bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Learn From Your (Markov) Neighbor: Coenrollment, Assortativity, and Grade Prediction in Undergraduate Courses
Authors: Gardner Joshua Patrick , Brooks Christopher , Li Warren
Published: December 2018

In this paper, we evaluate the complete undergraduate co-enrollment network over a decade of education at a large American public university. We provide descriptive and exploratory analyses of the network, demonstrating that the co-enrollment networks evaluated follow power-law degree distributions similar to many other large-scale networks; that they reveal strong performance-based assortativity; and that network-based features can improve GPA-based student performance predictors. We model the university-wide undergraduate co-enrollment network as an undirected graph, and implement multiple network-augmented approaches to student grade prediction, including an adaption of the structural modelling approach from (Getoor, 2005,  Lu, 2003}. We compare the performance of this predictor to traditional methods used for grade prediction in undergraduate university courses, and demonstrate that a multi-view ensembling approach outperforms both prior ``flat'' and network-based models for grade prediction across several classification metrics. These findings demonstrate the usefulness of combining diverse approaches in models of student success, and demonstrate specific network-based modelling strategies that are likely to be most effective for grade prediction.
Taken Together: Conceptualizing Students’ Concurrent Course Enrollment across the Post-Secondary Curriculum using temporal analytics
Authors: Brown Michael , DeMonbrun R. Matthew , Teasley Stephanie
Published: December 2018

In this study, we develop and test four measures for conceptualizing the potential impact of co-enrollment in different courses on students’ changing risk for academic difficulty and recovery from academic difficulty in a focal course. We offer four predictors, two related to instructional complexity and two related to structural complexity (the organization of the curriculum) that highlight different trends in student experience of the focal course. Course difficulty, discipline of major, time in semester, and simultaneous difficulty across courses were all significantly related to entering a moderate and high-risk classification in the early warning system (EWS). Course difficulty, discipline of major, and time in semester were related to exiting academic difficulty classifications. We observe a snowball effect, whereby students who are experiencing difficulty in the focal course are at increased risk of experiencing difficulty in their other courses. Our findings suggest that different metrics may be needed to identify risk for academic difficulty and recovery from academic difficulty. Our results demonstrate what a more holistic assessment of academic functioning might look like in early warning systems and course recommender systems, and suggest that academic planners consider the relationship between course co-enrollment and student academic success.
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF POTATO SPECIES IN THE PERM REGION CONDITIONS
Authors: Chukhlantsev N. V. , Fomin D. S.
Published: December 2018

Potatoes in all categories of farms in the Permskii Krai occupy 41.3 thousand hectares, in agricultural enterprises – 4.5 thousand hectares, with an average yield for 2014-2016 of 13.9 t / ha. The Permskii Krai there are all the prerequisites for obtaining high yields of potatoes. One of them is potato seed production. Variety, one of the important tasks of seed production, without it, with the ever-increasing need for new universal varieties that combine preservation of the original qualities for as long as possible, i.e. high stable productivity, early yield accumulation, good culinary and technical qualities (starchiness, good keeping quality, etc.) with resistance to the most harmful diseases, pests and adverse environmental conditions cannot be dispensed with. The purpose of research: the identification of promising varieties of potatoes, highly productive, in the Perm region. Investigations were carried out in 2011-2016 at the central experimental field of the Perm Agricultural Research Institute Branch of Perm Federal Research Center of Russian Academy of Science. In the collection nursery, 33 varieties of three groups of precocity were tested. A comparative assessment of potato varieties by yield and economic characteristics is presented. Promising potato varieties for cultivation under the conditions of the Perm Territory were identified in the group of early maturing: Albatross, Nandina, Latona, medium-early varieties: Irbit, 428- 05, Bravo, Miner, Amur. The varieties Crisper, Lukoshko, Bafana were the best in selected indicators in the mid-season group. Comparative assessment of potato varieties according to yield and economic characteristics is presented; studies were carried out at the Perm Agricultural Research Institute Branch of Perm Federal Research Center of Russian Academy of Science in the soil and climatic conditions of 2011-2016. Promising potato varieties for cultivation under the conditions of the Permskii Krai were identified in the group of early maturing: Albatross, Nandina, Latona, medium-early varieties: Irbit, 428-05, Bravo, Miner, Amur. The varieties Crisper, Lukoshko, Bafana were the best in selected indicators in the mid-season group.
CYTOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DOUBLED HAPLOIDS IN SUMMER SQUASH (CUCURBITA PEPO L.)
Authors: Domblides E. A. , Kan L. Yu. , Khimich G. A. , Korotseva I. B. , Domblides A. S.
Published: December 2018

