bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
COMPETENCIES OF NURSES IN ALBAY: AN ASSESSMENT
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Sande Mary Joy
Published: May 2022

Health service delivery in the country has evolved into dual delivery systems of public and private health service institutions. The nurses, as one of the health care service providers, need to posses competencies to deliver quality nursing care. Hence, the conduct of the study was deemed important to determine the competencies of nurses from Albay province and the factors that contributed to their competencies. The respondents consisted of 56 public health nurses with permanent position and have worked for at least a year; and 197 clients from the three city health and 15 municipal health offices in Albay. Descriptive research design was utilized using the 11 Key Responsibility Areas of the Philippine Nursing Curriculum in assessing the competencies of the nurses. Frequency counting, ranking and weighted mean were applied in the analysis of data. Results of the study revealed that the over-all self-rating of nurses from Albay was excellent. Clientele’s evaluation of the nurse’s comptencies was very satisfactory. According to 14% of the nurse respondents, their intellectual capacities contributed highly to their nursing competencies followed by relationship with co-workers (13%), and spiritual/moral values (12%). Financial aspect contributed the least (5%).
EFFECTIVENESS OF PEER MENTORING IN ENHANCING THE MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN BICOL UNIVERSITY
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Bercasio Rebecca Rosario , Cabrillas Zenaida
Published: May 2022

The students’ performance in mathematics across levels in the country has been persistently low as shown by 2003 TIMMS results where the Philippines is ranked 41st among 45 countries (Mullis, Martin, Gonzalez & Chrostowski, 2004). An institutionalized peer-mediated academic support system can help in addressing the student’s academic needs and problems. The Institutionalized Peer Academic Assistance Program (I-PASS) in Mathematics was implemented to enhance the problem solving skills of 60 BEED students of BU College of Education with BSED Mathematics major students as mentors during the 1st Semester SY 2012- 2013. Data were gathered using parallel pre-test and posttest results in problem solving, documentary analysis, focus group discussions, interview and questionnaires for mentees, mentors, and concerned officials of the college. The student’s peer mentoring program was found effective in terms of enhancing the problem solving skills of both mentors and mentees whose test results showed a mean gain of 3.72 and 4.74, respectively. The t-test of the I-PASS and non-I-PASS participants’ posttest results in problem solving in Mathematics (t = 0.002484143, p<0.01) revealed a significant difference. Its features such as open to all students, free, voluntary, based on learning needs, used developmentally appropriate learning materials, individualized and group learning strategies, supervised by discipline experts, and based on pedagogical principles, were acceptable to all the stakeholders, contribute to make the program academically sound and valid, and help ensure its sustainability. The students’ participation in peer mentoring led to useful insights and favorable beneficial experiences. The university-wide implementation of I-PASS can help in proactively minimizing the students’ difficulties in mathematical problem solving.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH HERITAGE CHURCHES IN ALBAY: PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING BIKOL CULTURE AND HERITAGE
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Ayo Ruby Anne
Published: May 2022

As cultural heritage reflects the historical origin of a certain group of people, it reveals the customs, traits, beliefs, practices and even values they hold on for years. One of the tangible examples of cultural heritage is the physical structures including the century old churches. The study looked into the existing historical narratives of the century old Catholic churches: the Nuestra Señora de Salvacion in Joroan, Tiwi, Albay; the Our Lady of the Gate in Daraga, Albay; the San Juan de Bautista in Tabaco City, and the St. John the Baptist in Camalig, Albay. The secondary sources of history were evaluated on their reliability and validity based on the elements of history. The historical narratives were also analyzed using the following codes: the Patron Saints; factors that paved to their constructions; the people responsible for their constructions; the misconceptions about their constructions; and their contributions to Bikol heritage. The historical documents were found to be reliable and valid based on the elements of history. Based on the codes, themes were identified as Marian Devotees and Christ-centered Patron Saints; geographical, sociopolitical and cultural factors paved to the construction; church and government officials were responsible in the construction; misconceptions are on the dates of constructions and original sites where the church were constructed; and the contributions to Bikol heritage which include: popular pilgrim sites and well-admired architectural designs. The historical narratives of the century old churches is responsive in promoting resilient, sustainable and inclusive tourism industry.
IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR ABUSED CHILDREN WITH LEGAL PROCESS
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Villafuerte Salvacion Laguilles
Published: May 2022

Children need to receive multidisciplinary interventions to recover from traumatic experiences. Along with the trauma, children are involved in the legal system to pursue criminal cases against their perpetrators. This is another challenge as these children face alleged perpetrators, relive traumatic experiences and be under scrutiny in testifying during case proceedings. However, children with legal proceedings usually receive biases and little consistency in the treatment of abuse. Despite the significance of psychological intervention in helping prepare child witnesses, dealing with trauma and healing process, not all abused children with on-going court measures are referred to receive it. This study focused on referred abused children and assessed the impact of psychological intervention in going through the case proceedings. The in-depth interviews provided details, status of the case and interventions received to establish the profile of the abused children. The emotional competence of the abused children who received and did not receive any form of psychological intervention was established through results of BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version. The impact of the psychological intervention was established through the expressed changes after the received forms of psychological intervention. A focus group discussion with multidisciplinary intervention teams validated the findings of the study, confirmed the need to strengthen the psychological interventions in the local government unit and the agreement of implementing the proposed psychological intervention program “TASK(Tabang Asin Pagmamakulog Sa Kaakian): Psychological Wellness Modules to help more abused children and protect them.
Experiences of Traditional Healers and Their Patients in the Bicol Region, Philippines
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Galan Nera A.
Published: May 2022

