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Improving students' reading comprehension skills through the survey, question, read, recite, review (SQ3R) method

This research describes the development of the ability to understand reading content and student activity when learning using the SQ3R method at XII APT SMK Negeri 1 Panai Hulu T.P 2022/2023. They used two cycles for 16 weeks in Odd Semester. The results of 2 rounds of research obtained the following: 1. Reading Skills Students' comprehension improves by using the SQ3R method. A mean of 65 was obtained during the first ability test, with a final classical percent of 45%. And in the second ability test, a mean result of 85 was obtained with a final class percentage of 87%, and 31% progress was obtained. The result was an increase, and a minimum requirement of the Indonesian language was achieved. 2. There is an increase in students' activities in absorbing teaching materials by applying the SQ3R method.
The 1993 flood on the Mississippi River in Illinois.

The 1993 flood has now been recognized as one of the greatest floods on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Its geographical extent included portions of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The three season flood brought an untold amount of destruction to the floodplains of the Mississippi River in Illinois where the river borders the western boundary of the state for about 800 kilometers (Km). The floods on the Mississippi River also impacted the lower 129 Km of the Illinois River within the Alton Pool. Most of the flooding on the lower Illinois River was caused by the backwaters of the Mississippi River where at least two major levees failed. Nineteen other major levees in Illinois along the Mississippi River also failed during the flood. As a result of the flood many people were dislocated, many homes were damaged, public water-supply sources or treatment facilities were disrupted, and important bridges, roads, and highways were closed. Commercial navigation and recreational traffic came to a complete halt. The flood was also associated with some beneficial and detrimental impacts on the environment.
Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Mexican Oregano Essential Oil, Extracted from Plants Occurring Naturally in Semiarid Areas and Cultivated in the Field and Greenhouse in Northern Mexico

In recent years, the determination of the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of essential oils in wild plants, such as Mexican oregano (Lippia graveolens Kunth), has become increasingly important. The objective was to compare the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of Mexican oregano essential oil obtained from plants occurring naturally in semiarid areas (Wild1 and Wild2), and those cultivated in the field (CField) and greenhouse (CGreenhouse) in northern Mexico. The Mexican oregano essential oil extraction was performed using the hydrodistillation method, the antioxidant activity was determined using the ABTS method, and the antibacterial activity was assessed through bioassays under the microwell method at nine different concentrations. The aim was to determine the diameter of the inhibition zone and, consequently, understand the sensitivity level for four bacterial species. The results revealed an antioxidant activity ranging from 90% to 94% at the sampling sites, with Wild1 standing out for having the highest average antioxidant activity values. Likewise, six out of the nine concentrations analyzed showed some degree of sensitivity for all the sampling sites. In this regard, the 25 µL mL−1 concentration showed the highest diameter of inhibition zone values, highlighting the Wild2 site, which showed an average diameter greater than 30 mm for the four bacteria tested. Only in the case of S. typhi did the CGreenhouse site surpass the Wild2, with an average diameter of the inhibition zone of 36.7 mm. These findings contribute to the search for new antioxidant and antibacterial options, addressing the challenges that humanity faces in the quest for opportunities to increase life expectancy.
Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care in a district hospital and its feeder community healthcare centre of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Background: Pregnancy anaemia is a significant public health concern in South Africa (SA), particularly in rural areas, but little is known about its prevalence and risk factors in rural areas. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and identify risk factors of pregnancy anaemia in the public health facilities of Limpopo Province (LP), SA. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among a consecutive sample of 211 pregnant women attending antenatal care at Seshego Hospital and its feeder health centre (May to June 2019). Anaemia was defined as haemoglobin (Hb) <11 g/dL and classified as mild (10–10.9 g/dL), moderate (7–9.9 g/dL) and severe anaemia (<7 g/dL). A multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of anaemia. Results: The mean age of the women was 28.4 ± 5.7 years (range from 18 to 41 years). Over half (52%) had secondary education, 65% were unmarried, 72% were unemployed, 34% were nulliparous, 15% were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected and 67% were in the third trimester. The anaemia prevalence was 18.0% and was significantly associated with parity, HIV status and body mass index (BMI) in a multivariate logistic regression analysis. Conclusion: This study found that less than one-third of pregnant women were affected by anaemia, associated with parity, HIV infected and BMI. It is essential to promote routine screening for anaemia, health education and prompt treatment of infections to reduce this burden. In addition, further studies on risk factors for anaemia during pregnancy in both urban and rural communities should be conducted to strengthen these findings.
Effects of Different Irrigation and Fertilization on the Water Requirement of Single Cropping Rice in South China