147 new forms were obtained only from nine responsive unpollinated ovules of summer squash in 2015-2017. The cytological analysis is used to estimate the level of ploidy in regenerated plants R0. The small size of mitotic chromosomes and large number in Cucurbita genus make it difficult to count them even though they are well separated. As a result of analysis the optimal method of chromosome staining has been chosen with the use of modified propiono- lacmoid cytological technique. The rootlet tips and apical meristems were used to make smear preparations. As it was shown the summer squash was a difficult species as a cytological object because of low mitosis frequency and low number of metaphase plates with well scattered chromosomes. The photos of chromosomes in squash C. pepo subsp. brevicaulis var. giraumons Duch; distant hybrid (breeding accession N37) between variety ‘Cornishon’ and winter squash C. pepo subsp. longicaulis Greb. var. pepo and doubled haploid plants produced from them were made. In spite of the small size 2 μm the chromosomes observed were clearly seen. Nearly all regenerated plants that had been analyzed passed well the adaptation in vivo and occurred to be a doubled haploids (2n = 2x=40). The seed progeny was then obtained through self-pollination. About 20% of plants R0 analyzed were mixploids and supposedly only 7% were haploids.
INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CONSUMPTION OF VEGETABLES IN SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Soldatenko A. V. , Razin A. F. , Shatilov M. V. , Ivanova M. I. , Razin O. A. , Rossinskaya O. V. , Bashkirov O. V.
Published: December 2018

The indicators of production of vegetable products (acreage, gross harvest, yield) in the world and Russia as a whole, and by the main types of vegetables. The insufficient volume of commodity vegetable growing in Russia is highlighted. It is shown that the range of vegetable products from the countries of the world and the Russian Federation is limited, which keeps the deficit of nutrition in vitamins. Named regions-beacons vegetable sector in gross yield and yield of vegetable crops. The indicators of the level of plowing in Russia and the need to increase the production of vegetables by increasing yields. The indicators of import and export of vegetables taking into account import and export of vegetables are analyzed. It is shown that to equalize consumption by regions and improve the quality of life, it is necessary to increase production for the transition to the recommended consumption standards, improve the territorial-sectoral division of labor and interregional exchange in the vegetable sector of the crop sector.
PERSPECTIVES OF BREEDING OF VEGETABLE CROPS OF FABACEAE FAMILY TO BEAN YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS (Potyvirus, Potyviridae) RESISTANCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF MOSCOW REGION
Authors: Engalycheva I. A. , Kozar E. G. , Antoshkin A. A. , Pronina E. P. , Volkov Y. G. , Kakareka N. N. , Shchelkanov M. Y. , Gapeka A. V.
Published: December 2018

In the context of climate change phytomonitoring of the prevalence of the most common viral pathogens on the crops becomes even more important, because during the last decades the harmfulness of those pathogens, in particular Bean yellow mosaic (BYMV) has grown in intensity. The causative agent as the most members of Рotyvirus genus, has a wide range of host plants belonging to various families including Fabaceae. In Russia the virus was for the first time identified in the south of the Far East, where in the middle of XX century the massive damage of clove, lupine, sweet pea, pea, bean and Russian bean was observed. The distribution area of BYMV considerably expanded after advancement of heat-loving leguminous crops towards north. During the last years epiphytotics were reported in the planted crops of kidney bean (Phasйolus vulgбris L.), and Russian bean (Faba bona Medik. var. major Harz.) under conditions of temperate continental climate of nonchernozem belt in the RF. It is not feasible to eradicate natural BYMV foci, while the control of the causative agent carriers as a preventive measure is not very effective. There fore at present the search for the sources of resistance to BYMV and creation of parent selection material is a priority area of our phytopatologic research. At the present stage the tasks included: identification and study of the properties of BYMV Moscow isolates; integral assessment of resistance and other economically valuable characteristics of collection material and breeding stock material of kidney bean (810 specimens) and Russian bean (40 specimens) generated in the Laboratory of Legume Selection and Seed Production, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Vegetable Center”. To achieve the goal visual, serological diagnostic methods were used together with biotesting and electron microscopy. The research revealed special physical-chemical characteristics of BYMV Moscow isolates characterized by 100% harmfulness when occurred as co-infection with the other viruses. The main symptoms caused by the above isolates in indicator plants and host plants under conditions of Moscow Region have been described. Evaluation of collection and selection materials of kidney bean and Russian bean formed the basis for identification of the sources of resistance to BYMV exhibiting integrated economically valuable properties (early ripeness, bean shape and color, productivity, etc.). These specimens have been included into selection program of the Federal Research Vegetable Center which is aimed on creation of high-productive varieties of the kidney bean meeting the modern market demands.
Postpartum dönemde demir eksikliği anemisi olan hastalarda intravenöz ve oral demir tedavisinin karşılaştırması
Authors: KADİROĞULLARI Pınar , SEÇKİN Kerem Doğa , BAFALİ Olgu İçten , POLAT İbrahim
Published: December 2018

