bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
International Students in Ontario Secondary Schools: Demystifying the Stereotype
Authors: Schecter Sandra , Merecoulias Maria 
Published: March 2023

This article addresses findings of a pilot study focused on the schooling experiences and social and cultural adaptation of international/visa students who have come to Canada to learn English and obtain an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Nonnative speakers of English and noncitizens of Canada, they are generally brought to Canada by relatives who depart after installing them with host families with whom they have had virtually no previous contact. Respondents reported that most of these youths’ parents have made considerable sacrifices in the hope that acquisition of “legitimate” English will give their child access to global citizenship and a secure future. Findings indicate that many early study abroad international students experience difficulties with second language socialization and are considered “at risk” for academic failure. Testimony from educators and focal students reveals that this cohort experiences significant adaptation issues, including: loneliness and disorientation, depression, and disabling circumstances resulting from injudicious choices.
Ideal Types and Ideal(ized) students in Internationalized Post-secondary Pedagogy
Authors: Walsh Marr Jennifer 
Published: March 2023

This article explores the relevance of Weber’s sociocultural concept of ideal types in the context of modern Canadian post-secondary education. Ideal types are simplified or distilled representations of socio-cultural values, with relevance to various social (Prandy, 2002) and educational (Hayhoe, 2007; Hayhoe & Li, 2017; Wong & Chiu, 2021) analyses. This article builds upon Hayhoe and Li’s (2007) comparison of Confucian and Western ideal types, focusing on implications for internationalized education and implicit values within. The article explores the caveats of reductive thinking regarding cultures, particularly considering culture as a proxy for race where values differ. It revisits research exploring Western students studying in an East Asian context and East Asian students studying in a Western context (Chen, 2014; Maton & Chen, 2020), using ideal types as an analytical lens for underlying values and gaps in expectations. Specifically, it considers the pedagogical implications of the differing educational cultures and values as represented by Western and Confucian ideal types, and how a broader appreciation might supplement teaching approaches founded on either type to be more inclusive and beneficial for the various learners in Canadian higher education.
Próbki lakierów samochodowych badane metodą neutronowej analizy aktywacyjnej
Authors: Małoszuk Monika , Dorosz Michał , Głowala Paulina , Wójciuk Karolina , Matulewicz Tomasz 
Published: March 2023

Przeprowadzono analizę jakościową składu pierwiastkowego trzydziestu próbek lakierów samochodowych (powłok oryginalnych i nakładanych obecnie w warsztatach lakierniczych) z użyciem dwóch metod fizykochemicznych: fluorescencyjnej spektrometrii rentgenowskiej (XRF) oraz neutronowej analizy aktywacyjnej (NAA). Badania metodą XRF zrealizowano za pomocą zestawu Amptek Experimenter’s XRF Kit. Naświetlania neutronami konieczne do metody NAA wykonano w reaktorze badawczym Maria w Narodowym Centrum Badań Jądrowych w Świerku. Na podstawie uzyskanych wyników można zauważyć, że skład pierwiastkowy pomiędzy próbkami istotnie się różni. Tyko jedna para próbek lakierów badana metodą XRF wykazała identyczny skład pierwiastkowy. Metoda NAA w pełni zróżnicowała wszystkie próbki lakierów. Przeprowadzono ilościowe porównanie zdolności różnicujących obu metod. Jednoznacznie wykazano, że neutronowa analiza aktywacyjna jest metodą bardziej czułą niż fluorescencyjna spektroskopia rentgenowska.
Kryminalistyczne aspekty modus operandi kradzieży z włamaniem w muzeach w Polsce
Authors: Trzebski Franciszek 
Published: March 2023

