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Kompetensi Pedagogik Guru PAUD dalam Perencanaan dan Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran
Authors: Sum Theresia Alviani , Taran Emilia Graciela Mega
Published: April 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kompetensi pedagogik yang dimiliki oleh guru PAUD yang berdampak pada kemampuan penyusunan dan pelaksanaan pembelajaran di PAUD pada beberapa lembaga di Kabupaten Manggarai.  Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif yang bertujuan mendeskripsikan kompetensi pedagogik guru PAUD pada 20 lembaga PAUD di Kabupaten Manggarai. Obyek penelitian adalah para guru dan kepala sekolah PAUD dengan menggunakan instrument penelitian wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan pertama, kualifikasi akademik seorang guru PAUD mempengaruhi kemampuan, pengetahuan serta pemahaman guru terhadap peserta didik. Kedua, masih banyak lembaga PAUD yang kurang memiliki kemampuan dalam menyusun perencanaan pembelajaran yang menyenangkan serta pemahaman akan pentingnya penyusunan perencanaan pembelajaran masih minim. Ketiga, minimnya kompetensi pedagogik yang dimiliki akhirnya mempengaruhi proses pembelajaran yang berkualitas bagi anak, pembelajaran menjadi tidak menyenangkan serta penilaian pembelajaran yang dilakukan guru belum dapat menggambarkan perkembangan yang mencakup segala aspek perkembangan anak.
Metode Pelatihan dan Persistensi Berpengaruh terhadap Kompetensi Pedagogik Guru PAUD
Authors: Ciptaningtyas Aris , Yetti Elindra , Hartati Sofia
Published: April 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh antara metode pelatihan dan persistensi terhadap kompetensi pedagogik guru pendidikan anak usia dini. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif, metode yang digunakan adalah expost facto. Desain yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah desain factorial 2x2 (desain noneksperimental). Sampel penelitian ini adalah guru pendidikan anak usia dini yang pernah mengikuti pelatihan/diklat berjenjang tingkat dasar di wilayah Jakarta Timur. Pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik non tes dengan instrumen berupa angket/kuisioner. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan menggunakan ANAVA dua jalur dan uji tuckey. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara rata-rata skor kompetensi pedagogik guru pendidikan anak usia dini yang mengikuti metode pelatihan dalam jaringan (daring/online) dan rata-rata skor kompetensi pedagogik guru pendidikan anak usia dini yang mengikuti metode pelatihan tatap muka, serta terdapat pengaruh interaksi antara metode pelatihan dan persistensi terhadap skor kompetensi pedagogik guru pendidikan anak usia dini.
Peningkatan Pemahaman Berhitung dan Kardinalitas melalui Penggunaan Media Rangkasbitung
Authors: Annisa Eka Nurmala , Supriyati Yetti , Nurani Yuliani
Published: April 2020

Penelitian tindakan ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dan mendeskripsikan aktivitas anak kelompok B TKIT Al Faruqi saat melakukan proses pemahaman berhitung dan kardinalitas melalui penggunaan media Rangkasbitung. Media Rangkasbitung (Barang Bekas Media Berhitung) digunakan sebagai alat untuk menstimulasi kemampuan berhitung dan kardinalitas serta sebagai wujud peningkatan SDM guru dalam berinovasi mengembangkan media pembelajaran. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan desain siklus mengikuti model Kemmis dan McTaggart. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari 15 anak kelompok B TKIT Al Faruqi. Penarikan kesimpulan dilakukan dengan mengubah penilaian kualitatif ke kuantitatif. Analisis data dilakukan dalam tiga tahapan yang terdiri dari reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menyatakan bahwa aktivitas anak kelompok B TKIT Al Faruqi mengalami peningkatan setelah penerapan kegiatan belajar menggunakan media Rangkasbitung. Melalui data yang dipaparkan dalam penelitian ini dapat diketahui juga bahwa penggunaan media belajar Rangkasbitung mampu meningkatkan kemampuan berhitung dan kardinalitas anak kelompok B TKIT Al Faruqi.
Model Pembelajaran Pendidikan Multikultural melalui Pendekatan Proyek Kolaboratif
Authors: Soekmono Roostrianawahti , Ningtyas Dhita Paranita
Published: April 2020

Pendidikan multikultural sangat efektif diberikan pada anak usia dini karena kesadaran tentang keberagaman sebagai dasar sikap toleran mulai berkembang pada usia 5 tahun. Sehingga guru AUD memerlukan kemampuan, keterampilan dan sikap positif yang tepat untuk mengajarkan pendidikan multikultural. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan strategi meningkatkan kemampuan mahasiswa PG-PAUD dalam membuat perencanaan dan media pembelajaran multikultural AUD. Pendekatan penelitian menggunakan Penelitian dan Pengembangan (R and D) yang dimodifikasi dalam tiga langkah penelitian yaitu: studi pendahuluan berisi studi pustaka materi perkuliahan, dan studi latar belakang sosial budaya mahasiswa; pengembangan model yaitu identifikasi tema multikultural sesuai latar belakang budaya mahasiswa, perencanaan dan media pembelajaran multikultural; dan tes validasi model berupa validasi asesmen kemampuan mahasiswa membuat perencanaan dan media pembelajaran multikultural. Hasilnya adalah signifikan, efektif dan layak. Temuan penelitian ini, komunikasi dan partisipasi mahasiswa dalam kelompok kolaboratif adalah faktor yang berpengaruh untuk meningkatkan kemampuan mahasiswa membuat perencanaan pembelajaran multikultural.
Analisis Pola Asuh Orang Tua terhadap Keterlambatan Bicara pada Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Hasanah Nur , Sugito Sugito
Published: April 2020

