bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ВЛАСТИВОСТІ ЕЛАСТИЧНИХ ОСНОВОВ'ЯЗАНИХ БИНТІВ
Authors: Кизимчук О. П. , Мельник Л. М. , Сліпченко Р. Л.
Published: June 2020

The market analysis of knitted elastic bandages in Ukraine, the investigation of the parameters and properties  of  the  most  common  products  and  their  comparison  as  well  as determination  of compliance to requirements are the main purposes of this study. Methodology. Standard test methods were used to experimental study the raw material composition, type of interlooping, structure parameters and relaxation characteristics of elastic bandages. Results. As a result of the study of the elastic bandage structure, it is found that all tested bandages are produced on Crochet knitting machine using four yarn systems. chain stitch with closed loop from is a ground interlooping. The ground guide bar is partially threaded with polyester yarn depending on the manufacturer. The requested level of elasticity is provided by elastomeric threads, which are used as longitudinal in-lay yarn with incomplete threaded of the guide bar and a diff erent repeat of its shifting behind the needles. The other two yarns systems are cotton yarn in several ends, which is laid across the bandage's entire width at both sides of the elastomeric yarn, ensuring its overlap and the combination of individual chain wales into the fabric. Obtained  experimental  data  of  the  parameters  and  elongation  of  elastic  bandages  of  diff erent manufactures allowed to establish their compliance with standardized values. It ensures the products functionality during usage. It is indicated that the yarn composition specifi ed by the manufacturers correlated  with  experimental  results.  The  percentage  of  the  elastomeric  thread  content  is  not  a determining characteristic of the bandage's stretchability since the elastic component of full deformation for all tested bandages exceeds 0.95. The residual component is less than 0.02. It is indicating high elastic properties and functionality. The practical signifi cance  of the work is confi rmed by the possibility of evaluating a bandage of a particular manufacturer based on the resulting array of their properties data. The results of the work expand the knowledge about the infl uence of the knitted structure on the parameters and deformation properties of elastic bandage.
РОЗРОБКА ДОПОМІЖНИХ ТЕКСТИЛЬНИХ ВИРОБІВ ДЛЯ ДОГЛЯДУ ЗА ХВОРИМИ
Authors: Супрун Н. П. , Іванов І. О. , Ващенко Ю. О.
Published: June 2020

Improvement of design and enhancement of ergonomic properties of textile auxiliary textile products for the care of patients with disabilities. Method. Analytical literature review of the peculiarities of the requirements for auxiliary textile products for the movement and fi xation of patients. The operational properties of the materials were determined by standardized methods. The technique of estimation of elasticity of needle-punched nonwoven web structures is off ered. Results. The analysis of peculiarities of the use of sliding sheets for the movement of motionless patients showed that they can signifi cantly reduce the eff orts made by medical staff  in carrying out th is procedure. It is established that one of the decisive criteria for the reasoned choice of textile materials on sliding sheets is to evaluate the smoothness of their surface, which is numerically refl ected in the values of the coeffi cient of friction. Existing methods of estimation of coeffi cient of friction of text ile cloths are analyzed. The properties of the new assortment of domestic fabrics for technical purposes were evaluated and their suitability for the manufacture of sliding sheets and other textile elements of auxiliary medical products was determined. On the basis of comparative data of estimation of elasticity of needle-punched non-woven web structures, which include hemp or linen fi bers, their choice as fi llers for depreciation volume pads in the developed products is made. On the base of established requirements for textile products for moving of patients the reasonable choice of materials for their production was carried out. Practical importance. Design of sliding sheets, textile locking straps and belt for moving stationary patients was improved and materials of domestic production for their manufactory were chosen. Manufactured product samples were submitted for trial operation.
Investigation of Opportunities the Addition of Canned Watermelon Purea and Watermelon Juice Produced From Unmarketable Watermelon in Broiler Quail Ration
Authors: ÇERÇİ İbrahim Halil , EROCAĞI Aydın , TERLEMEZ Fatma
Published: June 2020

This research was conducted for evaluation of effects of watermelon puree and watermelon juice obtained from unmarkettable watermelon on fattening performance of quails. In the experimantal part, quail diets were prepared according to NRC standards. Experimental groups were established by adding (dry matter based) of 5% canned watermelon puree and watermelon juice into daily diet. The rations in the groups are divided as isoergenic and isonitrogenic. The experiment consisted of feding 90 male Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) divided into three main and five subgroupsand. While the live weights of the quails were similar to other groups in the start of the experiment, in the end of the study reached the highest value in the Group-P with 189 grams of live weight. Daily body weight gain of the quails was found as 3.68 g in Group-P, 3.44 g in Group-J and 3.43 g in Group-C. Feed consumption was determined as 7.79 g in Group-P, 8.97 g in Group-J and 10.42 g in Group-C. Nutrient digestibility and mortality rates almost remained similar. In this research is that in the Group-P, feed consumption decreased and daily live weight gain was found close to Group-J and Group-C. This results show that the Group-P had better feed efficiency than than the other groups. This is shows that watermelon juice and puree can be used in poultry rations instead of corn and soybean meal in terms of digestibility.
KORELASI DAN SIDIK LINTAS KARAKTER PERTUMBUHAN DAN KOMPONEN HASIL DENGAN HASIL PADA 15 GENOTIPE HIBRIDA JAGUNG
Authors: Pennita Hellianti , Herison Catur , Marwanto Marwanto , Rustikawati Rustikawati
Published: June 2020

