Scientific Way Research Articles

Herman G. Canady: A reintroduction.

For nearly four decades, Herman G. Canady actively promoted psychological science in the public interest. A skillful leader and administrator, Canady helped to establish one of the first national organizations of Black psychologists and was purportedly one of the founding members of the West Virginia State Psychological Association. He also collaborated with a diverse range of professional colleagues on relevant social issues of the time. Despite the depth and breadth of Canady's contributions to psychology, very little is known about his impact on the field. The goal of this article is to reintroduce the discipline to Canady. Drawing upon a range of archival materials, personal correspondence, and interviews, I highlight how Canady used the platform of psychological science in ways that not only redefined "racial psychology," but also brought attention to educational inequities, stressed the importance of institution-building, and demonstrated the utility of cross-cultural alliances for addressing important social causes. Canady's influence-and that of others of his generation-merits further study and deeper analysis. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Improvement in Taste Quality of Rice Porridge Using Konjac Glucomannan.

Improving the taste quality of rice porridge in a scientific way is essential to guiding residential and commercial production. This study aimed to determine the impact of konjac glucomannan (KGM) on the taste quality of rice porridge. The obtained results showed that the optimal concentration of KGM added to rice porridge is 1%. This was primarily observed via the reduction in water absorption, swelling power, and iodine blue value, thus increasing the hardness of rice porridge. At the same time, KGM also reduced the free water content and improved the water-holding capacity of rice porridge. Nevertheless, the pasting properties showed that the high viscosity of KGM raised the pasting viscosity of rice flour, thereby enhancing the stickiness of rice porridge with the increase in the KGM concentration. In addition, KGM gave the rice porridge a stronger aroma. Sensory evaluations further confirmed significant improvements in the color, odor, palatability, and overall acceptability of KGM-supplemented rice porridge (p < 0.05). To summarize, adding an appropriate amount of KGM was beneficial in forming a richer flavor and improving the taste quality of rice porridge. The findings offer valuable insights into the scientific processing of rice porridge products.

The improvement strategy of fresh produce supply chain resilience based on extenics.

Nowadays, the world is in turmoil, climate and environmental problems are prominent, the import and export of fresh agricultural products are restricted, etc. The impact of the growing demand for fresh agricultural products and healthy lifestyle choices, and fresh agricultural products are essential for people's daily life, which are perishable, fragile, seasonal, and other unstable factors. Therefore, when the fresh produce supply chain faces various pressures and difficulties, how to enhance the resilience of the supply chain against various problems and risks with flexible and multi-dimensional strategies and methods has become the focus of extensive attention. This kind of problem is a typical contradictory problem, and previous studies have failed to achieve good results. In this paper, based on extenics, we are able to one-dimensionalise the multi-dimensional contradictory problems and multi-dimensionalise the one-dimensional contradictory problems to solve such problems in a scientific and effective way. Firstly, taking fresh agricultural products supply chain enterprise M as the research object, we constructed the fresh agricultural products supply chain enterprise toughness system and identified the toughness state of each index. Secondly, we found the low-evaluation toughness indexes that need to be solved and constructed a extension model of incompatible problems of enterprise toughness. Thirdly, we analysed the objectives and conditions of toughness incompatible problems of fresh agricultural products supply chain enterprises numerically and quantitatively, and then, with the objective of toughness improvement, we analyzed the correlation of the condition basic-elements of incompatible problems and carried out extension transformations. Again, the objectives and conditions of the incompatible problems of fresh produce supply chain enterprises are analysed numerically and quantitatively, and with toughness enhancement as the objective, the correlation analysis and extension transformation of the condition basic-elements of the incompatible problems are implemented to generate the set of toughness enhancement strategies that can solve the incompatible problems in a multidimensional and scientific way. Finally, the optimal toughness enhancement strategies are selected through the superiority evaluation and composed into a new strategy to enhance the toughness of the fresh produce supply chain. Combined with extenics calculations and screening, a new strategy for supply chain resilience enhancement of fresh agricultural products was finally formed. The existing problems are solved from six aspects: product supply type, product demand, product supply efficiency, human resource quantity, production and processing equipment, and logistics guarantee ability. It provides a certain reference significance for the fresh agricultural products supply chain toughness enhancement, and helps enterprises to strengthen their competitiveness and sustainability through the enhancement of toughness.

What is social science if not critical?

