bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Monitoring the Natural Focal Indicators of a Parasitic System in the Rural and Urban Territories
Authors:   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Nizhniy Novgorod State Agricultural Academy», Nizhny Novgorod, Russia., Gorina* Alena Nikolaevna , Sochnev Vasily Vasilyevich ,   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Nizhniy Novgorod State Agricultural Academy», Nizhny Novgorod, Russia., Sisyagin Pavel Nikolaevich ,   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Nizhniy Novgorod State Agricultural Academy», Nizhny Novgorod, Russia., Usenkov Alexander Vladimirovich ,   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Nizhniy Novgorod State Agricultural Academy», Nizhny Novgorod, Russia., Filippov Nikolay Vasilyevich ,   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Nizhniy Novgorod State Agricultural Academy», Nizhny Novgorod, Russia., Eletina Olga Sergeevna ,   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Nizhniy Novgorod State Agricultural Academy», Nizhny Novgorod, Russia., Kozyrenko Olga Vyacheslavovna ,   Federal State Educational Establishment High Education «Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine», St. Petersburg.Russia.
Published: December 2019

Currently, leptospirosis is identified in many countries, on almost all continents of the globe with various frequencies of occurrence and severity. This is one of the most widespread natural focal infections in Russia. Active circulation of the pathogen in the wild creates a constant threat of the disease occurrence, both among animals and humans. This article presents the results of expert assessment of the functioning of a leptospirosis parasitic system on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region based on the materials of the Regional Veterinary Laboratory for the years 2014 through 2018. During the work, the etiological structure of leptospirosis, the host composition of its pathogen, and the dynamics of the epizootic process were determined in the populations of cattle, horses, pigs, and other animal species. Based on the obtained information, a conclusion was made about the trends of developing an infectious parasitic system in animal populations of various species within their ecological niches. The results of the studies obtained by the team of authors form the scientific and information base — the basis for optimizing and implementing a system of anti-epidemic safety in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Innovative Educational Technologies: Professional Development Programs for University Staff
Authors:   Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Moscow, Russia., Gorbunov* Alexander Alexanderovich , Evlaev Andrey Nikolaevich ,   Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Moscow, Russia., Valigursky Dmitry Ivanovich ,   Russian University of Cooperation, Moscow Region, Russia., Khasanova Satsita Salikhovna ,   Department of Taxes and taxation of the Institute of Economics and Finance of the Chechen state University, Grozny, Russia., Semenova Ariadna Gavrilievna ,   Department of Sociology and Personnel Management, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia.
Published: December 2019

A key role in improving the quality of higher education belongs to the executive staff, teaching employees, and academic staff as direct performers. The purpose of the article is to analyze the possibilities of advanced training of university academic staff using innovative educational technologies based on information and communication technologies (ICT). The article notes the relevance of the search for new approaches to the organization of the professional development of the higher education system employees, as well as analyzes the experience of European countries in the professional development of university academic staff. The authors specify the requirements for the meaningful components of methodical system of training at the university, the prospects of ICT use in professional activity of academic and administrative employees of the university, training areas of university staff of different professional orientation, as well as highlight innovation areas of professional development of the academic staff in Russian universities.
Data Mining Technique for Diabetes Diagnosis using Classification Algorithms
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, PSPT MGR Government Arts & Science College, Sirkali – Puthur -609108, Tamilnadu, India ., Priya* M. , Karthikeyan M. ,   Assistant Professor, Division of Computer and Information Science, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, AnnamalaiNagar, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: December 2019

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a one of the chronic and deadliest diseases which combined with abnormally high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. The classification technique helps in diagnosis the symptoms at starting stages. This paper focused to prognosticate the chance of diabetes in patients with extremely correct classification of Diabetes. The classification algorithms viz., Naïve Bayes, Logistic Regression, and Decision Tree can be used to detect diabetes at an early stage. The algorithm performances are evaluated based on various measures like Recall, Precision, and F-Measure. Experiments are conducted where the time complexity of each of the algorithm is measured. Accuracy is also measured over correct classification and misclassification instances, observed that a Logistic Regression algorithm has much better performance when compared to the other type classifications. Using Receiver Operating Characteristic curves the results are verified in a systematic manner.
Managing Entrepreneurial Risks
Authors:   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation., Kiseleva* Irina Anatolievna , Gasparian Mikhail Samuilovich ,   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation., Korneev Dmitry Gennadievich ,   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 117997, Moscow, Russian Federation., Iskajyan Simon Ogannesovich ,   Yerevan Branch of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Yerevan, Armenia., Zharikova Olga Alexandrovna ,   Sevastopol Branch of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Sevastopol, Russian Federation.
Published: December 2019

