bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cutpoint-free accelerometer metrics to assess children’s physical activity: an example using the school day
Authors: Fairclough Stuart J. , taylor sarah , Rowlands Alex , Boddy Lynne M.
Published: March 2019

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to use a novel accelerometer metric, the minimum acceleration value above which the most active accumulated x-min are accumulated, and to apply it to data collected in primary school children to explore its utility for reporting the most active 30-min during the school day. The aims were to (i) investigate associations between the most active 30-min during the school day (M30ACC) metric and health indicators, and (ii) demonstrate that applying an equivalent cut-point to the M30ACC metric will give similar, and therefore comparable prevalence results as a traditional moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) cut-point approach.Methods:Data were available for 297 children (156 girls; age 10 years) who wore wrist-mounted accelerometers for 7-days. School day MVPA and the minimum acceleration value above which the most active 30-min were accumulated during school (M30ACC) were calculated. Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) (number of 20-m shuttle run test (SRT) laps) were also measured. Mixed linear models investigated associations between M30ACC and health indicators. Agreement between ranked MVPA and M30ACC values was assessed using percent agreement, kappa, sensitivity, and specificity statistics. Results:The mean M30ACC value was 242.7 (99.3) mg, and mean school day MVPA was 34.3 (14.8) min. M30ACC thresholds related to health indicators were 213 mg (BMI), 206 mg (WHtR), and 269 mg (CRF) for girls. The equivalent values for boys were 234mg (BMI), 230 mg (WHtR), and 327 mg (CRF). The 30 min school day MVPA guideline averaged for the week and on every valid day was achieved by 54.9% and 24.9% of the sample, respectively. 63.0% of the participants achieved the equivalent M30ACC threshold averaged for the week, and 20.2% achieved it on every valid day of the week. Less than half of girls and 75% of boys accumulated 30 min of school day MVPA. Just less than 50% of girls and >80% of boys had M30ACC values ≥200 mg, which is equivalent to brisk walking. Agreement between MVPA and M30ACC tertiles was high, reflected by the agreement (89.2% to 94.6%), Kappa scores (0.76 to 0.86), and values for sensitivity and specificity, which exceeded 90%.Conclusions:The results demonstrate the utility of M30ACC as a PA metric that is based on measured accelerations and is not heavily influenced by researcher decisions. M30ACC has potential as an accelerometer-specific metric for generating PA guidelines related to health indicators, and easily understood forms of activity, such as brisk walking.
IELTS Writing Test: Improving Cardinal Test Criteria for the Bangladeshi context
Authors: Kabir S M Akramul
Published: March 2019

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) has become a widely used and globally accepted test for non-natives. It is conducted at more than a thousand centres in at least 130 countries (British Council, 2016), including 12 centres in Bangladesh (“Take IELTS test in or nearby Dhaka”, 2018). It also encompasses all four independent skills of the English language. Due to its popularity and effectiveness as a test, it is important to focus on assessment procedures of IELTS Writing tasks in the Bangladeshi context which is inconsistent with cardinal test issues. Thus, this article provides critical commentary on the IELTS writing test based on five cardinal issues for a proper test: reliability, validity, practicality, authenticity, and washback in connection with Bangladeshi as well as other similar ESL contexts. The documentary analysis of this article may help further research to enhance the utility of the IELTS writing test to measure ESL writing competence in a global context as an international test.
Pre-service English language teachers’ perceptions towards teaching grammar
Authors: Soud Mohan Singh
Published: March 2019

This article explores the perceptions of pre-service English language teachers studying at Master’s level under Education faculty at Tribhuvan University Nepal towards grammar and grammar teaching employing a qualitative research design. Three pre service English teachers were involved in this study, out of which two were females and one was male. The research participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview technique to collect relevant information to fulfill its purpose. The finding several that pre-service English teachers are in favour of teaching grammar. However, they believe that grammar should not be taught giving rules directly. All of the participants favour the use of inductive method of teaching grammar though they were taught through the use of deductive method at school.
Exploring the utilization of technology in teaching English: Practices and impediments
Authors: Singh Renu
Published: March 2019

The utilisation of technology into classroom practices basically promotes studentcentered instructions that require teachers to be professionally well trained and confident enough to use various technology tools and resources. This study was conducted to explore secondary school EFL teachers’ experiences and practices of modern technology usage into their classroom pedagogy and possible impediments of utilizing technology tools. Eight EFL teachers were purposefully selected from public secondary schools of the Kathmandu valley. A semi-structure interview was administered to collect the required data. The thematic data analysis revealed that the EFL teachers employed different pedagogical strategies for the effective integration of technology; however, some impediments were identified such as insufficient professional ICT skills and knowledge of EFL teachers, inadequate ICT infrastructure at school, teachers’ workload and time constraint, and digital device among students. This study suggests that EFL teachers need professional development trainings particularly designed on the TPACK framework, adequate ICT infrastructure at school, revised teachers’ workload and time constraint, and supportive school environment to promote technology utilization into EFL pedagogy.
A method does not deskill teachers, rather it empowers them
Authors: Niroula Gobinda
Published: March 2019

