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DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AT PRE-SCHOOL AGE
Authors:   Kindergarten „Zname na mira“, Vratza, Ilieva Anzhela
Published: January 2021

The current report examines the question of development of emotional intelligence of children at a pre-school age as a part of the work on an Erasmus+ project „To hug the world“. The core idea of the project is to enhance the quality and efficiency of education at early child age, as well as emphasize equality, social convergence and active civil participation. The development of emotional intelligence is a key factor for the complete participation of a child in life, which sets the main goal of the current development and is targeted towards the children to grow up as active future members of society, ready to participate in its management and at the same time forming sense of compassion, belonging to societies wider than the family. The child as a participant in the project „To hug the world“ acquires the needed social knowledge and skills for fulfilling their role of a citizen, learns to solve interpersonal, local, national and global problems, showing constructive, pragmatic and critical thinking, freedom of thought and independence of will. Teaching children emotional intelligence, to acknowledge feelings, to understand where they come from and to learn to cope with them, sets the foundations of the most important skills for success and premise of full personal development at a later stage. In the current report, there are different techniques used by teachers of Kindergarten „Zname na mira“, Vratsa, targeted towards forming of emotional intelligence in children.
THE LESSON FOR CONTINUITY – AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PAINLESS TRANSITION FROM PRIMARY TO LOWER SECONDARY STAGE AT SCHOOL
Authors:   First Primary School „St. Cyril And St. Methodius“, Gotse Delchev, Markova Angelina
Published: January 2021

Every transition in a child’s life is associated with several difficulties, which are a kind of life lessons. Such a transition is the transition from fourth to fifth grade. The student must part with his favourite primary teacher, who has taught him to read and write, to count, and is ready to respond at any time. A new stage of life awaits him, new fears, new dreams and hopes. It strives for greater independence and leadership. New teachers, serious lessons, challenges await him. All these factors, combined, arouse fear and uncertainty in the fourth grader, and when you add the „legends“ told by the bigger boys and girls, the picture becomes scary. What can be done to make this transition more painless and calmer? One good solution is the lesson of continuity. This form of education allows students to develop their creative thinking, responsibility for their own behaviour in society, empathy and respect for others, teamwork, building a strong relationship with the home school, confidence in their own abilities and desire to express themselves. These lessons give the opportunity to be prepared by one teacher or to be interdisciplinary, in this option the children meet more teachers and get to know them in a different way.
CHARITY – A LESSON ON HUMANITY AND KINDNESS
Authors:   First Primary School „St. Cyril And St. Methodius“, Gotse Delchev, Gushkova Nevena , Chevganova Velichka ,   First Primary School „St. Cyril And St. Methodius“, Gotse Delchev
Published: January 2021

This article describes good practices and initiatives of the club „Give a hand“ to the First Primary School „St. Cyril and St. Methodius“, Gotse Delchev, related to volunteering and charity. Charity and volunteering are a social responsibility, because every helping hand is a sign of good hope. Volunteering is an integral part of charity and will instil in your child discipline and a sense of responsibility. Daily charity is something that helps people look beyond their own world. In this way, people and the nation as a whole grow. For the students and pedagogical specialists of the First Primary School „St. Cyril and St. Methodius“, charity is a generosity that creates moral beauty. The collective charity we all strive for as a team brings emotional and physical benefits to all. She develops communication skills, organization, time management, teamwork, and valuable knowledge.
PROJECT-BASED EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN
Authors:   Kindergarten „Prolet“, Musomishte, Pramatarova Stoina
Published: January 2021

Project-based learning is an interesting and useful method for children, teachers, parents. „Different and together we play, learn and create“ is a project for educational integration of disadvantaged children and their successful professional, social and creative realization in the future. It is implemented with the financial support of the operational program „Science and Education for Smart Growth“. Partners are Step by Step Foundation, Sofia, Kalinka Kindergarten, Gotse Delchev, DG „Spring“ in the village of Mosomishte and DG „Happy childhood“ in the village of Kornitsa. The implementation of the project contributed to the educational integration of disadvantaged children and their successful professional, social and creative realization in the future.
FACTORS AFFECTING COPPER REMOVAL FROM SIMULATED WASTEWATER USING RICE HUSK ASH AS AN ADSORBENT
Authors: Imran Kashif , Ahmed Dildar , Zahra Naseem
Published: January 2021

The present study entails the effect of various factors affecting removal of copper from simulated wastewater by using rice husk ash as an adsorbent. Various standard solutions of copper nitrate were prepared and treated with rice husk ash (RHA) to investigate adsorption on the adsorbent under different conditions of pH, temperature, time and adsorbate dose.  Maximum removal of Cu2+   was observed at its low concentration of 10 ppm at 50 ˚C and 90 minutes contact time. The percentage adsorption decreased with increase in concentration of Cu2+. The removal of 30 ppm and 40 ppm Cu2+ solutions was maximum at pH 6 and 8, respectively. It was concluded that RHA can be used for Cu2+ removal from wastewater containing copper ions by suitably optimizing the conditions.
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CATION DEFICIENT DIELECTRIC RESONATOR PEROVSKITE ELECTROCERAMICS
Authors: Tyagi Anand K , Kaur Karamveer
Published: January 2021

