bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Arabic Teacher Candidates' Perceptions of the "Ideal Arabic Teacher"
Authors:   Süleyman Demirel Universty, Turkey, Yaman Gül Şen
Published: March 2022

In this study, prospective Arabic teacher’s opinions about the ideal Arabic teacher characteristics were examined. The study was carried out according to the phenomenology study pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of this research, which was carried out in the 2021-2022 academic year, was determined by convenience sampling; The study consisted of 63 freshmen and sophomore teacher candidates, 25 male and 38 female, studying in the Arabic Language Teaching Program of the Faculty of Education at Süleyman Demirel University. Document was used as a data collection tool in the research. Teacher candidates were asked to write an essay about the ideal Arabic teacher. The compositions of the students formed the documents of the research. Interpretation of the data was done by content analysis. The findings of the study showed that pre-service teachers' views on the ideal Arabic teacher were divided into three themes: "Personal Characteristics "Professional Characteristics" and "Field Competence.”
Evaluation of Different Kinds of Formwork Systems in Indian Construction Industry
Authors: Dr. M Kranti Kumar  , Jaya Surya R
Published: March 2022

In the construction industry, formwork plays a critical role in the construction of cast in situ reinforced concrete structures. Due to the rapid growth of the Indian economy, population growth, urbanization, and industrialization, the demand for housing and other built structures is increasing. To meet these requirements, quick construction is needed with less project completion time. The conventional system of formwork comprises nearly 50% of the total project completion time. Wastage and labour requirement is also high in conventional formwork systems. So, the use of modern formwork systems like aluminium formwork, tunnel formwork, etc., is increasing in the Indian construction industry. This paper aims to discuss and evaluate the various formwork systems available, and to show their impact on project duration, cost, quality, cycle-time, number of repetitions, labour requirements. Through literature review, data about various formwork systems available all over the world are collected. The current practices in India are known from various stakeholders through a questionnaire survey. Data analysis will be done using the data collected from the literature review and the questionnaire survey. The research will highlight the benefits and comparison of various types of formworks in terms of project duration, cost, quality, cycle-time, number of repetitions, labour requirements. This study concluded that implementing the modern formwork systems will improve the quality, safety, efficiency and minimise the cost and waste in construction.
Keywords: Conventional formwork; Modern formwork systems; fast-track construction; Comparison; Indian construction sector.
Health Awareness Raising with ‘5 Minutes Workout’ Digital Campaign
Authors: Darmawan Andreas James , Suryawati Ni Putu , Utami Sri
Published: March 2022

Health Awareness is important to have a healthy body and good physical fitness. It is something that must be maintained, especially in the post-pandemic period. Another factor that triggers people to ignore health and physical fitness is because it is considered to waste time and there are not many health sports models whose implementation is simpler and shorter. Therefore, a solution is needed in the form of a campaign about short exercise for 5 minutes that can be done at home or office. The method of collecting data for this digital campaign is though observation method, observing one of the sports fields in Denpasar, also by distributing questionnaires, and by interviewing 3 people. The results will be used as basic design concept, and will be digitally campaigned in form of active and healthy short exercises. Campaign will be compiled with digital media in application, with the style of pop art design in order to gain '5 Minutes Workout' campaign.
Calligraphic Design in Fractal Model Based on Rectangle Collage Decomposition
Authors: Darmanto Tedjo
Published: March 2022

A fractal model can deliver the beauty of self-similarity feature to be used in designing artistic things such as calligraphic characters. The fractal model can deliver the power of mathematics to be used in modeling the complex things that can be handled by computer programs. This paper delivers the short-cut way to design the artistic calligraphic characters based on the modification of the existing form of the simple rectangle fractal object to construct the stroke form of the calligraphic character as the simple solution of the inverse problem. The upright collage component design of rectangle fractal object can be decomposed into many cells of collage component of a calligraphic character with equal size in the right position of the cells according to the stroke of calligraphic character designed. The short-cut way to encode the fractal object is by copy-editing the representative IFS code based on the position of the cells according to the position of each component of the stroke. The calligraphic characters in fractal form as the collection of IFS code set are the representation of the affine coefficient functions, so they can be easily modified by means of the affine transformation function to any desired form.
Empowerment of Cultural Tourism in West Nias Using Social Media
Authors: Vera Nawiroh , Dewi Liza Dwi Ratna
Published: March 2022

Tourism is a quarter that is growing to be the top mover of improvement inside the vicinity. Nature and cultural diversity are belongings owned by way of each region in Indonesia, that have the capacity to be advanced as traveler destinations. West Nias Regency is one area that has incredible ability to be advanced as a traveller destination, especially cultural tourism. The tourism industry these days can't be separated from the role of social media in book and promoting. numerous varieties of tourism, and tourism destinations in faraway regions can be recognized to the public through social media. One form of social media that has a photograph and video sharing characteristic is Instagram, so Instagram may be used as a medium in selling tourism through the posts of human beings inside the location. the motive of this research is how to empower cultural tourism in West Nias by using maximizing the usage of social media in this example is Instagram. The approach used is exploratory with a qualitative approach. The effects of the look at indicate that the promotion of cultural tourism in West Nias has now not been maximized, specially by way of utilizing social media.
A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Music Students on Distance Piano Education
Authors: Ünlü Levent
Published: March 2022