This short article represents a contribution to the debate on the motion "Social science is explanation, or it is nothing." While in the format of parliamentary debating the contribution would fall on the side of the opposition, I will not be arguing against explanation as such. The work of explaining is in no way oppositional to or mutually exclusive with critique. Instead, my contribution will revolve around two arguments: one is that both critique and explanation exhibit characteristics we commonly attribute to science; the other is that reserving the label of science for explanation draws a boundary around social sciences in ways that exclude many of the interesting things it does. Some of the examples include the sociological analysis of governmental approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic, or critical analysis of concepts such as "cancel culture" or "terrorism." The conclusion isthat explanation and critique are mutually supporting elements of science, and that combined they give us insights we cannot glean from either alone.

Science Notes Magazine: Exciting our Visual Imagination about Science

Science Notes is a mesmerising magazine that showcases the work of visual artists exploring the interface between science and society; a magazine that excites our imagination about science through stunning illustrations and artful visual stories. In this interview with some of the key masterminds behind Science Notes – the Co-Founder Bernd Eberhard, the Art Director Sandra Teschow and the Editor-in-Chief Thomas Susanka – we unveil the artistic concept of the magazine. Tapping into the unique and creative genesis of the magazine as a whole – itself an imaginatively curated project – this article discusses the creative ‘reinvention’ of the format of each distinct periodical, which always profoundly and intuitively connects to that issue’s theme. Bernd Eberhart, Sandra Teschow and Thomas Susanka walk us through the design principles and aesthetic choices they make in order to communicate science in ways that bring the brighter and lighter(hearted) elements of science to the surface. Art and science collaborations, this article shows, are emblematic of science communication theory and practice that emphasise aesthetics and design as key to accessible engagement with science.

Scope of Yoga Education in Promoting ‘21st Century Skills’ of the Digital Natives: An Overview

The pattern of social life of the adolescent has completely altered with the onslaught of digital media; truly they are digital natives nurtured in a unique period of an unprecedented influx of technology. Teens are usually have inadequate ability for self-regulation and are fragile and vulnerable to peer pressure and indulgence to any kind of adventure and experimentations with social media may be lethal for them. Adolescents exposed heavily in digital world are less competent in formal socialization as evident by latest research. In this era of digitalization, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a dragging attention of educationist to mitigate negative impact of such digital dumping and to inculcate core social and emotional competencies. An ancient scientific way of life practiced in India which is combinations of practice of specific postures, breathing regulation, and meditation is yoga, which have been shown its efficacy in improving in cognitive performance in executive function and also in socio emotional adjustment. Broadly Desk Review Method has been adopted. Collection &amp; analysis of the data collected by other researchers and as published in the journal of Repute has been considered. In the context of school education, the curriculum agreed to accommodate yoga as it could contribute to the physical, social, emotional and mental development of a child (NCF, 2005). The theoretical idea of Yoga are organized from experiences. Therefore, the need of the time is to device a frame work which can relate the theoretical construct of Yoga with learning objectives of ‘21st Century skills’ also referred to as ‘Transversal competencies’. This overview the scope of yoga education in the current approaches of the social cognitive principle of “Transversal competencies” in reference to digital generation.

The Main Trends in the Study of the History of Development Social Communication Processes in Argentina.

The author chose to clarify the main directions in the study of the history of the development of social communication processes in Argentina as the purpose of the research. The research methodology involved identifying key problems in the history of the development of social communication processes in Argentina, after which a search was made on the Internet for three or four scientific papers that presented the results of research on the above-mentioned problems described by other authors. Next, the author identified the key problems of the history of the development of social communications according to the features described by the authors of previous studies. Based on the results of such identification, the author named the identified problems with terms that function in the scientific field of "Social Communications". The degree of closeness between the terms used by researchers and those operating in the scientific field was determined by the author based on the indicators of the closeness of the semantics of the names of theoretical methods of studying the history of social communications to the stimulus term "history of social communications". The author called this degree of closeness "social communications" in the working order, formulated conclusions and identified the main directions of studying the history of the development of social communication processes in Argentina. In the conclusions, the author ascertained the degree of achievement of the set goal and claimed that four main directions were established in the study of the history of the development of social communications processes in Argentina: the presence of eight scientific ways of studying the problem of the history of social communications by researchers; all the scientific paths listed above involve analysis from the key positions of diachrony and synchrony. The author found that the history of social communication in Argentina is closely related to social actions, social interactions and social relations along various horizontal and vertical parameters of social mobility. Keywords: trends, research problems, history of social communications, Argentina.

The Making of the Universe

While Monsignor Georges Lemaître has been a giant in the scientific community, his theory of the origin of the universe, known as the Big Bang Theory, has come under scrutiny since the development of knowledge surrounding Dark Matter. This paper argues that Monsignor Georges Lemaître theory of the Big Bang is wrong and unravels when considering the moving force of the expansion of the universe. The research conducted for this paper demonstrates that the existence of the universe should be thought of as originating through a primordial bud, rather than a primordial atom. This paper also argues that the universe continues to grow in a pomological way with Dark Matter acting as its "sap.” This explanation puts forward a scientific way of solving Lemaître’s problem of the “outside force” as well as the need to place all growth forces within the primordial atom itself.

