bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Influence of Role Playing Learning Model on Learning Outcomes of Speaking Skills in Simple Interviewing for Fifth Grade Students of SDN 2 Tambakrigadung Lamongan
Authors: Huda Mochammad Miftachul , Kharisma Ahmad Ipmawan , Afifah Nur Fathin
Published: June 2023

The purpose of this study is to see how the role playing learning model affects students' speaking skills in class 5C SDN 2 Tambakrigadung Lamongan. This is a quantitative study that use the Posttest-Only Control Design approach. The data was collected using a random sampling technique and a learning outcome test in the form of a description (conversational text). The two-sample paired t-test formula was used for hypothesis testing. With 39 students in each class, the sample comprised of two classes: class 5C as the experimental group and class 5A as the control group. The results of the data analysis revealed that the role playing model had an effect on the speaking abilities of 5th grade students at SDN 2 Tambakrigadung Lamongan.The results of the data analysis revealed that the value of tcount was bigger than ttable, or 5.80 > 1.665 at a significance level of 5%, hence H0 was rejected and Ha was given.
Analisis Kebutuhan Media Pembelajaran Digital Bagi Guru Agar Tercipta Kegiatan Pembelajaran yang Efektif dan Siswa Aktif
Authors: Meliyani Azzah Risti , Mentari Diana , Syabani Gina Purnama , Zuhri Najwa Zalfa
Published: June 2023

Masifnya digitalisasi membuka inovasi dalam berbagai aspek, termasuk pendidikan. Menikmati manfaat teknologi menjadi daya tarik dan asah kreativitas siswa maupun pendidik dalam proses pembelajaran yang interaktif. Namun, tidak dapat dipungkiri ada pula tantangan era digital terhadap pendidikan, sehingga muncul hambatan-hambatan dalam mendukung efektivitas pembelajaran. Penelitian ini merupakan kategori penelitian kualitatif deskriptif yang bertujuan untuk menganalisis kebutuhan guru sebagai upaya terlaksananya pembelajaran yang aktif dengan media pembelajaran berbasis digital. Hasil penelitian merekomendasikan sebuah media pembelajaran informal sebagai kontribusi terlaksananya digitalisasi pembelajaran siswa yang aktif dan inovatif. Berdasar pada objek penelitiannya, artikel ini membahas proses keberlangsungan pembelajaran bahasa Arab serta apa-apa yang dibutuhkan guru dan siswa dalam upaya meningkatkan kualitas proses pembelajaran itu sendiri.
Pelatihan dan Pendampingan Mengaplikasikan TIK Untuk Meningkatkan Kompetensi Mengajar Melalui Supervisi Akademik
Authors: Basuki Bakoh
Published: June 2023

Peningkatan kompetensi guru dalam proses pembelajaran melalui supervisi akademik rutin dilakukan kepala sekolah, namun masih dianggap menghakimi para guru. Oleh sebab itu supervisi dilakukan dengan teknik pelatihan dan pendampingan, agar guru lebih nyaman dan terbantu dalam meningkatkan kompetensi mengajar menggunakan media tekhnologi komunikasi informasi. Metode yang diaplikasikan menggunakan penelitian tindakan sekolah (PTS) terhadap 13 guru mata pelajaran di SMP Negeri 3 Cibarusah. Hasil setelah tindakan menunjukkan bahwa (1) terjadi peningkatan kompetensi guru dalam menerapkan TIK melalui Supervisi Akademik sesuai dengan rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran melalui Rubrik Penilaian Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran. Siklus  1  mencapai  nilai  72,23,  berada  pada  katagori  baik,  dan  pada siklus kedua meningkat menjadi 82,08, berada pada katagori sangat baik, (2) aktivitas guru dalam pelaksanaan pembelajaran pada siklus kedua lebih baik dibandingkan pada siklus satu. Penilaian melalui Rubrik Penilaian Aktivitas Guru pada siklus satu mencapai nilai 77,00 tergolong cukup, sedangkan pada siklus kedua meningkat menjadi 80,38 tergolong baik. Secara umum dari siklus I ke siklus II menunjukan adanya peningkatan kompetensi mengajar menggunakan TIK sesuai dengan RPP sebesar 13,63 %.
Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Materi Sila-sila Pancasila Kelas ll SD
Authors: Khusna Iva Nila
Published: June 2023

penelitian ini bertujuan untuk pengembanagan perangkat pembelajaran Materi Sila-sila Pancasila Kelas ll SD 2020/2021. Perangkat pembelajaran yang sesuai dengan karakter tanggung jawab pada peserta didik yang ada disekolah dasar. Perangkat pembelajaran ini digunakan disaat pandemi karena pembelajaran secara daring (dalam jaringan). Penelitian ini adalah penelitian pengembangan (Research and development). Desain penelitian ini menggunakan model pengembangan perangjat pembelajaran yang dikemukakan oleh Thiagarajan yaitu model 4-D yang terdiri dari tiga tahapan yaitu tahap pendefinisian (Define), tahap perancangan(Design) dan tahap pengembangan(Develop). Alasan peneliti tidak melaksanakan tahap akhir pada model penelitian 4-D karena keterbatasan waktu dan biaya yang digunakan. Subjek penelitian terdapat 2 validator. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu dengan memberikan lembar validasi kepada validator, sedangkan instrumen pengumpulan data dengan memberikan perangkat pembelajaran dan lembar validasi untuk dinilai oleh validator. Berdasarkan hasil analisis yang telah dilakukan oleh peneliti, didapatkan pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran berupa silabus, rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran (RPP), lembar kerja peserta didik(LKPD), tes hasil belajar (THS), media pembelajaran dan modul yang sudah dikembangkan sesuai dengan karakter tanggung jawab peserta didik. Untuk kevalidan perangkat pembelajaran 95,5  penilaian dari validator. Sehingga perangkat pembelajaran materi sila–sila pancasila ini sangat valid untuk digunakan saat pembelajaran berlangsung.
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran : Aplikasi Fun Edu’kids Islamic Berbasis Ibuildapp Pada Materi Kisah Keteladanan Para Nabi di Kelas V SD
Authors: Novianti Novianti , Amelia Mira , Wahyuni Melly Sri , Aeni Ani Nur
Published: June 2023

