bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Gambaran Dukungan Keluarga Tentang Pelaksanaan 1000 Hari Pertama dalam Pencegahan Stunting
Authors: Moa Maria Kristianita , Parulian Tina Shinta , Setyarini Elizabeth Ari
Published: July 2022

Introduction : Stunting is a form of growth failure (growth faltering) due to insufficient nutrition that lasts for a long time starting from pregnancy until the age of 24 months. The optimal implementation of the role of the family can support improving the nutritional status of children under five so that it can reduce the incidence of stunting. Indonesia establishes the First 1000 Days of Life movement program in an effort to accelerate nutrition improvement.Purpose : The literature review is to find out and analyze the description of family empowerment regarding the implementation of the First 1000 Days of Life in preventing stunting..Method : Literature review with journal search using keywords family support, first 1000 days of life, stunting in Google Scholar database, ResearchGate, Pubmed and Garuda Portal.Result : It was found that 7 journals said that mothers who received support from their families had more opportunities to check their pregnancy, provide exclusive breastfeeding and provide complementary foods.Conclusion : Family support means the encouragement given by the family to the mother both in meeting the nutritional needs of the baby and the mother in accepting the physical changes during pregnancy. The support provided is in the form of motivating pregnant women to have their pregnancy checked, and eating nutritious food as well as breastfeeding and accompanying mothers in giving MP-ASI to toddlers.
The USA national security architecture and leadership of XXI century
Authors:   The American University of Moldova, Oleinic Ludmila
Published: July 2022

As world enter the twenty-first century, USA have an unprecedented opportunity to make its nation safer and more prosperous. Nevertheless, today America faces a world of rising nationalism, receding democracy, growing rivalry with China, Russia and a technological revolution that is reshaping every aspect of lives. Created situation requires a new and broader understanding of national security, one that recognizes its strength and vitality at home. America lead with diplomacy and renew commitment to global development and international cooperation, while also making smart, disciplined investments in national defense. USA make effort to modernize national security institutions and processes, while ensuring to take advantage of the full diversity of talents required to address existing complex challenges. Building upon America’s unmatched strengths, the main national security’s architecture objectives are to enhance security with effective diplomacy and with military forces that are ready to fight and win, to bolster America’s economic prosperity and to promote democracy abroad. Achieving these objectives, USA remains engaged abroad and work with partners, to promote peace and prosperity. America’s leadership is used to harness global forces of integration, reshape existing security, economic and political structures necessary for its interests and values to thrive.
Quality system of pre-university educational management in the Republic of Moldova: appreciations and perspectives
Authors:   University of Political and Economic European Studies ", Duca Diana ,   Constantin Stere",   , Republic of Moldova
Published: July 2022

This article contains an analysis in the field of pre-university educational management, especially the strategic directions, priorities and development modalities that outline the quality system of pre-university educational management in the Republic of Moldova. The need for analysis is imposed by the period of independence of 30 years, in which education has always undergone reforms, some „better” others, others more „bad”, all being implemented in order to improve the lives of all educational actors: students, parents, teachers and managers, etc. In our study, we aim to answer the question: What are those pillars, which over time have been the basis of education and remain as a bridge to a future education? However, determining the impact resulting from the implementation of these reforms is a key one in order to ensure quality in education.
Comparative studies of the organizational culture in the banking systems of the Republic of Moldova and Romania
Authors:   Academy of Economic Studies, Republic of Moldova, Melnic Georgeta
Published: July 2022

The organizational culture is one of the fields with a relatively short story of management. Thus, the preoccupations of various authors in defining the organizational culture, in describing its role in an organization’s/bank’s success or loss, are moderately recent, the banks forming a major component of the financial system, which directly contributes to a dimensional, structural and qualitative configuration of the economic financing. The interest regarding the organizational culture in the banking system has increased exponentially because of changes in the system itself, but also in its environment, which require a deeper overall understanding and an increase in banks’competitiveness, to survive and develop considering the current market rules. The expansion of the concept of organizational culture in the banking system in both the Republic of Moldova and Romania was also, positively influenced by the increased role of human ressources in the development of organization/banks, thus, the author has decided that a comparative analysis, of the organizational culture in the two banking systems, is necessary.
Some aspects of communication ethics as a premise for improving quality management in the field of education
Authors:   University of Political and Economic European Studies ", Gribincea Tatiana ,   Constantin Stere",   , Republic of Moldova, Trofimov Victoria ,   University of Political and Economic European Studies "Constantin Stere", Republic of Moldova
Published: July 2022