[PATH ANALYSIS OF GROWTH CHARACTERS AND YIELD COMPONENTS WITH THE YIELD OF 15 GENOTYPES OF MAIZE HYBRID].  Determination of traits used as the selection criteria are based on the trait(s) that have a close relationship to the yield.  The aims of this research were to measure the closeness of the relationship between morphological (growth and yield component) traits and crop yield, and to determine the trait that directly or indirectly affected on maize yield.  The research was conducted in Rimbo Kedui’s Village, South Seluma Subdistrict, Seluma District, Bengkulu Province on May 2017 to August 2017.  The experimental design used was a Complete Randomized Block Design (CRBD) in a single factor with 3 replications.  The treatments were 15 maize hybrid genotypes, consisting of CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11, CT12, CT13, CT14, and CT15.  The data were statistically analyzed by analysis of varians (ANOVA) with P(a=5%).  The qualitative data were analyzed descriptively. The result of correlation analysis revealed that the yield of maize hybrids highly correlated to some growth and yield component factors.  High-yielding maize hybrids were supported by higher ear diameter, plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, plant height, the number of seeds per ear.  Plant dry weight became the variable that has the highest direct effect with positive correlation on the yield.  The second highest rank was the number of seeds per ear with also a positive correlation value.  Yield improvement of maize hybrid, therefore, can be obtained by fostering the plant total biomass and/or by multiplying the number of seeds per ear.
SERANGAN HAMA PENGGEREK POLONG PADA ENAM VARIETAS KEDELAI DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP HASIL
Authors: Poniman Christiawan , Sunardi Tri , Pujiwati Hesti
Published: June 2020

[POD BORER ATTACK ON SIX SOYBEAN VARIETIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON YIELD]. This study aims to determine the level of pod borer attack on six soybean varieties and their effects on yields. This research was conducted from December 2017 to March 2018 in the Experimental Field of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, Kandang Limun Village, Muara Bangkahulu District, Bengkulu City. The experimental design used was a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with the treatment of six soybean varieties (Demas, Argomulyo, Dega, Ringing, Echo, and Dena I) and was repeated 4 times so that there were 24 experimental units. The results showed that the percentage of pod attack on the Demas, Argomulyo, Ringing, Gema, and Dena I varieties was classified as resistant, while the Dega variety was relatively resistant. Whereas the percentage of seed attack in all soybean varieties tested was classified as resistant. Argomulyo varieties have higher resistance to pod borer attack than other varieties because they produce the highest number of trichomes, and the lowest number of larvae per plant. Argomulyo variety produces the highest number of seed weight per plant, and the highest seed weight per plot. The echo variety produces the highest number of total pods, while the Dega variety produces the highest weight of 100 seeds.
PENGARUH PEMBERIAN PUPUK HAYATI MIKORIZA DAN PUPUK KANDANG AYAM TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN DAN HASIL TANAMAN KACANG PANJANG (Vigna sinensis L.) DI ULTISOL
Authors: Nainggolan Eisal Vepin , Bertham Yudhi Harini , Sudjatmiko Sigit
Published: June 2020

[EFFECT OF MYCORRHIZAL BIOFERTILIZER AND CHICKEN MANURE ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF COWPEA (Vigna sinensis L.) IN ULTISOL]. This study aims to 1) obtain the interaction of mycorrhizal biofertilizers and chicken manure on cowpea in ultisol and 2) determine the best dose of mycorrhizal biofertilizers for the growth and yield of cowpea plants, also find the best dose of chicken manure on the growth and yield of string beans. The study was conducted in April 2019 at the experimental garden, Integrated Zone of the Faculty of Agriculture, UNIB, Kelurahan Kandang Limun, Muara Bangkahulu District, Bengkulu City. This study used a factorial Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with two factors and three replications. The first factor is the administration of a dose of mycorrhizal biofertilizer, i.e., 0 (without mycorrhizae), 2.5 g/plant, 5 g/plant, and 7.5 g/plant. The second factor is the provision of chicken manure doses of 5 tons/ha, 10 tons/ha, and 15 tons/ha. Each experimental unit consisted of 25 plants with some sample plots of 5 plants. There is an interaction between mycorrhizal fertilizer 5 g / plant with chicken manure 5 tons/ha, which gives the best results on variable weight pod pods equal to 1.55 kg/m2 and pod weight of 15.46 kg/ha. The application of mycorrhizal biological fertilizer at a dose of 5 g/plant has good vegetative growth compared to other mycorrhizal doses. It shows the highest results based on the average number of flowers/plants and the number of pods/plants. Doses of chicken manure up to a dose of 15 tons/ha do not significantly increase growth and yield of cowpea.
Perangkat Sumber Daya Manusia (Brainware)
Authors: Ayu Nadila Putri
Published: June 2020

