bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nilai-Nilai Kearifan dalam Dongeng Banjar
Authors: Saefuddin NFN
Published: December 2021

Abstrak: Penelitian ini membahas bagaimana dongeng Banjar ditinjau dari perspektif nilai. Tujuan penelitian ini mendeskripsikan tentang dongeng Banjar ditinjau dari perspektif nilai yang digambarkan dalam teks dongeng dan dalam kehidupan nyata di masyarakat. Dongeng secara umum banyak lahir dari imajinasi manusia atau khayalan manusia tentang kehidupan mereka sehari-hari yang dari waktu ke waktu dapat berubah, bahkan dikurangi dan ditambahkan oleh pemilik cerita sesuai dengan keperluan waktunya. Proses berlangsungnya cerita dongeng di masyarakat menghasilkan, salah satunya ialah sebuah kepercayaan (mitos). Cerita dongeng juga bagi anak di antaranya sebagai alat hiburan dan anak akan mendapatkan pesan serta nilai-nilai cerita dongeng yang akan diingatnya sepanjang masa. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini akan mengulas dari perspektif nilai. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pemaparan atau deskriptif-kualitatif. Metode deskriptif-kualitatif ialah suatu metode untuk memperoleh informasi tentang pesan nilai-nilai dalam dongeng. Hasil penelitian memberikan gambaran isi dan nilai-nilai yang disampaikan melalui dongeng Banjar.Kata kunci: dongeng, perspektif, nilai.
GENESIS AND BLACK HOLE UNIVERSE:THE FOURTH DAY
Authors: ZHANG Tianxi
Published: December 2021

Papers I through III has fully and self-consistently addressed the first three days of Genesis according to the author’s well-developed black hole universe model. In the first day, God created space and time, matter and motion, charge and fundamental forces, and energy and light for the infinite entire universe. Then, in the second day he hierarchically structured the entire universe by separating the matter and space with infinite layers bounded by event horizons and further formed our finite black hole universe. In the third day, God constructed the interiors of our black hole universe with planets, stars, galaxies, and clusters, etc. In this sequence of study as Paper-IV, we describe how God created our earth and solar system and generated lights including the Sun, the moon, and stars to give light to our universe and earth. The efforts of this systematic study on God’s creative work during the first four days bridged the gap between Genesis and observations of the universe and brought us a scientific understanding of the Genesis. This innovative interpretation of Genesis also strongly supports the black hole universe model to be capable of revealing the mysteries of the universe.
PHYSICAL OR THEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE THE SHROUD IMAGE FORMATION BY UV RADIATION?
Authors:   Università di Messina, Dipartimento MIFT Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres, I-98166 Messina ITALY, FAZIO Giovanni
Published: December 2021

In this article, we ask ourselves if it is possible that Corona Discharge or Vacuum UV radiation may have been the tools to produce the Shroud body image. We are convinced that both are not appropriate mechanisms. In fact, the start of these processes is based on inconsistent hypotheses for the natural sciences, although all that follows is rational, reasonable and acceptable. However, the big initial mole remains. The complexity of this situation is such that it seems to be in a world in part Transcendent and in part Immanent. Therefore, independently from the possible results that in a next future could be obtained, due to identified photochemical processes, the Scientific Method cannot accept both the hypotheses and, consequently, the experiments. The same is also for the Theological approach which discards both proposals
PHYSICAL OR THEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE THE SHROUD IMAGE FORMATION BY UV RADIATION?
Authors: FAZIO Giovanni
Published: December 2021

In this article, we ask ourselves if it is possible that Corona Discharge or Vacuum UV radiation may have been the tools to produce the Shroud body image. We are convinced that both are not appropriate mechanisms. In fact, the start of these processes is based on inconsistent hypotheses for the natural sciences, although all that follows is rational, reasonable and acceptable. However, the big initial mole remains. The complexity of this situation is such that it seems to be in a world in part Transcendent and in part Immanent. Therefore, independently from the possible results that in a next future could be obtained, due to identified photochemical processes, the Scientific Method cannot accept both the hypotheses and, consequently, the experiments. The same is also for the Theological approach which discards both proposals
TECHNOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS: A CALL FOR TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA
Authors: RAMOS Christine Carmela R.
Published: December 2021

