bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Disleksili Çocuklarda Dans Hareket Terapisinin Praksis Üzerindeki Etkisi; Vaka Serisi Çalışması
Authors: DOĞAN Fatıma Zehra , AKEL Burcu Semin
Published: May 2021

Amaç:
Çalışmamızın amacı disleksili çocuklarda dans ve hareket terapisinin somatodispraksi
, bilateral integrasyon,  sıralama
eksikliği ve dengeye etkisini incelemektir. Gerekçe ve yöntem: Çalışmaya dahil
edilme kriteri 6-14 yaş arası disleksi tanısı almış çocuklar olmak olarak
belirlendi. Çalışma süresi boyunca yapılan duyurulara dört çocuk katılmaya
gönüllü olarak cevap verdi. Çalışma kapsamında bireylerin praksis becerileri Ayres
duyu bütünleme testinin parametreleri kullanılarak değerlendirildi. Çalışmaya
katılan bireyler müdahale öncesi ve 5 seanslık müdahale sonrası iki defa
değerlendirildi. Sonuçlar: Çalışmaya 4 kişi ile başlamış olup, 2 kişinin
bırakması nedeniyle 2 kişi ile çalışma sonlandırıldı. Bireylerin sonuçlarında
olumlu artış en fazla sağ-sol ayrımı ve postür taklidi parametresinde görüldü.
Tartışma: Uygun müdahale teknikleri disleksi çocuklarda motor performansını
artırabilir. Çalışmamız dans ve hareket terapisinin iki vakada praksis becerilerinde
artış yarattığını gösterdi. Ayrıca çocukların duygusal gelişim, iletişim ve
beden farkındalığı açısından dans terapisinden yararlandıkları gözlemlendi. Katılımcı
sayısının az olması çalışmamızın sonuçlarının genellenebilirliğini
etkilemektedir.
Leisure Time Physical Activity in Adolescents and Adults with Cerebral Palsy
Authors: KAYA CİDDİ Pınar , TUNCA Öznur
Published: May 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the level of participation in leisure time physical activity (LTPA) of adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy (CP).Material and Method: 35 individuals with CP over the age of 16 (22.6 ± 5.5 years) were included in study. A questionnaire has been prepared by researchers to investigate participation of individuals in LTPA. Individuals were asked whether they did any LTPA. If so, the type, frequency, intensity, duration were questioned.Results: It was determined 91.4% of individuals were interested in some form of LTPA and they were interested in 8 activities (home exercises, walking, swimming, fitness, exercise bike, bowling, cycling and football) out of 14 activities offered to them, 74.2% of them do this activity once a week, and 65.7% of them want to get interested new activities but couldn’t perform due to various barriers.Discussion: It was demonstrated that diversity and frequency of activities in adolescents and adults with CP were inadequate and interventions aimed at increasing community participation, and diversity and frequency of LTPA in adolescent and adult CP patients are needed.
Strategy for Energy-Efficient Office Building of Public University in Malaysia: Case Study
Authors:   Faculty of Business and Management,   DRB-HICOM University of Automotive Malaysia, 26607 Pekan, Pahang, MALAYSIA, Tahir Mohamad Zamhari , Mohd Nawi Mohd Nasrun ,   Disaster Management Institute (DMI),   Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, MALAYSIA, Zulhumadi Faisal ,   School of Technology Management and Logistics,   Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA
Published: May 2021

Malaysia’s public university campuses should be a good example of pioneering efforts to achieve good energy efficiency in government-owned office buildings. While there is concern about achieving energy efficiency in office buildings, there are still many energy efficiency problems that cause an increase in operating expenses every year. Based on a preliminary energy audit of two main office buildings at two separate public university campuses in Malaysia, this study investigated possible strategies. During the audit process, there was a range of different approaches that were introduced and proposed, which include no-cost, low-cost, and high-cost energy measures. However, in addressing energy efficiency issues, there are three practical energy-saving measures to be considered, not only in the university’s main buildings but also in other government office buildings. Such energy-saving measures involve the lighting system, air-conditioning system, and building envelope. The measures chosen as a strategy described in this paper have been researched recently, or are currently on-going studies. All of these strategies have been and are being implemented in these two campuses, and are therefore examples of practical solutions that can be applied according to budget planning and annual budget allocations. The findings and strategies of this study are expected to be a form of guidance to address issues related to energy management in office buildings. The end of this paper provides some recommendations in future and similar studies that may be conducted for all office buildings within these two campuses containing different building designs and features.
Systematic Review of Cost Overrun Research in the Developed and Developing Countries
Authors:   Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying,  Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA, Ismail Mohamad Zahierruden , Mohamad Ramly Zuhaili ,   Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying,  Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA, Adul Hamid Razali ,   Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying,  Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA
Published: May 2021

