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Vitamin-herbal flour from Rhaponticum carthamoides in the diets of dairy cows
Authors: Morozkov Nikolay A. , Terentyeva Lyudmila S. , Sukhanova Elena V. , Voloshin Vladimir A.
Published: August 2021

Studies were conducted at the dairy complex of «Rus Ltd» (Perm Region). The effect of the use of vitamin-herb flour (VHF) fromRhaponticum carthamoidesgreen mass in the feeding of holstinized black-and-white dairy cows was studied during the period of 12 days before calving and the first 30 days of lactation. The experiment was carried out according to the generally accepted method with the selection of analog pairs. The cows of the control group received a feeding ration consisting of feeds available at the dairy complex. For cows of the experimental groups, the composition of the concentrate part of the diet included VHF from leucea safflower in doses: the first group -4 % (0.4 kg of VHF per head per day), the second group – 10 % (1.0 kg of VHF per head per day). The experimental data of the experiment showed that VHF from leuzea as part of the concentrate part of the diet had a positive effect on the milk productivity of cows during the first 30 days of lactation, as well as on the bioconversion coefficients of protein and energy in the dairy products of cows. During the accounting period of the scientific and economic experiment (the first 30 days of lactation) from cows of the first and second experimental groups there has been obtained milk with natural fat content higher by 55.80±4.90 kg (8.04 %) (p<0.05) and by 99.20±5.80 kg (14.29 %) (p<0.05), respectively, compared to the control group. The gross yield of milk fat and protein for the reference period in cows of the first and second experimental groups was higher by 2.50±0.04 kg and 4.28±0.07 kg, by 2.54±0.16 kg and by 4.01±0.18 kg, respectively, compared with the control group. The cows of the first and second experimental groups had higher coefficients of protein bioconversion into dairy products by 2.98 % abs (p<0.05) and 3.97 % abs, respectively, compared to the control. The energy consumption for milk synthesis in the control group cows was reduced by 163.62 MJ and 349.18 MJ (p<0.05), respectively, in comparison with the cows of the first and second experimental groups, due to their lower consumption of the amount of feed mixture during the accounting period. The cows of the first and second experimental groups also had higher bioconversion coefficients of energy into milk by 2.14 % abs. and by 3.71 % abs. (p<0.05), respectively, compared to the cows of the control group. The cows of the experimental groups turned out to be more responsive to changes in the feeding diet and showed higher results according all the studied parameters.
Reproductive qualities of dairy cows at different levels of milk yield
Authors: Titova Svetlana V.
Published: August 2021

The article presents the results of the analysis of the reproductive ability of cows depending on the level of their milk productivity. The studies were conducted in the Republic of Mari El on cows of the Holstein black-and-white breed (n = 3828). There have been studied the influence of different levels of milk yield on the duration of the service period and period between calvings, the output of calves per 100 cows, the coefficient of reproductive ability. The studies used the comparison method, correlation, regression and one-factor analysis of variance. It has been established that the milk yield increases with the age of cows, but at the same time the duration of the service period and calving interval increases. In first-calf cows, the service period was 128.8 days (Cv = 75.1 %), the calving interval was 403.6 days (Cv = 23.5 %). By the third lactation, with an increase in milk yield by 1030 kg (15.4 %), the duration of the service period increased by 7.2 days (5.6 %), the calving interval  -by 12.3 days (3.0 %). The share of the impact (ƞ2x) of milk yield on the duration of the service period was 5.4 %, the calving interval -4.7 %. The correlation coefficients between milk yield for 305 days of the first lactation and the duration of the service period and calving interval were 0.24 and 0.22 (p<0.05), with milk yield for the entire lactation 0.81 (p<0.05). The optimal indicators of the service period (89.4 days), the calving interval (369.4 days), the reproductive capacity (0.94) and the output of calves (1.0) were possessed by the first heifers with low milk productivity-milk yield less than 5000 kg of milk. In animals with the milk yield of 6000-9000 kg of milk or more, the duration of the service period was 12.4-249.6 % higher, the calving interval -by 1.9-32.5 % (p<0.05). According to the regression coefficients, on average, each increase in milk yield per 1000 kg increased the duration of the service period by 25.9 days, the calving interval -by 23.1 days, which worsened the output of calves by 0.24 %, and the coefficient of reproductive ability decreased by 16.0 %.
Impact of livestock industries on rural development
Authors: Kostyaev Alexander I. , Nikonova Galina N.
Published: August 2021

