bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Implementasi Program Literasi Melalui Pemberian Bingo Card Untuk Menumbuhkan Minat Baca Pada Siswa Kelas III SDN Selorejo II
Authors: Oktaviani Rizka , Liyah Agustinah Evi Saraswati
Published: August 2021

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk (1) mendeskripsikan implementasi program literasi melalui pemberian bingo card untuk menumbuhkan minat baca pada siswa kelas III SDN Selorejo II, (2) mendeskripsikan minat baca pada siswa kelas III SDN Selorejo II setelah adanya bingo card. Penelitian ini menggunakan prosedur penelitian pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Sumber data dan data penelitian ini meliputi sumber data primer dan data skunder. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan wawancara, kuisioner, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data melalui reduksi data, penyajian data, penarikan kesimpulan. Teknik pengujian keabsahan data melalui triangulasi, dan ketekunan pengamatan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa; (1) implementasi program literasi melalui pemberian bingo card untuk menumbuhkan minat baca pada siswa kelas III SDN Selorejo II dilakukan dengan 3 tahap yakni; (a) tahap pembiasaan, dilakukan dengan menyuruh siswa untuk melakukan kegiatan membaca suatu hal yang tidak berkaitan dengan pelajaran selama 15 menit yang boleh dilakukan dari berbagai media; (b) tahap pengembangan, dilakukan melalui pemberian bingo card yang mengharusan siswa memilih kartu pertanyaan yang bertuliskan B, I, N, G, O didalam kantong yang tersedia; (c) tahap pembelajaran, siswa mengerjakan pertanyaan pada kartu yang telah diambil. Siswa mendapatkan hadiah jika sudah menyelesaikan pertanyaan hingga terkumpul huruf B, I, N, G, O. (2) minat baca siswa setelah adanya bingo card, diketahui mengalami pertumbuhan yang cukup bagus. Ini terbukti dari yang tadinya siswa tidak mau membaca menjadi mau untuk melakukan kegiatan membaca hingga 3-4 judul cerita karena tantangan yang ada pada bingo card.
Validitas Modul Berbasis Kearifan Lokal Kabupaten Tuban Bagi Siswa Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Arik Umi Pujiastuti
Published: August 2021

Abstrak: Modul adalah salah satu bahan ajar yang dapat digunakan siswa belajar secara mandiri. Adanya pembelajaran tematik yang dilakukan di SD menjadikan pembelajaran terfokus pada tema-tema yang dekat dengan kehidupan siswa atau kontekstual. Salah satu tema yang dipelajari adalah daerah tempat tinggalku. Pada tema tersebut selama ini belum didapatkan bahan ajar yang sesuai dengan kearifan lokal Tuban. Masalah tersebut menjadikan peneliti memberikan alternatif pemecahan dengan mengembangkan modul berbasis kearifan lokal kabupaten Tuban. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah mendeskripsikan validitas dari modul yang dikembangkan yaitu, modul berbasis kearifan lokal. Validitas modul dilihat dari tingkat kelayakan modul berdasarkan validasi yang dilakukan oleh ahli desain, ahli materi, dan ahli bahasa dengan demikian instrumen yang digunakan adalah lembar validasi. Tingkat kelayakan ditunjukkan melalui hasil persentase dari penilaian validator ahli desain, ahli materi dan ahli bahasa. Berdasarkan hasil validasi desain persentase sebesar 92% dengan kriteria sangat layak, dari hasil penilaian ahli materi sebesar 75% dengan kriteria layak, dan penilaian ahli bahasa sebesar 85% dengan kriteria sangat layak. Hasil validasi dari ketiga ahli tersebut menunjukkan hasil persentase tingkat kelayaan modul sebesar 84% dengan kriteria sangat layak Kata kunci: validitas modul, berbasis kearifan lokal kabupaten Tuban.
Plant diversity of Absheron peninsula
Authors: Zernov Alexander S. , Mirzayeva Shahla N.
Published: August 2021

Abstract: In this article, we discuss the results of
studying the flora of the Absheron Peninsula. The
dynamics of the species composition over the past
70 years is considered. We were unable to find 206
species in the habitats previously recorded by Karyagin
in 1952. We included 678 species in the list of flora
of the Absheron Peninsula, of which 599 species
were classified as native flora. In accordance with
the direction of the dynamics of their habitats, we
distinguish five groups of native flora species: Extinct
(not found on the territory of Absheron for more than
50 years) – seven species, endangered (disappeared
in several previously known localities) - 130 species,
stable (found in previously known localities) – 209
species, dynamic (disappeared in previously known
localities, but found in new localities) - 191 species,
progressive (found in previously known localities and
found in new localities) - 47 species. It is well known
that for any region the adventive element of the flora is
more dynamic than the native one. In total, we recorded
97 adventive species for the Absheron peninsula, of
which 23 were new species for the flora of the region.
We draw attention to the fact that since the beginning
of the XIX century, the relative role of various sources
of replenishment of the adventitious flora has changed.
However, with the beginning of the new millennium, the
contribution of railways to the formation of the advent
component is noticeably decreasing.The number of new
species entering the territory of the Absheron Peninsula
by rail is radically decreasing. During the period
covering 9 years (from 2012 to 2020), we were not able
to find a single new adventive species that was intrude
by rail. On the other hands, the activity of cultivated
ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants became
more clearly visible. There is a significant increase in
the role landfills and wastelands in the formation of the
adventive flora of the region
Counseling Effect on Smoking Cessation Behavior in Junior High School Students
Authors: Amsal Amsal , Ramadhan Kadar , Nurfatimah Nurfatimah , Ramadhan Ahmad , Aminuddin Aminuddin , Hafid Fahmi
Published: August 2021