For decades, reputation of the construction industry has been tainted by poor cost performance caused by project cost overrun. In addition, studies by scholars worldwide have also found cost overrun to be more serious in developing countries compared to the developed countries. Despite the numerous researches addressing the issue of cost overrun in the construction industry through the years, the issue remains. Acknowledging that maintaining good cost performance is a key factor of project success and that the issue has persisted for decades, this study aims to explore the distinction of cost overrun studies that has been conducted between developed nations and developing nations. In achieving this aim, a systematic literature review is performed by following the integrative steps of PSALSAR (Protocol, Search, Appraisal, Synthesis, Analysis and Report) and PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) for screening and selecting the retrieved studies. The synthesis and screening of literatures have yielded with 152 articles which are then classified into their countries, developed countries (44) and developing countries (108). The results indicated a significant difference in the domain of research on cost overrun between the 2 nations. Despite the numerous studies on cost overrun in the developing nations compared to developed nations, the majority of the studies are not directed to any specific type construction while developed nations have moved forward to focus on more specific projects. The project with the highest attention in the developed nations is transport infrastructure construction projects, particularly rail infrastructure projects. The findings of this study have shown that there have been broad studies conducted on cost overrun in both developing nations and developed nations. However, there is a slight lacking in comprehensiveness of cost overrun studies in the developing nations, perhaps future studies on cost overrun in developing nations can be directed to more specific areas of construction projects such as those that have been performed by researchers of the developed nations.
E pluribus unum Shrugged: Ayn Rand Against American Conservatism and Libertarianism
Authors:   Merced College, Caivano Dean
Published: May 2021

The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in the works of twentieth-century Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand. Political events ranging from the rise of the Tea Party to the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump have only helped to spur this resurgence, further evident in film adaptations and reissues of her popular literary novels. Political pundits abound have, in turn, deemed the return of Ayn Rand as a victory for libertarian thought and the Republican Party, more broadly. However, in this paper I contest such a theoretical synergy and complicate the Rand/Republican Party interplay by suggesting that it rests on false grounds. Drawing from Rand’s Objectivism, I argue that modern-day Republican Party politics, specifically conservative and libertarian strains of thought, fail on epistemological grounds. The philosophical writings of the Russian-born, turned-American philosopher therefore are not only incompatible, but function as a forceful critique against the governing platform of the Republican Party in preparation for the 2022 midterm elections.
Online Donation for Covid-19 as Connective Action in Indonesia and Vietnam
Authors:   National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan), University of Muhammadiyah Malang (Indonesia), Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (Vietnam), Effendi Tonny Dian , Xuan Nong Thi
Published: May 2021

This study discusses how the internet facilitated the online donation movement to help deal with the Covid-19 in Indonesia and Vietnam. The internet has critical roles in online donations by spreading information, connecting individuals, and making an online donation movement. We use the connective action concept to explain how the social movement is developed by connecting people through the loose organizational or no-organizational platform. We find that the internet and social media have an essential role in informing, connecting, and simultaneously being a means of online donation activities of individuals from various backgrounds. In this action, individuals are connected emotionally and encourage their empathy and solidarity across identities. In other words, the online connection encourages people to gather and donate as social action. However, in contrast to the connective action concept based on real (offline) action, the online donation for Covid-19 shows that individuals are connected and act online. Therefore, conceptually, the online donation case could enrich the connective action concept in the context of online connection and online action.
Analysis of Determinants of Stock Transaction Volume and Its Effect on the LQ45 Stock Price Index on IDX 2010-2020 Period
Authors:   Mercu Buana University, Indonesia, Salim Mohammad Noor , Pratama Gabriel Anugrah
Published: May 2021

The LQ45 stock index is a stock index that concerns investors in monitoring the development of company performance that is included in the LQ45 index calculation. Several factors that can cause the movement of the LQ45 stock index include BI interest rates, exchange rates, and global stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Composite Index. The study was conducted to determine the effect of the BI interest rate, dollar exchange rate, yuan exchange rate and the Shanghai Composite Index (SSE) on the LQ45 stock index. The study was conducted using 121 samples consisting of monthly data for all variables from 2010 to 2020. Data analysis was performed using multiple linear regression analysis techniques. The results show the BI interest rate, dollar exchange rate, yuan exchange rate and Shanghai Composite index simultaneously have a significant effect on the LQ45 stock index. BI interest rate and yuan exchange rate partially have a significant effect on the LQ45 stock index. The dollar exchange rate and Shanghai Composite index have no significant effect on the LQ45 stock index. The BI interest rate, dollar exchange rate, yuan exchange rate and Shanghai Composite index simultaneously affect volume of transactions. Partially, BI interest rate, dollar exchange rate, yuan exchange rate have a significant effect on transaction volume, while Shanghai Composite index has no significant effect on transaction volume. Simultaneously, BI interest rate, dollar exchange rate, yuan exchange rate, and Shanghai Composite index have a significant effect on the LQ45 stock index with transaction volume as an intervening variable.
Smartphone Perception and Experiences of Teacher Candidates During Covid 19 Process: What is My Smartphone for Me?
Authors:   Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey, Adalar Hayati
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this study is to reveal the experiences of the teacher candidates about their personal phones, their phone usage situations and their perceptions about their smartphones during the Covid-19 process. The mixed method procedure was followed in the study. In the quantitative dimension, the survey model was used in order to reveal the smartphone usage status of the teacher candidates, while in the qualitative dimension, the phenomenology model was used to determine their perceptions about the smartphone. The sample of the study consisted of 45 teacher candidates studying in the faculty of education at a state university located in Turkey's Aegean region during the 2020-2021 fall semester. The data of the study were collected by the researcher with a questionnaire form created by taking the literature review and expert opinion. The quantitative data collected within the scope of the research were subjected to statistical analysis. The metaphors collected in qualitative dimension were analyzed with content analysis. Research findings indicated that the teacher candidates were generally aware of the technical features of their personal phones. On the other hand, it has been determined that they are indecisive in controlling themselves about their phone usage, being dependent on their phones and being aware of their phone time. It has been observed that the teacher candidates produced metaphors for their smart phones that point to the themes of “addiction, functionality, correct use, having a happy time, socialization/communication and other.” It can be said that the research is important in terms of providing researchers and decision makers with new perspectives on the smartphone perception and experiences of teacher candidates in the Covid-19 process.
Investigation of Mathematics Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Teaching Mathematics in the COVID-19 Pandemic Process
Authors:   Sakarya University, Turkey, TAKUNYACI Mithat
Published: May 2021