Quality education is an imperative of our times. An essential part of this process is effective communication of the actors involved. Interaction and resilience skills and the beneficial effects of communication are extremely important in a modern world, with a wide range of communication means. In this context, in the paper we have focused on analyzing the contribution of communication to the improvement of professional ethics and to the relaxation of some, still existing situations in the educational field, namely the phenomenon of labeling. The authors conclude, that in order for the common approach of the actors involved to be effective, there is a need for a strategy of continuous improvement, a certain way of approaching and resolving the tasks of personal training without distorting the audience’s personality. The purpose of the research is to identify strategies for optimizing communication as a basis for learning progress and thereby improving quality management in education. A special aspect was the highlighting of the contribution of European projects to the qualitative development of the educational environment. The authors approached a research methodology that focused on studying bibliographic sources in the field, analysis and synthesis of information obtained, data extrapolation and generalization, etc.
Use of Clark Twin blocks in the treatment of Angle class II malocclusion
Authors:   Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova, Mihailovici Corina , Mihailovici Gheorghe ,   Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova, Ciumeico Igor ,   Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova, Mihailovici Pavel ,   Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova
Published: July 2022

The purpose of the paper was to determine some practical features of the treatment of Angle class II malocclusion accompanied by mandibular retrognathia using Clark Twin blocks. The following objectives were set: 1. To determine the assessment of the clinical parameters of the face during the treatment of Angle class II Malocclusion with Clark Twin Blocks. 2. To study the degree of correct occlusal relation after the functional treatment of Angle class II malocclusion. 3. To assess changes of cephalometric indices in patients with mandibular retrognathia treated by this method. The study is based on the analysis and assessment of clinical and paraclinical parameters of 14 patients with Angle class II malocclusion, who were subject to orthodontic treatment using Clark Twin blocks. Patients` age ranged from 8 to 12 years. The following diagnostic methods were used: clinical examination, biometric model study (Pont, Korkhaus methods), and radiological examination (orthopantomography, teleradiography). Sagittal occlusal relation improved in all patients receiving treatment. Expansion contributed to an improved tortoposition of the front teeth in 10 patients and correct relation of the lateral teeth in the transverse plane in 3 patients. Asymmetric expansion was performed in 2 cases. In all patients in the study, the clinical parameters of the face, as well as the frontal and lateral occlusal relation in the three planes of space improved significantly. Assessment of the soft tissue parameters and dental relation in the lateral and frontal area can be observed in a clinical case.
The use of video
modeling in teaching children with disabilities
Authors: Arsić Bojana , Bašić Aleksandra , Maćešić-Petrović Dragana , Lazović Tamara , Gajić Ana
Published: July 2022

Video modeling is a teaching strategy in the form of presentation of a video of a personperforming a skill correctly, while the observer of the video performs that skill simultaneously or afterwards. The aim of this literature review is to examine the possibilities of video modeling use with people with disabilities, and to examine the effects of interventions implemented by the use of this technique on skill acquisition.Following online resources have been used for literature search: Google Scholar search engine, SCIndex, ProQuest, and Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition – KoBson. The articles have been searched in Serbian and English languages. The literature review includes ten studies that used video modeling technique in teaching the participants different skills, such as cooking, shopping, performing house chores, oral hygiene, writing, injury sanitation, maintaining eye contact, and motor skills. The overall sample consisted of 46 participants, and the average number of sessions was 30. All participants mastered the taught skills with 83.3% success on average, which implies that this technique can be successful. This literature review emphasizes the need for using technology in teaching people with disabilities, and discusses the implications for future research.
GÉNERO Y DIFERENCIAS SALARIALES: UN ANÁLISIS ECONOMÉTRICO PARA EL ECUADOR
Authors: Vera Gómez Ernesto
Published: July 2022

Las diferencias salariales por género son un fenómeno presente en los mercados de trabajo. Es así que las mujeres reciben un salario inferior al que reciben sus pares hombres, incluso teniendo los mismos niveles educativos. Es en este contexto que el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo estimar los retornos a la educación por género en el Ecuador para los años 2010, 2013, 2016, a través de la estimación de un modelo minceriano semilogarítmico corregido por sesgo de selección. Los resultados muestran que, para el periodo de estudio, en promedio el salario que reciben las mujeres es 10.5% inferior al que reciben sus pares hombres; desagregando por nivel educativo se sigue observando esta tendencia, tal que para el año 2016 el haber culminado la educación superior genera un incremento adicional en los salarios del 4.9% y 16.5% para mujeres y hombres respectivamente, observándose un castigo en términos salariales para las trabajadoras mujeres con título universitario. Por otro lado, una mayor participación laboral de las mujeres en el sector formal de la economía ha permitido reducir la brecha de ingresos salariales, tal que para el año 2016 los retornos a la educación de las mujeres superaban a los de los hombres en un 10.7%.
EL PROCESO ACUMULATIVO DE PRECIOS EN UN SISTEMA DE CRÉDITO PURO: EL PLANTEAMIENTO DE WICKSELL
Authors: Morán Chiquito Diana
Published: July 2022