Larsen-Freeman, D. (2000, second edition). Techniques and Principles of Language Leaching. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, Pages: 189. Price- U$ 80. ISBN: 9780194423601
Socio-psychological risk factors for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with rectum cancer, who undergone colostomia
Authors: Vasileva A. V. , Karavaeva T. A. , Lukoshkina E. P. , Karpov A. O.
Published: March 2019

Te article describes the results of a study of risk factors for the development of PTSD in patients with rectum cancer, who underwent colostomia. Te results of a comparative analysis of social characteristics and developmental peculiarities among patients with PTSD and stress-resistant pations are presented. It was found that in the group of patients with PTSD previous traumatic events related to physical violence, the experience of divorce, and participation in road accidents were more frequent. As a result of the regression analysis, it was revealed that the following factors aﬀect the level of PTSD severity: the «Constructive external I-delineation» scale of the «I-structural test of Ammon», the value of the dysfunctional fault indicator of the «SGSS», the «Risk» scale of « Te Hardness Lifestyle Test «. Risk factors for the development of PTSD were identifed: difculties in establishing boundaries with others, the presence of dysfunctional guilt, the tendency to avoid mistakes instead to accepting risk, an insufciently formed personal identity
Phenomenology of female sexual feelings
Authors: Efanova M G. , Berdnikov D. V. , Tkachenko P. V
Published: March 2019

We present data of studying female sexual feelings. Hypothesis: sexual feelings have a complicated multilevel structure reﬂecting the individual’s sexual experience with peculiarities of evaluating satisfaction and regulation of behavior. 429 women aged 18-60 years (mean age — 28,69±0,42 years) have been studied, among them 291 (67,83%) were married and 138 (32,17%) were single. Te mean age of starting sexual life was 18,22±0,12 years. 365 (85,08%) women experienced orgasm, while 64 (14,92%) did not. We used our authorial questionnaire including an instruction and a list of 204 signs characterizing emotions, states, qualitative descriptions of comprehension. Te women noted the signs corresponding to their ordinary experience during an ordinary sexual act. Sexual feelings were found to have a multilevel structure of estimating the person’s sexual experience presented by the correlation of satisfaction, sexual interest, internal comfort, shame, disphoria, intensity emotional reacting, non-corresponding to expectations, acuity of rectption, physical discomfort and distaste. Teir manifestation reﬂects the expressions of self-relation, of states with regard to attaining the goal and communication with the partner.
Anger attacks and «anger disorders»: clinical relevance, problem of classification, comorbidity and therapy (review)
Authors: Simutkin G. G.
Published: March 2019

The review of literature data addresses the problem of diagnosis, classification, comorbidity, basic neurobiological mechanisms, as well as therapy of pathological manifestations of anger (“anger disorders”, anger attacks), considering into account the results of current epidemiological and clinical-biological studies.
Dynamic psychiatry — patients personality oriented personalized treatment model (to the centenary of Gunter Ammon birth)
Authors: Vasileva A. V.
Published: March 2019

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Specific cognitive deficits in children with hyperkinetic disorder
Authors: Gasanov R. F.
Published: March 2019

In this review article, features of a specific cognitive deficit in children with hyperkinetic disorder are considered. The uneven development of higher mental functions observed in these cases, the hierarchical structure of the detected defects, neuropsychological features is determined, in the author’s opinion, to distinguish hyperkinetic disorder of childhood from atonic forms of mental retardation and other hyperdynamic syndromes in a wide range of child psychopathology, creating a model of a specificcognitive deficit.
Te evidence-based psychotherapy of psychoses: current analysis of the problem
Authors: Vid V. D. , Lutova N. B.
Published: March 2019

Te appearance of the biopsychosocial model of psychosis near the end of the past century opened the way to the integration of psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches to the therapy of psychoses. Te studies carried out since the beginning of the present century have demonstrated the undoubted advantage in the evidence-based eﬀectiveness of the integrated models using the cognitive-behavioural therapy of psychoses over the monopharmacotherapy. Te problems of the further practical implementation of the biopsychosocial model in the therapy of psychoses and the ways of their solving are discussed.
Resolution of Russian Congress with International participation «Women’s mental health: interdisciplinary status”
Authors: Neznanov N. G.
Published: March 2019

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Aﬀective symptoms subclinical level in adolescents
Authors: Dashieva B. A. , Karaush I. S. , Kupriyanova I. E.
Published: March 2019

In the article the issues of detection and clinical signifcance of aﬀective symptoms of preclinical level in adolescence are discussed. Aﬀective symptoms of the preclinical level are frequently masked by personality or behavioral characteristics, puberty manifestations. Quite ofen such adolescents remain out of sight of specialists with a high need for adequate medical and psychological assistance. Te purpose of this study was to identify the subclinical level aﬀective symptoms in diﬀerent groups of adolescents (subthreshold depression) and to study its clinical features. Tere were examined 659 adolescents 7-17 years old. We used clinical, psychological (depression scale M. Kovak) and statistical metods. A group of adolescents with a risk of developing depression was identifed (35.7%): with a «above average» level of depression’s risk (26.6%), with a high level (7.9%) and high scores on particular scales (1.2%). Adolescents in secondary schools, compared to the pupils in correctional schools, had signifcantly higher indicators on the total score and «Negative mood» and «Angelonia» scales in the group with a high risk of depression. Te indicators of the «Interpersonal problems» scale were high in all groups of students. Adolescents from urban schools are at the greatest risk of developing depression compared to both rural adolescents and correctional school pupils. In 10.3% of the pupils, the individual signs of aﬀective disorders were identifed that signifcantly aﬀected the quality of functioning, which we regarded as persons with subthreshold depression. including 15.8% urban, 10.8% rural, and 6.3% teenagers with disabilities. Tis group needs a dynamic observation and carrying out preventive measures with the obligatory involvement of the social environment — parents and teachers.
Te interrelation of executive functionsand suicidaltendencies in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa
Authors: Pichikov A. A. , Popov Y. V. , Iakovleva Iu. A.
Published: March 2019

