bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE INFLOW OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT AS A FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Authors: Rodionova Tetiana , Pyrohova Anastasiia
Published: October 2021

With the transformation of international capital markets, developing countries have become recipients of significant inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). In recent decades, India has shown the highest growth rate of FDI stock among the BRICS countries. The inflow of foreign capital has become a determining factor of economic development in many countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of foreign capital inflows in the form of FDI on the Indian economy during 2000-2020 years. Specifically this period was chosen for the research because it is characterized by the intensification of investment flows to the country. The article analyzes the dynamics, structure, sectoral and regional distribution of FDI flows to India. The results of investment activities of non-residents in the country were also considered in the study. Dividends and withdrawals from income of quasi corporations were found to have increased to record levels in recent years. Investment income payments to non-residents are small relative to total current account liabilities. However, if this trend intensifies, it will negatively affect the current account, which has constantly remained in deficit over the past decade. To determine the role of foreign capital in the economic development of India, a number of regression models were built. Regression analysis of selected items of the current account was carried out to determine the existence of a relationship between FDI flows and the state of the country’s balance of payments. The results of the study confirmed the existence of a significant relationship between FDI and exports, imports and payments of investment income to non-residents. It was also found that FDI inflows contribute more to the formation of export than import. To assess the impact of FDI on India’s economic growth, a regression model for the formation of GDP was built based on the Cobb-Douglas production function. The regression analysis of India’s GDP confirmed a significant positive dependence of GDP on FDI, but showed that foreign capital plays a relatively modest role in the country’s economic growth.
MODERN APPROACHES TO THE ADVERTISING OF UKRAINIAN TOURIST COMPANIES
Authors: Sokol Polina , Blizniuk Diana , Pivovarova Olga
Published: October 2021

The article outlines the main approaches to advertising in the field of travel services, highlights the main leading tourism enterprises, and investigates the effectiveness of their advertising activities. The main types of advertising in tourism have been investigated, the effectiveness of the use of each of them has been analyzed. The main trends and aspects of the advertising product of tourism enterprises are highlighted. The features of the choice of advertising activities depending on the budget of the advertising company and the goals of the communication policy are investigated. The article considers theoretical approaches to the category of "effectiveness" of advertising, which characterizes the competitiveness of a tourist enterprise. It was found that the effectiveness of the advertising campaign of enterprises with different approaches to advertising management is almost the same due to the high purchasing power. Mass consumption makes even such promotional activities as a simple reminder of a service to a customer effective. The income and expenses of the surveyed company, as well as advertising costs for 2019-2020 were calculated. The features of marketing communications of the enterprise are considered. The analysis of recent studies and publications on this topic was carried out and it was revealed that today there are changes in the advertising of travel services, namely, advertising on the Internet and positive customer reviews about the company gains a greater influence on the consumer's consciousness. The features of advertising in the tourism sector are considered. The advertising activities of the investigated enterprise are analyzed and its effectiveness is determined. A survey of respondents was carried out in order to determine modern approaches to advertising that effectively influence the consciousness of the consumer. Analyzed and highlighted the main competitors of the studied company. The competitive advantages and disadvantages of the presented real tourist enterprise are determined. An expert assessment of the enterprises of the city of Dnipro was carried out, the position of the investigated company in the market of tourist services was determined. Practical recommendations have been developed for the selection of effective means of advertising in the field of tourism.
METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF MONITORING OF ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE ENTERPRISE
Authors: Lytovchenko Olena , Kosiak Antonina
Published: October 2021

The article considers topical issues of formation of methodological support for the functioning of the monitoring of economic security of the enterprise as a component of the management process of the business entity. It is established that today in the scientific literature the issues of monitoring economic security at the enterprise level are insufficiently studied in theoretical terms, which in practice reduces the effectiveness of management decisions made on the basis of its results. The concept of economic security of the enterprise, its functional purposes are defined. The subject area, purpose, tasks of monitoring of economic security of the enterprise are investigated. The scientific approaches to establishing the sequence of stages of monitoring the economic security of the enterprise are generalized and it is proposed to consider it as a certain business process that provides feedback between the performers of monitoring work and consumers of information. Types of monitoring the economic security of the enterprise are revealed: legal, organizational-methodical, information-analytical and technical. The comparative characteristic of approaches to an estimation of economic safety of the enterprise is carried out: indicator, resource-functional, complex and the approach on the basis of the theory of economic risks. The advantages and disadvantages of approaches to assessing the economic security of the enterprise are described. Several approaches have been proposed for use, which will allow to obtain more accurate results, compare them and avoid mistakes when making management decisions. The principles of monitoring the economic security of the enterprise are revealed, their essential characteristics are given. Based on the criterion of optimality, the requirements for monitoring the economic security of the enterprise are disclosed. Emphasis is placed on the preventive nature of monitoring measures, which will prevent the threats and risks of enterprises. The problems of formation of economic security monitoring at the enterprise level are investigated. Approaches to assessing the effectiveness of monitoring the economic security of the enterprise are identified.
ASSESSMENT THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE WORLD ECONOMY TO THE GLOBAL MODERN CHALLENGES
Authors: Yarushyn Yevhenii , Skrypnyk Nataliia
Published: October 2021