The prevalence of smoking habits among children and adolescents has increased quantitative and qualitative, which further elevates the risk of diseases. Furthermore, the 2014 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) (data showed the intention to quit smoking by 88.2% of students, although only 24% received assistance in affiliated programs; hence support is required from the immediate environment. Therefore, the purpose of this research, was to determine the effect of counseling in the success of smoking cessation in junior high school students. The research design used was a prospective cohort. The subjects of this research include all junior high school students with the smoking habit, of which 40 participants were selected. These respondents were provided with smoking cessation counseling for six sessions (4 months). Survival analysis was used to evaluate the data collected. After the six counseling sessions, the cessation success and failure rates were 75% and 25%, respectively. Smoking cessation was related to nicotine addiction (p<0.001; Adj.HR 25.2;95% CI 4.9-129.9) and activeness in counseling (p=0.001; Adj.HR 12.8; 95% CI 2.8-57.9). This research is expected to help students with the smoking habit terminate the practice, subsequently reducing the prevalence in Poso Regency.
Intraosseous uric acid tumor without joint involvement: case report
Authors: Valloto Junior Elcio , Penna Valter , Guimarães Vinícius Medina , Pozzebon Vinícius Dino , Araújo Mariana Oliveira de
Published: August 2021

We report an unusual case of extra-articular gouty tophus in the left medial malleolus. A 33-year-old man with a previous diagnosis of chronic gout presented with mild, non-disabling ankle pain associated with gout attacks. Imaging and histopathologic findings were inconclusive. The tumor was surgically resected, and the cavity was filled with methyl methacrylate. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis in a sample collected intraoperatively. Giant cell tumor and bone cyst were ruled out. The patient had a good postoperative outcome. Level of Evidence V; Therapeutic Study; Expert Opinion.
Partial plantar fasciectomy for the treatment of plantar fibromatosis
Authors: Costa Lucas Plens de Britto , Fonseca Lucas Furtado da , Lemos André Vitor Kerber Cavalcanti , Pereira Vinicius Felipe , César Netto César de , Raduan Fernando Cepollina , Nery Caio Augusto de Souza , Mansur Nacime Salomão Barbachan
Published: August 2021

Objective: We describe a series of patients treated with resection of the affected band. We assessed functional outcome, recurrence  rate, and surgical wound complications, comparing these data with the available literature. Methods: This retrospective study (level of evidence IV) included 14 patients (17 feet) diagnosed with plantar fibromatosis in the medial portion of the fascia that was refractory to conservative treatment. All operations were performed between December 2016 and November 2018. All patients were assessed for symptom improvement and major and minor complications, in addition to recurrence during the study period.Results: Our sample included 9 men and 5 women, whose mean age was 40.6 years (15-63). All of the patients underwent partial fasciectomy of the medial fascial band with margins of at least 2 cm. There was recurrence in 5 of the 17 feet (29%), but only two required further intervention. Wound dehiscence occurred in 3 patients (17%), and one of the cases was severe, requiring plastic surgery. Two feet showed signs of injury to the digital branch of the medial plantar nerve. Conclusion: Partial plantar fasciectomy is an alternative treatment for plantar fibromatosis (Ledderhose’s disease). Our results agree with the literature in terms of recurrence and postoperative complications. The moderate rate of complications must be taken into account when indicating this procedure. Level of Evidence IV; Therapeutic Studies; Case Series.
Functional and radiological assessment of total ankle replacement with infinity prosthesis
Authors: Guerrero Forero Álvaro Santiago , Rodríguez Ciodaro Ricardo , Castillo Forero Carlos , Caicedo Donoso Claudia
Published: August 2021

Objective: To present mid-term functional and radiological outcomes obtained with the use of Infinity prosthesis in Bogotá (Colombia). Methods: This cross-sectional observational study selected consecutive patients subjected to total ankle replacement with the fourth generation Infinity prosthesis (Wright Medical Technology). Results: Fifty-two patients with ankle arthrosis were followed for a mean period of 24 months, and the most frequently reported case of joint degeneration was trauma. Postoperative improvement was observed in perception of pain (visual analog scale increased from 8/10 to 2/10; p<0.0005), AOFAS functional scale (from 23 to 84.5; p < 0.0005), and range of motion (from 11° to 29°; p<0.0005). Similarly, radiological findings, implant positioning, and signs of loosening did not reveal implant failure. Conclusions: The use of fluoroscopically navigated prostheses allows us to achieve predictable outcomes, with satisfactory mid-term clinical and imaging results. Level of Evidence IV; Therapeutic Studies; Case Series.
Sosyal duyarlılık dersinin yardımseverlik ve kültürlerarası duyarlılık üzerindeki etkisi
Authors: ASICI Esra , KÜLEKÇİ AKYAVUZ Ebru
Published: August 2021