Berkembang pesatnya teknologi yang selaras dengan ilmu pengetahuan dengan tiada hentinya. Banyak perubahan teknologi dari konvensional menjadi digital. Maka dibutuhkan inovasi media edukatif berbasis teknologi yang dapat mempermudah belajar islami untuk anak. Aplikasi Fun Edu’kids Islamic berbasis Ibuildapp menyediakan materi dakwah tentang kisah keteladanan para nabi dengan berbagai bentuk yaitu video, audio, dan gambar untuk para da’i da’iyah kelas lima SD. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk meningkatkan wawasan dan keterampilan da’i da’iyah dalam berdakwah dengan membawa dampak perkembangan terhadap karakter generasi muda supaya kelak tumbuh menjadi manusia yang berkhlak mulia dan berbudi pekerti luhur. Penelitian ini menerapkan metode model Design and Development (D&D). Metode pada pengumpulan data menggunakan angket melalui google form.
HİLE DENETİMİ YAKLAŞIMLARI VE BİR VAKA ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: KARA Suat , KARAN Levent
Published: June 2023

Finansal verileri iyi olmayan işletmeler artan finansman ihtiyacı ve değişen piyasa beklentilerini karşılayabilmek için birçok muhasebe hilesi uygulamaya yönelmiştir. Muhasebe hilelerindeki artış ve yaşanan finansal skandallar ise devletleri birçok önlem almaya itmiştir. Fakat günümüzde hata ve hileyi ortaya çıkarmak için birçok yöntem ve teknik kullanılıp hilenin tespit edilememe riski düşürülmek istense de bu çalışmalar skandalların yaşanma ihtimalini yok edememektedir. Muhasebe hilelerinin tespit edilmesinde kullanılan birçok yöntem ve teknik olmasına rağmen, hata ve hileyi ortaya çıkarma oranı en yüksek yöntemlerden biri de çapraz denetim tekniğidir. Bu çalışmada bağımsız denetim raporunda olumlu görüş almış olan bir işletmenin finansal verilerine çapraz denetim tekniği uygulanarak, yapılan hata ve hileler tespit edilmiştir.Çapraz denetim karşı hesaplar tablosu üzerindeki 44 adet hesaptan 32 adedi denetlenmiş 15 adedinde hata veya hileye rastlanmıştır. 7 hesapta ilgili dönemde muhasebe kaydı gerçekleşmemiş, 5 hesabın muhasebe kayıtlarının bulunduğu yevmiye maddelerinde 1 den fazla muhasebe kaydının bulunmasından dolayı çapraz denetim karşı hesapları tespit edilememiştir. Toplam 2.868.032.788 TL tutarında 50.438 adet yevmiye kaydı denetlenmiş, 76.642.961,24 TL tutarında 1010 adet yevmiye kaydında hata veya hileye rastlanmıştır. Ulaşılan bulgular ile bağımsız denetim raporunun görüşü değerlendirilerek önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
El fenómeno de gentrification y algunos símbolos culturales, recursos para la apropiación de territorios urbanos multiculturales. Chicago, Il. U.S.A.
Authors: Galván Arellano Alejandro
Published: June 2023

El presente articulo, se deriva de un estudio en la ciudad de Chicago, donde se consideraron ciertos aspectos de la cultura, exponiendo la experiencia sobre, el fenómeno de la Multiculturalidad en el espacio urbano. Este fenómeno está presente y se está extendiendo en muchas ciudades en el mundo, producto de la migración y la globalización. Esta multiculturalidad tiene sus impactos en las ciudades y sus manifestaciones de diversas maneras. Podemos observar que en la cultura urbana de cada ciudad, los grupos sociales son capaces de producir múltiples manifestaciones espaciales y símbolos para apropiarse del espacio-territorio urbano.

Mi objetivo sería, exponer algunas ideas sobre dos barrios de la ciudad de Chicago, en donde pude observar las formas de apropiación del espacio público y el territorio urbano. A través del análisis urbano arquitectónico exponer, cómo algunos grupos étnicos realizan acciones para identificarse y manifestar su presencia en la ciudad.
Perspectivas espaciales en los estudios urbanos: estructura y morfología de las ciudades medias de México
Authors: Moreno Mata Adrián
Published: June 2023

A partir de la revisión de diversos estudios y modelos urbanos interesados en el análisis de la estructura interna de ciertas ciudades mexicanas y extranjeras, se aplican los principios del análisis espacial con tres propósitos fundamentales: i) identificar las principales dimensiones que estructuran las áreas metropolitanas en México, en especial las denominadas ciudades medias o ciudades intermedias; ii) caracterizar los cambios que observa la estructura sociorresidencial en ese grupo de ciudades las de mayor dinamismo demográfico en las últimas dos décadas-; y iii) identificar los patrones intrametropolitanos (flujos de población y de empleo) usualmente explicados por la etapa de metropolitanismo en que se encuentra cada metrópoli.
Templo de Guadalupe de la ciudad de Aguascalientes: lectura iconológica de la portada
Authors: Aranda Villalobos Juan Jesús
Published: June 2023

Los estudios arquitectónicos además de contemplar la historia, el urbanismo, el espacio y las artes tendrán que centrarse en su estructura de signos e imágenes compositivas de significación intrínseca o de contenido, ya que estos son testimonios o evidencias que el hombre plasma en sus obras, son pruebas fehacientes de un determinado tiempo, lugar y modo de pensar en la que fue ejecutada la obra. El estudio iconológico de la portada del templo de Guadalupe de la ciudad de Aguascalientes nos manifiesta en forma global estos factores compositivos.