Using field experiment to analysis the effects of different combinations of fertilizations and irrigations on the water requirement of single cropping rice in south China.The results indicate that,in the same region,the rhythms of rice water requirement between different irrigation models are consistent;The fastigium of rice water requirement between different regions are differ;Fertilization modes show fewer influence on rice water requirement than irrigations.Increasing times of fertilization will enhance the water requirement of rice.
Mantle Reservoirs and Migration Associated with Australian-Antarctic Rifting

Material in this publication may be copied without restraint for library, abstract service, educational, or personal research purposes; however, republication of any portion requires the written consent of the Director, Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the participating agencies, This Scientific Prospectus is based on precruise JOIDES panel discussions and scientific input from the designated Co-chief Scientists on behalf of the drilling proponents. The operational plans within reflect JOIDES Planning Committee and thematic panel priorities. During the course of the cruise, actual site operations may indicate to the Co-chief Scientists and the Operations Manager that it would be scientifically or operationally advantageous to amend the plan detailed in this prospectus. It should be understood that any proposed changes to the plan presented here are contingent upon approval of the Director of the Ocean Drilling Program in consultation with the Science and Operations Committees (successors to the Planning Committee) and the Pollution Prevention and Safety Panel. ABSTRACT The Australian-Antarctic Discordance (AAD) is an anomalously deep region centered on the Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) between Australia and Antarctica. Among its unique features is an unusually sharp boundary between the ocean-basin scale upper mantle isotopic domains of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This boundary has migrated westward into and across the easternmost segment of the AAD at a rate of 25-40 mm/yr during the last 4 m.y. , yet the long-term relationship of this important boundary to the AAD remains unclear. There is limited evidence to suggest that the boundary has been migrating westward for ~40 m.y. , since the separation of the South Tasman Rise from Antarctica. However, it seems likely, perhaps even probable, that the isotopic boundary is genetically linked to the mantle processes that have maintained the existence of the AAD for >90 m.y. , since Australia and Antarctica first rifted apart. The long-term configuration and dynamic history of the isotopic boundary can be determined by systematic off-axis sampling beyond the limit of effective dredging (~7 Ma). During Leg 187, we will extend the sampling program to older crust (10-30 Ma). An array of 19 drill sites has been designed to determine the configuration of the isotopic boundary and to distinguish among competing hypotheses concerning the nature and extent of mantle migration beneath the SEIR. Approximately 10-12 single-bit holes will sample …
Antibacterial Activity and Phytochemical Screening of Erythrina fusca Lour. Leaf Extract (Fabaceae)

Erythrina fusca Lour. (family Fabaceae) is a flowering tree that is locally known as ‘chengkering’. The plant is traditionally used in treatment of some symptoms related to bacterial infections such as wound infections, inflammations, and skin itching. This work reports for the first time in vitro antibacterial screening of the E. fusca Lour. methanolic leaf extract against some common Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria such as Klebsiella pneumonia, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, and Staphylococcus aureus. The in vitro antibacterial assay was carried out using agar diffusion method with the extract concentration of 3 mg/well and vancomycin 30 µg/well as the positive control. It was found that the extract exhibits antibacterial effects in range of 10.5 – 14 mm of zone of inhibition (ZOI) against all tested bacteria except for K. pneumoniae. P. aeruginosa showing ZOI of 14 mm was the most sensitive bacterium while P. vulgaris (ZOI of 10.5 mm) was the least sensitive strain to the extract. Based on the preliminary phytochemical screening of using standard qualitative phytochemical tests, this species contains significant amount of alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, and tannins, which might contribute to the antibacterial activity of the extract. Both antibacterial potential and presence of various phytochemicals in the extract could support the traditional uses of E. fusca , and the obtained results would serve as a basis for further exploration of antibacterial properties of the plant’s leaves.
A simple hydromechanical approach for simulating squirt-type flow

