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Perancangan Instrumen Go-Green Movement Inventory dalam Konteks Gerakan Go-Green
Authors: Meliati Sulisma , Afandi Afandi , Wahyuni Eko Sri
Published: June 2024

The purpose of this research was to examine the content validity, inter-rater reliability, item validity, and item reliability of the Go-Green Movement Inventory (GGMI) instrument developed for high school students. The instrument development process utilized the Research & Development (R&D) method by Borg and Gall in Sugiyono (2019), up to the fourth stage. Prior to testing the instrument with 148 high school students, validation was conducted by 5 experts comprising two university lecturers and three high school teachers. The research findings indicate that the content validity analysis of the Go-Green Movement Inventory (GGMI) instrument for high school students is valid, as evidenced by Vhitung > Vtabel, specifically 0.89 > 0.87. Inter-rater reliability analysis yielded a score of 0.79, categorized as moderate. Item validity analysis revealed that out of 30 statement items, 2 items were rejected: item number 13 and 30, while the rest were accepted. Item reliability analysis showed a person reliability value of 0.80, indicating good consistency in student responses, and an item reliability of 0.96, indicating excellent quality of individual items. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was 0.83, indicating good overall interaction between respondents and item statements.
Ketahanan Varietas Padi terhadap Hama Penggerek Batang (Scirpophaga sp.) di Kampung Telaga Sari Kabupaten Merauke
Authors: Sembiring Jefri , Wandikbo Roni , Kusuma Rangga , Mendes Johana
Published: June 2024

The rice stem borer (Scirpophaga sp.) is a significant pest of rice plants, causing substantial yield losses. This study aimed to assess the growth response of seven rice varieties to stem borer (Scirpophaga sp.) infestation. The research was conducted in Kampung Telaga Sari, Kurik District, Merauke Regency, from October 2022 to January 2023. The experiment followed a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with seven varieties and three replications per trial. The varieties tested were Inpari 32, Inpari 42, Cakrabuana, Siam-siam, CL 220, Sertani, and Mekongga. Each treatment was replicated three times, resulting in 21 experimental plots, each measuring 3 x 3 m² with a planting distance of 20 x 20 cm, comprising 50 plants per plot. The research findings indicated significant differences in stem borer damage intensity at the 0.01 level of significance. The highest average attack intensity was observed in the Inpari 32 variety (5.44%), while the lowest average attack intensity was found in the Cakrabuana variety (2%).
Bioecos: Suatu Media Berbasis Project Based Learning (PjBL) untuk Mengembangkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif
Authors: Chimam Shella Latifah , Aryani Ima
Published: June 2024

Bioecos is a Project Based Learning (PjBL) multimedia aimed at developing students' creative thinking abilities. This research addresses the observed issue of underdeveloped creative Thinking among junior high school students. The study aims to enhance the creative thinking skills of seventh grade students in science education, specifically on the topic of Ecosystems, using Bioecos based on Project Based Learning. The research method employed is qualitative descriptive. The subjects were seventh grade students from Muhammadiyah 5 Junior High School in Surakarta, with a sample size of 51 students from classes VII-C and VII-D. Data collection utilized observation sheets and project assessment sheets designed in alignment with creative thinking indicators: fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Based on the research findings, the percentage achievements of creative thinking for each indicator were as follows: fluency indicator at 90.0%, flexibility indicator at 83.6%, originality indicator at 80.6%, and elaboration indicator at 77.9%. The results show that 63% of the students achieved a very creative category, totaling 32 students, while 37% achieved a creative category, totaling 19 students. From the conducted research, it can be concluded that the creative thinking abilities of Muhammadiyah 5 Surakarta Junior High School students in the learning process can be enhanced through the implementation of Bioecos based on Project Based Learning (PjBL).
Morfologi Thalus Lichen di Kawasan Jalur Pendakian Bukit Mongkrang Kecamatan Tawangmangu Kabupaten Karanganyar
Authors: Roziaty Efri , Agyuni Khurotul
Published: June 2024

Lichen is an association of fungi and algae, morphologically and physiologically unified as a single entity. Lichen is categorized as plants characterized by a thallus-like form. The aim of this research was to investigate the thallus morphology of lichens along the hiking trails of Bukit Mongkrang, Tawangmangu District, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java Province. The research utilized an exploratory method involving exploration of locations to obtain necessary samples. Purposive sampling was employed to select research locations comprising three stations at varying altitudes. Subsequently, lichen morphology samples were identified. The results revealed three types of thalli: Crustose, Foliose, and Fruticose, with Foliose being the most dominant type at 335 individuals, and Crustose the least at 132 individuals. The most dominant surface morphology of lichen thalli was Maculae details in the species Polyblastidium albicans (Pers.) S.Y. Kondr, Lokos & Hur, while the least common surface detail was Cephalodia in the species Lepraria casiella R.C. Harris. Lichen reproductive structures identified included two types: sexual and asexual. Sexual reproductive structures consisted of Apothecia, Perithecia, and Pycnidia, while asexual reproductive structures included Isidia and Soredia. The most dominant sexual reproductive structure found was Apothecia in the species Lecanora glabrata (Ach.) Malme, and the least common was Pycnidia in the species Anaptychia palmulata (Michaux) Vain. Morphological differences among lichen types were influenced by variations in altitude, air temperature, humidity, and light intensity. Lichen was most abundant at elevations ranging from 1,712 to 1,844 meters above sea level.
Uji Aktivitas Antibakteri Kombinasi Ekstrak Etanol 70% Daun Jarak Pagar (Jatropha curcas L.) dan Daun Belimbing Wuluh (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) terhadap Bakteri Staphylococcus epidermidis
Authors: Chaniago Muhamad Shadam Gusbian , Yuliana Agnes , Paramyta Bunga Destiyana Anggun
Published: June 2024