Amaç : Kadınlarda postpartum demir
eksikliği anemisi oldukça yaygındır. Çoğu kadın oral veya intravenöz (iv) demir
ile ya da kan transfüzyonu ile tedavi edilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, intravenöz
ferrik karboksimaltozun postpartum anemisi olan kadınlarda ferröz sülfatla
karşılaştırıldığında etkinliğini, güvenilirliğini ve tolere edilebilirliğini
değerlendirmektir.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmamız postpartum 1.günde
hemoglobin değeri 8 ile 10 g/dl arasında olan hastalardan, hastanede yatışı
süresince iv demir tedavisi verilen ve taburculuk sonrası oral demir tedavisi
alan hastaların dosyalarının incelenmesi ile oluşturuldu. 1.grubu oluşturan
hastalar; postpartum 1.günde 15mg/kg den maksimum 1000 mg iv ferrik
karboksimaltoz tedavisi alan (n:100), 2.grubu oluşturan hastalar ise postpartum
taburculuk ile beraber oral ferroz sulfat (100 mg) / 2x1 den 6 hafta boyunca
tedavisi düzenlenen hastalardı (n:100). Her iki grupta yer alan hastaların
sistem üzerinden bilgileri ve tetkik sonuçları incelendi ve postpartum 1.gün,
14.gün ve 40.gün hemoglobin, hematokrit ve ferritin düzeyleri kaydedildi.Bulgular: Bu hastalardan 1. grubun yaş
ortalaması 29.8, 2. grubun yaş ortalaması 29.0 olarak
saptandı. Gruplar arasında gravida ve parite sayıları, doğum şekilleri ve
tedavi öncesi bakılan hemoglobin (Hb) ve hematokrit (Htc) değerleri arasında
fark yoktu. Tedavi sonrası 1. Gün bakılan Hb ve Htc değerleri iv demir tedavisi
alan 1.grupta, oral demir tedavisi alan 2.gruba göre anlamlı derecede yüksekti
(p<0.005). İv demir tedavisinin Hb ve Htc değerlerini hızlı artırdığı
saptandı. 14. Gün bakılan Hb, Htc ve ferritin değerleri ortalaması 1. grupta
anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p<0.005). Gruplar arasında 40. Gün bakılan
parametrelerde anlamlı fark görülmedi.

Tartışma : Postpartum demir eksikliği
anemisinin tedavisinde intravenöz ferrik karboksimaltoz güvenli ve iyi tolere
edilebilmektedir. İntravenöz demir tedavisinin postpartum anemisi olan
kadınlarda hemoglobin seviyesini oral ferröz sülfattan daha hızlı arttırdığı
gösterilmiştir. Ayrıca demir depolarını daha hızlı bir şekilde doldurduğu
görülmüştür.
An Affirmation of Black Culture through Revolution of Signs: A New Historicism Insight into Sue Mon Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees
Authors: Rajendran Jayanthi
Published: December 2018

The Secret Life of Bees begins with Lily’s encounter of bees in her bedroom. Bees and bee-related objects function as a central symbol and motif in the novel. Apparently, they also signify guidance and demonstrate the power of a female community through a bond of relationship. Signs and symbols study the life within the society which is a part of social, cultural and psychological relation to semiology. And, also this is a girl’s (Lily’s) journey to find the truth about her mother whereby setting the captive nanny Rosaleen free from the bondage and finally out of the cage from the confinement of her father T. Ray. Throughout this novel Lily is in search of truth about her mother and whether her mother loved her or not. Eventually, signs and truth converge at a point in understanding the whole novel in a better perspective. Thus, this paper focuses on applying the signs to the text using semiotic theory and further focus on applying the concept of new historicism to the text in the light of truth which is a matter of interpretation of culture and history through revolution whereby affirming the Black Culture and their identity in white. Reality and courage of the novel are highlighted in the scenario of culture identity.
A Data Pre-Processing Method for Software Effort Estimation Using Case-Based Reaso
Authors: A. Damaceno Borges Katia Cristina , De Barcelos Tronto Iris Fabiana , De Aquino Lopes Renato , Simões da Silva José Demisio
Published: December 2018

Software effort estimates is an important part of software development work and provides essential input to project feasibility analyses, bidding, budgeting and planning. Analogy-based estimates models emerge as a promising approach, with comparable accuracy to arithmetic methods, and it is potentially easier to understand and apply. Studies show all the models are sensitive to the quality and availability data, thus requiring a systematic data treatment. In this paper, it is proposed a data pre-processing method for use in software effort estimate. The results of it on applying on applying Case Based Reasoning - CBR that enables us to enhance the

precision of the estimates.
A Parallel Multi-Objective Cooperative Coevolutionary Algorithm for Optimising Small-World Properties in VANETs
Authors: Danoy Grégoire , Schleich Julien , Bouvry Pascal , Dorronsoro Bernabé
Published: December 2018

