bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pentingnya Peran Profesi Guru
Authors: Alpisah419815 Alpisah
Published: March 2022

Profesi merupakan bidang pekerjaan yang membutuhkan keahlian tersendiri dan menuntut persyaratan khusus. Profesi memiliki kode etik, yang memiliki dua fungsi yaitu fungsi perlindungan dan pengembangan. Salah satu contoh dari profesi adalah guru. Guru merupakan suatu jabatan yang memerlukan keahlian khusus melalui pendidikan. Guru memiliki beberapa fungsi atau peran, yaitu: sebagai agen perubahan, seorang pengembang sikap toleran dan saling pengertian, dan sebagai pendidik yang professional (Tilaar :1999). Guru memiliki misi utama yaitu mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa dalam semua aspeknya, baik spiritual, emosional, intelektual, fisikal, dan lainnya. Mengenai organisasi guru di Indonesia, selain PGRI, juga terdapat beberapa organisasi guru yaitu Ikatan Guru Indonesia (IGI), Persatuan Guru Seluruh Indonesia (PGSI), Federasi Serikat Guru Indonesia (FSGI), Persatuan Guru Nahdlatul Ulama (Pergunu), dan Perkumpulan Guru Madrasah Penulis (Pergumapi). Dan, mengenai filosofi pendidikan Indonesia, terbagi menjadi tiga yaitu, Ing Ngarso Sung Tulodo, Ing Madya Mangun Karso, dan Tut Wuri Handayani.
Profesi, kode etik, organisasi, dan peran guru
Authors: Pratiwi Rahani Surya
Published: March 2022

Profesi dapat diartikan sebagai suatu pekerjaan atau jabatan yang menuntut keahlian, yang didapat melalui pendidikan dan pelatihan tertentu, menurut persyaratan khusus memiliki tanggung jawab dan kode etik tertentu. Pekerjaan profesional berbeda dengan pekerjaan lainnya karena suatu profesi memerlukan kemampuan dan keahlian khusus dan melaksanakan profesinya. Guru merupakan salah satu profesi yang dimana berarti suatu jabatan yang memerlukan keahlian khusus sebagai guru dan tidak dapat dilakukan oleh orang-orang di luar bidang pendidikan. Seperti profesi lain profesi guru juga memiliki berbagai atribut profesi guru seperti kode etik profesi keguruan dan organisasi profesi keguruan. Selain itu juga profesi guru juga memiliki peran, hak, dan kewajiban yang harus dilaksanakan.
Neglected Retained Suprapubic Catheter with Varied Management Options: A Case Series
Authors: Gite Venkat A , Sharma Shashank , Agrawal Mayank , Shaw Vivek
Published: March 2022

Supra-pubic catheterization of bladder is used as a short or long term alternative to per-urethtral catheterization.
Some catheter materials are more resistant to encrustation than others. If kept indwelling for longer duration, sooner or later all catheters cause complications like urinary tract infection (UTI), trauma, peri-catheter leakage, non-deflation of balloon, encrustations and stone formations resulting into retained catheter.
Stone formation over neglected indwelling catheter is not an unusual clinical scenario and its management depends on etiology of catheter retention and complication.
This article discusses etiopathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis and varied management options used for the neglected retained supra-pubic catheter in three cases
Comparative analysis of overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients with and without different organ metastases
Authors:   Vietnam Military Medical University, Hoang Tien Manh , Nguyen Thi Thanh ,   E Hospital
Published: March 2022

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death globally. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) constitutes more than 80% of all lung cancers, and patients with distant metastasis have much higher mortality. The survival times of NSCLC patients with metastasis have been reported in early studies, however, it remains unclear whether there are variations or patterns in survival times of patients with different metastases. Therefore, we assessed risk factors for distant metastases and the effects of different organ metastasis on overall survival (OS) in patients with NSCLC. Methods: demographics and clinical data of NSCLC patients with and without distant metastasis were collected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) database between 2010 and 2016. We investigated risk factors for distant metastasis patients and compared the difference in OS of NSCLC patients with different metastatic sites. Results: a total of 3849 patients diagnosed with NSCLC were screened from the SEER database with 41% (1577) of the patients having distant metastasis. During the follow-up period, 3221 (83.7%) patients died and, of all the deceased patients, 2935 (88.4%) died of lung cancer while only 286 (11.6%) died from other diseases or causes. The occurrence of distant metastasis was closely related to the patient’s age, primary tumour site, tumour grade, T stage, N stage, surgery of primary site, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy (p<0.05). Compared to patients without metastasis, whose median OS was 13 months, the median OS of patients with metastasis was 6 months (lung), 5 months (liver), 5 months (bone), 4 months (brain), and 3 months (multiple organs). Conclusions: distant metastasis indicates a poor prognosis in NSCLC patients. There were significant differences in the prognosis of different metastatic sites and the order of their OS from high to low was: no metastasis > lung metastasis, liver metastasis, bone metastasis > brain metastasis, multiple organ metastasis.
Implementasi Pilar-Pilar Manajemen Mutu Sekolah di SMP Multazam Semarang Berbasis Pesantren
Authors: Nurhayati Agliena , Kasidi Kasidi
Published: March 2022