Teachers’ beliefs about teaching mathematics have a great influence on students’ success in mathematics. In addition, teachers with high teaching efficacy beliefs create classroom environments where students can be more successful. In the light of this information, the importance of understanding mathematics teachers’ beliefs about their competence has to be considered in mathematics teaching. In this study, a relational survey model was used to examine secondary mathematics teachers’ efficacy beliefs about teaching mathematics in terms of some variables. The sample of the study consists of 165 mathematics teachers selected with the stratified sampling method. In this study, Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Belief Scale, developed by Enochs, Smith, and Huinker (2000) and adapted to Turkish by Takunyacı and Aydın (2013) was used. The first finding of our study is mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics teaching were medium level. The second finding of our study is the personal mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of male teachers were significantly higher than female teachers, while female teachers’ efficacy beliefs about outcome expectations in mathematics teaching were significantly higher than male teachers. The third finding of our study is efficacy beliefs of mathematics teachers working in private high schools about the outcome expectation in mathematics teaching were significantly higher than the mathematics teachers working in public high schools. In the last finding of our study, it was found that the personal mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of mathematics teachers with professional seniority of 11 years or more were significantly higher than teachers with professional seniority of 0-5 years.
IMPLEMENTASI TUJUAN DARI URGENSI PENERAPAN SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN _CREATED BY PRIA MITRA PURBA
Authors: PURBA PRIA MITRA
Published: May 2021

Sejalan dengan perkembangan global khususnya di era informasi, keadaan masyarakat telah mengalami pergeseran pola yang dinamis. Kehadiran dari hasil sebuah imajinasi manusia yang mana dibidang teknologi informasinya menjadikan karakteristik dimana masyarakat di zaman sekarang dikenal sebagai masyarakat yang informasional. Meskipun begitu, tetap masih ada orang di saat ini yang belum mampu mengelola informasi dengan baik dan benar. Dengan kata lain, masih ada beberapa kelompok masyarakat yang belum memahami tentang apa arti penting dari sebuah informasi serta tujuan sistem informasi. Menanggapi fenomena yang ada maka muncul sebuah pemikiran baru di bidang informasi yang biasa di sebut dengan Sistem informasi Manajemen dan juga pembasian sistem-sistemnya.
Digitales Storytelling: Programmieren lernen durch Geschichtenerzählen
Authors: Eich Mario , Thomas Julia , Fischer Christian
Published: May 2021

Vor 44.000 Jahren begannen Menschen sich Geschichten zu erzählen und damit Wissen und Werte an nachfolgende Generationen weiterzugeben. Aus Höhlenwänden wurde im Laufe der Zeit Papier und nun mit Computern begeistern sich viele Schülerinnen und Schüler für das „Digital Storytelling“. Plattformen wie Scratch verbinden das Storytelling, wie das Geschichtenerzählen auch genannt wird, mit multimedialer Technik – und vermitteln so ganz nebenbei auch spielerisch Kenntnisse im Programmieren.
TRIM38 expression associates with survival in triple negative breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: May 2021

We mined published microarray data (1) to understand the most significant gene expression differences in the tumors of triple negative breast cancer patients based on survival at time of analysis: dead or alive. The E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM38 emerged as among the most significant differences, transcriptome-wide, when comparing the primary tumors of triple negative breast cancer patients dead or alive. Importantly, TRIM38 expression was significantly correlated with overall survival in basal subtype breast cancer, a molecular subtype sharing significant overlap with triple negative breast cancer. TRIM38 may be of relevance as a biomarker or as a molecule of interest in understanding the etiology or progression of triple negative breast cancer.
引用されることを拒否する権
Authors: Le Tam-Tri
Published: May 2021

