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A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF HEDGES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL EDITORIALS

The use of hedges in newspaper editorialsis important as the claims of editorialists should be cautious when criticizing issues and tackling controversial subject matters. Furthermore, hedges play an essential role where they may affect how readers approvethe truth of the information presented in editorials. This study is aimedto identify the pragmatic functions of hedges and their formal realizations in the American political editorials.Twentyfive editorials,randomly selectedfrom the American online newspapers, and they were analyzedin accordance with a proposed model which is based on the works of the researchers; Hyland (1998), Neff van Aertsalaer and Bunce (2011) and Malášková (2014). The study has concluded that the use of hedges in the American political editorials achieves three hedging functions subsumed under the categories; a) content-oriented hedges, b) writer-oriented hedges, and c) reader-oriented hedges, and the category ofcontent-oriented hedges is the most frequent functional category. These functions can be summed up that using hedges allows the writer not only to invest a certain degree of commitment into the truth value of the proposition, but also to establish and maintain contact with the readers. In additions, single-lexical hedging forms, specifically ‘epistemic modal verb’ and ‘epistemic adverb’ are the most frequent formal realizations of content-oriented hedges, whilethe majority ofwriter oriented hedges is dominantly realized by non-lexical hedging forms and the strategy of ‘attribution to literature’ of its two basic types verbaland verblessbeing the most frequent ones.And as for reader-oriented function,the non-lexical hedging forms, particularly the strategies of ‘questions’ and ‘if clause’ are the most frequent formal realizations to fulfill this function.
Outbreak Prediction of COVID-19 Patients for Dense and Populated Countries Using Machine Learning

The Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic persists to have a mortifying impact on the health and well-being of the global population A continued rise in the number of patients testing positive for COVID-19 has created a lot of stress on governing bodies across the globe and they are finding it difficult to tackle the situation We have developed an outbreak prediction system for COVID-19 for the top 10 highly and densely populated countries The proposed prediction models forecast the count of new cases likely to arise for successive 5 days using 9 different machine learning algorithms A set of models for predicting the rise in new cases, having an average accuracy of 87 9% ± 3 9% was developed for 10 high population and high density countries The highest accuracy of 99 93% was achieved for Ethiopia using Auto-Regressive Moving Average (ARMA) averaged over the next 5 days The proposed prediction models used by us can help stakeholders to be prepared in advance for any sudden rise in outbreak to ensure optimal management of available resources © 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
Stability of stochastic Lévy noise coupled systems with mixed delays

In this paper, based on Razumikhin method, stability of stochastic Lévy noise coupled systems with mixed delays (SLCSD) is researched. Here, both mixed delays and Lévy noise are considered into coupled systems for the first time. Then, by combining Razumikhin method with Lyapunov method and graph theory, several stability criteria including the Razumikhin-type theorem, the Lyapunov-type theorem and a coefficients-type theorem are given to ensure the pth moment exponential stability of SLCSD. In particular, the stability of a class of coupled oscillators and the stability of single-link robot arms are investigated as practical applications of the obtained results. And some numerical simulations are offered to illustrate the feasibility of the obtained results.
The complete mitochondrial genome of Nematobrycon palmeri (Characiformes:Nematobrycon) and phylogenetic studies of Characidaes

Abstract Complete mitochondrial genome of the Characiform fish Nematobrycon palmeri was characterized in the present study. The whole mitogenome was 17,340 bp in size and the proportion of coding sequences with a total length of 11,448 bp was 66.02%, which encodes 3805 amino acids. The base composition of the genome was 30.92% for A, 23.92% for C, 14.88% for G, and 30.28% for T. All protein-coding genes were started with ATG, CO1 and ATP8 ended by AGG, TAG respectively, whereas CO2, ATP6, ND4 ended by a single T, the other PCGs commonly ended by TAA. The length of 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA was 949 bp and 1675 bp, respectively. The control region (D-loop) ranging from 15,654 bp to 17,340 bp was 1687 bp in size. It showed negative GC skew value (–0.2329) and positive AT skewness (0.0105). Phylogenetic analysis showed that N. palmeri was most closely related to Gephyrocharax atracaudatus. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence would provide a new insight into taxonomic classification, and help to draw a more complete picture of species diversity within the Characidae.
Effects of Education on the Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Reduction of Contamination: A Randomized Trial