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a gram-positive bacterium that can cause acne. It is part of the normal flora found on the skin and is non-pathogenic. Metabolite compounds such as tannins, saponins, triterpenoids, and flavonoids present in starfruit leaves and castor leaves have antibiotic properties. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the combination of starfruit leaf extract and castor leaf extract, and to identify the most effective concentration ratio of these extracts in inhibiting Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. The research method used was experimental, conducting in-vitro antibacterial activity tests against Staphylococcus epidermidis. The results of the antibacterial test using a combination of starfruit leaf extract and castor leaf extract showed that at the highest ratio of 1:3, it produced an average inhibition zone of 15.73 mm against Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. This result was higher compared to the positive control Clindamycin HCl.
Freedom from Within: A Meta-Analytic Review of Mindfulness Meditation-Based Interventions in Prisons
Authors: Pankovics Nicolette , Martinovic Marietta
Published: June 2024

Mindfulness meditation-based interventions (MMBIs) are progressively being integrated into the correctional space. The current study investigated behavioral-specific MMBI trends amongst incarcerated populations, focusing on substance use and recidivism. A meta-analytic review of quantitative research explored whether prison MMBIs significantly influence criminogenic behavior. The seventeen studies included in the meta-analytic review were explicitly selected for substance use and recidivism outcomes in prison MMBI research over the past 50 years. Statistical trends in MMBIs were identified and interpreted. Substance use data demonstrated a standardized mean difference of -0.94 with a 95% confidence interval [-1.98 to -0.09]. Recidivism data showed an odds ratio of 1.34 with a 95% confidence interval [1.17 to 1.49]. The pooled effect sizes from both variables were meaningful, demonstrating both tests of overall effect as statistically significant in reducing substance use (p <0.05) and recidivism (p <0.01). The evidence from this research suggested that MMBIs within prisons serve as a valuable program to be incorporated alongside rehabilitation protocols.
The Importance of Tax Policies on Innovation - A Reassessment Using Chinese National Statistics Data
Authors: Shen Yannan
Published: June 2024

This study evaluates the effects of Chinese research and development (R&D) tax credit policies enforced around 2008 on corporate profit and patent activity. Compared with governmental direct tax subsidies, R&D tax credit more positively relates to corporate patent activity and profit. This paper separately examines samples of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE), privately-owned enterprises (POE), and foreign invested enterprises (FIE), and find that stimulating effect is the strongest for POEs. This study not only increases our understanding of China’s R&D policy, but also adds to the R&D tax credit literature and a stream of R&D effectiveness literature.
On the Relationship Between Asset Exemptions and Outstanding Tax Repayments in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Authors: Hackney Donald D. , Brajcich Andrew , Dugenske Emma , Friesner Daniel L.
Published: June 2024

Under a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, assets are liquidated and used to repay debts, in order of a Court-established priority. If not repaid through the liquidation process, some of these debts (especially certain types of unpaid taxes) survive the bankruptcy proceedings and must still be repaid. The U.S. Bankruptcy Code allows individuals filing under Chapter 7 to exempt certain assets from the liquidation process. More generous exemptions lead to a lower value of assets liquidated and used to repay creditors. This leads to an interesting decision problem. Do filers with exempt assets and tax debts choose to retain their exempt assets and allow the tax obligations to survive the bankruptcy process? Or do they use the liquidation process to reduce outstanding tax obligations? This manuscript empirically explores this issue. We find no statistically significant evidence suggesting that households with greater exempt assets accumulate or repay a greater proportion of tax debts. However, filers who own businesses are more likely to accumulate and repay tax debts through bankruptcy.
Assessing Undergraduates’ Critical Thinking Disposition: A Top University in China as a Case Study
Authors: Tian Sheping , Wang Lijuan , Shangguan Wenfeng , Ji Xiaoling , Zhang Feng
Published: June 2024

The study focused on assessing critical thinking (CT) dispositions among Chinese undergraduate students using the CCTDI-CV. Results showed neutral CT dispositions among students at a top university in China, with factors like gender, grade level, extracurricular activities, Research Program participation, time spent on activities, and mentor supervision influencing CT disposition. Interviews with faculty, students, and administration officials helped identify these factors' impact on students' CT disposition. Recommendations included emphasizing CT development, incorporating active teaching methods, integrating active learning in education, and ensuring systematic support for CT cultivation. The study aimed to enhance students' CT abilities through targeted strategies tailored to the university context.
Self-Perceptions of Adjunct Faculty About Their Roles at a Select Community College System
Authors: Byers Valerie Tharp , Onwuegbuzie Anthony J.
Published: June 2024

