bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessment of quality of reporting of Helicobacter pylori related randomized controlled trials: a focus on highly ranked gastroenterology journals
Authors: Elrggal Mahmood E. , Al-Muwallad Morooj , Al-Otaibi Areej , Alsiddik Jomanah , Shahbar Alaa , Cheema Ejaz
Published: January 2018

Background: Randomized controlled trials are often considered as the gold standard for measuring the effectiveness of an intervention. However, inappropriate or poor reporting in randomized controlled trials can produce biased estimates of treatment effects. Clinical trials that do not use the CONSORT statement for reporting their findings will have limited value to the clinicians and researchers due to the risk of bias in their results. This review aims to assess the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials in Helicobacter pylori associated infections by using the CONSORT 2010 checklist.

Methods: All issues of 20 highly ranked gastroenterology journals published from Jan 2011 up to November 2017 were searched. Searches were conducted in November 2017. Randomized controlled trials reporting on Helicobacter pylori associated infections were included in the review.

Results: 21 randomized controlled trials published in gastroenterology journals were included in the study. All included studies adequately reported (100%) on items including description of interventions, outcomes assessed, total number of participants analysed, baseline characteristics and results of outcome assessed. However, items including blinding and mechanism of allocation concealment were reported in only 12 randomized controlled trials (50%). The maximum and minimum scores and percentage of compliance of included randomised controlled trials were 24 (100%) and 15 (62.5%) respectively.

Conclusions: The finding of this review suggests that the overall quality of reporting in the included randomized controlled trials was adequate. However, items including trial design, trial registration and protocol and sample size calculations should be reported adequately in the future randomized controlled trials to improve the quality of reporting and replicability of clinical trials.
A blinded, three-arm randomised trial assessing joint function and measuring three-dimensional knee joint kinematics in individuals six months after a total knee joint replacement; comparing a medially stabilised design, to standard fixed bearing conventional designs – posterior stabilising and cruciate retaining
Authors: Dowsey Michelle M. , Pandy Marcus , Young Tony J. , Gray Hans , Guan Shangyuanye , Choong Peter F.
Published: January 2018

Background: No randomised trial exists to assess the relative prosthetic performance of three fixed bearing total knee joint replacement construct designs through clinical functional outcomes and biomechanical gait analysis at six months after the index procedure.

Methods: The design of a double blinded, prospective, randomised trial with three parallel patient groups is presented.   Patients reviewed in consultant clinic with radiographic and clinical diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee, with the condition deemed severe enough to require a total knee joint replacement (TKJR) are eligible.  Subjects enrolled in the trial are randomised to one of the three TKJR construct designs approximately ten days prior to scheduled date of surgery.  Each subject is then followed up for at least twelve months.  Repeated measure of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) will be utilised to uncover any clinical functional differences in each trial group in each time interval.

Results: Differences in clinical functional scores at each time interval compared to pre-intervention, as well as between group differences in clinical functional scores at each time interval will be examined.  At six months after the operation, biomechanical measurements of joint motion, ground reaction forces, and muscle electromyographic (EMG) activity will be recorded simultaneously from each subject for four test conditions: level walking, stair ascent, stair descent, and chair rise.

Conclusions: This randomised trial is designed to better understand the relationships between the clinical functional outcomes and replaced knee kinematics in three fixed bearing total knee replacement construct designs at six months postoperatively.
A cross-sectional randomized comparative study of topical minoxidil solution with and without finasteride in male pattern androgenetic alopecia in South Indian patients
Authors: Narasimhalu C. R. V.
Published: January 2018

Background: Finasteride is one of the common drugs used in androgenetic alopecia. Literature speaks about sexual side effects in about 2% of the patients. To overcome this, we used topical finasteride. The objective of the study was to know the efficacy of topical minoxidil solution with and without finasteride.

Methods: We randomized about 300 subjects, aged 18-45 years, who came for outpatient consultation for male pattern androgenetic alopecia into two groups. One group (group A) treated with 0.1% topical finasteride with 5% minoxidil solution and another group (group B) treated with 5% minoxidil solution after informed consent from both of them.

Results: Analysis of the extent of bald area, hair count and number of terminal hair showed no significant difference in both the groups.

Conclusions: No significant difference in the therapeutic response of topical minoxidil solution whether its plain or added with topical finasteride. So, adding topical finasteride in the minoxidil solution found to be of no value. It only adds up the cost and also creates the unnecessary fear of sexual side effects in the mind of the patients. 
Application of open-source software for industrial problems of vehicle lift-off gas dynamics
Authors: Abdurashidov T. O. , Osipov A. V. , Korchagova V. N. , Kraposhin M. V. , Smirnova Ye. V. , Strizhak S. V.
Published: January 2018

High-power shock, heat, mechanical and especially acoustic loads present a serious problem as their impact on the rocket and the launch pad can be too strong. Turbulent supersonic jets ejected from the vehicle nozzles are the main source of these loads. One way to reduce the intensity of acoustic loads is to supply a special system of water jets that interact with the supersonic gas jets near the rocket nozzles. Numerical simulation of this interaction is an important part of the design of such noise reduction systems. The proposed numerical model should enable simulation of various processes of different scale, such as gas/droplets interaction, nozzle jets in the near field, acoustic loads in the far field, chemical reactions and others. Therefore, such a model should be modular and hierarchically aligned. A flexible and extensible implementation of the numerical model can be possible with open-source codes. This paper concerns the problem of numerical simulation of compressible turbulent supersonic jets. The hybrid gas dynamics solver which was used in this investigation is one of the main modules of the general numerical model. Preliminary results of verification of this module are presented. Comparison of numerical and experimental results for various experimental cases, both Russian and foreign, is given.
Real Threats to Civil Justice
Authors: Croley Steven P.
Published: January 2018

