bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Caracterización de la avifauna presente en la Orinoquía Colombiana: estudio de caso
Authors: Velasco-Belalcázar Martha Lucia , Hernández-Medina Carlos Alberto , Choque-Ladino Nelvar , Martínez-Vargas Agustín María
Published: July 2023

Objetivo. Caracterizar la avifauna presente en la granja agroecológica Ekonukos de la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, como fuente de información para la descripción y desarrollo de futuros modelos de aviturismo, educación ambiental y acciones de conservación en el área de estudio. Materiales y métodos. Se definieron cuatro zonas de acuerdo con su cobertura vegetal o uso del suelo (Zona de edificaciones o habitable-ZE, Bosque secundario BS, Zona de cultivos ZC y Pastizales o zona abierta-Pza). En cada zona se estableció un punto de observación con radio fijo, se realizaron observaciones y se practicaron recorridos mediante transectos lineales. Las especies registradas fueron identificadas y categorizadas por tipo de hábitat (ZE, BS, ZC o Pza), alimentación, frecuencia de registros y estado de amenaza o conservación. Resultados. Se encontraron 84 especies de aves, distribuidas en 18 órdenes, 34 familias y 74 géneros. El orden Passeriformes presentó la mayor riqueza de especies al igual que las familias Tyrannidae y Thraupidae. Del total de especies, 79 corresponden a poblaciones residentes, cuatro a migratorias boreales y una migratoria austral. A demás, la especie Amazona farinosa está en estado de amenaza, en la categoría NT o casi amenazada. Conclusiones. Las especies encontradas constituyen un aporte importante para el conocimiento de la avifauna local e invita a realizar acciones de restauración y manejo de la flora del sitio de estudio, con el fin de generar una mejor conectividad con las áreas cercanas y oferta alimenticia para las especies encontradas.
Kesulitan Guru Sekolah Dasar Dalam Mengambangkan Desain Pembelajaran Berbasis Online di Kota Serang
Authors: Setiani Henny , Hufad Achmad , Fathurrohman Maman , Aris Ika Evitasari , Amin Sofwatillah
Published: July 2023

Salah satu yang dihadapi oleh kesusahan dalam melakukan proses belajar berlandas online pada guru. Kesenjangan sering timbul dalam merancang penerimaan yang serupa dengan keinginan proses belajar dengan metode online. Tingkat kesulitan mempengaruhi pada kurang maksimalnya penerapan proses belajar. Riset ini bermaksud menggali kesulitan-kesulitan itu. Riset ini mengenakan prosedur kuntitatif dengan konsep riset survey. Bersumber pada hasil riset membuktikan pada penanda pemakaian program dalam proses belajar, 53, 95% guru hadapi kesusahan yang besar, 64, 47% guru sekolah bawah cuma mengenali program whatsapp. Sebesar 50% guru tengah hadapi sulitnya dalam memanfaatkan teknologi. Sedangkan, pada penanda mutu proses pembelajaran, 46, 15% guru merasa penerapan pada proses pembelajaran berorientasi online amat menjenuhkan. Sebesar 64, 47% guru pula merasa tidak efektif dalam membimbing Kala online. Pada penanda konsep proses pembelajaran, 65, 79% guru sekolah bawah terletak dalam tingkatan kebimbangan dalam membuat konsep dalam proses belajar. Oleh sebab itu, guru diharapkan bisa menjajaki proses belajar training mengonsep pelatihan dengan metode online supaya proses belajar yang dilaksanakan bisa lebih efisien serta berdaya guna
Using the Socioecological Model to Explore Barriers to Health Care Provision in Underserved Communities in the Philippines: Qualitative Study
Authors: Reyes Andrew Thomas , Serafica Reimund , Kawi Jennifer , Fudolig Miguel , Sy Francisco , Leyva Erwin William A , Evangelista Lorraine S
Published: July 2023

Background

The Philippines’ primary care is delivered via local health centers called barangay health centers (BHCs). Barangays are the most local government units in the Philippines. Designed to promote and prevent disease via basic health care, these BHCs are staffed mainly by barangay health workers (BHWs). However, there has been limited research on the social and environmental factors affecting underserved communities’ access to health care in underserved areas of the Philippines. Given the importance of BHCs in disease prevention and health promotion, it is necessary to identify obstacles to providing their services and initiatives.

Objective

This study aimed to explore multilevel barriers to accessing and providing basic health care in BHCs.

Methods

We used a qualitative approach and the socioecological model as a framework to investigate the multilevel barriers affecting basic health care provision. A total of 18 BHWs from 6 BHCs nationwide participated in focus group interviews. Traditional thematic content analysis was used to analyze the focus group data. After that, we conducted individual semistructured interviews with 4 public health nurses who supervised the BHWs to confirm findings from focus groups as a data source triangulation. The final stage of thematic analysis was conducted using the socioecological model as the framework.

Results

Findings revealed various barriers at the individual (lack of staff motivation and misperceptions of health care needs), interpersonal (lack of training, unprofessional behaviors, and lack of communication), institutional (lack of human resources for health, lack of accountability of staff, unrealistic expectations, and lack of physical space or supplies), community (lack of community support, lack of availability of appropriate resources, and belief in traditional healers), and policy (lack of uniformity in policies and resources and lack of a functional infrastructure) levels.

