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THE USE OF TOMATIS METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILL
Authors: Syam Ummi Khaerati
Published: December 2017

This research aimed to know the effectiveness of using Tomatis Method to improve the students’ listening skill and to know the student activeness toward teaching-learning process through Tomatis Method of the tenth-grade students of SMK Negeri 2 Makassar. The method of this research consisted of two cycles. One cycle consisted of four meetings. It means that there were eight meetings for two cycles. As a subject in this research was class X in the 2012-2013 academic year with students’ number as about 36 students, 23 of the students are men and 13 students are women. The instruments of this research were observation sheet and listening test or evaluation. The findings of the research were students’ improvement in listening was 64.55 in cycle I and then it became 73.93 in cycle II. The students’ participation in learning the listening process in the first meeting of the cycle I was 59.02% then it became 81.25% in the fourth meeting of cycle II.Keywords: Tomatis Method, Listening, Improve.
THE USE OF SENTENCE OUTLINE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY
Authors: Qalby Nur , Ivery Adil
Published: December 2017

The research questions of this research were how does sentence outline improve the students of the second year of SMP Negeri 4 Sungguminasa ability to write the paragraph? The researcher used A Classroom Action Research (CAR). The aims of this research are to find out the improvement of students’ writing skill and their activeness in the learning process through Writing Process Approach. Two cycles had been conducted, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. It employed writing test as the instrument. A number of subjects of the research were 42 students in the second grade conducted of 31 women and 11 men. The researcher took real data from the school to know the students’ writing ability. The results of the student's writing test in cycle 1 and cycle 2 had increased in different scores.  There was increasing by students at the end action of the second cycle. The research findings indicated that use of writing process approach could increase the students’ writing skill. The means scores of students in the Diagnostic test was 59.84 became 66.64 in cycle 1, and after revision, in the cycle 2, the mean score in cycle 2 was 70.79 by implemented of sentence outline. The successful of minimal criteria (KKM) was 65 while cycle 1, there were 2 (4.76%) students get poor, 27 (64.29%) get fair, and 13 (30.95%) get good meant that students who achieved the successful minimal criteria (KKM) more than a half of them. In cycle 2 there was 25 (59.52%) get fair and 17 (40.48%) get fair.Keyword: Sentence, outline, improve, ability.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING PROCESS WRITING APPROACH AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK GRAFIKA GOWA MAKASSAR
Authors: Asriati St , Maharida Maharida
Published: December 2017

The research questions of this research were how is the improvement of students’ skill in writing descriptive text views from its grammar through writing process approach at the second grade (TKJ Department) of SMK Grafika Pallangga, how is the improvement of students’ skill in writing descriptive text views from its organization through writing process approach at the second grade (TKJ Department) students of SMK Grafika Pallangga, and how is the activeness of students in writing descriptive text through writing process approach at the second grade (TKJ Department) students of SMK Grafika Pallangga. The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR). The aimed of this research were to find out the improvement of students’ writing skill and their activeness in the learning process through Writing Process Approach.Two cycles had been conducted, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. It employed writing test as the instrument. A number of subjects of the research were 42 students in the second grade (TKJ Department) conducted of 19 women and 23 men. The researcher took real data from the school to know the students’ writing skill. The results of the student's writing test in cycle 1 and cycle 2 had increased in different scores. There was increasing by students at the end action of the second cycle. The research findings indicated that use of writing process approach could increase the students’ writing skill. The means scores of students in Diagnostic test was 59.84 became 66.38 in cycle 1, and after revision in the cycle 2 the mean score in cycle 2 was 70.79 by implemented of descriptive text. The successful of minimal criteria (KKM) was 65 while cycle 1, there were 2 (4.76%) students get poor, 27 (64.29%) get fair, and 13 (30.95%) get good meant that students who achieved the successful minimal criteria (KKM) more than a half of them. In cycle 2 there was 25 (59.52%) get fair and 17 (40.48%) get fair.Keywords: Writing approach, students, and descriptive.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE ENGLISH TEACHING SKILLS BETWEEN THE CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED ENGLISH TEACHERS IN BANTAENG REGENCY
Authors: Mahmudah Dzur Rif'ah
Published: December 2017

This study compares the English teaching skills between certified and non-certified English teachers and the endeavors are dominantly done by both in developing the English teaching skills. The causal-comparative design was used to investigate the candidate of Junior and Senior High Schools certified and non-certified English teachers in Bantaeng Regency based on their scores from two standardized instruments. Study result indicated that there was no significant different English teaching skills between certified and non-certified English teachers. In addition, the dominant endeavors done by the certified and non-certified English teachers has revealed that most of certified and non-certified English teachers were active in cognitive stage rather than in practice and evaluation stage. Based on the findings, the researcher deduced that both certified and non-certified English teachers in Bantaeng Regency have no significant difference in the English teaching skills because of both English teachers have similar endeavors in developing their skills.Keywords: English teaching skills, certified English teachers, non-certified English teachers, endeavors, developing skills
Characteristics of Individuals and Workplace Conditions with Job Satisfaction Lecturer Health Polytechnic of Aceh
Authors: Salfiyadi Teuku
Published: December 2017

