bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA MELALUI PENDEKATAN RECIPROCAL TEACHING PADA MATERI OPERASI VEKTOR
Authors: Jaiman Maria J , Krisanti Lengkong Indira , Igo Leton Samuel
Published: December 2021

Penelitian ini merupakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar matematika siswa pada materi operasi vektor melaui pendekatan reciprocal teaching.  Subyek dalam penelitian ini yaitu peserta didik Kelas X IPA SMA Santa Angela Atambua yang berjumlah 12 orang.  Dalam mengumpulkan data, peniliti menggunakan beberapa instrumen, antara lain: lembar observasi kemampuan guru mengelola pembelajaran; lembar penilaian respons peserta didik, dan tes. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Hasil analisis data pada siklus 1, menunjukkan bahwa secara umum terdapat peningkatan hasil belajar siswa walaupun peningkatan tersebut dalam kategori rendah (nilai N-gain = 0,283); Kemampuan guru mengelola pembelajaran dalam kategori  cukup baik; dan respon peserta didik dalam kategori kurang baik. Hasil analisis data pada siklus 2, menunjukkan adannya peningkatan penguasaan akan konsep matematik dan peningkatan tersebut dalam ketegori sedang (nilai N-gain: 0,584); Kemampuan guru dalam mengelola pembelajaran dalam kategori baik dan respon peserta didik dalam kategori baik. Dengan demikian, kami menyimpulkan bahwa pendekatan reciprocal teaching dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar matematik siswa khususnya pada materi operasi vektor, meningkatkan kemampuan guru dalam mengelola pembelajaran dan juga dapat meningkatkan keaktifan siswa dalam pembelajaran matematika khususnya pada materi operasi vektor.
Analisis Pengelolaan Zakat, Infak, Dan Sedekah (ZIS) Untuk Meningkatkan Ekonomi Duafa (Studi Kasus di Lembaga Amil Zakat Nurul Hayat Cabang Medan )
Authors: Khairina Nazlah
Published: December 2021

This study aims to analyze the way LAZ Nurul Hayat collects ZIS funds and to analyze how the distribution of ZIS by Nurul Hayat in improving duafa economists, to analyze how the strategy carried out by LAZ Nurul Hayat in improving the economy of the poor. The research methodology is using the qualitative research with descriptive approach. Data collection techniques were carried out by in-depth interviews and documentation. The data analysis techniques are done by reducing, presenting data and drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that how to collect Zakat, Infaq, Sedekah funds is in three ways, namely amil coming to the place of muzaki, muzaki transferring funds to Nurul Hayat and the last one is muzaki coming directly to Nurul Hayat's office. Efforts in the distribution of ZIS in Nurul Hayat were carried out by direct survey of mustahik who were programmed to be given assistance, by choosing two categories, which were worthy of special assistance and worthy of assistance. The strategy carried out by Nurul Hayat is by monitoring the development of business carried out by mustahik who are given ZIS funds by monitoring and guiding if there are difficulties in developing their business.
PENGARUH ZAKAT PRODUKTIF BAZNAS KOTA MEDAN TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN USAHA DAN KESEJAHTERAAN MUSTAHIK DI KECAMATAN MEDAN TIMUR
Authors: Sundari Tanjung Dewi
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Zakat, Infaq and Productive Sadaqah on the growth of micro enterprises and mustahiq welfare in Medan City, and also to determine the effect of the growth of micro mustahiq businesses on mustahiq welfare in Medan City. This study belongs to the explanatory or confirmatory research category, which is to get an explanation of the relationships between variables. The object to be investigated / analyzed is the variable productive Islamic charity (ZIS) with micro-business variables and welfare variables mustahik on the Medan BAZDA. This research is a quantitative research that uses an analysis of the SPSS approach. The results showed that Zakat, Infaq and Productive Sadaqah had an effect on the growth of mustahiq micro enterprises in Medan City, whereas Zakat, Infaq and Productive Sadaqah did not affect the welfare of mustahiq in Medan City. The potential of ZIS in Medan City is actually quite large, if they distribute their zakat through the BAZNAS in Medan City, a larger fund will be collected for the benefit of the ummah.
PENGARUH PENGETAHUAN AKUNTANSI DAN PENGALAMAN USAHA TERHADAP PENGEMBANGAN USAHA DAN PENGGUNAAN INFORMASI AKUNTANSI SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Kajian Empiris Pada Pelaku Usaha Kecil dan Menengah di Kelurahan Tanjung Rejo Kecamatan Medan Sunggal)
Authors: Tambunan Formaida
Published: December 2021

This research aims to examine and analyze the influence of accounting knowledge and experience effort towards the development of a mediation effort with the use of accounting information on the perpetrators of the UKM. Research conducted in the village of Tanjung Rejo Medan Sunggal in 2019.This research is quantitative research associate. Population and sample of this research is 40 principals with UKM error rate of 5%. Types and sources of data that dikumulkan is quantitative data and secondary data by analyzing the use test, test the normality assumption linieritas and using path analysis. The conclusions of the results of this study are: 1) influential accounting knowledge against the use of accounting information, whereas business experience has no effect against the use of accounting information accounting knowledge, 2) knowledge of accounting and business experience a positive effect towards enterprise development, and 3) accounting knowledge and business experience have indirect influence through the use of accounting information to the development effort.
Analisi Persepsi Dosen Terhadap Perbankan Syariah (Studi Kasus Dosen Fakultas Ekonomi UMN)
Authors: Irham Mawaddah
Published: December 2021

