bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Arte e tragédia: representações sobre a seleção brasileira de 1982 em livros do século XXI
Authors: Massarani Diano Albernaz
Published: January 2019

A história da seleção brasileira de futebol é marcada tanto por láureas como por derrotas que perduram no tempo e são frequentemente recontadas, como é o caso da Tragédia do Sarriá, nome dado à eliminação da seleção brasileira de 1982 da Copa do Mundo. Este artigo procura compreender a Tragédia do Sarriá como um dos eventos mais rememorados e intrigantes do futebol brasileiro, através da análise da construção de representações sobre o estilo de jogo da seleção brasileira de 1982, em livros publicados neste século que narram a trajetória desta equipe. Décadas após a Tragédia do Sarriá, a seleção brasileira de 1982 surge representada como a última seleção que praticou o futebol-arte, estilo de jogo tido como “genuinamente” brasileiro, sendo, por isso, vista como injustiçada pela não conquista do título da Copa do Mundo. Nesse processo construtivo, destaca-se a significativa participação da seleção brasileira campeã da Copa do Mundo de 1994 na posição de alteridade privilegiada.
A importância dos imigrantes e descendentes na seleção francesa ao longo das Copas do Mundo
Authors: Freitas Guilherme Silva Pires de
Published: January 2019

Conhecida pelo seu perfil multicultural, a seleção francesa de futebol contou com os serviços de diversos jogadores imigrantes e descendentes de imigrantes ao longo das Copas do Mundo. Este trabalho apresenta um histórico realçando a importância destes atletas que vestiram a camisa dos Bleus ao longo dos Mundiais desde os pioneiros como Alexandre Villaplane na Copa do Mundo de 1930 até a jovem geração multicultural bicampeã mundial em 2018, passando por Zinedine Zidane, maior ídolo do país e principal nome do título mundial em 1998. O artigo mostra ainda a importância e peso que o futebol tem para sociedade francesa, que através da modalidade consegue discutir e debater delicados assuntos de interesse nacional como a imigração, multiculturalismo e a identidade nacional.
Schema therapy and marital intimacy
Authors: Kermani Nahid , Dookaneei Faride , Shafiabadi Abdollah , Abdi Mansour
Published: January 2019

This study investigates the effectiveness of schema therapy on the marital agreement of client who attends counselling clinic centre services on region five of the city of Tehran. The population were all of the clients who attend the services during 2011 winter and looking for family counselling services. Among 14 clients, seven couple revised schema therapy and seven were under control group that they have chosen randomly from volunteers. The sympathy between couples and research hypothesis are investigated by covariance test. The result shows that schema therapy was effective to improve the effectiveness of schema therapy on marital intimacy between couples and could be a good method for family therapy for Iranian couples.

 

Keywords: Schema therapy, couple therapy, marital intimacy.
POETICS OF “INSERTED CONSTRUCTIONS” IN THE NOVEL BY B. SCHLINK “HOMECOMING”
Authors: Potanina Natalia Leonidovna , Goryacheva Ksenia Yurievna
Published: January 2019

The novelty and relevance of the research are as it contains a poetic analysis of the novel “Homecoming” of the modern German writer B. Schlink in the perspective of the issue of “inserted constructions” as a principle for organizing an artistic text in the contemporary novel. We form the current task of researching B. Schlink’s work in the light of the problems of non-classical artistry, and also with the need to identify the characteristics of understanding in the novel of the important social and political processes of the modern era. As a result of the analysis we show a new poetic significance of “inserted constructions”, they become an essential element of the textual organization of the novel “Homecoming”. On this basis we establish that narrative and “inserted constructions” not only overlap, but also interpenetrate and interact on each other in the text of the novel, so they generate new shades and new meaning combinations – this enables to artistically express the complexity and kaleidics of the modern world. This justifies the modern German novel inclusion in the general art process of adequate poetic tools development aimed at reflecting the changed ideas about the man and the world.
REVIEW OF THE MONOGRAPH BY S.G. ISAEV, N.G. VLADIMIROVA “CURRENT POETICS: THE CHANGE OF ARTISTIC PARADIGM” (Veliky Novgorod, Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University Publ., 2017, 482 p.)
Authors: Potanina Natalia Leonidovna
Published: January 2019

An analytical review of the scientific monograph devoted to the comprehension of profound changes in the fiction of the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st century is presented. The novelty, relevance and theoretical significance of the monograph, determined by the creation of a holistic typology of nonclassical artistry based on a multidisciplinary approach to the problem of its origin and functioning, as well as a specific combination of aesthetic and literary analysis of texts, which allowed typological generalizations, are substantiated. The significance and scientific prospects of the contribution of the monograph authors to the study of the problem of nonclassical artistry, to the formation of new ideas about modern theoretical poetics and related features of the literary analysis of contemporary art texts have been confirmed.
The Harness of Intellectual Capital for Economic Progress and Sustainability
Authors: Chiriac Irina , Ignat Gabriela , Ungureanu George , Robu Dragoş Alexandru , Costuleanu Carmen Luiza
Published: January 2019