El objetivo de este ensayo es examinar el análisis Wickselliano del equilibrio monetario. Wicksell, señala que en la economía existen dos tasas de interés y que de la igualdad de estas depende el equilibrio monetario. Por un lado, tenemos a la tasa de interés natural, la cual se define en términos de la productividad del capital. Por otro lado, está la tasa de interés monetaria, la cual es fijada por la autoridad monetaria del país, el Banco Central, y corresponde a la tasa a la cual se ofertan los créditos. En este modelo, los desequilibrios económicos son producto de una perturbación monetaria ocasionada por la intervención del Banco Central en la economía, que al modificar la tasa de interés de los préstamos genera un desequilibrio en estas tasas, que da origen al proceso inflacionario.
DÉFICIT DE VIVIENDA EN LA CIUDAD DE GUAYAQUIL Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA CALIDAD DE VIDA DE LA POBLACIÓN
Authors: Mendoza Freire Jonathan José
Published: July 2022

Todo individuo, familia o grupo no familiar necesita una vivienda que responda al conjunto de condiciones medias de habitabilidad, estabilidad y dotación prevalecientes en la sociedad en que vive. La mayoría de las familias latinoamericanas aspiran a ser dueñas de su vivienda y la mayoría de los gobiernos estimulan esa aspiración, ya sea ofreciendo subsidios o bien ilícitamente fomentando tipos de tenencia de tierra que son informales. El ser dueño de su vivienda trae muchos beneficios a las familias, de manera muy importante el sentido de seguridad. Los gobiernos deben formular políticas para el sector habitacional tal como lo hacen para los sectores de salud, educación y empleo, la vivienda impacta al sector social y al económico, contribuyendo tanto a la producción como al consumo. La inversión en vivienda genera crecimiento económico y empleos. El presente trabajo de investigación aborda el problema del déficit de vivienda en la ciudad de Guayaquil y su relación con la calidad de vida de la población. En el tema se abordarán factores que inciden en el problema habitacional, factores como: Migración interna campo-ciudad, una tasa de natalidad poco controlada y una inestabilidad e inconsistencia en el empleo urbano.
Small group teaching
Authors: Rajput Mahavirsingh , Brahmbhatt Shruti
Published: July 2022

The medical education is shifting from teacher centric methods to student centric methods in these times. Nowadays more emphasis is given on learning component as compared to teaching component. Earlier, the large group teaching was considered as the principle method to deliver the content to the large number of students. But since few years, the small group teaching has over taken in imparting the knowledge as well as skills in medical students. The small group teaching plays a key role in developing confidence, self learning ability, critical thinking as well as problem solving skills, and leadership & team working capacity among the students. In this method, the educator plays a role of facilitator rather than lecturer, where the students are given problems or tasks instead of readymade solutions. It provides opportunity to the students for interactive discussion and masters them in communication skills also which is need of the time. Small group teaching demands time, resources, well planning and active participation from both educators as well as learners. If some principles are considered and followed then it can give better outcome and can be made enjoyable reflective learning experience for students.
Challenges of non-governmental organizations in the rehabil-itation of street children
Authors: Prasad Manish
Published: July 2022

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) play an important role in rehabilitating street children in the city of Bihar. NGOs use a variety of methods for locating and rescuing street children for rehabilitation. In order to get to know the kid, interviewing is conducted, children are taken to drop-in centers, and medical screenings are conducted to determine the children's health state. Finally, counseling is provided in order to help the children modify their streetwise behavior. Aside from this, the NGOs also use a variety of other methods to help rehabilitate the street children they rescue, including family tracing and reunion, outreach initiatives, welfare meetings, and day programs. Children who have been rehabilitated get both official and informal education, including vocational training and talent development programs, in addition to the usual social assistance. Donor organisations, commercial corporations, people, and the government all contribute generously to the NGOs that provide these services. The NGO's attempts to fulfil its objective are hampered by a variety of issues. Some of the difficulties include a shortage of cash.
Comparative evaluation of buccolingual inclination of posterior teeth in different malocclusions
Authors: Agrawal Poonam , Bagga Dinesh Kumar , Jain Shailesh , Aleemuddin M. D. , Singh Neelam , Priya Kanak
Published: July 2022

Objective: To compare the buccolingual inclination of maxillary and mandibular posterior teeth among Angle’s Class I, Class II div 1 and class II div 2 malocclusion. Materials and methods: The sample comprised lateral Cephalometric radiographs and Dental Casts of 90 subjects in the age group of 15-25 years. The sample was divided into 3 groups of 30 samples each. The first group comprised of records from 5 female and 25 male subjects with an average age of 20.67 years and showing Class I malocclusion. The second group comprised of records from 12 female and 18 male subjects with an average age of 20.03 years having Class II division 1 malocclusion and the third group of 18 male and 12 female subjects with an average of 20.63-years showing class II div 2 malocclusion. Results: Similar buccolingual inclination was seen in Class II div 1 and div 2 malocclusions for both maxillary and mandibular at premolar and molars. The buccolingual inclination in maxillary arch was found to be lowest in class I malocclusion for all the posterior teeth.
Research in Environmental Education. A bibliometric analysis of the last two years
Authors: Arias-Chávez Dennis , Vertiz-Osores Jacinto Joaquin , Tarmeño Edgar Avelino Marcelino , Gonzales Walter Edgar Gómez , Uribe-Hernández Yrene Cecilia
Published: July 2022