An attempt to study the role of risk management from the perspective of an entrepreneur is made in this article. The main goal of this article is to identify the main patterns that define the characteristics of risk assessment in business as the main element contributing to the achievement of economic security of the organization. Methods of cognition, retrospective and documentary analysis, as well as synthesis, generalization, and systematization were used in the article. The goal is to study methods for assessing entrepreneurial risks. The object of the study is public relations associated with the formation of the risk management institution at the micro level. Various types of economic risks, methods of risk analysis and assessment, as well as risk mitigation strategies are explored in the article. Various risk management methods are used in the modern economic analysis. The most efficient way to reduce risk in conditions of instability of the economic and political situation in Russia is diversification, i.e., risk sharing among several business participants. The specifics of applying the project risk analysis methods in practice are explored.
Universities and Cross-Cultural Management: Opportunities and Technologies for Improving the Quality of Services in Education
Authors:   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia., Philippova* Natalia Vasilievna , Karpova Svetlana Ivanovna ,   Moscow City University(MGPU), Moscow, Russia., Oparina Nina Alexandrovna ,   Moscow City University(MGPU), Moscow, Russia., Bykov Mikhail Yurievich ,   Russian University of Transport, Moscow, Russia., Makarov Oleg Nikolayevich ,   Russian University of Transport, Moscow, Russia., Saydulaev Deni Dokkaevich ,   Chechen State University, Grozny, Russia.
Published: December 2019

The relevance of the research topic is due to modern trends in world development, which indicate the need for the readiness of higher education for intercultural cooperation and cross-cultural interaction, contributing to the emergence of new elements and forms of cultural activity and correcting values, behaviors, and lifestyles (both universal and culture-specific). The purpose of this article is based on the justification of the theoretical foundations of the research problem to establish the conditions for the development of cross-cultural interaction and methods of university management associated with the formation of readiness of pedagogical process participants to cross-cultural interaction. The relevance of the search for new approaches to the organization of university cross-cultural management is noted in the article. The rating of readiness components for cross-cultural interaction, conditions of development of cross-cultural interaction, and methods used for the formation of skills of cross-cultural interaction are defined.
Factors That Influence the Industrial Complexes Performance at the Mesolevel
Authors:   Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, Vladivostok, Russia., Sakharova* Larisa Anatolievna , Levkina Elena Vladimirovna ,   Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Vladivostok, Russia., Loksha Anna Vladimirovna ,   Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, Vladivostok, Russia.
Published: December 2019

The Russian fishing industry is a strategically important element in ensuring the country's food security. It has established production, technological, and economic ties with many industries and types of economic activity and plays an important social role. However, the current state of the Russian fishing industry is primarily described by the loss of competitive positions in both domestic and foreign markets. Long lasting systemic crisis and stagnation in this industry negatively influenced the economic potential and prospects for its development. The development of the fishing industry is of particular interest to the Primorye Territory, since this industry is directly related to the socioeconomic development of this particular region and the Far East as a whole. Today, the fishing industry of the Primorye Territory provides the bulk of fish products in the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD): the production of marketable products amounted to 27.6 thous. tons in 2019, against 7.5 thous. tons a year earlier. The fishing industry is described by a variety of systemic external and internal factors that influence its performance. Development of managerial decisions, first of all, requires to define a set of factors as "levers" for improving business processes and developing tools of state support. The goal of the study is to identify and group the factors that influence the industrial complexes operation at the mesolevel (for example, the fishing industry of the Primorye Territory). The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was to use general methods of scientific and theoretical analysis to deepen the phenomena and concepts under study. The methods of analysis and synthesis were used in the article to consider and identify the factors that influence the performance of the fishing industry in the region, as well as to reveal connections between the elements, their interaction and contradictions.
State Policy of Rural Economy Diversification
Authors:   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia., Shetov* Artur Arsenovich , Zvolinsky Sergey Vladimirovich ,   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia., Pliushchikov Vadim Gennadevich ,   Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia., Zharov Andrey Nikolaevich ,   Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia.
Published: December 2019

In Russia, 37 million people live in rural areas, which is a quarter of the country's population. At the same time, there is a steady decline in the rural population. At the present stage, agriculture cannot provide the entire rural population with jobs, because due to the implementation of modern technologies, the labor intensity of many production operations in agriculture is reduced. Only 19% of the Russian rural population are employed in agriculture, while the rest of the rural population are employed in non-agricultural sectors of the rural economy. Focusing on a single-profile structure of the rural economy, which is absolutely dominated by a single agricultural sector, cannot ensure sustainable development of rural areas. Because of this, the potential of rural areas should be unlocked through the integrated development of all sectors of the rural economy, including non-agricultural ones.
An Implementation of Substantial and Structure Algorithm on Brain MRI Image Datasets for Tumor Detection
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India,, Vanka* Padmavathi , Sudha Prof.T. ,   Professor and Head,Department of Computer Science, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Published: December 2019

