bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Comparative Study of Generative Adversarial Networks for Generating Car Damaged Images
Authors: Kyu Phyu Mar , Woraratpanya Kuntpong
Published: January 2023

The deeper the deep learning (DL) models are, the more computational complexity in need of the vast amount of data training requires to get better performance with accurate results. Generative adversarial networks (GANs) have obtained tremendous attention from many researchers with their impressive generation of synthetic instance data via a few source data by alleviating the problems of data scarcity, insufficient data diversity, and producing only limited plausible alternative data using standard data augmentation techniques conforming to the art of low-data-driven DL training in both scratch models, and pre-trained model in a variety of image classification tasks. That is why to defeat the above-referred problems and a lack of publicly available high-quality car-damaged datasets in car damage analysis, we created a custom data with a framework including three different evaluation assessments to generate a synthesized car-damaged dataset as the comparative study of Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks (CycleGAN), and Attention-Guided Generative Adversarial Network (AttentionGAN) by transforming one domain to another with our custom car damaged-undamaged dataset. In addition to this, we evaluated our generated car-damaged images based on three different evaluation assessments: firstly using three quantitative GANs metrics such as Inception Score (IS), Fréchet Inception Distance (FID), and Kernel Inception Distance (KID); secondly creating a convolutional neural networks (CNNs) classifier to identify them into real or fake; and finally building a vision-transformer (ViT) classifier to analyze them into damaged or undamaged. After accomplishing our comparative analysis, we can prove that AttentionGAN is better performance than CycleGAN according to all our experimental results.
Association of FOXO3A with Right Ventricular Myocardial Fibrosis and its Speckle-tracking Echocardiographic Detecting in Pulmonary Hypertension： An animal study
Authors: Song Rui , Wang Ping , Yang Lianji , Liu Juan , Chen Zhuo , Ding Yunchuan
Published: January 2023

Background
Myocardial fibrosis may lead to right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, which is a key determinant to poor clinical prognosis and high mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Reduced right ventricular myocardial strain rate was reported in PH patients. The expression of FOXO3A may have an essential role in myocardial fibrosis. However, the relationship between myocardial fibrosis and speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) or transcription factor FOXO3A is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to exploring the relationship between the molecular mechanism of myocardial fibrosis and the noninvasive ultrasound evaluation index in order to provide a reliable molecular basis for the early diagnosis of right heart dysfunction in clinic.
Methods
Progressive right heart failure (RHF) rat model was established by subcutaneous injection of monocrotaline. Rats divided into baseline, 2-week, 4-week and 6-week according to the course of disease. Right ventricular structure, function and myocardial strain were determined via echocardiography. The degree of myocardial fibrosis was determined by PSR staining. The correlation of myocardial strain to RV myocardial fibrosis was analyzed. The expression of FOXO3A, collagen I, collagen III and BNP were test via western blotting.
Results
As the disease progresses, the right ventricle significantly expands, RV fractional area change (FAC), RV global longitudinal strain (RVLS global) and RV free wall longitudinal strain (RVLS FW) gradually decreases. While the reduction of RVLS global, RVLS FW appeared earlier than that of RVFAC. Significant correlations were observed between RVLS global, RVLS FW and collagen deposition. FOXO3A expression gradually decreased with the disease progression, while the expression of BNP, collagen I, collagen III gradually increased.
Conclusions
Decreased of RVLS global, RVLS FW in RHF rats are happened earlier than RVFAC, and have associated with RV myocardial fibrosis. While, FOXO3A may plays a protective role in the process of RV myocardial fibrosis.
Computed tomography defined femoral artery plaque composition predicts vascular complications during transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Authors: Carande Elliott J , Salim Tarik S , Chase Alexander , Sekar Basker , Aldalati Omar , Hailan Ahmed , Khurana Ayush , Smith Dave , Obaid Daniel R
Published: January 2023

Purpose
Vascular and bleeding complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are common and lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Analysis of plaque at the arterial access site may improve prediction of complications.
Methods
We investigated the association between demographic and procedural risk factors for Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) vascular complications, as well as a novel method of quantifying plaque composition of the common femoral artery using computed tomography angiography plaque maps created with patient specific x-ray attenuation cut-offs. The relationship between time to haemostasis after TAVI with demographic and procedural risk factors was also investigated.
Results
Twenty-three vascular complications occurred in the 299 patients in the study group (7.7%). There were no demographic risk factors associated with vascular complications and no statistical difference between use of closure device (ProGlide® vs MANTA®) and vascular complications. Vascular complications after TAVI were significantly associated with sheath size (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.08–1.76, P 0.01) and strongly associated with necrotic core volume in the common femoral artery of the procedural side (OR 17.49, 95% CI 1.21–226.60, P 0.03). The use of the ProGlide® closure device (T 2.99, P 0.004) rather than MANTA® was significantly associated with an increased time to haemostasis after TAVI.
Conclusion
Plaque map analysis of plaque composition of the common femoral artery by CT angiography reveals patients with greater necrotic core are at increased risk of VARC vascular complications.
Problem of Electron-Nuclear Scattering as Inverse Task of Coulomb Interaction
Authors: Ivantsov Mikhail
Published: January 2023

