bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Travels of Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma: From Colon to Stomach and Duodenum
Authors: Tom Chloe K. , Placone Nicholas , Yung Evan , Shaker Anisa 
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT
Colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasizing to the stomach and duodenum is rare. Even rarer is when the CRC subtype is signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC). Endoscopic findings of CRC metastasis to the stomach have been described as solitary and submucosal while duodenal metastasis has been observed to be exophytic. In this report, we describe a case of a middle-aged man with colon SRCC presenting with oral intolerance. He was found to have concurrent metastases to the stomach and duodenum and died 8 months after his SRCC diagnosis.
Metaphorical Perceptions of Preservice Teachers Enrolled in Different Departments About the Concept of “Art”: The Case of Bartın University, Faculty of Education
Authors: YILDIRIM Esra , KÜÇÜKŞEN ÖNER Ferhunde , EYÜPOĞLU İsmail , GÖKTEPELİLER Ömür , DOĞAN Ceren 
Published: December 2023

The purpose of this study is to identify, using metaphors, the perceptions of preservice teachers, who study in different departments at the Faculty of Education of Bartın University, about the concept of “art”. The study is based on the case study model, which is one of the qualitative research methods, and the study group consists of 198 preservice teachers who are enrolled in the programs of Turkish Language Education, Social Sciences Education, Psychological Counselling and Guidance (PCG), Science Education, Elementary Mathematics Education, Foreign Language Education, and Primary Education at Bartın University, Faculty of Education. The research data were obtained through the “Art Metaphor Survey Form” and analysed using the content analysis method.
Based on the research results, the metaphors for the concept of art were grouped under 9 categories including “art as born and enhanced under difficulties and pressure”, “art as a complex structure”, “art as the fruits of labour”, “art as reflective and expressive”, “art as relaxing”, “art as immersive”, “art as a vital need”, “art as liberating” and “art as radiant and supportive”. The results also revealed that preservice teachers enrolled in different programs interpreted art considering different semantic properties. In this context, it was observed that preservice teachers in Turkish Language and Social Sciences Education Programs mainly described art as “liberating”, those in PCG as “reflective and expressive”, those in Science Education as “relaxing”, and those in Elementary Mathematics Education as “a vital need”. On the other hand, preservice teachers in Foreign Language Education Program focused on two different categories and described art as “complex” and “reflective and expressive”, whereas those in Primary Education mostly characterised art as “reflective and expressive”.
Determination of attitudes towards healthy eating of students studying at the school of physical education and sports
Authors: Şeker Ramazan , Yılmaz Gürkan , Şengür Emrah 
Published: December 2023

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of students studying at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, School of Physical Education and Sports, towards healthy eating. 213 students participated in the study voluntarily. Students' Attitudes towards Healthy Eating Scale was used to determine the students' attitudes towards healthy eating. SPSS 26 package program was used to analyze the data. Independent T-test was used in pairwise comparisons and One Way ANOVA test was used to determine the difference between groups. No difference was found in the comparison of students' attitudes toward healthy eating according to gender and age variables. It was determined that the 4th-grade students in the class variable and the coaching department students in the department variable had higher attitudes toward healthy eating. As a result, it was concluded that the SBITS scores of the students of the School of Physical Education and Sports were in the high category. It is thought that the contributions of individuals who will especially teach and coach in their professional lives will be positive in raising students and athletes.
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Özet
Bu çalışmanın amacı Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulunda öğrenim gören öğrencilerin sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutumlarının belirlenmesidir. Çalışmaya 213 öğrenci gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Öğrencilerin sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutumlarının belirlenmesinde öğrencilerin Sağlıklı Beslenmeye İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği (SBİTÖ) kullanılmıştır. Veri analiz etmek için SPSS 26 paket programı kullanılmıştır. İkili karşılaştırmalarda Independent T testi, gruplar arası farkın belirlenmesinde ise One Way ANOVA testi kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutumlarının cinsiyet ve yaş değişkenine göre karşılaştırılmasında fark saptanmamıştır. Sınıf değişkeninde 4. sınıfların ve bölüm değişkeninde ise antrenörlük bölümü öğrencilerinin öğrencilerin sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutumlarının daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin SBİTÖ puanlarının yüksek kategoride olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Meslek hayatlarında özellikle öğretmenlik ve antrenörlük yapacak bireylerin öğrenci ve sporcu yetiştirirken katkılarının olumlu yönde olacağı düşünülmektedir.
Futures Markets and Macroeconomics: Empirical Evidence from China
Authors: Gao Tian Chen , Gao Hui 
Published: December 2023