Having rejected the most influential critique of civil litigation in the previous chapter, this chapter argues that a lack of access to the courts constitutes a bigger threat to civil justice. Given the high litigation costs emphasized by many reformers, there are reasons to worry that bona fide would-be litigants are too often priced out of the litigation system. This concern has special force with respect to potential litigants whose claims may be legally strong but whose expected legal remedies are modest. For them, the costs of litigation may often outweigh its anticipated benefits. Rather than too much litigation, then, the observation that litigation is costly leads more naturally to the worry that there is too little of it.
Discouraging Over-Litigation
Authors: Croley Steven P.
Published: January 2018

This chapter addresses the distinct problem of over-litigation, defined as pressing a good-faith claim or defense even after it has been shown, through the litigation process, to be weak. This chapter first points out that litigants externalize litigation costs on opposing parties, because a litigant's decision to press a claim or defense will often require additional expenditures by the opposing party. To discourage parties from over-litigating, this chapter introduces the concept of "pay to impose," as opposed to the more familiar "pay to lose" rule for reallocating litigation costs. “Pay to impose” would require judges to use existing rules of civil procedure to reallocate litigation costs on parties who over-litigate, particularly with respect to their marginal litigation decisions. It furthermore explores the idea of “procedural offers” and the limits of zealous advocacy.
ИСПИТИВАЊЕ СПОНТАНОГ УКЉУЧИВАЊА РОДИТЕЉА У ОБРАЗОВАЊЕ ДЕЦЕ НА ПОЧЕТКУ ШКОЛОВАЊА
Authors: Клеменовић Јасмина У. , Цвијановић Наташа
Published: January 2018

Рад је усмерен на испитивање активности којима се родитељи спонтано укључују у образовање своје деце и њиховог доприноса напредовању ученика на почетку школовања. Истраживањем је обухваћено 1439 ученика првог разреда из 18 школа Републике Српске и исто толико њихових родитеља. Анкетирањем родитеља испитивана је заступљеност различитих типова активности у кругу породице и у комуникацији са школом, док је напредовање ученика на почетку школовања праћено скалом процене остварености исхода учења и развоја у четири развојне сфере. Показало се да је највише спонтаних активности којима се родитељи укључују усмерено на осамостаљивање деце и подршку њиховом моторичком развоју, а потом и на савладавање школских задатака и обавеза. Притом је укљученост мајки у активности оријентисане на школу у позитивној вези са напредовањем ученика у сфери интелектуалног развоја, као и развоја говора, комуникације и стваралаштва, док је укључeност очева у моторичке активности и осамостањивање деце у позитивној корелацији са напредовањем ученика у свим развојним сферама. Неопходно је јачати свест родитеља о значају њихове укључености у образовање деце кроз различите типове активности већ од најранијег детињства и посебно током првих година школовања, у чему важну улогу имају све васпитно-образовне установе.
DIMENZIJE ULOGE NASTAVNIKA U VISOKOŠKOLSKOJ NASTAVI IZ PERSPEKTIVE STUDENATA
Authors: Malčić Borka D. , Tančić Nataša , Kostović Svetlana
Published: January 2018

Rad je usmeren na analizu i istraživanje evaluativnog aspekta visokoškolske nastave i uloge nastavnika kroz percepciju studenata. U teoriji savremene nastave značajno se menja i uloga nastavnika. Posebno u paragdigmi učenja („učeće društvo“), uloga nastavnika se pomera na preparativnu fazu nastave, a u neposrednoj realizaciji nastave uloga nastavnika postaje saradnička, partnerska i mentorska u strukuiranju nastavnih aktivnosti, čiji su glavni akteri studenti. Svoju subjekatsku poziciju u nastavi, studenti dokazuju i u procesu evaluacije nastave i nastavnika. U radu se prikazuju rezultati mikropedagoškog istraživanja realizovanog na uzorku studenata treće godine Filozofskog fakulteta u Novom Sadu. U istraživanju je primenjen instrument za evaluaciju univerzitetskih nastavnika u izvođenju nastave. Analiza rezultata je pokazala jednofaktorsko rešenje upitnika. Akademski uspeh studenata ne ostvaruje značajnu pozitivnu korelaciju sa percipiranjem kvaliteta nastave i postoji značajna razlika u evaluaciji nastavnog procesa univerzitetskih nastavnika od strane studenata u odnosu na pol ispitanika. Studentska evaluacija je neophodna, ali i nedovoljna za višdimenzionalni konstrukt evaluacije nastavnog procesa univerzitetskih nastavnika. Koncept savremene pedagoške evaluacije, kako pokazuju i rezultati ovog istraživanja, mora uključiti sve elemente evaluacije visokoškolske nastave, pre svega samoevaluaciju nastavnika.

