bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE ROLE OF LIVESTOCK MARKETING IN IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOODS OF PASTORALISTS
Authors: Erick Smith 
Published: October 2023

Purpose: The pastoralists who are majority of inhabitants of ASALs in Kenya depend mainly on the livestock resource for their livelihoods. This study examined how the livelihoods of pastoralists would change if identified constraints are addressed and if there is effective participation of the relevant stakeholders in marketing of the livestock and livestock products.
Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical
literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps.
Results: The study confirmed that livestock keeping is very important and is the mainstay of 80% of pastoralists who depend on it for productive capital. All aspects of pastoral social and economic life are ordered in relation to livestock and the environment in which they live. There are many challenges ranging from climatic, geo-physical, economic, political and social that impedes effective trade of livestock and livestock products.
Unique Contribution to Theory and Practice: Key stakeholders including the government, political leaders, civil society, and livestock marketing associations amongst others should come up with a way forward to address the constraints preventing the livestock industry to contribute its potential role of poverty alleviation in ASALs. Indeed, an ASAL Marshall Plan is required to transform the area from being a perpetual poverty-stricken area to a prosperous and self-sufficient region.
Akıllı Fabrikalarda Çizelgeleme Yöntemlerinin Analizi
Authors: MANZAK Rumeysa , ENGİN Orhan 
Published: October 2023

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Akıllı Fabrikalarda gerçekleştirilen çizelgeleme yöntemlerini incelemektir.
Yöntem: Bu çalışmada, veri kaynağı olarak, “Google Scholar” üzerinden ulaşılan metin türünde veriler kullanılmıştır. Veri Seti, 2015-2022 yılları arasında yayınlanmış olan ve ‘Scheduling in Smart Factory’ anahtar kelimesini içeren araştırma makalelerinden oluşmaktadır. Çalışma gerçekleştirilirken, ‘Scheduling in Smart Factory’ anahtar kelimesi ile doğrudan ilgili araştırmalar analiz edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Akıllı Fabrikalarda gerçekleştirilen çizelgeleme yöntemlerinin incelenmesi çalışmasında, çizelgeleme problemlerinin çözümünde, Genetik Algoritma, Çoklu Robot Önleyici Görev Çizelgelemesi, Parçacık Optimizasyonu, Ağlar Arası Birleştirme ve Çizelgeleme gibi birçok yöntemin kullanıldığı belirlenmiştir. Önerilen bu yöntemlerin performanslarını değerlendirmek için duyarlılık analizi, hata kurtarma analizi ve karşılaştırma analizi gibi metotlar tercih edilmiştir. Bu çalışmaları doğrulamak için deney çalışmaları yürütülmüştür.
Özgünlük: Çizelgeleme problemleri, hem geleneksel fabrikalarda, hemde akıllı fabrikalarda stratejik bir öneme sahiptir. Özellikle son yıllarda, çizelgeleme çalışmaları üzerine çok sayıda algoritma geliştirilmiştir. Bu çalışmada, 2015-2022 yılları arasında gerçekleştirilen bilimsel çalışmaları içeren özgün bir tarama sunulmuştur.
Smart Product-Service Systems in Fashion Industry: A Systematic Review of Sustainability Results
Authors: GÜR Ufuk 
Published: October 2023

Purpose: This review paper provides an inductive analysis on "Smart product service systems" in fashion industry by explaining how servitization as a form of service innovation is critical for sustainability, and the promise of digital technologies for smart fashion industry based on analysing current challenges, opportunities, and digital technologies for the implementation of Smart PSS in the fashion industry.
Methodology: The study employed an inductive analysis approach to identify the servitization domains, respective Smart PSS applications and the environmental sustainability results. The environmental sustainability results matched with the services were derived from the extensive literature by inductive coding of all identified Smart PSS applications through systematic literature review.
Findings: Fashion industry applications of Smart PSS were matched with the respective servitization domain, and the discussion were extended with the possible environmental sustainability results based on the literature content. Further research questions have been proposed.
Originality: Recent research calls for contributions about the effects of digitalization on different outcomes of servitization beyond financial performance and draws attention to the small number of studies addressing the environmental benefits of digital servitization to the circular economy. This study addresses the research gap for a scholarly discussion about the environmental sustainability results of digital servitization in fashion industry and provides a comprehensive future research agenda.
Deucravacitinib (Sotyktu)
Authors: CADTH  
Published: October 2023

CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.
The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.
This review assesses Deucravacitinib (Sotyktu), 6 mg tablet, oral.
Indication: For the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.
How heating tracers drive self-lofting long-lived stratospheric anticyclones: simple dynamical models
Authors: Shah Kasturi S. , Haynes Peter H. 
Published: October 2023

Abstract. Long-lived `bubbles' of wildfire smoke or volcanic aerosol have recently been observed in the stratosphere, co-located with ozone, carbon monooxide, and water vapour anomalies. These bubbles often survive for several weeks, during which time they ascend through vertical distances of 15 km or more. Meteorological analysis data shows that the smoke or aerosol is contained within strong, persistent anticyclonic vortices. Absorption of solar radiation by the smoke or aerosol is hypothesised to drive the ascent of the bubbles, but the dynamics of how this heating gives rise to a single-sign anticyclonic vorticity anomaly has thus far been unclear. We present a description of heating-driven stratospheric vortices, based on an axisymmetric balanced model. A highly simplified model includes a specified localised heating moving upwards at fixed velocity and produces a steadily translating solution with a single-signed anticyclonic vortex co-located with the heating, with corresponding temperature anomalies forming a vertical dipole, matching observations. A more complex model includes the two-way interaction between a heating tracer, representing smoke or aerosol, and the dynamics. An evolving tracer provides heating which drives a secondary circulation and this in turn transports the tracer. Through this two-way interaction an initial distribution of tracer drives a circulation and forms a self-lofting tracer-filled anticyclonic vortex. Scaling arguments show that upward velocity is proportional to heating magnitude, but the magnitude of peak vorticity is O(f ) (f is the Coriolis parameter) and independent of the heating magnitude. Estimates of peak vertical velocity and vorticity from observations match our theoretical predictions. We discuss 3D effects such as vortex stripping and dispersion of tracer outside the vortex by the large-scale flow which cannot be captured explicitly by the axisymmetric model. The large O(f ) vorticity of the fully developed anticyclones explains their observed persistence and their effective confinement of tracers. To further investigate the early stages of formation of tracer-filled vortices, we consider an idealised configuration of a homogeneous tracer layer. A linearised calculation reveals that the upper part of the layer is destabilised due to the decrease in tracer concentrations with height there, which sets up a self-reinforcing effect where upward lofting of tracer results in stronger heating and hence stronger lofting. Small amplitude disturbances form isolated tracer plumes that ascend out of the initial layer, indicative of a self-organisation of the flow. The relevance of these idealised models to formation and persistence of tracer-filled vortices in the real atmosphere is discussed and it is suggested that a key factor in their formation is the time taken to reach the fully-developed stage, which is shorter for strong heating rates.
The Design of Triple Store and Query Processing on GPU for Large Scale Resource Description Framework Data
Authors:   Department of Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Kasetsart University, Makpaisit Pisit , Chantrapornchai Chantana ,   Department of Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Kasetsart University
Published: October 2023

The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is commonly used as a standard for data interchange on the web. Due to the current big data era, its size is prone to increase drastically. In order to speed up the large RDF data query, we propose a novel RDF data representation along with the RDF query algorithm utilizing GPU processing. We also present the representation that is suitable for RDF data and GPU processing, the indexing approach, the querying process in the GPU and other techniques that increase the efficiency such as pre-upload filtering, ID assignment by using the term similarity of term vector, and dimensional reduction to transform back to term ID. The experiments show that the developed framework utilizes the storage only 1/6 of the original one and can reduce the querying time. The speedup obtained can be up to 29.57 when compared with the RDF-3X system and 45.23 when compared to using gStore, a graph data store.
ASSÉDIO MORAL NO TRABALHO: IMPACTOS NA SAÚDE DOS TRABALHADORES
Authors: Oliveira Lays Vieira de Souza , Fernandes Ana Paula Lima Marques , De Amorim Lucas Silva , Silva Edilson dos Santos 
Published: October 2023

