bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EFL Student Writers‘ Engagement Strategies in Technology-Mediated Communication
Authors: Inayati Dian
Published: April 2022

The pivotal role of readers/audience in helping shape students’ writing has led to attempts to engage them in their composition. This reader awareness is further enhanced with the integration of Web 2.0 technology, say blogs, into writing pedagogy. This study aims to investigate the engagement strategies EFL writers employ in their blogs, and the readers’ responses toward the strategies. In this content analysis study, twenty-seven learning English blog entries retrieved from three student bloggers were analyzed using Hyland’s (2005) and Myers’ (2010) engagement strategies. The findings reveal the student bloggers’ use of almost all the eleven engagement strategies proposed in the model albeit the extent of which varied depending on the type of the blog post, their personal background, and writing purposes. The use of such strategies as “Pronoun” and “Image” drew numerous comments from readers on the blogs, implying a strong sense of readership. It is thus recommended for EFL writing teachers to introduce varieties of engagement strategies within digitally-mediated writing environments to their students to enhance reader/writer interactions.
A Study of Socio-Cultural Aspects of Kada To Minaa Toraja Discourse in the Students’ Character Building
Authors: Sudarsi Elim Trika , Taula’bi’ Nilma , Girik Allo Markus Deli , Rum Eka Prabawati
Published: April 2022

This study aims to know the socio-cultural aspects of the discourse kada to minaa Toraja in the formation of the character of learners. This research method is qualitative with an ethnographic design. The data analysis technique in this study is Ethnographic Research Cycle. The results of this study showed that the socio-cultural aspects of kada to minaa Toraja discourse in the formation of the character of learners are: First, the aspect of politeness value in kada to minaa, namely Mekatabe' londong lako to disa'bu' gayang ma'pampang ma'paran-paran. Second, the religious aspect of kada to minaa "Di posulo sulo lalan di pobia' kalambanan." Third, aspects of social practice or habits/rituals contained in kada to minaa, namely "Laku olapa umbating lakulomban pamario." Fourth, aspects of family values in the expression "Totiumba' Batu Rupanna tama Tandung Kalonaran." Fifth, aspects of the value of humility in kada to minaa "Tang lara'ba pa te riu laku lessa', tangmaupu' pa' te umpalumba' sangpatikan anna bisara." Sixth, the religious aspect of kada to minaa speech is "Antan Tundan tongan mora Puang dimatua dao masua anggana to palulungan dao pataralayukna."
Interpretation of Political Inclination in Online Newspapers: An Ideological Disposition through Transitivity Analysis
Authors: Asad Saira , Noor Siti Noor Fazelah Binti Mohd , Jaes Lutfan Bin
Published: April 2022

The language of newspapers depicts the ideology of news institutions. The online alternative Malaysian newspaper, ‘Malaysiakini’, and mainstream online newspaper ‘The New Straits Times (NST)’ had shown different stances through grammatical terms during 100 days of Pakatan Harapan (PH), which leads to uncovering the news institutions’ ideology by observing their past performances and current representation. Norman Fairclough’s (1995) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) was employed on hard news reports, which were analyzed with the Halliday Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) tool. ‘Pakatan Harapan (PH)’ as a political party was found as main ‘doer’ in ‘100 days’ performance after winning election 2018 in both newspapers through their linguistic stances, which were collected from 5 (3,334 words) news reports from ‘Malaysiakini’ and 3 (2,478 words) from ‘NST’ based on social actor’s performances on 17th and 18th August 2018. ‘Malaysiakini’ had maintained its neutral stance, while ‘The New Straits Times’ had shifted its stance towards PH in their ruling government.
Broken Relationship Metaphors Portrayed in Taylor Swift’s Exile (2020): A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective
Authors: Zahra Meutia Rini , Nirmala Deli
Published: April 2022

Exile is a song written by Taylor Swift that describes a relationship that is no longer working on two people. This song describes a broken relationship through metaphors. This study aims to examine broken relationship metaphors in Taylor Swift’s Exile through a cognitive linguistic perspective. The method used for this research is the non-participant observation and identity referential method. The result shows that there are several metaphors that indicate a broken relationship in that song, namely [RELATIONSHIP IS A FILM], [PARTNER IS A HOMELAND], [MOVING ON IS EXILE], [OPINION IS A BREAKING BRANCH], [MOVING ON IS A SIDE DOOR], and [UNCERTAINTY IS A THIN LINE]. In conclusion, this song describes a situation of a broken relationship that is expressed in a metaphorical way to set a scene of breaking up, misunderstanding, and showing different opinions from one to another.
English Negative Polarity Item Any Acquisition by Indonesian Speaking Learners of English
Authors: Kurniawati Dian
Published: April 2022

This study conducted an approximate replication of Marsden, Whong, & Gil's (2018) ‘What’s in the Textbook and What’s in the Mind: Polarity Item Any in Learner English’. Forty Indonesian speaking learners of English knowledge of English Negative Polarity Item any was investigated and the results were compared with the results of the original study (ibid.) including the additional study conducted by the same authors (Gil et al., 2017). The purpose of this study is to provide a replicated and extended study to the reliability of the original study by investigating different populations and comparing their performance with the performance of the population in the original study as well as by adding an additional language item some to be tested in a Truth Value Judgment Task (TVJT). This study focused on English NPI any and how Indonesian speaker learners of English acquire its properties when the properties were both taught and not taught. The results confirmed the original study with an additional finding that there was no correlation between the learners’ knowledge of any with their knowledge of some. Therefore, it is suggested that the existing instruction of the use of any should no longer be contrasted with some, but presented in a more meaningful context.
Lexical Complexity of Students' Oral Performance on PechaKucha
Authors: Rahayu Famala Eka Sanhadi
Published: April 2022