Dzieła sztuki, które znajdują się w zbiorach muzealnych, padają łupem złodziei w wyniku kradzieży z włamaniem. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie przypadków włamań do kilku muzeów w Polsce i przeanalizowanie warunków, w jakich zostały dokonane. Kilka opisanych przypadków kradzieży i okoliczności ich dokonania wskazuje na powtarzalność warunków sprzyjających tego rodzaju przestępstwom. Warunkami sprzyjającymi kradzieży z włamaniami do muzeów są niedostateczna ochrona osobowa lub nierzetelność personelu dozorującego, brak technicznych środków zabezpieczających, np. alarmu, brak społecznej wiedzy o skuteczności karania sprawców takich przestępstw mogącej odstraszać potencjalnych złodziei. Istnieje również potrzeba systematycznego szkolenia pracowników muzeów w zakresie podstawowych środków ochrony tych instytucji przed włamaniami, kradzieżami, napadami, oszustwami, a także doboru personelu pod kątem odpowiedzialności i uczciwości opartego na referencjach i próbnych okresach pracy.
Article: The European Commission Proposes a Regulation to Ban Products Made With Forced Labour
Authors: Fruscione Alessandro 
Published: March 2023

On 14 September 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation (Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council banning products made with forced labour on the Union market, COM (2022) 453 final of 14 September 2022, https://eurlex. europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022PC0453) aimed at banning from the EU market products made with forced labour.
The proposal – which concerns both imported products and those manufactured in the Union territory to be destined for internal consumption or export and does not focus on specific types of enterprises, thus also affecting very small ones – will now have to be discussed and approved by the European Union Parliament and Council to become an effective legislative act and will apply after twenty-four months from its entry into force. The Regulation Proposal of the European Commission appears to be wide-ranging, and doesn’t identify – at least in this first phase – specific product categories or certain producer countries, unlike what was decided by other countries (For example, the United States of America, in the framework of the bans on the import of goods made with forced labour, on 21 June 2022 adopted the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which tightens the ban on imports into the USA for products made with forced labour in China, particularly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). The most immediate effect of the desirable approval of the Proposal in question will be represented, for Union economic operators, by the need to carry out even more careful due diligence on supply chains and, more generally, on the reliability of their suppliers, in order to mitigate the risks of placing on the market products obtained by resorting to modern slavery.
Forced labour, Regulation, Importer, Exporter, Slavery, Products, Manufactured, Ban, Market, Work conditions
NARRATIVAS SOBRE A GESTÃO E MANUTENÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS AMBIENTAIS PROTAGONIZADAS POR AGRICULTORES E PESCADORES AMAZÔNICOS: A CONSTRUÇÃO DO ACORDO DE PESCA DO LAGO DO AMANARY, URUCARÁ, AM
Authors: Silva Lindomar de Jesus de Sousa , Meneghetti Gilmar Antonio , Dos Santos Alessandro Carvalho , Pinheiro José Olenilson Costa , Erazo Rafael de Lima , Alves Rosilane Bruna de Souza 
Published: March 2023

O trabalho apresenta a construção e a consolidação do acordo de pesca de base comunitária como alternativa para a gestão dos recursos pesqueiros e a manutenção dos serviços ambientais das comunidades rurais do Lago do Amanary, Urucará, AM. Os agricultores e pescadores relatam que, ao longo do tempo, a pesca deixou o caráter de autoconsumo e passou a ser uma atividade econômica e exploratória, levando à redução drástica dos estoques naturais de algumas espécies de peixe. Como consequência, esses agricultores e pescadores do lago se engajaram em ações que visam à preservação e manutenção dos recursos pesqueiros e serviços ambientais. Essas ações culminaram na elaboração de um acordo de pesca, que suspendeu o uso de diversos instrumentos de pesca, assim como todo tipo de malhadeira, além de estabelecer regras de conservação das matas ciliares e proibição da caça na borda do lago. Ouvindo os atores, colhemos relatos sobre o processo de construção do acordo, o despertar da consciência para a sustentabilidade da pesca, o percurso e as articulações com organizações sociais e políticas, bem como a resistência à construção do acordo e a importância do protagonismo das comunidades.
Europese ruimte voor gezondheidsgegevens (EHDS)
Authors: Dekker R.C. , Hooghiemstra T.F.M. 
Published: March 2023