Ključne reči: studenti, univerzitet, evaluacija, nastavni proces,uloga nastavnika.
Modeli društvenih mreža kao posrednici između teorije i empirije
Authors: Tomašević Aleksandar S. , Sokolovska Valentina
Published: January 2018

U radu se analiziraju mogućnosti upotrebe statističkih modela mrežne dinamike prilikom sociološke analize društvenih mreža. Tačnije, autori na osnovu definicija i specifikacija modela, kao i pregleda različitih primena ovih modela, žele da potvrde sledeću hipotezu: (matematički) modeli mreža u društvenim naukama ne predstavljaju ekstenziju teorije, odnosno nisu samo njena operacionalizacija, kao ni prosta generalizacija empirijskih podataka, već poseduju svojevrsnu autonomiju, koja je od suštinske važnosti za istraživački postupak. Stoga se nakon uvodnog dela, autori ukratko bave objašnjenjem pojma mrežne statike i mrežne dinamike, potom razvojem modela mrežne dinamike, kao i opravdavanjem statističkog (stohastičkog) modela i modela zasnovanog na akterima. Nakon toga, sledi pregled osnovnih pravaca savremenih istraživanja mreža u kojima se koriste modeli i na osnovu analize njihovih rezultata testira se osnovna hipoteza rada.
Analogías orgánicas en la prosa de Valéry: el intelecto y la creación artística
Authors: Villarreal William Díaz
Published: January 2018

Valéry recorria com frequência a imagens orgânicas para representar processos históricos, culturais e intelectuais. No entanto, seu organicismo diferencia-se do de Bergson em aspectos essenciais. “Parece-me que Bergson obstina-se a fazer fluido a que me obstino a solidificar”, costumava afirmar. O presente ensaio toma essas observações como ponto de partida para explorar em detalhe as características do organicismo de Valéry. Tal organicismo enquadra-se em um pensamento que assume o desdobramento das analogias no discurso crítico como um princípio epistemológico fundamental: a analogia permite que o invisível possa ser captado através do visível, e possui a vantagem de que evita tanto a desintegração analítica dos fenômenos, quanto sua intuição imediata, vaga e geral. As analogias orgânicas em Valéry não se limitam à imagem tradicional da planta, mas também compreendem o animal e vão até o monstro (um ser orgânico impossível). A articulação de todas as analogias permite, assim, captar as dimensões secretas do espírito criador, bem como distinguir as obras humanas das naturais.
Tratatado das Perversões
Authors: Gomes Álvaro Cardoso
Published: January 2018

Neste artigo, o autor trata das perversões encontradas no livro de contos Espelhos gêmeos, de Péricles Prade. Ao longo da análise, procura mostrar que há nas personagens um comportamento sexual que as leva à prática da masturbação, que, na imaginação do autor, tem um viés simbólico, ou seja, representa o princípio estético.
Apresentação
Authors: Melo Alfredo
Published: January 2018

A Remate de Males pretende, neste dossiê, revisitar um tema que gera inúmeros debates na crítica literária brasileira: a relação entre literatura e sociedade. Para muitos, vincular a literatura às demandas mundanas da sociedade (o mercado, o capitalismo, as dinâmicas de classe social, as violências fundantes de contratos sociais, etc) seria um modo de limitar seu potencial universalizante. Afinal, pode-se ler e ter apreço por Dostoievski sem conhecer a estrutura social da Rússia czarista; admirar a prosa machadiana sem ter familiaridade com os dilemas ideológicos do Brasil escravista e deleitar-se com o Don Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes sem ater-se às complexidades da sociedade estamental espanhola do século XVII. Não podemos duvidar que livros podem ser lidos e apreciados fora do seu contexto histórico-sociológico original. Tal truísmo, no entanto, não pode servir de justificativa anti-intelectualista para impedir uma compreensão mais nuançada do fator estruturante das relações sociais nas obras literárias, seja no seu contexto original, seja nos variados momentos de sua recepção.
Биоразнообразие и динамика численности бокоплавов на коллекторах мидийной фермы (Севастополь, Чёрное море)
Authors: Гринцов В. А.
Published: January 2018

Бокоплавы выполняют важную роль в море как ценный источник пищи для многих видов гидробионтов и участвуют в утилизации первичной и вторичной продукции. Они являются биоиндикаторами и промежуточными хозяевами паразитических организмов. Исследована годовая динамика видового состава и численности бокоплавов коллекторов мидийной фермы у входа в бухту Карантинную (г. Севастополь, Чёрное море). Идентифицировано 72 613 особей, относящихся к 18 видам бокоплавов, из которых 4 доминируют по численности в разные сезоны года. Установлена синхронность изменения численности бокоплавов и суммарной сырой массы обрастателей (коэффициент корреляции — 0,95). Бокоплавы систематизированы по биотопам обитания, оценена их численность в сообществе.
Мейоз, эмбриональное и личиночное развитие черноморского гребешка Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889) (Bivalvia, Pectinidae)
Authors: Пиркова А. В. , Ладыгина Л. В.
Published: January 2018

