bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Longitudinal Associations Between Parenting Practices and Youth Sleep Problems
Authors: Acosta Juliana , Parent Justin , McMakin Dana L. , McKee Laura , DiMarzio Karissa , Dale Chelsea
Published: June 2020

Objective: Sleep problems among youth are highly prevalent and associated with adjustment difficulties. When considering influences on youth's sleep, parenting practices have been previously linked to poor sleep in youth. However, research is lacking on which parenting practices longitudinally predict the development and maintenance of sleep problems in youth. Additionally, sensitive periods for this link are mostly unknown. The current study examined longitudinal relations between constellations of parenting practices and youth sleep health in order to identify profiles of parenting practices that are predictive of sleep problems in youth across different developmental stages. Method: Participants were 292 parents (M = 36.51, SD = 7.3) of children between the ages of 3 and 14 (M = 8.4, SD = 3.6). A person-centered approach was employed to create profiles across positive and negative parenting practices, as well as supportive and unsupportive parental emotion socialization strategies. Parenting profiles were then examined as longitudinal predictors of youth sleep problems. Results: Findings revealed three distinct parenting profiles, which consisted of one optimal profile, a second intermediate profile, and a third maladaptive profile. These parenting profiles were differentially associated with sleep problems in youth, with the optimal profile predicting the lowest levels of sleep problems and the maladaptive profile predicting the highest levels of sleep problems, particularly among peripubertal youth. Conclusion: This study extends previous findings by elucidating distinct constellations of parenting practices that are differentially predictive of youth sleep problems and highlighting parenting as a crucial and longitudinal contributor to youth’s sleep health.
EFL Female Students’ Perception of Feminist Poetry: A Case Study in the Department of English at Umm Al-Qura University
Authors: Azhar Hadeel Jamal
Published: June 2020

This study examines the perception of English as a Foreign Language female students in the Department of English at Umm Al-Qura University regarding feminist poetry. It offers an insight into their understanding of the genre and its themes and how these are relevant to women’s changing roles in Saudi Arabian society. Research was conducted among forty students who studied the Poetry course (731478-2) during the first and second semesters of the academic year of 2019-2020 at the university. The study adopts a qualitative methodology with a survey as the primary tool to collect data. Students were asked to complete a questionnaire which directly addressed the research questions and were then given a chance to add their comments and personal inputs. Given that women’s empowerment is a vital part of the Saudi vision of 2030, the majority of the responses show positive attitudes towards studying feminist poetry. In doing so, this study sheds light on the value of integrating feminist poetry as it raises students’ awareness of women’s rights in different cultures, allowing them to reflect on their own experience.
Michel Tournier's Friday, or The Other Island: Rewriting Defoe's Robinson Crusoe with Lacanian Signifiers
Authors: Al-Zoubi Waad , Shaheen Mohammad
Published: June 2020

The paper aims to demonstrate that Tournier's Friday or the Other Island rewrites Defoe's Robinson Crusoe within the context of the postmodern Lacanian psychoanalysis. The paper illustrates how literature shifts colors to match the surrounding environment. Defoe's expresses the mode of thought of the Enlightenment that operates as a prelude to Western ethnocentricity, and Colonialism. It narrates the story of the unified conscious individual who has a solid faith in the efficiency of reason to understand objective reality. Such a perspective believes that language transparently represents an actual state of the world. Hence, Defoe's adapts Realism as the mode of representation. Tournier modernizes the classical text to fit into the postmodern cultural context, which doubts the certainty of knowledge, introduces the notion of the split subject, and believes that language mediates reality. Tournier tells of the anecdote of the Lacanian split subject whose experience alternate among the registers of the Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real. Therefore, anti-realism is Tournier's style of representation. It adapts figurative language as a variety of the signifier to demonstrate that language is an independent entity that constructs subjectivity, reality, and the text. To advocate humanism, and tolerance Tournier utilizes Lacanian insights of the split subject, the uncertainty of knowledge, and meaning.
Faith and Action
Authors: Du James Xianxing
Published: June 2020

In this testimony, basic logic and definitive evidence are presented for faith and action, the fundamental claim in James 1-2 and additional biblical letters, as a necessary requirement for eternal life through Christ.
Lärares digitala kompetens före, under och efter covid-19
Authors: Stenliden Linnea , Bylund Anna Martín , Landkvist Lena , Lind Linda Ekström , Lundberg Susanna Kellgren , Stenmark Hannes , Wilhelmsson Cornelia
Published: June 2020

This study chrono-logically investigates teachers’ professional knowledge in relation to the digitally ‘boosted’ educational landscape caused by the COVID-19-pandemic. The aim is to describe how teachers employ their competences under extreme digitized circumstances compared to ordinary, to a greater extent analogically organized schooling. The study is inspired by action research where five secondary and upper secondary teachers document their work between March 19 and April 2020. A contrastive analysis highlights qualitative aspects of teachers’ (digital) competence when teaching is affected by digital “interferences” in its corporeal and material framing, a dissolved spatiality and “truncated” senses/sensuousness. Employing different dimensions of knowledge in terms of intellectus and ratio, the study argues that subjective, emotional and relational processes of teachers’ digital competence need to be prioritized in contrast to the easily measurable aspects that tend to overrun the discussions about educational digitalization and its knowledge in society.
Blyden’s Philosophy and Its Impact on West African Intellectuals: Case of J.E. Casely Hayford of the Gold Coast (Ghana)
Authors: Bouchemal Ahmed , Senouci Faiza Meberbeche
Published: June 2020