The purpose of the study is to test the hypothesis of the priority role of livestock breeding in the development of rural areas on the basis of an analysis of livestock industries and determine the degree of territorial heterogeneity of this phenomenon. The study was carried out on the example of 29 regions of the Non-Black Earth Zone of the Russian Federation. Methods of ranking, correlation and variational analysis were used. A noticeable correlation was established between the indicators of the development of the livestock industry and rural development (p = 0.5; 0.6). For poultry farming, this relationship is moderate (p = 0.3; 0.3), pig breeding - weak negative (p = - 0.1; - 0.1). Concrete calculations confirmed the lack of influence of the development of pig breeding on one of the important indicators of the development of rural areas - the growth of acreage. The features of territorial heterogeneity in the development of cattle breeding and rural areas have been consistently investigated on the basis of the same methodology. Three equal groups of regions with a relatively high, medium and relatively low level of their development were identified. It is shown that the group of regions with a relatively high level of development of cattle breeding in the Non-Black Earth Region accounts for about half of the volume of milk and 56% of the production of cattle for slaughter. Neighboring regions in group I form two, in group II - one, in group III - three areas. When comparing the results obtained for cattle breeding and rural areas, it was found that the composition of the regions in the corresponding groups coincides by 67-78 %. When calculating the correlation coefficient between the final ranks of the regions, established when determining the heterogeneity of the development of livestock breeding and the heterogeneity of the development of rural areas, a high tightness of the correlation was revealed (p = 0.7). The hypothesis being tested was confirmed.
Head Teachers' supervisory practices and teachers’ motivation in teaching
Authors: Malik Mushtaq Ahmad , Samee Fareeha , Khalid Shaista
Published: August 2021

The study examined the relationship between Government Secondary head teachers’ instructional supervisory practices and teachers’ motivation in teaching. Quantitative research approach and survey technique was used in the study. The main objective of the study was to determine the relationship between head teachers’ instructional supervisory practices and teachers’ motivation. The population of the study was all the male and female head teachers and teachers working in the Government high schools of District Sargodha. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the research participants from 75 randomly selected Government high schools of tehsil Sargodha, 75 head teachers and 225 teachers were selected on availability basis. Two self-developed questionnaires; one for head teachers and one for teachers were used as research instruments. Descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and Pearson r correlation were used in analyzing data and reporting the study findings. The conclusion of the study was that there was positive and moderate relationship between head teachers’ supervisory practices and teachers’ motivation. On the basis of conclusion, it was recommended that DSD should arrange trainings for the head teachers to improve their inspection skills.
Teaching strategies and its influence on students’ English writing skills at Secondary School Certificate
Authors: Fatima Qudsia
Published: August 2021

Teaching strategies perform a great role in students’ learning at every level of education. This paper presents achievement in English writing skills and the practices of teaching used by teachers. Sequential explanatory design was chosen for this study. Sample was selected from private schools of Lahore city offering SSC. Four private schools were selected through simple random sampling technique. In each school one section of SSC was selected as sample. Students and teachers of the selected classes were included in sample. Research instruments comprised of  test and interview protocol. Essay type test was developed and administered to measure the English writing skills of students. Test was developed by using intended learning outcomes of curriculum of English language. Criteria for developing rubrics for scoring of test was based on the student learning outcomes from curriculum of SSC. Interviews were conducted to explore the teaching strategies for developing writing skills. Findings revealed that teachers of SSC mostly use lecture questioning, feedback, self-review and pair work for developing writing skills. They rely on textbook as an important resource. They do not give emphasis on student centered methods for teaching writing because it takes much time.
Resistir la pandemia desde los márgenes del sistema escolar: La experiencia de la Escuela Secundaria N° 60 del Gran Resistencia
Authors: Graciosi Barrios Marcelo A.
Published: August 2021

El presente escrito tiene por objetivo problematizar la experiencia de una escuela secundaria de la ciudad de Resistencia (capital de la provincia del Chaco, Argentina) frente a la pandemia por COVID-19. El análisis se realiza desde una perspectiva que toma conceptos analíticos del materialismo histórico y de autores contemporáneos que se inscriben tanto en la sociología crítica como en la pedagogía crítica. El objetivo específico es analizar cómo impactó la pandemia y las medidas de Aislamiento Social Preventivo Obligatorio, que implicaron la suspensión de clases presenciales durante el año 2020, sobre las prácticas pedagógicas de una escuela secundaria, observando la correlación entre las estrategias institucionales y las prácticas de los alumnos y sus familias. Entendemos que la experiencia tomada aquí –la de la Escuela N° 60 “Ángel Vicente Peñaloza”- es similar a la de un extendido número de escuelas secundarias en nuestro país y en la provincia del Chaco, históricamente marcadas por situaciones de vulnerabilidad.
“Para que se actualicen”: Procesos de apropiación digital en familia
Authors: Valdivia Sánchez Claudia Patricia
Published: August 2021

Actualmente existen estadísticas nacionales e internacionales que brindan datos sobre el uso y acceso a las tecnologías digitales en la población para que los gobiernos desarrollen políticas públicas que reduzcan la brecha digital. Sin embargo, estas estadísticas no arrojan luz sobre cómo las personas participan en una cultura digital. En este artículo, analicé los procesos de apropiación de las tecnologías digitales de una familia que vive al suroriente de la Ciudad de México en condiciones precarias en términos de infraestructura local, ingresos económicos y acceso a prácticas digitales. Mi propósito fue comprender el acceso y disponibilidad a los recursos digitales, así como identificar las relaciones que mediaron sus procesos de apropiación digital. Construí un enfoque teórico-metodológico basado en la Teoría Sociocultural, los New Literacy Studies y la teoría de la Práctica Social. Bajo un marco cualitativo y etnográfico reuní un corpus de datos de donde extraje una serie de eventos digitales para mostrar lo complejo que era para esta familia apropiarse de las tecnologías digitales. La presencia de recursos digitales en la escuela, en la comunidad o en el hogar no es suficiente, la apropiación ocurre a través del uso de la tecnología, la participación en múltiples actividades sociales y al establecer relaciones sociales con otros usuarios que vinculan a los educandos con los conocimientos y know-how necesarios para incorporar tecnologías en sus prácticas diarias.
Ensaio sobre visibilidades e cegueiras no mundo formativo da Odontologia
Authors: Warmling Cristine Maria , Moysés Samuel Jorge
Published: August 2021