The article examines the adaptability of the world economy to the global modern challenges. It was revealed that the main trend in the emergence of new challenges in the economy is the rapid spread of globalization processes, which have led to the elimination of many barriers in society. Modern trends make it impossible to perceive global challenges as a negative event that can lead to catastrophic consequences in the world economy. In fact, the emergence of such challenges is usually positive for the further development of the world, since they are the main driving force in contributing to the development of society and the environment that surrounds it. Defined the concept of global risks according to the methodology of the World Economic Forum and made their classification by categories and long-term. Global risks can lead to huge economic losses, which will negatively affect the development of the world economy. The World Economic Forum in its annual reports on global risks defines the concept of such risks – these are events that cause a significant negative impact on national economies and the most important industries of the countries of the world within 2-10 years from the moment of their manifestation. The most critical risks to the world have been found to be the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the manifestation of extreme weather events, youth frustration, the collapse of social cohesion and climate change. The analysis of the forecast of the growth of the gross domestic product in the world in 2021–2022, which showed that despite the negative growth in 2020, which was caused by the outbreak of the pandemic, in 2021 growth is projected in almost all countries of the world. It has been established that the modern intergovernmental system and international institutions are not capable of ensuring stable growth in the face of crisis phenomena. The development of a mechanism for anti-crisis regulation at the international level is proposed, which should become an effective tool in overcoming the goals that global challenges pose to the world. In addition to international cooperation, it is important to increase the contribution of the scientific and technological community in promoting solutions aimed at the future. Strong interactions between universities, governments, corporations and civil society can be an effective tool in minimizing the impact of future challenges, ensuring better risk management and adaptation.
Good practices in the self-evaluation of graduate distance learning programs
Authors:   Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú, Valdés-Montecinos Michel Jean Pierre , Correa-Castillo Susana Andrea , Briceño-Toledo Margarita América ,   Universidad Arturo Prat del estado de Chile, Suárez-Amaya Wendolin Margarita ,   Universidad Ricardo Palma, Perú
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this essay is to share the good practices installed in the virtual postgraduate programs of the Universidad Arturo Prat (UNAP), Chile associated with the continuous evaluation of quality processes. Our focus is on the continuous improvement of good practices through the accreditation process with the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Education (CALED) and the self-evaluation that the institution carries out to deliver quality service. The methodology used in this work is the documentary review and description of experiences under a qualitative approach. The results reveal that the UNAP has promoted the self-evaluation and international certification of its programs, in a context of normative change in Chile, which establishes new criteria and standards under the new Law of Higher Education Nº v 21.091, in wich are recognized as good practices: the institutional policies, the planning of the self-evaluation process, the updates of the technological platform, the virtual education enviroment, the virtualization adequate to the context, the active-participative academic actions, the rol of the teacher and the student, the academic training, as well as the components of the self-evaluation process, that must be constantly monitored and evaluated, in order to deliver quality services in the training of people participating in graduate programs under the virtual learning modality.
Studying in Virtual University: an approach to students’ technopedagogical profiles
Authors:   Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, Sabulsky Gabriela , Bosch Alessio Constanza ,   Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Published: October 2021

This article presents some findings of ongoing investigation on preferences and activities of university students in an emergency remote education context. A qualitative research was developed through the application of two controlled instruments (questionnaires), and a more productive one (recordings of testimonies). The main contribution of this work is the identification of three student profiles based on the strategies they develop to study with technologies in their personal environments. They are known as Gutenberg, Amphibian, and Maker profiles, and some of the main characteristics of their techno-pedagogical practices are described here. The Gutenberg profile defines a group of students whose study practices and preferences are fundamentally linked to analog technologies; the Amphibian profile is defined by the combination of analogical and digital strategies, however, there is an emphasis on the emulation of analog practices. Finally, Maker profiles prefer digital technologies and they are able to recreate teaching resources into new digital objects. The results indicate that students appropriate technologies in a particular and flexible way, which puts in tension the categories native digital and millennial, since preferences and activities seem to show the presence of analogical practices along with other emerging ones.
Evaluation of the learning process of informational competencies in university students
Authors:   Universidad Iberoamericana León, México, Espinoza-Colón Jorge , Medina-Gual Luis ,   Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, México
Published: October 2021

This article aims to present the results of a study on the learning process of informational competence in the Universidad José Vasconcelos, Oaxaca, Mexico. From a qualitative research approach, semi-structured interviews, and requests for drawings were applied, and non-participant observation of six students’ information search practices was carried out. The findings made it possible to identify quantitative and qualitative changes in the declarative, procedural and attitudinal components of the competence, which differentiate three levels of performance: low, medium, and high. The critical element to understand the competence learning process is in its attitudinal component since this determines the amount and type of declarative knowledge, as well as the procedures that the student is willing to deploy in a coordinated way to search, evaluate and use the information to achieve your academic goals.
An instrumental orchestration for online course at the university level
Authors:   Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, Orozco-Santiago José , Cuevas-Vallejo Carlos Armando ,   Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México
Published: October 2021