O assédio moral no trabalho é uma espécie de violência praticada contra o trabalhador, que ocorre de maneira reiterada, expondo o indivíduo a situações vexatórias e constrangedoras, tais práticas podem motivar o aparecimento de doenças físicas e/ou psicológicas no indivíduo. O objetivo geral deste trabalho é investigar a relação entre as práticas abusivas caracterizadas como assédio moral no trabalho e os possíveis impactos na saúde dos trabalhadores vítimas dessa conduta, tendo como base um estudo realizado na empresa Alfa. A metodologia da pesquisa utilizada foi exploratória e documental. Foram coletados por meio de um questionário online aplicado aos funcionários. Foi possível inferir que a grande maioria dos colaboradores consideram que não foram vítimas de assédio moral no trabalho, porém, como alguns colaboradores relataram situações que não condizem com práticas aceitáveis dentro do ambiente de trabalho, identificou-se que é necessário investir em políticas e práticas de prevenção. Por fim, foi possível concluir que a prática de assédio moral é uma conduta que desrespeita a legislação e a dignidade do trabalhador, e por essa razão torna-se algo inaceitável no ambiente de trabalho. Desse modo, desconsiderar os efeitos negativos na saúde física e psicológica dos trabalhadores é um grande erro.
Formative Assessment Helps Students Learn Over Time: Why Aren’t We Paying More Attention to It?
Authors: Carney Elizabeth A. , Zhang Xue , Charsha Ashley , Taylor Jessica N. , Hoshaw Justin P. 
Published: October 2023

In the world of postsecondary assessment, summative practices take center stage, particularly at the program level. Formative assessment can be overlooked, for example, as institutions direct focus and effort toward fully implementing summative assessment for accreditation requirements. While summative practices are important, formative assessment is also worth promoting as a means to see improvements in student learning within a quicker time frame (i.e. over the course of a term instead of several terms or years later). With an intended audience of college faculty, assessment professionals, and administrators, this article summarizes ways formative assessment is employed to improve student learning and inform curriculum and program improvement. It also identifies barriers to formative assessment implementation and suggests ways those barriers may be overcome. One key strategy is faculty development, but the literature on faculty development about teaching with formative assessment is sparse and tends to be focused at the K-12 level, so we offer suggestions for a way forward by fostering professional development using best practices, ensuring equitable and culturally responsive assessment, and integrating formative assessment into larger efforts to support learning improvement over time.
Including Authentic Student Voice in your Assessment Story
Authors: Kremer Kathy S. 
Published: October 2023

Authentic student voice within the assessment of student learning requires meaningful student input and institutional support. Previous examinations of this topic have primarily linked student voice with two approaches: student representation and student partnership. This 2023 AALHE Conference session introduced a third approach: student leadership. A case study from a Midwestern college is used to exemplify this approach. It is suggested that student-led assessment improves the authenticity of student voice and the reliability of assessment results. Additionally, for institutions that prioritize leadership development, student-led assessment can demonstrate the achievement of this goal as students fill a leadership role in their institutions.
Assessment Integrity: Foundations for High-Quality Credentials
Authors: Williams Laura M. , Serpati Lauren , Killian Racheal , Heath Tyson 
Published: October 2023