Perangkat sumber daya manusia menjadi bagian terpenting dalam menjalankan atau mengoperasikan sebuah perangkat komputer. Manusia merupakan suatu elemen dari sistem komputer yang merancang bagaimana suatu mesin dapat bekerja sesuai dengan hasil yang diinginkan. Istilah yang digunakan untuk manusia yang berhubungan dengan komputer adalah Brainware. Brainware adalah semua personil atau tenaga kerja di bidang komputer, yakni yang terlibat dalam kegiatan pembentukan sistem komputerisasi maupun yang menangani dan mengawasi langsung bagian pengolahan data berbantuan komputer. Brainware terdiri dari Programer, Sistem Analis, Administrator, Teknisi Hardware, Teknisi Jaringan dan Web Master.Kata Kunci : Perangkat Sumber Daya Manusia
Pengertian administrasi kuruikulum
Authors: Rahmawati Maulidina
Published: June 2020

Curriculum development requires a strong foundation and is based on the results of deep thought and research. And evaluation or assessment in the curriculum is useful to determine the level of achievement of the curriculum. Based on this we can know that the role of the curriculum in formal education in schools is very important and has a major influence in determining the achievement of educational goals. In the process, the teacher acts as a technical implementer, such as implementers, adapters, developers, and researchers.
On the comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: Telomere length co-evolves with body mass and lifespan
Authors: Pepke Michael Le , Eisenberg Dan
Published: June 2020

Telomeres, the short repetitive DNA sequences that cap the ends of linear chromosomes, shorten during cell division and are implicated in senescence in most species. The enzyme telomerase can rebuild telomeres but is repressed in many mammals that exhibit replicative senescence, presumably as a tumor suppression mechanism. It is therefore important that we have an accurate understanding of the (co-)evolution of telomere biology and life-history traits that has shaped the diversity of senescence patterns across species. Gomes et al. (2011) produced a large data set on telomere length (TL), telomerase activity, body mass and lifespan among 57 mammal species. We re-analyzed their data set using the same phylogenetic multiple regressions presented in the original publication and several sensitivity analyses. We found substantial inconsistencies in our results compared to Gomes et al.'s. Consistent with Gomes et al. we found an inverse association between TL and lifespan. Contrary to the analyses reported in Gomes et al., we found that there was a generally robust inverse association between TL and mass, and only weak non-robust evidence for an association between telomerase activity and mass. These results suggest that shorter TL may have been selected for in larger and longer-lived species – likely as a mechanism to suppress cancer. However, our results call into question past results suggesting that high telomerase activity has been selected against in larger species and stress the need for careful attention to model construction and sensitivity analyses.
administrasi pendidikan da tenaga kependidikan 1
Authors: gusmarni rini
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this article is to fulfill structured assignments in the Administration and Supervision of Education courses. And one of the knowledge especially for compilers and generally for readers, regarding the Administration of Educators and Education Personnel. This article writing technique uses the literature study method, by collecting material sourced from books, journals and others related to the administrative process of educators and education personnel. It can be concluded that the administration of educators and education personnel is covering the whole process of educator activities which include planning, organizing, directing, reporting, coordinating, monitoring and financing, using or utilizing available facilities, both personal, material and spiritual to achieve educational goals effective and efficient.
“Intellectual property theft by predatory publishers recruited in Academia can be facilitated through public engagement and spam emails”
Authors: Tabaee Damavandi Pardis
Published: June 2020

Harassment in deprived areas is not uncommon, but it is never-ending.
The effect of individual differences and repetitive interactions on explicit and implicit attitudes towards robots
Authors: Ciardo Francesca , Ghiglino Davide , Roselli Cecilia , Wykowska Agnieszka
Published: June 2020