In this article, we present a proposal for instrumental orchestration that organizes the use of technological environments in online mathematics education, in the synchronous mode for the concepts of eigenvalue and eigenvector of a first linear algebra course with engineering students. We used the instrumental orchestration approach as a theoretical framework to plan and organize the artefacts involved in the environment (didactic configuration) and the ways in which they are implemented (exploitation modes). The activities were designed using interactive virtual didactic scenarios, in a dynamic geometry environment, guided exploration worksheets with video and audio recordings of the work of the students, individually or in pairs. The results obtained are presented and the orchestrations of a pedagogical sequence to introduce the concepts of eigenvalue and eigenvector are briefly discussed. This work allowed us to identify new instrumental orchestrations for online mathematics education.
La valoración social de la zona infantil del Parque Morelos, pertenencia y protección del patrimonio moderno
Authors:   Universidad de Guadalajara, Alcaraz Padilla Juan Christopher
Published: October 2021

El patrimonio, en sus distintas variables, solicita ser resguardado y protegido. Las intervenciones e investigaciones, enfocadas a la valoración, han mostrado la importancia de la aceptación de los actores sociales del lugar para su conservación y difusión de atributos tangibles e intangibles a las siguientes generaciones. El sentido de pertenencia y apego generan el resguardo de la herencia histórica, artística y cultural del caso de estudio. El patrimonio artístico o moderno, pertenecientes al siglo XX, está limitado en protección y reconocimiento. Dicha obra, por su temporalidad, es susceptible a cambios que pueden alterar parcialmente o totalmente la lectura del lugar y su correlación sociocultural. El Parque Morelos, antigua Alameda de la ciudad de Guadalajara, posee un espacio peculiar, el conjunto de la zona infantil o, también conocido como, esculturas juego, consumada en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. El desconocimiento de su valor lo llevó a estar en riesgo de desaparecer por las obras municipales del periodo 2017-2018 bajo su esquema de rescate de espacios públicos. Sin embargo, la sociedad externó su inconformidad y realizó labores de protección demostrando su pertenencia del lugar a la par del valor social que el conjunto posee. El objetivo de la investigación es mostrar como la valoración social de los habitantes y usuarios del parque ayudó al sentido de pertinencia y la protección del conjunto como parte de su patrimonio artístico urbano.
Pemberdayaan Wanita Tani dalam Penerapan Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) untuk Rumah Pangan Lestari di Kecamatan Cibeureum
Authors: Lestari Sri , Billah Muhammad Tassim , Kusnadi Dedy
Published: October 2021

Pemberdayaan wanita tani menjadi salah satu kunci keberhasilan yang memengaruhi laju perekonomian keluarga tani. Melalui tujuan gerakan rumah pangan lestari yang bersinergi dengan penerapan konsep LEISA dapat mengoptimalkan sumber daya lokal dan dikombinasikan berbagai macam komponen dalam sistem usahatani secara ramah lingkungan. Fakta di lapangan menyebutkan bahwa 33,5% wanita tani kurang paham mengenai pentingnya penggunaan input dari dalam. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mendeskripsikan pemberdayaan wanita tani dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pemberdayaan wanita tani sekaligus menyusun strategi dalam meningkatkan pemberdayaan wanita tani dalam penerapan LEISA untuk rumah pangan lestari. Pengumpulan data dilakukan pada bulan April sampai Juni 2021. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 53 orang yang tersebar di 3 Kelurahan terpilih. Data dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari data primer dan data sekunder. Analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis regresi linier berganda. Simpulan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemberdayaan wanita tani yang dinilai berdasarkan pengetahuan, sikap dan keterampilan tergolong dalam kategori sedang, sedangkan pengaruh turunan variabel dependen dipengaruhi oleh karakteristik wanita tani, aspek biofisik, dukungan layanan penyuluhan dan faktor eksternal yang dimaknai bahwa wanita tani perlu dibimbing dan diarahkan secara sinergis sebagai tujuan dalam mencapai peningkatan pengetahuan, sikap dan keterampilan dalam menunjang penerapan LEISA bagi rumah pangan lestari. Strategi peningkatan pemberdayaan wanita tani dalam penerapan LEISA untuk rumah pangan lestari dapat dilakukan melalui 1) kemampuan wanita tani dalam pengambilan keputusan, 2) pemanfaatan sumber daya lokal, 3) peningkatan dukungan layanan penyuluhan, dan 4) penyediaan sumber informasi yang relevan serta dukungan pemerintah daerah dalam mencapai pertanian berkelanjutan yang ramah lingkungan.
VESAYET ALTINDAKİ KİŞİNİN MALVARLIĞININ YÖNETİMİ
Authors: ÖZBİLEN Arif Barış
Published: October 2021

Vesayet, velayet altında bulunmayan küçük ve kısıtlıların ihtiyaç duydukları yardımı onlara sağlama ve bunların malvarlıksal ve kişisel yönden korunmalarını temin etme amacıyla yaratılmış hukukî bir kurumdur. Vesayet altına alınmış olan kişinin malvarlığının yönetilmesi de vesayet kurumu vasıtasıyla yerine getirilmesi istenen önemli fonksiyonlardan birini oluşturmaktadır. Bununla ilgili olarak, Türk Medenî Kanunu gerek vasiye gerekse vesayet makamına, malvarlığına ilişkin defter tutma, değerli eşyayı güvenli bir yerde saklama, taşınır ve taşınmazların satışında belirli kurallara uyma, paraları değerlendirme, ticarî ve sınaî işletmeleri yönetme, rapor ve hesapları denetleme, vesayetin sona ermesi halinde malvarlığını teslim etme gibi belirli yükümlülükler yüklemiştir. Çalışmamızda, vesayet altındaki kişinin malvarlığının yönetimine ilişkin genel esasların ortaya konulması ile vesayet altındaki kişinin malvarlığının yönetimi konusunda vasi ile vesayet makamına verilmiş olan yükümlülüklerin kapsamının belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır.
Crisis Reporting and Journalistic Sourcing in Malaysian News
Authors: Ahmad Normahfuzah
Published: October 2021