Perception is the process of one's interpretation of the environment, in this case the perception of Islamic banking. The purpose of this study was to determine how perceptions of UMN economics lecturers on Islamic banking. The method used is a qualitative method. The data used are primary data in the form of a questionnaire. The results of the study provide data that 70% of informants agree with the principles of Islamic banks, that is monotheism. 40% of informants stated neutral and 33% agreed to Islamic bank operations and 44% stated neutral and 40% agreed to the objectives of Islamic banks.
ANALISIS PERBANDINGAN IMBAL HASIL INVESTASI PRODUK REKSADANA SYARIAH BERIMBANG DAN REKSADANA ANGGREK DI DANAREKSA SEKURITAS CABANG MEDAN
Authors: Rahmah Azizatur
Published: December 2021

Balanced Sharia Mutual Fund Product apply a cleaning or filtering process in the securities portfolio construction. The screening process carried out by removing the income obtained from activities thet are not in accordance with Islamic principles. This process raises doubts about the performance of this mutual fund. Investors also assume that the return on investment in Balanced Sharia Mutual Funds is not as large as the return on investment in the Orchid Mutual Fund. In this period, there is data that shows Balanced Sharia Mutual Funds experienced more profits than Anggrek Mutual Funds by 23 times. Even though during the research period Balanced Sharia Mutual Fund often provide higher invsetmen returns, Orchid Mutual Funds have also experienced the same thing. The results of calculations using the t-test method obtained t-count of 11.93. Thus t-stat>from t-table or 11.93>2.807. The t-stat value is obtained from the difference in the percentage of return on investment in the Orchid Mutual Fund minus the yeild for Balanced Sharia Mutual Funds of 171.77 divided by a deviation of 14.38. The conclusion of this study is that there are data that show Balanced Sharia Mutual Funds experience more benefits than Orchid Mutual Funds.
Sosialisasi Usaha Berbasis Syariah Pada Kelompok Tani Kembang Jaya Desa Buntu Pane - Asahan
Authors: Albutari Burhanuddin
Published: December 2021

 

Program kegiatan kewirausahan syariah ini dilatarbelakangi oleh peternak-peternak kambing yang masih tradisional, yaitu dengan sistem gembala. Namun di era modern ini, dengan semakin berkembangnya pengetahuan, dan perberdayaan ekonomi syariah diperlukan sebuah metode dan terobosan baru. Metode dan terobosan baru yang dapat dilakukan adalah dengan teknik fermentasi, dan sistem bagi hasil. Sosialisasi pengelolaan usaha berbasis syariah di Desa Buntu Pane Kecamatan Buntu Pane Asahan semacam ini masih relatif kecil. Melalui soisialisi ini diharapkan peserta kelompok tani lebih siap dalam menjalankan usaha yang sudah ada maupun merintis awal. Pengabdian sosialisasi ini diawali dengan penyampaian teori, berupa materi - materi ekonomi syariah dan model usaha berbasis syariah. Materi disampaikan dengan metode ceramah, diskusi dan tanya jawab yang bertempat di Balai Desa Buntu Pane tersebut. Peserta diberikan pemahaman terkait cara pengelolaan usaha berbasis syariah. Sosialisasi dihadiri oleh Kepala Desa dan aparatnya, serta diikuti oleh 17 orang peserta. Hasil dari pelatihan ini, mampu memberikan keterampilan dan pemahaman berkaitan dengan pengelolaan usaha berbasis syariah, sehingga peserta dimungkinkan  dapat mengembangkan usaha ternak kambing maupun membuka usaha baru sendiri khususnya dalam bidang usaha berbasis syariah  yang baik dan maju.
Change and Continuity in the Prehistoric Rock Art of East Siberia
Authors: Ponomareva Irina A.
Published: December 2021

The book offers a detailed study of large corpus of rock art which is little known to an international audience. The book covers not only a huge region of East Siberia but also a period spanning from Late Paleolithic to the Iron Age, providing detailed accounts of the regional archaeology and rock art through the perspective of ethnicity, identity, and symbolism.
Observatório de Saúde Bucal/UFPE
Authors: Figueiredo Nilcema , Gaspar Gabriela da Silveira , Almeida Danilo Rodrigues de Souza , Silva Danielle Ramalho Barbosa da , Chaves Amanda Maria , Silva Mário Filipe Verçosa de Melo , Ceissler Cindy Avani Silva , Goes Paulo Sávio Angeiras de
Published: December 2021