This study examines the impact of Blyden’s philosophy on J.E. Casely Hayford of the Gold Coast (Ghana). It exposes Blyden’s ideas, a philosophy on Africans physical and intellectual emancipation, and points out the similarities in the thought of both men. Blyden toured different parts of West Africa and spoke with great intensity about the African problem and ways of its remedy. His ideas had a lot of influence at the time and precipitated the emergence of nationalist messiah who undertook a mission to redefine the African universe. This study examines the ideas and intellect of J.E.Casely Hayford and revealed that his thoughts were a potency of Edward Wilmot Blyden’s philosophy. An examination of his ideas reveals how Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford took an uncompromising stand against the derogatory and the glaring abuses of European colonialism. He shaped cultural nationalism that disdained the apparent repulsive and despotic colonial hegemony and fashioned a new outlook for fellow Africans to stand up as humans. This article concludes that Hayford, drawing on Blyden’s philosophy, succeeded in fashioning a culture of protest against all forms of black degradation and thus presented a continuity in black political thought that remained up to present.
Persona in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day
Authors: GHARIRI Assil
Published: June 2020

This article studies the archetype of the persona in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, The Remains of the Day (1989). It deals with the journey that the protagonist Mr. Stevens takes through the unconscious in search of his real self, in which his true persona is revealed. The article mentions, also, the archetype of shadow, which is considered, in most cases, inseparable from the persona archetype. In this novel, the shadow helps the reader realize the true self of Mr. Stevens that has been covered for years by his misleading persona. The article clarifies to what extinct the absence of a real self leads to distorted archetypes. The article uses Carl Jung’s theory of individuation, concentrating mainly on the idea of archetypes. Thanks to memory, a real sense of self, and thus persona is discovered. The persona, in this article, is discussed as one of the astonishing abilities of the unconscious that enables people to hide a lot about their real selves behind it, reminding the reader, therefore, not to be cheated by the appearances.
Resurrecting ‘Metaphor’ inside the EFL Poetry Classroom: a Nudge towards an Integrated-Model
Authors: Bouali Amina
Published: June 2020

‘Metaphor’ captures the zeitgeist of the 21st Century for reaching a climactic scene on the stage of cognitive linguistics, literary studies, and Second Language (L2) teaching. Important though, in Algerian English as Foreign Language (EFL) literature classrooms, metaphor plays a peripheral role in education, as it scarcely appears either as part and parcel device in literature analysis or as a means for strengthening the understanding of poetry. However, even in those literary spaces where it visibly manifests itself, learning the metaphoric language does not touch a chord with the learners. The persistent issue is that many Algerian instructors are still employing threadbare, transmissive modes of instruction that fail deceptively to reach satisfying scholarly ends. In this sense, the fulcrum aim of this study is to explore the effectiveness of re-positing metaphor inside the poetry curriculum. Correspondingly, it proposes the integrated-model as a state-of-art teaching framework. The primary question that this study seeks to answer is whether teaching poetry via an integrated approach may act as a stimulus for enhancing students’ Metaphoric Competence (MC). The secondary subsidiary endeavour is to diagnose the different intricacies that the learners confront along that process. Guided by these incentives, the researcher has carried an empirical study (pre/posttest) with forty-first year EFL Algerian students from Tlemcen University using four poems as evaluative materials. To analyze the effectiveness of the experiment using SPSS, the inquirer has opted for the Paired-Samples t-Test to check whether the paradigm shift in the same group of participants’ grades is statistically significant or not. Substantially, this study reveals that the implementation of an integrated framework to instruct poetry provides a springboard for remarkable betterments in the area of MC. This progress is evidenced by its ability to revitalize the learners’ cognitive potentials to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate conceptual metaphors embedded in poetry. In an unfavourable note, this study has also dropped the veil on some language difficulties that the students face in the course of metaphor analysis, that stem mainly from the low exposure to the target language (TL), and the poor engagement with the different literary modes of expression. Finally, for the hope of honing (MC) inside the Algerian EFL classes, it is fervently recommended that the teachers assist their learners actively in well-defined figurative-oriented assignments that focus on raising the awareness of the L2 conceptual mapping. Technological aids are also a solicited constructive teaching material that may make poetry draw a new breath of life inside the classroom and beyond.
Bakhtin’s Dialogism as a Discursive Means of Resistance against Manipulated Gendered Spaces in Margaret Atwood’s TheHandmaid’sTale (1985) and Oryx and Crake (2003)
Authors: Afaf SELT Djihad , BERRAHAL Kaid fatiha
Published: June 2020