This study examines the lexical complexity of undergraduate students' speaking performance, taking from their performance in Pechakucha. Pechakucha is an internet-based platform that enables people to do their presentations at a specific time and share it worldwide. The researcher uses PechaKucha since it enhances the students' actual speaking competence by giving them limited time to discuss an image. The lexical complexity of the students' speaking performance is measured using Lexical Complexity Analyser (LCA). This present study finds a significant difference between students' lexical frequency when performing descriptive and narrative oral presentations, shown by the sig.2-tailed of that variable is less than 0.05. While on the other hand, students' lexical variation, lexical density and lexical sophistication showed that the sig-2 tailed value is higher than 0.05, which means there is no significant difference between those two oral presentations. The finding indicates that the students' word choices are similar, and the measurements of their lexical complexity are influenced by the different requirements applied in two oral presentations. In addition, Pechakucha is one of the speaking activities which can be an alternative activity during online classes which prevent students from having face-to-face speaking activity.
Evidence in Primary Correspondence of Cognate in Indonesian and Madurese Language
Authors: Sofyan Akhmad , Setyari Agustina Dewi , Angelina Dewi
Published: April 2022

Cognate languages will have similarities and resemblances in sound systems that are manifested in the form of phonological correspondence. Indonesian language formed from Malay has a kinship relationship with the Madurese language. Relationships of these languages will certainly present many similarities. The method used to analyze the data in this paper is a comparative method, that is comparing the BI sound system and the BM sound system. The primary correspondence between the sound system of the Indonesian language and the Madurese language includes: (1) [i]/[I]>[ε], (2) [u]>[כ], (3) [a]>[â], (4) [w]>[b], (5) [t#]>[?], dan (6) [h]>[Θ].
On the sharp lower bounds of modular invariants and fractional Dehn twist coefficients
Authors: Liu Xiao-Lei , Tan Sheng-Li
Published: April 2022

Modular invariants
of families of curves are Arakelov invariants in arithmetic algebraic geometry. All the known uniform lower bounds of these invariants are not sharp. In this paper, we aim to give explicit lower bounds of modular invariants of families of curves, which is sharp for genus 2. According to the relation between fractional Dehn twists and modular invariants, we give the sharp lower bounds of fractional Dehn twist coefficients and classify pseudo-periodic maps with minimal coefficients for genus 2 and 3 firstly. We also obtain a rigidity property for families with minimal modular invariants, and other applications.
Exploring the discourse of enterprise cyber governance in the covid-19 era: a sociosemiotic perspective
Authors: Chunlei Si , Yuxin Liu
Published: April 2022

This corpus-based study conducts detailed discourse analysis in the domain of enterprise cyber governance in the covid-19 era, with a self-built corpus containing textual discourse resources from nine typical digital technology companies and a reference corpus containing related official publications of the U.S. and the EU. Employing Fairclough’s three-dimensional model with steps of description, interpretation and explanation as the analytical framework, the authors investigate the discourse construction process for cyber governance in the business environment after the breakout of covid-19 epidemic. Based on theme and sample analysis, it is shown that the main concerns of the enterprise cyber governance discourse in the covid-19 era contain data breaches, information security, products and services, customers’ privacy and cyber espionage, and enterprises utilize a series of discursive strategies to (re)contextualize the linguistic realization. Combined with Halliday’s sociosemiotic theory, certain discursive practices are further explained in the social semiotic system as a whole, including the tenor, field and mode under the context of covid-19 epidemic. The contextual analysis proves that such strategies serve as the channels to legitimate the authority of the addressors (enterprises) over the cybersecurity of the main addressees (customers), which is further realized in certain context (situation), including two types of bidirectional relationships enterprises, customers and governments. The findings confirm that the linkage between a signifier and its signified can be realized by contextualization and (re)contextualization, and certain discourse can be materially realized by integrating the semiotic resources in the broader social context. This interdisciplinary study not only provides valuable insights for the domain of discourse and sociosemiotic studies, but also creates a new approach to the studies of cyber governance in the synchronic context.
The equivalent condition of G-asymptotic tracking property and G-Lipschitz tracking property
Authors: Ji Zhanjiang
Published: April 2022

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of

G

G

-Lipschitz tracking property and

G

G

-asymptotic tracking property in metric

G

G

-space and obtain the equivalent conditions of

G

G

-asymptotic tracking property in metric

G

G

-space. In addition, we prove that the self-map

f

f

has the

G

G

-Lipschitz tracking property if and only if the shift map

σ

\sigma

has the

G

¯

\overline{G}

-Lipschitz tracking property in the inverse limit space under the topological group action. These results generalize the corresponding results in [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 115 (1992), 573–580].
Antibacterial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of the stem bark of Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen
Authors: Noviany Noviany , Hasanah Uswatun , Lotulung Puspa Dewi , Hadi Sutopo
Published: April 2022

Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen plant, locally known as jengkol, is a species belongs to Archidendron genus of the Fabaceae family. This plant is a potential source of biologically active secondary metabolites, which are useful for various purposes, such as to destroy bacteria and fungi, to treat cancer, and as antioxidant agent. In this study, extract of A. jiringa stem bark was fractionated and subsequently tested for antibacterial, cytotoxic and antioxidant activity. Extraction was carried out using maceration and fractionation of the extract was conducted using both vacuum liquid and column chromatography techniques to obtain three fractions. The biological activity of the bulk extract and fractions were then evaluated using disc diffusion method, revealing that the sample with the highest activity against Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli is the ethyl acetate extract, while no inhibitory effect on both bacteria was observed for some ethyl acetate fractions tested. The screening tests indicate that the bulk extract and all fractions exhibit promising toxicity, with the LC50 values in the range of 227–837 ppm. In addition, good antioxidant activities, with the IC50 values in the range of 0.7–7.2 ppm, are displayed by bulk extract and the fractions.
Huszti Györgytől Brunner Erzsébetig: magyar– indiai kultúrkapcsolatok az évszázadok tükrében
Authors: Szenkovics Dezső
Published: April 2022

Throughout their history, Hungarians have always looked with great interest at the East, in which they saw their former homeland, Magna Hungaria. Perhaps this is the reason why the instinctive interest of Hungarian travellers, scientists, merchants and artists was sincere. At the same time, it is surprising that, despite the fact that the Hungarian nation was never one of the European colonizers, many Hungarians, or persons belonging to a minority living in the territory of Hungary, showed interest in the East and came to India over the centuries. These individuals, returning home and writing down the experiences they gained during their stay in India, have contributed significantly to giving Europeans an insight into the exotic world of Indian religions, literature, languages, arts. Without wishing to be exhaustive, the study highlights the development of Hungarian–Indian cultural relations and presents those Hungarians who played an important role in the continuous development of these cultural ties.
Interview: Mary Kaldor and Helmut K. Anheier
Authors: Kaldor Mary , Anheier Helmut K.
Published: April 2022

In this interview, Mary Kaldor and Helmut K. Anheier examine the state of Eastern Europe thirty years after the fall of communism; they explore the differences between old wars and new wars, the relevance of Clausewitz in the field of international relations today, the problem of methodological nationalism, and what the social sciences mean today. They also talk about the impact of neoliberalism, the state of democracy, and the role of civil society.
Pozitivna psihologija ‒ od ishodišta do prakse u školi u dijalogu s pedagogijom i logoterapijom
Authors: Plaza Leutar Mara
Published: April 2022

Pozitivna psihologija mlada je grana psihologije koja tek bilježi dva desetljeća postojanja. Bavi se istraživanjem čovjekove dobrobiti u svim njezinim sastavnicama. Usredotočena je na proučavanje i praksu pozitivnih emocija, snaga i vrlina zbog kojih pojedinci, grupe i institucije optimalno funkcioniraju i napreduju. U permanentnoj je potrazi za razumijevanjem čovjeka u njegovu vremenu i kulturno-socijalnom okruženju te u što adekvatnijim oblicima posredovanja pozitivnih strana osobe radi njezine dobrobiti i smislom ispunjenog življenja. Ovaj rad donosi pregled faktora koji su u ishodištu i razvoju pozitivne psihologije. Ukazuje na psihološku i subjektivnu dobrobit pojedinca i društva u cjelini, na smisao života u funkciji čovjekove sreće kao novije paradigme u znanstvenom istraživanju u psihologiji. Spominje se mogućnost široke primjene pozitivne psihologije, s posebnim osvrtom na njezinu primjenu u odgojno-obrazovnim ustanovama, razvijanjem osobnih vrlina i potencijala djece i mladih. Ukazuje se na neke od mogućih smjernica paritetskog dijaloga pozitivne psihologije, pedagogije i logoterapije. Takve bi smjernice trebale pridonijeti koordiniranom djelovanju na dobrobit osobe te njezinom kvalitetnijem i smislom ispunjenijem življenju. Prilog donosi i kritički osvrt dosadašnjih kretanja pozitivne psihologije te njezine perspektive u budućnosti.
Pedagoški aspekti komunikacije nastavnika kemije tijekom nastave na daljinu
Authors: Ivanković Iva , Rupčić Petelinc Sonja
Published: April 2022