Faktor utama yang mempengaruhi keterlambatan bicara pada anak ialah pola asuh orang tua. Pola asuh orang tua kurang tepat bagi anak usia dini di masa perkembangannya. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk menganalisis hubungan pola asuh orang tua terhadap keterlambatan bicara anak. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kajian pustaka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebanyakan orang tua menerapkan pola asuh permisif dalam mendidik dan mengasuh anak.  Pola asuh permisif menyebabkan keterlambatan bicara anak karena kesibukan orang tua, rendahnya tingkat pendidikan orang tua, kurangnya stimulasi, dukungan positif lingkungan dan interaksi, keinginan orang tua agar anak mampu berbahasa asing.
Brain Based Learning Efektif Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Konsep Bilangan Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Setyaningtyas Putri , Harun Harun
Published: April 2020

Pengetahuan matematika awal khususnya konsep bilangan bagi anak usia dini sangat penting, karena nantinya dapat membantu anak memecahkan masalah di dalam kehidupan sehari-harinya. Tujuan penelitian ini menguji efektivitas brain based learning (BBL) terhadap kemampuan pemecahan masalah konsep bilangan pada anak usia dini. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif quasi eksperimen dengan nonequivalent groups pretest-posttest control design. Sampel sejumlah 42 anak yang berusia 5-6 tahun. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa tes yang disesuaikan dengan karakter anak usia dini. Pengujian hipotesis menggunkan statistik parametrik, kemudian dihitung menggunakan independent sample t-test dan ANOVA test, (ρ<0,05).  Hasil analisis data menunjukkan, Pertama, hasil kelompok eksperimen melampaui hasil kelompok kontrol dalam keseluruhan komponen pemecahan masalah konsep bilangan. Kedua, adanya peningkatan nilai kelompok eksperimen pada saat post-test. Ketiga, BBL memberikan efek yang besar pada keseluruhan komponen. Oleh karena itu, BBL sangat tepat diterapkan dalam pembelajaran yang berkaitan dengan kognitif seperti pemecahan masalah konsep bilangan.
Penggunaan Gadget pada Anak; Tantangan Baru Orang Tua Milenial
Authors: Novianti Ria , Garzia Meyke
Published: April 2020

Generasi abad ke-21 merupakan pengguna teknologi lebih banyak daripada generasi masa lalu. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana orang tua di era milenial mendampingi penggunaan gadget pada anak. Responden berjumlah 254 orang tua anak (berusia 2-7 tahun) di Kota Pekanbaru. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survey dengan pendekatan statistik deksriptif. Teknik analisis data menyajikan tabel dan grafik. Secara keseluruhan hasil penelitian menunjukkan 40% anak mengamuk jika tidak diberikan gadget. Kondisi ini memperlihatkan ketergantungan anak terhadap gadget yang cukup tinggi. Sedangkan tujuan Ayah/Bunda memberikan gadget pada anak didapatkan persentase sebesar 22% supaya anak lebih pintar, 21% agar anak tidak rewel, sedangkan terbanyak lain-lain sebesar 34%. Tujuan orang tua memberikan gadget pada dasarnya positif, yakni ingin anak mendapatkan manfaat dari teknologi, namun harus dibarengi dengan aturan yang jelas untuk mengurangi dampak negatifnya. Dengan demikian, penting untuk memahami penggunaan teknologi bagi perkembangan otak dan tubuh anak dengan panduan kebijakan penggunaan yang aman dan efektif.
Manajemen Tehnik Pembelajaran Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini di Kawasan Pesisir Laut Kabupaten Gorontalo Utara
Authors: Utiarahman Arfan , Djafri Novianty , Badu Syamsu Q
Published: April 2020

Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini penting untuk diolah dalam tehnik, tahap dan langkah serta strategi manajemen pembelajaran. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalah: untuk mendapatkan Model Manajemen Tehnik Pembelajaran Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Dikawasan Pesisir Laut Tomilito Kabupaten Gorontalo Utara. Metode Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian fenomena masyarakat dengan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Adapun tehnik pengumpulan data: observasi, wawancara dan angket, dengan tehnik analisis pengolahan data; pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan dan verifikasi. Hasil penelitian ini mendapatkan model pembelajaran interaktif dan sistem pembelajaran kooperatif, dengan indikator Manajemen Tehnik Pembelajaran Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini di Kawasan Pesisir pantai adalah: 1) Perencanaan pembelajaran yang berpusat pada anak dikawasan pesisir. 2) Mengorganisir pembelajaran yang aktif dikawasan pesisir. 3) Menggerakkan pendidikan anak usia dini, melalui pengalaman langsung dengan objek dikawasan pesisir 4) mengawasi pembelajaran PAUD mempertimbangkan keseluruhan aspek pengembangan, bermakna, manarik, dan fungsional dikawasan pesisir.
Gerak Relationship Pada Permainan Anak Sunda Sebagai Sumber Penciptaan Komposisi Tari Anak
Authors: Sunaryo Ayo , Masunah Juju , Narawati Tati , Nugraheni Trianti
Published: April 2020