The objective of the study is to characterize the world scientific production on Environmental Education (EA) in the Scopus and Web of Science , between the months of January 2020 to March 2022. We worked with a universe made up of 638 documents from the Web of Science and 774 from Scopus, extracted from 254 and 327 sources respectively. The bibliometric analysis indicates a very similar citation average between both databases (1.45 for Web of Science and 1.40 for Scopus). The average number of citations per document is also similar, being 1,276 and 1,589 in WoS and Scopus . The rate of collaboration between authors is slightly lower in Web of Science . The most cited article in both databases is titled “ How renewable energy consumption contribute to environment quality ? The role of education in OECD countries ”, the most productive author on the subject is Bruce Johnson, the journals that host the greatest production on EE are Sustainability ( Switzerland ) and Remea -revista eletronica do mestrado em educacao .
Teološka antropologija i Biblija
Authors: Kovač Nedjeljka Valerija
Published: July 2022

U članku se proučava važnost Biblije u dogmatskoj teologiji, prije svega kroz prizmu jedinstva, strukture i sadržaja traktata pod nazivom Teološka antropologija. Potom se pristupa detaljnom čitanju novog dokumenta Papinske biblijske komisije »Che cosa è l’uomo?« (Sal 8,5). Un itinerario di antropologia biblica (2019.). Prezentiraju se doprinosi i nadahnuća toga dokumenta za Teološku antropologiju te se uočavaju neke razlike i nedostaci u sadržajnim naglascima. Najviše dodirnih točaka moguće je zamijetiti u tematskom području čovjeka kao Božjeg stvorenja u njegovoj zemaljskoj egzistenciji i odgovornosti. Najveća razlika između tog dokumenta i Teološke antropologije je u tome što se u njemu vrlo malo obrađuje antropološki vid Božjeg spasenja, u smislu preobrazbe čovjeka Božjom milošću i čovjekove usmjerenosti na eshatološku puninu života s Bogom.
Phosphate Amendments for the Inhibition of Acid Mine Drainage Generated from Sidi Kamber Tailings Facility
Authors: Merchichi Amira , Ould Hamou Malek , Benzaazoua Mostafa , Mansour Farid Aghilasse , Babahoum Nabil , Rabia Hakim
Published: July 2022

The aims of this paper was to evaluate the efficiency of phosphates product and by-products from the Djebel Onk mine for the control of acidic mine drainage generated by exposure of Sidi Kamber mine tailings to climatic conditions. Kinetic tests in humidity cells were carried out according to the modified ASTM standard, was used to invistigate the geochemical behaviour of  the Sidi Kamber tailings mixed with phosphate materials (phosphatic limestone wastes, raw low grade phosphate ore and phosphate mine tailings) after being characterized. All amendment compositions led to an increase of the pH of the leachate from approximately 3 to circum-neutral values. Humidity cells experiments indicated that the materials were adequate to immobilize Pb, Zn, Cu and Fe by about 99% and prevent their release through the tailings. The tests have also shown that the metals concentrations within the  leachate are lower than the limits allowed by Algerian legislation for industrial liquid effluents. Among the tested material amendments, PLW was more effective than other products in immobilizing metals. The results are most probably related to their Ca-carbonate content and/or adsorption capacity.
Kernel SVM Classifiers based on Fractal Analysis for Estimation of Hearing Loss
Authors: Djemai Mohamed , Guerti Mhania
Published: July 2022

Hearing screening consists of analyzing the hearing capacity of an individual, regardless of age. It identifies serious hearing problems, degree, type and cause of the hearing loss and the needs of the person to propose a solution. Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) which are detected on the EEG auditory cortex area are very small signals in response to a sound stimulus (or electric) from the inner ear to the primary auditory areas of the brain. AEPs are noninvasive methods used to detect hearing disorders and to estimate hearing thresholds level. In this paper, due to the nonlinear characteristics of EEG, Detrented Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) is used to characterize the irregularity or complexity of EEG signals by calculating the Fractal Dimension (FD) from the recorded AEP signals of the impaired hearing and the normal subjects. This is to estimate their hearing threshold. In order to classify both groups, hearing impaired and normal persons, support vector machine (SVM) is used. For comparably evaluating the performance of SVM classifier, three kernel functions: linear, radial basis function (RBF) and polynomial are employed to distinguish normal and the abnormal hearing subjects. Grid search technique is selected to estimate the optimal kernel parameters. Our results indicate that the RBF kernel SVM classifier is promising; it is able to obtain a high training as well as testing classification accuracy.
LEGGERE PER CAPIRE, CAPIRE PER SCRIVERE. DALLA LETTURA DEI TESTI ALLA SCRITTURA DI SINTESI
Authors: Marinetto A cura di Paola , Campagnolo Augusto , Iannacci Paola , Paschetto Walter
Published: July 2022

ATTI
ESERCITARE IL PARLATO PROGRAMMATO FORMALE NELLA CLASSE PLURILINGUE
Authors: Dota Michela
Published: July 2022

Muovendo dalla constatazione che le abilità della produzione e dell’interazione orale di carattere formale sono cruciali, tanto nella vita scolastica quanto in quella universitaria e professionale, il presente contributo propone alcuni strumenti e idee per impostare a valutare delle attività che esercitano il parlato programmato formale in classe. Le griglie di valutazione sono elaborate contemperando alcune proposte della grammaticografia attuale con le indicazioni e i descrittori presenti nel Volume complementare del QCER.

