bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Integrating the 21st Century Skills into the Business English Classroom
Authors:   Western Serbia Academy of Applied Studies, Valjevo Department, Vuka Karadžića 3a, 14000 Valjevo, Serbia, Dugošija Tatjana
Published: February 2022

In a globalized world, characterized by the interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures and populations and therefore requiring a shared means of communication, English has obtained the status of the lingua fran­ca in both academic and business contexts and it has been extensively used in scientific, economic and political fields. Consequently, English has become essential for the entire workforce whose career prospects on the labor mar­ket are largely dependent on their English language proficiency, the ability to communicate effectively and overcome language and cultural barriers. Being spoken by over one billion people, English is used in a wide range of settings such as international business, diplomacy, science, technology, ed­ucation, travel and entertainment. The status of English as an international language and its impact on the improvement of career prospects have re­sulted in enormous development of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), an approach primarily focusing on developing learners’ communicative compe­tence in specific professional fields such as business and economics, science, medicine, technology, tourism, social studies, etc. Business English (BE), as a branch of ESP, implies teaching specialized vocabulary and different skills en­abling learners to effectively communicate in a business environment. However, major technological and scientific advances in the last few decades and the age of the knowledge-based economy in which we now live have caused society and the business environment to be changing rapidly. As a re­sult, employers are looking for skills that go beyond academic qualifications and work experience, and match the requirements of the current age. These skills, variously labeled and frequently referred to as the 21st-century skills, comprise communication, critical thinking and problem solving, teamwork, creativity and innovation, decision making, digital literacy, leadership, etc. The aim of this paper is to explore how the 21st-century skills can be integrat­ed and developed in the Business English classroom at tertiary education level since the traditionally taught skills such as giving opinions, negotiating, par­ticipating in meetings, reporting, making arrangements, telephoning and so­cializing in business contexts, no longer seem to meet the requirements of the current age and the contemporary labor market. Business English courses at the university level can significantly contribute to developing these skills and thus prepare students for their future careers.
Intergenerational Cooperation of Students and Grandparents and the Use of Pedometer in Sports Activity
Authors:   OŠ Komen, Komen 61 a, 6223 Komen, Slovenia, Bernetič Perhec Mihaela
Published: February 2022

The National Symbiosis (Movement) project is being implement­ed in primary schools throughout Slovenia. In primary school, intergenera­tional sports activities were carried out by the coordinator of the mentioned project together with primary school students and their grandparents. The use of information and communication technology is one of the starting points of the physical education curriculum, and one of the general goals is the formation of positive behavioral patterns such as encouraging cooper­ation. The starting point and the goal were the main guides for the prepa­ration and implementation of intergenerational cooperation. The article describes an example of sports training prepared and carried out by stu­dents together with their grandparents, as part of a sports day and exercise hours. They prepared intergenerational hikes and training hours, during which both students and grandparents performed strength and coordina­tion exercises. During the hike, the students introduced their grandparents to the use of a pedometer. This had a very motivating effect on students and grandparents.
Structure of Port Goods and Transport Flows
Authors:   Maritime Faculty, Kotor, Montenegro, Radulović Ana
Published: February 2022

Maritime transport plays a very important role in connecting European ports and their hinterlands. According to recent data (ISL, 2017), approximately 400 million tons of combined short-haul freight transport (containers and ro-ro) are transhipped between ports within the EU or be­tween ports in the EU and neighboring countries. The network of European short sea shipping services is large and diverse. Most ferry services bridge short distances, e.G. Via the English channel, the Fehmarn belt, or the strait of Gibraltar. At longer sea distances, trailers and containers are often shipped by com­bining transport with inland or rail transport inland. Most of these connec­tions, which were developed only a few decades ago, operate successfully under the management of mostly private liner or container operators. For offshore traffic, competition is mainly between line operators and ports, but not between (except tunnels/bridges) economically viable alternatives. Improving the efficiency and expanding the capacity of such links makes transport cheaper and helps promote the single market.
COVID-19 Effects on SMEs Businesses in the Durres Region
Authors:   “Aleksander Moisiu” University of Durres, Professional Studies Faculty, Marine and Engineering Science Department, Currila Street, no.1, Albania, Metalla Osman , Fortuzi Shkelqim ,   Aleksander Moisiu” University of Durres, Lagjia No.1 Rruga “Currila” Durres, Albania
Published: February 2022

The effects of Covid 19 have hit the global economy; therefore, the Albanian economy could not be excluded from these effects. This paper examines the issues that small and medium enterprises in Albania are facing under the current conditions identifying the most significant difficulties the SMEs are facing. SMEs have been severely affected, starting with the illness­es of the employers, quarantine and lockdown of the businesses reduced demand for different products and insufficient supply. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects that Covid-19 had in small and medium en­terprises regarding the consequences of restriction measures taken by the government had in terms of production, income, number of employees re­duction, the way of doing business and how ready are these companies to return in the post-Covid period. The data were gathered through structured questionnaires and analysed by the authors. The result shows that Small and Medium Size Enterprises have been heavily affected by Covid-19 in terms of income, way of doing business and in reducing the number of employees.
Innovations as a Means of Restarting Tourism in the Slovak Republic in the Period After COVID-19
Authors:   Vysoká škola ekonómie a manažmentu verejnej správy, Furdekova ul. 16, 851 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2, Kollár Vojtech , Matúšová Silvia ,   Vysoká škola ekonómie a manažmentu verejnej správy, Furdekova ul. 16, 851 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2
Published: February 2022