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sosyal duyarlılık dersinin üniversite öğrencilerinin yardımseverlik ve kültürlerarası duyarlılık düzeyi üzerindeki etkisinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın katılımcıları 92 kadın, 48 erkek olmak üzere toplam 140 üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmuştur. Araştırma, ön test-son test deney ve kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desene dayalı olarak tasarlanmıştır. Deney grubu sosyal duyarlılık dersini alan 66 öğrenciden, kontrol grubu ise sosyal duyarlılık dersini almayan 74 öğrenciden oluşmuştur. Araştırmanın verileri; Yardımseverlik Ölçeği, Kültürlerarası Duyarlılık Ölçeği ve demografik bilgi formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Deney grubu öğrencileri sosyal duyarlılık dersi kapsamında çeşitli sosyal sorumluluk projeleri geliştirip uygulamışlardır. Öğrencilerin gerçekleştirdikleri sosyal sorumluluk projeleri “çocuklara masal okuma”, “okul kütüphanesi için kitap toplama”, “kuran kursunda öğreticilik yapma”, “köy okulu ziyareti”, “çocuklarla oyun oynama”, “rehabilitasyon merkezini ziyaret ederek özel gereksinimli çocuklarla etkinlik yapma”, “yabancı uyruklu üniversite öğrencileri ile Türk üniversite öğrencilerinin kaynaştırılması”, “mülteci çocuklarla kahvaltı yapma”, “kansere ilişkin farkındalık oluşturma”, “otizmli çocuklarla pizza yapımı”, “fidan dikme” ve “kan bağışı”nı içermektedir. Bu süreçte kontrol grubundaki öğrenciler herhangi bir sosyal sorumluluk projesinde yer almamışlardır. Verilerin analizi SPSS 22.00 istatistik paket programı aracılığıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analizlerde, Mann Whitney U, Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıralar testleri ve tekrarlı ölçümler için iki yönlü varyans analizi teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre, sosyal duyarlılık dersini almak üniversite öğrencilerinin yardımseverlik düzeyinin artmasına katkı sağlamaktadır. Sosyal duyarlılık dersini alan öğrencilerin kültürlerarası duyarlılık düzeyi artmakla birlikte, belirlenen bu artışın istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar ilgili literatür ışığında tartışılmış ve öneriler sunulmuştur.
To the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the law of homological series in hereditary variation
Authors: Dorofeyev V. I. , Kotelkina I. V.
Published: August 2021

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NOVO PLANEJAMENTO DIDÁTICO E METODOLÓGICO DO PROFESSOR DE EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA - ESTUDO DE CASO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR À DISTÂNCIA EM PORTO NACIONAL - TOCANTINS - BRASIL
Authors: NUNES ESCOBAR OLIVEIRA ALESSANDRA
Published: August 2021

O presente projeto tem como objetivo investigar e propor novas metodologias didáticas e metodológicas de planejamento à distância no ensino um estudo de caso ao professor de ensino superior na distância Porto Nacional-Tocantins-Brasil. Trata-se de realizar um estudo qualitativo e quantitativo, revisando os planos, a formação dos professores, os temas mais recorrentes, os principais reitores, o gênero dos autores do trabalho e, por fim, a diferença entre o número de teses e teses defendidas; também examinará os resultados desta pesquisa.
SIKILAT Aplikasi SIKILAT (Sistem informasi complain dan layanan laboratorium Fakultas Teknik Universitas Nurul Jadid)
Authors: Rahman M Fadhilur
Published: August 2021

Mengingat banyaknya kebutuhan dan keluhan dari dosen maupun mahasiswa salah satunya ketika ketergangguan disaat perkuliahan berlangsung serta terjadinya beberapa trouble pada komputer maka dari itu dibuatlah aplikasi SIKILAT tersebut guna mempernudah dalam melakukan tanggapan dosen dan mahasiswa. Dari berbagai keluhan dan kebutuhan maka SIKILAT bertujuan mempermudah dalam melakukan keluhan dan laporan yg ada di Laboraotium Fakultas Teknik Universitas Nurul Jadid.

