bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PRE AND POST EXPOSURE ANALYSIS OF CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE’S EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF STETHOSCOPES
Authors: HARIKRISHNAN AISHWARYA , BHUVANESHWARI G.
Published: January 2021

Objective: The present study is to assess the effectiveness of chlorhexidinegluconate as a disinfectant for the stethoscope diaphragm, to survey the routine practices followed by health care professionals (HCPs) towards stethoscope disinfection and to ascertain their general awareness on the matter.

Methods: Questionnaire-based study conducted to assess the degree of awareness and attitude of HCPs towards stethoscope disinfection procedures. 200 responses were obtained and analyzed. Randomized, blind trial comparing bacterial load of stethoscope post-exposure to chlorhexidinegluconate vs. ethyl alcohol. The swabs collected from stethoscope diaphragm before and after exposure to disinfectant, were cultured using spread plate technique on nutrient agar. CFU count was compared.

Results: Out of 200, nearly all HCPs part of this study were aware that stethoscopes could be linked to transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) but only 78.5% (157) were accustomed to stethoscope disinfection practices. Although only 13.5% (27/200) of participants believed that chlorhexidinegluconate was effective, this study found it to be highly efficacious against bacterial recontamination.

Conclusion: We stress upon the importance of regular disinfection of the stethoscope after each use and encourage frequent cleaning of the device with chlorhexidinegluconate, which may reduce bacterial recontamination for a longer period.
PREVALENCE AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ACINETOBACTERIN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN CHENNAI, INDIA
Authors: A. ANGELINE ANJALI , V. K. ABIRAMASUNDARI
Published: January 2021

Objective: The present study is to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of Acinetobacter species in samples collected from patients in tertiary care hospital in Chennai.

Methods: A total of17,827patient’s clinical samples were collected from various wards and ICUs of Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu over a period of 7 mo [between January 2020 and July 2020]. All samples were tested in the microbiology lab of Saveetha Medical College and Hospital using standard operating procedures.

Results: Out of 17,827 samples, 2,816 were culture positive. 122 of the isolates tested positive for Acinetobacter spp.and 81.1% of the isolates belonged to Acinetobacterbaumannii. Most of the infection occurred in the age group of 21-40 y and predominantly in female patients (female, male ratio 1.9:1).General wards contributed to 54.9% of the Acinetobacter infection, followed by ICU(27%) and OPD(18%). Maximum isolates were recovered from urine(34.4%) and endotracheal secretions(29.5%).60.7% of the Acinetobacterspp were multidrug-resistant(MDR)i.e. resistant to more than 3 antibiotic group.In our study, most Acinetobactersppwere resistant to penicillin(46-100%), third and fourth generation cephalosporin (36-61.5%), carbapenems (34.4-82.8%)and quinolones(39.3-46.7%). None of the isolates were resistant to colistin. 93.4% ofisolates were sensitive to tigecycline and 87.7% sensitive to amikacin.

Conclusion: Our study observed a high incidence of MDR inAcinetobacterspp, which is in line with most of the research findings in recent times. Most of Acinetobacterspp were resistant to penicillin, third and fourth generation cephalosporins, quinolones, carbapenems,which is alarming as it leaves fewer options for the line of treatment. Some strains were sensitive to cefepime, ceftazidime, piperacillin-tazobactam, levofloxacin, imipenem and meropenem. Considering the increasing MDR nature of Acinetobacterspp a combination of the former along with colistin, tigecycline, amikacin(which have shown more than 85% sensitivity) would need to be studied.Also, strict measures to control the spread of Acinetobacter infection, better management of antibiotics usage and newer therapeutic option for treatment need to be looked at.
COMPARISON OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF HONEY AGAINST AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
Authors: DHANARAJ S. , UMAMAGESWARI S. S. M. , MALAVIKA M. , BHUVANESHWARI G.
Published: January 2021

Objective: To compare the antibacterial activity of honey against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

Methods: Honey is extracted from the honey comb by trained persons. Antimicrobial activity of honey is performed by Agar Cup Diffusion technique for 3 bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and Clostridium perfringens.

Results: By performing the technique with proper guidance, it is observed that the Staphylococcus aureus specimen shows sensitivity to honey whereas the other two specimens Escherichia coli and clostridium perfringens doesn’t show any sensitivity to honey.

Conclusion: Due to its vast antibacterial activity of honey, it can be used along with other antibiotics to increase its efficiency.
PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY OF OLOPATADINE 10 MG EXTENDED RELEASE TABLET IN COMPARISON WITH OLOPATADINE 5 MG IMMEDIATE RELEASE TABLET IN INDIAN POPULATION
Authors: HUSAIN SAIYED ZEYAUL ABRAR , KHUROO ARSHAD , MARWAH AMIT , VOHORA DIVYA
Published: January 2021

Objective: This study was designed to assess the pharmacokinetics of single dose of olopatadine hydrochloride 10 mg extended release (ER) tablet of Ranbaxy laboratories limited (two test formulations) with two doses of Allelock® 5 mg immediate release (IR) tablets of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd. (reference formulation R), in healthy, adult, Indian male subjects under fed condition.