Cooperative coevolutionary evolutionary algorithms differ from standard evolutionary algorithms’ architecture in that the population is split into subpopulations, each of them optimising only a sub-vector of the global solution vector. All subpopulations cooperate by broadcasting their local partial solutions such that each subpopulation can evalu- ate complete solutions. Cooperative coevolution has recently been used in evolutionary multi-objective optimisation, but few works have exploited its parallelisation capabil- ities or tackled real-world problems. This article proposes to apply for the first time a state-of-the-art parallel asynchronous cooperative coevolutionary variant of the non- dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II), named CCNSGA-II, on the injection network problem in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). This multi-objective optimi- sation problem, consists in finding the minimal set of nodes with backend connectivity, referred to as injection points, to constitute a fully connected overlay that will optimise the small-world properties of the resulting network. Recently, the well-known NSGA- II algorithm was used to tackle this problem on realistic instances in the city-centre of Luxembourg. In this work we analyse the performance of the CCNSGA-II when using different numbers of subpopulations, and compare them to the original NSGA-II in terms of both quality of the obtained Pareto front approximations and execution time speedup.
Accuracy and Efficiency Performance of the ICP Procedure Applied to Sign Language Recognition
Authors: Da Silva Júnior Juarez Paulino , Lamar Marcus Vinicius , Bordim Jacir Luiz
Published: December 2018

This work addresses the problem of recognizing the American Sign Language (ASL) hand alphabet relying only on depth information acquired from an RGB-D sensor. To accomplish this goal, a novel Iterative Closest Point (ICP) based recognition methodology is proposed where it comprehensively analyzes the inputs and outputs of the alignment as efficiency and accuracy determinants. Next, a novel classification technique, denoted Approximated KB-fit, is proposed to efficiently handle the space complexity of the database template matching. The overall accuracy of the recognition reached a performance of 99.04% in a cross-validation workbench with 520 distinct input depth images. The achieved frame rate was 7.41 FPS performed on a 2.4 GHz single processor based machine.
Free and Open Source Software in Costa Rican Local Governments
Authors: Mata Francisco J. , Quesada Ariella
Published: December 2018

This paper presents and discusses the results from an electronic survey on the use of free and open source software (FOSS) by local governments in Costa Rica. Barriers preventing the use of this type of software are also identified. Comparison of the results from this survey with those obtained from a previous one, conducted under the same project, shows that Costa Rican local governments are increasingly using FOSS. Cost advantages provided by FOSS might be the main reason for this trend. However, other factors need to be considered for justifying the use of FOSS. These factors need to be articulated into organizational strategies —issue in which Costa Rican local governments are falling behind.
An explicit parallelism study based on thread-level speculation
Authors: Aguilar Jose L. , Campero Kahlil
Published: December 2018

Developments in parallel architectures are an important branch in computer science. The success of such architectures derives from their inherent ability to improve the program performances. However, their ability to improve the performance on programs depends on the parallelism extraction strategies, which are always limited by the logic of each sequential program. Speculation is the only known alternative to overcome these constraints and increase the parallelism. In this paper, we study the explicit speculative parallelism using a library of thread-level speculation. We present the design of this library and study different speculative models: speculation of decision structures, speculation of loops, and speculation of critical sections. Our study evaluates different cases taken from SPEC CPU 2000, allowing acceleration of about 1.8x in multicore architectures (four core) with coarse-grained multithreaded.
Tuned Forest Fire Prediction: Static Calibration of the Evolutionary Component of ‘ESS’
Authors: Bianchini Germán , Scutari Paola Caymes
Published: December 2018

Forest fires are a major risk factor with strong impact at eco-environmental and socio- economical levels, reasons why their study and modeling are very important. However, the models frequently have a certain level of uncertainty in some input parameters given that they must be approximated or estimated, as a consequence of diverse difficulties to accurately measure the conditions of the phenomenon in real time. This has resulted in the development of several methods for the uncertainty reduction, whose trade-off between accuracy and complexity can vary significantly. The system ESS (Evolutionary- Statistical System) is a method whose aim is to reduce the uncertainty, by combining Statistical Analysis, High Performance Computing (HPC) and Parallel Evolutionary Al- gorithms (PEAs). The PEAs use several parameters that require adjustment and that determine the quality of their use. The calibration of the parameters is a crucial task for reaching a good performance and to improve the system output. This paper presents an empirical study of the parameters tuning to evaluate the effectiveness of different configurations and the impact of their use in the Forest Fires prediction.
Tahıl Türlerinin Kaba Yem Olarak Değerlendirilmesi Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Authors: ÇAÇAN Erdal , KÖKTEN Kağan
Published: December 2018