As an organization that produces health services, one of the factors that determine the quality of product is personnel who worked with dedication and professionalism. This is achieved when the manager is able to give a satisfaction to all employees on the job. This study aimed to investigate the relationship individual and workplace characteristics with job satisfaction of employee. The populations of study were 32 employees of Environmental Health Department of Health Polytechnic of Aceh. Individual and workplace characteristic and job satisfaction were collecting by structural questionnaires. The product moment correlation was conducted to analysis of the data. The study showed individual and workplace characteristics were strongly correlation on job satisfaction (p=0.000 and r = 0.805) or 80.5% the independent variables are able to explain the dependent variable of job satisfaction is r-square = 0.647, or by 64.7%.
TEORI BEBAN KOGNTIF DALAM KECEMASAN MATEMATIKA
Authors: Hidayah Layli , Ayu Isdiyana Kusuma , Faradiba Surya Sari
Published: December 2017

Kecemasan sebagai perasaan tidak menyenangkan ditandai dengan adanya rasa khawatir, gelisah, bingung dan tertekan. Dalam konteks pendidikan, konstruk kecemasan dapat ditemukan dalam beberapa bentuk, salah satunya adalah kecemasan terhadap matematika, atau yang lebih dikenal dengan istilah kecemasan matematika. Efek negatif dari kecemasan matematika dapat ditemui pada semua jenjang pendidikan. Oleh karena itu, tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui hubungan kecemasan matematika dengan beban kognitif. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif, Data diperoleh melalui penyebaran angket. Penelitian ini menghasilkan suatu kesimpulan bahwa kecemasan matematika berkorelasi positif beban kognitif intrinsic, extraneous, maupun germane, dimana nilai korelasi tertinggi ada pada korelasi kecemasan dengan beban kognitif intrinsic, yaitu sebaesar 0,739.
EKSPERIMENTASI MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PAIR CHECKS PADA MATERI POKOK SEGITIGA DITINJAU DARI GAYA BELAJAR PESERTA DIDIK
Authors: Kuslaila Meri , Ningsih Eka Fitria , Kusumaningtyas Wahyu
Published: December 2017

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui: pengaruh model pembelajaran pair check pada materi pokok segitiga ditinjau dari gaya belajar. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimental semu dengan desain faktorial 2×3. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas VII SMP N 3 Batanghari. Melalui Cluster Random Sampling diperoleh sampel penelitian adalah kelas VII 6 sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas VII 5 sebagai kelas kontrol. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah tes prestasi belajar matematika dan angket gaya belajar. Pengujian hipotesis menggunakan analisis variansi dua jalan dengan sel tak sama. Hasil penelitian adalah: (1) Model Pembelajaran pair check menghasilkan prestasi belajar yang lebih baik daripada model pembelajaran konvensional. (2) Prestasi belajar matematika peserta didik yang memiliki gaya belajar visual lebih baik daripada gaya belajar auditorial dan kinestetis, sedangkan prestasi belajar peserta didik yang memiliki gaya belajar auditorial lebih baik daripada gaya belajar kinestetik. (3) Tidak ada interaksi antara model pembelajaran dan gaya belajar terhadap prestasi belajar peserta didik pada materi pokok segitiga.
KESALAHAN PENALARAN DALAM PEMBUKTIAN MASALAH STRUKTUR ALJABAR
Authors: Waluyo Mohamad , Sari Christina Kartika
Published: December 2017

Penelitian ini mempunyai fokus pada kesalahan yang dilakukan mahasiswa dalam membuktikan suatu masalah dalam struktur aljabar. Secara umum kesalahan yang dilakukan adalah kesalahan penalaran yang terkait dengan cara berfikir mahasiswa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan memetakan kesalahan-kesalahan umum yang dilakukan mahasiswa dalam menyelesaikan masalah dalam aljabar abstrak. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif dengan subyek penelitian yaitu pekerjaan 101 mahasiswa pada mata kuliah Struktur Aljabar Abstrak. Tugas-tugas dan hasil ujian mahasiswa dianalisa setiap langkah pengerjaannya. Beberapa kesalahan penalaran yang ditemuka dikategorikan menjadi empat: (1) Kesalahan penggunaan contoh dalam pembuktian (2) Penggunaan asumsi yang tidak tepat (3) Pembuktian biimplikasi yang tidak lengkap (4) Penggunaan definisi yang tidak tepat.
Ciudadanía del MERCOSUR: avances en su construcción y consolidación
Authors: Santana Peña Isaac Alejandro
Published: December 2017

El proceso de construcción de ciudadanía regional en el MERCOSUR comienza a dar pasos relevantes, a impulso de la instituciones que conforman este bloque intergubernamental. El presente artículo parte de la idea de que la ciudadanía regional no se puede dar sin una institucionalidad consolidada inclusiva y vinculante para dar legitimidad a la ciudadanía regional respetando las soberanías nacionales, y fomentando la interdependencia. Por tanto, se aborda teóricamente el concepto de integración regional, de ciudadanía regional y su construcción, luego se analiza la ciudadanía del MERCOSUR y se culmina con un análisis de las ventajas del bloque para la constitución de una ciudadanía común. Se concluye que no se puede dar la ciudadanía sin una institucionalidad sólida de la dimensión social.
Dinámica del sistema migratorio argentino-paraguayo
Authors: López Alfredo
Published: December 2017