Anorexia nervosa usually develops during adolescence when considerable structural and functional brain changes are taking place. Suicidal intentions could occur at this period and the number of teenage suicides spikes. Te research among adults has registered the defcit of executive functions both in diﬀerent mental disorders and in suicidal behavior. However, there is no clarity about what is the role of executive functions in dynamic of AN among female teenagers. Te question is: do they have an eﬀect on level of suicidal ideation? We have researched executive functions in adolescent girls with AN and suicidal ideas. We identifed that the disfunction in specifc cognitive domains (executive and psychomotor functions) and the global neuropsychological insufciency (composite score BACS) could stimulate an appearance of suicidal ideas in AN.
The role of the CagA gene in the occurrence of the inflammatory response of the gastric mucosa in patients with chronic Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis
Authors: Vernigorodskiy S.V. , Sukhan D.S.
Published: March 2019

Currently, Helicobacter pylori infection (H. pylori) is recognized as one of the most important risk factors for gastrocarcinogenesis. It is known that this infection does not directly cause neoplastic changes in the gastric mucosa, and this is due to a number of consecutive events due to the long persistence of the pathogen in the human body. The initial stage of this cascade, of course, is the inflammatory response, due to the body’s ability to adapt to extraneous infection, which is the inevitable result of the interaction of H. pylori with cells of the gastric epithelium. This direct damaging effect is enhanced by the production of vacuolating cytotoxin and the release of products of the cytotoxin-associated CagA gene, which, at a pathomorphological level, is manifested by inflammatory infiltration of the gastric mucosa (GM) to some extent. On the relationship between the degree of contamination and the activity of the inflammation of the GM in people infected with the CagA strain, today there are different, often conflicting opinions, which is why in this work we set the goal of establishing the relationship between the nature of the inflammatory response and the presence of the CagA gene in H. pylori- infected patients. The purpose of the study is to determinate the relationship between the nature of the inflammatory response and the genetic features of the H. pylori strain (CagA genotype).We examined 365 patients, among whom 40 people were included in the control group (18 women and 22 men, whose average age was 45,33±15,46 and 42,82±12,31, respectively) without any gastroenterological pathology in the anamnesis , patients with chronic non-atrophic gastritis (188 people) and chronic atrophic gastritis (137 people). A close relationship was established between the presence of the CagA gene, activity and the degree of contamination for chronic non-atrophic gastritis: for a low degree of contamination, Fisher’s exact test was = 0.002, p<0.05, for a moderate degree - 0.012, p<0.05, for a high degree - 0,012, p<0.05. Accordingly, in chronic atrophic gastritis: for a low degree of contamination Fisher’s exact test = 0.011, p<0.05, for a moderate degree - 0.003, p<0.05, for a high degree - 0.001, p<0.05. There is also a close relationship between the degree of contamination and the activity of chronic gastritis: in patients with a high degree of contamination, CG activity was determined, as a rule, for stage 2-3. In our study, the inflammatory response depended on the presence or absence of the H. pylori strain in the patient, which contains the CagA genotype, which, in our opinion, plays a key role in triggering a cascade of inflammatory changes in the GM and progression of chronic gastritis.
Features of total body sizes and anthropometric torso sizes in female volleyball players of mesomorphic somatotype
Authors: Sarafinyuk L.A. , Fomina L.V. , Khavtur V.O. , Fedoniuk L.Ia. , Khapitska O.P. , Stefanenko I.S.
Published: March 2019