Cilj ovoga istraživanja utvrditi je mišljenja predmetnih učitelja nastavnoga predmeta Kemije o nekim pedagoškim aspekatima komunikacije tijekom pandemije bolesti COVID-19 u razdoblju od ožujka 2020. godine do kraja nastavne godine 2020./2021. Uzorak istraživanja činili su ispitanici, predmetni učitelji kemije koji su dobrovoljno ispunjavali upitnik kreiran u sustavu MS Forms. Odaziv učitelja upućuje na važnost tematike istraživanja (N = 125). Kako se komunikacija tijekom nastave na daljinu (bilo da se ona odvija sinkrono ili asinkrono) zasniva najvećim dijelom na primjeni informacijsko-komunikacijskih tehnologija, istraživana su mišljenja predmetnih učitelja kemije osnovnih i srednjih škola o učinku e-učenja na komunikacijske vještine kod učenika, njihovoj primjeni i učincima e-nastave na komunikaciju učitelja i učenika za koju je u uvjetima provođenja eučenja nužno poznavanje informacijsko-komunikacijskih tehnologija. Nisu pronađene statistički značajne razlike u mišljenjima predmetnih učitelja nastave Kemije o učinku e-učenja s obzirom na dob i vrstu škole u kojoj rade. Međutim, deskriptivnom analizom utvrđeno je kako više od polovice ispitanih predmetnih učitelja smatra da e-učenje potiče razvoj komunikacijskih vještina učenika. Isto tako, utvrđeno je kako čak 88 % predmetnih učitelja smatra svoje digitalne kompetencije srednje do napredno razvijene i u skladu s time za provođenje e-nastave i vrednovanje tijekom e-nastave koriste alate visoke i srednje složenosti (sustavi za upravljanje učenjem te grupni video ili audio pozivi).
Promjena osnove/roda imenice glad u povijesti srpskoga jezika
Authors: Budja Jurica
Published: April 2022

Negdje na prostoru štokavskih jezika a izvan hrvatskoga jezičnoga prostora imenica glad promijenila je osnovu/rod, postavši od imenice o-osnove i muškoga roda imenica i-osnove i ženskoga roda. Cilj je ovoga rada pobliže odrediti period u kojem se je ta promjena događala, gdje se je začela i je li se začela istodobno u svim padežima ili samo u nekima. Istraživanje se provodi na korpusu tekstova pisaca koji su svoje prvo djelo objavili do 1830. g.
Postsocialist and Gothic Elements in the novel Cathedral by Ivo Brešan
Authors: Franković Sanja
Published: April 2022

This paper analyses the Gothic elements in the novel Cathedral (2007) by Ivo Brešan. The frame story, which thematises the narrator’s life and the Croatian War of Independence in the 1990s, is intertwined with the story he writes about St. James Cathedral in Šibenik. After he was forced to leave the University of Zagreb due to his communist past, he worked in the museum of Šibenik, where he translated Latin historical documents. He appreciated the originality of past geniuses and despised contemporary spiritual and architectural uniformity. However, in romanticising modern culture, he used the postmodern grotesque profanation of the sacred, the Gothic diabolisation of Petrarchist love and the interpretation of history as a sequence of strange events. The irrationality of the romantic layer is caused by a ghost of an unhappily deceased young woman Klotilda, whose character is a postmodern ironisation of Petrarch’s Laura and is seen by mentally unstable men. In the historical layer, the motif of cannibalism indicates an individual revenge on the Venetian conquerors. The narrator supplements incomplete facts with fantasy, emphasising that even historiographers cannot avoid narration in their “necrophilic” search for the past. Gothic elements are combined with grotesque and carnivalisation and are evident in the portrayal of male characters as symbolic androgines who defy social norms with their female gender traits. In Brešan’s novel, they emphasise the perpetual antithesis of beauty and human perversions in an ethical, grotesque and fantastic dimension. However, the tradition of Gothic novels is ironised at the end, in which the mystery is not resolved, but is created by the narrator’s disappearance in his own story.
Evaluasi Program Pengabdian: Bimtek Penyusunan Tes Online Bagi Guru SD Di Banyubiru
Authors: Supriyadi Supriyadi , Lia Roudloh Muna , Rusilowati Ani , Isnaeni Wiwi , Khumaedi Muhammad , Suraji Suraji
Published: April 2022

Kegiatan Bimtek penyusunan soal online dibutuhkan karena guru tidak bisa melaksanakan penilaian kompetensi siswa secara langsung pada musim pandemi Covid 19. Guru dituntut harus dapat menyusun tes secara online agar mendapatkan data kemajuan belajar siswa. Pengabdian pada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui evaluasi pada level proses dan produk dengan menggunakan model Context, Input, Process, dan Product (CIPP). Metode ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode desktiptif. Pengabdian ini ditujukan pada guru-guru SD Kecamatan Banyubiru. Teknik pengambilan data menggunakan wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi, serta analisis data menggunakan reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil pengabdian pada masyarakat menunjukkan, sebesar 76% bimtek yang diselenggarakan mendukung tugas, yaitu. Namun, terdapat komponen yang masih kurang yaitu pada bagian sarana prasarana. Hasil angket yang memberikan skala 5 hanya 24%, dan komponen fasilitas yang memberikan skala 5 hanya 48%. Produk yang dihasilkan adalah terbentuknya bank soal berbasis online menggunakan platform google form.
The impact of socio-legal inequality on women in the Nigerian domestic work sector
Authors: Osiki Abigail
Published: April 2022

This article examines the impact of socio-legal inequality on the work conditions of female domestic workers in Nigeria. Domestic work is an important aspect of productive labour and an indispensable factor that contributes to the well-being of households and the economy. However, domestic workers face challenges that are multidimensional and gendered; they are often victims of physical and sexual abuse, and experience discrimination concerning pay, working conditions, and legal rights. These exploitations could be partly attributed to gaps in labour and social security regulations. Based on a survey conducted of 220 domestic workers from four geopolitical zones in Nigeria, this study provides a nuanced assessment of the manifestations of inequality in the domestic work sector. Although the working conditions of Nigerian domestic workers are objectionable and exploitative, this study finds that conditions of work for female domestic workers are even more precarious.
A case study of geotechnical conditions affecting mining-induced seismicity in a deep tabular mine
Authors: Scheepers L. , Malan D.F.
Published: April 2022