The aim of this study is to determine whether distance education is a viable option for music department students to receive an adequate piano education. Furthermore, the study seeks to discover encountered in distance piano education and to make recommendations about how piano education could best continue during the current pandemic. The study examines the conditions under which university students who receive piano education through distance education are affected either positively or negatively. It highlights the importance of student attitudes toward distance learning as this can determine student feelings, expectations and the desired outcomes of their education. The findings were obtained by conducting qualitative research using the phenomenological design method. For this study, an interview form was prepared and used as a data collection tool to gather student perspectives about piano education. The results of the study revealed that students found piano education through distance learning as not beneficial overall, the overall achievement of students was found to be negatively affected in distance education. Significant disadvantages of piano education were found through distance learning platforms. According to the results of the research, further recommendations are made to improve the current distance education methods.
Trial Forge Guidance 3: Randomised trials and how to recruit and retain individuals from ethnic minority groups– practical guidance to support better practice
Authors: Dawson Shoba , Banister Katie , Biggs Katie , Cotton Seonaidh , Devane Declan , Gardner Heidi , Gillies Katie , Gopalakrishnan Gosala , Isaacs Talia , Khunti Kamlesh , Nichol Alistair , Parker Adwoa , Russell Amy M. , Shepherd Victoria , Shiely Frances , Shorter Gillian W , Starling Bella , Williams Hywel , Willis Andrew , Witham Miles D , Treweek Shaun
Published: March 2022

Randomised trials, especially those intended to directly inform clinical practice and policy, should be designed to reflect all those who could benefit from the intervention under test should it prove effective. This does not always happen. The UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) INCLUDE project identified many groups in the UK that are under-served by trials, including ethnic minorities. This guidance document presents four key recommendations for designing and running trials that include the ethnic groups needed by the trial. These are: 1. Ensure eligibility criteria and recruitment pathway do not limit participation in ways you do not intend; 2. Make sure your trial materials are developed with inclusion in mind; 3. Ensure staff are culturally competent; 4. Build trusting partnerships with community organisations that work with ethnic minority groups. Each recommendation comes with best practice advice, public contributor testimonials, examples of the inclusion problem tackled by the recommendation, or strategies to mitigate the problem, as well as a collection of resources to support implementation of the recommendations. We encourage trial teams to follow the recommendations and, where possible, evaluate the strategies they use to implement them. Finally, while our primary audience is those designing, running and reporting trials, we hope funders, grant reviewers and approvals agencies may also find our guidance useful.
Climate nonlinearities: selection, uncertainty, projections, & damages
Authors: Cael B. B. , Britten Gregory , Calafat Francisco , Bloch-Johnson Jonah , Stainforth David , Goodwin Philip
Published: March 2022

\textbf{Abstract:} Climate projections are highly uncertain; this uncertainty is costly and impedes progress on climate policy. This uncertainty is primarily parametric (what numbers do we plug into our equations?) and structural (what equations do we use in the first place?). The former is straightforward to characterise in principle, though may be computationally intensive for complex climate models. The latter is more challenging to characterise and is therefore often ignored. We developed a Bayesian approach to quantify structural uncertainty in climate projections, using the idealised energy-balance model representations of climate physics that underpin many economists' integrated assessment models (and therefore their policy recommendations). We define a model selection parameter, which switches on one of a suite of proposed climate nonlinearities and multidecadal climate feedbacks. We find that a temperature-dependent climate feedback is most consistent with global mean surface temperature observations, but that the sign of the temperature-dependence is opposite of what Earth system models suggest. This discrepancy is likely due to the assumption that the recent pattern effect can be represented as a temperature dependence. Moreover, the most likely model is less probable than the rest of the models combined, indicating that structural uncertainty is important for climate projections. Indeed, under shared socioeconomic pathways similar to current emissions reductions targets, structural uncertainty dwarfs parametric uncertainty in temperature. Consequently, structural uncertainty dominates overall non-socioeconomic uncertainty in economic projections of climate change damages, as estimated from a simple temperature-to-damages calculation. These results indicate that considering structural uncertainty is crucial for integrated assessment models in particular, and for climate projections in general.
[Published] - Social Utilitarianism in Digital Interactions and Distant Worlds
Authors: Simanian Avital , Guo Beihan , Lin Yiyue , Willis Jarryd
Published: March 2022