Traditional healers have been a pa rt of the Philippine Health Ca re Delivery System. Filipinos consider the albula ryo as the prima ry dispensers of health ca re in folk medicine a nd is referred to as the general practitioner. Despite the long history of traditional healers’ practice, there a re limited studies on their unique experiences as healers including the experiences of their pa tients in their healing a bilities. The purpose of this study is to document the unique experiences in traditional medicines widely practiced by both traditional healers a nd their pa tients on va rious aspects rela ted to sa fety a nd effectiveness of the herbal pla nts. This study used phenomenology a nd ethnographic resea rch approach. Da ta were ga thered from 30 traditional healers who used herbal medicines alone or in combina tion or with other traditional modalities, have been residents of the community for a t least one yea r, a nd have been practicing indigenous healing for a t least five yea rs. Three hundred pa tients aged 18 yea rs old, presently being trea ted or have consulted on several occasions with the selected traditional healers, were interviewed using the self-structured interview guide, which were valida ted through focus group discussions (FGD). Results showed tha t the Bicola no traditional healers a nd their pa tients believe tha t using herbal medicines stem from the perspective of the pa tients’ “feeling” sta te as well as perceived a bsence of side effects from its usage. Both the traditional healers a nd their pa tients a re cogniza nt in upholding the sa fe use of herbal pla nts through personal responsibility a nd accounta bility. Thus, the documenta tion of such experiences is gea red towa rds three domina nt themes such as second-ha nd genera ted knowledge, God-given gift, a nd self-discovery.
Effectiveness of the Environmental Education Program in Enhancing Preparedness of the Vulnerable Populations in Coastal Communities of Manito, Albay
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Abainza Ma. Teresa M.
Published: May 2022

Environmental educa tion (EE) in the community seeks to empower the people to take control of the environmental issues tha t a ffect their lives. Hence a well-pla nned a nd strongly supported environmental progra m ca n help people cope with environmental problems tha t confront them. A descriptive-qualita tive a nd qua ntita tive resea rch was conducted a mong the in-school-youth a nd out-of-school-youth of Ba ra ngay It-ba a nd Cawit in Ma nito, Albay to assess the effectiveness of the environmental educa tion in enha ncing the prepa redness of the vulnera ble popula tions in the coastal community of Ma nito. Da ta indica ted tha t the respondents were awa re of basic environmental issues a nd had sa tisfactory level of competence but were found to be more concerned with other issues of personal na ture. Feedbacks from the pa rticipa nts a nd observers showed tha t the EE progra m implemented was effective in prepa ring the vulnera ble popula tions for environmental disasters. Comprehension on funda mental concepts of environment a nd susta ina bility needs to be enha nced further through additional a uthentic activities. As the academe is a pa rtner in educa ting people in the community, it is also recommended tha t the academic institutions should continue to colla bora te with the local government in the municipality to implement more progra ms on environmental educa tion a nd for wider dissemina tion. Emphasis on applica tion or practice of wha t have been ta ught must be impera tive to ensure holistic a nd lifelong lea rning.
Nutritional Analysis of Bicol Region’s Smoked Round Scad (Decapterus macrosoma) and Pinangat Products
Authors:   Bicol Unversity, Malaluan Ivane N. , Aytona Grace L. , Peregrino Jeffrey D. , Malonzo Charmaine A
Published: May 2022

The study was ca rried out to determine proxima te content of the Bicol One Town One Product (OTOP) smoked round scad (Decapterus macrosoma) a nd pinangat a nd evalua te their nutrient content based on the Philippine Dieta ry Reference Intakes (PDRI) for selected age groups. Smoked fish sa mples were ga thered from the two la rgest producers in Mercedes, Ca ma rines Norte, while the pinangat sa mples were obta ined from three Depa rtment of Trade a nd Industry (DTI)-accredited OTOP producers in Ca malig, Albay. Sa mples were subjected to va rious a nalyses using sta nda rd a nalytical techniques. The proxima te a nalysis of smoked fish products revealed the moisture content of 54.84%; ash content, 9.71%’; crude protein, 31.29%; ca rbohydra tes, 0.47%; a nd total fa t, 3.70%. The mineral content of the fish indica ted tha t Na (2210mg) a nd Ca (157mg) were the most a bunda nt. The overall nutritional composition of smoked fish showed tha t it is highly nutritive with crude protein having the la rgest qua ntity of the dry ma tter in the fish sa mples. Pinangat products conta ined moisture (65.48%), ash content (2.3%), crude protein (4.2%), ca rbohydra tes (3.83%), a nd total fa t (24.3%). Presence of major a nd trace minerals (sodium, calcium, iron, a nd zinc) was reported, with sodium being the most a bunda nt mineral. In all age groups from children to adults, nutrient contents of smoked fish a nd pinangat products in general ra nged from low to high levels based on the recommended ra nge in requirement estima ted for groups with different activity levels. The study suggests tha t smoked fish a nd pinangat ca n serve as sources of different nutrients a nd minerals needed by the body, however, modera te consumption must be observed due to the high sodium content which exceeds the recommended dieta ry a mount.
Benford’s Law for Data Cleaning in Big Data
Authors: Ray Prachurya
Published: May 2022