Europese ruimte voor gezondheidsgegevens (EHDS)
De Europese Commissie heeft op 3 mei 2022 de conceptverordening ‘Europese ruimte voor Gezondheidsgegevens’ (European Health Data Space – EHDS) gepubliceerd. De EHDS-verordening biedt een kader voor het elektronisch verwerken van gezondheidsgegevens voor drie doelen: het primair gebruik van zorgdata, het secundair gebruik van zorgdata en de ontwikkeling van een interne markt voor digitale gezondheidsproducten en -diensten, zoals EPD’s en gezondheidsapps. Het voorstel biedt dankzij een volledig recht op dataportabiliteit individuele personen de kans om meer controle te krijgen over de verwerking van de eigen gezondheidsgegevens. Dit artikel biedt zeven punten ter verbetering van de EHDS.
Niet langer morrelen aan de status van de NZa
Authors: Sijmons J.G. 
Published: March 2023

Niet langer morrelen aan de status van de NZa
In de Tweede Kamer hangt vanaf 2015 een wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van de Wet marktordening gezondheidszorg. Het beoogt de positie van de Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit te herzien en taken over te hevelen. Inmiddels is er een veranderde werkelijkheid, die het belang van de deskundigheid van dit bestuursorgaan en behoud van zijn taken bevestigt. Tijd voor herziening van de herziening.
Psychological Service for Ukrainian School Students during the Russian Invasion: Experience of School Psychologists from Kryvyi Rih
Authors: Velykodna Mariana , Deputatov Vladyslav , Kolisnyk Lyudmyla , Shestopalova Olena , Shylo Oksana 
Published: March 2023

Introduction: After eight years of the war in the East of Ukraine, two years of the COVID-19 pandemic with relevant lockdowns, and two months of bomb alerts, school students and school psychologists from Kryvyi Rih have been dealing with new brutal military actions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine since the 24th February 2022.
Purpose: This paper focuses on School Psychological Services' changes and challenges caused by the Russian invasion. It assesses war-related psychological effects on school students and school psychologists from Kryvyi Rih.
Method: Brief non-structured interviews and the survey.
Results and Conclusions: After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, School Psychological Services in Kryvyi Rih continued their work remotely, often combining it with in-person meetings (48.5%) and other volunteer activities (27.9%). The surveyed school psychologists (n=48) informed they conducted more individual consultations and psychoeducation and fewer diagnostics than usual to address school students' changing needs in response to wartime. School psychologists felt more effective and involved with students when they believed they got enough support from colleagues and supervisors, learned crisis interventions, received clear guidance, and did not feel burnout. They appreciated current governmental guidance and felt their post-traumatic growth more when they were safe. After 1.5 months of the war, 43.8% of psychologists experienced burnout. At least a quarter needed additional education, psychological support, easily accessible supervision (especially short and rapid), and guidance for specific cases.
Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Mothers Belonging to Low, Middle, and High Socio-Economic Families in Pakistan
Authors: Khan Sabeen Abid , Ali Naurin , Maroof Fatima , Fatima Hussain Syeda Namayah 
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life improves health and increases infant survival. In Asia, Pakistan ranks second in child mortality. Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important predictor of healthy behaviors. The study aims to understand the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding faced by mothers from different socioeconomic classes in Pakistan.
Method: The cross-sectional study was done in the Pediatric outpatient department (OPD) of Shifa International hospital and community health center from November 2020 to 1 March 2021. Mothers and their children 1 to 3 years of age were included in the study.
Results: A total of 175 mothers and their children were included. EBF for the first six months was done by 120 (68.6%). However, by one year of age, only 99 (56%) continued breastfeeding. Out of these 175 mothers, 79 (45%) were from the lower class, 69 (39.4%) were from the middle class, and 27 (15.4%) were from upper SES. Among the lower, middle, and high socioeconomic classes frequency of EBF practiced by mothers was 51, 54, and 15 (p 0.03), respectively. Pre-lacteals were given to 102 (58.2%). This practice was more frequent in lower SES families (0.03). The majority of working women belonged to upper SES (0.04). Mothers in the upper class are least likely to EBF their children (OR 0.5 CI 0.2-1.3). The adjusted odds ratio for EBF is highest for lower SES mothers, followed by the middle class.
Conclusion: Support from family, place and mode of delivery, working mothers, and high socioeconomic class are important factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding in Pakistan.
Economic costs of invasive rodents worldwide: the tip of the iceberg
Authors: Diagne Christophe , Ballesteros-Mejia Liliana , Cuthbert Ross N. , Bodey Thomas W. , Fantle-Lepczyk Jean , Angulo Elena , Bang Alok , Dobigny Gauthier , Courchamp Franck 
Published: March 2023

Background
Rodents are among the most notorious invasive alien species worldwide. These invaders have substantially impacted native ecosystems, food production and storage, local infrastructures, human health and well-being. However, the lack of standardized and understandable estimation of their impacts is a serious barrier to raising societal awareness, and hampers effective management interventions at relevant scales.