O ensaio, parte 1, examina como a pandemia da coronavírus disease (Covid-19) está impactando na organização e realização dos estágios curriculares dos cursos de Odontologia no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Aprofunda-se na problematização de contextos pré-pandêmicos e transpandêmicos, retomando o significado formativo social, profissional e pessoal que os estágios no SUS representam para o ensino/aprendizagem inserido no mundo do trabalho. Reflete sobre as reorganizações protagonizadas nas políticas profissionais e de educação em relação aos estágios, para compreender visibilidades e/ou cegueiras que nos sobrevêm diante dos complexos desafios que a situação impõe.
Dubrovački dani Aleksandra Rankovića 1970–1983.
Authors: Barić Nikica
Published: August 2021

The paper, using the reports of the Security Service of Socialist Republic of Croatia, discusses how the Security Service conducted surveillance of Aleksandar Ranković and his family while they stayed in their holiday house in Dubrovnik, mostly in the summer season. One of the top officials in communist Yugoslavia, Ranković was ousted from power in 1966. Subsequently, the Yugoslav State Security Service initiated “Action X” whose aim was the surveillance of Ranković and his followers. Ranković’s code name in this project was “Petar”. The reports covering the surveillance of Ranković during his stays in Dubrovnik give various data on him, his family, but they also give insight on the techniques used by the Security Service in its secret surveillance of individuals.
Differential expression of phosphodiesterase 5A in human epithelial ovarian cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2021

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding phosphodiesterase 5A, PDE5A, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. PDE5A expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. PDE5A expression correlated with progression-free survival in patients with p53 mutant ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of PDE5A is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. PDE5A may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.
Expression of Concern: Medical Flaws and Failure Support the Presumption that Vaccine Booster Shots Are Dangerous
Authors: Wu Jianqing
Published: August 2021

Amid the rapid mutation of SARS-Cov-2 virus, leaders in the world are under pressure to contain outbreaks. It has been suggested that vaccine booster shots are the solution. Based on available evidence from medical literature, anyone would be compelled to find that booster shots are the best option. However, discovered flaws in the foundation of medicine give me a different perspective. I have proved that population model, symptom-based side effect research method, reductionist treatment approach, mathematical models, etc. used in researches produce grossly inaccurate findings. I have shown that side effects rated by the symptom-based revaluation method are obscured by massive organ reserve, and the superimposed affects of a large number of lifestyle-related factors can further obscure side effects of vaccines. When medical journals are heavy influenced by the drug industry, medical research focus has been steered away from taking up all flaws that must be addressed before vaccines performance can be evaluated correctly. I show that population-based research model, symptom-based side-effect evaluation method, and multiple disease causes model dramatically exaggerate vaccines’ benefit-to-risk ratios. Due to those flaws, the merits of vaccines cannot be based on the literal ratings of population studies. Thus, I urge world leaders to reject evidence that is acquired from deeply flawed research models and methods. To best resolve this issue, I will explore how booster shots can cause dangerous immune responses from a kinetic point of view. Then, I deeply examine three medical failures: the DES disaster, belated discovery of stress hormones’ roles, and failure to recognize the strict requirement of immune system balance. Deep analysis of those failures clearly support a finding that medicine is unable to determine latent adverse effects as a matter of course. When our theoretical findings and catastrophic failures are considered further in view of the repeated failures in predicting latent side effects in other products such as Roundup, “forever chemicals”, asbestos, agent orange, etc., I was compelled to make a presumption that vaccines booster shots are dangerous. Boosters shots may be justified only if unique personal circumstances can overcome this presumption by carefully considering personal health, special need and willingness to accept risks.
Differential expression of myosin light chain kinase in human epithelial ovarian cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2021

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published and public microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding myosin light chain kinase, MYLK, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. MYLK expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. MYLK expression correlated with progression-free survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of MYLK is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. MYLK may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.
Pedogenic processes and the drying of Mars
Authors: Broz Adrian , Silva Lucas
Published: August 2021