This phenomenological study aimed to explore adjunct faculty roles and emphasis at a community college system. Twelve adjunct faculty members participated in interviews, revealing themes like background experiences, challenges, and institutional culture. Meta-themes included employment fatigue, student care, service provision, role appreciation, and career aspects. Findings could help administrators support adjunct faculty for success and enhance understanding of their experiences. The study contributes to the knowledge base on adjunct faculty in community colleges, suggesting future research directions in this area. The qualitative analysis methods employed included constant comparison, content analysis, correspondence analysis, and nonverbal behavior analysis to delve into adjunct faculty members' perspectives and experiences within the community college system. Recommendations derived from the study aim to provide insights for improving support and addressing the diverse needs of adjunct faculty in community college settings.
University Administrators, Leadership, and Faculty Views on the Internationalization of Curriculum (A Perspective Through Decolonial Lenses From the Global South)
Authors: Pap Alina
Published: June 2024

Using a qualitative single case study approach this paper explores the views of academics which ultimately impact their actions to implement international curriculum within one institutional context in South Africa. The results show that a tailored IoC at an institution situated at the peripheries of the Western world is a policy that advances diversity of thought, decolonization of curriculum content, and appreciation of indigenous cultures and languages. The theory that emerged in this study underscores that IoC is a bottom-up customized policy as it applies to the needs of the students to become wider thinkers and professionally integrated in the intercontinental and global job markets. Further recommendations for future theory and practice suggest IoC as an educational approach that accounts for the geographic positionality of the institution, and all aspects of diversity, rather than for a collective institutional identity.
Melmoth Irreconcilable? Supersessionism and Jewish and Christian Responses to the Wandering Jew Legend
Authors: Lampert-Weissig Lisa
Published: June 2024

Charles Maturin’s Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) draws from the legend of the Wandering Jew, infusing the figure with Faustian characteristics in an evolution already begun in William Godwin’s St. Leon (1799). Maturin’s Melmoth also reflects the anti-Judaism inherent in the Wandering Jew legend, especially supersessionism, which views Christianity as the true fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. The influence of supersessionism endures in discernible, but very different forms, in works influenced by Melmoth in French and in Yiddish. Drawing on Carol Davison’s analysis of Gothic antisemitism and Karen Grumberg’s important exploration of ‘Hebrew Gothic’, this essay discusses how Jewish writers, including Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896–1981), a poet of Yiddish and Hebrew from Lviv, Polish-born Yiddish novelist Sholem Asch (1880–1957), and contemporary U.S. novelist Dara Horn (b. 1977) have appropriated and adapted the legend of the eternal wanderer in ways that could be seen as reflecting a distinctly Jewish response to the gothic.
From Melmoth to Maqroll: The Wanderer in Latin America
Authors: Lawrenson Sonja , Foley Matt
Published: June 2024

From Roberto Jorge Payró’s Violines y toneles (1908) to Álvaro Mutis’s Maqroll novellas (1986–1993), Maturin’s Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) repeatedly resurfaces across Latin America’s shifting cultural landscapes of the twentieth century. This article argues that the text’s influence testifies to the malleability and dynamism of Gothic’s transnational transmission from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Drawing on the concept of ‘globalgothic’, it traces the elaborate nexus of cultural and political channels through which Melmoth circulated in Latin America. The mapping of Melmoth’s journey across Latin America reveals a world of gothic interchange that traverses and, at times, transcends national, temporal, and generic boundaries. In so doing, this article situates the text and its afterlives within an intricate yet uneven economy of colonial and postcolonial exchange where generic and national hierarchies are often mutually reinforcing but equally unstable. Ultimately, Melmoth’s Latin American afterlives evidence a dynamic interplay between nation, genre, and form in the globalgothic.
Unconjugating Community with Fernand Deligny and Jean-Luc Nancy
Authors: Chalmers Madeleine
Published: June 2024

This article takes as its point of departure unexpected similarities in the ways that the experimental educator, writer and filmmaker Fernand Deligny and Jean-Luc Nancy conceptualize community. Deligny is remembered for his alternative community for non-speaking children with autism, established in the Cévennes in 1967 and founded on the absence of language and relationality as it is commonly understood. This article probes the paradox that in this community we find a rapprochement with Nancy's relational ontology. Drawing on Deligny's theoretical responses to the dynamics he witnessed and the cartographical methods employed to trasce the movements of the children as they roamed, and placing these in dialogue with Nancy's texts on community through the decades, I suggest a kinship between the two thinkers which opens onto broader questions about the relationship between theories and practices of community.
Life inside Logos: Discourse, Anthropogenesis and World-Effects in Cassin and Sloterdijk
Authors: Dutton James
Published: June 2024

This article performs a ‘logological’ and ‘spherological’ reading of globalization to critique the topical generality of spatial rhetoric. Posited respectively by Barbara Cassin and Peter Sloterdijk, these seemingly distant theories both show how ‘world’ is created by discourse — that being is an effect of saying. An appropriately equivocal translation of the Greek logos, discourse is here read as the rhetorical forms of ‘inning’ that make space sensible. Cassin's ‘counter-philosophical’ reading of the ancient Greek Sophists challenges post-Parmenidean philosophy's ‘ontopological’ generalization of space into topics, instead attending to the worlds opened by the different ways space is described. This is read alongside Sloterdijk's spherology and its emphasis on transference and ‘inning’, arguing that space is a discursive product, a shared ‘canopy’ under which we make worlds to share meaning. Throughout ‘human’ history, these meanings have, as both Cassin and Sloterdijk argue, determined human life as the ontological being that can be represented under these discursive atmospheres. The article suggests that this can be thought less exclusively by taking up the Sophists’ rhetorics of time and kairos, which reimagines the discursive production of space through contingency and particularity — the sense of reality as the autonomy of the political.
Dead Loss: Freud and the Aesthetics of Mourning
Authors: Waller Thomas
Published: June 2024

