bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Features of specialist training in the system vocational and pedagogical education
Authors:   Tula State Pedagogical University named after L.N. Tolstoy, Markova Ya.S.
Published: February 2021

Various educational systems operate in Russia to meet educational needs, among which vocational and pedagogical education occupies a special place. One of the indicators of the high quality of training of a teacher of vocational training, armed with general scientific, general professional and special knowledge, who has a professional pedagogical methodology, is his ability to manage the pedagogical process and predict the results of various methods of organizing the educational process. The proposed methodological recommendations can be used in organizing the training of teachers in secondary vocational and higher education.
Some aspects of business process modeling of higher education institutions
Authors:   Armenian National agrarian university (ANAU), Kosemyan S.E.
Published: February 2021

Actual aspects of process modeling in HEI’s are considered. Issues related to process modeling in universities were studied. A reference model of the university system is given, on the basis of which business processes can be modeled and implemented at different levels of management. The generalized models of business processes «Staff» and «Scientific activity», as well as KPI are presented, on the basis of which it is possible to improve quality management.The proposed models will allow to timely identify possible problems that require a solution, take measures to transform the university’s business processes.
The comparative analysis of two models of the innovative education
Authors:   Institute for Design-Technological Informatics RAS, Romanova E.Yu. , Uvarova L.A. ,   Institute for Design-Technological Informatics RAS, Sheptunov S.A. ,   Institute for Design-Technological Informatics RAS
Published: February 2021

The features and educational requirements of the industrial and postindustrial societies are discussed. It is noted, that for a difficult period - the transition to a postindustrial society for the successful solution of the emerging problems, especially educational ones, it is necessary to use a synergetic and systemic approaches, taking into account the information properties of social systems and to consider a person as a «particle» (quantum) of a social system possessing both discrete (biomechanical) and continuous (field) properties. Two models of the innovative education, the social significance of the educational sphere and the goals and objectives of the innovative educational process, taking into account modern requirements and the future of Russia, are considered.
Trends and challenges in implementing plans for innovative development of Russia
Authors:   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Sedova N.V. , Pulyavina N.S. ,   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Published: February 2021

The article analyzes strategic documents aimed at implementing plans for innovative development of the economy, identifies trends and analyzes some results of implementing strategies for innovative development of Russia. The authors identified the problematic aspects of the implementation of the plans, as well as identified possible directions for adjusting the strategy of innovative development.
Initiatives for sustainable consumption and lean production in the context of development strategies of the russian federation and national projects in various areas
Authors:   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «N.P. Ogarev National Research Mordovian State University», Shilkina A.T. , Yaskin A.N. ,   State Institution of the Republic of Mordovia «Scientific Center for Socio-Economic Monitoring»
Published: February 2021

The article examines the problems of sustainable consumption and lean production in the context of national projects and development strategies of the Russian Federation in various areas. The Sustainable Development Goals under Agenda 21 have been classified according to social, economic and environmental dimensions. Scientific and technological excellence, economic and national security, and spatial development are important goals of the development strategies of the Russian Federation. The key elements of the Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Russian Federation have been identified: goal, principles of strategy implementation, resources, strategic partners and participants, strategy indicators formulated in the framework of national projects; substantiated the importance of the national project «Labor productivity and employment support», based on the implementation of two strategic UN Sustainable Development Goals «Goal 9: Industrialization, innovation, infrastructure» and «Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production». The key aspects were identified and a map of the national project to increase labor productivity was built: systemic measures to increase labor productivity, targeted support for increasing labor productivity at enterprises, support for employment and improving the efficiency of the labor market to ensure growth in labor productivity, allowing achieving sustainable growth in labor productivity in the country.
الزيادة الطبيعية لسكان محافظة دهوك للفترة (2007 – 2017) وتباينه مكانياً
Authors: Hasan Chinar Muhsin
Published: February 2021

الملخص: تهدف الدراسة المعنونة بـ ((الزيادة الطبيعية لسكان محافظة دهوك للفترة (2007 – 2017) وتباينه مكانياً)) إلى بيان معدلات الزيادة الطبيعية أي الفرق بين الولادات والوفيات في محافظة دهوك حسب الأقضية بعد أن شهدت المحافظة زيادة ملحوظة خلال السنوات الأخيرة مما استدعت إلى الوقوف عليها، وقد تكوّنَ البحث من ثلاث مباحث: المبحث الأول تطرق إلى استخراج معدل الولادات الخام، والمبحث الثاني درس معدل الوفيات الخام، والمبحث الثالث درس معدل الزيادة الطبيعية (الحيوية) خلال الفترة حسب الوحدات الإدراية، وقد توصلت الدراسة إلى أنَّ معدل الزيادة الطبيعية في محافظة دهوك انخفضت من نسبة (3.3%) في عام 2007 إلى(2.1%) في عام 2017. Abstract:The objective of the study is to increase the natural increase in the population of Duhok governorate in the period (2007 - 2017) to indicate the rates of natural increase, i.e. the difference between births and deaths in Duhok governorate by district after the governorate witnessed a noticeable increase in recent years. The research may consist of three subjects: first, crude birth rate, second crude mortality rate, and third natural increase rate during the period according to administrative units.The study found that the rate of natural increase in Duhok Governorate decreased from 3.3% in 2007 to 2.1% in 2017.
IPP is a differentially expressed gene in brain metastatic human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: February 2021