Bio-economy is a major area of the strategy that must enable the European Union to achieve growth: smart, through the development of knowledge and innovation; and sustainable, based on a greener, more efficient economy in resource management. We believe that the progress of bio-economy cannot be achieved without the harnessing of intellectual capital. Our research aimed to emphasize the benefits of the dynamics of the intellectual capital growth on the evolution of the bio-economy. The aim of this analysis was to study the established link between the Energy Intensity of the Economy (EIE) and a number of factors that can measure the intellectual capital, such as: Market Capitalization of Bitcoin, Patent applications listed by European Patent Office and the Turnover from Innovation as a proportion of the total Turnover. The ultimate goal was represented by the generation of a regression model to see what factor influences mostly the progress of the bio-economy at European and Romanian level.
Nucleation Triggering of Highly Undercooled Xylitol Using an Air Lift Reactor for Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
Authors: Duquesne Marie , Palomo Del Barrio Elena , Godin Alexandre
Published: January 2019

Bio-based glass-forming materials are now considered for thermal energy storage in building applications. Among them, Xylitol appears as a biosourced seasonal thermal energy storage material with high potential. It has a high energy density, a high and stable undercooling allowing storing solar energy at ambient temperature thus, reducing thermal losses and the risk of spontaneous nucleation (i.e., the risk of losing the stored energy). Generally when the energy is needed, the discharge triggering of the storage system is very difficult as well as reaching a sufficient power delivery. Both are indeed the mains locks for the use of pure Xylitol in seasonal energy storage. Different techniques have been hence considered to crystallize highly undercooled Xylitol. Nucleation triggering of highly undercooled pure Xylitol by using an air lift reactor has been proven here. This method should allow reaching performances matching with building applications (i.e., at medium temperatures, below 100 °C). The advantages of this technique compared to other existing techniques to activate the crystallization are discussed. The mechanisms triggering the nucleation are investigated. The air bubble generation, transportation of nucleation sites and subsequent crystallization are discussed to improve the air injection operating conditions.
Fast 3D Semantic Mapping on Naturalistic Road Scenes
Authors: Li Xuanpeng , Wang Dong , Ao Huanxuan , Belaroussi Rachid , Gruyer Dominique
Published: January 2019

Fast 3D reconstruction with semantic information on road scenes is of great requirements for autonomous navigation. It involves issues of geometry and appearance in the field of computer vision. In this work, we propose a method of fast 3D semantic mapping based on the monocular vision. At present, due to the inexpensive price and easy installation, monocular cameras are widely equipped on recent vehicles for the advanced driver assistance and it is possible to acquire semantic information and 3D map. The monocular visual sequence is used to estimate the camera pose, calculate the depth, predict the semantic segmentation, and finally realize the 3D semantic mapping by combination of the techniques of localization, mapping and scene parsing. Our method recovers the 3D semantic mapping by incrementally transferring 2D semantic information to 3D point cloud. And a global optimization is explored to improve the accuracy of the semantic mapping in light of the spatial consistency. In our framework, there is no need to make semantic inference on each frame of the sequence, since the mesh data with semantic information is corresponding to sparse reference frames. It saves amounts of the computational cost and allows our mapping system to perform online. We evaluate the system on naturalistic road scenes, e.g., KITTI and observe a significant speed-up in the inference stage by labeling on the mesh.
Assessment of Better Prediction of Seasonal Rainfall by Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) using Global Sea Surface Temperature in Bangladesh
Authors: Hossain Zakaria , Azad Md. Abul Kalam , Karmakar Samarendra , Mondal Md. Nazrul Islam , Das Mohan Kumar , Rahman Md. Mizanur , Haque Md. Abdul
Published: January 2019

The main objective of this study is to search better prediction result of rainy seasonal rainfall (15 June-15 August).
A correlation between rainfall of Bengali rainy seasons at Rangpur, Dhaka, Barisal and Sylhet and global sea surface temperature (SST) of different areas of the world was studied by using the both data of 1975- 2008 years with the help of the Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) to find more positive correlated SST with observed rainfall and use as predictor for giving the prediction of the year 2009.
Using SST of one month before rainy season as predictor, the positive deviation of predicted rainfall from observed rainfall was 1.34 mm/day at Sylhet and 0.9 mm/day at Dhaka. The negative deviation of mean rainfall was 1.16 mm/day at Rangpur and 1.10 mm/day at Barisal.
Again, using of starting one month SST of rainy season as predictor, positive deviation of predicted rainfall from observed rainfall was 4.03 mm/day at Sylhet. The positive deviation of daily mean rainfall was found 6.58 mm/day at Dhaka and 6.23 mm/day over southern Bangladesh.
The study reveals that sea surface temperature (SST) of one month before rainy season was better predictor than SST of starting month of rainy season.
Nikfar Domination in Neutrosophic Graphs
Authors: Nikfar Mohammadesmail
Published: January 2019

Many various using of this new-born fuzzy model for solving real-world problems and urgent requirements involve introducing new concept for analyzing the situations which leads to solve them by proper, quick and ecient method based on statistical data. This gap between the model and its solution cause that we introduce nikfar domination in neutrosophic graphs as creative and eective tool for studying a few selective vertices of this model instead of all ones by using special edges. Being special selection of these edges aect to achieve quick and proper solution to these problems. Domination hasn't ever been introduced. So we don't have any comparison with another denitions. The most used graphs which have properties of being complete, empty, bipartite, tree and like stu and they also achieve the names for themselves, are studied as fuzzy models for getting nikfar dominating set or at least becoming so close to it. We also get the relations between this special edge which plays main role in doing dominating with other special types of edges of graph like bridges. Finally, the relation between this number with other special numbers and characteristic of graph like order are discussed.
Improvising Through Trauma
Authors: Dhillon Neelamjit
Published: January 2019