The known quantum-mechanical task of hydrogen-like atom may have a non-probabilistic interpretation as a task of the electrostatics type. In that case, it is possible approach to the electron-nuclear scattering at the necessary solution of fine structure constant. In particular, the Lamb shift opposite the quantum electrodynamics is considered here. From this representation of nuclear structure, the subatomic particles, such as the Higgs boson, beyond the Standard Model can be predict. Perhaps these findings will be relevant in the topic of cosmology.
Dynamic neural stages of proportional gesture-speech integration characterized by cross-modal fragment priming
Authors: Zhao Wanying , Liu Jieyi , Jiang Xintong , Zhou Xiaoqian , Du Yi
Published: January 2023

Background
In natural communications, messages can be expressed through multimodalities and processed predictively. As extra-linguistic information, gesture has frequently been observed to accompany language. Question arises as how the spatial-motoric gesture from auditory interact with the visually linear-analytic speech. Adopting a cross-modal fragment priming paradigm, two experiments were conducted to investigate cortical involvement of gesture-speech integration as lexical representation of speech is proportionally activated and primed by gesture. Proportional presentation of gesture and speech were realized by segmenting gesture and speech fragments into five lengths relative to the gesture discrimination point (DP) and speech identification point (IP), i.e., 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, and 1.5 DP/IP. Experiment 1 quantitively depicted the informativeness of the five lengths of gesture and speech fragments with nameability. Experiment 2 aimed to track the neural processes with event-related potentials (ERPs) when three of the five levels of fragments were chosen and named before, at and after gesture_DP/speech_IP.
Results
Experiment 1 (N = 60) revealed proportional lexical activation relative to the processing time, given the positive correlations between gesture/speech lengths and nameabilities. In Experiment 2 (N = 35), three ERP components were detected to be influenced by distinct gesture-speech information processing stages: an N1 component (0–100 ms of speech onset) modulated solely by gestures; the N400 effect (300-500 ms) found in before_DP/before_IP, DP/IP, after_DP/IP and after_DP/after_IP conditions and inversely correlated to the amount of presented information; followed immediately by the late positive component (LPC) (500-800 ms).
Conclusion
Our results suggest proportionally activated representation of gesture and speech that is inherently distributionally graded. Furthermore, our results uncovered dynamic neural stages when the lexical representations are progressively activated during gesture-speech integration. Thus, this study provides new insights into multimodal semantic processing.
Experimental data and Modeling of Solid-Liquid Equilibria of Binary Systems Containing Dibenzofuran and Long Chain n-alkanes
Authors: Boudouh Issam , Coto Baudilio , González Juan Antonio , Wazeer Irfan , Salleh M. Zulhaziman M. , Djemai Ismahane , Robustillo Maria Dolores , Hadj-Kali Mohamed K.
Published: January 2023

Solid-liquid equilibria (SLE) of binary mixtures of several n-alkanes (n-octadecane, n-eicosane, n-tetracosane, n-pentacosane, n-triacontane) and dibenzofuran covering the whole composition range were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in a temperature range of 301-356 K. The dibenzofuran and the n-alkanes are completely miscible in the liquid state but non-miscible in the solid-state, and in the context of this work, they seem to exhibit eutectic behavior. A linear trend is obtained for the eutectic temperature and eutectic composition versus the number of carbon atoms of n-alkane. The experimental data were compared to predictions made by using the ideal solution model, the DISQUAC model and several versions of the UNIFAC model, including the classical UNIFAC, the modified versions of Lyngby and Dortmund, and the recently proposed modified UNIFAC (NIST) model, to account for non-ideality in the liquid phase. Moreover, the experimental data were also compared with COSMO-RS predictions that utilize quantum chemical calculations and statistical thermodynamics to interpret the behavior of molecular interactions in the binary mixture. A good agreement was obtained between the predicted and the experimental temperatures.
The delayed fracture test for viscoelastic elastomers
Authors: Lopez-Pamies Oscar , Shrimali Bhavesh
Published: January 2023

In a recent contribution, Shrimali and Lopez-Pamies (2023) have shown that the Griffith criticality condition that governs crack growth in viscoelastic elastomers can be reduced — from its ordinary form involving a historically elusive loadinghistory-dependent critical tearing energy Tc — to a fundamental form that involves exclusively the intrinsic fracture energy Gc of the elastomer. The purpose of this paper is to make use of this fundamental form to explain one of the most distinctive fracture tests for viscoelastic elastomers, the so-called delayed fracture test.
Synergistic toxicity against housefly Musca domestica of plant essential oils and their major constituents and safety against a non-target pollinator
Authors: Moungthipmalai Tanapoom , Puwanard Cheepchanok , Sittichok Sirawut , Soonwera Mayura
Published: January 2023