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that intracisternal A particle-promoted polypeptide, encoded by IPP, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. IPP mRNA was present at decreased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Importantly, expression of IPP in primary tumors was significantly correlated with patient overall survival. Modulation of IPP expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING
Authors: Uniqbu
Published: February 2021

All children in this world, from any circle they come from, must like to play. Playing is an activity that is unique and very different from other activities such as work, which adults always do to achieve a final result. Therefore, this article will discuss the knowledge of learning and learning theory for early childhood, which is beneficial not only for teachers in PAUD institutions but also for parents and other adults responsible for teaching their children wherever and whenever.
PAPOLG is differentially expressed in brain metastatic human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: February 2021

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that poly(A) polymerase gamma, encoded by PAPOLG, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. PAPOLG mRNA was present at decreased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Importantly, expression of PAPOLG in primary tumors was significantly correlated with patient recurrence-free survival. Modulation of PAPOLG expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
Vehicle-based recreation and compliance for three beaches in northern New South Wales
Authors: Totterman Stephen
Published: February 2021

Vehicles can be a serious vector for human recreation disturbance to beach-nesting birds because they enable people, often with their dogs, to disperse over greater distances than they would typically walk. The objective of this study was to quantify vehicle-based recreation and compliance with regulations and codes of conduct for Seven Mile (Lennox Head), South Ballina and Airforce (Evans Head) beaches, N New South Wales, Australia. South Ballina and Airforce supported remnant beach-nesting Australian pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris populations. Vehicle-based recreation and compliance varied among beaches. The most frequent activities observed were picnics (31–50%), driving (14–30%) and fishing (5–16%). Picnics can be intensely disturbing for beach-nesting birds because they typically occur on the super-tidal zone and are long-duration events. Compliance was high for beach driving zones and driving below the high tide limit but variable for speed limits (33–79%) and dog zones (6–100%). The Discussion argues that regulations and codes of conduct are not effective for managing the social and environmental impacts of beach driving if they do not limit the numbers of vehicles.
SARS-CoV-2 mechanisms of action and impact on human organism, risk factors and potential treatments. An exhaustive survey.
Authors: Carro Belén
Published: February 2021

Novel COVID-19 is the most considerable health threat the humanity has faced in decades, with global impact also in the social and economic scopes. Moreover, SARS-CoV-2 involves an unprecedented exciting scientific challenge that has focused all efforts on defeating the new coronavirus. Research results are continuously increasing and updating knowledge about the virus and the disease, and understanding the virus characteristics proves essential in order to identify and attack its weak points, as well as uncovering the host reactions to search for treatments. Through this survey we will offer the reader a thorough exposition on how SARS-CoV-2 infects and affects the human organism, the wide set of risk factors that impact the susceptibility to and the course of the disease, related biomarkers, and potential drugs and treatments against the virus host entry, the infection and its consequences. What has been learned over one and a half year is expected to help in facing future global health threats.
Neuromorphic processing at Tera-OP/s with soliton crystal microcombs
Authors: Moss David
Published: February 2021

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), inspired by biological visual cortex systems, are a powerful category of artificial neural networks that can extract the hierarchical features of raw data to greatly reduce the network parametric complexity and enhance the predicting accuracy. They are of significant interest for machine learning tasks such as computer vision, speech recognition, playing board games and medical diagnosis [1-7]. Optical neural networks offer the promise of dramatically accelerating computing speed to overcome the inherent bandwidth bottleneck of electronics. Here, we demonstrate a universal optical vector convolutional accelerator operating beyond 10 Tera-OPS (TOPS - operations per second), generating convolutions of images of 250,000 pixels with 8-bit resolution for 10 kernels simultaneously — enough for facial image recognition. We then use the same hardware to sequentially form a deep optical CNN with ten output neurons, achieving successful recognition of full 10 digits with 900 pixel handwritten digit images with 88% accuracy. Our results are based on simultaneously interleaving temporal, wavelength and spatial dimensions enabled by an integrated microcomb source. This approach is scalable and trainable to much more complex networks for demanding applications such as unmanned vehicle and real-time video recognition.
Can phones, syllables, and words emerge as side-products of cross-situational audiovisual learning? - A computational investigation
Authors: Khorrami Khazar , Räsänen Okko
Published: February 2021