Electroceramics are the ceramic materials that have been specially designed for specific electrical, electronic, optical or magnetic properties. The futuristic demands of Communication Technology require the advanced electroceramics that may efficiently perform the functions of various circuit elements. The performance of electroceramics and their devices is primarily dependent on the three factors namely; complex interplay between processing & chemistry, structure at many levels and device physics. This paper describes the Nano Science assisted synthesis of application grade complex titanate based electroceramics that are presently being used or have futuristic potential to be used in communication technology. A preparative scheme using Nano-powders generated by Auto-ignition method has also been outlined and phase development investigated. The optimized prepartional conditions have also been studied and complex titanates to be used as Dielectric Resonators (DR) are specially tailored to meet the demand and requirement of microwave applications for high performance and low-cost devices. The dielectric constants measured by sandwich method were found to be around 39 at 5 MHz frequency and all the samples were found to have Q-factor larger than 3500 that make the synthesized materials suitable to be used as DR in Microwave Communication Technology.
The effect of whatsapp messenger as e- learning tool on performance of undergraduate students of a Public Sector Medical College in Pakistan.
Authors: Aziz Nauman , Kamal Zahid , Jamil Ahmad Zeeshan , Waseem Muhammad , Lail Raees Abbas , Iqbal Muhammad Junaid , Aziz Nauman
Published: January 2021

Objectives: To verify the usability of social media like WhatsApp in delivering knowledge to 4th year and Final year MBBS students and to compare the improvement of knowledge gain through e-learning and didactic lecture. Concurrently, perception of students about e-learning via WhatsApp will also be gathered. Study Design: Prospective Analytical Interventional study. Setting: Department of Medical Education of Sahiwal Medical College Sahiwal. Period: 01.01.2020 to 31.03.2020. Material & Methods: On 4th year and Final year MBBS students two Whatsapp group were made, one for each class. Then the students were taught different topics by WhatsApp. Assessment of knowledge of e-learning through WhatsApp was done by feedback form. Results: The results revealed that technical, educational and instructional advantages of teaching learning activity via WhatsApp out pars disadvantages. Increase in interaction with peers and getting a fair chance to participate in group discussion were top two educational benefits of learning through WhatsApp with 64.10% and 62.80% students agreeing to it. A majority of the students (89.8%) agreed to the facts that the availability of smart phones was not an issue for them and they are very comfortable in using Whatsapp as e learning tool (61.6%). on the other hand 29.5 % of the students were disagreed with the fact that they are getting more chances in clearing their concepts on Whatsapp. Conclusion: Increase in interaction with the peers and getting more chance to discuss a particular topic with group has made WhatsApp a new and convenient tool for teaching/learning activity. Students also found Whatsapp as less time consuming as compared to conventional lectures. A few disadvantages, like lesser chance of clearing the concepts on Whatsapp can be overruled by making small groups and using mobiles with bigger screen.
Frequency of common organisms causing vaginal discharge in sexually active women in reproductive age group.
Authors: Ramejo Bushra Begum , Soomro Sanober , Sadaf Sana , Sohu Khush Muhammad , Ramejo Mubashir Ahmed
Published: January 2021

Objective: To determine the frequency of organisms causing vaginal discharge. Study Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit-II of Kausar Hospital Khairpur Mirs, Sindh. Period: 23rd, October 2019 to 22nd January 2020. Material & Methods: Study population include sexually active females aged 18-45 visiting to the OPD for complain of vaginal discharge. A complete history and examination was done for assessment of the patient for reproductive tract infections. Results: In one year time period 420 females reported to the OPD of the hospital. Out of total 1783 patients, 23.5% patients (n=420) had complaint of vaginal discharge. Out of 420 patients enrolled in the study, 43.8% (n=184) patients were diagnosed having non-infective vaginal discharge. Bacterial vaginosis had the highest prevalence among common reproductive tract infection estimating about 46.1% (n=109) cases. Conclusion: Multiple researches must be conducted on large scale to determine the actual ratio of reproductive tract infections in sexually active females. Furthermore awareness session should be delivered to the rural and urban population. Awareness to women regarding their sexual health and their positive influence on society should be given.
Acute abdomen as complication of a knee arthroscopy: A case report
Authors: Jurin Martic Ana , Nenad Vidanec , Joško Smilović , Matija Mavrić , Miljenko Novak , Petra Mustač Jambrešić
Published: January 2021

A knee arthroscopy in spinal anaesthesia was performed on a 67 years old male patient. During the procedure the patient was hemodynamically stable, until he suddenly turned pale and started complaining of severe pain in lower abdomen with signs of guarding. The procedure was finished as urgently as possible and after releasing the tourniquet we noticed significant difference in volume of the leg, with redness distal to tourniquet. Urgent lab results were essentially unremarkable and the patient was sent for the urgent radiological diagnostics. CD of the left leg described fluid in the soft tissues of the thigh, scrotum, and abdomen; and the unenhanced CT of the abdomen showed free fluid along the entire femoral shaft of the left thigh, extending towards pelvis and abdomen to perihepatic and perisplenic space, and retroperitoneum, with gas bubbles tracking along anterior aspect of the left thigh into the left retroperitoneum. He was admitted to the ICU, and within few hours all symptoms have resolved and his further recovery was without complications.
Primary intracranial Hodgkin’s lymphoma after a blunt trauma: A case report
Authors: Luca Riccioni , Anna Maria Cremonini , Manlio Gessaroli
Published: January 2021