Online social networks are increasingly consequential in individuals’ professional and personal lives, as many people engage online to create and maintain meaningful relationships and satisfy their needs for social connection. People tend to curate their online representations (profile pictures for different websites, videogame avatars, bitmojis, profile page bios, etc.) with almost as much regularity as their corporeal (real-world) self-presentation. As such, the current study explored the socially utilitarian choices people make when presenting themselves in both the corporeal and virtual public spheres. Participants completed a questionnaire assessing various aspects of their self-presentation and behavior in real-life, social media, and online videogames. We found several differences in self-presentation strategies in both online and offline contexts based primarily on ethnoracial background, sex, and skin tone. Minority women (particularly Multiracial women) reported dyeing their hair significantly more than White women, and the overwhelming majority reported dyeing their hair a lighter color than their natural hair color. Women use more emojis and exclamation points in emails and digital interactions than men, and they are more likely to use skin lightening filters before posting a selfie on social media. In addition, we found a descriptive pattern indicating that straight women and bisexual women dating men use more filters than lesbians and bisexual women dating women. Finally, in online videogames, men who are below average height reported creating videogame avatars that were taller than they were, individuals with darker skin tones reported creating avatars with skin tones lighter than their own, and introverts reported that they pretend to be extroverted in videogames more than extroverts reported pretending to be introverted. This study highlights the importance of online self-presentation on people’s social lives and the strategies that people utilize to align how they believe they are socially perceived with a more idealized version of themselves, or a version of themselves that will confer greater social capital than what they believe they naturally embody. Given the increasing possibilities of identity customization in the virtual public sphere, further research is needed to fully understand the complex relationship between online and offline self-presentation.
Inefficient Prioritization of Task-Relevant Attributes During Instrumental Information Demand
Authors: Rischall Isabella , Hunter Laura , Jensen Greg , Gottlieb Jacqueline
Published: March 2022

In natural settings, people decide not only when to request information, but also which attribute of a situation to inquire about. Little is known about how participants prioritize inquiries about task-relevant features. We show that, in a new task of information demand, participants inefficiently inquired about attributes that had high individual value but were less informative about a total payoff, and these inefficiencies persisted in instrumental conditions in which they entailed significantly lower rewards. Factors contributing to inefficient information demand included a form of anticipatory utility motivated by high value individual attributes rather than the total reward, and difficulty identifying the most informative observations. Across participants, more efficient inquiries were associated with personality traits, including lower extraversion and reward sensitivity scores and higher stress tolerance and need for cognition. The results highlight new affective, cognitive and personality factors involved in prioritizing sources of information.
Strategies, Recommendations, and Validation of Remote Executive Function Tasks for use with Young Children
Authors: Ahmed Sammy F. , Skibbe Lori E. , McRoy Kyla , Tatar Burcu Halise , Scharphorn Laura
Published: March 2022

Research and development on remote assessments and services have been slowly progressing over the past decade in the areas of telehealth, telemedicine, and psychological e-Visits. However, much less research has focused on understanding whether neuropsychological and educational assessments can be converted for remote use with young children. In the present study, we tested the feasibility of administering a remote battery of executive function (EF) tasks to preschool students. These tasks were converted from widely used EF assessments and were administered to children in their homes remotely via Zoom Video Communications web conferencing services. Based on our experiences in the field, we described the task conversion process; highlighted the unique challenges and solutions to obtaining accurate and reliable data remotely; and presented psychometric findings from a preliminary study of 97 preschool students (Mage = 53.2 months; 53% Female; 55% Black, 33.7% White, 7.9% biracial, 2.2% "other", 1.1% Asian/Pacific Islander; 7.2% Latine). Results revealed that the remotely assessed Day/Night Stroop task, Dimensional Card Change Sort (DCCS) task, Revised Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS-R) task, and Digit Span Forward task demonstrated strong evidence of normality, were highly reliable, and were related to children’s academic achievement. Further, associations between our remote EF measures and standardized tests of academic achievement were stronger for math than for reading achievement. Overall, this study represents a first step towards developing a protocol for task conversion and remote administration of EF measures with young children.
Shades of meaning: Uncovering the geometry of ambiguous word representations through contextualised language models
Authors: Cevoli Benedetta , Watkins Chris , Gao Yang , Rastle Kathleen
Published: March 2022

Lexical ambiguity presents a profound and enduring challenge to the language sciences. Researchers for decades have grappled with the problem of how language users learn, represent and process words with more than one meaning. Our work offers new insight into psychological understanding of lexical ambiguity through a series of simulations that capitalise on recent advances in contextual language models. These models have no grounded understanding of the meanings of words at all; they simply learn to predict words based on the surrounding context provided by other words. Yet, our analyses show that their representations capture fine-grained meaningful distinctions between unambiguous, homonymous, and polysemous words that align with lexicographic classifications and psychological theorising. These findings provide quantitative support for modern psychological conceptualisations of lexical ambiguity and raise new challenges for understanding of the way that contextual information shapes the meanings of words across different timescales.
Performing for Social Justice: Efficacy of Political Theatre in Nepal and the Philippines
Authors: Lamsal Jiva Nath
Published: March 2022