Big data mining is one of the upgrowing technology to represent the greater number of data into a single repository and within the Ad-hoc repository to main the high-level abstraction as per the intended request. The Big data is used in the various sectors for the nature of the usability, the medical sectors uses the big data concept to store more patients records for the intended need. Performing a Mining operation in the big data is not a challenging task as we have much more protocols available to extract the intended data set to be mined from the big data repository. In this paper we find the solution for the detection of Brain Tumor with the MRI Image Datasets which is being created and stored in the repository. The Similar Datasets is being created from the various other MRI Images and being stored in the Big Data MRI Repository. The Patient MRI is being compared with Existing patterns with two types of mining operation namely Substantial Mining and Structure Mining which gives the exact location coordinates of the existence of the tumor in the records. This method uses two variant algorithms to cross verify all the axis in the 360o rotation for the verification of the data sets which adjoins with the finding of the existence of tumor in the MRI Image. We Propose Unified Structural Architecture which comprises of two main algorithms namely Partially Augmented Direct Mean Analytics Algorithm for the Substantial Mining and Vertically Augmented Tensor-Heap Interface Algorithm for the Structure Mining in the defined repository to efficiently mine in the information for verifiable usage. The Performance of the algorithm is being compared with the other existing Substantial Mining and Structure for the accuracy mean value. The Simulated Result has provided the evidence for the high dimensional efficiency and throughput of the proposed system
Mechanical Properties of lightweight Concrete Produced using Pottery Waste as Aggregate
Authors:   lecturer in Civil Engineering department, Giza Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Egypt., Shaaban* Mostafa
Published: December 2019

Structures built using lightweight concrete have feature of the lower own weight than that of the conventional concrete, where this property contributes to reducing the construction cost. This paper study recycling of pottery waste (PW) to use it as aggregate to develop structural lightweight concrete. To achieve this aim, six concrete mixtures were prepared. Five mixes developed using PW of 20%, 40 %, 60%, 80%, and 100% as a partially and wholly replacement of normal weight aggregate, while the control mix produced using normal weight aggregate of dolomite. The properties; consistency, dry density, water absorption, compressive, tensile and flexural strengths were studied and compared with the same properties of the control mix. Experimental results indicate that using 40, 60, 80, and 100% of PW as dolomite replacement can produce lightweight concrete, also all concrete mixtures containing PW aggregate can classified as structural concrete where their compressive strengths are more than 17 Mpa.
A Research Travelogue on Classification Algorithms using R Programming
Authors:   Research Scholar in Department of Computer Science, Kakatiya University, Warangal,, chary* S.Nagaparameshwara , Rama B ,   Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science, Kakatiya University, Warangal,
Published: December 2019

Classification is a machine learning task which consists in predicting the set association of unclassified examples, whose label is not known, by the properties of examples in a representation learned earlier as of training examples, that label was known. Classification tasks contain a huge assortment of domains and real world purpose: disciplines such as medical diagnosis, bioinformatics, financial engineering and image recognition between others, where domain experts can use the model erudite to sustain their decisions. All the Classification Approaches proposed in this paper were evaluate in an appropriate experimental framework in R Programming Language and the major emphasis is on k-nearest neighbor method which supports vector machines and decision trees over large number of data sets with varied dimensionality and by comparing their performance against other state-of-the-art methods. In this process the experimental results obtained have been verified by statistical tests which support the better performance of the methods. In this paper we have survey various classification techniques of Data Mining and then compared them by using diverse datasets from “University of California: Irvine (UCI) Machine Learning Repository” for acquiring the accurate calculations on Iris Data set.
Object Removal using A New Exemplar-Based Image Inpainting Algorithm and Seam Carving
Authors:   Studying M.Tech in Communication Engineering in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India., Yousef* Rammah , Agarwal Ayush ,   Studying B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India., Kumar Pranaw ,   Assistant Professor in School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Yousef Nabhan ,   Studying M.Tech in Information Communication Technology in Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
Published: December 2019

This paper proposed a new object removal techniques based on exemplar-based technique and seam carving. Exemplar- based inpainting technique has been a point of attraction due to its moderate computational task an its performance. Moreover in this paper object removal technique for image based on discontinuous by seam carving has been introduced. Image inpainting is an approach fro restoring the damage part of an image in reference to the information from the undamaged part to make the restored image continuous, natural and to look complete. In this method patches are used to fill the target region in the image. Both texture synthesis and structure propagation are used simultaneously. Here robust exemplar method has been used avoiding dropping effect by using robust priority function. We have also used seam-carving for object removal. The PSNR values of the proposed model have been calculated and is also compared with the previous techniques’ results.
Security Vulnerability and Possible Attack Methods in e-commerce
Authors:   Computer Deptt., DAV College Hoshiarpur(Pb.), India., Jolly* Anjali
Published: December 2019