We report a case of 30-year-old immunocompetent man, with a previous history of cranial-facial trauma, who presented with progressive left exophthalmos due to an intracranial left frontal-ethmoidal-orbital mass. Histology of the resected tumor revealed a classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL). Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNA/EBER was detected in typical Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells. After postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy administration, the patient remains free of systemic disease or recurrence on 4 years of follow-up. Intracranial involvement by HL has rarely been described, mostly as a late localization or as a recurrence of a disseminated disease, in a setting of immunosuppression. Primary HL of the central nervous system occurring as an isolated disease is even more uncommon, with only 16 reported cases documented to date. The prognosis of these rare cases appears comforting with appropriate treatment. Tumor resection and, in appropriate cases, treatment with radiation and/or chemotherapy seem to warrant a durable response. For this reason a systemic disease should be excluded in all cases intracranial HL by a comprehensive work-up. To the best of our knowledge, this case represents the first report that documents the association of intracranial HL and local trauma with subsequent intracranial infection.
The effects of spiritual experience and church commitment among South Korean young adult immigrants in the United States: a mixed-methods study
Authors: Park Chulwoo , Edberg Mark
Published: January 2021

Background

Korean American immigrants have become one of the largest Asian American ethnic group in the United States, and Christianity have been preserving their ethnic identities. However, little is known if church commitment is associated with developing emotional well-being and work capacity. The study aims to understand the attachment to church and its effect on level of emotional well-being and work (or school) performance among South Korean young adult immigrants who have a strong faith in Christianity.

Methods

A sequential, mixed-methods study examined two dimensions of church attachment, level of religious belief and involvement in church activities. A total of 23 participants was initially recruited through purposive and snowball sampling, and then 22 of them were divided into two high-belief groups—high-active church members and low-active church members – for further analysis. A screening questionnaire, a quantitative component, was used to exclude a low-level believer. Consecutively, an in-depth interview, a qualitative component, was conducted to further investigate the emotional well-being and work (or school) performance.

Results

Although a small sample was collected, it generated initial insights into the effects of time commitment for church among immigrants. Regardless of leadership roles and level of activity at church, strong beliefs appeared to improve emotional well-being and support motivation to improve the performance of major activity of daily living.

Conclusions

The major significance was to support further research on religious belief and practice and its potential association with emotional well-being and social adjustment for Koreans, as well as other immigrants. The study applied a culturally specific lens to focus on a particular minority immigrant population.
Study Iron Homeostasis of Infected and Non-Infected Iraqi Camels with Trypanosomiasis
Authors: Al-Rubaie Laith S.G. , Al-Qayim Majida A.J. , Al-Rubaie Haider M. A. , Y. Al-badrawi A.
Published: January 2021

Trypanosomiasis is one of the common parasitic diseases, which infects the dromedary camels and decreases the numbers of these animals in Iraq. To get the best knowledge of the changes of iron status in camels infected with trypanosomiasis, in an attempt to take advantage of these variables as markers for infection, we designed this study. The current study conducted in blood sample collection from155 dromedary camels, 33 were infected (21.29%), according to the status of infection with Trypanosoma evansi that depends on blood smear examination as a golden test. Results denote significant differences of infection ratio by sex and age, from total of 132 male tested, 29 (21.96%) infected, distributed into 12 (%41.37) of age ≤ 2 years and 17 (58.62) of ≥ 2 years. From 23 female tested, 4 (17.39%) were infected at age ≤ 2 years. Furthermore, the results of this study demonstrated significant (p˂0.05) decrease in total serum iron, transferrin saturation, ferritin, whereas increased in total iron binding capacity and unsaturated iron binding capacity in the infected male and female camels with different age. Analyzed data of iron status parameters denoted that the cutoff point test between sensitivity (97) and specificity (100) for serum iron is (≤67.26), for transferrin saturation is (≤17.23) between the sensitivity and specificity (100) and (≥378.66), for total iron binding capacity between the sensitivity and specificity (93.9 and 96.7) respectively. Also, the cutoff point test between the sensitivity (100) and specificity (96.7) for unsaturated iron binding capacity is (≥301.27) and ferritin concentration has a cutoff point is (≤ 249.88) for the sensitivity (100) and specificity (99.2). It could be concluded from what was stated in the results of the current study, that the measurement of the concentration of serum ferritin could be considered as a good marker for the T. evansi infection
PERANCANGAN APLIKASI PENJUALAN TAPIS LAMPUNG BERBASIS ANDROID MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA STRING MATCHING
Authors: Mukaromah Hafsah , Rizki Amelia Kiki
Published: January 2021

Berbagai masalah yang dialami pelanggan pada saat akan melakukan pembelian tapis seperti, tidak mengetahui tapis apa yang dicari, keterbatasan informasi mengenai produk tapis yang dicari dan jumlah persediaan produk. Hal ini disebabkan belum tersedianya katalog elektronik berbasis mobile yang dapat membantu dan mempermudah pelanggan dalam mencari informasi mengenai produk tapis.