With the exponential increase in data, the need to authenticate the integrity accuracy of the data also increases. Regarded as a mysterious law, Benford's Law has seen many use cases over the centuries ranging from detecting fraud in accounting to checking for GAN generated images. This First digit law has helped finding anomalies in various data across many domains. This paper summarizes what this mysterious law is and implements the same to asteroid data to check for the pattern. This law has the potential to handle the growing need for authenticity for the big data revolution. Further research on this field includes not only the implementation here on earth but also for the data being generated by satellites and telescopes in deep space!
A Machine Learning based Drug Recommendation System for Health Care.
Authors: Mohapatra Mahima , Nayak Mamata , Mahapatra Saswati
Published: May 2022

In today’s digital era healthcare is one among the major core areas of the medical domain. People trying to find suitable health-related information that they are concerned with. The Internet could be a great resource for this kind of data, however you need to take care to avoid getting harmful information. Nowadays, a colossal quantity of clinical information dispersed totally across different websites on the Internet prevents users from finding useful information for their well-being improvement. Errors in medication are one of the foremost severe medical faults that would be a threat to patients’ lives. These problems increases the requirement to use recommendation systems within the domain of healthcare to assist users create additional economical and correct health-related decisions. During this paper, drug recommendation systems are developed to help end-users in distinctive correct medications for a particular wellness based on the reviews of other end-users provided on totally different medications for various specific diseases. The goal of this recommendation system is to examine the dataset using data mining concepts, visualization, sentiment analysis and recommend drugs based on the condition, ratings and reviews using Machine Learning approaches, Content and Collaborative filtering approach, for each health condition of a patient.
Fortune of smart-phones by A model recommendation.
Authors: Sahoo Sonali , Hotta Subhalaxmi , Swarnkar Tripti
Published: May 2022

In recent market, there are several cell phones available, Smart phones differ based on their Operating system. Here we are going to do a comparison between two Operating systems i.e., “IOS and ANDROID”. The comparison starts including the basic features of smart phones. The features are varying from each other. Some of them are categorical and some are numerical. According to these data, classify the smart phones using machine learning classification model. After the classification we are going to analyse which operating system-based Smartphone will be taken for further classification. A “Recommendation system”, will be designed which recommend a better smart phone to the customer. In market a lot of smart phones are available, which are of different companies but with same cost. From classification model we will find which set is more affordable with good combination of features. Further Recommendation model will help us to find which model will be the best model according to the customer requirement and budget. On the basis of customer requirement that is what are the features and price of the phone our model is going to predict which model will be more suitable and gives the solution in a form of recommendation. It will give us the exact phone, which is having all the features and also pocket friendly.
Speech Emotion Recognition System using Librosa for Better Customer Experience
Authors: Mohanty Subhadarshini , Mohapatra Subasish , Sahoo Amlan
Published: May 2022

Call center employees usually depend on instinct to judge a potential customer and how to pitch to them. In this paper, we pitch a more effective way for call center employees to generate more leads and engagement to generate higher revenue by analyzing the speech of the target customer by using machine learning practices and depending on data to make data-driven decisions rather than intuition. Speech Emotion Recognition otherwise known as SER is the demonstration of aspiring to perceive human inclination along with the behavior. Normally voice reflects basic feeling through tone and pitch. According to human behavior, many creatures other than human beings are also synced themselves. In this paper, we have used a python-based library named Librosa for examining music tones and sounds or speeches. In this regard, various libraries are being assembled to build a detection model utilizing an MLP (Multilayer Perceptron) classifier. The classifier will train to perceive feeling from multiple sound records. The whole implementation will be based on an existing Kaggle dataset for speech recognition. The training set will be treated to train the perceptron whereas the test set will showcase the accuracy of the model.
Effect of Buerger Allen Exercise on Lower Extremity Perfusion Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus - Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Elinar Digal Prajnya
Published: May 2022

An experimental study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of Buerger Allen exercise on lower extremity perfusion among patients with diabetes mellitus. Conceptual framework used in this study was based on modified Daniel Stuffle Beam’s CIPP evaluation model. Consecutive sampling technique was used to select 30 Type- II diabetes mellitus patients (15 patients each in experimental and control group). The study was conducted in medicine unit of Pradyumna Bal Memorial Hospital. In experimental group samples were subjected to Buerger Allen exercise whereas in control group no intervention was given. Ankle Brachial Index was used to assess the lower extremity perfusion. Statistical value revealed that on post-intervention the mean lower extremity perfusion in right leg in experimental group was 0.84 which is higher than the mean lower extremity perfusion of control group 0.65 with p value 0.000 which is extremely significant at pd0.001 level of significance. The mean lower extremity perfusion in left leg in experimental group was 0.84 which is higher than the mean lower extremity perfusion of control group 0.67 with p value 0.000 which is extremely significant at pd0.001 level of significance. The study concluded that Buerger Allen exercise is a non-invasive cost effective method to improve the lower extremity perfusion.
Effectiveness of Intradialytic Stretching Exercise on Pain due to Muscle Cramps among Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis at a Selected Tertiary Care Hospital Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Authors: Bagchi Ipsita
Published: May 2022

