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Analysis of Grouting Technology in Building Construction
Authors: Feng Lisheng
Published: June 2023

The application of grouting technology in housing construction is to inject liquid grout into the cavities and cracks of housing construction. After it solidifies, the stability of housing construction can be improved. Grouting technology is not only very convenient but is also environmental-friendly, and it is relatively low-cost. Therefore, it is widely used in housing construction. In this paper, the types of grouting technology and its application advantages in housing construction are analyzed, and specific application strategies are put forward, in hopes of improving the quality of housing construction.
Exploration on Environmental Education Though Construction of Global Parks in Zibo City
Authors: Wei Xue
Published: June 2023

In this paper, the development status of environmental education in representative urban parks in Zibo City is investigated, studied, analyzed, and summarized. Besides, the role of natural resource commentary systems, waste sorting center visitations, and specialty gardens are expounded. In order to provide a reference for the integration of environmental education in the construction and renovation of parks in Zibo City, the problems in several practices like specialty gardens and WeChat public account is discussed.
Research on the Classroom Teaching of Engineering Mechanics in Vocational Colleges
Authors: Liang Meiqin , Jia Junliang , Ma Jinru
Published: June 2023

The Engineering Mechanics course has great significance in vocational education as it affects the quality of subsequent specialized courses, such as mechanical design, control technology, and automation. However, the teaching quality of Engineering Mechanics in vocational colleges has been subpar due to the extensive knowledge points, abstract concepts, complex formulas, and other factors. This paper aims to elucidate the early-stage research conducted by scholars and analyze the primary issues in the teaching of Engineering Mechanics. Furthermore, we provide five concrete suggestions to improve the teaching quality of this course. The findings of this study may serve as a reference for innovating the teaching model of Engineering Mechanics in vocational colleges.
Separation or Integration: Analysis about the Theories of Vocational Enlightenment Education Courses
Authors: Zhan Fangxiang , Yang Liu , Zhu Haibo , Qu Yunzhi
Published: June 2023

Currently, vocational enlightenment education is being implemented in various forms in some primary and secondary schools, but there is still an ongoing exploration of the recognized forms of vocational enlightenment education. The two main forms of vocational enlightenment education at present are independent implementation in a separation-based approach and integration with other disciplines. Analyzing the basic forms of vocational enlightenment education through the lens of disciplinary development theories such as disciplinary training and interdisciplinary studies can help us understand its construction foundation as well as the pros and cons of its development. In order to establish a unique form of vocational enlightenment education curriculum, it is necessary to clarify its distinctive features, delineate its knowledge domain, and establish disciplinary boundaries. Through a continuous process of standardization, scientific development, and stability, vocational enlightenment education can transcend disciplinary boundaries and integrate with related courses to innovate its distinctive practical approach.
The Construction of Foshan Consumption Center City from the Perspective of Cultural and Tourism Integration
Authors: Dong Chunhui , Xu Xueliang , Li Wenyan , Jiang Li
Published: June 2023

Satisfying the rising need for upgraded consumption among residents is not only a vital aspect of consumption, and it also drives the development of cities. The integration of culture and tourism is an important starting point for the construction of consumption center cities. The role of the integration of culture, tourism, and commerce in the construction of consumer-oriented cities is studied in this paper. Foshan’s urban consumption environment and the challenges and problems faced in the construction of Foshan’s consumption center cities, the path of cultural and tourism integration of consumer resources, consumer space, and consumer environment and consumer brands are analyzed in this paper. Some suggestions on how to promote Foshan consumption center city by integrating culture and tourism are then put forward.
The Effect of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms on Quality of Life and Complementary Therapies for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: Özen Şükrü , Polat Ülkü
Published: June 2023

Multiple sclerosis patients face many physiological, psychological, and social problems depending on the type and course of the disease. One of the physiological problems is lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Problems such as urinary incontinence, frequent urination, sudden urination, inability to urinate, inability to empty the bladder completely affect the daily life of the patients. These patients may avoid social interaction because of frequent urination and incontinence. Patients with multiple sclerosis refrain from shopping, meeting with friends, and other social activities due to urinary problems. In addition, they also restrict their fluid intake because they urinate frequently. Urinary tract infections associated with low fluid intake and inability to urinate are more common in multiple sclerosis patients than in the normal population. These problems restrict the patient’s life and negatively affect their quality of life. These complaints can be minimized by bladder training, pelvic floor muscle exercises, nerve stimulation, or use of urinary catheter in order to eliminate these problems and improve the quality of life of the patients. While bladder training prolongs the urination intervals of patients, pelvic floor muscle exercises reduce urinary incontinence by strengthening the muscles. Neuromodulation reduces these problems by suppressing nerve impulses. Catheters are important for patients who cannot urinate or have urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence, retention, and urinary infection can be reduced by using catheters.
Estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia Covid 19
Authors: Castro Santiesteban Martín , García García Eddy Eugenio , Jara Ames Edith Honorina , Mosquera Torres Dino Fernando , Ordinola Villegas Milagros Silvia
Published: June 2023

