bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Handheld ultrasound to reduce requests for inappropriate echocardiogram (HURRIE)
Authors: Haji Kawa , Wong Chiew , Neil Christopher , Cox Nicholas , Mulligan Andrew , Wright Leah , Vogrin Sara , Marwick Thomas H.
Published: August 2019

BackgroundHandheld ultrasound could provide sufficient information to satisfy the clinical questions underlying ‘rarely appropriate’ echo requests, but there are limited data about its use as a gatekeeper to standard echocardiography. We sought to determine whether the use of handheld ultrasound could improve the appropriate use of echocardiography.

Method: A prospective study comparing handheld ultrasound strategy to standard echocardiography for studies deemed rarely appropriate, using a questionnaire based on appropriate use criteria was conducted across two hospitals, from October 2017 to April 2018.

Results: Groups undergoing Handheld ultrasound (n = 76, 58 (46.5–72.5) years, 53 males, 78% outpatients) and standard echocardiography (n = 72, 61 (49.0–71.5) years, 42 males, 76% outpatients) were comparable. There was a significant decrease in the time to scan from just over 1 month in standard group to a median of 12 days in handheld ultrasound group (P < 0.001). This difference was small for inpatients (from 1 day to a median of 10 min in handheld ultrasound, P = 0.014), but prominent in outpatients (from 1.5 months in the standard group to median of 2 weeks in the handheld ultrasound group, P < 0.001). There was no increase in the need for follow-up scan within 6 months and no significant differences in length of hospital stay for inpatients. p]Conclusion: Handheld ultrasound can be an effective gatekeeper to standard echocardiography for requests deemed rarely appropriate, reducing time to echocardiography significantly and potentially decreasing the need for standard echocardiography by up to 20%.
In Silico Karyotyping of Chromosomally Polymorphic Malaria Mosquitoes in the Anopheles gambiae Complex
Authors: Love R Rebecca , Redmond Seth N , Pombi Marco , Caputo Beniamino , Petrarca Vincenzo , della Torre Alessandra ,   The Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes Consortium, Besansky Nora J
Published: August 2019

Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms play an important role in adaptation to environmental heterogeneities. For mosquito species in the Anopheles gambiae complex that are significant vectors of human malaria, paracentric inversion polymorphisms are abundant and are associated with ecologically and epidemiologically important phenotypes. Improved understanding of these traits relies on determining mosquito karyotype, which currently depends upon laborious cytogenetic methods whose application is limited both by the requirement for specialized expertise and for properly preserved adult females at specific gonotrophic stages. To overcome this limitation, we developed sets of tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) inside inversions whose biallelic genotype is strongly correlated with inversion genotype. We leveraged 1,347 fully sequenced An. gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii genomes in the Ag1000G database of natural variation. Beginning with principal components analysis (PCA) of population samples, applied to windows of the genome containing individual chromosomal rearrangements, we classified samples into three inversion genotypes, distinguishing homozygous inverted and homozygous uninverted groups by inclusion of the small subset of specimens in Ag1000G that are associated with cytogenetic metadata. We then assessed the correlation between candidate tag SNP genotypes and PCA-based inversion genotypes in our training sets, selecting those candidates with >80% agreement. Our initial tests both in held-back validation samples from Ag1000G and in data independent of Ag1000G suggest that when used for in silico inversion genotyping of sequenced mosquitoes, these tags perform better than traditional cytogenetics, even for specimens where only a small subset of the tag SNPs can be successfully ascertained.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Centromere RNA Is Negatively Regulated by Cbf1 and Its Unscheduled Synthesis Impacts CenH3 Binding
Authors: Chen Chi-Fu , Pohl Thomas J , Chan Angela , Slocum Joshua S , Zakian Virginia A
Published: August 2019

Two common features of centromeres are their transcription into noncoding centromere RNAs (cen-RNAs) and their assembly into nucleosomes that contain a centromere-specific histone H3 (cenH3). Here, we show that Saccharomyces cerevisiae cen-RNA was present in low amounts in wild-type (WT) cells, and that its appearance was tightly cell cycle-regulated, appearing and disappearing in a narrow window in S phase after centromere replication. In cells lacking Cbf1, a centromere-binding protein, cen-RNA was 5–12 times more abundant throughout the cell cycle. In WT cells, cen-RNA appearance occurred at the same time as loss of Cbf1’s centromere binding, arguing that the physical presence of Cbf1 inhibits cen-RNA production. Binding of the Pif1 DNA helicase, which happens in mid–late S phase, occurred at about the same time as Cbf1 loss from the centromere, suggesting that Pif1 may facilitate this loss by its known ability to displace proteins from DNA. Cen-RNAs were more abundant in rnh1Δ cells but only in mid–late S phase. However, fork pausing at centromeres was not elevated in rnh1Δ cells but rather was due to centromere-binding proteins, including Cbf1. Strains with increased cen-RNA lost centromere plasmids at elevated rates. In cbf1Δ cells, where both the levels and the cell cycle-regulated appearance of cen-RNA were disrupted, the timing and levels of cenH3 centromere binding were perturbed. Thus, cen-RNAs are highly regulated, and disruption of this regulation correlates with changes in centromere structure and function.
Discovering the Secret Listener: Western Radio Broadcasts to Soviet Lithuania
Authors: Arlauskaitė Zakšauskienė Inga
Published: August 2019