O programa de extensão Observatório de Saúde Bucal da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (OSB/UFPE) objetiva a gestão da informação e desenvolvimento de ferramentas digitais para a melhoria da governança na saúde bucal no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), por meio do desenvolvimento de pesquisa-ensino-extensão. Atualmente, abriga dois projetos: (1) Saúde Digital – desenvolvimento de ferramentas eletrônicas para avaliação de serviços e programas de saúde  –  e (2) Gestão da Informação em Saúde Bucal. A execução das ações tem caráter remoto, nas plataformas digitais e presenciais no Laboratório de Gestão da Informação em Saúde Bucalda UFPE. Para cada projeto, visando melhorar a qualificação dos atores envolvidos, tem havido seminários, cursos e eventos, bem como a disponibilização de produtos técnicos e científicos: pesquisas com estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação; elaboração e divulgação de boletins analíticos de serviços de saúde; desenvolvimento e uso de ferramentas de saúde digital. O OSB constituiu-se como uma rede colaborativa de trabalho com agentes múltiplos da academia (docentes, graduandos, residentes, mestrandos e mestres da área de Saúde Coletiva e Informática) e do serviço (gestores municipais e estadual, gerentes, profissionais e usuários dos serviços odontológicos do SUS), os quais se articulam sistematicamente para implementação das ações desenvolvidas conjuntamente. A operacionalização deste programa tem promovido a integração com o serviço, visando à melhoria das práticas da gestão e da atuação de profissionais nessa área e tem contribuído para a tomada de decisão ágil e oportuna, pautada na evidência científica, possibilitando melhoria de qualidade e promoção de saúde.
Percepções de egressos do curso de Odontologia sobre o estágio supervisionado na Atenção Primária em Saúde
Authors: Oliveira Mariana Dantas de , Silva Maria Leal Lima , Almeida Tatiana Frederico de , Pinheiro Luciana Oliveira Rangel , Cristino Patrícia Suguri
Published: December 2021

Desde os anos 1990, iniciou-se uma luta pela implementação de programas de qualificação dos recursos humanos para o trabalho no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), a exemplo do Programa de Educação pelo Trabalho na Saúde (PET Saúde). Apesar dos avanços, ainda persistem lacunas importantes na integração ensino-serviço-comunidade. Nesse sentido, o objetivo nesta pesquisa é analisar a percepção de egressos do curso de Odontologia da Escola Bahiana de Medicina de Saúde Pública sobre a vivência no Estágio Supervisionado na Atenção Primária em Saúde (APS). Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa, com a utilização de 12 entrevistas semiestruturadas individuais, realizadas presencialmente e à distância, submetidas à análise de conteúdo de Bardin. As categorias de análise foram: 1. As concepções sobre o SUS e a APS; e 2. O aprendizado no estágio e a qualidade da preceptoria. A principal contribuição sentida pelos egressos foi o desenvolvimento humanístico. A qualificação dos preceptores foi percebida como necessária para o êxito do estágio. Os resultados deste estudo reforçam a relevância da integração ensino-serviço-comunidade.
Analisis Video Share to Likes Ratio Pada 6 Brand Fashion Terkenal
Authors: putra yoga apriliana
Published: December 2021

TikTok merupakan aplikasi sosial media yang diluncurkan oleh perusahaan asal Tiongkok. TikTok memungkinkan penggunanya membuat video berdurasi 15 detik yang disertai dengan musik, filter, dan beberapa fitur kreatif lainnya. Pengguna TikTok yang semakin meningkat membuat banyak brand-brand dunia yang memanfaatkan TikTok sebagai media promosi produk yang mereka jual. Adapun 6 Brand Fashion Terkenal yang meanfaatkan TikTok sebagai media untuk promosi yaitu: Vessi, Gymshark, Levi’s, Crocs, Calvin Klein dan Guess. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kredibilitas performa dari akun TikTok 6 Brand Fashion Terkenal menggunakan Video Share to Likes Ratio. Metode yang digunakan adalah eksploratif kuantitatif untuk mengetahui kredibilitas dari performa akun TikTok 6 Brand Fashion Terkenal. Hasil dari penelitian ini menjukan bahwa Crocs mendapat peringkat pertama dan memiliki kredibilitas performa yang baik.
Environmental Roles and Benefits in Indonesian Language Learning
Authors: Disitri Viona
Published: December 2021

Environmental problems are very diverse and complex so that many environmental problems have failed to be resolved, this is not a new problem.
Motivasi dan kepemimpinan
Authors: Anwar Khaerul
Published: December 2021

Catatan mengenai tgs makalah (PENGMANAJ) mengenai tema "Motivasi dan kepemimpinan"
A review of fatigue test data on weld toe grinding and weld profiling
Authors: Braun Moritz , Wang Xiru
Published: December 2021

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of weld toe grinding and weld profiling on the fatigue strength of welded joints and the main influencing factors. Thus, experimental test results of welds improved by different grinding techniques are reviewed. In total, 445 small- and full-scale fatigue test results of various weld types and steel grades with yield strengths up to 1100 MPa are analysed. The obtained improvements of two FAT classes correspond well with current guidelines; however, a new S–N curve slope of m = 4 is recommended—in line with proposals for other weld geometry improvement techniques.
Panel Suisse LGBTIQ+ - Rapport de synthèse 2021.
Authors: Eisner Léïla , Hässler Tabea
Published: December 2021

Ce document est le rapport annuel 2021 du Panel Suisse LGBTIQ+.
Precise display time measurement in JavaScript for web-based experiments
Authors: Lukács Gáspár , Gartus Andreas
Published: December 2021