This paper highlights the positive role that improvisation can have in addressing trauma, and the utililization of improvisation within music therapy and creative music practice. After a brief overview of these topics, the musical piece Wisconsin is examined. Practical insights are gained into the use of improvisation as an effective tool to address and alleviate trauma within the Sikh community. Improvisation can serve as a powerful device to speak to trauma, uncover unconscious experiences, and move towards healing.
Associations between intraoperative nociceptive and early postoperative C-reactive protein levels in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia
Authors: Nakamoto Shiroh , Ogata Hiroki , Saeki Ayano , Ueki Ryusuke , Kariya Nobutaka , Tatara Tsuneo , Hirose Munetaka
Published: January 2019

Background: Early detection of postoperative increase in C-reactive protein (CRP) predicts complications after surgery. The preoperative and intraoperative factors associated with postoperative CRP changes are potentially significant in the prophylactic management of postoperative complications. Although ongoing nociception during surgery under general anesthesia is one of potential candidates for these factors, it has not been evaluated with the unavailability of valid nociception measures in clinical practice. Then we adopted averaged values of nociceptive response (NR) throughout surgery as intraoperative nociceptive levels, being examined the association between perioperative factors, early changes in postoperative CRP levels, and postoperative complications
Material and Methods: Data from 174 adult patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia on perioperative variables, including age, sex, BMI, American Society of Anesthesiologists-physical status (ASA-PS), duration of surgery, mean NR during surgery as intraoperative nociceptive level, CRP levels before and after surgery on postoperative day (POD) 1, and postoperative complications using the extended Clavien-Dindo classification were retrospectively obtained in a training cohort. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to determine the independent factor of CRP levels on POD1and to develop a prediction model. In two validation cohorts, both 75 patients undergoing mastectomy (validation cohort A) and 139 patients undergoing laparoscopic or open abdominal surgery (validation cohort B) were separately selected, and retrospectively utilized to evaluate the value of the prediction model.
Results: CRP levels on POD1 in the training cohort significantly increased in the order of Clavien-Dindo grades. Multivariate regression analysis selected mean NR, BMI, and duration of surgery to set up the prediction model of CRP level on POD1, which showed significant correlation with the measured CRP in both two validation cohorts. To confirm associations between mean NR, postoperative CRP, and major complications (Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ IIIa), we performed a propensity score matching in the validation cohort B, using age, BMI, ASA-PS, and duration of operations, finding that both mean NR and CRP levels on POD1 were significantly higher in patients with major complications than those without major complications.
Conclusion: Increases in the intraoperative nociceptive level likely associated with early increases in CRP level after surgery.
Keywords: C-reactive protein, Postoperative complications, Nociception.
IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION OF THE MINORITY PAPUAN MUSLIM
Authors: Rumbaru; Musa , Hasse; Ridho Surwandono;
Published: January 2019

This article explores contemporary development of a minority of Muslim in the largest Muslim country Indonesia. It closely examines the minority Muslim Papuan and looks at the construction and the institutionalisation of Muslim identity in post-special autonomy (otonomi khusus) of Papua. Through a series of fieldwork in Jayapura, the capital of the Papua Province, in 2016 and reviews of documents, the article argues that the Council of Papuan Muslim (Majelis Muslim Papua/MMP) serves not only a the association of minority Muslim Papuan but also as a political instrument for the minority to fight for equality in Papuan public sphere. Importantly, the Muslim Papuan try reconcile the popular, but contradicted, notion of Muslim -and Islam- as newcomer -if not to mention as the colonial- in Papua and the presence of Muslim as a symbolic expectation for progress of the Papuan in general. Thus, the institutionalization of Islam, through the establishment of The Majelis Muslim Papua in Papua resorts as an ample case where multiculturalism is tested in contemporary Indonesia.
Financing profitability optimization: case study on sharia business unit of regional development banks in Indonesia
Authors: Jusni  , Aswan Andi , Reni Syamsuddin Andi , Taufiq Possumah Bayu
Published: January 2019

The study aims to examine the financing profitability optimization as recorded by Sharia Business Unit of Regional Development Banks (RDBs) in Indonesia. The profitability measured by Net Operating Margin (NOM) and predicted variables were tested with the ratio of Operational Cost to Operational Income (BOPO), Non-Performing Financing (NPF) and Profit Sharing Financing (PSF). On the basis of the literature review conducted, the study proposed five path coefficients to impact NOM, of which the constructed direct path to NOM was three and two for indirect paths. Time series data used were obtained from annual reports and publication reports. Using Pearson Correlation and Path Analysis, the study has found that BOPO, PSF, and NPF contributed to impact to NOM directly, and PSF impacted NOM indirectly through BOPO. Interestingly, PSF recorded a negative impact on NOM, suggesting inefficiency matters faced by SBU of RDBs not contributed from PSF. Another interesting finding, NPF was found insignificant to BOPO, indicating loan default is not a major matter for inefficiency issue, but could be a tight financing policy.
MAĞDUR VE SEMBOL: I. DÜNYA SAVAŞI YILLARINDA OSMANLI DEVLETİ’NDE KADINA YÖNELİK PROPAGANDA
Authors: KURNAZ ŞAHİN Feyza
Published: January 2019