Gerak relationship terdapat dalam koreografi permainan tradisional anak Sunda, yaitu koreografi yang saling berhubungan atau bersentuhan antara satu pemain dengan pemain lainnya atau pemain dengan kelompok, gerakan ini hampir ada pada semua permainan radisional anak Sunda yang dikenal dengan nama kakawihan dan kaulinan.  Tujuan penelitian ini menganalisis koreografi relationship pada permainan anak Sunda dan dijadikan sebagai sumber penciptaan komposisi tari anak. Artikel ini adalah hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan paradigma kualitatif deskriptif analisis dengan pendekatan analisis dasar elemen tari BSTER (Body, Space, Time, Energy, Relationship) melalui teknik pengumpulan data, observasi, pengamatan, dan wawancara yang telah di triangulasi dan diintepretasi. Hasil penelitian ini adalah adanya gerak relationship pada sebagian besar koreografi permaianan tradisional anak di Indonesia dan bisa dijadikan sumber dalam penciptaan komposisi tari anak. Gerak relationship pada permainan tradisional anak mengandung nilai silih asih, silih asah dan silih asuh yang merupakan ciri sosial pada masyarakat di Indonesia.
AGAMA RESUME
Authors: 5 Kelompok
Published: April 2020

HAM merupakan hak dasar yang dimiliki setiap manusia yang diberikan Tuhan dari sejak lahir. HAM sendiri di Indonesia diatur dalam undang-undang No 39 tahun 1999. Salah satu contoh dari HAM adalah hak atas kebebasan beragama. Kebebasan beragama adalah kebebasan setiap orang untuk menetapkan agama maupun berpindah agama. Dasar hukum yang menjamin kebebasan beragama di Indonesia telah ditetapkan dalam Pasal 28E ayat (2) UUD 1945.
Territorios culturales: Vectores de lectura y actuación en el territorio a través de las prácticas artísticas
Authors: Gutiérrez Mora Dolores
Published: April 2020

Este artículo muestra cómo, a través del análisis de obras de arte que tienen al territorio como objeto de reflexión, se puede visualizar la problemática que subyace en él en el contexto de la cultura contemporánea, llegando a establecer patrones comunes de diagnóstico e intervención. Para ello, mediante un método interpretativo de las obras y del pensamiento de un conjunto de autores, se argumentan unos vectores teóricos culturales que incardinan la reflexión sobre el territorio en una escala mayor, y que son representados a través de gráficos o diagramas que facilitan una visión de conjunto de la complejidad territorial existente.
BUKU
Authors: murni sri
Published: April 2020

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Environmental concern leads to trade skepticism on the political left and right
Authors: Rudolph Lukas , Quoß Franziska , Buchs Romain , Bernauer Thomas
Published: April 2020

The environmental implications of international trade appear to be associated with public backlash against trade liberalization and efforts at greening international trade. Because public support is essential to environmental and trade policy-making alike, we examine the trade-environment nexus from a public opinion perspective. We investigate whether negative attitudes towards trade are in fact fueled by concern over its environmental consequences. We argue that environmental concern affects how citizens evaluate the costs and benefits of trade, and that such evaluation is moderated by political ideology. The empirical analysis relies on a population-based survey experiment and a large representative survey in Switzerland, a small open economy. We show that environmental concern leads to decreasing appreciation of and support for international trade, with different manifestations of trade skepticism on the political left and right. Relating to the debate over global environmental footprints of domestic consumption, we do not find that citizens care more about environmental damage at home than abroad. This suggests (i) that policy-makers should focus more on greening global supply chains, and thus trade, if they wish to sustain public support for liberal international trade policy, and (ii) that the public follows informational cues on the environmental impacts of trade.
Model Epidemik Penyebaran Malaria
Authors: Resmawan Resmawan
Published: April 2020

This article discusses the mathematical model of SEIRS-SEI type malaria spread. Modification of themodel is done by giving the treatment in humans, in the form of vaccination and medication treatment. In thismodel, the human population is divided into four classes, namely susceptible, exposed, infected, and recovered.The mosquito population is divided into three classes, namely susceptible, exposed, and infected. Furthermore,the analysis of the model show the effect of treatment given to disease transmission. At the end of this article isprovided numerical simulations to show the effectiveness of vaccination and treatment in humans to suppressthe rate of transmission of disease. The simulation results show that the increase of vaccination effectiveness andmedication treatment in humans can reduce the reproduction numbers so that within a certain time the disease will disappear from the population.
Improving the precision of intranasal oxytocin research
Authors: Winterton Adriano , Westlye Lars T. , Steen Nils Eiel , Andreassen Ole A. , Quintana Daniel S
Published: April 2020