The research of Western radio audiences in the Soviet Union was carried out by the department of Soviet Area Audience and Opinion Research, which was in charge of the RFE/RL; however, factual surveys were conducted by independent research institutes, which ensured that the results were neutral and no prejudices with regard to a particular broadcaster were present. The key indices to be measured were the size of the audience that listened to Western radio broadcasts as well as the listeners’ behavioral patterns. Making use of these parameters, the authorities of these radios were able to modify the character of radio programming, to design the content of the information provided, and to observe the potential influence of radio broadcasts in the context of ideological opposition. It is important to stress that based on the methodology and the amount of information available at that time, individual persons’ surveys conducted by Radio Liberty audience and the opinion research department were not adequate to what is considered, in the contemporary sense, proper public opinion research.
Analysis of the influence of technical state and operating conditions on the efficiency and reliability of power units of thermal power plants in the UES of Ukraine
Authors:   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, 37, Prospect Beresteiskyi (former Peremohy), Kyiv, 03056, Ukraine, Kesova Liubov , Kobernik Valentyna ,   General Energy Institute of NAS of Ukraine, 172, Antonovycha St., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine, Dubrovskyi Vitalii ,   General Energy Institute of NAS of Ukraine, 172, Antonovycha St., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine
Published: August 2019

We analyzed the technical state and characteristics of work of the power units of Ukrainian thermal power plants. We found significant changes in the operating conditions of power units (equipment aging, low maneuverability in regulating the schedules of electrical loads in the united power system, fuel problems), which led to an increase in specific fuel consumption for electricity generation, a decrease in the utilization factor of installed capacity, and an increase in harmful emissions to the environment as compared with the world level. The influence of maneuvering modes of operation on the additional gas consumption at TPPs is estimated. Comparison of current emissions of flue gases with the technological norms of permissible emissions from separate power units and TPPs is carried out. The plans of development of heat power facilities of Ukraine concerning the minimization of negative factors in the work of thermal power plants are analyzed. Transition to new technologies in the heat-and-power sector can provide an increase in both energy and economic efficiency as well as environmental safety due to the reduction of harm ful emissions to an acceptable level (according to Directive 2010/75 / EU). Keywords: thermal power plant, power unit, technological state of TPP, flue gas emissions.
Does It Matter if This Baby Is 22 or 23 Weeks?
Authors: Janvier Annie , Prentice Trisha , Wallace Jessica , Robson Kate , Mann Paul , Lantos John D.
Published: August 2019

A 530-g girl born at 22 weeks and 6 days’ gestation (determined by an ultrasound at 11 weeks) was admitted to the NICU. Her mother had received prenatal steroids. At 12 hours of age, she was stable on low ventilator settings. Her blood pressure was fine. Her urine output was good. After counseling, her parents voiced understanding of the risks and wanted all available life-supporting measures. Many nurses were distressed that doctors were trying to save a “22-weeker.” In the past, 4 infants born at 22 weeks’ gestation had been admitted to that NICU, and all had died. The attending physician on call had to deal with many sick infants and the nurses’ moral distress.
CHARACTERIZATION OF FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS FROM OILS WITH DIFFERENT ORIGINS USING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
Authors: Georgieva Krasimira , Petkov Petko , Todorov Nikola , Denev Yordan
Published: August 2019

The fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) of triglycerides obtained by transesterification reaction in the presence of alkaline catalysts became a serious alternative of fossil fuels. In the present research FAME synthesized from five different in their chemical nature and composition vegetable oils were studied. The data for analysis and characterization of FAME was obtained using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and then basic properties of biodiesel fuels were determined. The confirmation and validation of the results were proved by classical chemical methods of analysis. The ability for express analysis of biodiesel fuels by IR spectroscopy was confirmed and the achieved results are reliable basis for the biofuels stability research.
PI CONTROLLER WITH NEURAL NETWORK ADJUSTMENT FOR SPEED REGULATION IN BRUSHLESS DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR
Authors: Bektaş Yasin , Karaca Hulusi , Dindar Taner
Published: August 2019

Brushless DC motor (BLDCM) has been widely used in many different fields such as high efficiency and dynamic response and high speed range in recent years. Since the BLDC motor driver does not behave, it is complex to control it via the proportional-integral (PI) controller. In this article, the mathematical model of the BLDC motor and artificial neural network algorithm is derived to make the BLDC motor control. On the proposed drive, the controller synchronizes quickly with speed, learning the motor speed to follow and load quickly. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by the model developed in MATLAB / Simulink. The simulation results show that the proposed artificial neural network controller provides a significant improvement in control performance compared to the PI controller for both control reference speed changes and load changes.
Situating instructed language acquisition
Authors: VanPatten Bill
Published: August 2019

What is the relationship between instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) and more general second language acquisition? To what extent is the former informed by the latter? In this essay, I review five facts about second language acquisition involving the nature of mental representation, the slow and ordered acquisition over time, the nature of internal constraints and mechanisms, the role of input, and the observation that most acquisition results in some kind of non-nativeness. I use these facts to ponder underlying assumptions and unasked questions in the research on ISLA. I conclude with some queries regarding the scope and purpose of ISLA.
How Vocabulary is Learned, by S. Webb and P. Nation (2017)
Authors: Malone Jonathan Edward
Published: August 2019

