bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Analysis of Genetic predispositions for Cognitive decline after Cardiac Surgery
Authors:   Ch. Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology, Multan, Hussain Shafqat
Published: June 2022

Objective: To analyze the effect of Apo lipoprotein E-ε4 allele mediated genetic predispositions on cognitive impairment in patients with post-cardiac procedures. Study Design: A cohort observational study design. Place and Duration: From 1st Aug 2020 to 1st Jan 2021 at Cardiac Surgery Department of Ch. Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology, Multan. Methodology: Patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery were evaluated for Apo lipoprotein E-ε4 allele based post-operative cognitive dysfunctionality. The major outcomes of the study were analyzed on the basis of cognitive performance at two levels mainly at pre-coronary surgery and post-coronary surgery after an interval of 07 weeks. Results: The genotyping of the patients (n=45) revealed the presence of the APOE ε4 allele in 73% and absence in 27% of the total patients respectively. Results show that no statistically significant difference was observed in the mean values of the descriptive variables or the baseline psychological measurement scores (means) for both the presence and absence of Apo lipoprotein E-ε4 respectively. The multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed no significant relationship with age. However, a significant relationship was observed between the presence of APOE-ε4 allele and cognitive dysfunction in patients who underwent coronary surgery after an interval of 7 weeks. Conclusion: A significant correlation is observed between the presence of APOE-ε4 allele and cognitive dysfunction in patients who underwent coronary surgery after an interval of 7 weeks. Moreover, no significant relationship was observed with age. Keywords: Cardiac surgery, Apo lipoprotein E (APOE), E-ε4 allele, Cognitive decline, Genetic predispositions, Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD)
Education as community affair: Digitally designing knowledge.
Authors: Leslie Paul , Camargo-Borges Celiane
Published: June 2022

Distance learning is becoming increasingly prevalent. If education is a community affair, how do we digitally design the conditions for learning at a distance for our students? This research examines a distance learning environment within a Master’s Degree course created using online discussion forums, based upon the Community of Inquiry model (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000). A structural analysis of the discussion forums, a quantitative analysis of social, teaching, and cognitive presence using a ten-factor model (Dempsey & Zhang, 2019), and a qualitative analysis of individual interviews with community members, found that the role of the instructor is critical in providing metacognitive direction to the community. This direction includes encouraging students towards ‘cwelelep’, or the pursuit of uncertainty and cognitive dissonance, thus opening the way for the relational construction of knowledge. To help students embrace uncertainty, they require explicit metacognitive knowledge of the processes that allow a community of inquiry to function.
Keywords:  distance education, community of inquiry, social construction, metacognition, First Nations principles
A construção do currículo de Física na perspectiva Freire-CTS em um contexto de pré-vestibular municipal
Authors: Carvalho Pacheco Lucas , Muenchen Cristiane
Published: June 2022

Ao longo deste trabalho buscamos responder a seguinte questão: De que forma a construção curricular, na perspectiva da articulação Freire-CTS, contribui nas experiências e práticas pedagógicas em um contexto de pré-vestibular municipal? Portanto, discutem-se as experiências e práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas ao longo do processo de construção curricular de Física no contexto do Sepé Tiaraju- ENEM e vestibulares. Dentre os aspectos evidenciados e discutidos, destaca-se a potencialidade de aulas críticas, reflexivas e dialógicas em pré-vestibulares.
A utilização das tecnologias e ambiente virtual de aprendizagem na Educação de jovens e adultos
Authors: Chechi Marineli Rodrigo , Lopes Reis Márcia
Published: June 2022

O presente artigo teve como tema central investigar o ensino e a utilização das Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) em uma escola pública. De acordo com os estudos realizados delimitou-se como objetivo deste artigo identificar o uso das TDIC e suas possibilidades de aprendizagem com os estudantes da EJA. Para tal, a pesquisa apresentou revisão de literatura sobre a educação, o perfil dos estudantes da modalidade EJA e as TDIC no contexto escolar. A metodologia foi fundamentada em uma abordagem qualitativa tendo como fio condutor a pesquisa de campo e pesquisa intervenção. A técnica de coleta de dados foi o uso de questionário com questões abertas. Conclui-se que há a necessidade da inclusão das TDIC na grade curricular da EJA, tendo como foco o letramento digital a fim de garantir aos estudantes uma formação transformadora, libertadora e crítica.
Idrottens genus. En forskningsgenomgång
Authors: Larsson Håkan
Published: June 2022