Bu çalışmada, I. Dünya Savaşı yıllarında Osmanlı Devleti’nde kadına yönelik olarak yapılan propaganda çalışmaları irdelenmiştir. Zira, kadınlar savaş dönemlerinde mağdur olmakla birlikte görev ve sorumlukları da o nispette artmaktadır. Savaş sırasında erkeklerin büyük oranda askere alınması sebebiyle kadınlar erkeklerden boşalan rolleri üstlenmektedirler. Keza seferberliğin getirmiş olduğu bütün görevleri de yerine getirmek durumunda kalmışlardır. Savaş sırasında kadına duyulan bu ihtiyaç, onu propaganda faaliyetlerinin en önemli hedeflerinden birisi haline getirmiştir.I. Dünya Savaşı yıllarında Osmanlı Devleti’nde kadına yönelik propaganda faaliyetleri belirli temalar üzerinde şekillenmiştir. Esasen erkeklerin cepheye gitmelerindeki temel amaçlardan biri annelerinin, eşlerinin ve çocuklarının onurlu yaşamını savunmaktı. Dolayısıyla kadınların ve çocukların tehdit ve baskı altında olması ihtimali, gönüllü askerliğin en önemli temalarından birisi idi. Bu sebepten propaganda faaliyetlerinde kadınlardan istenen şey, cepheye gidecek askeri desteklemesi idi. Kadınlara yönelik diğer bir propaganda unsuru ise kadının seferberlik görevlerinin hatırlatılması oldu. Yani kadın bir yandan da cephe için çalışmak zorundaydı. Nitekim cephede yaralanan askerlere sağlık hizmeti veya giyim ve diğer maddi yardım sağlanması kadınların faaliyetleri ile mümkün idi. Örneğin çeşitli kadın dernekleri ve Hilal-i Ahmer Cemiyeti Hanımlar Şubesi yardım propagandaları ile kadınları yardıma teşvik etti.Osmanlı toplumunda kadına yönelik diğer bir propaganda unsuru da onun annelik görevi idi. Savaşın gerekliliklerine uygun olarak vatanperver bir neslin yetiştirilmesi kadının en önemli vazifesi olarak nitelendirildi. Zira neslin, millî ve manevî değerler etrafında mobilize edilmesi kadının öğretileri ve desteği ile mümkündü. Bu şekilde ihtiyaç durumunda cepheye koşacak genç gönüllü askerler temin edilmiş olacaktı. Bu hususlar dikkate alındığında savaş dönemlerinde kadına yönelik propagandanın önemi ortaya çıkmaktadır.Çalışma; Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi, Kızılay Arşivi ve süreli yayınlar dikkate alınarak hazırlanmıştır.
OSMANLI SEFERLERİ’NDE ORDUCU ESNAFI
Authors: ÇELİK Bülent
Published: January 2019

Osmanlı Devleti’nin sosyal ve ekonomik yapısında kuruluş döneminden itibaren var olan askeri bir nitelik etkisini uzun yıllar boyunca sürdürmüş ve bu durum neredeyse tüm Osmanlı evrenini içine alan, kuşatan bir hayat tarzına yol açmıştır. Devletin neredeyse tüm önemli kurumları bu devasa sefer organizasyonu için çalışmaya başlamışlardır. Bu az ya da çok oranda tüm kurum ve oluşumları etkilemiştir. Timar rejimi, devşirme usulü ve Enderun, tüm olağan ve olağanüstü yollarla alınan vergiler, yolların güvenliği, askeri alanlardaki inşaat faaliyetleri ve yerel üreticiler olan loncaların üretimleri ve sundukları hizmetler bu sefer hazırlıkları içinde devletin taleplerini belirleyen faaliyetler olarak göze çarpmaktadır. Zor koşullarda gerçekleştirilen sefer organizasyonlarında Osmanlı askerlerinin yiyecek, içecek, giyim, kuşam, sağlık, hijyen, hayvan donanımı ve yemi, silah tamiri gibi ihtiyaçları seferde bulunan lonca üyelerince sağlanmaktadır. Çalışmamızda sefer sırasında Osmanlı ordusunun çeşitli ihtiyaçlarını gideren ve orducu adıyla seferde istihdam edilen lonca üyelerinin nasıl ve hangi şartlarla belirlendiği, sefer sırasındaki üretim faaliyetleri ve üretim çeşitlerinin neler olduğu ortaya konacaktır.
TÜRK TARİHİNDEN ÖRNEKLERLE MANAS DESTANI’NDA MÜZİK TÜRLERİ
Authors: GÖHER VURAL Feyzan , SOLMAZ Sefer
Published: January 2019

Destanlar, değerli birer edebî eser olmalarının yanı sıra, ait oldukları milletin tarihini, geçirdiği büyük olayları ve kültürel değerleri yansıtmaları bakımından da büyük öneme sahiptirler. Bir milletin kültürel zenginlikleri içinde en önemli yapı taşlarından olan müzik de, destanlarda yer bulur. Destanlar, ait oldukları milletin müzik tarihi açısından önemli ipuçları sunar. Literatür taramasına dayalı betimsel karakter taşıyan bu araştırmada, tüm Türk dünyasının ve dünyanın en kapsamlı destanı olan Manas Destanı’nın çeşitli varyantları incelenerek, destanda yer alan müzik türleri, bu türlerin kullanım yerleri saptanmıştır. Bulgular Türk tarihinden çeşitli örneklerle ilişkilendirilmiştir.
Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Saudi Arabia Revisited: A Meta-analysis
Authors: Adam Khalid Mohamed , Abomughaid Mosleh Mohamed
Published: January 2019

Background:

The dramatic increase in the prevalence of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusas a source of nosocomial and community-associated infections in Saudi Arabia has attracted the attention of many researchers and public health workers. Hence, the aim of this meta-analysis is to assess the extent of the problem in Saudi Arabia at large.