La vida universitaria para el estudiante durante la pandemia no ha sido una tarea fácil. Desde la disrupción de las clases presenciales a causa de la COVID 19 a la modalidad de enseñanza-aprendizaje basada en las TICS donde los estudiantes tenían que adaptarse a las nuevas estrategias de enseñanza-aprendizaje y a clases mediadas por la tecnología online . Asociados a las dificultades en la conectividad, acceso y recursos, así también a las horas prolongadas de exposición a las computadoras, laptops, celulares, etc. sumado a ello; los factores personales, familiares y sociales; terminó generando en los estudiantes universitarios peruanos una alta prevalencia de estrés académico durante la pandemia . Estas condiciones de tecnoestrés generaron preocupación por afectar el estado emocional de los estudiantes, En tal sentido, como propósito del estudio se planteó conocer el nivel del estrés académico en los estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia y, desde la investigación podemos prevenir consecuencias en los futuros profesionales.
Ritual, espectáculo y poder: las procesiones en la antigua Roma
Authors: Marco Simón Francisco
Published: June 2023

Resumen
La celebración de la identidad cívica en la antigua Roma, como en otros contextos culturales, se llevaba a cabo a través de rituales espectaculares que servían para definir los lugares de memoria y para enfatizar los significados compartidos por la comunidad, al tiempo que constituían ocasiones especiales en la manifestación del poder y la colaboración entre los diversos agentes y su audiencia. Las procesiones, además de reforzar las jerarquías sociales, posibilitaban de forma inmejorable la activación de las experiencias sensoriales de los participantes. En este trabajo se analizan dos variantes rituales espectaculares de gran importancia en la vida de la Vrbs: las ceremonias del triunfo y la pompa circensis por un lado, y, por otro, la pompa funebris y otras ceremonias de ritualidad efímera y de gran intensidad emocional.
Abstract
The celebration of civic identity in ancient Rome, as in other cultural contexts, took place in spectacular rituals that served to define places of memory and to emphasise the shared meanings of the community, while constituting special occasions for the manifestation of power and collaboration between the various actors and their audience. Processions, besides reinforcing social hierarchies, were an excellent way of activating the sensory experiences of the participants. The focus of this work is on two spectacular ritual variants of great importance in the life of the Vrbs: the triumphal ceremonies and the pompa circensis on the one hand, and the pompa funebris and other ceremonies of ephemeral rituality and great emotional intensity on the other.
Keywords
Ancient Rome, Ritual, Identity, Procession, Consecratio, Pompa triumphalis, Pompa circensis, Pompa funebris.
Cognitive Linguistics and the Poetics of Time: Is 9/11 a Conceptual Metaphor, a Conceptual Metonymy or Both?
Authors: Adán Martín  , Juani Guerra
Published: June 2023

Time has always hard-pressed the human symbolic capacity for language to an extent that few other concepts have. Equally, it has helped to linguistically shape human narrative imagination in a creative interaction with space that no other concept has known. In this paper, the argumentation concerns a very concrete piece of language which shows how human conceptual projections work to make new social structures of meaning emerge. We will explore the meaning-construction properties of a highly specific time lexicalisation which refers to a well-known terrorist attack: 9/11. We will consider why we employ this expression and which cognitive operations are involved in that peculiar conception of time and events.
The Effect of Prominence Hierarchies on Modern English Long Passives: Pragmatic vs. Syntactic Factors
Authors: Elena Seoane
Published: June 2023

This paper examines the effect of the most relevant crosslinguistic prominence hierarchies on long passives (or passives with an overt by-phrase), in order to identify the factors which condition their choice over actives as order-rearranging strategies in Modern English (1500-1900). With empirical data drawn from the Helsinki Corpus and ARCHER, I will study the effect of (i) familiarity hierarchies, such as given-before-new or definite-before-indefinite, (ii) dominance hierarchies, like the animacy, empathy and semantic role hierarchies, and (iii) formal hierarchies such as short-before-long. The analysis reveals a clear predominance of pragmatic and syntactic factors, namely discourse status (given-before-new) and structural complexity (short-before-long), both of which facilitate utterance planning, production and parsing. Despite the apparent correlation between these two factors, this paper also shows that they are independent and that, when in competition, discourse status is a more powerful factor than syntactic complexity.
The Myth Of the Adirondack Backwoodsman: From the Golden Years to Consumer Society
Authors: Alonso Recarte Claudia
Published: June 2023