La iconología nos marca una lectura ascendente y dual entre lo terrenal y celestial, marcada por una serie de imágenes y motivos que se van localizando por medio de planos iconográficos a través de la fachada del templo en estudio.
De molinos y de técnicas de molienda para obtener harina
Authors: Corral Avitia Paola Ayesha , García Pereyra Rutilio
Published: June 2023

El presente artículo presenta un bosquejo histórico de los molinos que el hombre ha empleado desde que inició con la actividad agrícola y el uso de fuentes de energía que le proveía la naturaleza y aquella que obtuvo por el diseño de sistemas mecánicos. El funcionamiento de molinos de harina se explica a partir de la arquitectura con la intención de describir su estructura y la manera de producir harina de distintos granos que el hombre usa para su alimentación. El propósito es divulgar la técnica y el uso de sistemas de molienda de granos para que el lector tenga una idea de la manera en que se obtienen productos de primera necesidad como el pan y la tortilla, por mencionar algunos.
¿Necesitamos más fuentes?
Authors: Highsmith Cyrus , Beltrán Félix
Published: June 2023

Las siguientes reflexiones sobre el ejercicio de Cyrus Highsmith, diseñador de caracteres, fueron enviados por el Dr. Félix Beltrán, profesor de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, publicadas en la Revista Letterspace por "Type Directors Club” en 2008.

Este ensayo cuestiona qué tanto es necesario seguir diseñando más fuentes tipográficas, exponiendo algunas reflexiones que los diseñadores gráficos habrán de considerar al momento de crear nuevos carácteres. Se menciona el tiempo que verdaderamente requiere un diseñador para la realización de una fuente. Alude a la importancia de considerar el producto final de la fuente diseñada, y la manera en que ésta se presenta al público. La relevancia de verificar cada detalle, donde el éxito de cada uno de los caracteres tipográficos dependen de lo bien que se acoplen todas las partes para formar palabras, además de reflexionar sobre la tecnología digital la cual pudiera inducir a no necesitar más diseñadores tipográficos.
Effect of interleukin-8 on docetaxel resistance in prostate cancer cells: insights into the role of multidrug resistance 1 protein modulation
Authors: ILHAN Suleyman
Published: June 2023

Although docetaxel treatment yields a high survival rate for prostate cancer (PCa), resistance eventually develops in many patients. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of docetaxel resistance is essential for improving treatment strategies. Cytokines, which play a role in cell signaling and immune responses, have been implicated in drug resistance mechanisms. The study revealed that interleukin-8 (IL-8) was consistently overexpressed in both docetaxel-resistant PCa cell lines. Thus, the expression levels of cytokines released from docetaxel-sensitive (PC-3- and DU-145) and resistant (PC-3/R-DU-145/R) PCa cells were compared. IL-8 was found to be commonly expressed in resistant cell lines. This finding led to the hypothesis that IL-8 could play a key role in mediating PCa cell resistance to docetaxel. IL-8 siRNA treatment increased docetaxel sensitivity in both resistant cells. To demonstrate the mechanism of IL-8-related resistance, MDR1 expression was evaluated. After IL-8 siRNA treatment MDR1 expression was reduced in both resistant cells suggesting that IL-8 regulates the docetaxel resistance of PCa cells via modulation of multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1). By expanding the knowledge of the cytokines and their effect mechanisms, novel approaches can be developed for the treatment of docetaxel-resistant prostate cancer. Further investigations into the role of IL-8 in docetaxel resistance could offer valuable insights into the development of effective treatment strategies for PCa patients.
Adaletin iş ile ilgili tutumlar üzerindeki etkisi: iyimserlik ve dindarlığın rolü
Authors: Söylemez Metin , Kaya Ahmet , Tekin Zeliha
Published: June 2023

Bu araştırmacının amacı genel adalet algısının, iş tatmini ve işten ayrılma niyeti gibi iş tutumlarının üzerindeki etkisi ve iyimserliğin bu etkideki aracılık rolü ve dindarlığın, genel adalet algısı ve iyimserlik üzerindeki düzenleyicilik rolünün ortaya konulmasıdır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, nedensel tarama deseninde nicel bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Analizler için ihtiyaç duyulan veri anket tekniği ile 261 (89 kadın, 172 erkek; 207 evli, 54 bekâr; 9 ilköğretim, 22 lise, 221 lisans ve 9 lisansüstü) hizmet sektörü çalışanından elde edilmiştir. Analizler için SPSS Macro ve SPSS analiz programları kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda, genel adalet algısının iş tatmini ve işten ayrılma niyeti üzerinde anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. İyimserliğin, genel adalet algısının iş tatmini üzerindeki etkisinde aracılık rolü oynadığı ama genel adalet algısının işten ayrılma niyeti üzerindeki etkisinde oynamadığı ortaya konulmuştur. Dindarlığın ise genel adalet algısının iyimserlik üzerindeki etkisinde düzenleyici rol oynadığı gözlemlenmiştir. Sonuçların, önceki araştırmaları genişlettiği düşünülmekle beraber, örgütsel adalet teorisine daha geniş bir perspektiften bakabilmeyi sağlayacağı öngörülmektedir.
Effectiveness of an Instructional Program Concerning Healthy Lifestyle on Patients’ Attitudes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at Cardiac Centers in Baghdad City
Authors: Mousa Ayad Majid , Mansour Khalida
Published: June 2023