Plant essential oils (EOs) can fulfill the role of safe and effective fly repellent and adulticide. Individual and binary mixture formulations of Cymbopogon citratus (Stapf.) and Illicium verum (J. Presl.) EOs and their major constituents were assayed for their repellent and adulticidal activities against Musca domestica L. and non-target pollinator, Apis florea F. Their efficacy was compared to that of 1.0% (w/v) α-cypermethrin. A GC-MS analysis found that geranial and trans-anethole were the major constituents of C. citratus EO (45.23%) and I. verum (93.23%), respectively. All binary mixture formulations exhibited high and synergistic repellent and adulticidal effects: an increased repellent value between 18.7 to 57.6%, and a mortality rate value between 41.9 to 92.7%. The highest synergistic repellent effect was from 2.5% C. citratus EO + 2.5% I. verum EO, while the highest synergistic adulticidal effect was from 1.0% C. citratus EO + 1.0% trans-anethole. Both were more effective than 1.0% (w/v) α-cypermethrin. On the other hand, they were not toxic to the non-target pollinator. To conclude, C. citratus EO + I. verum EO and C. citratus EO + trans-anethole have a high potential as repellent and adulticidal agents against M. domestica which are safe for a pollinator, Apis florea.
Influence of Vortex Finder Dimensions in a Circumfluent Cyclone: CFD-DPM Simulation
Authors: Ortiz Jose Alfredo Paredes , Quinayá Diana Carolina Parada
Published: January 2023

As part of the production process, a large amount of fine particles is generated in various industries, so it is necessary to find new technologies to improve the separation of solid gases. This study investigated a Circumfluent cyclone model for the efficient separation of fine particles. The influence of the extension of the Vortex Finder or separation column on the particle trajectories was evaluated, 3 Vortex Finder diameters were compared and it was determined for the case study the optimum diameter for particle separation is set at 160 mm.
Mass Media Exposure and Health Insurance: The Moderating Role of Education and Wealth among Community-dwelling Older Adults from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India
Authors: Barman Papai , Karmakar Ranjan , Roy Alok , Dakua Manoj
Published: January 2023

This study aimed to examine the association of mass media exposure (MME) with enrolment in health insurance (HI) and its moderating effect on the associations among older adults in India. The data of 29,935 older adults aged 60 + were used from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI-2017-18). Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, moderated multivariable logistic regression models, and Fairlie decomposition were all used to achieve the objectives of the research. The results showed that enrolment in HI and MME among older individuals in India was at about 18.3% and 43.5%, respectively. Older adults who had MME, one or more years of schooling, and non-poor consumption expenditure (MPCE) were 1.39 times [adjusted odd ratio (aOR): 1.39, CI: 1.30–1.49], 1.23 times [aOR: 1.23, CI: 1.15–1.32] more likely, and 0.88 times [aOR: 1.39, CI: 1.30–1.49] more likely to be enrolled in health insurance than those with no MME, no schooling, and poor MPCE, respectively. Additionally, MME increases the likelihood of enrolment in HI and modifies associations between schooling, MPCE, and enrolment in HI. The study's conclusions imply that it would be wise to consider the use of these communication channels when developing strategic communication plans to promote HI enrolment in India.
Sex differences in brain atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies
Authors: Oltra Javier , Habich Annegret , Schwarz Christopher G. , Nedelska Zuzana , Przybelski Scott A. , Inguanzo Anna , Diaz-Galvan Patricia , Lowe Val J. , Oppedal Ketil , Blanc‬ ‪Frederic , Lemstra Afina W. , Hort Jakub , Padovani Alessandro , Rektorova Irena , Bonanni Laura , Massa Federico , Kramberger Milica G. , Taylor John-Paul , Snædal Jon , Walker Zuzana , Antonini Angelo , Segura Barbara , Junque Carme , Westman Eric , Boeve Bradley F. , Aarsland Dag , Kantarci Kejal , Ferreira Daniel
Published: January 2023

Background and objectives.
Sex is an important contributing factor to neuroimaging phenotypes in brain disorders. However, little is known about the contribution of sex differences to the neurodegeneration in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). We investigated sex differences in probable DLB patients by using both visual rating scales of lobar atrophy and automated estimations of regional atrophy.
Methods.
We included 442 probable DLB patients from the European-DLB consortium and the Mayo Clinic who have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data available. We assessed sex differences and the sex-by-age interaction in two largely independent samples through visual rating scales of lobar atrophy (n = 333; mean age 73 ± 8 years, 62% males) and automated regional estimations of gray matter (GM) volume and mean cortical thickness (CTh) (n = 165; mean age 69 ± 9 years, 72% males). We used binary logistic regression and ANOVA for statistical analysis.
Results.
We found a statistically significantly higher likelihood of frontal atrophy measured by the global cortical atrophy-frontal subscale (GCA-F) in males (40% of males had an abnormal GCA-F score versus 29% of females, P-value = 0.006). Using automated estimations, we found smaller GM volumes in 6 cortical regions in males compared with females, as well as smaller GM volume in the entorhinal cortex and thinner olfactory cortices in females, compared with males. The sex-by-age interaction showed statistically significant results in 6 cortical volumes and 7 mean CTh estimations (P-value ≤ 0.05), accentuated in the right middle frontal gyrus (FDR-adjusted P-value = 0.047). These cross-sectional interactions indicated that while females have statistically significantly less atrophy than males at younger ages, differences become non-significant at older ages, with females showing the same level of atrophy than males around the age of 75.
Conclusions.
This study demonstrates sex differences on brain atrophy in probable DLB. While male DLB patients have a more widespread pattern of cortical atrophy at younger ages, these sex differences tend to disappear with increasing age. Longitudinal studies will help establish these cross-sectional findings and inform on sex and age considerations to the use of MRI in clinical routine, as the field moves towards precision medicine.
Biofuel Production from Sensitive Plant (Mimosa Pudica) through Synchronized Biofuel Production Plant
Authors: Adewumi Idowu Olugbenga
Published: January 2023