Asentada originalmente en zonas de frontera común y del litoral argentino, la migración paraguaya a este país se funde en la fase de industrialización de mediados del siglo XX que activa el ciclo de migración interna desde las provincias al Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, en simultáneo con la guerra civil de 1947 y la dictadura stronista, impulsando un proceso emigratorio hacia la Argentina que se sostiene hasta el presente. La estructura económica y sociolaboral paraguaya se ordena en los últimos años conforme a un modelo agrario de exportación de commodities, con inequitativa distribución del ingreso, baja empleabilidad y alto subempleo. El tipo de inserción laboral existente en ese país es replicado por la diáspora en Argentina, donde el empleo de hombres en rubros como la construcción y de mujeres en casas de familia, por citar algunos casos, reproducen dinámicas de subsistencia análogas a las de los mismos sectores populares del Paraguay. A continuación, ofreceremos un caso desde el cual retomar la discusión sobre la Ciudadanía MERCOSUR. Demostraremos que la existencia de una regionalización de la dinámica migratoria paraguaya de larga data se sobrepone a los particularismos localistas, evidenciando una red de interacciones de migración cuya dinámica está constituida por el funcionamiento de una variedad de redes que unen a actores en los diferentes niveles de agregación y que se despliega desde el Paraguay hasta los grandes centros urbanos de la Argentina, con lógicas propias que, en definitiva, responden a un pasado, a un presente y a un futuro común.
Nuevos abordajes metodológicos para el análisis de políticas públicas en Paraguay. Conocimiento, descolonización y transformación como ejes estructuradores
Authors: Bastidas Luis
Published: December 2017

El Paraguay se encuentra dentro del grupo de países latinoamericanos con mayores tasas de crecimiento económico en los últimos años. Sin embargo, presenta algunas características socioeconómicas similares a otros países de la región, en tanto insertos de manera dependiente en un mismo sistema económico global, con importantes asimetrías y desigualdades territoriales. Dichas asimetrías deben ser abordadas por la acción pública, para reorientarse y armonizarse con las necesidades sustanciales de sus pobladores, buscando reestablecer derechos invisibilizados por la globalización. En ese marco, la regionalización impulsada por el MERCOSUR se presenta para el Paraguay como una ventana de oportunidad para la construcción de teorías y prácticas novedosas, que apunten a la superación de problemas desde una perspectiva alternativa. El Paraguay, como país miembro del MERCOSUR, puede hacer caudal de su importante crecimiento económico y transformarlo en mejoras de desarrollo social. Pero para lograrlo, se requiere de la estructuración de una visión alternativa y descolonizadora de la acción pública, que contribuya a superar el eurocentrismo y otras concepciones exógenas que, en la actualidad, influyen considerablemente en la búsqueda de alternativas que permitan superar las asimetrías sociales. El presente artículo enfatiza la importancia de visibilizar el conocimiento propio, endógeno, sobre los procesos de agendamiento, formulación y evaluación de políticas públicas, proporcionando aportes para suministrar un enfoque de análisis de las policy más cercano a las necesidades y a los satisfactores comunitarios.
Dimensão social do MERCOSUL: enfoque na realidade paraguaia por meio do Fundo de Convergência Estrutural do MERCOSUL
Authors: Oliveira Giseli Aparecida de
Published: December 2017

O MERCOSUL teve início em 1991 como uma estratégia política para elevar o comércio entre os países da região e ganhar espaço no cenário internacional. O processo de integração regional registrou avanços para além dos aspectos econômicos e passou a incluir debate e deliberações na área social. A partir de 2000 identifica-se o estabelecimento de uma agenda social para o MERCOSUL e a criação de mecanismos institucionais voltados para sua operacionalização. A agenda social do MERCOSUL pode ser compreendida como um conjunto de ações, programas e instituições que se constituem no âmbito da integração regional com o objetivo de redução das assimetrias e das desigualdades sociais nos países do bloco. Entre as medidas adotadas pelo Conselho do Mercado Comum – CMC, destacamos a criação do Fundo de Convergência Estrutural do MERCOSUL - FOCEM. A pesquisa tem como objetivo verificar como está o andamento do FOCEM e destacar suas ações na realidade do Paraguai. Como objetivo geral buscamos descrever a instituição do FOCEM e seu processo de operacionalização. O estudo é de natureza descritiva e exploratória, com coleta de dados por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e entrevistas semiestruturadas. O trabalho apresenta uma análise do funcionamento do FOCEM no contexto da integração regional, apresentando os limites e possibilidades dessa instituição. O estudo revela o esforço do FOCEM em criar ações estratégicas com vista a garantir coesão social e reduzir assimetrias entre os Estados Partes, mas ainda apresenta-se com fatores reduzidos de institucionalidade e de apoio político.
Papel de los procesos transnacionales en la integración y desarrollo de Paraguay en el MERCOSUR
Authors: Estrada Marcos
Published: December 2017