Amaç: Bu çalışma, tahıllardan elde edilen otun kaba yem olarak verim ve besleme değerlerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla 2015-16 ve 2016-17 yetiştirme sezonunda iki yıl süreyle yürütülmüştür.Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmada 3 adet ekmeklik buğday, 3 adet makarnalık buğday, 3 adet tritikale, 2 adet iki sıralı arpa ve 2 adet altı sıralı arpa çeşidi materyal olarak kullanılmıştır. Deneme tesadüf blokları deneme desenine göre üç tekerrürlü olacak şekilde kurulmuştur. Araştırmada; bitki boyu, yeşil ot verimi, kuru ot verimi, ham protein oranı, ham protein verimi, asit deterjanda çözünmeyen lif, nötral deterjanda çözünmeyen lif ve nispi yem değeri ile ilgili veriler ele alınmıştır.Bulgular: Araştırmada tahıl türlerinin ortalama olarak; bitki boyu 73.5-102.5 cm, yeşil ot verimi 1762-3532 kg da-1, kuru ot verimi 640-1268 kg da-1, ham protein oranı %11.1-12.0, ham protein verimi 76.2-141.2 kg da-1, asit deterjanda çözünmeyen lif %31.3-33.7, nötral deterjanda çözünmeyen lif %55.0-59.0 ve nispi yem değeri 99.7-108.3 arasında değişim göstermiştir.Sonuç: Bu araştırma sonuçları, tahıl hasıllarının kaba yem kaynağı olarak kullanılmasının Ülkemiz kaba yem açığının kapatılmasına katkı sağlayacağını göstermektedir. Türler arasında birkarşılaştırma yapıldığında, elde edilen verimin yüksekliğinden dolayı tritikale çeşitlerinin hasıl yem olarak kullanılmasının daha karlı olacağı sonucuna varılmıştır.
Effect of Different Pipe Wall Thicknesses on Flow Rate of Cylindrical Type Integrated Emitters Used in Drip Irrigation Pipes
Authors: DEMİR Vedat , YÜRDEM Hüseyin , YAZGI Arzu , GÜNHAN Tuncay
Published: December 2018

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different pipe wall thickness on the flow rate of cylindrical type integrated emitters used in drip irrigation pipes.Material and Methods: Cylindrical in-line integrated type, non-pressure compensated two drip emitters were considered within the scope of this work. The drip emitters (E1 and E2) manufactured by two different companies were integrated in 1.1, 0.9 and 0.6 mm wall thickness pipes. The emitter flow rate measurements were carried out at five different pressure levels for all drip irrigation pipes.Results: The operating pressure and flow rate relationships for the emitters and drip irrigation pipes at each pipe wall thickness were also determined. In general, it was also observed that when the wall thickness decreased sequentially from 1.1 mm and 0.9 to 0.6 mm, average emitter flow rate increased about 30% based on the brand of the emitter as well as on pressure. The variation of emitters flow rate based on the wall thickness at the nominal pressure of 100 kPa was analyzed statistically. Based on the results, these variations were found statistically significant (P<0.05) for all drip irrigation pipes equipped with E1 and E2 type emitters.Conclusion: The results of the study clearly showed that these wall thickness changes caused significant changes in emitter flow rates.
INTEGRATION OF ACTIVITY CLUSTERS OF THE NAVY SPECIALISTS
FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THEIR PHYSICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
Authors: KORABLEV Yuriy Yurevich , PUGACHEV Igor Yurevich , OSMANOV Esedulla Mallaalievich , DUTOV Sergey Yurevich
Published: December 2018

We analyze the content of components of The Navy of the Russian Federation as a type of the state armed forces. The methodological basis of this analysis was the interpretation of the concept of “content” in the context of the fact that it represents a set of elements that form the system of their interactions and the perspective changes caused by them. On the basis of the study of specialties of the Navy we produce a generalized integration of homogeneous types of professional activities of soldiers, based on the analysis of more than 300 heterogeneous names. It is specified that the Navy of the Russian Federation at the present stage of evolutionary development is a set of five relatively interrelated and mutually conditioned units: underwater forces and surface ships; flight-lifting structure of naval aviation; marines, combat swimmers, reconnaissance, sabotage and other special units; coastal anti-aircraft missile and artillery units; support services, radio engineering, communications, rear area, engineers and equipment, including naval aviation. The above-mentioned integration of the common structure of combat operations of specialists for the purpose is the basis for the development and availability of five appropriate utilized programs for physical training, since the physical readiness of military personnel is an integral part of the system of combat improvement of the fleet. Beyond the range of specialties we reveal the feasibility of separate sixth program of physical training for units of the Navy of the Russian Federation, involving, if necessary, to implement the peacekeeping functions in the areas of likely military action. The above approach of justification of the required optimal number of physical training programs on the management scale of fleet forces of the Russian Federation is for the first time applied in the theory and technique of physical training of the military personnel.
THE SOCIAL SUCCESS FORMATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN LEFT WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE BY MEANS OF ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Authors: PROKHOROVA Oksana Germanovna , AKOPYANTS Igor Ashotovich , TIGROV Vyacheslav Petrovich
Published: December 2018