Mimosa pudicais among the medicinal herbal plant. It is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity values; as the compound leaves fold inward and drop when touched and reopens within minutes later. It belongs to Fabaceae family. The general objective of these research work is to produce biofuel from sensitive plant using existing ethanol production plant. The sensitive plant was gotten from bushes at Moor Plantation, samples as used include 78% concentration of Hydrogen tetraoxosulphate (iv) acid (H2SO4), 3L, 6L and 9L of water was added with the mass of sensitive plant. The evaluation was carried out using the mass of dried sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) such as replicate mass of sensitive plant (kg), volume of H2SO4 (L), volume of H2O (L) added to ferment the feed stock, mass of ethanol produced after been distilled (kg), volume of ethanol produced (L), time and temperature used from each ethanol extraction. Also, it was observed that the average quantity of mean of mass of ethanol produced after been distilled from 0.5kg of sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) to be 0.0404kg, average quantity of mean of volume of ethanol produced is 0.0454 L and the average quantity of mean of temperature is 74.680C. It was concluded that the temperature of the ethanol produced increases as the mass of sensitive plant increases and its time of production of each replicate (0.5kg, 1.0kg, 1.5kg) also increases.
Analysis of Nanoparticles Characteristics with TOPSIS for Their Manufacture Optimization
Authors: Javanbakht T.
Published: January 2023

The present study focuses on the comparative analysis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) characteristics with the TOPSIS method. The prediction of the characteristics of SPIONs is required for better manufacturing of these nanoparticles. Although the characteristics of these nanoparticles have been investigated, no research has been done on their comparison in order to determine which one of their surface functionalities would be more appropriate for their diverse applications. The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of SPIONs without or with surface charge with a prediction model and TOPSIS in order to determine the best nanoparticles. Moreover, the effect of inappropriate consideration of their cost criterion on their ranks was explored with the modified TOPSIS. This analysis showed that the characteristics of SPIONs such as antibiofilm activity, hemocompatibility, activity with hydrogen peroxide, rheological properties, and the labour of their chemical synthesis could affect their ranking. Neutral SPIONs, negatively charged SPIONs, and positively charged SPIONs were ranked as the first, second, and third candidates, respectively. However, the improvement of the activity of positively charged SPIONs with hydrogen peroxide showed an increase to 0.3 instead of 0.2, which resulted in a better rank of these nanoparticles in comparison with that of the same nanoparticles in the first analysis series. One of the advantages of this study was to determine the impact of the characteristics of SPIONs on their ranking for their manufacturing. The other advantage was getting the information for further comparative study of these nanoparticles with the others. The results of this work can be used in manufacturing engineering and materials science.
Carburization-Based Optimization of AISI 8620 Steel Using Rice Husks and Charcoal as Carburizers
Authors: Okwesileze I. A. , Okafor O. C. , Atanmo P. N. , Ekengwu I. E. , Uyaelumuo E. I.
Published: January 2023

This study was centered on improving the mechanical properties of AISI 8620 steel using the carburization technique. The failure in service conditions of many steel components such as cams, gears, and shafts necessitated the research as it demands that they possess both high wear-resistant surfaces and tough shock-resistant cores. Standard test samples prepared from the steel material were subjected to a pack carburization process using rice husk and charcoal as carburizers, and the energizer – calcium trioxocarbonate (IV) at temperatures of 800, 850, 900, and 950 °C, and held for 60, 90, and 120 minutes. The samples were quenched in water and tempered at 500°C for 60 minutes. After the pack hardening process, the test samples were subjected to tensile, impact, and hardness tests. From the data obtained, ultimate tensile strength (UTS), Hardness, Young’s Modulus, engineering strain, and impact strength were calculated. The case and core hardness of the carburized samples were noted, and an optical microscope was used to observe the microstructural features of the case-hardened, quenched, and tempered samples. The responses (mechanical properties of steel) were optimized using response surface methodology to obtain the optimum carburizing conditions-temperature and holding time. Results showed that the sample’s microhardness core and microhardness case increased from 253 to 327 HV and from 243 to 339 HV as the holding time increased from 60 to 120 minutes, indicating an appreciable increase in the mechanical property of the samples. The optimum carburizing conditions were at a temperature of 885 °C and a holding time of 120 minutes. Hence, the carburization of AISI 8620 steel using rice husk and charcoal as carburizers improved the steel material’s case, core, and mechanical properties.
STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRACTICES OF ONLINE PEER- FEEDBACK IN EFL WRITING CLASS
Authors: Shofiya Arina
Published: January 2023