The exploitation of Social Assistive Robotics (SAR) will bring to the emergence of a new category of users, namely experts in clinical rehabilitation, who do not have a background in robotics. The aim of the present study was twofold. First, we were interested in addressing individual differences in the attitudes towards robots this new category of users. The second aim of the study was to investigate whether repetitive interactions with the robot during the SAR intervention would affect attitudes towards robots. To this end, we evaluated both explicit and implicit attitudes towards robots in a group of therapists rehabilitating children with neurodevelopmental disorders. The evaluation took place before they started a SAR intervention (T0), ongoing (T1), and at the end of it (T2). Explicit attitudes were evaluated using self-reported questionnaires, whereas implicit attitudes were operationalized as the perception of the robot as a social partner and implicit associations regarding the concept of “robot”. Results showed that older ages and previous experience with robots were associated with more negative attitudes toward robots and less willingness to perceive the robot as a social agent. Explicit measures did not vary across time, whereas implicit measures were modulated by increased exposure to robots. Specifically, the more the clinicians were exposed to the robot the more the robot was considered a social partner similarly to the human player. Moreover, across time, users’ memory association between the concept of a robot and mechanical attributes became weaker. In conclusion, our results suggest that individual differences towards robots in a group of SAR users play a crucial role in both explicit and implicit attitudes. Moreover, they also suggest that increased exposure to robots modulates implicit but not explicit attitudes.
The Effect of Negative Media Exposure and Evaluators’ Attitudes Toward Offenders on Violence Risk Assessment with the HCR-20V3
Authors: Kamorowski Jennifer , de Ruiter Corine , Schreuder Maartje , Jelicic Marko , Ask Karl
Published: June 2020

Structured risk assessment instruments (SRAIs), such as the Historical Clinical Risk Management (HCR-20V3) are increasingly used to inform criminal justice decision-making, highlighting the significance of examining the potential for bias when using these measures and effective strategies to mitigate it. In this experimental study, we examined the possible biasing effects of (1) negative pretrial publicity (PTP) about a person who committed a double homicide and (2) evaluators’ attitudes toward offenders, on scale scores and final risk judgments of the HCR-20V3. Participants (N = 54) included graduate students, clinicians, and researchers who had been trained to complete the HCR-20. Contrary to expectation, negative PTP exhibited no effects on the HCR-20 total scores, subscale scores, or final risk judgments. In line with our hypothesis, more positive attitudes toward offenders were predictive of lower HCR-20 total scores and lower ratings on the Clinical and Risk Management subscales and final risk judgment of imminent violence. These findings add to a growing body of research indicating forensic risk evaluations conducted using SRAIs are not immune to the effects of some types of bias.
Perceiving Personality Through the Grapevine: A Network Approach to Reputations
Authors: Costello Cory Kennedy , Srivastava Sanjay
Published: June 2020

Reputations are critical in human social life: they allow people to share and act on information about one another, even when they have never met. Reputations can be conceptualized as information about a target person that is stored in networks of perceivers and transmitted through either direct interaction or hearsay. We present a novel paradigm that integrates the network approach with concepts and methods from interpersonal perception research. We apply that paradigm to study the relative valence, consensus, accuracy, and consequences of personality trait information in hearsay-based reputations. In two preregistered studies (N = 260 and 369), we created naturalistic micronetworks in the lab in which participants interacted and got to know one another, then later described each other to naïve third parties. Across studies, hearsay-based reputations were less positive than direct reputations and self-perceptions. Hearsay reputations demonstrated appreciable consensus (agreement) with direct reputations but only modest accuracy, suggesting that they provide a robust but substantially inaccurate signal. Neither hearsay consensus nor accuracy were moderated by individual differences in extraversion, empathy, or perspective-taking. In Study 2 we experimentally manipulated participants’ impression-formation goals, but this had no detectable impact on hearsay consensus or accuracy. Hearsay reputations were consequential, affecting the extent to which perceivers thought targets would be good leaders or friends. These results provide initial insights into reputation networks and suggest several important future directions for the network approach to reputations. We also present open materials and data analysis software for others to extend the reputations-as-networks approach.
The Assessment of Physical Risk Taking: Preliminary Construct Validation of a New Behavioral Measure
Authors: Smith Edward , Benning Stephen D
Published: June 2020

Risk taking is a complex heterogeneous construct that has proven difficult to assess, especially when using behavioral tasks. We present an exploratory investigation of new measure – the Assessment of Physical Risk Taking (APRT). APRT produces a variety of different outcome scores and is designed as a comprehensive assessment of the probability of success and failure, and magnitude of reward and punishment of different types of simulated physically risky behaviors. Effects observed on the simulated behaviors are hypothesized to reflect similar effects on real world physical risks. Participants (N = 224) completed APRT in a laboratory setting, half of whom had a 1.5 s delay interposed between button presses. Exploratory analyses utilizing generalized estimating equations examined the main effects and two-way interactions among five within-subject factors, as well as two-way interactions between the within-subject factors and Delay across four APRT outcome scores. Results indicated that Injury Magnitude and Injury Probability exerted stronger effects than any of the other independent variables. Participants also completed several self-report measures of risk taking and associated constructs (e.g., sensation seeking), which were correlated with APRT scores to assess the preliminary convergent and divergent validity of the new measure. After correcting for multiple comparisons, APRT scores correlated with self-reported risk taking in thrilling, physically dangerous activities specifically, but only for those who did not have a delay between APRT responses. This promising exploratory investigation highlights the need for future studies comparing APRT to other behavioral risk taking tasks, examining the robustness of the observed APRT effects, and investigating how APRT may predict real-world physical risk taking.
Effects of language dominance on home reading practices of bilingual families
Authors: Gonzalez-Barrero Ana Maria , Salama-Siroishka Nicholas , Dubé Daphnée , Brouillard Melanie , Byers-Heinlein Krista
Published: June 2020