 

Practicing formal programmed speech in the multi-language class

Starting from the observation that oral production and formal interaction abilities are crucial in school life, at university and in professional life, this paper proposes some tools and ideas to set up the evaluation of activities to practice planned formal speech in the classroom. The evaluation grids were developed by reconciling some proposals from current grammar books with indications and descriptors in the CEFR Volume.
IL CONCETTO DI VALENZA NELLA DIDATTICA DELL’ITALIANO LS. UNO STUDIO DI CASO
Authors: Bocchi Andrea , Del Mauro Miria Martina
Published: July 2022

Dopo che si è dimostrato efficace nell’insegnamento dell’italiano come L1, negli ultimi anni il concetto di valenza si è affermato progressivamente anche nella didattica dell’italiano come lingua non materna. Il presente elaborato si pone in continuità con quegli studi che hanno evidenziato i vantaggi glottodidattici del modello per l’insegnamento dell’italiano agli stranieri. Il seguente articolo è diviso in due sezioni. Nella prima si riportano tre analisi della felice applicazione del modello valenziale in contesti L2, sia come strumento per l’insegnamento della grammatica, sia come concetto operativo per la risoluzione di problemi linguistici anche da parte di buoni conoscitori della lingua. Nella seconda si presenta studio di caso originale, che analizza il modo in cui il concetto di valenza del verbo viene impiegato nel corso di Estudios lingüísticos en lengua italiana 3 erogato dall’Universitat de València. In particolare, gli argomenti affrontati dal corso sono i ruoli semantici, i verbi transitivi, intransitivi, inaccusativi e la loro azionalità, la costruzione di frasi passive e impersonali e quella della frase complessa; questi sono esposti secondo l’ordine di presentazione del corso, ciascuno in un paragrafo dedicato. In conclusione vengono riassunte le conoscenze grammaticali e le abilità specifiche che l’uso della valenza verbale ha incrementato negli apprendenti.
 
The concept of valence in the teaching of Italian FL. A case study
After proving effective in teaching Italian as L1, in recent years the concept of valence has also progressively been established in teaching Italian as a foreign language. This paper is in continuity with those studies that have highlighted the linguistic advantages of the valential model to teach Italian to foreigners. The article is divided into two sections. The first one reviews three analyses of the successful application of the valential model in L2 contexts, both as a tool to teach grammar and as an operational concept to solve linguistic problems also for fluent foreign Italian speakers. The second part presents an original case study, which analyzes the way the concept of verbal valence is used in the course of Estudios lingüísticos en lengua italiana 3 held by Universitat de València. In particular, the topics covered by the course are semantic roles, transitive, intransitive, unaccusative verbs and their actionality, the construction of passive and impersonal sentences and of the complex phrase; these are explained in the order of presentation of the course, each in a dedicated paragraph. As a conclusion, the paper summarizes the grammatical notions and specific skills increased in learners by the use of verbal valence.
Youth in Global Health: IFMSA at 71st World Health Assembly and Youth PreWHA, 2018
Authors: Raj Ankit
Published: July 2022

On a Monday morning in May, dark clouds loom over Geneva, otherwise a host for lovely summer weather at this time of the year. The heavily-guarded entrance to Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, is bustling with smartly dressed men and women. A bunch of young students wait excitedly and in anticipation to finally enter this 20th century building, an imposing architecture and a testimony to years of multilateral diplomacy. As one of the most active centers for international diplomacy and home to multiple international organizations, including the World Health Organization, there could not be a better place for these bunch of paladins to learn and practice health diplomacy and advocacy. We were about to witness the 71st World Health Assembly at the World Health Organization, Geneva and represent voices of more than a million medical students worldwide. The next six days would be a potpourri of emotions, from being overwhelmed at entering the majestic assembly hall to being confused in between all the meetings and events.
Harnessing system-focused simulation, debriefing and FMEA to inform healthcare blood transfusion safety and policy
Authors: Dubé Mirette , Raven Amanda , McBain Tricia , Oishi Katty , Enokson Rosemarie
Published: July 2022

Healthcare systems improvement using simulation and debriefing is an increasingly employed, yet underutilized quality improvement tool to enable user-centred design. This approach allows users to experience real-life systems and processes through simulation and then provide feedback on how a system supports them within their role. Understanding this interaction of people and their systems is critical to safe, quality, reliable and efficient care and bridges the gap between how we think a system is working and how it is working.