Abstract:

Objective: The study’s aim to evaluate the effectiveness of instructional program about healthy lifestyle on patients’ attitudes after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Methodology: Quasi-experimental design/ has been utilized for the current study starting from December 2018 to March 2020 to achieve the objectives of the study. Non-probability (purposive) sample of 60 patients was divided into intervention and control groups. Data were analyzed by the application of descriptive and inferential statistical methods.

Results: findings reported that before intervention both study and control groups demonstrated low total mean of score related to their attitudes respectively (1.10±0.24 and 1.12±0.25). Significant post-intervention high mean score compared with pre-intervention concerning attitudes of healthy lifestyle for intervention group. Attitudes mean scores for post-intervention was (20.04±3.59 (while pre-intervention was (14.40±2.93). It can be clearly concluded that applied instructional program was effective to improve the level of attitudes significantly for the intervention group participants based on study findings.

                               

Recommendation: The study recommends specifying a cardiac rehabilitation unit at cardiac centers in Baghdad city to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors for patients after undergoing PCI to improve their quality of life.
Parents' Efficacy for Child Healthy Weight Behavior in Elementary Schools in Hilla City
Authors: Saadon Muhammed , Neaama Mahdi
Published: June 2023

Objectives: The study aims to (1) Assess the parents' efficacy for child healthy weight behavior. (2) Identify the difference in parents’ efficacy for child healthy weight behavior between the groups of parent’s gender, family’s socioeconomic status, child’s gender, and child’s birth order, (3) Find out the relationship between parents’ age, child’s age, child’s body mass index, family’s socioeconomic status, the number of children in the family and parents’ efficacy for child healthy weight behavior.Methodology: A descriptive correlational study is conducted for the period from November 11th, 2018 to March 25th, 2019 to assess the parents' efficacy for child healthy weight behavior. The study was carried-out in (30) primary schools that were selected through a simple random sampling of (125) schools from Hilla City. The instruments was composed of two parts , the first part was the demographic data and the second part was the Parent Efficacy for Child Healthy Weight Behavior (PECHWB) Scale, it consists of 41 items based on Australian guidelines for healthy weight behaviors. The validity of the instrument was achieved by eleven experts. Data were collected for the period from January 10th to March 5th, 2019. Data were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 24. Results: The study results revealed that most of pupils eat three or more serves of fruit and vegetables per day, minimize high fats and sugar intake, engaging in one hour of physical activity per day, and being no more than two hours in sedentary behavior per day on holidays/vacations and on weekends. Furthermore, they minimize high fats and sugar intake and eat healthy snacks on their demands/request. Moreover, they do not minimize high fats and sugar intake and eat healthy snacks when they are stressed or in bad mood and when they complain. Recommendations: The researcher recommends establishing health activities that aim to raise the public’s awareness of fostering healthy lifestyle and behaviors for their children
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment for Anxiety and Depression in Psoriasis Patients
Authors: Dewi Dian Andriani Ratna , Wijayanti Fakhira Ayu , Chen Sissy , Firmansyah Roby Syah Putra
Published: June 2023

Psoriasis is a skin disease associated with the body's immune system. Mental health is one of the accompanying diseases of psoriasis. The clinical manifestations of psoriasis allow sufferers to experience anxiety and depression. There is a significant correlation between anxiety and depression to psoriasis, therefore, an adjunctive therapy is needed in addition to pharmacological therapy. One of these is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which aims to overcome anxiety and depression. This literature review summarizes recent findings regarding the application of CBT in psoriasis patients. The aim of this review is to summarize the latest findings about CBT as an alternative therapy in psoriasis patients. The literature review method was carried out by conducting literature reviews from various online databases, namely NCBI, Science Direct, Elsevier, and Mendeley using predetermined criteria. The results of the literature review showed that psoriasis causes severe psychological suffering, sadness, stigmatization, and decreased health-related quality of life. Result of this review is psychotherapy can lead to positive results in the development of a patient's condition. When performed regularly, CBT can effectively treat a variety of mental health conditions in individuals experiencing mild to moderate anxiety. CBT includes psychological training, self-monitoring, cognitive reconstruction, the prevention of exposure to negative stimuli, and rigorous training. The implications of writing this review are, CBT can be included in the treatment of psoriasis to obtain faster healing results through therapy methods for anxiety and depression in psoriasis patients.
Bug Bounty Hunting: A Case Study of Successful Vulnerability Discovery and Disclosure
Authors: Elan Maulani Isma , Anggraeni Riska
Published: June 2023