Conclusions

Examining individual-, interpersonal-, institutional-, community-, and policy-level determinants that affect BHCs can inform community-based health promotion interventions for the country’s underserved communities. Given the multidimensional barriers identified, a comprehensive program must be developed and implemented in collaboration with health care providers, community leaders, local and regional health care department representatives, and policy makers.
Upaya Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Pada Anak-anak kelas 3 - 6 di SDN 1 Mengesta, Desa Mengesta, Tabanan
Authors: Nadi Clarissa Devina , Kurniawan I Gede Agus
Published: July 2023

Real Work Lecture (KKN) is a form of community service activity with research content that places students off campus and invites students to think critically so that they are able to help develop potential in society with the help of lecturers in solving solutions. The KKN program implemented at SDN 1 Mengesta, Desa Mengesta, Tabanan is a form of education for students at SDN 1 Mengesta who are not yet fluent in reading in a more enjoyable way so that they are interested in being more active in learning to read. The target of this activity is for students in grades 3 to 6 of SD. This is intended so that SD 1 Mengesta students can read and understand long sentences more fluently so that they have no difficulty when they have to read textbooks or answer questions with long sentences. Elementary school students, especially grades 3 to 6, must be able to read fluently and even understand the contents of the reading so that learning at school is more effective and the knowledge gained is more understandable. The role and full support of parents and teachers at school is also very important because it is one of the factors for a child's success at school, in this case also including the ability to read.

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Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) merupakan bentuk kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat dengan muatan penelitian yang menempatkan mahasiswa di luar kampus dan mengajak mahasiswa berpikir kritis sehingga mampu membantu mengembangkan potensi di masyarakat dengan bantuan dosen dalam pemecahan solusinya. Program KKN yang dilaksanakan di SDN 1 Mengesta, Desa Mengesta, Tabanan merupakan bentuk edukasi kepada siswa/i SDN 1 Mengesta yang belum lancar membaca dengan cara yang lebih menyenangkan sehingga tertarik untuk lebih giat dalam belajar membaca. Sasaran kegiatan ini adalah untuk siswa/i kelas 3 sampai 6 SD. Hal ini bertujuan agar siswa/i SD 1 Mengesta dapat membaca dan memahami kalimat-kalimat panjang dengan lebih lancar sehingga tidak kesulitan saat harus membaca buku pelajaran atau menjawab soal-soal dengan kalimat yang panjang. Siswa/i Sekolah Dasar, terutama kelas 3 sampai 6 SD, harus sudah dapat lancar membaca bahkan memahami isi bacaan sehingga pembelajaran di sekolah lebih efektif dan pengetahuan yang didapat lebih dimengerti. Peran dan dukungan penuh orang tua serta guru di sekolah juga sangat penting karena menjadi salah satu faktor keberhasilan anak di sekolah, dalam hal ini juga termasuk kemampuan membaca.
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Counseling Treatments for Refugee Clients: The Experiences of Mental Health Service Providers
Authors: Khalsa Gurusewak S. , Softas-Nall Basilia , Razo Jasmine T.
Published: July 2023

This study examined the perceptions of mental health professionals through their experiences of adapting counseling treatments to meet the cultural needs of their refugee clients. For this interpretative phenomenological study, eleven licensed clinicians participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews that utilized multicultural counseling and vicarious trauma theories. Results were presented in superordinate and subordinate themes. The results give context to the developmental process participants experienced and insight into the changes in clinical conceptualization and transformative professional identity which emerged from the challenges and areas of support they experienced during each stage of their professional progression. Suggestions for counseling psychologists, supervisors, mental health professionals, and academic trainers to use in their work included reflective examination of the influences and impact of clinicians’ cultural identities on clients, as well the cultural influences on the mental health paradigms in academic training.
A Developmental study of an Instructional Model for Inquiry of Social Studies Based on Data-driven Artificial Intelligence Convergence Education
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Seo Yu Na , Noh Jiyeong , Park Mee Reem , Jung Sujin
Published: July 2023

Objectives The purposes of this study were to develop instructional model and design principles for inquiry of social studies based on the Data-driven Artificial Intelligence convergence education.
Methods This study examines the components and design principles of the model through a review of previous studies. Then an initial model is developed and validated through an expert validation review and field evaluation. In the field evaluation, 95 students from two different elementary school in Seoul participated in. The students responded to the data literacy before and after the lessons and interviews confirmed their in-depth opinions.
Results As a result of this study, an instructional model and 7 design principles have been developed to guide the inquiry of social studies based on the Data-driven Artificial Intelligence convergence education. The final model consists of eight processes: instructional guidance, inquiry learning preparation, data exploration and problem discovery, data collection, data analysis and visualization, inquiry conclusion, output production and sharing, consolidation and evaluation. The derived design principles are problem discovery, contextual data utilization, scaffolding provision, tool utilization, data transformation and interpretation, data-based communication, and expression and sharing. It confirmed that it is an effective model to the students’ data literacy.
Conclusions The implication of this study is to develop instructional model and design principles for inquiry of social studies based on the Data-driven Artificial Intelligence convergence education which can provide more optimized lesson through comprehensive approach and explore the design principles which can be useful in the field of school education considering the school context. It is also meaningful in that applying the model and design principles empirically.
Relationships between executive function difficulty, intelligence, and academic performance in primary school children: Multi-group analysis by grade group in elementary school
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Yun An-Soon , Park Hyo-Young , Kim Ah-Reum
Published: July 2023