Изучены хронология стадий мейоза после оплодотворения, а также эмбриональное и личиночное развитие двустворчатого моллюска гребешка Flexopecten glaber ponticus — эндемика Чёрного моря, сокращающегося в численности и занесённого в Красную книгу Крыма. Размножается в июне — июле. Синхронный гермафродит, способный к самооплодотворению. При стимуляции нереста вымет зрелых яйцеклеток диаметром 54,7 ± 2,11 мкм и оплодотворение происходят на стадии метафазы I мейоза. На метафазной пластинке — 12 бивалентов, размерами от 1,59 до 4,54 мкм. Установлена продолжительность стадий мейоза, эмбрионального развития и развития личинок. Описано строение провинкулума велигера гребешка. Замок правой и левой створок состоит из 4 зубов (по два спереди и сзади на каждой створке). Представлены промеры личинок. Описание морфологии раковины и замка облегчит идентификацию личинок гребешка на стадии велигера, выловленных из планктона. Данные о продолжительности стадий мейоза и эмбрионального и личиночного развития могут быть использованы при разработке биотехники культивирования этого двустворчатого моллюска.
Youth for Nation
Authors: Kim Charles R.
Published: January 2018

In 1960, South Korean students staged a major series of demonstrations against their government’s abuses of power. Known as the April 19th Revolution, the movement culminated in the resignation of authoritarian president Syngman Rhee. This book explores media and ideological texts of the post-Korean War years to advance a cultural explanation of that seminal event. It focuses on gendered discourse and ideology that positioned youths as the hope, exemplars, and representatives of the postcolonial nation. Intellectuals and ideologues urged youths to contribute to nation building by enacting patriotic virtues in the everyday. Students also learned about anticolonial resistance as a way to cultivate their nation-centered probity for the postcolonial era. With its emphasis on upstanding youth action, patriotic education of the 1950s ironically prepared students to engage in antigovernment protest on behalf of the nation in April 19th. Not long after that landmark event, however, Park Chung Hee’s coup of May 16, 1961 effected a quick return to authoritarian rule. The Park regime refigured the emphasis on everyday patriotism in order to mobilize men and women for its controversial program of rapid and uneven economic development. Conversely, memories of April 19th formed the basis of South Korea’s student-driven democratization (1964-1987).
Okinawa's GI Brides
Authors: Crissey Etsuko Takushi
Published: January 2018

The disproportionate U.S, military presence in Okinawa, which began with the 1945 battle followed by twenty-seven years under U.S. military occupation, continues to this day. It has brought deadly accidents, serious crimes, including rape and murder, environmental destruction, and economic stagnation to what remains Japan’s poorest prefecture. These small islands bear 70 percent of the total U.S. military presence in Japan on 0.6 percent of the nation’s land area with less than 1 percent of its population. Yet, even as this burden of bases continues to impose dangers and disruptions, approximately 200 Okinawan women every year have married American servicemen and returned with them to live in the United States. Former Okinawa Times reporter Etsuko Takushi Crissey traveled throughout their adopted country, conducting wide-ranging interviews and a questionnaire survey of women who married and immigrated between the early 1950s and the mid-1990s. She asked how they met their husbands, why they decided to marry, what the reactions of both families had been, and what life had been like for them in the United States. She concentrates especially on their experiences as immigrants, wives, mothers, working women, and members of a racial minority. Many describe severe hardships they encountered. Crissey presents their diverse personal accounts, her survey results, and comparative data on divorces, challenging the widespread notion that such marriages almost always fail, with the women ending up abandoned and helpless in a strange land. She compares their experiences with international marriages of American soldiers stationed in Europe and mainland Japan.
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS IN MONO-CITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Authors: КАДЫРОВ Рамиль , KADYROV Ramil'
Published: January 2018

The article examines innovative project to promote tourism in mono-cities of the Republic of Tatarstan: Naberezhnye Chelny, Chistopol, Zelenodolsk, Yela- buga and Kamskie Polyana. These single-industry towns have potential for the development of the river, environmental and industrial tourism. But at the same time, historical and cultural potential have only Chistopol, Yelabuga, Zelenodolsk. In aggregate, using tourism potential of the monocities in the Republic of Tatarstan, taking into account river transport communications, can create a single tourist cluster.

The waters of the Volga and Kama rivers, rich forests, features of ethnocultural traditions of the peoples of Tatarstan formed during centuries-old history and richness of objects of historical and cultural heritage in the towns of the Republic of Tatarstan, could be a main component of the new tourism direction. In addition, historical and industrial potential concentrated in the territory of single-industry towns, are an attractive base for guided tours and sightseeing. Creative approach to such form of tourism activity makes it possible to attract both the older people, who remember the tradition of the Komsomol construction projects, and youth not indifferent to the unusual perception of industrial architecture of the Soviet period.