Seismic risk in the deep gold mines of South Africa has been studied for many decades. A clear understanding of the effect of geotechnical conditions on the seismic hazard nevertheless remains elusive. Certain reef types seem to be associated with a higher risk of rockbursts. The stability and deformation behaviour of excavations on the different reef horizons are affected by the rock types and the varying strength properties. The seismic response to mining is therefore also expected to differ according to the geotechnical conditions. As a case study of this behaviour, the seismicity at Mponeng mine was investigated. On the VCR (Ventersdorp Contact Reef) horizon, two areas can be delineated. On the eastern side of the mine, the footwall is shale, and on the western side it is a strong brittle quartzite. More large-magnitude events occur in the area with the shale footwall than the area with the quartzite footwall. Moment tensor analyses indicated that the majority of the large-magnitude events are not related to geological structures, but are face-related, implying that shear failure of intact rock is occurring ahead of the mining front. Preliminary modelling indicated that the closure volume for the shale footwall may be higher than that for the quartzite footwall, providing a possible explanation for the observed difference in seismic response.
Le signe au théâtre
Authors: ANGO MEDJO Martin Paul
Published: April 2022

Pour signifier la valeur sémiologique des objets, Kowzan (1968 : 77) indique : « une multitude pratiquement illimitée d’objets existant dans la nature et dans la vie sociale peuvent se transformer en accessoires de théâtre ». Au théâtre justement, tout est signe, tout fait signe. L’article élucide, dans les détails, l’ordre du spectacle et les éléments qui, dans les pièces considérées, permettent le passage du texte à la scène. La scène étant un espace qui se construit au fil des actes, une attention nouvelle sera accordée aux signes visuels et auditifs dotés d’une existence scénique ou extra-scénique. Seront appréciées pour les différencier, leur fonction sociale ou utilitaire et leur fonctionnalité singulière ou fonction sémiologique. Un intérêt majeur sera accordé au langage qui signifie, structure et permet de décrire la théâtralité des textes/scènes. On prospectera ainsi une sémiologie du décor, des costumes, des lumières, etc.
Réflexions stylistico-philosophiques sur Toju Iwa Re et Ise Loogun Ise de J. F. Odunjo
Authors: OJO WENDE Olaosebikan Timothy
Published: April 2022

“Tójú ìwà re” et “Isé loògùn ìsé” représentent les exploits poétiques de J. F. Odúnjo vis-à-vis de la philosophie culturelle des Yorubas. Beaucoup de recherches académiques ont été attirées par la poésie de J. F. Odúnjo, aucune d’elles n’a dressé le rapport entre les questions morales et la réussite humaine soulevées par le poète. Cet article, tente de montrer que la grandeur d’une nation est dictée par l’ensemble des processus mental et moral de ses citoyens. Adoptant la théorie d’“Omolúwàbí”, une idéologie philosophique qui décrit et coordonne le comportement acceptable dans la société yoruba, les deux poèmes sont traduits en français pour assurer la visibilité de la recherche. Nos réflexions portent sur la critique littéraire et philosophique des deux poèmes en mettant en relief les techniques narratives et les outils langagiers adoptés par le poète. “Tójú ìwà re” accentue la signification de “ìwà” [vertu] alors que “isé loògùn ìsé” souligne l’essentiel de l’assiduité [isé] comme antidotes à l’échec, pauvreté abjecte, maux sociaux et maladies héréditaires dans les communautés humaines. En guise de conclusion, l’auteur montre que la vertu [ìwà] et l’assiduité [isé] chez les citoyens sont une condition sine qua non à la grandeur de leurs nations. Donc, l’adaptation des ressources locales, surtout celles en langues maternelles à l’enseignement de français langue étrangère (FLE) au Nigéria est suggérée.
SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ HASTANESİNDE COVID-19 YÖNETİMİ: BİR PANDEMİNİN İKİNCİ YIL KRONOLOJİSİ
Authors: YAZKAN Rasih , ŞENGEZE Nihat , ZİHNİ İsmail , ERDOĞAN Mehmet , SÖZEN İsa , ŞENOL Nilgün
Published: April 2022

Pandemi henüz bitmiş değildir, pandeminin ikinci yılı

özellikle delta ve omicron varyantlarının, özellikle ikinci

yarısı da normalleşme kararlarının etkisi altında

geçti. Toplumsal uyumun bu süreçteki tartışmasız tek

doğru olduğu gerçeği hem Türkiye hem de Dünya için

değişmedi.
DRG stimulation - synchronized nerve and DRG v1
Authors: not provided Bin , not provided longtu.chen
Published: April 2022

Assessing the instantaneous effect of DRG stimulation on the transmission of electrically evoked action potentials from the spinal nerve via the ex vivo preparation with mouse L6 spinal nerve, DRG, and dorsal root in continuity, ie, the SN-DRG-DR preparation.
DRG stimulation - colorectal afferents v1
Authors: not provided longtu.chen , not provided Bin
Published: April 2022