The aim of this paper is to trace the development of myth as a sociological tool through the analysis of the Adirondack backwoodsman of the golden years (a category which includes guides, hunters and trappers) as a literary archetype of the romanticist era and its subsequent decline with the advent of industrialism and consumer culture. Following Kenneth Burke’s premise of literature as “equipment for living” for the support of “human welfare”, I argue that the backwoodsman’s significance as a ‘strategy’ answers to a nationalistic endeavor which functions under the dynamics of mimesis. With a view to exploring these mimetic games and the cyclic perfection of the myth in question as equipment for living, Northrop Frye’s theoretical framework is applied as a supporting argument. In the final part of the paper, I argue that new literary directions portraying the backwoodsman as a product for consumption break the cycle, causing the extinction of the guide as hero. This final stage exemplifies the process by which history surpasses myth and overcomes the archetype’s potential as ‘equipment for living’.
We don’t make the News, we just report it: Television Journalism and Narratives of Trauma
Authors: Moritz Marguerite , Crapanzano Theresa
Published: June 2023

While the need to know is the raison d 'être of the journalists, the need to deny is perhaps less obvious but also pervasive, starting with the frequent need to deny their own agency, as our title suggests. In this paper, we take as examples some of the most heavily produced and reported trauma stories of the last decade to illustrate the competing needs of knowing and denying knowledge. These include the 9-11 terror attacks of 2001, the devastation of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the school shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in 2007. The focus is on US journalism because it is a highly influential model providing English language content used around the globe and because it draws heavily on established narrative conventions in both literature and film. Our analysis demonstrates that journalistic needs for knowledge and denial are both cultural and structural and the implications of this on collective and personal memory of traumas are profound.
Joyce, James. (1939) 1999. Finnegan's Wake. London: Penquin Classics: 627-628
Authors: Fernández Santomé Cecilia
Published: June 2023

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Las metáforas provisionales de la postmodernidad: La obra de William Gass
Authors: `Piqueras Belén
Published: June 2023

El filósofo Max Black demostró en 1962 que la metáfora es un recurso expresivo que no depende necesariamente de un factor exegético; propuso como alternativa al modo metafórico de cognición por analogía, vigente hasta ese momento, una concepción interactiva de la metáfora basada en su ‘intraducibilidad’. Así entendida, la metáfora emerge como una estrategia de resistencia epistemológica muy afín a algunos de los postulados fundamentales del modernismo y del postmodernismo. Este artículo defiende que la metáfora encuentra un lugar privilegiado en el postmodernismo, y que muchos escritores, —entre los que hay que destacar a William Gass por ser discípulo del propio Black— recurren a este tipo de metáfora de naturaleza interactiva como principio estructural de unas obras fundamentadas habitualmente en los procesos intuitivos de la metaficción; son piezas difíciles de traducir, verdaderas alegorías del acto de escribir y prototipos de integridad formal que paradójicamente logran que la utopía estética de sesgo modernista que inicialmente parecen esbozar, se desdibuje en un texto polimórfico y laberíntico cuya viabilidad tropológica resulta equívoca y provisional.
La traición Edénica en la literatura artúrica: Consideraciones sobre la identidad de la pareja en La morte d'Arthur de Thomas Malory
Authors: Gómez Seoane Almudena
Published: June 2023

La tradición cristiana mitifica la primera gran traición de la genealogía humana: el episodio de Eva y la manzana en el Jardín del Edén. La mujer, ansiando el conocimiento supremo que la sitúe al mismo nivel del Creador, infringe la norma establecida por este y viola el lazo casi sagrado de la confianza depositada en ella. Mas la pedagogía social basada en la exégesis bíblica no es la única corriente interesada en el poder ejemplarizante de la traición y el consiguiente castigo ritual como mecanismo catártico. En el terreno de la mitología pagana son numerosos los casos en que un personaje —normalmente un cargo preeminente— es acusado de felonía, debiendo someterse al escarnio público. Generalmente, siguiendo el patrón del Génesis, se trata de figuras femeninas movidas por la ambición, la avaricia o el deseo. Tal es el caso de la reina Ginebra, el hada Morgana o Vivien, todas ellas pertenecientes a los ciclos legendarios artúricos. El caso de esta última es especialmente interesante por la notable simetría entre la relación que establece con su álter ego masculino, Merlín, en la búsqueda de la sabiduría y el mito judeocristiano de Eva y Adán. Tomando como referencia la caracterización que Thomas Malory establece en Le Morte Darthur, pretendo realizar un análisis intertextual que profundice no solo en los evidentes paralelismos, sino también relación entre la mujer, la búsqueda del conocimiento y la noción de traición.
'Paradoxing' the Alien: The Morisco in Early Modern English Texts
Authors: López-Peláez Casellas Jesús
Published: June 2023