Objectives In this study, we looked at the relationship between executive function difficulty, intelligence, and academic performance in primary school children, and tried to verify whether this relationship showed a significant difference according to the elementary school grade group.
Methods For the purpose of the study, a structural equation model analysis and multi-group analysis were conducted through the data of 1,365 of the Panel Study on Korean Children.
Results First, it was found that the executive function difficulty of children had a significant negative effect on intelligence and academic performance, respectively, and intelligence had a positive effect on academic performance. Second, the mediating effect of intelligence was found in the effect of executive function difficulty on academic performance ability. Third, there was a significant difference in the influence of executive function difficulty on academic performance ability according to the elementary school grade group.
Conclusions The results of this study suggest that educational interventions should be provided by considering cognitive factors that can help academic performance according to the child's developmental level.
Self-Determination Motivation, Metacognition, Learning Flow, Clinical Practice Competency of nursing students who studied off-line, on line class in COVID-19 pandermic situation
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Park Gyung
Published: July 2023

Objectives The purposes of this study was to verify the effects of Self-Determination Motivation, Metacognition, Learning Flow, Clinical Practice Competency and to verify varables related to Clinical Practice Competency of nursing students in COVID-19 pandermic situation.
Methods The participants were 150 students attending 3rd, 4th year nursing students of university located in J province. The collected datawere analyzed using SPSS 24.0 version. The confidance value of the scale used was Cronbach’s for each scale. Variables were analyzed by using the descriptive statistics, t-test, anova, Pearson’s correlation, multiple regression.
Results The correlation coefficient analysis showed that clinical practice competency of nursing students had a statistically significant correlation with Self-Determination Motivation, Metacognition, Learning Flow. The Clinical Practice Competency of subjects had a significantly differnces and Grade, Metacognition were found to be the factors influencing clinical practice competency. The model's explanatory power was 31.2%.
Conclusions In order to increase clinical practice competency of nursing students in COVID-19 pandermic situation it is necessary to build/develop effective intervention education programs to improve metacognition.
Mediating Effect of Self-acceptance on the Relationship between Parents' Psychological Control and Career Decision Level in college students
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Mi-Kyung , Kim Young-Hee
Published: July 2023

Objectives The purpose of this study is to explore the mediating effect of self-acceptance in the relationship between the psychological control of parents and the level of career decision in college students.
Methods For this study, 411 copies of data collected from university students in five regions through a self-report questionnaire were analyzed using statistical programs PASW Statistics 18.0 and AMOS 18.0. The specific procedure to achieve the purpose of this study is: first, the level of each variable was identified through frequency analysis, and then whether there was a significant difference in each variable according to general characteristics was identified through t-test and ANOVA verification. Second, after conducting the correlation analysis with this variable, a partial mediation model and a full mediation model were established, and the level of the mediation effect was identified through the X2 test. Third, the goodness of fit of the model and the path coefficient between variables were calculated through the AMOS program, and the Sobel-test was conducted to verify the mediating effect.
Results The results of the analysis are as follows. First, the level of parents' psychological control, self-acceptance, and career decision showed significant differences according to gender, major, and university type. The level of female students and junior college students was high in all three variables, and the level of parents' psychological control toward science students was high, but the level of self-acceptance and career decision was higher in liberal arts students. Also, the level of self-acceptance and career decision of students living separately from their parents was the lowest, and the highest level of career decision in the first grade decreased as it progressed from the second grade to the third grade, and then increased again in the fourth grade. Second, Parents' psychological control had a negative effect on the level of self-acceptance and career decision, and the level of self-acceptance had a positive effect on the level of career decision. Third, for college students, self-acceptance showed a complete mediating effect in the relationship between parents' psychological control and career decision level.
Conclusions The results of this study are significant in providing extensive basic data that can effectively improve the career decision level of college students. Therefore, it will be able to contribute to finding and presenting the direction of career education, guidance, and career counseling programs for college students.
Analysis of the difference in reading comprehension according to the blank variable of the text
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Choi Jihye , Park Youngmin
Published: July 2023

Objectives In this study, the effect of the number of blanks in the text on students' reading was analyzed, and the possibility of development as a test tool was identified.
Methods To this end, a test was conducted on 267 high school students in Daejeon Metropolitan City to measure the influence of the blank variable in the text. The effect of the number of blanks on students' reading comprehension was identified by analyzing the effect size by classifying it into four conditions according to the number of blanks conditions.
Results First as a result, The effect size between the conditions without blanks and the conditions with blanks for each tenth word was small. When the blanks were in each of the 7th and 5th words, the number of blanks had a significant effect on students' reading. Second, when reading the explanatory text, the number of blanks had an effect rather than the narrative text. Third, the number of blanks had a greater influence on factual understanding than inference understanding.
Conclusions Considering these results, the effect of the number of blanks on students' reading can be more specifically investigated, and evaluation tools such as the blank filling test can be actively used in class design considering students' reading comprehension.
A study on teaching of reasoning about variation: Focusing on statistics unit in 3rd and 4th grade of elementary school
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Ko Eun-Sung
Published: July 2023