This article rereads the aporia in Freud's theory of mourning as a problem for representation and aesthetics. Drawing a parallel with Kant's account of the disinterested nature of aesthetic judgement, I argue that the mourner's stubborn willingness to persist in the reproduction of images of the lost object, in spite of their conscious knowledge of the irreversibility of the loss, wrests a minimal zone of autonomy from the sphere of practical interests. In dialogue with Adorno and Laplanche, I conclude by arguing that Freud's inability to adequately explain the problem of mourning is less a shortcoming of his theory of libidinal economy than it is proof of the enigmaticalness of mourning itself.
SMART GOVERNANCE MELALUI SISTEM INFORMASI ADMINISTRASI SURAT APLIKASI “SIPADEK” DI DINAS PEKERJAAN UMUM DAN PENATAAN RUANG KOTA JAMBI
Authors: Anjani Putri Shully Mumpuni , Nurnawati Eem , Karina R. Nina
Published: June 2024

Aplikasi “SIPADEK” (Sistem Informasi Pelayanan Administrasi Perkantoran) adalah aplikasi pelayanan administrasi surat menyurat perkantoran yang didalamnya terdapat berbagai fitur yang dapat dimanfaatkan antara lain disposisi surat digital, surat masuk dan keluar, membuat surat, pencarian surat, paraf dan tanda tangan digital, arsip surat dan agenda acara. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dan mendeskripsikan pelaksanaan Smart Governance melalui aplikasi “SIPADEK” di Dinas PUPR Kota Jambi, mengindentifikasi faktor penghambatnya, serta upaya dalam mengoptimalkan pelaksanaannya.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan penelitian studi kasus. Pada pelaksanaanya ditemukan hambatan yaitu kemampuan pegawai lamban dan minat pegawai kurang dalam pengoperasian aplikasi, kemampuan jaringan data yang kurang stabil, dan kapasitas upload file yang terbatas.
Kata Kunci : Smart Governance , Aplikasi “SIPADEK” , Sistem Informasi Administrasi Surat
Äldre vuxnas perspektiv på välfärdsteknikens påverkan inom äldreomsorgen
Authors: Samén Anna , Perlinski Marek , Andersson Katarina
Published: June 2024

Older adults’ perspective on the effects of welfare technology in eldercare: individual expectations on independence, social meetings and loneliness Welfare technology (WT) has been identified as a potential solution for challenges within eldercare, with policymakers emphasising its capacity to reduce reliance on care staff. Policy discussions surrounding WT also highlight other anticipated benefits, such as mitigating loneliness, facilitating increased social interaction between caregivers and care recipients, and promoting greater independence for the latter. These expectations are permeated by a techno-optimism. Needing care means being vulnerable, and care builds on relationship and interdependence. How older adults think about WT and its consequences for social aspects of care is important for a successful implementation. The individual perspective is relatively unknown. This study aims to investigate how potential users perceive WT and its consequences for feelings of loneliness, opportunities for social interaction in care settings, and levels of independence. To accomplish this, a questionnaire was administered to approximately 5000 individuals between the ages of 65 and 90 residing in Västerbotten. The findings suggest that the techno-optimism visible at the national level is not widely shared by older adults. A majority expressed skepticism regarding the potential of WT to positively influence social aspects of care, and most of the respondents believe that WT will contribute to increased feelings of loneliness. Furthermore, a majority did not perceive a need for various technologies in eldercare and expressed a preference for care provided by human caregivers rather than technology-based alternatives. These attitudes where not effected by age. The group of 65-year-olds that have grown up with technology and are more digital were as skeptical towards WT as the older age groups. We interpret these results to indicate that the inherent relational nature of care can make it unsuitable for direct replacement with technology. An increased expected frailty and vulnerability that follows from needing to receive care may mean that technology is an inappropriate solution.
Ny bok: Meredith, J., Giles, D. & Stommel, W. (red.) (2021)
Authors: Höglund Frida
Published: June 2024

Digitaliseringen av det sociala arbetets praktik har bidragit till utvecklingen av olika digitala kanaler för interaktion mellan socialarbetare och klienter. Forskning i socialt arbete har följt denna utveckling, till exempel genom att fånga socialarbetares erfarenheter av digital interaktion. Forskning har i större utsträckning även kommit att vända blicken mot den sociala interaktionen i sig, det vill säga vad som ”händer” och ”görs” i interaktionen, genom att studera naturligt förekommande data från det sociala arbetets praktik. Den här ansatsen kompletterar därmed den forskning som tillämpar intervjuer och observationer med ett deltagarperspektiv på samtalsdeltagares sociala handlingar i interaktion. I antologin Analysing digital interaction tar redaktörerna Joanne Meredith, David Giles och Wyke Stommel (2021) just ett sådant grepp för att studera digital interaktion. Antologin tar upp hur digital interaktion, inklusive videomedierad och textbaserad interaktion, kan analyseras på mikronivå genom studiet av både institutionell och vardaglig interaktion. Antologin är därmed ett välkommet bidrag till debatten om hur digital interaktion kan studeras och huruvida traditionella metoder för analys av social interaktion (dvs. i regel talad interaktion) kan tillämpas även på textuell och videomedierad interaktion. Användbarheten för socialt arbete blir här påtaglig i och med den pågående utvecklingen av socialt arbete på digitala plattformar.
Lyrik: Helena Iacobaeus
Authors: Iacobaeus Helena
Published: June 2024