The neuropeptide oxytocin has been popularized for its role in social behaviour and nominated as a candidate treatment for several psychiatric illnesses.However, results so far have failed to reliably translate from animal models to human research. There have been justified calls to improve intranasal oxytocin delivery methodology, in terms of verifying that intranasal administration increases central levels of oxytocin. Nonetheless, improved methodology needs to be coupled with a robust theory of the role of oxytocin in behaviour and physiology to ask meaningful research questions. Moreover, stringent methodology based on robust theory may yield interesting results, but such findings will have limited utility if they are not reproducible. In this article, weoutline how the precision of intranasal oxytocin research can be improved by the complementary consideration of methodology, theory, and reproducibility.
review jurnal The Importance of Positive Organization in Industrial Era 4.0 A.Z. Tayibnapis & L.E. Wuryaningsih,R.G. Tayibnapis
Authors: michaella Melly
Published: April 2020

Organisasi positif adalah organisasi yang berkembang kukuh dalam mencapai pertumbuhan yang sangat baik dan menojol dalam semua aspek sehingga karakter dapat berkonsentrasi pada pekerjaan.
Computational approach for the design of potential spike protein binding natural compounds in SARS- CoV2
Authors: Basu Anamika , Sarkar Anasua , Maulik Ujjwal
Published: April 2020

Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) (EC:3.4.17.23) is a transmembrane protein which is considered as receptor for spike protein binding of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2). Since no specific medication is available to treat COVID-19, designing of new drug is important and essential. In this regard, in silico method plays an important role as it is rapid, cost effective, compared to the trial and error methods using experimental studies. Natural products are safe and easily available to treat coronavirus effected patients, in the present alarming situation. In this paper five phytochemicals which belong to flavonoid and anthraquinone subclass, selected as small molecules in molecular docking study of spike protein of SARS-CoV2 with its human receptor ACE2 molecule. From the detail analysis of their molecular binding site on spike protein binding site with its receptor, hesperidin, emodin and chrysin are selected as competent natural products from both Indian and Chinese medicinal plants, to treat COVID-19.
MAKALAH AKTIVITAS LOMPAT JAUH
Authors: Putri Addini Amira
Published: April 2020

Sport very important things to our bodies. One branch of the sport is atlestic. In athletic activities, there is long jump. By learning the long jump, we can perform the upward jump with the effort to make the body float quickly in the air and by raising one leg to gain a great distance.
Physical activity promotion for multimorbid patients in primary care settings: A protocol for a systematic review evaluating health benefits and harms.
Authors: Schweda Simone , Krauß Inga
Published: April 2020

Background: To date multimorbidity has not received much attention in health policies, even though multiple chronic diseases put high demands on the health care system in industrial nations. Enormous costs of care and a physically, mentally and socially reduced quality of life are common consequences of multimorbidity. Physical activity (PA) has a positive preventive and therapeutic effect on common non-communicable . The objective of this study will be to evaluate the halth benefits and harms of PA interventions for sedentary adults with multimorbidity in primary care settings. Methods: This is the study protocol for a systematic review. We will serach PubMed, MEDLINE (Ovid), Web of Science, CINHAL and the Cochrane Library (from inception onwards). In addition, clinical trial registers and reference lists of included studies will be searched. We will include randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental and non-randomised trials examining the health benefits and harms of PA interventions with or without additional lifestyle interventions for sedentary adult patients with multimorbidity (e.g. two or more chronic non-communicable diseases) in primary care. Eligible control groups will be standard care, placebo or medications. Two reviewers will independently screen all citations, abstracts data and full text articles. The primary outcomes will be health related quality of life and mortality. Secondary outcomes will include cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and disease specific outcomes (e.g. depression score), biomarkers as well as control of metabolic risk factors (e.g. blood pressure, HBA1c, body weight) and any adverse event. The study methodological quality will be appraised using appropriate tools. If feasible, we will conduct random effects meta-analysis. Additional analyses will be conducted to explore the potential sources of heterogeneity (e.g. study design, geographical location, or type of intervention). Strength of the body of evidence will be assessed according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment (GRADE). Discussion: This review will evaluate the evidence on health benefits and harms of PA interventions for sedentary adults with multimorbidity in primary care settings. We anticipate our findings to be of interest to patients, their families, caregivers and healthcare professionals in selecting and conducting optimal health promotion programs. Possible implications for further research will be discussed.
Stability of SARS-CoV2 and other coronaviruses in the environment and on common touch surfaces and the influence of climatic conditions: a review
Authors: Aboubakr Hamada , Sharafeldin Tamer A , Goyal Sagar M.
Published: April 2020