What exactly caused Mars to lose its liquid water billions of years ago remains as one of the most enduring questions in planetary science. New insights from Mars suggest that crustal hydration – the formation of hydrated minerals during aqueous alteration of the crust – contributed to the long-term drying of the planet. Here, we advance the hypothesis that hydration of the Martian crust could have resulted in part from precipitation-driven surface weathering of mafic sediments, which on Earth leads to pedogenesis, i.e., the formation of soil. Over the past decade, features resembling buried soils have been detected in thousands of locations across the ancient surface of Mars. Although soil has been traditionally defined by its biological component, growing evidence of global scale soil formation on a presumably lifeless Mars suggests abiotic pedogenesis was a critical process early in the planet’s history. Here we argue that pedogenic processes could have consumed large amounts of Mars’ exchangeable liquid water via the formation of hydrated pedogenic minerals. Since there is no evidence of plate tectonics to liberate and recycle water from hydrated minerals on Mars, the global formation of soil billions of years ago could have contributed to the irreversible desiccation of the planet.
PREPRINT - Predictors, Moderators and Mediators of Treatment Outcome in Randomized Controlled Trials for Adolescents with Depression: A scoping review.
Authors: Courtney Darren , Watson Priya , Krause Karolin Rose , Chan Benjamin , Bennett Kathryn , Rodak Terri , Neprily Kirsten , Zentner Tabitha , szatmari peter
Published: August 2021

Background: Advancing the field of precision medicine in the treatment of depression in adolescents requires an examination of predictors, moderators and mediators (PMMs) of depression symptom outcome in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Aims: This scoping review describes findings of PMM analyses in RCTs for the treatment of depression in adolescents. Methods: Databases searched included: MEDLINE, Embase, APA PsycInfo and CINAHL. Included publications tested PMMs of depression symptom outcome (e.g. symptom reduction, remission, etc.) in RCTs pertaining to the treatment of adolescents, ages 13-17. Results were extracted and coded for statistical significance, analytic approach, a priori model development, and adjustment for multiple comparisons. Aggregated results were summarized by PMM variable domain and RCT sample.Results: Eighty-one papers reporting on PMM results across 33 RCTs were identified. Fifty-three variable domains were tested as baseline predictors of depression severity outcome, 41 as moderators, 19 as post-baseline predictors, and 5 as mediators. Most reported results were nonsignificant. For variable domains tested as a PMM in three or more RCTs, only improvements in sleep throughout treatment and early response predicted outcome with complete agreement across relevant studies. The two publications that reported a priori hypotheses and adjustment for multiple comparisons both found that baseline depression symptom severity and family conflict predicted poorer outcomes. Conclusions: Clinicians need to recognize the current limited evidence from RCTs to practice precision medicine principles when treating adolescents with depression. Our findings inform future study design for researchers who wish to incorporate questions about specific PMM variables into their study methods.
Intra-individual behavioural and neural signatures of audience effects and interactions in a mirror-game paradigm
Authors: Zimmermann Marius , Schiano Lomoriello Arianna , Konvalinka Ivana
Published: August 2021

We often perform actions while observed by others, yet the behavioural and neural signatures of audience effects remain understudied. Performing actions while being observed has been shown to result in more emphasized movements in musicians and dancers, as well as during communicative actions. Here we investigate the behavioural and neural mechanisms of observed actions in relation to individual actions in isolation and interactive joint actions. Movement kinematics and EEG were recorded in 42 participants (21 pairs) during a mirror game paradigm, while participants produced improvised movements alone, while observed by a partner, or by synchronizing movements with the partner. Participants produced largest movements when being observed; and observed actors and dyads in interaction produced slower and less variable movements in contrast to acting alone. On a neural level, we observed increased mu suppression during interaction, as well as to a lesser extent during observed actions, relative to individual actions. Moreover, we observed increased functional brain connectivity during observed actions relative to both individual and interactive actions, suggesting increased intra-individual monitoring and action-perception integration as a result of audience effects. These results suggest that observed actors take observers into account in their action plans by increasing self-monitoring; and on a behavioural level, observed actions are similar to emergent interactive actions, characterized by slower and more predictable movements.
Using a developmental-ecological approach to understand the relation between language and music
Authors: Wojcik Erica H , Lassman Daniel J. , Vuvan Dominique T
Published: August 2021

Neurocognitive and genetic approaches have made progress in understanding language-music interaction in the adult brain. Although there is broad agreement that learning processes affect how we represent, comprehend, and produce language and music, there is little understanding of the content and dynamics of the early language-music environment in the first years of life. A developmental-ecological approach sees learning and development as fundamentally embedded in a child’s environment, and thus requires researchers to move outside of the lab to understand what children are seeing, hearing, and doing in their daily lives. In this paper, after first reviewing the limitations of traditional developmental approaches to understanding language-music interaction, we describe how a developmental-ecological approach can inform not only developmental theories of language-music learning, but also contemporary neurocognitive and genetic approaches. We then make suggestions for how researchers can best use the developmental-ecological approach to understand the similarities, differences, and co-occurrences in early music and language input.
An Evaluation of DIF Tests in Multistage Tests for Continuous Covariates
Authors: Debelak Rudolf , Debeer Dries
Published: August 2021