Sporting practices, particularly competitive sport, are often linked to notions of masculinity. All the same, not all boys and men do sport. And in fact, a lot of girls and women are involved in sport but they all do sport under the influence of deeply ingrained notions about gender. The purpose of this article is to elucidate this relation between sport and gender. The purpose is, also, to show how research in the humanities and in the social sciences in Sweden has attempted to challenge the notions of gender in sport. The objective of this study, as is the case in most research, is to put gender relations in sport under contestation. Sports studies were, up until the late 1980s, by and large, gender blind. In 1989, Eva Olofsson's thesis Do Women Have a SportingChance?contributed to putting gender issues on the research agenda. The 1990s saw a move towards an interest for masculinity as a problem in sport. The analytical approach moved towards post structural ways of theorising discourse and practice on sport. In Håkan Larsson's thesis Engendering Sport. A History of the Present on the Male and the Female Athlete (2001), the construction of the gendered sports person is analysed as a reflection of the work for equal opportunities in sport. The notions of equality in sport are deeply embedded in discourses of heteronormativity. The paper is concluded by some suggestions for continued studies on gender in sport.
Karin Westman Bergs könsrollsseminarium pionjäråret 1967-68
Authors: Nordenstam Anna
Published: June 2022

The artide discusses an important beginning of the feminist literary research in Sweden. The seminars started in Uppsala in 1967. The artide analyzes the aims of the sex role seminar and its activities duringthe first year 1967-68. Under personal management of Karin Westman Berg, experts held lectures on women's role in literature and the participants diseminated the new knowledge through artides in newspapers. An anthology, Sexroles in literature from the antiquity to the 1960s, was published the followingyear. The seminar was rnterdisciplinary with both women and men participating. The aim of the sex role seminar was twofold; to emphasize the importance of gender research and to offer a historical perspective on the current sex role debate. The seminar was the startingpoint of organized gender research in Sweden and it continued until 1977.
Makten över rummet: Om genusperspektiv i samhällsplaneringen
Authors: Larsson Anita
Published: June 2022

Spatial strategic planning generally focuses on public space and public arenas. By tradition they have been regarded as men's domains and gender neutral. At the same time, private space and private arenas have been considered to be women's domains. To what extent is the fact that today women and men are not only employed, but also expected to share the care of the home and family, reflected in the field of planning? Has it been able to include government's general goals for gender equality regarding these issues? Has it been able to bring an end the subordination of "private" in relation to "public"? The authors experience is that the field of planning has not been successful in this respect. One reason is the lack of appropriate methodology. The challenge, especially for strategic planning, is embedded in the fact that its aim is to create spatial conditions for a future society characterized by gender equality. If contemporary inequality is taken for granted when plans for the future are prepared, such inequalities are likely to be perpetuated rather than changed for the better. Conversely, if the starting point is a hypothetical future society based on gender equality, women's traditional domestic experiences regarding care and household duties may be disregarded. Such experiences must be incorporated, but the question is, how? By anaiyzing planning praxis and policies of equal opportunities in relation to planning theoryand feminist theory the dilemma is highlighted. The article argues that the dilemma may be averted by focusing on production/paid work and reproduction/unpaid work and by usingthe concept of "everyday life" instead of focusing on what are today identified as female and male needs and interests.
Upplyst fundamentalism? Invandring, feminism och högern
Authors: Fekete Liz
Published: June 2022

Genom Europa löper en islamofobisk politisk vind med negativa inställningar till invandring, underblåst av extremhögern. Liz Feketes fokus är hur dessa strömningar i och med kriget mot terrorismen har blivit mainstreampolitik i många europeiska länder. Detta politiska skifte, för ett assimilationsinriktat och monokulturellt samhälle behöver och får dock sina feministiska cheerleaders.
Om makten att vara okunnig
Authors: De los Reyes Paulina
Published: June 2022

Lär sig samhället tillräckligt om hedersrelaterat våld och hur används dessa kunskaper? Eller blir inställningen att vara okunnig om vissa erfarenheter av förtryck en slags maktdemonstration?
Texten, du och jag
Authors: Eduards Maud
Published: June 2022

Hur ska kvinnliga akademiker som skriver feminism bli tagna på vetenskapligt allvar utan att riskera att texten förknippas för mycket med dem som personer? Det är dags att skapa handlingsutrymme genom obekväm och gränsöverskridande forskning!
Sorglig television: affekter, omdömen och känsloarbete
Authors: Skeggs Beverley , Wood Helen
Published: June 2022

Many of the existing debates about Reality TV overlook some of the obvious ways in which questions of intimacy are implicated in gender relations. In this article we want to open up a debate about how Reality TV’s creation of mediated intimacy induces a type of emotional labour through the performance of femininity. The realm of intimacy is one that has traditionally been associated with the feminine private sphere, but various commentators have marked out how public worlds, institutions and market forces have marshalled the intimate terrain into public spaces, using it to reinforce arguments of ‘normalcy’. We want to assess whether the blurring of the public/private distinction can offer a straightforward route to viewing pleasure through locating some of our findings from the 40 women that we interviewed about their own lives and the place of Reality TV within their broader life experiences. What we see on Reality TV is a visualisation of different performatives and demands. The distance between the practice of the viewer and the performer is minimised because both are subject to the requirements of feminine performances, particularly at the level of caring. The emotional labour of empathy is also bound up within moral judgements of value, especially visible in the use of the word ‘sad’. The ambiguity over ‘sad’ draws the female viewers of our study into an immanent emotional labour relationship at the same time as offering a space to critique.
Klass och postmodernism. Ett feministiskt val
Authors: Holgersson Ulrika
Published: June 2022