Globalization is viewed in this work as a critical concept by which we understand the transition of human society into the post-pandemic era. In this vein, this paper attempts to look into the process of globalization and its central feature, technology. Technology has become a global force that affects political, social, ethical, and environmental. The ancient Greeks, such as Plato and Aristotle, who lived in aristocratic societies, rejected discourse on technology as unworthy. Social, political, and theoretical activities, rather than technical, were deemed as the highest forms. Plato, for instance, alluded to the artisans merely as the cheapest form of metal compared to gold associated with the philosopher-rulers, while silver is equivalent to the warrior class. Technological change, defined as "progress," is seen as an inevitable process in modern history. This paper explored issues of globalization and the implications of technology, employing crucial viewpoints of Martin Heidegger, acknowledged as one of the powerful and influential philosophers of the 20th century. Specifically, this paper explored “machination (Machenschaft)” and Heidegger’s Technik (Technology) or Gestell (Enframing). Machination is not just human conduct but the act of manipulation. It is a revelation of beings as a whole as exploitable and manipulable objects. The world seems to be a collection of present-at-hand thing with no intrinsic meaning or purpose, a cold place where we cannot put down any roots. All we can do is calculate and control. We observe and measure everything. We make things go faster and faster. Thus, there is a need to discuss and recognize issues related to technology. Heidegger's thoughts offer analytic tools that contribute to a critical understanding of the multidimensional effects, risks, and possibilities brought about by modernity and its globalization..
« Il ne faut pas penser que les choses changent toutes seules ». L’institutionnalisation de la littérature autochtone selon Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui
Authors: Picard-Sioui Louis-Karl , Papillon Joëlle
Published: December 2021

Dans cet entretien, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui revient sur la genèse et la mission de l’organisme culturel Kwahiatonhk!, responsable du Salon du livre des Premières Nations ainsi que d’un site web regroupant des ressources sur la littérature autochtone francophone. Il aborde les questions de l’institutionnalisation de la littérature autochtone du Québec de même que l’éthique des relations à développer entre chercheur.e.s et écrivain.e.s en vue de favoriser l’essor de la littérature des Premières Nations.
blanchité sous la loupe des écrivains autochtones
Authors: Scott Corrie
Published: December 2021

Trop souvent, les appareils critiques qui guident des chercheur.e.s dans leurs lectures de littératures autochtones ont été principalement développés par des érudits blancs qui se positionnent en tant que spécialistes ou experts. Dans ce sens, la blanchité n’est pas simplement réductible à des personnes blanches; il s’agit d’un système hégémonique et suprémaciste qui confère une dominance aux Blanc.he.s. De plus, la blanchité normalisée et institutionnalisée est rarement reconnue par les personnes blanches, mais pour survivre à la violence de la suprématie blanche, les personnes racisées et autochtones ont souvent développé une connaissance remarquable de toute une variété de comportements, de systèmes, d’histoires, de pratiques culturelles blancs qu’ils et elles décrivent depuis longtemps, en détail, et souvent de façon critique. Dans cet article, je me penche sur plusieurs écrits dans lesquels des écrivains autochtones voient et nomment la blanchité de manière explicite. En mettant les savoirs et les théories diverses et autochtones au premier plan, mon objectif est non seulement de dévoiler un centre blanc non marqué pour le dénaturaliser, mais aussi, pour voir autrement. Et en situant la littérature québécoise et son analyse dans une perspective wendate, ou bien, depuis un point de vue innue, dans cette article, la blanchité devient un objet d’étude. Quelles sont les stratégies adoptées par les écrivain.e.s pour démasquer la blanchité, ses mensonges et ses ruses? Lorsqu’un.e écrivain.e autochtone fait vivre un personnage qui s’oriente vers, ou se détourne de, la blanchité, quels sont les contraintes ? Pour répondre à ces questions, j’examinerai la curiosité, la compassion et la colère qui informent des réflexions littéraires autochtones sur la blanchité.
« I was the low girl on the totem pole »
Authors: Bradette Marie-Eve
Published: December 2021

De nombreux travaux critiques dans le domaine des études littéraires autochtones utilisent le critère linguistique francophone comme déterminant dans la constitution du corpus, voire de l’histoire littéraire autochtone au Québec. Dans cet article, l’autrice fait l’argument, à partir d’une lecture du récit autobiographique Geniesh : An Indian Girlhood de l’écrivaine crie Jane (Willis) Pachano, selon lequel la restitution de la pluralité des langues d’énonciation (le français, certes, mais aussi l’anglais et les langues autochtones) au corpus des littératures autochtones au Québec permet de mieux saisir les contours et la diversité de cette histoire littéraire particulière et, par le fait même, de considérer Geniesh comme participant de celle-ci et la complexifiant en donnant à lire une expérience intime, et un savoir qui est ressenti, du pensionnat alors que les écrits littéraires autochtones à propos des écoles résidentielles sont peu nombreux dans la belle province. De plus, par la lecture et l’analyse de Geniesh, l’autrice démontre comment les violences langagières qui, en partie, ont empêché le texte de Pachano d’être considéré parmi les premiers textes littéraires autochtones dans les années 1970, se trouvaient déjà symbolisées à même la diégèse du récit et l’expérience traumatique du pensionnat.
Online Based Thesis Guidance Application For Informatics Students During Pandemic
Authors: Hermawan Latius , Ismiati Maria Bellaniar
Published: December 2021