Along with the development of educational technology, online peer feedback becomes an alternative in giving feedback. The flexibility in implementing the feedback makes it popular among the teachers. The activities in giving feedback can be practiced out of the classroom hours. However, the students may have different perspective on such practice. Listening to their voice will provide some insights in designing better online peer feedback. The findings of the present study reveals that the students perceive the practice of online peer feedback positively as it can improve their reading and writing skills. In addition, the practicality in utilizing the application can foster students’ motivation. Despite the fact that the accuracy of the feedback is not high, the practice of online feedback sparks students’ engagement in writing process.
EFL LEARNERS’ PERCEPTION OF GRAMMAR NAZIS PRACTICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER
Authors: Fitriani Retno Ayu , Iftanti Erna
Published: January 2023

This article reviews the EFL perception toward the practices of Grammar Nazi on social media Twitter by outlining the recent activities of Grammar Nazi and the future effect that may use for learning strategy. It aims to discover whether or not the practices of Grammar Nazis have an impact on learners’ desire in learning English. It discusses the EFL learners’ knowledge about the Grammar nazis phenomenon on social media, their perception toward the phenomenon, and the impact of Grammar Nazis on learners’ learning interest. This article indicates that the EFL learners’ have a different perception, on one hand, it motivates their learning desire, and on other hand, it demotivated their interest in learning the language. Based on the review, the article also provides some recommendations on what future researchers can do to explore more about this phenomenon and to use the phenomenon as a learning strategy in improving their English skills.
THE EFFICACY OF CHAIN PICTURES IN TRAINING EFL STUDENTS TO WRITE NARRATIVE PARAGRAPHS
Authors: PRATIWI WIDYA RIZKY
Published: January 2023

Writing skill is very crucial in learning the language. However, it is the most challenging skill for learners because of the complexity of various nuances. Learners find it is hard to produce well-written essays, primarily narrative paragraphs. Therefore, this study aimed to discover the efficacy of using chain pictures in writing narrative paragraphs to Indonesian EFL students. This study population was the second year students of Senior High School 4 Bulukumba, South-Sulawesi, Indonesia. Thirty students were selected as the sample. The data were collected through the pre-experimental method by using pre and post-test design. The result showed that the students' writing skills were significantly improved after training them by using chain pictures. The analysis result shows that students' mean score in the pre-test was 56,87, categorized as poor writing skills. In contrast, the students' mean score in the post-test was 74,13, classified as good writing skill of narrative paragraph. The t-test value was also higher than the t-table value, which was 8,25 > 2.045. Thus, it is recommended to use chain pictures in the English learning environment, especially in teaching EFL students to write narrative paragraphs.
JIGSAW AND EDUCATIONAL GAME: A FUN LEARNING TO ENHANCE READING SKILL
Authors: Suspartiana Eny
Published: January 2023

This research aims to investigate the use of jigsaw and educational game to maximize the sophomores’ reading skill. To find out the sophomores’ burden in reading activities, the researcher distributed questionnaires and did the data analysis by combining the qualitative and quantitative research methods. The researchers investigated 20 students to find out the combination influence of jigsaw and educational games to enhance the students’ reading skill. The students found reading difficult since it covered many features and a lot of vocabulary items and idiomatic expressions that the readers were supposed to understand as well. This is also because they had to understand other aspects like translation, scanning, and skimming. It moreover made the reading activity frustrating. The combination techniques of Jigsaw and educational game proved effective and fun since the result from the students’ test showed positive; around 80% of the sophomores understood the reading texts better which could be seen in the test result from the reading texts’ questions. The researcher combined descriptive qualitative and quantitative data to report the students’ result towards the reading texts. From the qualitative method, researcher investigated the students’ attitude towards reading 3 subjects by observing, taking notes and interviewing the students. From the quantitative data, the researcher investigated the students’ ability in reading by distributing a test instrument to get the students’ scores before and after they got the treatment of the jigsaw and educational games in the Reading 3 class. The tests were taken from TOEFL reading part test. The researcher chose the reading texts from the TOEFL passages since the sophomores got TOEFL materials for their Reading 3. Twenty students from STIBA took part. The results showed that if the researcher applied the combination strategies both jigsaw and educational games, the students’ understanding improved, and they also got fun learning activities in Reading 3.
The Teaching of Writing in EFL Classes
Authors: Srikandi
Published: January 2023

Writing plays important roles in the context of English teaching as a foreign language in Indonesia. Writing is a communicative way of sharing observation, information, thoughts, or ideas with ourselves and others. Through writing, the language learners learn to communicate with other people, to understand them, to read what they have written, and to write to them. Writing as one of the language skills is not acquired naturally. Writing is considered the most difficult and complicated language skill to be learned compared to other language skills.  Learning to write fluently and expressively is the most difficult of four language skills for all students. In the teaching of writing, the English teacher should pay attention on some elements, they are: (1) understanding the purposes of teaching writing, (2) teaching five main stages in producing a writing; pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing and publishing, (3) teaching how to develop a paragraph which consists of three major structural parts: a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence, (4) employing appropriate techniques, such as brainstorming, quetioning, and clustering in their teaching, and (5) introducing some text type to the students, such as: narration, description, procedure, news item, report, recount, anecdote, hortatory exposition, analytical exposition, commentary, discussion, and explanation.
THE MICRONUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF CROCUS SATIVUS L. AND ITS CORRELATIONS BASED ON STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Authors:   Research Team: Materials, Mechanical and Civil engineering, ENSA, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco., Oubella Khadija , Benkerroum Asmaa ,   Research Team: Materials, Mechanical and Civil engineering, ENSA, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco., Zini Soukaina ,   Research Team: Materials, Mechanical and Civil engineering, ENSA, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco., Mouhanni Hind ,   Research Team: Materials, Mechanical and Civil engineering, ENSA, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco., Eddine Haddou Salah ,   Associate Member of the American Society of Nutrition, Agadir, Morocco., Bendou Abdelaziz ,   Research Team: Materials, Mechanical and Civil engineering, ENSA, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Published: January 2023