Conducting research via the internet is a formidable and ever-increasingly popular option for behavioral scientists. However, it is widely acknowledged that web-browsers are not optimized for research: In particular, the timing of display changes (e.g., a stimulus appearing on the screen), still leaves room for improvement. So far, the typically recommended best (or least worst) timing method has been a single requestAnimationFrame (RAF) JavaScript function call within which one would give the display command and obtain the time of that display change. In our Study 1, we assessed two alternatives: Calling the RAF twice consecutively, or calling the RAF during a continually ongoing independent loop of recursive RAF calls. While the former has shown little or no improvement as compared to single RAF calls, with the latter we significantly and substantially improved overall precision, and achieved practically faultless precision in most practical cases. In Study 2, we reassessed this “RAF loop” timing method with images in combination with three different display methods: We found that the precision remained high when using either visibility or opacity changes – while drawing on a canvas element consistently led to comparatively lower precision. We recommend the “RAF loop” display timing method for improved precision in future studies, and visibility or opacity changes when using image stimuli. We have also shared, in public repositories, the easy-to-use code for this method, exactly as employed in our studies.
Comparison of COVID-19 Antigen Test and HRCT Chest with RT- PCR Test for Diagnosis of COVID-19
Authors: Ghimire Pukar , Bhandari Isha , Bhandari Rajan , Bhandari Bibek
Published: December 2021

Introduction: We aim to compare Rapid Antigen Test and HRCT chest with Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for diagnosis of COVID-19.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional analytical study that included patients tested with RT-PCR and at least one of Rapid Antigen test or HRCT chest, conducted at College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, from June 2020 to Feb 2021 after obtaining the ethical clearance. Data analysis was done using statistical packages for social sciences version 16.
Results:  315 of 755(41.7%) patients had positive RT-PCR and 18.4% of 733 patients had positive antigen test. Of 600 patients, 106(14.0%) were found to have CO-RADS 1,152(20.1%) had CO-RADS 2, 77(10.2%) had CO-RADS 3, 18(2.4%) had CO-RADS 4 and 247(32.7%) had CO-RADS 5 score on HRCT. Rapid Antigen Test was found to have 43.6% sensitivity, 98.6% specificity, 95.6% Positive predictive value (PPV) and 72.1% negative predictive value (NPV).CO-RADS scoring system was able to distinguish between RT-PCR positive and RT-PCR negative results with an average Area under curve 0.787. CO-RADS 5 had a sensitivity of 71.6%, specificity of 85.1%, PPV of 80.6% and NPV of 77.6% for a positive RT-PCR result. A combination of CO-RADS 1 in HRCT chest and Negative Antigen test can predict PCR negative result with 23.6% sensitivity, 97.3% specificity, 90.5% PPV and 54.0% NPV.
Conclusions: Rapid Antigen Test is a better tool for confirmation rather than screening of COVID-19. HRCT chest with higher CO-RADS can be useful to diagnose COVID-19  in suspected patients, even if RT-PCR is negative.
Mathematical Techniques of Modelling Salary-Based Health Care Contribution
Authors: Michael Ogungbenle Gbenga
Published: December 2021

This paper is intended to support reforms counteracting the adverse health insurance contribution trends through constructing an actuarially equitable salary-based health care system for experienced health insurance underwriters. The focus is on contribution technique employed by experts who consult for health insurance funds especially when performing official duties as health insurance actuary. The objective is to construct actuarial models of computing employee’s, employer’s and government’s contribution for health insurance care program in a way that permits generally equitable cost-efficient health insurance coverage within the framework of obtainable health benefits policy. Nigeria’s low economic growth rate and primitive technology resulted in an increasing rate of health care costs and consequently, quality health care at affordable prices is far from the reach of enrollees because of inequitable distribution of costs. In order to solve this problem, we constructed a health care model with a deterministic salary function structure to compute contribution on behalf of enrollees as a paradigm shift to an actuarial system of modelling contribution with a goal to building a sustainable health insurance delivery that encourages good health outcomes. From our results, the rate derived from our current model is far below the official rating of  on employee’s salary which is not footed on actuarial basis and hence cheaper and more equitable to adopt.
Analisis Jumlah dan Sudut Blade terhadap Kecepatan dan Tekanan Turbin Air Savonius dengan Metode CFD
Authors: Suanggana Doddy
Published: December 2021

Salah satu sumber energi yang dapat menghasilkan listrik ramah lingkungan adalah tenaga air. Turbin air memiliki berbagai macam tipe yang digunakan sesuai dengan keadaan aliran air. Turbin tipe savonius digunakan untuk mengembangkan sumber energi air ini, yang memiliki daerah aliran sempit dan kecepatan aliran air rendah. Salah satu jenis turbin tersebut adalah turbin savonius, yang utamanya digunakan untuk memanfaatkan energi angin untuk kemudian diaplikasikan pada pembuatan turbin air. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai dan pengaruh dari jumlah dan sudut blade pada distribusi tekanan dan kecepatan pada turbin. Penelitian dilakukan dengan membuat model dan menggunakan software simulasi Solidworks Flow Simulation 2020. Pada distribusi kecepatan, rata-rata paling tinggi terjadi pada turbin 2 sudu dengan sudut blade 135° yaitu 1,437 m/s. Sedangkan yang paling rendah terjadi pada turbin 4 sudu dengan sudut blade 90° yaitu 1,420 m/s. Pada turbin 2 sudu dengan sudut blade 135° memberikan perbedaan distribusi rata-rata tekanan paling tinggi yaitu 101.338,74 Pa, sedangkan turbin dengan jumlah 4 sudu dengan sudut blade 135° memberikan perbedaan distribusi rata-rata tekanan paling rendah yaitu 101.333,21 Pa.
The association of postoperative dexmedetomidine with pain, opiate utilization, and hospital length of stay in children post–Chiari malformation decompression
Authors: Cater Daniel T. , Rogerson Colin M. , Hobson Michael J. , Ackerman Laurie L. , Rowan Courtney M.
Published: December 2021

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to determine the association of postoperative dexmedetomidine with markers of pain in children undergoing Chiari malformation decompression. The authors hypothesized that patients receiving dexmedetomidine postoperatively would have decreased cumulative opiate use. They further hypothesized that there would be no difference in median pain scores, outcomes, or medication adverse events.