Database hosting this document is corrupted and OSF is unable to fix it. Please refer to https://doi.org/10.34842/w3vw-s845 for openly available manuscript. ------- Previous abstract ------ Decades of research has studied how language learning infants learn to discriminate speech sounds, segment words, and associate words with their meanings. While gradual development of such capabilities is unquestionable, the exact nature of these skills and the underlying mental representations yet remains unclear. In parallel, computational studies have shown that basic comprehension of speech can be achieved by statistical learning between speech and concurrent referentially ambiguous visual input. These models can operate without prior linguistic knowledge such as representations of linguistic units, and without learning mechanisms specifically targeted at such units. This has raised the question of to what extent knowledge of linguistic units, such as phone(me)s, syllables, and words, could actually emerge as latent representations supporting the translation between speech and representations in other modalities, and without the units being proximal learning targets for the learner. In this study, we formulate this idea as the so-called latent language hypothesis (LLH), connecting linguistic representation learning to general predictive processing within and across sensory modalities. We review the extent that the audiovisual aspect of LLH is supported by the existing computational studies. We then explore LLH further in extensive learning simulations with different neural network models for audiovisual cross-situational learning, and comparing learning from both synthetic and real speech data. We investigate whether the latent representations learned by the networks reflect phonetic, syllabic, or lexical structure of input speech by utilizing an array of complementary evaluation metrics related to linguistic selectivity and temporal characteristics of the representations. As a result, we find that representations associated with phonetic, syllabic, and lexical units of speech indeed emerge from the audiovisual learning process. The finding is also robust against variations in model architecture or characteristics of model training and testing data. The results suggest that cross-modal and cross-situational learning may, in principle, assist in early language development much beyond just enabling association of acoustic word forms to their referential meanings.
The COVID-19 Family Stressor Scale: Validation and Measurement Invariance in Female and Male Caregivers
Authors: Prime Heather , Wade Mark , May Shealyn , Jenkins Jennifer , Browne Dillon
Published: February 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant concerns regarding the effect of social disruptions on parental mental health, family well-being, and children’s adjustment. Due to the pace of the pandemic, measures of pandemic-related disruption have not been subject to rigorous empirical validation. To address this gap, a multi-national sample (United Kingdom, 76%; United States, 19%; Canada, 4%, and Australia, 1%) of 372 female caregivers and 158 male caregivers of 5–18-year-old children was recruited online. Participants completed a survey including a 25-item scale indexing disruption in finances, basic needs, personal and family welfare, career/education, household responsibilities, and family relationships related to the pandemic. An exploratory factor analysis yielded an optimal three-factor solution: factors included Income Stress (5 items related to income, debt, and job loss; loadings ranged from .57 to .91), Family Stress (7 items related to family altercations and child management; loadings from .57 to .87), and Chaos Stress (4 items related to access to supplies, crowded shopping areas, news coverage; loadings from .53 to .70). Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated measurement invariance of each factor across female and male caregivers, indicating that factor structure, loadings, and thresholds were equivalent across groups. Composites reflective of each factor were computed, and Mann-Whitney U tests indicated that that female caregivers consistently scored higher than male caregivers on COVID-19 stressors related to income, family, and chaos. Finally, concurrent validity was demonstrated by significant bivariate correlations between each scale and caregiver, family, and child outcomes, respectively. This demonstrates the validity of the COVID-19 Family Stressor Scale for use with female and male caregivers in family-based research. The current sample was predominantly White-European, married/common-law, and had at least some post-secondary education. Additional sampling and validation efforts are required across diverse ethnic/racial and socioeconomic groups.
A meta-review of transparency and reproducibility-related reporting practices in published meta-analyses on clinical psychological interventions (2000-2020).
Authors: Lopez-Nicolas Ruben , López-López José A , Aparicio María Rubio , Sánchez-Meca Julio
Published: February 2021

Meta-analysis is a powerful and important tool to synthesize the literature about a research topic. Like other kinds of research, meta-analyses must be reproducible to be compliant with the principles of the scientific method. Furthermore, reproducible meta-analyses can be easily updated with new data and reanalysed applying new and more refined analysis techniques. We attempted to empirically assess the prevalence of transparency and reproducibility-related reporting practices in published meta-analyses from clinical psychology by examining a random sample of 100 meta-analyses. Our purpose was to identify the key points that could be improved with the aim to provide some recommendations to carry out reproducible meta-analyses. We conducted a meta-review of meta-analyses of psychological interventions published between 2000 and 2019. We searched PubMed, PsycInfo and Web of Science databases. A structured coding form to assess transparency indicators was created based on previous studies and existing meta-analysis guidelines. We found major issues concerning: completely reproducible search procedures report, specification of the exact method to compute effect sizes, choice of weighting factors and estimators, lack of availability of the raw statistics used to compute the effect size and of interoperability of available data, and practically total absence of analysis script code sharing. Based on our findings, we conclude with recommendations intended to improve the transparency, openness and reproducibility-related reporting practices of meta-analyses in clinical psychology and related areas.
Waldian t tests: Sequential Bayesian t tests with controlled error probabilities
Authors: Schnuerch Martin , Heck Daniel W. , Erdfelder Edgar
Published: February 2021