Prediction of Ground Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Mining Using Three-Dimensional Variable-Parameter Fully Coupled Simulation

In order to predict the ground settlement in a scientific, intuitive, and simple way, based on the theory of Bio-consolidation, a three-dimensional fluid-solid coupled numerical calculation programme FGS-3D for ground settlement was compiled by using the Fortran 95 language, and a front-end operation platform was developed by using Microsoft VisualBasic, so that a three-dimensional variable-parameter fully coupled viscoelastic-plastic model of ground settlement was constructed using the city of Yancheng as an example, and the development of ground settlement and horizontal displacement changes from 2021 to 2030 were predicted. The results show that the three-dimensional fully coupled finite-element numerical model of building load, groundwater seepage, and soil deformation established by the above computer development program can directly create a hydrogeological conceptual model of groundwater mining and predict ground settlement, so as to achieve the visualisation of the three-dimensional seepage of groundwater and the fully coupled simulation of ground subsidence in the whole process of groundwater mining. Under the joint action of construction load and groundwater mining, the water level of the aquifer in Yancheng City rises by 1.26 m on average in the main groundwater mining area of the group III pressurised aquifer, forming two smaller landing funnels, and the lowest water level of the two landing funnels is −15 m.

Applying New Media Techniques for Conveying News and Information by Journalists of Broadcasting News Channels

Despite the fact that the new media through which people around the world are aware of the up-to-date developments as it is the most widespread form of communication, there are still confusions and unclarities among the journalists of news channels in delivering news and data. This research aims to know whether journalists and members of media have developed the new technics and taken advantage of them, or they had not improved. The distinction and selecting the most suitable applications that journalists increasingly use as new media technics require a scientific way of research in order to clear the confusion properly. This research is a scientific attempt to identify the level of awareness and usage of the new media technics by journalists of the Kurdish news channels through taking a sample of the channels’ correspondents that would indicate what suitable applications and how they are used as a new media technic. The research is qualitative and is conducted through surveys. Questionnaires are responded to by 84 correspondents of the news channels, from which samples are intentionally taken. The respondents’ opinion is measured this way. A number of objectives have been achieved in this research. The most important one that the researcher has realized is that the majority of the journalists that work in the news channels are males. Additionally, the majority of the research sample indicates WhatsApp is the most used app. Recommendations are provided at the end of the research.

Die afbakening van die kern van die Afrikaanse poësiesisteem (2000–2022)

A core/periphery structure is a concept often used in various disciplines to examine the structure of different systems. In the study of Afrikaans literature, this structural facet is also a well-known topic and one that has already been written about extensively. It is generally assumed that actors within the core of a system are more important, authoritative, established and stable, while actors on the periphery often fulfill less important roles, are more dynamic and are also often newcomers. However, the question arises how it can be determined scientifically which role players function within the core of the system, and how the core can be demarcated. In this article, a network analysis of the contemporary Afrikaans poetry system is undertaken, and with the help of network concepts such as the k-core and eccentricity, it is shown how and where the core and the absolute core of the Afrikaans poetry system can be delineated. This approach provides an objective and scientific way to examine the structure of the poetry system. As such, the study connects to previous studies of the Afrikaans poetry system as a system and as a network, but the current study applies new criteria to a new data set and delineates the core of this system.

An idea to explore: Student-centered scientific and medical writing project and workshop for undergraduate students.

Writing is usually integrated in the curriculum of science studies. However, students often lack the skills to write for various audiences or, to produce a well written manuscript. We developed a concise project of 15 European Credits to improve the writing skills in an early phase of the bachelor study. Students worked on texts from various journals and looked at the writing styles. They rewrote texts in a popular and more scientific way and practiced with clear, vivid language, avoiding clutter and hedge words, considering a proper use of grammar and interpunction. Medical writing was also introduced during the project. Grading was based on rewriting for a non-expert and expert audience. A rewritten text was presented to the public in the form of a student-initiated survey. This project shows an inverted approach creating student ownership and enthusiasm for writing. In addition, we created and tested successfully a concise two-day workshop based on this project. Based on the results we herewith present the work as an idea to explore.