Aims and objectives: Many children grow up in bilingual families; however, little is known about how these families use their two languages in their home reading practices. The goal of this study was to examine the effect of language proficiency on the shared storybook reading practices of bilingual families. Methodology: We gathered questionnaire data about home reading activities in French–English bilingual families with 5-year-old children (N = 66) who had different proficiency levels in each language. Data and analyses: We compared home reading environment, parent reading practices, and child learning and interest in books across the families’ dominant and non-dominant languages using a series of 2-way mixed ANOVAs. Findings: Families gave more emphasis to reading practices in the family’s dominant language: they owned more books, read more often, spent more time, and started reading to the child at an earlier age in the dominant than in the non-dominant language. Dominance also affected parent reading behaviors: parents reported more often translating words and switching from their non-dominant to their dominant language. Parents reported that children enjoyed being read to and readily learned new words in both languages, but ratings were higher for the dominant language. Effects of dominance were strongest in families with less balanced language dominance. Originality: This study compares bilingual families’ home reading practices in both of their languages, providing a clearer picture of how families navigate early dual-language literacy in a bilingual community where both languages are spoken in everyday life and have similar sociolinguistic status.Significance: Results suggest that even in bilingual communities, family home reading practices may exacerbate uneven development across children’s two languages. These findings highlight the importance of identifying strategies to support enriched home reading practices in bilingual families’ non-dominant language.
Toward an integrated model of supportive peer relationships in early adolescence: A systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis
Authors: Mitic Marija , Woodcock Kate , Amering Michaela , Krammer Ina , Stiehl Katharina , Zehetmayer Sonja , Schrank Beate
Published: June 2020

Supportive peer relationships (SPR) are crucial for mental and physical health. Early adolescence is an especially important period in which peer influence and school environment strongly shape psychological development and maturation of core social-emotional regulatory functions. Yet, there is no integrated evidence based model of SPR in this age group to inform future research and practice. The current meta-analysis (PROSPERO protocol reference: CRD42018107945) synthetizes evidence from 364 studies into an integrated model of potential determinants of SPR in early adolescence. The model encompasses links with 93 variables referring to individual (identity, skills/strengths, affect/wellbeing and behavior/health) and environmental (peer group, school, family, community and internet/technology) influences on SPR. Findings suggest the central importance of identity and social–emotional skills in SPR. School environment stands out as a compelling setting for future prevention programs. Finally, we underscore an alarming gap of research on the influence of the virtual and online environment on youth’s social realm given its unquestionable importance as a globally expanding social interaction setting. Hence, we propose an integrated model that can serve as organizational framework, which may ultimately lead to the adoption of a more structured and integrated approach to understanding peer relationship processes in youth and contribute to overcoming marked fragmentation in the field.
Conspiratorial thinking during COVID-19: The roles of paranoia, delusion-proneness, and intolerance of uncertainty
Authors: Larsen Emmett M. , Donaldson Kayla R. , Liew Megan , Mohanty Aprajita
Published: June 2020

The COVID-19 global pandemic has left many feeling a sense of profound uncertainty about their world, safety, and livelihood. Information that can help make sense of this uncertainty is offered by both official health-organizations as well as sources espousing misinformation and conspiracy theories. Individuals high in intolerance of uncertainty (IU) may be particularly impacted by the impoverished epistemic environment and may thus be more drawn to conspiratorial thinking (CT). In the present study we show that endorsement of COVID-19-specific conspiracy theories is associated with higher levels of intolerance of uncertainty as well as anxiety, delusion-proneness, and paranoid ideation. Furthermore, delusion-proneness and paranoia explained the relationship between IU and CT, and emerged as independent partial predictors of CT even when controlling for other facets of schizotypy. In contrast, anxiety did not explain the relationship between IU and CT, suggesting a stronger role of cognitive traits as opposed to affective factors. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of individual differences in IU, delusion proneness and paranoia in the development of CT in the context of the acute uncertainty of a global crisis, in which CT is more prevalent and salient. Informational intervention designs may benefit from leveraging the body of work demonstrating the efficacy of targeting IU to incite meaningful changes in thinking.
An analysis of hospital pharmacy practice in six countries of sub‐Saharan Africa based on the International Pharmaceutical Federation Basel Statements on the future of hospital
Authors: Muungo Lungwani
Published: June 2020

