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UKBM Based Assessment Study (Independent Learning Activity Unit) Biology in Malang City High School

UKBM is a small learning unit based on basic competency-based textbooks. The preparation is done sequentially from the easiest to the most difficult to help students learn independently and achieve learning mastery. The research aims to (1) determine the characteristics of the UKBM compiled, (2) describe the preparation and development of UKBM, (3) analyze the development of UKBM-based assessment components, and (4) find obstacles, problems, and solutions for teachers in developing UKBM-based assessment components for Biology High School in Malang City. This research is qualitative descriptive research at State High School in Malang City. The data is primary data from interviews with 5 Biology teachers and secondary data from UKBM scores and documents. The instruments used were interviews, observation, and documentation guidelines. The characteristics of UKBM Biology at State High School in Malang City are in accordance with the characteristics of UKBM guidelines. The preparation and development by the Principal who represents the school in training, then developed by teachers and MGMP that adjusted in each school. Obstacles to implementing UKBM are (1) the emergence of heterogeneous groups in the classroom based on the ability to accelerate UKBM implementation and (2) requiring team teaching and extra effort given that student learning acceleration is different and learning infrastructure adjustment to learning progress and needs.
Pengaruh CAR, NPF, FDR, dan OER, Terhadap ROA Pada Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah di Indonesia Periode Januari 2009 Hingga Mei 2014

Islamic Rural Bank is intermediary institution that collect and distribute the fund in financing. BPRS management hope that every operational activities always shows good performance in order to obtain optimal benefit. One of the way to measure performance is calculating financial ratios. The purpose of this research to know the effect of CAR, NPF, FDR, and OER on ROA in industry of Islamic Rural Bank period January 2009 until May 2014 in partial and simultaneous. This research method used quantitative approach. Sample of this research was based on monthly period, so there were 65 months/samples. Sampling technique used purposive sampling. All data taken from Sharia Islamic Statistic. Analyze technique used multiple regression. The results of this research showed that in simultaneous, CAR, NPF, FDR, and OER had significant effect on ROA. In partial, CAR, NPF, and FDR had not significant effect on ROA, beside OER had significant effect on ROA.
On the spectra of large sparse graphs with cycles

We present a general method for obtaining the spectra of large graphs with short cycles using ideas from statistical mechanics of disordered systems. This approach leads to an algorithm that determines the spectra of graphs up to a high accuracy. In particular, for (un)directed regular graphs with cycles of arbitrary length we derive exact and simple equations for the resolvent of the associated adjacency matrix. Solving these equations we obtain analytical formulas for the spectra and the boundaries of their support.
Ready or not? An exploration of university students’ online learning readiness and intention to use during COVID-19 pandemic

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic since the last days of 2019 has led to school closure worldwide and forced institutions at all levels to move to online or distance learning. This study was conducted to explore university students’ readiness to such a sudden situational shift to online learning. We surveyed 1304 online-learning students in a higher education institution in Vietnam. Through exploratory factor analyses, we identified three dimensions of online learning readiness (OLR): online learning motivation, online learning self-efficacy beliefs, and online self-directed learning. We then conducted multiple regression analyses to investigate the predictive power of different students’ individual characteristics and perceptions on OLR, and the impacts of the three OLR dimensions on students’ intention to use online learning (IU). Our results suggested that students’ perceived facilitating conditions and their online learning experience were the significant predictors of OLR. Furthermore, online learning motivation was the construct that exerted the strongest influence on IU, compared to other OLR constructs. The study highlights the need for improving facilitating conditions to support students’ OLR. It also suggests enhancing the usefulness and enjoyment that students perceive from online learning to improve their willingness to use this learning channel.
Genetic Susceptibility and Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of Anthracycline-Associated Cardiotoxicity

