bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Exploring the Characteristics and Preferences for Online Support Groups: Mixed Method Study (Preprint)
Authors: Plinsinga Melanie Louise , Besomi Manuela , Maclachlan Liam , Melo Luciano , Robbins Sarah , Lawford Belinda J , Teo Pek Ling , Mills Kathryn , Setchell Jenny , Egerton Thorlene , Eyles Jillian , Hall Leanne , Mellor Rebecca , Hunter David J , Hodges Paul , Vicenzino Bill , Bennell Kim
Published: August 2019

BACKGROUND

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, disabling, and prevalent disorder. As there is no cure for OA, long-term self-management is paramount. Support groups (SGs) can facilitate self-management among people living with OA. Understanding preferences in design and features of SGs, including online SGs (OSGs), among people with OA can inform future development of SG interventions for this condition.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to investigate health care– and health information–seeking behavior, digital literacy, and preferences for the design of SGs in people with OA. The study also explored the perceived barriers and enablers to being involved in OSGs.

METHODS

An online survey study was conducted with a mixed method design (quantitative and qualitative). Individuals aged ≥45 years with knee, hip, or back pain for ≥3 months were recruited from an extant patient database of the Institute of Bone and Joint Research via email invitations. Quantitative elements of the survey included questions about sociodemographic background; health care– and health information–seeking behavior; digital literacy; and previous participation in, and preferences for, SGs and OSGs. Respondents were classified into 2 groups (Yes-SG and No-SG) based on previous participation or interest in an SG. Group differences were assessed with Chi-square tests (significance level set at 5%). Responses to free-text questions relating to preferences regarding OSG engagement were analyzed qualitatively using an inductive thematic analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 415 people with OA completed the survey (300/415, 72.3% females; 252/415, 61.0% lived in a major city). The Yes-SG group included 307 (307/415, 73.9%) participants. Between the Yes-SG and No-SG groups, there were no differences in sociodemographic characteristics, health care– and health information–seeking behavior, and digital literacy. An online format was preferred by 126/259 (48.7%) of the Yes-SG group. Trained peer facilitators were preferred, and trustworthiness of advice and information were highly prioritized by the respondents. Qualitative analysis for OSG participation revealed 5 main themes. Lack of time and motivation were the main barriers identified. The main enablers were related to accessibility, enjoyment of the experience, and the content of the discussed information.

CONCLUSIONS

These findings highlight the preferences in design features and content of SGs and OSGs and may assist in the further development of such groups.
Use of Brief Messages Based on Behavior Change Techniques to Encourage Medication Adherence in People With Type 2 Diabetes: Developmental Studies (Preprint)
Authors: Bartlett Yvonne Kiera , Farmer Andrew , Rea Rustam , French David P
Published: August 2019

BACKGROUND

Brief messages are a promising way to improve adherence to medication for people with type 2 diabetes. However, it is often unclear how messages have been developed and their precise content, making it difficult to ascertain why certain messages are successful and some are not.

OBJECTIVE

The goal of the research was to develop messages that have proven fidelity to specified evidence-derived behavior change techniques (BCTs) and are acceptable to people with type 2 diabetes.

METHODS

Four studies were conducted: (1) a workshop (n=21) where behavioral change researchers and health care professionals developed messages based on specific BCTs or beliefs or concerns related to taking medication, (2) a focus group study with people with type 2 diabetes (n=23) to assess acceptability of the approach, (3) a survey to ascertain the acceptability of a subset of messages to people with type 2 diabetes (n=61) and, (4) a survey with behavior change researchers to assess the fidelity of a subset of messages to their intended BCT (n=18).

RESULTS

In study 1, 371 messages based on 38 BCTs and beliefs/concerns were developed. Workshop participants rated BCTs to be relevant to medication adherence (mean 7.12/10 [SD 1.55]) and messages to have good fidelity (mean 7.42/10 [SD 1.19]). In study 2, the approach of providing medication adherence support through text messages was found to be acceptable. In study 3, mean acceptability of all BCTs was found to be above the midpoint (mean 3.49/5 [SD 0.26]). In study 4, mean fidelity for all BCTs was found to be above the midpoint (mean 7.61/10 [SD 1.38]).

CONCLUSIONS

A library of brief messages acceptable to people with type 2 diabetes and representative of specific evidence-derived BCTs was developed. This approach allowed brief messages to be developed with known content that can be used to test theory.
Fluid Administration in Emergency Room Limited by Lung Ultrasound in Patients with Sepsis: Protocol for a Prospective Phase II Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Mohamed Mouhand F H , Malewicz Nathalie M , Zehry Hanan Ibrahim , Hussain Dina A Monim , Barouh Judah Leão , Cançado Adriana V , Silva Jeancarllo Sousa , Suwileh Salah , Carvajal Jose Retamal
Published: August 2019

BACKGROUND

Sepsis remains a major health challenge with high mortality. Adequate volume administration is fundamental for a successful outcome. However, individual fluid needs differ between patients due to varying degrees of systemic vasodilation, circulatory flow maldistribution, and increased vascular permeability. The current fluid resuscitation practice has been questioned. Fluid overload is associated with higher mortality in sepsis. A sign of fluid overload is extravascular lung water, seen as B lines in lung ultrasound. B lines correlate inversely with oxygenation (measured by a ratio of the partial pressure of arterial oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen ie, PaO2/FiO2). Thus, B lines seen by bedside ultrasound may have a role in guiding fluid therapy.