This novel project was collaboratively developed and led by simulation, human factors and patient safety experts and used existing organizational safety data to target further high-risk safety threats surrounding administering, cross-checking and labelling blood products for transfusion. A system-focused simulation-based approach was used to identify system issues for a large healthcare organization’s transfusion policy redesign. A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was then used to apply a risk score to the findings from the simulation user feedback to inform a large high-risk policy redesign.

Multiple recommendations were provided to the participating units and policy and procedure redesign teams surrounding environmental issues, standards, interpretation and usability of the policy.

Our collaborative patient safety, simulation and human factors project was successful in proactively identifying both active and latent factors contributing to adverse events and identifying recommendations using FMEA methodology to improve patient safety, including revisions to the physical space within the lab, and the provincial blood transfusion policy and procedure.
Predictive value of ‘Smartscopy’ for the detection of preinvasive cervical lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a diagnostic study
Authors: Phoblap Thamawoot , Temtanakitpaisan Amornrat , Aue-angkul Apiwat , Kleebkaow Pilaiwan , Chumworathayi Bandit , Luanratanakorn Sanguanchoke , Itarat Yuwadee
Published: July 2022

ObjectiveTo evaluate the performance of “Smartscopy” in diagnosing preinvasive cervical lesions among patients with abnormal cervical cancer screening results obtained during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.MethodsThis diagnostic study enrolled non-pregnant women with abnormal cervical cancer screening results obtained at the colposcopy clinic at Srinagarind Hospital (Khon Kaen, Thailand) between September 2020 and March 2021. Two colposcopists independently evaluated the uterine cervix using a smartphone and colposcopy. Cervical biopsies and endocervical curettage were performed in accordance with standard procedures. The diagnostic performance of a smartphone in detecting low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions or worse plus (LSIL+) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions plus (HSIL+) was assessed.ResultsIn total, 247 patients were included. There was high agreement between the two colposcopists (κ=0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.82-0.93). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the smartphone to detect LSIL+ were 96.6% (95% CI, 91.6-99.1), 12.9% (95% CI, 8.06-19.2), 46.2% (95% CI, 39.7-52.4), 83.3% (95% CI, 62.6-95.3), and 0.49% (95% CI, 0.43-0.55), respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of smartscopy in diagnosing HSIL+ were 67.6% (95% CI, 55.2- 78.5), 85.4% (95% CI, 79.9-90.0), 60.5% (95% CI, 48.6-71.6), 88.9% (95% CI, 83.7-92.9), and 81.0% (95% CI, 0.75-0.85), respectively.ConclusionSmartscopy demonstrated a remarkable correlation with colposcopy and a high diagnostic performance value for the detection of preinvasive cervical lesions. Therefore, smartscopy may be an alternative tool for detecting abnormal cervical lesions in low to medium medical resource settings. Smartscopy may be applied in telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Examining the Feasibility of Partnering with Cooperative Extension to Advance Statewide Physical Education Policies in Oregon
Authors: Taylor Nina , Packebush Thomas , Winfield Tammy , Gunter Kathy
Published: July 2022

Optimizing physical education (PE) is a proven approach to increase children’s physical activity. Oregon law requires elementary schools to provide PE for > 150 minutes/week. One strategy to meet the required minutes is for classroom teachers to deliver PE, which is permissible using curricula aligned to national PE standards. Be Physically Active 2Day (BEPA 2.0) is a unique classroom-based physical activity brain break curriculum aligned to PE standards. We evaluated the effectiveness of training school faculty to use BEPA 2.0 via a unique partnership with Cooperative Extension. Extension trainers (ET) were trained by a BEPA 2.0 Master Trainer (MT). School faculty were subsequently trained by ET (n = 94) and MT (n = 58). Participants completed post-training surveys to assess confidence, comprehension, and self-efficacy to implement BEPA 2.0. Survey scores were compared between MT and ET groups using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. There were no differences between MT and ET training groups in perceived confidence, comprehension, or self-efficacy to implement BEPA 2.0 after training. ET were as effective as MT, indicating the train-the-trainer approach is a promising strategy to enhance BEPA 2.0 dissemination. Cooperative Extension partnerships may be an overlooked mechanism to enhance physical activity promotion efforts.
Expansion of a Financial Education and Family Asset Protection Program for Latinos in Rural Minnesota
Authors: Alba-Meraz Antonio , Baltaci Aysegul , De La Rosa Mateo Carolina , Burk Gabriela , Lamas Jose , Mendoza Francisca , Cruz-Zorrilla Monica , Cabrera-Vidal Oswaldo
Published: July 2022