This study analyses types of source selection adopted by two online newspapers in regard to the COVID-19 reporting in Malaysia.
Distribusi Kelainan Kromosom Sindrom Down dan Usia Ibu saat Melahirkan di SLB Negeri Semarang
Authors: Andrianti Vidyaningtyas Bothi , Faradz Sultana MH
Published: October 2021

ABSTRAK

 

Latar belakang: Sindrom Down merupakan penyebab umum dari 25-30% retardasi mental di dunia. Studi sitogenetik menunjukkan bahwa 94% dari kasus Sindrom Down adalah trisomi yang disebabkan oleh nondisjunction, 3,5% translokasi dan 2,5% mosaik. Nondisjunction sering terjadi pada kelahiran bayi dari ibu dengan usia 35 tahun keatas, namun translokasi biasanya terjadi pada ibu dengan usia muda. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui distribusi sitogenetik dan usia ibu dari kasus Sindrom Down pada salah satu SLB di Semarang.

Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan studi observasional dengan rancangan penelitian deskriptif. Siswa-siswi dengan karakteristik Sindrom Down dari 111 anak retardasi mental yang mencakup kelas TKLB, SDLB, SMPLB dan SMALB di SLB Negeri Semarang periode Juli 2007 – Juni 2008 dilakukan pemeriksaan klinik terbatas, pemeriksaan sitogenetik, analisis kromosom, dan wawancara terhadap orang tua siswa

Hasil: Penelitian dilakukan pada 24 (21,62 %) anak yang dicurigai Sindrom Down dari 111 anak retardasi mental di SLB Negeri Semarang periode Juli 2007 - Juni 2008. Berdasarkan pemeriksaan dari 20 anak SLBC Negeri Semarang dengan penampakan klinis Sindrom Down, 19 anak (95 %) mempunyai kelainan kromosom Trisomi 21 (kelebihan 1 kromosom 21) dan 1 anak (5%) dengan kariotipe (46,XX). Dalam penelitian ini tidak ditemukan kasus dengan kelainan kromosom translokasi maupun mosaik. Dari 19 anak, setelah dilakukan wawancara dengan orang tua penderita ditemukan bahwa distribusi usia ibu saat melahirkan terbanyak adalah antara 36 - 40 tahun (31,57 %).

Saran: Konseling genetik dan pemeriksaan yang komprehensif perlu dilakukan untuk penanganan dan pencegahan Sindrom Down.

Simpulan: Kasus Sindrom Down terbanyak adalah Trisomi 21 dan dilahirkan oleh ibu usia >35 tahun.

 

Kata kunci: Sindrom Down, Usia Ibu saat Melahirkan, Kelainan Kromosom
Методика оцінювання ефективності виконання заходів забезпечення кібербезпеки об’єктів критичної інформаційної інфраструктури організацій
Authors: Козубцова Леся , Хлапонін Юрій , Козубцов Ігор
Published: October 2021

В науковій статті обґрунтовано методику оцінювання ефективності виконання заходів, спрямованих на забезпечення кібернетичної безпеки об’єктів критичної інформаційної інфраструктури організацій. Дана робота є продовженням дослідження з попереднього опису “Майбутнє безпекове середовище 2030”, розширюючи наукові межі щодо реалізації невідкладних заходів державної політики з нейтралізації загроз кібербезпеки організацій. Необхідність статті обумовлена раціональним вибором та застосуванням заходів, спрямованих на забезпечення кібернетичної безпеки об’єктів інформаційної інфраструктури організацій. Встановлено, що на практиці оцінити ефективність виконання заходів, спрямованих на забезпечення кібернетичної безпеки можна через наступні показники (ймовірності): ризик кібернетичної безпеки, кіберзахищеність, функціональна працездатність системи об’єкта критичної інформаційної інфраструктури, кіберстійкість. Для застосування принципу наступності в статті під удосконалену онтологію кібербезпеки обрано показник (ймовірність) ризику кібернетичної безпеки. Методика оцінки ризику кібербезпеки об’єктів критичної інформаційної інфраструктури організацій базується на визначенні ймовірності реалізації кібератак, а також рівнів їх збитку. Методика включає наступні етапи: етап розробки системи показників оцінювання ефективності виконання заходів; етап планування процедур збирання вихідних даних для оцінювання ефективності виконання заходів; етап обчислення значення показника ефективності виконання заходів; етап інтерпретації значення показника ефективності виконання заходів, спрямованих на забезпечення кібербезпеки об’єктів критичної інформаційної інфраструктури організацій. Вихідні значення для розрахунку кіберзахищеності отримують за результатами аудиту об’єктів критичної інформаційної інфраструктури організацій. При розрахунку значень ймовірності кібератак, а також рівня можливого збитку слід скористатися статистичними методами, експертними оцінками або елементами теорії прийняття рішень. Наукова новизна одержаного результату полягає в тому, що вперше запропоновано методику оцінювання ефективності заходів кібербезпеки за показником (ймовірності) ризику кібербезпеки, яка доповнюватиме методику планування заходів кібербезпеки об’єктів критичної інформаційної інфраструктури організацій.
Profesionalisme Mufti Dan Ahli-Ahli Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri: Analisis Terhadap Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri Perlis, Pahang Dan Terengganu
Authors: Rosidi Mohd Harifadilah , Mokhtar Ahmad Wifaq , Abdul Majid Mohd Nasir
Published: October 2021