Este artículo analiza el papel de los procesos y actividades transnacionales para la integración y desarrollo socio-económico de Paraguay en el Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR). Elaborado dentro del marco teórico del campo del transnacionalismo, este trabajo, investiga los lazos forjados y mantenidos por personas con dos o más países. En particular, este trabajo enfoca en los procesos migratorios y prácticas transnacionales de personas que residieron en la región este de Paraguay en frontera con el estado de Mato Grosso do Sul en Brasil. Los procesos migratorios y practicas transnacionales entre esa región fronteriza de Paraguay con el estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, llevaron al desarrollo del concepto de transnacionalismo próximo. El argumento principal de este artículo, considerando dos factores esenciales, es que Paraguay desempeña un papel clave en los procesos presentados aquí como transnacionalismo próximo. El primero está relacionado con los procesos migratorios desde  región este de Paraguay hacia la región sur del entonces estado de Mato Grosso en Brasil, ocurridos entre el fin de la Guerra contra la Triple Alianza (1864-1870) y la primera mitad del siglo XX, posteriormente ocurriendo cuando las políticas agrarias paraguayas atrajeron agricultores de Brasil, especialmente en las décadas de 1960 y 1970. El segundo factor está relacionado con la habilidad de las personas en fácilmente circular entre los dos países. El concepto transnacionalismo próximo es resultado de una etnografía multilocal realizada en la frontera entre Brasil y Paraguay, entre el 2013 y 2016,  concluida en 2017.
Going Behind the Scenes at Teacher Colleges: Online Student Knowledge Sharing through Social Network Technologies
Authors: Bar-Tal Smadar , S. C.  Asterhan Christa
Published: December 2017

Aim/Purpose: The present study aims to describe existing peer-to-peer, social network-based sharing practices among adult students in teacher colleges.

Background: Ubiquitous social network sites open up a wide array of possibilities for peer-to-peer information and knowledge sharing. College instructors are often unaware of such practices that happen behind the scenes.

Methodology: An interpretative, qualitative research methodology was used. Thirty-seven Israeli students at a teacher college in Israel participated in either focus group discussions of (N = 29) or in-depth interviews (N = 8).

Contribution: Whereas knowledge sharing has been a main focus of research in organizational and information sciences, its relevance to educational settings has thus far been underscored. Recent research shows that peer–to-peer knowledge sharing is wide-spread among teenage students. The current study extends that work to an adult student population.

Findings: The findings show that knowledge sharing of this type is a common and even central feature of students’ college life and study behavior. It takes place through a variety of small and larger social network-based peer groups of different formations, including mostly college students but at time also practicing, experienced teachers. Sharing groups are formed on the spot for short term purposes or are stable, continuous over longer time periods. The contents shared are predominantly lesson summaries, material for exams, reading summaries, and lesson plans. They are used immediately or stored for future use, as students have access to vast data bases of stored materials that have been compiled throughout the years by students of previous cohorts. Teacher students mentioned a range of reasons for sharing, and overall regard it very positive. However, some downsides were also acknowledged (i.e., superficial learning, exclusion, attentional overload, and interruptions).

Recommendations for Practitioners: College faculty and teaching staff should be cognizant and informed about these widespread peer-based knowledge sharing practices and consider whether perhaps changes in teaching formats and task assignments are required as a result.

Future Research: Future research should extend this work to other higher education settings, cultures and countries, and should map the perceptions of higher education teaching staff about peer-to-peer, online knowledge sharing.
The Impact of the National Program to Integrate ICT in Teaching in Pre-Service Teacher Training
Authors: Goldstein Olzan , Tessler Bertha
Published: December 2017

Aim/Purpose: This study examines the impact of the Israeli National Program on pre-service teachers’ skills in the integration of ICT in teaching and discusses the influential factors of successful implementation of practices in the field.

Background: In the current Information Age, many countries relate to education as an im-portant factor for national growth. Teacher education plays a significant role in coping with the challenge of educating a new generation of school students to compete in a technology-driven society. In 2011, the Israel Ministry of Education initiated the National Program for transforming teacher education colleges to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Methodology: The study focuses on two research questions: (1) What was the impact of the National Program on pre-service teacher training concerning the integration of ICT in their teaching? (2) What are the predictors of the pre-service teachers’ practice of ICT integration in teaching? It is a quantitative study, based on data collected in two rounds two years apart that compares several indices of pre-service teachers’ preparation to teach with ICT.

Contribution: The findings offer insights regarding influential factors of successful integration of ICT in education.

Findings: Analyses showed a significant increase in most of the indices of teacher training according to the National Program, in particular in the number of ICT-based lessons that pre-service teachers taught in their teaching practice at schools. Predictors of ICT integration in teaching were modeling by faculty members and school mentor teachers, the number of ICT-based lessons taught by pre-service teachers, and pre-requisite conditions at schools and colleges.

Recommendations for Practitioners: The current challenge is to promote innovative ICT-based teaching methods among teacher educators, school teacher mentors, and pre-service teachers.

Recommendation for Researchers: The findings underscore the importance of modelling by the school mentors as well as pre-requisite conditions at schools.

Impact on Society: Being acquainted with the most influential factors of successful integration of ICT in teaching by pre-service teachers can improve teacher education as well as the education system in educating future generations.

Future Research: More research is needed to learn about the dissemination of innovative models of ICT integration in teaching by pre-service teachers and their educators.
Yours Virtually: Advanced Mathematics and Physics in the Israeli Virtual High School
Authors: Biton Yaniv , Fellus Sapir , Raviv Dafna , O Fellus Osnat
Published: December 2017

Aim/Purpose: The increasingly growing number of virtual high schools around the world has engendered new modes for teaching and learning and a promising area of re-search. While research in this emerging field has mostly taken a comparative lens that highlights differences between traditional modes of teaching and online teaching, research on high school students’ and teachers’ perspectives has remained dearth.