Helena Iacobaeus doktorerar inom statsvetenskap på Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling vid Linköpings universitet. Hennes avhandling handlar om digital inkludering och hon driver en forskningsbaserad podcast som syftar till att bidra till diskussion och kunskap kring vad som krävs för en fungerande demokrati. Dikten är inspirerad av ett omfattande intervjumaterial om vilka svårigheter och känslor av utanförskap som medborgare kan drabbas av när de inte kan använda myndigheternas digitala verktyg.
Ny bok: Svensson, L (2022)
Authors: Hansson Kristofer
Published: June 2024

Digital materialitet i socialt arbete
Det sociala arbetet är på många sätt kopplat till en materiell verklighet. Socialarbetaren sitter vid ett skrivbord, har ofta en dator framför sig under arbetsdagen, i närheten finns kanske en mobiltelefon. Men det är inte bara att socialarbetaren omger sig med olika föremål, en viktig del i arbetet är också att producera materialitet. Det kan till exempel vara dokument som produceras i datorn, skrivs ut, hamnar i en pärm eller kanske lämnas över för att skrivas under av en politiker. Dokument som ibland kan manifestera de beslut och insatser som ska göras. Också utanför kontoret kan materialiteten ha en betydelse för arbetet, som till exempel vid hembesök. Här blir tingen en viktig faktor i uppfattningen av klienten. Under senare år har digitaliseringen av samhället kommit att också införa nya ting i socialarbetarens arbetsvardag. Det är därför centralt att fråga sig vad som händer när socialarbetarens materialitet förändras, upplöses eller tar nya former som en effekt av digitaliseringen.
Identidad hermenéutica y denotación-connotación en las prácticas artísticas posmodernas
Authors: Fernández Díaz Hamlet
Published: June 2024

El ensayo propone una discusión teórica, que parte del problema de cómo repensar conceptos estéticos, hermenéuticos y semióticos como los de unidad de la obra de arte, identidad hermenéutica y denotación-connotación, desde una perspectiva focalizada en el proceso de recepción artística; sobre todo en el caso de obras que carecen de estructura estable y bien diferenciada por límites precisos. En consecuencia, el objetivo es analizar la operatividad de esos conceptos desde la perspectiva de la recepción, proyectándolos sobre la especificidad semiótica de las prácticas artísticas posmodernas. Para ello, en la introducción se define brevemente dicha categoría no genérica y se argumenta su pertinencia metodológica en contraposición a la vaga estrechez que caracteriza a la noción al uso de “artes visuales”. La exposición teórica se divide en dos apartados. En el primero se tratan las nociones de identidad hermenéutica y unidad de la obra de arte, con base en la hermenéutica de Gadamer. En el segundo apartado se analiza el problema de la denotación y la connotación en las prácticas artísticas posmodernas desde una perspectiva semiótica. Se concluye que la identidad hermenéutica de una obra es producida por la comprensión que de ella realizan los receptores; lo cual resulta mucho más evidente en aquellas prácticas artísticas ante las que el receptor se ve precisado a articular, a nivel puramente mental, su propia proyección de significados denotados y connotados, para así poder comprender la obra.
ARQUIVO E TEMPO NA PRODUÇÃO ARTÍSTICA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Authors: Valéria Tito Keith , Vidica Ana Rita
Published: June 2024

Esse texto se propõe a refletir sobre formas de apropriação do arquivo a partir de seis obras artísticas. Parte-se de uma discussão teórica sobre arquivo e temporalidade por meio dos autores Derrida, Koselleck e Samain e a montagem como método de Warburg para percorrer e apresentar as obras “Bibliotheca” (1992-2002) de Rosângela Rennó, “88 from 14.000” (2005) de Alice Miceli, “Aberto pela Aduana” (2019) e “Boa Aparência” (2000) de Eustáquio Neves e Baby in belly (2020) e Woman with a book (2020) de Frida Orupabo e friccionar com os conceitos sobre arquivo e tempo apresentados, a fim de compreender os modos de ressignificação e como o uso dos arquivos constitui cada obra.
From fantasy to realistic depictions
Authors: Pereira Valéria Sabrina
Published: June 2024

This article presents the main characteristics of the representation of dwarfism in Western audiovisuals. For this purpose, in addition to listing and commenting some of the most relevant films since German Expressionism, basic theoretical texts on disability studies have been employed, such as those by Tobin Siebers, and studies that deal with real experiences of people with dwarfism, like Erin Pritchard's books. The typical characteristics range from aspects of marvelous "dwarfs" that are occur in representations of people with dwarfism, to the presence of people with dwarfism as a composition of circus scenery, cripface - when people with no disability play the role of those with dwarfism - and what I define as "society on a reduced scale", that is, audiovisual narratives with entire communities formed by little people. The research also verifies that advances have begun to take place in the 21st century, but they are still sporadic or very much centered on the figure of a single actor. In conclusion, the survey of these characteristics aims to contribute to a better understanding of such patterns and the avoidance of their pejorative effects.
Percepción de fonoaudiólogos sobre nuevas tecnologías de la información y comunicación.
Authors: Herrera Lillo Antonieta , Leal-Kaymalyz Carla Gislaine
Published: June 2024