The aim of this article is to present a means to utilise elements of post-modern theory in the process of renewing class analysis, to a point where the historic conflicts between class theory and feminism dissolve. In other words, I call for a post-modernist-inspired feminist and post- Marxist understanding of the class concept. From the multifaceted tradition of post-modernism, I have primarily applied the method of critical deconstruction of grand narratives, as well as its urge to question the classical dichotomy of structure/agent, economy/culture, and material reality/language. I start out by discussing the modern class narrative from the perspective of its founders, Karl Marx and Max Weber, and with a particular regard to the internal feminist critique directed towards it. I then move from Joan Acker, via Beverley Skeggs, to Nancy Fraser and Judith Butler. By way of reasoning with others feminists, past and present, I reach the conclusion that the most promising potential for reconciliation between feminism and class analysis is to be found in socialist radical feminism, especially with those who have put forward the important role of sexuality in the construction of the capitalist system. My conclusion is that we need a broader class narrative with a relevance for pre-/early-modern as well as late-/post-modern times, not predisposed to run in any given direction; including reproduction as much as production; status, culture, consumption and life style at the same time as hierarchy and conflict; counting both redistribution and recognition. From a post-Marxist perspective, class will be seen as a social construction – in the process of classifying groups, or in the way in which we talk and move in space – in a similar mode to the making of sexual difference or gender.
Begreppet kvinnoarbetare som grund för en transnationell solidaritet
Authors: Talpade Mohanty Chandra
Published: June 2022

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, en av världens ledande feminister inom det postkoloniala fältet, reflekterar över möjligheter till ett emancipatoriskt handlande och för en solidaritet över nationsgränserna. Genom att använda begreppet ”kvinnoarbetare” menar hon att klasskonflikternas specifika könsdimension framträder och tillåter analyser av rasifierad dominans.
I sekulariseringens skugga. Manlighet och religiös tematik i svensk och amerikansk 1920-talsfilm
Authors: Gustafsson Tommy
Published: June 2022

There existed a great ambivalence concerning masculinity and its relationship to religion in the decades around the last turn of the century. The historical encoding process of religion, from gender neutral to feminine, has in general been interpreted as something solely negative for the constitution of masculinity during this period. Consequently, religious encoded masculinities have been deemed as deviations from the norm; as a negative feminisation. This assumption does not consider secularisation as an ongoing process, instead taking secularisation for granted when in fact Christianity and religiousness were still very much alive throughout Western societies. The focus of this article is to examine images of Christ and Christ-like characters in Swedish and American films, and also how ordinary religious male characters were received, and what functions these images of religious manhood performed in these films, and society at large. The clear tendency was that a modern, more active masculinity was on its way to oust an older, more passive masculinity based on spiritual values – manifested, for example, in that films with clear religious themes were enacted in a distant past. However, the contemporary reception clearly shows that the images of these religious male characters were not feminised due to religion. Instead, spiritualised forms of masculinities functioned as a legitimate alternative alongside modern masculinity. This indicates that religion was not yet essentially encoded as ‘feminine’. Although some forms of masculine encoded emotions were controlled in the public, this did not at all include softer expressions of emotions that in earlier research have been explained as signs of femininity in relation to an ideal masculinity. Conversely, the predicament for spiritualised masculinities occurred when narratives included a woman (the love story), which unavoidably tilted the focus from the soul to the masculine body, thereby (hetero)sexualising the male character in a way that often worked as a feminisation.
”Vi har ikke noe imot de homofile”. Heteroprivilegier i undervisning om homoseksualitet i norsk skole
Authors: Røthing Åse
Published: June 2022

Research on schooling and sexuality has for the last 10–15 years documented and discussed how heterosexualities in different ways are being privileged in teaching and textbooks. Scandinavian scholars have in particular pointed out the discrepancy between general ”homotolerance” in Nordic countries and reproduction of ”heteroprivileges” in Nordic schools. This article presents, in short, how sexuality has been addressed in Norwegian schools. The main object of the article, however, is to discuss how heterosexualities are being privileged in teaching in Norwegian schools, even when the teaching intends not to discriminate non-heterosexualities. ”Homotolerance” is seen as the goal of Norwegian teaching on (homo)sexuality and not as a problematic reproduction of privileged heterosexuality. The article concludes by reflections on how future and happiness are seen as equivalent to ”heterosexuality”, and argues that Norwegian schools reproduce rather than challenge this idea.
En queer blick på teknik i TV-serier
Authors: Landström Catharina
Published: June 2022