OBJECTIVE

We aim to evaluate if fluid administration guided by lung ultrasound in patients with sepsis in emergency departments will lead to better oxygenation and patient outcomes than those in the standard therapy.

METHODS

A phase II, multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, superiority trial will be performed. Patients will be recruited at emergency departments of the participating centers. A total of 340 patients will be randomly allocated to the intervention or standard-of-care group (30mL/kg). The intervention group will receive ultrasound-guided intravenous fluid until 3 B lines appear. The primary outcome will be oxygenation (measured as PaO2/FiO2 ratio) at 48 hours after starting intravenous fluid administration. Secondary outcomes will be patients’ outcome parameters, including oxygenation after 15 mL/kg fluid at 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours; sepsis progress through Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores; pulmonary edema evaluation; and 30-day mortality.

RESULTS

The trial will be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Institutional review board approval will be sought after the participating sites are selected. The protocol will be registered once the institutional review board approval is granted. The trial duration is expected to be 1.5-2.5 years. The study is planned to be performed from 2021 to 2022, with enrollment starting in 2021. First results are expected in 2022. Informed written consent will be obtained before the patient’s enrollment in the study. An interim analysis and data monitoring will ensure the patient safety. The results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and discussed at international conferences.

CONCLUSIONS

This is a protocol for a randomized control trial that aims to evaluate the role of bedside ultrasound in guiding fluid therapy in patients with sepsis via B lines evaluation.

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PRR1-10.2196/15997
Big Five Trails: A Critical Review
Authors: Najm Najm Abood
Published: August 2019

This study seeks to provide a broad and thorough review of the literature on the big five traits (BFT) and its major developments through a long history of conceptual and applied studies in many areas that have been conducted on large samples of individuals, groups and countries. The BFT is the most widely accepted and most prominent model to describe the structure of personality traits, so this study sought to identify them in order to achieve a better understanding as well as for consideration by researchers in their future studies. This review focused on the eight key observations related to the BFT. These observations are as follows: meaning of the traits; the history of the BFT model; unity or hierarchy of traits; number of the traits; three perspectives on BFT; BFT questionnaires; BFT and performance; and the need for a sixth trait. The results of the study clearly confirmed that there are problems with universal models that tend to generalize a limited number of dimensions in order to interpret personality across borders and cultures. This generalization of the models is accompanied by the numerous observations and problems mentioned in the above eight points.
Redes Sociales de Video: análisis y comparación de la navegación
Authors: Lima Cinthia , Casas Sandra , Vidal Graciela
Published: August 2019

En la última década los sitios web cuyo principal contenido son los videos, se han constituido como redes sociales de video (RSV). La popularidad de estas plataformas radica en el hecho de que millones de personas diariamente navegan por sus páginas, buscando, reproduciendo, subiendo, comentando y compartiendo videos propios y/o de otros usuarios. La navegación o sistemas de navegación de un sitio es uno de los factores que permite a los usuarios comprender y usar el sitio, pero además refleja una estructura organizativa del mismo. En este trabajo se presenta el análisis y comparación de la navegación de las RSV Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Flooxer y Break. El estudio propone dos dimensiones de análisis. Por un lado, la estructura de niveles y posibilidades de navegación horizontal y vertical para la cual se utiliza como herramienta de representación de las RSV los mapas de sitio (sitemaps), y por el otro una comprobación de guías de diseño y recomendaciones de navegabilidad, para lo cual se elaboró una lista de verificación específica. Este informe aporta tanto información cualitativa como cuantitativa, que identifica debilidades y fortalezas de las RSV seleccionadas.
Familia Chironomidae (Orden Díptera) utilizada como bioindicador para la determinación de calidad ambiental de la cuenca del Río Gallegos (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
Authors: Sierpe Carolina , Sunico Alejandro
Published: August 2019