In a time when the value of a college degree is under continuous scrutiny and the opportunity for alternate pathways to workforce readiness is ever-increasing, ensuring high-quality credentials is imperative. However, how can we reassure our students, employers, and other stakeholders that what we offer is high quality? To answer this question, we can leverage skills, assessment integrity, and credential frameworks. During the 2023 Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education annual conference in New Orleans, Western Governors University (WGU) presented the importance and value of having a system related to skills, assessment integrity, and credential frameworks that is adequate. In their dialogue session, they explored how institutions can engage in internal conversations to define how psychometrically based assessment practices be used to increase our credentials’ quality, value, and trustworthiness. This paper summarizes and expands on the key topics and shares additional resources supporting the presenters’ position.
LITERACY ABILITY USING PICTURE STORYBOOK MEDIA IN INDONESIAN LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASS IV SDN 90 PALEMBANG
Authors: Dinda Mutia  , Kabib Sholeh  , Sylvia Lara Syaflin  
Published: October 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine students' literacy skills using picture story books in Indonesian language learning class IV SDN 90 Palembang. The problem in this study was to determine students' literacy skills using picture story books. The research method used was descriptive qualitative. The data collection technique used observation of the homeroom teacher of class IV.B and students of class IV.B, documentation in the form of photographs during the research, interviews with class IV.B teachers and students of class IV.B and questionnaires which were distributed to 33 students and documentation of students reading picture story books in class. The result of distributing the questionnaire was that the average result of the questionnaire respondents was 98.29%.. On average, the whole can read and understand picture story books fluently, but there are not a few students who are not yet fluent in reading or still spell words, especially 3 male students who are still spelling when reading picture story books.
Keyword: literacy skills, picture story book media
Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to breast cancer self-examination among medical students at the University of Khartoum, Sudan
Authors: Mohammed L A , Idris B , Bolis S M , Musa H H 
Published: October 2023

Background. Breast cancer (BC) is the most common invasive cancer in women, and the second leading cause of death in women worldwide. In Sudan, BC was the most predominant type of cancer among females according to the records of the Radiation Isotope Center Khartoum and Gezira Institute for Cancer Treatment and Molecular Biology.Objective. To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice of Sudanese medical students regarding breast self-examination (BSE). Methods. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during June - August 2019 among university medical students in Sudan. Data were collected using a self-administered, semi-structured and pre-tested questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised five parts: participants’ sociodemographic characteristics; knowledge of BSE; knowledge of symptoms of BC; attitudes toward BSE; and attitudes towards BSE practice. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.
Results. Three hundred questionnaires were distributed among female students, with 295 responses (98.3%). The findings revealed that 285 (96.6%) of the respondents had heard about BSE before, and 293 (99.3%) of them were aware of the monthly BSE test, and agreed that BSE is a good practice test for early BC detection. Two hundred and ninety-one (91.2%) were knowledgeable about BC symptoms. In addition, 191 (64.7%) of the respondents agreed that they could detect BC by themselves, while 277 (76.9%) of respondents said that BSE is not time- consuming. A total of 257 (87.1%) of the respondents agreed that BSE was important and useful in the early detection of abnormalities. For the practice score, three-quarters (n=221; 74.9%) of the respondents practise BSE because they are aware of its benefit.
Conclusion. The intensive awareness campaign of BSE practice and BC should be done on a regular basis using mass media to increase the level of awareness of BC.
L’ancrage de la production d’aluminium primaire par les ressources hydrauliques de la périphérie québécoise
Authors: Prémont Marie-Claude 
Published: October 2023