The competitiveness of tourism and its sustainability is condi­tioned by the ability of tourism stakeholders to use the existing innovation environment. Empirical results support the fact that the tourism sector shows differentiated innovation behavior in the sector of services. Econom­ic performance in tourism determines the type of innovation and the type of business. The paper focuses on innovations, which, together with other factors, are considered to be the driving force behind a possible restart of tourism in the Slovak Republic in the period after COVID-19. Innovations are understood as creative activities that induce deliberate change that will bring in technical, technological, economic, or social benefits. They are an essential part of modern business. Using a questionnaire survey, PESTLE analysis and SWOT analysis, a survey focused on the application of innova­tions in tourism was conducted. The target group was represented by travel agencies in a selected region of the Slovak Republic.
The Lessons Learned from the Great Recession
Authors:   Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Ifjuság útja 6, 7624 Pécs, Hungary, Kurtucz Csaba
Published: February 2022

The lessons learned from the crisis management of the 2008 Great Recession stem from significant structural differences between the two centers of the world, the United States and the eurozone. In the case of the United States, a monetary, fiscal and political union is realized, with a single economic policy, operates as a coherent unit, uniting the three ar­eas. In the case of the eurozone, we can talk about a monetary union. The crisis has highlighted the structural flaws of the eurozone because without a unified fiscal policy no effective economic policy can be achieved. The symp­toms of the euro area crisis weren’t the consequences of the global econom­ic downturn; rather the stalling of the integration process, the lack of real convergence, and the weaknesses of monetary and fiscal policy were the problems that have been brought to the fore and exacerbated by the crisis.
Evaluation of Distance Education in Mathematics at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Authors:   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Pechočiak Tomáš , Országhová Dana ,   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Kecskés Norbert ,   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Drábeková Janka ,   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
Published: February 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption of education systems, from elementary and secondary schools to colleges and universi­ties. This situation also affects the education conditions at the Slovak Uni­versity of Agriculture in Nitra. Teaching process has been transferred from full-time to distance learning in virtual space. The main goal of the paper was to analyze how students of economics study programs mastered math­ematical topics in conditions of distance learning. Correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test were used to identify relations and significance of differences between points obtained in preliminary written assignments as well as the overall study results. In both research groups, taught in Slo­vak and English, results showed strong correlations between the number of points in exam test and the total number of points. In the English taught group the second strong correlation was confirmed between the total num­ber of points and the points sum for all preliminary assignments
Atypical Localization and Clinical Presentation of a Hypothalamic Hamartoma in an Adult with Epilepsy
Authors:   Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Fleni, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Abril Maria Marone , Melanie Sanchez ,   Department of Neurology, Fleni, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sanz Emilia Osa ,   Department of Radiology, Fleni, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paulina Yanez ,   Department of Radiology, Fleni, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Carlos H D Giano ,   Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Fleni, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Published: February 2022

Epilepsy in patients with Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) have a typical semiology (gelastic or dacrystic seizures), but there is also secondary epileptogenesis that can explain why some of them have “pseudotemporal” seizures. We present a case report of an atypical localization and clinical presentation of HH in an adult with a rare presentation of secondary epileptogenesis.
Intra-Atrial Tunneled Dialysis Catheter as Vascular Access: Ultimate Choice in a Hemodialysis Patient
Authors: Sobhi Mleyhi , Mami Ikram , Mekki Soumaya , Ziedi Jalel , Ben Mrad Imtinene , Ben Mrad Malek
Published: February 2022

Recurrence of complications related to usual vascular access leads to exhausted vasculature. Several options were described in similar cases like tans-lumbar catheter and intra-atrial tunneled dialysis catheter. We report the case of a 22-year-old- male, with kidney failure, anuria and exhausted vasculature. Emergent kidney transplantation was not suitable to his case. We decided to combine peritoneal dialysis with once-a-week hemodialysis using a tans-lumbar tunneled catheter at first time, then an intra-atrial tunneled dialysis catheter as vascular access of last resort. Development of renal replacement therapy expose nephrologist to new challenges. Working on alternative therapy is inspiring, but rationalizing exploitation of current options meanwhile is imperative.
Efficacy of a Modified Sepsis System on the Mortality Rate of Septic Shock Patients in the Emergency Department of Siriraj Hospital
Authors: Rakpraisuthepsiri Natvadee , Surabenjawong Usapan , Limsuwat Chok , Lertvipapath Ploylarp
Published: February 2022