Methods: Fifteen healthy male volunteers, 26.07±6.62 y in age and 57.17±6.68 kg in body weight, were divided into three groups and received either olopatadine hydrochloride 10 mg ER tablet or two doses of Allelock® 5 mg tablets in each period. Blood samples were taken at predetermined time points and plasma concentrations of olopatadine were monitored by liquid chromatography mass spectrometric (LCMS/MS). Pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters AUC0-t, AUC0-24, AUC0-∞, and Cmax were calculated for olopatadine using WinNonlin. A statistical analysis was performed on PK data using SAS system.

Results: The ER formulations showed a similar AUC as compared to the IR formulation and there was no statistically significant difference in AUC of test formulation A and B and reference R. The ratios of AUC0-t, AUC0-24 and AUC0-∞ for A/R were 91.08, 94.90 and 91.32 and for B/R were 89.63, 93.95 and 89.63 respectively. The ER formulations reported a higher Cmax value as compared to IR formulation. The ratios of Cmax for A/R and B/R were 151.09 and 167.96 respectively. But these higher Cmax values did not pose any safety issue as there were no serious adverse events reported during the study.

Conclusion: In conclusion, we can say that though the study drugs did not meet the bioequivalence criteria set by regulatory agencies, but this study gave an insight about PK properties of olopatadine extended release formulation and given an idea about effect of smoking on the PK profile of olopatadine which can be studied in future.
CONSISE SYNTHESIS AND POTENTIAL ANTI-ANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY OF N-1 SUBSTITUTED INDOLYLCHALCONE HYBRIDS ON CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE (CAM) ASSAY
Authors: WANEGAONKAR ANJALI M. , BHITRE MILIND J. , ZAVERI DILLIP , BAIRAGI SHRIRAM H.
Published: January 2021

Objective: Synthesis of N-1 Substituted Indolylchalcone Hybrids and evaluation of anti-angiogenic activity using Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) Assay.

Methods: Claisen-schmidt reaction is used for the synthesis of 30 Indolylchalcone hybrids, it involves condensation of N-1 substituted indole-3-carboxaldehyde and N1 substituted 2-acetyl-benzimidazole. The phase transfer catalyst, a green catalyst such as anhydrous potassium carbonate (K2CO3) and PEG-400 are used in the alkylation and arylation. All synthesized indolylchalcone hybrids were evaluated for their antiangiogenic activity by in vivo-chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay method.

Results: The synthesized indolylchalcone compounds are evaluated. The morphometric study was carried out as described by Melkonian et al. (2002). The Compounds with code C-2, I-1, I-2 are showing the more potent effect on the dose-dependent assay of CAM. The compounds with code C-1, C-3, E-1 to E-3, M-1 and M-5 shows the significant activity, however, though the compounds with code B-1, B-2, CL-1 and A-5 were showing antiangiogenic effect at 0.1 µM, but does not show any significant activity on dose-dependent assay of CAM.

Conclusion: The synthesized Indolylchalcones as shown in the graph possess very good dose-dependent anti-angiogenic activities. The potency of anti-angiogenetic activity shows that methyl>Ethyl>Cl-benzyl>Benzyl>Isobutyl. 2-acetyl benzimidazole analogs have possible future scope to develop as potent angiogenesis inhibitors.
HYDROGELS THE THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS: A REVIEW
Authors: M. TRINADHA RAO , CHVS PHANINDRA , M. YAMINI , C. H. PRASAD
Published: January 2021

Hydrogel products constitute polymeric materials as a group, the hydrophilic structure which renders them the capability of holding large amounts of water in their 3-dimensional networks. Extensive employment of those products during a number of commercial and environmental areas of application is taken into account to be of prime importance. Needless to say, natural hydrogels were gradually replaced by synthetic types thanks to their higher water absorption capacity, long service life, and wide sorts of raw chemical resources. Literature on this subject was found to be expanding, especially within the scientific areas of research. However, variety of technical reports publications and handling hydrogel products from the points of view of engineering were examined to overview technological aspects covering this growing the field of research. the first objective of this text is to review the literature concerning classification of hydrogels on different bases, chemical characteristics and physical characteristics of those products, and technical feasibility of their best utilization. It also involved the technologies adopted for hydrogel production along-side process and design implications, optimized conditions, and the block diagrams of the preparation process. Recent forms of hydrogel material generations are also presented in some details that are innovative in nature.
Análisis comparativo de los modelos de creación de laboratorios virtuales de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) y la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)
Authors: Aguilera Jinesta Roy , Vázquez Pérez Yuri
Published: January 2021

En el siguiente artículo se expone una comparación de los procesos de elaboración de laboratorios virtuales de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) y de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica (UNED). El análisis comparativo se basó en la observación y estudio de los procesos de creación de laboratorios virtuales tanto en la UPM como en la UNED.

Además, se realizaron entrevistas a los actores técnicos y académicos involucrados en los procesos de laboratorios virtuales de ambas universidades. Para la comparación se consideran aspectos tales como: definición de laboratorio virtual, proceso de elaboración, alcance y acceso, sistemas informáticos y bases de datos vinculados al laboratorio, repositorio y el modelo teórico.

Dentro de los resultados de la comparación se determina que los procesos de creación de los laboratorios tienen un componente administrativo más definido en la UNED que en la UPM, así como la cantidad de involucrados y trámites es mayor en la UNED que en la UPM.

Otro hallazgo es la diferencia en la integración de los laboratorios, en el caso de la UNED se cuenta con un repositorio en su sitio web, mientras que en la UPM se generó una interfaz que simula el campus universitario y el usuario debe desplazarse en ese mundo virtual para acceder al laboratorio.