How Vocabulary is Learned By S. Webb and P. Nation (2017) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 336pp.
Second Language Acquisition in Action: Principles from Practice, by A. Nava and L. Pedrazzini (2018)
Authors: Berti Margherita
Published: August 2019

Second Language Acquisition in Action: Principles from Practice

By A. Nava and L. Pedrazzini (2018)

London: Bloomsbury, 225pp.
The effects of hybrid online planning and L2 proficiency on video-based speaking task performance
Authors: Wang Zhan , Skehan Peter , Chen Gaowei
Published: August 2019

This study investigated L2 speaking performance under three different types of task-related time pressure, with a control (Control) group narrating a video at normal playing rate, an online planning (OP) group narrating the video at a slowed playing rate, and a hybrid online planning (HOP) group which combined online planning (a slowed playing rate) with content preparedness (through prewatching the video). The results show that the HOP group outperformed the Control group regarding speech accuracy and complexity, suggesting that this form of online planning, with content preparedness, helps improve speech accuracy and complexity. In addition, L2 proficiency significantly predicted speech accuracy, specifically, among all other performance measures. The implications of these findings for language teaching and learning are discussed, particularly their relevance for the way a Conceptualiser-Formulator balance is important, and for the way proficiency can best be mobilised within task performance.
The effects of written corrective feedback
Authors: Karim Khaled , Nassaji Hossein
Published: August 2019

This paper presents a critical synthesis of research on written corrective feedback (WCF) and its effects on second language (L2) learning over the past four decades. WCF is an essential component of L2 teaching. However, whether WCF helps has been an issue of considerable debate in the literature. While many researchers have stressed its importance, some others have expressed doubt concerning its effectiveness. The controversy over the effectiveness of WCF was heightened when Truscott argued in 1996 that error correction is ineffective and harmful and others who strongly countered his argument that feedback is effective (e.g. Chandler 2003; Ferris 1999). This article provides an in-depth synthesis and analysis of this area of research, examining key issues and findings as well as the various contentions and concerns raised regarding the effects of WCF. The article concludes with implications for future research and with insights about how to move forwards.
The Atlantic Ocean Breaking on Our Heads: Claudia Rankine, Robert Lowell, and the Whiteness of the Lyric Subject
Authors: Javadizadeh Kamran
Published: August 2019

InCitizen: An American Lyric,Claudia Rankine discovers new forms of lyric subjectivity by rerouting the expressive lyric's investment in the singular self, recognized in well-established lines of American genealogy, into a sustained and historicizing attention to dispersed networks of black kinship. She does so in a revisionary allusion to Robert Lowell'sLife Studiesand thereby lays bare the fact that his landmark book, which she treats as a paradigm of the expressive lyric tradition, relies on the (usually unspoken) whiteness of its lyric subject for the force of its autobiographical disclosures. Rankine'sCitizenthus not only helps us see confessional poetry—and the expressive lyric tradition for which it serves as apotheosis—in a radically new way but also develops an introspective lyric mode that remains alert, dispersed, and open to the political, social, and racialized formations that govern the lived experience of contemporary American life.
Held in Checks: Du Bois, Johnson, and the Figurative Work of Financial Forms
Authors: Wooley Christine A.
Published: August 2019

This essay investigates the personal check as it appears in two novels, W. E. B. Du Bois'sThe Quest of the Silver Fleeceand James Weldon Johnson'she Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.In these novels, checks move money between a wealthy white individual and an African American; a close analysis of the check's form and function shows how Du Bois and Johnson revise mid-nineteenth-century connections among feeling, money, and social change by exploiting, rather than challenging, the abstraction of this financial form. The checks in Du Bois and Johnson present the logic of reparations. In doing so, the checks make a material difference in the lives of black beneficiaries, tying them to the flow of money made possible by finance capitalism, a flow from which most African Americans were excluded. At the same time, the check's figuration of the drawer's emotional motivations salvages the potential for progressive individual actions in those whose self-interest limits their willingness to act decisively for the benefit of others.
The Fantastic in Literature
Authors: Nodier Charles , McManus Elizabeth Berkebile , Ginsburg Daniela
Published: August 2019

Charles Nodier (1780–1844) holds the dismal distinction of being the most important French Romantic you have never heard of. A child prodigy, Nodier was reading Montaigne and Plutarch, and writing fluently in French and Latin, by the age of ten. By twenty-five he had vandalized a guillotine, founded the ironically Freemasonesque antiJacobin society called the Philadelphes, published one of the irst French works of scholarship on Shakespeare, and served a month in prison for criticizing Napoleon in the poem “La Napoléone.” It was only then that he got serious, and in 1806 Les tristes was published, a collection of short stories, poems, dialogues, and essays that marked him as a disciple of the Romanticism of Goethe and Schiller and hinted at his future affinity for the visionary, fantastic mode of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Four Poems from Langston Hughes's Spanish Civil War Verse
Authors: Donlon Anne , Scaramella Evelyn
Published: August 2019