Objective: To compare the 28-day mortality rate between pre- and post-implementation of a modified sepsis fast-track system.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional cohort study was conducted at the Emergency Room (ER) of Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok. All patients who were diagnosed with septic shock and who received antimicrobial treatment at admission in the ER were included.Results: In total, 420 patients were included in the study, split into 210 patients in the pre-protocol group and 210 patients in the post-protocol group. Comparing between pre- and post-modified sepsis fast-track system implementation, the patients who received antimicrobials within 1 hour numbered 140 (66.7%) and 175 (83.3%), respectively (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.57–3.97, p-value<0.001). The 28-day mortality rates of the pre- and post-protocol groups were 44.8% vs. 34.8% (p-value=0.036). According to the multivariate analysis, the factors that were significantly related to 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock were age greater than 75 years, diabetes mellitus, and initial SOFA score >9.Conclusion: Implementation of a modified sepsis program improved the time to first antimicrobial administration and decreased the 28-day mortality for patients with septic shock in the ER.
ANALISIS PASAR BERSANGKUTAN DALAM PUTUSAN KPPU (STUDI PUTUSAN PERKARA NO. 13/KPPU-I/2019 DAN 10/KPPU/-1/2016)
Authors: Deanera Princessa , Anisah Siti
Published: February 2022

The research entitled "Analysis of Relevant Market in KPPU Decisions (Study on Case Decisions No. 13 / KPPU-I / 2019 and 10 / KPPU / -1 / 2016)" raises two problem formulations, namely: first, how is the determination of the relevant market in Case Decisions. No. 10 / KPPU-I / 2016 and 13 / KPPU-I / 2019? Second, is the determination of the relevant market in Case No. 10 / KPPU-I / 2016 and 13 / KPPU-I / 2019? This research is a normative or doctrinal legal research, which describes, explains, and analyzes legal materials that refer to laws and regulations and KPPU's decisions relating to the determination of the relevant market. Analysis in legal materials in this study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, which is carried out by collecting legal materials, qualifying them, connecting theories related to research problems, drawing conclusions to determine the results and recommendations. The results of this study indicate, in Case No. 10 / KPPU-I / 2016, KPPU does not consider indicators (price, characteristics, and function) of the relevant market and geography. Meanwhile, in the case No. 13 / KPPU-I / 2019, KPPU makes considerations based on indicator indicators (price, characteristics, and functions). Thus, it appears that the two KPPU decisions are not in accordance with the provisions of KPPU Regulation No. 3 of 2009.
PKM FASILITASI PELAKSANAAN PENDAMPINGAN KEGIATAN REVEGETASI HUTAN GAMBUT
Authors: Kissinger Kissinger , Noor Pitri Rina Muhayah
Published: February 2022

Pendampingan merupakan kegiatan penting yang menentukan keberhasilan keberhasilan revegetasi lahan gambut. Fasilitasi terhadap para pelaksana pendampingan atau tenaga pendamping diperlukan dalam mempersiapkan sumberdaya manusia yang akan mendampingi kegiatan revegetasi hutan gambut oleh masyarakat. Kegiatan fasilitasi ini dilakukan di desa Pulantani Kecamatan Haur Gading Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara Kalimantan Selatan. Jumlah tenaga pendamping yang difasilitasi sebanyak 7 orang. Hasil kegiatan fasilitasi Hasil evaluasi dari kegiatan pengabdian terhadap peserta tentang fasilitasi kegiatan pendampingan teknis revegetasi lahan gambut berdasarkan 3 aspek yang dinilai dikategorikan sangat baik.
SOSIALISASI DAN PEMANFAATAN TANAMAN REFUGIA SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF PENGENDALI HAMA TANAMAN
Authors: Ilhamiyah Ilhamiyah , Ni’mah Gusti Khairun , Zuraida Ana , Widaningsih Neni
Published: February 2022

The problem faced by farmers who are members of Gapoktan in the Karang Bunga Village, Mandastana District, Barito Kuala Regency in rice cultivation is pest attack. Farmers always control pest attacks using synthetic pesticides. This causes rice production to be unsafe for consumption because it contains pesticide residues, and can cause the death of natural enemies, resurgence and resistance to pesticides. Therefore it is necessary to conduct socialization and utilization of refugia plants for the conservation of natural enemies and pest control by paying attention to ecological, economic and cultural aspects to create a sustainable agricultural system by suppressing environmental pollution by synthetic pesticides. The method used is to conduct socialization and utilization of refugia plants as agents for controlling pests of rice that are environmentally friendly in the form of socialization through counseling, discussion and demonstration on rice farmers' land. The results of PPM activities are an increase in PPM participant knowledge in terms of knowledge about the use of refugia plant technology; PPM participants gain skills in utilizing refugia plant technology; some PPM participants have started utilizing refugia plant technology by planting rice fields with paper flowers (Zinnia elegans Jaqc)
MANAJEMEN PENGELOLAAN ZAKAT BAGI PENGURUS MASJID
Authors: Huda Nurul , Zulihar Zulihar , Hulmansyah Hulmansyah
Published: February 2022

Ta’mir Masjid adalah organisasi kelembagaan Masjid yang terdiri dari beberapa orang dan mempunyai kewajiban memakmurkan Masjid. Pemahaman yang masih rendah dalam manajemen pengelolalan ZISWAF sehingga diperlukan penuluhan dan pendampingan bagi Pengurus Masjid dalam melakukan Pengelolaan Zsiwaf. Metode yang dilakukan dengan menggunakan dua pendekatan yaitu pelatihan dan pendampingan. Hasil pelatihan Pengurus mulai memahami manajemen pengelolaan ziswaf baik pengumpulan maupun pendistrusian dan pendayagunaan dana ziswaf.
SOSIALISASI PEMILU KEPADA PEMUDA GUNA MENCIPTAKAN PEMUDA YANG SADAR PEMILU DI KOTA BANJARMASIN
Authors: Redhani Muhammad Erfa , Fitri Muhammad Syahrial , Khalid Afif Khalid , Hanafi Hanafi
Published: February 2022