Bayesian t tests have become increasingly popular alternatives to null-hypothesissignificance testing (NHST) in psychological research. In contrast to NHST, they allow for the quantification of evidence in favor of the null hypothesis and for optional stopping. A major drawback of Bayesian t tests, however, is that error probabilities of statistical decisions remain uncontrolled. Previous approaches in the literature to remedy this problem require time-consuming simulations to calibrate decision thresholds. In this article, we propose a sequential probability ratio test that combines Bayesian t tests with simple decision criteria developed by Abraham Wald in 1947. We discuss this sequential procedure, which we call Waldian t test, in the context of three recently proposed specifications of Bayesian t tests. Waldian t tests preserve the key idea of Bayesian t tests by assuming a distribution for the effect size under the alternative hypothesis. At the same time, they control expected frequentist error probabilities, with the nominal Type I and Type II error probabilities serving as upper bounds to the actual expected error rates under the specified statistical models. Thus, Waldian t tests are fully justified from both a Bayesian and a frequentist point of view. We highlight the relationship between Bayesian and frequentist error probabilities and critically discuss the implications of conventional stopping criteria for sequential Bayesian t tests. Finally, we provide a user-friendly web application that implements the proposed procedure for interested researchers.
The lure of populism: A conjoint experiment examining the interplay between demand and supply side factors
Authors: Christensen Henrik Serup , Saikkonen Inga
Published: February 2021

Several studies have examined the success of populist leaders in recent decades. These studies focus on both supply side factors that concern the traits of populist actors and demand side factors in the form of characteristics of the supporters. However, we still lack a solid understanding of how these supply and demand side factors interact to explain the support of populist leaders. We contribute to this literature by examining the interplay of two central supply side factors, people-centeredness and anti-immigration policies, and two demand side factors, political dissatisfaction and generational differences, in determining populist support. We test these explanations by leveraging a choice-based conjoint analysis embedded in a representative sample of the Finnish population (n=1030). The results show that while people-centeredness enhance the favourability of prospective political leaders among the general population, only anti-immigration policies appeal to the politically dissatisfied. In contrast to recent studies, we find no evidence that populist leader traits would be more favoured by younger generations. These results indicate that the interplay between supply and demand may well be more intricate than what previous studies suggest.
Artificial Intelligence, Teacher Tasks and Individualized Pedagogy
Authors: Ferman Bruno , Lima Lycia , Riva Flávio
Published: February 2021

This paper investigates how educational technologies that use different combinations of artificial and human intelligence are incorporated into classroom instruction, and how they ultimately affect learning. We conducted a field experiment to study two technologies that allow teachers to outsource grading and feedback tasks on writing practices of high school seniors. The first technology is a fully automated evaluation system that provides instantaneous scores and feedback. The second one uses human graders as an additional resource to enhance grading and feedback quality in aspects in which the automated system arguably falls short. Both technologies significantly improved students' essay scores in a large college admission exam, and the addition of human graders did not improve effectiveness in spite of increasing perceived feedback quality. Both technologies also similarly helped teachers engage more frequently on personal discussions on essay quality with their students. Taken together, these results indicate that teachers' task composition shifted toward nonroutine activities and this helped circumvent some of the limitations of artificial intelligence. More generally, our results illustrate how the most recent wave of technological change may relocate labor to analytical and interactive tasks that still remain a challenge to automation.
Mineral chemistry (biotite, muscovite, garnet, and plagioclase) in the Kathmandu and Gosainkund regions, central Nepal Himalaya
Authors: Rai S. M. , Guillot S. , Upreti B. N. , Pecher A. , Fort P. Le
Published: February 2021

The greenschist- to granulite-facies rocks in the Kathmandu and Gosainkund regions are divided into three tectonic units on the basis of structure, lithology, and metamorphism. The Gosainkund Crystalline Nappe (GCN) corresponds to the southward extension of the Higher Himalayan Crystallines (HHC), which thrusts over the Kathmandu Crystalline Nappe (KCN) along the Main Central Thrust (MCT). The GCN and KCN thrust over the Lesser Himalaya (LH) along the MCT and the Mahabharat Thrust (MT), respectively.

Systematic traverses with the microprobe of four minerals (i.e. biotite, muscovite, garnet, and plagioclase) from all the three units were carried out to study their chemical variations. Most of the biotite compositions from all units belong to the annite compositional field. There is an inverse relationship between the Ti and the Mg number (Mg2+/ (Mg2++Fe2+) and the latter increases from the top to bottom section of the KCN. The LH biotites resemble the bottom composition of the KCN whereas the GCN biotite compositions are quite scattered. However, the Ti-Mg number trend does not seem to be related directly to the grade of metamorphism. The muscovites from the KCN are rich in FeO while the muscovites from other two units are rich in Al2O3. In the KCN, the almandine and pyrope contents in garnet decrease from bottom to top section, while the grossular and spessartine contents in garnet increase. This trend is consistent with the prograde metamorphic evolution observed in the field. The composition of garnets from the bottom to the top section of the GCN does not show any systematic variation, but in the upper section, where sillimanite appears, the almandine con tent decreases and the spessartine content slightly increases. This variation in composition suggests a polyphase metamorphic evolution. The albite content of plagioclase decreases from the lower to upper section in the KCN while there is not any systematic variation in the GCN.