Theatre plays a vital role in the struggle for democracy, functioning as an alternative medium for presenting social problems “of and to” the people and proving its efficacy as a powerful creative force in unravelling the hidden truths of repressive regimes. This article examines and compares the role of theatre in a Nepali and Filipino context, in particular its deployment in response to repressive regimes, and argues that theatre is both adaptable and efficacious as a tool for social and political justice. Although never colonised, Nepal was under the control of the Rana Oligarchy for over one hundred years (1846-1951). This period of oligarchical rule was followed by three decades of totalitarianism under King Mahendra’s party-less Panchayat system (1960-1990). Despite and because of this climate of political brutality and oppression, theatre and performance traditions endured. These traditions made “the invisible visible,” serving to awaken the population to their democratic rights. In the Philippines, theatre and performance traditions have been used to push back against centuries of foreign influence. More recently, these traditions have been deployed in response to the authoritarian rule of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in particular his aggressive war on drugs. As this study shows, theatre has been a powerful means to fight against autocratic polity and restoration of democracy in Nepal and colonial forces as well as dictatorship in the Philippines.
Soft Power, Crisis of Existence and the Tribal People of Kerala:A Study of Mother Forest, the Unfinished Story of C. K. Janu
Authors: Das Shruti
Published: March 2022

Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” which he says means “getting others to want the outcomes that you want.” The world’s largest democracy India is also the home of millions of impoverished people including many indigenous tribes that are impediments to the desired rapid economic and political growth of India. Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of C. K. Janu, written by Janu Bhaskaran and translated from the original Malayalam into English by N. Ravi Shanker, narrates the story of the struggle of the Adiyas, a tribal people of Kerala, whose identity and livelihood is threatened when they are dispossessed of their ancient land in the forest. The tribe is led by Janu, a girl from their community, whose struggles against the soft power of the State inform the crisis of existence of these tribal people. This paper will attempt to study the crisis of existence of the tribal people in the narrative of Mother Forest using Nye’s theory of “soft power”. This paper will attempt to expose the authoritarianism of State policies vis a vis the helplessness of the indigenous people in the face of displacement from their original habitat as described in Mother Forest.
Mo Yan’s Symbolism and Literary Root-seeking
Authors: Zhang Hua , Ibrahim Yosra
Published: March 2022

Mo Yan is the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. After he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2012, he immediately drew the attention of the world. In the past nine years, there have been many theoretical articles on Mo Yan’s creative style and narrative art, but a very few articles on Mo Yan’s root-seeking characteristics from the perspective of symbolism. This paper attempts to explore the ways Mo Yan searches for his roots through his writings.
MERCURY REMOVAL FROM DAIRY WASTEWATER BY USING MEMBRANE DISTILLATION
Authors: A. Hasan Ali
Published: March 2022

Milk is one of the essential and necessary nutrients and maybe a basic substance in some places and all stages of human life. Milk is rich in many important elements for life and durability. Toxins and heavy elements may enter the milk and then into the human body due to pollution, and mercury is one of these pollutants. This product, despite being important, the production process is accompanied by a lot of liquid waste, which may lead to significant environmental damage. All small tests and misilianiuse works as well as the test of characteristics have been achieved according to American Public Health Association (APHA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), and Water Environment Federation (WEF). Mercury concentration has been achieved according to HACH procedure. In this topic, the membrane distillation process has been used to remove mercury, and the results were the ability of the membrane distillation mechanism to remove mercury 89.044% at the start of the operation, which would decrease due to obstruction. The temperature affects work efficiency and removal by MD, but to some extent, when removal reaches the maximum temperature of 15 ° C. The study came out with a set of recommendations, including a broader study on the possibility of cleaning the membrane used in this mechanism when a blockage occurred without stopping the work of this mechanism. Emphasis should be on what was found more than what was done.
HUMAN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON BRAINPRINT USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
Authors: A. Ali Bushra , H. Ali Ekbal
Published: March 2022

In the medical field, due to the development of neuroimaging, several new methods of the biometric     field have been attending and favorable candidates for the identification of people. These methods are part of "covert biometrics" that involve the use of measures of clinical and medical images to identify them. The prime motivation to use an invisible (Hidden biometric) is the fact that attacks of a system can be very hard to deal with. This privacy strongly contributes to the increased strongest in the topic of person's verification and identification. In this article, he extracted a brain signature, called a "brain fingerprint" from brain (MRI) Magnetic Resonance Image, obtained from 30 healthy subjects as images (1739), these real data sets from Yarmok Medical Hospital. These brainprint in this work are considered to be a hallmark of the brain. The objective of this proposed work which is design a robust, accurate human identification using human brain print, the brain classification based on several phases, included Data acquisition, Feature extraction processing depend on linear discrimination analysis (LDA) to gain important and interesting features of every image calculated by (number of features in the class). The proposed system shows rise detection precision with the features extracted based on LDA with automatical classifier learning by K nearest neighbor (K-NN) and logistic regression (LR) from the LDA method gained with the LR algorithm of (93%) while LDA method gained (91%) with K-NN.
SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF FIBROUS REINFORCED CONCRETE WIDE BEAMS
Authors: T. Abduljabar Hasan , Fadhil Abbas Ra'id
Published: March 2022