The success of the project depends on the mobilization of state and municipal capacity, and the initiative of local business and citizens. Important role in upgrading the tourist infrastructure in single-industry towns of Tatarstan should play a public-private partnership. In addition, the tourism development in mono-cities of the Republic of Tatarstan will effectively affect their economic, social and cultural appearance.
Construct Validity in Survey-Based Management Accounting and Control Research
Authors: Bedford David S. , Speklé Roland F.
Published: January 2018

The capacity for survey-based research to advance theoretical knowledge is heavily dependent on the degree to which the measures used capture the constructs that they are intended to represent. Despite the importance of construct validity, the management accounting and control (MAC) literature tends to devote less attention to construct validity than other areas of organizational research. In this article, we discuss contemporary thinking about construct validity and examine how this compares to established practice in MAC research through a systematic review of survey studies from 1996 to 2015. Based on this review, we identify four areas where greater attention is warranted: specifying construct dimensionality, justifying the choice of the measurement model, distinguishing between causal indicators and composite indicators in formative measurement models, and being judicious in the use of single item measures. We discuss the implications of each issue and provide suggestions on how they can be addressed.
"São pessoas com sotaque estrangeiro”: sobre visões de educadores na fronteira
Authors: Dias Amato Laura Janaina
Published: January 2018

O presente trabalho é resultado do projeto de pesquisa “Construção crítica do imaginário trinacional” que visa analisar a construção discursiva sobre a região trinacional, constituída pelas cidades de Foz do Iguaçu – Ciudad del Este – Puerto Iguazu a partir de ações realizadas em ambientes educacionais formais. Tendo como principal base epistemológica os estudos críticos da linguagem, partindo de um ponto de vista ontológico, esta perspectiva parte do entendimento de que a realidade não é algo que possa ser concretamente capturada e conhecida definitivamente. Aqui apresentaremos uma discussão com base em Maturana (2001; 2002) para tentar compreender as respostas de um questionário aplicado em um grupo de professores que realizaram um curso de formação continuada com premissas de uma pedagogia intercultural. Pretende-se, assim, dar visibilidade a uma realidade que é construída a partir do olhar do observador [membros da comunidade escolar de Foz do Iguaçu] e pela linguagem, sendo ela determinada histórica, social, política, ideológica e discursivamente; e assim analisar e compreender como as relações estabelecidas no meio escolar são transmitidas e constituídas, podendo então refletir sobre as relações construídas inter e transculturalmente
Pengembangan dan Validasi Counselor Knowledge & Competences Post Disaster Inventory (CKCPDI) untuk Mengukur Kompetensi Konselor Pasca Bencana
Authors: Ifdil Ifdil , Ghani Faizah Abd
Published: January 2018

There search objective was to develop and validation of the inventory; Counselor Knowledge & Competences Post Disaster Inventory (CKCPDI). The sample used 44 kauselor in Indonesia. Validation constructs, person and reliability using RASCH Model analysis. The results from the item analysis showed that 56 items were tested usefully. The reliability coefficient Cronbach (KR-20) of CKCPDI was. 84. It concluded that the validity of CKCPDI was satisfying interm soft the measure of the Counselor Knowledge & Competences Post Disaster, and the construct of CKCPDI can be helpful and applicable for a counselor and ready used for the other research.
Haig KHATCHADOURIAN
Authors: HOVHANNISYAN Hasmik
Published: January 2018

In 2016, the world of Philosophy lost a tremendous and tireless scholar with the passing of Professor Haig Khatchadourian.

Haig Khatchadourian, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from the late 1960’s until 1994, was educated at the American University of Beirut (B.A. and M.A.) and at Duke University (Ph.D.). He also taught at the American University of Beirut (1948-49, 1956-68), Melkonian Educational Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus (1950-1951), Haigazian College, Beirut (1951-52), the University of Southern California (1968-69), and was a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa (1976-77) and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque (1978-79). His areas of specialization included: Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts, Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Political Philosophy, and Social Philosophy, among others. He was a member of learned societies and presented papers at international conferences from 1958 to 2007. He participated in the Harvard International Seminar (summer, 1962) and was a Liberal Arts Fellow in Philosophy and Law at Harvard Law School (1982-3). He received numerous honors and awards, including Outstanding Educators of America Award, 2,000 Intellectuals of the 20th Century and 2,000 Outstanding Academics of the 21st Century. He published 19 books and at least 94 articles. His most recent book is How to Do Things with Silence.
Spousal Communication and Contraceptive Use among Married Couples in Rural Areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors: Asa U. A. , Nkan V. V. , Okoro G. I.
Published: January 2018

The study ascertained the influence of spousal communication about family planning on contraceptive use among married couples in the rural areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Data for the study were obtained from one hundred and fifty married couples using multi-stage sampling procedure. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression. Results indicate that 71.3% of the respondents were females with an average age of 38 years while 28.7% of them were males with an average age of 49 years; fourteen years was the respondents’ average years of marriage. Findings also show that barrier methods, hormonal contraceptives and injectables were the contraceptive methods highly used by the respondents; and majority of the married couples had a favourable spousal communication about family planning disposition. Multiple regression analysis result shows that contraceptive use by the respondents was significantly influenced by their spousal communication about family planning. It is recommended, among others, that intervention programmes of Governmental and Non-Governmental agencies in Akwa Ibom State emphasize the importance of spousal communication about family planning in their programmes and encourage same among targeted beneficiaries of such programmes.
Adult Basic Education and Training in South Africa: The Perspectives of Rural Women, in Khotso
Authors: Tawiah Sampson , Ngmenkpieo Frederick
Published: January 2018