This work focused on determining the micronutrient status of Crocus sativus L.stigmas with studying of the different correlations between physical-chemical compounds (moisture, minerals, ash, total phenolic content, total carotenoids, zeaxanthin, vitamins and antioxidant activity). The mineral composition (Na, K, Ca, Mg, P, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Mo and B) was analyzed by ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy). The total phenolic content, total carotenoids and DPPH activity were evaluated using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The retention times of zeaxanthin, vitamin E and vitamin B9 molecules as well as their contents in the saffron stigmas were determined by UHPLC and were respectively (11.473 min, 15.561 ppm), (4.588 min, 1.048 ppm) and (3.977 min, 103.382 ppm). The obtained total phenolics value was 9.51 Â± 1.10mg GAE/g dry weight (DW) and for total carotenoids, 28.53 Â± 2.27 mg Î²-carotene /g DW. Positive correlations (p < 0.05) were noted between moisture-calcium, molybdenum-magnesium, manganese-potassium, manganese-phosphorus, boron-calcium, copper-iron,total phenolic-antioxidant activity and total carotenoids-zeaxanthin. However, negative correlations were found between moisture-sodium, ash-carbon, calcium-sodium and boron-sodium. No significant correlationswere observed between ash-total phenolic, ash-carotenoids,ash-vitamin E and ash-vitamin B9.
CONVENIENT CONVERSIONOF2-HYDROXY-4-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE FROM THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF MONDIAWHITEI(HOOK. F.) SKEELS INTO 2,4-DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZONE: ACID-CATALYZED NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION REACTION AND UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Authors:   Plant and Life Chemistry Unit, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, MarienNgouabi, University, Brazzaville, BP 69, Congo., Likibi Belline Ndzeli
Published: January 2023

The beige essential oil, in the form of crystals at room temperature, was extracted from the dry roots of MondiawhiteÃ¯(Hook. f.) Skeels by hydrodistillation with a yield of 0.50%. Analysis by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography coupled by mass spectrometry (GC/MS) revealed the presence of a single constituent, the aromatic aldehyde, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde, an isomer of vanillin representing (99.85%) of the total essential oil. 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde was instantly converted to the brick-red colored 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone by the addition of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine on 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde, nucleophilic addition reaction catalyzed by surfuric acid with a conversion rate of 93%. Analysis of hydrazone by UV-visible spectrophotometry shows a wavelength at the absorption maximum of 362 nm. The UV-visible spectrophotometric method used for the determination of this hydrazone is convenient, rapid and economical. This conversion allows the chemical structure of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde to be changed by providing the formed 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone with additional biological, chemical and physical properties while enhancing its economic value. The 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone formed opens up the prospects of its diversified use in the fields of pharmaceutical, electrochemical, catalytic, polymer chemistry, environmental, energy, materials, biology and engineering.
STUDENTS READINESS FOR THE FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Authors:   Graduate School, Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines., Joy C. Borres Christine , C. Mccary Maryjane ,   Graduate School, Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines., D. Potane Joel ,   Graduate School, Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
Published: January 2023

Because of the decreasing prevalence of COVID-19, significant changes have been made to the educational system. The concern of face-to-face classes piques students interest in education. The studys goal was to assess students readiness for face-to-face classes. A total of 144 student respondents were chosen at random from one of the high schools in the Division of Gingoog City. The study used a survey research design with a demographic profile questionnaire and a 24-item survey questionnaire validated by experts. The data were treated using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that students emotional, physical, and financial readiness was high. There are significant differences in emotional characteristics among students based on their age. Furthermore, physical health was significantly different when classified by gender. However, there are no significant emotional, physical, or financial differences between year levels. As a result, it was clear that students are generally enthusiastic about the face-to-face learning. This could be due to the time when schools were forced to close.
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF APPENDICULAR SPECIMEN OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS
Authors:   Professor,Departmentof General Surgery, Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Attached to MahadevappaRampure Medical College, Kalaburagi., Kappikeri V.S. , Puranik Vijaykumar ,   Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Attached to MahadevappaRampure Medical College, Kalaburagi., K. Sajjan Abhishek ,   Resident, Department of General Surgery, Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Attached to MahadevappaRampure Medical College, Kalaburagi.
Published: January 2023