Estudios previos realizados en la región, utilizando la comunidad de macroinvertebrados bentónicos y aplicando índices bióticos a nivel taxonómico de órdenes y familias, permitieron determinar la existencia de procesos de impacto antrópico y degradación en los ambientes acuáticos de la cuenca. Estos estudios, pusieron en evidencia la necesidad de trabajar a niveles taxonómicos más precisos, abarcando la identificación a nivel de género y especie de algunos de los organismos predominantes en la comunidad bentónica. En función de esto, uno de los objetivos de la presente beca es caracterizar la fauna de insectos quironómidos (Díptera, Chironomidae) para la estación otoño, empleando las técnicas aprendidas para la determinación taxonómica a nivel de género. La información obtenida permitirá ajustar y mejorar la eficiencia de los índices bióticos de calidad ambiental, diseñados y adaptados para el diagnóstico y monitoreo en ambientes acuáticos de la región.En este trabajo se procesaron 28 muestras de  acroinvertebrados bentónicos de 7 sitios de muestreo localizados sobre la cuenca superior del río Gallegos. Estas muestras se tomaron en mayo de 2017 y corresponden a la estación de otoño. Se identificaron un total de 10 géneros de insectos quironómidos, de los cuales 5 pertenecen a la subfamilia Orthocladiinae, 2 de Tanypodinae y 3 de Chironominae.
MATH AND MATE IN JAVANESE PRIMBON: ETHNOMATHEMATICS STUDY
Authors: Utami Niken Wahyu , Sayuti Suminto A , Jailani Jailani
Published: August 2019

Marriage is an essential part of life for most people. In the Javanese tradition, great attention is paid to the weton of the couple through Javanese Primbon. It predicts the fate of the couple in the marriage. This prediction of the Javanese outcome after the wedding has some numerical values. Therefore, this study aims to uncover these numerical values using ethnomathematics. This research uses a qualitative method. Analyzing the Javanese Primbon documents is meant to explore the numerical value of Javanese people. Also, analyzing the data using the Javanese Primbon documents was not only based on the interpretation of the researcher but also the result of discussions with cultural and mathematical experts. This study proposes numerical values such as number bases, remainder theorem, modulo, and modulus of the congruence in formal mathematics, which is associated with matchmaking using Javanese Primbon.
DIAGNOSING STUDENTS’ LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN THE EYES OF INDONESIAN MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
Authors: Wijaya Ariyadi , Retnawati Heri , Setyaningrum Wahyu , Aoyama Kazuhiro , Sugiman Sugiman
Published: August 2019

Teachers’ diagnostic practice on students-difficulties is one of the important steps in designing and managing classroom lessons. The purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ perception and practices regarding diagnosing students’ learning difficulties. The participants of the study were 28 Indonesian mathematics teachers of Junior High School. The data was collected through a Focus Group Discussion and a teacher questionnaire. The data were analyzed qualitatively to describe how the teachers perceive learning difficulties and how the teachers diagnosed students’ learning difficulties. The results of the analysis reveal that the teachers do not yet perform an in-depth diagnosis of students’ difficulties in learning mathematics. The teachers only focus on the mathematics topics and non-mathematical issues, instead of on students’ thinking process. The teachers also do not differentiate the diagnosis, evaluation, and prediction test. With regard to the strategies used by the teachers to diagnose students’ difficulties, analyzing students’ responses to tests was the majority. In this respect, observing students’ learning process during classroom activities is rarely done by the teachers in the purpose of diagnosing students’ learning difficulties. The results of the diagnosis are mainly used as the basis for remedial and drill and practices. The results imply that more support is needed for teachers to improve their competences particularly in diagnosing students’ thinking process difficulties when learning mathematics.
ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE CONSUMER PURCHASING DECISIONS ON COFFEE AT RESTO BANARAN 9, GEMAWANG VILLAGE, SEMARANG
Authors: Lase Asnita , Setiadi Agus , Budiraharjo Kustopo
Published: August 2019

This study aims to determine the general description of Resto Banaran 9, to analyze general description of coffee consumers in Resto Banaran 9 which includes respondent characteristics, consumption behavior, and respondent’s answer distribution,in additionto analyze the influence of cultural factors, social factors, personal factors, psychological factors, and physical evidence on coffee purchasing decisions at Resto Banaran 9. This research was conducted on 10 September until 11 October 2018 at Resto Banaran 9, Gemawang Village, Jambu Sub-district, Semarang District. The location of the research was determined purposively. This research method was a survey and data collection techniques through interviews using a questionnaire tool distributed to 100 respondents. The sampling method used was the accidental sampling method. Data analysis used was descriptive-quantitative analysis method. The quantitative analysis used was multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that simultaneously, cultural factors, social factors, personal factors, psychological factors, and physical evidence had a significant effect on consumers’ coffee purchasing decisions at Resto Banaran 9. Moreover, partially, cultural factors, social factors, personal factors, psychological factors, and physical evidence had a significant effect on consumers’ coffee purchasing decisions at Resto Banaran 9.
Room temperature cloud point extraction: An application to preconcentration and spectrophotometric determination of copper(II)
Authors: Snigur Denys , Chebotarev Alexander , Dubovyi Vitaliy , Barbalat Dmytro , Klochkova Anastasiia
Published: August 2019