Langston Hughes traveled to Spain in 1937, during that Country's Civil War. He saw the Republic's Fight against Franco as an international fight against fascism, racism, and colonialism and for the rights of workers and minorities. Throughout the 1930s, Hughes organized for justice, at home and abroad, often engaging with communist and other left political organizations, like the Communist Party USA's John Reed Club, the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, and the International Workers' Order (Rampersad,Life236, 286, 355; Scott). When the war in Spain began, in 1936, workers and intellectuals who were engaged on the left came from around the world to fight against Franco's forces; these volunteers, the International Brigades, included approximately 2,800 Americans known as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, of which about ninety were African American (Carroll vii; “African Americans”). Hughes went to Spain to interview black antifascist volunteers in the International Brigades and write about their experiences for theBaltimore Afro-American, VolunteerforLiberty,and other publications. Much of Hughes's writing from Spain sought to explain to people at home why men and women, and African diasporic people especially, had risked their lives to fight in Spain. Hughes profiled African Americans fighting for the first time alongside white comrades in the International Brigades, including Ralph Thornton, Thaddeus Battle, and Milton Herndon (“Pittsburgh Soldier Hero,” “Howard Man,” “Milt Herndon”). In addition to writing articles, he wrote poetry, gave radio speeches, and translated poems and plays from Spanish into English. Much of Hughes's work from the Spanish Civil War has been collected in anthologies. However, so prolific was Hughes, and so fastidious was he in saving drafts and ensuring they reach his collection at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, that many unpublished works exist in archives. The four poems here represent different poetic registers and levels of polish, and they illuminate the dynamic range of Hughes's literary production during his time in Spain.
A Nice Neighborhood
Authors: Gardner Jared
Published: August 2019

Why Comics? is a celebration of all that has changed both in comics and for comics over the last generation, written by the person most qualified to host the party. Indeed, our being where we are today owes a good deal to Hillary Chute, who began her career writing some of the field's most intelligent and informative reviews and interviews and went on to write two of the most influential books in comics studies, Graphic Women (2010) and Disaster Drawn (2016). I first met Chute when she was working on her dissertation, and although the decade between us placed me in the role of outside reader on her committee, she was already leading the way forward for all of us in the field.
Drawing Is a Way of Thinking
Authors: Chute Hillary
Published: August 2019

I'm gratified that the most widely circulated journal in literary studies has solicited the skill and attention of nine such erudite interlocutors, including both critics and creators, to formally respond to my bookWhy Comics? From Underground to Everywhere.It's also a bit of a surprise, albeit a pleasing one, sinceWhy Comics?is my first single-authored booknotaimed at the readership ofPMLA.
Phase Ib Study of Combination Therapy with MEK Inhibitor Binimetinib and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Inhibitor Buparlisib in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors withRAS/RAFAlterations
Authors: Bardia Aditya , Gounder Mrinal , Rodon Jordi , Janku Filip , Lolkema Martijn P. , Stephenson Joe J. , Bedard Philippe L. , Schuler Martin , Sessa Cristiana , LoRusso Patricia , Thomas Michael , Maacke Heiko , Evans Helen , Sun Yongjian , Tan Daniel S.W.
Published: August 2019

Background

This multicenter, open-label, phase Ib study investigated the safety and efficacy of binimetinib (MEK inhibitor) in combination with buparlisib (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase [PI3K] inhibitor) in patients with advanced solid tumors with RAS/RAF alterations.

Materials and Methods

Eighty-nine patients were enrolled in the study. Eligible patients had advanced solid tumors with disease progression after standard therapy and/or for which no standard therapy existed. Evaluable disease was mandatory, per RECIST version 1.1 and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2. Binimetinib and buparlisib combinations were explored in patients with KRAS-, NRAS-, or BRAF-mutant advanced solid tumors until the maximum tolerated dose and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) were defined. The expansion phase comprised patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant, advanced non-small cell lung cancer, after progression on an EGFR inhibitor; advanced RAS- or BRAF-mutant ovarian cancer; or advanced non-small cell lung cancer with KRAS mutation.

Results

At data cutoff, 32/89 patients discontinued treatment because of adverse events. RP2D for continuous dosing was buparlisib 80 mg once daily/binimetinib 45 mg twice daily. The toxicity profile of the combination resulted in a lower dose intensity than anticipated. Six (12.0%) patients with RAS/BRAF-mutant ovarian cancer achieved a partial response. Pharmacokinetics of binimetinib were not altered by buparlisib. Pharmacodynamic analyses revealed downregulation of pERK and pS6 in tumor biopsies.

Conclusion

Although dual inhibition of MEK and the PI3K pathways showed promising activity in RAS/BRAF ovarian cancer, continuous dosing resulted in intolerable toxicities beyond the dose-limiting toxicity monitoring period. Alternative schedules such as pulsatile dosing may be advantageous when combining therapies.
Influence of fly ash on the compressive strength of concrete containing recycled aggregate
Authors: Wu Yaopeng , Gao Kaixuan , Wu Bo
Published: August 2019