Methodology:

PubMed database was searched for articles about the prevalence of MRSA in Saudi Arabia, and the relevant data from all eligible studies were analyzed to assess the overall prevalence rate by ProMeta3.

Results:

Seven articles were included in this meta-analysis with the sample size of 8433 individual. The overall prevalence of MRSA was 38% (95% CI: 28 – 50). The prevalence of MRSA according to the region was 32% (95%CI: 21 – 46) for the central region and 42% (95% CI: 33 – 52) for the western region.

Conclusion:

The findings of this study indicate that the overall prevalence of MRSA in Saudi Arabia is relatively high, with the western region showing the highest prevalence rates, which necessitates the urgent implementation of preventive and educative strategies.
Mid- and long-term effects of stock type on the growth and yield of spruce seedlings in a non-herbicide scenario
Authors: Thiffault Nelson , Ward Charles
Published: January 2019

Stock types used in reforestation projects can influence plantation success, as they determine the morphological attributes of the planted seedlings. They can also interact with silviculture treatments to influence early seedling survival and growth. As nurseries develop and produce new stock types in response to –and in interaction with– manager needs, research efforts must be pursued to validate early seedling performance and long-term growth and yields. In this context, we aimed to evaluate the main and interactive effects of mechanical site preparation and stock type on planted black (Picea mariana [Mill.] BSP) and white spruce (P. glauca [Moench.] Voss) seedling dimensions at 16-y, and estimate the long-term impact of stock type on the merchantable volume at rotation age for white spruce. We hence compared medium (200 cm3 root plug) and large (350 cm3 root plug) containerized seedlings, as well as large bare-root seedlings of both species, in a field experiment established in Quebec (Canada), where there is a ban on the use of chemical herbicides for vegetation management treatments. Our results confirm that there is a significant, although limited impact of stock type on the size of black and white spruce at the juvenile stage, when medium and large stock types are compared, but that these small differences have a negligible effect on the estimated merchantable volume produced at rotation age (60 years). Mechanical site preparation does not promote seedling growth on these rich sites with thin humus. Therefore, selection of a medium or larger stock type for reforestation projects and application of mechanical site preparation in ecosystems similar to the one studied here should be based on other considerations than growth and yield, such as seedling availability, production and planting costs, or operational constraints.
A CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR-TIER TEST TO IDENTIFY THE MISCONCEPTIONS’ LEVEL AND SOURCE ON MATERIAL OF HEAT
Authors: Akmali Ahmad Ahsin
Published: January 2019

This study was aimed at generating the instruments that are focused on being able to diagnose the level and causes of misconceptions. The method used in this study was the Development & Validation research method. The subjects participated in implementation activities were 243 XI grade of high school students in Cimahi. At the instrumental study, the diagnostic level and causes of misconceptions were constructed in Four-Tier Test format using questionnaire integration. Four-Tier Test with the integration of questionnaires generated through this study was a feasible test tool with a CVR score of 0.837, product moment correlation score of 0.733 and the percentage of conformity reaching 88.89%. The results of the instrument implementation shows that students experience misconceptions were quantitatively very low level of misconceptions but qualitatively high. The highest level of misconception reached 25.10% of the total sample. The cause of the most misconceptions in heat material is because the results of personal thinking reached 62.70%. The results of this study show the background to misconception is reading texts from the internet and fiction stories from comics or magazines.KONSTRUKSI FOUR-TIER TEST UNTUK MENGIDENTIFIKASI LEVEL DAN PENYEBAB MISKONSEPSI PADA MATERI KALORAbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan instrumen yang difokuskan untuk mampu mendiagnosis level sekaligus penyebab miskonsepsi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian Development & Validation. Subjek pada kegiatan implementasi adalah 243 siswa sekolah menengah atas kelas XI yang ada di Kota Cimahi. Pada penelitian instrumen, diagnostik level dan penyebab miskonsepsi dikonstruk dalam format Four-Tier Test dengan integrasi angket. Four-Tier Test dengan integrasi angket yang dihasilkan melalui penelitian ini merupakan alat tes yang layak dengan skor CVR 0,837 dan skor korelasi product moment 0,733 serta persentase kesesuaian mencapai 88,89%. Hasil implementasi instrumen menunjukkan bahwa peserta didik mengalami miskonsepsi dengan level miskonsepsi sangat rendah secara kuantitatif namun tinggi secara kualitatif. Level miskonsepsi paling tinggimencapai 25,10% dari total sampel. Penyebab miskonsepsi terbanyak pada materi kalor adalah karena hasil pemikiran pribadi yang mencapai 62,70%. Hasil penelitian ini mengemukakan bahwa latar belakang miskonsepsi adalahteks bacaan dari internet dan cerita fiksi dari komik atau majalah.
DEVELOPING MICROCONTROLLER BASED KINEMATICAL EXPERIMENT SET
Authors: Subali Bambang , Wibowo Agung , Sunarno Sunarno , Kurniawan Wawan
Published: January 2019