The novel cloud point extraction procedure for preconcentration of copper(II) was discovered. A simple chemical method for initiating the cloud point extraction (CPE) has been proposed. The formation of surfactant rich phase in a system containing a nonionic surfactant Triton X-100, copper(II), 6,7-dihydroxy-4-methyl-2-phenylbenzopyrilium chloride (DHMPhB) and ammonium benzoate is observed immediately upon the sulfuric acid addition into solution. Under the optimal conditions (absorption band maximum was 540 nm, concentration 1.5?10-4 mol dm-3 of DHMPhB, 1.0 vol.% of Triton X-100, 2.0 cm3 of 0.75 mol dm-3 ammonium benzoate, and 1.0 cm3 of 0.5 mol dm-3 sulfuric acid solution for obtaining benzoic?benzoate buffer solution with pH 4.5 and initiation immediate surfactant rich phase formation) the calibration plot for spectrophotometric determination of copper(II) was linear in the range of copper(II) concentration 0.02?0.95 ?g cm?3. The limit of detection was calculated 0.006 ?g cm?3. The water samples were analyzed according to a suggested procedure with satisfactory results.
Bookkeeper-Controller-CFO: The Rise of the Chief Financial and Chief Accounting Officer
Authors: Doron Michael , Baker C. Richard , Zucker Kiren Dosanjh
Published: August 2019

This paper traces the evolution of the chief accounting and chief financial officers from minor figures in corporate governance for most of the 20th century to senior management positions by the late 1970s. The paper begins with the testimony before Congress of Arthur Tucker during the debates over the legislation that would become the 1933 Securities Act. Tucker's testimony resulted in the controller or chief accounting officer being included among those persons specifically listed as potentially liable for fraudulent statements or omissions under Section 11 of the Act. The impact of Tucker's efforts, the evolution of the legal liability of financial and accounting officers over the next several decades, the increasing complexity of corporate finance and financial reporting that led to the establishment of the CFO as a position second only to the CEO, and the place of the accounting officer among senior management, are analyzed in the subsequent sections.
EDUCATION OF LOCAL WISDOM TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES IN RIAU PROVINCE: CHALLENGES, POTENTIALS, AND SOLUTIONS
Authors: Vebrianto Rian , Zarkasih Zarkasih
Published: August 2019

Forest fires are one of the most frequent environmental problems in Riau province, which often comes in large scale; thus, they cause forest degradation that damages economic, ecological and social aspects. The forest fires in Riau primarily caused by weak regulations and their enforcement and the lack of an optimum system or institutional mechanisms to address this issue. One alternative solution that is often forgotten is the role of education in forest fires prevention, particularly in the education of local wisdom. The education is required to minimize the risk of forest and land fires; hence it could be used a reference for the Riau government. This study aimed to identify and analyze local wisdom in the community to prevent forest and land fires, including the challenges, potentials, and solutions.
REVITALISASI TATA RIAS PENGANTIN KERATON SUMENEP (PENGEMBANGAN MATERI MATA KULIAH TATA RIAS PENGANTIN INDONESIA)
Authors: Asnawi Shofiyah Fauzi
Published: August 2019

Jenis penelitian kualitatif pendekatan etnografi. Tujuan penelitian memberikan catatan  dan dokumentasi atas bentuk dan makna tata rias pengantin Keraton, Sumenep Legha. Rias wajah pengantin wanita menggunakan conda’ dan godhek. Keduanya  menggunakan kaco’ di dahi dan sanggul malang yang dihias rangkaian bunga (Rambai ganggung, rengpereng dan Tongcontong/duk remmek) dan aksesoris (Peces, Jamang, Soroy/ jungkat, dan Coconduk/Cunduk Mentul). Busana pengantin wanita Legha/kemben, dan Sarong songket/samper bine, Odhet, Sabbu’ dan Rape’, perlengkapannya selop. Busana pengantin laki-laki Celana Lake, Rape’, Lok elokan dan Sabbu’, perlengkapannya selop dan keris dihias to’or. Keduanya menggunakan bunga buntal di bagian pinggang. Perhiasan kedua pengantin: Kalung Kalamangga (Kolomonggo), Klap Bahu dan Ghelleng. Pada kuping pengantin perempuan menggunakan Kerabu/Anting-anting. Pengantin laki-laki menggunakan Puspa Karma (Jangoleng) di kupingnya dan Renteng Melati di bahu.Tata rias wajah dan rambut pada pengantin pria memiliki kesan gagah (seorang raja), pengantin putri berkesan cantik dan anggun (ratu). Tampilan busana dan perhiasan memiliki makna religis dan simbol-simbol pengakuan kebesaran, kemurahan dan pengharapan/doa-doa untuk sepasang pengantin kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa
Psikologi Komunikasi dalam Meningkatkan Dakwah Da’i di Masjid Fajar Ikhlas Kelurahan Sumberejo Kecamatan Kemiling
Authors: Mutia Yanti Yunidar Cut
Published: August 2019