It is well known that the mechanical properties of concrete containing recycled aggregate (RA) are generally inferior to those of concrete made with natural aggregate. The residual compressive strength of concrete after exposure to high temperature and freeze–thaw cycling was investigated experimentally, and the influence of adding fly ash (FA) was examined. Two hundred and twenty-eight 100 mm cubes were compression-tested to failure. The water/binder (w/b) ratios tested were 0·34, 0·40 and 0·50. The RA replacement levels were 0, 30, 50, 70 and 100%, and the FA replacement levels were 0, 30 and 50%. The high-temperature exposure was 3 h at 400°C. Fifteen cycles of freezing to −18°C and thawing to +5°C were applied. Increasing the w/b ratio or the FA or RA content generally weakened the concrete. FA in the mix minimized to some extent the adverse effect of exposure to high temperature, but the concrete’s freeze–thaw performance was poorer with FA in the mix.
Prescription in English fire regulation: treatment, cure or placebo?
Authors: Law Angus , Butterworth Neal
Published: August 2019

This paper presents a discussion of the recent ‘ban’ on combustible cladding that has been implemented in England following the Grenfell Tower fire. The ban is discussed in terms of its context within the existing regulatory system in England and is analysed in terms of the intended and unintended consequences. Key intended consequences are identified as the prohibition of ‘Grenfell-type’ cladding, the banning of desktop studies for relevant buildings and the banning of some forms of engineered timber construction. Unintended consequences include the devaluation of private leaseholder’s homes, the potential for the problems with the construction industry to be perceived as ‘fixed’ and a raft of somewhat absurd administrative effects. The authors conclude that the ban has likely been effective in its overall aim but that its success is, ironically, inherently bound up with the efficacy of the very regulations that it was intended to fix. The authors also identify that the new ban is potentially susceptible to ‘gaming’ by unscrupulous parties within the construction industry.
DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL POWER REACTOR (EPR) MODEL FOR SAFETY ANALYSES USING RELAP5
Authors: Ekariansyah Andi Sofrany , Subekti Muhammad , Widodo Surip , Tjahjono Hendro , Susyadi Susyadi , Wahyono Puradwi Ismu , Budianto Anwar
Published: August 2019

Pebble bed reactor design, classified as the high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), is currently being part of BATAN main program to promote nuclear energy by starting the Experimental Power Reactor (EPR) program since 2015. Starting from 2018, the detail design document has to be submitted into nuclear regulatory body for further assessment. Therefore results of design analysis have to be supplemented by performing a design evaluation, which can be achieved by developing the model of the EPR.  The development is performed using RELAP5/SCDAP/Mod.3.4 as the thermal-hydraulic analysis code validated for the light-water reactor having module for the pebble fuel element and non-condensable helium gas. Methodology of model development consists of defining the helium flow path inside the reactor pressure vessel, modelling of pebble bed core including its power distribution, and modelling of reflector components to be simulated under 100 % core power. The developed EPR model results in design parameters, which confirm the main thermal data of the EPR, including the pebble and reflector temperatures. The peak pebble temperature is calculated to be 1,375 °C, which requires further investigations in the model accuracy, since the reference values are around 1,015 °C, even it is below the pebble temperature limit. For safety analysis, the EPR model can be used under nominal core flow condition, which produces more conservative results by paying attention on the RELAP5 specific modules for the pebble bed-gas cooled system.Keywords: experimental power reactor, development, RELAP5, steady-state
SPOR ETKİNLİKLERİNE YÖNELİM ÖLÇEĞİNİN TÜRKÇE GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: ÇEVİK Hüseyin , ŞİMŞEK Kerem Yıldırım , MERCANOĞLU Anıl Onur , BAYRAM Alican
Published: August 2019

Bu araştırmada “Spor
Etkinliklerine Yönelim Ölçeğinin” Türk dili ve kültürüne uyarlanması amaçlanmıştır.
Ölçme aracı spor ve eğlence endüstrisinde hizmet sunanlara izleyiciye yönelik
spor etkinliklerine yönelim konusunda bölümlendirme fırsatı sunmaktadır. Türkçe
literatürde spor etkinliklerine yönelimi değerlendirebilecek bir ölçme aracı
olmadığı için bu araştırmanın alana katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmüştür. Araştırma
evrenini Anadolu Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi tarafından düzenlenen
12. Uçurtma Şenliğine katılan bireyler oluşturmuştur. Etkinliğe katılanlar
arasından kolay örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 193 kişi araştırmaya dahil
edilmiştir. Ölçeğin yapısını test etmek için Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi (AFA) ve
Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizleri (DFA) kullanılmıştır. Ölçeğin içerik (uzman
görüşü), yakınsak (en düşük faktör değeri 0.529, en yüksek faktör yük değeri
0.834), ayrışma/dış geçerliliği (bütün faktörlerde pozitif yönde orta düzeyde
ilişki) ve yapı geçerliliği test edilmiştir. Ölçeğin güvenilirliği için
Cronbach Alpha (0.878) iç tutarlılık kat sayısı kullanılmıştır. AFA ile ortaya
çıkartılan üç boyutlu yapı DFA ile sınanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre
“Spor Etkinliklerine Yönelim Ölçeğinin” geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı
olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Dolayısıyla Türk dili ve kültürü için gerekli
psikometrik özellikleri gösteren ölçme aracının Türkiye’deki etkinlik
katılımcılarına yönelik kullanılabileceği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
UC Davis - Microvascular Permeability and Lipoprotien Flux v2
Authors: Rutledge John
Published: August 2019