METHODS

An IRB-approved retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing Chiari malformation decompression from December 1, 2015, to December 31, 2018, was performed. Patients aged 0–21 years who underwent intradural Chiari malformation decompression at a single institution were included. Data for those who used dexmedetomidine postoperatively were compared with those who did not use dexmedetomidine. The primary outcome was cumulative opiate use throughout hospitalization. Secondary outcomes included pain scores, ancillary medication use, adverse events, hospital and ICU length of stay, readmission rates, and hospital cost.

RESULTS

The authors reviewed the records of 172 patients who underwent Chiari malformation decompression. Of those patients, 86 received dexmedetomidine postoperatively and 86 did not. Demographics were not different between the groups. Patients who received dexmedetomidine postoperatively received more doses of dexamethasone and were also more frequently exposed to dexmedetomidine intraoperatively (p = 0.028). Patients who received dexmedetomidine postoperatively used fewer morphine equivalents during their admission (1.02 mg/kg vs 1.43 mg/kg, p = 0.003). The patients who received dexmedetomidine postoperatively also had lower median pain scores on postoperative day 0 (0 vs 2, p < 0.001), lower median pain scores throughout the entire admission (1 vs 2, p < 0.001), and lower maximum pain scores recorded (6 vs 8, p = 0.005). Adjusting for steroid dose number and intraoperative dexmedetomidine exposure, postoperative dexmedetomidine remained associated with lower opiate dosing, lower pain scores on postoperative day 0, lower scores throughout hospital stay, and lower maximum pain scores. Patients who received dexmedetomidine had shorter hospital lengths of stay by 19 hours (p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences in medication adverse events or hospital costs between the two groups.

CONCLUSIONS

Postoperative dexmedetomidine use was associated with decreased opiate use, lower pain scores, and shorter hospital length of stay in this cohort. Dexmedetomidine may be considered as a safe adjuvant medication that may have opiate-sparing effects for this patient population.
Use of the LACE+ index to predict readmissions after single-level lumbar fusion
Authors: Borja Austin J. , Glauser Gregory , Strouz Krista , Ali Zarina S. , McClintock Scott D. , Schuster James M. , Yoon Jang W. , Malhotra Neil R.
Published: December 2021

OBJECTIVE

Spinal fusion is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures. The LACE (length of stay, acuity of admission, Charlson Comorbidity Index [CCI] score, and emergency department [ED] visits within the previous 6 months) index was developed to predict readmission but has not been tested in a large, homogeneous spinal fusion population. The present study evaluated use of the LACE+ score for outcome prediction after lumbar fusion.

METHODS

LACE+ scores were calculated for all patients (n = 1598) with complete information who underwent single-level, posterior-only lumbar fusion at a single university medical system. Logistic regression was performed to assess the ability of the LACE+ score as a continuous variable to predict hospital readmissions within 30 days (30D), 30–90 days (30–90D), and 90 days (90D) of the index operation. Secondary outcome measures included ED visits and reoperations. Subsequently, patients with LACE+ scores in the bottom decile were exact matched to the patients with scores in the top 4 deciles to control for sociodemographic and procedural variables.

RESULTS

Among all patients, increased LACE+ score significantly predicted higher rates of readmissions in the 30D (p < 0.001), 30–90D (p = 0.001), and 90D (p < 0.001) postoperative windows. LACE+ score also predicted risk of ED visits at all 3 time points and reoperations at 30–90D and 90D. When patients with LACE+ scores in the bottom decile were compared with patients with scores in the top 4 deciles, higher LACE+ score predicted higher risk of readmissions at 30D (p = 0.009) and 90D (p = 0.005). No significant difference in hospital readmissions was observed between the exact-matched cohorts.

CONCLUSIONS

The present results suggest that the LACE+ score demonstrates utility in predicting readmissions within 30 and 90 days after single-level lumbar fusion. Future research is warranted that utilizes the LACE+ index to identify strategies to support high-risk patients in a prospective population.
Ampelografska evaluacija klonskih kandidata sorte 'Graševina bijela' (Vitis vinifera L.) u uvjetima vinogorja Zagreb
Authors: Andabaka Željko , Stupić Domagoj , Tomaz Ivana , Štambuk Petra , Karoglan Kontić Jasminka , Šikuten Iva , Maletić Edi , Marković Zvjezdana , Preiner Darko , Filaković Klara
Published: December 2021