Background:Pathologic evaluation of the appendix after appendectomy is routine and can occasionally identify unexpected findings. Objective:The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence and type of pathologic diagnoses found in appendectomy specimens at our institution. Material and Methods:The clinicopathological data of 386 patients who underwent appendectomies for presumed acute appendicitis from January 2021 to december 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. There were 220 men and 166 women (sex ratio M/F=1.3) aged between 5years and 65 years. All patients underwent appendectomy (either open or laparoscopic). Conclusion:The routine histopathological examination of the appendix is of value for identifying unsuspected conditions requiring further postoperative management.Gross examination alone does not appear to be a good indicator of an unexpected finding on microscopicexamination. It is recommended that in order to avoid misdiagnoses, all appendices should be histopathologically examined.
Avrupa Birliği’ne Aday Ülkelerde Finansal Kur Dalgalanmalarının İhracata Etkisi
Authors: PEKMEZ BAHÇECİ Ayça , BÜYÜKOĞLU Burak
Published: January 2023

İhracat, gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerin büyüme ve istikrarlarını devam ettirebilmeleri açısından oldukça önemlidir. İhracatı en çok etkileyen faktörlerden birisi de kur dalgalanmalarıdır. Çalışmada ihracat ve kur dalgalanmaları arasındaki önemli ilişki göz önünde bulundurularak Avrupa Birliği’ne aday ülkeler Sırbistan, Karadağ, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Türkiye’nin 2006-2020 dönemleri arasındaki yıllık verileriyle panel veri analizi yapılmaktadır. Avrupa Birliği’ne aday ülkelerinin finansal ve ihracat durumları dikkate alınmaktadır. Ortalama grup tahmincisi (AMG) analizi yapılmıştır. Analizden elde edilen bulgulara göre, Kuzey Makedonya, Sırbistan ile Türkiye’de ABD doları cinsinden meydana gelen kur artışlarının ve Karadağ ile Sırbistan’da gayri safi yurt içi hasılanın mal ve hizmet ihracatını pozitif yönde etkilediği sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.
HATAY’DAN ORTADOĞU ÜLKELERİNE GİDEN İŞÇİLER ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
Authors: KOLUTEK Mikail , SAVAŞGÜR Ahmet Vedat
Published: January 2023

Hatay, Orta Doğu ülkelerine yönelen iş gücü göçünün yoğun olarak gerçekleştiği Türk şehirleri arasında özel bir yere sahiptir. 1973 yılı sonu itibariyle Türk işçiler, Orta Doğu ülkelerine kitleler halinde yönelirken, Hatay kenti, ülkenin önemli iş gücü ihracatçılarından biri olma konumuna gelmiştir. Hatay ilinden Orta Doğu bölgesine yönelen ve dinamik bir yapı arz eden göç örgüsünün tarihsel süreç içerisinde nasıl gerçekleştiği önem arz etmektedir. Orta Doğu’ya giden işçilerin ekonomik kazançları ile bu kazançların işçilerin ömrü boyunca sürecek zenginleşmeye yol açıp-açmadığı bilinmemektedir. Bölgeden yaşanan göçlerin Hatay’ın iktisadi durumu ve istihdam yapısı üzerine olan etkileri önemli bir husustur. Yaşanan iş gücü göçlerinde Hataylı işçilerin neden Orta Doğu ülkelerini tercih ettiği ise somut olarak açıklanmalıdır. Ayrıca Orta Doğu ülkelerine giden Hataylı işçilerin yapısal analizi, kaynak ve hedef bölgeler arasında kurulan göç organizasyonu da izahının yapılması gereken bir diğer konudur.

Hatay’dan Orta Doğu ülkelerine 1967-2020 yılları arasında yapılan iş gücü göçlerinin irdelendiği bu çalışmada konu çok yönlü olarak ele alınmıştır. Hatay ili genelinde kartopu örnekleme yöntemiyle uygulanan anketle nicel veriler toplanarak, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler aracılığıyla da nitel veriler elde edilmiştir. Araştırma verileri, Hatay’dan Orta Doğu ülkelerine yönelen göçün tarihsel süreci, bölgeye giden işçilerin yapısal analizi, göç organizasyonu ve iktisadi kazancın değerlendirilmesi noktasında birçok tespit yapılmasına imkân tanımıştır. Hatay’dan gerçekleşen iş gücü göçünün şehir ve işçiler üzerinde iktisadi ve sosyal kazanımları olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
“A lot of blood gets lost here” : Class Struggle and Ideology in The Kitchen
Authors: ÇAĞLAYAN MAZANOĞLU Emine Seda
Published: January 2023

Arnold Wesker’s The Kitchen (1957) presents the world of labour where the two social classes, the capitalist class and the working class, with hierarchies between each other and among themselves, clash, which ends with the exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie. The harsh working conditions at the restaurant, the changing pace of work, little time given by the employer to the employees to rest and socialise, and the dehumanising aspect of labour are presented through the relationships between the two social classes and also among the working class people. Hence, the aim of this paper is to argue that the relationship between the capitalist class and the working class based on labour and production and the working class people’s submission to the practices of the ruling class in The Kitchen can be analysed through the Marxist concepts of class conflict and ideology, respectively. Accordingly, it will be demonstrated that class conflict is seen not only between the bourgeoisie, the owner of the capital, and the proletariat, the agent of production, but also among the members of the proletariat of different nationalities, which is expressed through racial hatred. Furthermore, it will be displayed that the employees of the restaurant not only consciously accept the economic conditions under which they work but also reveal their cultural/artistic tastes during short breaks that are set by the employer, which shows that both work and leisure are controlled by the capitalist class.
Foodie Turist Tipolojisi: Gaziantep Restoranlarına Yönelik Nitel Bir Araştırma
Authors: KIRICI TEKELİ Ezgi , DEMİREL İLİ Nilgün , KEMENT Üzeyir
Published: January 2023