Determination of constitutional parameters that are inherent in highly skilled athletes of a particular sport can serve as reliable predictive markers during sport selection. But the last time an indisputable fact is the somatotypological conditionality of individual sizes that characterize the external structure of the body, and the visceral structures of the organism. The purpose of the work is to establish differences in the anthropometric dimensions between young women volleyball players of high level of athletic skill and non-sports young women belonging to the mesomorphic somatotype. On the base of the research center of the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, we conducted an anthropo-somatotypological study of 127 female volleyball players of youth age (from 16 to 20 years) with a high level of athletic skill. Sports experience in all cases was greater than 3 years. From the database of research center of the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University was selected 140 practically healthy young women of the same age who were not engaged in sports. Anthropometric measurements were carried out using the method of V.V. Bunak (1941), somatotypological research – according to the estimated modification of the Heath-Carter method (1990). After the conducted somatotyping, it was found that 29 volleyball players and 33 non-sports young women belonged to the mesomorphic type of constitution. The analysis of the obtained results is carried out in the licensed package of Statistica 5.5 using nonparametric methods of evaluation of indicators. In the volleyball players of the mesomorphic somatotype, compared to young women who are not engaged in sports of the same constitutional type, we have found a significantly larger length of the body, the mass and area of the body surface, the height of the suprasternal, pubic, shoulder anthropometric points, chest cords, transverse mid and lower chest and sagittal middle-thigh diameters, intervertebral distance of the pelvis and its external conjugates. Relatively smaller in female volleyball players of mesomorphic type of physique was the thickness of the skin-fat folds under the shoulder blade. One can conclude that within the same somatotype there are significant changes in the anthropometric parameters, in particular total body and longitudinal, transverse, front and rear body dimensions, which is affected by the body of modern young women volleyball players with mesomorphic somatotype, under the influence of intensive loads.
Features of the thyroid gland structural components remodeling in the toxemia stage after experimental thermal injury
Authors: Koritskiy V.G. , Nebesna Z.M.
Published: March 2019

Thermal injury causes severe structural and metabolic disturbances not only of the skin itself, but also of all organs and systems of the affected organism, is a manifestation of a complex symptom complex - a burn disease. Of particular importance in patients with burns are changes in the endocrine system. The aim of the study was to establish the microscopic and electron-microscopic reorganization of the components of the thyroid gland of animals after thermal damage on 14 day after experimental thermal injury. A III degree burn was applied under ketamine anesthesia with copper plates heated in boiled water to a temperature of 97-100°C. The size of the lesion area was 18-20% of the epilated surface of the body of rats. An experimental study of the structural components of the thyroid gland after a burn injury was performed on laboratory white male rats weighing 160-180 g. Rats euthanasia was performed after ketamine anesthesia by decapitation. In the experiment, the study of the microscopic and submicroscopic state of the follicles and hemocapillaries of the thyroid gland after thermal injury of the III degree. It has been established that in the toxemia stage after the application of the burn injury on 14 day (late toxemia stage), significant destructive and degenerative changes are found in the thyrocytes of the wall of the follicles and hemocapillaries, the organ acquires a macrofollicular structure. The height of thyrocytes decreases, the nuclei and organelles of cytoplasm are significantly damaged, the number and height of microvilli on their apical surface decreases, which negatively affects the cell's secretory cycle and transcapillary organ metabolic processes. The established destructive changes in the blood capillaries and thyrocytes of the follicles are the morphological manifestation of the suppression of the secretory activity of the thyroid gland during thermal injury and corresponds to the hypofunctional state of the organ.
Changes in the sizes of the kidney after contralateral nephrectomy in the experiment
Authors: Monastyrskyi V.M.
Published: March 2019

The evaluation of renal measurements such as length, width and thickness, volume is important in the diagnosis and treatment of many renal disorders, since there is a close relationship between the sizes of the kidneys and its function. The purpose of the study was to establish and compare during the postoperative period changes in the mass and sizes of the kidney left after nephrectomy in the sexually mature male rats. An experimental study was carried out on 84 sexually mature white male rats weighing 178-194 grams. Animals were divided into two groups: control (42 rats) and experimental (42 rats). In the control group, the animals under ketamine anesthesia were followed by an abdominal cavity dilution, after which the abdominal wall was applied in a row. All animals of the experimental group performed surgical intervention – nephrectomy of the left kidney. The animals were withdrawn from the trial by intra-pleural administration of thiopental-sodium 50 mg/kg after 7, 14, 21, 30, 90 days after nephrectomy. Macroscopic evaluation and description of the kidneys of animals was performed after their removal. Their weight was determined on the laboratory scale of HLR-200 up to 0.1 mg, and the length, width and thickness of the organ were measured with the help of a caliper to an accuracy of 0.05 mm. Calculated the volume of the kidney. The statistical analysis of the obtained results was carried out using the program STATISTICA 5.5 using parametric methods for evaluating the results. It was established that the mass, length, width, thickness and volume of the kidney of animals in the experimental group, as compared with the control group, were statistically significantly higher in all terms of observation. The fraction of the growth of the width and thickness of the single kidney of animals in the experimental group compared with the control animals in the animals was statistically significantly greater than the proportion of kidney growth during the postoperative period. It was found that the largest increase in the mass and thickness of the kidney, as compared with the control group, was observed after 30 days of the postoperative period, and the greatest increase in the length and width of the kidney, as compared with the control group, was observed after 14 days of the postoperative period.
Proliferative features of diffuse astrocytic tumors Grade III-IV and their impact on the prognosis
Authors: Yakovtsova I.I. , Gavriliyuk A.O. , Chertenko T.M.
Published: March 2019

Anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma are malignant brain tumors with a poor prognosis. The aim of our study was the complex investigation of the factors, those influence their aggressive behavior and proliferation (Ki-67, EGFR, MMP-9, PR, р53, vascular network formation), and the evaluation of their prognostic impact. These data could be used for optimization of target therapy in different groups of patients with diffuse astrocytic tumors Grade III-IV. Our study included 30 patients who were put through brain surgery for the first time and were divided into two equal groups: 15 patients who experienced a recurrence within 1 year after the surgery (1st group) and 15 patients without recurrence within 1 year after the surgery (2nd group). Postoperative tumor materials were obtained in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded blocks. In addition, we investigated the case histories of these patients. The expression of Ki-67, EGFR, MMP-9, PR, р53, VEGF, and CD34 was evaluated with immunohistochemical testing. Chi-squared test, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests were performed for comparison of quantitative parameters between groups. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used for the measure of rank correlation between quantitative variables. Results of our study showed, that there was a tendency (Uemp=75,00; р>0.05) to higher proliferative index in the 1st group (18,29±3,44) compared to the 2nd group (16,57±3,09). EGFR expression was significantly higher in the 1st group (Uemp=70.50; p<0.05). Moreover, the higher EGFR expression was associated with higher MMP-9 expression (Uemp=7.500; p<0.01) and lower p53 expression (rs= –0.62, p<0.001). The higher MMP-9 expression was also associated with higher vascularization index (MVD(VEGF)/MVD(CD34)) (rs=0.43; p<0.05). Our data confirm the close connections of different factors of tumor aggressiveness and the presence of molecule-biological discrepancy in homogenous histologically, but heterogenous prognostically groups of tumors. This evidence may be used in future for better-personalized therapy of patients with diffuse astrocytic tumors Grade III-IV.
Evaluation of the Success Rate of Hysteroscopy and Endometrial Scratching in Cases of Repeated Implantation Failure: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Authors: Zahiri Ziba , Sarrafzadeh Yasaman , EhsanKazemNejad Leili , Sheibani Alireza
Published: March 2019

Background: Endometrial reception is one of the most important factors in vitro fertilization (IVF) success rate. Many different methods have been suggested to enhance the rate of implantation in IVF\ intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles. Endometrial injury, as an intentional trauma aimed at improving the fertility results, has gained significant popularity among women seeking pregnancy. This study was conducted to determine the success rate of hysteroscopy and scratching before microinjection in cases of repeated implantation failure. Materials and Methods: This prospective, randomized controlled trial consist of 228 women who were referred to the Al-Zahra Infertility clinic for fertility treatment with the history of failure in at least two ICSI cycles. The patients were divided into two groups. The first group was treated by hysteroscopy without intervention, while the second group underwent hysteroscopy and scratching in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle prior to microinjection. The controlled ovulation stimulation method was performed in all patients using the antagonist method. The success was considered based on the observation of the fetal heart in ultrasound. Results: The success rate of hysteroscopy and scratching (41.5%) was higher compared to hysteroscopy alone (34.3%), but this difference was not statistically significant based on the Chi-square test (P=0.280). The rate of miscarriage in hysteroscopy plus scratching and hysteroscopy alone were 5.7% and 12.4%, respectively which were not statistically different (P=888). Furthermore, the effect of hysteroscopy and scratching on visualizing the fetal heart was not statistically different compared to hysteroscopy alone (P=0.223). Conclusion: The results showed that the success rate in hysteroscopy plus endometrial scratching was not significantly different from hysteroscopy. [GMJ. 2019;inpress:e1399]
Extended Sites of Action
Authors: Halstead Narmala
Published: March 2019

The forum in this issue, reflecting on the problematics of the relationship
between anthropology and law, as a timely focus is also indicative
of how these debates revolve around disciplinary and cross-disciplinary
issues. That such co-presence of anthropology and law, incorporating
research in informal and formal settings, various kinds of collaboration
and, in some instances, sceptical views about its value, continues
to merit close attention also signals how views of differences animate
a well-populated and extended field. The concerns are often articulated
around an epistemic divide between anthropology and law, and
allow for questioning both within and across disciplinary areas, even
as much is made of the richness of an ethnographic approach to law
alongside other methods and analyses, as indicated. Lawrence Rosen,
in his response to the commentators in the forum, notes ‘our special
area of interest is actually a great doorway into many key issues for
both disciplines’, as he identifies the spaces where it is incumbent for
anthropologists to act to address these cross-disciplinary challenges.
Divorce as Process, Botswana Style
Authors: Werbner Pnina , Werbner Richard
Published: March 2019

This article aims to unravel the complex negotiations surrounding
property settlements and custody in cases of divorce in customary
courts in Botswana today in the light of an earlier legacy of penalising
divorce initiators. It argues that women’s attempts to get their husbands to
initiate divorce proceedings can entangle women in lengthy negotiations
and ultimately frustrate the aim of achieving a divorce. Repeated court
hearings can last for years, we show. At the same time, in Botswana’s
statutory courts today, an equal division of property irrespective of the
causes of marital breakdown has become established practice. In the article,
we aim to show that customary laws regarding property settlement
in divorce have indeed changed, gradually adjusting to notions of equity
in women’s rights in marriage, in response to a wider ideological, critical
movement, even though chiefs or headmen presiding over customary
courts do not always explicitly acknowledge this change.
On the Material Semiotics of the Bates Stamp
Authors: Kaljund A. Lorraine
Published: March 2019