ABSTRACTThe deformations caused by an acoustic wavefield in subsurface rock can induce fluid flow within hydraulically interconnected mesoscopic fractures, from one fracture into the other. The viscous friction associated with this squirt-type fluid flow parallel to the fracture walls results in energy dissipation and velocity dispersion. We have developed a quasi-static hydromechanical approach that is suitable for simulating squirt-type flow in the mesoscopic scale range and microscopic squirt flow. Our approach couples Navier-Stokes equation with Hooke’s law to describe the laminar flow of a viscous compressible fluid in conduits embedded in an elastic solid background. Results from the proposed method were compared with those obtained with Biot’s equations for a model containing interconnected mesoscopic fractures embedded in a background of very low porosity and permeability. Despite significant differences in the flow and dissipation spatial patterns, we have observed an essentially perfect agreemen.
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Much effort has been made in the past decades to citation function classification, but noteworthy issues exist. Annotation difficulty resulted in limited data size, especially for minority classes, and inadequate representativeness of the underlying scientific domains. Concerning algorithmic classification, state-of-the-art deep learning-based methods are flawed by generating a feature vector for the whole citation context (or sentence) and failing to exploit the full realm of citation modelling options. Responding to these issues, this paper studied contextualised citation function classification. Specifically, a large new citation context dataset was created by merging and re-annotating six datasets about computational linguistics. A variety of strong SciBERT-based citation function classification models were proposed, and new states of the art were achieved. Through deeper performance analysis, this study focused on answering several research questions about the effective ways of performing citation function classification. More specifically, the study justified the necessity of modelling in-text citations in context and confirmed the superiority of doing citation function classification at citation (segment) level. A particular emphasis was placed on in-depth per-class performance analysis to understand whether citation function classification is robust enough to suit various popular downstream applications and what further efforts are required to meet such analytic needs. Finally, a naïve ensemble classifier was proposed, which greatly improved citation function classification performance.
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NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO, IKK-γ) deficiency is a rare combined immunodeficiency caused by mutations in the IKBKG gene. Conventionally, patients are afflicted with life threatening recurrent microbial infections. Paradoxically, the spectrum of clinical manifestations includes severe inflammatory disorders. The mechanisms leading to autoinflammation in NEMO deficiency are currently unknown. Herein, we sought to investigate the underlying mechanisms of clinical autoinflammatory manifestations in a 12-years old male NEMO deficiency (EDA-ID, OMIM #300,291) patient by comparing the immune profile of the patient before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Response to NF-kB activators were measured by cytokine ELISA. Neutrophil and low-density granulocyte (LDG) populations were analyzed by flow cytometry. PBMC transcriptome before and after HSCT and transcriptome of sorted normal-density neutrophils and LDGs were determined using the NanoString nCounter gene expression panels. ISG15 expression and protein ISGylation was based on Immunoblotting. Consistent with the immune deficiency, PBMCs of the patient were unresponsive to toll-like and T cell receptor-activators. Paradoxically, LDGs comprised 35% of patient PBMCs and elevated expression of genes such as MMP9, LTF, and LCN2 in the granulocytic lineage, high levels of IP-10 in the patient’s plasma, spontaneous ISG15 expression and protein ISGylation indicative of a spontaneous type-I interferon (IFN) signature were observed, all of which normalized after HSCT. Collectively, our results suggest that type I IFN signature observed in the patient, dysregulated LDGs and spontaneously activated neutrophils, potentially contribute to tissue damage in NEMO deficiency.
Zgorzel pędow borówki wysokiej wywołana przez grzyb Godronia cassandrae f. vaccinii (Peck.) Groves [The canker of highbush blueberry caused by Godronia cassandrae f. vaccinii (Peck.) Groves]

Fusicoccum canker of highbush blueberry was first detected in 1973 in Poland. The diseases appeared on the shoots of variety Jersey in the collection of the Department of Pomology, Agricultural University, Warsaw-Ursyn6w. The disease was caused by the fungus Godronia cassandrae f. vaccinii {Peck. ) Groves. The conidial stage is known as Topospora myrtilli (Felfch.) Boermema syn. Fusicoccum putrefaciens Shear.
The Evolution of the

This paper ** traces the evolution of the Afro-Colombian Social Move- ment from colonial times, starting with a historical background of the early black resistance against slavery: how the first runaway captives formed new societies or communities called palenques. Additio- nally, this article highlights the importan- ce of the black-indigenous association in defending land and fighting against mar - ginalization, and the role of women in the same context. The Afro-Colombian Social Movement grew out of the oppression and Resumen
Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau – the Nepal Himalaya and the provenance of their foreland basins

The Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan region formed after 55–50 Ma, as a result of the intracontinental collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, occupying the east–west trending, high‐altitude Himalaya and Karakorum ranges in the south and the vast Tibetan Plateau to the north of central Asia. The tectonic evolution of Tibet began between the late Palaeozoic and the Cenozoic, and the Himalayan mountain system evolved in a series of stages beginning 50–35 Ma and is still active.
Low-Frequency Currents from Deep Moorings in the Southern Bay of Bengal

AbstractHigh-resolution currents and hydrographic fields were measured at six deep-water moorings in the southern Bay of Bengal (BoB) by the Naval Research Laboratory as part of an international effort focused on the dynamics of the Indian Ocean. Currents, temperature, and salinity were sampled over the upper 500 m for 20 months between December 2013 and August 2015. One of the major goals is to understand the space–time scales of the currents and physical processes that contribute to the exchange of water between the BoB and the Arabian Sea. The observations captured Southwest and Northeast Monsoon Currents, seasonally varying large eddies including a cyclonic eddy, the Sri Lanka dome (SLD), and an anticyclonic eddy southeast of the SLD. The observations further showed intraseasonal oscillations with periods of 30–70 days, near-inertial currents, and tides. Monthly averaged velocities commonly exceeded 50 cm s−1 near the surface, and extreme velocities exceeded 150 cm s−1 during the southwest monsoon. Ti.
Water use of agroforestry systems in semi-arid India

The increased productivity or yield advantage provided by intercropping and agroforestry systems is often attributed to the premise that mixtures of species make better use of environmental resources than when the same species are grown separately. The components complement each other because they make their major demand on resources at different times (temporal complementarity) or use resources more efficiently at a given point in time (spatial complementarity). However, mixed stands do not use resources more efficiently than sole stands when the component species compete for the same limited resources. This paper examines the evidence for interactions for physical resources in three major types of agroforestry systems, and highlights the importance of below-ground interactions, which are still poorly understood.
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Abstract Based in Shulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has emerged as a useful frame for describing and understanding the goals for technology use in preservice teacher education. This paper addresses the need for a survey instrument designed to assess TPACK for preservice teachers. The paper describes survey development process and results from a pilot study on 124 preservice teachers. Data analysis procedures included Cronbach’s alpha statistics on the TPACK knowledge domains and factor analysis for each domain. Results suggest that, with the modification and/or deletion of 18 of the survey items, the survey is a reliable and valid instrument that will help educators design longitudinal studies to assess preservice teachers’ development of TPACK.
articleUnderstanding discrepancies in parent-child reporting of emotional and behavioural problems : Effects of relational and socio-demographic factors

Background: Discrepancies between parents and children in their assessment of children's mental health affect the evaluation of need for services and must be taken seriously. This article presents the differences between parents' and children's reports of the children's symptoms and social impairment, based on the results of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The interrelationship between relational aspects and socio-demographic factors with patterns of disagreement are explored. Methods: Differences in the prevalence and means of SDQ symptom and impact scores were obtained from 8,154 primary school children, aged between 10 and 13 years, and their parents. Agreement between matched pairs was measured using Pearson's and Spearman's rho correlations. Socio-demographic variables, communication patterns and parental engagement were analysed as possible correlates of informant discrepancies using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models. Results: In general, although children reported more symptoms, they reported less impact of perceived difficulties than parents. The parents were more consistent in their evaluation of symptoms and impact than were the children. Exploration of highly discrepant subgroups showed that, when children reported the most symptoms and impact, qualitative aspects of the parent-child relationship and family structure seemed to be more powerful predictors of disagreement than were gender of the child and socio-demographic variables. When parents reported the most symptoms and impact, low parental educational level, low income and male gender of the child played an additional
CONCURRENCY AND COMPUTATION : PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE Concurrency Computat

A parallel algorithm for reordering the eigenvalues in the real Schur form of a matrix is presented and discussed. Our novel approach adopts computational windows and delays multiple outside-window updates until each window has been completely reordered locally. By using multiple concurrent windows the parallel algorithm has a high level of concurrency, and most work is level 3 BLAS operations. The presented algorithm is also extended to the generalized real Schur form. Experimental results for ScaLAPACKstyle Fortran 77 implementations on a Linux cluster confirm the efficiency and scalability of our algorithms in terms of more than 16 times of parallel speedup using 64 processor for large scale problems. Even on a single processor our implementation is demonstrated to perform significantly better compared to the state-of-the-art serial implementation. Copyright c © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.