En cuanto al uso de los laboratorios, también se encontraron diferencias, en la UNED estas herramientas educativas se emplean para que los estudiantes practiquen, pero no forman parte de una evaluación sumativa, es decir, no tienen valor en la nota final de la asignatura (curso), mientras que, en la UPM, algunos laboratorios de emplean en las clases presenciales para evaluar a los estudiantes.
Primeras páginas
Authors: Espiga Revista
Published: January 2021

Primeras páginas de la Revista
Rituximab induced cytokine release syndrome in an MS patient: a case report
Authors: Etemadifar Masoud , Salari Mehri , Saeri Mahdieh , Sigari Amirhossein Akhavan , Ebrahimi Sara
Published: January 2021

Rituximab use in multiple sclerosis has been promising. Cytokine release
syndrome (CRS) is a common side effect of rituximab in patients with
lymphoma. We report a case of a 44-year-old man with a history of
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, who presented with signs and
symptoms consistent with CRS after rituximab initiation.
Gene expression estimates: Influence of sequencing library construction, fish sampling methods, and tissue harvesting time
Authors: Moreno Nickolas , Howard Leif , Relyea Scott , Dunnigan James , Boyer Matthew , Kardos Marty , Glaberman Scott , Luikart Gordon , Chiari Ylenia
Published: January 2021

RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) is becoming a popular method for measuring gene
expression in non-model organisms, including wild populations sampled in
the field. While RNA-Seq can be used to measure gene expression
variation among wild-caught individuals and can yield important
biological insights into organismal function, technical variables may
also influence gene expression estimates. We examined the influence of
multiple technical variables on estimated gene expression in a non-model
fish species, the westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii
lewisi), using two RNA-Seq methods: 3’ RNA-Seq and whole mRNA-Seq. We
evaluated the effects of dip netting versus electrofishing, and of
harvesting tissue immediately versus 5 minutes after euthanasia on
estimated gene expression in blood, gill, muscle, and liver. We found
higher RNA degradation in the liver compared to the other tissues. There
were fewer expressed genes in blood compared to gill and muscle. We
found no difference in gene expression among sampling methods or due to
a delay in tissue collection. However, we detected fewer genes with 3’
RNA-Seq than with whole mRNA-Seq and found statistically significant
differences in gene expression between 3’ RNA-Seq and whole mRNA-Seq.
The magnitude and direction of these differences does not appear to be
dependent on gene type or length. Our findings indicate that RNA-Seq is
robust to the technical variables related to the field sampling
techniques tested here but varies based on the tissue sampled and the
RNA-Seq library used. This study advances understanding of usefulness of
RNA-Seq to study gene expression variation in evolution, ecology, and
conservation.
Incorporating Data Analytics in a Technical Tax Setting: A Case Using Excel and Tableau to Examine a Firm's Schedule M-3 and Tax Risk
Authors: Laplante Stacie K. , Vernon Mary E.
Published: January 2021

New tax accountants are expected to possess strong technical tax and data analytic skills. This case provides an opportunity to improve students' corporate tax and accounting for income taxes knowledge and experience with professional tax workpapers. It also provides exposure to two powerful data analytic platforms, Tableau and Excel. Students must complete a set of tax workpapers, including a Schedule M-3 reconciliation. Students begin to view tax through an analytical mindset, gaining familiarity with descriptive data for tax analyses. This case helps students calculate GAAP and cash effective tax rates, taxable income, temporary and permanent book-tax differences, and formulate a professional written communication. Students also complete tax workpapers; benchmark tax data across time and industry peers; clean, format, and combine data using Excel and Tableau; analyze and visualize data using Tableau; and access and use the IRS's SOI database.

JEL Classification: H29; D89; A22; A23.
The Chapel of Princeton University
Authors: Stillwell Richard
Published: January 2021

Like the medieval English cathedrals that inspired it, the Princeton University Chapel is an architectural achievement designed to evoke wonder, awe, and reflection. This book is the essential illustrated guide to this magnificent architectural and cultural landmark. Now with new color photos throughout, the book traces the history of the chapel and describes its architecture, sculpture, woodwork, and furnishings. The author knew the building from its planning stages through its construction, dedication, and long use. This book offers unique insights into the vision of architect Ralph Adams Cram and the artistry of Charles J. Connick, who designed the chapel's breathtaking cycle of stained-glass windows. The book gives readers an opportunity to enjoy the chapel as both an aesthetically beautiful structure and a moving religious statement. It reveals how the building's composition is meant to provide spiritual access to as many seekers as possible and instill in them an extraordinary message of hope. The book is a guided tour of an inspiring structure that has served as the spiritual home to one of America's leading universities.
Miss C——y’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Authors: Bobker Danielle
Published: January 2021

This chapter points out, according to Anthony Hamilton and Jonathan Swift, how closets can still represent the highly circumscribed sociability associated with the face-to-face exchange of handwritten manuscripts. It talks about the hundreds of books that are designated as closets or cabinets that had been published in Britain by the end of the eighteenth century. As the authors and editors of these printed closets and cabinets nervously underscored their own close connections to courtly closets, prayer closets, and elite cabinets of curiosity, they implicitly positioned their readers as illegitimate intruders or spies. The chapter also reviews the complex dynamics of partial inclusion that are directly addressed in a particularly self-reflexive instance. It emphasizes that the one-way mode of visual intimacy channeled the excitement and social disorientation that accompanied the increasing accessibility of knowledge in the eighteenth century.
Parson Yorick’s Vis-à-vis
Authors: Bobker Danielle
Published: January 2021