The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) issued Circular Letter Number 15 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for Organizing Learning from Home in an Emergency for the Spread of Covid-19. This causes the learning process that should be done face-to-face, being changed to online. Students must study from home and carry out the online thesis guidance process. Some of the difficulties experienced by students during direct mentoring, namely the difficulty of meeting lecturers who are busy teaching or doing assignments from institutions, besides that students who come from outside the city have to go back and forth just to meet the supervisor.. One of the ways to solve this problem is by applying technology.  Currently there is web technology that can be used to easily develop applications, namely the concept of a framework approach. With the existence of an online-based application which is the role of current technological developments, it will make the thesis guidance process carried out by lecturers and students more flexible. Students are able to carry out the guidance process anywhere and anytime.
Model Ontologi untuk Penjadwalan Kuliah di Program Studi Teknik Informatika Fakultas Teknik Universitas Muria Kudus
Authors: Nurkamid Mukhamad , Jazuli Ahmad , Nugroho Dimas Adi , Mahfud Rizal Abdullah
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study is to build a data model for scheduling lectures at the Informatics Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, Muria Kudus University uses ontology as part of the implementation of semantic web technology. System built based on existing schedule data in the Informatics Engineering Study Program, such as data days, courses, credits, space and time stored in RDF / OWL format. The use of a lot of data with different storage formats becomes problems in finding valid information. To overcome this, it is necessary a system that can provide complete information is needed, namely with using semantic web technology. The semantic web is used to understand meaning of a word and concept, because it builds interconnected resources. Semantic web implementation is built using the ontology approach applied to RDF/OWL format. The results of this study are improving the ability of computers to search for more informationrich lecture schedules in the Informatics Engineering Study Program.
Characterization and utilization of nixtamalised rice flours in the production of
cake
Authors: Ogunbusola E.M. , Jaiyeoba C.N. , Alabi O.O. , Sanni T.A. , Araoye K.T. , Ajayi O.P.
Published: December 2021

In an attempt to provide an alternate rice processing technique and enhance its nutritional
quality, Faro 52 (Upland) and Nerica 8 (Lowland) rice grains were subjected to
nixtamalisation involving cooking and soaking in a lime solution. The proximate
composition, functional properties and pasting characteristics of the nixtamalised and nonnixtamalised rice flours were evaluated. Cakes produced with the rice flours were also
subjected to sensory evaluation. Nixtamalisation significantly increased the protein
content of upland (NUPRF) and lowland (NLLRF) rice flours by 28.19% and 27.80%,
respectively. Nixtamalisation also enhanced the water absorption capacity of the rice
flours, while the oil absorption capacity increased significantly. Pasting viscosities of all
the nixtamalised flours were lower than their non-nixtamalised samples, while the pasting
temperature increased. Nixtamalised rice cakes were not significantly different in colour,
texture, flavour and overall acceptability from non-nixtamalised rice cakes.
Nixtamalisation may be beneficial in rice processing for enhanced nutritional content and
functionality, and the flour may be useful as a thickener and binder in food systems and
the production of acceptable cakes.
Self-Conscious Storytelling and the Crisis of Masculinity in Early Ishiguro
Authors:   , O'Sullivan Patrick
Published: December 2021

This thesis engages with Kazuo Ishiguro’s three novels, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, and The Unconsoled, as united by a common theme: the crisis of masculinity. These texts, written in succession from 1986 to 1995, are Ishiguro’s first uses of male character narrators. This thesis takes this fact as consequential for the meaning of the works, as well as for the idea of their interconnection.

I link the obscured tragedies often identified in Ishiguro’s narrators to the conflicting obligations they feel between their sense of themselves as men and their suppressed emotional lives. This imbalance between the private and public life is presented as a key conflict in Ishiguro’s work, one accessed through identifying crises of masculinity. A crisis for Ishiguro is triggered by the realisation of the impossibility of balancing these two lives. Discussing how professional identity is tied to masculine identity, I analyse the way unreliability emerges from the overprioritising of work. I suggest that in this way identity performance is key to unreliable narration and that these narratives operate as a reorganisation of the narrators’ biographies along the logic of crisis.

However, rather than suggesting that Ishiguro’s true interest is on masculine crises, this thesis makes the case that by looking at this series of novels as different explorations of crisis, something new is revealed about the more documented interests of Ishiguro’s experiment—memory, unreliability, history, and storytelling. Through this claim I seek to demonstrate how an overlooked aspect of Ishiguro’s early work offers a fresh approach to his overall project. I combine established narratological analysis of the novels with this alternative perspective on the early works to analyse the way the author expands the bounds of readerly awareness, as well as the capabilities of narrators. In doing so I draw a causal chain between masculine crises, self-conscious narration, and violations of realism.