The University of Minnesota Extension, in partnership with the Consulate of Mexico in Saint Paul, Minnesota, expanded the Ventanilla de Asesoría Financiera -Financial Education and Family Asset Protection Program to serve families in rural areas. The financial education services were expanded to 25 rural counties in Minnesota during 2017 and 2018. Participants were primarily low-income Latino families of Mexican ancestry. The program consisted of financial literacy education workshops and one-to-one meetings to build and protect participant assets. Participants reported an increase in their confidence in five financial core topics. Conditions for the success of this program were (a) the existing trusted and respectful relationships between the educators and participants and supportive community partners; (b) a family-based educational approach; (c) a team of bilingual, bicultural educators; and (d) culturally adapted and relevant Spanish language educational resources
Examining Volunteer Management Needs and Preferred Professional Development Delivery Methods Among Extension Educators
Authors: Windon Suzanna , Stollar Mariah , Radhakrishna Rama
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate Penn State Extension educators’ volunteer management needs and desirable professional development delivery methods. The participants were 92 Extension educators who participated in the online survey. The response rate was 47.4%. We found that the top five most preferable volunteer management content area needs among educators were volunteer communication, motivation, training, risk management, and coaching. The most desirable delivery methods of volunteer management content were webinars, one-time in-service training, factsheets, and series of workshops. The point-biserial correlation coefficient was used to show the correlation between specific volunteer management content area and professional development delivery method. Face-to-face training was preferred for topics such as needs assessments, utilization, teaching ethics and ethical decision making, motivation, coaching, risk management, and communication. Published content was the most preferred delivery method for topics such as writing position descriptions, selection, teaching ethics and ethical decision making, and risk management. Online education was a preferred delivery method for most topics, with the exception of marketing skills and utilization. Staff development personnel should consider these preferred delivery methods when designing training programs for Extension educators. Such consideration will enhance training effectiveness and learning.
Using Webinars to Teach Extension Audiences: A Rubric to Evaluate and Improve
Authors: Robideau Kari , Matthes Karen
Published: July 2022

Cooperative Extension professionals are using webinar technologies to accommodate time constraints, travel distances, and limited budgets as well as to reach a broader audience. Although checklists and planning worksheets are readily available, there is a lack of resources to intentionally utilize reflective teaching practice and measure high-quality standards that go beyond general webinar set-up, participant experience, and content learning. This article describes the Webinar Evaluation Rubric for Extension Teaching that facilitates reflective practice and sets webinar teaching standards. The rubric provides a standard for professional development taught through webinars that strengthens the participant experience and enables high-quality learning across Cooperative Extension program areas.
Regulating facial recognition in Latin America: Policy lessons from police surveillance in Buenos Aires and São Paulo
Authors: Caeiro Carolina
Published: July 2022

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years have driven the rapid development of facial recognition technologies. Jurisdictions around the world have begun to grapple with the question of how to regulate their use. In Latin America, the deployment of facial recognition in public spaces for police surveillance has seen a swift take-up. With crime being an issue of great concern to voters across the region, many public officials have supported facial recognition rollouts on the grounds that this type of surveillance can enhance public safety. However, depending on how it is deployed, facial recognition has the potential to threaten a range of human rights, including rights of individuals to privacy, to freedom of expression, to non-discrimination and to freedom of assembly and association. Using the examples of recent deployments in the major urban centres of Buenos Aires and São Paulo, this research paper argues that Latin America is caught in a worst-case scenario: the technology is already in use without adequate protections in place. As a way forward, the paper recommends that policymakers in Latin America focus on building robust safeguards to protect the rights of the region’s citizens, and ensure that authorized uses of facial recognition steer clear of ‘no-go’ zones such as the indiscriminate use of live facial recognition.
Research of Enhancing Business English Writing Skills Based on the Blended Learning Model in Vocational College
Authors: Ying Guo
Published: July 2022

Business English writing is a compulsory skill to be mastered by Business English major students but there is little progress in acquiring writing skills due to unattractive and ineffective teaching methods. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of using the blended learning mode of task collaborative learning in improving Business English writing skills of students in China. The sample of the study consisted of 80 second year Chinese Business English students from Guangdong Polytechnic Science and Technology; two business English lecturers also participated in this study. All the students were of the same age group with similar results in their first-year English Language examination. Both the Experimental Group and Control groups had 40 students each and they were chosen as intact-groups. The Experimental Group was taught using the blended learning mode of task collaborative learning and the Control Group was taught using the conventional method over a period of eight weeks. The quantitative data were analyzed using the SPSS Program for Windows Version 25, in which ANCOVA test were applied for the inferential statistics. The findings from the quantitative data analyses indicated that the Experimental Group outperformed the Control Group in their overall scores in writing, focusing on topic, supporting details, coherence and cohesion, grammar and vocabulary. Also, students improved their writing skills through collaborative leaning. As such, this study has crucial pedagogical implications as it suggests that the blended learning mode of task collaborative learning can be used as an alternative method in China to improve students’ Business English writing skills.
¿El ingreso de los docentes en Argentina: es alto o bajo?
Authors: Herrero Verónica , De Santis Mariana , Gertel Héctor R.
Published: July 2022