引用されることを拒否する権についての紹介短論文です。
Tetap melangkah bersama mimpi [sumber elektronis] : kumpulan kisah-kisah inspirasi terbaik, penuh hikmah dan motivasi
Authors: Herdiyanti Meitha Kartika , Kusumah Mada Wijaya , Arifin Muzayyin
Published: May 2021

Alhamdulilah, segala pujian milik Allah ﷻ Rabb semesta alam, hanya kepada Allah ﷻ saja kita bersimpuh, mengadu dan memohon pertolongan serta kemenangan dalam dakwah dan perjuangan. Shalawat dan keselamatan bagi Rasulullah ﷺ teladan sepanjang zaman. Buku kumpulan kisah-kisah yang ada di tangan pembaca ini merupakan kumpulan karya Mahasiswi angkatan ke 5 STIBA Ar Raayah. Buku ini merupakan himpunan dari tugas pada mata kuliah Bahasa Indonesia yang saat itu diampu oleh @MadaKusumah. Buku ini kemudian diedit kembali agar menjadi bahan motivasi bagi mahasiswa dan mahasiswi dalam berkarya juga menjadi bahan referensi tambahan maupun utama dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia dan Jurnalistik.Tetaplah jaga tekad (himmah) mulia, serta semangat (hamasah) membaja untuk meraih keberhasilan di masa mendatang. Mari goreskan pena, karena tinta dakwah adalah jejak hidup kita.Selamat membaca.
(Anotasi) Jurnal Pembinaan Etika Peserta Didik Melalui Pembelajaran Tematik Integratif di Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Indarwanto Yanuar Susilo
Published: May 2021

Pendidikan etika bagi peserta didik di Sekolah Dasar dimaksudkan untuk memberikan penanaman nilai moralitas sejak dini. Peserta didik di Sekolah Dasar memiliki potensi yang besar untuk dikembangkan. Demikian, adanya pendidikan etika diharapkan mampu membangun kepribadian anak yang mengedepankan norma-norma. Artikel ini bertujuan menelaah pendidikan etika bagi peserta didik dalam kerangka pembelajaran tematik-integratif di Sekolah Dasar. Studi literatur melalui pemanfaatan mesin pencarian melalui google scholar, pdf drive, dan e-perpusnas dilakukan untuk menguraikan pendidikan etika bagi peserta didik di Sekolah Dasar. Berdasarkan paparan dari artikel naskah konseptual pendidikan etika dimaknai sebagai pendidikan karakter terkait penanaman akhlak mulia (moralitas) bagi setiap orang. Etika bagi peserta didik di Sekolah Dasar melingkupi dimensi norma, dan perilaku sehari-hari.
Holographic conformal screen and focusing
Authors: Kuyukov Vitaly
Published: May 2021

Holographic conformal screen and focusing
PADI3 expression associates with survival in triple negative breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: May 2021

We mined published microarray data (1) to understand the most significant gene expression differences in the tumors of triple negative breast cancer patients based on survival at time of analysis: dead or alive. We observed significant transcriptome-wide differential expression of the citrullinating enzyme PADI3 when comparing the primary tumors of triple negative breast cancer patients dead or alive. Importantly, PADI3 expression was significantly correlated with distant metastasis-free survival in basal subtype breast cancer, a molecular subtype sharing significant overlap with triple negative breast cancer. PADI3 may be of relevance as a biomarker or as a molecule of interest in understanding the etiology or progression of triple negative breast cancer.
PERAN KELUARGA PASIEN UNTUK MENCEGAH AGAR TIDAK TERJADI BAHAYA DI PELAYANAN KESEHATAN
Authors: Aulia Tria
Published: May 2021

Keluarga adalah bagian dari tim pengobatan dan perawatan. Terutama di Indonesia dengan kultur sosialnya tinggi serta keterbatasan jumlah perawat di rumah sakit sehingga tugas merawat orang sakit yang dirawat di rumah sakit umumnya dilakukan oleh keluarga yang menjaga. Para anggota keluarga menunggui secara bergantian, bahkan sering menjaga bersama-sama. Sementara perawat di rumah sakit yang seharusnya merawat orang sakit juga harus melakukan tugas dan kewajibannya yang lain di bangsal perawatan. Jadi peran keluarga sangat penting untuk memantau kebutuhan pasien dari laporan perawat atau jika perlu melakukan komunikasi langsung. Komite Keselamatan Pasien Rumah Sakit/KKPRS (2008) mendefinisikan bahwa keselamatan,(safety) adalah bebas dari harm/cedera yang tidak seharusnya terjadi atau bebas dari harm yang potensial akan terjadi (penyakit, cedera / fisik / sosial / psikologis, cacat, kematian dan lain lain, terkait yang berhubungan dengan pelayanan kesehatan.Keluarga berperan dalam menentukan cara atau perawatan yang diperlukan pasien di rumah sakit. Keberhasilan perawat di rumah sakit akan sia-sia jika tidak diteruskan di rumah yang kemudian mengakibatkan pasien harus dirawat kembali (kambuh). Peran serta keluarga sejak awal perawatan di rumah sakit akan meningkatkan kemampuan keluarga merawat pasien di rumah sehingga memungkinkan pasien tidak kambuh atau dapat dicegah. Fungsi keluarga merupakan salah satu faktor penting dalam mendukung peningkatan kualitas hidup pasien penyakit kronis. Memiliki kualitas hidup yang baik akan mengurangi risiko terjadinya komplikasi yang dapat memperburuk keadaan. Kualitas hidup adalah persepsi individu mengenai posisi mereka dalam kehidupan sesuai dengan konteks budaya dan sistem nilai dimana mereka hidup, serta dalam hubungannya dengan harapan, tujuan, standar yang ditetapkan oleh individu tersebut.
Loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review enriched with empirical evidence from a large-scale diary study
Authors: Buecker Susanne , Horstmann Kai Tobias
Published: May 2021

The outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered people’s lives. Loneliness and social isolation were publicly discussed as possible psychological consequences of the measures taken to slow the virus spread. These public discussions have sparked a surge in empirical studies on loneliness and social isolation. In this study, we first provide a systematic review synthesizing recent literature on the prevalence and correlates of loneliness and social isolation during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (k = 53 studies). We found that most quantitative studies included in the systematic review were cross-sectional. The few longitudinal studies mainly reported increases in loneliness, especially when the pre-pandemic measurement occasions were months or years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies with pre-pandemic measures weeks or days before the pandemic reported relatively stable or even decreasing loneliness trends. Second, we enrich the systematic review with an empirical investigation on daily changes in the perceived quality and quantity of social relationships during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic (N = 4,823). This empirical investigation showed that, on average, the quality of social relationships was perceived worse during the pandemic than before. This perception got slightly stronger over the first two weeks of the pandemic but stagnated thereafter. Regarding the quantity of social relationships, participants reported on average that they had fewer social interactions at the beginning of the study than before the pandemic. This perceived reduction in the quantity of social interactions linearly decreased over time.
Highlighting Strengths in Response to Discrimination: Developing and Testing an Allyship Positive Psychology Intervention
Authors: Warren Meg Aum , Sekhon Tejvir , Waldrop Rachael J
Published: May 2021

Allyship is gaining popularity as a tool to combat discrimination. We developed and tested a novel allyship positive psychology intervention (PPI). Importantly, we examined observers’ perceptions of intervention effectiveness given that observers represent the majority in many settings. Study 1 (N = 787) tested an intervention that highlighted a female employee’s identity-related strengths following a discrimination episode. Compared to communicating an organization’s diversity policy or confronting the transgressor, highlighting the target’s identity-related strengths was rated higher in terms of inclusion and vitality engendered in the target. Mediation analyses indicated that highlighting strengths was perceived as boosting the target’s vitality by signaling the ally’s sincerity and prompting inclusion. In Study 2 (N = 802), amongst various types of identity-related strengths, highlighting the target’s psychological and intellectual capital was as effective as highlighting all types of identity-related strengths combined, due to perceived sincerity. Thus, this research offers a quick, actionable and non-confrontational allyship PPI.
Conjecturing harmful intent and preemptive strike in paranoia
Authors: Horita Yutaka
Published: May 2021

Paranoia depicts a belief of others having harmful intent. Research using economic games has exhibited the correlation between paranoia and the propensity to characterize ambiguous intentions as harmful. Using a non-clinical sample recruited online from the United States (N = 290), we examined whether paranoid thoughts influence aggressive behavior against the subjective perception of harmful intent. We conducted a preemptive strike game wherein aggressive behavior was assumed to be guided by the fear of an opponent. The outcomes indicate that 1) individuals with high paranoia assume harmful intent of an opponent more than those with low paranoia, 2) conjecturing an opponent’s harmful intent predicted an increase in the probability of a preemptive strike, 3) paranoia did not have a statistically significant effect on encouraging a preemptive strike. Additionally, the exploratory analysis revealed that paranoia was related to participant’s aggressiveness and with suppositions of other’s self-interests and competitiveness. This study presents empirical evidence that paranoia is related to perception of social threats in an uncertain situation. We discuss the possibility that paranoid ideation can promote or inhibit a preemptive strike.
Disclosure, Firm Growth, and the JOBS Act
Authors: Divakaruni Anantha , Jones Howard
Published: May 2021

We study the effects of regulatory disclosure on investment and growth by comparing newly public firms before and after they lose disclosure exemptions under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. Exempt firms invest more in physical assets, innovation, and acquisitions than firms that lose exemptions, but experience steeper declines in growth opportunities over time. Firms that lose exemptions exhibit better allocation of equity to investments and utilization of existing assets, which improves their Tobin’s q. Relaxing disclosure requirements seems to induce inefficiencies in managerial investment decisions and hence inhibits firms from exploiting or replenishing their growth opportunities.
REFUTING 'ANTI-IMPERIALIST' MYTHS A Review of Warren's Imperialism, Pioneer of Capitalism
Authors: McMullen David
Published: May 2021