When a reinforced concrete beam does not have enough shear strength and / or little amount of secondary rebar are reinforced, the "shear failure" is possible. Such type of failure is not acceptable in civil engineering due it does not indicate any prior notice before the complete failure of the intended structural member. One of the most popular solutions to overcome such shortcoming is the addition of steel fibers due to the ability for enhancing mechanical properties and ductility. Wide beams are such beams that have high width if compared with its thickness, such structural members are frequent in many reinforced concrete building systems and may also face "shear failure" during its service life. The current study investigates the structural behavior of the Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Wide Beams by proposing an experimental program comprising casting and testing of twenty beams specimen. The effective shear spans to depth ratio ratios were 2.5 and 3.5, respectively. Two nominal strength levels 30 MPa "Normal strength concrete" and 60 MPa "High strength concrete are also included. The types of steel fibers used are the "End Hocked" as well as the "Staggered" in 0.5% and 1.5% volume fractions for each one. The results showed that the addition of steel fibers enhances the consequent mechanical properties and the relevant structural behavior of wide beams to a serious concern. Furthermore, the addition of steel fibers modified the shear failure mode to "flexural". The first cracking load increased in "Normal strength" from 21.95% to 73.73% by adding "End Hocked" and from 12.19% to 45.45% by adding "Staggered" while such range reported 15.95% to 45.76% for "End Hocked" and 7.25% to 28.81% for "Staggered" in "High strength". Additionally, the ultimate  load increased in "Normal strength" from 19.75% to 65.98% by adding "End Hocked" and from 10.52% to 43.81% by adding "Staggered" while such range reported 13.5% to43.57 % for "End Hocked" and 7.25% 29.29to % for "Staggered" in "High strength".
PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN SEBAGAI UPAYA PERTAHANAN IDENTITAS NASIONAL DALAM PENDIDIKAN MULTIKULTURAL
Authors: Edi Agus Sarwo
Published: March 2022

AbstrakKarya tulis ini mengkaji ilmu dengan metode kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data in-depth-interview yang bertujuan memberikan wawasan tentang penguatan identitas nasional melalui pendidikan multikultural. Dewasa ini, era globalisasi pada saat ini menyebabkan arus informasi dan mobilitas manusia dari satu daerah ke daerah lain bergerak dengan cepat. Hal ini memungkinkan interaksi manusia antara satu bangsa dengan bangsa lainnya menjadi semakin intens. Salah satu akibat yang ditimbulkan dari adanya globalisasi ini adalah adanya pengaruh yang sangat kuat dari nilai-nilai dan budaya luar yang mempengaruhi kehidupan masyarakat, terutama generasi muda. Diantara nilai dan budaya yang diserap masyarakat, banyak yang tidak sejalan dengan nilai-nilai Pancasila, sehingga dikhawatirkan hal ini berdampak pada tergerusnya nilai-nilai nasionalisme dan identitas bangsaKata kunci: Identitas nasional, globalisasi, pendidikan multikultural AbstractThis paper examines science using qualitative methods with in-depth-interview data collection techniques aimed at providing insight into strengthening national identity through multicultural education. Today, the current era of globalization causes the flow of information and human mobility from one area to another to move quickly. This allows human interaction between one nation and another to become more intense. One of the consequences of this globalization is the very strong influence of foreign values and cultures that affect people's lives, especially the younger generation. Among the values and cultures that are absorbed by the community, many are not in line with the values of Pancasila, so it is feared that this will have an impact on the erosion of the values of nationalism and national identity..Keywords: National identity, globalization, multicultural education
PEMIKIRAN SOEKARNO DALAM AJARAN MARHAENISME
Authors: Raeinady Vhiasyah , Dewantara Jagad Aditya
Published: March 2022

AbstrakTulisan ini menjelaskan sebuah konsep dari pemikiran Soekarno mengenai Marhaenisme yang dianalis dan dibedah sesuai dengan sumber kepustakaan yang ada. Kemudian, berisi sebuah wacana terhadap Indonesia tentang kewajiban pemerintah melindungi kaum Marhaen di tengah pandemi covid-19. Marhaenisme identik sebuah ideologi perjuangan yang melawan kapitalisme yang tumbuh dan berkembang di dunia ini. Marhaenisme lahir dan tumbuh berdasarkan rasa senasib dan sepenanggungan yang diakibatkan oleh kolonialisme dan imperialisme. Akibat penjajahan yang dilakukan oleh bangsa asing membuat rakyat Indonesia hidup dalam penuh penderitaan dan kesengsaraan. Dengan adanya ideologi ini diharapkan Indonesia yang terjajah segera bangkit dan pulih kembali. Kemudian, mampu mengelola kekayaan negeri sendiri tanpa tunduk kepada orang lain. Marhaenisme berusaha menghapus segala bentuk pertentangan dan perbedaan dalam kehidupan. Dalam hal ini, ideologi tersebut berusaha menjadi pembeda dengan ideologi lainnya.Kata kunci: Soekarno, Marhaenisme, Ideologi AbstractThis paper describes a concept from Soekarno's thoughts on marhaenism which is analyzed and dissected according to the available literature sources. Then it contains a discourse against Indonesia about the government's obligation to protect the Marhaen in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. Marhaenism is identical to an ideology of struggle against capitalism that grows and develops in this world. Marhaenism was born and grew based on a sense of shared destiny and shared responsibility caused by colonialism and imperialism. As a result of colonization by foreign nations, the Indonesian people live in full of suffering and misery. With this ideology, it is hoped that colonized Indonesia will soon rise and recover. Then, they are able to manage the wealth of their own country without submitting to others. Marhaenism tries to erase all forms of contradictions and differences in life. In this case, ideology is made trying to be different from other ideologies.Keywords: Soekarno, Marhaenism, Ideology
Effect of Silibinin in Lowering the Intraocular Pressure in Normotensive Rabbits: Interaction with Betaxolol
Authors: A. Hussain Saad , M. Mohammed Haider , H. Jwaied Ahmed , H. Abdulrazzaq Munaf
Published: March 2022