The aim of the study was to understand the perspectives of rural women in Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET), in Khotso. Rural women in the area lag behind in knowledge and skills for livelihood. The aim of ABET was to provide the educationally disadvantaged individuals, especially rural women, with knowledge and skills for livelihood in the countryside. Despite this initiative, rural women still lack skills for better living. Without basic education, these rural folks can be condemned to perpetual poverty and desolate. A qualitative research method in the form of a case study was designed to understand the issues from the point of view of the participants in context-specific settings. This qualitative design gives the authors, in-depth understanding of the phenomenon under study. A sample of sixteen women participants was purposively selected from four ABET centres. This sampling method was used to help the researchers focused on the real life situations of participants in their natural environment which delved better into their experiences. Data were collected through individual and focus group interviews. The two sets of interviews were audio recorded with the permission from the participants. Content analysis techniques were used to analyse data. The findings indicated that rural women were left desolate due to some obsolete cultural practices and perceptions. Based on the findings the paper recommends that ABET programmes should be revamped to make them more effective in terms of skills training to improve the lives of the participants.
An Investigation of Poetic Techniques from Stanzaic Forms to Fourteen-line Narratives in IsiZulu Poetry
Authors: Thwala Jozi Joseph , Twala Mandla Alfred
Published: January 2018

The objectives of this article are to survey and explicate the poetic techniques that are functional in stanzaic forms and fourteen-line narratives in isiZulu. Various types of stanzas, namely: expanding, bulging, mixed, diminishing and regular are selected for analysis. The stanzaic forms start from four-line stanzas to fourteen-line narratives. Detailed discussions on the lines are the major focus of the article. Relevant examples are cited to display the stanzaic forms, types and sonnets. The differences among various sonnets are structurally highlighted to show the poetic techniques. The formalist approach is appropriate for this poetic discourse from the counting of lines, stanzas to fourteen-line narratives. Despite the poetic techniques that are fundamental in this analysis, the selected poems have a sound didactic principle that broaden human experiences, acquaint the reader with language proficiency and awaked new reality. They have artistic values that enhance coherence, social truth and descriptive imagery.
Environmental Favorability: Evidence in the Brazilian Context of Consumer Generations
Authors: Veiga-Neto Alipio Ramos , Ferreira Nilo Lourival , Nodari Cristine Hermann , Barreto Miranda Ana Lucia Brenner
Published: January 2018

This study aimed to analyze the variables of environmental favorability, identifying and comparing their importance and differences within the consumers of the segments of the Baby Boomers, X, Y and Z generations in the Brazil. A factorial analysis showed that the highest averages found were related to the environmental responsibility of the companies and society. The lower averages are linked to the skepticism about advertising and advertising on labels of environmental products. The factors with higher scores refer to the environmental responsibility of society and the environmental conscience pointing out the concern of the interviewees about pollution, deforestation and the climatic consequences that can attack the environment. On the other hand, the lower averages are linked to the credibility in the environmental communication geared towards advertising and the veracity in the labels. Finally, the limitations and opportunities of future work are presented.
Corporate Entrepreneurship in Colombia: An Approach from Resources and Capabilities
Authors: Henao-García Edwin , Arias-Pérez Jose , Lozada-Barahona Nelson
Published: January 2018

Corporate entrepreneurship refers to entrepreneurship activities that take place within established firms. Such activities have attracted the interest of researchers in the area of management and business for several years now. The aim of this work is to examine the influence of individuals’ resources and capabilities on corporate entrepreneurship in Colombia, using data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2013 and including 3,394 observations. The study draws on the Resource-Based Theory and uses logistic regressions in its methodology, considering differences between resources (entrepreneurial skills and competencies, entrepreneurial experience, personal networks and education) and capabilities (entrepreneurial intention and opportunity identification). This work offers theoretical and empirical contributions. Theoretically, it contributes to the development of the literature in the field of corporate entrepreneurship in Latin American emerging markets. Empirically, it serves as a guide for those managers wishing to foster corporate entrepreneurship in their firms.
Factors Influencing Students’ Preferences to Pursue International Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
Authors: Seys Ranola Trisha , Margolis Amanda , Kraus Connie
Published: January 2018

The Problem: To improve the quality of the international APPE program and facilitate growth, a questionnaire was developed to identify perceived barriers for selection of and ways to increase interest in international APPEs. Survey Design: A questionnaire was administered to two consecutive third-year classes to gauge interest, perceived barriers and possible facilitators for engagement in international APPEs. Key Findings:  Cost and need to travel independently were most frequently identified as barriers to participating in international APPEs.  Suggestions to increase participation in international APPEs include: schools of pharmacy actively developing funding support, pairing students for international APPEs, and earlier targeted marketing.

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SITUASI DIGLOSIA SUKU BONAI DI PROVINSI RIAU
Authors: Yance Imelda
Published: January 2018