Manajemen mutu menjadi acuan dalam pendidikan di lembaga pendidikan yang berbasis kualitas, proses, pelayanan, sumber daya manusia dan hasil. Manajemen terdiri dari beberapa hal, seperti: perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pengarahan dan pengendalian. Sekolah berbasis pesantren dengan segala keunggulannya, hingga saat ini masih relevan untuk dijadikan referensi sebagai manajemen pendidikan, oleh karena itu menjadi menarik untuk dieksplorasi mengenai aspek manajemen, manajemen organisasi manajerial dan proses belajar.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui sejauh mana penerapan lima pilar Total Quality Management yang terdiri dari fokus pada pelanggan, keterlibatan total, pengukuran, komitmen dan perbaikan berkelanjutan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskripstif kualitatif, data dikumpulkan dengan cara: observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Subyek penelitian kepala sekolah, wakil kepala sekolah, tenaga kependidikan (TU), guru, siswa juga wali siswa. Pengujian validitas data dengan trianggulasi. Analisis data adalah model analisis interaktif Miles dan Huberman melalui pengumpulan data, reduksi data,  penyajian data dan simpulan.

Hasil penelitian ini adalah: 1) fokus pada pelanggan, yakni melayani kebutuhan peserta didik, pendidik, tenaga kependidikan, wali siswa dan masyarakat, 2) keterlibatan total dengan adanya dukungan yayasan dan pelibatan semua warga sekolah dalam penyelenggaraan sekolah mulai dari perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan dan pengawasan, 3) pengukuran yakni dengan membuat perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan dan pengawasan dan evaluasi terhadap penilaian ulangan harian, ualnagn tengah semester, ulangan akhir semester, try out, ujian sekolah, ujian nasional. 4) komitmen yakni dengan adanya komitmen manajemen puncak/ kepala sekolah, pemberdayaan pendidik dan tenaga se-optimal mungkin serta memfasilitasi peserta didik, pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan pada kegiatan kegiatan pendukung mutu pendidikan dan 5) perbaikan berkelanjutan, meliputi : pemakaian kurikulum nasional selalu yang terbaru, peningkatan kinerja akademis, peningkatan tingkat kedisiplinan dan tenaga kependidikan, serta peningkatan sarana dan prasarana fisik yang mendukung.
Hakekat Teori dalam Riset Sosial
Authors: Marliyah Lili
Published: March 2022

Problem-problem sosial di masyarakat dapat dicarikan solusi dan evaluasinya melalui riset sosial. Cakupan riset sosial meliputi hubungan inter unit dan hubungan intra unit melalui berbagai komponen-komponen sosial. Fenomena yang terjadi di lingkungan sosial peneliti, dikaji secara ilmiah yang didasari dua aspek yaitu aspek teoritis  dan pengumpulan data. Seorang periset sosial biasanya tertarik pada masalah-masalah pragmatis dan teoritis. masalah-masalah  teoritis pada akhirnya akan bermuara pada tujuan dari sebuah sains yaitu teori-teori. Sebuah teori bisa didefinisikan sebagai serangkaian proposisi yang saling berhubungan, bisa duji secara empiris. Hubungan antar konsep dalam sebuah proposisi merupakan hubungan covariasional dan kausal. Pentingnya seuah teori dalam penelitian sosial dapat dilihat dari tujuan dan peran atau fungsi teori itu sendiri. Fungsi teori yaitu menjelaskan dan memprediksikan sesuatu yang akan terjadi serta teori dapat dijadikan sebagai alat bedah data, teori juga dapat membimbing peneliti membuat kesimpulan dari analisis data, karena teori berfungsi menjelaskan apa yang seharusnya terjadi (what ought to question) ma upun untuk menggambarkan senyatanya (what is question). Melalui strategi kausal, komposisional  dan strategi klasifikasi, teori digunakan  tidak sekedar meningkatkan atau mengembangkan pengetahuan, juga sebagai dasar argumentasi pemecahan masalah penelitian dan tugas teori yang penting adalah membebaskan manusia dari segala bentuk perbudakan dan menuju peradaban yang lebih baik.  