Each chapter explores the related ways Ishiguro carries his interest in crises of masculinity forward. The first, on An Artist of the Floating World, analyses the novel’s sense of being self-consciously organised from within, expanding on the connection between a crisis of masculinity and authorial dispositions. The following chapter on The Remains of the Day takes up narratological theories on the implied author, the narratee, mimesis, and unreliability to examine the extent to which narrators can be aware of their unreliable narration’s effects. The final chapter reads The Unconsoled as Ishiguro’s “masterwork” on the crisis of masculinity. The chapter explores the ways the text acts as a heightening of the prior crisis novels to get a better grasp of this unusual work.
An Exploration of How Women Experience the Process of Intimate Partner Violence in Relationships Characterised by Bi-Directional Aggression.
Authors:   , Levine Annette
Published: December 2021

This qualitative study explored how women in New Zealand experienced the process of intimate partner violence in relationships with men, which were characterised by bi-directional aggression. Using thematic analysis, semi-structured interviews with 11 women who experienced bi-directionally aggressive relationships were analysed and four themes were identified that encompassed 1) the foundations of bi-directional aggression; 2) the nature of bi-directional aggression within the relationship; 3) how the women were stuck in the relationship, and; 4) moving forward. The findings indicate how the vulnerabilities to bi-directional aggression can develop from early life and perpetuate and exacerbate over time in the context of the relationship dynamic. This highlights the need to implement preventive action to support adaptive self-regulation development in young people and families, provide education about bi-directional aggression and widespread access to support and treatment resources for all genders. Further implications and future directions for policy, research and practice regarding bi-directional aggression are discussed.
Photoluminescence and structural defects of ZnO films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering with unconventional Ar-O2 gas mixture formation
Authors:   Kaunas University of Technology, Bockute Kristina
Published: December 2021

ZnO is a well-known traditional industrial material which has high potential to become one of the key components for the next generation of future electronics, LED emitters, visible light photocatalysis and others. In its pristine form ZnO has relatively wide band gap of approximately 3.4 eV, but a lot of emerging applications requires some level of electronic structure engineering and structure optimisation. Studies show that ZnO properties strongly depend on the intrinsic defects type and concentrations. Both characteristics usually are depending on the synthesis method. Accordingly, there is great interest to develop new methods which would allow to obtain ZnO with optimised band gap and other properties. In current, study ZnO films were deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering with unconventional Ar-O2 gas mixture supply control: Ar flow was controlled to maintain total gas pressure at 1x10-2 mbar, whereas O2 flow rate was actively adjusted to maintain the selected intensity of optical zinc emission from the working cathode zone. Applying such ZnO formation method it was possible to stabilise reactive magnetron sputtering process over wide range of conditions. Elemental composition analysis by XPS revealed that despite large variations in Zn emission peak intensity within tested experimental conditions all films had nearly identical Zn:O ratios but at the same time their structural and optical properties differed significantly. The colour of the films varied from highly transparent yellowish-greenish, to intense orange, to opaque black. XRD analysis showed that films consisted of single polycrystalline wurtzite phase with varying orientations. PL spectroscopy analysis revealed that films had a lot of various defects including oxygen and zinc vacancies, interstitials and surface defects. Wide variation of ZnO properties obtained by different reactive sputtering conditions demonstrates the potential of the proposed method to control the formation of various intrinsic defects and to tailor their concentration.
The effect of the addition of granite powder to the primer on the pull-off strength of epoxy resin coatings
Authors:   Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, Kampa Lukasz
Published: December 2021

This article describes the effect of adding waste granite powder to the epoxy resin layer on its pull-off strength. The substrate was C30 / 37 concrete. The priming resin was modified with 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60% of granite powder. For control purposes, a sample was also made without the addition of powder. For each material configuration, four strength tests were carried out with the use of an automatic device recording both the pull-off strength and the measurement time. The obtained results were compared with the control sample. The best result in the test was obtained with the addition of 20%, which gave an increase of 19% compared to the reference sample. An equally good result was obtained with the addition of 10% granite powder (increase by 11%). The addition of a larger amount of the additive resulted in a decrease or a slight increase in the pull-off strength compared to the reference sample. Additionally, the additive has been found to darken the coating, and the coating becomes completely opaque when added above 50%.
Finite element simulation of residual stresses and failure mechanism of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings considering real interface
Authors:   King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Al-Athel Khaled
Published: December 2021

In order to increase the efficiency of gas turbine engines, which are used for propulsion and electricity generation, the turbine inlet temperature (TIT) has to be as high as possible. Using Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC) allows the metallic internal components to operate at elevated temperature near to its melting temperature. Thermally growing oxide induces cracks formation in the top coat that may lead to complete failure TBC due to spallation. This research aims at investigating the development of the stresses and critical cites that have possibility of crack nucleation due to thermal mismatch during operating cycle of a typical plasma sprayed TBC. A true finite element model was developed based on a scanning electron microscope image taking the advantage of a commercial finite element package (ABAQUS) and image processing techniques. The model including the effect of creep on all layers and plastic deformation of BC, TGO and substrate. The results show that unlike common unit cell models in literature, a better understanding can be achieved by having a model based in an SEM image that represents the real geometry.
Enhancing Virtual Learning during the Crisis of COVID-19 Lockdown - A Case Study of a Higher Education Institution in Maldives
Authors: Shareefa Mariyam , Muneez Mohamed , Hammad Aaidha , Shihamaa Mariyam
Published: December 2021