Among the patients undergoing haemodialysis, complication of muscle cramps, commonly occurs in calf muscles, feet, toes and thigh. Stretching exercises are the best measure to reduce or prevent cramps from occurring during haemodialysis among chronic renal failure patients. In this study to evaluate the effectiveness of intra dialytic stretching exercise on pain due to muscle cramps among haemodialysis patient, randomised controlled clinical trial design was adopted; 162 patients, undergoing dialysis at Pradyumna Bal Memorial Hospital, Bhubaneswar were selected by consecutive sampling technique and according to randomisation table, divided into (1) control group (n=81) receiving only standard institutional protocol with 0.9% normal saline, at the onset of muscle cramps, during haemodialysis and (2) experimental group (n=81) receiving passive intradialytic stretching exercises, at the onset of pain, during haemodialysis for 15 minutes, once per sitting and the same was repeated for 3 such sittings. Pre-test pain score and post-test pain score at the end of each sitting, for both the group was recorded. Statistical ndings (independent t-test) revealed that in day 3 post-test mean score of pain due to muscle cramp in experimental group and control group were 1.74 & 4.15 respectively with difference of pre-test and post-test score in experimental group and control group were 7.04 & 4.87 respectively which was found to be statistically signi cant (p<0.05). After intra dialytic stretching exercise, a signi cant level of reduction in pain due to muscle cramps was noticed among patients undergoing haemodialysis. Participants felt comfortable and also expressed high level of satisfaction towards administration of stretching exercise.
DİJİTAL PAZARLAMA YAKLAŞIMI AÇISINDAN WEBCARE KALİTESİNİN OLUMLU AĞIZDAN AĞIZA PAZARLAMA NİYETİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ROLÜ VE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: Onurlu Özlen , Kuşat Gülşah
Published: May 2022

Sosyal medya, tüketicilerin genellikle markalarla ilgili düşüncelerini ve olumsuz alışveriş deneyimlerini diğer tüketicilerle kolayca paylaşmasını mümkün kılmaktadır. Bu olumsuz deneyimlerin internet ortamında paylaşımı, diğer tüketicilerin satın alma kararlarını doğrudan etkilemektedir. Bu nedenle markalar için önem arz eden bir konu haline gelmektedir. İnternet ortamında paylaşılan olumsuz ağızdan ağıza iletişimin (Negative Word of Mouth- NWOM) etkilerini hafifletmek için markalar, tüketici paylaşımlarını takip ederek ve sorunları ya da yöneltilen soruları cevaplayarak süreci kontrol altına almaya çalışmaktadır. Bu süreç, yani çevrim içi olumsuz yorumların yönetimi ise dünya literatürüne “webcare” olarak geçmiştir. Webcare, müşteri memnuniyetini geri kazanma veya artırma ve olumsuz eWOM’un diğer tüketiciler üzerinde sahip olabileceği potansiyel zararı sınırlama amacına odaklanmaktadır. Bu uygulama ile arzulanan sonuç, şikayetçi müşterilerin olumsuz eWOM yaymayı bırakması ve şirket hakkında olumlu WOM yaymaya başlamasıdır. Bu çalışma da webcare kalitesinin 9 unsurunun, olumlu ağızdan ağıza pazarlama niyeti üzerindeki etkisini araştırmaya odaklanmıştır. Veriler elektronik anket yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda; webcare kalitesi unsurlarından sahiplik, tutarlılık ve kişiselleştirmenin olumlu ağızdan ağıza pazarlama niyeti üzerinde olumlu bir etkisi olduğu belirlenmiştir.
Lugares das línguas estrangeiras em traduções de resumos de artigos publicados em periódicos da área de Linguística e Literatura
Authors: Jacumasso Tadinei Daniel
Published: May 2022

O objetivo principal deste estudo é investigar lugares que ocupam as línguas estrangeiras nas traduções de resumos de artigos publicados em periódicos classificados como A1 avaliados pela CAPES na área de Linguística e Literatura. Trata-se de uma pesquisa que se insere na área da Sociolinguística, mais especificamente vinculada ao campo das Políticas Linguísticas. A metodologia utilizada consiste na geração de dados a partir da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Os resultados mostram que a língua inglesa ocupa nos periódicos analisados um lugar privilegiado em relação às outras línguas estrangeiras. Mostram, também, que o espanhol, o francês e o italiano são as outras línguas possíveis para a tradução dos resumos, mas representam um lugar pequeno nos periódicos investigados.
Efficacy of inspiratory muscle training on inspiratory muscles strength, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with interstitial lung disease. A single non-controlled clinical study
Authors: Aboelmagd M Fatma , Moawd Samah A.
Published: May 2022

Introduction

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of low level laser therapy (extravascular laser blood irradiation) on glycaemic levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients The most disabling symptoms in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients are exertional dyspnoea, functional limitations, and impaired quality of life (QoL), all related to inspiratory muscle dysfunction. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of inspiratory muscle training by using a threshold device on inspiratory muscle strength, functional capacity, and QoL in patients with ILD.

Methods

A single non-controlled clinical study was conducted among 30 patients with different subtypes of ILD who received 30-minute threshold inspiratory muscle training 3 times per week for 12 weeks at 30% of the maximum inspiratory pressure (PImax). PImax, distance walked in a 2-minute walk test (2MWT), oxygen saturation (SO2%), and QoL by the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey were measured before and after the intervention.