Kata Kunci :  teori, riset sosial
Motivasi Belajar Siswa Melalui Media Pembelajaran Google Classroom pada Mata Pelajaran IPS Ekonomi Kelas XI
Authors: Qusnul Aulia , Widayati Sri , Marliyah Lili
Published: March 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Motivasi Belajar Siswa Melalui Media Pembelajaran GoogleClassroom Pada Mata Pelajaran IPS Ekonomi Kelas XI yaitu (1) Bagaimana Google Classroom digunakan sebagai media pembelajaran IPS Ekonomi belajar siswa?, (2) Bagaimana respon siswa dalam pembelajaran dengan menggunakan media Google Classroom?, (3) Bagaimana motivasi siswa dalam pembelajaran IPS penggunaan Google Classroom sebagai media pembelajaran selama masa pandemi Covid-19?, (4) Kendala yang dihadapi guru dan siswa serta orang tua dalam pembelajaran IPS dengan menggunakan media Google Classroom selama masa pandemic Covid- 19?, (5) Upaya apa yang dilakukan untuk mengatasi kendala yang dihadapi pada pembelajaran IPS dengan menggunakan Google Classroom? Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan teknik analisis data menggunakan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian: (1) Implementasi penggunaan GoogleClassroom pada pembelajaran IPS-Ekonomi sudah dilaksanakan dengan baik, (2) Respon siswa terhadap penggunaan GoogleClassroom merasa senang dengan media pembelajaran yang digunakan oleh guru, media pembelajaran yang menarik, materi akan lebih mudah di pahami jika di modifikasi, (3) Motivasi siswa pada penerapan media pembelajaran google classroom siswa semangat dalam melakukan pembelajaran karena memberikan warna baru dalam proses belajar mengajar terlebih akibat pandemi covid-19, (4) Kendala guru dalam mengimplementasikan google classroom secara daring dalam mata pelajaran IPS-Ekonomi yaitu kehabisan kuota internet, sulinya guru mengoperasikan alat teknologi, jaringan kurang stabil, melakukan praktikum mandiri dirumah dengan alat dan bahan seadanya, singkatnya sosialisasi serta kurangnya instruktur dalam pendampingan pembelajaran daring dari pemerintah serta banyaknya tugas guru di luar jam pembelajaran di kelas, (5) Solusi yang dilakukan dalam mengimplementasikan google classroom yaitu memberikan bantuan kuota geratis dari sekolah, dilakukannya home visit terhadap beberapa siswa yang memilki kendala dalam pembelajaran daring, dan disediakannya tempat untuk pembelajaran offline di sekolah untuk anak-anak yang memang tidak memungkinkan belajar online namun tetap memenuhi protokol kesehatan.
Urgensi Pelatihan Penulisan Karya Tulis Ilmiah Bagi Guru PPKN Dalam Meningkatkan Kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia
Authors: Irnawati Irnawati , Suhari Suhari , Zaman Akhmad Qomaru , Suhartono Suhartono
Published: March 2022

Tujuan dari penulisan artikel ini adalah mengembangkan potensi kemampuan penulisan karya tulis ilmiah Guru PPKn. Kegiatan pelatihan ini merupakan bentuk pembinaan, motivasi dalam menulis karya tulis ilmiah untuk meningkatkan sumber daya manusia. Metode penelitian adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian memberikan jawaban bahwasanya kualitas sumber daya manusia dapat dicapai apabila adanya pelatihan dan pendidikan yang mendukung. Maka, pelatihan karya tulis ilmiah adalah penting dilakukan terutama bagi Guru PPKn dalam mengembangkan diri membentuk pribadi yang unggul dan berdaya saing tinggi.
Some Variables Affecting the Formulation of Oral Loratadine Suspension
Authors: S.Yousif Hala , I. Khalil Yehia
Published: March 2022

Loratadine is a long acting non-sedating anti-histaminic agent that was developed for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis, whose anti-histaminic action is more effective than the other anti-histaminic drugs available commercially. This project was carried out to prepare an acceptable suspension through studying the release of drug in presence of different types and concentrations of suspending agents such as polysorbate 40, xanthan gum, sodium carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC), aluminum magnesium silicate (veegum) and sodium alginate. The effects of these suspending agents were studied at pH 1.2 (0.1N HCl) and 37 Ù’C. The results showed that the release rate of loratadine in the presence of these suspending agents was dependent on their types and concentrations. The results showed that loratadine release from the formula prepared from xanthan gum is more than that prepared from other polymers in the following order: Sodium alginate < NaCMC < veegum < xanthan gum. However, elegancy of suspension was better on using xanthan gum in a concentration of 0.5%. The obtained results were utilized to formulate 0.1% suspension of loratadine which is physically stable with an optimum drug release. The rheology, sedimentation volume, resuspendability and expiration date were evaluated for the selected formula. The formula that contains loratadine, xanthan gum, glycerol, sorbitol, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, sodium edetate, raspberry flavor at pH 5.0 appears to be a promised formula to be present with estimated shelf life of about 3.8 years.

Key word: loratadine, suspension, suspending agent, xanthan gum
Determination of Enzymatic Antioxidant in Iraqi Patients with Chronic Gastritis
Authors: A. Bakir Wasan , M. Hussein Shalal , A. Mahmood Noah
Published: March 2022

Infection of the gastric mucosa with Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Helicobacter pylori virulence factors include a variety of proteins that are involved in its pathogenesis, such as VacA and CagA. Another group of virulence factors is clearly important for colonization of H.pylori in the gastric mucosa. These include urease, motility factors (flagellin), and Superoxide dismutase (SOD). Because of this organism's microaerophilic nature and the increased levels of reactive oxygen in the infected host, we expect that other factors involved in the response to oxidative stress are likely to be required for virulence. Superoxide dismutase is a nearly ubiquitous enzyme among organisms that are exposed to toxic environments. In this study, we measured the SOD in serum of 80 patients complain from chronic gastritis and infected with H.pylori. 37 patients infected with H.pylori have the CagA gene, and 13 patients are not and also measured the SOD in 30 control groups that not infected with H.pylori. Serum level of SOD was significantly (p<0.05) higher in patients with chronic gastritis compared to controls. Also significantly higher (p<0.001) in patients with chronic gastritis infected with H.pylori positive CagA than patients infected with H.pylori negative CagA.