Regardless of whether educational institutions had experience of using online teaching, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a sudden switch to fully virtual delivery mode, which presented challenges at both institutional and instructional levels. At the time, not much information about these experiences was available to guide education during lockdown. This study, therefore, explored the virtual learning experiences of a Maldivian higher education institution that had practiced virtual learning before and during the pandemic. Data was collected from 52 participants – a senior management member, four lecturers, and 47 students - through conducting semistructured interviews, studying students’ reflection journals, doing lesson observations, and reviewing documents. Thematic analysis of the data revealed several changes had occurred in the teaching process of the college. Significant modification of the instructional setup, structural arrangements, and the psychological readiness of students had both positive and negative impacts. This study endeavors to be of value to other higher education institutions who adopt virtual learning.
Pemanfaatan Teknologi Pembelajaran Bagi Guru PJOK
Authors: Ridwan Mochamad , Ristanto Kolektus Oky , Aryanandha I Dewa Made , Yuhantini Eva Ferdita , Fikri Muhammad Dzul
Published: December 2021

The development of information and communication technology continues to increase along with the increasing human needs, without exception in education. This method of community service uses three stages: the program preparation stage, the implementation stage, and the final step. Participants who took part in this activity were 20 physical education teachers from Kebomas District. The result of this service is that the teacher can make a product in the form of a quiz in the PowerPoint program.AbstrakTeknologi informasi dan komunikasi memiliki perkembangan yang meningkat  yang beriringan dengan peningkatan kebutuhan manusia termasuk dalam bidang pendidikan. Metode yang digunakan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini menggunakantiga tahap kegiatan yaitu tahap persiapan program, pelaksanaan dan akhir. Peserta yang mengikuti kegiatan ini sebanyak 20 guru pendidikan jasmani yang berasal dari Kecamatan Kebomas. Hasil dari pengabdian ini yaitu guru mampu membuat produk berbentuk kuis dalam program power point.
Nasionalisme Peserta Didik di Perbatasan Indonesia-Malaysia Melalui Pendidikan Jasmani
Authors: Hidasari Fitriana Puspa , Triansyah Andika , Haetami Mimi , Bafadal Muhammad Fachrurrozi , Atiq Ahmad , Yunitaningrum Wiwik
Published: December 2021

Perbatasan merupakan wilayah yang memerlukan perhatian lebih, hal ini karena berbagai masalah muncul dan urgen untuk diselesaikan, salah satu isu yang harus ditangani serius adalah terkikisnya rasa mencintai tanah air Indonesia. Pada dasarnya, nasionalisme dapat ditanamkan dan dipupuk. Prodi Pendidikan Jasmani sebagai lembaga pendidikan yang berupaya ikut berperan melalui mata pelajaran PJOK yang memuat materi permainan tradisional dan dapat dijadikan aktivitas fisik berbasis kearifan lokal yang diharapkan menumbuhkan dan meningkatkan rasa nasionalisme bagi peserta didik. Metode yang digunakan adalah penyuluhan dan gelar permainan khas daerah terkait dengan peran pendidikan jasmani khususnya materi ajar permainan tradisional sebagai media untuk berkontribusi  memberikan penguatan rasa nasionalisme. Hasil dari kegiatan PKM menunjukkan respon positif dari khalayak sasaran melalui kuesioner keberterimaan peserta didik.  Hasil baik tersebut menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan PKM memberikan kemanfaatan bagi masyarakat akademik di perbatasan. Dengan hasil PKM ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa menanamkan dan memupuk rasa nasionalisme melalui mata pelajaran pendidikan jasmani olahraga dan kesehatan memiliki hubungan positif dengan penguatan nasionalisme.
PKM Coaching Clinic Kebugaran Jasmani Remaja Dalam Menjaga Imunitas Tubuh Dan Kesehatan Pribadi Siswa SMP Alkautsar Kebayoran Baru
Authors: Pranata Khavisa , Kasriman Kasriman
Published: December 2021

Pengabdian coaching clinic kebugaran jasmani remaja dalam menjaga imunitas tubuh dan kesehatan pribadi siswa smp alkautsar kebayoran baru. merupakan salah satu bentuk pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh dosen dan mahasiswa secara interdisipliner, instutisional, dan kemitraan sebagai salah satu bentuk kegiatan catur dharma perguruan tinggi Muhammadiyah. Menurut World Health Organization, 60-85% populasi seluruh dunia tidak mendapatkan aktifitas fisik yang cukup. Hal ini menjadikan gaya hidup sedentary menjadi faktor risiko keempat terjadinya angka mortalitas penyakit secara global, meningkatkan risiko hingga dua kalinya terjadi penyakit kardiovaskular, diabetes, obesitas, tekanan darah tinggi, depresi dan anxietas. Budaya gerak mampu menjadikan suatu generasi menjadi unggul dan produktif namun hal ini perlu terus dibina dan ditingkatkan ditengah generasi muda yang terkontaminasi oleh arus globalisasi yang semakin canggih, hight technologi, dan berimplikasi terhadap kurangnya kepedulian mereka terhadap gerak. Solusinya adalah dengan coaching clinic kebugaran jasmani bagi remaja melalui bentuk-bentuk latihan fisik dalam menjaga imunitas tubuh dan kesehatan pribadi. Kegiatan ini berlangsung selama 1 bulan mulai dari pengenalan konsep coaching clinic dengan materi kebugaran jasmani, pemberian motifasi untuk melakukan aktifitas fisik dan praktik langsung aktifitas fisik dengan metode ceramah, demonstrasi, diskusi dan evaluasi. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner melalui googleform. Analisis data menggunakan analisis persentase respon peserta.. Hasil respon peserta menunjukkan hasil yang positif dimana para peserta mendapatkan pengetahuan, keterampilan, sikap dalam meningkatkan kebugaran jasmani. Kendala dalam kegiatan ini terkait dengan gangguan jaringan dan alokasi waktu.
Peningkatan Kesehatan Mental Remaja Melalui Fun Games dan Deteksi Dini Gangguan Kejiwaan
Authors: Priambodo Anung , Indriarsa Nanang , Wibowo Sapto , Dinata Vega Candra , Ridwan Mochamad
Published: December 2021