This chapter illustrates the radical strand of eighteenth-century print-cultural rhetoric that rejected the personal room and pictured it as the twisted heart of a stagnant manuscript culture that could only inhibit the modern drive toward sharing feelings and ideas. It considers the original spin that Laurence Sterne put on “A Sentimental Journey,” a semifictional travelogue that he wrote in a flush of pleasure from the international success of his first novel Tristram Shandy. The chapter describes coaches that had sometimes been characterized as “moving closets” since the seventeenth century. It explains how previous writers of the eighteenth century tended to represent enforced mingling in carriages as a source of social anxiety. In Sterne's travelogue, he explained closet and carriage symbolism in order to celebrate a small post-chaise called the vis-à-vis as the ideal vehicle of intimacy between strangers.
Coda
Authors: Bobker Danielle
Published: January 2021

This chapter considers many histories that intersect with and inform that of the eighteenth-century closet. It includes the history of the Turkish hammam, the water closet, the camera obscura, and the museum. It analyzes the multiple strands that make it possible to assemble a lexicon of intimacy that encompasses the evolving connotations and denotations of the word closet along with those of many related terms, such as cabinet, green room, peeping Tom, privy, secretary, seraglio, and vis-à-vis. The chapter also reveals that the histories of the bathing closet and the water closet, though both concerned with cleanliness and plumbing, unfurl across very different timelines and may evoke very different social milieus and cultural associations. It describes the closet prayer's extensive hold over the intimate imagination that is revealed through its depiction as a form of erotic favoritism, as a practice for the privy, and as a source of spiritual insights to be immortalized. It also outlines the recurring international perspectives that situate the rise of British closet culture within larger political dynamics.
m-topped degrees
Authors: Downey Rod , Greenberg Noam
Published: January 2021

This chapter assesses m-topped degrees. The notion of m-topped degrees comes from a general study of the interaction between Turing reducibility and stronger reducibilities among c.e. sets. For example, this study includes the contiguous degrees. A c.e. Turing degree d is m-topped if it contains a greatest degree among the many one degrees of c.e. sets in d. Such degrees were constructed in Downey and Jockusch. The dynamics of the cascading phenomenon occurring in the construction of m-topped degrees strongly resemble the dynamics of the embedding of the 1–3–1 lattice in the c.e. degrees. Similar dynamics occurred in the original construction of a noncomputable left–c.e. real with only computable presentations, which was discussed in the previous chapter.
The International Human Rights Movement
Authors: Neier Aryeh
Published: January 2021

During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in struggles against totalitarian regimes and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. This book offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. The book combines analysis with personal experience, and gives an insider's perspective on the movement's goals, the disputes about its mission, its rise to international importance, and the challenges to come. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author.
Electoral Violence, Corruption, and Political Order
Authors: Birch Sarah
Published: January 2021

Throughout their history, political elections have been threatened by conflict, and the use of force has in the past several decades been an integral part of electoral processes in a significant number of contemporary states. However, the study of elections has yet to produce a comprehensive account of electoral violence. Drawing on cross-national data sets together with fourteen detailed case studies from around the world, this book offers a global comparative analysis of violent electoral practices since the Second World War. The book shows that the way power is structured in society largely explains why elections are at risk of violence in some contexts but not in others. Countries with high levels of corruption and weak democratic institutions are especially vulnerable to disruptions of electoral peace. The book examines how corrupt actors use violence to back up other forms of electoral manipulation, including vote buying and ballot stuffing. In addition to investigating why electoral violence takes place, the book considers what can be done to prevent it in the future, arguing that electoral authority and the quality of electoral governance are more important than the formal design of electoral institutions. Delving into a deeply influential aspect of political malpractice, the book explores the circumstances in which individuals choose to employ violence as an electoral strategy.
STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN ANALYZING AMBIGUOUS PERSONAL REFERENCE IN WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB: THE TRIAL NOVEL
Authors: Rauf Masykur , Amanda Reski
Published: January 2021

This research discussed students’ ability in analysing ambiguous reference in written text. The objectives of this research were to find out students’ ability, and the way of the seventh-semester students of English and Literature Department (2016) in analysing the given extracts. The Researchers used quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting and analysing data. The data source was the seventh-semester students of English and Literature Department (2016). The Researchers used paper test (close-ended and open-ended question) as the instrument to get the data. As the procedure of collecting data, the Researchers gave the students the test and the instruction to answer the test. The Researchers then collected the paper after the students answered the tests. The Researchers used Halliday and Hasan’s reference theory which focusing on personal reference. Based on the findings and discussion, the Researchers found that 1 student possessed excellent ability, 2 students got good ability, 5 students belonged to fair ability, and 2 students obtained poor ability. As the conclusion, the seventh-semester student of English and Literature Department (2016) had fair ability (67.09) in analysing ambiguous personal references. It was proved by their mean score through the paper test (multiple choice). And the Researchers also concluded that analysed the given extracts by 3 ways. Those were by the context, good sense, and guessing. It was proved by their answers got through open-ended questionnaire.
THE STUDENTS’ EYESIGHT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING-BASED APPLICATIONS ON ELT IN PANDEMIC ERA
Authors: Mannong Andi Bulkis Maghfirah
Published: January 2021