Apllikasi ini dibuat dengan menggunakan Framework codeigniter (CI), Bahasa Pemrograman PHP dan Java Script dengan sruktur WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) diantaranya adalah 1. Konsep, 2. evaluasi system yang ada, 3. pendefinisian kebutuhan, 4. Mendefiniskan fungsi spesifik, 5. Membuat dokumentasi laporan, dan apliaksi SIKILAT ini sudah di hubungkan dengan bot telegram yg sangat mempermudah dalam notifikasi komplain, ketika dosen dan mahasiswa melakukan komplain maka akan langsung terhubung dan muncul notif ke telegram dengan otomatis

 

Kata kunci:  SIKILAT; Framework codeigniter (CI),; WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).
Left main percutaneous coronary intervention in acute and chronic coronary disease. A single center experience
Authors: Oliveira Cátia , Braga Carlos , Costa João , Marques Jorge
Published: August 2021

Background Improvements in percutaneous coronary intervention have reduced complications in the treatment of left main coronary artery disease. The objective of this study was to characterize percutaneous coronary intervention procedures in left main coronary artery, and evaluate patients’ outcomes. Methods A retrospective study performed from January 2015 to December 2018, in patients submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary artery for stable coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction, with second-generation drug-eluting stents. Results A total of 82 patients were submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary artery. Among them, 26.8% had stable coronary artery disease, 50% had non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, and 23.2% had ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Cardiogenic shock was present in 20.7% of them. Most patients were male, elderly, with cardiovascular risk factors, namely diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipemia. Among patients with stable coronary artery disease, patients had low to intermediate SYNTAX score. During hospitalization, patients did not develop any complications. During follow-up, cardiovascular death was of 4.5% (n=1). Regarding non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, during hospitalization, there were no registries of events. During follow-up, 9.1% of patients had cardiovascular-related hospitalizations. A patient died (3%) during the re-hospitalization from severe heart failure. Concerning ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients, there was one case of acute stent thrombosis during hospitalization resulting in death. One patient was readmitted for percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary artery due to restenosis. Regarding the patients admitted in cardiogenic shock, in-hospital mortality was 58.8%. During follow-up, two patients experienced restenosis and were hospitalized (one underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, and the other, percutaneous coronary intervention). Conclusion This is a real-world study in which we described our experience with percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary artery. In general, percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary artery in stable left main coronary artery disease, or in unstable disease with no cardiogenic shock, was a safe procedure. Further studies with extended follow-up are needed.
Interpolative Kannan- Meir-Keeler type contraction
Authors: KARAPINAR Erdal
Published: August 2021

In this short manuscript, we revisit the renowned contraction’s of Meir-Keeler by involving the interpolation theory in the context of complete metric space. We provide a simple example to illustrate the validity of the observed result
MANAJEMENT OF BORDERLAND AREA
Authors: Situmorang Dokman Marulitua
Published: August 2021

Trade activities that occurred at the border between Bengkayang Regency and Sarawak, specifically in Siding and Jagoi Babang districts, were in fact able to encourage domestic production. This study aims to see which management is in line with related fields in Bengkang Regency, the champion of Bengkayang Regency in Indonesia with Sarikin in Sarawak, Malaysia, which until now still uses traditional Cross-border Post or still uses the old-fashioned concept. The research method is Library Research and Field Research. As for the population in this study are the Customs and Excise staff of Jagoi Babang, the Border Society of Jagoi Babang, the Trans?Border Post Guard Officer, the Jagoi Babang Entrepreneur. The border trade model is also run coordinated and integrated by BUMDes Together by synergizing the management of the potential for natural tourism, cultural tourism and culinary tourism and handicrafts (home industries) to be part of the goods offered
Differential expression of dystrophin in human epithelial ovarian cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2021

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published and public microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding dystrophin, DMD, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. DMD expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. DMD expression correlated with progression-free survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of DMD is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. DMD may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.
PELAKSANAAN KREDIT PADA PT. BPR LENGAYANG
Authors: Resmadita Vina , Widayati Ratna
Published: August 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of lending at PT.BPR Lengayang. To analyze the research data, the author uses qualitative data analysis methods as a research method that describes descriptively the implementation of lending at PT. BPR Lengayang. Credit is the capacity to make a purchase or carry out a loan with the promise of payment to be made or deferred within an agreed period of time. In the implementation of lending to PT. BPR Lengayang has several stages, namely the credit application stage, credit analysis, credit approval stage, signing credit / agreement, disbursement stage, customer business supervision, credit repayment
Climate Uncertainty, Real Possibilities and the Precautionary Principle
Authors: Hopster Jeroen
Published: August 2021

A challenge faced by defenders of the precautionary principle is to clarify when the evidence that a harmful event might occur suffices to regard this prospect as a real possibility. Plausible versions of the principle must articulate some epistemic threshold, or de minimis requirement, which specifies when precautionary measures are justified. Critics have argued that formulating such a threshold is problematic in the context of the precautionary principle. First, this is because the precautionary principle appears to be ambiguous about the distinction between risk and uncertainty: should the principle merely be invoked when evidential probabilities are absent, or also when probabilities have low epistemic credentials? Secondly, defenders of the precautionary principle face an aggregation puzzle: in judging whether or not the de minimis requirement has been met, how should first-order evidential probabilities and their second-order epistemic standing be aggregated? This article argues that the ambiguity can be resolved, and the epistemological puzzle can be solved. Focusing on decisions in the context of climate uncertainty, I advance a version of the precautionary principle that serves as a plausible decision rule, to be adopted in situations where its main alternative – cost-benefit analysis – does not deliver.
TUNABLE POLARIZERS FOR X-BAND RADAR AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Authors: Piltyay Stepan , Bulashenko Andrew
Published: August 2021