This article elaborates on the co-production of gender, technology and sexuality. Approaches from feminist technology studies, a re-formulated notion of the heterosexual matrix and queer critiques of homophobia and heteronormativity are combined into an interpretative framework. This framework is used in an analysis of the work cars, computers and mobile phones do in relation to gender and sexuality in four English-language TV series with international distribution: The L Word, Queer as Folk (UK version), Sex and the City and Entourage. The article details a variety of ways in which technology contributes to performances of gender and sexuality. It is argued that the particular relationship between a human character and a specific technological artefact can act as a determinant for the person’s gender and sexuality.
Tantförvandlingen. Om kroppens längtan, skam och exotisering i Kerstin Thorvalls reseromaner
Authors: Jönsson Maria
Published: June 2022

This article deals with the motif tanten in the travel-writings of the Swedish author Kerstin Thorvall (translated to English the concept would be something like ”the old lady”, ”the aunt” or ”the old maid”, but none of these terms cover the social and historical position of tanten in the Swedish welfare-state, which is interesting in itself). Thorvall’s travel writings have received much feminist critique during the past few years for the ways they reproduce and reiterate colonial power relations. Particularly, it is Thorvall’s description of the sexual relations between the woman writer and the black men she encounters that has become provocative. The objectification of the black body, and the stereotypes about ”Africa” and ”African culture” are very much present in these narratives. However, in this article I offer another critical approach to Thorvall’s work, suggesting that the discourse of ageing further inflects the motifs of sexuality and emancipation in Thorvall’s writings. This approach doesn’t dismiss the problematic of glorified colonialism that the novels espouse, but acknowledges other modes of power also taking place in Thorvall’s work. My investigation of the transformation of the young woman to ”tant” explores the social emotion of shame, and the construction of menopause that defines character subjectivity, and narrative structure. I discuss the painful, affective and embodied experiences connected to this corporeal transformation. I ask how the loss of the body, connected to the sense of suddenly becoming ”nobody,” and the loneliness associated to the woman outside reproduction discourse, offers us a different way to read and analyse Kerstin Thorvall’s work.
Att skildra mångfald i läromedel. Hur en inkluderande intention kan skapa underordning
Authors: Eilard Angerd
Published: June 2022

This article explores the construction of gendered ethnicity in some of the characters portrayed in readers used in the lower classes of the Swedish comprehensive school. The purpose is to show how what I call “critical intersectional discourse analysis” can be used on textbook content. The analysis sheds light on underlying ideals and values in hegemonic discourses, and the very complex ways these values combine intersectionally, to construct the characters in the analysed texts. Text and illustrations are seen as interacting parts of a whole and as part of a greater societal context. At the same time, the analysis demonstrates how historical and contemporary discourses influence text content. These discourses create contradictory meanings and identities, as well as certain power relations, within the text as well as in relation to different readers. The preferred reading inevitably transforms the majority’s ways of behaving into a generalised norm. The configuration of characters presented in the textbooks thereby stereotypes and marginalizes characters who differ from majority norms, creating a coding of the world into “us and them”. The focus in this study is on the way certain children presented in the readers are constructed as deviations, who are implicitly contrasted to an unarticulated heteronormative adult Western norm, and therefore inevitably positioned as subordinated in relation to that norm.
Dog Therapy in Supporting the Rehabilitation Process of Children with Autism
Authors: Marszałek Anna , Kasperczyk Tadeusz , Walaszek Robert
Published: June 2022

Introduction: Autism is not a specific condition. It is, however, a comprehensive disorder of psychomotor and social development. A number of factors, both environmental (family-related) and genetic, are believed to be the cause of autism. The percentage of children affected by autism has been increasing over the past 20 years. It is assumed that statistically, approximately 20 children in every 10,000 will become affected by this condition. Autism is 4 times more common in boys than in girls. The disorder is characterised by impaired mental growth, and, consequently, social and motor development.

Research objective: The aim of the article is to present the role of dog therapy in supporting the process of therapeutic rehabilitation among children with autism. In particular, the following aspects were taken into account: breeds of canines used in dog therapy, mechanisms of influence concerning dog therapy on the child's body, as well as the forms and results obtained.

Material and methods: The work is a narrative review. It was written on the basis of the document analysis method with the use of quantitative and qualitative techniques, as well as database searches for Polish and foreign scientific literature on the subject, i.e. Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar. In the article, the research results are presented in relation to the efficiency of applying dog therapy in the treatment of autistic children between 2002 and 2017, with emphasis on foreign literature.

Results: The most commonly used forms of dog therapy used are: Animal Assisted Activity (AAA), Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal Assisted Education (AAE).