Evolutionism and intelligent design in the writingsof Józef Życiński (1948 – 2011)

More than 150 years ago, Charles Darwin’s major work, On the Origin of Species,revolutionized science and the approach to explaining the biological complexity of theworld. This happened because Darwin was the first naturalist to propose in a systematic and scientific way a theory intended to explain the creation of all the complexityof the world without resorting to supernatural causes.66 The theory of evolution hassince become a paradigm for practicing natural sciences. However nowadays molecularbiology sheds new light on the issue of the origin of life and the evolution of the naturalworld. Hence at the end of the 20th century, the scientific theory of intelligent designwas developed in the United States, which postulates that there are very serious reasons – related to the very structure of biological molecular systems – to believe that themechanisms of life can never be explained in accordance with Darwinian principles.67The article will present the essence of evolutionism and intelligent design in the lightof Józef Życiński’s writings and their interpretations put forward by some researchers.The last part will attempt to evaluate the final conclusions presented by the philosopher

To What Extent Does Storytelling in Video Games Help Students with Their Moral Learning Development

The video enterprise is developing rapidly, and with the emergence of new games, their new strengths and boundaries have introduced greater proposals to suppose about the relationship between video games and character ethical development. Video games are a high-quality medium for storytelling in contrast to books or films, as gamers can immerse themselves in them extra deeply and as a consequence have a higher experience. Storytelling is a vital section of video games due to the fact we can analyze a lot from enjoying these video games and achieve a lot of perception into existence and ethical values. Storytelling in video games performs an essential position in the ethical improvement of younger people, and the storylines of video games can assist younger human beings in studying ethical values, boost advantageous behaviour, and enlarge their experience of social accountability and empathy. In any case, the special elements of video video games supply beneficial thought for improvements in ethical education. In the future, solely with the aid of returning to the essence of ethical training and searching at the testimonies advised in video games, searching at ethical training via the connotations of the plots in video games, and appreciation of the relationship between ethical schooling and video video games in an extra rational way, can we mix the two in an extra scientific way to reply the name for a new structure of ethical schooling in the new era.

THỰC TRẠNG NHẬN THỨC CỦA SINH VIÊN NGÀNH SƯ PHẠM TIN HỌC ĐỐI VỚI GIÁO DỤC STEM

This article evaluates the current state of awareness of students majoring in Informatics Pedagogy at some Pedagogical Universities about STEM education to detect the characteristics, cognitive levels and influencing factors. The research team conducted a sociological survey using questionnaires for 200 students majoring in Informatics Pedagogy. The obtained results are of a quantitative nature and are evaluated using mathematical statistical methods. Six cognitive characteristics of Informatics Pedagogy students about STEM education have been pointed out. The results also show that students all determine that STEM education-oriented teaching is necessary in the new educational context and students need to access STEM knowledge in a scientific and systematic way through training courses to raise awareness about STEM education and improve skills in building STEM teaching activities.

Osmotic absorption behaviors of imidazolium ILs in digestive system and their effective removal way

Considering the controversial safety and risk solutions of ionic liquids (ILs), more essential basic researches are required as their applied fields become broader and applied scale grows larger. Under this background, the permeation behaviors of six common imidazole ILs on porcine gastric and enteric membranes together with the feasibility of their removal by adsorption with montmorillonite were investigated in vitro. Through the single-factor investigation of different cations, anions and ionic liquid concentrations, the current results show that the IL of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([Emim]Br) has the strongest permeation capacity on the gastric membrane during the tests. The cumulative permeation amount of Qn can reach 0.72 mg/cm2, and the cumulative permeation percentage alsoreaches 95.77 %; the whole permeation process conforms to the Hixcon-Crowell model. As comparison, the maximum cumulative penetration percentage of [Emim]Br on enteric member was determined as 89.11 %, and related models was also compared. In order to remove the potential IL in digestive tract, montmorillonite was screened out from those popularily used antidotes in clinic and the adsorption of [Emim]Br in gastric fluid by montmorillonite has been proved more consistent with the second-order kinetics and Langmuir model. The results of molecular simulation, infrared spectrum (IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric (TG) characterization exhibit that [Emim]Br has been successfully adsorbed into the interlayer of montmorillonite. As a whole, the study provided a scientific and effective way to diminish the hidden danger of ionic liquid entering the blood through the digestive system.

Meningkatkan Nilai-Nilai Religiusitas Anak-Anak Desa Sukolilan Kecamatan Patebon Kabupaten Kendal Melalui Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur’an (TPQ)

The development of sophisticated information technology makes almost everything that happens in every corner of the world immediately known and international dependence is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary for religious education to grow and develop not only in schools but also in the family and community environment. An example of religious education that is positive and relevant to today is TPQ teaching which can facilitate children not only knowledge, but a place to play and interact between peers. This research uses a qualitative method with a participatory approach, by going directly to TPQ to teach children and making observations and collecting data which is then analyzed in a scientific way which is also concluded with scientific arguments. The result of this study is that TPQ teaching which is carried out in the afternoon makes children productive, so that the time to play with meaningless things is reduced. With a positive routine such as TPQ teaching in Sukolilan Village, it will certainly increase the sense of religiosity of children so that it can be their provision in facing modern times which are increasingly affected by global currents.