Methods
Here, we assessed the economic costs of invasive alien rodents globally in order to help overcome these obstacles. For this purpose, we combined and analysed economic cost data from the InvaCost database—the most up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of reported invasion costs—and specific complementary searches within and beyond the published literature.

Results
Our conservative analysis showed that reported costs of rodent invasions reached a conservative total of US$ 3.6 billion between 1930 and 2022 (annually US$ 87.5 million between 1980 and 2022), and were significantly increasing through time. The highest cost reported was for muskrat Ondatra zibethicus (US$ 377.5 million), then unspecified Rattus spp. (US$ 327.8 million), followed by Rattus norvegicus specifically (US$ 156.6 million) and Castor canadensis (US$ 150.4 million). Of the total costs, 87% were damage-related, principally impacting agriculture and predominantly reported in Asia (60%), Europe (19%) and North America (9%). Our study evidenced obvious cost underreporting with only 99 documents gathered globally, clear taxonomic gaps, reliability issues for cost assessment, and skewed breakdowns of costs among regions, sectors and contexts. As a consequence, these reported costs represent only a very small fraction of the expected true cost of rodent invasions (e.g., using a less conservative analytic approach would have led to a global amount more than 80-times higher than estimated here).

Conclusions
These findings strongly suggest that available information represents a substantial underestimation of the global costs incurred. We offer recommendations for improving estimates of costs to fill these knowledge gaps including: systematic distinction between native and invasive rodents’ impacts; monetizing indirect impacts on human health; and greater integrative and concerted research effort between scientists and stakeholders. Finally, we discuss why and how this approach will stimulate and provide support for proactive and sustainable management strategies in the context of alien rodent invasions, for which biosecurity measures should be amplified globally.
Effect of Different Levels of Potassium and Zinc on Growth, Yield and Economics of Summer Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Authors: Thejas M. S. , Debbarma Victor , Usha R. 
Published: March 2023

A field experiment was conducted during Zaid 2022 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P) to determine the “Effect of different levels of potassium and zinc on growth, yield and economics of summer groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)”. To study treatments consisting of three levels of Potassium (30,40,50 kg/ha) and three levels of Zinc (10, 15, 20 kg/ha). There were 10 treatments, each of which was replicated three times and laid out in a random block design. The results showed that treatment 9 [Potassium (50kg/ha) + Zinc (20kg/ha)] recorded significantly higher plant height (29.5 cm), higher number of nodules/plant (64.1), higher dry weight (47.30 g). Whereas, maximum number of pods/plant (28.1), maximum number of kernels/pod (2), higher seed index (40 g), higher seed yield (2.31 t/ha), maximum haulm yield (3.74 t/ha) and higher harvest index (32.30 %) was recorded in treatment 9 [Potassium (50kg/ha) + Zinc (20kg/ha)]. Similarly, maximum gross return (1,34,970.00 INR/ha), higher net return (93,469.00 INR/ha) and highest benefit cost ratio (2.25) was also recorded in treatment 9 [Potassium (50kg/ha) + Zinc (20kg/ha)] as compared to other treatments.
Redox-based Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Ganciclovir in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Dosage Form
Authors: Swathi Naraparaju , Jabeen Asra , Devi Barla Karuna , Kumar Anumolu Durga Pani 
Published: March 2023