Although the unprecedented efforts the world has been taking to control the spread of the humancoronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its causative etiology [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)], the number of confirmed cases has been increasing drastically.Therefore, there is an urgent need for devising more efficient preventive measures, to limit the spreadof the infection until an effective treatment or vaccine is available. The preventive measures dependmainly on the understanding of the transmission routes of this virus, its environmental stability, andits persistence on common touch surfaces. Due to the very limited knowledge about SARS-CoV-2,we can speculate its stability in the light of previous studies conducted on other human and animalcoronaviruses. In this review, we present the available data on the stability of coronaviruses (CoVs),including SARS-CoV-2, from previous reports to help understand its environmental survival.According to available data, possible airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been suggested.SARS-CoV-2 and other human and animal CoVs have remarkably short persistence on copper, latex,and surfaces with low porosity as compared to other surfaces like stainless steel, plastics, glass, andhighly porous fabrics. It has also been reported that SARS-CoV-2 is associated with diarrhea and thatit is shed in the feces of COVID-19 patients. Some CoVs show persistence in human excrement,sewage, and waters for a few days. These findings suggest a possible risk of fecal-oral, foodborne,and waterborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in developing countries that often use sewage-pollutedwaters in irrigation and have poor water treatment systems. CoVs survive longer in the environment atlower temperatures and lower relative humidity. It has been suggested that large numbers of COVID-19 cases are associated with cold and dry climates in temperate regions of the world and thatseasonality of the virus spread is suspected.
Knowledge of Preventable Risk Factors and Beliefs About Cancer A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Rayan Rehab A.
Published: April 2020

A crucial element of cancer controlling programs for the expanding burden in Egypt is public awareness of preventable risk factors. The study explores the knowledge of some preventable risk factors and beliefs about cancer among adults attending a primary health care center in an urban area of Alexandria. The researcher conducted a single point, a descriptive cross-sectional study of 85 adults aged ≥18 years in February 2019 using a semi-structured questionnaire to gather data through the face-to-face interviewing method. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Good levels of both cancer knowledge and beliefs were assigned as ≥75% of the total score. Respondent's mean age was 43.6 years and around 64.7% were females. Nearly 74.1% of respondents had a poor knowledge score of cancer preventable risk factors, especially low vegetables and fruit consumption (55.3%) excessive exposure to sun radiations (52.9%), physical inactivity (44.7%), overweight and obesity (44.7%) and pollution (43.5%) respectively. Furthermore, almost 38.8% of respondents had some false beliefs about cancer. Almost 44.7% of respondents disagreed with the presence of signs and symptoms to cancer while around 24.7% of them reported that cancer could not be prevented. Moreover, nearly 25.9% of them disapproved that cancer patients need psychological support. The Study population had poor knowledge of lifestyle-related cancer preventable risk factors and some false beliefs need correction. Therefore, we need to improve public knowledge of these factors that may lead to adopting health-protective behaviors reducing cancer risk.
Acoustical and Optical Determination of Mechanical Properties of Inorganically-Bound Foundry Core Materials
Authors: Lechner Philipp , Fuchs Georg , Hartmann Christoph , Steinlehner Florian , Ettemeyer Florian , Volk Wolfram
Published: April 2020

Inorganically-bound sand cores are used in many light-metal foundries to form cavities in the cast part, which cannot be realised by the mould itself. To enable FEM simulations with core materials, their mechanical properties have to be measured. In this article, we develop methods to determine the Young's and shear modulus, the Poisson number, and the fracture strain. This allows us to fully parametrise an ideal brittle FEM model. We found that the Young's and shear modulus can be obtained acoustically via the impulse excitation technique. The fracture strain was measured with a high-speed camera and a digital image correlation algorithm.
Large-scale introduction of forest-based biorefineries: actor perspectives and the impacts of a dynamic biomass market
Authors: Zetterholm Jonas , Ahlström Johan , Bryngemark Elina
Published: April 2020

Large-scale implementation of forest-based biofuel production will have an impact on biomass prices, something which in turn will affect biofuel production costs. The profitability of emerging biofuel production technologies is usually assessed using techno-economic or market approaches. While techno-economic approaches have a detailed description of technologies within plant-level or supply chain system boundaries, they build on exogenously given static biomass prices. Conversely, market approaches have a consistent description of the economic system including market interactions for prices within local or national boundaries, but they generally lack technological depth. This paper combines these two approaches using an iterative framework for a case study optimising the production cost of liquefied biomethane (LBG) using different configurations of sawmill-integrated biomass gasification. Cost estimates are developed using system boundaries reflecting the plant owner and policymaker perspectives, respectively. The results show that different plant configurations are favoured depending on the choice between minimising the biofuel production cost for the plant-owner or for the policymaker. Market dynamics simulated by the iterative procedure show that a direct policy support of 36-56 EUR/MWh would be needed to sustain large-scale LBG production, which is 12-31% higher than the necessary policy support estimated based on static biomass prices.
The Shape of Blame
Authors: Bostyn Dries Hannes , Knobe Joshua
Published: April 2020