Maraknya pengguna smartphone android di kalangan masyarakat dengan berbagai kelebihannya seharusnya permasalahan di atas tidak harus terjadi lagi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyediakan layanan yang dapat membantu dan mempermudah pelanggan dalam mencari dan melakukan pembelian produk tapis online melalui smartphone android. Pada aplikasi ini menerapkan algoritma pencocokan string Brute Force pada search box sebagai algoritma dalam aplikasi pencarian produk tapis. Hasil pencarian yang ditampilkan berupa detail produk tapis beserta lama waktu pencarian. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengembangan aplikasi ini adalah metode prototype dan menggunakan UML (Unified Modeling Language) sebagai alat bantu pemodelan sistem. Hasil dari penelitian pada toko Ninda Tapis Lampung dapat disimpulkan bahwa dengan adanya aplikasi penjualan tapis online dapat mempermudah pelanggan dalam mencari informasi produk dan melakukan pemesanan produk tapis secara online.
DESAIN DAN SIMULASI CASCADE INTERLEAVED BOOST CONVERTER MENGGUNAKAN KENDALI DYNAMIC EVOLUTION CONTROL
Authors: Feriyanto Dwi , Ubaidah  , Fauzan Ahmadz
Published: January 2021

DC-DC Converter adalah suatu rangkaian elektronika daya yang mengubah tegangan DC ke tegangan DC lainnya dengan tegangan keluaran yang berbeda. Salah satu jenis dari elektronika daya tersebut adalah boost converter. Boost converter merupakan salah satu peralatan yang banyak digunakan dalam aplikasi DC-DC untuk menaikkan tegangan dari tegangan rendah ke tegangan yang lebih tinggi . Namun, boost converter konvensional mempunyai beberapa kekurangan, yaitu mempunyai ripple arus masukan dan ripple arus keluaran yang dapat mengurangi efisiensi dari boost converter dan tegangan keluaran pada boost converter tidak dapat mencapai tiga kali atau lebih tegangan masukannya. Karena keterbatasan dalam menaikkan tegangan ke level tegangan yang sangat tinggi, salah satu solusi untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut adalah dengan menghubungkan rangkaian cascade. Kemudian untuk mengurangi ripple keluaran dan menaikkan nilai tegangan keluaran, boost converter perlu dihubungkan dengan rangkaian interleaved.  Setelah boost converter dihubungkan dengan rangkaian interleaved disisi masukan dan rangkaian cascade disisi keluaran menghasilkan tegangan keluaran yang tinggi jika dibandingkan dengan boost converter konvensional dan dapat mengurangi ripple arus keluaran. Dynamic Evolution Control sendiri merupakan salah satu teknik kontrol baru untuk mengontrol rangkaian elektronika daya yang dalam hal ini di aplikasikan pada cascade interleaved boost converter. Dynamic evolution control merupakan turunan dari bentuk dasar teori kendali yaitu kendali umpan balik. Dimana ketika ada perbedaan antara keluaran dengan masukan yang dijadikan sebagai referensi pada suatu sistem kendali, maka dari itu keadaan error dapat berkurang atau dihilangkan dalam waktu yang singkat. Berdasarkan simulasi yang dilakukan, penggunaan cascade interleaved boost converter menggunakan kendali dynamic evolution control memiliki efisiensi yang lebih baik jika dibandingkan dengan boost converter konvensional. Simulasi ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan software simulink MATLAB
PERANCANGAN SISTEM WI-FI MONITORING BERBASIS WEBSITE
Authors: Yusuf Effendi Rizal Maulana
Published: January 2021

Semakin meningkatnya ukuran dan jumlah perangkat jaringan akan semakin kompleks masalah pada jaringan sehingga diperlukan adanya pengawasan secara terus-menerus untuk menjamin ketersediaan atau availability layanan. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) merupakan protokol aplikasi yang mampu menjalankan tugas untuk memonitoring kondisi jaringan. Pada kesempatan ini akan dilakukan perancangan dan pembuatan Aplikasi monitoring jaringan dengan simple networking yang dilengkapi dengan sistem database untuk menyimpan dan mengolah data yang terekam saat menggunakan aplikasi tersebut. Kemudian dilakukan pengujian untuk mengetahui tampilan dan fungsi dari Aplikasi yang telah dibuat. Pengujian juga dilakukan terhadap hasil aplikasi untuk mengetahui status keaktifan suatu IP yang terkoneksi. Hasil pengujian akan muncul pada bagian status jaringan dan pada status jaringan tersebut terbagi atas 5 kondisi namun pada pengujian ini hanya di lihat pada status connected dan disconnected.
Optimasi Pencarian Alamat IP Menggunakan Counting Bloom Filter Pada Web Application Firewall
Authors: Prasetio Dimaz Arno , Fauzi Ahmad , Utami Ema , Kusnawi
Published: January 2021