Background: Ganciclovir is a synthetic analogue of 2′-deoxy- guanosine, used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus infection. The aim of the present investigation was to develop and validate a simple, rapid and sensitive redox-based spectrophotometric method for the quantification of Ganciclovir in pure and in pharmaceutical dosage form.
Methods: It was developed by using 0.1 M HCl as solvent and mixture of ferric chloride and 1,10-phenanthroline as chromogenic reagent. The developed method was optimized for various method conditions and then statistically validated.
Results: The mixture containing 0.3% w/v of ferric chloride and 0.5% w/v of 1,10-phenanthroline and drug to reagent mole ratio of 0.5:0.5, were identified as optimum for the method, based on the optimization studies. Linearity of the method was found to be 5.0-30.0 μg/mL for Ganciclovir, when the measurement was done at 510.0 nm. The method was proved to be sensitive by its low limit of detection and quantification values i.e., 0.30 and 0.90 μg/mL, respectively. The results of the validation parameters comply with the ICH guidelines. The %assay value 99.2 indicated the successful adaptation of the contemplated method for the pharmaceutical formulation.
Conclusion: The developed method was simple and could be applied in the quality control testing of Ganciclovir in formulation.
Models for Predicting Strength Reduction Factors for Concrete that Utilizes Palm Kernel Shells and Waste Automobile Tires as Aggregates
Authors: Boateng Eric , Kankam Charles K. , Danso Anthony K. 
Published: March 2023

Palm kernel shells (PKS) and waste automobile tires do not only enhance the properties of concrete (e.g. damping ratio, ductility, impact resistance etc.), but also their rational utilization can significantly reduce carbon footprints and environmental pollution globally. In this study, a multivariate regression analysis was carried out to develop models for predicting the reduction factors and thereafter the strengths (compressive strength, flexural tensile strength, split tensile strength and bond strength) of concrete that utilizes PKS and waste automobile tire chips as partial to full replacement of the conventional crushed granite stones as coarse aggregates. The strength reduction factors, , were modelled as a function of the total aggregate replacement level (TAR), and the volume of PKS (P) and tire (T) particles in a given concrete mix whilst the performance of the models was assessed using the Mean Squared Error (MSE) and the Coefficient of Determination () techniques. After studying several mathematical functions, it was found that a single linear regression model can be used to predict the strength reduction factors for all the mechanical properties of the concrete tested but with different function parameters. The values of the ranged from 0 to 1 depending on the aforementioned factors. However, a of 0.53 (53%) can be achieved at the 50% optimum replacement where P50T50 for any of the mechanical properties. Furthermore, for each of the concrete properties, the was positively correlated with the volume of PKS but negatively correlated with the TAR level and volume of tire particles in the concrete matrix. Thus, an increase in the TAR level or tire content decreases the and vice versa. In conclusion, the proposed models can be used to establish the target strengths of PKS.
Circumstance not context: the Neolithic of Scotland as seen from outside
Authors: Kinnes Ian 
Published: March 2023

An overall survey of the relative strengths and weaknesses of research on the Scottish Neolithic is attempted, focusing particularly on recent work. The high quality of much of the evidence is stressed as is the variability of the attention paid to it. Particular themes have been chosen to exemplify these and to provide some opportunity for a wider perspective.
A group of bronze socketed axes from Eildon Mid Hill, near Melrose, Roxburghshire
Authors: O'Connor Brendan , Cowie Trevor 
Published: March 2023

In 1982, a group of seven socketed axes was found on the lower western slopes of Eildon Mid Hill, Ettrick and Lauderdale District, Borders Region. Although recovered from redeposited soil, the axes probably represent a hoard of the Ewart Park phase of the late Bronze Age. The find reinforces what appears to be a significant local concentration of contemporary metalwork around the Eildon Hills.
A survey of medieval floor tiles in St Andrews Cathedral Museum and the Abbot's House, Arbroath Abbey
Authors: Di Folco John 
Published: March 2023

The opportunity was afforded by chance finds of medieval floor tiles from St Andrews Cathedral and in the Abbot's House at Arbroath Abbey to re-examine some wider aspects of previous work on medieval floor tiles from Scottish ecclesiastical and secular sites. An attempt is made to suggest the extent of the tile pavement in St Andrews Cathedral and the dating and origin of the tiles in general. The limitations of the Cistercian evidence in southern Scotland is appraised. The methodology used to describe and classify the tiles is that recommended by the Medieval Tile Seminar held in Cambridge in 1978 and intended for use in the national census.