This paper uses the methods of Granger causality test, cointegration relationship test, error correction model and shock response function in cointegration correlation theory, and uses the monthly data from 2003.1 to 2023.5 to study the role and influence of futures market variables (price index, total turnover, total open interest) on sixteen macroeconomic variables. The results show that the three indicators of the futures market have a guiding effect on industrial added value, net export, fiscal revenue and fiscal expenditure at the same time. The price index and total turnover also have a guiding effect on the interbank 7-day interest rate and the RMB real effective exchange rate index. The total turnover and total open interest also have a strong guiding effect on the total import and export volume, the investment amount of fixed assets, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods. The price index also has a strong guiding effect on the producer price index, total loans, and the exchange rate of the US dollar against the RMB. The total open interest also has a strong guiding effect on the total loan. The cointegration test and error correction model show that in the short and long term, the futures market variables have a strong or weak quantitative impact on twelve macro variables, and the shock response function curve shows that the futures market variables have different impact effects on twelve macro variables. It shows that the futures market has a relatively strong impact on the macroeconomy, but there is still much room for improvement in the scope and depth of influence. It is suggested that the futures market should make efforts in terms of variety expansion, internationalization and supervision to further promote the comprehensive development of the domestic macroeconomy.
Assessment of Training Requirements for Employees of Maquiladora Industry on the US-México Border
Authors: Pena-Sanchez Rolando 
Published: December 2023

A priority of the maquiladora industry is to hire a skilled workforce. Thus, this research explores the opportunity to assess the requirements of technical training and/or educational services in business for a new market: The technical training of employees of the Maquiladora Industry on the US-México border. If Laredo, TX can be recognized as The Gateway of International Trade, then Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) can be acknowledged as the essential Higher Education Institution in International Business given its "business strengths” (AACSB & SACS Accreditation, A. R. Sanchez School of Business (ARSSB), Western Hemisphere Trade Center (WHTC), Bachelor, Master, Dual MBA, (double degree) and Ph.D. Programs, Professional Certifications, QM Courses, Signature Courses, etc.); consequently, we can consider that this research is parallel to Laredo’s business strengths: Maquiladora Industry, Logistics Industry, Bank Industry, etc. and should be pondered as an area of opportunity. A diagram of a theoretical model for the interaction between employees’ training requirements frequency and the maquiladora industry sectors is presented. The industrial sectors were electronic, automotive, textile, and other (food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc.), where the employees reviewed 31 training areas clustered in three blocks (basic, practical, and functional). The frequency distribution of the employees' training requirements was analyzed via nonparametric statistics.
The Level of Organizational Performance of Sports Institutions in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Mhamed Kaabi , Qadhi Assel , Djeddi Rachad , Abderrahman Abderraouf Ben 
Published: December 2023

The study aims to identify the level of organizational performance of the work of Emirati sports institutions from employees' point of view. The study relied on the descriptive analytical approach and a questionnaire as a tool for collecting data. The study sample consisted of (83) workers. The study reached several results, including: The level of organizational performance of the work of Emirati sports institutions from employees' point of view was moderate and does not meet aspirations to reach achievements at the Olympic level. Among the recommendations reached by the study is to give workers in Emirati sports institutions courses from international federations to develop their skills to keep pace with everything new in the science of sports management in order to ensure that sports institutions achieving their goals in the sports strategy for the year 2030 and working to establish projects that aims to adopt the sports talents of the youth to lead them to Asian and Olympic levels of competition
Fahiş Fiyat Artışı Özelinde Haksız Fiyat Değerlendirme Kurulu
Authors: BOZ Selman Sacit 
Published: December 2023