At the peak of the spatial turn, space and gender have become critical notions that have a direct influence on the social construction of nations. In this vein, Lefebvre identifies space as a physical entity that has a mental representation. He affirms that the physical space is the outcome of a set of values and experiences that reproduce society. Nevertheless, the mental space results from the power relations embedded within the physical one. The manipulation of these spaces produces a gendered one in which women are considered inferiors. This paper investigates the interplay between gender and space production along with the power relations they entail. It examines how this manipulation stimulates resistance precisely through discourse in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid Tale (1985) and Oryx and Crake (2003). The research is carried out on Bakhtin’s concept of dialogism as a theoretical frame, relying on a combination of analytical as well as descriptive methods. This article concludes that gendered spaces are being manipulated by religious doctrines as well as corrupt political structures that aim to relegate females to marginal spaces in favor of their male counterparts.
Rumah Moderasi Beragama: Perspektif Lintas Keilmuan
Authors: Suheil  , Syafar Djunawir , Sidik Firman , Panigoro M. Rifian , Perdana Dian Adi , Nusi Arfan , Talango Sitti Rahmawati , Yusuf Habibie , Saputra Abdur Rahman Adi , Nabu Andiani Rezkita , Kadir Rifadli D.
Published: June 2020

Tema Rumah Moderasi Beragama: Perspektif Lintas Keilmuan, merupakan titik pijak dari diskusi buku ini,dengan mempertimbangkan pentingnya gagasan moderasi beragama di tengah-tengah berbagai serbuan paham, maupun gerakan sosialkeagamaan yang terus menguji nilai-nilai ke-Indonesiaan kita sebagai masyarakat yang majemuk.
Prevalencia de dinapenia (disminución de la fuerza), sarcopenia y posibles biomarcadores en rehabilitación cardíaca
Authors: Medina Victoria Daniel Alexander , Laverde Lina Alexandra , Alviz Conde Luz Karime , Galvis Juan Carlos
Published: June 2020

Introducción: la relación entre dinapenia y sarcopenia da como resultado un aumento adicional en el riesgo de morbimortalidad en la población general, con un incremento progresivo de acuerdo con la edad. A partir de los 30 años debido a la disminución de la masa muscular y de la fuerza, se afecta la capacidad de ejercicio, la calidad de vida y el estado de ánimo. Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de dinapenia y sarcopenia en los pacientes en rehabilitación cardíaca de un hospital colombiano, con mediciones de la fuerza y de los marcadores bioquímicos. Métodos: estudio de corte transversal en mayores de 40 años en rehabilitación cardíaca con controles al menos una vez por semana. La medición de la fuerza se realizó con dinamómetro de mano, la masa muscular con impedanciómetro bipolar y velocidad de la marcha con la prueba de caminata de 6 metros. Se tomaron mediciones de hormona de crecimiento (GH), testosterona libre, somatomedina IGF-1 y cortisol. Resultados: la disminución de la fuerza muscular fue prevalente en hombres (n=15, 19.4%; mujeres n=5, 10%). La prevalencia de dinapenia fue 15,7% y sarcopenia 0%. Los resultados obtenidos fueron GH 0.27 (0.08-1.18), testosterona 5.9 (0.3-8.5), IGF-1 126 (95.5-169) cortisol 13.9 (11.2-18.4). Las patologías más frecuentes de los pacientes del programa fueron infarto del miocardio, angioplastia e implantación de stent. Conclusiones: la prevalencia de dinapenia fue 15.7%. No se encontró diferencia alguna de los marcadores bioquímicos en los pacientes con y sin dinapenia.
"Pszczoły" Leopolda Staffa i Bolesława Leśmiana. Paralele i dysonanse
Authors: Borek Bartłomiej
Published: June 2020

The text presents an interpretation of poetical pieces by Bolesław Leśmian and Leopold Staff with the same title: Pszczoły (“The Bees”). What constitutes the departure point for the said analyses is a prolific metaphor theme that has been present in interpretative discourse since Antiquity, namely that of the “bee-poet”, but also identifying those insects with the Death, the mystery of existence, and with the being, all of which facilitates the reading of these two forgotten poems of Polish modernism in terms of the sacred (sacrum) and existence as well as the identity of beings (the latter category is referred to in interpretation via the ship of Theseus paradox).
Book Review: The Internet Myth: From The Internet Imaginary to Network Ideologies by Paolo Bory
Authors: Ranger Jamie
Published: June 2020

Jamie Ranger reviews Paolo Bory’s The Internet Myth: From The Internet Imaginary to Network Ideologies. Bory contends that there is a dominant narrative within Internet studies that networks, by virtue of their being networks, are the main agents of social, economic and political change. He argues that this myth is embedded in the foundational imaginaries that were constructed around the Internet in the 1990s and that such an understanding forecloses and provincializes human-centred collective action towards alternative possibilities.
The Star Gate Archives : Reports of the United States Government Sponsored Psi Program, 1972–1995. Volume 3: Psychokinesis compiled and edited by Edwin C. May and Sonali Bhatt Marwaha
Authors: Mörck Nemo C.
Published: June 2020