This research is a case study on bug bounty hunting as a successful approach to finding and uncovering vulnerabilities in software. The purpose of this study is to understand the effectiveness of bug bounty hunting and its benefits in improving company security. Qualitative research methods were used by analyzing data from bug bounty programs that were successful in finding significant vulnerabilities. The results showed that bug bounty hunting proved to be effective in capturing various types of vulnerabilities, including web application vulnerabilities, network protocol vulnerabilities, hardware security vulnerabilities, and mobile app vulnerabilities. Security researchers play a critical role in the success of the bug bounty hunt, with their expertise in bug hunting and deep understanding of the technology. The benefits of bug bounty hunting include increased software security, cost efficiency, and increased company reputation for security and credibility. However, challenges such as finding hidden vulnerabilities and coordinating with enterprises need to be overcome. Recommendations include strengthening collaboration between enterprises and security researchers, establishing effective communication channels, and proactively responding to vulnerability reports.
Uterine Performance of Rats Exposed to Cigarette Post-Therapy Ethanol Extract of Kebar Grass (Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch)
Authors: Unitly Adrien Jems Akiles , Kaihena Martha , Kubela Dormatina
Published: June 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of giving ethanol extract of kebar grass (Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch) on the uterine performance of Rattus norvegicus rats exposed to cigarette smoke. The experimental design used was a completely randomized design (CRD). The results obtained were analyzed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) then continued with Duncan's test at a significant level of α = 0.05 using SAS software. The sample consisted of 12 rats, which were divided into 4 groups. The rat group (+), 0.067, 0.0135, decreased uterine function by exposure to 10 cigarettes/head/day for 28 days. Mice (-) were the negative control group, namely rats that were not exposed to cigarette smoke and ethanol extract of coriander grass. Mice (+) are the positive control group, namely rats exposed to cigarette smoke 10 cigarettes/head/day for 28 days. Groups 0.067 and 0.135 were exposed to cigarette smoke 10 cigarettes/head/day for 28 days and then given 0.067 mg of coriander grass ethanol extract for the 0.067 group and a dose of 0.135 mg for the rat group 0.135. The results showed that there was an effect of increasing the performance of the rat uterus after administration of ethanol extract of coriander grass. It can be concluded that administration of the ethanol extract of the grass Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch kebar can increase uterine weight and uterine length of rats, with a good dose of 0.135 mg.
Profilozó berendezés fejlesztése
Authors: Széles Gábor
Published: June 2023

A GINOP-2.1.7-15-2016-01972 K +F projekt eredményeként kifejlesztésre került egy egyedülálló víztest profilozó berendezés és megépült a tesztelt, piacra vihető rendszer prototípusa. A kifejlesztett eszköz alkalmas program szerint különböző vízmélységekbe leengedni és ott pontosan megtartani a csatlakoztatott mérőműszereket, mintavevő berendezéseket. Az eszköz garantálja a korábbiakhoz képest nagyságrenddel pontosabb mélységbeállítást, pontos mélységtartást, a rétegek összekeverésének minimalizálását. Az intelligens energiamenedzsment és payload (függélyben leeresztett eszköz) menedzsment rendszerek biztosítják a hosszútávú, felügyeletmentes működést.
Efecto de la aplicación del Sistema de Gestión de Calidad en la Cadena Productiva de Leche. El Caso de Tuntataco, Chimborazo
Authors: Herrera Byron Gonzalo , Tamayo Grace , Rodríguez Badillo Leo Maximiliano , Vasco Cristian , Escobar Machado José Antonio
Published: June 2023

La producción de leche es una importante fuente de ingresos para los habitantes rurales de la provincia de Chimborazo. Sin embargo, las posibilidades de expansión y crecimiento de este sector se ven limitadas por la incipiente gestión de calidad durante el proceso productivo y de comercialización. Este artículo analiza los efectos de la aplicación un Sistema de Gestión de Calidad en los parámetros organolépticos, físico-químicos y microbiológicos de la leche almacenada en un centro de acopio y enfriamiento comunitario en la provincia de Chimborazo. Los resultados indican que la aplicación del Sistema de Gestión de Calidad tuvo efectos positivos en los atributos microbiológicos (contenido de coliformes totales y aerobios mesófilos) de la leche si bien no tiene efectos sobre las características organolépticas y físico-químicas. Estos hallazgos son importantes ya que pueden ser replicados en otros centros de acopio de índole comunitario.
Efectos del uso de contenedor profundo en Quercus suber. Resultados preliminares de un proyecto de transferencia de tecnología (Sierra Calderona, España)
Authors: Muñoz Rengifo Julio César , Chirino Miranda Esteban , Vargas Burgos Julio César , Ríos Guayasamín Pedro , Cerda Martínez Vicent , Martínez Llisto Jesús , Villamar Torres Ronald Oswaldo
Published: June 2023

El contenedor forestal determina las características morfo-funcionales de los brinzales y en general, la calidad de las plantas producida. Disponer de una larga raíz principal en los brinzales producidos puede determinar su supervivencia en campo en regiones con fuertes limitaciones hídricas. La transferencia de tecnología constituye una vía para llevar a la sociedad los resultados de las investigaciones. Este estudio muestra los resultados preliminares de un proyecto de transferencia de tecnología en el Parque Natural Sierra Calderona (Castellón, España). El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar los efectos de la utilización de un contenedor profundo sobre el crecimiento y distribución de biomasa de Quercus suber durante su cultivo en vivero; así como evaluar durante el primer año su adaptación al campo en alcornocales degradados del Parque Natural. Durante un año, brinzales de Quercus suber L. fueron cultivados en vivero en dos tipos de contenedores CCS-18 (corto, 18 cm profundidad) y CCL-30 (largo, 30 cm profundidad). Posteriormente fueron trasplantados a tres parcelas experimentales de matorral degradado. Los resultados al finalizar el cultivo e vivero indicaron diferencias morfológicas (altura del tallo y biomasa) entre los brinzales cultivados en contenedor profundo (CCL-30) y en contenedor deprofundidad estándar (CCS-18). Tras un primer año en plantación (resultadopreliminar), la supervivencia fue alta (87,5%), aunque no se observaron diferencias entre tratamientos.
HIT-IT projektet – en internet- baserad intervention för pati- enter med hjärt-kärlsjukdom och insomni
Authors: Öberg Sandra
Published: June 2023