Key words: chronic gastritis, H.pylori, CagA, SOD

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Spectroscopic Study for Determination of Amoxicillin Using Cobalt(II) as Complexing Metal
Authors: M.J. Al-Mudhafar May
Published: March 2022

This study includes analytical methods for the determination of the drug amoxicillin trihydrate (Amox.) in some pharmaceutical preparations using Cobalt ion (Co(II)) as complexing metal. The best conditions for complexation were: the reaction time was 20 minutes, pH=1.5 and the best temperature of reaction was 70 ËšC. Benzyl alcohol was the best solvent for extraction the complex.

Keywords: Amoxicillin, Cobalt(II), Complex, Molar ratio.
The Uniform of the Old Testament Prophet
Authors: Goswell Gregory
Published: March 2022

This study of the dress of Elijah the prophet confirms that clothing when specified in Old Testament narrative adds to characterization and serves as a prop for the action. It cannot be proved that every prophet or even many prophets dressed after the fashion of Elijah, but that post-Elijah more than one wore “a hairy mantle” is demonstrated by what is viewed in Zech 13:4 as classic prophetic garb, and several texts in the New Testament also allude to the practice. This mode of dress is best explained by a link to the wilderness and appears to express support for the religious orthodoxy of the faith proclaimed by Moses.
Investigation of the influence of the location of the main plane of the thread on the stress-strain state of the locking threaded connection of the elements of the drill string
Authors: Faflei O. Ya. , Mykhailiuk V. V. , Deineha R. O. , Melnyk V. O. , Shatan M. V. , Pryhorovskyi O. V.
Published: March 2022

Today it is impossible to imagine drilling wells without the use of threaded connections. Despite continuous improvement of these threaded connections, their accident rate does not decrease. The peculiarity of operation of threaded joints of drill string elements is the impact of significant torsional, bending moments and tensile and compression loads on them. That is why the research of their stress-strain state is still important. To determine the stress-strain state of a threaded connection, in which there are deviations of one of the most important thread parameters, namely, the location of the main plane, a three-dimensional model of the NC50 connection has been constructed for study using the finite element method. As a result of the simulation of the thread connection, the main plane of which is placed in accordance with the requirements of regulatory documents, the distribution of stresses on the thread hollows of the nipple has been established, according to which the maximum stresses occur in the hollows of the coils placed closer to the supporting face, and then gradually decrease. This distribution of stresses obtained by simulation coincides with the known theories. Performed simulations, in which the placement of the main plane shifted by 2 mm toward the supporting face of the nipple showed a change in the distribution and growth of the value of stresses on the thread troughs of the nipple and the change in the value of the contact pressure at the supporting ends of the nipple and socket. It is worth noting that such changes will adversely affect the operation of the thread connection. The study of a threaded connection in which the main plane is displaced by 2 mm away from the bearing end of the nipple showed an increase in stresses along the troughs of the threads of the nipple and a sharp decrease in the values ​​of contact pressure at the bearing ends of the nipple and coupling. Under these conditions, the threaded connection will fail in a small number of operating cycles.
Learning experience and a strategy for evaluating written speech in French of proficiency level B1 within the competence approach
Authors: Dragavtseva Aleksandra Olegovna , Chelysheva Nataliia Aleksandrovna , Bogacheva Olga Aleksandrovna
Published: March 2022

This article summarizes the experience of practical teaching work on the development of skills and teaching written speech in French in the process of gaining level B1. Within the framework of the competence approach and focusing on modern educational and methodological complexes of French authors, strategies and standard tasks of DELF, teachers rethought and adjusted these scenarios based on their own long-term classroom practice, features and conditions of the curriculum. The experience was systematized and presented in this work in the form of specific recommendations to students for the production of written creative works of the level and the appropriate table of criteria for their evaluation.
Theoretical aspects of Photoacoustic Signal Generation with Solid Crystals
Authors: Sarode A.P. , Mahajan O.H.
Published: March 2022

Today, non-destructive analysis techniques play an important role in industrial applications and scientific, as well as technological research. Photoacoustic method is one of such non-destructive methods in which generation of acoustic waves takes place due to the absorption of the modulated incident radiation. Photoacoustic signal is a base for photoacoustic research. The generation of the photoacoustic signal is related to the nature of the cell used for investigation. Though a variety of explainations about signal generation in photoacoustic interaction are reported by many researchers, many aspects are yet to be studied in detail. While investigating a solid crystal in photoacoustics, factors as mode of operation, scheme of excitation, the shape of the cell, and pressure fluctuations in the cell are considered for analysing photoacoustic signal generation. Also, design and performance optimization of the photoacoustic cell play paramount role in determining efficiency of related signal generation. In this paper, theoretical aspects of photoacoustic signal generation for solid crystals are presented. While obtaining the expression for pressure fluctuations with solid crystal, cylindrical configuration of photoacoustic cell is preferred to get a better signal–to–noise ratio. Along with the analysis of other factors, pressure fluctuations generated by the enclosed gas in photoacoustic cell is mathematically determined.
Using a user–defined function in Ansys Fluent to implement the energy release profile in model fuel elements taking into account radiation heating
Authors: Suleimenov N.A. , Mukhamedov N.E. , Zhanbolatov O.M.
Published: March 2022