The emergence of the Covid-19 has given a significant effect that inflicted policy changes in various sectors, including in the education field. The most basic policy is changing the students’ way to learn from what is usually done in the classroom (face to face) to online learning. As this condition, the implementation of learning-based applications has a necessary role in supporting online learning, includes English Language Teaching (ELT). This study aimed to analyze the students’ experience in utilizing learning-based applications in learning English and the barriers faced by them. As for some of the applications most commonly used are Zoom, Google Meet, Google Classroom, and WhatsApp. Besides, this study was also conducted to determine which application is the most effective used in ELT during online learning. This research used descriptive quantitative, where the sample was the seventh-semester students in the English department at one of the private universities in Makassar. The data was collected used questionnaire and the data analysis technique used descriptive statistics. The result of this study showed that the use of those four applications helped the students to adapt to the pandemic condition. Besides helping students to learn English virtually, it also improves the students’ digital literacy. Although, there were some obstacles in utilizing some applications faced by them, such as limited quota, unstable network, complicated in use, and not focus during the learning process. Among the four applications above, the most effective application based on the students’ response was Whatsapp. This application helps the students to develop their language proficiency through natural interaction. Moreover, it makes the students easier in learning English as the delivery of material is systematic and structured. Students also have more time to understand the material by rereading the material that has been delivered.
INVESTIGATING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN A BILINGUAL CLASS
Authors: Dwiniasih Dwiniasih , Wahidah Farah Sukmawati , Susanto Susanto
Published: January 2021

For the decades, managing classroom becomes one of the most important topics as the concern to be developed by educational department in improving students' quality. One of them is preparing pre-service teachers by strengthening their teaching skills such as managing classroom. Therefore, this study aims to investigate pre-service teacher's classroom management and its problem faced, where observation checklist is used by other participants in reviewing forty respondents’ teaching performance. Meanwhile in supporting the second purpose; Interview is used to delve more the problem faced by pre-service teacher while managing classroom. The results reveal that the skill which is still not optimal related to the creation and maintenance of optimal learning conditions is the skill that shows response attitude because of nervous and tend to focus to the certain group or students considered comfortable. Meanwhile, skills related to the control of optimal learning conditions that is still not done optimally by the participants, namely finding and overcoming behavior that poses problems with the way of exile caused by frightened by pre-service teachers against increasingly poor or rebellious student responses. However, referring to overall indicator of classroom management skills, pre-service teacher could be categorized as having done a grade managing skills well.
PHILIPPINE K TO 12 CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT (PISA) 2018 READING LITERACY PARALLELISM AND TEACHING-LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Authors: Galang Aljon
Published: January 2021

Philippine K-12 Curriculum and Programme for International Student Assessment 2018 Reading Literacy Parallelism and Teaching-Learning Experiences.. Objectives: This study is made to capture the instructional system and learning milieu of the PISA 2018 Reading Literacy-Related Senior High School  Subjects aiming to evaluate its curriculum design and implementation.Methods: The study used Illuminative Evaluation Model to evaluate the curriculum design and implementation by gauging the instructional system through heat mapping and the learning milieu of teacher participants and graduate respondents through survey, interview, and researcher’s past observation. Findings: In the study, it was found out that: (a) the K to 12 program through the learning competencies is 28.64% parallel with the PISA 2018 Reading Literacy Skill Framework; (b) teachers implement the curriculum in which the Reading Literacy Skills are reflected even under various teaching-learning constraints.; (c) the graduate respondents (GRs) are good in terms of locating information but need improvement in evaluating and reflecting on and/or among texts specifically the skill ‘detecting and handling conflict’. Moreover, GRs associate learning the PISA 2018 Reading Literacy Skills the most from the subjects Reading and Writing Skills and Practical Research and the least from 21st Century Literature.Conclusion: The K-12 program through learning competencies is 28.64% parallel with PISA 2018 Reading Literacy Skill Framework. This shows one of the characteristics of the written curriculum or the instructional system.
KEMAMPUAN SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR DALAM MENGGUNAKAN VIDEO BLOGGING SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN
Authors: SYAWANODYA INDIRA , ROHAYATI ETTY , SUHARTINI TIN
Published: January 2021

Berdasarkan APJII, 74% pengguna internet di Indonesia menggunakan internet untuk mengakses media sosial. YouTube digunakan untuk berbagi video seperti video musik, olahraga, maupun hobi. Dalam perkembangannya, saat ini banyak orang yang membagikan video pada YouTube yang dikenal dengan Video Blogging (vlogging). Sebelumnya, blog digunakan untuk membagikan informasi yang ditulis dalam sebuah halaman web, namun saat ini orang-orang membuat blog dalam bentuk video. Biasanya vlogging mengandung video tentang tutorial, perjalanan, ataupun menjelaskan/mengulas suatu produk. Penggunaan teknologi ini dapat diaplikasikan pada bidang pendidikan karena dapat menstimulasi kreatifitas siswa dan pengajar. Penelitian ini menerapkan vlogging pada siswa kelas 4 SD dalam pelajaran Bahasa Sunda. Dalam penerapannya dapat diketahui ketertarikan dan kemampuan siswa pada penggunaan vlogging sebagai media pembelajaran seperti mengoperasikan, dan membuat video. Kata Kunci: Video Blogging, Sekolah Dasar, Bahasa Sunda
KLASIFIKASI BIBLIOGRAFI OTOMATIS MENGGUNAKAN C4.5 DAN INFORMATION GAIN
Authors: AKBAR MUHAMMAD NUR
Published: January 2021