This paper addresses the English early modern problematization of the Spanish Moriscos, tragic representatives of the period’s increasingly complex and contradictory preoccupation with the paradoxical identities of the ‘enemy within’, while it also attempts to establish their visibility in 16th and 17th century English culture. While the exploration of how early modern texts deal with various ‘others’ —both at home and abroad— has been sufficiently documented along the past two decades, this paper suggests that the English semiosphere (in Lotmanian terms) not only scripted and rejected these strangers but was also ‘contaminated’ with a multiplicity of others, who were simultaneously and paradoxically admired, absorbed, adapted, and misrepresented in a diversity of literary and non-literary texts: drama, dictionaries, pamphlets, and travel narratives. Among these others, the Spanish Morisco cuts across various faultlines, as a religious, cultural and political alien of uncertain identity and contradictory allegiance.
Mormon Marriage Is Also Terrestrial: An Study on Gender in Phyllis Barber's Raw Edges: A Memoir
Authors: Chaparro Sainz Ángel
Published: June 2023

Phyllis Barber was raised as a member of the Mormon Church. In her fiction and in her autobiographies this is an important element opening suitable realms to analyze her literature. Here I aim at analyzing her contribution to Mormon feminist tradition. In her latest autobiography, Raw Edges: A Memoir, Barber approaches marriage as an institution, helping to illustrate the relevance that certain gender roles still have within Mormon culture. Through the confession of her own failure, Barber echoes former references to penetrate into topics dealing with gender issues within Mormon culture.
Chicano Gangs/Chicana Girls: Surviving the "Wild" Barrio
Authors: Ibarraran Bigalondo Amaia
Published: June 2023

The emergence and divulgation of a Chicana female identity is inevitably linked to the Chicana Movement, which favored the liberation and empowerment of the collective, long submitted to male dominance and social discrimination. Regardless the obvious achievements of the Movement in the personal and communal spheres, the situation of may US barrios is still far from being ideal, and Chicana adolescents are the victims of poor educational resources, high rates of teen pregnancy and a still overtly masculine domination. In this context, there is a big group of young Chicanas who opt for seeking empowerment and a voice by joining a collective that provides them with the visibility they lack within the mainstream society and their own group: the gang. The aim of this work is to show two different approaches to the same life situation, as portrayed in two contemporary Chicana novels, Locas (1997), by Yxta Maya Murray, and the autobiographical Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz (1997), in an attempt to expose the harsh situation these women have to endure today and the ways out/in the novels propose in such circumstances.
Spanish Secondary School Students’ Oral Competence in EFL: Self-assessment, Teacher assessment and Assessment Tasks
Authors: Pilar Mur-Dueñas  , Ramón Plo  , Ana Hornero
Published: June 2023

Although Spanish students start EFL lessons at a very early age, several studies at a national and European level highlight the low competence of Spanish speakers in general and of Spanish students in particular in spoken English. In this context, we set to design a comprehensive questionnaire on the process of teaching and learning oral skills in Secondary Education, which was administered to both teachers and students of English in a representative sample of Secondary Schools in the region of Aragón (Spain), the total number of answers being 2,073 (2,010 from students and 63 from teachers). Our aim was to ascertain whether students perceive themselves as progressively more skilled in speaking and interacting as they advance through the 6-year Secondary Education period. We considered possible differences depending on the type of school students attend: rural or urban, private, state-run or state-subsidised, and non-bilingual or bilingual. In addition, we explored the possible effect of the teachers’ reported methods of assessment of oral skills on the students’ perceived and achieved competence. The results derived from this survey can provide a good diagnosis of the current situation of the teaching and learning of oral skills in Spanish EFL Secondary School classrooms.
Cross-curricular Issues and Published ELT Materials in Spain
Authors: Rascón-Moreno Diego
Published: June 2023

This paper shows the results of examining up to forty-six sets of published ELT materials borrowed from primary and secondary schools of the Spanish city of Jaén in order to know how the eight cross-curricular issues encouraged by educational policies are addressed in them. These topics should be introduced in the English classroom so that the full development of the student’s personality can be achieved. Not only a general descriptive analysis of all the data gathered is included here, but also a specific one consisting in determining whether the variables of publishing house, level and educational cycle make results vary significantly –for which the ANOVA Test was used. A relevant conclusion of this study is that the value-laden topics under research are relatively often addressed in the materials sampled, but that their teaching is poor in terms of width of coverage because only some of the contents about them that should be covered according to the official guidelines are dealt with. Concerning the specific analysis, the main idea that can be derived is that the variable of publishing house rarely affects results, as against the level and educational cycle of these resources, which usually yield statistically significant differences.
Undermining the Concept of Paradise: Intertextuality and Storytelling in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise
Authors: Mondo Costanza
Published: June 2023