Ethnographic studies of legal materiality and the bureaucratic
mundanities of law often juxtapose their richly empirical approach to
the material assemblages of law with the ‘grand talk’ and conceptual
abstractions of law. This article considers the intersection of formal legal
discourse and the mundanity of bureaucratic practice through an examination
of two judicial opinions concerning the legal significance of the
Bates number, a sequential digit inscribed onto documents produced in
US pretrial discovery. Through this analysis, the article both illustrates the
Bates stamp’s role in the material constitution of law, and offers a reminder
that the stories law tells about its own materiality can offer insights into,
and enact and extend, the sociolegal agency of bureaucratic tools.
Book Review
Authors: Uzel Kaya
Published: March 2019

Shah, A. (2018), Nightmarch: Among India’s Revolutionary Guerrillas
(London: Hurst Publishers). ISBN: 978-1-849-04990-0.
Synthesis of Some Novel 3,3-Ethylenedioxyandrost-7β-Acyloxy-5-Ene-17-One Derivatives as Potent Aromatase Inhibitors
Authors: Chen Shao-Rui , Liu Dong-Zhi
Published: March 2019

3,3,17,17-Diethylenedioxyandrost-5-ene was obtained by ketalisation of androstenedione, which was oxidised with PDC and t-BuOOH to form 3,3,17,17-diethylene-dioxyandrost-5-ene-7-one. Stereoselective reduction of 3,3,17,17-diethylene-dioxyandrost-5-ene-7-one by NaBH4 in the presence of CeCl3.6H2O gave 3,3,17,17-diethylenedioxy-7β-hydroxy-androst-5-ene, which was deprotected with p-toluenesulfonic acid to gave 3,3-ethylenedioxyandrost-5-ene-7β-hydroxy and androst-4,6-dien-3,17-dione. A series of androstenedione derivatives were obtained from 3,3-ethylenedioxyandrost-5-ene-7β-hydroxy by the esterification reaction. Their structures were confirmed by MS, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HRMS.
Synthesis and Conformational Studies of 9-Methoxy[3.3]Metacyclophanes and 9-Methoxy[3]Metacyclo[3](2,6)Pyridinophane
Authors: Sharma Bigyan , Feng Xing , Tazoe Kazuya , Miyamoto Shinpei , Yamato Takehiko
Published: March 2019

anti-9-Methoxy[3]metacyclo[3](2,6)pyridinophan-2,11-dione is obtained by the coupling reaction of 2,6-bis (bromomethyl)pyridine and 2,6-bis[2-isocyano-2-(tolylsulfonyl)ethyl]-4-tert-butylanisole in dimethylformamide (DMF) with an excess of sodium hydride, from which the corresponding syn-9-methoxy[3]metacyclo[3](2, 6)pyridinophane is synthesised via anti–syn-isomerisation during the Wolff–Kishner reduction in good yield.
Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Photoluminescence Properties of three Zn(II) Complexes Derived from an Unsymmetrical N-Heterocyclic Ligand
Authors: Yu Qing , Sun Xiuling , Huang Fuping , Zhang Xiuqing , Hao Hongmei , Bian Hedong , Liang Hong
Published: March 2019

The Zn(II) complexes: [Zn(Hbimtz)2Cl2]·H2O, [Zn2(Hbimtz)4Cl4]·H2O, and {[Zn2(H2O)4(SO4)2(Hbimtz)2]·(H2O)2.5}n, where Hbimtz = 1-[(1H-benzimidazole-2-yl)methyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrazole, have been synthesised and their structures determined. The mononuclear complexes have four–coordinated Zn(II) centres with two benzimidazole N atoms from Hbimtz and two terminal Cl atoms, while the Zn(II) centre of the dinuclear complex is ligated by N atoms of Hbimtz and O atoms of sulfate and water molecules in distorted octahedral geometry. The thermal stability and luminescent properties of the three complexes are also discussed.
KAJIAN PENCAHAYAAN ALAMI RUANG BACA PERPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA
Authors: Dewantoro Fajar , Budi Wahyu Setia , Prianto Eddy
Published: March 2019