Psikologi komunikasi menjelaskan tentang bagaimana cara berkomunikasi yang baik dengan melakukan pendekatan kejiwaan terhadap mad’u nya. Karena dengan menguasai psikologi komunikasi, seorang da’i dapat menyesuaikan materi dan cara penyampaian dakwah terhadap mad’u nya. Sehingga dapat terjadi dakwah yang efektif. Atas hal tersebut seorang da’i harus menggunakan ilmu psikologi komunikasi yang baik agar mampu memahami keadaan atau kejiwaan dari mad’u nya. Karena pada dasarnya kejiwaan seseorang berbeda-beda, oleh karena itu diperlukan cara berkomunikasi atau menyampaikan pesan dengan cara-cara yang berbeda pula. Sehingga akan terjadi dakwah yang efektif. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian lapangan (field research) yaitu penelitian yang langsung dilakukan dilapangan atau pada responden. Populasi dan sampel pada penelitian ini adalah para da’i dan anggota Majelis Fajar Ikhlas. Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat diketahui bahwa Da’i di Masjid Fajar Ikhlas para Da’i belum sepenuhnya menggunakan ilmu Psikologi Komunikasi, oleh karena itu dakwah yang disampaikannya kurang efektif.
Aspek-Aspek Filosofi Kepemimpinan Dalam Al-Qur'an Dan As-Sunnah
Authors: Hafniati Hafniati
Published: August 2019

Leadership is the ability of a person to influence and motivate others to do something according to common goals. Leaders must be based on the iman, ta'abbudi, charity sholeh and akhlaqul karimah in carrying out his leadership to achieve prosperity and salvation of the world and the hereafter. In the Qur'an and as-Sunnah are known several words of designation for leadership include: Khalifah, Amiir (ulul amr), and Imamah, region, and ri'ayah. A leader must have at least four aspects as Rasulullah SAW exemplifies, namely: Shiddiq, Amanah, Tabligh and Fathanah. Shiddiq means honest in word and deed, trust means trustworthy in keeping responsibility, Tabligh means convey all kindness to its people and fathanah means smart in managing society. The purpose of leadership in Islam is to uphold Islam (Iqamatuddin) and world based on Shari'a Islam
Agama Dan Sekularisasi Pada Masyarakat Moderen
Authors: Rosana Ellya
Published: August 2019

Religion in general can be interpreted as a belief system and religious practices based on some sacred and supernatural values that direct human behavior, give meaning to life, and unite followers into a moral community. Although it cannot be denied that all religions of various kinds and forms today have developed. Religion is also believed not only to talk about rituals but also to talk about values that must be concretized in social life, including in the realm of constitution, the demand that religious values be applied in the life of the state. Each believer believes that the teachings and values he adheres to must be upheld in the life of society and the state. The emergence of the demands of the concretization of religious values in the life of the state that led to a debate that has not been completed regarding the relations between the state and religion, including secularism that separates religion and state even though in secular society religion is not rejected at all, but religion must adjust the will of society .
Kemiskinan Dalam Perspektif Struktural Fungsional
Authors: Rosana Ellya
Published: August 2019

Poverty is a person's inability to meet their needs caused by the scarcity of tools to meet daily needs, education, and inadequate employment to meet the needs of life. Efforts are being made to reduce poverty increasingly diverse but poverty is indeed difficult to be eliminated, but at least it can be minimized. Adherents of functional structural theory assume that poverty is functional (has a function) on social systems in society. The poor function to do "dirty work" that is not possible for the rich. In this case, it does not mean that poverty must be maintained, but when the function of poverty can be replaced by other sub-systems, poverty may disappear from the community's sub-system.
Control of Bone and Glucose Homeostasis by Neuropeptide Y System
Authors: Batchuluun Khongorzul , Otgon-Uul Zesemdorj
Published: August 2019

No abstract in English
Automatic Identification of Communication Signals Using Zero-Crossing Based Techniques
Authors: Qas Marrogy Emanuel S. H.
Published: August 2019

The identification of different types of modulation for any intercepted communication signal out of the vast hierarchy of possible modulation types is a key fundamental before advising a suitable type of demodulator, where this process is usually a manual option. This technique is extremely important for the purposes of communication intelligence. In this paper, a proposed methodology is suggested, validated, and tested (through computer simulations) for the automatic identification of the modulation type (analog and digital) of the intercepted communication signals. The methodology is based on the zero-based representation of signals and utilization of new algorithms for such identification.
Measuring the Score Matching of the Pairwise Deoxyribonucleic Acid Sequencing using Neuro-Fuzzy
Authors: Hameed Safa A. , Hamed Raed I.
Published: August 2019

The proposed model for getting the score matching of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence is introduced; the Neuro-Fuzzy procedure is the strategy actualized in this paper; it is used the collection of biological information of the DNA sequence performing with global and local calculations so as to advance the ideal arrangement; we utilize the pairwise DNA sequence alignment to gauge the score of the likeness, which depend on information gathering from the pairwise DNA series to be embedded into the implicit framework; an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system model is reasonable for foreseeing the matching score through the preparation and testing in neural system and the induction fuzzy system in fuzzy logic that accomplishes the outcome in elite execution.
Survey on Wireless Indoor Positioning Systems
Authors: Ali Wisam Hasan , Kareem Amnah Abas , Jasim Manal
Published: August 2019