Anthracyclines are chemotherapeutic agents widely used to treat a variety of cancers, and these drugs have revolutionized our management of cancer patients. The dose-dependent cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines, however, remains one of the leading causes of chemotherapy treatment-associated mortality in cancer survivors. Patient threshold doses leading to anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity (AIC) are highly variable among affected patients. This variability is largely ascribed to genetic variants in individuals' genomes. Here, we briefly discuss the prevailing mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of AIC, and then, we review the genetic variants, mostly identified through human genetic approaches and identified in cancer survivors. The identification of all genetic susceptibilities and elucidation of underlying mechanisms of AIC can help improve upfront risk prediction assessment for potentially severe cardiotoxicity disease and provide valuable insights into the understanding of AIC pathophysiology, which can be further leveraged to develop targeted pharmacogenetic therapies for those at high risk.
Pre-Service Teachers’ Project-Based Instruction with Mathematics Problem-Solving

Project-Based Instruction (PBI) is prevalent in science classrooms, which focuses on real-world tasks as a vehicle for student learning. PBI can be a fitting instructional approach to enhance student mathematics problem-solving. This case study explored two pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ PBI with mathematics problem-solving based on their intended and enacted lessons. Data sources were the pre-service teacher (PST)’s lesson plans and video-recorded classroom observations. Results from data analysis report that PSTs employed a wide range of heuristics in their lesson units and spent more time for facilitating student group work than other activities during the instructional time. The findings suggested that project-based design principles may encourage teachers to use problem-solving heuristics, especially for restating problems, using a model or diagram, and making suppositions. Furthermore, scaffolding with problem-solving heuristics can be enacted so that teachers keep students engaging and persevering in problem-solving toward reaching goals.
Studies of tau(-) -> eta K(-) nu(tau) and tau(-) -> eta pi(-) nu(tau) at BABAR and a search for a second-class current

We report on analyses of tau lepton decays $\tau^- \to \eta K^- \nu_{\tau}$ and $\tau^- \to \eta \pi^- \nu_{\tau}$, with $\eta \to \pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$, using 470 fb$^{-1}$ of data from the Babar experiment at PEP-II, collected at center-of-mass energies at and near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. We measure the branching fraction for the $\tau^- \to \eta K^- \nu_{\tau}$ decay mode, $\Br(\tau^- \to \eta K^- \nu_{\tau}) = (1.42\pm0.11\text{(stat)}\pm0.07\text{(syst)})\times10^{-4}$, and report a 95% confidence level upper limit for the second-class current process $\tau^- \to \eta \pi^- \nu_{\tau}$, $\Br(\tau^- \to \eta \pi^- \nu_{\tau}) < 9.9\times10^{-5}$.
Platelet-rich plasma preparation using three different centrifugation methods: A comparative study

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a platelet concentrate contained in a small volume of plasma, it has been a promising option in the last decade to treat different dermatology diseases, such as alopecia, skin ulcers, melisma, and burns due to the high concentration of growth factors that stimulate tissue repair and regeneration. The current study aims to compare the yield of platelets comparing different centrifugation methods, which are double-spin high-centrifugation force, double-spin low-centrifugation force, and single-spin system correlating each with the growth-factor concentration.
How did the general surgeons intend to treat acute calculous cholecystitis during COVID-19 era? Results of online survey