The P-T conditions record the good preservation of inverse metamorphism in the LH below the MCT. The comparison of P-T results between the KCN and the GCN suggests that exhumation of the KCN was followed by the exhumation of the GCN.
Evolution of fluvial system in Siwalik Group of Chatara-Barahakshetra area, east Nepal Himalaya
Authors: Ulak Prakash Das
Published: February 2021

Four facies associations (i.e., FA1 to FA4) are recognised in the Siwalik molasse of the Chatara-Barahakshetra area in east Nepal. They are classified based on the proportion of sandstone and mudstone, individual bed thickness, and bedform types. The facies associations are intimately related to the lithostratigraphic units of the Siwalik Group. The lower and upper members of the Lower Siwaliks (FA1- and FA2-facies associations, respectively) are inferred to be the products of fine-grained meandering and flood flow-dominated meandering fluvial systems, respectively. Similarly, the lower and middle members or the Middle Siwaliks (FA3- and FA4-facies associations, respectively) are interpreted as the deposits of sandy meandering and sandy braided fluvial systems, respectively.
Grain size constraints on arsenic concentration in shallow wells of Nawalparasi, Nepal
Authors: Shrestha Suresh Das , Brikowski Tom , Smith Linda , Shei Tai-Chyi
Published: February 2021

Occurrence of arsenic in shallow aquifers was studied from the Nawalparasi district in west Nepal. A higher concentration of arsenic was found in the wells from the north as compared to those from the south. The arsenic level in the north reaches a maximum of 694ppb as compared to a value of 27 ppb in the south near the Nepal-India border. The arsenic concentration analyses carried out in selected sites from March to September 2003 indicate a large variation (exceeding 200%) in the north as compared to the central and southern regions. A general increase in grain size from north to south was observed in the well logs. Generally, fine sediments like clay and silt constitute more than 80% of the drilled depth in the north (i.e., at Panchnagar), while the fines are about 32% in the south (i.e., at Bhujawa). This type of grain size distribution is in contrast to the generally observed fining-southwards pattern in the Terai.
Correlation of electrical resistivity and groundwater arsenic concentration, Nawalparasi, Nepal
Authors: Brikowski Tom H. , Smith Linda S. , Shei Tai-Chyi , Shrestha Suresh Das
Published: February 2021

The Asian Arsenic Crisis has expanded into the headwaters of the Ganges River, now including the plains (Terai) of Nepal. This study seeks a non-invasive predictive tool to estimate groundwater arsenic concentration prior to drilling, enabling "arsenic avoidance" in contaminated areas. Detailed chemical studies indicate that in Himalayan-sourced aquifers arsenic is released by microbially-mediated redox reactions. Likely hydrogeological settings for oxidizing chemical conditions (immobile arsenic) should be more porous (higher in filtration rate for oxygenated waters) and contain fewer fine organic sediments (oxygen-consuming material). Both conditions should yield higher electrical resistivity, and such aquifer heterogeneity effects should be most prominent in head water regions such as Nepal. To test this approach, a series of vertical electrical resistivity soundings were made near Parasi, Nepal, constituting a profile extending 2 km across a known high-arsenic area. Correlation of the horizontal and vertical distribution of measured resistivity and ENPHO groundwater arsenic measurements demonstrated a distinct inverse relationship between these variables. Out of 240 arsenic sample points, 75% of those extracted from high resistivity zones (>100 ohm-m, inferred lower clay content) exhibited arsenic <150 ppb. Conversely, 7S% of samples from low resistivity zones exhibited arsenic >150 ppb. Given these preliminary results, the resistivity technique appears to hold great promise as a predictive tool for finding low-arsenic groundwater zones within contaminated areas, thereby allowing "well-switching" from highly toxic to new safe or more readily treatable wells. The method should be applicable in most circum- Himalayan high-arsenic areas.
Healing the Heart with Nature: An Ecotherapeutic Study of Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard
Authors: Upadhyay Toya Nath
Published: February 2021

This study explores the man and nature relationship in Peter Matthiessen's travel book, The Snow Leopard (1977), from the ecotherapeutic perspective. It demonstrates how Matthiessen's heart, bereft by the unexpected and untimely demise of his wife, receives healing from his interaction with the pristine nature at the Crystal Mountain of Nepal. The study also illustrates how this psychologically tormented Matthiessen from the West, in turn, extends his deep reverence to the beauty of the industrially less affected regions of the non-West as well as to the animals and indigenous spiritual practices existing there. For the analytic purpose, the study brings various critics' responses to the book into discussion as well as borrows key theoretical ideas from various ecotherapists such as Linda Buzzell, Craig Chalquist, Howard Clinebell and others.
Michelle Obama’s Becoming as a Political Memoir: A Gramscian Approach
Authors: Shrestha Tara Lal
Published: February 2021