Background. Nowadays processing of signal polarizations is widely applied in modern information and telecommunication radio engineering systems for different purposes. Commonly polarization processing is carried out in polarization adaptive antenna systems. The essential elements of such systems are transformation devices for polarization processing. They perform the transformation of the types of polarization and separate the different types to isolated channels. The most simple, effective, technological and actual for analysis are polarizers based on square waveguides with irises and posts.Objective. The purpose of this work is to improve the electromagnetic characteristics of an adjustable polarizer by creating a mathematical model of such device. The device must provide optimized polarization and matching characteristics.Methods. The article presents a mathematical model of a waveguide polarizer with irises and posts by the decomposition method using wave transmission and scattering matrices. The developed model takes into account the influence of the polarizer design parameters on its characteristics.Results. The article contains the results of calculations based on the developed mathematical model of the polarizer. In addition, the results of modelling of the device using the finite element method are presented for comparison. For the developed waveguide polarizer we have compared the polarization characteristics and the matching.Conclusions. The created mathematical model allows us to effectively analyse the characteristics when the design parameters change. These parameters include the size of the wall of the square waveguide, the heights of the irises and posts, the distance between them, the thickness of the irises and posts. The developed polarizer is recommended for the application in modern telecommunication and radar systems.
Where to next? A Systematic Review identifying the gaps in the Cognitive Literature regarding Attention and Working Memory in Early Childhood
Authors: ALghamdi RANA , Crewther Sheila , Peters Jessica , Murphy Melanie J , Goharpey Nahal
Published: August 2021

Conscious, goal-directed behaviours in adults require attention and access to working memory (WM) and utilize the same visually driven parieto-frontal neural networks of the brain. Logically, the development of this goal-directed network must also underpin all learning and cognitive maturation.in children. Thus, we sought to systematically review the current literature relating to development of cognitively defined constructs of attention and WM in children from birth to 7 years old from the perspective of functional brain development. Abstracts were extracted from electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Science Direct, and PubMed) and 24/4212 studies were identified as meeting the inclusion, risk of bias and validity criteria. Only 3/24 studies investigated visual attention in infants using preferential looking tasks and monitoring of eye movements. Twenty-one out of the 24 studies investigating attention in children aged 2+ years used visually based tasks that required participants to possess the ability to visually and auditorily attend to the presented stimuli, have adequate receptive language to understand and remember the verbal instructions, and WM and executive functions to respond verbally or manually. All studies found attention and WM to be significantly related. Few studies controlled for the inherent maturation of assumed cognitive skills or motor development, though a number have measured time required to perform a task. Further, there are very few studies in the literature where concurrent psychophysical, gaze tracking or brain imaging techniques have been used to investigate the functional neuroanatomy of attention and working memory networks in young children. Future exploration with more biologically and cognitively integrated paradigms are needed to clarify relationships between each aspect of attention and WM (verbal and visual), especially with respect to the timing and source localization of the temporal trajectory of neural activation during task completion.
How to be a good member of a scientific software community [Article v0.1]
Authors: Grossfield Alan
Published: August 2021

Software is ubiquitous in modern science — almost any project, in almost any discipline, requires some code to work. However, many (or even most) scientists are not program- mers, and must rely on programs written and maintained by others. A crucial but often neglected part of a scientist’s training is learning how to use new tools, and how to exist as part of a community of users. This article will discuss key behaviors that can make the experience quicker, more efficient, and more pleasant for the user and developer alike.
A century of transformation: Fire regime transitions from 1919 to 2019 in southeastern British Columbia, Canada
Authors: Baron Jennifer N , Gergel Sarah E. , Hessburg Paul F. , Daniels Lori D.
Published: August 2021

ContextIn fire-excluded forests across western North America, recent intense wildfire seasons starkly contrast with fire regimes of the past. The last 100 years mark a transition between pre-colonial and modern era fire regimes, providing crucial context for understanding future wildfire behavior.ObjectivesUsing the greatest time depth of digitized fire events in Canada, we identify distinct phases of wildfire regimes from 1919 to 2019 by evaluating changes in mapped fire perimeters (>20-ha) across the East Kootenay region (including the southern Rocky Mountain Trench), British Columbia. MethodsWe detect transitions in annual number of fires, burned area, and fire size; explore the role of lightning- and human-caused fires in driving these transitions; and quantify departures from historical fire frequency at the regional level.ResultsRelative to historical fire frequency, fire exclusion has created a significant fire deficit in active fire regimes, with a minimum of 1–10 fires missed across 46.4-percent of the landscape. Fire was active from 1919 to 1939 with frequent and large fire events, but the regime was already altered by a century of colonization. Fire activity decreased in 1940, coinciding with effective fire suppression influenced by a mild climatic period. In 2003, the combined effects of fire exclusion and accelerated climate change fueled a shift in fire regimes of various forest types, with increases in area burned and mean fire size driven by lightning.ConclusionsThe extent of fire regime disruption warrants significant management and policy attention to alter the current trajectory and facilitate better co-existence with wildfire throughout this century.
Letak Omnibus Law Dalam Sistem Perundang-undangan Indonesia
Authors: Desmon Andi
Published: August 2021