E-Commerce Is The Process Of Selling Or Purchasing Of Goods Via Utilizing Online Services. Nowadays, E-Commerce Has Become An Integral Part Of Business Websites. In This, Third Party Services Are Being Used Most Commonly, Which Offer Ready To Use Setup For The Companies. Numerous Services And Technologies Are Used By The Firms Such As Applications For Payment-Processing (These Can Also Be Offered By Third Parties). Sometimes, Business Companies May Also Develop Their Own Customised Software At Specialised Price Or May Use Their Personal Software By Combining It With Third Party Software. Therefore, E-Commerce Websites May Succeed By Providing Secure Services To Their Customers, Such As Their Personal Information, Cards Details Etc. Must Be Secured With Trusted Encryption Technologies. But, At The Same Time, Widespread Use Of E-Commerce Is Accompanied With Certain Security Related Challenges. Hackers Try To Find Loopholes In The System Using Several Techniques. Hence, Taking The Preventive Measure And Educating Customers About The Threats May Help In Keeping The Customer Faith On Websites. Otherwise, If A Website Has Poor Encryption Technologies, Then It May Fail To Gain Customer Trust.
APPLICATION DICTIONARY AND BIBLE ILLUSTRATION BASED ANDROID
Authors: Sahulata Reynoldus Andrias , Tombeng Marchel Thimoty , Deifi Tamamengka , Meilissa Tuba Inri
Published: December 2019

A very rapid development in the mobile device not only serves as a means of telecommunications,  but also has been equipped with some of the advantages and benefits to various users Phone cell. Making Bible Dictionary Android-Based  Application is an application that is education to help advance learning activities specifically in the study of the term or meaning of words contained in the Bible. Android-Based  Application Bible Dictionary is built in a series of stages. The first phase begins with designing with the help of UML consisting of Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagram and Sequence Diagram. The next stage of designing the application view, then do make it program on Eclipse. Furthermore, the compilation and then implemented. Android-Based Application Bible Dictionary is also equipped with illustrations of the Bible. This application is expected to be utilized to generate interest in learning the users, especially in studying the Bible.
Ethical Dilemmas on Accountants
Authors: Wijayanti Dwi Marlina , Kasingku Frisky Jeremy , Rukmana Risa
Published: December 2019

Abstract: Internal factors play an important role in decision making, especially under ethical dilemma conditions. Therefore, we examine the internal factors of individuals such as gender, age, and level of education in making decisions under ethical dilemma circumstances. This study uses a survey by Aluchna and Mikolajczyk and Eweje and Brunon to collect data. 86 undergraduate and 19 postgraduate students are the respondents for this study. Nonparametric chi-square tests are conducted to test the hypotheses. As a result, women are more ethical than men. Age does not affect the attitude when faced with ethical dilemmas. Moreover, there is no difference in perception between age and level of education toward ethical dilemmas. This study contributes for practical field. Human resource can consider which person to recruit to fit a job, and early ethical education should be done in order for the individual to reach the highest ethical stage.
Averrhoa bilimbi Extract as an Alternative Anticoagulant for Manual Complete Blood Count
Authors: Andaya Arvyl Jan L. , Maylas Prince Duncan C. , H. Sales Ma. Estrella
Published: December 2019