Tujuan dilaksanakannya kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pemahaman pemilih pemula tentang pemilihan umum di kota Banjarmasin dan untuk meningkatkan partisipasi pemilih pemula pada pemilihan umum di Kota Banjarmasin khususnya yang tergabung dalam Kesatuan Aksi Mahasiswa Muslim Indonesia. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah dengan rangkaian tahapan yang disusun secara sistematis yaitu pertama dengan melakukan obeservasi lapangan dan pendataan peserta, pembuatan materi dan bahan lainnya, pembuatan konsep sosialisasi dan pelatihan, pelaksanaan sosialisasi dan pelatihan, membentuk gerakan pemuda sadar pemilu, dan terakhir adalah membuat laporan akhir dan artikel. Dari kegiatan ini hasil atau kesimpulannya adalah dari semua rancangan kegiatan yang tercantum dalam proposal kegiatan telah dapat dilaksanakan, meskipun terdapat beberapa kendala namun telah dapat diatasi. Antusiasme mahasiswa yang tergabung dalam Kesatuan Mahasiswa Muslim Indonesia sangat bagus terutama dalam komitmennya mengawal pelaksanaan pemilu 2019 dan turut berpartisipasi dalam menggunakan hak pilihnya. KAMMI terdaftar resmi sebagai pemantau pemilu di Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum (Bawaslu) sehingga dapat secara langsung berkontribusi mengawal pelaksanaan pemilu.
PEMBERDAYAAN KADER POSYANDU TERHADAP KEJADIAN STUNTING DI WILAYAH KERJA KELURAHAN SUNGAI MIAI KOTA BANJARMASIN
Authors: Jalpi Agus , Rizal Achmad , Fahrurazi Fahrurazi
Published: February 2022

Prevalensi kejadian stunting bayi berusia dibawah lima tahun (balita) di Indonesia pada tahun 2015 sebesar 36,4% (Penentuan Status Gizi, 2017), dimana balita sendiri mengalami stunting sebesat 26,6% dengan rincian kategori sangat pendek 9,8%, dan pendek sebesar 19,8%. Solusi yang ditawarkan Untuk meningkatkan status gizi pada anak supaya memperoleh asupan gizi baik secara kuantitas dan kualitas serta mencegah terjadinya stunting maka diperlukan peranan ibu balita, petugas kesehatan dalam hal ini kader posyandu. Dalam usaha untuk meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat utamanya tentang pentingnya pengetahuan gizi dan keterampilan pengolahan pangan (makanan) maka tindakan yang akan dilakukan adalah melakukan advokasi, base line data, pemberdayaan masyarakat dan kader posyandu serta evaluasi dan monitoring. Khalayak sasaran dalam kegiatan PPM ini adalah Ibu Rumah Tangga yang memiliki balita yang status gizi kurang dan kader posyandu sebanyak 38 orang di posyandu dengan rincian 20 ibu balita dan 8 kader posyandu. Metode pendekatan yang ditawarkan untuk mendukung realisasi program pengabdian kepada masyarakat melalui media promosi kesehatan bagi kader posyandu di kelurahan Sungai Miai. Kegiatan monitoring dilakukan pada tanggal 2 Maret 2020 yang bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi status gizi dalam hal peningkatan berat badan pada balita gizi kurang yang sudah mendapatkan proses pendampingan dan pengolahan sop bagi balita. Evaluasi dilakukan dengan membandingkan selera makan anak sebelum dan setelah pemberian produk. Monitoring dilakukan dengan menimbang balita yang sudah mendapatkan produk intervensi. Hasil penimbangan tersebut didapatkan bahwa berat badan balita sebelum dan setelah pemberian produk makanan adalah rata-rata berat badan sebelum pemberian produk adalah 13,37 kg, dan setelah pemberian produk rata-rata mengalami kenaikan sekitar 0,86 kg sehingga rata-rata berat badan balita setelah pemberian adalah 13,23 kg. kenaikan ini cukup signifikan karena secara teori kenaikan berat badan selama satu bulan minimal mendekati 1 kg. Diharapkan ibu senantiasa aktif ke posyandu balita guna memantau tumbuh kembang anak dan aktif mencari informasi terkait pola asuh anak balitanya.
METHOD OF AUTOMATED SCHEDULING BY USING GREEDY ALGORITHM
Authors: Markelov M.
Published: February 2022

The paper proposes a method for automated scheduling. This method is based on applying a greedy algorithm to generate the first version of the employee schedule.
Role of Bacha Khan in Educating the Pakhtoon Society
Authors: Gul Brekhan , Khan Younas , Parvez Sana
Published: February 2022