Introduction Accurate doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of the key practices of infection control because of increased risk of infection transmission caused by medical garments or environmental contamination. Objectives The study aimed to develop a reality-based education program and identify its effects on nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and contamination after PPE doffing. Methods Randomized control group pretest–posttest design. A total of 56 nurses were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 28) and control (n = 28) groups. The experimental group underwent a new reality-based education program to improve PPE use. Subsequently, participants were assessed on knowledge of and attitude toward PPE use, as well as number and area of contaminated sites after removing PPE and mask fitting test. Results There were no significant differences in knowledge and attitude to PPE use. The experimental group had significantly fewer contaminated sites than the control group (42 vs. 89), and a significantly lower mean contaminated site area (16.63 ± 24.27 vs. 95.41 ± 117.51 cm2). The tuberculosis mask fitting test success rates were 68% and 50% in the experimental and control groups, respectively, but the difference was not significant. Conclusion The reality-based education on use of PPE helps to reduce contamination and improve performance related to the use of PPE for infection control.
Dampak pandemi Covid-19 terhadap kepuasan pembelajaran jarak jauh

Pandemi Covid-19 saat ini berdampak pada perguruan tinggi. IAIN Padangsidimpuan sebagai salah satu institusi pendidikan tinggi negeri keagamaan Islam di Indonesia dituntut untuk mengikuti perubahan metode pembelajaran yaitu pembelajaran jarak jauh (PJJ) yang semula sepenuhnya dilakukan dengan tatap muka. Letak kampus yang berada di Bagian Selatan Sumatera Utara dengan asal mahasiswa yang beragam dan berada jauh dari perkotaan menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi institusi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan analisis deskriptif. Jumlah informan 384 orang yang terdiri dari mahasiswa aktif Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam IAIN Padangsidimpuan yang dipilih secara acak. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa, meskipun mayoritas mahasiswa (95,8%) sudah memiliki perangkat untuk menjalani PJJ, namun di sisi lain mahasiswa merasa metode PJJ saat ini belum tepat karena mahasiswa merasa tidak dapat memantau perkembangan PJJ dengan mudah, tidak dapat memperoleh materi pembelajaran dengan mudah juga tidak dapat mempelajari materi dengan mudah. Secara keseluruhan, baik dari sisi teknologi maupun sisi dosen, mahasiswa tidak puas dengan metode PJJ yang dijalaninya saat ini dan juga merasa tidak puas dengan kemampuan dosen dalam menyampaikan materi pada PJJ. Abstract The Covid19 pandemic is currently affecting universities. IAIN Padangsidimpuan as one of the institutions of Islamic religious state higher education in Indonesia is required to follow the changes in learning methods, namely distance learning (PJJ), which is from the beginning is fully face-to-face. The location of the campus in the Southern Part of North Sumatra with diverse origins of students and being far from urban areas is a challenge for institutions. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. The number of informants 384 people consisting of active students of the Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business were randomly selected. Based on the results of the study note that, although the majority of students (95.8%) already have the tools to undergo Distance Learning, on the other hand students feel the distance learning method is currently not appropriate because students feel unable to monitor the development of distance learning easily, cannot obtain learning material easily nor can study material easily. Overall, both in terms of technology and the Lecturer side, students are not satisfied with the distance learning method they are currently undergoing and also feel dissatisfied with the ability of the Lecturer to deliver material to distance learning.
Optimization of Warehouse Operations with Genetic Algorithms

We present a complete, fully automatic solution based on genetic algorithms for the optimization of discrete product placement and of order picking routes in a warehouse. The solution takes as input the warehouse structure and the list of orders and returns the optimized product placement, which minimizes the sum of the order picking times. The order picking routes are optimized mostly by genetic algorithms with multi-parent crossover operator, but for some cases also permutations and local search methods can be used. The product placement is optimized by another genetic algorithm, where the sum of the lengths of the optimized order picking routes is used as the cost of the given product placement. We present several ideas, which improve and accelerate the optimization, as the proper number of parents in crossover, the caching procedure, multiple restart and order grouping. In the presented experiments, in comparison with the random product placement and random product picking order, the optimization of order picking routes allowed the decrease of the total order picking times to 54%, optimization of product placement with the basic version of the method allowed to reduce that time to 26% and optimization of product placement with the methods with the improvements, as multiple restart and multi-parent crossover to 21%.
Complete mitochondrial genome of Zyginella minuta (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Zyginellini) from China, with its phylogenetic analysis

Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome of Zyginella minuta was sequenced and annotated in this study. The closed-loop mitogenome is 15,544 bp in length, has an A + T content of 76.3% (A = 43.0%, T = 33.3%, G = 10.2%, and C = 13.5%), containing 37 typical genes and a control region. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) started with ATN and stopped with TAA, except for ATP8 used TTG as initiation codon, Cytb ended with TAG, ND5, and ND4 used incomplete T as stop codon. The resultant phylogeny using 13 PCGs and 2 rRNAs showed these species in Typhlocybinae including Z. minuta formed a cluster indicating closer relationship than others.
The Role of Shariah Auditor in Islamic Banks: The Effect of Shariah Governance Framework (SGF) 2011

This paper ascertains the current roles and responsibilities of Shariah auditor in the Islamic banking industry in Malaysia. To explore further, we identify the changes in these roles, especially after the introduction of the Shariah Governance Framework (SGF) 2011. The study employs a qualitative method by utilizing in-depth interviews with nine (9) key individuals in Malaysian Islamic banks. Our findings support the notion that Shariah auditors' roles and responsibilities are still under the jurisdiction of the banks' internal audit unit. More importantly, Shariah auditors play their roles as the third line of defense by giving assurance to the shareholders and stakeholders that all businesses and operations comply with Shariah precepts. Also, Shariah auditors need to look at the internal control elements of whether effective and efficient enough to alleviate any possible Shariah breaches. In terms of changes in its roles after the SGF implementation, most of the interviewees assert that the approach has been changed from compliance audit to risk-based audit. Our findings guide us to propose more structured and specific guidelines about Shariah auditors' roles and responsibilities in the Islamic banks. This guideline eventually could provide stimulus to improve governance and strengthen market as well as stakeholder's confidence. Finally, this study stipulates some precious recommendations to further enhance the Shariah auditor roles not only in the Malaysian Islamic banking industry but also in similar contexts.
Hydroxicloroquine, What is the Role of the Drug in the Treatment of COVID-19? A Review

Spectroscopy and Bioinformatics Group Applied to Biodiversity and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Program in Health and Development in the Midwest Region, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Fundation Brazil – CAPES, Brazil. 3 Graduate Program in Environments and Regional Development, Anhanguera University, UNIDERP, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. 4 Ministry of Health, Secretary of Health Surveillance, Department of Strategic Coordination of Health Surveillance, General Coordination of Public Health Laboratories, Brasília-DF, Brazil. Anhanguera University Center of Campo Grande MS, Superior Course of Technology in Radiology, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Secretary of State for Health of the Federal District, Brasília DF, Brazil. 7 Brazilian Hospital Services Company EBSERH/Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Centro Universitário Anhanguera de Campo Grande MS, Nursing Course, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. 9 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
Transformational leadership, leader–member exchange and school learning climate: Impact on teachers’ innovative behaviour in the Netherlands

Despite the fact that innovative behaviour of teachers is important for the quality of teaching in our knowledge society, there is still little research into leadership and organizational factors that influence teachers’ innovative behaviour. By combining self-concept leadership theory, social exchange theory and a hierarchical model of the distance of variables to human behaviour from an interactive perspective, we tried to unravel the relationships between school organization and teacher variables. Based on longitudinal data (2011, 2012, 2013) from a select sample of 597 teachers (being part of a research panel), a structural equation model (Mplus) was used for testing the relationship between transformational leadership, the school learning climate, the quality of teacher–leadership relationships (leader–member exchange), teachers’ inquiry habit of mind and teachers’ innovative behaviour. The findings show a very good fit for the model and contribute to confirmation of the combined used theories and concepts of leadership in education, leaderships’ influence on the organizational learning climate, the crucial mediating role of leader–member exchange between organizational variables and teacher variables, and the mediating dispositional variable of teachers’ inquiry habit of mind between leader–member exchange and innovative behaviour. This study adds to our insights into the complexity of innovation in school organizations.
The development of intent-based moral judgment and moral behavior in the context of indirect reciprocity: A cross-cultural study

The current study aimed to investigate the cultural differences in the developmental origins of children’s intent-based moral judgment and moral behavior in the context of indirect reciprocity. To this end, we compared how German and Chinese children interpret and react to antisocial and prosocial interactions between puppets. An actor puppet performed either a positive or negative act toward a prosocial or antisocial target puppet with the intention to cause harm or not; 197 three and five-year-old children participated as a third party and were asked to judge the actor puppet’s behavior and to distribute stickers. Results showed that 3-year-old Chinese children were able to take intention and context into account when making moral judgments and distributing resources, whereas German children did not show sensitivity to intention until the age of 5. These findings suggest that culture may mediate children’s intent-based moral judgment and moral behavior in the context of indirect reciprocity.
Well posedness and stability result for a thermoelastic laminated Timoshenko beam with distributed delay term