Multistage tests are a widely used and efficient type of test presentation that aims to provide accurate ability estimates while keeping the test relatively short. Multistage tests typically rely on the psychometric framework of item response theory. Violations of item response models and other assumptions underlying a multistage test, such as differential item functioning, can lead to inaccurate ability estimates and unfair measurements. There is a practical need for methods to detect problematic model violations to avoid these issues. This study compares and evaluates three methods for the detection of differential item functioning with regard to continuous person covariates in data from multistage tests: a linear logistic regression test and two adaptations of a recently proposed score-based DIF test. While all tests show a satisfactory Type I error rate, the score-based tests show greater power against three types of DIF effects.
Fusion of Radar and Optical Data for Land Cover Classification Using Machine Learning Approach
Authors: Nhemaphuki David , Chetri Kiran Thapa , Shrestha Sanjeevan
Published: August 2021

This study evaluates the advantages of combining traditional space borne optical data with longer wavelengths of radar for land cover mapping. Land cover classification was carried out using Optical, radar data and combination of both for the Bardiya district using Random Forest algorithm. The fusion of optical and radar shows better land cover discrimination with 96.98% overall accuracy in compared to using radar data and optical data separately with overall accuracy of 69.2% and 95.89% respectively. Additionally, the qualitative result demonstrates that the combined utilization of optical and radar imagery yields useful land cover information over those obtained using either type of image on its own.
Geo-Information Modeling of Soil Erosion for Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Sambhunath Municipality
Authors: Karna Bikash Karma , Shrestha Shobha , Koirala Hriday Lal
Published: August 2021

Geo-information science has attempted to estimate the actual soil loss and its correlative interpretation with land use and cover types in an agricultural land, Sambhunath Municipality. Among several empirical and physically based soil erosion models, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) are widely used and employed to estimate soil loss based on rainfall, topographic contour, and soil map. The soil erosion ranges values are found from 0 to 2635 t ha-1 yr-1 in terms of soil loss per year in the municipality. Soil erosion rates are found highly correlated with the increasing exposure of land surface in Chure range mostly on forest area. Agriculture lands spatially concentrated in 51.70% of the Municipality extent, is contributing significantly as of 16293 t ha-1 yr-1 of the total potential soil loss from fertile cropland. Based on severity of soil loss, cultivation agriculture areas are priority for reducing soil loss for optimum agriculture management practices in land use planning.
Teaching History of Bravery and the Politics of Textbooks in Nepal: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Authors: G.C. Saroj
Published: August 2021

This paper examines a saga of the brave history of Nepal which has often been part and parcel of school education in Nepal. The brave history in the textbooks has been treated as a means of enlightenment and a catalyst to cultivate national character. On close inspection, however, teaching history embarks a political enterprise – an articulation of interest to shape the idea of the citizenry. Using the method of critical discourse analysis and post-historicist ideas, this paper takes historical accounts attributed to three pillars of the national narrative of brave history – Bhimsen Thapa, Balbhadra Kunwar, and Prithvi Narayan Shah, as depicted in the government school textbooks for analysis. The paper examines how the history of bravery has been negotiated and maintained as a comfortable and simplistic narrative at the cost of teaching history more critically in order to inform students and examine emerging questions about the national heroes by excluding the other side of historical narratives. Finally, this paper proposes education at any level cannot be taken as value-neutral, and history should be studied historically.
Minding the Gaps and Challenging the Change in Social Work: International Research in Poland under Erasmus Mundus ADVANCES
Authors: Naumiuk Agnieszka
Published: August 2021

A collection of research works concerning social work and conducted in 2015-2019 by students involved in various fields of social, educational and aid activity as part of Erasmus Mundus ADVCANCES (Advanced Development in Social Work) master studies. The major asset of the publication is the presentation of different aspects of social and educational support in Poland, as well as social work and other assistance activities from the multicultural perspective in view of global changes and international education.
The impact of sexual education and socialization on sexual satisfaction, attitudes, and self-efficacy
Authors: Nurgitz Rebecca , Pacheco Rebecca A. , Senn Charlene Y. , Hobden Karen L.
Published: August 2021

This study examined the relation between school-based sexual education and parental messages about sex received in adolescence, and sexual attitudes and experiences in young adulthood. Participants—99 Canadian undergraduate students aged 17–25 years—reported that their sexual education largely focused on traditional topics (e.g., negative health outcomes, physiology, etc.), while social and emotional topics were less likely to be formally covered. Parental sexual socialization that was more comfortable and accepting of teen sexuality was related to more permissive sexual attitudes in young adults, but was unrelated to self-efficacy or sexual satisfaction. When all variables were examined using hierarchical regression, sexual education and parental socialization did not predict sexual satisfaction. However, mediation analysis revealed an indirect effect of sexual self-efficacy on the relation between sexual education and sexual satisfaction. More comprehensive and higher-quality sexual education increased sexual self-efficacy, which was then related to higher sexual satisfaction beyond the role of gender and relationship status. This provides insight into the mechanism by which sexual education in Canada may impact sexual satisfaction. The influence of parental socialization and school-based sexual education are apparent and complementary. Both sources of information and values (parents/school) offered benefits for young adults’ positive sexual attitudes, but school-based education appears to be key. How sexual education is delivered (e.g., if teachers are knowledgeable and comfortable discussing topics) may be even more important than the content itself. These findings suggest that prioritizing teacher training to improve their comfort with delivery of sexual education programming would improve adolescents and young adults’ sexual lives.
ЗАГРЯЗНЕНИЕ ОКРУЖАЮЩЕЙ СРЕДЫ ЭЛЕКТРОННЫМИ ОТХОДАМИ И СОЗДАВАЕМЫЕ ИМИ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ДЛЯ ЗДОРОВЬЯ ЧЕЛОВЕКА
Authors: Maya Abdullayeva
Published: August 2021