This study was aimed at developing two sets of kinematics experiment namely free fall motion and microcontroller based projectil motion. This study used an R & D research design that involves descriptive and evaluative methods. This research was conducted at the Physics Laboratory of Semarang State University and the Science Laboratory Semarang. The stages of this research included design design, tool making, tool validity testing, data retrieval and data processing. Validity test was done to validate the feasibility of the tool by an expert in physics and tested to physics students. A limited scale test and a large scale test were also be done in this study.These tests were conducted to determine the level of readability of the tool and the level of appropriateness of the equipment. This study produced a microcontroller-based experimental set that was feasible for free fall motion and projectile motion experiments. Time measurement results by the kinematics experiment set for free fall motion and projectile motion obtained a better level of accuracy than the previous tool that is equal to 98.30% and has an accuracy level of 99.99%.
THE ABILITY OF STATISTICAL LITERACY STUDENT TEACHER CANDIDATE IN TERMS OF PRIOR-ABILITY ON MATHEMATICS
Authors: Takaria Johannis , Talakua Melvie
Published: January 2019

This study was aimed at analyzing the difference improvement of statistical literacy of the student teacher candidate in terms of their prior-ability on mathematics (PAM). This study used the Quasi Experiment method with the Non-equivalent Pretest-Posttest Control Group type and a sample of seventy elementary school student teacher candidates. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling method. The results of the research data were then analyzed using an independent sample t-test. Normalized-gain was used to analyze the improvement of students’ statistic literacy abilities. The study results significant differences in statistical literacy. Based on PAM, the group of students who received collaborative problem solving (CPS) models achieved higher statistical literacy improvements than students in the expository group. The improvement of statistical literacy was due to the effectiveness of CPS model. Collaborating can strengthen student statistic literacy skills. The ability of statistical literacy in learning requires students to have good PAM, because the PAM is a combination of knowledge and mathematical thinking skills in collaborating students can be actively involved in dealing with solving challenging statistical problems.KEMAMPUAN LITERASI STATISTIK MAHASISWA CALON GURU DITINJAU DARI KEMAMPUAN AWAL MATEMATIKAAbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis perbedaan peningkatan literasi statistis mahasiswa ditinjau dari kemampuan awal matematis (KAM). Penelitian menggunakan metode Quasi Eksperiment dengan tipe Non equivalent Pretest-Posttest Control Group. Sampel sebanyak 70 mahasiswa calon guru sekolah dasar yang diambil menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji independent sample t-test. Normalized-gain digunakan untuk menganalisis peningkatan kemampuan literasi statistis mahasiswa. Penelitian menghasilkan adanya perbedaan signifikan peningkatan literasi statistis. Berdasarkan KAM kelompok mahasiswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran dengan model collaborative problem solving (CPS) mencapai peningkatan literasi statistis lebih tinggi dari mahasiswa pada kelompok ekspositori. Peningkatan literasi statistis dikarenakan efektifnya penggunaan model CPS. Berkolaborasi dapat memperkuat kemampuan literasi statistis mahasiswa. Kemampuan literasi statistis dalam pembelajaran mensyaratkan mahasiswa harus memiliki KAM yang baik, karena KAM merupakan kombinasi antara pengetahuan dan keterampilan berpikir matematis sehingga dalam berkolaborasi mahasiswa dapat terlibat aktif dalam menghadapi dan menyelesaikan masalah statistik yang menantang.
Association Between Institutional Social Media Involvement and Gastroenterology Divisional Rankings: Cohort Study (Preprint)
Authors: Chiang Austin Lee , Galler Rabinowitz Loren , Kumar Akhil , Chan Walter Wai-Yip
Published: January 2019

BACKGROUND

Patients often look to social media as an important tool to gather information about institutions and professionals. Since 1990, United States News and World Report (USNWR) has published annual rankings of hospitals and subspecialty divisions. It remains unknown if social media presence is associated with the USNWR gastroenterology and gastrointestinal (GI) surgery divisional rankings, or how changes in online presence over time affects division ranking.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to determine if social media presence is associated with USNWR gastroenterology and GI surgery divisional rankings and to ascertain how changes in online presence over time affect division rankings.

METHODS

Social media presence among the top 30 institutions listed in the 2014 USNWR gastroenterology and GI surgery divisional rankings were assessed using Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multivariate analysis, controlling for covariates. Linear and logistic regression using data from 2014 and 2016 USNWR rankings were then used to assess the association between institutional ranking or reputation score with any potential changes in numbers of followers over time. Sensitivity analysis was performed by assessing the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve to determine the follower threshold associated with improved or maintained ranking, which was done by dichotomizing changes in followers at values between the 7000 and 12,000 follower mark.