Results

A significant improvement was observed in all measured variables: PImax (p = 0.0001), distance walked in 2MWT (p = 0.003), SO2% (p = 0.043), and the QoL score (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

It was found that threshold inspiratory muscle training is recommended to be a part of the routine care for ILD patients to gain the benefits of improving the control of the symptoms.
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and exercises effect on functional exercise performance and quality of life in cases of liver cirrhosis
Authors: Youssef Manal K.
Published: May 2022

Introduction

Patients with cirrhosis experience severe physical deconditioning, sarcopenia, physical frailty, fatigue, and malnutrition. Exercise capacity is limited owing to inactivity, bed rest, obesity, or cachexia. Limb muscle dysfunction has important consequences for patients with liver cirrhosis because it contributes to exercise limitation and reduces daily activities and social life, leading to a quality of life (QOL) impairment, greater utilization of social and health resources, and a worse prognosis. The study purpose was to compare the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and exercises on treatment of patients with liver cirrhosis.

Methods

A total of 60 patients (41 males and 19 females) with liver cirrhosis, aged 35–59 years, were randomly assigned to 2 groups: an NMES group (n = 30) and exercises group (n = 30). The intervention was implemented 3 times per week for 3 months. Exercise performance and QOL were measured before and after the intervention.

Results

Before treatment, there was no significant difference in exercise performance or QOL between the 2 groups; however, after 3 months of intervention, a significant difference in exercise performance was observed between the 2 groups (p = 0.001). Both groups improved their QOL (p = 0.001), but the NMES group improved more than the exercise group.

Conclusions

NMES is an important technique to increase exercise performance and QOL in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Trac: An Approach to Teaching Security-Aware Programming in Undergraduate Computer Science Courses
Authors: Elva Rochelle
Published: May 2022

The unfortunate list of software failures, attacks, and other software disasters has made it apparent that software engineers need to produce reliable code. The Department of Homeland Security reports that 90% of software exploits are due to vulnerabilities resulting from defects in code. These defects are easy to exploit. They are potentially dangerous as they create software vulnerabilities that allow hackers to attack software, preventing it from working or compromising sensitive data. Thus, these defects need to be addressed as part of any effort to secure software. An effective strategy for addressing security-related code defects is to use defensive programming methods like security-aware programming. This paper presents TRAC, an approach to teaching security-aware programming. The acronym stands for Teach, Revisit, Apply and Challenge. It also describes the implementation of the approach and the results of a small case study (n = 21), in a senior-level elective course.
NGHỆ THUẬT TRANG TRÍ TƯỢNG Ở ĐÌNH LÀNG LÂU THƯỢNG
Authors: Cao Thị Vân
Published: May 2022

Đình làng Lâu Thượng ( ĐLLT) là một trong những ngôi đình lớn có giá trị về lịch sử và giá trị nghệ thuật lâu đời ở Thành phố Việt Trì, tỉnh Phú Thọ. Ngôi đình được ra đời vào khoảng cuối thế kỷ XVII, vừa mang những đặc điểm cơ bản như những ngôi đình cùng thời nói chung, vừa mang nhiều nét độc đáo thi vị nhất là trong nghệ thuật chạm khắc nói riêng, đây là ngôi đình duy nhất trong toàn tỉnh dùng hình thức tượng thờ để trang trí như trên ban thờ cùng một số hệ thống tượng trang trí khác trên kiến trúc, thậm chí trong một số mảng chạm khắc gỗ tượng nhỏ còn được sử dụng như là một trong những thành phần bố cục quan trọng giúp cho mảng chạm trở nên duyên dáng và mang nhiều ý nghĩa hơn. Nhìn chung, với sự góp sức của nghệ thuật trang trí tượng ở ĐLLT, ít nhiều đã góp phần tạo nên những giá trị cả về văn hóa, lịch sử, thẩm mỹ cho ngôi đình cổ tiêu biểu và lớn nhất ở mảnh đất Hùng Vương.
TRANH DÂN GIAN LÀNG SÌNH VÀ HOA GIẤY THANH TIÊN - MỘT SỐ VẤN ĐỀ VỀ PHÁT TRIỂN DU LỊCH VÀ BẢO TỒN VĂN HÓA Ở HUẾ
Authors: Trần Thị Hoài Diễm
Published: May 2022

Cùng với sự phát triển của xã hội, thì vấn đề lưu giữ bản sản văn hóa – tâm linh trong một số loại hình du lịch chính là cầu nối để nâng cao giá trị tinh thần con người trong đời sống .Hiện nay mô hình du lịch văn hóa - tâm linh đang rất được du khách trong nước và quốc tế tìm đến bởi những giá trị lịch sử, văn hóa tâm linh mang đậm nét văn hóa truyền thống Việt như một sự kết nối giữa quá khứ và hiện tại - nơi còn lưu giữ những giá trị văn hóa nghệ thuật truyền thống độc đáo, quý giá. Ở Thừa Thiên Huế- nơi từng là thủ phủ xứ Đàng Trong và kinh đô triều Nguyễn còn lưu giữ nhiều giá trị văn hóa nghệ thuật đặc trưng. 