Assessing the efficacy of DRG stimulation to block distension-evoked (mechanical) afferent transmission using the colorectum-PN-DRG-DR preparation.
Evaluating an online well-being program for college students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Villarino Resti Tito H. , Villarino Maureen Lorence F. , Temblor Maria Concepcion L. , Chabit Nilde T. , Arcay Christopher Asuncion L. , Gimena Grace B. , Bernard Prosper , Plaisent Michel
Published: April 2022

Introduction: The global COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated challenges involving college students’ mental health and well-being. Some literature suggested developing online programs to address the pandemic’s impact on college students’ mental health and well-being. Thus, this study assessed if significant improvement in well-being among college students can be observed after introducing an online well-being program.Methods: The study utilized a quantitative methodology, mainly using a two-group pretest-posttest design on 178 college students in a private college and state university. The experimental group received 3 months of the well-being program while the control resumed their activities of daily living (ADL). The modified positive emotion, engagement, relationship, meaning, and accomplishment (PERMA) profiler questionnaire was the primary evaluation instrument that measured the participants’ well-being. The first phase gathered the participants’ relevant profile and background, and the last phase concluded with the evaluation of the program. Data were analyzed using SPSS v.21.Results: Based on the post-evaluation PERMA scores, the experimental participants (M = 7.21, SD 1.70) did not differ much from the control (M = 7.07, SD = 1.55) according to a t-test t(176) = –1.07, p = 0.57 as computed using a two-sample independent t-test at a significance level of α = 0.05. The overall PERMA score description is normal functioning. The Pearson correlation of the experimental group’s pre-test and post-test scores (r(91) = 0.01, p = 0.904) and the control (r(83) = 0.04, p = 0.732) group did not indicate an evidence of a significant relationship.Conclusion: The results do not provide evidence of a significant difference and relationship between the experimental participants’ pre-test and post-test PERMA scores after the online well-being program.
Teaching Knowledge and Self-Concept: A Case Study Involving a Chemistry Teacher
Authors: França Igor Vinicius , Nogueira Keysy Solange Costa
Published: April 2022

Background: It is considered that, in order to teach, the teacher must have a base knowledge inherent to teaching and that the self-concept can influence the construction of this knowledge. Objectives: To analyse the correlation between teacher knowledge and self-concept. Design: This investigation began with a study on self-concept and teaching knowledge so it would be possible to build the theoretical framework that would support the collection and analysis of data. Setting and Participants: the participant of this research was a teacher who had been teaching chemistry for over 22 years in southern Brazil. Data collection and analysis: The body of data that constitutes this research permeates the analysis of semi-structured interviews, observations in pre-service teachers’ diaries and teaching materials (such as biweekly plans, appraisals, among others). The analysis categories were the teaching knowledge model called the Hybrid Model and the self-concept categories: affective, cognitive and behavioural. Results: The components of teacher knowledge that most emerged were General Pedagogical Knowledge, Content Knowledge and Knowledge of Instructional Strategies for Science Teaching, while the most emerging self-concept categories were Behavioural and Cognitive. The categories that most occurred were General Pedagogical Knowledge with Behavioural Self-Concept. Thus, it is understood that the way that this teacher interacts with his school space strongly influences the way he constructs his teaching practice. Conclusions: It is inferred that this connections can influence the construction of teaching knowledge of experienced and novice teachers. A better understanding of this process can help in understanding the teaching profession and, consequently, in predicting the efficiency and satisfaction of teaching practice, as well as pointing out possible ways to train chemistry teachers.
The Scale of Early Childhood Communication Signals: Evaluation of Child-Parent Interaction
Authors: Shinina T.V. , Mitina O.
Published: April 2022