Summary: One of the three indices of arterial function that are compromised to a varying degree in individuals with cardiovascular disease is vascular permeability. This assay measures vascular permeability (as flux of labeled large molecular weight molecules: i.e. albumin or dextran) and lipid permeability (as flux of labeled lipid) in coronary or carotid arteries.
Las expresiones paremiológicas en el Dictionario de Alonso Sánchez de la Ballesta: propuesta de sistematización
Authors: González González Eva María
Published: August 2019

Las expresiones paremiológicas en el Dictionario de Alonso Sánchez de la Ballesta: propuesta de sistematización.
Ahumada, Ignacio, ed. (1996): Vocabularios dialectales. Revisión crítica y perspectivas, Jaén, Universidad de Jaén, XI + 136 pp.
Authors: Muriano Rodríguez Montserrat
Published: August 2019

Reseña de libro: Ahumada, Ignacio, ed. (1996): Vocabularios dialectales. Revisión crítica y perspectivas, Jaén, Universidad de Jaén, XI +136 pp.
Three point fixation is superior to two point fixation technique for zygomatic complex fracture
Authors: Zaman Gul , Khan Muhammad Azeem , Hyder Muhammad Zeshan , Hassan Taimur Ul , Zafar Afifa , Ashraf Waleed , Kashif Muhammad
Published: August 2019

Background: Isolated zygomatic or malar bone fractures are second most common fracture among facial skeletal injuries. It has been reported that three point fixation is appropriate for isolated zygomatic bone fracture. The objective of current study was to compare the mean difference in terms of malar height outcome by using different fixation techniques (two point and three point) in patients with zygomatic complex fracture.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MMDC, Multan, during a period of six months from 1st June 2017 to 30th November 2017. A total 182 patients of both genders were included in this study. Two point fixation techniques were used in Group-A patients. While 3 point fixation was used in Group-B patients. After 6 weeks follow-up, patients were assessed for malar height. Outcome was measured by comparing the mean difference of pre and postoperative malar height of both techniques. Data were analyzed using computer program SPSS-21. P≤0.05 was taken as significant in all analysis.

Results: Among patients in two point fixation group, the mean malar height was 67.55±2.98 mm and in three point fixation group, means malar height was 71.55±2.36 mm. The difference of malar height among two treatments was highly significant with p<0.01.

Conclusions: Using three point fixation results better as compared to two point fixations in terms of malar height outcome.
Assessment of postoperative relief and complications correlated with septoplasty and septoplasty with turbinectomy
Authors: Rawat Sharad , Mahajan G. D. , Sonar Tejal , Rathod Ashwini
Published: August 2019

Background: Nasal obstruction was the common symptom of deviated nasal symptom. Many surgical procedures are available to correct the deviation. The current study was aimed to assess and compare the postoperative relief and complications of septoplasty alone and septoplasty with turbinectomy.

Methods: This prospective study was done on 50 patients with nasal blockage due to deviated nasal septum. Study was done at department of ENT, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, DPU between July 2016 to September 2018. Patients randomly selected and operated with septoplasty alone (n=25) and septoplasty with turbinectomy (n=25). Assessment and comparisons was made in terms of postoperative relief and complications in both the groups.  

Results: Significant postoperative relief was seen in group of patients after septoplasty with turbinectomy. Retained deviation and dryness of nose are the common complications observed in group of patients treated with septoplasty and septoplasty with turbinectomy respectively and on follow up of 4 weeks postoperatively the rate of frequency of complications was reduced in group of patients managed with septoplasty with turbinectomy.

Conclusions: Postoperative relief and reduction in complication rate after 4 week follow-up was higher in group of patients operated with septoplasty with turbinectomy compared to group of patients managed with septoplasty alone.
Can Online Collaborative Works Offer a Solution to the Over Crowded Classes in Egyptian Universities?
Authors: Ismail Nashwa , Kinchin Gary
Published: August 2019

This study investigates tutors’ perception towards students’ group work when they learn online as a proposed solution for overcrowded classes. The study context is the Egyptian Higher Education (HE) system and the research participants were 20 HE tutors who either teach in a blended learning environment or virtual classroom. This research adopted a phenomenological qualitative approach and data were collected through focus groups and one-to-one interviews. The study concluded that online collaborative learning offers opportunities for studying outside the standard brick-and-mortar classroom and potentially overcoming the problem of overcrowded classes. Although such option has certain advantages, it also presents its own challenges. Tutors acknowledged the benefits of online collaborative learning; however, the tutors also raised some cultural and pedagogical concerns they deemed as hindrances to the learning effectiveness as a whole. Recommendations concerning the effective implementation of online collaborative learning are given.
Editorial: Em busca de evidências empíricas das terapias analítico-comportamentais
Authors: Zamignani Denis Roberto , Vilas Boas Denise de Lima Oliveira , Calixto Fernanda
Published: August 2019

Editorial
Would you fancy a premium five o’clock after the funeral? Application of Terror Management Theory in daily shopping decisions
Authors: Walczak Radosław B. , Gerymski Rafał , Filipkowski Jakub
Published: August 2019