Xã Phú Mậu, huyện Phú Vang, tỉnh Thừa Thiên là một địa điểm có tiềm năng khả quan để hình thành và phát triển loại hình du lịch này khi nơi đây có 2  làng nghề truyền thống là  tranh dân gian Sình và làng hoa giấy cổ Thanh Tiên.
KHẢO SÁT KỸ NĂNG TỰ BẢO VỆ CỦA TRẺ MẪU GIÁO 5-6 TUỔI Ở CÁC TRƯỜNG MẦM NON KHU VỰC MIỀN NÚI PHÍA BẮC
Authors: Lê Thị Thanh Huệ
Published: May 2022

Kỹ năng tự bảo vệ là một thành tố quan trọng trong hệ thống các kỹ năng sống cần hình thành và phát triển cho trẻ 5-6 tuổi, đặc biệt là trẻ em ở khu vực miền núi với phần lớn trẻ là người dân tộc thiểu số sinh sống ở các vùng sâu, vùng xa - những vùng có địa hình đồi núi, khí hậu khắc nghiệt. Trẻ em đi học gặp nhiều khó khăn và có nguy cơ cao mất an toàn như: nhà ở, trường học thường ở sườn núi, dốc cao; quãng đường từ nhà đến trường xa, trẻ tự đi bộ mà không có người lớn đưa đón; mưa lũ, sấm sét, sạt lở đất đá; bị bắt cóc; bị xâm hại; bị lạc đường, tai nạn giao thông, đuối nước; bị bỏng; vật sắc nhọn; bị côn trùng đốt và động vật hoang dã tấn công; bị đói, khát nước; bị ốm sốt; ở nhà một mình khi bố mẹ đi làm thuê dài ngày; ... Vì vậy, chúng tôi tiến hành nghiên cứu này với mục đích phát hiện thực trạng mức độ kỹ năng tự bảo vệ của trẻ, tìm hiểu các rào cản đối với hoạt động giáo dục kỹ năng tự bảo vệ cho trẻ ở khu vực này. Các phương pháp nghiên cứu được sử dụng bao gồm: phương điều tra, phương pháp quan sát theo quá trình, bài tập tình huống, phương pháp phỏng vấn, phương pháp thống kê toán học (phần mềm SPSS 20.0),… Kết quả về cảm giác thoải mái và sự tham gia tích cực của trẻ trong hoạt động ở các trường đạt từ mức trung bình từ 2.62 đến 2.64; mức độ kỹ năng tự bảo vệ của trẻ ở các nhóm kỹ năng được khảo sát phân bố chủ yếu ở mức 2 và 3, từ 1.18 đến 2.52 (trong 4 mức đánh giá).
THỰC TRẠNG PHÁT TRIỂN ĐỘI NGŨ GIÁO VIÊN CHỦ NHIỆM LỚP Ở TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC CƠ SỞ HUYỆN ĐẠI TỪ, TỈNH THÁI NGUYÊN THEO TIẾP CẬN NĂNG LỰC
Authors: Phạm Văn Cường
Published: May 2022

Phát triển đội ngũ giáo viên chủ nhiệm lớp theo tiếp cận năng lực là cần thiết nhằm giúp nâng cao hiệu quả của công tác chủ nhiệm lớp, làm tốt công tác giáo dục học sinh. Bài viết nghiên cứu làm rõ thực trạng phát triển đội ngũ giáo viên chủ nhiệm ở các trường THCS huyện Đại Từ, tỉnh Thái Nguyên ở các nội dung: Quản lí công tác lập kế hoạch, tổ chức, chỉ đạo quản lí, kiểm tra đánh giá qua khảo sát 35 CBQL (gồm cán bộ quản lý phòng giáo dục & đào tạo, Hiệu trưởng, Hiệu phó) và 135 giáo viên chủ nhiệm lớp tại 15 trường trung học cơ sở huyện Đại từ tỉnh Thái Nguyên.
Brewing a Boycott
Authors: Brantley Allyson P.
Published: May 2022

In the late twentieth century, nothing united union members, progressive students, Black and Chicano activists, Native Americans, feminists, and members of the LGBTQ+ community quite as well as Coors beer. They came together not in praise of the ice cold beverage but rather to fight a common enemy: the Colorado-based Coors Brewing Company. Wielding the consumer boycott as their weapon of choice, activists targeted Coors for allegations of antiunionism, discrimination, and conservative political ties. Over decades of organizing and coalition-building from the 1950s to the 1990s, anti-Coors activists molded the boycott into a powerful means of political protest. In this first narrative history of one of the longest boycott campaigns in U.S. history, Allyson P. Brantley draws from a broad archive as well as oral history interviews with long-time boycotters to offer a compelling, grassroots view of anti-corporate organizing and the unlikely coalitions that formed in opposition to the iconic Rocky Mountain brew. The story highlights the vibrancy of activism in the final decades of the twentieth century and the enduring legacy of that organizing for communities, consumer activists, and corporations today.
Chicanos Arriba, Coors Abajo
Authors: Brantley Allyson P.
Published: May 2022

This chapter highlights the expansion of the Coors boycott among activists of color, especially Chicana and Chicano activists in Colorado in the 1960s and 1970s. Centering the experiences of a young Chicano in Colorado, Juan Federico “Freddie” Trujillo, this chapter first details allegations of discrimination at the Coors Brewing Company. Coors’s employees of color and local civil rights organizations, such as the Crusade for Justice and American GI Forum, began to pressure the company to improve its hiring record through legal actions, rallies and protests, and a consumer boycott. Into the 1970s, Chicano boycott actions against Coors became increasingly radical and linked to broader struggles for justice and cultural nationalism, as seen in boycott activism, art, and ephemera among Chicano college students from Colorado to California.
The Male Chauvinist Pig
Authors: Willett Julie
Published: May 2022