For many types of behaviors, whether a specific instance of that behavior is either blame or praiseworthy depends on how much of the behavior is done or how people go about doing it. For instance, for a behavior such as “replying quickly to emails”, whether a specific reply is blame or praiseworthy will depend on the timeliness of that reply. Such behaviors lie on a continuum in which part of the continuum is praiseworthy (replying quickly) and another part of the continuum is blameworthy (replying late). As praise shifts towards blame along such behavioral continua, the resulting blame-praise curve must have a specific shape. A number of questions therefore arise. What determines the shape of that curve? And what determines “the neutral point”, i.e., the point along a behavioral continuum at which people neither blame nor praise? Seven studies explore these issues, focusing specifically on the impact of statistical information, and provide evidence for a hypothesis we call the “asymmetric frequency hypothesis.”
Age-related differences in visual encoding and response strategies contribute to spatial memory deficits
Authors: Segen Vladislava , Avraamides Marios N , Slattery Timothy J. , Wiener Jan
Published: April 2020

Successful navigation requires the ability to memorise and recognise the locations of objects across different perspectives. Although these abilities rely on hippocampal functioning that is susceptible to degeneration in older adults, little is known about the effects of ageing on encoding and response strategies that are used to recognise spatial configurations. To investigate this, we asked young and older participants to encode the locations of objects in a virtual room shown as a picture on a computer screen. Then, we asked participants to view a second picture of the same room taken from the same (0°) or a different perspective (45° or 135°), and judge whether the objects occupied the same or different locations. Results revealed that older adults had overall greater difficulty with the task than younger adults and that the introduction of perspective shift between encoding and testing impaired performance in both age groups. With diffusion modelling we also found that older adults adopted a more conservative response strategy while the analysis of gaze patterns revealed an age-related shift in visual encoding strategies with older adults attending to more information when memorising the positions of objects in space.
Parenting with a smile: Display rules, regulatory effort, and parental burnout
Authors: Lin Gao-Xian , Hansotte Logan , Szczygieł Dorota , Meeussen Loes , roskam isabelle , Mikolajczak Moïra
Published: April 2020

Positive parenting prescriptions prevailing in Western countries encourage parents to regulate their emotions and, more specifically, to show more positive emotion to their children and control negative emotions while parenting. The beneficial effect of this practice on child development has been much documented, but its possible costs for parents are currently unknown. The current study borrowed the well-known emotional labor framework from organizational psychology to examine this issue. We sought to answer five questions in particular: (1) Do parents perceive display rules? (i.e., do they feel pressured to up-regulate positive emotions and down-regulate negative emotions while parenting?) (2) Do parents make regulatory efforts to comply with these rules? (3) Is this costly? (4) Is it possible that this regulatory effort increases the risk of parental burnout? (5) Are there strategies that render this effort less costly? We investigated these questions in a sample of 347 parents. The results revealed that parents perceive emotional display rules, which bring about a regulatory effort and, in turn, increase vulnerability to parental burnout. How parents meet display rules also matters, in that regulating emotions superficially (surface acting, i.e., putting on a mask) is more detrimental than regulating genuinely (deep acting, i.e., changing one’s emotion). Overall, these results confirm the potential of the emotional labor framework, which helps us understand how external pressures on parents increase parental burnout.
Factors affecting mental health of health care workers during coronavirus disease outbreaks: a rapid systematic review
Authors: De Brier Niels , Stroobants Stijn , Vandekerckhove Philippe , De Buck Emmy
Published: April 2020

Introduction: The novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak currently puts health care workers at high risk of both infection and mental health problems. Considering their pivotal role in tackling this pandemic crisis, providing adequate mental health care for health care workers is imperative. This study aimed to identify the risk and protective factors for mental health outcomes in health care workers during coronavirus epidemics.Methods: A rapid systematic review was performed in three databases and current COVID-19 resources (search date March 24, 2020). Following study selection, study characteristics and effect measures were tabulated, and data were synthesized by using vote counting based on direction of effect. Risk of bias of each study was assessed and the certainty of evidence was appraised according to the GRADE methodology.Results: Out of 2605 references, 28 observational studies were selected and the identified risk and protective factors were categorized in ten thematic categories. The level of disease exposure, being quarantined as health care worker, and health fear were significantly associated with worse mental health outcomes. There was evidence that clear communication and support from the organization, social support and personal sense of control and coping ability are effective protective factors. No specific mental health interventions for assisting health care workers in mental distress during infectious disease outbreaks were identified. The evidence was of very low certainty, because of risk of bias and imprecise results.Conclusion: Safeguarding mental health of health care workers during infectious disease outbreaks should not be treated as a separate mental health intervention strategy, but requires a protective approach. This study therefore suggests that embedding mental health support in a safe and efficient working environment which promotes collegial social support and personal sense of control can help to maximize resilience of health care workers during the COVID-19 global health crisis.
Predicting Perceived Stress Related to the Covid-19 Outbreak through Stable Psychological Traits and Machine Learning Models
Authors: Flesia Luca , Monaro Merylin , Mazza Cristina , Fietta Valentina , Colicino Elena , Segatto Barbara , Roma Paolo
Published: April 2020