The present study has investigated how fear-of-death activation affected consumer food product choices. Undergraduate students (N = 130; Mage = 22.7; Meage = 21) differing on the conscious fear of death level participated in this study. The participants were divided into two experimental and one control groups. In first experimental group fear of death was induced by asking the participants to read an euthanasia story, in second experimental group by asking them to picture their own death. All experimental groups filled a fear of death personality measure prior to the experiment. Afterwards, participants had to indicate their usual shopping preferences, by choosing between several standard and premium-looking food items which were selected in the pilot study. Results show a decreased number of premium product choices in the death activation groups. Conscious level of fear had no impact on those choices. Results are discussed under the terror management theory framework.
Evaluación de las características físicas y sensoriales de licor de cacao asociadas a modelos de siembra
Authors: Moreno-Martínez Edith , Gavanzo-Cárdenas Óscar Mauricio , Rangel-Silva Fabian Alberto
Published: August 2019

El fomento de cultivos comerciales de cacao ha conllevado el aumento del uso de modelos de siembra, ha favorecido la organización genética y la estandarización del proceso de fermentación, y ha optimizado la calidad, según las necesidades del mercado y del consumidor. Teniendo en cuenta esto, se realizó la evaluación física y sensorial de cuatro modelos de siembra en dos municipios: Arauquita, del departamento de Arauca, y San Vicente de Chucurí, del departamento de Santander. Los modelos evaluados fueron los siguientes: Modelo 1 (M1), autocompatibles: FSV41, FTA2, FEAR5; Modelo 2 (M2), tamaño de grano: FSA12, FSA13, FLE3, FLE2; Modelo 3 (M3) tolerancia monilia: CCN51, FEC2, CAU39; Modelo 4 (M4) monoclonal: CCN51. La evaluación física y sensorial se llevó a cabo por el panel de catación, donde se analizaron: humedad (%), índice de grano (I.G), fermentación (%); y para el licor de cacao se describieron las características sensoriales de sabores básicos: cacao, acidez, amargor, astringencia; específicos: fruta fresca, fruta seca, floral, nuez, dulce y otros. Se hizo la prueba no paramétrica de Wilcoxon, para determinar si existían diferencias significativas entre cada una de las variables de los modelos evaluados. Adicionalmente se hizo un análisis de componentes principales (ACP) para evaluar la relación entre las variables evaluadas y las características de los modelos. Según los resultados, el índice de grano más alto fue dado al M1. Sensorialmente, el M1 se caracterizó por tener altos valores en sabor cacao, fruta fresca, fruta seca, nuez y dulce.  El M4 se destacó por altas intensidades de acidez, amargor y sensación de astringencia. La calidad física y sensorial de los modelos de siembra en las dos localidades no presentó diferencias significativas.
Strategi Pemasaran Pedagang Sembako Dalam Meningkatkan Taraf Ekonomi Perspektif Ekonomi Islam
Authors: Marzuki Ismail , Ramdaniah Fatih
Published: August 2019

The development and competition of the business world in the current era of globalization is getting higher. This study aims to determine the marketing strategies of basic food traders in the pasar baru paiton. The method used is qualitative based on observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of the study showed that the marketing strategies carried out by nine basic necessities traders used several strategies, among others, (a) service strategies, not easily discouraged when experiencing losses or being lazy when they made large profits; (b) product strategy, punctuality and the speed of serving buyers can have an effect on reduced income; (c) price strategy, price openness is needed in trading, so that the product (bargaining) process can be mutually beneficial; (d) promotion strategies, where traders approach emotionally to foster consumer trust, while fostering a high social life. Nevertheless, there are some deviations in marketing practices, such as the presence of elements of gharar or obscurity, the element of coercion and selling merchandise below market prices.[Perkembangan dan persaingan dunia bisnis di era globalisasi saat ini semakin tinggi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui strategi pemasaran pedagang sembako di pasar baru paiton. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif berdasarkan observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi pemasaran yang dilakukan pedagang sembako menggunakan beberapa strategi antara lain, (a) strategi pelayanan, tidak mudah putus asa ketika mengalami kerugian atau bersikap malas ketika mendapat keuntungan yang banyak; (b) strategi produk, ketepatan waktu buka dan kecepatan melayani pembeli dapat berpengaruh pada berkurangnya pemasukan; (c) strategi harga, keterbukaan harga diperlukan dalam berdagang, sehingga proses khiyar (tawar-menawar) produk dapat saling menguntungkan; (d) strategi promosi, di mana pedagang melakukan pendekatan secara emosional untuk menumbuhkan kepercayaan konsumen, sekaligus memupuk jiwa sosial yang tinggi. Kendati demikian, terdapat beberapa penyimpangan dalam praktik pemasarannya, seperti adanya unsur gharar atau ketidakjelasan, adanya unsur pemaksaan dan menjual barang dagangan dibawah harga pasar.]
Model Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Dengan Filantropi Islam Dalam Mewujudkan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat
Authors: Syahril Syahril , Abdullah Wahyuddin , Syahruddin Syahruddin
Published: August 2019