In the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, a series of stock characters emerged to define and bolster white masculinity. Alongside such caricatures as "the Playboy" and "the Redneck" came a new creation: "the Male Chauvinist Pig." Coined by second-wave feminists as an insult, the Male Chauvinist Pig was largely defined by an anti-feminism that manifested in boorish sexist jokes. But the epithet backfired: being a sexist pig quickly transformed into a badge of honor worn proudly by misogynists, and, in time, it would come to define a strain of right-wing politics. Historian Julie Willett tracks the ways in which the sexist pig was sanitized by racism, popularized by consumer culture, weaponized to demean feminists, and politicized to mobilize libertine sexists to adopt reactionary politics. Mapping out a trajectory that links the sexist buffoonery of Bobby Riggs in the 1970s, the popularity of Rush Limbaugh’s screeds against "Feminazis" in the 1990s, and the present-day misogyny underpinning Trumpism, Willett makes a case for the potency of this seemingly laughable cultural symbol, showing what can happen when we neglect or trivialize the political power of humor.
Branding the Pig
Authors: Willett Julie
Published: May 2022

This chapter traces the male chauvinist pig as he found his niche in Modern Conservatism. More specifically, this chapter explores how the Right began to latch on to the MCP label not just for his opposition to feminism and race privilege but to create his own brand of countercultural aesthetics. Even the redneck got a makeover as the southernization of American political humor took root. Much like the male chauvinist pig who never got to step foot in the Playboy mansion, let alone get the girl next door, conservatives who weren’t cool could dabble in misogynist ridicule to play themselves up as a heterosexual tease. In so doing, the male chauvinist pig, who took pride in an antifeminist stance could bolster his (and the Republican party’s) political virility in much the way an MCP label or tag line marketed sporty shoes and neckties. As the playboy lifestyle became even more out of reach, disenchanted men came to embrace antifeminism and adopt the attributes of the male chauvinist pig as a badge of honor.
9/11
Authors: Dunaway Finis
Published: May 2022

This chapter considers the repercussions of the 9/11 terrorist attacks for the Arctic Refuge debate. It begins on Capitol Hill, as Lenny Kohm along with several Gwich’in representatives—including Lorraine Netro, Kenny Smith, and Joe Tetlichi—were meeting with a U.S. Senator just as planes struck the World Trade Center. The chapter places 9/11 within the changing political dynamics of the time, including the election of George W. Bush in 2000 and the Republican push to drill in the Arctic Refuge, often with the claim that this development would free the United States from dependence on the volatile Middle East. The chapter ends by introducing a new character, the photographer Subhankar Banerjee, whose unlikely career as an activist is profiled in the next chapter.
Meade at Gettysburg
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade when discussing the great leaders of the Civil War. But in this long-anticipated book, Kent Masterson Brown draws on an expansive archive to reappraise Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. Using Meade's published and unpublished papers alongside diaries, letters, and memoirs of fellow officers and enlisted men, Brown highlights how Meade's rapid advance of the army to Gettysburg on July 1, his tactical control and coordination of the army in the desperate fighting on July 2, and his determination to hold his positions on July 3 insured victory. 
Brown argues that supply deficiencies, brought about by the army's unexpected need to advance to Gettysburg, were crippling. In spite of that, Meade pursued Lee's retreating army rapidly, and his decision not to blindly attack Lee's formidable defenses near Williamsport on July 13 was entirely correct in spite of subsequent harsh criticism. Combining compelling narrative with incisive analysis, this finely rendered work of military history deepens our understanding of the Army of the Potomac as well as the machinations of the Gettysburg Campaign, restoring Meade to his rightful place in the Gettysburg narrative.
You Must Fall Back to Emmitsburg
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

Meade on June 30 establishes a defense line generally along Big Pipe Creek, with his left flank at Emmitsburg and Marsh Creek and his right flank at Manchester, thirty miles east. He then orders General John F.Reynolds, with the First Corps, on July 1, to move to Gettysburg with General Oliver O.Howard’s Eleventh Corps in support. In addition, Meade, by a hand-written letter, directs Reynolds to get on the enemy’s “roads and routes of communication,” but, if attacked, to “fall back to Emmitsburg.”
Your March Will Be a Forced One
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

Although Meade planned a defense line along Big Pipe Creek and was setting up a network of signal stations along that line on the morning of July 1, General Gibbon, under Meade’s orders, left Taneytown for Gettysburg with the Second Corps. When Hancock arrived at Cemetery Hill, he informed Howard of the mission Meade had given him, and he took command of all the troops there. He and General Warren found the positions on Cemetery Hill, Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Ridge generally defensible, but subject to being turned on the left. Hancock set about forming defensive positions with the troops there. As Henry W. Slocum’s Twelfth Corps arrived, Hancock directed General John W.Geary’s division to occupy Little Round Top on the far left. Meade ordered Sedgwick’s Sixth Corps to move to Taneytown, but later directed it to Gettysburg,a thirty-two mile march from Manchester. The Fifth Corps was on the march to Gettysburg from Hanover, and the Third Corps was marching to Gettysburg from Emmitsburg, all as directed by Meade on the afternoon of July 1. Meade received dispatches from General Hancock that quoted General Howard as saying that Doubleday’s First Corps “gave way.” Meade promptly sent orders to General John Newton relieving Doubleday of command and directing Newton of the Sixth Corps to take command of the remnants of the First Corps.
You Will Probably Have a Depot at Westminster
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