Proses pencarian IP pada Web Application Firewall menjadi sebuah tantangan ketika database IP yang dikumpulkan mulai membesar. WAF harus dapat dengan cepat memberikan keputusan apakah sebuah IP masuk kedalam kategori buruk (blacklisted ip) atau tidak. Berdasarkan penelitian-penelitian sebelumnya algoritma bloom filter dapat dengan mengurangi waktu pencarian secara signifikan, namun hal itu tidak cukup karena bloom filter memiliki kelemahan pada struktur datanya yang tidak dapat dilakukan penghapusan, berdasarkan masalah tersebut kami mengajukan pemodelan baru pencarian IP pada WAF dengan menggunakan algoritma Counting Bloom Filter.
Pengaruh dan Impak Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) Terhadap Isu Palestin di Malaysia
Authors:   Institut Timur Tengah, Universiti Sakarya, Turki, Hairi Nur Atika , Ahmad Norhafizah ,   Pusat Pengajian Umum dan Kokurikulum, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: January 2021

The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) is an Islamic organisation legally established in 1972. From 1971 until now, ABIM is very concern to international issues, especially the Israeli-Palestinian issue. This article discusses the influence and impact of ABIM in fighting for the liberation of Palestine (1971-2020). ABIM has always called on those responsible for Palestinian independence and the freedom of its people from the grip of Israel. Although various peace negotiations have been held between Israel and Palestine internationally, concrete solutions have not been reached. The objective to be achieved is to analyze ABIM’s involvement in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The methodology used is primary source research in the National Archives of Malaysia and the ABIM Archive. Apart from that, an interview with the President of ABIM, Mr. Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz was also held. The results of the study found that ABIM is consistent and active in fighting for this issue. This proves that the voice of NGOs can influence and impact decisions at the national and international levels such as the United Nations (UN). The volume of voice that is always displayed by ABIM is able to give awareness to the leaders and the people of Malaysia that this issue is not just a religious issue but this issue is a universal issue involving humanitarian values. ABIM has held press conferences, sent memorandum, held demonstrations, peaceful rallies, boycotts of American-Israeli goods and set up a Palestinian Aid Fund to raise the issue. ABIM's official paper, 'Risalah' also played a role in disseminating current Palestinian issues by publishing articles from original sources on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and developments in Palestine, especially in the 1970s. This is because resources at the time were very limited and Western media published biased and untrue news.
Monitoring of Deformation Behaviour of Unsaturated Soil Slope using Distributed Optical Fibre Sensor
Authors:   Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, MALAYSIA, Awang Ismail Dayangku Salma , Kassim Azman ,   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA
Published: January 2021

A distributed optical fibre sensing system named Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) is used to monitor the strain development of a laboratory soil slope model. The technology is yet to be fully implemented due to uncertainties of attachment method or the best way to set up optical fibre sensors for geo-structure health monitoring. The aim of study is to evaluate the deformation behaviour subjected to the development of horizontal strains from Brillouin-based optical fibre sensor of a residual soil slope under loading impact using BOTDA technology. In this study, a soil-embedded strain sensor placement approach was proposed to be installed in the 1g model of soil slope which was achieved via the horizontal planting of a three-layered optical fibre cable in S-curve forming slope. In this paper, however, only pilot tests result is demonstrated for preliminary data interpretation purposes. From the preliminary laboratory tests, the results show the soil-embedded sensing fibre arrangement has efficiently detected and measured the horizontal strain deformation due to loading. Therefore, it can be concluded that the sensing fibre was well-responded with the soil movement under loading impact.
Microalgae Growth and Phosphorus Uptake of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii 11/32C under Different Inorganic Nitrogen Sources
Authors:   Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering,   Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang No. 5, Malang, 65145, INDONESIA, Yulistyorini Anie , Camargo-Valero M. A. ,   BioResource Systems Research Group, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UNITED KINGDOM
Published: January 2021

Microalgae have been proven to be effective in utilizing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from a wide range of wastewater sources. This ability enhances the potential role that microalgae may have not only in wastewater bioremediation, but also in algal biomass production as an alternative feedstock for biodiesel and bio-fertilizer production. To investigate the ability of microalgae at recovering nutrients, the microalga strain Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 11/32C was selected to determine P uptake rates. Results shown that C.reinhardtii 32C cultivated in combination of NO3- and NH4+ as nitrogen sources was able to uptake 0.067 mg P l-1d-1. Combination of both nitrogen can produce specific growth rate of 0.128 d-1 and 89 mg VSS l-1d-1 of biomass dry weight. These value is the highest compare to C.reinhardtii 32C cultivated in NO3- or NH4+. These findings are fundamental to understand and plan future studies for cultivation conditions to induce luxury nutrient uptake by selected microalga.
A Review on Modification of Zeolite for Photocatalytic Applications
Authors:   Centre for Diploma Studies (CeDS),   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Muar, Johor, MALAYSIA, Dzinun Hazlini , Othman Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan ,   Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC),   Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, MALAYSIA
Published: January 2021