This study was designed to determine whether Averroha bilimbi extract can be used as an alternative anticoagulant for manual complete blood count (CBC) in the hematology clinical laboratory instead of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), the recommended anticoagulant for CBC. Blood from 15 volunteers was extracted and placed in EDTA-anticoagulated tubes and tubes with Averrhoa bilimbi extract. Samples from both tubes were tested for CBC. Using independent t-test the study revealed that there is no difference in the red blood cell (RBC) count, white blood cell (WBC) count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and a 3-part differential of EDTA anticoagulated blood and blood with Averrhoa bilimbi extract as anticoagulant. The morphology of lymphocytes and monocytes were not affected, however, the granulocytes showed cytoplasmic distortion and vacuolation in the Averrhoa bilimbi extract.
The Correlation between Talent and Academic Achievement of Universitas Advent Indonesia Students Batch 2016
Authors: Limbong Albinur , Saragih Horasdia
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this study was to compare students’ academic performance between those justified as talented or not talented in the study program that they chose. Thepopulation of the study was the new students of batch 2016. However, not allstudents join the talent test, only 384. The talent test was conducted by aprofessional talent test institution, while the academic achievement was based onthe average GPA for the first and second semesters. The talent test result isclassified into three parts, namely recommended, doubted, and not recommended.Based on the talent test, there were 365 candidate students recommended to takethe study programs that they chose, 17 of those were doubted and only 2 of thosewere not recommended. Based on the talent test, the students were asked todetermine their choice before taking any courses. Most of the students chose theprogram for the first time, some students changed their mind and moved to anotherstudy program within UNAI, and only few students changed their mind and did notenroll in UNAI at all. The study showed that the correlation coefficient betweenthe talent test result and the academic result was low, with a correlation coefficient(r) of 0.125. Based on the ANOVA test, it was found that there is a difference inthe academic achievement between students who were recommended, doubted ornot recommended to take the courses that they chose. If the talent does notsignificantly correlate with the achievement, then it is interesting to study in futurewhat other significant factors, besides the talent, that influence the academicachievement.
Sentiment Analysis of Customer Reviews in Zomato Bangalore Restaurants Using Random Forest Classifier
Authors: Jonathan Bern , Sihotang Jay Idoan , Martin Stanley
Published: December 2019

Natural Language Processing is one part of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tomake an understanding of the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages.Sentiment analysis is one part of Natural Language Processing, that often used to analyzewords based on the patterns of people in writing to find positive, negative, or neutralsentiments. Sentiment analysis is useful for knowing how users like something or not.Zomato is an application for rating restaurants. The rating has a review of the restaurantwhich can be used for sentiment analysis. Based on this, writers want to discuss the sentimentof the review to be predicted. The method used for preprocessing the review is to make allwords lowercase, tokenization, remove numbers and punctuation, stop words, andlemmatization. Then after that, we create word to vector with the term frequency-inversedocument frequency (TF-IDF). The data that we process are 150,000 reviews. After thatmake positive with reviews that have a rating of 3 and above, negative with reviews that havea rating of 3 and below, and neutral who have a rating of 3. The author uses Split Test, 80%Data Training and 20% Data Testing. The metrics used to determine random forest classifiersare precision, recall, and accuracy. The accuracy of this research is 92%. The precision ofpositive, negative, and neutral sentiment are 92%, 93%, 96%. The recall of positive, negative,and neutral sentiment are 99%, 89%, 73%. Average precision and recall are 93% and 87%.The 10 words that affect the results are: “bad”, “good”, “average”, “best”, “place”, “love”,“order”, “food”, “try”, and “nice”.
Social Media Exposure: Its Relationship to Contingencies of Self-Worth and Happiness of Generations X and Y Nurses
Authors: Bingcang Angel Grace Fio , Fallar Krishanne Mae F. , Cequiña Patricia Joy A. , Dela Torre Hilfred Dan U.
Published: December 2019

Social media or social networking sites have been widely used to get connected with familyand friends and stay up-to date with the recent news, research, and many more. The effect,however, created an impact whether it brings positive or negative result to the end users. Thisstudy was conducted to determine the relationship of social media exposure to thecontingencies of self-worth and happiness of Generations X and Y nurses. Nurses, despite thework demands, have to carry on with the responsibility of identification, analysis,interpretation and dissemination of nursing knowledge within the health care system. Theresearchers used a descriptive correlational design. A modified version of Crocker’sContingencies of Self-worth Scale, Oxford Scale of Happiness and a self-constructed socialmedia exposure questionnaire were used to measure the variables being studied. Data from125 respondents comprising of both generation X and Y respondents were analyzed andinterpreted using mean, standard deviation, Kruskal Wallis test, and Pearson correlation.Results showed that Facebook was commonly used by the respondents followed byInstagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, respectively. Facebook was used for an average of at leastone to three hours. Contingencies of self-worth and happiness were both high. Furthermore,the results showed that there is no significant relationship between social media exposure ofGeneration X and Y nurses and contingencies of self-worth and happiness. Those belongingto the Generation X are happier than Generation Y regardless of their age and gender. Thosewith low income have been found out to have low levels of happiness. The researchersrecommend that one must be matured enough before they can be allowed to engage in socialmedia exposure so that negative influences will be avoided.
Organization and Parental Perceptions of Electronic Payments by Selected Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) International Schools in Thailand
Authors: Ritthitraiphop Chalermsri , Hamra Wayne
Published: December 2019