Conclusions: The use of dogs in the process of therapeutic rehabilitation has positive influence both on the autistic child and his/her family environment. It helps cope better with many difficulties and motivates to take up more activities. Dog therapy affects all spheres of personal development, i.e. mental, motor and socio-emotional.
CAUSALITY ANALYSIS OF COAL CONSUMPTION AND BIOMASS CONSUMPTION TO INDONESIA ECONOMIC GROWTH
Authors: Setiawan Arif , Horman Juanita R.
Published: June 2022

Coal is one of the fossil fuels that can be utilized in various industries including the electric power industry, cement industry, paper industry, steel industry, and other industries. It is Approximately 70 percent of Indonesian coal production utilized for the supply of domestic electricity, while 10 percent used for cement production, and the rest utilized for industrial fuel and metallurgical processes. In addition to coal, wood is also another source that is often used among certain communities as a biomass energy source. Coal and biomass can be used as energy sources, which can be one of the drivers of economic growth (Gross Domestic Product). Therefore, the shortage of these energy sources can be an obstructive factor for economic acceleration. The purpose of this study is to figure out the reciprocal relationship between the three variables. The method used in this study is Granger causality. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between GDP and coal consumption, meaning that the use of coal is influenced by GDP. On the other hand, economic growth may also increase coal consumption.
REGULATION DEVELOPMENT OF INCREASING NICKEL ADDED VALUE IN INDONESIA
Authors: Setiawan Arif , Horman Juanita R.
Published: June 2022

One of the mining industry's characteristics is non-renewable, therefore its management should be optimal, efficient, and environmentally oriented. The Indonesian government has established the mining law as a main regulation in carrying out mineral and coal mining activities. The regulation related to the mining industry was Act No. 11/1967, which was then replaced by Act No. 04/2009. Implementing rule of the Act No. 04/2009 is regulated through a Government Regulation (PP). To implement this government regulation, a Minister Regulation is then needed to be issued. The main objective of this research is to know the development of the downstream mining industry related to increasing value added, especially nickel. The method used in this study is a descriptive method that describes secondary data in the form of documentation obtained from various sources. The results show that the implementation of Act No. 04/2009 has obligated the mining companies to build their smelters to run mineral processing and metal refining in five years, which can increase the value-added of minerals, including nickel. Therefore, according to the act, in 2014 raw ore exports should be banned. This condition results in a decrease in raw ore export. The construction of a smelter is used to process and purify nickel with levels above 2%. However, in Indonesia, there is still nickel ore with levels below that level. Therefore, Ministerial Regulation No. 05/2017 was issued to overcome this problem, which is currently being replaced by ministerial regulation No. 25/2018.
The Typology of Representations in Computer Games
Authors: Grabarczyk Pawel
Published: June 2022

The aim of this paper is to explore how Peirce’s trichotomy of symbolic, indexical and iconic representations can be applied to computer games. I argue that if we use this classification, we gain the ability to make distinctions that game studies often ignore, or do not adequately grasp. To increase the descriptive power of Peirce’s trichotomy, I suggest two additional distinctions: the difference between external and internal representations, and the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic representations. I combine all of these distinctions to construct a typology of representations in computer games. I argue that the application of this typology to particular elements of games (instead of games understood as a whole) enables us to solve some of the problems caused by the relationship of games to the external world. A case study I use to illustrate how my typology helps to improve game studies discourse, is LocoRoco—an abstract game accused of containing racist imagery. I argue that the game publisher’s response to the controversy was inadequate, since the game content, due to the application of representational mechanisms, can be seen as racist even if its developers had no intention of creating such a racist content.
Frode Iversen og Håkan Petterson (red.): The Agrarian Life of the North 2000 BC – AD 1000.
Authors: Diinhoff Søren
Published: June 2022

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På sporet av senmesolittiske døderiter
Authors: Lødøen Trond Klungseth
Published: June 2022

The first part of the paper discusses the dating of the rock art site Ausevik in Flora, Sogn og Fjordane, and evaluates previous suggestions from the last appsoximately years, based primarily on stylistic comparisons and to some extent shore line displacements. On the basis of new evidence from excavations at the site it is argued that the rock art should be dated to the Late Mesolithic, and that its iconography, use and expression is simultaneous with the more renown Vingen site a short distance further north. This opens for a much better understanding of the similarities of images and the organisation and expression of the narratives at the two sites. In the second part of the paper it is argued that both these sites are related to mortuary practices at the term of the Late Mesolithic period in Western Norway. It seems also to address important ideological issues in the relation between animal images and what seem to be representations of skeletons. The iconography also hints at reasons why cemeteries or graves have not been found in any numbers. The practise in Western Norway might have been of another tradition.
Penerapan Metode Simple Additive Weighting dalam Penerimaan Siswa Magang Pada Universitas Budi Darma
Authors: Manik Junus Dohar , Samosir Adinda Rezeki , Mesran Mesran
Published: June 2022