History has rarely recorded such leaders who raised their nation from the darkness of ignorance to the light of glory. BachaKhan (Abdul Ghaffar Khan) was one of them. When the society was under the powers of lords, he gave the lesson of equality, blowing new life in the dead society.It was his struggle, his tiresome efforts, his tolerance, the devotion that he uplifted his people from serving their lords to become a respectable, educated nation. He dedicated his entire life to the service of the Pashtun nation and strongly believed that if any change had to come, it would come only through education. For this purpose, he established in various parts of the province where teachers used to teach on voluntary bases. This study highlights the hardships faced by Bacha Khan in promoting education among the pakhtoons and his struggle for the awakening of pakhtoon society.
A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014
Authors: Saleem Sumaira , Gul Brekhna , Sanaullah
Published: February 2022

The issue of terrorism is as old as the country itself. To begin with, there were infrequent low intensity periodic incidents of terrorism. However, state UN-willingness or UN-preparedness, in the beginning, allowed the issue to grow in strength. Furthermore, the disturbance in Afghanistan and ultimately the incident of 9/11 proved instrumental in providing the terrorists an opportunity to bounce back by inflicting serious to the state in total in terms of human deaths and economic losses. But among them all, the APS incident on December 14 2014, proved to be the worst in terms of human loss and exposed the terrorists as the ones who deserved no mercy. This paper reviews the historical accounts and tries to fix where the state and its institutions committed a mistake. It suggests that had Pakistan not been soft to individual incidents of terrorism, and had it not involved itself so much in Afghan affairs, the issue may not have worsened to cause so much damage and loss.
Wound vacuum-assisted closure as a bridge therapy in the treatment of infected cranial gunshot wound in a pediatric patient: illustrative case
Authors: Birk Harjus , Demand Audrey , Kandregula Sandeep , Notarianni Christina , Meram Andrew , Kosty Jennifer
Published: February 2022

BACKGROUND

The authors reported the first pediatric case of a craniocerebral gunshot injury successfully treated with a wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device after dehiscence and infection of the initial cranial wound.

OBSERVATIONS

A 17-year-old boy suffered several gunshots to the left hemisphere, resulting in significant damage to the scalp, calvaria, and brain. Emergency hemicraniectomy was performed, with reconstruction of a complicated scalp wound performed at the initial surgery. The scalp was devitalized and ultimately dehisced, resulting in a cranial infection. It was treated first with a repeated attempt at primary closure, which failed because of persistent devitalized tissue, and was then treated with aggressive debridement followed by placement of a wound VAC device over the exposed brain as a bridge therapy to reconstruction. This procedure was deemed necessary given the active infection.

LESSONS

The patient received delayed reconstruction with a free split-thickness skin graft and made a remarkable recovery, with cranioplasty performed 6 months later. The authors reviewed the literature on wound VAC use in cranial wound treatment and proposed it as a legitimate bridge therapy to definitive reconstruction in the setting of dirty wounds, active infection, or even hemodynamically unstable patients.
Pseudogout, an unconventional imitator of the lumbosacral spine with associated chronic epidural hematoma: illustrative cases
Authors: Jaffee Stephen , Jeong Seung Won , Dabecco Rocco , Elhamdani Shahed , Yu Alexander
Published: February 2022

BACKGROUND

Pseudogout, or calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) disease, is an inflammatory joint disease that most commonly involves the joints of the knees, ankles, and wrists. Pseudogout has also been known to involve the spine, especially the atlanto-occipital joint of the cervical spine, but there is limited documentation of its involvement in the lumbar spine. Though the atypical presentation of spinal pseudogout with findings consistent with discitis and epidural abscess has been documented, its presentation with associated chronic spinal epidural hematoma is a rare entity.

OBSERVATIONS

The authors present two separate cases of pseudogout involvement of the lumbar spine, one case presenting with a clinical and radiographic picture consistent with discitis and epidural abscess and the other with radiographic and operative findings consistent with a chronic epidural hematoma.

LESSONS

This case series demonstrates rare and atypical presentations of pseudogout within the lumbosacral spine.
Contralateral tinnitus and hearing loss due to a tumor at the region of inferior colliculus: illustrative case
Authors: Eftekharian Kourosh , Sharifi Guive , Eftekharian Ali , Bidari-Zerehpoosh Farahnaz
Published: February 2022

BACKGROUND

Subjective hearing loss resulting from unilateral lesions of the quadrigeminal cistern region or inferior colliculus is a rare entity.

OBSERVATIONS

The authors presented the case of a 32-year-old man with a history of 4 months of nonpulsatile tinnitus and 1 month of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. He was otherwise healthy with no significant previous medical history. Intravenous gadolinium contrast magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed a lesion at the region of the left inferior colliculus suggestive of a lipoma. The tumor was removed, and the patient had no significant hearing change afterward, with an improvement in tinnitus. The histological examination demonstrated the tumor as a fibrolipoma.