Üretici, tedarikçi ve perakende işletmeler bakımından fahiş fiyat artışı yapmak yasaklanmış ve bu yasağa aykırı davrananlara idari para cezası verme görev ve yetkisi Haksız Fiyat Değerlendirme Kuruluna verilmiştir. Bu çalışmada Haksız Fiyat Değerlendirme Kurulunun, Perakende Ticaretin Düzenlenmesi Hakkında Kanun ve Haksız Fiyat Değerlendirme Kurulu Yönetmeliği çerçevesinde incelemesi yapıldıktan sonra Kurulun hukuki niteliği tespit edilmektedir.
Kurulun yeni bir müessese olarak ihdas edilmesi; faaliyet alanının kapsamının belirlenmesi, çalışma koşulları, karar alma usulleri gibi çeşitli konuların incelenmesini gerektirmektedir. Özellikle Kurulun fahiş fiyat artışı yasağına aykırılığın tespitinde nasıl bir yol izlediği veya ceza miktarını alt ve üst sınırlara göre belirlerken nelere dikkat ettiği belirsizliğini sürdürmektedir.
Fahiş fiyat artışının gerek işletmeler gerekse tüketiciler aleyhine sonuçları bulunmaktadır. Ayrıca fahiş fiyat artışında başka kanunların da tatbiki söz konusudur. Bu açıdan Haksız Fiyat Değerlendirme Kurulu incelenirken ilgili konularda Rekabet Kurulu ile Reklam Kurulu da kıyaslama yöntemiyle ele alınmıştır.
Analysis of Concerns of the Agricultural Sector in the Philippines using Associative Rule
Authors: Patacsil Frederick F. , Parrone Jennifer M. , Brosas Monica B. , Roaring Bobby F. 
Published: December 2023

The Philippines is an agricultural country famous for its wide range of natural resources scattered over the archipelago. The country’s agriculture sector comprises four sub-sectors: fisheries, farming, livestock, and forestry. The COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, is straining food systems and causing food insecurity across the world. This study used a mixed method that analyzed qualitative data using quantitative analysis. Concerns voiced by agricultural sectors were analyzed utilizing the frequencies of words used. The study utilized the frequency of the words was TF-IDF or Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency to analyze agricultural word concerns. This schema was used as a numeric measure to show the importance of using words to voice out their concerns. The next step is the determination of word patterns using association rule Association Rule Mining. The result reveals the prevalent words used to express concern by the agriculture sector are "cash" and "seed" and "assist" + "cash" is the most frequent word pattern. The word "cash," the most commonly used word used by the agriculture sector to air their concern, reveals that this sector needs cash assistance to finance their agricultural activities. The result of this study can be utilized to address concerns in the agriculture sector. Furthermore, this research can be utilized in other sectors to analyze their concerns and provide necessary interventions.
Exploring the interplay between quantity surveyors’ conflict-handling styles and personality traits
Authors: Verwey Janita , Cumberlege Roy , Crafford Gerrit Jacobus 
Published: December 2023

Construction projects are prone to conflict; thus, effective conflict management is more important than ever to avoid disputes and ensure project success. This study explores the link between conflict-handling styles and personality traits used by clients’ quantity surveyors in South Africa. The study used an online web survey based on how clients’ quantity surveyors dealt with conflict according to their personality traits. The population of this study included registered professional quantity surveyors and candidate quantity surveyors. The most common way of dealing with conflict and the most dominant personality trait among quantity surveying professionals were determined using descriptive statistics. A Spearman rank correlation analysis was subsequently conducted to establish whether there was a link between management of conflict and personality traits. The collaborating style was primarily used as a conflict management style by quantity surveyors, while the most common personality trait amongst client's quantity surveyors was Conscientiousness. Generally, most of the conflict-handling styles do not significantly interplay with personality traits. However, a collaborating conflict-handling style was found to have a negative correlation with the neuroticism personality trait. Also, the accommodating conflict handling style positively correlates with the agreeableness personality trait, and the avoiding conflict handling style correlates with the neuroticism personality trait. Quantity surveying firms will benefit from this information regarding their employees' conflict-handling styles and personalities by training professionals on managing conflict successfully by combining their personalities with the appropriate style. The focus on registered and candidate quantity surveyors was a limitation of the study, as other construction professionals could add value to the study. Further studies may include conflict-handling styles from a contractors’ quantity surveyor’s perspective.
Keywords: Conflict-handling styles, Construction Industry, Personality, Quantity Surveyors
PromotingSustainable Construction Practices in Developing Countries: Comparative Insights and Future Directions
Authors: Windapo Abimbola , Umeokafor Nnedinma 
Published: December 2023