The remote viewing research conducted at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and later at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was covered in The Star Gate Archives Volumes 1 and 2, both reviewed in this journal (see Mörck, 2018, 2019). Less well-known is the fact that much psychokinesis (PK) research was also carried out. This research “ . . . was never intended to be an academic exercise typical of most laboratories. Rather, the only interest was to determine the degree to which PK might be used as part of a defensive or even offensive weapon system” (p. 12). This sounds dramatic. To U.S. intelligence agencies, a proper threat assessment was deemed necessary due to research conducted in the Soviet Union. The research in America, at SRI, was initially directed by Harold Puthoff from 1972 on, and later, for about ten years, by one of the volume’s editors, Edwin May. In addition to research reports and reviews, Volume 3, like its predecessor volumes, includes nine appendixes, a list of abbreviations, an extensive glossary, an author index, and a subject index. The papers are arranged chronologically, but it is not necessarily a good idea to read them in that order.
Cop-Killers, Emotion, and Capital Punishment in Moncton, New Brunswick: The Ambrose and Hutchison Case, 1974–5
Authors: Bell Amy Helen
Published: June 2020

On 13 December 1974, Moncton policemen Corporal Aurèle Bourgeois and Constable Michael O’Leary were kidnapped and murdered, evoking an intense public response of grief and anger against the perpetrators. The funeral for the murdered men and the trial and conviction of Richard Ambrose and James Hutchison for the crime offers an example of how emotions evoked by sensational murders played an important role in the Canadian criminal justice system and debates on capital punishment. Examining the reactions of the police, political figures, and the media, as well as how sympathy was managed at the trial, demonstrates how certain laws aimed to regulate the emotions related to violent crime: accepting expressions of compassion and sadness, but not anger and vengeance. The murders also coincided with a majority federal Liberal government committed to changing the laws surrounding capital punishment. Even though the perpetrators elicited little public sympathy, their case was used as both an opportunity to champion hope and forgiveness in the cause of abolition and an example for retentionist calls for retribution and punishment. This article examines how the grief and anger of one community illustrated the criminal laws designed to regulate emotions in court and outside of it and intersected with the contemporary debates on abolition, highlighting the importance of the grief and anger of policemen and police associations in capital cases and in the debates over the death penalty.
Peningkatan Kemampuan Menulis Paragraf Deduktif dan Induktif dengan Menggunakan Model Picture and Picture di Kelas X Program IPS SMA Negeri 1 Kepahiang
Authors: Fatmah Damairul , Suhartono Suhartono , Gumono Gumono
Published: June 2020

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui peningkatan kemampuan menulis paragraf deduktif dan paragraf induktif siswa kelas X IPS 4 SMA Negeri 1 Kepahiang tahun pelajaran 2018/2019 dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran tipe picture and picture. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Setiap siklus terdiri dari empat langkah yaitu: perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi, dan refleksi. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik tes, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data dengan cara menganalisis data tes, menganalisis data observasi guru dan siswa, menganalisis dokumentasi pembelajaran, serta uji hipotesis tindakan. Uji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi sumber data. Penerapan model pembelajaran tipe picture and picture mampu meningkatkan pemahaman dan motivasi siswa dalam melakukan langkah-langkah menulis paragraf sehingga siswa mampu menulis paragraf deduktif dan paragraf induktif. Peningkatan nilai rata-rata kemampuan menulis paragraf deduktif dan induktif sebesar 10,91 poin dari siklus 1 ke siklus 2, yaitu nilai rata-rata pada siklus 1 sebesar 66.12 meningkat menjadi 77.03 pada siklus 2. Untuk itu, model pembelajaran tipe picture and picture dapat digunakan oleh guru bahasa Indonesia dalam memberikan motivasi dan pemahaman kepada siswa dalam mengembangkan kemampuan menulis paragraf.
German Hegemony? The Federal Republic of Germany in Post Cold War European Affairs
Authors: Wood Luke B.
Published: June 2020

Germany’s increased power capabilities in foreign affairs since reunification have prompted scholars to argue that the country should be viewed as a regional hegemonic power, exercising significant influence not only over smaller countries in Eastern and Southern Europe, but also over the institutions of the European Union. After providing a critical assessment of the literature on hegemony in Europe, this article outlines three main trends in the scholarship on German power in European affairs. First, scholars tend to exaggerate Berlin’s power capabilities relative to other major European states such as France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Research shows that Europe is best understood as a multipolar regional order, not a hegemonic system dominated by one powerful state. Second, German leadership in Europe is contested and often delegitimized. Since 1949, German political elites have not been able to exercise influence in Europe without the support of other European states. This remains true even after the collapse of the Franco-German “tandem” in the wake of the European debt crisis. Third, scholars fail to adequately address how American power in the North Atlantic impacts regional polarity. Since reunification, the role of the United States in Europe has only increased and American influence over Eastern Europe, in particular, surpasses that of other European powers, including Germany.
Modeling of Enterprise Potential for Development of Management Strategies
Authors: Kosteniuk Iu. B.
Published: June 2020