Objectives The objective of this study was to update the self-assessment tooland to evaluate current hospital pharmacy practices in six sub-Saharan Africancountries.Methods Questions in the validated survey were edited if the revised BaselStatement changed intent. A total of 13 updates were made. The survey wasadministered via e-mail to pharmacy personnel in any hospital centre in Ghana(258 total hospitals), Nigeria (17 038 total hospitals), Malawi (499 total hospitals),Uganda (155 total hospitals), Zambia (98 total hospitals) and Zimbabwe(1389 total hospitals). Snowball sampling increased reach of the survey acrosseach country.Key findings Responses were received from all six countries, with nine respondentsfrom Ghana, 15 from Nigeria, two from Malawi, five from Uganda, ninefrom Zambia and four from Zimbabawe. Uganda had the highest achievementrates for tier one and tier three constructs, and Ghana had the highest achievementrate for tier two constructs. Malawi showed the lowest achievement ratesin all three tiers. The six countries achieved an average of 82 per cent(SD = 24) of tier one constructs. Three tier one constructs were achieved lessthan 25 per cent of the time.Conclusion Multiple tier one (minimum standards in hospital pharmacy practice)constructs were achieved greater than 90% of the time, possibly reflectingefforts made towards hospital pharmacy practice advancement in select countriesof sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, all countries achieved a majority of tier oneoverarching constructs. Despite these achievements, there are still many areas forgrowth, including select tier one constructs with low achievement rates.
Reasonable Men: Sexual Harassment and Norms of Conduct in Social Psychology
Authors: Young Jacy L , Hegarty Peter
Published: June 2020

Sexual harassment has received unprecedented attention in recent years. Within academia, it has a particularly reflexive relationship with the human sciences in which sexual harassment can be both an object of research and a problematic behaviour amongst those engaged in that research. This paper offers a partial history in which these two are brought together as a common object of social psychology’s culture of sexual harassment. Here we follow Haraway (1997) in using culture to capture the sense making that psychologists do through and to the side of their formal knowledge production practices. Our history is multi-sited and draws together (1) the use of sexual harassment as an experimental technique, (2) feminist activism and research which made sexual harassment an object of knowledge in social psychology, and (3) oral history accounts of sexual harassment amongst social psychologists. By reading these contexts against each other, we provide a thick description of how sexual harassment initiates women and men into cultures of control in experimental social psychology and highlight the ethical-epistemological dilemma inherent in disciplinary practices.
Being in the know: Social network analysis of gossip and friendship on a college campus
Authors: Yucel Meltem , Sjobeck Gustav , Glass Rebecca , Rottman Josh
Published: June 2020

Gossip (evaluative talk about others) is ubiquitous. Gossip allows important rules to be clarified and reinforced, and it allows individuals to keep track of their social networks while strengthening their bonds to the group (Fine, 1977; Foster, 2004). To measure how gossip relates to friendship, participants from a Men’s and Women’s collegiate crew team noted their friendship connections and their tendencies to gossip about each of their teammates. Using social network analysis, we found that the crew members’ friend group connectedness significantly correlated with their positive and negative gossip network involvement. Higher connectedness amongst friends was associated with less involvement in spreading negative gossip and/or being a target of negative gossip. More central connectedness to the friend group was associated with more involvement in spreading positive gossip and/or being a target of positive gossip. These results suggest that the spread of both positive and negative gossip may influence and be influenced by friendship connections in a social network.
Flawed estimates of cognitive ability in Clark et al. Psychological Science, 2020
Authors: Ebbesen Christian Laut
Published: June 2020

In a recent paper, Clark et al. (2020) analyze the relationship between socio-economic measures and estimates of average cognitive ability (’IQ’) in 140 countries. According to the data presented by the authors, several African, South Asian and Central American countries have an average IQ below 50 (i.e. intellectually disabled, according to DSM diagnostic criteria). Moreover, according to the data presented by the authors, the average cognitive ability of adults in African nations is ∼1.6 standard deviations below the cognitive ability of European adults. These notions are incompatible with psychological science and all conclusions drawn from these data are invalid.
Travel behaviour after the pandemic: the case of Bulgaria
Authors: Ivanova Maya , Ivanov Ivan Krasimirov , Ivanov Stanislav Hristov
Published: June 2020

The paper analyses the travel intentions of tourists in the post-pandemic world. The sample includes 974 respondents from Bulgaria. The findings show that most of the respondents are ready to travel within two months after travel is allowed in the country. For their first trip, they will travel in the country, by their car and with their family. Hygiene, disinfection and reliable health system in a destination will be important factors in travellers’ decisions. Women and older respondents have higher health safety preferences than men and younger respondents.
On the environment-destructive probabilistic trends: a perceptual and behavioral study on video game players
Authors: Vuong Quan-Hoang , Ho Manh-Toan , Nguyen Minh-Hoang , Pham Thanh-Hang , Anh Ho Hoang , La Viet-Phuong , Van Quy Khuc , Vuong Thu-Trang
Published: June 2020