The paper presents a model of an experimental device tested on the complex of impulse graphite reactor of the Branch IAE RSE NNC RK, designed to study the possibility of changing the neutron spectrum of the reactor from thermal to fast. At the stage of preparation for testing, a series of neutron-physical studies were carried out using the MCNP. The purpose of these studies is to determine the specific energy release both in the model fuel elements and in non-fuel structural elements of the experimental device during their radiation heating, taking into account the thermal state of the reactor core. After that, the obtained data are used as initial conditions for development of user-defined functions and conducting thermophysical calculations to determine the distribution of the temperature field in the tested device, the ANSYS Fluent software package. The method for calculating the specific energy release in non-fuel structural elements during their radiation heating in the impulse graphite reactor, considering its thermal state, has been used relatively recently. It requires a special approach to the implementation of the required energy release profile when carrying out thermophysical calculations in the Ansys software. The paper also illustrates the advantages of using a custom function in Ansys Fluent to define the profile of the energy release in model fuel elements and structural elements of an experimental device depending on time and height. In addition, the results of a thermophysical calculation of the experimental device for determining the distribution and maximum values of temperature in fuel and non-fuel structural elements are presented.
Are we Over Treating Ductal Carcinoma in Situ? – Single Center Experience
Authors: Al Kalbani Samiya , Kaddoura Rudainy , AL Sharqi Ali , AL Hamdani Ola , Al Waili Ibrahim
Published: March 2022

Background and Aim: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females worldwide. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a heterogeneous group of neoplastic lesions confined to the breast ducts with the absence of the basement membrane infiltrations. It is usually diagnosed accidently as micro calcifications on mammograms. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study which includes all patients who were managed surgically as cases of DCIS at Royal hospital between 2006 and 2019. Clinicopathological data were collected for all patient. The samples were divided into three groups according to their pathological analysis: Positive margin, close margin (0.1 mm to 1.9 mm), and negative margin group (> 2 mm). The recurrence rate for each group was assessed. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistical significant. Results: 72 patients with pure DCIS were included in the present analysis, the mean age was 47.9 years. Ten (13.0%) patients had a positive margin, 29 (37.7%) patients had a close margin, and 33 (42.9%) patients had a negative margin. There was recurrence in 3 patients) 30%) in positive margin group and 7 patients (70%) had no recurrence. On the other hand, 5 patients (17.2%) in close margin group and 1 patient (3%) in clear margin group had recurrence. The recurrence rate was higher in the non-re-excision group compare to the re-excision group. In univariate analysis, there was a significant difference in IBTR by comparing positive versus close and negative margins of excision (p = 0.040). Conclusion: The optimal margin for DCIS tumors remain controversial, nonetheless, our study highlighted the importance and the effect of following the current recommendations of a minimal 2 mm margin width in the breast conserving surgery of DCIS. Also, we have concluded that radiotherapy and hormonal therapy cannot replace obtaining a clear margin of > 2 mm after breast conserving surgery in DCIS.
New U-Pb Zircon and 40AR/39AR Age Constraints on the Late Mesozoic to Cenozoic Plutonic Record in the Western San Juan Mountains
Authors: Gonzales David A.
Published: March 2022

New U-Pb zircon and 40Ar/39Ar crystallization ages for latest Mesozoic to Cenozoic plutonic rocks in the western San Juan Mountains provide insight into the timing and interplay of mantle and crustal magmatism over the past 80 Ma. Subduction-driven magmatism in the Laramide (75-60 Ma) generated alkalic intermediate to mafic magmas. These were emplaced as laccoliths and stocks along northeast trends that were likely controlled by crustal-scale zones of weakness with Proterozoic ancestry. The transition from Laramide subduction to slab rollback and delamination was marked by incipient regional extension and widespread emplacement of plutons. Oligocene plutons of gabbro to granite were mostly peripheral to 29-27 Ma caldera complexes that formed over a regional subvolcanic batholith. Alkaline mantle magmas that accompanied the semi-continuous intrusion of shallow felsic to intermediate plutons from 25 to 4 Ma produced diatreme-dike complexes and dike swarms across the northern San Juan Basin. Emplacement of plutons from 75-4 Ma caused localized uplift that had a major influence on landscape evolution, and often were linked to zones of mineralization. Late Mesozoic to Cenozoic plutonic events in the western San Juan Mountains record a long-term shift to more bimodal magmatism. Injection of mantle melts from 25 to 4 Ma during incipient crustal extension accompanied elevated thermal gradients over the region, as evidenced by resetting of cooling ages in some Laramide intrusive rocks. The preservation of xenocrystic zircons in 75-4 Ma plutonic rocks provides evidence for variable magmatic conditions with an overall increase in the thermal state of Oligocene melts proximal to caldera systems and all plutons emplaced after 18 Ma. High geothermal gradients caused by the long duration of magmatism and increased mantle contributions may have permitted more prolonged assembly and slower cooling in some plutons.
Stratigraphic Trapping Mechanisms in the Iles Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado
Authors: Kirschbaum Mark A. , Cumella Stephen P.
Published: March 2022