RESULTS

Twitter follower count was an independent predictor of divisional ranking (β=.00004; P<.001) and reputation score (β=–.00002; P=.03) in 2014. Academic affiliation also independently predicted USNWR division ranking (β=5.3; P=.04) and reputation score (β=–7.3; P=.03). Between 2014 and 2016, Twitter followers remained significantly associated with improved or maintained rankings (OR 14.63; 95% CI 1.08-197.81; P=.04). On sensitivity analysis, an 8000 person increase in Twitter followers significantly predicted improved or maintained rankings compared to other cutoffs.

CONCLUSIONS

Institutional social media presence is independently associated with USNWR divisional ranking and reputation score. Improvement in social media following was also independently associated with improved or maintained divisional ranking and reputation score, with a threshold of 8000 additional followers as the best predictor of improved or stable ranking.
Lifestyle Disease Surveillance Using Population Search Behavior: Feasibility Study (Preprint)
Authors: Memon Shahan Ali , Razak Saquib , Weber Ingmar
Published: January 2019

BACKGROUND

As the process of producing official health statistics for lifestyle diseases is slow, researchers have explored using Web search data as a proxy for lifestyle disease surveillance. Existing studies, however, are prone to at least one of the following issues: ad-hoc keyword selection, overfitting, insufficient predictive evaluation, lack of generalization, and failure to compare against trivial baselines.

OBJECTIVE

The aims of this study were to (1) employ a corrective approach improving previous methods; (2) study the key limitations in using Google Trends for lifestyle disease surveillance; and (3) test the generalizability of our methodology to other countries beyond the United States.

METHODS

For each of the target variables (diabetes, obesity, and exercise), prevalence rates were collected. After a rigorous keyword selection process, data from Google Trends were collected. These data were denormalized to form spatio-temporal indices. L1-regularized regression models were trained to predict prevalence rates from denormalized Google Trends indices. Models were tested on a held-out set and compared against baselines from the literature as well as a trivial last year equals this year baseline. A similar analysis was done using a multivariate spatio-temporal model where the previous year’s prevalence was included as a covariate. This model was modified to create a time-lagged regression analysis framework. Finally, a hierarchical time-lagged multivariate spatio-temporal model was created to account for subnational trends in the data. The model trained on US data was, then, applied in a transfer learning framework to Canada.

RESULTS

In the US context, our proposed models beat the performances of the prior work, as well as the trivial baselines. In terms of the mean absolute error (MAE), the best of our proposed models yields 24% improvement (0.72-0.55; P<.001) for diabetes; 18% improvement (1.20-0.99; P=.001) for obesity, and 34% improvement (2.89-1.95; P<.001) for exercise. Our proposed across-country transfer learning framework also shows promising results with an average Spearman and Pearson correlation of 0.70 for diabetes and 0.90 and 0.91 for obesity, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

Although our proposed models beat the baselines, we find the modeling of lifestyle diseases to be a challenging problem, one that requires an abundance of data as well as creative modeling strategies. In doing so, this study shows a low-to-moderate validity of Google Trends in the context of lifestyle disease surveillance, even when applying novel corrective approaches, including a proposed denormalization scheme. We envision qualitative analyses to be a more practical use of Google Trends in the context of lifestyle disease surveillance. For the quantitative analyses, the highest utility of using Google Trends is in the context of transfer learning where low-resource countries could benefit from high-resource countries by using proxy models.
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF BUTYL AND NAPHTHYL AMINE DERIVATIVE OF PERYLENE DIIMIDES TARGETTING TELOMERASE ENZYME FOR ANTICANCER ACTIVITY
Authors: Cn Hemalatha , M Vijey Aanandhi
Published: January 2019

Objective: Telomeres are protective caps present at the end of the chromosomes and it contains genetic information. From the literature survey, we selected perylene diimides which interact with the telomerase enzyme and possess anticancer activity. Telomestatin a macrocyclic chemical compound that inhibits telomerase activity as well it induces the formation of G-Quadruplex structures in the telomeric region. The main objective of the study was to find the binding affinity of butyl and naphthyl amine derivative of perylene ligands targeting telomerase enzyme for anticancer activity. Telomerase enzyme is responsible for maintaining the length of telomeres and keeping the chromosomes intact longer. Telomeres will become increasingly common with age. Perylene diimides and its derivatives show good biological activity and also in vitro studies possess efficient anticancer agent. The butyl and naphthyl amine derivatives are screened by computational techniques to study regarding binding energy and ligand interactions with respect to the targets.Methods: Butyl and naphthyl amine derivative of perylene diimides is drawn using Accelrys Draw. The structures are retrieved from the previous study. The structures are converted to pdb formats using Discovery Studio Visualizer 4.1. The study was to investigate the binding energy values of butyl and naphthyl amine derivatives of perylene diimides. Auto Dock 4.2 was used to dock the ligand with the targets. The target selected for docking was 3CE5 and 4B18. The results are visualized by Discovery Studio Visualizer 4.1. The results are compared with the standard drug N,N’-bis-(2-(1- piperidino)ethyl)-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic acid diimide (PIPER).Results: From the results, butylamine derivative of perylene diimide possesses good binding energy when compared with standard drug PIPER. This result shows that the butylamine will be effective for anticancer therapy. In future, in vivo studies of butylamine derivative of perylene diimide will be carried out.
CLINICAL ASSOCIATION OF SERUM MAGNESIUM AND SERUM FIBRINOGEN LEVELS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE – A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Authors: A Niventhi , D Praveen , M Vijey Aanandhi
Published: January 2019