This research explored the use of electronic payments by selected Seventh-day Adventist International Schools in Thailand and investigated the factors that affected parental perceptions of these payments. A Descriptive Research Design approach was utilized. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect the data. A statistical software package was used to analyze the data, and stepwise multiple regression was applied to test the hypotheses. The 319 parents who had previously made electronic payments to the schools and eight Finance Department staff members at the schools were selected as respondents. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, and multiple regression (stepwise multiple regression analysis) were utilized for data analysis.The results indicated that the factors of benefits, trust, self-efficacy, ease of use, and security were rated at the “High” level. The highest mean score was benefits (4.16), followed by selfefficacy (3.91), ease of use (3.89), trust (3.81), and security (3.55), respectively. Also, all factors – except for self-efficacy – were related to parental perceptions of e-payments at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings from group interviews of the finance staff at each school revealed that the factors of ease of use, trust, security, and benefits affected their perceptionsof electronic transactions for both receiving and disbursing funds.
Impact of the Moral Recovery Program for Drug Surrenderees in Cavite
Authors: Carpizo Eunice M , Sansano Ainee Grace S
Published: December 2019

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of the moral-recovery program done by different religious organizations in cooperation with the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Local Governments Units, and Non-Government Agencies and various business sectors.  A total of 131 drug surenderees from Cavite, Philippines were purposively selected to participate in the study. One hundred fourteen (87%) respondents are male and 17 (13%) are female. Survey questionnaires and interviews were used to gather the data to find out how the program made an impact to the morality of the surrenderees. Frequency and percentages were used for statistical analysis. Results showed that after attending the 3-month moral recovery program, 111 (85%) of the drug surenderees resolved to stop using drugs, 64 (49%) committed to attend church regularly, 98 (75%) have a better relationship with God, and 23 (18%) have a healthier perspective in life and became more responsible members of their own families. The respondents, who were influenced by their friends to use drugs, after attending the 12-session moral recovery program that lasted for three months, changed their lives dramatically from turning to drugs to turning to God in solving their problems. This proved that the program helped the drug surenderees to improve their lives and relationship with God and with other people. Since this program is mandated by the government, it is recommended that further studies on the impact of the moral recovery program in other areas in the Philippines be done.
Oral Health Practice, Incidence of Dental Caries, and Plaque Index of Visually Impaired Students: A Basis for the Development of Oral Hygiene Braille Manual
Authors: Subido Nathalya Bmay , Chua Denise Ann , Ofren Lester Angelo , Sapungan Gladys Mae , Dizon Agnes Agadel , Perez Roderick , Taclan Lorcelie , Fonacier Marian
Published: December 2019

Oral health is an integral part of a person’s holistic health but it still an alarming health concernin the Philippines. This research focused on visually impaired students. Blind patients have ahigher prevalence of dental caries because they cannot envision the plaque and caries in theiroral cavity and would often struggle to obtain dental care due to their increased anxiety.This is a cross-sectional observational study that aimed to produce an oral hygiene braillemanual based on the extent of oral health practice, incidence of dental caries, and plaque indexof the visually impaired students in a local school that caters for visually impaired. Thequestionnaire form has 3 parts: (1) consent form (2) demographic questions: sight impairment,primary care giver’s income, age, gender (3) and questions concerning their oral hygienepractice. Results were correlated with the student’s caries and plaque using the following index: Decayed Missing Filled Teeth(DMFT)/Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) .Seventeen (17) students participated in the study, ranging from grade levels 1-10 and agesfrom 8-21 years old. Eight (8) out of seventeen (17) participants have low-vision while the restare totally blind. The participants’ monthly family income ranges from below 10,000-20,000php. All correlations were statistically non-significant. But since Oral health practices,plaque index, and caries incidence were fair there is a need for prevention to aim for good oralhealth practice hence, the creation of a manual focused on preventive dentistryThis pilot research had limitations that might have lead to the non-significant results of thestudy such as: limited sample size, Hawthorne effect and limitation of index used. Therefore,the author recommends future researchers to improve the survey questionnaires and use a moreaccurate index to a larger sample size.
Antimicrobial Efficacy of Carabao Grass (Paspalum conjugatum) leaves on Staphylococcus aureus
Authors: Garduque Dani Aiko Perral , Mateo Kyrie Radiance Ganal , Oyinloye Shalom Moyinoluwa Adejumoke , Lucero Jo Anne kristine Lalas
Published: December 2019