Background: This study identifies students’ and teachers’ perceptions of their learning and teaching advanced level mathematics and/or physics in the first Israeli virtual high school (VHS), which was launched five years ago.

Methodology: A survey of 41 questions was disseminated to the first graduating cohort of 86 Grade-12 students as well as to 22 VHS teachers. Additional data sources include students’ essays on what it means to be a student in a VHS and field notes from a pedagogical development day.

Contribution: The purpose of this study is to highlight the workings of the Israeli VHS and in particular its important building blocks that include a teacher-tutor model, an ongoing gauging of students’ work through a Learning Management System (LMS), and a continual teacher-developer interaction for the purpose of developing cutting-edge, technology-based course content.

Findings: Given the unique features of the Israeli VHS, both teachers and students report on feelings of unit pride, motivation, and investment in teaching and learning in the VHS.

Recommendations for Practitioners: The Israeli VHS uses a combination of a teacher-tutor format, together with tools for gauging students’ work and ongoing interaction between the teachers and the course content designers. Such a context creates new, fertile ground for technology-based, fully online teaching and learning of school mathematics and physics that may contribute to alleviating the problem of decreasing numbers of learners who are interested in taking advanced-level courses.

Recommendation for Researchers: Further exploration of aspects for improvement in the teaching model of the VHS, its design, and its support system and for finding out factors that impact attrition lay down important research trajectories that have not yet been trodden.

Impact on Society: Issues of equity and the democratization of learning of advanced STEM subjects are now possible to be seriously considered in a principled manner within the context of the VHS.

Future Research: Future research may focus on the affordances, possibilities, and limitations of learning within a VHS to ensure a more robust process that will allow more students to learn advanced mathematics and physics.
Doctoral Students with Disabilities: Challenges in Academic Programs and Research Methodology
Authors: C Lizotte Michelle , C. Simplican Stacy
Published: December 2017

Aim/Purpose: Doctoral students with disabilities represent 5 to 10 percent of the graduate student population and, yet, research seldom documents their experiences. We propose a research agenda and methodological approaches that circumvent these limitations, including a substantive focus on universal design to measure graduate program’s awareness of disability, experimental methods to minimize response bias, and ways to redefine disability to improve recruitment of potential research subjects.

Background: Research suggests that doctoral students with disabilities face different challenges than undergraduate students with disabilities and that graduate advisers are pivotal to their success. Existing literature has several limitations, including small sample sizes, a reliance on survey and interview data, little attention to issues of diversity within doctoral students with disabilities, and difficulty defining disability.

Methodology: This article utilizes a systemic literature review (SLR) in order to describe the current state of both the research and the practice of doctoral students with disabilities.

Contribution: This paper defines major gaps in the existing literature and addresses potential ways to address these gaps through research and practice.

Findings: There are barriers for doctoral students with disabilities at every level of the process, which is not being addressed or remediated resulting in greater disadvantages and decreased successful outcomes.

Recommendations for Practitioners: In this context, practitioners will refer to professionals employed at university disability centers and university faculty. Recommendations include disability awareness and resource training for university faculty and staff. Faculty can maintain open lines of communication with their students and advisees related to disability and accommodations as well as increasing program flexibility.

Recommendation for Researchers: Research is critically needed regarding the experiences, needs, and outcomes of doctoral students with disabilities. This research needs to come from both the individuals, faculty, and systemic level of higher education.

Impact on Society: Individuals with disabilities are the largest minority group in the United States. However, this population rarely receives the research, funding, services, and social attention paid to other marginalized groups.

Future Research: Future research needs to utilize larger scale quantitative studies to obtain reliable data. Longitudinal information would greatly improve the information regarding outcomes for doctoral students with disabilities.
A Review of Crystal Renee Chambers’s “Law and Social Justice in Higher Education”
Authors: D. Anderson James
Published: December 2017

Aim/Purpose: Book review
Bio-chemical characterization of rhizobia isolated from root nodules of Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens L.)
Authors: Paudyal Som Prasad , Gupta Vimal NP
Published: December 2017

Rhizobia are the symbiotic bacteria found in the soil which have potential ability to convert atmospheric di-nitrogen into usable form. A total of ten rhizobial strains were isolated from the root nodules of a medicinal legume Mucuna pruriens (L.) that commonly grow in the foothills of the Himalaya. All the ten   strains isolated from different locations of same area were morphologically, biochemically and physiologically characterized based on the Bergey’s Manual of systematic Bacteriology. They were tested for the antibiotics sensitivity. The isolates showed high sensitivity to amoxicillin and least to erythromycin. Authentication test was done in eleven legumes but shown nodulations only in Trigonella foenum-graecum, Mucuna pruriens and Medicago sativa. The morphology, physiology, biochemical and infection test studies carried out justifies that the bacteria isolated belonged to the species of Rhizobium meliloti.
ELISA validation and determination of cut-off level for chloramphenicol (CAP) residues in shrimp and fish
Authors: Sarwer Md. Golam , Rony Md. Mahmudul Hasan , Sharmin MSt. S. , Chowdhury A.K. Jilani , Bhowmik Shuva
Published: December 2017