The global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and subsequent lockdown had a significant impact on people’s daily lives, with strong implications for stress levels due to the threat of contagion and restrictions to freedom. Given the link between high stress levels and adverse physical and mental consequences, the COVID-19 pandemic is certainly a global public health issue. In the present study, we assessed the effect of the pandemic on stress levels in N = 2053 Italian adults, and characterized more vulnerable individuals on the basis of sociodemographic features and stable psychological traits. A set of 18 psycho-social variables, generalized regressions, and predictive machine learning approaches were leveraged. We identified higher levels of perceived stress in the study sample relative to Italian normative values. Higher levels of distress were found in women, participants with lower income, and participants living with others. Higher rates of emotional stability and self-control, as well as a positive coping style and internal locus of control, emerged as protective factors. Predictive learning models identified participants with high perceived stress, with a sensitivity greater than 76%. The results suggest a characterization of people who are more vulnerable to experiencing high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. This characterization may contribute to early and targeted intervention strategies.
Challenges Faced by Students and Teachers on Writing Skills in ESL Contexts: A Literature Review
Authors: Hafsha Aixa
Published: April 2020

English is an international language and in demand today. English is by far the most widely used language around the world. However, English language writing has always been a challenge for second language students to master. Developing students’ ability in writing is one of the major challenges faced by the ESL teachers in most schools nowadays. Nevertheless, writing has always been a major difficulty faced by students in English language learning, especially in elementary schools. Not only that, teachers are also facing some challenges in teaching writing skills for students in elementary schools. Thus, this study aims to explore the challenges faced by both the students and teachers in learning as well as teaching writing skills in elementary schools.
The Necessary Triad: A Science-Education-Social Activity
Authors: Hafsha Aixa
Published: April 2020

Recently the earth population and its natural ecosystems exist in very complex and permanently changing living conditions, being economy, social, natural or technological ones. More than that, it lives in the conditions of a high complexity, and such complexities may vary in its quality, time and space. Another feature of such life is its permanently growing speed of various transformations that is conditioned by many unseen and still unknown metabolic processes. The global communication network has made the emergency cases inseparable feature of everyday life. There are no ways out of it, and humanity has to predict the coming transformations and to adapt to them. The development of such interdisciplinary model is necessary if humanity wants to predict the coming transformations and to adapt to them. It has to be done by joint efforts of the scientists, scholars, teachers and the volunteers including the grassroots activism of concerned people. The triad of a scientific community, teachers and the teenagers is the necessary precondition for the developing necessary efforts in many directions: the revitalization of a futurology, in prediction and mitigation of the critical situations (accidents, natural disasters, and hybrid wars), and in the development of interdisciplinary researches. Gradually civilian volunteers are becoming more professional and mobile teams of civilian rescuers. Today, an individual safety has turned in a matter of each person, family or social group while the science-education-social activity triad has become a necessary precondition of survival.
Pupils Perception of Using YouTube and Autonomous Learning
Authors: Hafsha Aixa
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine pupils’ perceptions of using YouTube and autonomous learning. The population consisted of pupils of form one till form two of SMK Sultan Tajul Ariffin Manong, Perak, Malaysia. The design of the study was done using a survey methodology. A survey using questionnaires was conducted among these students to gauge their perceptions towards the use of YouTube in their learning of English and autonomous learning. SPSS was used for the statistical analyses. The primary aim is to examine pupils’ perceptions in using YouTube videos to enhance their learning and autonomous learning. The respondents of this study were 50 pupils ranging from form one till form two pupils in the same school. Data were gathered using questionnaires to identify pupils perceptions of using YouTube and autonomous learning. This study analyzed the data descriptively, using percent and frequency in the procedure of data analysis. Through SPSS, the findings showed that there was a significant difference in the perception of the pupils using YouTube towards their belief in the usage of the application and autonomous learning. The study shows that the YouTube application is highly accepted among these pupils. The experiences they gained were also worthwhile to be acknowledged as a way of self-learning.
A Study on the Basic Problems of Ideological and Political Teaching Reform in the Major Courses of Universities
Authors: Hafsha Aixa
Published: April 2020

The new curriculum plan of ideological and political course in university is not only based on the practical needs of ideological education in colleges in the new era, but also based on the urgent requirements of the fundamental task of moral education in universities. It is also an important achievement in the process of long-term exploration of ideological and political theory education in colleges. In principle, the reform of ideological and political teaching of specialized courses in universities should be student-oriented and practice-oriented; in terms of the goal, we should push the reform towards standardization from two levels: the fundamental goal and the specific goal. The key point of reform is to excavate and refine the elements of ideological and political education in specialized courses, and the timing and links of the integration of ideological and political education elements in specialized courses. Therefore, the evaluation standard and method of ideological and political teaching reform in universities should focus on students and teachers to construct a “three-dimensional and four-body” evaluation system of ideological and political teaching, and at the same time follow scientific and reasonable evaluation principles, thus ideological and political education and professional teaching in the same direction.
A Review of the Early Modernization of School Education—In Shandong Canal Zone
Authors: Hafsha Aixa
Published: April 2020