Indoor positioning has finally testified a rise in interest, thanks to the big selection of services it is provided, and ubiquitous connectivity. There are currently many systems that can locate a person, be it wireless or by mobile phone and the most common systems in outdoor environments is the GPS, the most common in indoor environments is Wi-Fi positioning technique positioning. The improvement of positioning systems in indoor environments is desirable in many areas as it provides important facilities and services, such as airports, universities, factories, hospitals, and shopping malls. This paper provides an overview of the existing methods based on wireless indoor positioning technique. We focus in this survey on the strengths of these systems mentioned in the literature discordant with the present surveys; we also assess to additionally measure various systems from the scene of energy efficiency, price, and following accuracy instead of comparing the technologies, we also to additionally discuss residual challenges to correct indoor positioning.
Philosophical Reflection of the Environmental Legal Component of the Educational Process
Authors: Кеvbrin Boris Fedorovich ,   Saransk Cooperative Institute, branch of Russian University of Cooperation, Pechatkin Pechatkin ,   Saransk Cooperative Institute, branch of Russian University of Cooperation
Published: August 2019

The study deals with the environmental legal component of the educational process. The environmental and legal culture of society inevitably faces the worldview strategies of the personality which are reproduced and transformed within the philosophical branch of knowledge. Philosophical reflection is particularly productive in terms of production of meta-concepts as it provides new opportunities for the methodological and worldview support of the educational space. The focus of the research is on the basic imperatives of the educational process as a spiritual basis and the essential conditions for the implementation of the educational strategy. The authors propose using the term ‘environmental legal socialization management’ as a theoretical and methodological tool for transforming the environmental legal component of the educational process. The philosophical reflection is provided for the following concepts of the environmental legal component of the educational process: project, space of meanings, communication process, worldview of social and environmental reality. Each concept performs a specific function: the project is responsible for the future; the space of meanings produces new meanings; the communication process deals with mutual understanding; the worldview of social and environmental reality preserves the integrity of ideas. To create proper conditions for the most effective interaction of educational actors, one should consider the above-mentioned concepts’ functions. Ecological education and its environmental legal component acquire the qualitative characteristics of the integrative basis of the society’s worldview support, which is associated with the need to restructure the entire structure of society and change its development trends towards ecocentrism.
The State Historical Museum Activities in Moscow in the Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries
Authors: Byzova Olga Mikhailovna ,   Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University
Published: August 2019

The study discusses the current problems of preserving historical and cultural heritage and establishing urban cultural space. Based on an integrated approach and archival documents, the author analyzes the aspects of creation, operation, educational and publishing activities of the State Historical Museum, a one-of-a-kind architectural monument in the cultural space of Moscow, at the turn of the 20th century. The paper demonstrates the main stages of the museum’s construction and describes its rich interior decorated by the prominent architects and artists such as I.K. Aivazovsky, I.E. Bondarenko, V.M. Vasnetsov, A.P. Popov, I.E. Repin, V.A. Serov and others. The museum is located in the urban environment of historical value and fits perfectly the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Post-Postmodernity: The Battle for Consciousness
Authors: Kuparashvili Mziya Dzhemalovna ,   Dostoevsky Omsk State University
Published: August 2019

Against the background of the ambiguous scientific and technological developments, consciousness, which is the major mankind’s achievement and the greatest human pride, is in grave danger. Today’s era threatens our consciousness. Consciousness generates brilliant ideas and can use them roughly pragmatically. In terms of the need for both technical standards and rules and the ethical principles of human coexistence, consciousness has become addicted to self-deception. It was trapped in its self-improvement ability: the ability to manage and manipulate. Hence, the only real value is power over it. The trophy, which has no worthy equivalent in another dimension and expression, is on the line for the modern world. Winner takes all, i.e. the future. But you should note that it may not belong to humanity.
Formulasi Nanopartikel Tanaman Herbal Untuk Terapi Kanker
Authors: Masitoh AI , Sopyan Iyan
Published: August 2019

Kanker termasuk masaalah kesehatan utama di Dunia dan termasuk penyebab kematian nomor dua setelah kardiovaskular. Obat herbal saat ini banyak digunakan untuk pengobatan kanker karena kelimpahan senyawa kimianya yang berpotensi sebagai anti-kanker. Namun tanaman herbal kebanyakan sediaannya kurang larut air dan memiliki bioavailabilitas yang kurang baik. Sehingga perlu dilakukan modifikasi secara fisik ataupun kimia untuk meningkatkan kelarutannya. Salahsatu modifikasi secara fisik yaitu dari segi Formulasi. Nanopartikel adalah salah satu formulasi yang dapat mengatasi masalah-masalah tersebut karena Nanopartikel mampu memperbaiki kelarutan obat herbal dan dapat masuk dan menargetkan sel kanker secara spesifik.Kata kunci : kanker, nanopartikel, tanaman herbal
Towards International Legitimization of the Responsibility to Protect’s Third Pillar
Authors: AlMizory Arsalan H.
Published: August 2019