Permasalahan yang dibahas pada penelitian ini mengenai klasifikasi bibliografi. Klasifikasi dilakukan dengan memproses data-data dari berbagai sumber referensi yang diberikan. Metode yang diterapkan dalam pengklasifikasian adalah C4.5 dengan sebelumnya dilakukan beberapa tahap preprocessing. C4.5 yang digunakan untuk proses text mining karena memiliki akurasi dan kecepatan yang sangat tinggi dengan algoritma yang sederhana. Digunakan pula Information Gain untuk evaluasi atribut yang dipilih dalam mengklasifikasikan dokumen.Kata Kunci: Text mining, C.45, bibliography, feature selection, Information Gain
PERBANDINGAN MODEL LOGISTIC REGRESSION DAN NEURAL NETWORK PADA KELAHIRAN BAYI DENGAN BERAT BADAN RENDAH
Authors: H M HASRUL
Published: January 2021

Evaluasi risiko kelahiran bayi dengan berat badan lahir rendah disingkat BBLR menjadi suatu persoalan yang menarik untuk dibahas. Sejumlah penelitian bidang kesehatan khususnya persalinan bertujuan meminimalisir risiko BBLR telah banyak dilakukan dalam usaha mengelak bayi lahir secara abnormal. Data dikelompokkan menjadi dua kelas, bayi dengan berat badan rendah dan bayi dengan berat normal. Sehingga teknik klasifikasi data mining menjadi tepat untuk diterapkan. Penelitian ini mengenai perbandingan algoritma Logistic Regression dan Neural Network yang diterapkan pada data kelahiran bayi berat badan rendah (low birth height). Hasil eksperimen menunjukkan bahwa Neural Network lebih baik dalam melakukan klasifikasi risiko BBLR 97,37% dibanding Logistic Regression dengan akurasi sebesar 94,71. Penerapan klasifikasi data mining menggunakan Logistic Regression dan Neural Network dapat menghasilkan nilai AUC yang baik (excellence classification) sehingga dapat diimplementasikan untuk menentukan  risiko BBLR.Kata Kunci: Bayi berat badan lahir rendah, Klasifikasi, Logistic Regression, Neural Network;
PERANAN EDMODO SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF DALAM PEMBELAJARAN DARING
Authors: Magfirah Nurul , Nurdiyanti Nurdiyanti , Anisa Anisa , Thahir Rahmatia
Published: January 2021

This study aims to find out the influence of learning media of E-Learning based on Edmodo toward learning outcomes of biology students at the Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. This type of research was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest control group design. The population of this research was all students of fourth-semester where 45 students selected as the sample. The sample consisted of 22 students in experimental group and 23 students in control group.  The result showed that the Sig value was smaller than the level of significance (α). The hypothesis testing with t-test (independent-sample t-test) obtained a sig value was 0.006 with a significance level (α) was 0.0. It appears that there is an effect of E-Learning based on Edmodo toward student's learning outcomes of biology education at the University of Muhammadiyah Makassar.
PENGARUH PENERAPAN METODE PEMBELAJARAN CROSSWORD PUZZLE BERBASIS APLIKASI PUZZLE MAKER TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR MAHASISWA
Authors: Maya Sri , Nurhidayah Nurhidayah
Published: January 2021

This study aims to determine the effect of the Crossword Puzzle application based on the Puzzle Maker application method on learning outcomes of biology education students at the Muslim University of Maros on the concept of Kingdom Animalia. This research was a quantitative type of research using the Quasi Experiment method. The research comparing two classes, the experimental class with the Crossword Puzzle method treatment, and the control class with conventional learning. The results showed that the post-test score of the experiment class was 78.15 with the completeness category of 83.3 %. Compared to the control class, the average score of learning outcomes was 64.07 with the completeness category of 8.3%. The hypothesis testing, the P-value for the pretest-posttest of the experiment class was 0.001 (𝝆<0.05). It indicates that the Crossword Puzzle learning method based on the Puzzle Maker application increased in learning outcomes of biology education students at the Muslim University of Maros on the Kingdom Animalia concept.
Uruf in Islamic Law Perspective
Authors: Tarmizi Tarmizi
Published: January 2021

This paper discusses "Uruf in the perspective of Islamic law" by revealing problems, namely: (1) What is the position of uruf in istinbath of Islamic law, and (2) How is the application of uruf in Islamic Sharia laws. The position of uruf in istinbath of Islamic law is very important and can be a basis for legal considerations. The law of fiqhiyyah states that custom is punishable. Meanwhile, the application of uruf in Islamic Sharia laws is a source of law, especially in matters of muamalah, munakahah, and other social relations. Islamic law, which is closely related to interaction with fellow humans, is greatly influenced by the customs in society.
The Effective Way of Solving Problems of the Elementary School Pupils’ Learning Difficulties
Authors: Widodo Slamet , Ardhyantama Vit
Published: January 2021