Pelantikan mufti dan ahli-ahli jawatankuasa fatwa negeri perlu dibuat berdasarkan Profesionalisme yang perlu ada pada jawatan tersebut untuk menghasilkan penyelidikan fatwa yang bermutu, kompeten dan diyakini. Jesteru kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti profesionalisme Mufti dan Ahli-Ahli Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri seterusnya melakukan analisis terhadap Jawatankuasa Fatwa sedia ada.  Kaedah penyelidikan kualitatif melalui reka bentuk kajian analisis komparatif digunakan. Data yang dikumpul daripada surat rasmi, temubual, buku, artikel dalam jurnal, prosiding dan disertasi dianalisis secara deskriptif. Sementara itu, Jawatankuasa Fatwa negeri Perlis, Terengganu dan Pahang pula dipilih untuk dianalisis. Hasil kajian menunjukkan 3 kriteria utama pemilihan mufti untuk memperkasakan Profesionalisme Jawatan Mufti iaitu berpendidikan tinggi, berkelulusan syariah dan berlatar belakang sebagai ahli akademik. Hasil analisis terhadap Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri Perlis mendapati kebanyakan ahli memenuhi kriteria ini manakala bagi Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri Terengganu dan Pahang masih berada di tahap yang sederhana. Kajian lanjut perlu dijalankan terhadap organisasi jawatankuasa negeri-negeri lain untuk memastikan tahap profesionalisme jawatan ini terus diperkasakan.
Synergistic inhibition of platelet function by NADPH oxidase inhibitors and clopidogrel
Authors: MOHD ZAIN ZETTY NADIA
Published: October 2021

Previous studies have shown platelets play an important role in prothrombotic complications due to several factors such as hyperglycemia, oxidative stress, and hypercholesterolemia, which affected platelets reactivity. Platelets activation involves ADP stimulation via P2Y12 receptor, whereas reactive oxygen species (ROS) including superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) produced by NADPH oxidase (Nox) act as the second messenger, which involved in platelets activation and may contribute to thrombus formation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of Nox on the purinergic receptor (P2Y12 receptor) in activation of human platelets function stimulated by platelets agonist. This research explored the effects of Nox inhibitors and clopidogrel either alone or in combination, on various agonist-stimulated human platelets, including platelets aggregation and adhesion measured by modified LTA, expression of platelets activation markers, and calcium mobilization using flow cytometry, and ROS formation, NADPH oxidase activity, as well as cAMP levels by chemiluminescence assay. Taken together, findings from these experiments suggest that the combination of clopidogrel and Nox inhibitors synergistically reduced platelets aggregation, platelets adhesion, and expression of platelets activation marker during late activation, ROS formation, NADPH oxidase activity, calcium mobilization and increased cAMP levels in vitro. This combination showed that P2Y12receptor reactivity was influenced by the activation of NADPH oxidase. Thus, these data demonstrated a potential combination therapy to reduce the risk of thrombosis formation.
Preparedness and Attributes of COVID-19 among Malaysian Public during the Movement Control Order
Authors: Syed Mohamad Sharifah Najwa , Sharifah Fairuz Syed Mohamad  , Shahrina Ismail  , Fathima Begum Syed Mohideen  , Fatin Ahza Rosli  , Nur Faraheen Abdul Rahman
Published: October 2021

The emergence of COVID-19 has affected people worldwide from all angles, from the aspects of health, wealth, emotional and also human interactions. This study aimed to look at the attributes such as positive behaviour, awareness, preparedness and relationships among Malaysians during the implementation of movement control order (MCO), and the predictors of preparedness in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted online involving 317 respondents above the age of 18 years old. A self-administered questionnaire was developed in both Malay and English languages to assess the level of positive behaviour, awareness, preparedness and relationships, as well as their main source of information retrieval regarding COVID-19. Overall, the measured attributes in this study showed the highest level in behaviour (84.2%), followed by awareness (73.5%), preparedness (62.5%) and relationships (60.6%). Multiple regression on preparedness revealed that all variables (behaviour, awareness, and relationships) are significant (p<0.05), while gender is not. The top two sources of information the respondents refer to during the MCO are social and broadcast media. This marks the influence of social and broadcast media in an Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. Despite having good awareness and positive behaviour, the MCO may also have caused relationship issues as well as lower preparation levels in facing a deadly pandemic. It is suggested that future research to look into whether this would have any association with the mental health of Malaysians facing the pandemic. By understanding the attributes related to the MCO during the COVID-19 pandemic, it would help the government in the implementation of policies and procedures in any future pandemic.
Exposure to Contagion: Perceived Risks and Travel Behavioural Shifts in Malaysia during COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Md Yusuf Mazlynda , Azhar Nur Liyana Aqilah
Published: October 2021