Relative income of teachers is analyzed in Argentina. A Mincerian incomeequation is estimated for a cross section sample of individuals from 1998Permanent Household Survey (EPH) over twenty-nine metropolitan areasand a Oaxaca decomposition procedure is followed to ascertain whethercharacteristics or returns explain better the log mean difference in incomeof teachers and other relevant groups used for comparison. Hourly incomeof teachers are found to be higher than the average for the economy,slightly lower than that of workers with post-secondary studies, but lowerdefinite respective of professionals. Characteristics is a critical source ofteacher-non-teacher income differential. Its relative weight changesaccording to the group of comparison chosen. Substracting the effect ofcharacteristics, income difference is reduced by 40 % in the total population,16% in the post-secondary population but has the reverse effect of penalizingteachers vs professionals.
Level of collaboration and knowledge transfer among actors of the innovation ecosystem: the proposition of an analytical model
Authors: Nascimento Sandro De Freitas , Lima Manolita Correia , Gondim Igor Jordano Cassemiro
Published: July 2022

Objective of the study: This study aimed to investigate how collaboration between actors in the innovation ecosystem is related to the transfer of knowledge between institutions.Methodology/Approach: The study units were the innovation hubs of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology in Brazil accredited by Embrapii. The methodological approach of the research was qualitative; the method employed was the multiple-case study; the data collection was conducted through semistructured interviews with representatives from academia, company, government, and society; and the results were obtained via content analysis.Originality/Relevance: Based on the findings of this research, it was possible to elaborate an analytical model to relate the level of collaboration and transfer of knowledge between agents of the innovation ecosystem.Main Results: The main results indicated that the collaboration between the actors was related to the transfer of knowledge through the creation and expansion of the established partnerships as well as the management of the facilitators and difficulty of this relationship.Theoretical/ Methodological Contributions: The theoretical contribution was the proposition of an integrated analytical model of collaborative relations and knowledge transfer between members of the innovation ecosystem.Management/Social Contributions: The managerial contribution of the study was the identification of key aspects to improve the collaborative relationship between the actors of the innovation and knowledge transfer ecosystem. The social contribution consists of the possibility of collaboration expansion and knowledge transfer by enhancing the facilitating factors and minimizing the difficulties identified in the researched innovation ecosystems.
Implementasi Aplikasi Perekaman Dan Pencetakan KTP EL di Luar Domisi
Authors: Hizviani Noor Vika
Published: July 2022

Pada pelayanan perekaman dan pencetakan KTP el, proses yang dilakukan saat ini tidak lagi harus pada domisili asal, dapat dilakukan pada domisili saat ini. Dengan adanya Aplikasi perekaman dan pencetakan KTP el diluar domisili yang masih terintegrasi dengan aplikasi SIAK konsolidasi dan SIAN terpusat, dapat dilakukan dengan mudah. Di dukung dengan jaringan yang baik dapat dilakukan proses pelayanan kepada public dengan maksimal sesuai dengan program prioritas dalam pelayanan publik adalah menghadirkan negara atau pemerintah sedekat mungkin bersentuhan dengan masyarakat. Kementerian Dalam Negeri dalam hal ini menjadi poros jalannya pemerintahan dan pelayanan publik.
Penerapan Metode Agile Process dengan Model Extreme Programming Dalam Pembuatan Game RPG “The Realm of Unknown” Menggunakan MV RPG Maker
Authors: Widayati Susi , Chandra Yudi Irawan , Ruri Diyah
Published: July 2022

Game memiliki berbagai genre, mulai dari First Person Shooter (FPS), Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA), Role Playing Game (RPG) dan masih banyak lagi. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk membuat sebuah game bergenre RPG yang diharapkan dapat menghibur para pemain khususnya remaja dan segala usia pada umumnya dari rasa bosan yang dirasakan dan meningkatnya minat bermain game bergenre RPG. Game ini telah diuji melalui dua tahap, yaitu pengujian fungsional dan pengujian perangkat. Pada pengujian Fungsional, hasilnya sebagian besar tombol dapat digunakan dengan baik, sedangkan pada Pengujian Perangkat pada lima Perangkat, di mana tiga berjalan dengan sangat baik, satu berjalan stabil, dan satu memiliki masalah tetapi masih dapat menyelesaikan permainan. Metode Agile merupakan salah satu jenis metode dalam pengembangan perangkat lunak. Biasanya sering disebut dengan SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). Startup dan perusahaan besar sering menggunakan metode ini dalam pengembangan perangkat lunak. Model Extreme Programming (setelah ini disingkat XP) digunakan karena memiliki keunggulan dalam menyederhanakan berbagai tahapan dalam proses pengembangan menjadi lebih adaptif dan fleksibel. XP tidak hanya berfokus pada pengkodean tetapi mencakup semua bidang pengembangan perangkat lunak, dan XP mengambil pendekatan 'ekstrim' untuk pengembangan berulang.