Seorang pelajar ataupun mahasiswa biasanya kurang pengetahuan dalam dunia kerja. oleh Karena itu dibuatlah suatu program yang disebut magang. Program magang dapat diartikan sebagai gerbang awal menuju dunia kerja. Magang merupakan tahapan yang dilalui oleh para pelajar dalam mengasah dan mengembangkan kemampuannya dalam dunia kerja. Program magang merupakan program dimana sekolah mengirim siswa ketempat-tempat tertentu yang menerima siswa magang. Program magang merupakan salah satu program yang wajib dilakukan oleh Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK). Salah satu tempat yang menerima siswa magang di sumatera utara adalah Universitas Budi Darma. Namun meningkatnya jumlah siswa magang yang medaftar justru menjadi permasalahan yang dialami kampus tersebut. Untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan tersebut dibutuhkanlah suatu system yang disebut Sistem Pendukung Keputusan (SPK). Ada beberapa metode yang dapat dipakai pada Sistem Pendukung Keputusan (SPK) ini. Salah satunya adalah metode Simple Addictive Weighting (SAW), metode Simple Addictive Weighting (SAW) dikenal dengan istilah metode penjumlahan terbobot karena melakukan penjumlahan terbobot untuk semua atribut pada setiap alternatif. hasil dari penelitian ini sebesar 0,9760 diperoleh oleh alternative A1 atas nama Romando Saragih sebagai peringkat pertama
Pemanfaatan Teknologi Berbasis Mobile untuk Laporan Pemakaian Kendaraan Perusahaan
Authors: Muhammad Khumaidi Azra  , Sitorus Edward
Published: June 2022

Teknologi sudah menjadi kebutuhan yang mendasar untuk sutau badan usaha, teknologi berbasis mobile adalah salah satu yang paling sering digunakan untuk saat ini. Dalam hal menginput data keluar masuk kendaraan,  PT.Perkebunan Nusantara II kebun Kwala Madu masih memakai sistem konvensional yang memiliki banyak sekali kelemahan, dimana supir akan mencatat pemakaian kendaraan lapangan yang kemudian setiap harinya pihak lapangan akan mengantarkan laporan tersebut ke kantor. Maka dari itu, tujuan terciptanya aplikasi berbasis mobile ini agar dapat membantu pekerjaan pegawai menjadi lebih efektif dan efisien. Teknik pengumpulan data yang dilakukan adalah dengan  melakukan observasi dan wawancara. Setelah melakukan penelitian maka penulis mengimplementasikan hasil penelitian dengan  menggunakan platform kodular sebagai media untuk membuat aplikasi android dan airtable sebagai database agar dapat memungkinkan aplikasi berjalan online. Setelah dilakukan pengujian dengan metode blackbox, dapat diketahui aplikasi yang telah dibuat dapat berjalan dengan baik.
Argentine higher education in the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-pandemic period
Authors: Lepez Carlos Oscar
Published: June 2022

The closure of higher education educational centers, including higher education institutions, was one of the first measures taken by the Argentine National Government to prevent the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. This article addresses some strategies related to teaching in higher education carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, as well as future projections or recommendations that could be derived in the post-pandemic stage with the aim of having strategies of coping with similar situations. The pandemic generated a deep reflection on institutional educational practices in the country, in particular, regarding their pedagogical sufficiency to take on the challenges of training mediated by technological resources. Virtual education implies extra work for the teacher, not only because of the preparation of materials, but also because of the need to always be available to hundreds of students. In the case of higher education, current reality has shown that, although some careers or subjects are practically impossible to do in virtual mode, in others it is feasible and even practical; The need arises then to review the curricular networks in the universities. Not only teachers, but also students, should be willing to change traditional models of education and find more participatory roles, so that this situation, a product of the health crisis, translates into a positive change in the educational processes of education. Argentine superior that is maintained in time
Predicting Sense of Classroom Community from Foreign Language Enjoyment and Anxiety in an English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Authors:   Halu Oleo University, Indonesia, Alberth Amef
Published: June 2022

Whereas the role of anxiety and enjoyment in predicting learning outcomes is well documented in the literature, the role of these two emotion dimensions in predicting perceived sense of classroom community is rarely discussed in the literature despite the fact that classroom community serves as a good predictor of learning outcomes. Conducted in a sociocultural context which is under-represented in the international literature, the present study was designed to predict participants’ perceived sense of classroom community based on their reported enjoyment and anxiety scores. A total of 402 senior high school students (male: 153, female: 249) participated in the study. Participants were invited to complete the questionnaires measuring foreign language enjoyment, foreign language anxiety, and perceived sense of classroom community. Multiple regression analysis indicated that foreign language classroom anxiety and enjoyment concurrently explained 39% of the total variance in sense of classroom community. Foreign language enjoyment turned out to be a stronger positive predictor, whereas anxiety was a negative predictor. Both variables were significant predictors for sense of classroom community regardless of gender. Whereas males and females were comparable in terms of perceived sense of classroom community and foreign language enjoyment, females were more anxious than males.
Crack Evolution and Computational Model Based Thermal Stress Evaluation of Laser Cladding Based on HVOF Sprayed WC/Co Deposits
Authors: ZHANG Chao Yang , JEAN Ming Der
Published: June 2022