We present the experience in the formation of social success of orphaned children by means of additional education (circus art). The concept of social success is considered. It is noted that in the modern understanding of child social success there are objective and subjective aspects. Also noted that the basis of the educational process in the conditions of the center for the promotion of family education should be individual and personal development of pupils. Disclosed forms of work used in the School of Circus Arts named after Y.V. Nikulin, the formation of social success of orphaned children and children left without parental care. Groups of criteria for assessment of social success of pupils of the organization for orphaned children and children without parental care are presented: the first group of criteria is connected with direct social success of the pupil and includes level of development of communicative skills; level of socialization; success in development of subjects of additional education; participation in public activity, in actions of organization and out of walls of organization; achievements in educational and extra-curricular activity; acceptance of family values; motivation to maintaining a healthy lifestyle; the second group of criteria is related to the social success of graduates of the institution: professional self-determination; well-being in family life; participation in public activities; maintaining a healthy lifestyle; legal literacy, etc.; the third group of criteria is related to the evaluation of the institution's activities: maintaining the image and reputation of the institution; excluding secondary orphanhood among graduates; reducing the number of pupils prone to deviant behavior; family life forms of pupils.
THE USE OF INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Authors: ELOVSKAYA Svetlana Vladimirovna
Published: December 2018

We substantiate the need for the use of interactive educational technologies in teaching a foreign language at a university. It was analyzed that the use of web quest technology, “flipped classroom” and “development of critical thinking” technologies in a foreign language class helps to achieve a high level of development of foreign language communicative and information and communication competencies, better memorization of the material studied, development of cognitive activity and logical thinking, and also increases the level of motivation to learn English. These technologies involve conducting non-traditional lectures and practical exercises, the purpose of which is to synthesize disparate knowledge from different branches of scientific thought, highlight the main and most important information, be able to lead a discussion, express one’s point of view. The main interactive teaching methods have been identified, which involve turning to the logical methods of teaching, reflecting the logical operations of thinking, analysis, ..., generalization, which corresponds to the current Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education in the direction of training 44.04.01 “Pedagogical Education”. We focus on the creative nature of the educational technologies that contribute to the creation of a learning language environment, including in its space all students seeking creative search, self-expression, and self-development.
A METHODOLOGICAL MODEL OF TEACHING STUDENTS WRITTEN SPEECH ON THE BASIS OF CASE TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: SYOMICH Yulia Igorevna
Published: December 2018

One of the most challenging aspects in the field of foreign language for students is a written statement. Modern information and communication technologies create additional methodological conditions for the organization of students’ project activities aimed at the formation of discursive skills in the field of writing. One of such technologies capable of creating conditions for extracurricular foreign language work of students is the linguistic corpus. We offer a methodological model for teaching students to write a statement based on corpus technology. Based on the provisions of the systems approach, the model is a hierarchically built system of components that are interconnected. Such components include: prerequisites, approaches and methods, teaching aids, organizational forms, psychological and pedagogical conditions, assessment criteria and results. As a methodological basis in the model are the system, competence, personality-activity and communicative-cognitive approaches. These approaches are implemented in practice using a number of didactic (the principle of individualization and differentiation of training, the principle of activity, the principle of consciousness, the principle of accessibility, the principle of repetition, the principle of informatization of education, the principle of visibility) and methodical (the principle of approximation of educational activity, the principle communicative orientation, the principle of oral lead) principles. We describe in detail all the components of the methodological model.
Perception of Entrepreneurs of Small and Medium Micro Enterprises in Culinary Fields in Pontianak City to Go-Jek Online Transportation
Authors: Suratman Eddy , Laksamana Rio , Suradi Romi
Published: December 2018

Go-Jek online transportation contributes to the national economy through partnerships with MSMEs. This study focuses on the perceptions of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) entrepreneurs in the culinary field of Go-Jek online transportation in Pontianak City. The purpose of this study was to find out the perceptions and constraints of MSME entrepreneurs in the culinary field in the city of Pontianak after collaborating with online transportation Go-Jek. The study uses descriptive methods with a qualitative approach. The findings of this study are the perceptions of small and medium micro entrepreneurs (MSMEs) in the culinary field in the city of Pontianak on Go-Jek online transportation which is very positive, useful and helps MSME entrepreneurs. Whether it's in product promotion, or in delivering products to consumers. The impact that is also directly felt by MSME entrepreneurs on online transportation is that business revenues increase by 10% to 30%. The obstacles faced are first, the existence of fraud committed by the individual drivers of Go-Jek online transportation to MSMEs and consumers, by buying products ordered by consumers, but not in the shop in question. Both driver services to MSMEs are not polite and unfriendly.
Teachers' Knowledge and Belief for Educating Sexuality for Kindergarten Students
Authors: Oktavianingsih Eka , Ayriza Yulia
Published: December 2018

Teachers play an important role in children’s sexual development, but they have limited knowledge and different views about communicating sexuality. This study aims to determine teachers’ knowledge and beliefs related to sexuality education and to investigate the predictors of the beliefs. This research used quantitative and qualitative approach (mixed method). A total of 40 kindergarten teachers were asked to fill out a questionnaire describing teachers’ knowledge and demographic information, as well as a scale of beliefs about what teachers feel in teaching sexuality education. Interview techniques were used to gather information about the factors influencing teachers’ beliefs. Quantitative results showed that teachers had limited knowledge (M = 8.75, SD = 2.56) and had low belief (M = 2.75, SD = 0.28) in teaching sexuality education to children. Based on qualitative data, the learning resources in teaching sexuality was very limited. These results served useful evidence in developing appropriate and effective guidance programs to ensure teachers to educate sexuality education in a timely and appropriate manner to the children's development.