Over the past few years, the question whether international law permits the use of force not in response to existing violence but to avert and prevent mass atrocity crimes occurring within the boundaries of a sovereign State has taken on added significant in the aftermath of the humanitarian tragedies of the 1990s. Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a complicated and emerging norm of international law, which represents the start of a new era for the United Nations (UN), seeks to provide a means for the Security Council to take enforcement measures under Chapter VII to prevent mass atrocity crimes. The research discusses that when the Security Council is deadlock and peaceful measures have been exhausted, it is important to have a legal basis of using limited armed force as a last resort in the name of humanitarian intervention, to avert overwhelmingly atrocity crimes that a government has shown it is unwilling or unable to prevent. The research analyzes the case of Syria as a case study, which demonstrates that the presence of certain conditions enables the UN Security Council to implement R2P norm to save civilian populations from mass human rights violations.
The Malmesbury Group - an aquifer of surprising significance
Authors: Conrad J. , Smit L. , Murray K. , van Gend-Muller J. , Seyler H.
Published: August 2019

The Malmesbury Group has often been overlooked as a useable source of groundwater. This is due to its previously generalised low yields and relatively higher salinities of groundwater found in these weathered to fresh sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks. However, during a period of severe drought in the Western Cape of South Africa from 2016 to 2018, the Malmesbury Group was investigated for groundwater more intensively, mainly out of necessity by those who had little other choice geologically. This study presents two case studies from distinctly different geological and hydrogeological zones within the Malmesbury Group. A selection of 57 boreholes that have been drilled into the Malmesbury Group were used for this study. Of these, 30 boreholes are in close proximity to Paarl while the remaining 27 boreholes are located in the Cape Flats. Although these areas are noticeably different, both sites revealed that the Malmesbury Group could serve as a host to a high yielding aquifer, under certain geological conditions. Borehole yields of up to 9 l/s and 21 l/s were recorded at the Cape Flats and Paarl sites respectively. However in all cases the high yields were due to high yielding fractures in the bedrock, rather than the inherent bedrock properties. At the Paarl site, a correlation is seen between aquifer parameters and their proximity to an inferred extension of the Wellington – Piketberg Fault and Shear Zone from published geological maps. Boreholes in both the Cape Flats and Paarl sites that did not intersect these fractures were found to have similar bedrock yields to previous Malmesbury Group generalisations (<0.5 l/s).
Legal Deposit Copy of Audio-visual Documents: A Perfect Stranger?
Authors: Zhukova Maria M.
Published: August 2019

In Russia, the definition of “Legal Deposit Copy” (LDC) applies not only to printed and electronic publications, but also to audio-visual documents (movies, replicable sound and video products, photographs, copies of television and radio programs); however, researchers usually focus on the printed editions. The aim of the article is to study the legal aspects and acquisition practices of the formation of LDC complex of audio-visual documents as part of the National library-information collection of documents and the Archival Collection of the Russian Federation. The author analyses the current state of Russian legislation on legal deposit system and archiving in the Russian Federation in relations to audio-visual documents and topical issues of its improvement. For the first time, the author reveals the history of using the term of “legal deposit copy” towards audio-visual documents. The practical consequences of the inclusion of State archives in the system of institutions — recipients of the LDC were the confusion of the concepts of “National library-information collection of documents” and “Archival Collection of the Russian Federation”, the rejection of the examination of the value of incoming documents and transformation of archives into media libraries. There is still no system in place of regularly informing users on the received LDC of audio-visual documents (as opposed to printed publications). Institutions-recipients, such as the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, do not provide access to LDC as part of the national library-information collection, as required by law. The author revealed the shortcomings of the existing acquisition system of institutions with the LDC of TV and radio programs and replicated audio and video products. As a result, the author concludes that audio-visual documents are still a perfect stranger in the national legal deposit system of documents.
Theoretical Issues of Creation of Model Municipal Libraries
Authors: Dvorkina Margarita Y. , Kozlova Elena I.
Published: August 2019

Creation of model municipal libraries of new generation is carried out within the framework of the National project “Culture” developed in pursuance of the Edict of The President of the Russian Federation № 204 of May 7, 2018. The aim of the project is to find new models of library development that combine cultural, educational, scientific and educational functions. Modernization of municipal libraries is carried out on the basis of principles of modernization of public libraries, recommended by the Model Standard for Public Library Services. The authors consider the library as a system object and on the basis of internal and external relations of the object determine the place, role and functions of library in the communication process. The study is based on the concept of library as a four-element system. The article describes each of its elements in the process of their evolution in the modern information environment. Based on the spatial approach, the authors identify the components and levels of the library space, determine directions of its development and substantiate the principles of its construction.