A comprehensive experimental study on the high-velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) sprayed tungsten carbide/cobalt (WC/Co) deposits using laser cladding was conducted. A response surface methodology based on a central composite design was used to analyze, predict and optimize the WC/Co deposits of the laser-based HVOF sprayed coatings. The morphologies and microstructures of the laser clads were characterized using optical microscope, scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction techniques. The crack behavior and residual stress-based fractures were explored. In addition, the relationships between the residual stress of the laser clad and three factors: laser power, scanning speed and stand-off distance were examined. Further, optimization of the control factors: laser power, scanning speed and stand-off distance to minimize the residual stress was attained using a response surface methodology. The resulting lower residual stress has decreased the fracture crack activities and did not easily induce delamination in the laser clads. Findings from this study would greatly contribute to optimizing the experiments and achieve an enhanced structural evolution in the protective coating of traditional handicraft products by laser cladding.
Human Rights Challenges to European Migration Policy
Authors: Bast Jürgen , von Harbou Frederik , Wessels Janna
Published: June 2022

The EU has become a powerful player in the area of migration. As a result, European migration policies increasingly conflict with the EU’s commitment to respect Human Rights. The book identifies the most pressing challenges, outlines the relevant legal standards, and provides recommendations for reform. Core issues are

asylum seekers’ access to protection in the EU,

personal liberty and free movement of migrants,

safeguarding the rule of law in immigration proceedings,

the prohibition of discrimination on any ground, including immigration status,

respecting the social and family ties of migrants,

guaranteeing minimum social rights for irregular migrants, and

the public and private infrastructure necessary for defending the Human Rights of migrants.
The Efficacy and Safety of Enkephalinase Inhibitor Racecadotril in Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Seyed Motahari Sheri , Imanzadeh Farid , Hosseini Amirhossein , Dara Naghi , Khatami Katayoun , Zahed Ghazal , Imanzadeh Negar , Sadeghi Samane , Sayyari Aliakbar
Published: June 2022

Background: Acute diarrhea in children with an annual prevalence of about 2 billion episodes accounts for 1.9 million deaths in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 35% of children with diarrhea receive proper treatment for dehydration; hence, the detection of appropriate interventions enables us to prevent mortality and decrease the morbidity rate. Methods: This prospective randomized clinical trial was conducted from September 2018 to May 2019 in the Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward at the Mofid Children's Hospital, where 95 children were hospitalized with non-exudative acute gastroenteritis and moderate to severe dehydration. Among these patients, 53 children were administered intravenous (IV) fluid therapy and oral rehydration solution (ORS), and 42 children received IV rehydration and ORS plus Racecadotril (ORS+R). Daily bowel movements and their consistency were recorded at admission, 24 hours, and 48 hours after hospitalization. All data were analyzed by SPSS software version 25. Results: There was no statistically meaningful difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of age, gender, and weight. According to the statistical analysis, the dehydration severity was same in both groups, and no difference was revealed between the two groups regarding fever and vomiting. All laboratory findings were similar in both groups at the time of admission. Although the average duration of diarrhea was shorter in the racecadotril group than in the control group, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. The results indicated a rapid decline in the number of bowel movements by the first and second days after beginning of the treatment in both groups; however, no statistically meaningful difference was noticed. The present results indicated no significant difference between the two groups regarding the recovery rate in the first 24 hours of treatment. Moreover, although the recovery rate of children treated for 48 hours was faster in the racecadotril+ORS group than in the oral rehydration group, no significant difference was revealed. Conclusions: There was no meaningful relationship between the administration of racecadotril with the duration of diarrhea, the frequency of diarrhea, and the recovery rate in the first and second days after treatment. However, in 24 and 48 hours after treatment, there were a decrease in the number of watery stools and an increase in solid stools; hence, further studies with larger sample sizes and more accurate measurements determining factors affecting acute diarrhea and differentiating different types of diarrhea are recommended to further illustrate the role of racecadotril on the treatment of diarrhea in children.
Sunitinib-Induced Cutaneous Small-Vessel Vasculitis: A Rare Case Report
Authors: Kachare Supriya Ashok , Belgaumkar Vasudha Abhijit , Deshpande Shefali Prashant , Vora Chakor , Pradhan Shekhar N
Published: June 2022

Introduction: Sunitinib is an inhibitor of tumor angiogenesis and has been used as the first-line drug in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Sunitinib attracts attention due to its cutaneous toxicities, which are unusual but can range from benign self-resolving skin rash to severe systemic involvement. Herein, we report a 51-year-old male case with metastatic RCC, clear cell type. Case Presentation: Due to multifocal metastatic disease, the patient was started on tablet sunitinib 50 mg once daily (2 weeks on and 1 week off protocol) with palliative intent. On the 4th day of the second cycle, the case developed multiple reticulate palpable purpuric lesions over bilateral shins without any other constitutional or systemic symptoms, such as fever, joint pain, or abdominal pain. Skin histopathology was consistent with clinical suspicion of cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis. The potential involvement of other organs was ruled out. The lesions resolved completely within 2 weeks through symptomatic treatment with topical fluocinolone acetonide 0.01% cream and emollients. Conclusions: Sunitinib was continued uninterrupted without other organ involvement or the reappearance of lesions. Therefore, oncology care providers should always be vigilant and thoroughly evaluate any cutaneous toxicities associated with sunitinib, although it is a rare manifestation.
Toward the Policy of Active Case-Finding of HIV Among High-Risk Groups in Iran
Authors: Joulaei Hassan , Afsar-Kazerooni Parvin , Valipour Azam , Fardid Mozhgan
Published: June 2022