 

Keywords: teachers, children, sexuality, knowledge, belief.
Teaching Observational Learning to Children with Autism: Pedagogical Advancements for the Scientist-Practitioner
Authors: Luke Nicole , Singh Nimi
Published: December 2018

Observational learning is an important skill for all children to acquire. Children with autism often do not demonstrate this skill nor do they learn it on their own. The present study, using a multiple baseline across participants, single case, research design, investigated the effects of using a peer-yoked contingency game with four male participants with autism, aged 4-7 years. Each participant was presented with a simple labeling task while his friend was seated beside him. Participants had the same partners throughout the treatment. Once the model response was emitted, the teacher presented the same task to the observing boy. Data were collected on correctly observed and emitted responses during the game. Pre- and post probes and tests were conducted for observational learning, generalized imitation, and learned reinforcement for peers. Results from this study provide support for the use of the peer-yoked contingency game as a method for increasing observational learning in children with autism. All four participants increased their correct responding to specific tasks and increased their demonstration of observational learning in a natural educational setting. Evidence of increased interest in peers was also observed. The present study provides support for the use of the peer-yoked contingency game to teach observational learning.
Using Wikis for Collaborative Writing in the ELT Classroom
Authors: Hudson Jolanta
Published: December 2018

This study examines the use of an educational wiki to develop the second language (L2) writing skills of English language students who are placed on a two-week online course to develop skills in English for work-related purposes. It discusses the use of wikis for learning L2, focusing on learning writing through collaborative tasks. The discussion analyses views and theories on the use of wikis for developing writing skills and the issues associated with the use of wikis for collaborative tasks. The research engages L2 students and a teacher in a task using Wikispaces, an educational type of wikis. The data is collected via a questionnaire, interviews and the teacher’s diary. The study suggests wikis might usefully assist students with their L2 writing and that students are likely to value the opportunity to work collaboratively on a writing task or certain type of task. However, not all students would be expected to feel comfortable with the wiki technology and its features. As wikis are still increasingly popular in language classrooms, a more in-depth study that would take a closer look at the usefulness of wikis for such classroom tasks might bring new insights and interesting results to the discussion on wikis in the English language classroom (ELT). It is suggested, therefore, that future research with a larger and more diverse audience and with a more specific focus might provide better information in this regard.
Teacher Motivation Behavior: The Importance Of Personal Expectations, Need Satisfaction, And Work Climate
Authors: Utomo Hanggara Budi
Published: December 2018

Teachers, as one of the elements in the teaching and learning process, play multiple roles, not only as teachers transferring knowledge but also as guides who encourage the potential of students to develop alternatives in learning. This means that teachers face complex tasks and responsibilities in respect of the achievement of educational goals where they are required to not only master the subject area being taught but are also required to display a personality suitable foracting as a role model for students. Therefore, teachers are required to optimize their performance in carrying out the task. The complex tasks and responsibilities of achieving educational goals relate to teachers’ motivation, so that good intentions will encourage teacher activities. Teachers become educators based on their motivation to teach. If a teacher has no motivation then they are unlikely to be an effective educator. The factors that influence a teacher’s motivation are focused on personal expectations, need satisfaction, and work climate. This paper comprises a literature review of several research findings aimed at deepening self-determination theory as one of the motivational theories that can be used to analyze the motivation of teachers based on both internal and external factors. In particular, it aims to explore the role of personal expectations, need satisfaction, and work climate, which can serve as a basis for further research into optimizing teacher motivation to teach.As the implication, different work climates mean that teachers must adapt to the condition of the school in which they teach. It is important that teachershave this ability as when they are able to adapt to a school’s performance atmosphere, they are in turn able torealize personal expectations according to their needs and thus feel psychologically satisfied, which has a corresponding further impact on their motivation to teach.
The Current Situation of the Parents of SEN Students in Lopburi Province, Thailand
Authors: Vorapanya Sermsap , Pachanavon Apison
Published: December 2018

The training aims at: 1) providing essential knowledge to parents of Special Educational Needs (SEN) students in inclusive primary schoolsin Lopburi Provinceand 2) learning the parents’ perspectives on how to presently work with their children with special needs. Eighty-five inclusive schools, from the first and the second school districts participated out of the pool of all regular public schools in LopburiProvince by suggesting parents’volunteer to participate in thesetraining sessions. Two parents of SEN students from each school were allowed to attend the trainings. The first school district had 80 parents attending from 40 inclusive schools, while the second school district had 89 parents joining the training from 45 inclusive schools, equating to 169 totalparticipating parents. Qualitative research reports from the parents’ sharing and brainstorming session emerged into three different themes accordingly: 1) knowing more rights and support for their children, 2) have better knowledge, increase awareness, and a better understanding for living with children with special needs, and 3) managing children with disabilities as if this was a result of their “Bad Karma.”
The Effectiveness of the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) Model in Educational Psychology Learning
Authors: Haryati Sri
Published: December 2018