Pendidikan yang menyenangkan dengan berbagai interaksi antar teman, guru dan media pendidikan harus digantikan dengan pembelajaran jarrah jauh (PJJ) atau belajar di rumah (BDR). Kondisi ini tidak hanya membawa dampak positif, tetapi juga dampak negatif terutama ketika banyak peserta didik mengalami kejenuhan, kecemasan, depresi, kerinduan pada teman sekolah, dan juga kekuatiran karena kondisi perekonomian keluarga yang terdampak pandemic covid 19. Guru PJOK sebagai salah satu guru yang selama ini dikenal cukup dekat dengan peserta didik ketika berinteraksi di lapangan. Untuk itu diharapkan guru PJOK memiliki bekal pengetahuan dan keterampilan untuk menjaga kesehatan mental peserta didik. Hasil yang hendak dicapai dalam pelatihan ini paling tidak ada 4 hal, yaitu: (1) jejaring komunitas guru PJOK di Mojokerto terintegrasi dengan Unesa, (2) rekomendasi penggunaan instrument untuk mendeteksi potensi gangguan kejiwaan peserta didik, dan (3) rekomendasi aktivitas dinamika kelompok untuk meningkatkan kesehatan mental peserta didik, dan (4) publikasi hasil pelatihan dalam konferensi atau jurnal ilmiah
UROCHLOA GRASS GROWTH AS A FUNCTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION
Authors: LEITE Maurício Luiz de Mello Vieira , LUCENA Leandro Ricardo Rodrigues de , BEZERRA Raul Caco Alves , ALMEIDA Mirna Clarissa Rodrigues de , SIMÕES Vicente José Laamon Pinto
Published: December 2021

The urochloa grass (Urochloa mosambicensis) is a perennial grass, C4 plant, with a high photosynthetic rate and CO2 fixation, persistent to water deficit, adapted to a wide diversity of soils and hot climate regions. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the urochloa grass growth and define the best models to estimate plant height as a function of nitrogen and phosphate fertilization. The experimental design was completely randomized, in the 2 x 2 factorial design (presence and absence of nitrogen presence and absence of phosphorus), with four replications. Was used a dose of nitrogen and phosphorus equivalent to 100 kg.ha-1 of N and 150 kg.ha-1 of P2O5, respectively. The following models were used: linear, power, gamma andlogistic to estimate plant height as a function of the following explanatory variables: days after planting, nitrogen and phosphorus doses. The criteria used to determine the best model(s) were as follows: higher adjusted coefficient of determination, lower Akaike information criterion, lower sum of square of residuals and high Willmott index. The plant height in the absence of nitrogen and phosphorus and when applied 100 kg.ha-1 of N and 150 kg.ha-1 of P2O5 was estimated more accurately by the Gamma model with high power of explanation. The adoption of the Gamma model allows to estimate the U.  mosambicensis plant height, in a non-destructive manner, with high precision, speed and low cost, depending of age plant and nitrogen and phosphate fertilization.
AN APPLICATION OF THE POISSON-WEIBULL MODEL FOR CENSURED DATA
Authors: VIGAS Valdemiro Piedade , PRATAVIERA Fábio , SILVA Giovana Oliveira
Published: December 2021