Graševina bijela najzastupljenija je i gospodarski najvažnija sorta u Republici Hrvatskoj. Uzgaja se u vinogradarskim regijama Zapadna i Istočna kontinentalna Hrvatska. Njena prilagodljivost klimatskim uvjetima jedna je od brojnih karakteristika koje ovu sortu čine popularnom među vinogradarima. Uočena je unutarsortna varijabilnost među populacijom Graševine bijele zbog čega je 2004. godine pokrenut projekt klonske selekcije na području vinogorja Kutjevo. U razdoblju od 2004. do 2015. godine, odabrano je dvanaest klonskih kandidata koji su se istaknuli od ostatka populacije po pozitivnim osobinama. Ovih dvanaest klonskih kandidata posađeno na Vinogradarsko-vinarsko pokušalište Jazbina s ciljem daljnjeg proučavanja njihovih karakteristika te nastavka postupka individualne klonske selekcije. Nakon ulaska nasada u puni rod, provedeno je proučavanje najbitnijih gospodarskih karakteristika. Utvrđene su značajne razlike između klonova za sljedeća svojstva: prirod, broj grozdova po trsu, osnovni pokazatelji kakvoće mošta.
On «tax productivity» of Russian manufacturing industry
Authors: Kalinin Alexey
Published: December 2021

The government considers economy as a source for solving its problems, such as the production of public goods, the redistribution policy, etc. Since the mechanism for collecting these resources is taxation, a “tax productivity” may be of interest along with labor productivity expressed in the income or added value created. The possibility of calculating this indicator at the micro level (data of taxpayers) appeared with the Federal Tax Service of Russia publication of open data on tax paid, the average personnel headcount and other enterprise indicators.
According to the open data available, calculations of indicators reflecting labor productivity (the ratio of income to the average headcount), the tax burden (the ratio of taxes paid to income) and tax productivity are presented in the article, with the sectoral distribution of median indicators (OKVED subsections) for the manufacturing industry in 2019. It is shown that each job in industry gives the government about 50-300 thousand rubles a year.
Based on the results of the calculations, significant differences in productivity between industries and within them are confirmed. In general, Russian taxation system maintains horizontal equality of tax liabilities, except for activities subject to excise duties. For the data array of taxpaying enterprises, this relationship is weakening, i.e., enterprises with higher labor productivity may have higher or lower tax burdens. From the point of view of tax productivity, there is no reason to speak of an obvious, pronounced stimulating or restraining nature of the tax system, which ensures a decrease in the burden or, conversely, an increase in fees for efficient industrial enterprises.
Журналістика і публіцистика Бориса Грінченка в контексті сьогодення
Authors: Яременко Василь
Published: December 2021

Публіцистика Бориса Грінченка – це підсумок його громадсько-політичної діяльності. Публіцистичні жанри – нариси, фейлетони, критичні статті, полемічні і дискусійні статті і навіть публіцистичні замітки – серцевина журналістики. Публіцистика у будь-якому періодичному виданні творить обличчя цього видання, декларує приналежність його до тієї чи іншої ідеології, творення ідеалу найкращим чином організованого суспільства. Всі ці завдання у публіцистиці цієї особистості окреслені гранично чітко.

Комуністична ідеологія трактувала Бориса Грінченка як ідеолога буржуазного націоналізму, «співця петлюрівщини», культуртрегера, автора «теорії малих діл». Це «здобуток» радянської методології. До 1917 року націоналізм означав патріотизм, а не шовінізм. Космополітизм трактувався як інтернаціоналізм. З часом суть термінів змінилася до протилежної.

Історія Грінченкової публіцистики засвідчує, що він відстоював визначений Шевченком національний шлях розвитку України і в реалізації цього шляху бачив суть свого життя. Він, з певними застереженнями, схилявся до ідеології радикалізму і для реалізації програми національного розвитку і побудови національної держави створив Українську радикальну партію, згодом об’єднався із Демократичною партією Л. Жебуньова в Українську радикально-демократичну партію. Серед близько 20 партійних брошур кілька були написані самим Грінченком, а ще ним укладено (№ 7) збірник поетичної публіцистики, точніше – публіцистичної поезії, – «Червона квітка» (1905).

У 1892 році Борис Грінченко зробив остаточний ідеологічний і культурно-науковий вибір. Свідченням цьому є полеміка Грінченка із Драгомановим про шляхи розвитку України і роль Шевченка в націєтворенні (Грінченко, 1994). Це листи з майбутньої України. Пройшли через УНР, УРСР, щоб у 1991 році одержати назву держава Україна.

«Листи з України Наддніпрянської», «Галицькі вірші», «На беспросветном пути», «Зачем?», «Тяжким шляхом», «Було, є, буде», «Нова сем’я», «Нарід в неволі» – це классика української публіцистики незабутнього значення.

Ці твори мають освоювати студенти історики, філологи, політологи, журналісти, які історію журналістики мають вивчати не як історію періодичних видань, а як історію української суспільно-політичної думки, відображеної на сторінках численних видань, в яких він брав участь.
Просвітницька місія реклами західноукраїнських газетно-журнальних видань (1919–1939 рр.)
Authors: Ніронович Ірина
Published: December 2021

У статті розглянуто стратегічні і тактичні функції реклами, проаналізовано особливості рекламування у західноукраїнських газетно-журнальних виданнях, які виходили в умовах жорстокого поневолення українців шовіністичною владою Польщі (1919–1939 рр.). Держави Антанти 15 березня 1923 р. визнали право Польщі на Східну Галичину – Львівське, Станіславське і Тернопільське воєводства, які сформувалися ще у підавстрійський період, мали свою регіональну специфіку. Вона виражалася в активному українському національному русі, діяльності національних партій і товариств, розвитку національних пресових органів.