Previous reports demonstrated the effectiveness of silibinin hemisuccinate as a potential intraocular pressure-lowering agent. The exact mechanism by which silibinin exerted this effect has not yet been documented, but might suggested to interfere with aqueous humor formation. The present study was designed to evaluate the comparative efficacy of silibinin as IOP lowering agent to that of betaxolol in normotensive rabbits, and the interaction of silibinin with betaxolol as a way for investigating the possible mechanism of action of silibinin in this respect. The effects of instillation of 0.75% silibinin solution and 0.5% betaxolol eye drops in the eyes of normotensive rabbits were evaluated using indentation tonometry. The results showed that 0.75% solution of silibinin was more potent than betaxolol (0.5%) in lowering IOP in normotensive rabbits. Furthermore, the effect of pre- and post-instillation of silibinin-betaxolol combination showed a characteristic antagonistic feature. In conclusion, silibinin appears to be more potent than betaxolol in lowering IOP in normotensive rabbits; the pre- and post-instillation of silibinin provide experimental evidence for the possible antagonistic effect of betaxolol with the IOP-lowering effect of silibinin.

Key words: silibinin, betaxolol, cAMP, PDE-inhibitors
Anxiety induction and sexual arousal in men and women
Authors: Ashbaugh Andrea R. , Provost-Walker Olivia , Levaque Enya , Kane Leanne , Marinos Julia , Lalumière Martin L.
Published: March 2022

Anxiety can sometimes inhibit and sometimes potentiate sexual arousal. We examined whether an anxiety manipulation in a classical fear-conditioning paradigm impacts self-reported sexual arousal in men and women. University students (62 men, 61 women) underwent differential fear conditioning to erotic images; half the images were sometimes (60%) paired with a shock (CS+) and half were never paired with a shock (CS–). For each trial, participants rated their sexual arousal and anxiety in response to the image; skin conductance response (SCR) and zygomatic and corrugator activity were recorded. During acquisition, self-reported sexual arousal was lower to CS+ than CS− (inhibiting effect), but in men only. During extinction, self-reported sexual arousal was lower to CS+ than CS− for both genders. Some differences produced by CS+ and CS− were observed for SCR and zygomatic and corrugator activation at different points during acquisition and extinction, but the effects were unrelated to ratings of anxiety or sexual arousal. The negative impact of anxiety on sexual arousal appears to be resistant to extinction, and small gender differences were observed. Future studies should include direct measures of physiological sexual arousal. The relationship between sexual arousal and anxiety appears to be complex and should be further investigated.
Skill Mismatch of Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Findings from PIAAC
Authors: Maslov Alexander , Zhong Jianwei
Published: March 2022

In the Canadian sample of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, lower scores within occupation groups are more common among Indigenous individuals (not living on reserves) than for non-Indigenous individuals. This may be interpreted as evidence of what economists call under-skilling, with no implications regarding current job performance, but which has been associated with increased vulnerability to job loss during economic downturns. Estimated under-skilling rates are higher for English or French literacy among First Nations men, for numeracy among First Nations women, and for both proficiency domains among Inuit women and men. Over-skilling is primarily associated with inefficient use of labour resources and reduced welfare. Controlling for demographic characteristics, we find no consistent statistically significant evidence that the odds of being over-skilled—that is, of having higher scores than those within the same occupation group—are different for Indigenous individuals compared with non-Indigenous individuals. In estimated wage equations, wage differences shrink when our over-skilling and under-skilling estimates are added to the controls, but First Nations differences remain negative and significant, particularly for men.
Encadrement du bruit environnemental au Canada
Authors: Laplace Josée , Bild Edda , Trudeau Christopher , Perna Maxime , Dupont Thomas , Guastavino Catherine
Published: March 2022

Le bruit environnemental – enjeu de santé publique et de qualité de vie – est encadré par différents paliers de gouvernement avec des prises en charge distinctes selon les États et régions du monde. Au Canada, le gouvernement fédéral, les provinces et les municipalités (et entités régionales et locales) se partagent la responsabilité du bruit provenant de différentes sources (transports, activités industrielles, activités récréatives, bruits de voisinage, etc.). La revue brossée ici à partir de politiques et de réglementations sur le bruit développées, depuis les années 1970, à tous ces paliers de gouvernement, laisse voir un portrait fragmentaire et inégal selon les provinces, ainsi qu’une multiplicité d’acteurs et de mesures qui exigeraient davantage d’intégration et d’harmonisation. L’étude prend appui sur une recension plus vaste à l’échelle internationale qui permet de situer le cas canadien et d’ouvrir sur une comparaison avec d’autres modèles. L’encadrement actuel, souvent centré sur des mesures réparatrices a posteriori, ne peut en lui-même résoudre tous les enjeux liés au bruit. Ce cadre d’action, qui repose principalement sur le contrôle des niveaux sonores, pourrait également être élargi et enrichi par des approches telles que (i) la prise en compte qualitative des diverses sensibilités des citoyens vis-à-vis du type de bruit rencontré et son contexte, et (ii) des outils de planification prenant pleinement en compte le bruit et plus largement l’environnement sonore en aménagement du territoire. Ainsi bonifié, l’encadrement du bruit serait en mesure de mieux répondre aux coûts sociaux et économiques engendrés par ce polluant environnemental au Canada et au souci de réduire les inégalités en matière d’exposition des populations au bruit.
ORTA GELİR GRUBU ÜLKELERDE GELİR YAKINSAMASI: PHILLIPS SUL KULÜP YAKINSAMA ANALİZİ
Authors: YILMAZ ŞAHİN Burcu
Published: March 2022