The Shandong Canal Zone is located in the north of Shandong province, which is an important area for the connection between Yanzhao culture and Wuyue culture. The changes of factors in Shandong canal zone provide clues for research. In documents, the modern education in Shandong canal region has gone through the process of feudal traditional education, the beginning of early modernization, the institutionalization and evolution of early modernization. Then based on the predecessors’ research, I analyzed its pattern in order to extend the range in the research.
Investigating Pre-service Science, Technology, and Mathematics Teachers’ Attitudes toward Climate Change in Nigeria
Authors: Oladipo Adenike , Awofala Adeneye O. A. , Osokoya Modupe M.
Published: April 2020

The study investigated attitudes toward climate change among 480 pre-service science, technology, and mathematics (STM) teachers from four higher institutions of learning in Southwest, Nigeria using the quantitative research method within the blueprint of the descriptive survey design. Data collected using climate change attitude survey were analysed using the descriptive statistics of percentages, mean, and standard deviation and inferential statistics of factor analysis and independent samples t-test. Findings revealed that attitudes toward climate change assessed by the climate change attitude survey was a multi-dimensional construct (perceived beliefs component and intentions component). Gender differences in attitudes toward climate change among pre-service STM teachers were not significant even at the subscale level of perceived beliefs and intentions. In addition, the pre-service STM teachers showed a moderate level of attitudes toward climate change. In conclusion, there is need for a concerted effort to protect the earth from increased weather variability and the Nigerian government at all levels has both international and domestic commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to ensuring sustainable human development. Future studies in Nigeria and elsewhere should conduct a confirmatory factor analysis on the climate change attitude survey to further generalise the findings of this study.
Implementation of E-Module Stoiciometry Based on Kvisoft Flipbook Maker for Increasing Understanding Study Learning Concepts of Class X Senior High School
Authors: Nufus Hayati , Susilawati Susilawati , Linda Roza
Published: April 2020

Referring to the current era of globalization, which refers the era of revolution 4.0, the use of today's technology in the learning process can be utilized. One of them is in applying ordinary modules into e-modules. The purpose of this study is the use of e-module stoichiometry based on Kvisoft flipbook maker to see the magnitude of the increase in students' understanding of the concept of stoichiometry. The research design used was a pre-experiment with a pretest-posttest design using one class as an experimental class. The sample in this study were students of the Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 2 Pekanbaru class X KI 2. The results obtained were an increase in students' understanding of the concept from before using the e-module based on the koftoft flipbook maker with an average value of 40.2. After using Kvisoft flipbook maker based e-module the average value increased to 92.48. Large increase obtained by 0.83 with the category of moderate increase.
Development of Mathematics Learning Devices by Applying Problem Based Learning to Increase Students Mathematical Solving Skills of Class VII Junior High School
Authors: Fitria Rahmi , Hutapea Nahor Murani , H. Zulkarnain H. Zulkarnain
Published: April 2020

This research was motivated by the low ability of Mathematical Problem Solving (KPMM) of students. In order to improve KPMM, teachers can do designing the learning process. This study aims to develop mathematical learning tools that are valid, practical and effective. The development model used the Borg and Gall model. The research instrument consisted of syllabus validation sheets, lesson plane (RPP), student worksheet (LKPD), observability of implementation, student questionnaire responses and KPMM test instruments. The result shows the mathematics learning kit using the PBL model was already valid which is for the syllabus was 85.41%, RPP was 85.11%, LKPD was 88.67% and the test instrument was 81.71%. The learning kit fulfills the practicality requirements in large group trials with an average questionnaire of students responses of 91.99% and an average of 94.58%. Effective mathematics learning tools is to improve KPMM of students with student learning outcomes that is based on the achievement of KKM with the percentage of completeness reached is 88.24%. Development of learning tools can significantly improve students mathematical problem solving abilities at a significant level of P = 0,000 with α = 0.05. Thus, it can be concluded that the development of mathematics learning tools by applying problem based learning can improve students mathematical problem solving abilities
Improving Students Metacognitive Abilities Through Mind Mapping with Problem based Learning Learning Models on the Concept of Environmental Pollution at SMAN 7 Pekanbaru
Authors: Mulyani Rika , Wulandari Sri , Mahadi Imam
Published: April 2020

The K13 Curriculum requires students thinking skills, especially in the regulation of cognition which consists of planning, information management strategies, monitoring, examination of actions, and evaluation. This study aims to look at the metacognitive abilities of class X students of SMAN 7 Pekanbaru on the concept of environmental pollution through mind mapping with problem based learning models. This type of research was a quasi experiment using two classes, one class as an experimental class and one class as a control class. The experimental class used mind mapping models of problem based learning and the control class used conventional learning. The research design used a pretest-posttest control group design. Data collection techniques used questionnaires metacognitive abilities and description test questions. The analysis technique used the Anova test analysis. The results of the pretest and posttest showed a significant increase in students metacognitive abilities through mind mapping with the problem based learning model of the concept of environmental pollution at SMAN 7 Pekanbaru with a significance value of 0,000. Sig. (0,000) < then H0 is rejected, so it can be concluded that the metacognitive abilities of students are increased through mind mapping with problem based learning models on the concept of environmental pollution.