At the beginning of March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic was acknowledged as a great confrontation that shook the travel organisations’ core. Indeed, it provides such a profound disturbance to the industry. It gives a preview of Malaysian travellers’ discernments in a distinctive point of time - the times of the COVID-19 linked to the worldwide lockdown and restriction movement order. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between perceived risks and Malaysian travel behaviour due to the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies the risk factors that influenced Malaysian travel behaviour. This study was focused on a random sampling among Malaysians who had experienced the pleasure of travelling. The questionnaire was designed to measure travel behaviour and several perceived risks, including travel, psychological, safety, security, financial, and health. Ordered Probit regression and test statistic scores disclosed that perceived psychological risk, perceived financial risk, and perceived health risk significantly impacted and positively correlated to Malaysian travelling behaviours due to COVID-19. The perceived risk factors further showed that anxious feelings existed to enjoy travelling during the pandemic. It shows that Malaysians travel behavioural had shifted due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Motivating Factors Influencing Student Paramedic Choice of Paramedicine as a Career
Authors: Weber Anthony , Delport Shannon , Hodgetts Andrew
Published: October 2021

Introduction

This study aimed to identify and assess the factors, motivations and influences on undergraduate students’ choice of paramedicine for their studies and ultimately a career in paramedicine.

Methods

A survey was available to 205 first-year Bachelor of Paramedic Science students to assess background, motivational factors and influences on choosing their undergraduate studies.

Results

The response rate to an online survey distributed to 205 students yielded an almost 25% response rate (n=51). Altruistic factors were the main reason students chose to study for a degree in paramedic science and ultimately a career in paramedicine. Although essential, extrinsic, sociodemographic and interpersonal factors were less motivating factors. Despite other research suggesting media coverage leads to increased student enrolments, the media coverage of paramedics as frontline health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ‘lights and sirens’ effect of ambulance/paramedic reality television shows as influences were not highly regarded.

Conclusion

The altruistic factors inﬂuencing career choices in paramedicine are generally similar across the healthcare industry. In this review, the motivating nature of extrinsic, interpersonal and sociodemographic factors was generally inconclusive. However, these factors may well apply to a university's initial recruitment strategy and as a factor for ambulance services to consider when identifying the motivating factor of a student paramedic to join the workforce.
Andre Bogart Szabo Art Images
Authors: Szabo Andre
Published: October 2021

see art images. My works on canvas celebrate concepts presented in Nietzsche's ‘The Birth of Tragedy,’ particularly the duality between Apollo and Dionysus (order/disorder, rational logic/amorous frenzy...consider Dionysus as presented in Euripedes’ The Bacchae). In addition, my work is inspired in part by the ‘excremental philosophy’ of Georges Bataille, a philosopher who wrote extensively on Nietzsche.
Seeking Nietzsche’s Great Tree of Humanity: The Overhuman and Powers’s The Overstory
Authors: Shapiro Gary
Published: October 2021

This essay reconstructs Nietzsche’s ecological and environmental thought by focusing on his idea of the human-earth (Menschen-Erde) and his deep concern for the natural world. It then articulates these thoughts in a coordinate reading of Richard Powers’s environmentally focused novel The Overstory (2019). Nietzsche understands that the human position on the Earth is precarious and that we are in danger of injuring our fragile environmental surround. I attempt to clarify the contemporary relevance of this thought by showing how his diagnosis chimes with current ecological thinking. Nietzsche saw not only dangers but opportunities in the relation of humans to their environment. His writings as well as his daily life exhibit intense interest in trees and forests. He foresaw that too much forest clearing could endanger the climate, leading to excessive warming. Nietzsche also imagined that the humans might foster a “great tree of humanity” (WS 188-89), a green expansion of their environment, and Zarathustra anticipates living in the world as a garden (Z “The Convalescent”). Richard Powers’s The Overstory speaks to a time that is much more deeply informed about our precarious ecological situation. The novelist dramatizes this in a narrative that brings together a number of disparate individuals, drawn to defend an old-growth US West Coast forest from the state-supported depradations of industrial logging. These figures learn about “the secret life of trees,” their mutual dependence and communication, as they experiment with a new life high among the branches. Their different fates pose a variety of questions relevant to Nietzsche’s ideas for a transvalued Earth.
Vaginal Tablets of Metronidazole (750 mg) plus Miconazole Nitrate (200 mg) versus Oral Metronidazole (2 g) for Bacterial Vaginosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Thamkhantho Manopchai , Chayachinda Chenchit , Lertaroonchai Chanita
Published: October 2021

Objective: To compare the cure rates, side effects, satisfaction, and recurrence rates of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in women having vaginal tablets of metronidazole (750 mg) plus miconazole (200 mg)—the “NPF group”—versus oral metronidazole (2 g)—the “MET group.”