У міжвоєнний період у Галичині виходило майже 700 різних газет і журналів. У багатьох із них, зокрема, у «Ділі», «Центрореклямі», «Громадському Вістнику», «Свободі», «Громадському Голосі», «Ниві», «Вперед» та інших виданнях друкували рекламні повідомлення, які відображали суспільно-політичне, соціально-економічне, культурно-мистецьке життя західноукраїнського краю. Рекламодавці та працівники газет і журналів поглиблювати просвітницько-національну, концептуально-тематичну сутність реклами.

Наголошено, що рекламні повідомлення відповідали на три важливі запитання: що рекламуємо, для кого рекламуємо і як рекламуємо? Потужна просвітницько-національна реклама кооперативного руху під гаслом «Свій до свого по своє!» викликала протидію і негативну реакцію як польських, так і єврейських промисловців. Адже економічне зростання української кооперації сприяло підвищенню ролі українців у політичному житті Польщі, формуванню національної свідомості, незалежницьких державницьких переконань.

На основі аналізу різного виду газетних і рекламних повідомлень зроблено висновок, що реклама – активний політико-ідеологічний, соціально-економічний, мовно-культурний комунікатор. В сучасних умовах російсько-української війни, антиукраїнської інформаційно-психологічної агресії потрібно цілеспрямовано вивчати досвід рекламної комунікації західноукраїнських газетно-журнальних видань. Спираючись на цей досвід, поглиблювати емоційну та раціональну сутність рекламування, щоби формувати в українців національну гідність та соборну ідентичність, сприяти розвитку економіки, соціальних послуг, утвердженню морально-духовних цінностей.
Management Culture Metaphysics: Chaos, Order, Harmony
Authors: Kovalenko Yelena
Published: December 2021

Introduction. Modern science, based on the abstract-logical method of cognition, is not able to comprehend the deep meaning of management culture in the organization processes of nature and society. A manager who uses a purely scientific approach will see only a part of the management object and not all its integrity and completeness. Purpose and methods. The purpose of the article is a metaphysical analysis of chaos, order, and harmony as fundamental concepts of general management culture, which will create a reliable tool for penetrating the depths of things and give not secondary interpretations, but to understand the essence of management culture yesterday, today and in the future. The methodological basis of the study is the metaphysical and dialectical principles of cognition, systemic and culturological approaches to the study of organizational phenomena and processes, as well as the fundamental provisions of the theory and history of culture. Results. The main approaches to the representation of chaos, order, and harmony in the mythopoetic picture of the world are considered. The most significant features of understanding chaos, order, and harmony in the philosophy of culture of the East are determined. The specifics of chaos, order, and harmony reflection in the philosophy of Western culture are revealed. A metaphysical synthesis of philosophical and scientific approaches to understanding chaos, order, and harmony in the context of management culture is carried out, and its deep essence is revealed. Conclusions. For the first time, a metaphysical analysis of chaos, order, and harmony in the organizational and cultural aspect was conducted, which allowed to penetrate the environment of transcendent management culture and to comprehend its deep meaning. The significance of the study is manifested in the addition of science to new theoretical provisions on the management culture metaphysics, as well as the possibility of using them in the training process of organizations’ managers.
Egypt: NGOs need to join forces to end FGC
Authors:   Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Published: December 2021

Until recently, the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) has been nearly universal in Egypt. However, a 1998 national survey found the first signs of a decline in the practice among adolescents since 1994. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in community development, health, and women’s rights have played a leading role in advocating eradication of FGC in Egypt. To document and assess the impact of anti-FGC programs, the Population Council conducted an assessment from August 1999 to February 2000. Researchers telephoned numerous Egyptian NGOs to identify those most actively involved in anti-FGC programs. Then they conducted in-depth interviews with officials of 15 NGOs, as well as staff of the Ministry of Health and Population, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund. As concluded in this brief, 15 Egyptian nongovernmental organizations are actively involved in programs to eradicate the practice of female genital cutting. To make these programs more effective, NGOs should form coalitions, engage in advocacy, train activists in communication skills, and evaluate the impact of their programs.
Mali: FGC excisors persist despite entreaties
Authors:   Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Published: December 2021

About 94 percent of Malian women aged 15–49 have experienced female genital cutting (FGC). In Mali, FGC is associated with serious gynecological and obstetric complications. In 1998, the National Center of Scientific and Technological Research of the Mali Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research conducted an evaluation of programs to eradicate FGC. The study assessed the work of three national nongovernmental organizations working in Bamako and five regions of Mali. These NGOs had attempted to persuade traditional practitioners of FGC (“excisors”) to abandon the practice. All three NGOs employed outreach workers to educate excisors and community members on the adverse effects of FGC on women’s health. Two NGOs developed income-generation schemes to provide the excisors with alternate revenues. One NGO sought to train excisors to advocate discontinuation of FGC. As this brief concludes, programs to persuade traditional practitioners to discontinue the practice of female genital FGC are ineffective, and interventions must address the demand for FGC rather than focusing on the supply.
Men as Supportive Partners in Reproductive Health: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality
Authors: Raju Saraswati , Leonard Ann
Published: December 2021