Suku Bonai (suku terasing dan minoritas di Provinsi Riau) merupakan masyarakat yang dwi/multilingual. Mereka berpotensi menjadi masyarakat yang diglosik  karena menguasai dan menggunakan lebih dari satu bahasa dalam komunikasi. Untuk mengetahui potensi tersebut, kajian ini difokuskan pada kediglosiaan suku Bonai. Tujuannya adalah untuk menentukan dan mendeskripsikan status kediglosiaan suku Bonai dari segi fungsi, prestise, warisan budaya, pemerolehan, standardisasi, stabilitas, leksikon, dan sistem fonologis. Kajian ini bersifat kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Data diperoleh melalui survei dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan studi kepustakaan. Sampel berjumlah 78 orang, ditarik dengan teknik acak bertujuan. Data kuantitatif diolah dengan program Excel dan SPSS sedangkan data kualitatif dengan diolah dengan analisis wacana. Dari analisis data, suku Bonai dapat dikategorikan sebagai masyarakat yang diglosik sekaligus bilingualisme. Simpulan tersebut didasari oleh aspek fungsi, prestise, pemerolehan, standardisasi, leksikon, dan sistem fonologis. Dari analisis data juga terungkap bahwa bahasa Indonesia merupakan kode H (high) sementara bahasa suku Bonai merupakan kode L (low). Walaupun demikian, situasi diglosia pada suku Bonai belum mantap dari segi stabilitas karena belum berlangsung dalam masa ratusan tahun. Di samping itu, juga terjadi ketirisan diglosia (diglossia leaked), yaitu penyusupan kode L ke ranah-ranah kode H atau sebaliknya.
Full issue- READS - vol 3 issue 2 2017
Authors: Chaudhry Imran Sharif
Published: January 2018

Full issue- READS - vol 3 issue 2 2017
PENGELOLAAN BAITUL MAAL PADA BAITUL MAAL WA TAMWIL (BMT) DI KOTA PEKALONGAN
Authors: Ismanto Kuat
Published: January 2018

Baitul Maal wa Tamwil (BMT) is a microfinance institution that operates based on Islamic principles (Islam). There are two main divisions of the institution, as a business base that is as Baitul Maal and as Baitul Tamwil. The first division related to social mission, namely as zakat management institutions, infaq, endowments, charity, and others, while the second division is engaged in the business (profit). This paper further review of Baitul Maal position/status at BMT, then discussed how the management of funds by the agency. Facts on the ground indicate that there is BMT has run Baitul Maal, however many do not run it.
THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF NOTE TAKING PAIRS IN TEACHING READING (Case Study in STAIN Pekalongan in the 2013/2014 Academic Year)
Authors: . Marlina
Published: January 2018

This research is intended to know whether: (1) Note Taking Pairs is more effective than Direct Instructional Method to teach reading; (2) Students who have high interest have better reading skill than students who have low interest; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ interest in teaching reading. The method which was applied in this research was Experimental study. It was conducted at STAIN Pekalongan in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. The population was the English 3 Students of STAIN Pekalongan in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. It consists of four classes (128 students). The writer used cluster random sampling to get the sample. It consists of two classes: (1) 32 students of A class, and (2) 32 students of B class. The data analysis shows the following findings : (1) Note Taking Pairs is more effective than Direct Instructional Method for teaching reading to the English 3 students of STAIN Pekalongan in the 2013/2014 academic year; (2) The students who have high interest have better reading skill than the students who have low interest of the English 3 students of STAIN Pekalongan in the 2013/2014 academic year; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ interest in teaching reading to the English 3 students of STAIN Pekalongan in the 2013/2014 academic year.Hopefully, the result of this research will be useful for lecturers in order to choose and determine the suitable teaching method used in their class.
ISLAM DAN TANGGUNG JAWAB EKOLOGI
Authors: Saefullah Saefullah
Published: January 2018

Problematika lingkungan hidup hingga saat ini kian menunjukkan tingkat yang mengkhawatirkan. Berbagai fakta kerusakan lingkungan yang terjadi di Bumi telah menjadikan penghuninya terusik. Tulisan ini bercorak library research dan berupaya menelisik kontribusi Islam dalam menyelesaikan masalah ini. Hasilnya, Islam member perhatian besar pada berbagai problematika kehidupan manusia, termasuk terhadap lingkungan hidup. Rumusan ini tentu berbeda dengan pandangan ilmuwan modernis Barat yang cenderung menggunakan pendekatan teknis saja, tanpa melihat aspek-aspek lain. Padahal, menggunakan pendekatan teknis semata tidak mencukupi, namun juga membutuhkan pendekatan lain, di antaranya yang bersifat transendental dan profan.Problems of the environment now show an alarming rate. Various facts environmental destruction on Earth has made its inhabitants disturbed. This paper seeks patterned library research and browse for Islamic contribution in solving this problem. As a result, Islam gives a great attention to the various problems of human life, including the environment. This formulation is different from Western modernist views of scientists who tend to use a technical approach only, without looking at other aspects. In fact, using a technical approach alone is not sufficient, but it also requires other approaches, including the transcendent and profane.
PENGELOLAAN SUMBER DAYA AIR MINUM DALAM KEMASAN (AMDK)
Authors: Istiqomah Laelatul
Published: January 2018