Gagasan konsep omnibus law sebagai metode dalam penyusunan peraturan perundang-undangan di Indonesia, telah menjadi perbincangan dikalangan pengemban hukum, baik pengemban hukum teoritis maupun pengemban hukum praktis. Berdasarkan kajian dapat disimpulkan bahwa letak omnibus law dalam sistem perundang-undangan Indonesia termasuk ke dalam undang-undang dan mempunyai derajat yang sama dengan undang-undang, yang dibuat, dibentuk, dan diterapkan oleh badan yang menjalankan fungsi legislasi (DPR bersama Presiden), sehingga dapat diuji oleh mahkamah konstitusi, baik diuji secara materil maupun diuji secara formil.
Differential expression of protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12A in human epithelial ovarian cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2021

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published and public microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12A, PPP1R12A, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. PPP1R12A expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. PPP1R12A expression correlated with overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of PPP1R12A is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. PPP1R12A may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.
Penerapan M-Banking Dalam Meningkatkan Jasa Dan Layanan Perbankan Di PT. Bank Pembangunan Daerah Sumatera Barat Cabang Siteba
Authors: Ayunisa Diana Febri , Hendra Muhammad
Published: August 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine the application of m-banking in improving banking service and service at PT. Bank Pembangunan Daerah Sumatera Barat Cabang Siteba. This study uses qualitative data analysis as a research method that describes descriptively about the application of m-banking in improving banking service and services at PT. Bank Pembangunan Daerah Sumatera Barat Cabang Siteba. The results of this study indicate that the application of m-banking makes it easier for customers to carry out financial and non-financial transactions, so that customers are interest in using nagari m-banking features such as nagari info, nagari transfer, nagari QR and nagari admin can provide convenience to customers, without have to come to the bank, and without having to queue at the bank
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Authors: Kim Andrei
Published: August 2021

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Forced sexual intercourse and its association with HIV status among people attending HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing in a healthcare center in Kinshasa (DRC)
Authors: Moulin-Stozek Maria
Published: August 2021

Sexual violence, an HIV determinant, is an integrated behavior in the D.R.Congo. We aimed to analyze the prevalence of forced sexual intercourse (FSI) among people receiving HIVVoluntary Counseling and Testing in a hospital in Kinshasa, and its association with sociodemographics, behaviors and HIV status.
Applying Quality Function Deployment to the Design of Engineering Programs: Approaches, Insights and Benefits
Authors: Cropley David H
Published: August 2021

Tertiary programs in a discipline such as engineering must balance the competing needs and requirements of two key stakeholders: the university that designs and delivers the program, and the professional body that accredits the program. Program and curriculum design in universities is traditionally rather bottom-up in nature, with courses designed by individual academics, and assembled into cognate programs. Graduate qualities and accreditation criteria are typically mapped retrospectively onto the program structure. Designing such programs from the top down, driven by the needs of the university and the accreditation body, is a desirable goal. However, without proper support tools, such a top-down design process, balancing competing needs across multiple courses and year levels, is a complex and rarely smooth task. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) was created, in the domain of product and system design, for this precise purpose. Treating the design of a tertiary program the same as the design of a system suggests that QFD, and the implementation tool known as the House of Quality (HoQ), should be ideally suited to this purpose. The aim of this paper is to show how QFD and the HoQ can be applied to the design of an engineering program, creating a specification that accurately reflects the voices of stakeholders, and serves as a benchmark for validating that these needs have been met in the implemented design.
Balancing the Freedom-Security Tradeoff During Crises and Disasters
Authors: Cheek Nathan N. , Reutskaja Elena , Schwartz Barry
Published: August 2021

During crises and disasters, such as hurricanes, terrorist threats, or pandemics, policymakers must often increase security at the cost of freedom. Psychological science, however, has shown that the restriction of freedom may have strong negative consequences for behavior and health. We suggest that psychology can inform policy both by elucidating some negative consequences of lost freedom (e.g., depression or behavioral reactance) and by revealing strategies to address them. We propose four interlocking principles that can help policymakers restore the freedom-security balance. Careful consideration of the psychology of freedom can help policymakers develop policies that most effectively promote public health, safety, and well-being when crises and disasters strike.
Contributions of Executive Function to Spatial Thinking in Preschool Children
Authors: Garcia Nelcida Llissett , Dick Anthony , Pruden Shannon M.
Published: August 2021