Currently, gaming is the world’s favorite form of entertainment. Various studies have shown how games impact players' perceptions and behaviors, prompting opportunities for purposes beyond entertainment. This study uses Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH)—a real-time life-simulation game—as a unique case study of how video games can affect humans' environmental perceptions. A dataset of 584 observations from a survey of ACNH players and the Hamiltonian MCMC technique has enabled us to explore the relationship between in-game behaviors and perceptions. The findings indicate a probabilistic trend towards exploiting the in-game environment despite players' perceptions, suggesting that the simplification of commercial game design may overlook opportunities to engage players in pro-environmental activities.
EPIDEMIC RESILIENCE LABEL FOR A POST-COVID CITY (ERL Project)
Authors: Vallespin Toro Nuria , Arribas Castañeyra Jorge
Published: June 2020

The development of a label that evaluates the epidemic-resistance capacity of places of social exchange can be an invaluable tool in determining prevention policies on the one hand and social containment and distancing measures on the other. Policies that protect the health of citizens as much as possible while allowing develop human activities.The research project will work on the evaluation of the safety of buildings and urban spaces in cities in the context of a pandemic such as Covid-19 through the development of the so-called Epidemic Resilience Label. Passive site labelling measures will promote synergies for the development of the economy of this new normality. Citizens will choose the most protected sites; businesses will therefore want to improve their labeling and containment phases can be decided based on-site ratings.
Academic Library Instruction, Evidence-Based Practice, and Social Workers: An Exploratory Survey
Authors: Pendell Kimberly , Kimball Ericka
Published: June 2020

When social work students graduate and move into their professional practice, they also move into a vastly different information landscape than that of the academic environment. In order to better understand the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) and information sources in practice, the authors performed a national survey of social workers. This survey provides a snapshot of how frequently social workers employ EBP, their use of research articles and other information resources, and their prior library instruction. The researchers make recommendations for increased consideration of
Asset Manager Capitalism as a Corporate Governance Regime
Authors: Braun Benjamin
Published: June 2020

Who holds power in corporate America? Scholars have invariably answered this question in the language of ownership and control. This paper argues that tackling this question today requires a new language. Whereas the comparative political economy literature has long treated dispersed ownership and weak shareholders as core features of the U.S. political economy, a century-long process of re-concentration has consolidated shareholdings in the hands of a few very large asset management companies. In an historically unprecedented configuration, this emerging asset manager capitalism is dominated by fully diversified shareholders that lack direct economic interest in the performance of individual portfolio companies. The paper compares this new corporate governance regime to its predecessors; reconstructs the history of the growth and consolidation of the asset management sector; and examines the political economy of asset manager capitalism, both at the firm level and at the macroeconomic level.
Unconventional Monetary Policy Transmission and Bank Lending Relationships
Authors: Cahn Christophe , Duquerroy Anne , Mullins William
Published: June 2020

Firms with only one bank relationship make up the majority of firms in many economies. This paper explores whether policy-driven lending is differentially transmitted to single-bank firms in comparison to the multi-bank firms that are the focus of the literature. Using unique variation in the ECB's Very Long-Term Refinancing Operations (VLTROs), which affected lending to firms discontinuously across credit ratings but within banks, we find selective transmission of VLTRO liquidity to single-bank firms. Banks apply higher lending standards to single-bank firms, with banking relationships determining both new lending and lending maturity. By contrast, banks appear to transmit policy lending near-uniformly across multi-bank firms.
The temporal foundation of the principle of maximal entropy
Authors: Penchev Vasil Dinev
Published: June 2020

The principle of maximal entropy (further abbreviated as “MaxEnt”) can be founded on the formal mechanism, in which future transforms into past by the mediation of present. This allows of MaxEnt to be investigated by the theory of quantum information.MaxEnt can be considered as an inductive analog or generalization of “Occam’s razor”. It depends crucially on choice and thus on information just as all inductive methods of reasoning. The essence shared by Occam’s razor and MaxEnt is for the relevant data known till now to be postulated as an enough fundament of conclusion. That axiom is the kind of choice grounding both principles. Popper’s falsifiability (1935) can be discussed as a complement to them: That axiom (or axiom scheme) is always sufficient but never necessary condition of conclusion therefore postulating the choice in the base of MaxEnt. Furthermore, the abstraction axiom (or axiom scheme) relevant to set theory (e.g. the axiom scheme of specification in ZFC) involves choice analogically.
Women’s Education in Colonial Algeria: Emancipation, Alienation, and the Aphasia of Love in Assia Djebar’s L’Amour, la fantasia (1985)
Authors: Harrat Ahlem , Senouci Faiza Meberbeche
Published: June 2020