The conducted research is concerned with the evaluation of various elements of the potential and the determination of their influence on the competitive behavior of the enterprise.
Using the graphical method "Polygon of potential" the efficiency of various elements of the enterprise potential is determined. The performed modeling makes it possible to systematically establish quantitative and qualitative links between individual elements of the potential, the level of its development and competitiveness and on that basis to justify and timely implement strategies for managing the enterprise potential. In practice, it is difficult to use a spherical form to evaluate the potential of the enterprise. The purpose of the analysis is to simplify the graphical model to the form of a square according to the number of directions diagnostics of potential capabilities for the enterprise.
Diagnosis of the enterprise potential was performed by the method of comparative complex rating estimation with the help of the system of indicators for the following functional blocks: production potential; financial potential; staff potential; innovative potential. The calculation of the final rating is based on the method of points used to analyze each indicator of these functional blocks.
Models based on data over three years have a different square shape. Modeling has helped to identify the disharmony of vectors that describe financial and innovation potential. This potential requires immediate transformation, which will help to improve the balance of the elements of the potential.
The results of the study are the proposed strategies for managing the potential of the enterprise: a strategy for improving staff capacity; strategy for improving innovation potential; a strategy for improving financial capacity. In addition, the company needs to pay special attention to the development of innovative potential, which substantiates the success of the company and the high efficiency of innovative business processes.
Income Taxation in U.S.: Current Trends
Authors: Frolovа N. B.
Published: June 2020

Essential components of D. Trump’s tax reform and its impact on the income distribution and economic growth in U.S. are investigated. The analysis covers innovations in the system of income taxation of citizens (tax rate on income of physical persons, change in the composition of itemized and standard deductions from the taxable income, the alternative minimum income tax, limitations on the inheritance tax, and change in the mode of taxation of pass-through income).
The essence of the trickle-down economic theory is explicated, with emphasizing its central role in tax policy development in the USA, which caused occurrence of common features specific to tax reforms over the last 40 years. The considerable attention is paid in this context to the experience of tax reform introduced by R. Reagan (1986); its comparative analysis with the tax reform of D. Trump shows that with respect to income taxation both are intended to provide incentives to business and reduce tax burden on the high income population strata. However, assessment of Reagan’s tax reform consequences shows that concentration of capital at the hands of businesses and high income population strata not only failed to increase employment and income, but aggravated the social and economic problems in the country, caused by revenue reduction in the American budget, the growing public debt and the enhanced social inequality in the American society. This gave experts grounds to expect an occurrence of the analogous scenario in the result of D. Trump’s tax reform. The article gives a series of short-term and medium-term projected estimates of international experts for budget losses and change in the structure of the population (household) income in US.
Innovations in the system of income taxation of U.S. citizens are investigated by the results of analysis of legal norms concerning changes in the scale of tax rates and in the system of deductions from the taxable income. A number of critical comments are given about the income tax policy, based on summing up strong and weak points of the trickle-down economic theory. The most essential of them is that the policy granting more beneficial tax preferences to the well-off population strata, with their negative effects for the vertical justice of the tax burden distribution, contradicts to the ability-to-pay tax principle. Recommendations on potential testing of selected innovations on line of the taxation reform in Ukraine are given using results of the analysis.
Early Relapse After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma is Still Prognostic in The Era of Novel Agents
Authors: Başcı Semih , Yiğenoğlu Tuğçe Nur , Uncu Ulu Bahar , Bakırtaş Mehmet , Şahin Derya , Darçın Tahir , Yıldız Jale , Merdin Alparslan , Baysal Nuran Ahu , İskender Dicle , Kızıl Çakar Merih , Dal Mehmet Sinan , Hacıbekiroğlu Tuba , Altuntaş Fevzi
Published: June 2020

Significant improvements in the prognosis of Multiple Myeloma(MM) have recently observed in the era of novel agents. Induction treatment, including new agents followed by conditioning regimen and upfront autologous stem cell transplantation(ASCT), has been accepted as the standard treatment approach for newly diagnosed eligible MM patients. Despite novel agents, upfront ASCT is still superior to conventional chemotherapy alone. Previous studies revealed that the duration between ASCT and relapse had predicted overall survival(OS), and meantime, it was widely used to determine the potential benefit from a second ASCT. However, the majority of the data collected reflects the treatment modalities before novel agents. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of post-transplantation early relapse(ER) on survival in the era of novel agents. The results of 155 MM patients that underwent ASCT at our center between January 2010 and May 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. The median follow-up duration was 20 months in the ER group, 27 months in the non-ER group, and 24 months in all patients. 33.3% of patients in the ER group and 71.4% of patients in the non-ER group were alive at the time of analysis. Median OS was 20.77±3.66 months in the ER group and 40.89±4.21 months in the non-ER group. We found a statistically significant relationship between the ER and the poor OS (p:<0.001). Our study reveals that in the era of novel agents, ER still related to poor survival. Therefore, comprehensive studies needed to develop new strategies for early relapsed patients.
Analisis Pembentukan Portofolio Optimal dengan Menggunakan Model Indeks Tunggal (Studi pada Saham LQ45 Periode 2014-2016)
Authors: Pratama Wiyuda Hadi , Akbar Taufik
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this study is to find out the optimal portfolio stocks formed through the Single Index Model. The research method used in this study is a descriptive research method with a quantitative approach. While the sampling technique uses a purpose sampling technique, with the criteria of stocks entering LQ45 during 2014-2016 respectively. The population contained in this study were 58 shares, and 33 samples were taken. The results of the analysis show that the stocks included in the optimal portfolio category are only 8 shares with the proportion of funds being WSKT 33.18%, PTPP 22.74%, AKRA 7.51%, GGRM 9.57%, TLKM 19.63%, UNVR 4, 65%, PWON 2.42%, and ADRO 0.31%. Based on the optimal stock calculation formed, the portfolio expected return is 0.0364 and portfolio risk is 0.0010.
Pengaruh Kebijakan Hutang (Debt) dan Return On Asset (ROA) terhadap Kebijakan Dividen (Studi pada Perusahaan Consumer Goods Periode 2015-2017)
Authors: Muttaqien Zaenul
Published: June 2020