In this work, we consider a linear thermoelastic laminated timoshenko beam with distributed delay, where the heat conduction is given by cattaneoâs law. we establish the well posedness of the system. For stability results, we prove exponential and polynomial stabilities of the system for the cases of equal and nonequal speeds of wave propagation.
Airborne measurements of fire emission factors for African biomass burning sampled during the MOYA campaign

Abstract. Airborne sampling of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrous oxide (N2O) mole fractions was conducted during field campaigns targeting fires over Senegal in February and March 2017 and Uganda in January 2019. The majority of fire plumes sampled were close to or directly over burning vegetation, with the exception of two longer-range flights over the West African Atlantic seaboard (100–300 km from source), where the continental outflow of biomass burning emissions from a wider area of West Africa was sampled. Fire emission factors (EFs) and modified combustion efficiencies (MCEs) were estimated from the enhancements in measured mole fractions. For the Senegalese fires, mean EFs and corresponding uncertainties in units of gram per kilogram of dry fuel were 1.8±0.19 for CH4, 1633±171.4 for CO2, and 67±7.4 for CO, with a mean MCE of 0.94±0.005. For the Ugandan fires, mean EFs were 3.1±0.35 for CH4, 1610±169.7 for CO2, and 78±8.9 for CO, with a mean modified combustion efficiency of 0.93±0.004. A mean N2O EF of 0.08±0.002 g kg−1 is also reported for one flight over Uganda; issues with temperature control of the instrument optical bench prevented N2O EFs from being obtained for other flights over Uganda. This study has provided new datasets of African biomass burning EFs and MCEs for two distinct study regions, in which both have been studied little by aircraft measurement previously. These results highlight the important intracontinental variability of biomass burning trace gas emissions and can be used to better constrain future biomass burning emission budgets. More generally, these results highlight the importance of regional and fuel-type variability when attempting to spatially scale biomass burning emissions. Further work to constrain EFs at more local scales and for more specific (and quantifiable) fuel types will serve to improve global estimates of biomass burning emissions of climate-relevant gases.
Practitioner’s Digest

Popular discourse characterizes single Black women as desperate and dysfunctional, constructions of single status that reinforce broader stereotypes of Black women. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about how Black women define singlehood for themselves. The relative omission of Black women’s self-defined experiences of unmarried life from research is a gap that limits scholarly understandings of singlehood and Black women’s lives. To address this gap, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with single, cisgender, heterosexual Black women aged 25–46 years from diverse educational and marital history backgrounds. Thematic analysis yielded nine themes across sociocultural (complex portrayals and liberation), interpersonal (advice, support, and judgment), and personal (purpose, security, freedom, and frustration) life domains. Participants enacted a range of strategies in unmarried life including strategic singlehood, the intentional practice of maintaining single status to foster growth, maintain freedom, or ensure safety. Differences in singlehood were observed by maternal status, age, and marital history. Findings suggest singlehood is socialized through scripting and gendered racial socialization processes. Media featuring single Black women, advice and judgments from family, and shifting gender roles for women contributed to single socialization processes. Study findings suggest new directions for practice, research, and policy. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub. com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684320939070
Accountants' IT responsibilities and competencies from a student perspective

PurposeResearch question is about the perception of stricto sensu undergraduate and graduate accounting students, from the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) of the accountants' responsibilities and competencies required to them in assisting IT/IS strategy definition and implementation.Design/methodology/approachThis is a descriptive research, using a qualitative paper-and-pencil approach. Designed based on United Nations Accounting Model Curriculum, a questionnaire was self-applied to 361 accounting students of eight higher education institutions (HEIs) in Rio de Janeiro, whose responses are quantitatively analysed.FindingsAccounting students strongly agree on the need to acquire strategic skills that enable them to assist organizations in IT/IS issues but are quite divided about the related accountants' responsibilities, underestimating their future role in this respect.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough quantitatively adequate, the sample is non-probabilistic and, thus, results cannot be generalized. The authors expect that this paper can encourage HEIs to engage the path of multidisciplinary education and rethink their silo-based pedagogical models which have to prepare students for their forthcoming professional challenges, by introducing interdisciplinary courses, soft skills disciplines and work-integrated learning activities.Practical implicationsFindings can be useful for teachers and coordinators of the IT/IS area in accounting courses, stimulating brainstorming on the accountant's role in assisting organizations in IT/IS strategies and practices implementation. The study has relevant implications for educators through the identification and analysis of difficulties faced by students.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the research base of accountants' strategic role since the responsibility awareness identified gap can be elaborated for stimulating the discussion about the centrality of the accountant in IT processes within organizations.