Araştırma kapsamında ele alınan yeme içmeye düşkün turist (foodie), yeni bir turist tipi olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu araştırma ile Gaziantep destinasyonu özelinde yeme içmeye düşkün turist tipolojisini belirlemek amaçlanmaktadır. Belirlenen amaç doğrultusunda önemli bir gastronomi şehri olan Gaziantep’te yerli ve yabancı turistler tarafından en çok ziyaret edilen restoranlar belirlenerek restoran çalışanları gözünden yeme içmeye düşkün turist tipolojisi ortaya koyulmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden yararlanılmış ve betimleyici fenomenoloji, araştırma deseni olarak belirlenmiştir. Ölçüt ve kartopu örnekleme yöntemlerinden yararlanarak katılımcılar tespit edilmiş ve toplam yirmi restoran çalışanı ile görüşme gerçekleştirilmiştir. Maxqda programıyla yapılan betimsel analizler sonucunda; beş ana tema, on altı alt tema, iki yüz kırk altı kod belirlenmiştir. Belirlenen temalar ve kodlar yeme içmeye düşkün turist tipolojisinin ortaya çıkmasını sağlamış olup yeme içmeye düşkün turistler; meraklılar, yöreselciler, sağlıklı beslenmeye özen gösterenler, sanatsal yaklaşanlar ve sosyalleşenler olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. En çok kodlanan ana tema meraklılar olurken en az kodlanan ana tema sanatsal yaklaşanlar olmuştur. Restoran çalışanları en çok yöresel yemekleri tercih eden yeme içmeye düşkün turistler hakkında açıklama yaparken en az yöresel baharatları tercih eden yeme içmeye düşkün turistler hakkında bilgi vermişlerdir. Restoran çalışanlarının perspektifinden yeme içmeye düşkün turist tipolojisinin saptandığı araştırmada birtakım teorik ve pratik katkılar sunulmuş ve öneriler geliştirilmiştir.
Çalışan Kadın Yoksullar ve Yoksulluğuna Dair
Authors: KART Elife , ÖNGÖR Harun
Published: January 2023

Yeni yoksulluk, çalışan yoksulluğu ve yoksulluğun kadınlaşması olguları, birbiriyle ilişkili ve birbirini besleyen bir durumu ifade eder. Bu çalışmada, ilgili kuramsal literatür ve konuyla ilgili farklı ülke deneyimlerini içeren çalışmaların sonuçları değerlendirilerek “çalışan kadın yoksulluğu”nun yapısal kaynakları, nedenleri, belirleyici ve ayırt edici unsurları ilişkisel bir yaklaşımla tartışılmaktadır. Çalışan kadın yoksulluğunun, çalışan yoksulluğundan farklılaşan içerikleri dikkate alınarak çalışan kadın yoksulluğunu besleyen, yeniden üreten toplumsal, ekonomik ve hane yapısı gibi unsurlara, toplumsal cinsiyet perspektifi ekseninde yoğunlaşılmaktadır. Küresel neoliberal iktisadi politikalar, toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliğinden kaynaklı çoklu dezavantajlara sahip “çalışan kadın yoksullar” açısından yoksulluğu, daha kırılgan ve yıkıcı hâle getirmektedir. Çalışan kadın yoksulluğu, biriken ve bu nedenle giderek katmanlaşan sorunların, daha şiddetli tezahürlerini ortaya koymaktadır. Çalışan kadın yoksulluğu, emek piyasasının heteronormatif kurulumu ve işleyişi içerisinde hem “kadın” hem de “çalışan” yoksul olmanın çoklu dezavantajlarına sahip kadınlar açısından, yoksulluğun aldığı yeni ayırt edici unsurlar, kadınların deneyimlediği farklı yoksunluklar ve çalışan yoksulluğunu azaltmaya/iyileştirmeye yönelik önleyici politikalar üzerine yeniden düşünmeye imkân vermektedir. Farklı ülke deneyimlerini içeren çalışmalar, çalışan kadın yoksulların oransal olarak giderek artığını, çalışan kadın yoksulluğunun giderek yaygın hâle geldiğini göstermektedir.
Changes in Scholars’ Ways of Knowledge Production Shaped by Systematic Measures
Authors: PENG Ming-te
Published: January 2023

This paper considers the role played by systematic measuring in academic conducts. The introduction of entrepreneurial culture into academia fosters competitive atmospheres through its emphasis on personal merit, which entails quantitative performance measurement. As knowledge production is one of scholars’ core missions, this study aims to articulate impacts on ways of knowledge production influenced by environmental factors, comprising measuring instruments, institutional management, funding bodies and state policy. By interviewing 41 scholars in Taiwan and exploring their accounts of academic practices, this paper empirically analyses how knowledge production has been shaped by policy environments. These modifying behaviour patterns include a selection of research topics, a design for research agenda, strategies for grant applications and publications, engendering delicate changes in the epistemic properties of research. From this, it characterizes power relations between researchers, scientific communities and the state in the neoliberal age.