This study aims to: 1) describe the model of community empowerment BAZNAS Makassar, 2) to find out the effectiveness community empowerment model in BAZNAS Makassar, 3) to find the right model of economic community empowerment in BAZNAS Makassar. This study was used field research methods with qualitative methode, which were analyzed descriptively. This study found that the BAZNAS Makassar has programme called Makassar prosperous, in which there are three productive programs: Revolving Fund Assistances, Life Skill Training and ZCD (zakat community development). The prosperous Makassar program has not been maximized in implementing Islamic philanthropy, because of consumptive programs are still larger than productive programs. Regarding the effective empowerment model, BAZNAS Makassar can implement a model of economic empowerment program for coastal areas.[Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1) mendeskripsikan model pemberdayaan masyarakat pada BAZNAS kota Makassar, 2) mengetahui efektifitas model pemberdayaan BAZNAS kota Makassar, 3) menemukan model pemberdayaan ekonomi yang tepat bagi BAZNAS kota Makassar. Studi ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode penelitian lapangan (field research) dengan metode kualitatif (qualitative method) yang dilakukan secara deskriptif analisis. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa program pemberdayaan ekonomi BAZNAS kota Makassar disebut Makassar makmur, di dalamnya terdapat tiga program produktif yaitu Bantuan Dana Bergulir, Pelatihan Life Skill, dan ZCD (zakat community development). Program Makassar makmur belum maksimal dalam menerapkan filantropi Islam, karena program konsumtif masih lebih besar dari program produktif.  Sedangkan untuk Model pemberdayaan yang efektif, BAZNAS kota Makassar dapat melaksanakan model program pemberdayaan ekonomi pesisir.]
A Comparison of Different Ridge Parameters under Both Multicollinearity and Heteroscedasticity
Authors: Sevinç Volkan , Göktaş Atila
Published: August 2019

One of
the major problems in fitting an appropriate linear regression model is multicollinearity
which occurs when regressors are highly correlated. To overcome this problem, ridge
regression estimator which is an alternative method to the ordinary least
squares (OLS) estimator, has been used. Heteroscedasticity, which violates the
assumption of constant variances, is another major problem in regression
estimation. To solve this violation problem, weighted least squares estimation
is used to fit a more robust linear regression equation. However, when there is
both multicollinearity and heteroscedasticity problem, weighted ridge
regression estimation should be employed. Ridge regression depends on the ridge
parameter which does not have an explicit form of calculation. There are
various ridge parameters proposed in the literature. A simulation study was conducted to compare the
performances of these ridge parameters for both multicollinear and
heteroscedastic data. The following factors were varied: the number of
regressors, sample sizes and degrees of multicollinearity. The performances of the parameters were compared
using mean square error. The
study also shows that when the data are both heteroscedastic and multicollinear,
the estimation performances of the ridge parameters differs from the case for
only multicollinear data.
Optimalisasi Adsorpsi Zat Warna Rhodamin B Pada Hemiselulosa Dalam Sistem Dinamis
Authors: Putri Sella August , Asnawati A. , Indarti Dwi
Published: August 2019

Hemiselulosa digunakan sebagai adsorben alternatif untuk adsorpsi Rhodamin B. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan kapasitas adsorpsi hemiselulosa terhadap rhodamin B dengan optimasi massa adsorben dan pH larutan. Kapasitas adsorpsi hemiselulosa ditentukan dengan sistem dinamis dengan kecepatan 0,08 mL/menit melalui kolom berdiameter internal 8 mm dan menggunakan persamaan Thomas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa banyaknya zat warna Rhodamin B yang teradsorpsi pada adsorben hemiselulosa mengalami peningkatan dengan bertambahnya massa adsorben. Adsorben hemiselulosa dapat menyerap zat warna Rhodamin B paling baik pada massa adsorben 0,5 gram dan pH larutan 7,34, dengan kapasitas adsorben hemiselulosa sebesar 0,047 mg/g.
BLENDED LEARNING: STUDI EFEKTIVITAS PENGEMBANGAN KONTEN E-LEARNING DI PERGURUAN TINGGI
Authors: Astuti Puji , Febrian Febrian
Published: August 2019

Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji efektifitas pengembangan konten e-learning tipe blended learning sebagai respons pembelajaran 4.0 untuk online learning di Perguruan Tinggi. Integrasi online learning pada penelitian ini dilakukan dengan mengembangkan konten e-learning untuk mata kuliah Kapita Selekta Matematika berupa: bahan ajar, video pembelajaran, penugasan, forum diskusi, dan ujian online. Untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut, penelitian pengembangan ADDIE dilakukan pada subjek penelitian mahasiswa semester 2 tahun akademik 2017/2018 Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika. Data terdiri dari data hasil komentar dan saran ahli terhadap konten e-learning yang dikembangkan peneliti dan data hasil tes mahasiswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konten e-learning efektif untuk mencapai tujuan pembelajaran pada subjek penelitian ini.

 

AbstractThis research examines the effectiveness of online learning type blended learning in higher education. The integration of online learning was conducted by developing e-learning content for the Mathematics Capita Selecta course in the form of: teaching material, learning video, online assignment, discussion forum, and online quiz. ADDIE development research model was carried out involving subject of the second semester students of Mathematics Education Study Program in 2018/2019 academic year. The data collected were comments and advices from the expert about the e-learning content and student test results. The results showed that e-learning content was effective in achieving learning objectives on the subject of this study.
Burocracia e cooperação técnica entre países em desenvolvimento
Authors: Regina Fernanda Lopes , Cândia João Paulo
Published: August 2019

O artigo analisa a inserção do Ministério da Saúde brasileiro na Política de Cooperação Técnica entre Países em Desenvolvimento empreendida no Haiti durante o governo do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), a partir do diálogo entre os estudos sobre o papel político das burocracias na interface entre a Ciência Política e a horizontalização da política externa brasileira.