Syftet med avhandlingen var att testa en sjuksköterskeledd in- ternet-baserad kognitiv beteendeterapeutisk insomni behand- ling (KBT-I), som var skräddarsydd för patienter med hjärt- kärlsjukdom. Hit-IT behandlingen var effektiv eftersom delta- garna i interventionsgruppen signifikant förbättrade sin sömn jämfört med kontrollgruppen.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF PAINT MANUFACTURING FIRMS: EXPERIENCE FROM NIGERIA
Authors:   Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria, J.O1 Adewoye , Iyiola Adeagbo ,   University of Abuja
Published: June 2023

Technology Usage has become a necessity for existence in today’s industrial business environment and in light of this, effective implementation of ICT in the Paint industry is expected to boost performance and therefore worthy of exploration. This study examined the relationship between ICT Implementation and performance of selected listed paint manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Secondary data were employed. Secondary data covering a period of 2008-2019 were collected from the annual report of the selected Paint industry in Nigeria. The study covered all listed manufacturing Paint companies operating and registered with Lagos chamber of commerce and industry. Seven out of Fourteen (14) manufacturing Paint companies registered with Lagos chamber of commerce and industry as at 2019 was purposively selected. Data collected were analysed through the use of descriptive statistics (Table, percentage, mean, frequencies and standard deviation). The results of Correlation analysis showed a significant relationship between ICT implementation and financial performance of paint manufacturing firms. The study concluded that there is significant relationship between ICT implementation and Performance of selected paint manufacturing firms in Nigeria. In view of the above findings it is recommended that manufacturing paint firm should put more effort by developing mechanism that will strengthens full implementation of Technology.
GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE: CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM PATTERNS OF #BLACKTIKTOKSTRIKE ON TIKTOK
Authors:   American University in Dubai, Al Habash Mariam , Halaweh Ragheb ,   American University in Dubai, Al Ali Tayma ,   American University in Dubai, Alaa Donia ,   American University in Dubai
Published: June 2023

While the overwhelming flow of content on social media platforms allows for an ease of access to information and entertainment, it also blurs the lines for the original content creators to receive the proper credit to their intellectual property. With TikTok’s success among other social platforms, many TikTok dances were reused and their owners did not receive credit for the choreography, specifically when created by minority groups. As a result, the black TikTok community has gone on a content strike on the app and refused to create any new dances. The strike is a form of social media activism and as such, all users participating are creating awareness content under the hashtag #BlackTikTokStrike. The aim of this study is to analyze the patterns of social media activism in the videos shared under the mentioned hashtag. The study uses a purposive sampling method to selectively pick the sample. All videos were analyzed in reference to (a) storytelling analysis, (b) audio and music, (c) technical elements, and (d) protest paradigm. The findings illustrate patterns in all aforementioned themes of social media activism in the TikTok strike movement. Users of the hashtag often resorted to a humorous tone of storytelling. The videos also shared a song for the same artist across many videos. Additionally, participants of the social media movement shared mostly raw and uncut videos although more than half of said videos include graphics like images, infographics, and text. Lastly, users took to the platform to call out artists, redirect credit to original creators, and call for immediate action.
Effect of Biofertilizer and Drought Stress on Quantitative and Qualitative Traits in Some Winter Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) Cultivars
Authors: Safari Mohammad Reza , Dadashi Mohammad Reza , Faraji Abolfazl , Armin Mohammad
Published: June 2023

To evaluation the effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria under water deficit condition on quantitative and qualitative traits of winter rapeseed cultivars, an experiment was conducted at Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center located in North Khorasan Province (2015-2017). Plant growthpromoting rhizobacteria (Nitroxin consumption and control) under water deficit condition (after 80, 130, 180 mm evaporation) on quantitative and qualitative traits of winter rapeseed cultivars (Natalie, Okapi, and Neptune) were investigated. Findings indicated that Nitroxin increased soil K, P, Fe, and Cu concentrations and decreased the soil pH and EC. Indeed, the soil N reduction and P increasing trend were related to the maximum biological yield and harvest index (HI) in the second and first years, respectively. Also, an inverse relationship was observed between No. of pods plant-1 (NPP) and No. of seeds pod-1 (NSP) among cultivars. Nitroxin was more affected on NSP and seeds weight than NPP under low and mild drought stress. The highest harvest index was observed in the mild stress in three cultivars, but, the Nitroxin consumption was ineffective. Seed yield and its components except for NPP and HI were increased by the Nitroxin consumption. The HI exhibited the inverse and direct relationship between protein and oil content, respectively. High drought stress compared to low drought stress reduced NPP (54.9%), NSP (1.3%), seed yield (52.2%), biological yield (47.5%), seed oil content (5.5%), seed oil yield (54.9%), and seed protein yield (52.7%). The highest NPP (45.5), seed yield (2740 kg ha-1 ), biological yield (7572 kg ha-1 ), and oil yield (933 kg ha-1 ) were obtained from cv. Natalie. In conclusion, Nitroxin biological fertilizer ameliorates the negative effects of drought stress under mild stressful conditions but it had not any considerable effects on reducing the effects of drought stress under severe stress conditions.
Role of Singing Games in Character Formation among Pre-Primary School Children
Authors:   Kisii University, Kenya, Ong'eta Maxwell N. , Nyatuka Benard O. , Pacho Titus O.
Published: June 2023