Objetivo: Analizar la percepción de los profesionales Fonoaudiólogos respecto al uso de nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) en los procesos de evaluación e intervención fonoaudiológica. Métodos: Diseño de investigación cuantitativo, descriptivo, de corte transversal. Un total de 123 participantes contestaron el cuestionario de percepción. Se analizaron 14 ítems del módulo II, para los cuales se calculó el promedio, desviación estándar y coeficiente de variación. Además, se analizaron las respuestas positivas, respuestas neutras y respuestas negativas sobre el uso de las TICs, la efectividad en distintos grupos etarios y las mejoras en los procesos de evaluación e intervención. Resultados: El 51% opina que es apropiado usar el Tablet y Computador en la evaluación, mientras que, el 62% opina que es apropiado en la intervención. Por otro lado, el 80% de los participantes declara que el uso de nuevas TICs es efectivo en el proceso de evaluación, mientras que el 83% opina lo mismo en relación con la intervención. Finalmente, el 51% declara que en cuanto al uso de las nuevas TICs no tiene claridad de mejoras en los resultados del proceso de evaluación y el 46% declara lo mismo en el proceso de intervención. Conclusión: Los profesionales perciben que las nuevas TICs tienen mayor efectividad en niños y niñas mayores de 6 años. El uso de Tablet y Computador es percibido por los participantes como apropiado, sin embargo, no garantiza mejoras en los resultados de los procesos de evaluación e intervención.
hermenéutica como pensamiento integrador en la toma de decisiones en salud pública
Authors: Hernandez Quintero Julian Andres
Published: June 2024

Este artículo aborda las limitaciones del positivismocientífico en el rol de los profesionales de la salud,particularmente fisioterapeutas, en actividades desalud pública. Método: A través de una metodologíacualitativa e interpretativa que incluyó la revisióny análisis de la literatura gris —dada la escases deinformación sobre este tema— se identificarondeficiencias notables en el enfoque positivista,como su tendencia a ser reduccionista, enfocarseen resultados a corto plazo y no consideraradecuadamente los aspectos socioeconómicos,culturales y comportamentales que influyen enla salud pública. Resultados: Para superar estaslimitaciones, se propone la adopción de un enfoquehermenéutico que integre la interpretación designificados y contextos culturales y sociales en latoma de decisiones de los profesionales de la salud.Este enfoque hermenéutico promueve la prevencióna largo plazo y la comprensión del comportamientohumano en el contexto de la salud pública,permitiendo así la implementación de intervencionesmás efectivas, culturalmente apropiadas yrespetuosas de los derechos humanos. Conclusión:Al reconocer la importancia de esta perspectiva en lapráctica y la investigación en salud pública, se avanzahacia una atención de calidad que tenga en cuentala diversidad de factores que influyen en la salud y elbienestar de las comunidades, contribuyendo a unasalud pública más equitativa y sostenible.
Efecto directo e indirecto de la autoeficacia en lectura y las estrategias cognitivas sobre el rendimiento académico
Authors: Cahue Díaz Angel , Correa Romero Fredi Everardo
Published: June 2024

El rendimiento académico del estudiante refleja el desarrollo de su proceso de formación; es común evaluar el desempeño de los estudiantes en varios tipos de evaluaciones y reflejarlos en una escala de puntuación conocida como calificaciones. De las 105 variables con mayor nivel de asociación con el rendimiento académico, se destacan la Autoeficacia en el desempeño y las estrategias cognitivas. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue verificar la relación entre estas variables con el análisis de modelos de ecuaciones estructurales. De PISA 2018 en México se seleccionó una submuestra de 1,258 participantes de preparatoria. Se encontró un efecto directo de las Estrategias Cognitivas sobre el Rendimiento Académico, un efecto directo de la Autoeficacia en Lectura sobre las Estrategias Cognitivas, ningún efecto directo de la Autoeficacia en Lectura sobre el Rendimiento Académico y un efecto indirecto de la Autoeficacia en Lectura sobre el Rendimiento Académico a través de Estrategias Cognitivas. Cada país tiene características particulares dentro de su sistema educativo, las diferencias en la contribución que cada una de las variables tiene en el Rendimiento Académico es prueba de ello, si bien ambas variables son consideradas importantes por la evidencia generada, se puede observar en esta submuestra mexicana que, la Autoeficacia en Lectura es un elemento que sirve como predisposición para el uso adecuado de las Estrategias Cognitivas, es así como la Autoeficacia logra tener un efecto en el Rendimiento.
As implicações do brincar no desenvolvimento da subjetividade do bebê
Authors: Matos de Oliveira Laura , Madeira-Coelho Cristina
Published: June 2024