In this paper, we proposed the Poisson-Weibull distribution for the modeling of survival data. The motivation to study this model since, in addition to generalizing the Weibull distribution, which is widely used in several areas of knowledge among them the Survival and Reliability analysis, it presents great exibility in the forms of the hazard function. The Poisson-Weibull distribution was created in a composition of discrete and continuous distributions where there is no information about which factor was responsible for the component failure, only the minimum lifetime value among all risks is observed. The maximum likelihood approach was used to estimate the parameters of the model. Also was conducted a simulation study to examine the mean, the bias, and the root of the mean square error of the maximum likelihood estimates of the proposed model according to the censoring percentages and sample sizes. The model selection criteria were also applied, in addition to graphic techniques such as TTT-Plot and Kaplan-Meier. Application to the real data set was used to illustrate the usefulnessof the distribution.
INCIDENCE AND LETHALITY OF COVID-19 CLUSTERS IN BRAZIL VIA CIRCULAR SCAN METHOD
Authors: ALVES Henrique José de Paula , FERNANDES Felipe Augusto , LIMA Kelly Pereira de , BATISTA Ben Dêivide de Oliveira , FERNANDES Tales Jesus
Published: December 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world in a frightening way. In Brazil, the third country with the highest number of infected and deaths from the disease, it is important for government health authorities to identify the federation units that stand out in cases and deaths from this disease to target resources. The circular scan statistic proposed by Martin Kulldorff allows to identify with some statistical significance the units of the federation that stand out in relation to the number of cases and deaths of COVID-19 in Brazil. Such units of federation are known as clusters. Once these clusters were identified, we used the coefficients of incidence and lethality to better describe the behavior of these clusters during three phases of the pandemic: the initial phase, the peak phase, and also the stability and fall phase. We observed changes in the location of the clusters identified in these three phases and used the R software and also the SaTScan software to obtain the maps and results, which were consistent with what was reported by the Brazilian media.
BEST LINEAR UNBIASED LATENT VALUES PREDICTORS FOR FINITE POPULATION LINEAR MODELS WITH DIFFERENT ERROR SOURCES
Authors: MORENO German , SINGER Julio M. , STANEK III Edward J.
Published: December 2021

We develop best linear unbiased predictors (BLUP) of the latent values of labeled sample units selected from a finite population when there are two distinct sources of measurement error: endogenous, exogenous or both. Usual target parameters are the population mean, the latent values associated to a labeled unit or the latent value of the unit that will appear in a given position in the sample. We show how both types of measurement errors affect the within unit covariance matrices and indicate how the finite population BLUP may be obtained via standard software packages employed to fit mixed models in situations with either heteroskedastic or homoskedastic exogenous and endogenous measurement errors.
Nurse Practitioners and The Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Long Term Care in Ontario, Canada
Authors: Hill NP-Adult, MScN Laura Elizabeth , Heale NP-PHC, DNP, PhD Roberta
Published: December 2021

Introduction: Antipsychotic use in Long-Term Care (LTC) in Ontario, Canada continues to pose a challenge in the care of older adult patients living in these institutions. The dangers and patterns of inappropriate prescribing have been documented frequently. Most of the current literature focuses on dementia and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, the role of prescribers, or on interprofessional interventions with person-centered care to address the behavior. Very little discussion has focused on the role of nurse practitioners and other frontline long-term care staff in the assessment and interactions with residents that may result in prescriptions of antipsychotics.

Objectives: The purpose of this population based retrospective study of data from all LTC facilities in Ontario, Canada in 2019-2020 was to determine the extent to which antipsychotic medications were used in and the factors associated with this use. Reflections about the NP role are discussed.

Results: The results demonstrate that over thirty percent of residents in LTC continue to receive antipsychotics and those with the responsive behaviours are significantly more likely to be prescribed antipsychotics.  

Conclusions: The findings identify a potential link between over-burdened front-line staff and increased antipsychotic prescriptions, as well as continued use of antipsychotics in attempts to prevent harm to residents and staff at long-term care homes. Recommendations are made that include changes to legislation that will ensure optimal front-line care and time for care, increased training for front line staff and, in particular, how the role of the nurse practitioner in LTC can be utilized to optimize the appropriate use of antipsychotics, and the support of discontinuing or decreasing the dose of antipsychotics when required.
Cancellation Techniques for Co-channel Interference in MIMO-OFDM Systems and Evaluating Their Performance
Authors: Rajesh Varshini , Rajak A. R. Abdul
Published: December 2021

In a wireless communication system, the transmitted signal is exposed to various surfaces where it bounces and results in several delayed versions of the same signal at the receiver end. The delayed signals are in the form of electromagnetic waves that are diffracted and reflected from the various object surfaces. These result in co-channel interferences for wireless systems. MIMO has proven to be a striking solution for the new generation of wireless systems. MIMO-OFDM system with QPSK modulation is considered as the wireless system for studying the performance of interference cancellation techniques. The BER performance is studied in channels such as Rayleigh and Rician Fading Channels. The effects of interference are reduced to a certain extent by the inclusion of CDMA (spread spectrum technique) as Technique 1. The effects of interference on this system have been further reduced using the LMS filter as Technique 2. Hence, to show better performance in MIMO-OFDM systems, it is recommended to employ both CDMA and LMS filters to decrease the effects of co-channel interference. It is observed that the parameter BER reduces as the SNR increases for both these channels. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01313 Full Text: PDF
Determinants Affecting the Use of the Internet by Older People
Authors: Klimova Blanka , Prazak Pavel , Poulova Petra , Simonova Ivana
Published: December 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to detect and analyze some factors which hinder or contribute to the positive use of the Internet by older people living in Central Europe, specifically in one region of the Czech Republic. Methods: The key method is a questionnaire whose results were processed by using a model of logistic regression. The research sample includes 432 seniors from senior houses, municipal ICT courses and the University of the Third Age, all coming from the region of Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic. Findings: The findings of the proposed model confirmed that the key determinants in the Internet use by older people were age, previous experience with IT in their past occupation and active use of IT enhanced by some kind of training, in this case attending IT courses of the University of the Third Age. Education and gender have not proved to be significant determinants in this study. Novelty/ improvement: The introduced model of logistic regression enriches current literature on the subject by emphasizing the possible factors that influence the use of the Internet by seniors in the region. The survey also investigates which factors in comparison with each other act more and which less, and which factors are significant within the model and which are not. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01317 Full Text: PDF
Analytical Study of Bending Characteristics of an Elastic Rectangular Plate using Direct Variational Energy Approach with Trigonometric Function
Authors: Onyeka F. C. , Mama B. O.
Published: December 2021