This paper examines the contradictory yet complementary forces that connect women’s spatial liberation to the colonial power’s institutions. It explores the cacophony between women’s education, emancipation, and alienation in Assia Djebar’s L’Amour, la fantasia (1985). It argues that spatial mobility bears the potential to challenge patriarchy and colonial violence. Djebar’s struggle to reconcile with or condemn her Western education foregrounds the ambivalent relationship the author entertains with the vehicle of her empowerment. The appropriation of the language of the other equips the schoolgirl with the instruments needed to subvert extra-Islamic traditions, and to regender the history of Algeria by voicing the stories of her matriarchs, withal, it sentences her to an aphasia of love.
New Life for "Cold Fusion"
Authors: Bauer Henry
Published: June 2020

The take-away from this discussion is that research on nuclear reactions occurring at ordinary temperatures at certain metals in electrolysis in heavy water, which has been widely denigrated for three decades as “pathological science”, has now been recognized as a respectable topic for further research.
The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomena from the Beginning (3rd ed., 2 vol.) by Jerome Clark
Authors: Alexander John B.
Published: June 2020

With more than 1500 pages, this is a massive undertaking by SSE Dinsdale Award winner, Jerry Clark. This two-volume third edition is buttressed by his decades of research in the field of UFOs. For this encyclopedic effort he is supported by several competent researchers with international reputations. Typically, my reviews of written works by SSE members tend to be quite favorable as I recognize the difficulty of getting our research into print. This work definitely left me conflicted in an attempt to be both fair to the authors and to the potential readers.

In general, the material that is included does provide considerable depth to the cases selected for presentation. As this is the third edition, much of that material has been previously published. Clark and his colleagues have in-depth knowledge of many of the earlier cases and these are well represented. What I found most troubling were some glaring omissions that are hard to reconcile with an encyclopedia that suggests it is comprehensive in nature, as opposed to a representation of cases as selected by the chief editor. Absent is the more recent incidences and evidence that have dramatically altered the entire field of UFOlogy. Given the rapid pace of advancement of knowledge, especially since December 2017, it would be nearly impossible for any print medium to keep pace. Here I am addressing the remarkable revelations by the U.S. Department of Defense concerning interactions between military aircraft and unknown objects. Internally these were so significant as to cause the U.S. Navy to publicly publish a policy position acknowledging these events were occurring frequently.

However, it is more than the events of just the past two years that are omitted or downplayed. As a prime example, Phil Corso is not mentioned. In 1997, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Corso’s book The Day After Roswell became an international phenomenon. It dominated much of the conversation in the field. Whether one agrees with Corso or not is irrelevant. His book sold more than any other UFO publication by a great margin and he had significant impact on the field. Thus, both Corso and his book should deserve serious consideration.
Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness by Philip Goff
Authors: Williams III George Robert
Published: June 2020

A new book by Philip Goff, Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, accomplishes a number of notable things. Perhaps foremost, Goff provides an excellent overview of the debate on consciousness for a wide audience with little or no background in philosophy. He guides the reader through the various frameworks that include dualism, physicalism, and panpsychism. Goff’s Galileo’s Error thus provides an excellent introduction for anyone with interest in the growing science of consciousness. However, Goff does promote a particular angle. As a professor of philosophy at Durham University, Goff has followed the arguments of David Chalmers and others that materialistic explanations ultimately fail to explain consciousness. Like Chalmers, Professor Goff believes that in order to find a successful explanation, we will likely choose a direction that takes consciousness as fundamental in some sense. Toward this end, Goff has also become a leading advocate for panpsychism, the view that the ultimate particles that constitute our world have a mental aspect.However, Goff’s book also provides an important contribution regarding the philosophy of science. By examining science’s development at an early stage, especially Galileo’s role, Goff addresses an important aspect to the current debate on consciousness. And attention on the role of philosophy in science is also important, given the recent bashing philosophy has been handed by some scientists. To make progress on consciousness, Goff argues we will likely need to do some hard thinking and reexamine some of our core assumptions. He provides many examples to demonstrate that often what is required is time spent thinking and rethinking the problem, perhaps in contrast to voices who emphasize just getting on with the lab or field work.But what exactly is Galileo’s error, you might be wondering? Most of us recognize that Galileo played a pivotal role in ushering in the scientific revolution through emphasizing testing theories by observation. But as Goff notes, central to Galileo’s contribution was his emphasis on specific characteristics that could be quantified—size, shape, location, and motion. And this meant removing such qualities that we experience directly, such as taste and smell, out of the domain of inquiry. That is, Galileo pragmatically sought to remove inherently subjective matters that could not fit into a quantitative framework. This has brought mixed fruit. Science, as conceived by Galileo, is widely seen as one of the most successful developments in the history of thought. The focus on subjects that could be analyzed mathematically has led to true triumphs in understanding as well as abundant applications that have transformed the physical world.