Theoretically, this research contributes to: (1) the development of educational psychology theory, and (2) the development of research-based learning theory; the research results are especially relevant to methods such as authentic learning, problem-based learning, cooperative learning, inquiry learning, process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) and contextual teaching and learning, which are currently increasingly popular. Practically, this research can be used as a teaching material for lecturers and students in lectures, and may be particularly beneficial as a comparative or supplemental book to enrich the educational psychology materials used in a new course of Faculty of Education and Teachers’ Training at Tidar University. The objectives of this study were: (1) to propose appropriate learning materials for the subject of educational psychology using research-based learning models, and (2) to test the effectiveness of research-based learning models, especially POGIL. The research was conducted among the second semester students in English Education Study Program. The research method used was Research and Development, which consisted of three steps, namely preparation, development, and reporting of results. The data analysis technique used was one group pre-test post-test design. This research succeeded in developing teaching materials for educational psychology using a research-based learning model and indicates that POGIL can improve students’ learning outcomes. The research results show that: (1) there is a significant difference between learning outcomes before and after learning using the POGIL model, as proven by the increase in the mean score from 58 to 91, and (2) there is no significant difference between the three sample groups using POGIL model in their learning, as proven by t-count being smaller than t-table, and the average post-test score of both groups 1 and 2 being 90, and the average post-test score of group 3 being 93.
A Novel Approach to Study the Effect of Ciprofloxacin on Biofilms of Corynebacterium spp. Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
Authors: OLENDER ALINA , BOGUT AGNIESZKA , MAGRYŚ AGNIESZKA , KRÓL-TURMIŃSKA KATARZYNA
Published: December 2018

Non-diphtherial corynebacteria are Gram-positive rods that cause opportunistic infections, what is supported by their ability to produce biofilm on artificial surfaces. In this study, the characteristic of the biofilm produced on vascular and urological catheters was determined using a confocal microscopy for the most frequently involved in infections diphtheroid species. They were represented by the reference strains of Corynebacterium striatum ATCC 6940 and C. amycolatum ATCC 700207. The effect of ciprofloxacin on the biofilm produced by the antibiotic-susceptible C. striatum strain was evaluated using three concentrations of the antimicrobial agent (2 ×, 4 ×, and 6 × the MIC – the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration). The basis for the interpretation of results was the statistical analysis of maximum points readings from the surface comprising a total of 245 areas of the biofilm image under the confocal microscope. It was observed that ciprofloxacin at a concentration equal to 4 × MIC paradoxically caused an enlargement of areas with live bacteria within the biofilm. Biofilm destruction required the application of ciprofloxacin at a concentration higher than 6 × MIC. This suggests that the use of relatively low doses of antimicrobial agents may increase the number of live bacteria within the biofilm, and further facilitate their detachment from the biofilm’s structure thus leading to the spread of bacteria into the bloodstream or to the neighboring tissues. The method of biofilm analysis presented here provides the original and novel approach to the investigation of the diphtheroid biofilms and their interaction with antimicrobial agents.
Culturable Endophytes Diversity Isolated from Paeonia ostii and the Genetic Basis for Their Bioactivity
Authors: YANG RUI-XIAN , ZHANG SHAO-WEN , XUE DONG , XUAN JUN-HAO , ZHANG YUAN-BO , PENG BIAO-BIAO
Published: December 2018

Paeonia ostii is known for its excellent medicinal values as Chinese traditional plant. To date, the diversity of culturable endophytes associated with P. ostii is in its initial phase of exploration. In this study, 56 endophytic bacteria and 51 endophytic fungi were isolated from P. ostii roots in China. Subsequent characterization of 56 bacterial strains by 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis revealed that nine families and 13 different genera were represented. All the fungal strains were classed into six families and 12 genera based on ITS gene sequence. The biosynthetic potential of all the endophytes was further investigated by the detection of putative polyketide synthase (PKS) and nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) genes. The PCR screens were successful in targeting thirteen bacterial PKS, five bacterial NRPS, ten fungal PKS and nine fungal NRPS gene fragments. Bioinformatic analysis of these detected endophyte gene fragments facilitated inference of the potential bioactivity of endophyte bioactive products, suggesting that the isolated endophytes are capable of producing a plethora of secondary metabolites. These results suggest that endophytes isolated from P. ostii had abundant population diversity and biosynthetic potential, which further proved that endophytes are valuable reservoirs of novel bioactive compounds.
Presentación
Authors: Zuluaga Mesa David Esteban
Published: December 2018

La investigación en ciencias sociales y humanas debe entenderse como unejercicio dialógico entre una matriz de prácticas discursivas y una matriz deprácticas humanas, cuya finalidad no debería ser la producción de artículospublicables en revistas de alto impacto, como propósito principal, sino laafectación de los contextos particulares de los que subyacen los problemas deinvestigación. Asunto que en muchas ocasiones se deja de lado.