Establishment and application of the environment evaluation model for beneficiation plant

In order to evaluate the beneficiation plant environment in a more scientific and reasonable way, this paper took the workshop environment of the beneficiation plant as the research object. This paper divided the beneficiation plant into 7 evaluation units according to its functions. The evaluation indices are dust, noise, light environment, microclimate, benzene, toluene and xylene. This paper combines the G1 method and the entropy weight method to evaluate the weight of each evaluation index, the element extension model of the concentrator working environment is established by the element analysis method, and the matter element analysis method is used to establish an evaluation index system of a beneficiation plant in East China. The results show that the evaluation level of the breaking workshop and the auxiliary facilities are unqualified, the auxiliary facility is qualified, the culling workshop, culled yard and accessory building are medium, the screening workshop and grinding workshop are good.

Performance Characterization and Composition Design Using Machine Learning and Optimal Technology for Slag-Desulfurization Gypsum-Based Alkali-Activated Materials.

Fly ash-slag-based alkali-activated materials have excellent mechanical performance and a low carbon footprint, and they have emerged as a promising alternative to Portland cement. Therefore, replacing traditional Portland cement with slag-desulfurization gypsum-based alkali-activated materials will help to make better use of the waste, protect the environment, and improve the materials' performance. In order to better understand it and thus better use it in engineering, it needs to be characterized for performance and compositional design. This study developed a novel framework for performance characterization and composition design by combining Categorical Gradient Boosting (CatBoost), simplicial homology global optimization (SHGO), and laboratory tests. The CatBoost characterization model was evaluated and discussed based on SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAPs) and a partial dependence plot (PDP). Through the proposed framework, the optimal composition of the slag-desulfurization gypsum-based alkali-activated materials with the maximum flexural strength and compressive strength at 1, 3, and 7 days is Ca(OH)2: 3.1%, fly ash: 2.6%, DG: 0.53%, alkali: 4.3%, modulus: 1.18, and W/G: 0.49. Compared with the material composition obtained from the traditional experiment, the actual flexural strength and compressive strength at 1, 3, and 7 days increased by 26.67%, 6.45%, 9.64%, 41.89%, 9.77%, and 7.18%, respectively. In addition, the results of the optimal composition obtained by laboratory tests are very close to the predictions of the developed framework, which shows that CatBoost characterizes the performance well based on test data. The developed framework provides a reasonable, scientific, and helpful way to characterize the performance and determine the optimal composition for civil materials.

IX Forum of Pediatric Surgeons of Russia

The traditional IX Forum of Pediatric Surgeons of Russia took place on November 9–11, 2023, at the Izmailovo Hotel, Moscow. The plenary session of the forum included the presentation of the S.D. Ternovsky Prize, “for his great contribution to the development of domestic pediatric surgery”, wherein Professor L.I. Budkevich gave an assembly speech “Combustiology of childhood — a first-person view” (online). Professor A.Yu. Razumovsky presented a report and historical documentary film dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yuri F. Isakov during the plenary session. The report “Pediatric surgery of the Russian Federation. Figures and Facts” was delivered by Professor D.A. Morozov. The plenary session ended with a message from Professors E.V. Yudina and O.G. Mokrushina, “Antenatal diagnosis of congenital defects”. The video session “How I Do It” included 17 presentations with original medical technologies. The working meeting of the main freelance pediatric surgeons of the constituent entities of Russia and department heads of pediatric surgery was combined with a meeting of the specialized commission “Pediatric surgery” of the Ministry of Health of Russia and was chaired by D.A. Morozov and A.Yu. Razumovsky. The scientific program of the forum included symposia (14), round tables (4), a seminar, and a workshop. Overall, the scientific program included 169 reports, and 645 specialists participated in the forum in person. In total, 1,674 participants were registered at the forum. The total broadcast duration of the forum on the Internet was 49.5 hours. On the final day of the forum, a traditional competition of scientific research works of young scientists transpired. The IX Forum of Pediatric Surgeons of Russia was a scientific and practical event of a federal scale, showing, in an interactive format, the evolution and time frame of current problems of our specialty. The content of the reports and discussion results determined the vector of further scientific development and ways of introducing new organizational solutions and advanced medical technologies into clinical practice.