Objectives Although reasoning about variation is important in statistical thinking, little research has been conducted on how reasoning about variation is taught in the statistics unit of school mathematics. In this study, we will look into the teaching of reasoning about variation in the statistics unit of the 3rd and 4th grade mathematics textbooks and discuss methods to strengthen the teaching of reasoning about variation.
Methods In this study, the activities provided for reasoning about variation in the statistics unit were analyzed. To this end, the activities provided in the statistics unit of the 3rd and 4th grade elementary school mathematics textbooks (state 1 type, accredited 10 types) are divided into 4 stages of statistical problem solving (problem formulation, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation), and the teaching of reasoning about variation in each stage is analyzed.
Results In the problem formulation stage, all three units(picture graph, bar graph, and line graph) provided activities to deal with the variability inherent in the problem situation. In the case of the data collection stage, there was a difference for each unit. Activities to consider the effect of data collection methods on variability and activities to consider how selection items during investigation affect data variability were provided. In the data analysis stage, activities to recognize the merits of graphs, activities to identify trends in data, and activities to compare graphs with different units were provided. In the data interpretation stage, activities to compare the two groups, activities to make decisions based on data, and activities to explain changes in data were provided.
Conclusions In this study, it was confirmed that the teaching of reasoning about variation in the data collection stage was considerably poor compared to other stages. Continuous research should be conducted on the development of problem situations, activities, and questions suitable for the level of students for the teaching of reasoning about variation.
The Relationships between University Dance Students’ Appearance Attitudes, Perceived Behavior Control, Eating Intention, and Healthy Eating Behaviors: A Moderated Mediation Effect
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee Dae won
Published: July 2023

Objectives The theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985) maintains that personal beliefs (attitudes, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control) shape an individual’s behavioral intention in which in turn that behavioral intention determines human social behavior. Using a moderated mediation model, the purpose of this study was to test whether the mediation of healthy earing intention into healthy eating behavior depends on the level of perceived behavioral control.
Methods A sample of 472 university dance students (70 males, 402 females) was analyzed by hierarchical regression procedures in terms of moderated mediation. Appearance attitudes, eating intention, perceived behavioral control, and healthy eating behavior were assessed.
Results Eating intention partially mediated appearance attitudes-healthy eating behaviors, and perceived behavioral control operated as a moderator: Perceived behavioral control moderated the healthy eating intention-eating behavior, with stronger relationship at higher levels of perceived behavioral control.
Conclusions These results contribute to the understanding of psychological mechanism in university dance students’ healthy eating behaviors. They also show that high level of perceived behavioral control can be a facilitator of health behavior change.
Quantum simulation of battery materials using ionic pseudopotentials
Authors: Shokrian Zini Modjtaba , Delgado Alain , dos Reis Roberto , Moreno Casares Pablo Antonio , Mueller Jonathan E. , Voigt Arne-Christian , Arrazola Juan Miguel
Published: July 2023

Ionic pseudopotentials are widely used in classical simulations of materials to model the effective potential due to the nucleus and the core electrons. Modeling fewer electrons explicitly results in a reduction in the number of plane waves needed to accurately represent the states of a system. In this work, we introduce a quantum algorithm that uses pseudopotentials to reduce the cost of simulating periodic materials on a quantum computer. We use a qubitization-based quantum phase estimation algorithm that employs a first-quantization representation of the Hamiltonian in a plane-wave basis. We address the challenge of incorporating the complexity of pseudopotentials into quantum simulations by developing highly-optimized compilation strategies for the qubitization of the Hamiltonian. This includes a linear combination of unitaries decomposition that leverages the form of separable pseudopotentials. Our strategies make use of quantum read-only memory subroutines as a more efficient alternative to quantum arithmetic. We estimate the computational cost of applying our algorithm to simulating lithium-excess cathode materials for batteries, where more accurate simulations are needed to inform strategies for gaining reversible access to the excess capacity they offer. We estimate the number of qubits and Toffoli gates required to perform sufficiently accurate simulations with our algorithm for three materials: lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel-manganese oxide, and lithium manganese oxyfluoride. Our optimized compilation strategies result in a pseudopotential-based quantum algorithm with a total Toffoli cost four orders of magnitude lower than the previous state of the art for a fixed target accuracy.
Avaliação de desempenho do aplicativo Brinka para crianças com neurodiversidade: uma proposta de desenvolvimento com Design Thinking e Lean Startup
Authors: Fausto Ilma Rodrigues de Souza , Da Silva Maicon Gonzaga , Leta Fabiana Rodrigues , Braz Ruth Maria Mariani
Published: July 2023