En se déplaçant entre deux périphéries du Québec, de la Mauricie au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Alcan a effectué un double changement de paradigme qui explique son ancrage séculaire dans le territoire pour la production d’aluminium primaire. En plus de s’écarter de la simple acquisition d’électricité par contrat à long terme d’un producteur d’électricité, l’entreprise a non seulement mis la main sur d’imposants droits hydrauliques, mais a graduellement étendu son emprise sur tout le bassin hydrographique du Saguenay. Elle est la seule entreprise du Québec qui a pu installer et contrôler trois immenses réservoirs d’emmagasinement de l’eau, normalement laissés au contrôle de l’État. Malgré les efforts du Québec depuis le début du XXe siècle pour accroître son contrôle sur l’usage de la ressource hydraulique, en passant de la cession de droits en pleine propriété à la cession par bail, les droits hydrauliques d’Alcan se sont pérennisés à la faveur d’amendements législatifs en 1984 et 2006, réalisant un quasi-retour vers le mode de tenure du XIXe siècle.
Cyberbullying process in US adolescents and their parents: Testing and extending the Barlett Gentile cyberbullying model
Authors: Barlett Christopher P. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe purpose of the current research was to test the dual processes involved in predicting cyberbullying perpetration in a sample of US parent−child dyads. The Barlett Gentile cyberbullying model (BGCM) posits how positive cyberbullying attitudes mediate the relationship between anonymity perceptions and cyberbullying perpetration; however, less is known about (a) whether this mediated link is significant for youth and adults alike, (b) if the strength of the relationships in the BGCM differ between youth and adults, and (c) the role of child (or parent) perceptions of their parent's (or child's) cyberbullying behavior has on cyberbullying. Two hundred US parent−child dyads completed measures to assess cyberbullying perpetration, cyberbullying attitudes, cyberbullying perceptions, and anonymity perceptions. Results showed support for BGCM postulates for parents and adolescents; however, the mediated relationship was stronger for youth than adults. Moreover, cyberbullying perceptions correlated strongly with cyberbullying attitudes and cyberbullying perpetration. Results are discussed in terms of theory and intervention applications.
Feasibility and Utility of a Pilot Peer Education Program to Improve Patient Engagement in Lupus Clinical Trials: Implementation and Evaluation in a Multisite Model Within a Lupus Clinical Trials Network
Authors: Sheikh Saira Z. , Donovan Caroline , Menezes Carla , Roy Albert T. , Simkus Andrew , Gross Diane , Askanase Anca , Ramsey‐Goldman Rosalind , Majithia Vikas , Wanty Nicole , McNeill Annie , Holtz Kristen , Lim S. Sam 
Published: October 2023

ObjectiveTo assess outcomes related to Lupus Therapeutics’ Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (LT‐PALS), a peer‐to‐peer lupus clinical trial (LCT) education program designed to improve representation of diverse groups in LCTs. Patients with lupus and clinical trial participation experience were trained as peer educators (PALs) providing trial‐agnostic education to trial‐naive patients with lupus.MethodsWe used a two‐arm, randomized pretest/posttest study design to evaluate outcomes related to LCT participation: knowledge, attitudes, self‐efficacy, and intentions to participate in an LCT. Five academic medical centers piloted the program. The intervention group (IG) individually received peer‐to‐peer education sessions with trained PALs, primarily via telephone; the control group (CG) received a 3‐week waiting period. We conducted within/between‐group t‐tests and multiple linear regressions with posttest scores as dependent variables and participation in LT‐PALS as the exposure variable.ResultsThe sample (n = 136) included 64 IG and 72 CG participants, with 67.7% identifying as Black. At posttest, IG participants had higher knowledge (P < 0.01) scores than the CG participants. Regression models controlling for participant characteristics showed higher IG posttest scores for knowledge (P < 0.001) and intentions (P < 0.05). From pretest to 3‐month follow‐up, IG self‐efficacy scores increased (P < 0.01). About half (46.9%) of IG participants reported engagement with an LCT at 1‐year follow‐up. Black and Hispanic participants rated higher overall program satisfaction compared with White (P < 0.01) and non‐Hispanic (P < 0.05) participants.ConclusionFindings demonstrated feasibility of LT‐PALS and showed promise in increasing engagement from groups underrepresented in LCTs.
Improved sliding mode observer based repetitive control for linear systems with time‐varying input and state delays
Authors: Chuei Raymond , Zheng Yusai , Cao Zhenwei , Man Zhihong 
Published: October 2023

SummaryControl systems are frequently subject to the negative effects of time delays and disturbances, which diminish the systems' tracking performance. In response to these challenges, this paper presents a novel approach, that is, the improved sliding mode observer based repetitive control (ISMO‐RC), to enhance the system's periodic signal tracking in the presence of the input and state time delays and the input disturbances. The design takes the advantages of RC and ISMO, in which RC effectively compensates periodic signals, while ISMO compensates both aperiodic disturbances and the time‐varying input and state delays. The stability of the whole system is guaranteed via the linear matrix inequality (LMI) and the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional analysis. The proposed controller is evaluated through extensive simulations and experiments, which demonstrate its superiority over comparative control methods.