Este estudo faz parte de uma pesquisa de mestrado, com base na abordagem teórica da Subjetividade na Perspectiva Histórico-Cultural, em que o objetivo é relacionar a brincadeira do bebê com o surgimento de suas primeiras manifestações subjetivas. Buscamos compreender como o bebê produz sentidos subjetivos no jogo característico do trabalho pedagógico com crianças de 0 a 3 anos. Nestes momentos, a comunicação mediadora expressa na inter-relação adulto-bebê é significativa e repleta de possibilidades para mobilizar a condição do bebê como sujeito participante, o que favorece o seu desenvolvimento subjetivo. Essa compreensão permite superar a dicotomia entre cuidar e educar, tão característica da fragmentação do trabalho com essa população, pois se considera que, a partir dela, esse binômio que regulamenta o trabalho na creche pode ser exercido como uma unidade nas diferentes atividades e estratégias pedagógicas do jogo. O texto apresenta conceitos da Teoria da Subjetividade, e também, considera a relação entre o bebê e o diálogo atento e aberto em suas múltiplas expressões na prática educativa, onde o conceito de desenvolvimento subjetivo se torna central. Com base na Epistemologia Qualitativa, da qual deriva a Metodologia Construtiva-Interpretativa, destacamos reflexões sobre as formas singulares como os bebês brincam a partir da música. Nesta pesquisa, o jogo constituiu-se simultaneamente como atividade pedagógica e instrumento de pesquisa e foi fortemente marcado pela música produzida pela pesquisadora com seu violão. O estudo indica a forma como a brincadeira pode promover emergências e/ou mudanças no desenvolvimento subjetivo das crianças. Por fim, são propostos princípios que articulam essas construções interpretativas com possibilidades de trabalho pedagógico nos ambientes coletivos das creches.
Personalized compression therapeutic textiles: digital design, development, and biomechanical evaluation
Authors: Shi Yu , Liu Rong , Ye Chongyang
Published: June 2024

Physical-based external compression medical modalities could provide sustainable interfacial pressure dosages for daily healthcare prophylaxis and clinic treatment of chronic venous disease (CVD). However, conventional ready-made compression therapeutic textiles (CTs) with improper morphologies and ill-fitting of pressure exertions frequently limit patient compliance in practical application. Therefore, the present study fabricated the personalized CTs for various subjects through the proposed comprehensive manufacturing system. The individual geometric dimensions and morphologic profiles of lower extremities were characterized according to three-dimensional (3D) body scanning and reverse engineering technologies. Through body anthropometric analysis and pressure optimization, the knitting yarn and machinery variables were determined as the digital design strategies for 3D seamless fabrication of CTs. Next, to visually simulate the generated pressure mappings of developed CTs, the subject-specific 3D finite element (FE) CT-leg modelings with high accuracy and acceptability (pressure prediction error ratio: 11.00% ± 7.78%) were established based on the constructed lower limb models and determined tissue stiffness. Moreover, through the actual in vivo trials, the prepared customized CTs efficiently (Sig. <0.05; ρ = 0.97) distributed the expected pressure requirements referring to the prescribed compression magnitudes (pressure error ratio: 10.08% ± 7.75%). Furthermore, the movement abilities and comfortable perceptions were evaluated subjectively for the ergonomic wearing comfort (EWC) assessments. Thus, this study promotes the precise pressure management and clinical efficacy for targeted users and leads an operable development approach for related medical biomaterials in compression therapy.
A novel web-based risk calculator for predicting surgical site infection in HIV-positive facture patients: a multicenter cohort study in China
Authors: Liu Bo , Wei Guo , Hu Liqiang , Zhang Qiang
Published: June 2024

Background

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common complication in HIV-positive fracture patients undergoing surgery, leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Accurate prediction of SSI risk can help guide clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes. However, there is a lack of user-friendly, Web-based calculator for predicting SSI risk in this patient population.

Objective

This study aimed to develop and validate a novel web-based risk calculator for predicting SSI in HIV-positive fracture patients undergoing surgery in China.

Method

A multicenter retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from HIV-positive fracture patients who underwent surgery in three tertiary hospitals in China between May 2011 and September 2023. We used patients from Beijing Ditan Hospital as the training cohort and patients from Chengdu Public Health and Changsha First Hospital as the external validation cohort. Univariate, multivariate logistic regression analyses and SVM-RFE were performed to identify independent risk factors for SSIs. A web-based calculator was developed using the identified risk factors and validated using an external validation cohort. The performance of the nomogram was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUC) curves, calibration plots, and decision curve analysis (DCA).

Results

A total of 338 HIV-positive patients were included in the study, with 216 patients in the training cohort and 122 patients in the validation cohort. The overall SSI incidence was 10.7%. The web-based risk calculator (https://sydtliubo.shinyapps.io/DynNom_for_SSI/) incorporated six risk factors: HBV/HCV co-infection, HIV RNA load, CD4+ T-cell count, Neu and Lym level. The nomogram demonstrated good discrimination, with an AUC of 0.890 in the training cohort and 0.853 in the validation cohort. The calibration plot showed good agreement between predicted and observed SSI probabilities. The DCA indicated that the nomogram had clinical utility across a wide range of threshold probabilities.