Materials and methods: This September 2019–March 2020 trial enrolled symptomatic women aged 18–45 years diagnosed with BV based on Amsel’s criteria. Excluded were women who were immunocompromised; allergic to metronidazole or miconazole; had BV episodes during the preceding 3 months; or had abnormal vaginal bleeding. After randomization with a ratio 1:1, another vaginal swab was done for Nugent scoring. Two weeks later, the evaluation using Amsel’s criteria and Nugent scores was repeated. Also, symptom resolution, side effects and satisfaction were evaluated. Symptomatic resolution referred to 75% improvement in discharge, irritation, itching, odor, and coital pain. At one and three months, subjective symptomatic recurrence was assessed by telephone.

Results: Data on 70 participants were analyzed (NPF, N=34; MET, N=36). Their average age was 32.3±7.9 years (NPF, 34.1±8.1; MET, 30.6±7.3). Without statistical significance, NPF had higher symptom resolution (67.7% vs 58.3%; P=0.420), cure rate by Amsel criteria (82.4% vs 77.8%; P=0.632), and cure rate by Nugent scoring (35.3% vs 16.9%; P=0.075). Both groups reported high satisfaction (NPF, 8.5±1.4; MET, 7.9±2.0; P=0.125). Side effects were comparable, including appetite loss, metallic taste, nausea, and dizziness.

Conclusion: For BV treatment, both vaginal ovules containing metronidazole (750 mg) plus miconazole nitrate (200 mg) and oral metronidazole (2 g) show comparable efficacy and side effects.
Unusual lack of reproduction in toad populations from agricultural habitats
Authors: Renoirt Matthias
Published: October 2021

Anthropogenic alterations of habitats can have detrimental consequences for biodiversity. Documenting these effects require monitoring in multiple sites that vary in the degree of alterations over long temporal scales, a task that is challenging. Yet, simple naturalist observations can reveal major ongoing events affecting wild populations, and serve as a basis for further
investigations. We quantified breeding parameters of spined toad (Bufo spinosus) populations from forested (preserved) and agricultural (altered) habitats. We found that reproduction did not occur at the sites surrounded
by agriculture, while it occurred successfully in ponds from forests. Males were present at all sites, but females, amplexus, egg strings and tadpoles remained absent from agricultural sites. Observations made at the same
sites indicated that breeding occurred during previous years. Our observations of habitat- and sex-specific lack of reproduction may have critical consequences for the persistence of populations of a widespread amphibian species in agricultural areas.
KORŌṈĀ TOṞṞU KĀLATTIL TIṈAKKŪLIYĀḶARKAḶIṈ NILAI: KOḺUMPU - 12 PUTUKKAṬAI PIRATĒCATTAI MAIYAPPAṬUTTIYA CAMŪKAVIYAL ĀYVU [DAILY WAGE WORKERS IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD: A SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH BASED ON HULFTSDORF, COLOMBO-12]
Authors: M.A.F.ASHFA  , M.J.F. SANA ANJUM  , A. IJAS MOHAMED  , M.M.F. AQEELA  , M.S. ZUNOOMY
Published: October 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has gravely wounded the world economy with serious consequences impacting all communities and individuals. However, the rich and middle class can fill in their day to day needs, because of having enough money. At the same time, daily wage workers are facing difficulties to fill in their daily life needs in the current situation. According to this, the research aims to identify the economy level of daily wage workers of Hulftdorf, Colombo-12 during this period. The primary data were collected from 54 daily wage workers though questionnaire and in-depth interview. The gathered data were discussed by mixed approach descriptive methodology. The findings of this research declare that urban daily wage workers face the many difficulties than rural daily wage workers, because of expensive and costly price of the essential commodities. At the other hand, due to lack of daily income, they do not save the money. Thus, they face economic problems in predicaments. They also get insufficient donation, aids and relief in this emergency situation.
21ĀM NŪṞṞĀṆṬU KAṞṞAL KAṞPITTAL CINTAṈAIT TIṞAṈ VARAIPAṬATTIṈ VAḺI VAḺIKĀṬṬIK KAṬṬURAI EḺUTUM MUṞAI [21ST CENTURY TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS OF USE (I-THINK MAP) IN WRITING TAMIL LANGUAGE]
Authors: PERUMAL LETCHUMI , B.VITTYAVATHY
Published: October 2021

This article explores the benefits of using the I-Think map to enhance student performance in the Tamil alphabet. Understanding, cognition, and problem-solving skills using the I-Think graphic system will be taught in the form of essays at the end of a teaching session or test for Tamil language lessons. This study looks at how increased training for students' achievement in the essay subject using the I-Think map. Furthermore, this study examines the extent to which students' acceptance towards the I-Think map of the teaching and language learning process and the implications of the use of the map enhance student achievement in fourth year Tamil subjects. 28 students were sampled for the study. The findings of this study show that students can also improve their scores in Tamil by learning the algorithm for using I-Think graphic learning strategies. The writing energy strategy at the end of the study was a useful keyword. Not only the teacher but also the students can get a better learning instruction if used in the lesson in the classroom.
TAMIḺAR VĀḺVIL MŪLIKAIYIṈ PAṄKU - ŌR ĀYVU [ROLE OF HERBS IN TAMILS LIFE - A STUDY]
Authors: SANGKARAN PARAMESWARY , NATARAJAN SHOBA
Published: October 2021