Air adalah sumber daya alam yang vital bagi kehidupan yang merupakan kepemilikan umum. Akhir-akhir ini air menjadi lahan bisnis yang menjanjikan diantaranya adalah produk air minum dalam kemasan (AMDK) yang dikelola swasta. Pengelolaan air yang dikuasai oleh swasta akan menimbulkan masalah karena swasta semata-mata berorientasi profit. Perlunya intervensi pemerintah dalam pengelolaan sumberdaya air mengingat air adalah kebutuhan hajat orang banyak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pengelolaan AMDK yang dikuasai swasta, pendekatan penelitian dengan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi pustaka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perlunya intervensi pemerintah dalam pengelolaan AMDK, dan merekomendasikan BUMDes sebagai media pengelola guna kesejahteraan umat. Water is a natural resource that is vital to the life which is public ownership. Recently, water becomes promising business area including a produc to bottle water (AMDK) are privately managed. Water management is controlled by the private sector because the private sector will lead to problems because of their solely profit-oriented. The need for government intervention in the management of water resources given of water as livelihood needs of people. The purpose of this study was to analyze the management of drinking water that is controlled by the private sector using qualitative method. The results showed the need for government intervention in the management of drinking water, and recommends BUMDes as media to manage water for the welfare of the people.
KEMATANGAN BERAGAMA MASYARAKAT INDUSTRI BATIK
Authors: Haryati Tri
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sikap masyarakat industri batik di Pekalongan berkaitan dengan prediktor keyakinan terhadap rukun iman dan persepsinya terhadap kegiatan keagamaan. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kuantitatif, diperoleh hasil penelitian yaitu: pertama, keyakinan atas rukun iman hanya mempengaruhi sebesar 10,8 %, sehingga hasilnya tidak signifikan; kedua, persepsi kegiatan keagamaan mempengaruhi sebesar 18,5 %, sehingga hasilnya signifikan; dan ketiga, keyakinan atas rukun iman dan persepsi terhadap kegiatan keagamaan secara bersama-sama menyumbangkan 23,6%. Jadi hasil terakhir ini berpengaruh secara signifikan.This article determines the attitude of society in Pekalongan’s batik industry with regard to predictors of confidence in their perceptions of the pillars of faith and religious activities. By using the quantitative research approach, the result of research: first, the belief in the pillars of faith affect only 10.8%, so the result was not significant; second, the perception of religious activity affects at 18.5%, so the results are significant; and third, the belief on the pillars of faith and perception of the religious activities collectively contributed 23.6%. So the latest result is significant.
SUFI PRACTICES AND THE EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT (ESQ)
Authors: Kanafi Imam
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi pengaruh kegiatan tarekat yang dilakukan oleh para pengikut Tarekat Qadiriyah Naqsyabandiyah Pekalongan terhadap kecerdasan emosi dan spiritual mereka. Penelitian kualitatif ini mengambil sejumlah pengikut dan pengurus tarekat sebagai responden. Data-data diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam dan observasi terlibat. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa semakin intens pengikut tarekat mengikuti kegiatan Tarekat Qadiriyah Naqsyabandiyah, semakin tinggi pula kecerdasan emosi dan spiritual yang mereka miliki. Dengan demikian sufi yang terlembagakan dalam Tarekat Qadiriyah Naqsyabandiyah Pekalongan memiliki pengaruh dalam meningkatkan kecerdasan emosi dan spiritual.
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KREATIF-KRITIS DALAM MATA KULIAH SOSIOLOGI PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Ningsih Tutuk
Published: January 2018

This study aims to (1) form critical and creative learning models in Sociology of Education learning relevant for students, (2) examine student response to a critical-creative learning in Sociology of Education learning courses, and (3) examine the influence of the creative-critical learning model for improving the quality of learning outcomes in students majoring in Sociology of Education on Tarbiyah Departement at STAIN Purwokerto.This research is a classroom action research. The process of action research carried out using two cycles (cyclic), taking into account the following four main components, namely: planning, implementation, monitoring, and reflection. The first cycle consists of two stages with three acts. The second cycle consists of one stage and one effectiveness measurement to the implementation of creative-critical learning model. The fact analysis was performed along with a qualitative description of the reflection and evaluation of the model. Meanwhile, non-parametric statistical analysis and simple statistics were used to examine the impact of creative-critical learning model for improving the quality of learning.The results provide some conclusions as follows: (1) creative-critical learning model that is suitable for students include procedures and measures as follows, which includes: planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of learning, reflection, and assessing of the successful action. This model uses a minimum of two cycles, where the First Cycle consists of 3 actions, and the Second Cycle consists of one stage and one action that is implementing a critical-creative learning models that are effective, (2) The response of students to learning critical creative tend to be more positive than using conventional learning , and (3) students' learning achievement using a learning model of creative-critical indicate a better condition compared with conventional learning. Based on these results IPS-learning facilities are suggested, especially laboratories need to be developed and equipped to facilitate the learning process of applying the various models and strategies in accordance with the characteristics of certain subject areas including sosial studies courses Sociology of Education.
Automated Deduction in the B Set Theory using Typed Proof Search and Deduction Modulo
Authors: Bury Guillaume , Delahaye David , Doligez Damien , Halmagrand Pierre , Hermant Olivier
Published: January 2018

We introduce an encoding of the set theory of the B method using polymorphic types and deduction modulo, which is used for the automated verification of proof obligations in the framework of the BWare project. Deduction modulo is an extension of predicate calculus with rewriting both on terms and propositions. It is well suited for proof search in theories because it turns many axioms into rewrite rules. We also present the associated automated theorem prover Zenon Modulo, an extension of Zenon to polymorphic types and deduction modulo, along with its backend to the Dedukti universal proof checker, which also relies on types and deduction modulo, and which allows us to verify the proofs produced by Zenon Modulo. Finally, we assess our approach over the proof obligation benchmark provided by the BWare project.