Conclusion

Our study developed and validated a novel web-based risk calculator for predicting SSI risk in HIV-positive fracture patients undergoing surgery in China. The nomogram demonstrated good discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility, and can serve as a valuable tool for risk stratification and clinical decision-making in this patient population. Future studies should focus on integrating this nomogram into hospital information systems for real-time risk assessment and management.
Recent advances in gene-editing approaches for tackling antibiotic resistance threats: a review
Authors: Al-Fadhli Amani H. , Jamal Wafaa Yousef
Published: June 2024

Antibiotic resistance, a known global health challenge, involves the flow of bacteria and their genes among animals, humans, and their surrounding environment. It occurs when bacteria evolve and become less responsive to the drugs designated to kill them, making infections harder to treat. Despite several obstacles preventing the spread of genes and bacteria, pathogens regularly acquire novel resistance factors from other species, which reduces their ability to prevent and treat such bacterial infections. This issue requires coordinated efforts in healthcare, research, and public awareness to address its impact on human health worldwide. This review outlines how recent advances in gene editing technology, especially CRISPR/Cas9, unveil a breakthrough in combating antibiotic resistance. Our focus will remain on the relationship between CRISPR/cas9 and its impact on antibiotic resistance and its related infections. Moreover, the prospects of this new advanced research and the challenges of adopting these technologies against infections will be outlined by exploring its different derivatives and discussing their advantages and limitations over others, thereby providing a corresponding reference for the control and prevention of the spread of antibiotic resistance.
Evaluating Consent Labs: prioritizing sexual wellbeing through a youth-led, curriculum-based education initiative
Authors: Kang Melissa , Wan Angelique , Cooper Julia , Yu Joyce
Published: June 2024

Introduction

Consent Labs is an Australian, youth-led, not-for-profit organization delivering comprehensive consent education. Workshops are co-designed by young people and delivered by near-to-peer facilitators in secondary and tertiary institutions. The aims of this paper are (1) to describe the development, design and delivery of Consent Labs and (2) to conduct a retrospective analysis of evaluation data collected by Consent Labs.

Methods

E-survey data were collected by workshop facilitators between March 2021 and April 2023. This paper presents a retrospective analysis of these de-identified data. Survey items included age, identity, pre- and post- sexual consent knowledge, attitudes towards the content and delivery and questions inviting free-text responses. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics: frequencies, self-reported change in knowledge using paired t-tests, and differences between groups using chi-square tests. Free-text responses were analyzed using content analysis.

Results

We describe the conceptualization of Consent Labs, present information about topics covered and report on process evaluation data analysis. Six thousand and twenty-six students returned complete evaluation surveys; 76.3% were school students and 23.7% were university students. The majority (67.3%) identified as female, 24.2% as male, 1.7% as non-binary, 1.2% as other gender identity. Self-reported change in knowledge before and after workshops was significant (pre-workshop knowledge mean score 3.77; post-workshop knowledge mean score 4.58; p < 0.0001). Change in knowledge remained significant when analyzed by institution, school type gender and sexual identity. ‘Consent Foundations’ was the most frequently selected (41.0%) topic as being most valuable. Respondents selected ‘Recognizing Coercion’ and ‘Gaslighting and Other Consent Challenges’ most frequently for future workshops (both 48.3%). Analysis of free text responses provided additional feedback.

Discussion

Consent Labs has been gaining recognition nationally since it was first implemented; this is the first analysis of process evaluation data. Limitations of the study include the low response rate, self-reported change in knowledge and the cross-sectional nature of the evaluation. Preliminary findings are encouraging and provide a sound platform for quality improvement and further evaluation. A recent government grant to partner with education academics will ensure that the Consent Labs program and continuing growth will be informed by more rigorous evaluation and evidence.
Incidence of mortality and its predictors among septic shock patients admitted to the intensive care unit of comprehensive specialized hospitals in the northwest of Amhara, Ethiopia
Authors: Ayenew Mekuria Tesfaye , Liyew Wudu Bikis , Zegeye Alebachew Ferede , Eshete Tadesse Eyob , Demis Nimani Teshome
Published: June 2024

Introduction

Septic shock is a global health issue causing high mortality rates in intensive care units, with limited evidence in Africa, including Ethiopia, regarding its incidence and predictors. The aim of this study was assess the incidence and predictors of mortality among patients with septic shock admitted to the ICU of Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals of the Northwest Amhara region.

Methods

A study involving 386 ICU patients with septic shock from 2019 to 2023 was conducted using a random sampling method and structured data extraction tool. Data was analyzed using EpiData and STATA, with variables selected for multivariate analysis.

Result

The overall incidence rate of septic shock was 10.4 per 100-person day of observation with a median survival time of 7, days and the proportion of deaths during the study period was 58.29%. In multivariate Cox proportional regression analysis, age 40–59 years (HR: 1.77, p = 0.005), age > 60 years (HR: 3.52, p < 0.001), delay ICU admission (HR: 1.93, p = 0.001), low MAP (HR: 2.56, p < 0.001), comorbidity (HR: 2.74, p < 0.001), complication (HR: 1.87, p = 0.012), ALF (HR: 1.84, p = 0.037), no pathogen identification (HR: 1.69, p = 0.035) were found significant predictors of mortality for patients with septic shock in the ICU.

Conclusion

The incidence of mortality in patients with septic shock admitted to the ICU was high and the main predictors were age> 60 years, low MAP, comorbidity, and delay ICU admission >6 h, Hence, Early recognition and appropriate treatment recommended by the International Sepsis Survival Campaign guideline should be implemented.