A neurodiversidade é um conceito que reconhece e respeita as diferenças neurológicas de indivíduos. Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar o desenvolvimento de tecnologia assistiva para crianças com Transtorno do Espectro Autista no decorrer das aulas de inclusão social e digital do curso tecnólogo em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistema do Instituto Federal de Rondônia. Pois, identificamos no Centro de Autismo condições para nortear o trabalho de desenvolver tecnologia de hardware e software para atendê-los, durante as brincadeiras no pátio e ações de psicomotricidade. As metodologias utilizadas foram: avaliação de desempenho, Design Thinking, Lean Startup e desenvolvimento Ágil, uma vez que possibilita a simulação do produto em escala real, permitindo a identificação de erros de projeto. Conclui-se, portanto, que o uso das metodologias auxilia no processo de criação e aperfeiçoamento do produto.
IMPLEMENTASI TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT DALAM MENINGKATKAN PRODUKTIVITAS KERJA DI LINGKUNGAN ORGANISASI PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Zulkarnaini Zulkarnaini
Published: July 2023

Every educational organization is committed to continuing to advance, develop, and be able to survive in carrying out educational programs. For this reason, educational organizations must produce several service products with good quality, competitive prices with good service from their competitors. In addition, making continuous improvements in producing service production, namely by increasing work productivity with honest and professional work culture, effective promotions, and satisfying services for customers so as to be able to increase loyal costumers in obtaining sustainable service products. Therefore, comprehensive quality control is needed through the application of the Total Quality Management (TQM) concept. TQM is a management philosophy that focused on the need to know customer needs. The importance of taking the right action from the start, and recognizing that quality improvement will be achieved if the goals of all employees in educational organizations have become part of the overall organizational culture structure. This is because there is a close relationship between product quality and service, customer satisfaction, and profit organization. The higher the quality of a product, the higher the customer and at the same time, it will affect the reputation and electability of customers toward educational organizations. Therefore, the work productivity of educational organizations is a basic factor in considering improving the quality of education.
Sistema glinfático: aspectos anatómicos, fisiológicos e implicaciones clínicas
Authors: Martínez Cogollo Jesús Alberto , García Ávila Camila Andrea , Sobrino Mejía Fidel Ernesto
Published: July 2023

Introducción: el sistema glinfático comprende el conjunto de rutas perivasculares tanto arteriales como venosas que se encuentran en estrecha asociación con células astrogliales y que permiten la interacción entre el líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) y el líquido intersticial cerebral (LIC), para llevar a cabo procesos como la depuración de los metabolitos de desecho celular, o la distribución de nutrientes, así como contribuir al metabolismo cerebral local, la transmisión de volumen y la señalización paracrina cerebral.
Contenidos: este artículo busca profundizar en los conceptos anatómicos y fisiológicos, hasta el momento descritos, sobre este sistema macroscópico de transporte. Se realiza una búsqueda bibliográfica de revisiones y estudios experimentales sobre la anatomía, la fisiología y las implicaciones fisiopatológicas del sistema glinfático.
Conclusiones: la identificación anatómica y funcional del sistema glinfático ha ampliado el conocimiento sobre la regulación del metabolismo cerebral en cuanto a distribución de nutrientes y cascadas de señalización celular. Al establecer una interacción entre el espacio subaracnoideo subyacente y el espacio intersticial cerebral, el sistema glinfático surge como uno de los mecanismos protagonistas de la homeostasis cerebral. La disfunción de esta vía hace parte de los mecanismos fisiopatológicos de múltiples trastornos neurológicos, ya sea por la acumulación de macromoléculas, como ocurre en la enfermedad de Alzheimer, o por la reducción del drenaje de sustancias químicas y citocinas proinflamatorias en patologías como la migraña o el trauma craneoencefálico.
Estrategias para la motivación en el aprendizaje: ¿Qué opinan estudiantes y maestros?
Authors: Hernández Molano William Andrés , Mahecha Escobar Jenny , Mesa Molano Freddy Heladio
Published: July 2023

La motivación es un aspecto primordial para el desarrollo de todas las actividades esenciales de la vida, de igual manera lo es para el desarrollo de procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje. Por lo anterior, desde el rol docente se debe estudiar aquello que favorece la motivación intrínseca de los estudiantes, y la de los maestros, ya que estos deben estar involucrados no solo como investigadores sino como objetos de estudio. 

Para tener una visión amplia de los factores que influyen en la motivación de los estudiantes se desarrolla un proceso investigativo con educandos y maestros de los niveles educativos: preescolar, básica primaria, básica secundaria, media, y educación superior (pregrado y posgrado). Producto de este estudio se identifican desencadenantes de la motivación como: actividades lúdicas, apoyo familiar, indicadores de proceso, ejercicios innovadores, contenidos contextualizados, establecimiento de logros. Estos hallazgos permiten establecer nuevas orientaciones didácticas que guíen los procesos formativos actuales y futuros.
Análisis de la formación en el uso del software disciplinar de los estudiantes de contaduría pública. Un estudio de caso
Authors: Dorantes Macias Cinthya Edith , Padilla Partida Siria
Published: July 2023