Beyond the fighting that erupted at Gettysburg and Meade advancing all of his seven corps to Gettysburg, Meade also received word from Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs in Washington that the War Department had agreed to Meade’s request, made before news of the fighting at Gettysburg reached him, that Westminster and Union Bridge, Maryland be the supply base of the Army of the Potomac, although it was twenty-two miles south of Gettysburg. Meade also learned that General Herman Haupt had been ordered to, among other things, work on the Western Maryland Railroad that ran on a single track from Baltimore to Westminster and Union Bridge. Meade also learned that the Adams Express Company would set up horse relays from Gettysburg to Westminster and from Westminster to Baltimore to allow Meade to communicate with the War Department as there were no telegraph lines.
I Shall Remain in My Present Position Tomorrow
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

The fighting did not end on July 2 with the defeat of the Confederate attacks against Cemetery Ridge. Instead, Meade’s defense lines on Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill were attacked in the darkness. Troops from the First and Second Corps were sent to Culp’s Hill where only one brigade of the Twelfth Corps remained. As the Confederate attacks against the vulnerable right flank were beaten back, Meade wrote a message to General Henry Halleck telling him of his general success and that he “intended to remain in his present position tomorrow.” Meade called a council of war at his Leister house headquarters where all of his corps commanders expressed their desire that the army remain in its present position.
I Shall Continue My Flank Movement
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

On the morning of July 5, Meade’s signal stations were reporting that it appeared that Lee’s army had evacuated the defense line along Oak and Seminary Ridges and was heading west toward Fairfield and Cashtown. Meade still had to be sure the enemy was not heading to the South Mountain range in order to lure him into an attack there. He directed General Sedgwick and the Sixth Corps to pursue the enemy to Fairfield as a reconnaissance in force and frequently report the enemy’s movements. He also appealed to the Quartermaster General and his staff for horses, grain, hay, shoes, stockings, horseshoes, nails, rations, and ammunition, all of which were desperately needed. Half of the army was shoeless, few of the men had been given anything to eat, and, by July 10 more than 14,000 horses would be lost, some dying, some becoming lame, others broken down.
I Found He Had Retired in the Night
Authors: Brown Kent Masterson
Published: May 2022

As Lee’s army reached Hagerstown on July 7 and began fortifying a ridge that was nine miles long and ran from just west of that town to Downsville; thereafter, it set about constructing a pontoon bridge across the Potomac. By July 8 Meade had gotten elements of the Army of the Potomac as far as Middletown, Maryland. By July 11, Meade’s army was facing Lee’s elaborate line of defence. If Meade ordered an attack, his troops would have to wade a swollen stream, fight their way through rifle pits for nearly a mile, and then advance uphill against artillery and musket fire. The next day Meade wrote to General Halleck that he would attack the enemy in the morning unless “something interferes to prevent it.” At a counsel that night, Meade’s corps commanders were opposed to an attack, believing it could not succeed. Meade agreed. Lee’s army escaped across the Potomac River on the night of July 13 and the morning of July 14.
Alterative Extracts
Authors: French Kara M.
Published: May 2022

Chapter 4, “Alterative Extracts,” demonstrates how a celibate sexual identity allowed the products of Shakers, Catholics and sexual reformers to achieve a “brand-name” recognition in the emerging marketplace. The sexual distinctiveness of these products and their producers made them seem exotic to consumers. Similar to the way that racialization and Orientalism also were employed by marketers and advertisers, Shaker patent medicines and herbs, Catholic education, and the Grahamite health establishments were enhanced by claims to a mystical purity. In turn, these goods and services could also be used as a form of evangelization or to help bridge the divide between religious minorities and Protestant consumers.
Introduction
Authors: Bodnar John
Published: May 2022

This introduction examines the surge of patriotism that exploded in America after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It shows that this wave was powerful but eventually challenged by many Americans who came to denounce its violent dimensions. Here patriotism is dissected into two powerful dimensions which contest each other over the course of the book. Unconcerned about inflicting violence, war-based patriotism turned loyalty into a militaristic quest bent upon vanquishing enemies. Empathic patriotism, more willing to bear witness to the suffering the war brought in both the homeland and in nations abroad, called for a more critical analysis of the war and the human suffering it entailed.
The Oil Palm in Africa
Authors: Robins Jonathan E.
Published: May 2022

This chapter introduces the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, describing its physical characteristics and its historic distribution across African landscapes. Methods for producing palm oil, palm wine, and other products made from oil palms are discussed along with the varying roles of these products in material culture in Africa. The chapter reviews myths and religious traditions about the oil palm. Finally, the chapter reviews evidence about the distribution of oil palms and palm oil from archaeology and history and refutes claims that palm oil was a widely-used commodity in ancient Egypt.
The Land and the Waters
Authors: Rountree Helen C. , Taukchiray Wesley D.
Published: May 2022

There is an enduring cliché that American Indians, before the invasions by Europeans and others, “lived close to the land.” With Part One showing in detail how the Sounds people did that, Chapter 1 logically describes what that land – plus the waterways that are interlaced with it – was like. Included are descriptions of land forms, rivers and sounds and the salinities of waters in them, native wild plants useful to humans, and animals (including fish and shellfish) useful to humans. Early on in the chapter there is a reconstruction of what salinities the Albemarle Sound had in the 1580s, due to there being more inlets along the northern Outer Banks back then. The location of those disappeared inlets was established fairly recently by ground-penetrating sonar.