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Acute calculous cholecystitis is one of the most encountered surgical pathologies. While early cholecystectomy is the first treatment choice during the first index hospitalization, it may change during COVID-19 era when hospital resources are restricted, and health-care personnel try to overcome pandemic difficulties. In this survey, our aim is to investigate surgeons’ preferences and possible changing paradigms for acute cholecystitis therapy during COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: An online survey was conducted on an internet site through private invitation by social media sent to general surgeons. The survey consisted of 13 questions, including surgeons’ hospital properties, and it questioned treatment preferences against acute calculous cholecystitis during the pandemic. After 3 months of data collection, responded answers were analyzed statistically. RESULTS: About 56% of the surgeons stated that their treatment strategy changed during the COVID-19 pandemic partially or totally. About 48.8% of surgeons preferred early cholecystectomy for cases with acute cholecystitis before COVID-19 era; when only 23.2% of the surgeons preferred early surgery during COVID-19 era. However, patients who had received antibiotics as primary medical therapy had medical therapy failure with a range of 40.2%. Percutaneous cholecystostomy rate was raised to 20.7% from 4.9% before the COVID era. CONCLUSION: Although 96.3% of the surgeons did not have seen any unusual complication related to the COVID-19 disease, more than half of the surgeons who preferred early cholecystectomy changed their treatment strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the survey results, although the medical therapy failure rate is high, 48.8% of the surgeons may persist in this non-operative approach after the pandemic.
Development of the Sphere Overlap Scale (SOS) : compartmentalization and the spillover hypothesis

OF THE THESIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPHERE OVERLAP SCALE (SOS): COMPARTMENTALIZATION AND THE SPILLOVER HYPOTHESIS by Tina Marie Burns Florida International University, 2003 Miami, Florida Professor James Rotton, Major Professor The purpose of this study was to create a scale that could measure compartmentalization. In the first of two studies 311 working undergraduates were asked to indicate agreement with 119 items that measured compartmentalization. The resulting scale's reliability and validity were evaluated by having a second sample of 312 working students complete the items that comprise a sphere overlap scale, two measures of spillover, and a measure of personality, coping, and demoralization. Although the study's original goal was not realized, its procedures were successful in developing a short (10-item) measure of work-to-home spillover whose items loaded on a single factor. Structural equation modeling indicated that SOS items were correlated with existing measures of spillover and could be discriminated from related concepts of personality and coping. The SOS was also more highly correlated with demoralization than existing measures of spillover in hierarchical analyses that controlled for demographic factors, personality characteristics, and coping style. It is
Rapid eye movement sleep in adolescent females with borderline personality disorder

Objective: The aim of the study was detecting Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep abnormalities in adolescent females with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Method: A case control study included a convenient sample of 30 adolescent females with BPD compared to 30 matched healthy controls. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and an overnight sleep lab polysomnographic study were applied to both groups to assess sleep. Results: Patients with BPD were subjectively dissatisfied with the quality of sleep compared to controls (p<0.001). Abnormalities in REM sleep in patients when compared to controls were higher REM percent (p=0.001), shorter REM latency (p=0.001), higher REM density (p=0.001) and higher number of REM periods in the first half of the night (p=0.000). Conclusion: REM sleep abnormalities are found in adolescent patients with BPD, which may be considered as trait markers for BPD.
Exploring Students’ Perception and Use of Movie Clips to Enhance Students’ Participation in English Classroom

Learning a foreign language is not easy and requires a lot of effort. A teacher must be able to give maximum effort in teaching in the classroom and one way is by using ICT. The aim of this study is to find out whether using movie clips can increase students’ participation in online English classes and what factors caused students to be active in online class. The design of this research is classroom action research (CAR) with the subject of the research was 35 students of class X MIPA 6 at senior high school in Tualang. This research was conducted in one cycle consisting of 5 online class meetings that used movie clips with different genres. From the results of research using observation sheets and interviews with students, it can be seen that students feel more enjoy, enthusiastic, curious in English class so that it affects their activity and participation in class, as most people, basically, like to watch movies. The aim of the interview is to explore students' opinions about what factors are their challenges in online learning. Most students say that they have problems with limited internet quota, unstable internet network, inadequate economy, and even boredom with assignments and deadlines during online learning. In this case the teacher must be able to find alternative solutions for online classes to make students not bored and enjoy the learning environment created by the teacher.
Stochastic Modeling Approach to Identify Uncertainties of Karst Conduit Networks in Carbonate Aquifers