An analytical validation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) screening for detection of chloramphenicol (CAP) in shrimp and fish was conducted according to the Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and guidelines for the validation of screening methods for residues of veterinary medicines. The analyte was extracted from shrimp and fish with ethyl acetate mixture, and CAP concentrations were measured photometrically at 450 nm. The recovery rate of the analyte from spiked samples was 80%. For the laboratory the cut-off level of CAP in fish and shrimp as the minimum recovery was established along with detection capability (CCβ). No relevant interferences between matrix effects and structurally related substances including florfenicol and thiamphenicol were observed. The experimental results were quite satisfactory and ELISA method was found very useful for determination of CAP residues in shrimp and fish monitoring.
On the Bayat (Turkey) rugs, motif stories, used dyeing plants and their ethnobotanical properties
Authors: Arı Süleyman , Kargıoğlu Mustafa , Konuk Muhsin
Published: December 2017

Bayat rugs weaved with different madders can be used without fading their colors almost 100 years. The study aimed to record how to get madder by traditional methods from local plants, give stories of rug motives and present an overview of the medicinal uses of dyes plants collected in Afyonkarahisar, Inner-West Anatolia, Turkey. The study was conducted in both 11 villages and downtown of Bayat borough of Afyonkarahisar in 2013-2014. A total 150 women, aged between 17-25, were interviewed and observations were photographed. The rugs are completely 100% sheep wool and strings for weaving prepared traditionally by special spinning methods. The used plants to obtain the madders were determined. It was understood that in early August and September, plants give better colors and tones. These plants have also been used for medicinal purposes by the locals. Bayat people get non-fading colors from 11 plants (Allium cepa L., Berberis crataegina L., Papaver rhoeas, Papaver somniferum L., Malva silvestris L., Morus nigra L., Cistus laurifolius L., Quercus ithaburensis Decne. subsp. macrolepis (Kotschy) Hedge et Yalt, Rubia tinctorum L., Juglans regia L., Indigofera tinctoria L.) belonged to ten families. The plant organs used are root, shell, cupula, leaf, young shoot, and aerial parts of the plants. A natural mud is also used as alum in this region that provides to create dark colors, and prevents mixing the colors. It also inhibits fading the colors in the rugs’ texture. It was also recorded that different motives in Bayat Rugs have also interesting historical stories.
Garimpeiros de Ouro e Cooperativismo no século XXI. Exemplos nos rios Tapajós, Juma e Madeira no Sudoeste da Amazônia Brasileira
Authors: Coelho Maria Célia , Wanderley  Luiz Jardim , Costa Reinaldo
Published: December 2017

Esse artigo busca problematizar: 1) quem são os garimpeiros na atual Amazônia brasileira, como atuam e quais suas características frente às outras formas de mineração; e 2) a informalidade do garimpo em contraposição à ideia de “modernização” por meio da mineração industrial, de hidroelétricas ou do agronegócio, ou ainda do cumprimento da legislação ambiental e da valorização de organizações de cooperativas de mineradores. Fundamentados principalmente em trabalhos de campo e nas teorias sobre regulação da economia e reestruturação espacial, analisamos como o processo de “modernização” desencadeado por empresas mineradoras industriais, hidroelétricas e pelo agronegócio atinge os garimpeiros artesanais no sudoeste da Amazônia brasileira, em especial pelo recrudescimento do controle ambiental e do uso dos recursos minerais. Concluímos, neste estudo, que existe uma diversidade complexa de mineradores de ouro, que incluem desde pequenos garimpeiros artesanais, informais e descapitalizados; passando por trabalhadores percentistas, pagos em porcentagens da extração; mineradores donos de garimpos, balsas, dragas ou investidores capitalizados; cooperativas familiares ou de mineradores capitalizados; e corporações de mineração. No atual contexto amazônico, os projetos ditos modernos e intensivos em capital, com forte apoio estatal, vêm pressionando e inviabilizando os pequenos garimpeiros. A estes restam como meios de manter sua subsistência de maneira formal: a organização em cooperativas familiares e a aliança desigual com mineradores capitalizados ou com corporações da mineração.
Popularização do transporte individual: ilusões perdidas com os automóveis e motocicletas em São Paulo
Authors: Silva Ricardo Barbosa da
Published: December 2017

A popularização do transporte individual privado é um processo recente que se amplia intensamente na maioria das cidades brasileiras. Na metrópole de São Paulo, a popularização do transporte individual intensifica-se a partir da década de 1990, com o advento do carro popular e da motocicleta destinada às classes populares. Esse processo é resultado de um discurso que apontava o mercado como solução para o indivíduo resolver seu problema de mobilidade comprando um transporte individual privado. Este artigo visa compreender os fundamentos desse processo de popularização do transporte individual, como também, compreender as razões de compra e percepção das pessoas que utilizam esses transportes individuais. Para tanto, este artigo baseia-se em uma metodologia multiestratégica, que visa integrar os enfoques quantitativo, referente aos dados estatísticos que demonstram o processo de popularização do transporte individual, como também, qualitativo, baseado em entrevistas enfatizando as percepções dos usuários de automóveis e motocicletas nos seus deslocamentos cotidianos na metrópole de São Paulo.
Développement urbain des villes moyennes du littoral brésilien : dynamiques spatiales de la commune d'Araruama dans la Região dos Lagos de l’État de Rio de Janeiro.
Authors: Teixeira Vanessa Moura de Lacerda
Published: December 2017