The authors conclude that development of the model of library operation in the territorial information space should reflect the specific features of the formation of its own information space as a documentary-communication institution.
Library Space of the CIS Countries as a Self-organizing System: Research Methodology
Authors: Igumnova Natalia P.
Published: August 2019

The article reveals the research methodology of the library space of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) based on the theory of self-organization (synergetics). Synergetics as the direction of post-non-classical science was developed at the end of the last — the beginning of the new Millennium in the works of a number of researchers who proved the universality of this methodology and its applicability to the study of processes occurring in society. However, until the 2000s, this methodology did not get worthy application in the library science. The relevance of this study is that the modern library science requires a new worldview-methodological approach to the investigation of processes taking place in the cultural and library sphere, which will help to develop and enrich the successfully used method of system analysis. Based on this, the author sets the task to study the library space of the CIS as a self-organizing system that is in the process of evolution over a long historical period. The article considers the library space as a dynamically developing system of social nature. The author traces its cause-and-effect relations, conditions and factors in historical perspective and modern aspects. The concept of “library space of the CIS countries” arose after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and as a result of formation of the CIS to refer to the form of interstate library interaction and cooperation. The article studies the library space of the CIS countries as a system of interaction of libraries formed in the post-Soviet period, the basis of which is their belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States, within which the interstate relations of libraries are developing, basing on long historical and cultural ties between them; and the Russian language is the language of professional and interpersonal communication. The author presents the descriptive model of interaction system of libraries of the CIS countries with the main features and principles of construction. The article establishes that the CIS library space is characterized by features of a complex, open, dynamic self-organizing system. The methodological nature and theoretical philosophical significance of the article make it interesting for librarians, science theorists and cultural scientists.
Library Personnel of Buryatia in the Period of 1920—1930-ies
Authors: Odorova Tatyana L.
Published: August 2019

The process of formation of the personnel potential of the libraries of Buryatia in the period of 1920—1930-ies is of considerable interest due to the lack of systematic information on the topic, the insufficiency and fragmentation of the available information. The purpose of the article is consideration of the development of staffing situation in the library institutions of the Republic, analysis of the forms and methods of training of library specialists in the first decades of the formation of the Autonomous Republic. Based on archival documents and materials of periodicals, the article recreates a certain chronology of events related to the solution of staffing issues in the library sector. The author considers the forms of training and retraining of library workers, the content of the methodical work of libraries, the problems associated with the lack of qualified personnel and the measures taken to resolve them. The article presents some quantitative data on the personnel composition of libraries and training activities held in the Republic.

In the studied period, there was a multiple expansion of library personnel. In the mid-1920-ies, 15 people worked in the central libraries — regional and aimak (district) — subordinated to the People’s Commissariat of Education of the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR, in the state public libraries functioning in 1938 — 47 people. The staff of all library institutions of the Republic in 1934 included 155 people, in 1939 — 195 people. In the mid-1920-ies, the overwhelming majority of the personnel of central libraries consisted of novice librarians. Over time, the situation has improved; however, problems with personnel retention did not leave the agenda, for example, in the second half of the 1930-ies in the Republican library.

The regional library, the Department of political and education work of Buryat-Mongolian People’s Commissariat of Education carried on most of the activities in the field of training and professional development of library staff; since 1936 the regional political-educational school in the town of Kyakhta had participated in that work. There were used various types and forms of personnel training; the special role was assigned to the courses of varying duration, workshops and seminars. In the 1920—30-ies, the staffing situation in the libraries of Buryatia remained rather complicated. Its characteristic features were the shortage of qualified personnel, high attrition of library workers and lack of systematic approach to improving the professional level of library staff.
University Library as Knowledge Management Centre
Authors: Baryshev Ruslan A. , Manushkina Margarita M. , Tsvetochkina Irina A. , Babina Olga I.
Published: August 2019

The article discusses the transition to a new stage of civilization, the knowledge society. In the modern world, knowledge is one of the major socio-economic resources for both the individual and the state. Accordingly, the educational strategy of any higher educational institution should be refocused to ensure smooth transition from the traditional model to innovative in order to prepare the modern student for a life in the society where innovation and intellectual resources play the major role. The modern library can act as a control centre of knowledge, integrate with the world information resources and mediate for the user in global information space using the tools and mechanisms of the electronic library. In this regard, the e-library becomes a knowledge management centre focused on the development and maximum use of intellectual potential of library for the purpose of preservation, reproduction, building up and broadcasting of knowledge. The article analyses the opportunities which are given by electronic library for the University.

The authors constructed the scheme of interrelation of knowledge and information resources. The article considers the concept of proactive electronic library of the University as a system of information service of readers, the main purpose of which is to provide resources in any form and on any carrier using the classical and network forms of services based on the advanced inquiry services. The authors constructed the model of proactive University library, which is a complex system, incorporating elements of various properties and complexity. The proactive electronic library itself searches for information corresponding to the information needs of the user, without waiting for his request; that can influence the development of his information needs. Thus, the library transforms from a passive storage of information into an interaction partner. Information is automatically selected for the user, relevant to his educational and scientific interests, hobbies and preferred leisure.