The characterization of the karst conduit network is an essential task to understand the complex flow system within karst aquifers. However, this task is challenging and often associated with uncertainty. Equivalent porous media approaches for modeling flow in karst aquifers fall short of capturing the hydraulic effect of individual karst features, while process‐oriented karst evolution models imply major computational efforts. In this study, we apply the Stochastic Karst Simulator (SKS) developed by Borghi et al. (2012) to generate karst conduit networks at a regional scale of a highly karstified carbonate aquifer located in the Eastern Mediterranean region and extensively used for water supply. The SKS generates conduit network geometries reasonably quick, using a mathematical proxy that mimics conduit evolution. The conduit simulation is based on a conceptual model of the genesis of the aquifer, consisting of different karstification phases. The stochastic approach of the algorithm enables us to generate an ensemble of conduit network realizations and to represent the uncertainties of these simulations in a Karst Probability Map. With only soft input information to constrain conduit evolution, multiple equivalent realizations yield similar resulting network geometries, indicating a robust approach. The presented methodology is numerically efficient, and its input can be easily adjusted. Subsequently, the resulting stochastic spatial distribution of conductivities can be employed for the parametrization of regional karst groundwater models.
The Bessel-Plancherel theorem and applications

Author(s): Gomez, Raul | Abstract: /Let G be a simple Lie Group with finite center, and let K \subset G be a maximal compact subgroup. We say that G is a Lie group of tube type if G/K is a hermitian symmetric space of tube type. For such a Lie group G, we can find a parabolic subgroup P=MAN, with given Langlands decomposition, such that N is abelian, and N admits a generic character with compact stabilizer. We will call any parabolic subgroup P satisfying this properties a Siegel parabolic. Let ([pi], V) be an admissible, smooth, Fr #x27;echet representation of a Lie group of tube type G and let P \subset G be a Siegel parabolic subgroup. If [chi] is a generic character of N, let Wh_[chi](V)=[lambda] : V [longrightarrow] mathbb{C} / [lambda]([pi](n)v)=[chi](n)v} be the space of Bessel models of V. After describing the classification of all the simple Lie groups of tube type, we will give a characterization of the space of Bessel models of an induced representation. As a corollary of this characterization we obtain a multiplicity one theorem for the space of Bessel models of an irreducible representation of G. As an application of this results we calculate the Bessel-Plancherel measure of a Lie group of tube type, L²(N\G;[chi]), where [chi] is a generic character of N. Then we use Howe's theory of dual pairs to show that the Plancherel measure of the space L²(O(p-r,q- s)\O(p,q)) is the pullback, under the [Theta] lift, of the Bessel-Plancherel measure L²(N\Sp(m,\mathbb{R});[chi]), where m=r+s and [chi] is a generic character that depends on r and s
Tutoring new song elements to male birds in the wild

Many vocalisations of songbirds are sexually selected and socially learnt behavioural traits that are subject to cultural evolution. For cultural inheritance, it is required that individuals imitate the song elements and build them into their repertoire, but little is known about how such learning mechanisms take place in natural populations of birds with large repertoire size. Using a Hungarian population of the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) as a model, we tested how often adult males can build new song elements (artificially modified or originated from distant populations) into their repertoire during mating season by using a playback approach. We predicted that when individuals incorporate new elements into their repertoire, the formerly unfamiliar elements from the playback songs would be recovered in the recorded songs of the focal males. We performed a teaching procedure with 26 males, in which we played back song sequences containing three artificially modified and three foreign syllables for each male. We recorded the song of the focal males twice a day for 2–6 days long. Then, we applied a thorough search based on a combined automatic and manual identification method to detect the tutorial syllables in the recorded songs. We found one foreign syllable type in the recordings from one male which indicates that male collared flycatchers may learn new syllable types in the courtship season. As our study has some limits, we highlight some general challenges concerning the use of playback approaches in the field for demonstrating the incidences of learning of particular song elements.
Phone and Self: How Smartphone Use Increases Preference for Uniqueness