Storytelling and intertextuality feature frequently in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s literary works. This paper investigates the role intertextuality and storytelling play in his novel Paradise, published in 1994, and shows how they ultimately undermine the very concept of paradise itself. The first section of the paper analyses two intertextual references to Milton which cast doubt on the idea of East Africa as a paradise through their contradictory nature. The second part focuses on the theme of storytelling in the novel at large and more specifically in the main character’s life, demonstrating that both clashes and correspondences between life and storytelling eventually undercut the main character’s idea of paradise.
EFL learners' narrative skills: the case of contemporary country music
Authors: Fernández-García Antonio
Published: June 2023

Facilitating oral skills through authentic materials such as music has been essential in foreign language teaching (FLT). However, a model whose core element is to develop adolescent EFL learners’ narrative skills through songs with highly emotional lyrics is still non-existent. Furthermore, engaging students in vivid debates about everyday topics with which they can relate is considered a key element to develop their narrative skills. Both, themes and structure of contemporary country music songs have been analysed by means of a corpus. Additionally, a questionnaire has been administered to know adolescent English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ attitude towards the implementation of social issues and music in class. The results show that there exists a narrative structure in contemporary country music songs and a wide range of topics with which students can easily identify. These results suggest that these song lyrics may serve to facilitate EFL students' narrative skills.
Transkulturalität in Wiktor Gomulickis Poem Pieśń o Gdańsku (Lied über Danzig)
Authors: Brandt Marion
Published: June 2023

Der Beitrag untersucht die Transkulturalität von Wiktor Gomulickis 1896 veröffentlichtem Poem Pieśń o Gdańsku, einem der wenigen polnischen Gedichte über das Danzig des Wilhelminischen Kaiserreiches. Er zeigt, dass die antagonistische Zeichnung des deutsch-slawischen Konflikts im Danzig jener Zeit mit intertextuellen Referenzen zur deutschen Literatur (Heinrich Heine, Joseph von Eichendorff ) einhergeht, das Gedicht also durch die Spannung von Nähe und Distanz zur deutschen Hegemonialkultur geprägt ist. Einige ausgewählte Szenen des Poems werden unter Rückgriff auf interkulturelle Metaphern (Palimpsest, Störung) interpretiert.
Pan-immune-inflammation value and systemic immune-inflammation index: Are they useful markers in sarcoidosis?
Authors: Ertürk Adem , Balcı Aydın
Published: June 2023

Background/Aim: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by the infiltration of various organs. Due to the lack of a widely-accepted biomarker, researchers have explored alternative and previously unexplored parameters in sarcoidosis. This study aimed to investigate the utility of various markers, including the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and pan-immune-inflammation value (PIV), in patients with sarcoidosis.
Methods: A case-control study was conducted between January 2019 and February 2023. The study included 75 patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis, and 93 healthy individuals matched for age, sex, and body mass index. Sarcoidosis-related features, such as lung stage and extrapulmonary involvement, were recorded. The researchers investigated SII, PIV, procalcitonin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), other biochemical results, and complete blood counts (including neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, platelet counts, hemoglobin, mean platelet volume [MPV], and red cell distribution width [RDW]).
Results: The age and sex distribution were similar in both the case and control groups (P=0.258 and P=0.196, respectively). The patient group had a significantly lower absolute lymphocyte count than the control group (P=0.035). Patients’ RDW (P=0.007), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (P=0.028), and ESR (P<0.001) values were significantly higher compared to controls. No significant difference was observed between the two groups regarding other variables, including PIV and SII. There was a significant weak positive correlation between PIV and lung stage, as well as between MPV and the presence of erythema nodosum.
Conclusion: PIV and SII values in patients with sarcoidosis were similar to controls. The positive correlations between PIV and lung stage and between MPV and erythema nodosum suggest potential relationships with sarcoidosis-related features and demonstrate the value of these readily available and inexpensive markers in patient management. Comprehensive studies are needed to clarify whether SII and/or PIV can be used to assess the characteristics of patients with sarcoidosis.
GRADUATES FROM DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES ACCORDING TO QUESTIONNAIRE OF PRAGUE COMMITTEE FOR CELEBRATION OF THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOSCOW UNIVERSITY
Authors: Vyunitskaya Evgeniya V.
Published: June 2023

