process of packaging sanitization does not occur. However, this sanitization was not considered enough to guarantee the absence of microorganisms in the packaging, since a microbial growth was observed for 6 out of the 16 evaluated containers obtained from compound pharmacies, and for 2 out of the 4 industrial containers. Although several containers were contaminated, a few number of CFU/mL (from 1- 4) was isolated from each sample. Staphylococcus bacteria were the most common type of contamination, with S. aureus being identified in one sample. Not performing prior sanitization or storing packaging with the lid open led seems to lead to a higher microbial contamination of the packaging. Hence, both the sanitization process and the storage of packaging play an important role in guaranteeing packaging and cosmetics quality. The present investigation points for the importance of microbiological quality control of cosmetics packaging.
Effectiveness of maxillary arch expansion using clear aligners in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Kalekar Anjali Anil , Manchanda Jyoti , Chavan Santosh , Bhad Wasundhara A. , Atram Harish , Badu Priyanka , Tarde Priyanka 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Introduction
Invisalign, introduced by Align Technology, Inc. in 1997, is a system of clear plastic aligners that provides aesthetic orthodontic treatment plus treatment customisation. Created using impressions or intraoral digital scans, patients wear and sequentially exchange removable, 0.75 mm thick polyurethane appliances. The aligners improve smile appearance, correct dentoalveolar posterior crossbites, increase arch length, relieve crowding, and provide more space for tooth alignment. Dentoalveolar expansion is a preferred alternative to interproximal tooth reduction when treating a patient using the Invisalign clear appliance.

Materials and methods
The present review systematically searched electronic databases for prospective and retrospective studies on dentoalveolar expansion using clear aligner therapy in human subjects. The quality of the studies was assessed using the revised Cochrane risk of bias tool.

Results
A high risk of bias was noted in the systematic evaluation of five human trials comprising 254 healthy individuals. The most frequent cause of bias was found to be patient selection. Patient attrition was caused by age-related issues, inadequate compliance, and the lack of blinded outcome evaluation, underscoring the need for better research protocols.

Conclusion
The present study examined maxillary arch expansion in adult patients who received clear aligner therapy. It was found that the efficiency of expansion at the completion of an aligner treatment sequence may be marginally better than at the completion of an expansion treatment due to the hysteresis (the difference between the predicted and actual results of expansion) of Invisalign appliances, which enhances effectiveness and generates the greatest expansion in the first and second premolar region.
Impact of climate change on agriculture in Poland
Authors: Faber Antoni , Jarosz Zuzanna 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Agriculture, on the one hand, emits greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change, and on the other hand, it is the sector which is most affected by the progressing climate change. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of climate change on agriculture and to identify measures adapting agriculture in Poland to changing climatic conditions. The sources of information were legal acts, reports and documents of international institutions, as well as literature on the subject. The study analysed the impact of climate change effects on the conditions of conducting and the volume of agricultural production in global, European and national terms. The analysis showed that progressive climate change and its impact on changing agricultural production conditions threaten the productivity of agriculture, and thus limit the provision of food security. The dynamics of these changes, the extensive scope of threats and the strength of their negative impact prompt adaptation measures. Adaptation measures, the implementation of which enables adaptation to the current and expected climate and its impacts, have been identified.
Effect of different doses of apple pomace to the substrate on photosynthetic efficiency and yield in common buckwheat in a model experiment
Authors: Różewicz Marcin 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
By-products of apple juice pressing should be used for the benefit of the environment. One way to manage them is to add them to the soil in raw or composted form as a natural fertiliser and source of organic matter. A study was therefore undertaken to test several doses of apple pomace to the substrat on photosynthetic parameters and yield of buckwheat. The experiment was conducted in a vegetation hall under controlled, automatic irrigation to 60% of the field water capacity. The model study used the cultivar Red corolla and three doses of apple pomace applied to pots in the following amounts: 0 control, 70, 140 and 210 g per pot, which corresponded to field volume: 1, 2 and 3 t·ha−1. Four photosynthetic parameters (Pn, E, Gs and Ci) were measured and the water use efficiency was determined. Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm and PI) was also investigated. The most suitable variant for buckwheat was the using 210 g which resulted in increased photosynthesis intensity, chlorophyll fluorescence and buckwheat yield.
Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Management System implementation on compliance with safety requirements in a logistics support organization
Authors: Schaal Nicholas 
Published: November 2024

Previous research regarding measuring the effectiveness of safety programs has relied on reactive/lagging indicator approaches that include addressing adverse outcomes such as personnel injury. Several Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) standards require organizations to determine an appropriate OHSMS measurement frequency but it is unknown which effectiveness indicators should be measured and the assessment frequency that is needed to realize positive change in the safety program. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of leading indicator measurement on self-reported OHSMS implementation. Additionally, determine the leading indicator self-assessment frequency that leads to measurable OHSMS improvements. The current investigation was a longitudinal study design of OHSMS implementation self-assessment information compiled monthly from August 2021 – November 2022 for 15 subordinate units of a logistics support organization. Repeated measures analysis of variance and post hoc comparisons were conducted to determine which months were significantly different and to determine the length of time necessary to realize OHSMS improvement. Overall OHSMS score ranged from 71.2%­­­­­­–82.7%. There were significant OHSMS improvements between the first month and the final 1–2 months of monitoring. It took 8–9 months to realize significant improvements of 6%. Improvement in OHSMS compliance was observed but monthly self-assessments were too short a period to reveal significant improvement. Measuring leading indicators is useful to: assess OHSMS implementation, observe OHSMS changes, and monitor OHSMS continuous program improvement.