The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of singing games on the moral development of pre-primary school children. Specifically, the study sought to find out the influence of singing games on character formation among pre-primary school children. The study employed a descriptive survey design. The target population was 2,446 respondents, constituting 2000 pre-primary school children, 230 teachers, 215 parents, and the Kisii South Sub-County ECDE Director. Krejcie and Morgan's (1970) table was used to obtain a sample of 331 respondents. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used. Questionnaires, interviews, and observation schedules were used as tools of data collection. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data were coded and categorized through the identification of themes and patterns. The study found that most of the children who entirely and actively participated in singing games at school had a positive change in their moral development through character formation, with a correlation value of r=.260. These findings signified that for society to have morally upright children, there is a need for emphasis on more singing games by curriculum designers and educators for effective moral development. The findings will be useful to teachers, educational policymakers and practitioners, and educators in fine-tuning their pedagogical approaches, allocating teaching and learning resources, developing and designing the curriculum, and assessing the effectiveness of singing games on moral development. Finally, this study would help enhance the existing literature upon which potential researchers will base related work.
British Poetry and I
Authors: Haq Kaiser
Published: June 2023

Lest the title of my brief piece seem pretentious, let me hasten to point out in all humility that a writer, even as in the present case a very minor one, has to relate to the various traditions that have a bearing on his work on a one on one basis, largely without the mediation of academic criticism or theory. My aim, in other words, is modest – not to present a comprehensive, critically astute picture of British poetry but, rather, a memoir of my engagement with it.
Notions of Alienation and Motherhood in Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood
Authors: Ogunrotimi Olumide , Owoeye Omolara Kikelomo
Published: June 2023

Motherhood as an institution peculiar to women has always been reflected in diverse forms in Nigerian fiction. Whereas many authors venerate motherhood as the peak of feminine and familial achievements, some, like Buchi Emecheta, vilify it for the attendant ills experienced by women who are enmeshed in it. This paper examines Buchi Emecheta’s deconstruction of motherhood in The Joys of Motherhood with a focus on the possibility of motherhood leading ultimately to alienation. Using the theory of womanism, an African variant of feminism which exults the peculiarities of African women and their circumstances, the paper analyzes how the author frames the experience of the protagonist as a mother to interrogate how socio-cultural dynamics impact gender constructs and the larger contexts of gendered spaces. In studying the author’s textual construction of motherhood, the study discovers that the author employs specific characters as metaphorical indexicalities to denounce patriarchal and traditional feminists’ penchant for extolling and venerating motherhood at the expense of women’s search for self-realization with individual objectives that do not involve putting their womanhood in the service of society as subservient mothers with depersonalized psyches. The study concludes that the title is the author’s ironical way of positing that being a mother is not all-fulfilling, because, as textualized in the novel, motherhood can become an avenue for women’s societal oppression, exploitation, and alienation.
Emily Dickinson:
Authors: Khanom Afruza
Published: June 2023

No matter how loving parents may be, the demands their expectations lay on their children result in an emotional pressure that goes unnoticed until, in most cases, it is too late and the damage to emotional maturity and the negative effect on personality has already occurred. Such emotional neglect is mostly unintentional. The life of nineteenth century American poet, Emily Dickinson, is an example of how the internalization of parental expectations and childhood emotional neglect can affect emotional maturity and adult behaviour. “Introvert” and “reclusive” are the two words commonly used to refer to her. However, this paper focuses not on what she was, but why she was so. In this paper, I examine a number of Dickinson’s letters to explore her experience of life within a “loving” home full of parental expectations which exerted unintentional pressure on her emotions and made her the socially withdrawn person she ultimately became. For this purpose, I base my discussion on the psychoanalytic feminism of Nancy J. Chodorow and Jessica Benjamin to show how Dickinson’s subjectivity is negatively influenced by patriarchal dominance represented within the family by her father and reinforced by her emotionally absent mother.
Sex, sugar and slavery:
Authors: Islam Syed Manzoorul
Published: June 2023

Sugarcane plantation began in the Caribbean from the early 16th century, with the arrival of Portuguese colonizers led by Christopher Columbus who planted seed canes in Santo Domingo in 1493. With demand for sugar increasing in Europe throughout the century, sugar plantations and sugar mills were set up throughout the region. Work in the sugarcane fields was cruel and energy-sapping, and hardly any European opted for such backbreaking work. As a result, a huge number of indentured labourers had to be imported from Africa and East India. These labourers were treated as slaves and were routinely brutalized and controlled by deadly force. The history of their subjugation and control had the body at its core, since the colonizers found it easy to establish their mastery through control and defilement of the slave’s body. The torture and mutilation incapacitated the slaves from performing gender roles. But the ‘ungendered’ slaves also reverted to their biological and sexual selves and employed the power of the body and sex to mount resistance against the colonizers. The resultant violence added a further dimension to the history of colonial resistance. David Dabydeen, a Guyanese poet, picks up this volatile history of colonial sugarcane plantation in his Slave Songs, with particular emphasis on the “erotic-sadomasochistic nature of slavery and plantation life.” The fourteen poems written in Creole probe the interconnectedness of sexuality, sugarcane and the body, and trace the history of both colonial subjugation and resistance.
The Paradoxical Hierarchy in Doris Lessing's The Grass , Is Singing
Authors: Chowdhury Mohammad Shahidul Islam
Published: June 2023