Questionnaire of Prague Committee for Celebration of the 175th Anniversary of Moscow University is a unique mass data source of personal origin. It consists of evidence gathered from graduates from both Russian and emigration educational centers. Among the data, there are 442 answers from graduates from Russian universities. The majority of them represent universities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan’, Kharkov, Warsaw, Odessa, Kiev, Yuriev. The data creates a unique source for studying social adaptation and employment of graduates from Russian universities abroad. More than a half of the respondents were students of Law Department; there were also graduates from departments of Medicine, History and Philology, Physics and Mathematics. Abroad, nearly all the medics managed to find jobs in medicine. Graduates from both History and Philology and Physics and Mathematics were successfully employed as teachers and professors. Law Department graduates turned out to be the least homogenous group. Nevertheless, the majority of them managed to find jobs as clerks, teachers and professors, journalists. However, there was also a small fifth group consisting of 4 graduates from Department of Oriental Languages of St. Petersburg University. Their few stories can’t make a basis for serious generalizations, but they still show several regularities. For instance, all the 4 graduated from the university in the 20th century; all the 4 chose European countries to start a new life. Their stories demonstrate what a combination of factors, like skills and luck, determined the fates of successful emigrants.
Improving Students' Skills in Writing Narrative Text by Implementing Comic Strips Media at MA. Riyadlus Sholihin
Authors: Rohmaniah Nuzulul
Published: June 2023

This research was purposed to describe how comic strips media was implemented to improve students’ skills in writing narrative text at MA. Riyadlus Sholihin Probolinggo. This research applied Classroom Action Research (CAR) methodology. The researcher was helped by a collaborator in designing the lesson plan, implementing the action, observing the action, and making reflection. The subjects of the study were eleventh grade students of language program of MA. Riyadlus Sholihin Probolinggo. This action research consisted of two cycles because in the second cycle the criteria of success were achieved. Each of the cycle consisted of three meetings for teaching learning process and one for the test. The data analysis used quantitative data and qualitative data. The quantitative data were obtained from the students’ writing test and the qualitative data were obtained from observation checklist and field-notes.

The criteria of success were fulfilled after the implementation or the treatment in the second cycle. It means that the students’ skill in writing narrative text improved. It is related to the students active participation, student interest, students` enjoyment during English learning using Comic strips media. It also reveals that the students’ achievement in the test with the mean score 77.56 which was better than the mean score in the pre- test, 62.6. This score was better than the mean score in cycle 1, which was 75.4. The observation checklist and field note also proves that the students are interested in learning narrative text by implementing Comic strips media.

Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that the implementation of comic strips media improve students’ skill in writing narrative text. In order to be successful, several procedures in teaching and learning activities should be followed. First, it has students discussion activities in groups. Second, the teacher explained detailed about sentence pattern of past tense and structure in which the students frequently made mistakes. Then, the teacher explaining conjunction to help students in collaborating sentences for good writing. Therefore, the result of this research is expected to help students to write better by implementing comic strips media.

Key Words: Writing Skill, Narrative text, Comic Strips
The Effectiveness of Bima Folktales as Learning Materials to Teach Reading Comprehension
Authors: Asdiwarman Nofi Firmallah
Published: June 2023

Bima is one of the region located at West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. This tribe has many well-known folk stories between their people that can be considered as learning materials to teach reading comprehension in EFL class. The previous studies showed that folktales is effective to teach reading comprehension, it enhance reading comprehension achievement of students. However, how effective Bima folktales as learning materials to teach reading comprehension especially at the level senior high school’s students should be investigated because there is no study about it before. Being designed in true experimental with post-test only control group, the objective of this study is to find out whether using of Bima folktales as learning materials is effective or not to teach reading comprehension on high school‘s students. Conducted on tenth grade students of IPA at SMA Negeri 2 which consists of 62 students who were divided into experimental group and control group. These two groups were proved on the same level of reading comprehension ability by the scores of mid-term test. Based on independent t-test in SPSS 20.0 version for windows calculation, it was proved that the significant values of variances assumed was .097. It is indicated that the students’ reading comprehension achievement of experimental group and control group were homogenous. Meanwhile, sig. (2-tailed) value was .005 which less than .050 and it means that the H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. The results of study showed that students of experimental group were performed better than students of the control group, although they have the same level of reading comprehension before the treatments were given. Suggestions purposed for further researchers to conduct the study with the related topic by providing more learning materials about Bima folktales. Because the time limited during Covid-19, the next researcher also could add more times for treatments, choosing more samples and preparing the test items more than the available items in order to have back up items if there are many difficulty items than the moderate items or if there are items deleted.
An Analysis of Student's Difficulties in English Speaking, a Descriptive Study
Authors: Han Hanapi , Islam Muhammad Hifdil , Ferdiyanto Feri
Published: June 2023