LESSONS

Contralateral subjective hearing loss is an uncommon presentation for a lesion in the region of the inferior colliculus.
Basic Characteristics and Aspectual Properties of Croatian ObjExp Verbs
Authors: Birtić Matea , Brač Ivana
Published: February 2022

This paper discusses the basic characteristics of ObjExp verbs in Croatian (thematic roles, argument structure, anticausative variant, aspect of the verb), with special attention paid to the aspectual properties of such verbs. According to various authors (Arad 1998, Pylkkänen 2000, Biały 2005, Grafmiller 2013), ObjExp verbs are not a unified aspectual class since they can be interpreted as both stative and non-stative verbs. Five diagnostics that differentiate between stative and non-stative interpretation are applied to a sample of 40 verbs: (1) passive formation; (2) use in the punctual past tense; (3) co-occurrence with agent-oriented adverbs; (4) use of a verb in the imperative mood; and (5) the ability of the verb to be used as a complement of control verbs (Grafmiller 2013). The results of this research show that all Croatian ObjExp verbs with primary psychological meaning have an anticausative variant derived by reflexive morphology, that most verbs have two (or three) interpretations, and that perfective ObjExp verbs can probably be more easily interpreted as non-stative than imperfective ones.
An Intelligent Color Image Recognition and Mobile Control System for Robotic Arm
Authors: Yao Albert Wen Long , Chen H. C.
Published: February 2022

The aim of this study is to develop intelligent color recognition, mobile control, and monitoring system for a pick-and-place robotic arm for manufacturing systems. The demand for smart manufacturing factories with real-time control of fabricating processes and traceability of production information is increasing urgently. Generally speaking, a smart manufacturing facility is usually composed of sensing, computing, control, and communication technologies together. In this study, the three-tier architecture of the Internet of things (IoT) was adopted as a guideline to design mobile devices to control and monitor a color image recognition and alarm monitoring system by using Raspberry Pi and a web page database. The practical results and contributions of this study are as follows:  With integrating the techniques of advanced BR PLC, mobile devices and APP, color image recognition, Raspberry Pi microcomputer, and MySQL database technologies together, (1) the mobile control and monitoring system is able to supervise a real-time manufacturing plant anywhere and anytime with mobile devices easily; (2) the color identification system can identify and classify different color work-piece precisely, and the identification results are recorded for remote database platform; (3) the collected data are analyzed and displayed on mobile devices through the web database for field operators and engineers promptly.  It provides a very successful practical paradigm to promote conventional factories to meet industry 4.0.
Corporate governance of the Brazilian state-owned companies
Authors: Polezhaeva Natalia
Published: February 2022

The article identifies the characteristics of regulation of corporate governance in state-owned companies in Brazil. The author considers the Brazilian understanding of a state-owned enterprise, analyzes regulatory framework for corporate governance, including such Acts as the Corporations Act of 1976 and the SOE Statute of 2016, considers a number of studies on compliance of companies with this regulation, including IG-SEST, as well as analyzes relevant approaches in other BRICS countries. The author submits that for Brazil adoption of the SOE Statute became an important step towards bringing their practices into line with international corporate governance principles. However, despite the positive trend, in 2021 not all state-owned companies are following the established standards. To improve compliance with corporate governance rules, it is necessary to address the following issues: incomplete coverage of basic principles of corporate governance for SOEs in the Statute; duplication of common and special regulations; limited range of SOEs to which the special legal regulation is applied. Consideration should be given to the opportunity of transition from the mandatory compliance with provisions of the SOEs Statute to the «comply or explain» approach. However, it won’t be easy to cope with these moments without cultural change and the conscious Government’s effort to grant more autonomy to its companies.
Climate Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism. Interview-debate
Authors: “Latinskaya Amerika” Editors
Published: February 2022

Below is the first part of the interview-debate between the linguist and social scientist Noam Chomsky, one of the most important intellectuals of the last century worldwide, the Chilean social researcher and reference of the Marxist-collapsist current Miguel Fuentes and the American scientist Guy McPherson, a specialist in ecological crisis and climate change. One of the most notable elements of this debate is the exposition of three perspectives that, although complementary in many aspects and framed in the field of progressive and leftist positions, offer three differentiated theoretical and political-programmatic approaches to the same problem: the imminence of a horizon of super-catastrophic climate change and the possibility of a nearby civilizational collapse. Another noteworthy element of this debate is the serie of challenges and interpretive challenges to which Chomsky's positions are exposed, from here this discussion acquires the character of a true "ideological contest" between certain perspectives of the world that, although as we say common in many respects, they would present themselves as ultimately opposed. In a certain sense, this debate seems to take us back, in the field of reflection on the ecological catastrophe and the advance of the current process of planetary mass extinction, to the old debates of the 20th century left around the dilemma between reform or revolution, something undoubtedly necessary in the field of contemporary discussions of political ecology.
Teaching Romanian for medical foreign students with the help of Interactive methods
Authors:   “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania, Kutasi Reka
Published: February 2022

The present study aims to highlight the importance of engaging in speaking activities as a primary method for teaching Romanian as a foreign language to overseas students. The results are strengthened by a questionnaire applied to students from the Faculty of Medicine and Dental Medicine in English. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face classes were replaced by online ones which gave us, teachers, the possibility to use modern technology throughout our courses. The diversity of the topics included in the curriculum helped teachers to involve foreign students in different types of activities, such as speaking, interacting with their peers in order to develop elementary communication skills, but also new vocabulary learning. Even if students came from different countries and cultures, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Israel, Syria, or even Ghana, they all learned Romanian to be able to interact mainly with their colleagues or people they met in their day-to-day life.
Automatic generation of language exercises based on a universal methodology: An analysis of possibilities
Authors:   University of Rijeka, Croatia, Slavuj Vanja , Nacinovic Prskalo Lucia ,   University of Rijeka,  Croatia, Brkic Bakaric Marija ,   University of Rijeka,  Croatia
Published: February 2022