Zeolites are microporous crystalline alumina-silicate materials, widely used as catalysts, ion exchangers and adsorbents due to their chemical structure and surface properties. The unique properties of zeolite such as high adsorption capacity and cation exchange make it interesting to be used as a support material. This review article presents the details of various researches of zeolite used as photocatalyst in photocatalytic application. The modifications of zeolite using several methods are described in details for photocatalytic enhancement. The effect of zeolite nanoparticles in membrane fabrication also provided in this article. Furthermore, the efficiency of zeolite used as adsorbents and photocatalyst in the photocatalytic application also presented.
Анксиогенный эффект сурфагона при однократном введении интактным и овариоктомированным самкам крыс
Authors: Масалова Ольга Олеговна , Казакова Светлана Борисовна , Шабанов Петр Дмитриевич
Published: January 2021

Изучали влияние аналога гонадотропин-рилизинг гормона (ГнРГ) сурфагона (2 мкг/кг, внутрибрюшинно, однократно) на тревожное поведение взрослых интактных и овариоэктомированных самок крыс. Введение сурфагона интактным самкам сопровождалось снижением горизонтальной двигательной активности и угнетением исследовательской активности в тесте «Открытое поле» (в среднем в 1,5 – 2,7 раза, p ≤ 0,05), а также уменьшением числа заходов в закрытые рукава и времени пребывания в открытых рукавах в «Приподнятом крестообразном лабиринте» — в 4,6 раз (p ≤ 0,01). У овариоэктомированных крыс после введения сурфагона отмечалось снижение исследовательской активности и увеличение частоты груминга в тесте «Открытое поле». Поведение овариоэктомированных крыс, получивших сурфагон, в тесте «Приподнятый крестообразный лабиринт» значимо не отличалось от такового у овариоэктомированных крыс, которым вводили физиологический раствор.
Yürütme Organının Katma Değer Vergisinde Oranı Belirleme Yetkisinin Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: SEYHAN Mahcemal
Published: January 2021

3065 sayılı Katma Değer Vergisi Kanunu’nun 28’inci maddesi gereğince Cumhurbaşkanı’na vergi oranlarını belirli sınırlar dahilinde belirleme yetkisi tanınmıştır. Ancak söz konusu oranlar belirlenirken gerekçesinin açıklanması gerektiği düzenlenmemiştir. İdarenin işlem ve kararlarında gerekçe gösterme zorunluluğunun olup olmadığı tartışmalı bir konudur. Ancak kanımızca idari işlem ve kararların mutlaka bir sebebe dayanması gerekmektedir. Özellikle takdir yetkisine dayanan idari işlem ve kararlar bakımından ilgilisinin işlemin sebebini öğrenmesi birçok açıdan önem arz etmektedir. Günümüz şartlarında yürütme organına vergi oranları konusunda yetki verilmesi

hayatın olağan akışı gereğince gerekli olabilmektedir. Ancak bu yetkinin belirli sınırlar içerisinde kullanılması ve gerekçe sunulması gerekmektedir. Çalışmamızda, vergilerin kanuniliği ilkesi ve idarenin işlemlerinin gerekçeli olması ilkesi irdelenerek konuya yönelik tartışmalara girilmiş ve çözüm önerileri sunulmuştur.
Innovative educational environment: technologies of creation
Authors:   V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University, Mankus Iryna Volodymyrivna , Nedbaievska Ludmyla Stepanivna ,   V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University, Darmosiuk Valentyna Mykolaivna ,   V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University, Parkhomenko Oleksandr Yuriyovich ,   V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University
Published: January 2021

The implementation of educational reforms in Ukraine requires the modernization of teacher training. The imbalance between the social demand for highly qualified pedagogical staff and the outdated teacher training system stimulates the development of innovative educational environments, which should ensure the formation of high-level professional competence of university students. The article describes the experience of modeling an innovative environment by means of a student-centered training and practice center, which performs educational activities based on competency and STEM approaches. The conceptual basis of the technology is the guiding principles of partnership pedagogy, STEM education, competency and transdisciplinary approaches, technologies of student-centered teaching. The content component of the technology is modeling of natural science and mathematical education on the basis of current educational standards for institutions of higher and secondary education. The procedural component of the technology is the set of innovative forms and methods of educational activity that are integrated into long-term socio-scientific projects. Modeling of innovative educational environment by means of STEM and Art education provided an opportunity to introduce social and scientific projects satellites: children and youth experimentarium "Time Line", "Bank of Science", "Interesting Science in the City Streets" and others. The results of the work of the educational scientific laboratory are the development and implementation of innovative forms of educational activity in the system of training of future teachers. Innovative technology of transdisciplinary approach in education can be implemented by means of STEM platforms. The Center's Scientific and Methodological Laboratory investigates the process of introducing higher education technologies, develops a network of interactive playgrounds based on the STEM approach and approves innovative forms of educational activity. The Elements of the developed innovative scientific infrastructure were introduced at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolayiv National University and in the educational institutions that are partners of the project.
Didactic basics of ICTs usage in foreign language teaching in non-language higher education institutions
Authors:   National university of food technologies, Shchehlova Аlla Oleksandrivna
Published: January 2021