This research was conducted to examine the effect of Debt Policy (DEBT) and Return On Assetss (ROA) variables on Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) in Consumer Goods.The sampling technique used was purposive sampling method with the criteria (1). listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2015-2017 research period; (2). Distributing cash dividends for three consecutive years during the 2015-2017 research period; (3). Have complete financial report data on Debt Policy (DAR) and Return On Assetss (ROA) during the study period, namely in the years 2015-2017. A sample of 14 companies from 40 companies was obtained. The analysis technique used is a multiple linear regression model with hypothesis testing that is F test to determine the effect simultaneously and t test to determine the effect partially with a significance level of 5%.
Manajemen Kegiatan Kerja Warga Binaan Pemasyarakatan dan Tahanan di Rumah Tahanan Kelas I Cipinang
Authors: Prasetiyo Arditiya Bayu
Published: June 2020

In 2020 the Penitentiary issued a resolution that included 15 points. One of the points is to improve the quality and capacity of prisoners to be better than before. For this reason, special strategies and management are needed to achieve these targets. Self-help development or work activities carried out in the Correctional Technical Executing Unit at this time are not only focused on fostering which is oriented towards the provision of prison-assisted residents after leaving prison. The coaching or work activities are also oriented to the creation of non-tax state revenue for the correctional technical implementation unit. Cipinang Class I State Residential Houses have approximately 4000 prisoners and prisoners with the capacitance of only 1136. How to manage people with that amount with limited land. In this article using qualitative methods using primary and secondary data to determine the management of the activities carried out. Cipinang Class I State Detention House was chosen as the place to research this article. The activities in the detention center have been going well and produce good output for the residents of the detention center and the organization itself
Tantangan UMKM dalam Menghadapi Revolusi Industri 4.0 Ditinjau dari Aspek Marketing dan Accounting
Authors: Fauziyah Fauziyah
Published: June 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi UMKM di wilayah Kediri dengan adanya Revolusi Industri 4.0.  Permasalahan UMKM yang begitu kompleks akan berdampak pada perkembangan dan keberlanjutan usaha di era revolusi 4.0, sehingga mau tidak mau UMKM harus melek terhadap Teknologi Informasi yang akan merubah pola kerja dan pola pikir.  Penelitian difokuskan pada aspek Marketing dan Accounting, dari hasil survey diketahui bahwa sebagian besar UMKM di Kediri belum bisa dan belum mampu membuat laporan keuangan dengan benar dan permasalahan marketing yang masih lemah dimiliki oleh UMKM.  Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus dimana peneliti mengetahui secara langsung kondisi UMKM dengan cara observasi, pengamatan dan wawancara.   Disamping itu peneliti menggunakan metode penerapan dengan membuat desain model sistem pemasaran e-commerce dan sistem laporan keuangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa UMKM di wilayah kediri belum seluruhnya siap dengan adanya perubahan di era revolusi 4.0.  utamanya dari aspek marketing dan accounting
Kewirausahaan Sosial: Studi Kasus PT Kampung Kearifan Indonesia (Javara Indigenious) dan Remaja Mandiri Community (RMC)
Authors: Naru Maria Dafrosa
Published: June 2020

Kewirausahaan Sosial: Studi Kasus PT. Kampung Kearifan Indonesia Dan Remaja Mandiri Community

 

Maria Dafrosa Naru.1, Aluisius Hery Pratono.2

Fakultas Bisnis dan Ekonomika, Universitas Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

faninaru91@gmail.com1, hpratono@yahoo.com2

 

 

Abstract

This article seeks to understand the principle of social enterprises by exploring the two case studies in Indonesia. This study adopts qualitative approach by exploring two organizations, which aim to promote sustainable farming industry. The findings address four research questions, including how the social enterprises set their social mission, how they develop product innovation, how the governance practices within their organization, and how they promote fair trade. This article extends the discussion for the emerging concept of social enterprise by highlighting the social mission and social innovation.