In the Philippines, the Paspalum conjugatum or known by its common name as “carabao grass”is usually consumed for livestock as well as for landscaping. Paspalum conjugatum has beenknown to have phytochemicals that kill microorganisms. This experimental researchdetermined the phytochemicals present and antimicrobial efficacy of Paspalum conjugatumagainst Staphylococcus aureus. Samples of the carabao grass was purchased, washed and thendried. An extract was obtained from the sample. The extract was then sent to an accreditedtesting center for phytochemical test to identify the different components of the plant extract.The antimicrobial activity of the paspalum conjugatum extract was then determined throughthe use of the disc diffusion method. The zone of inhibition of Paspalum Conjugatum was alsocompared to a control standard such as oxacillin.The results of the study revealed to have abundant constituents of sterols, flavonoids andtannins; moderate levels of triterpenes, saponins and glycosides; and traces of alkaloids. Theantimicrobial testing showed results that Paspalum Conjugatum had 10mm zone of inhibitionwhich means that it has a complete inhibitory activity with severe reactivity against the testedorganism, staphylococcus aureus.The study concludes that Paspalum conjugatum can be used to eliminate staphylococcusaureus. It is recommended that further studies be conducted for the use of Paspalumconjugatum in the treatment and prevention of diseases caused by staphylococcus aureus.
Sexual Media Exposure and its Effects on the Academic Engagement of First Year College Students
Authors: Samson Mark Borillo , Benjamin Sarika Joann , Juyeon Jang , Miclat Ruzzel Jose L
Published: December 2019

Hours are spent daily on various types of media, and by choice or not, exposure to sexuallyexplicit material may occur. Although there are several studies conducted on the negativeeffects of sexual media exposure such as development of sexual aggression and poor academicperformance there is insufficient information regarding its relationship with academicengagement. This study determined the extent of sexual media exposure, degree of academicengagement, the relationship between these aspects, as well as the best predictor of academicengagement among first year college.The study utilized a quantitative, descriptive- correlational design. A purposive samplingtechnique was used to gather 101 respondents using specified criteria. Descriptive andInferential statistics were used in the study. Specifically, the mean, standard deviation,correlation coefficient, regression analysis, t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was usedfor statistical analysis.The study showed that the extent of sexual media exposure of first year college students interms of frequency and duration are low. The study also revealed that the students have a highdegree of academic engagement of first year college students in terms of affective, behavioral,and cognitive faculties. Further, the study revealed that there is no significant relationshipbetween sexual media exposure and student academic engagement. A weak positiverelationship exists between sexual media exposure and affective academic engagement.Finally, findings showed that sex and nationality are the best predictors of student academicengagement.There is no relationship between sexual media exposure and student academic engagement buta weak relationship is perceived in affective academic engagement. It is recommended that thestudy will be conducted in a larger population considering sizeable representation of the givenvariables. It is also suggested that the questionnaire for sexual media exposure will be morespecific, including terminologies that connote actual sexual knowledge, attitude and behavior.To sustain high degree academic engagement, exposure to possibly distracting sexual mediashould be studied
Awareness and Practice of Standard Precaution for Infection Control among Student Nurses
Authors: Jael Susy A. , Maristela Tatyannah Alexa E. , Alano Jemarjo Coleen R. , Wushoma Winston T. , Jumarang Tedd Abiel L.
Published: December 2019

Infection control is a critical concern in any health care setting among healthcare providerswhich include student nurses. The dearth of literature and studies among student nursesprompted the conduct of this study. This study sought to determine the awareness andpractice of standard precaution (handwashing, safe handling of needles and other sharpdevices, and disposal of contaminated materials) for infection control among student nurses.It also determined the relationship between awareness and practice on standard precaution forinfection control, the difference in the practice of standard precaution for infection controlwhen gender and year level were considered, and the predictors of practice of standardprecaution for infection control. Data were collected from 121nursing students comprising of2nd, 3rd and 4th years. Participants were obtained through purposive sampling, from one ofthe universities in the Philippines. Results showed that the awareness of the respondents wasvery high, practice of standard precautions for infection control in terms of handwashing andproper handling and disposal of contaminated materials were excellent, with very goodpractice in terms of safe handling of needles and other sharp devices. There was statisticallysignificant relationship between awareness and practice on standard precaution in terms ofproper handling and disposal of contaminated materials, wherein those with high awarenessare more likely to have a better practice. However, there was no significant relationshipbetween awareness and the practice of standard precautions for infection control in terms ofhandwashing and safe handling of needles and other sharp devices. Year level and gender didnot make any significant difference in the practice of standard precaution for infection control.However, year level and gender were significant predictors of practice of standard precautionfor infection control in terms of safe handling of needles and other sharp devices, whereinstudents in higher level tend to have a better practice. Awareness was a significant predictorof practice of standard precaution for infection control in terms of proper handling anddisposal of contaminated materials, wherein the higher the awareness the better is the practice.Standard precaution for infection control concept and proper practice should be introduced tothe students as early as their first year in the nursing program.
Relationship of Hardiness Personality With Nurse Burnout
Authors: Maramis James Richard , Cong Juliana
Published: December 2019