When one internalizes the truth that nothing is beyond the politics of hegemony, the counter-hegemoinic discourse exists as strategic essentialism. As such, the influence of hegemonic discourses as represented by the dominant group gets transferred to the dominated mass inferior group. Derogatory terms towards racial minorities, to the African-Americans in particular, have been internationalized with generalization. Michelle Obama’s 2018 autobiography Becoming unearths such deep-rooted dynamics of dehumanization of minorities persisting in her country where racism enclosed with patriarchy is still dominant in newer forms in everyday life. Indifferent to politics in her early phase of life, she gradually gets metamorphosed into an activist intellectual. She stands along with some critics to defend that America did not enter into the ‘postracial era’ even after Barack Obama served the White House as the President for two terms. She looks in search of ‘organic’ intellectuals who assume the integral politicization of a practical intellectual role as the permanent persuader to preserve achieved minority rights in the context of the rise of Donald Trump in American politics. Her memoir, having political febrics, therefore, presents a counterhegemonic essence.
Epistemological Values and Limitations of Ethnography as an Interpretive Research Approach
Authors: Luintel Youba Raj
Published: February 2021

The research method in humanities and social sciences shares a certain theoretical frame and research design with the interpretive approach. The “interpretive approach” of ethnographic research brings humanities and social sciences together in the realms of naturalistic inquiry as well as knowledge production. This article discusses how ethnographers would tend to address these epistemological fronts in scholarship and research design in humanities and social sciences. It also raises some of the pragmatics and methodological utilities of the ethnographic approach, followed by a short description of ethical and practical issues involved in the research process. Both the humanities and social science research adopt the interpretive approach to explore the subject of investigation in the specific theoretical frame and from multiple perspectives. The article concludes that the strengths that it offers, particularly concerning unravelling complexities of people’s daily lives in their “meaning perspectives,” are unique and appealing even though ethnography never remains immune to some of the limitations of qualitative research.
PENGARUH KOMPETENSI APARATUR PEMERINTAH TERHADAP KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUBLIK PADA KANTOR KECAMATAN SANGATTA SELATAN KABUPATEN KUTAI TIMUR
Authors: Eli Ampung Salasiah Dan
Published: February 2021

This research is based on the competence of government apparatus in southern Sangatta kecmatan in hopes to improve the quality of public services.The purpose of this study is to determine whether the competence of the government apparatus affect the quality of public services at the district office very districts kutai east. The type of research or explanation used is descriptive kuanlitatif used to analyze the relationship between research variables. Types of data used are kusioner, observation, interview, and documentation.The result of partial test on the independent variable that is the Competence variable of government apparatus toward the variable of public service quality shows the result that have significant influence that is by showing from t count> t table, 3.304> 1675. With R obtained for 0.776, which means that 77.6% Competence the government apparatus has a positive impact on service quality and 22.4% is influenced by other factors not discussed in this study.
STUDI KELAYAKAN INVESTASI PADA PROYEK PENINGKATAN STRUKTUR JALAN MALINAU – LONG ALANGO
Authors: Habir Habir
Published: February 2021

Before investors invest their capital, an investment feasibility analysis must be carried out for what research is carried out, namely to find out the capital that must be invested at this time in the hope of getting greater profits in the future. The NPV (Net Present Value) and IRR (Internal Rate of Return) methods are methods that are often used by investors to analyze the feasibility of an investment. The formulation of the problem in this paper is How much NPV (Net Present Value) and IRR (Internal Rate of Return) on the value of the project for the Improvement of the Malinau - Long Alango Road Structure of the East Kalimantan Provincial Public Works Department in the three years of 2012? How much NPV (Net Present Value) and IRR (Internal Rate of Return) if the project investment costs are obtained from bank loans?Based on the results of the analysis and discussion that if using NPV own capital is Rp. 873,203,421, 89 and IRR, which is 10.867%> 10%. While the capital using a loan from the NPV Bank was Rp. - 743,345,869, 83 <0, and IRR obtained by 9.25% <10%. means the investment appraisal of the project for the Improvement of the Malinau-Long Alango Road Structure for the Public Works Department of the East Kalimantan Province in the three regions of 2012 is feasible to do if it uses its own capital, and vice versa if all capital obtained from loans from banks is not feasible and must be reconsidered.
ANALISIS KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUBLIK DALAM MEMBERIKAN KEPUASAN KEPADA MASYARAKAT PADA PUSKESMAS LEMPAKE KOTA SAMARINDA
Authors: Beni Azhar Salasiah Dan
Published: February 2021