The competence of the elementary school teacher candidates to solve the problem of the pupil's learning difficulties is essential, since in the school the teacher will solve the problems by himself. Therefore, direct practice is required for students to solve problems of learning difficulties. The purpose of this study is to describe the various ways that the students choose to solve the problem of the learning difficulties of elementary school pupils. The design of this study uses a qualitative descriptive approach through techniques of data collection in the form of observation, interview and questionnaire, while data analysis techniques use interactive analysis techniques. The results of this study indicate that the students' ability increases in solving learning difficulties of elementary pupils. In one hand, each student has an effective and unique way to solve the problem: improve the quality of oneself through prayer and learning, solve problems through a scientific approach and evaluate correcting mistakes and improving for better results.
Information Technology and Market Orientation on the Competitiveness and Performance of a Kuningan's Tourism Activity
Authors: Gunawan Wely Hadi , Wachyuni Wachyuni
Published: January 2021

Kuningan local tourism possesses a promising future. However, some investigations cite a decrease in visitors over time, revealing underlying problems in the organization. Critical inquiries may arise from the interaction of information technology and market orientation to increase competitiveness and, finally, tourist attractions' performance. Thus, this study investigates the local tourism activity of Panembongan Hill in Kuningan, Banten, Indonesia. One hundred thirty visitors agree to participate in the study, and the coded responses are analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results reveal that Information Technology does not relate to competitiveness and tourism business performance; market orientation increases competitiveness and business performance. Finally, the competitiveness of tourism activities propels business performance considerably.
PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR WAYFINDING IN AN INFORMATION DEFICIT TOURISM AREA
Authors: Laksita Isabella Nindya , Marcillia Syam Rachma
Published: January 2021

Abstrak_ Riset ini menyelidiki desa Sanggrahan sebagai pemukiman padat dan perkembangan organik yang sudah tumbuh dari waktu ke waktu menjadi pusat industri rumah tangga bakpia, sebagai tujuan wisata kuliner yang penting di Yogyakarta. Tujuan dari riset ini yaitu untuk menyelidiki pengaruh unsur-unsur fisik aksesibilitas sebagai strategi pencarian arah turis di wilayah defisit data untuk keberlanjutan kawasan pariwisata. Metode riset ini merupakan pemetaan kognitif dan kuesioner terbuka. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa di wilayah defisit data, turis cenderung melewati jalan dengan konektivitas yang lebih baik dari semula. Minimnya data di desa, memungkinkan turis menggunakan elemen fisik kota untuk mencari informasi aksesibilitas seperti jalan, simpul, tepi, dan landmark sebagai panduan untuk mencari jalan mencapai toko bakpia, meskipun kondisi fisik elemen dari aksesibilitas ini tidak memadai. Sebaliknya, konsep distrik digunakan oleh turis untuk mengetahui posisi mereka di distrik penjualan Bakpia Pathuk.Kata kunci: Elemen Fisik; Mencari Jalan; Desa Sanggrahan.Abstract_This study investigates Sanggrahan village as a dense and organic growth settlement that has developed over time into a center of bakpia-making home-industry, a crucial culinary tourism destination in Yogyakarta. The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of physical elements of Accessibility to the tourists-wayfinding strategy in an information deficit area for the sustainability of the tourism area. The method of the study is cognitive mapping and open-ended questionnaires. The results show that in the information deficit area, tourists tend to go through paths with more excellent connectivity from their origins. In the village, the lack of information allows tourists to utilize the physical elements of the city for accessibility information such as paths, nodes, edges, and landmarks as guidance for wayfinding to reach the bakpia shops, even though these physical elements of accessibility conditions are inadequate. In contrast, the concept of the district is used by tourists to know their position in the Bakpia Pathuk sales district.Keywords: Physical Elements; Wayfinding; Sanggrahan Village
KARAKTER AKTIVITAS MASYARAKAT DI WILAYAH PESISIR DARATAN (STUDI KASUS: PERMUKIMAN DELTA LAKKANG-MAKASSAR)
Authors: Marwati Marwati , Oktawati A. Eka , Rasdyana Rasdyana
Published: January 2021

Perilaku aktivitas fisik berbeda berdasarkan jenis kelamin dan usia yang  dibentuk sesuai dengan sosialisasi, norma, dan harapan yang terkait. Kajian literasi Ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi karakter aktivitas yang terjadi di Delta Lakkang-Makassar ditinjau dari segi gender dan usia dan mengetahui pendapat  yang mendukung maupun  tidak. Teknik analisis dekriptif dilakukan dalam pembahasan dalam bentuk tabulasi silang.  Aktivitas yang dilakukan di daerah Delta Lakkkang ditinjau dari aspek gender menemukan aktivitas yang bekerja dan belajar di luar wilayahnya. Aktivitas ditinjau dari aspek usia diketahui bahwa usia dewasa laki-laki  memiliki peran dalam meningkatkan ekonomi keluarga. Ditinjau dari aspek aktivitas penunjang, terdapat fenomena aktivitas pengunjung lebih sering kelihatan dibandingkan aktivitas penghuni Delta Lakkang sendiri
ANALISIS TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN MASYARAKAT DESA AIR SALOBAR TERHADAP BAHAYA RESISTENSI BAKTERI AKIBAT PENGGUNAAN ANTIBIOTIK YANG TIDAK RASIONAL
Authors: Yunita Melda , Sukmawati Sukmawati
Published: January 2021