Sustainable construction practices contribute significantly to the advancement trajectory in developing and developed nations. Emphasising environmental conservation, efficient resource utilisation, and the facilitation of healthier, more productive living and working environments, sustainable construction practices are fundamental to achieving a more prosperous and ecologically balanced future. However, the effective transition to and adoption of these practices in developing nations raises significant challenges. ‘Which way forward to addressing these issues as discussed in the last issue including the editorial (Windapo and Umeokafor 2023). These challenges, explored in depth in the diverse research articles featured in this issue, illuminate the ongoing difficulties developing nations face in embracing sustainable construction practices, along with potential solutions and future directions for research. They contribute to answering the question in the last issue, 'Which way forward?' (Ibid).
This twelfth issue of the Journal of Construction Business and Management offers a thought-provoking and insightful collection of five seminal research articles by 11 authors from Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The key themes of the articles include promoting awareness of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Blocks (AACB) for construction, enhancing government construction project success through effective leadership styles, fostering the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Quantity Surveying, examining the link between Quantity Surveyors' conflict-handling styles and personality traits, and tracking technological and organisational change in the UK construction sector. As discussed below, each theme contributes to a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the urgent need for, obstacles to, and promising strategies for sustainable construction in developing countries.
European trends in the right to education during the pandemic
Authors: Patraus Mihaela 
Published: December 2023

The aim of this paper is to describe the implications of the European institutions for the basic legal framework for the protection of the right to study and the development of education in the context of the pandemic, by supporting and complementing the actions of Member States by the European Union.
Since the onset of the crisis, the European Commission has made efforts to coordinate, supplement and initiate the necessary measures to address all aspects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The digital sector plays an important role in the educational process.
EUROPEAN TRENDS IN THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC. MEASURES TAKEN BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DURING THE PANDEMIC TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Authors: Niculae Beatrice È˜tefania 
Published: December 2023

The aim of this paper is to describe the implications of the European institutions for the basic legal framework for the protection of the right to study and the development of education in the context of the pandemic, by supporting and complementing the actions of Member States by the European Union. Since the onset of the crisis, the European Commission has made efforts to coordinate, supplement and initiate the necessary measures to address all aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. The digital sector plays an important role in the educational process.
THE FIRST ROMANIAN REGULATION ON MORAL HARASSMENT
Authors: Felicia Bejan 
Published: December 2023

Since August 10 th 2020 entered into force the first Romanian normative act expressly regulating the moral harassment, Law no. 167/August 7th 2020 amending Government Ordinance no. 137/2000 on the prevention and sanctioning of all forms of discriminations, and Law no. 202/2002 on equal opportunities and treatment for women and men. In July 2020, about one month before the coming into effect of the regulation on moral harassment, the Law 53/2003 -the Labour Code- was amended through Law no. 151/2020 which supplements the provisions safeguarding the principle of equality of treatment and the principle of human dignity. The paper is an analysis of the rights and obligations provided for by the recently adopted legal framework, of the legal measures having as purpose to improve the protection of these principles, identifying the legal aspects of an absolutely new character, highlighting the benefits of the new regulations for vulnerable holders of such rights, as well as some of Romanian legislator's reasons. Even if moral harassment is not a new phenomenon at all, the abuse behaviour and its numerous faces, its consequences on physical, mental and emotional health, the existence of equality and dignity rights and the possibility to defend them are less known in Romania, and therefore less respected. The new regulations above safeguarding against visible and invisible abuse, particularly the Law no. 167/August 7th 2020 modifying the Government Ordinance no. 137/2000, should be considered a great first step toward a new age of fundamental rights protection in the Romanian society.
Keywords: moral harassment, principle of human dignity, principle of equality of treatment, physical, mental and emotional health, stress and physical exhaustion, high liability standards.
TRIBAL TONGUES PHENOMENON — INTELLIGENCE AND POLICY RELATIONS
Authors: Leucea Ioana 
Published: December 2023

The article discusses an important topic on the agenda of the intelligence studies, namely the consumer—producer relations as regards the intelligence cycle. Far from being an easy to grasp subject, the debate is significant at least for the persistent fears expressed by the public opinion about intelligence being politicized. We highlight the idea that by definition the intelligence activity may be considered politicized and the challenge would be to better clarify the term `politicized`. The tribal tongues phenomenon characterize the intelligence—policy relation as the two tribes have divergent perspectives and missions. While the intelligence is invested with attributes like objectivity and expertize, the policy realm speaks the language of subjectivity and preferences. Therefore, understanding and discussing the consumer—producer relations (a syntagm used in intelligence studies) is of highest importance, given that intelligence can be after all easily politicized as long as it is defined as an adjunct to policy.