In this paper, an analytical three-dimensional (3D) bending characteristic of an isotropic rectangular thick plate with all edges simply supported (SSSS) and carrying uniformly distributed transverse load using the energy technique is presented. The three-dimensional constitutive relations which involves six stress components were used in the established, refined shear deformation theory to obtain a total potential energy functional. This theory obviates application of the shear correction factors for the solution to the problem. The governing equation of a thick plate was obtained by minimizing the total potential energy functional with respect to the out of plane displacement. The deflection functions which are in form of trigonometric were obtained as the solution of the governing equation. These deflection functions which are the product of the coefficient of deflection and shape function of the plate were substituted back into the energy functional, thereafter a realistic formula for calculating the deflection and stresses were obtained through minimizations with respect to the rotations and deflection coefficients. The values of the deflections and stresses obtained herein were tabulated and compared with those of previous 3D plate theory, refined plate theories and, classical plate theory (CPT) accordingly. It was observed that the result obtained herein varied more with those of CPT and RPT by 25.39% and 21.09% for all span-to-thickness ratios respectively. Meanwhile, the recorded percentage differences are as close as 7.17% for all span-to-thickness ratios, when compared with three dimensional plate analysis. This showed that exact 3D plate theory is more reliable than the shear deformation theory which are quite coarse for thick plate analysis. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01320 Full Text: PDF
Modification of CSE-UCLA and Discrepancy as a New Evaluation Model in Education
Authors: Suyasa P. Wayan Arta , Divayana Dewa Gede Hendra
Published: December 2021

The absence of an evaluation model that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of educational activities at vocational universities in the view of six domains causes the need to find innovations in an evaluation model. The six domains, included: context, input, socialization process, implementation process, results, and imbalances that occur in the learning implementation. An evaluation model innovation was initiated through this research in the form of a modification of two educational evaluation models. Those models are CSE-UCLA and Discrepancy. Based on those conditions, the main objective of this research was to demonstrate the existence of a new evaluation model design in education which was a modification of the CSE-UCLA evaluation model and the Discrepancy evaluation model. Specifically, this evaluation model design can be used to determine the effectiveness of the one education activity namely the synchronous learning implementation at vocational universities. The research method used to achieve the objectives of this research was the development method by the Borg and Gall model development design. Five stages of development become the focus of this research, included: research and field data collection, research planning, design development, initial trials, and main product revision. The location of this research was conducted in several vocational universities in the North Bali area (Indonesia). Subjects involved in the initial trials toward this evaluation model design were 20 people. The tools used to conduct the initial trials were questionnaires. The technique used to analyze the data of initial trial results was descriptive quantitative by comparing the percentage of the initial trial results with the standard percentage of the effectiveness level of modified model design. This research results indicate that the evaluation model design was categorized as effective by an effectiveness level was 81.93%. The implication of this research results was the existence of a new design of the educational evaluation model. This design combines two evaluation models to produce good functionality integration in determining the effectiveness level of the synchronouslearning implementation in all universities generally and in vocational universities in Bali particularly. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01321 Full Text: PDF
Nexus between FDI, Infrastructure Investment, Tourism Revenues, and Economic Growth: Mega Event Evidence
Authors: Alalawneh Mustafa Mohammad , Mammadov Jeyhun , Alqasem Ameen
Published: December 2021

The object of this study is to examine the response of economic growth in Germany to 2006 FIFA World Cup hosting (represented by the heavily influenced variables of this huge event: Growth of Infrastructure Spending, Tourism Revenues, and Foreign Direct investment) during the period (2000 – 2017). The study employed Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) approach to estimate the long-run equilibrium relationships amongst the variables. The results indicate that there is a co-integrating long-run relationship among the studied variables and provide empirical evidence showing that an increase in the growth of infrastructure spending (GINFR) 1 unit leads to an increase in the growth of GDP (GGDP) by 0.374 unit, an increase in the tourism revenues (TR) 1 unit leads to increase in the growth of GDP (GGDP) by 0.155 unit, and an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) 1 unit leads to an increase in the growth of GDP (GGDP) by 0.055 unit. What distinguishes this paper is that it is one of the rare studies that went beyond the short effect of mega-events on the host country and investigated the long-term economic impact of the most important macro variables associated with mega-events on economic growth. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01323 Full Text: PDF