The article explores the features of modern information and communication technologies implementation in teaching technical English. The specifics of teaching foreign languages for applicants for non-linguistic specialties has its own characteristics, which should be taken into account when constructing and conducting classes. The information society poses new challenges and correspondingly new goals for teachers and applicants to higher education, the achievement of which is ensured by analyzing situational data and creating the environment that would most closely reflect the realities of the modern professional environment, which requires an appropriate level of a foreign language knowledge. It was determined that electronic learning tools act as a catalyst in mastering the material and improve the quality of the educational process. The study analyzed psychological factors that provide an extremely high level of student motivation and form the corresponding priorities in the direction of professional growth. The pedagogical ways of introducing multimedia teaching aids while studying a foreign language are described in detail as a key condition for the fundamental training of a qualified specialist, focused on meeting the needs of the modern market. It is noted that higher education institutions do not yet fully possess educational computer programs and the latest software, which is one of the most pressing problems in the digitalization of the educational process. It is proved that the effectiveness of achieving didactic goals directly depends on the chosen forms and methods of training, and the inclusion of information and communication technologies has such advantages as individualization and intensification of the educational process, an increase in the amount of independent work of the applicant, which is an important component of the Bologna process. In this regard, and with the aim of developing the communication skills of future specialists, ICTs are considered to be the primary element in the training of qualified specialists in economic fields.
Didactic possibilities of the use of infographics during the study of the discipline "Ukrainian language (for professional purposes)"
Authors:   Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zminchak Natalia Mykhailivna
Published: January 2021

At the present stage of educational technologies development and teaching methods, the innovative teacher’s activity is a key area of implementation of the process of education modernization. The challenges facing the scientific community in terms of reforming modern education is the need to develop not only professional skills and abilities, but also the general self-development of the individual, which are increasingly addressed through the introduction of innovative technologies. Such technologies are now available. Innovative education characteristics are creativity, search and use of non-traditional forms of teaching material, the need for systematic acquisition of knowledge, extensive use of clarity. The most important language teacher’s task is to direct the student to self-knowledge through the process of using the language, choosing the appropriate forms of its study. However, no educational technology can be considered universal. The organization of the obtaining education process in modern conditions requires the inclusion of various information and communication technologies, a creative approach to the process of their creation and understanding of their advantages and disadvantages. The use of multimedia content is a powerful tool for optimizing the process of learning disciplines. Among the effective teaching aids is the use of educational infographics, which allows to implement the above principles. The benefits of using it become obvious given the large amount of information that must be learned by student. Appropriate use of certain types of infographics, a competent approach at all levels (from design to content) its creation in accordance with the specifics of thematic blocks is an effective tool for processing and mastering the material. The use of innovative technologies stimulates the development of both the student and the teacher, who increases the level of skills in working with ICT and media in the process of educational content creating. The combination of innovative and traditional pedagogical technologies stimulates the transition to a systemic model of learning, allows to organize effective educational activities of professional orientation, to provide the process of education with personal orientation.
Visualization tools: using word clouds in teaching «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language»
Authors:   Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Leshchenko Tetyana Oleksandrivna , Zhovnir Maryna Mikolayivna ,   Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy
Published: January 2021

The essential role of the Internet has led to an increase amount of the cutting-edge ways, methods and technologies for improving of the approaches of the present-day educational system. Therefore, it’s vital for every higher educational establishment to open up for all foreign students’ vast opportunities to study under the guidance of the well qualified teaching stuff. There many effective as well as exiting teaching / learning approaches that can change the way of organization and delivery of higher education in today modern society. The harnessing the most advanced information and communication technologies, particulary visualization tools, is one of such approaches. In this paper the most common and appropriate ways of using the advanced information and communication technologies for educational purposes have been described. The act that learning Web 2.0 is an emergent phenomenon was declared and explained. The main reason for using Web 2.0 educational tools, particularly visualization tools have been shown and analyzed. As mentioned above, tasks the main problems of utilizing different kinds of Web Space tools have been discussed. The others of this research have also outlined what kinds of benefits we will have after shifting your learning style from traditional to online. They tried to show the positive and negative impacts of the advanced information and communication technologies on language studying process. They paid our attention on the language training of foreigners, particularly medical students. In this response the outers have proposed algorithm of modernizing the teaching of the discipline «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language» is especially valuable, capable of harnessing the visualization tools, in particular word clouds, of the Ukrainian language teaching process to foreign students mastering the medical profession. To comply with the notion that Wordle is used for fast analysis, quick and effective remembering terms, words and active topical phrases; they suggested some exercises and tasks to do on classes.
Formation of teachers' readiness for project activity in the context of scientific and methodological work of the Office of international cooperation
Authors:   Kherson State Maritime Academy, Diagileva Olena Sergiivna , Leshchenko Alena Mykhailivna ,   Kherson State Maritime Academy, Paziak Alla Sergiivna ,   Kherson State Maritime Academy, Yurzhenko Alona Yuriivna ,   Kherson State Maritime Academy
Published: January 2021