 

Keywords: Social entrepreneurship, social mission, product innovation, governance, fair business.
CLINICO PATHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF GASTRIC CANCER IN BIHAR REGION
Authors: Singh Tanwi , Singh Sanjeet Kr
Published: June 2020

Gastric cancer has been one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality over the past century. Today it is the 4th most common cancer in the world. Surgery remains the only major curative option. Majority of these cancers are found to be unresectable on laparotomy. Most gastric cancer patients are diagnosed with advanced disease with the development of distant metastases hence assessment of prognostic markers in these patients should be done. Hence based on above condition the present study was planned for Clinico Pathological Assessment of Gastric Cancer in Bihar Region.

The present study was planned in Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Patna, Bihar, India. The present study was planned from duration of June 2018 to December 2018. In the present study 50 cases of adenocarcinoma of stomach were enrolled and evaluated. The patients were diagnosed on clinical, radiological, endoscopic examination with confirmation by histopathological examination of either endoscopic biopsy or the resected specimen. The resected gastrectomy specimens were examined grossly and tumour location, tumour dimensions, extent of tumour invasion, metastasis to lymph nodes, number of lymph nodes involved, abnormality in surrounding mucosa were recorded.

Gastric cancer is second most common cancer in male and fifth most common amongst females in East and Central Asia. The incidence of gastric cancer is twice as much in men as in women. Majority of cases had history of tobacco consumption, which clearly indicates the role of tobacco in causation of stomach cancer. Weak relation was seen in alcohol consumption. Screening of asymptomatic people in a high risk area may be useful in early detection of disease. Efforts to detect cancer early in developing countries would go a long way in reducing the disease burden and improving the outcome.

Keywords: Gastric cancer, Mucinous adenocarcinoma, Tobacco, Metastasis, etc.
A CLINICAL INVESTIGATION TO ANALYZE THE INDICATIONS FOR PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
Authors: Kumari Archana , Sinha Sony
Published: June 2020

Aim: to analyze the indications for Penetrating keratoplasty

Materials and Method: The present retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India for the period of one year. The gender, age, laterality and indication for surgery were noted from the records, and analyzed using SPSS version 20.

Results: Mean age was 54.12 years and majority of them were male. Right eyes were operated more i.e. 32 (65.3%) followed by left eyes. 18 (36.7%) belonged to Finger count close to face followed by 13 (26.5%) PLPR.

Conclusion: the present study concluded that commonest indication for PKP was corneal opacity.

Keywords: Keratoplasty, Corneal opacity, Indications
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ASSESSMENT OF ROLE OF TRANEXAMIC ACID IN CONTROLLING BLOOD LOSS IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERIES: A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL.
Authors: Kumar Deepak , Kumar Santosh
Published: June 2020

Aim: to study the role of Tranexamic Acid in Controlling Blood Loss In orthopaedic surgeries.

Material & Methods: 50 patients were included in the study during the study period. Patients were randomly allotted to 2 groups of equal participants. The first group (Group A) received Tranexamic Acid. The second group (Group B) was given Normal saline as placebo. The Total Blood Loss ( intra operative + post operative ) and Fall in Haemoglobin levels were measured post-operatively at 24 and 72 hrs of post-operative period.

Result: The group A had showed significantly reduced total blood loss and fall in Haemoglobin, thus, requiring fewer blood transfusions. No complications were observed.

Conclusions: the present investigation concluded that Tranexamic acid can be effective in reducing blood loss and subsequent fall in haemoglobin.

Keywords: Tranexamic acid, Bleeding, Major Orthopaedic surgeries.
ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL PROFILE OF RETINAL VASCULITIS IN IGIMS, PATNA, BIHAR
Authors: . Poonam , Sinha Bibhuti Prassan
Published: June 2020

Retinal vasculitis (RV) is an intraocular inflammation that predominantly affects retinal vessels of either arterial and/or venous system and can be associated with numerous infectious and non-infectious disorders though many cases remain idiopathic. Inflammation of the retinal vasculature may occur as an isolated intraocular disorder or in association with various systemic diseases. The list of associated systemic diseases is extensive and includes various systemic disorders such as Behcet's disease, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, systemic autoimmune disease as well as infectious diseases including herpetic viral infection, toxoplasmosis, and syphilis. Hence based on above findings the present study was planned for Assessment of Clinical Profile of Retinal Vasculitis in IGIMS, Patna, Bihar.

The present study was planned in Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India. The 50 cases of the retinal vasculitis were enrolled and evaluated in the present study. Patients were diagnosed with RV if the intraocular inflammation was located mainly in the retinal vasculature. Ocular findings included perivascular sheathing and inflammation located along the vessels associated with cotton wool spots, retinal exudates, retinal hemorrhages, ischemia or neovascularization.

The data generated from the present study concludes that the diagnosed cases of the primary retinal vasculitis shows no systemic disease association or infectious etiology could be ascertained after detailed history, clinical examination and tailored laboratory work-up. The finding that retinal vasculitis cases were primary in nature may lead to an approach where laboratory investigations are advised sparingly, based mainly on previous systemic history and clinical judgment.