L’exploitation économique du littoral brésilien pendant de nombreuses années a engendré une série de changements spatiaux, notamment par l’urbanisation à la fois dispersée et extensive le long de la côte. Les villes moyennes du littoral sont dans la plupart des cas des stations balnéaires dont les lotissements de vacances représentent le mode d’hébergement le plus construit. Ce mode de construire les villes balnéaires du Brésil a occasionné des transformations spatiales très importantes, spécialement l’occupation du sol. Des espaces traditionnels liés à l’agriculture, pêche, extraction de sel, se convertissent donc, dans des espaces de support au tourisme local et régional, très proches parfois des espaces protégés.Cet article exposera les dynamiques spatiales, en termes d’occupation du sol, dans une ville de 112 000 habitants de la Região dos Lagos, à 100 kms de la capitale de l’État de Rio de Janeiro. L’analyse des dynamiques survenues lors du développement urbain, caractérisé par la dispersion et extension spatiales, notamment par le changement des activités économiques traditionnelles pendant 60 ans, mettra en question l’avenir des villes moyennes du littoral brésilien, soumises à la pression foncière.
Mudanças e adaptações na agricultura familiar, estudo de caso em comunidades rurais de Juína, Mato Grosso
Authors: Daugeard Marion
Published: December 2017

No contexto das mudanças climáticas, em paralelo à questão ambiental emergente, a agricultura familiar ganha destaque e o papel de promover o desenvolvimento sustentável. Em consequência, projetos e pesquisas se multiplicaram no Brasil a partir dos anos 1990 e ressaltaram as dificuldades da agricultura familiar em se manter, o que reflete a falta de incentivos e apoio. Em Juína, Mato Grosso, atores institucionais ressaltam a sua “fragilidade”. Esta pesquisa visou questionar e caracterizar a situação atual dos agricultores a partir do ponto de vista deles. Ela foi desenvolvida nas comunidades periféricas à cidade. No planejamento inicial do município, elas deveriam compor o "jardim" municipal, desenvolvendo a horticultura, lavouras e culturas perenes. Constatamos mudanças no perfil e nas práticas dos agricultores por meio de uma contextualização geral de aspectos socioeconômicos nas escalas do município e das propriedades. A partir de entrevistas realizadas em 74 propriedades em abril e maio 2015, constatou-se que a fragilidade do setor precisa ser colocada em perspectiva levando em conta a variedade dos perfis dos agricultores e a adaptação das suas práticas, e matizada à luz de melhores condições de vida. Contudo, ficaram evidenciadas as dificuldades e a falta de políticas públicas direcionadas ao fortalecimento da agricultura familiar contemplando a sua diversidade e heterogeneidade.
Нелинейные сингулярные интегро-дифференциальные уравнения с произвольным параметром
Authors: Askhabov Sultan Nazhmudinovich
Published: December 2017

Методом максимальных монотонных операторов
в вещественных весовых пространствах Лебега исследованы
три различных класса
нелинейных сингулярных интегро-дифференциальных уравнений
с произвольным положительным параметром.
При достаточно легко обозримых ограничениях на нелинейность доказаны
теоремы о существовании и единственности решения, охватывающие,
в частности, и линейный случай. В отличие от предшествующих работ,
в которых изучены другие классы нелинейных сингулярных интегральных
и интегро-дифференциальных уравнений, исследование основано
на обращении оператора суперпозиции, порождающего нелинейность
рассматриваемых уравнений, и установлении коэрцитивности
обратного оператора, а также обобщении известного неравенства Шлайфа.
Библиография: 9 названий.
Обратные задачи рассеяния для операторов Штурма-Лиувилля
с граничными условиями, зависящими от спектрального параметра
Authors: Yang Ying , Wei Guangsheng
Published: December 2017

В данной работе рассматривается обратная задача рассеяния
для оператора Штурма-Лиувилля на полупрямой $[0,\infty)$
с граничным условием, содержащим функцию Герглотца
спектрального параметра. Определены параметры рассеяния этой задачи
и исследованы ее свойства. Получено основное уравнение
для решения обратной задачи и показано, что потенциал в этой задаче
однозначно восстанавливается по параметрам рассеяния.
Библиография: 15 названий.
Априорные оценки решения задачи
об однонаправленном термогравитационном движении
вязкой жидкости в плоском канале
Authors: Lemeshkova Elena Nikolaevna
Published: December 2017

Рассматривается начально-краевая задача,
описывающая однонаправленное движение жидкости
в модели Обербека-Буссинеска в плоском канале
с твердыми неподвижными стенками, на которых задано
распределение температур (или верхняя стенка теплоизолирована).
Для нее получены априорные оценки,
найдено точное стационарное решение и определены условия,
при которых решение выходит на этот стационарный режим.
Библиография: 5 названий.
Доказательство гипотезы Дюпюи для задачи со свободной
границей в неоднородной пористой среде
Authors: Beliaev Alexey Yurievich
Published: December 2017

Для задач со свободной границей, описывающих стационарные течения грунтовых вод,
исследуется асимптотическое поведение решений в ситуации, когда масштаб по
одному из пространственных направлений намного меньше, чем по другим. Доказана
сходимость решений к некоторому пределу. Свойства этого предельного решения
соответствуют предположению, которое в инженерных приложениях называется гипотезой
Дюпюи и на основе которого принято строить приближенные модели течений грунтовых
вод в тонких водоносных горизонтах.
Библиография: 13 названий.
Распределение гиперграней многомерных полиэдров Клейна
Authors: Illarionov Andrei Anatol'evich
Published: December 2017