Compartmentalization within shoreface and deltaic reservoirs is key to trapping gas in the Iles Formation of the southern Piceance Basin. There are two types of reservoirs: 1) compartmentalized gas-saturated Corcoran and Cozzette sandstones, and 2) continuous water-saturated Rollins sandstones. Compartmentalized sandstones are interpreted to have been deposited during a time of relatively low accommodation with relatively low sediment supply while more connected sandstones were deposited during a time of relatively high accommodation and a much higher sediment supply. The compartmentalization is due to 1) location within the overall parasequence stacking pattern; 2) facies variability within the deltaic and wave-dominated deposits; and 3) further partitioning due to the superposition of multiple types of erosion surfaces ultimately related to low accommodation rates. The continuous sandstones are more connected because they were apparently deposited during a period of time when rates of progradation were more regular and overall accommodation and sedimentation were higher.
The Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Relationship between Organizational Commitment and Employee Motivation in Banking Sector of Pakistan
Authors: Ahmed Fauzia
Published: March 2022

The aim of this research is to study the impact of organizational commitment on employee motivation with the knowledge sharing mediation effect.The study was conducted in the localities of Karachi city with a population of banking sector employees; sample sizes of 200 employees were drawn from the population. Structural Equation modeling was used as a major technique to carry out the analysis. SMART PLS software is used for testing the effects of mediating, dependent and independent variables. The results demonstrated that there is existence of strongly positive relationship between dependent variable; employee motivation and independent variable;organizational commitment that is mediated by knowledge sharing. From the perspectives of social exchange and leader member exchange theory, this study demonstrated how knowledge-sharing practices controls via organizational-commitment with employee motivation.
Representation of Regional Political power through Cartoons: A Semiotic Study
Authors: Rehman Waheeda , Arshad Quratulain , Qureshi Huda Hameed
Published: March 2022

Media is an essential tool to describe the current issues from the individual level to international relations. Through presenting images and cartoons, media highlights the occurred situation of the world with specific illustrations. The present research study describes the semiotic analysis of the Pak-India relationship as presented by political cartoons in Pakistani-published Urdu newspapers. As there is an ideological representation of cartoons to present the desired sense through media, so the linguistics and semiotic analysis can counter the meanings and illustrations of such desired ideologies by which meanings are presented. Construction and deconstruction of desired ideologies can be best observed by such loaded semiotics. The discourse approach model of Zubair and Sajid(2011) has been used of semiotic analysis, and for linguistic analysis, the framework of Fairclough's model (2003) of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is adopted to manipulate the hidden ideologies as presented in political cartoons. The linguistic and semiotic analysis of such political cartoons, as presented in media, can be used as the best tool to shape public opinion towards desired realities.
Outcome following surgery for insulo-opercular epilepsies
Authors: Jayapaul Pushkaran , Gopinath Siby , Pillai Ashok
Published: March 2022

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome in patients with medically refractory epilepsy who had undergone resective or ablative surgery for suspected insulo-opercular epileptogenic foci.

METHODS

The prospectively maintained database of patients undergoing epilepsy surgery was reviewed, and all patients who underwent insulo-opercular surgery for medically refractory epilepsy with a minimum of 12 months of postoperative follow-up were identified, excluding those who had insulo-opercular resection in combination with temporal lobectomy. The presurgical electroclinicoradiological data, stereo-EEG (SEEG) findings, resection/ablation patterns, surgical pathology, postoperative seizure outcome, and neurological complications were analyzed.

RESULTS

Of 407 patients undergoing epilepsy surgery in a 5-year period at the Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, 24 patients (5.9%) who underwent exclusive insulo-opercular interventions were included in the study. Eleven (46%) underwent surgery on the right side, 12 (50%) on the left side, and the operation was bilateral in 1 (4%). The mean age at surgery was 24.5 ± 12.75 years. Onset of seizures occurred on average at 10.6 ± 9.7 years of life. Characteristic auras were identified in 66% and predominant seizure type was hypermotor (15.4%), automotor (15.4%), hypomotor (11.5%), or a mixed pattern. Seventy-five percent of the seizures recorded on scalp video-EEG occurred during sleep. The 3T MRI results were normal in 12 patients (50%). Direct single-stage surgery was undertaken in 5 patients, and SEEG followed by intervention in 19. Eighteen patients (75%) underwent exclusive resective surgery, 4 (16.7%) underwent exclusive volumetric radiofrequency ablation, and 2 (8.3%) underwent staged radiofrequency ablation and resective surgery. Immediate postoperative neurological deficits occurred in 10/24 (42%), which persisted beyond 12 postoperative months in 3 (12.5%). With a mean follow-up of 25.9 ± 14.6 months, 18 patients (75%) had Engel class I outcome, 3 (12.5%) had Engel class II, and 3 (12.5%) had Engel class III or IV. There was no statistically significant difference in outcomes between MRI-positive versus MRI-negative cases.