Abstract: An architectural work can be seen in terms of benefits for the community where it can provide something to support life and advance the development of the surrounding environment. In this case the case study raised was at the University of Indonesia Library, where the library was very supportive of students on campus and outside the campus.The problem discussed in this study is reviewing a tropical architectural work applied to the library, and want to know how the concept affects natural lighting in the University of Indonesia's library reading room. The study also aims to evaluate how much light intensity is in the reading room of the University of Indonesia library. In this study the method used describes and reviews all other data and information, from direct or indirect observation. This analysis uses quantative analysis by comparing the existing conditions in the field with the study and information obtained from the literature. Based on the research, it was found that in some reading room areas that had natural enlightenment, there were recommendations that were in accordance with the standards and were not yet appropriate. Therefore some additional studies are needed in designing lighting. This research is expected to provide input on natural lighting of a building that is calculated using assisted software or measuring instruments in the field.Keyword: UI Library, Reading Room, Natural Lighting.Abstrak: Suatu karya arsitektur itu dapat dilihat dari segi manfaat bagi masyarakat dimana dapat memberikan sesuatu untuk menunjang kehidupan dan memajukan pembangunan lingkungan sekitar. Dalam hal ini studi kasus yang diangkat adalah pada Perpustakaan Universitas Indonesia, dimana perpustakaan ini sangat menunjang mahasiswa dalam kampus maupun luar kampus.Permasalahan yang dibahas dalam penelitian ini yaitu mengkaji sebuah karya arsitektur tropis diterapkan pada perpustakaan, serta ingin diketahui bagaimana pengaruhnya konsep tersebut terhadap pencahayaan alami di ruang baca perpustakaan Universitas Indonesia tersebut. Penelitian ini juga bertujuan mengevaluasi seberapa besar intensitas cahaya pada ruang baca perpustakaan Universitas Indonesia. Pada penelitian ini metode yang digunakan menguraikan dan mengkaji semua data dan informasi lain, dari observasi langsung maupun tidak langsung. Analisa ini menggunakan analisa kuantatif dengan membandingkan antara keadaan yang ada dilapangan dengan kajian dan informasi yang didapat dari literatur. Berdasarkan penelitian didapatkan hasil bahwa pada beberapa area ruang baca yang mendapatkan pencahyaan alami, terdapat penchayaan yang sudah sesuai dengan standar dan belum sesuai. Oleh sebab itu diperlukan beberapa pengkajian tambahan dalam mendesain pencahayaan. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan masukan mengenai pencahayaan alami sebuah bangunan yang dihitung menggunakan software berbantu atau alat ukur di lapangan.Kata Kunci: Perpustakaan UI, Ruang Baca, Pencahayaan Alami.
PENGUKURAN GREENSHIP KAWASAN(BUILT PROJECT) VERSI 0.1 PADA KAWASAN WISATA BANDAR ECOPARK DI KABUPATEN BATANG
Authors: Ronim Azizah , Talidah Cita Iftinan
Published: March 2019

Abstract: GREENSHIP neighborhood is an rating tool for disseminating and inspiring realization of sustainable areas. Benefits by applying GREENSHIP Neighborhood are: (1) Maintaining harmony and balance of environmental ecosystems, as well as improving quality of environment, (2) Minimizing adverse impacts of development on the environment, (3) Improving quality of microclimates, ease of achievement, security, and convenience pedestrian and (5) Maintaining a balance between needs and availability of resources in future. In case study of Bandar Ecopark which located in Bandar Subdistrict, Batang Regency is a recreational area with an ecotourism park that has a positive impact on environment. So it is interesting to study the extent of Greenship Region measurements that can be achieved in this region. Measurement method uses one of the 4 Greenship Region benchmarks, namely: (1) mixed use area, (2) commercial, (3) settlement and (4) industry. Results of the Greenship Region shows that Bandar Ecopark region has score 57 with quality 46% (of total value 124), with details: LEE (17), MAC (14), WMC (0), SWM (6 ), CWS (10), BAE (6) and IFD (4). Greenship neighborhood that generated is SILVER. To optimize rankings, it is necessary to add a number of means in each benchmark.Keyword: green architecture, ecotourism, greenship neighborhood.Abstrak: GREENSHIP Kawasan merupakan perangkat penilaian untuk menyebarkan dan menginspirasi dalam perwujudan kawasan yang berkelanjutan. Manfaat yang diperoleh dengan menerapkan GREENSHIP Kawasan yakni: (1) Menjaga keserasian dan keseimbangan ekosistem lingkungan, serta meningkatkan kualitas lingkungan kawasan, (2) Meminimalkan dampak buruk pembangunan terhadap lingkungan, (3) Meningkatkan kualitas iklim mikro, (4) Menerapkan asas keterhubungan, kemudahan pencapaian, keamanan, dan kenyamanan pada jalur pedestrian dan (5) Menjaga keseimbangan antara kebutuhan dan ketersediaan sumber daya di masa mendatang. Pada studi kasus kawasan wisata  Bandar Ecopark yang terletak di Kecamatan Bandar, Kabupaten Batang merupakan kawasan wisata rekreasi air dengan daya tarik taman ekowisata yang berdampak positif bagi lingkungan. Sehingga menarik untuk dikaji sejauhmana pengukuran Greenship Kawasan yang dapat tercapai pada kawasan ini. Metode pengukuran menggunakan salah satu dari 4 tolok ukur Greenship Kawasan yaitu: (1) kawasan mixed use, (2) komersial, (3) pemukiman dan (4) industri. Hasil dari pengukuruan Greenship Kawasan menunjukkan bahwa kawasan wisata Bandar Ecopark dari total nilai keseluruhan maksimum sebesar 124, kawasan Bandar Ecopark mendapat nilai 57 dengan bobot 46% dengan rincian: LEE (17),  MAC (14), WMC (0), SWM (6), CWS (10), BAE (6) dan IFD (4). Peringkat Greenship Kawasan yang dihasilkan adalah SILVER. Untuk mengoptimalkan peringkat maka perlu penambahan beberapa sarana di setiap tolok ukur.Kata kunci: green architecture, ekowisata, greenship kawasan
WALKABILITY DI KAWASAN TITIK NOL KILOMETER YOGYAKARTA MELALUI SIMULASI URBAN MODELLING INTERFACE (UMI)
Authors: Nugrahaini Fadhilla Tri
Published: March 2019