Identifying factors that contribute to spatial thinking is of great interest given links between spatial thinking and success in STEM. Working memory has been found to be predictive of spatial thinking but little research has explored other components of executive function (i.e., inhibition, shifting) in relation to spatial thinking. A total of 131 four- to six-year-olds (Mage = 5.06; 53.4% male; 56% Latinx, 18% White, 12% Mixed Race, 5% Asian, and 5% other) were assessed using spatial, executive function, and intelligence tasks. Results show that inhibition, shifting, and working memory are all associated with intrinsic and extrinsic spatial task scores. These results advance developmental theory on spatial thinking and offer a promising route for future interventions in improving spatial ability.
Sastra anak: Genre realisme
Authors: Miftakhuddin Miftakhuddin
Published: August 2021

Sastra dibebani dua tugas yang berbeda: sastra hendaknya melukiskan kenyataan selaras dengan kebenaran, tetapi sekaligus kenyataan itu ingin diubahnya. Gagasan realisme adalah sebuah doktrin sastra yang menegaskan bahwa tugas pengarang adalah menggambarkan realitas secara jujur dan historis (Eagleton, 1976). Prinsip realisme menghubungkan sastra dengan kebenaran historis. Dalam realisme, manusia, dengan pikiran dan perbuatannya mampu menentukan arah dari gerak sejarah. Realisme adalah teori sastra yang secara fundamental bertumpu pada sistem dialektika pengarang dengan lingkungan sosialnya. Segala tendensi sastra dipahami sebagai sebuah motif historis. Karya sastra selalu terhubung secara fundamental dengan lingkungan sosial pada masanya. Hakikat realisme ini bisa dikatakan menempatkan seni sebagai metode kontemplatif untuk mengangkat kesadaran ideologis sebagai manusia yang berkesadaran bahwa realitas sosial adalah sebuah ruang yang tidak dapat dihindari tetapi harus dikonstruksi.
The Discovery of Black Light - Darkness Is Black Visible Light
Authors: Howitt Dan
Published: August 2021

| This article is the beginning of a reexpresson, and partial revision, of my book Black Light. The questions that I discuss in this article are listed at the beginning of each section. In Sections 7, 8, 27, and 28, I more directly discuss my discovery of black light.| The theoretical discovery of black light (that is, the thought experimental discovery of black light): The black spatial field in, for example, a “dark” room is actually, I argue, black light; and it is emitted from everything in the spatial field of the room (that is, the relatively empty space, and all objects). If, hypothetically, the black light in the above room was removed, we, when we would look into the spatial field of the room, would be blind, despite that we have the capacity to see.| The observational discovery of black light: There is no such thing as a “colorless” visual field for observers: A “colorless” visual field would be a visual field of blindness for observers, despite that they have vision, and that their eyes would be open. The black visual field is not, as is commonly stated, “the absence of photons”, “the absence of visible light”, and the, as such, absence of color: If it were, then it would be “colorless” (that is, not black), and, as such, a visual field of blindness for observers.| The experimental confirmation of black light via neurophysics: In Section 28, I demonstrate that particular EEG experimentation that was done on test-subjects in various conditions provides evidence or proof that the black of the black visual field that strikes our retinas is black light.| For context: I observed the brilliant communicative fraud of the speech-therapists of two autistic persons that was unobserved by the innumerable millions of people, including the array of elite scientists, physicians, autism organization leaders, and journalists, who observed presentations of the autistic persons from 2000-2021 (for one case), and 1998-2018 (for the other case) on major worldwide television.
Language about the future on social media as a novel marker of anxiety and depression: A big-data and experimental analysis
Authors: Robertson Cole , Carney James , Trudel Shane
Published: August 2021

Anxiety and depression are mood disorders which negatively impact many people. Psychology studies suggest depression is associated with future time horizons, or how "far" into the future people tend to think, and anxiety is associated with temporal discounting, or how much people devalue delayed future rewards. Separate studies from linguistics and economics have shown that individual differences in how people refer to future time predict temporal discounting. Yet no one—that we know of—has investigated whether future time reference habits are a marker of anxiety and/or depression. In Study 1, we analysed data from the social media website Reddit to test for relationships between these variables. Users who had previously posted popular contributions to forums dedicated to anxiety and depression referenced the future and the past more often than controls, had more proximal future and past time horizons, and significantly differed in their linguistic future time reference patterns. They used fewer future tense constructions (e.g. will), fewer high-certainty constructions (e.g. certainly), more low-certainty constructions (e.g. could), more bouletic modal constructions (e.g. hope), and more deontic modal constructions (e.g. must). This motivated Study 2, a survey-based mediation analysis. Self-reported anxious participants represented future events as more temporally distal and therefore temporally discounted to a greater degree. The same was not true of depression. We contextualise the results using two theoretical frameworks: construal level theory and functionalist approaches to clinical psychology. We conclude that methods which combine big-data with experimental paradigms can help identify novel markers of mental illness, which can aid in the development of new therapies and diagnostic criteria.
ANALISIS KESTABILAN DAN KONTROL OPTIMAL MODEL LESLIE-GOWER FUNGSI RESPON HOLLING III DENGAN PEMANENAN PADA POPULASI PREDATOR DAN PREY
Authors: Institute Andi Djemma
Published: August 2021