CONCLUSIONS

Surgery for medically refractory epilepsy in insulo-opercular foci is less common and remains a challenge to epilepsy surgery centers. Localization is aided significantly by a careful study of auras and semiology followed by EEG and imaging. The requirement for SEEG is generally high. Satisfactory rates of seizure freedom were achievable independent of the MRI lesional/nonlesional status. Morbidity is higher for insulo-opercular epilepsy surgery compared to other focal epilepsies; hence, the practice and development of minimally invasive strategies for this subgroup of patients undergoing epilepsy surgery is perhaps most important.
Effect of comorbid Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease dementia on the course of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
Authors: Sakurai Anri , Tsunemi Taiji , Shimada Tomoyo , Kawamura Kaito , Nakajima Madoka , Miyajima Masakazu , Hattori Nobutaka
Published: March 2022

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of concomitant Parkinson’s disease (PD) and PD dementia (PD/PDD) on the course of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), especially as related to the outcome of lumboperitoneal shunt (LPS) surgery.

METHODS

The authors retrospectively analyzed patients with iNPH without accompanying disorders (iNPH alone [iNPHa]) and iNPH concomitant with PD/PDD (iNPHc+PD/PDD) who had presented to their department between 2010 and 2019. The diagnosis of iNPHc+PD/PDD was established using the diagnostic criteria of the Movement Disorder Society. The effect of LPS surgery on clinical symptoms and striatum volumes was evaluated.

RESULTS

Thirty-three patients with iNPHa and 23 patients with iNPHc+PD/PDD were identified. Comorbid PD/PDD significantly worsened clinical outcome as measured by the iNPH grading scale, modified Rankin Scale (mRS), and Hoehn and Yahr (HY) scale. LPS surgery improved the iNPH score including gait disturbance (p < 0.01), cognitive impairment (p = 0.02), and urinary disturbance (p < 0.01) in iNPHa and improved gait disturbance (p = 0.01) and urinary disturbance (p = 0.03) in iNPHc+PD/PDD for 1 year. Comorbid synucleinopathies maintained worse mRS scores and HY stages for 3 years, and LPS surgery extended overall survival (p = 0.003), as well as the period of sustained mRS scores (p = 0.04) and HY stages (p = 0.004) in iNPHc+PD/PDD. Both caudate and putamen volumes were reduced in iNPHa (p < 0.01) compared to those in controls and in patients with iNPHc+PD/PDD compared to those in patients with PD/PDD (p < 0.01), and LPS surgery restored caudate volumes in both groups.

CONCLUSIONS

These results revealed that comorbid PD/PDD deteriorates the clinical course of iNPH and that LPS surgery is recommended regardless of this comorbidity.
Safety and effectiveness of the assessment and treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network
Authors: Williams Michael A. , Nagel Sean J. , Golomb James , Jensen Hailey , Dasher Nickolas A. , Holubkov Richard , Edwards Richard J. , Luciano Mark G. , Zwimpfer Thomas J. , Katzen Heather , Moghekar Abhay , Wisoff Jeffrey H. , McKhann Guy M. , Hamilton Mark G.
Published: March 2022

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to describe the processes and outcomes associated with patients at five sites in the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (AHCRN) who had undergone evaluation and treatment for suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and had 1-year postoperative follow-up.

METHODS

Subjects with possible iNPH who had been prospectively enrolled in the AHCRN registry between November 19, 2014, and December 31, 2018, were evaluated by CSF drainage via either lumbar puncture or external lumbar drainage, consistent with recommendations of the international iNPH guidelines. Standardized clinical evaluations of gait, cognition, urinary symptoms, depression, and functional outcomes were conducted at baseline, before and after CSF drainage, and at 4-month intervals after shunt surgery. Complications of CSF drainage and shunt surgery were recorded.

RESULTS

Seventy-four percent (424/570) of patients with possible iNPH had CSF drainage, and 46% of them (193/424) underwent shunt surgery. The mean change in gait velocity with CSF drainage was 0.18 m/sec in patients who underwent shunt surgery versus 0.08 m/sec in patients who did not. For shunt surgery patients, gait velocity increased by 54% from 0.67 m/sec before CSF drainage to 0.96 m/sec 8–12 months after surgery, and 80% of patients had an increase of at least 0.1 m/sec by the first postoperative visit. Evaluation of cognition, urinary symptoms, depression, and functional outcomes also revealed improvement after shunt surgery. Of 193 patients who had undergone shunt surgery, 176 (91%) had no complications and 17 (9%) had 28 complications. Eleven patients (6%) had 14 serious complications that resulted in the need for surgery or an extended hospital stay. The 30-day reoperation rate was 3%.