The aim of the paper is to examine the possibilities for automatic generation of language learning exercises and compare them to those manually compiled by language instructors. The paper first presents a universal methodology applied in manually created exercises for learning the language for specific purposes, elaborated with examples in the field of academic English. Next, the automation of the procedure is explored through a series of steps which include creating the corpus, analysing each exercise type and the possibility of its automatic generation, automatically generating the exercise, and evaluating the end result. The results of the evaluation suggest that automatic generation of exercises can serve as a preliminary step of a two-stage process of exercises development in which each exercise, however, needs additional approval from the language expert.
Creating tasks for eLearning Slovenian under the LanGuide project
Authors:   University of Primorska, Slovenia, PAVLETIĆ Nika , ŠUMENJAK Klara ,   University of Primorska, Slovenia, VOLK Jana ,   University of Primorska, Slovenia
Published: February 2022

The introductory chapters of the article briefly outline the Slovene language, its origin, and its basic characteristics. Afterward, the article also offers an insight into Slovene as a second/foreign language, which more and more people have been learning in recent times. The main part of the article is to introduce the methodology of creating exercises for e-learning Slovene from A1 to B1 levels. To make it easier for the user to learn the language, the exercises are upgraded in terms of content and grammar. The paper presents ten examples of exercises for all three levels on the topic of mobility, in which the grammar and the vocabulary are based on narrowed thematic sections (greetings, presentations, numbers, countries, nationalities, languages, travel, and accommodation).
Dracula Metaphysics. Exploring the Vampire Motif in Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Authors:   Transilvania University of Braşov, MOARCĂS Georgeta
Published: February 2022

Three women writers, Elisabeth Kostova, Doina Ruști, and Ruxandra Ivăncescu chose the vampire motif as the core of their historiographical metafiction. The principle of verisimilitude that dominates their prose writing in different percentages, transforms the narrative strategy into an initiation journey for interpreting various traces left behind by a mysterious character. They are blending into their prose writing historic archival facts, popular knowledge embedded in folktales and ballads, as well as important artifacts. As requested by the literary convention, their vampire becomes a time traveler, interested in maintaining power and offering protection to a few ones, a more intellectual and at times a good-natured character, stripped of his sensuality.
Balkan Vampire Myth: Urban Legends or a Publicity tool?
Authors:   University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, JURKOVIC Tanja
Published: February 2022

One of the first known 'real vampires' in the Balkan area, Jure Grando, has served as a tool for expressing fears about sexual freedom in an 18th century Balkan society constrained by its own depravity. Another, more famous figure, was Petar Blagojević, a Serbian peasant who was terrorizing the local villagers by strangling them, thus representing some of the concerns of rural communities of the time. Furthermore, Arnaut Pavle, a military hero obsessed with thoughts of suicide, the act that supposedly turned people into vampires, who after his own death becomes one of them, terrorized the village where he lived. Nevertheless, Sava Savanović is by far the most famous vampire figure in the Balkans, who is still being mentioned in literature and film alike. One of the common denominators that all these historical/mythical figures have is the overall terror and fear experienced by common people about the social, cultural, and health issues of the time, that needed a plausible explanation to make them feel secure in their own homes and with their own existence. Today, all these cases still exist, either as urban legends or simply as folk tales told to young generations, but even if their purpose might still be somewhat unclear, these tales have served as a great marketing tool for developing tourism in forgotten rural parts of Balkan countries.
Morkrets Makter’s Mini-Mysteries
Authors:   Independent researcher, Germany/Philippines,, DE ROOS Hans Corneel
Published: February 2022

The discussion about Bram Stoker’s possible contribution to Morkrets makter, the Swedish version of Dracula, and about the identity of the anonymous Swedish editor/translator, has reached no definitive conclusions yet. This paper addresses a series of minor mysteries linked to the Swedish variants: the possible connections between the Budapest, the Chicago and the Stockholm serialisations; the use of certain names (Draculitz, Mary Wood, Valentini’s, Zolyva, Koromeszo); references to the Whitechapel Murders and the Thames Torso Mysteries, among others. Although these observations provide no definitive proof regarding the authorship of Mörkrets makter, taken together, they seem to show subtle support for the idea that these Dracula modifications were created entirely in Sweden.
Constructing the Vampire Myth in Cinema: A Short Analysis of Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931) and Dracula (1958)
Authors:   University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Garcia Yuri ,   Estacio de Sa University (UNESA)
Published: February 2022

The present work aims to present a brief analysis of the films Noseferatu (1922), Dracula (1931) and Dracula (1958). Our hypothesis is that these productions are the core of cinematic vampirical mythology in our culture. The idea of what would be a vampire can be traced through ancient myths along different cultures and was highlighted through urban legends in the middle ages. But it was only after Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) that this character started to take o more delimited form. If Stoker’s novel can be a species of basis for the vampire myth, cinema would take this entity to a hole new level. In an audio-visual medium, Dracula stood as the most famous vampire and these three films would be the most important to start to form the figure of mediatic (and most of all, cinematic) vampire.
Blood & Couture: Dracula by Eiko Ishioka (石岡 瑛子)
Authors:   Federal University of São Paulo, Department of Art History, RODRIGUES Roberto C.
Published: February 2022