Рассмотрим гиперграни полиэдров Клейна некоторой решетки, которые имеют целочисленно-линейный тип $\mathscr T$. Пусть $E_\mathscr T(N,s)$ - типичное число таких граней, где усреднение проводится по всем целочисленным $s$-мерным
решеткам определителя $N$. Пусть внутренность любой гиперграни типа $\mathscr T$ содержит хотя бы одну точку соответствующей решетки. Мы доказываем, что тогда
$$
E_\mathscr T(N,s)=C_\mathscr T \ln^{s-1}N+O_\mathscr T (\ln^{s-2} N \cdot \ln\ln N)
\quadпри N \to \infty,
$$
где $C_\mathscr T$ - положительная постоянная, зависящая только от $\mathscr T$.
Библиография: 27 названий.
Многоцветный граф как полный топологический инвариант для $\Omega$-устойчивых потоков без периодических траекторий на поверхностях
Authors: Kruglov Vladislav Evgen'evich , Malyshev Dmitriy Sergeevich , Pochinka Olga Vital'evna
Published: December 2017

Изучение динамики потока на поверхностях путем разбиения фазового пространства на ячейки с одним и тем же предельным поведением траекторий внутри ячейки восходит к классическим работам А. А. Андронова, Л. С. Понтрягина, Е. А. Леонтович и А. Г. Майера. Типы ячеек (число которых конечно) и их примыкание друг к другу полностью определяют класс топологической эквивалентности потока с конечным числом особых траекторий. Если в каждой ячейке грубого потока без периодических орбит выбрать по одной траектории, то ячейки распадаются на так называемые треугольные области одного и того же типа. Комбинаторное описание такого разбиения приводит к трехцветному графу Ошемкова-Шарко, вершины которого соответствуют треугольным областям, а ребра - связывающим их сепаратрисам. А. А. Ошемков и В. В. Шарко доказали, что два таких потока топологически эквивалентны тогда и только тогда, когда трехцветные графы потоков изоморфны и описан алгоритм различения трехцветных графов. Однако построенный алгоритм не является эффективным относительно теории графов. В настоящей работе динамика $\Omega$-устойчивых потоков без периодических траекторий на поверхностях описана на языке четырехцветных графов, приведен эффективный алгоритм различения таких графов и разработана реализация потока по некоторому абстрактному графу.
Библиография: 17 названий.
Study of the Top-of-the-Line Corrosion Using a Novel Electrochemical Probe
Authors: Islam Md Mayeedul , Pojtanabuntoeng Thunyaluk , Gubner Rolf
Published: December 2017

Top-of-the-line corrosion (TLC) is a concern for subsea wet-gas transportation pipelines operating in a stratified flow regime. The insufficient volume of electrolyte at the top of the line combined with the low electrical conductivity of the condensed liquid has confined the majority of TLC studies to the weight loss method which only provides integrated corrosion rate over long period of exposure. The instantaneous monitoring of TLC rates using electrochemical methods is still a challenge for researchers and in the field. To overcome this limitation, this study presents a novel TLC monitoring cell capable of measuring in situ corrosion rates of carbon steel under condensing condition by electrochemical methods such as linear polarization resistance, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and electrochemical frequency modulation. The data presented in this paper have been conducted over 5 d at varying condensation rates to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of the methods applied. In addition, TLC rates have also been measured by weight loss and monitored in situ by measuring the iron concentration in the condensed liquids in order to compare these results with electrochemical methods. Both the electrochemical and non-electrochemical methods provide comparable results, which validates the design and efficacy of the probe. Therefore, the probe appears to be a promising tool for further investigation into the TLC process and its inhibition.
Spinoffs and Firm Policy
Authors: Ahn Seoungpil
Published: December 2017

I investigate the nature of reconstructing by examining the changes in firm policies around spinoff. Because the pre-spinoff contract structure is more suitable for larger divisions of firms, separated units experience relatively large changes in contracts following spinoffs. Compared to the post-spinoff parent firms, separated units have lower tendency to pay dividends, lower ownership by CEOs, higher fraction of outside directors, smaller board, younger board members, higher block ownerships, and higher incentive payment. There are significant changes in the firm policies in both high q and low q units, however the market response is more positive for units with higher growth opportunities.
Implementation of Activity-Based Costing Systems by the Macedonian Insurance Segment: The Influence of Organizational Factors on the Adoption Rate
Authors: Srbinoska Dusica Stevcevska
Published: December 2017

Numerous studies unveil the benefits of using activity-based costing systems (ABC) in the service industry in order to improve service quality while keeping costs under control. But, is ABC perceived as a strategic tool to improve competitive positioning and how should insurance businesses implement ABC to achieve this costing system benefits. Research on activity-based costing practices in developing countries is of limited scope. Joining knowledge obtained from literature review and previous research, this paper analyses the degree of ABC application in the Macedonian insurance industry and the related obstacles by performing a field study. The results indicate that certain organizational characteristics influence the decisions to adopt ABC methods, such as company size and product diversity. Other organization variables, such as ABC knowledge and cost structure, appear to be insignificantly related to the adoption. Furthermore, the study indicated that ABC adopters experience benefits in product pricing and cost control decisions, whereas non-adopters are discouraged due to system and behavioral issues.