Ülkeler arasındaki gelişmişlik sorunu uzun zamandır araştırılan bir konudur. Küresel olarak ele alınması gereken bu sorun, ülkeler arasında yakın zamanda ve gelecekte yaşanacak eşitsizliğin azalıp azalmayacağı hakkında soruları gündeme getirmektedir. Gelir farklılıkları iktisadi kalkınma sürecinde önemli bir sorun olmaktadır. Ülkeler arasında kişi başına GSYİH karşılaştırmalarında ülkeler arasında kişi başına GSYİH’de bir yakınsama olup olmadığı sorusuna da cevap aramaktadır. Ekonomik yakınsama, fakir ekonomilerin kişi başına gelirlerinin zengin ekonomilere göre daha hızlı büyüme eğiliminde olacağı, tüm ekonomilerin zamanla kişi başına çıktı açısından birbirine yakınlaşacağı hipotezini ifade eder. Yakınsama kavramında üç farklı hipotez ileri sürülmektedir. Mutlak yakınsama hipotezi, başlangıçtaki yapısal özellikleri veya kişi başına düşen GSYİH seviyeleri ne olursa olsun, kişi başına GSYİH’nin uzun vadede ortak bir sabit durum dengesine yakınsadığını öne sürer. Koşullu yakınsama hipotezi aynı zamanda ortak bir durağan duruma yakınsamanın başlangıç düzeylerinden bağımsız olarak yalnızca ortak yapısal özellikleri (demografi, politika, coğrafya vb.) paylaşan ülkeler arasında gerçekleştiğini varsayar. Son olarak, kulüp yakınsama hipotezi, benzer başlangıç koşullarına sahip ve yapısal özellikler açısından özdeş ülke gruplarının ortak bir durağan durum dengesine yakınsadığı bir durumu tanımlar. Kulüp yakınsamada, çoklu dengeler mevcuttur ve ülkelerin başlangıç seviyeleri aynı durağan durumda ise bu dengelerden birine ulaşabilirler.
Çalışmada, yakınsama analizi 92 orta gelir grubu ülke için 1990-2020 dönemini kapsayan yıllık kişi başına gelir verisi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Phillips Sul yöntemiyle yapılan analiz sonucunda 92 ülkenin tamamı arasında yakınsama tespit edilmemiş, kulüp mantığıyla 92 ülkenin toplam 2 alt kulüp oluşturduğu tespit edilmiştir.
JEAN BAUDRILLARD’IN FELSEFESİNDE REKLAM
Authors: ÖZDİL Tuğçe Arslan , KAYA Bayram
Published: March 2022

Çağımızın önde gelen figürlerinden biri olan Fransız sosyolog Jean Baudrillard toplum, tüketici, tüketim ve reklam gibi pek çok konuda ortaya koyduğu düşünceleriyle dikkat çekmektedir. Reklamın ortaya çıktığı ilk günden itibaren tüketim evreninde büyük bir role sahip olması birçok düşünür gibi Baudrillard’ın da dikkatini çekmiştir ve bu konudaki fikirleri neredeyse tüm eserlerine yansımıştır. Baudrillard’a göre giderek zenginleşen toplumda kişiler metalaşarak ve nesneleşerek tüketim toplumunu oluşturmaktadırlar. Tüketim toplumunun oluşumunda, işleyişinde ve ilerleyişinde reklamın önemi büyüktür. İnsanlar artık ihtiyaç için değil, psikolojik doyum için tüketmeye başlamışlardır ve mal veya hizmet yerine semboller satın almaktadırlar. Bu düzende reklam tetikleyici, yol gösterici ve ödüllendirici olarak yerini almaktadır.
Bu çalışmanın amacı Jean Baudrillard’ın reklama bakış açısının, reklamı ele alış biçiminin ve reklam ile ilgili düşüncelerinin tespit edilmesidir. Yöntem olarak yazılı eserlerin, yazarın kendisinin, yakın ve uzak çevresinin, yaşadığı olayların, toplumun vb. faktörlerin birleşiminden oluştuğunu ve eserlerin incelenmesi ile içerisinde yer alan fikirlerin tespit edilebileceğini öne süren edebiyat sosyolojisi kullanılmıştır. Bu yöntemle Baudrillard’a ait 26 kitap incelenmiş, reklam ile ilgili fikirler öncelikle kodlanmış ve ardından ortak kodlar bir arada olacak şekilde analiz edilmiştir. Baudrillard farklı konularda ele aldığı bu 26 kitaptan 9’unda reklam konusuna yer vermiştir. Baudrillard’ın reklamı, tüketim toplumu, endüstri, üretici güçler, tüketici, teknoloji, sosyal ve psikolojik olgular kapsamında değerlendirdiği görülmektedir.
RAUF KERİMOV, HİNT MÜZİK SANATI, KATRE MÜZİK OKULU YAYINLARI, KAYSERİ, 2021, 210 S., ISBN: 9786250003060
Authors: HÜSEYNOVA Ganire
Published: March 2022