This is a review of the herbs that used in Tamil medicine. It is a small attempt to reveal the usage of herbs of the Tamil people in ancient times. Our ancestors wrote medical notes about herbs on the songs and chitra siddhars. Only the nobles could read and use it. Not the laity people. In the oral language of the literature there were living references to the people and a number of rare medical references. The oral literature was composed for the herbal therapy practitioner. Evidence suggests that the notes on siddhars songs understandable for herbal therapy practitioner who lives in ancient time. Their attempt on medical practices are something great. Though the herbs in Tamil medicine are applicable to all. That is why the researcher made it possible to add to the masses and ideas about herbs medicine through the siddhars songs. In this study, researcher wants every medical terms in siddhars songs need to be understand by everyone. Understand that the materials used in Tamil medicine are around us and hope it is very usefull medicine for Malaysia Tamils.
KĒ. PĀLAMURUKAṈ ‘CURUṬṬU’ CIṞUKATAIYIL KUṬUMPA UṞAVUKAḶ [FAMILY RELATIONSHIP IN K.BALAMURUGAN ‘CURUTTU’ SHORT STORY]
Authors: VEERASAMY UMADEVI
Published: October 2021

This study, based on K. Balamurugan’s "'Suruttu' Short stories: Family Relationships” aims to explore the status of family relationships in short stories. There are various interesting short stories published in recent times. The relationships between family members is essential in the progress of a family and society. Positive family relationships can create prosperous families. Prosperous families can create a good society. Malaysian short story writer K. Balamurugan's short story 'Suruttu' is used as the primary source for this study. K. Balamurugan, who is a Tamil school teacher is a celebrated short stories writer who has written fascinating short stories. He is particularly interested in creating stories for children. This research studies and analyses the importance of family relationships through K. Balamurugan’s 'Suruttu' short stories.
APLIKASI KEMAHIRAN BERFIKIR ARAS TINGGI (KBAT) DALAM PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN DI SEKOLAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN TAMIL DALAM BANDAR SEREMBAN [APPLICATION OF HOTS IN THE TEACHING OF MORAL EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS (SJKT) IN SEREMBAN DISTRICT]
Authors: CHANDRASAKERAM BAWANI
Published: October 2021

The High Order Thinking Skills Teaching (HOTS) has its own challenges and should be emphasized in the curriculum as it is one of the 21st century skills. HOTS is among the six main characteristics of the students who are the aspirations of the Ministry of Education to succeed globally. As such, pupils can enhance cognitive skills with the opportunities and spaces provided to convey views using more creative methods and not just memorizing such conventional methods. Hence, the researcher has conducted this study to find out application of Hots in the teaching of Moral education in primary schools (SJKT) in Seremban District. The design of this study is quantitative. To identify techniques and approaches used by descriptive analysis teachers were used to obtain frequency, percentage and mean. The sample of this study consisted of 148 teachers from 15 national schools in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan. The data of this study were obtained using the questionnaire which was developed by the researcher.
El Plan Medellín Centro y las buenas prácticas en la gestión integrada de la ciudad
Authors: Fernández Muñoz Ángel Luis
Published: October 2021

La transformación urbana de la ciudad de Medellín ha sido contemplada como un referente internacional de éxito. Pero, dada la situación social y económica de partida, con frecuencia la atención se ha dirigido a los espectaculares resultados obtenidos en la ordenación y revitalización de las “comunas” populares que rodean la ciudad y son el principal asentamiento del estallido de población sufrido por la urbe a partir de los años 80. Sin embargo, la última revisión del Plan de Ordenación Territorial (POT) abordó también un capítulo esencial de la aglomeración urbana: el reordenamiento y recuperación de su “centro tradicional”. En la estructura de Medellín, el centro de la gran metrópoli que configuran los diversos municipio del valle de Aburrá es una extensa franja lineal asociada al río Medellín que contiene una gran variedad de tejidos muy degradados, entre los que destaca un conjunto de alta calidad urbana. Este conjunto, constituye aún la referencia de centralidad y memoria -a la par que de servicios- de los habitantes de la ciudad, pese a la metamorfosis de usos y el abandono sufridos. El Plan Especial, diseñado inicialmente como un proyecto en sí mismo, e integrado después en la estructura general del POT, abordó el reequilibrio funcional del área, la recomposición de su estructura urbana, la salvaguarda del patrimonio arquitectónico antiguo y moderno y una reorganización social que diera lugar a la reocupación del abandono residencial sufrido. Todo ello a través de los singulares e innovadores procesos de regeneración que han caracterizado la recuperación de la ciudad en la última década
El patrimonio inmaterial y la construcción de paz: la actividad del Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación de Bogotá D.C.
Authors: Antequera Guzmán José
Published: October 2021

En este escrito se describe la labor del Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación de Bogotá, Colombia, como un proyecto funcional a la construcción de paz a partir de sus elementos particulares. Estos han sido resultado de la decisión consciente de cuestionar retóricas instaladas sobre la labor que correspondería a los llamados sitios de memoria, pero disfuncionales, directamente inconvenientes y poco efectivas.

El abordaje de esos elementos particulares y perspectivas de actuación es un aporte al conocimiento sobre la cuestión del patrimonio inmaterial para la resolución de conflictos, así como un referente de análisis para otras experiencias en curso o por construir.