Objective: Acute exacerbations (AE) are a contributing cause of worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in conditions of lung function decline, quality of liveliness, and natural selection. The most important concept of this article is the positive correlation between the serum magnesium levels at worsening of symptoms and annual number of episodes. Methods: Blood samples from the patients who are diagnosed with AE of COPD will be collected and evaluated for serum magnesium levels and serum fibrinogen levels. Low serum magnesium is a modifiable risk factor. It is generally believed that, due to its bronchodilating effect, a decreased level of magnesium increases COPD exacerbations. The best blood biomarker for the systemic tenderness in COPD used here is plasma fibrinogen. Those with the increased fibrinogen levels had induced the higher admission rates with COPD. This clause deals with the association of both serum magnesium and serum fibrinogen levels with AE-COPD. Results: The serum magnesium levels on discharge in stable type were found to be 2.3±0.27, and in exacerbation, it was found to be 1.56±0.37. Moreover, on discharge, serum fibrinogen levels in stable type were found to be 1.64±0.32, and in exacerbation, it was found to be 2.18±0.40. Conclusion: Low serum magnesium levels may be a complication for AE of COPD. High serum fibrinogen levels may be a complication for AE of COPD. We hereby recommend regular screening of serum magnesium and serum fibrinogen levels for all the COPD patients to predict and prevent AE.
A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON ROLE OF VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: D Pavithra , D Praveen , M Vijey Aanandhi
Published: January 2019

Aim and Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of Vitamin E supplementation in Type II diabetes mellitus (DM), to determines whether people with Type II DM treated with hypoglycemic agents alone, with or without Vitamin E, to determines the drug interaction in such treatment regimen, and to evaluates the Safety of the regimen.Methods: Type II DM patients with or without complications were included in this study along with serum glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentration between 7.5% and 9.5%. They are divided into test group (which received hypoglycemic agent along with Vitamin E 4000 IU) and control group. Body mass index (BMI) status, fasting blood sugar (FBS), and post-prandial blood sugar (PPBS) were noted once in a month, HbA1c percentage, total cholesterol level (TC), and serum Vitamin E level were estimated and noted for every 3 months at total 9 months of this study. Patients with other comorbid conditions were prominent in this study.Results: It is perceptible with the analysis of obtained data that FBS, PPBS, HbA1c percentage, TC level, and BMI status of the patients were declined gradually in test group (patients with Vitamin E supplementation along with their hypoglycemic agents). Thus, antioxidant therapy is highly propitious whereby delaying the onset of complications in patients with DM. This development would be highly helpful for diabetic patients.
IN VITRO PHARMACOLOGICAL SCREENING METHODS FOR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
Authors: S Jayakumari , Us Jijith
Published: January 2019

Context: The development of in vitro methods is important in drug discovery process due to the restriction of animal use in the pharmacological screening process.Objective: The objective of the review was to understand the in vitro pharmacological screening methods for anti-inflammatory agents.Methods: The present review details various in vitro methods available for the screening of activity of therapeutic agents against inflammation.Results: Inhibition and measurement of nitric oxide production, mast cell degranulation, leukocyte adhesion assay, platelet-neutrophil adhesion assay, lipopolysaccharide-induced response assay, N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine-induced O2 generation by polymorphonuclear cells, and cyclooxygenase assays are discussed in this review.Conclusions: These methods help to understand the real mechanism of inflammation and mediators involved in this process and help toidentify new compounds possessing the anti-inflammatory activity.
XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF RHUS MYSORENSIS LEAVES
Authors: K Vivekanandan , E Bhavya , C Stalin
Published: January 2019

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the in vitro xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibiting activity of the methanolic leaf extract of the Rhusmysorensis.Methods: Uric acid is synthesized in the presence of XO which is an essential enzyme. Various concentrations of the leaf extract were taken. XO inhibiting activity was spectrophotometrically assayed. By increasing absorbance at 295 nm, the degree of enzyme spontaneity was determined.Results: Inhibition concentration 50 (IC50) of the methanolic extract of R. mysorensis leaves was 45.24±0.34 μg/ml, compared with IC50 value of the standard allopurinol of 7.8±1.28 μg/ml.Conclusion: Methanol extract of R. mysorensis can be used to treat hyperuricemia and gout after proper preclinical and clinical studies.
POST-STROKE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: AN OVERVIEW ON ITS SCREENING AND MANAGEMENT
Authors: Chandrasekar Keerthana , Sai Nakka Gautam , John Princy Sabu , Ninan Sruthi , D Raja , S Ponnusankar
Published: January 2019

Stroke is the third leading cause of death. Stroke occurs when an insufficient amount of blood is supplied to the brain due to a thrombus or an emboli leading to permanent tissue damage. Lesions in the brain can lead to psychiatric complications. The prevalence of psychiatric complications after stroke is very common. Psychiatric complications such as depression, anxiety, apathy, pseudobulbar effects (laughing and crying), mania, psychosis, and bipolar disorders are seen after stroke. In this review, various psychiatric disorders are reported among post-stroke survivors in which depression and anxiety are common. Consequently, apathy, pseudobulbar effects, catastrophic reactions, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and mania are also observed after stroke. Therefore, early detection and management of psychiatric disorders prevent further complications and improve the quality of life in post-stroke patients.