El desarrollo de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) y su impacto en la economía actual trae consigo nuevas demandas para el mercado laboral; la educación superior tiene la necesidad de brindar a los futuros profesionistas habilidades relacionadas con el manejo de las TIC y particularmente con el manejo de software enfocado a su disciplina. Este estudio pretende analizar de qué manera el Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas de la Universidad de Guadalajara ha realizado cambios en su interior para integrar estas tecnologías, se examina la Licenciatura en Contaduría Pública. Además, se busca identificar los conocimientos relacionados con el uso y manejo de softwares disciplinares que adquieren los estudiantes en su trayectoria académica. Se realizó una investigación documental y de campo. El análisis de información incluyó la consulta de informes, páginas institucionales y planes de desarrollo. Por su parte, la investigación de campo recolecta información a través de un cuestionario a estudiantes de 6° y 8° semestre de la licenciatura sobre sus conocimientos de software disciplinar. Los resultados revelan que la Universidad y el centro universitario no cuentan con políticas institucionales para la integración de TIC, a pesar de ello se han implementado acciones, no suficientes, para incorporar software disciplinar en la licenciatura de contaduría pública. En cuanto al conocimiento de los estudiantes, cuentan con habilidades digitales generales y en menor medida, conocimiento y uso de software relacionado con su perfil disciplinar. Se añade, que es en las prácticas profesionales dónde los estudiantes declaran haber obtenido este tipo de conocimientos.
Imaginarios sociales de la seguridad laboral de trabajadores y jefes inmediatos en Pereira y Dosquebradas (Colombia)
Authors: Vásquez Bastidas Mary Luz
Published: July 2023

El trabajo se configura desde el sistema de los trabajadores y jefes inmediatos desde una lógica del esfuerzo y la retribución material e inmaterial, por su parte la seguridad laboral se establece como un elemento estable de sistema el cual se mantiene a través de la estandarización. Bajo la lógica de cada categoría, hay elementos compartidos y en contraposición dispuestos para la selección de sentido en ambos sistemas sociales. Ejemplo de ello, es que ambos sistemas tienen en la opacidad lo variable que puede ser el trabajo concreto, y dicha esta opacidad tiene mayor influencia sobre la manera que los dos sistemas orientan sus acciones respecto a la seguridad, lo que a su vez trae una nueva opacidad frente al no reconocimiento de las capacidades personales, tales como resolución de problemas, creatividad, adaptabilidad, aspectos que puestos en práctica propician el éxito del trabajo, dan sentido de logro y reconocimiento a las personas en sus lugares de trabajo (dimensión expresiva del trabajo).
Lo anterior, es el resultado de un proceso de investigación cualitativa, que tuvo como propósito comprender los imaginarios sociales de jefes y trabajadores sobre el trabajo y la seguridad laboral, para reconocer posibles relaciones desde los imaginarios sociales que los dos sistemas tienen sobre los conceptos que orienten su acción en la cotidianidad laboral, para ello se llevó a cabo un recorrido que inició con la aplicación de la metodología relacional por fases, seguido a la construcción de relaciones y distinciones bajo los conceptos de observación y sentido de Luhmann, para finalizar con un mapa de diferencias y similitudes que representa la aplicación del metacódigo relevancia/opacidad de Juan Luis Pintos.
Correlation between Allergic Rhinitis or Hay Fever and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Jadoon Sarosh Khan , Kazmi Waseem Ahmed Shah , Akbar Amna , Hussain Shoukat , Khan Sania , Khandker Shahad Saif , Tasneem Sabahat
Published: July 2023

Introduction: The association between allergy and cancer is
contradictory, whereas some forms of cancer have inverse associations
with allergy. Allergic rhinitis (AR) is the most prevalent form of
allergy, and lung cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer,
with the highest percentage of mortality. Recent studies report a
positive association between asthma and lung cancer, although that, too,
is not conclusive yet. However, AR has a positive association with
asthma; therefore, our research question was to explore whether there is
any correlation between AR and lung cancer epidemiologically. Methods
and Results: Seven eligible articles were found to be eligible for this
systematic review and meta-analysis, including 4663 cases and 9056
controls, five from the USA and one each from Canada and Germany. Pooled
analysis [OR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.45-0.70; p-value<0.00001],
and [RR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.51-0.77; p-value<0.00001]
depicted a strong inverse relationship between AR and lung cancer. Among
small-cell and non-small-cell lung cancer, the inverse association was
stronger with Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC): [OR: 0.58, 95% CI:
0.46-0.73], and [RR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.53-0.77], with a p-value
<0.00001; however, this finding was only based on one study
among females. The study in Canada (OR: 0.35 and RR: 0.38) and in
Germany (OR: 0.18 and RR: 0.19) had lower OR and RR values compared to
the studies in the USA (OR 0.62 and RR 0.69). However, two studies in
Canada and Germany were the outlier studies in our study, and
sensitivity analyses reduced the heterogeneity from 64% to 27% (for
OR) and 72% to 40% (for RR) while analyses were conducted eliminating
those studies. No low-quality studies were obtained. Conclusion: New
epidemiological studies are required to observe the current scenario
more comprehensively.
Structural Equation Modeling in Archival Capital Markets Research: An Empirical Application to Disclosure and Cost of Capital
Authors: Hinson Lisa A. , Utke Steven
Published: July 2023