Bill Warren's book, Imperialism, Pioneer of Capitalism, performs a useful service by refuting much of the mythology that the left has embraced in the name of 'anti-imperialism'. On the other hand, he manages to create his own brand of confusion. He does this, firstly, by blaming Lenin's Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism for many of the left's erroneous views. And secondly, he is so busy extolling the historical mission of capitalism, that no effort is devoted to discussing how capitalism is an obstacle to human development and is becoming increasingly obsolete. Despite these shortcomings it is the myth shattering quality of the book that predominates.
The palm tree: A cropscape of monoculture and devourer of carbon sinks
Authors: Edakunny Preeti
Published: May 2021

India accounts for 17 per cent of world palm oil consumption. Palm oil was initially considered a potential nutrition and environment solution that would replace fossil fuel and trans-fats in the nutrition chain. That promise of replacing fossil fuels and trans-fats is far from met; palm tree monoculture has led to devastation of rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia, which together account for 85 of global palm oil production. Symmetrical rows of palm trees have replaced once-dense irreplaceable habitats of trees and plants. The initial deforestation was induced by European innovation and consumption. India and China have now outstripped European buyers as the main buyers of palm oil.The global cropscape of the palm is reviewed in this paper in the Indian context. Policy appears to encourage palm oil imports in the face of India’s dire agricultural landscape, with negative returns for farmers, a growing nutritionally bereft food chain and exponential deforestation of tropical forests in Indonesia and Malaysia. The paper explores the inherently economically and the socially destructive substitution of ethnically produced and consumed seed oils such as mustard, sesame and coconut. Small farm holdings comprise nearly 85 per cent of India’s total cultivated area. This paper studies the global supply chain of the palm seed oil that potentially has multi-pronged externalities of destruction of farm income in the importing nation, disruption of nutrition needs and augmenting global emissions through deforestation .
Psychological Difficulties during the Covid Lockdown: Video in Blended Digital Teaching Language, Literature, and Culture
Authors: Yukhymets Svitlana , Mykhaylivna Smaglii Valeriia , Lopushanskyy Vasyl , Vasylivna* Koliasa Olena , Andriivna Babelyuk Oksana
Published: May 2021

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused an urgent necessity for higher education institutions and their teaching staff to move the educational process online in the shortest possible time. It should be admitted that higher education worldwide is changing, and institutions face challenges when adapting to the new COVID-19 reality – blended digital teaching and learning. They are tackling several issues connected with the essence of virtual education, its technical aspect, and students’ learning environment. During COVID-19 lockdown, teachers have to prepare and deliver their classes from home, simultaneously coping with numerous professional and technical challenges, often without any appropriate support. In addition to that, they were lack of technology literacy, professional knowledge, and experience needed for successful E-teaching. Besides, a new mode of blended digital teaching and learning also made them consider technical and administrative aspects of the current educational process, namely to use new educational platforms and tools, organize active workflows, and work out critical educational principles to design and facilitate practical online experiences. Along with the challenges that the teachers face in such conditions, they should be able to cope with the stress and psychological disorders of pupils and students. The article emphasizes the abnormal psychology of youngsters (pupils and students) as the result of stress and anxiety that appeared during Covid lockdown – the application of psychological science to understanding and treating mental disorders – and the use of video as a productive means of avoiding psychological disabilities. The research objective is to prove that video is an effective educational tool for avoiding psychological difficulties in blended digital learning during COVID-19 lockdown while teaching foreign languages, literature, and culture. Special attention is paid to psychological strategies of overcoming stress during COVID-19 lockdown, as well as to effective ways to students’ adapt to a virtual learning environment, development and implementation of anti-stress methods, which heighten their motivation. The article also heads on and explores potential solutions to educational problems that one can encounter in the new educational process at the post-COVID-19 epidemic period, such as the quality of education offered, its cost and availability, internationalization, and employability.
A peer production model for citizen science: comparative analysis of three online platforms
Authors: Kloppenborg Katharina , Ball Mad Price , Greshake Tzovaras Bastian
Published: May 2021

As a data-based practice, citizen science involves volunteers in various stages of research, often including the collection and processing of data through online platforms. Citizen science projects frequently combine epistemic goals with societal benefit goals, such as democratizing science. However, it is not well understood how to design such participation architectures to enable volunteer engagement in support of these goals. In this study, we introduce a working model of peer production for citizen science for analysis and comparison of key design features for participation and their consequences. To test this model, we apply it to three citizen science case studies and show that it helps move beyond existing classification approaches, supports the structured analysis of key features across different approaches, and their implications. This work represents a step towards understanding and informed decision-making of participation architectures for existing as well as future online infrastructures for citizen science.
The Growth of Negative Sentiment in Post-Umbrella Movement Hong Kong: Analyzing Public Opinion Online from 2017 to 2019
Authors: Shen Fei , Xia Chuanli , Yu Wenting , Min Chen , Wang Tianjiao , Wu Yi , Ye Qianying
Published: May 2021