In Law Number 36 Year 2009 explains that health is a healthy, physical, mental, spiritual and social condition that enables everyone to live productively socially and economically. And it has also been established that everyone is entitled to health care. Therefore, every element of society, individuals, families, are entitled to health services and the government is responsible for declaring, arranging to organize and supervise health care equally and reachable by the community.The purpose of this research is to know the level of quality of Puskesmas service in Lempake Kota Samarinda area. the research approach used is quantitative, the unit of analysis in this study are individuals. With descriptive qualitative methods with data collection techniques through questionnaires to patients and direct survey to obtain the necessary data about how the quality of health services in Puskesmas.The result of the research on the quality of health service of Puskesmas in Lempake area of Samarinda City is measured by using 5 dimensions of public service quality namely Tangible Evidence, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance and Empathy. The service performed by Puskesmas Lempake Kota Samarinda has been effective because it has received good appraisal by the society based on the five assessment indicators used, this is indicated by the recapitulation of five indicators of service quality is already above 60%, it shows that the quality of health services provided is good
SISTEM PELAYANAN BADAN AMIL ZAKAT NASIONAL (BAZNAS) KOTA SAMARINDA
Authors: Aidar Erika Toding Pali Sarwo Eddy Wibowo Dan
Published: February 2021

Baznas as a trusted amil zakat body because it is centralized and regulated by the government of the Republic of Indonesia and has a legal basis, namely Law No. 23 of 2011 and has standardization and professionalism. This has triggered Baznas to continue to implement a good prime service system, especially in managing and distributing zakat. This is implemented through a zakat service program that seeks to ensure that zakat can be collected from benefactors and muzzaki in a professional and prime manner. This is what muzzaki demands besides good service as well as professional governance. This type of research uses a qualitative approach.  The subject of this research is the National Zakat Agency. Meanwhile, the object of research is the service system. Sources of data obtained by researchers are primary data in the form of interviews, observation and documentation and secondary data through library sources. The results of the research obtained are that the Samarinda City Baznas service system has a series of strategies and processes in zakat management starting from the process of zakat, infaq and sadaqah services, the collection and collection process, distribution programs, and improvement of human resources. The service system of Baznas Kota Samarinda is in accordance with the indicators of excellent service quality, namely transparency, accountability, conditionality, participation, equality of rights, and balance of rights and obligations
EFEKTIVITAS MODIFIKASI PERILAKU PADA ANAK DENGAN RETARDASI MENTAL DAN DBD (DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER)
Authors: Farisandy Ellyana Dwi , Hartini Nurul
Published: February 2021

Retardasi mental ditandai oleh keterbatasan individu yang signifikan baik dalam fungsi intelektual maupun dalam fungsi adaptif. Individu dengan retardasi mental lebih sering mengalami komorbid dengan gangguan psikologis lainnya. Studi kasus ini memfokuskan pada anak (10 tahun) yang mengalami retardasi mental ringan dan Disruptive Behavior Disorder (DBD). Asesmen yang dilakukan untuk menegakkan diagnosis, antara lain: wawancara, observasi, dan tes psikologis. Intervensi dilakukan dengan memfokuskan pada perilaku bermasalah subyek yakni memukul, tidak mau mengikuti perintah, berteriak, serta tidak mau meminta maaf ketika berbuat kesalahan. Intervensi yang dilakukan dengan teknik modifikasi perilaku yakni kombinasi antara token ekonomi dan response cost. Berdasarkan intervensi yang telah dilakukan, subyek sudah mengalami perubahan seperti mulai mampu untuk mengikuti perintah dan mengurangi perilaku berteriak serta memukul orang lain. Akan tetapi, tidak ada perubahan yang signifikan berkaitan dengan perilaku meminta maaf ketika berbuat kesalahan
ANALYSIS OF ERGATIC SYSTEM FACTORS OF OCCUPATIONAL MINERS SAFETY OF UKRAINE
Authors:   Donetsk National Technical University, Gogo Volodymy , Kobylyansky Boris ,   Educational and Scientific Vocational Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy
Published: February 2021

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to form an anthropocentric ergatic system of labor safety of coal miners and to determine its main factors, factors, components and characteristics to increase the effectiveness of measures to protect their labor, especially in the deep mines of Donbas. The research methodology is based on general scientific methods of cognition – empirical (observation of real production processes, factors and factors in coal mines, description of miners ‘actions in accordance with labor protection measures, etc.) and theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalization, classification of information on miners’ safety), as well as systematic, functional and parametric analysis of production and social processes related to the safety of miners in coal mines. The results of the study are presented in the definition and characterization of the main internal and external factors and factors as the main components in the structure of anthropocentric ergatic system of safety of miners in coal mines, which substantiates technical and organizational measures to improve the safety of miners in modern conditions. Donbas. The scientific novelty of the obtained results consists in determining the patterns and functional relationships of internal and external factors and factors of the anthropocentric ergatic system of occupational safety of coal miners and substantiation of parametric relationships to improve the efficiency of miners and further prospects for automation of production processes. The practical significance of the results of the study lies in the possibility of any coal mine to use the general structure of the anthropocentric ergatic system of labor safety of coal miners in the formation of technical, technological and organizational measures to improve the safety of miners in modern socio-economic conditions of Ukraine.
Jean-Pierre Melville – zapomniany stylista kina gangsterskiego
Authors: Sztąberek Maciej
Published: February 2021