Keywords: Clinical Profile, Retinal Vasculitis, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, etc.
CHEMOTHERAPY AND HORMONE THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER AND COMPLICATIONS
Authors: Devi Seema , Sharma Yogesh Kumar
Published: June 2020

Breast cancer is second leading cause of death in women. Treatment modalities for breast cancer optimized according to stage at which the cancer is diagnosed. Chemotherapy, hormone therapy   and targeted therapies are used for the treatment of advanced stages of disease. The aim of therapy different like to enhancing the curative rate in adjuvant therapy, reduce symptoms or  improve quality of life in metastatic diseases, reduce the chances of the cancer coming Back. The complications of therapy including mental function; cardiovascular functions; neuromusculoskeletal and movement related functions and structures functions of hematological immunological and respiratory system etc. The benefits of chemotherapy are limited and relative compared to the risk factors. Chemotherapeutic agents use in treatment of breast cancer such as taxanes (docetaxel and paclitaxel), tamoxifen , vincristine, cyclophosphamide, trastuzumab etc.

Keyword: breast cancer, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy, adjuvant therapy.
REAMED INTRAMEDULLARY EXCHANGE NAILING FOR ASEPTIC NON- UNION OF ISTHMUS & ENHANCED DISTAL FIXATION EXCHANGE NAILING FOR NON- UNION OF DISTAL THIRD SHAFT FEMUR FRACTURES.
Authors: Kulkarni Govind S. , Bajwa Supreet N. , Vakil Siddharth S , Garg Deepak , Shelke Umesh S , Parikh Yash S
Published: June 2020

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of exchange nailing in isthmus and exchange nailing with poller screw fixation & multiplanar interlocking screws for Distal Third shaft femur aseptic non union. The evaluation was addressed by measuring the clinical, functional and radiological outcome of our treatment methods in both non union groups.

Design: Retrospective study.

Methods: Between 2006 to 2014, 55 patients with Non Union of shaft femur were operated using a standardised protocol at our institute and followed up for functional and radiological outcome.

5 patients were lost to follow up and thus were excluded from this study. Out of 50 patients, 29 were cases of Isthmus Non union and remaining 21 were cases of Distal Third Non union. Our approach in Isthmus group was closed Exchange nailing with 2mm larger nail with medullary reaming. Some needed isthmus when radiological signs of healing were delayed.

In Distal Third group, poller screws were used in conjugation with reamed exchange nailing with a 2mm larger diameter nail and interlocking screws in different planes. Out of the 50 patients, 48 were men and 2 women. Their mean post surgical procedure period at presentation of non union was 11.60 months.

Results: Out of a total 55, 5 were lost to follow up- all from isthmus group. In isthmus group, healing was observed in 25 out of 29 patients with union achieved in a mean of 7.60 months. Delayed union was seen in 3 patients and addressed with dynamisation of distal screws leading to union in all cases in a mean of 13 months without further intervention.1 patient had superficial infection which resolved with debridement at 4 months. 1 patient required additional bone grafting for persistent non union and healed at 18 months. Non union was encountered in 3 patients who refused further treatment and accepted functional limitations. Harris Hip Score for this group was 87.40. In Distal Third group, all 21 patients achieved union in a mean time of 10.30 months. No patients required further revisions however 4 patients had superficial infection which was treated with antibiotics and debridement. No further complications were encountered in this group of patients and bony union was uneventful otherwise. Harris Hip Score of this group was 92.40.

Conclusion: Using exchange nailing for isthmus and poller screw augmentation for Distal Third Shaft Femur Non union yields excellent clinical, functional and radiological outcome. Exchange nailing with or without poller screw augmentation is a less invasive method to treat aseptic non union of shaft femur fractures without additional complications.

Keywords: Nonunion, exchange nailing, poller screw, femoral non union, aseptic non union.
COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY FINDINGS IN KIDNEY ALLOGRAFTS BEFORE AND AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
Authors: Mathur Suraj , Rajan P. , K Dr. Jaya Kumar E.
Published: June 2020

Method: A sample size of 40 kidney allograft recipients undergoing color Doppler Ultrasonography evaluation included in the study.

Result: Corticomeduallry differentiation of kidney allografts within 24 hours post transplant period: There was no significant difference between CMD of kidney allorgrafts with complication and kidney allografts without any complication within 24 hour because the standard deviations of both groups were 0. Corticomeduallry differentiation in all kidney allografts, all were shows maintained corticomedullary differentiation.

Conclusion: This study is aimed to assessing the role of CDUS in kidney allograft recipients to evaluate the graft perfusion immediate after anastamosis, within 24 hours and follow up period after engraftment of kidney allograft. Analyse the Color Doppler Ultrasound (CDUS) indices changes in parenchymal, and vascular cause of allograft dysfunction at follow up periods, to evaluate the uroloical, surgical and vascular complications in kidney recipients by using gray scale and color Doppler US at follow up periods and compare the results with biochemical parameter (serum creatinine).

Immediate Doppler ultrasound is highly useful in the diagnosis of primary graft dysfunction and in follow-up of the transplanted patient.

Keywords: Graft Perfusion, Anastamosis, Color, Doppler, Ultrasound