Burnout is work-related stress that occurs for a long time. One factor that can affect fatigue ispersonality characteristics. Hardiness is a personality characteristic that makes individualsstronger, more resistant, stable in dealing with stress. This study aims to determine therelationship between hardiness personality and burnout among nurses at Manado AdventistHospital. The research design used is descriptive correlation with cross-sectional approachand purposive sampling technique. The number of samples in this study were 51 respondents.The statistical test results showed 25 respondents (49.0%) had Very High hardinesspersonalities, 25 respondents (49.0%) had High hardiness personalities, and 1 respondent(2.0%) had Moderate hardiness personalitie; 26 respondents (51.0%) had Low burnout, and25 respondents (49.0%) had Moderate burnout. Pearson correlation test results showed asignificant value that is p value 0.033 <0.05 with a correlation coefficient value r = -0.299which indicates a weak and significant relationship with the negative direction betweenhardiness and burnout personality in nurses at Advent Manado Hospital. Recommendationsfor future researchers to be able to add factors that affect hardiness personality such as socialsupport, top five personalities and can use other methods to see the extent of the influence ofhardiness personality on fatigue
Spiritual Health and Religious Practices as Correlates to the Quality of Life amongst Faculty and Staff
Authors: Saban Rona Beth Salazar , Villanueva Micki Angela , Nuqui Chayiel , Divina Lea , Mergal Beryl Ben
Published: December 2019

Quality of Life (QOL) is the individual’s highly subjective discernment of his position in lifein relation to his goals, expectations, and standards. Literatures have consistently reportedevidences of association between spirituality and quality of life. But despite the increasingnumber of studies, only few explore the role of spiritual health and religious practices in thequality of life of faculty and staff of educational institutions. Thus, this descriptivecorrelational study determined the relationship between the spiritual health and religiouspractices of the respondents and their quality of life. Quality of Life (QOL) is the individual’shighly subjective discernment of his position in life in relation to his goals, expectations, andstandards. Literatures have consistently reported evidences of association between spiritualityand quality of life. But despite the increasing number of studies, only few explore the role ofspiritual health and religious practices in the quality of life of faculty and staff of educationalinstitutions. Thus, this descriptive-correlational study determined the relationship between thespiritual health and religious practices of the respondents and their quality of life. The studyrevealed high levels of spiritual health, religious practices and quality of life of the respondents.Both spiritual health and religious practices were significantly related to the quality of life.Furthermore, married respondents and the teaching faculty had higher level of quality of lifecompared to those who are unmarried and non-teaching. Lastly, spiritual health is the highestpredictor of the quality of life. This study endeavors to help create an environment that wouldenhance the spiritual health and therefore, the quality of life of the faculty and staff
Darboux Approach to Mα-integration
Authors: Racca Abraham P.
Published: December 2019

It is known that one can develop Riemann integration theory via Darboux approach. Themain idea in the Darboux approach is to define an integral using upper and lower Riemannsums. In this study we look at how -integration can be develop via Darboux approach.Here is a brief discussion of the methodology. We define an equivalence relation on the set of-divisions of , - such that for - divisions *(, - )+ and *(, - )+ wesay that if and only if the intervals in are exactly the intervals in . Given agauge on , - and a -fine division *(, - )+ of , -, we set, - * +

Given a function on , -, and a -fine - division , we define the upper and lowersums (respectively) in the following manner( ) , -( ) ( )( ) and

( ) , -( ) ( )( )provided these values exists. We were able to show that a function on , - is -ntegrable if and only if the following exists and are equal:() ∫̅̅̅̅̅

( ) and () ∫

( )

In this approach we were able to prove the basic properties of the -integral. It is our nextgoal to extend -integration to other spaces via Darboux approach.
Nursing Experience in Treating People Living With Hiv/Aids (Plwha) at Adventist Hospital Bandung
Authors: Rimbing Alma Tauji A. , Triwahyuni Palupi
Published: December 2019

Health workers that are the most faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) isanurse. According to UNAIDS, 2016 reluctance of health workers to reach out to thepopulation of PLWHA can limit HIV prevention and care services for PLWHA this statementalso supported by the researcher experience of feeling reluctance to reach out to PLWHApatients. That is why the researcher is interested to do this research. This study usesqualitative methods with the phenomenology approach. There are 6 informants on thisresearch which is female nurses with minimum of working experience in Bandung AdventistHospital for 2 years or above and working in medical hospital ward. The data are gatheredusing snowball sampling and in-depth interview. Coallizi’s method are used to analyze theinterview results. From this research can be found that the informant has knowledge ofHIV/AIDS disease, being acceptance to care for PLWHA, providing nursing care ofthoroughly, and can establish good communication despite facing obstacles such as patientswho would not open up. This research can be an input to enhance the sense of empathy inproviding nursing care in patients People Living with HIV/AIDS.