В данной статье были изучены вопросы обращения с электрическими и электронными отходами в разных странах и Азербайджане, а также анализ правовых и нормативных законодательных актов этих стран в этой области и влияние этих отходов на людей и окружающую среду.Электронные отходы представляют собой серьезный источник опасности для человеческого организма и окружающей среды. Подготовка нормативно-правовых документов, регулирующих систему управления электронными отходами в Азербайджане, является актуальным вопросом, и для этого могут быть использованы положения законодательства, принятого в странах Восточной Европы.
The impact of organizational conflict management strategies on the administrative work ethics of department heads at Al-Azhar University in Gaza from the point of view of faculty members=أثر استراتيجيات إدارة الصراع التنظيمي في أخلاقيات العمل الإداري
Authors: Fares Mohammad Jawdat
Published: August 2021

The study aimed at identifying the impact of the strategies of Managing the organizational conflict on the ethics of the administrative work of the heads of departments at Al-Azhar University in Gaza from the viewpoint of the faculty members.
To achieve the objectives of the study, the quantitative approach was adopted, and a questionnaire was distributed as a study tool to (97) members of the teaching staff at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
Among the most important results: the most used conflict management strategy is the cooperation strategy, followed by the compromise strategy, the appeasement strategy, then the avoidance strategy, and in the last place the domination strategy, and that the level of administrative work ethics among the sample members was high, and the results showed a statistically significant effect. Strategies managing organizational conflict on the ethics of administrative work for department heads at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
The study recommended promoting the use of the cooperation strategy by department heads to find the best solutions to the problems facing the department in the event of conflict, and to increase the interest of the superiors on managing organizational conflict through the appropriate strategy for the existing conflict situation.
أثر سعر الفائدة والتضخم على الائتمان المصرفي بالمملكة العربية السعودية خلال الفترة 1995 إلى 2018م
Authors: يوسف محمد الصديق , خلف الحلاحله مأمون
Published: August 2021

هدفت الدراسة لتحليل أثر سعر الفائدة والتضخم على الائتمان المصرفي وللإجابة على تساؤلات الدراسة، اعتمد الباحثان بالنسبة للإطار النظري للدراسة على الأدبيات والدراسات السابقة ذات الصلة. أما الإطار العملي فقد اعتمد الباحثان على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي للدراسة حيث الدراسة سعر الفائدة والتضخم كمتغيرات مستقلة والائتمان المصرفي كمتغير تابع ووجود علاقة توازنيه بين الائتمان المصرفي وسعر الفائدة معدل التضخم وخلصت الدراسة للنتائج التالية وجود علاقة عكسية توازنيه بين سعر الفائدة والائتمان المصرفي ووجود علاقة طردية توازنية بين معدل التضخم والائتمان المصرفي وأن للائتمان المصرفي دور فعال في زيادة النشاط الاقتصادي والاستثماري في الاقتصاد وأوصت الدراسة بضرورة الاهتمام بالائتمان المصرفي ومساعدة الجهات متخذة القرار ورفد المكتبة السعودية بالبحث العلمي الرصين في جانب الائتمان المصرفي.
واقع نمو المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة في الضفة الغربية: المحددات والمعوقات
Authors: صالح أيوب بصّة سندس , عارف عبد الرحمن درويش نضال
Published: August 2021

هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى إلقاء الضوء على واقع نمو المشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة في الضفة الغربية. ركزت الدراسة البحثية على معوقات ومحددات نمو المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة والعلاقة بين المعوقات المالية والإدارية والتنظيمية والقانونية والتسويقية ونمو المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة. اعتمدت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي والتحليلي، وتألف مجتمع الدراسة من الشركات الصغيرة والمتوسطة في ضواحي القدس ومحافظة بيت لحم. تم اختيار عينة عشوائية بسيطة قوامها (328) شركة صغيرة ومتوسطة الحجم، وتم استرجاع (322) استبانة صالحة للتحليل والدراسة، بمعدل استرجاع (98.1%). أظهرت الدراسة أن هناك علاقة ذات دلالة إحصائية بين المعوقات ونمو المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة. كما أظهرت النتائج أن انخفاض مستوى معوقات التمويل بوحدة واحدة يؤثر على نمو المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة بنسبة (17.7%). كما أن العوائق الإدارية والتنظيمية لا تؤثر بشكل فردي على نمو هذه المؤسسات. أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن هنالك علاقة ذات دلالة إحصائية بين المعوقات ونمو المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة في الضفة الغربية. كما أظهرت النتائج أن انخفاض مستوى المعوقات التمويلية بمقدار وحدة واحدة يؤثر على نمو المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة بنسبة (17.7%)، وأن المعوقات الإدارية والتنظيمية لا تؤثر منفردة على نمو هذه المنشآت، أن هناك علاقة إيجابية بين محددات النمو (الفردية والداخلية والخارجية) ونمو المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة وأن المحددات الفردية لا تؤثر بشكل فردي على هذه العلاقة. أخيرً، أن العلاقة بين المحددات والنمو كانت أكثر تأثيراً من العلاقة بين المعوقات ونمو المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة. وقدمت الدراسة عدة توصيات أهمها على المستوى الحكومي إعادة دراسة تكلفة المعاملات والرسوم والإجراءات الحكومية الخاصة بالمنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة، ووضع إعفاءات وتسهيلات ضريبية لهه المنشآت بهدف تشجيعها على الاستمرار والنمو والتوسع، كما قدمت الدراسة عدة توصيات على مستوى المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة منها أن على مالكي ومديري المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة الاهتمام بالتخطيط الاستراتيجي واعتماده في العمل، إضافة إلى الاهتمام بشكل أكبر باستخدام التكنولوجيا الحديثة في الإنتاج والعمل، واستخدام الجهات المتخصصة في الترويج والتسويق الإلكتروني الحديث بغرض تسويق منتجاتها وخدماتها.
Knowledge management and its impact on the administrative creativity of service organizations in light of the emerging corona virus epidemic crisis SARS-COV19 (An applied study on the Islamic Solidarity Bank Sudan)
Authors: Ali Mohammad Suleiman Amal , Yagoub Al-Hadi Abdel-Khair Asia
Published: August 2021

The aim of the research is to identify the extent of activating knowledge management in Sudanese banks and employing them by creating creative and innovative administrative and marketing practices in facing the Corona virus crisis to adapt to the internal and external environment variables. The research problem was to know the extent of the impact of knowledge management in its dimensions Knowledge generation, knowledge storage, knowledge distribution, knowledge application on administrative creativity in light of the Corona crisis in Sudanese banks, the descriptive analytical approach was used and the questionnaire was adopted as a tool for data collection Among them, there is a convergence in the views of the sample members about the extent of the reality of applying knowledge management in its dimensions (knowledge generation, knowledge storage, knowledge distribution, knowledge application) and the administrative creativity of the bank during the Coronavirus crisis was at a (medium) level. As for the most important recommendations, the management of Al-Thiqa Islamic Bank should give more attention to knowledge management to support the capabilities of employees by paying attention to spreading knowledge management culture and holding training courses in addition to motivating the innovative employee.
Metode Waterfall Dalam Sistem Informasi Pembayaran Administrasi Sekolah
Authors: Ayu Pradipta Vigi , Sartini Sartini , Ariyati Indah , Retnoningsih Endang
Published: August 2021

Abstract

 

School administration payments as a means of supporting the teaching and learning process, administrative payments that are still manual must be supported by a computerized system. The research method I use is a data collection technique consisting of observation, interviews and literature study, while the software development method is the waterfall method. The waterfall method consists of software requirements analysis, design, coding, testing and support. The author builds a school administration payment information system using the Java NetBeans IDE 8.1 programming language. By building a computerized system, it is hoped that it will be able to produce more precise and accurate information to help minimize errors. Information systems can run well with the support of technology, work procedures and good human resources

 

Keywords: Information System, Payment, Waterfall

 

Abstrak

 

Pembayaran administrasi sekolah sebagai sarana penunjang berjalannya proses belajar – mengajar, pembayaran administrasi yang masih manual harus didukung dengan system yang sudah terkomputerisasi. Metode penelitian yang peneliti gunakan yaitu teknik dalam mengumpulkan data terdiri dari observasi, wawancara dan studi Pustaka sedangkan metode pengembangan software adalah metode waterfall. Metode waterfall terdiri dari analisis untuk kebutuhan perangkat lunak, perancangan, pengkodean, pengujian dan pendukung. Peneliti membangun sistem informasi pembayaran administrasi sekolah menggunakan bahasa pemrograman Java NetBeans IDE 8.1. Dengan membangun sistem terkomputerisasi diharapkan mampu menghasilkan informasi yang lebih tepat dan akurat guna membantu meminimalisir terjadinya kesalahan. Sistem informasi dapat berjalan dengan baik dengan dukungan teknologi,  prosedur kerja dan sumber daya manusia yang baik.