The research is aimed at developing a scale for evaluating the communication signals of an early-age child, which can help to assess the predictors of the development of behavioral, cognitive, and socio-emotional skills in a child. This system of fixing the child's communication signals is based on the periodization of the ontogeny of communication between M. Lisina and her followers (E. Smirnova, D. Godovikova, S. Meshcheryakova, etc.), which allows us to consider specific forms of communication between a child and an adult in the new social situation of modern children's development. The materials of an empirical study conducted on a sample of dyads of mothers and young children are presented. The study (N=55) involved dyads of mothers and children aged 2,4 to 3,3 years (M=2,9; SD=0,40), of which 62% were girls. The study included a video recording of a mother's playtime interaction with a child for 15 minutes. The resulting video clips were analyzed and encoded using the "Observer-XT 14" program. To evaluate video protocols, experts used the evaluation of the child-parent interaction method "Evaluation of child-parent interaction" [ECPI- 2 ed.], the scale of "Child communication signals". The method of main components was used for processing expert assessments, which allowed us to distinguish three factors of children's indicators ["Exploratory activity"; "Personal autonomy"; "Emotional alienation"]. Based on the results, we can talk about the stability of indicators-factors that characterize the child's communication signals. Based on the array of experimental data [49,500 seconds of video tape], a model has been developed for analyzing dynamic changes occurring in the process of child-parent interaction. All factors are stable over time: autocorrelation dynamic series are characterized by high values of correlation coefficients. It is noted that the formation of personal autonomy when interacting with a significant adult and the emotional alienation of a child from an adult can ambivalently influence the child's research activity.
Retrospective analysis of patients with diabetes in a Multidisciplinary Clinic of the Tashkent Medical Academy in 2018–2020
Authors: Ergasheva Zilolakhon N. , Nuruzova Zukhra A. , Zalalieva Maryam V. , Dustov Fazliddin A.
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a global problem that is characterized by a steady growth worldwide. In different countries and regions, DM prevalence significantly varies, and it is noteworthy that one patient is diagnosed with type II DM per one patient with an undiagnosed disease. The World Health Organization declares the importance of creating a DM register due to a significantly increased number of patients, for the availability of reliable information, such as the registration of new disease cases, and existing complications, laboratory results, and to ensure effective control and monitoring of health status of patients.
AIM: This study aimed to determine the structure of diagnosed DM in 20182020 through hospitalization of patients in the endocrinology department of the Multidisciplinary Clinic of the Tashkent Medical Academy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of medical records of patients with DM who are admitted to the endocrinology department of the Tashkent Medical Academy Multidisciplinary Clinic in 20182020.
RESULTS: The territorial-quantitative distribution of patients determined the prevalence of urban patients compared with regional ones. The incidence among males was 1.5 times lower than females. The age analysis showed a high value of morbidity in old age (6074 years), patients (56%) with the disease period of 110 years prevailed in the disease duration, and more than half of patients (58.23%) had degrees 1, 2, and 3 obesity.
CONCLUSIONS: More than half of patients with DM who are hospitalized were residents of the city of Tashkent, and the fifth part of patients lived in the Tashkent region. Among all patients, females were 1.5 times more dominant than males. More than half of the hospitalized patients were elderly people (6074 years old) and a third were individuals of middle working age (4559 years old). An increased number of patients with obesity in 2019 and 2020 exceeded the figures in 2018 by 30%. Complications of diabetic foot were recorded on an average of 4.7% of cases for 3 years.
«Conscious correction of scoliosis and posture disorders» in the complex rehabilitation treatment of degrees 1–3 thoracic spine idiopathic scoliosis
Authors: Levkov Vitaly Yu. , Andronova Larisa B. , Shavyrin Ilya A. , Panyukov Maxim V. , Butorina Antonina V. , Polyaev Boris A. , Lobov Andrey N.
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND: Severe functional disorders in the internal organs and systems of the body, increased fatiguability, and cosmetic body shape defects that lead to social and psychological problems, as well as the potential adverse effect of the progression of scoliotic deformity, necessitate the constant monitoring and timely treatment of sick children until their bone growth is completed. Thus, early diagnostics of scoliosis and timely combination therapy at the early stages of the disease are required.
AIM: This study aimed to compare the efficiency of spinal deformity correction and apical vertebrae derotation in pediatric patients with thoracic spine idiopathic scoliosis and justification of the use of physiotherapy exercise method, Conscious correction of scoliosis and postural disorders (DCS) in children and adolescents with degrees 13 thoracic spine idiopathic scoliosis (IS).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 98 patients with IS under supervision (78 (79.6%) females and 20 (20.4%) males). The average age of subjects was 12.5 years (916 years), namely 25 patients aged 911 years, 42 patients aged 1214 years old, and 31 patients aged 1416 years old. The anatomical type of deformity and its parameters were determined according to radiographs and clinical examination data (81 cases of right-sided thoracic scoliosis and 17 left-sided thoracic scolioses). The angular deformity was assessed according to J.R. Cobb, and the angle of curvature was 736. At baseline, all patients had active growth bone plasticity of the spine. Depending on the degree of deformity, they were distributed into groups of 37 patients with 716, 33 patients with 1722, and 28 patients with 2336. The radiograph analyses of the spine were performed in frontal and lateral projections in an upright position (frontal and sagittal plane curvature in degree measurements). Radiography was performed before the complex therapy and 2 years thereafter, which included individual isometric, derotation, respiratory, and other complexes of physiotherapy exercises according to the methods of DCS, K. Schroth, and Chneau corsetting.
RESULTS: The changes over time of scoliotic deformity angle correction are closely related to the time of diagnosis, which was noted in all patient groups under study.
CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnostics of thoracic spine IS and the use of DCS remedial gymnastics within the program of timely conservative treatment eliminated the disease progression in patients with deformity up to 17. In the case of IS of 20 and more, the combined use of the Chneau corset and exercise therapy using the DCS method achieved significant stabilization and correction.
Diagnostic and risk stratification aspects of liver fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis B and C viral infection
Authors: Garbuzenko Dmitry V.
Published: April 2022