Penyakit infeksi pada masyarakat Indonesia khususnya di Provinsi Maluku, Ambon masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang penting untuk diperhatikan. Penyakit infeksi ini bisa diobati dengan menggunakan antibiotik. Namun penggunaan antibiotik yang tidak rasional dapat menimbulkan penyakit baru pada penderitanya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis tingkat pengetahuan masyarakat Desa Air Salobar terhadap bahaya resistensi bakteri akibat penggunaan antibiotik yang tidak rasional. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif yaitu dengan memberikan pretest dan posttest kepada masyarakat Desa Air Salobar RT / RW 003/005 Kecamatan Nusaniwe Ambon. Hasil pengabdian masyarakat bahwa baik responden perempuan maupun laki-laki menunjukkan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan tentang bahaya resistensi bakteri akibat penggunaan antibiotik yang tidak rasional. Responden perempuan mengalami peningkatan nilai sebesar 20,55% dari 18 responden, sedangkan untuk responden laki-laki terjadi peningkatan nilai sebesar 32,85% dari 7 responden. Total rata-rata tingkat peningkatan pengetahuan tentang bahaya resistensi bakteri akibat penggunaan antibiotik yang tidak rasional adalah 24% dari total jumlah responden.
ISOLASI DAN KARAKTERISASI AKTIVITAS AMILOGLUKOSIDASE DARI KAPANG ASAL LIMBAH CAIR TAPIOKA
Authors: Hafsan Hafsan , Maslan Maslan , Sukmawaty Eka
Published: January 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keberadaan isolat kapang dari limbah cair tapioka yang memiliki aktivitas amilolitik dan amiloglikosidase yang dihasilkan kapang tersebut. Parameter penelitian ini adalah indeks amilolitik isolat kapang dengan menggunakan metode pati agar, dan aktivitas amiloglukosidase yang dilakukan dengan metode Somogyi pada suhu dan pH yang ditentukan. Isolat dan aktivitas amiloglukosidase dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada limbah cair tapioka berhasil diisolasi kapang penghidrolisis pati sekaligus penghasil amiloglukosidase yang diidentifikasi sebagai Rhizopus oryzae, Aspergillus oryzae, A. niger dan Penicillium sp. Aktivitas amiloglukosidase dari keempat isolat memiliki karakteristik yang berbeda dengan aktivitas tertinggi dihasilkan oleh A. niger dengan pertumbuhan optimum pada suhu 45oC dan eksponen ion hidrogen 4,0; R. oryzae optimum pada suhu 40oC dengan pH 4,5 sedangkan A. oryzae optimum pada suhu 40oC dengan pH 4,0 dan Penicillium sp. yang optimum pada suhu 45oC dengan dua pH optimum yaitu 4,5 dan 5,5.
Contatos intradomiciliares: aspectos epidemiológicos e sua importância para eliminação da hanseníase
Authors: Lozano André Wilian , Pinto Neto José Martins , Femina Luana Laís , Rodrigo Ramos Rogério , Tonelli Nardi Susilene Maria , Arco Paschoal Vânia Del’
Published: January 2021

O domicílio é apontado como importante ambiente de transmissão da hanseníase. Identificar e descrever os fatores sociodemográficos e epidemiológicos dos contatos intradomiciliares de casos de hanseníase, numa cidade hiperendêmica. Pesquisa descritiva e transversal, com 146 contatos. A maioria (83,6%) residia de 10 ou mais anos no município; relatou que não fizeram exame neurodermatológico (69,1%). 124 (84,9%) contatos possuíam uma cicatriz da vacina BCG-id e desses, 65 (52,4%) não receberam nenhuma dose após a descoberta do caso. Foram 28 casos novos intradomiciliares que adoeceram após o diagnóstico do caso índice. Deve-se implementar ações de melhoria quanto a vigilância de contatos de hanseníase com monitoramento dos resultados dos processos assistenciais que incluam ações específicas de controle dos comunicantes intradomiciliares, o qual consideramos como um dos pilares estratégicos para a quebra da cadeia epidemiológica da doença
Fatores relacionados a ansiedade e depressão em pacientes transplantados renais
Authors: Fernandes Darci Ramos , Oliveira Calisto Lima Roseline de , Andrade Malheiros Elizabeth Santos de , Silva Brito Vivian , Silva Carneiro Sueli Coelho da , Carvalhal Frazão Corrêa Rita da Graça
Published: January 2021

Verificar fatores associados à ansiedade e depressão em transplantados renais. Estudo quantitativo, delineamento transversal realizado em Hospital de alta complexidade, com 80 transplantados renais, maiores de 18 anos. Utilizou-se a Escala de medida de ansiedade e depressão hospitalar - HADS. Os dados foram analisados por estatística descritiva simples, Teste-t de Student ou ANOVA, Mann Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis ou Dunnet, e coeficiente de correlação de Spearman. Prevalência de ansiedade em 25% e depressão em 15% dos pesquisados; predomínio do gênero feminino, idades entre 30 a 59 anos; ter companheiro fixo favoreceu sintomas de ansiedade; sedentarismo estava associado a sintomas de ansiedade e depressão, receptores de doador falecido apresentaram mais ansiedade; quanto maior tempo de transplante, mais ansiedade e depressão. Concluiu-se que conhecimento científico, habilidade técnica e empatia são ferramentas indispensáveis diante dessas situações, pois favorecem suporte multiprofissional, interdisciplinar e humanizado, sensíveis às demandas dos pacientes transplantados renais.