This book builds on presentations of the Workshop on Men as Supportive Partners in Reproductive and Sexual Health held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1998. By analyzing the experiences of nongovernmental organizations across India, this publication reviews important concerns that should inform the discourse on male partnership. The previous views of reaching men as contraceptive users and removing them as impediments to women’s efforts to control fertility are too limited. The argument is not whether men and women should use family planning, but rather the extent to which men can become supportive of women’s reproductive and sexual rights and actively take part in responsible and healthy reproductive behavior. Applied research is needed to learn how to stimulate and support positive and healthy sexual partnerships between women and men. It is important to demonstrate that contraceptive safety and continuation, safer sexual behaviors, use of reproductive health services, reduction in morbidity and mortality, and other health outcomes can be improved through the positive involvement of men as supportive partners and responsible parents. This publication provides a wealth of information on male partnership issues.
Report on the International Symposium on Quality of Care in China
Authors:   Population Council
Published: December 2021

In 1995, China’s State Family Planning Commission (SFPC), the governmental agency charged with developing and implementing China’s population policy, issued an official call for the reorientation of the family planning program from a focus on demographic targets to meeting clients’ needs. In support of this reorientation effort, the SFPC selected six rural counties and five urban districts with comparatively good socioeconomic conditions as pilot sites for a quality-of-care experiment. This report provides a summary of an international symposium on quality of care held in Beijing from November 17–19, 1999. The symposium was sponsored by SFPC with the support of the Ford Foundation as part of the international collaboration on China’s quality-of-care initiative. The purpose of the symposium was threefold: to review the experiences of China’s quality-of-care initiative in the pilot counties and districts to date; to discuss strategies for institutionalizing the quality-of-care approach in the pilot sites; and to discuss expansion and further development of the program throughout China, in keeping with the SFPC’s decision that the quality-of-care experiment should be expanded nationwide.
Editorial: COVID-19 Chaos and Complexity in Universities
Authors: Kangira Jairos , Hall Judith
Published: December 2021

When the devastating COVID-19 pandemic struck the world, universities had to pragmatically deal with change and adaptation in order to survive. Up to now, our universities are still adapting to the change in every respect because of the pandemic which is still amongst us. We have witnessed remarkable ways in which students, staff and stakeholders have adapted to the complexities brought by the pandemic. It has been established that in organisations, there is a strong relationship between evolution, adaptation and survival. Keith Morrison in the ‘School Leadership and Complexity Theory’ discussion (2002) suggests ‘Complexity to be a theory of change and adaptation detailing how change occurs in systems as well as the principles and mindsets needed to flourish in turbulent environments’ that has not changed since 2002. Morrison’s theory is applicable to the situations our higher education institutions are in, especially now during the troubled time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Right of Access to Information Conundrums in Zimbabwe
Authors: Ndlovu Eventhough , Dube Hlengiwe
Published: December 2021

The end of year 2019 saw the outbreak of a global pandemic, COVID-19 which is caused by the deadly and novel coronavirus. Zimbabwe was second in Southern Africa to declare a national lockdown and adopted measures such as surveillance, testing and contact tracing to fight and contain the virus. Efforts to fight and contain the pandemic globally led to intensified efforts of information dissemination in various languages and forms of communication. Against this background, this article examines the right of access to information conundrums during the COVID-19 pandemic with particular reference to ethnic minority language speakers, the visually impaired, the Deaf and hard of hearing in Zimbabwe. Data from document analysis of the statutory instruments regulating access to information, language rights and the right to healthcare, observations of the actual practice in as far as information dissemination on the pandemic was concerned and semi-structured interviews with purposively sampled participants showed that in Zimbabwe, the right of access to critical information on the pandemic was not evenly enjoyed, a problem which had a bearing on the right to healthcare and language rights. Some sections of the Zimbabwean society, especially ethnic minority language speakers and persons with disabilities endured information blackouts due to lack of access to information on the pandemic in the languages that they understand and in forms of communication suitable for persons with disabilities. These findings point to the dire need of an explicit information dissemination language policy which takes into account the language preferences of the people affected by governmental communication or measures.
Wege zur Übernahme gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung: Über Self-Commitments zu reflexiven Bildungsprozessen
Authors: Ruesch Schweizer Corinne , Zimmermann Janine , Theiler-Scherrer Käthi , Schumann Svantje
Published: December 2021

Die Studie zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung-App (BNE-App) der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) weist darauf hin, dass sich die mit einem Self-Commitment erworbenen Erfahrungen auf Bewusstwerdung, Reflexion und Verantwortungsübernahme auswirken und damit Potential haben, transformatives Lernen anzustoßen.
Researching and shaping local sustainable food systems–development of a learning module
Authors: Michenthaler Johanna , Salzmann-Schojer Katharina
Published: December 2021

This article presents a learning module that was developed within the framework of an international Erasmus+ project and in cooperation with 20 prospective teachers. The learning module enables learners of school-based vocational education to intensively deal with the food system(s) of their region. The comprehensive learning materials and lesson plans are made freely available.