The article examines the features of the involvement of academic and teaching staff of the higher education institution into the project activities, identifies and analyzes the main directions of the Office of International Cooperation, which contribute to the formation of teachers' readiness for project work. The concept of "project work" in scientific discourse is considered in the paper. It is actualized that the problem of attracting teachers to international activities is of particular importance nowadays. The methods of involvement into the project activity as a form of innovative methodological technologies, with the aim of forming general and professional competences, are described. Particular attention is paid to the theoretical and methodological basis of the research, which is based on competence-based, organizational-innovation and cooperative-activity approaches. The article used theoretical, empirical and statistical methods. It is noted that the Office of International Cooperation deals with the organization of cooperation of higher education institutions with foreign scientific institutions and associations, but first of all - involvement of teachers into the project activity. The paper describes the information page of the Kherson State Maritime Academy office on the official site and its main sections, informing teachers about the possibilities of project activities with the foreign partners of the academy. Other engagement methods include the use of social networks, LMS MOODLE e-courses and Zimbra Messenger. It is noted that the use of a gamified approach in the educational process actively motivates future employees of sea and river transport to educational and cognitive activities, allows to form skills of creative thinking and promotes the search for various methods of alternatives. The attention is also focused on the effectiveness of the use of simulation technologies (virtual and mixed reality). Conclusions are made concerning the process of organizing a modernized educational environment and the results of an experimental study on determining the level of readiness for project activities of teachers of Kherson State Maritime Academy.
Improving the efficiency of assessing the quality of training of future engineers-teachers using the author's mathematical model
Authors:   Institute of Pedagogical and Adult Education NAPS of Ukraine, Yefremova Oksana Volodymyrivna
Published: January 2021

The development and implementation of models for determining the quality of professional training of future specialists remain significant problems for pedagogical science and practice. The relevance of the study confirms the fact that the change in requirements for training requires finding new approaches to quality management of the educational process of the university and all-round quality of the study. This raises the question of what performance is characterized by the quality of training, and how they can be measured in the educational process. To effectively solve the problem of quality of educational process management has been developed and multifactor mathematical model of quality tested experimentally. Using this model, it is possible to scientifically determine the parameters that influence the quality as much as possible, rank the parameters by the "strength of their influence" on the quality and predict the dependence of the quality change on the change in its parameters by 1%. Interpretation of parameters has been solved with the help of «Diagnostic Center» author's computing environment, diagnostic tests and the grading scale. The developed mathematical model can be built for any educational institution, for various specialties, the influence of external and internal factors. The accuracy of the model building will be the higher, the greater the statistical data used in the conclusion of multivariate equations. To confirm the effectiveness of our proposed innovative methodology for diagnosing the levels of quality parameters, a pedagogical experiment was conducted. The results obtained in the process of the pedagogical experiment give grounds to assert that the developed methodology for comprehensive quality diagnosis using the author's computer environment “Diagnostic Center” gave a positive result and helped to increase the quality levels of training of future specialists.
Meme Kanserinde Sağkalım Durumunu Etkileyen Faktörlerin İncelenmesi: Eğilim Skoru Analizi
Authors: KURT OMURLU İmran , SIĞINÇ Elif , TÜRE Mevlüt
Published: January 2021

Amaç: Eğilim skoru (ES), incelenen değişkenlerdeki sistematik hatanın düzeltilmesi ya da ortadan kaldırılabilmesi amacıyla özellikle gözlemsel çalışmalarda kullanılan bir yöntemdir. Rosenbaum ve Rubin (1983) tarafından geliştirilen bu yöntem, bireyin ortak değişkenlere göre ilgili gruba atanmasının koşullu olasılığı olarak tanımlanır. Bu çalışmada, ES ile eşleştirme yapılarak meme kanseri nedeniyle ölümü etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi amaçlandı.
Yöntem: Çalışmada, 423 meme kanseri hastasına ilişkin veri seti kullanıldı. Sağkalım durumu üzerine yaş, tümör büyüklüğü, radyoterapi, hormon terapisi, aksiller lenf nodu tutulumu değişkenlerinin etkisi incelendi. Veri setinde yaş değişkeni bakımından gruplar arası heterojenlik olduğu için en yakın komşu yöntemi kullanılarak eşleştirme yapıldı.
Bulgular: Eşleştirme sonrası yaş değişkeninin etkisi ortadan kaldırıldı. 1:1 eşleştirme sonrası tümör büyüklüğü (p=0,009) ve aksiller pozitif lenf nodu tutulumu ≥4 (p=0,026) değişkenlerinin sağkalım durumu üzerinde anlamlı etkisinin olduğu belirlendi. 2:1 eşleştirme sonrası tümör büyüklüğü (p=0,004), radyoterapi (p=0,017) ve aksiller pozitif lenf nodu tutulumu ≥4 (p=0,001) değişkenlerinin sağkalım durumu üzerinde anlamlı etkisinin olduğu belirlendi.
Sonuç: Heterojen yapıdaki verilerin doğrudan analiz edilmesi verideki gerçek etkilerin göz ardı edilmesine neden olabileceği için mutlaka ES yöntemi kullanılarak eşleştirme yapılmalıdır. Bu yöntemin en önemli dezavantajı ise eşleştirme nedeniyle veri kaybı olmasıdır. Bu nedenle çok sayıda birimle çalışılması verideki bilgi kaybının önüne geçecektir.