Background: Iran should revise some of its current strategies and strengthen others to meet the 95-95-95 targets, focusing on active case-finding (ACF) to combat this epidemic. Objectives: This policy report aimed to shed light on the process of implementing ACF of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among high-risk groups on a nationwide scale. Methods: This policy report is based on the pilot implementation of the first and second phases of optimized HIV case-finding (OCF) program. The first phase was implemented at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, from March 2018 to September 2019, and the second phase was implemented in eight other Iranian universities of medical sciences from November 2020 to May 2021. Results: OCF program is being implemented successfully as a pilot in eight universities with a combined population of approximately 21 million and a diverse socio-cultural context. During the seven months of OCF program, 536 new venues of female sex workers (FSWs) or injecting drug users (IDUs) were registered, 1282 new cases received the required services, 3256 services were registered, and 2834 barcodes were activated to follow cases actively. Conclusions: Evidently, OCF program requires a multi-strategy approach. The other critical issue is gaining the support and cooperation of stakeholders through a comprehensive advocacy strategy. Additionally, it is recommended to equip voluntary counseling and testing centers (VCTs) and other components of HIV surveillance systems and train their staff to ensure that their services are as efficient as possible.
The Cattle of Ludwinowo 7 Death, Dinner, and Deposition in the Linearbandkeramik Culture
Authors: Johnson Emily V. , Gillis Rosalind E. , Pyzel Joanna , Marciniak Arkadiusz , Outram Alan K.
Published: June 2022

Cattle were of vital importance to the people of the early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture of central Europe. An LBK site where the dominance of cattle is particularly prevalent is the late-sixth millennium BC settlement of Lud- winowo 7 in the central Polish lowlands. The range of feature types on the site, the relatively large zooarchaeological assemblage and the dominance of cattle therein offer a unique opportunity to analyze the relationship between this species and early Neolithic people. A synthesis of in-depth zooarchaeological techniques has been applied to different archaeological contexts across the site to look for intrasite variation in consumption and deposition of cattle. Analysis assessing the age-at-death of cattle deposited, using both dental and postcranial remains, identified that immature (ca. 6–12 months) and adult remains were recovered from the clay pits unassociated with houses, whereas all age classes, but still with a predominance of adults, were present in the longhouse pits. Some discrepancies in the dental and epiphyseal fusion data can be explained by taphonomic sequences of bone fracture type and fragmentation levels. Additionally, this analysis revealed cattle marrow was regularly extracted at Ludwinowo 7, but that bone fat exploitation was not partic- ularly intensive, nor geared toward the most efficient extraction of marrow, as bones were often roasted. The interplay between nutritional utility and cultural consumption may be best seen in the different zooarchaeological signatures resulting from household, everyday consumption compared with much larger communal feasting events.
A Potential Early Cattle-Based Faunal Economy from the Indus Valley Civilization Evidence from the Harappan Settlement of Bhirrana in Northern India
Authors: Deshpande-Mukherjee Arati , Goyal Pankaj
Published: June 2022

In South Asia, among the excavated faunal assemblages recovered from numerous sites associated with the Indus Valley civilization, the skeletal elements of domestic cattle (Bos indicus), also referred to as zebu or humped cattle, are most common. While some evidence for the earliest use of domestic cattle is traced to the Aceramic Neolithic layers at Meh- rgarh in Baluchistan (7,000–5,500 BC), there is limited evidence for it in the Pre-Harappan culture at sites attributed to the Indus Valley civilization. Hence the preliminary cattle evidence from Bhirrana—a Harappan settlement in northern India with Pre-Harappan layers—is significant. Cattle remains are common at this site throughout its occupation, includ- ing from the earliest Hakra Ware/Pre-Harappan phase which has provided a mean Carbon-14 date of 8.35 ± 0.14 ka BP (8,597–8,171 years BP/7,570–7,180 cal BC) broadly contemporary with the earliest Aceramic Neolithic phase at Mehr- garh. The identification of domestic cattle in this particular phase suggests that the predecessors of the Harappan people at Bhirrana were already managing these livestock animals prior to the beginning of the Harappan cultural phases, at a time when the intensity of the monsoon was high, although some direct dates on the cattle remains themselves are needed in order to confirm this. Cattle husbandry was found to continue through the Early Harappan to the Mature Harappan period, during which a strong cattle-based faunal economy was established, despite a decline in climatic con- ditions. In this paper we discuss the preliminary analysis of a portion of the faunal remains from this site and aspects related to the exploitation of domestic cattle during the various cultural periods at Bhirrana.