One of the most dramatic shifts in recent years has been consumers’ increased use of smartphones for making purchases and choices—but does using a smartphone influence what consumers choose? This article shows that, compared with using a personal computer (PC), making choices using a personal smartphone leads consumers to prefer more unique options. The authors theorize that because smartphones are considerably more personal and private than PCs, using them activates intimate self-knowledge and increases private self-focus, shifting attention toward individuating personal preferences, feelings, and inner states. Consequently, making choices using a personal smartphone, compared with a PC, tends to increase the preference for unique and self-expressive options. Six experiments and several replications examine the effects of personal smartphone use on the preference for unique options and test the underlying role of private self-focus. The findings have important implications for theories of self-focus, uniqueness seeking, and technology’s impact on consumers, as well as tangible implications for many online vendors, brands, and researchers who use mobile devices to interact with their respective audiences.
Comparing the 30-Day Complications Between Smokers and Nonsmokers Undergoing Surgical Fixation of Ankle Fractures

Background: There have been conflicting reports regarding the effect of smoking on complications after surgical treatment of ankle fractures. This study aimed at identifying the complications for which smokers and subgroups of smokers are at a higher risk compared to nonsmokers when undergoing surgery for fixation of rotational ankle fractures. Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set from 2008 to 2019 was used to compare the 30-day wound, cardiac, renal, and infectious complications, related readmissions, and return to the operating room between the 2 cohorts. Results: Of 33 741 patients included, 25 642 (76.0%) were nonsmokers and 8099 (24.0%) were smokers. Multivariate analysis showed that smokers were at a higher risk for deep wound infection (OR 2.34, 95% CI 1.48-3.69, P < .001), wound dehiscence (OR 2.43, 95% CI 1.56-3.77, P < .001), related return to the operating room (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.36-2.11, P < .001), and related readmissions (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.32-2.09, P < .001). Smokers at an increased risk for deep infection included patients between 50 and 59 years (OR 5.75, 95% CI 1.78-18.5, P = .003), who were Black (OR 4.24, 95% CI 1.04-17.23, P = .044), who had body mass index (BMI) 35 to 39.9 (OR 3.73, 95% CI 1.46-9.50, P = .006), or operative times between 60 and 90 minutes (OR 3.64, 95% CI 1.79-7.39, P < .001). Smoker subgroups at a higher risk for wound dehiscence included patients between 50 and 59 years (OR 9.86, 95% CI 3.29-29.53, P < .001), with operative times between 90 and 120 minutes (OR 4.88, 95% CI 1.89-12.58, P < .001), with BMI 30 to 34.9 (OR 3.06, 95% CI 1.45-6.45, P = .003) and who underwent spinal/epidural anesthesia (OR 9.31, 95% CI 2.31-37.58, P = .002). Conclusion: Smokers were at an increased risk for deep wound infection, wound dehiscence, related reoperations, and related readmissions after ankle fracture surgery. Certain subgroups were at an even higher risk for these complications. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective cohort study.
Uncertainty Modeling of a Modified SEIR Epidemic Model for COVID-19

Simple Summary This paper proposes a modified SEIR model to study COVID-19 in Wuhan. The modified model is calibrated by the public number of COVID-19 hospitalization cases in Wuhan. The paper further uses this model to estimate the earliest date of COVID-19 infection in Wuhan, which is in agreement with some existing results. Abstract Based on SEIR (susceptible–exposed–infectious–removed) epidemic model, we propose a modified epidemic mathematical model to describe the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Wuhan, China. Using public data, the uncertainty parameters of the proposed model for COVID-19 in Wuhan were calibrated. The uncertainty of the control basic reproduction number was studied with the posterior probability density function of the uncertainty model parameters. The mathematical model was used to inverse deduce the earliest start date of COVID-19 infection in Wuhan with consideration of the lack of information for the initial conditions of the model. The result of the uncertainty analysis of the model is in line with the observed data for COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. The numerical results show that the modified mathematical model could model the spread of COVID-19 epidemics.