The essential language ability for communication is speaking, particularly in English, where it is necessary for two-way communication that both parties can understand. Despite this, many students need to utilize their opportunities to practice speaking English more. As a result, this study aims to investigate the problems and difficulties that students face when speaking English. The descriptive methodology used in this study is qualitative. Data from interviews and direct observation were used to learn more about students' challenges as they tried to improve their English. The three steps of analysis that come after data collection are data reduction, data presentation, and data conclusion. The findings indicated that students found it challenging to practice English conversation because they lacked confidence and courage and were afraid to make mistakes. Also, they needed an intense environment and a suitable vocabulary. As a result, encouraging students to practice speaking English requires an effective teaching method.
Implementation of Jogja Madrasa Digital, Garda Kagum and Its Impact at Yogyakarta Madrasah Teachers' Quality and Motivation
Authors: Marlina Yuli , Suprapto Suprapto , Sulaeman Maryam
Published: June 2023

This study applies quantitative research with path analisis by SmartPls.  It is aimed to investigate the implementation Jogja Madrasah Digital, Garda Kagum and the influence of teacher excellent and teacher quality at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study discovered that: a) the JMD Innovation construct has no significant effect on Madrasah Teacher Motivation and Madrasah Teacher Quality; b) the JMD Innovation construct has no significant effect on the Garda Kagum construct variable; c) the Garda Kagum construct has a significant influence on Madrasah Teacher Motivation of 49.9%; and d) the Garda Kagum construct variable has a significant influence on Madrasah In-depth investigation should uncover additional elements that contribute to the rise in Jogja Madrasa Digital for madrasa teach
Management of Infrastructure Facilities in Increasing Student Learning Motivation
Authors: Agustin Nabilah Nurhikmah , Mukn’iah Mukn’iah , Mu’is Abd.
Published: June 2023

Infrastructure plays a crucial role in supporting the learning process in schools, and effective management of educational infrastructure is essential for optimal utilization and motivating students to learn diligently. This qualitative study investigated the role of infrastructure management in enhancing students' motivation in religious education at SMP Negeri 10 Jember during the academic year 2014/2015. Data were collected through observations, interviews, and document analysis, and qualitative descriptive analysis was employed. The findings indicated that infrastructure management, including procurement, maintenance, utilization, and development of facilities, significantly influenced students' motivation. The study concluded that creating a conducive learning environment aligned with students' desires, interests, and needs enhanced intrinsic motivation, while extrinsic motivation was effectively facilitated through competition, punishment, rewards, praise, and assessments, utilizing the school's facilities. The successful management of educational infrastructure at SMP Negeri 10 Jember contributed to enhancing students' motivation in religious education, emphasizing the importance of infrastructure management in fostering both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Improving Character Drama Competence in Drama Using Lottery Method
Authors: Nurkholifa Siti , Arief Nur Fajar
Published: June 2023

The drama performance was carried out by students from class XI MIA at SMA Darut Taqwa Purwosari who had issues with low self-confidence. To address this, the researcher implemented the lottery method combined with vocal exercises and expressive therapy. The aim of this study was to enhance the competence of students in expressing character dialogues in drama performances using the lottery method. The research sample consisted of 32 students from the Indonesian Language subject with the Basic Competency "Expressing Character Dialogues in Drama Performances" in the second semester of the academic year 2022-2023. Data were collected through questionnaires, observation notes, and evaluations conducted from the beginning of the research until Cycle II. Observation notes were used to assess improvement. The results showed that the lottery method could be used to enhance students' competence in expressing character dialogues in drama performances. The improvement in students' competence was evident in the quality of the process, as indicated by their sincerity, courage, and concentration during the learning and practice sessions, creating an enjoyable atmosphere. Students also did not feel bored as the activities in the lottery method were varied. The assessment of drama practice was based on four aspects: intonation, pronunciation, interpretation, and expression. The highest score for each aspect was 4, with a total score of 20. The improvement in the process and product was observed by comparing the average scores obtained in Cycle II with those obtained in Cycle I. The average score for student practice in Cycle I was 10.01, while in the final Cycle II, it increased to 14.55. This indicates an increase in the average score by 4.54 or 45.35%. This improvement demonstrates that the implementation of actions in Cycle I and Cycle II successfully enhanced students' competence in expressing character dialogues in drama performances.
From Cataloguing to Metadata Creation
Authors: Guerrini Mauro
Published: June 2023