Structural equation modeling (SEM), an empirical methodology underutilized in archival research, enables researchers to examine paths linking constructs. SEM consists of two components: a measurement model that generates common factors from observed variables and a path model that links the factors. We discuss SEM’s components, estimation, advantages, best practices, and limitations. We illustrate SEM with an application to disclosure research. Unlike some prior research, we find voluntary disclosure quality is negatively associated with cost of capital, both directly and indirectly through information asymmetry, even after controlling for earnings quality’s direct and indirect associations with cost of capital. We believe SEM offers fruitful avenues for future research because it allows flexibility in modeling relations guided by theory, enables tests of underlying theoretical mechanisms, provides tools to address measurement error and missing data, and estimates simultaneous equations. SEM may be useful in settings that currently use path analysis or principal component analysis.

Data Availability: Data used in this study are available from public sources identified in the paper.

JEL Classifications: M41; C30.
Rapid Reduction of HbA1c and Early Worsening of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Real-world Population-Based Study in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Simó Rafael , Franch-Nadal Josep , Vlacho Bogdan , Real Jordi , Amado Ester , Flores Juana , Mata-Cases Manel , Ortega Emilio , Rigla Mercedes , Vallés Joan-Anton , Hernández Cristina , Mauricio Didac
Published: July 2023

OBJECTIVE

Early worsening of diabetic retinopathy (EWDR) due to the rapid decrease of blood glucose levels is a concern in diabetes treatment. The aim of the current study is to evaluate whether this is an important issue in subjects with type 2 diabetes with mild or moderate nonproliferative DR (NPDR), who represent the vast majority of subjects with DR attended in primary care.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

This is a retrospective nested case-control study of subjects with type 2 diabetes and previous mild or moderate NPDR. Using the SIDIAP (“Sistema d'informació pel Desenvolupament de la Recerca a Atenció Primària”) database, we selected 1,150 individuals with EWDR and 1,150 matched control subjects (DR without EWDR). The main variable analyzed was the magnitude of the reduction of HbA1c in the previous 12 months. The reduction of HbA1c was categorized as rapid (>1.5% reduction in <12 months) or very rapid (>2% in <6 months).

RESULTS

We did not find any significant difference in HbA1c reduction between case and control subjects (0.13 ± 1.21 vs. 0.21 ± 1.18; P = 0.12). HbA1c reduction did not show significant association with worsening of DR, neither in the unadjusted analyses nor in adjusted statistical models that included the main confounding variables: duration of diabetes, baseline HbA1c, presence of hypertension, and antidiabetic drugs. In addition, when stratification by baseline HbA1c was performed, we did not find that those patients with higher levels of HbA1c presented a higher risk to EWDR.

CONCLUSIONS

Our results suggest that the rapid reduction of HbA1c is not associated with progression of mild or moderate NPDR.
Prevalence of primary cutis verticis gyrata in a psychiatric population: association with chromosomal fragile sites.
Authors: Schepis C , Palazzo R , Cannavo S P , Ragusa R M , Barletta C , Spina E
Published: July 2023

The prevalence of cutis verticis gyrata was studied in a psychiatric institutional population of 494 patients, the majority of whom were mentally retarded or had chronic schizophrenia. Twenty-two subjects (21 males and 1 female) were found to have primary cutis verticis gyrata, yielding a prevalence of about 4.5%. The frequency of the scalp disorder was 11.4% among mentally retarded patients and 1.7% in schizophrenic subjects. A cytogenetic study was performed on patients with primary cutis verticis gyrata. In 9 out of 21 subjects there was evidence of chromosomal fragile sites: 5 patients had fragile sites on the X-chromosome, in 2 there was fragility of chromosome 12 and in 2, fragility of chromosome 9. The fragile X-site is the genetic marker of the 'fragile X-syndrome', a sex-linked inherited disorder often associated with mental retardation and other neuropathological findings.
Comparison of the minimal phototoxic dose in topical 4,5', 8-trimethylpsoralen PUVA treatment of caucasian skin and of oral mucous membrane.
Authors: Kuusilehto A , Lehtinen R , Jansén C T
Published: July 2023

The minimal phototoxic dose values for UVA radiation of psoralen-treated skin and of oral mucous membrane were studied in 16 healthy volunteers. A commercial 0.01% trioxalen ointment was used as the topical photosensitizer. In all 16 persons the radiation dose needed to induce erythema was greater for the buccal mucosa than for the skin, and the average buccal minimal phototoxic dose was 2.3-fold that of the cutaneous minimal phototoxic dose.
Chronopharmacokinetics of 5-methoxypsoralen.
Authors: Treffel P , Renaud A , Humbert P , Makki S , Faivre B , Agache P G
Published: July 2023