Abstract: Sustainable city development considered as a way to create better environment for the society. Walkability needs to be encouraged to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency. This paper highlights the walkability assessment in Titik Nol Kilometer Yogyakarta. The simulation using Urban Modelling Interface (UMI) evaluates that the walkscore is need to be increased.  Keyword: Sustainable 1, Walkability 2, Walkscore 3 (Maks 3 Kata, ARIAL 10, spasi tunggal)Abstrak: Pengembangan kota berkelanjutan dinilai sebagai suatu langkah untuk menciptakan lingkungan yang baik bagi masyarakat. Kemudahan dalam berjalan kaki perlu didorong untuk mengurangi emisi dan meningkatkan efisiensi energy. Pengukuran nilai walkability di Titik Nol Kilometer Yogyakarta sebagai langkah awal untuk mempelajari tingkat keberlanjutan pada kawasan tersebut. Metode simulasi menggunakan Urban Modelling Interface menampilkan bahwa nilai walkscore pada kawasan tersebut belum ideal. Kata Kunci: Keberlanjutan1, Walkability 2, Walkscore 3 (Maks 3 Kata, ARIAL 10, spasi tunggal)
Development of the algorithm for the selection of a wind generator-based autonomous power supply system
Authors: Khlyupin P. A. , Ispulaeva G. N.
Published: March 2019

Introduction: The co-authors provide an overview of the main types of wind turbines and power generators installed into wind energy devices, as well as advanced technological solutions. The co-authors have identified the principal strengths and weaknesses of existing wind power generators, if applied as alternative energy sources. The co-authors have proven the need to develop an algorithm for the selection of a wind generator-based autonomous power supply system in the course of designing windmill farms in Russia. Methods: The co-authors have analyzed several types of wind turbines and power generators. Results and discussions: The algorithm for the selection of a wind generator-based autonomous power supply system is presented as a first approximation. Conclusion: The emerging algorithm enables designers to develop an effective wind generator-based autonomous power supply system.
Some issues of summary procedure in the 2015 Civil Code: A comparative perspective
Authors: Tuan Anh Trinh , Thi Thu Huong Luu , Thi Thanh Nha Nguyen
Published: March 2019

A summary procedure is understood as a special procedure simplifying the ordinary one to deal with civil disputes in a truncated process. This can help to reduce time and costs for the litigants and the State, cut down workload for the courts at all levels. However, since summary procedure is a new regulation which was first recorded in the 2015 Civil Code, its application has certain problems and therefore requiries specific guideline. The paper analyzes regulations on summary procedures in the 2015 Civil Code from the perspective of comparative law and suggests some recommendation for improvement.
Factors influencing the decision to buy fruits and vegetables from supermarket channel of consumers in Nha Trang
Authors: Thi Hoa Vu , Thanh Thai Pham , Thi Hoai Phuong Nguyen
Published: March 2019

Vegetables are indispensable foods in people's daily meals. Today, with the improvement of living standard, the demand for fruits and vegetables increases not only in terms of quantity but also quality. Thus, the emergence of modern sales channels such as supermarkets and convenience stores for consumers’ greater access to clean, safe and convenient vegetables is inevitable. The objective of this study is to determine the factors influencing the decision to choose supermarket channels when buying fruits and vegetables of consumers in Nha Trang. Based on qualitative and quantitative research methods, this study proposes a model consisting of eight factors. The final result showed that 6 factors affect the decision of the consumers, including: Technical characteristics, convenient location, characteristics of the shop, promotions, health concerns and trust. This is one of the important bases in proposing solutions to attract and increase the number of consumers buying vegetables at supermarkets.
QUADRATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR COMPLEX PARAMETERS OF MICROWAVE TWO-POLES
Authors: Gimpilevich Yu. B. , Zebek S. E.
Published: March 2019

A new method based on direct frequency conversion is developed for measuring complex reflection coefficient of microwave two-poles. The method is based on the use of quadrature synchronous detection of the signal branched by omnidirectional probe with subsequent quadrature processing of the detected signal components. Such approach makes it possible to solve measuring task by simultaneously analyzing both amplitude and phase distribution of the field in transmission line which leads to redundancy. In addition, the use of direct frequency conversion provides the detection linearity in considerably higher dynamic range of the levels of the signal forwarded from the transmission line. So, both of these factors can improve the measurement accuracy. The method is performed by excitation of probing harmonic microwave oscillation in transmission line and formation of reference microwave oscillation with the same frequency. The reference signal and the signal branched from the transmission line by omnidirectional mobile probe are fed to the inputs the quadrature synchronous detector. At its outputs, I and Q components of the detected signal are formed. By means of these components, the amplitude and phase field distribution in the trans-mission line is obtained. It is followed by calculation of module and phase estimations using the expressions presented in the paper. The measurement result is obtained as arithmetic average of these estimations. A mathematical model of the proposed method is developed. The relations for the module and phase of the complex reflection coefficient are derived based on the analysis of both the amplitude and phase distribution of electromagnetic field in the transmission line. The paper describes the experimental unit in the form of vector measuring line that implements the quadrature method of measurement. The experimental analysis of the amplitude and phase distribution of the field in microwave path is carried out for standard loads with different parameters. Based on the analysis results, the estimations of measured parameters are calculated and measurement errors are defined. It is shown that highprecision measuring instruments can be designed using the proposed method.