Müzik her zaman Hintlerin yaşamının önemli bir parçası olmuştur. Basit halk ezgilerinden dünyanın en mükemmel müzik sistemlerinden birine kadar uzanan Hint müziğinin kökenlerine, en eski Hindu yazıtları olan Vedalarda rastlanır. Hintlerde sesin kozmik ahengin bir yaratıcısı olduğu inancı, evrende ve insan dünyasında düzeni koruma adına bir temel kabul edilmiş, bu bakış açısından müzik, kendini ifade etmeden ziyade, kendini gerçekleştirme ve bir kurtuluş aracı olarak görülmüştür. Günümüzde Hint medeniyetine yönelik araştırmalar Hindoloji bölümlerinin yanında, Tarih, Dinler Tarihi, Sanat Tarihi, Etno-müzikoloji gibi bilim dallarında sürdürülmektedir. Tanıtmaya çalışacağımız bu kitap, müzikoloji alanındaki ender çalışmalardan birisi olması nedeniyle önem arz etmektedir. Üniversitelerin yukarıda adı geçen bölümü öğrencilerine ve akademisyenlere Hint kültürü ve medeniyetine yönelik araştırmalarında bir kaynak eser olarak hazırlanmış bu kitapta; Hint müzik sanatı çok yönlü olarak ele alınmıştır.
Management of Higher Education Development: Conceptual Foundations and Analytical Management Models
Authors: Ivanova Oksana Evgenevna , Shapovalova Oksana Fedorovna
Published: March 2022

In recent decades, there have been significant changes in management in general, and in particular in the management of education, which is associated with such processes as globalization, commercialization, public sector reforms and the emergence of the knowledge economy and society. The article discusses the main theoretical approaches developed by researchers in recent years, including the main models of management of the development of higher education. It is concluded that the applicability of a particular management model in countries is determined by the role and place of the education system in them, the historically established interaction of the education system and society. None of the considered models makes it possible to identify its advantages over other models, therefore, the development of education management models needs further development.
The Concept of Nuclear Safety: International Acts and National Legislation
Authors: Bogonenko Vladimir Antonovich
Published: March 2022

The concept of nuclear safety is considered, as well as related concepts enshrined in international acts and national legislation. In relation to the research topic, the texts of international conventions in the field of nuclear safety are analyzed. The Institute of Nuclear Safety is considered on the example of the rule-making experience of France, including legislation on environmental protection. The legislation of the Republic of Belarus, which contains norms on nuclear safety, is considered. Conclusions are drawn regarding the content and development of the Institute of Nuclear Safety.
Economic Essence, Principles and Functions of the Tax Potential of the Subjects of the Russian Federation
Authors: Okisheva Natalia Konstantinovna
Published: March 2022

The article discusses the authors' approaches to determining the economic essence of the tax potential of the regions, gives a description of its fundamental principles and functions. The author gives statistical indicators for assessing the tax potential of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, reveals the problems of its determination.
Missionary Activity and Civilization of Western Missionaries: a Case of Cochinchina (Vietnam) During the XVI and XVII Centuries
Authors: Nguyen Duy Phuong
Published: March 2022

As in many other religions, missionary activity is seen by Catholics as a self-fulfilling mission, a sacred act to expand the scope of God’s kingdom. The geographical discoveries, along with the progress of the maritime industry in the 15th–16th centuries, opened a great prospect for “spreading the Gospel” to faraway lands, including Cochinchina (Vietnam). Along with missionary activities, Western civilization also followed the missionaries, who introduced it into the indigenous social life, contributing to the creation of the West–East connection, and the world integration of this land. Based on the many sources, such as the memoirs and correspondence of the missionaries themselves in Cochinchina and the works on the Catholic history of some Vietnamese and foreign researchers, especially the latest studies of Vietnamese historians, the article focuses on studying about missionary activities along with the introduction of Western civilization by missionaries in Cochinchina from the 16th century to the 18th century. The resusts show that the activities of the missionaries under the encouragement policy of the Cochinchina government are the basic factors promoting the process of spreading Western civilized values in Vietnam. This is an inevitable result of the spread of Catholicism which is an important role in the cultural exchange between East and West in Cochinchina in the 16th and 17th centuries. The paper contributes to clarifying the history of the development of Catholic doctrine in Vietnam and affirm the merits of Western missionaries as a bridge to bring European scientific and technical knowledge to Cochinchina.