In this paper, through a bibliographical research and debate, we intent a filmic and artistic analysis of the feature film ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992), specifically its costume design, signed by the Japanese designer and art director Eiko Ishioka 石岡 瑛子 (1938 – 2012). The film’s critical reception as well as its consequent elevation to a ‘canon’ status among the adaptations of the homonymous novel by Bram Stoker were taken into consideration. This paper proposes a new approach of Ishioka's costume design legacy, that flirts significantly with the Parisian ‘haute couture’ for its uniqueness. Our intention is to develop an in-depth study on the elements that make the costumes of this movie so singular, such as its intentional lack of historical accuracy and the ode to an overly exaggerated symbolism and decay.
Ciência crítica autocrítica
Authors: Demo Pedro , Silva Renan Antônio da
Published: February 2022

Recordemos que a sigla STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) vale quase como comando escolar para o sucesso produtivo e competitivo, sendo seguido à risca em escolas asiáticas, sobretudo as chinesas, que hoje ocupam o primeiro lugar no Programa Internacional de Avaliação de Alunos (Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA]) em leitura, ciência e matemática e fazem a glória do chamado instrucionismo global. Tal “pedagogia” sempre foi contestada, embora hoje reine soberana na indústria global da educação, atrelada ao mercado liberal. Diversos autores refletem não só pertinentes argumentações pedagógicas, mas experiência própria: a pedagogia chinesa, como exemplo, se mostra opressiva, domesticadora, brutal e leva muitos estudantes ao desespero - principalmente diante da matemática e ignorando que a aprendizagem, um processo evolucionário natural e de rara profundidade autoral e integral, implica o bem-estar físico e mental dos estudantes.
IMPLEMENTASI PELAYANAN PENERBITAN KARTU TANDA PENDUDUK BAGI PENGANTIN BARU “ KAPERU” DINAS KEPENDUDUKAN DAN PENCATATAN SIPIL KABUPATEN BANTUL
Authors: Hartadi Ismoyo , Syaflan Meidi
Published: February 2022

Penelitian tesis ini dimaksudkan untuk menganalisis faktor penyebab tingginya jumlah aduan dan upaya untuk menanggulangi tingginya jumlah aduan pelayanan penerbitan dokumen kependudukan yaitu kartu keluarga dan kartu tanda penduduk bagi pengantin baru atau Kaperu. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif, hasil penelitian yang dideskripsikan dalam sebuah narasi mengungkapkan permasalahan yang didapatkan melalui dokumentasi, wawancara, dan observasi.

Produk hasil inovasi dan kerjasama yang dilakukan oleh Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Bantul dengan Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil Kabupaten Bantul dalam implementasinya terdapat ketidaksesuaian dengan standar operasional prosedur pelayanan dan nota perjanjian MoU yang telah disepakati bersama berdampak pada tingginya jumlah aduan. Jumlah aduan tertinggi berasal dari pemohon layanan kaperu yang berdomisili di 4 Kecamatan yakni Kecamatan Plered, Bantul, Pajangan dan Srandakan.

Hasil yang didapatkan dari penelitian tersebut diketahui faktor penyebab tingginya jumlah aduan disebabkan oleh, keterlambatan dan kesalahan dokumen, rendahnya komitmen kerja, rendahnya kedisiplinan kerja, beban kerja yang melebihi kapasitas yang mampu dijangkau dan diselesaikan. Upaya untuk mengatasi tingginya jumlah aduan dilakukan strategi manajemen sumber daya mausia ditempuh dengan cara memberikan layanan antar dokumen kependudukan melalui bantuan caraka, singkronisasi data oleh Administration Data Base, kebijakan pendisiplinan dengan memberikan sanksi dan penghargaan, Perencanaan Rekrutmen Karyawan dan Pengintegrasian Tugas Antar-Bidang.
UPAYA PENINGKATAN KINERJA PETUGAS PROMOSI KESEHATAN DI KABUPATEN MAGELANG
Authors: Santosa Agus , Akhmad Jazuli
Published: February 2022

This study aims to describe the conditions, thoughts, events, facts, characteristics, relationships and phenomena regarding the performance of Health Promoters in Magelang Regency, and then it’s obtained to analyze the strategy for improving performance. This research was conducted from January to March 2019. This study used qualitative descriptive analysis research method. Data collection techniques used in this study were interviews, questionnaires and documentation. Drawing conclusions is carried out during the research process by reducing data, after the data is collected then conclusions are taken, and after complete data, final conclusions are taken. The subjects of this study were 30 Health Promoters in Magelang Regency and the object of this study was individual factors (including: competence, motivation, commitment, achievement desire, teamwork, and proactive) and organizational factors (including compensation, facilities and infrastructure, supervision, reward and punishment). The results showed that the performance of Health Promoters in Magelang Regency was underperforms due to low competence, low motivation, low achievement desires, lack of incentives, inadequate facilities & infrastructure, lack of technical guidance and lack of appreciation. The strategy for improving performance are to carried out through improve the relevant education and training, raising expectation to improve motivation, raising passion for improving achievement, increased incentives, providing modern facilities and infrastructure, increased supervision and technical guidance, giving appreciation by apply the reward and punishment appropriately.