Pada artikel ini penelitian yang dilakukan adalah memodifikasi model leslie-gower dengan pemanenan pada populasi predator dan prey. Penelitian ini bertujuan merekonstruksi modifikasi model leslie-gower dengan menggunakan fungsi respon holling III serta terdapat upaya pemanenan pada populasi predator dan prey, menganalisis titik kesetimbangan, menentukan kesetimbangan bionomik dan kondisi yang dapat memaksimumkan nilai present value dari pad pendapatan bersih dengan mengontrol pemanenan pada kedua populasi. Pada modifikasi model leslie-gower terdapat sebuah titik kesetimbangan ( ) bersifat stabil asimtotik dan saat terdapat pemanenan titik kesetimbangan ( ) bersifat stabil asimtotik. Kesetimbangan bionomik dari pemanenan yang dilakukan pada modifikasi model leslie-gower ( ), memaksimalkan fungsi keuntungan dari pemanenan yang dilakukan pada model dengan prinsip maksimum pontryagin menghasilkan kesetimbangan optimal ( ) yang dipengaruhi diskonto .
Proyecciones de población mediante indicadores sintomáticos con aplicaciones a nivel departamental en Colombia
Authors: Cristancho-Fajardo César
Published: August 2021

Los propósitos principales de este trabajo son evaluar las fuentes de información sintomática del cambio en el volumen de población a nivel departamental en Colombia, así como explorar y valorar sus posibilidades de aplicación, como insumos en la construcción de indicadores básicos para la formulación de modelos de tipo explicativo y predictivo de dicho cambio. La selección de variables parte de la identificación de la información sintomática disponible para los años censales 1985, 1993 y 2005 que presenta una mayor sensibilidad a cambios en el volumen poblacional departamental. En este estudio las variables sintomáticas seleccionadas fueron: nacimientos, defunciones, votación para el Senado, votación para la Presidencia, matriculas en educación preescolar, matriculas en educación básica primaria y matriculas en educación básica secundaria y media. Dicha información es utilizada para la formulación, implementación y evaluación de los resultados de cuatro modelos de proyección poblacional: razón censal, diferencia de tasas, razóncorrelación y tasa correlación. La capacidad de predicción de los modelos utilizados es evaluada a partir del contraste de los resultados del censo poblacional del año 2005 con los resultados de las estimaciones elaboradas para el mismo año. Los modelos de razón correlación mostraron los resultados más consistentes con respecto a lo encontrado en el censo poblacional.
Materfamilias: The association of mother’s work on children’s absolute income mobility, Southern Sweden (1947-2015)
Authors: Brea-Martinez Gabriel
Published: August 2021

This article examines the association of mothers’ employment on children’s economic mobility in a period of transition for women’s labor market participation in Sweden, when mothers faced higher barriers to employment. Using absolute upward mobility (i.e., earning more than their fathers), I found that whether a mother was in paid work, was economically independent, and had an income similar to that of the father – which is a proxy for economic autonomy – during the late childhood and adolescence of her children associated positively with her children’s upward economic mobility, and especially on that of her daughters.
Attendance, Completion, and Heterogeneous Returns to College: A Causal Mediation Approach
Authors: Zhou Xiang
Published: August 2021

A growing body of social science research has investigated whether the economic payoff to a college education is heterogeneous — in particular, whether socioeconomically disadvantaged youth can benefit more from attending and completing college relative to their more advantaged peers. Scholars, however, have employed different analytical strategies and reported mixed findings. To shed light on this literature, I propose a sequential approach to conceptualizing, evaluating, and unpacking the causal effects of college on earnings. By decomposing the total effect of attending a four-year college into several direct and indirect components, this approach not only clarifies the mechanisms through which college attendance boosts earnings, but illuminates the ways in which the postsecondary system may be both an equalizer and a disequalizer. The total effect of college attendance, its direct and indirect components, and their heterogeneity by socioeconomic background are all identified under the assumption of sequential ignorability. I introduce a debiased machine learning (DML) method for estimating all quantities of interest, along with a set of bias formulas for sensitivity analysis. I illustrate the proposed framework and methodology using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort.
Dynamical Analysis Predator-Prey Population with Holling Type II Functional Response
Authors: Institute Andi Djemma
Published: August 2021

In this article, we investigate the dynamical analysis of predator prey model. Interaction among preys and predators use Holling type II functional response, and assuming prey refuge as well as harvesting in both populations. This study aims to study the predator prey model and todetermine the effect of overharvesting which consequently will affect the ecosystem. In the model found three equilibrium points, i.e., (0,0) is the extinction of predator and prey equilibrium, ?(??, 0) is the equilibrium with predatory populations extinct and the last equilibrium points ?(??, ??) is the coexist equilibrium. All equilibrium points are asymptotically stable (locally) under certain conditions. These analytical findings were confirmed by several numerical simulations.