Doris Lessing (1919-), who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2OO1, depicts many aspects of postcolonial African life in a number of novels such as The Grass Is Singing, The Golden Notebook, etc. The Grass Is Singing (1950), Lessing’s first novel, draws a picture of country life in Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s mirroring the postcolonial ambivalence between the colonizers and the colonized in the former British colony. Living standard of the white settlers and their suppression of the black natives cause a dilemma of hierarchy between these settlers. The protagonist Mary, being white, cannot tolerate the native black people but cannot help being subjugated by one of the black houseboys, Moses. Mary’s death in the hands of Moses shows the sufferings of a woman who is torn between her social status and her surrounding conditions This paper attempts to illustrate how Mary becomes a victim.
The Late Mr. Nirad C. Chaudhuri, C.B.E. (Hony.), and the Twilight of Empire
Authors: Haq Kaiser
Published: June 2023

The aim of this paper is to examine the philosophy of history expounded by Nirad C. Chaudhuri, and relate it to the apocalyptic temper of modernism. It argues that the sense of impending apocalypse in modern Bengali culture had more to do with the decline of the British Empire than with events like the First World War, which was the most significant historical landmark in the evolution of Western modernist apocalypticism. The paper ends with a cursory look at the apocalyptic note in modern Bengali poetry and suggests that further exploration of the subject will enhance our understanding of what Partha Chatterjee has dubbed the ‘colonial modern’.
Women, men, fish and bicycles
Authors: Ahsan Syed Badrul
Published: June 2023

A Load of WitDes NlacHalePrion, 1997

 

A woman without a man, says Gloria Steinem, is like a fish without a bicycle. That sounds rather strange, even bizarre, until you realise the wit in that statement. And wit is something we have been doing without, much to our surprise…
Front Matter
Authors: Front Matter
Published: June 2023

Crossings: ULAB Journal of English StudiesDepartment of English and HumanitiesUniversity of Liberal Arts BangladeshVolume 3, Number 1, Fall2010-Fall2011
Tagore and Shakespeare:
Authors: Mohit Ul Alam Mohit Ul Alam
Published: June 2023

In this study I want to show that the greatest Bengali writer and the greatest English writer had one concern in common as fathers—how to marry their daughters to suitable bridegrooms. This anxiety of the daughters’ fathers is counterpoised by the greed for dowry among the young men seeking a rich father-in-law. While my article will develop along this contrapuntal opposition–father’s anxiety versus dowry-hunter’s greed, I’ll also shed light on the biographical elements of both these writers as the depiction in their works of young women being married to wrong hands is so persistently identifiable with their own position as fathers in real life. I have tried to base my article first on a biographical premise, and then I have gone to focus on their treatment of the fictional daughters in their works, thus to prove a fact that writers do write about themes which keep them preoccupied in their lives.

But my paper by no means intends to present an exhaustive study on the topic, citing cases and examples from these two writers’ whole gamut of writings, rather my references will remain confined only to the pieces that I have lead of these two authors, and again only the most prominent ones will be referred to.
Gender Roles in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Authors: Islam Mah-E-Nur Qudsi
Published: June 2023

The voices of Shakespeare’s women call across the ages for women to express their thoughts, emotions, intelligence and spirit. These voices are voices of a wide range of intellectual, emotional and psychological dimensions of women and womanhood, which in this age of gender awareness, call today’s women to use their different tones and assert their points of view. These voices are as contemporary today as they were in the times of Shakespeare. Within theatrical context, the importance of female characters is like the ebb and flow of an ocean; sometimes pushed to the margin and sometimes brought into the centre. The paper is an exploratory survey of Hamlet’s relationship with Gertrude and Ophelia, the two important female characters of Hamlet using the theoretical tools of psychoanalysis s and feminism.
Crossings: Stories From Bangladesh and India Compiled and Translated by Radha Chakravarty
Authors: Sheikh Farida
Published: June 2023

The original short stories in Bangla were compiled and translated into one volume by Radha Chakravarty. These are situated within the same cultural context, Bengal, wherein the artificial boundaries are transgressed to combine the writings that unfold the reality in so many varied dimensions of human emotions. All the narratives, echo from within the depth of human psyche that range in myriad shades; the lives of ordinary individuals as they grapple with forces larger than themselves, the tales leave an indelible impression.
English as a Global language
Authors: Chowdhury Khaled Bin
Published: June 2023

David Crystal, a professor of Linguistics and an authority on English Language, has written a major work on the status of English as a global language. This book is an informed estimate by one of the distinguished scholars of language about the future of English…
Use of the Thesaurus in the Creative Writing Classroom
Authors: Choudhury Mehnaz Tazeen
Published: June 2023

It was my aim to establish that students often make mistakes in the appropriate use of words which have similar meanings because they have picked up these words from the thesaurus and not by reading them in context. Studies have shown that a learner can acquire the skills of appropriate use by practicing them in context and only if he reads enough will he learn the proper use of words. Student response to my questions showed that 4O% of students are not in a habit of reading books other than their text books regularly. Based on that, the opinions of their teachers, and my own observations as a teacher I came to the conclusion that many students make such errors because they are not in a habit of reading.
Editorial Note
Authors: Editorial Note
Published: June 2023

Crossings: A Journal of English StudiesDepartment of English and HumanitiesUniversity of Liberal Arts BangladeshVolumes 4 and 5,2014 | ISSN 2071-11o7