CONCLUSIONS

Using criteria recommended by the international iNPH guidelines, the authors found that evaluation and treatment of iNPH are safe and effective. Testing with CSF drainage and treatment with shunt surgery are associated with a high rate of sustained improvement and a low rate of complications for iNPH in the 1st year after shunt surgery. Patients who had undergone shunt surgery for iNPH experienced improvement in gait, cognitive function, bladder symptoms, depression, and functional outcome measures. Gait velocity, which is an easily measured, objective, continuous variable, should be used as a standard outcome measure to test a patient’s response to CSF drainage and shunt surgery in iNPH.
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOFTWARE MODULES OF RECURRENCE PROCEDURE IN COMPUTER DETERMINATION OF TENSION OF MAIN THREADS OF MULTILAYER FABRIC FOR MILITARY SOLDIERS
Authors: SHCHERBAN Volodymyr , MAKARENKO July , KOLISKO Oksana ,   Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, SHCHERBAN Yuryj ,   Kyiv Professional College of Applied Sciences, KOLISKO Maryana ,   Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Published: March 2022

Multilayer technical fabrics are most widely used in various fields of technology. In modern conditions, the urgent problem of developing protective equipment and structural components for landing military equipment has been solved. As a result of the work, multilayer fabric structures were developed, which are used for the production of bulletproof vests, both directly (light series) and with ceramic and titanium armor plates. The developed multilayer structures of fabrics can be used for production of protective elements (fittings of soles, sidewalls) of military footwear for protection against antipersonnel mines, for production of parachute slings for landing of military equipment. As the main variant, a five-layer fabric was used, which includes two outer protective layers formed by the threads of the root base, two inner force layers formed by the threads of the filling base and the inner central layer for bonding the outer and inner layers with threads of the binder base. To optimize the structure of the multilayer technical fabric based on the selection of density on the warp and weft, to minimize the surf force of the weft yarn, a computer program was developed, software modules which allow, based on the recursion procedure, to determine the value of current tension. refueling parameters. Improving the existing technological processes of processing polyamide complex threads on looms requires determining the change in relative tension in the areas of refueling of the main threads. This complex task should be based on the use of specially designed computer programs using a recursion algorithm. Determining the change in relative tension in the areas of refueling of polyamide complex threads on looms, taking into account the guide material, will improve the technology of manufacturing multilayer fabrics used for the manufacture of property and tactical equipment of servicemen. Development and improvement of special computer programs to determine the tension in each zone of the line of thread of the loom, allows to improve the technology of manufacturing multilayer fabrics used for the manufacture of items of property and tactical equipment of servicemen capable of protecting the human body from fire, cold, cutting, prickly weapons, shock and shot-shot impact. The conducted researches allowed to improve the structure of multilayer technical fabric.
A DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPETENCE MATRIX ON THE BASIS OF COMPARISON OF LEVELS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Authors: VOVK OLENA , HRABOVSKA NATALIYA , LUTSKO VICTORIYA , HOLOSHCHUK ROMAN ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University
Published: March 2022

As you know, professionalism can be described through the ratio of the motivational component of a person (professional values, goals, self-esteem, etc.) and its operational component (ability to learn, mastering techniques and technologies, professional abilities, etc.). As professionalism can be shown both in high indicators of results of activity, and in emotional and physical states of the person, it is necessary to allocate two groups of criteria of efficiency: 1) external (objective) criteria that focus on assessing the effectiveness of the professional task; 2) internal, psychological criteria for evaluating activities. If we talk about skills and abilities, then first they are acquired as separate components (actions), then they are “honed”, combined and form integral structures (so-called skill systems), and then – are generalized to the level of “secondary skills” which are characterized by flexibility, variability, indirectness of knowledge. However, any skills can not only be improved, but also subjected to destructive processes under the influence of subjective and objective factors. These processes are accompanied by the destruction of the structure of activity, which is manifested in various types of occupational deformities. For example, a programmer who has not worked with a programming language for a long time eventually loses the level of work achieved in it, and to return to the proper level of work, must spend some time to remember and improve previously acquired skills and abilities. In today’s conditions, this can be critical, because quite often the result is required immediately. The article defines qualitative evaluation criteria and quantitative indicators that meet them and which should be quantified to form a clear picture of the level of professionalism of the individual in decision-making in a given situation. The paper presents the criteria and levels of professionalism, stages of professional development, which describe the professional growth from a low level of professional competence to the highest, and formulates the goal to be met by the person (candidate). A matrix of competencies is also built on the basis of comparing the levels of professionalism and the formation of professional competence.
PECULIARITIES OF USING THE PROJECT METHOD IN TEACHING EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS OF THE COMPETENCE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Authors: PETROVSKYI Serhii , PASICHNYK Oleksandr , SKRYPNYK Tetiana ,   Khmelnytskyi National University
Published: March 2022

The introduction of a learning model into the educational process, which combines the advantages of classroom organizational form of learning and project methods and differs from existing ones by using educational tasks (projects), quite long in time and aimed at comprehensive personal development in the information society, is a promising area of ​​research practices. The substantiated technique of application of a method of projects at teaching of disciplines of a specialty “Computer sciences” based on integration of scientific approaches to the maintenance of training and on priority of studying of programming, problems of the maintenance of project tasks on kinds of activity, partnership interaction of project participants) logical communication. It is proved that the use of the methodology allows to carry out competency-based learning on the basis of integration of scientific approaches. The experimentally confirmed tendency to increase the level of formation of information and communication competence of experimental groups by increasing the minimum level of knowledge, skills, their attitude to mastering the content of informational educational component of learning, their motivational and reflexive readiness to use digital technologies and software environment for independent work and communication.