 

Kata kunci: Sistem Informasi, Pembayaran, Waterfall
Hallucinations in Post-9/11 American Poetry
Authors: Chakraborty Joydeep
Published: August 2021

This article seeks to enlarge the scope of the current scholarly discussion on the trauma-related or, more precisely, ‘belated’ aspect of post-9/11 American literature through a focus on hallucinatory experiences in post-9/11 American poetry, and through the application of the information-processing models of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to the interpretation of these experiences. To attain this purpose, the article focuses on four poems – ‘High Haunts’ by Tish Eastman, ‘The Dead Have Stopped Running’ by Matthew Mason, ‘Making Love after September 11, 2001’ by Aliki Barnstone and ‘Strangers’ by Lucille Lang Day – all of which were included in An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind: Poets on 9/11 and September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond, two of the major anthologies of 9/11 poems that came into being in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. This article, finally, attempts to discover a poetic strategy to conquer the trauma of 9/11 at the personal level.
Poetry
Authors: Thomas Michael W.
Published: August 2021

Even the hem of midsummer, by Michael W. Thomas
Readmissions after ventricular shunting in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus: a Nationwide Readmissions Database analysis
Authors: Donoho Daniel A. , Buchanan Ian A. , Rangwala Shivani D. , Patel Arati , Ding Li , Giannotta Steven L. , Attenello Frank J. , Mack William J. , McComb J. Gordon , Krieger Mark D.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion via ventricular shunting is a common surgical treatment for hydrocephalus in the pediatric population. No longitudinal follow-up data for a multistate population-based cohort of pediatric patients undergoing ventricular shunting in the United States have been published. In the current review of a nationwide population-based data set, the authors aimed to assess rates of shunt failure and hospital readmission in pediatric patients undergoing new ventricular shunt placement. They also review patient- and hospital-level factors associated with shunt failure and readmission.

METHODS

Included in this study was a population-based sample of pediatric patients with hydrocephalus who, in 2010–2014, had undergone new ventricular shunt placement and had sufficient follow-up, as recorded in the Nationwide Readmissions Database. The authors analyzed the rate of revision within 6 months, readmission rates at 30 and 90 days, and potential factors associated with shunt failure including patient- and hospital-level variables and type of hydrocephalus.

RESULTS

A total of 3520 pediatric patients had undergone initial ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for hydrocephalus at an index admission. Twenty percent of these patients underwent shunt revision within 6 months. The median time to revision was 44.5 days. Eighteen percent of the patients were readmitted within 30 days and 31% were readmitted within 90 days. Different-hospital readmissions were rare, occurring in ≤ 6% of readmissions. Increased hospital volume was not protective against readmission or shunt revision. Patients with grade 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage were more likely to have shunt malfunctions. Patients who had private insurance and who were treated at a large hospital were less likely to be readmitted.

CONCLUSIONS

In a nationwide, population-based database with longitudinal follow-up, shunt failure and readmission were common. Although patient and hospital factors were associated with readmission and shunt failure, system-wide phenomena such as insufficient centralization of care and fragmentation of care were not observed. Efforts to reduce readmissions in pediatric patients undergoing ventricular shunt procedures should focus on coordinating care in patients with complex neurological diseases and on reducing healthcare disparities associated with readmission.
Epilepsy surgery in children under 3 years of age: surgical and developmental outcomes
Authors: Iwasaki Masaki , Iijima Keiya , Kawashima Takahiro , Tachimori Hisateru , Takayama Yutaro , Kimura Yuiko , Kaneko Yuu , Ikegaya Naoki , Sumitomo Noriko , Saito Takashi , Nakagawa Eiji , Takahashi Akio , Sugai Kenji , Otsuki Taisuke
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Pediatric epilepsy surgery is known to be effective, but early surgery in infancy is not well characterized. Extensive cortical dysplasia, such as hemimegalencephaly, can cause refractory epilepsy shortly after birth, and early surgical intervention is indicated. However, the complication rate of early pediatric surgery is significant. In this study, the authors assessed the risk-benefit balance of early pediatric epilepsy surgery as relates to developmental outcomes.

METHODS

This is a retrospective descriptive study of 75 patients who underwent their first curative epilepsy surgery at an age under 3 years at the authors’ institution between 2006 and 2019 and had a minimum 1-year follow-up of seizure and developmental outcomes. Clinical information including surgical complications, seizure outcomes, and developmental quotient (DQ) was collected from medical records. The effects of clinical factors on DQ at 1 year after surgery were evaluated.

RESULTS

The median age at surgery was 6 months, peaking at between 3 and 4 months. Operative procedures included 27 cases of hemispherotomy, 19 cases of multilobar surgery, and 29 cases of unilobar surgery. Seizure freedom was achieved in 82.7% of patients at 1 year and in 71.0% of patients at a mean follow-up of 62.8 months. The number of antiseizure medications (ASMs) decreased significantly after surgery, and 19 patients (30.6%) had discontinued their ASMs by the last follow-up. Postoperative complications requiring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion surgery, such as hydrocephalus and cyst formation, were observed in 13 patients (17.3%). The mean DQ values were 74.2 ± 34.3 preoperatively, 60.3 ± 23.3 at 1 year after surgery, and 53.4 ± 25.1 at the last follow-up. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the 1-year postoperative DQ was significantly influenced by preoperative DQ and postoperative seizure freedom but not by the occurrence of any surgical complication requiring CSF diversion surgery.

CONCLUSIONS

Early pediatric epilepsy surgery has an acceptable risk-benefit balance. Seizure control after surgery is important for postoperative development.