Diurnal variations in drug pharmacokinetics are a well known phenomenon. Chronopharmacology studies now appear to be attracting increasing interest with a view to establishing an optimum therapeutic prescription. In order to determine possible chronobiological variations of 5-methoxypsoralen (5-MOP) pharmacokinetic, 5-MOP blood concentrations were quantified in 8 healthy subjects after drug ingestion at different times during the day. Stolk's High Performance Liquid Chromatography technique was used to assess the 5-MOP serum concentrations. Each subject underwent three pharmacokinetic studies after oral ingestion of 5-MOP (1.2 mg/kg), in conjunction with a standardized low-lipid meal. The first pharmacokinetic study was started in the morning, the second in the afternoon and the third in the evening. Drug intake was at intervals of 2 days, to avoid drug accumulation. The results showed that the evening intake of the drug induced a higher 5-MOP maximum concentration and a higher 'area under curve' than morning or afternoon ingestion. This study suggests an optimized PUVA therapy, when performed in the evening.
Renal transplantation and isotretinoin.
Authors: Kiraly CL , Valkamo MH
Published: July 2023

No abstract available.
Clofazimine-enhanced phagocytosis in pustulosis palmaris et plantaris
Authors: Molin L.
Published: July 2023

The phagocytic ability of neutrophil leucocytes was found to be impaired in patients suffering from pustulosis palmaris et plantaris (PPP). This ability was studied with the aid of the yeast particle method. In 78% of 27 patients whose PPP was in a static phase, the phagocytic function was enhanced, while the PPP abated concomitantly and the pustules disappeared. Impaired phagocytosis and the beneficial effect of clofazimine signify the pathogenic importance of defective neutrophils in PPP.
Cellular changes in the psoriatic epidermis. X. Microplanimetric studies on epidermal cell size during treatment
Authors: Frithz A , Lagerholm B.
Published: July 2023

Results of microplanimetric measurements of cells in the pronounced macrocytic psoriatic epidermis during treatment with flubenisolon 17 alpha-valerate are reported. The size of cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus has been estimated weekly in biopsies until complete regression. No significant differences in the ratios nucleus/cytoplasm and nucleolus/nucleus could be demonstrated. When the lesions are clinically healed, the epidermal cells are still slightly enlarged.
An explanation fro chloracne -- an industrial hazard
Authors: Cunliffe WJ , Williams M , Edwards JC , Williams S , Holland KT , Roberts CD , Holmes RL , Williamson D , Palmer WC.
Published: July 2023

Patients with chloracne were investigated and the results compared with data matched for age and site from patients with acne vulgaris. The ultrastructural appearances of pilo-sebaceous ducts in both groups were similar. The industrial group had significantly fewer C. acnes than the patients with ordinary acne. They also showed a significant increase in the surface lipid percentage composition of squalene, wax ester and cholesterol and this was associated with a significant decrease in the triglyceride free fatty acids and total triglyceride pool. We suggest that the acnegenic agent has produced its effect by modifying the metabolism of the pilo-sebaceous fluid.
Products of epidermal protein synthesis
Authors: Gilmartin ME , Tezuka T , Freedberg IM.
Published: July 2023

The products of epidermal protein synthesis in tissue slice and cell-free systems have been characterized by chromatographic, electrophoretic, and immunologic methods. Radiolabeled proteins of heterogeneous size are found in the supernatant and particulate fractions from both systems. The major labeled proteins in the supernatant fraction have molecular weights of approximately 43 000 and 65 000. The natively-insoluble proteins of the particulate fraction were solubilized either with desoxycholate or alkaline urea. Subsequent analysis of theses fractions yielded a labeled, high molecular weight, urea-soluble protein whose electrophoretic mobility was slower than that of the heavy chain of myosin. The immunologic reaction between the radiolabeled fraction and antibody raised against filamentous protein suggests that synthesis of proteins identical to epidermal filamentous protein occurs in the in vitro systems.
Cellular changes in the basaloid cell papilloma
Authors: Lagerholm B , Frithz A , Sant Orp
Published: July 2023

Electron microscopic analyses of basaloid cell papillomas of the solid and papillomatous types are reported. The submicroscopic organization is described. Some of the ultrastructural findings, e.g. an increased number of mitochondria, a certain mitochondrial polymorphismus, the occurrence of irregularly shaped
An immunohistochemical study of the skin of healthy individuals
Authors: Baart de la Faille-Kuyper EH , Van der Meer JB , Baart de la Faille H.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not availeble.
Cotrimoxazole in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis
Authors: Willcox RR , Sparrow RW.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not availeble.
Plethysmographical and clinical observations on Bricanyl therapy in Raynaud's phenomenon
Authors: Zabel J , Fyrand O , Thune P.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not availeble.
Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and beta haemolytic streptococci in relation to race
Authors: Noble WC.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not availeble.
Hypercalcemia associated with gaint condyloma accuminatum
Authors: Bennett R , Decherd J , Heaton CL.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not availeble.
Treatment of light sensitivity with carotenoids. Serum concentrations and light protection
Authors: Wennersten G , Swanbeck G.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not availeble.
Letter: Side effects of long-term low-dosage tetracycline for acne
Authors: Gisslén H , Hersle K , Mobacken H.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not available.
HL-A histocompatibility antigens and cutaneous reactions to practolol
Authors: Wadskov S , Sondergaard J , Svejgaard A , Mikkelsen HI , Jensen HA.
Published: July 2023

Abstract is not available.