This report presents a part of the findings from the Hong Kong Online Public Opinion Data Mining Project (http://www.webopinion.hk/) that aims to collect and analyze online public opinion towards different issues and topics in Hong Kong. The report provides an overview of public opinion on a variety of topics such as public figures, organizations, and social issues. A total of 12 online platforms including discussion forums, news portal sites, and online news media are included in the analysis (for methodological details, see Text-Mining Online Public Opinion in Hong Kong: Methods and Procedures https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/b2mex/). The time span of the analysis in this report is from July 2017 to December 2019.
The role of sustainability in the UK synthetic biology programme
Authors: Matthews Nicholas
Published: May 2021

Policy interventions in support of emerging technologies are often justified through their potential to support sustainability transitions. Synthetic biology is one such technology with potential applications across a wide range of sectors with promised sustainability benefits. Over the past decade, the field in the UK has been subject to active policy intervention and support. This article explores the role played by the sustainability agenda in policy debates and the policy mix in support of this emerging field in the UK. Through an exploratory case study approach, I describe the processes through which synthetic biology came to be the subject of policy intervention where wider sustainability goals were situated as subsidiary to the commercialisation agenda. Analysis of the policy mix reveals how this has fed through into a supply-side bias with limited consideration given to actively create or stimulate demand for sustainable synthetic biology applications. These features, combined with limited capacity for anticipation and monitoring, are likely to limit the capacity of the field to drive socio-technical transformation due to a lack of attention to policy coordination, reflexivity, and directionality.
WHITE BLOOD CELLS RATIOS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: Iyad Alghzawi
Published: May 2021

Introduction. Evidence now indicates that inflammation contributes considerably to the initiation and progression of  atherosclerosis and an active inflammatory processes may trigger plaque rupture and enhance the risk of coronary thrombosis leading to a clinical ischemic event. The purpose of this study was to evaluate of white blood cells ratios in patients with ACS in association with arterial hypertension and 2 type Diabetes Mellitus.

Material and Methods. In this observational cohort trial we observed of 184 patients with ACS. All patients were randomized into four groups: 1st group - 42 patients with ACS without AH or DM; 2nd group – 56 patients with ACS and previous AH; 3rd group – 42 patients with ACS and 2 type DM; and 4th group – 44 patients with ACS and AH and DM. We studied of leukocytes count and their subpopulation ratios: neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio (NLR), neutrophils to monocytes ratio (NMR), neutrophils to lymphocytes+monocytes ratio (N/LMR), lymphocytes to monocytes ratio (NMR).

Results. The mean white blood cells count was significant higher in patients with ASC, compared with control group (p<0.001). In patients with ACS the elevated NMR and NLR were observed: 15.04±1.28 vs 11.09±0.43 in control group (p<0.05), and 3.34±0.20 vs 2.60±0.06 (p<0.05), respectively. No significant differences between WBC ratios were revealed in observed patients with ACS with or without AH and/or DM.

Conclusion. ACS is characterized of raised NLR and NMR which could be indicators of poor prognosis.
BIOADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IN CORRECTION OF PSYCHOEMOTIONAL DISORDERS IN WOMEN WITH INFERTILITY AND ENDURED PRENATAL STRESS
Authors: Semenenko I. V.
Published: May 2021

Treatment of non-motor disorders in patients with infertility and prenatal stress (PS) is an important component of comprehensive treatment of the disease. This study examined the clinical effectiveness of a non-drug method of bioadaptive management - training based on biological feedback (BFB) in the correction of psychoemotional disorders in patients with infertility and prenatal stress. Object and methods of research. The study involved 41 patients with infertility and PS aged 22 to 45 years. Group I consisted of 21 women who underwent infertility treatment using in vitro fertilization and biological feedback, group II - 20 women who underwent treatment using in vitro fertilization without biological feedback. All patients were assessed for psychoemotional status on the Beck Depression Scale (BDI-II), tests for Spielberger-Khanin reactive anxiety, assessment of personal anxiety on the 1st day of observation, at the end of the course of BFB - training in group I and after 10±2 days in the comparison group. Results. There was a significant overall improvement in the psycho-emotional state of patients who underwent a full course of BFB - training at the end of therapy (p<0,05). There was a statistically significant difference between the level of certain psychoemotional disorders (in particular, anxiety, reduced stress resistance) of the studied groups (p<0,05). However, in contrast to group I patients who underwent BOS training, no statistically significant improvement in the psychoemotional status of group II patients during the observation period was found. Conclusions. BFB training can be considered as an appropriate component in the comprehensive treatment of psychoemotional disorders in patients with infertility and prenatal stress.
SURGICAL TACTICS IN PATIENTS WITH PENETRATING THORACIC INJURIES
Authors: Belozоrov Igor  , Kudrevych Oleksandr  , Kosov Eugene  , Rozhkova Olena  , Barsukov Nikita  , Veklych Viktor
Published: May 2021