Artykuł jest poświęcony stylistyce kryminałów wyreżyserowanych przez Jeana-Pierre’a Melville’a. Głównym celem autora opracowania jest przybliżenie najważniejszych i najbardziej rozpoznawalnych elementów filmów reżysera, które sprawiły, że dzieła te wyróżniały się spośród innych utworów tego gatunku. Analiza dotyczy wykorzystywanych przez Melville’a gatunków i nurtów filmowych, w tym: filmów gangsterskich, kina noir oraz policier. Autor zwraca również uwagę na poruszaną w omawianych filmach tematykę, konstrukcję bohaterów, a także stosowane przez Melville’a chwyty, które miały za zadanie uniezwyklić jego dzieła. Szczególną uwagę poświęca kreacji mitu męskości, marginalizacji kobiecości, a także różnego rodzaju rozwiązaniom technicznym i estetycznym, które mogły przyczynić się do wykształcenia stylu tego twórcy.
Konstruowanie postaci filmowej za pomocą chwytów dramaturgicznych
Authors: Ostaszewski Jacek
Published: February 2021

Autor omawia konstruowanie postaci filmowych oraz nadawanie im motywacji psychologicznej za pomocą środków dramaturgicznych. Pierwszym chwytem formalnym jest wprowadzanie do opowiadania dwóch wątków, w które zaangażowany jest bohater. Dodanie do wątku głównego, opartego na akcji, wątku pobocznego, opartego na uczuciach, pogłębia psychologię postaci. Drugim chwytem jest wprowadzenie przedakcji, w której protagonista doświadcza traumy. Ta rana z przeszłości daje postaci motywację do działania we właściwej akcji, co często umożliwia przepracowanie traumy z przedakcji. Dzięki wymienionym środkom postać jest bardziej złożona, jej motywacja zyskuje w działaniu realistyczne uzasadnienie, a rozwiązanie problemu z przeszłości, czyli z przedakcji, daje poczucie realizacji celów postaci i kompletności fabuły.
„Myślę, więc kino istnieje”. Związki filmu i filozofii według Juliette Cerf
Authors: Demby Łucja
Published: February 2021

Celem autorki artykułu jest przedstawienie różnych aspektów relacji kino – filozofia w ujęciu teoretycznym Juliette Cerf, badaczki, której w polskich opracowaniach filmoznawczych nie poświęcono dotąd publikacji. Związek tych dwu dziedzin istniał już na początku historii kina, a problemem tym zajmował się między innymi Henri Bergson. Jego myśl filozoficzna wywarła wpływ także na współczesną teorię filmu (Gilles Deleuze). Autorka artykułu wyszczególnia i prezentuje kilka zagadnień, którymi zajmuje się Cerf. Wśród nich są następujące tematy: filozofowie mówią o kinie; kino opowiada o filozofach; kino tworzy swoją własną filozofię; kino uczy filozofii. Główną tezą artykułu jest stwierdzenie, że kino nie powinno odtwarzać istniejących filozofii, tylko tworzyć filozofię własną, korzystając ze specyficznie filmowych środków wyrazu. Autorka przedstawia także, rozpowszechnioną w piśmiennictwie zachodnim, ale mało znaną w Polsce, koncepcję kinofilozofii, w ramach której film jest traktowany jako środek pomocniczy w nauczaniu filozofii akademickiej.
Polscy Tatarzy w programie o mniejszościach etnicznych i narodowych Pomorza Gdańskiego w telewizji Sky Orunia
Authors: Łyszczarz Michał
Published: February 2021

Artykuł poświęcono przekazom telewizyjnym związanym z polskimi Tatarami prezentowanym w ramach programów o mniejszościach etnicznych i narodowych w telewizji Sky Orunia. Autor pokrótce opisuje specyfikę tożsamości polskich Tatarów oraz obecności tej grupy na Pomorzu Gdańskim. Ukazuje też powstanie i działalność telewizji Sky Orunia, najstarszego prywatnego lokalnego nadawcy telewizyjnego w Polsce. Pomimo tego, że była to stacja komercyjna i rozrywkowa, nadawała także ambitne programy, a wśród nich audycję o mniejszościach narodowych. Mozaika, program realizowany przez Annę Sobecką, była jednak tylko krótkim epizodem w okresie istnienia stacji (od lutego do czerwca 1995 roku powstało 12 programów). Polskim Tatarom poświęcono dwa odcinki tego programu. W pierwszym przedstawiono historię i kulturę tej mniejszości, drugi natomiast poświęcono współpracy polskich Tatarów z pobratymcami z Litwy i Białorusi. W artykule wykorzystano materiał empiryczny pochodzący z pogłębionych wywiadów jakościowych z Anną Sobecką.