The treatment strategy and prognosis for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection largely depend on the presence and stage of liver fibrosis. This study aimed to reveal the diagnostic and risk stratification aspects of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic HBV and HCV infection. The PubMed database, the Google Scholar search engine, the Cochrane systematic reviews, and the scientific electronic library eLibrary.Ru, as well as the reference lists, were used to search for scientific articles. Relevant aims of the publication review were selected over the period from 2005 to 2021 using the keywords chronic HBV infection, chronic HCV infection, liver fibrosis, diagnostics, and prognosis. Inclusion criteria were limited to liver fibrosis diagnostics in chronic HBV and HCV infection. Considering biopsy as a gold standard for studying morphological abnormalities in the liver, its indications for serum biomarkers of liver fibrosis and imaging methods assessments are currently significantly limited. Additionally, noninvasive methods are required to monitor the progression of liver fibrosis. The combined use of two unrelated noninvasive methods, for example, transient elastography and one of the serum biomarkers, can improve the accuracy of clinically diagnosing significant liver fibrosis. Considering that the development of liver fibrosis is an unfavorable event in the natural course of chronic HBV and HCV infection, the distribution of patients by risk groups will increase the efficiency of antiviral therapy and improve the disease prognosis.
Mental disorders associated with the novel coronavirus infection coronavirus disease-2019
Authors: Bardenshteyn Leonid M. , Aleshkina Galina A. , Pugacheva Margarita E. , Kruglikova Irina I.
Published: April 2022

This study presents data from recent publications on the occurrence of mental disorders during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the specifics of providing mental health care under social isolation conditions. The issues of negative psychopathological outcome prevention in persons with high-risk mental disorders are considered, as well as the problems of organizing psychiatric care provision during the pandemic, including the possibility of remote counseling and follow-up. The questions of the pathogenesis of psychopathological symptoms in coronavirus infection are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the adverse effects of COVID-19 therapy, psychotropic drugs interactions, and drug treatment for patients with coronavirus infection. The research results and opinions of Russian and international specialists in the field of mental health that are presented in this review are relevant for medical practitioners working in the pandemic.
Use of orthodontic treatment protocols in patients with chronic periodontitis and arterial hypertension
Authors: Eremin Andrey V. , Lepilin Aleksandr V. , Lipatova Tatiana E.
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND: The wide prevalence and mutual influence of periodontitis and arterial hypertension determine the importance of choosing a rational approach to denture prosthetics in this patients.
AIM: The study was to choose a rational tactics of dental prosthetics in patients with chronic periodontitis and arterial hypertension based on a clinical and instrumental assessment of the periodontal condition and morphofunctional characteristics of neuroendocrine gum cells.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The results of the examination of 120 patients with periodontitis and hypertension are presented, of which 90 patients had denture defects, 30 patients intact dentition. Clinical examination, immunohistochemical, and morphometric studies were performed. 90 patients underwent prosthetics of dentition defects, of which: 32 patients were fitted with metal dentures, 30-metal-ceramic dentures, 28 patients were fitted with thermoplastic resin removable partial dentures.
RESULTS: Periodontitis in patients with hypertension is characterized by more significant changes in the expression of endothelin-1-, melatonin- and endothelial NO-synthase-like cells of gum, than periodontitis in patients without somatic pathology. After periodontal treatment, the use of metal-ceramic dentures and thermoplastic resin removable partial dentures by a year-long persistent remission of periodontitis in 85.786.7% of patients is accompanied. Remission is achieved against the background of satisfactory hygiene indicators and restoring the neurotransmitter balance of the oral cavity. After a year of metal dentures, 43.7% of patients report an exacerbation of periodontitis, which by poor hygiene and local neuroendocrine imbalance is facilitated.
CONCLUSION: The use of metal-ceramic dentures and thermoplastic resin removable partial dentures is the preferred option for prosthetics of dentition defects in patients with periodontitis and hypertension.
Ecotoxicological assessment of waste and soil cover of anthropogenic polluted territories using biotest systems
Authors: Bardina Tamara V. , Podboronova Alexandra G. , Sklyarova Lyudmila V.
Published: April 2022

The possibility of using various methods of biotesting together with chemical-analytical methods for the ecotoxicological assessment of waste from the oil industry (drilling sludge) and contaminated soil cover of objects of accumulated environmental damage located in the north-west of Russia is considered. Ecotoxicological studies by biotesting methods have been carried out using test organisms from different systematic groups. Conventional and proprietary biotesting methods were used. The proposed set of biotest systems for the purposes of environmental control of such objects along with chemical and analytical methods may increase the reliability of the research results.
Current issues in clinical trials of radiopharmaceutical drugs (RPCD) at the present stage of nuclear medicine development
Authors: Efimov Nikolay V. , Lebedinets Andrey   A.
Published: April 2022

To date, doctors are becoming increasingly interested in radiopharmaceutical drugs (RPCD) associated with an improvement in their effectiveness and safety due to the use of alpha-emitting isotopes and highly selective ligands in the formulation. According to MarketsandMarkets, the nuclear medicine market will grow from $4.8 billion in 2021 to $7.5 billion by 2026 at a compound annual growth rate of 9%. The Russian Federation will have to work on import substitution with the analogue development of foreign-made drugs not registered in Russia, as well as original development that must meet world standards. Promotion of new drugs to patients is impossible without conducting clinical trials that meet GCP criteria. Even in countries with a high development of biomedical technologies, there are not enough resources to conduct clinical trials of new RPCDs. The most important limiting factors are the high cost of studies using open sources of radiation and the discrepancy between the traditional method of clinical trials, the unique properties of new RPCD and the effective method of theranostics using diagnostic and therapeutic pairs of radionuclides. To overcome these difficulties in evaluating RPCD, in particular, a phase zero clinical trial on several volunteers with the disease and the establishment of specialized testing clinical centers are proposed.