To date, the basis of surgical tactics for chest injuries is the primary surgical treatment of the wound and drainage of the pleural cavity with dynamic monitoring and determination of indications for surgery, based on the amount of blood released by drainage, without any attempts to actively verify the nature of injuries.Treatment of patients on the basis of the so-called "individual approach" and active-waiting tactics, taking into account clinical, radiological and laboratory data, mainly meets the recommendations of the middle of the last century.From the standpoint of evidence-based medicine, thoracoscopy is the most effective method of topical diagnosis of traumatic hemothorax. Videothoracoscopic technologies significantly reduce the incidence of purulent intrapulmonary and pleural complications in penetrating lung injuries. Undoubted advantages of thoracoscopy are: full-fledged revision; accurate diagnosis, which eliminates doubts about the diagnosis and waiting period; determination of indications for drainage, operative thoracoscopy or thoracotomy.
Pattern of Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Maharashtra
Authors: Kadu Sandeep Sitaram , Burungale Shamkumar U , Swami Amrut Arun
Published: May 2021

Background: Every year, 3 million cases of pesticide, mainly O.P. poisoning, occurs all over the world. Therefore, statistics regarding O.P. poisoning in a specific region will aid in the early diagnosis and treatment of cases. The main objective of this research project is to find out the pattern of O.P. poisoning cases at the tertiary care center. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study, in which we analyzed data from 40 cases of O.P. poisoning, including patient information regarding gender, age, time of ingestion, type of poison, mode of poisoning, any first aid received, treatment given, duration of hospital stay and outcome of the treatment. Results: There were 16 females (40%) and 24 males (60%). The most common age group was 21 to 40 years, with 19 participants (47.50%). The majority of the participants were from the rural area, 38 cases (95%), while in 36 cases, the poisoning was suicidal (90%). 28 participants (70%) received some form of first aid. In addition, 21 of the participants received Atropine (52.50%), 13 received only gastric lavage (32.50%), 5 received both Atropine and Pralidoxime (12.50%), while one patient only received Pralidoxime (2.5%) as treatment. I.C.U. admission was required in 39 participants (97.50%), and ventilatory support was required in 2 participants (5%). Our study observed 4 deaths (10%) amongst our participants. The multivariate analysis of deaths in our study showed that specifically not receiving any first aid (p = 0.039) and requirement of the ventilator (p<0.001) were seen to have a significant association with deaths in our study. Conclusion: O.P. poisoning is the commonest cause of suicidal deaths in developing countries. Creating awareness regarding O.P. poisoning and legislative action on using hazardous poisons will help reduce the deaths.
Model Clusterization of WebGIS-based Mobile Internet Provider Connections
Authors: Rahman Afifudin
Published: May 2021

The spread of the corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic has presented its own challenges for educational institutions in Indonesia. As a result of this policy, the education sector such as universities stopped the face-to-face learning process. Ibn Khaldun Bogor University conducts an online learning process which can be carried out from each student's home. The easy teaching and learning process, cost efficiency, easy access anywhere and anytime have made many educational institutions adopt the e-learning method. Geographical Information System (GIS) is information based on a work system that enters, manages, manipulates, and analyzes data and explains descriptions. Process Clusterization Model of Cellular Internet Provider Connection Based on Webgis, the information arrangement needs to be packaged in a geographic information system using the Kernel Density method displayed in a WebGIS.
Pengaruh Media Sosial Instagram Dalam Mengiklankan Makanan Cepat Saji dan Dampak Bagi Kesehatan Pada Remaja
Authors: Siti Rara Oyi Pinasti
Published: May 2021

Adolescent nutritional needs need to be considered because in adolescence there is rapid growth and development. Unhealthy eating habits affect adolescent nutritional intake, such as fast food consumed by teenagers. At a time when everything is modern, teenagers want everything to be fast, including in choosing food, namely fast food known to the public as junk food. Junk food is defined as junk food or food that does not have nutrients for the body. Junk food is not only wasteful, it can also be detrimental to health. Fast food comes from western countries which have high fat and calorie content. Many factors influence adolescents to eat fast food, discussed based on research articles and book references, including taste, price, a comfortable place, and peer influence. Fast food can increase the risk of several diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and blood lipid disorders or dyslipidemia. Obesity or overweight is experienced by children, adolescents, and adults. However, from obesity experienced by a person, it will increase a person's risk factors for suffering from other degenerative diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
PENGEMBANGAN WEB COMPANY PROFILE TERINTEGRASI DENGAN API WHATSAPP (STUDI KASUS: AGEN SEMBAKO AL-BARKAH)
Authors: Abidatul Izzah
Published: May 2021

Today, in the era of Marketing 5.0, sell business using technology are highly recommended. The owner of the Al-Barkah groceries agent in Kediri-East Java is one of the entrepreneurs who use social media information technology such WhatsApp. However, the problems encountered is the limited feature of stories on WhatsApp so that it cannot optimally accommodate wider marketing to the public. Therefore, it is a needed a media that can store information on Al-Barkah products and also can be seen without a duration of time. This media is also expected to be connected with WhatsApp that has been used for marketing before. Thus, this study aims to develop a website containing business information or what is popular as a Company Profile. Furthermore, it is also integrated with WhatsApp social media. Then, system development stages start from system requirements analysis, design, implementation in programming, and system testing. The result of this research is a company profile web-based that has been tested according to the designed functional requirements.