Cataloguing has always produced a catalogue, while the creation of metadata has produced the metadata of given resources. However, in this digital age, the two are more connected than ever. A catalogue is made up of metadata that can be searched, identified, structured and selected. This then means the metadata creation process is adopted as a part of cataloguing. From Cataloguing to Metadata Creation is a cultural and methodological introduction to the evolution of cataloguing towards the metadata creation process in the digital era. It is a journey through the founding principles and the objectives of the 'information organisation' service that libraries offer. The book aims to outline the new library context, highlighting continuities and innovations compared to traditional cataloguing and intends to trace the path from traditional cataloguing to the new metadata creation process.
Políticas y Gestión migratoria: Análisis regionales hacia un desarrollo sustentable
Authors: Ramos García José María
Published: June 2023

El número especial de la Revista Política, Globalidad y Ciudadanía sobre gestión, gobernanza y migración internacional y desarrollo local es relevante porque los capítulos abordan diferentes perspectivas de la coyuntura, políticas e impactos de la mayor movilidad social y laboral irregular de la historia inmigratoria hacia Estados Unidos y en un segundo término, se examina el contexto y algunas políticas de desarrollo local y regional nacional y en los países de Perú y Colombia.

La política migratoria implementada por la administración del ex presidente Donald Trump (2017-2020) hacia México se caracterizó por medidas restrictivas y polémicas, como la separación familiar, la construcción del muro fronterizo y la implementación del programa "Permanecer en México". Estas políticas generaron un impacto significativo en la dinámica migratoria y en la relación política entre ambos países. Con el inicio del mandato del presidente Joseph R. Biden (2021) ha promovido algunos cambios en su política migratoria, reconociendo la importancia de una gobernanza migratoria efectiva y justa. Los efectos del contexto socioeconómico de la pos pandemia han provocado una de las mayores movilidades humanas de los últimos diez años.

La importancia de la gobernanza migratoria se refleja en el reto de tratar de promover valores humanitarios, la protección de los derechos de los migrantes y la búsqueda de soluciones integrales y colaborativas. Estas iniciativas han sido difíciles de implementar en la política migratoria estadounidense, porque se mantienen ciertas políticas restrictivas.
EXPLORING THE EXPENDITURE ON MARKETING IN SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL SCHEMES
Authors: Willie Michael Mncedisi
Published: June 2023

This review explores the expenditure on marketing in South African medical schemes, which provide healthcare coverage to members in exchange for premium payments. The marketing services offered by these schemes aim to raise awareness, communicate value propositions, target specific demographics, educate, and inform, engage members, and ensure compliance and ethics. The study investigates the variations in marketing expenses based on scheme size, market position, and marketing objectives. It also examines the relationship between marketing costs and membership growth.Transparency, regulation, and improved reporting of marketing activities in the financial statements of medical schemes are highlighted as crucial. Key recommendations include establishing Key Performance Indicators KPIs between schemes and service providers, separating payment for performance indicators from member transfer costs, and collaborating with relevant regulatory bodies to protect consumer interests. The study also suggests maintaining marketing and distribution expenses below certain thresholds and registering and regulating entities involved in marketing-related services.Proposed regulatory bodies for collaboration include the Advertising Regulatory Board, National Consumer Commission, Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman, and Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. By addressing these issues, medical schemes can enhance the effectiveness of their marketing efforts, improve member value, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Managing a high-tech startup: A case of machine vision for the poultry industry
Authors: Simonov Kirill , Girfanova Natalia
Published: June 2023

High-tech startups face a number of insurmountable problems that prevent them from turning innovative ideas into new products. The article investigates the managerial aspects of implementation and commercialization of high-tech startups in Russia using the case of an automated computer vision analytical system for industrial poultry farming. Entrepreneurship theory and the concept of strategic management constitute the theoretical basis of the study. Among the research methods used in the paper are the POCD framework in combination with SWOT analysis involved in the formation of startup management strategies, as well as Sandelovsky and Barroso’s Meta-Synthesis method applied to identify factors that determine the successful implementation of a startup. The empirical evidence of the work was a bank of video data collected at the VNITIP Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and covering the full life cycle of broiler chickens. The paper established three main sources of funding for high-tech start-ups to introduce machine vision systems in the poultry industry: the state, industrial corporations, and venture capital. At that, none of the enterprises, including the global leaders, has yet reached the IPO stage. We identify two central lines to launch and commercialize a Russian start-up in poultry farming, these are association with developers of integrated digital solutions and/or integration with poultry meat producers. Recommendations are formulated regarding the implementation of a high-tech start-up: to form a public-private partnership, actively interact with research centers and universities, cooper ate with business angels, expand the entrepreneurial competencies of startupers, and clarify the business model of the project. The mass introduction of machine vision technology in the poultry industry is possible due to the acceleration of technological progress and the elimination of the main obstacle, i.e., the high cost of components for machine vision systems.