bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MARKETING DIGITAL E COMPORTAMENTO DO CONSUMIDOR: Evidências no mercado de varejo de vestuário de Cuiabá-MT
Authors: Silva Marcos Júnior de Figueiredo , Trigueiro Francisco Mirialdo Chaves , Thiago Fernando
Published: May 2020

Com a mudança nas relações sociais e o surgimento de novos canais de interações, passou a ser uma necessidade para as empresas conhecer o comportamento deste novo consumidor altamente conectado, e assim, conhecer as influências que levam a comprar determinado produto. O marketing digital apresenta-se como uma nova maneira de interação da empresa informar seu consumidor sobre seu produto, por meio de diversas ações, tais como, marketing de conteúdo, marketing de mídias sociais e ferramentas de monitoramento e segmentação. Dessa forma, o presente estudo tem por objetivo principal analisar como o marketing digital influencia a decisão de compra de consumidores do varejo de vestuário de Cuiabá-MT, buscando identificar as estratégias utilizadas pelas empresas, analisar o comportamento de consumo, destacando os influenciadores de decisão. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa mista a partir de três entrevistas, sendo duas com gestores de lojas do segmento estudado e uma com um especialista do assunto, e realizado um levantamento (survey) junto aos consumidores da região estudada. Os principais resultados mostram que os consumidores em sua maioria não são influenciados por ações de marketing digital, porém, as empresas reconhecem a importância deste para que o cliente a encontre, destacando a criação de relacionamentos.
ESTUDO DA POSSIBILIDADE DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE UMA GESTÃO PARTICIPATIVA EM UMA LOJA DE VAREJO NA CIDADE DE JUAZEIRO/BA
Authors: Cajuí Carmicelia Fidiel Dos Santos , Araujo Patricia Emanuelle , Souza Mercia Maria Da Silva , Cavalcante Junior Florisvaldo Cunha
Published: May 2020

A gestão participativa, um tema pouco adotado no âmbito empresarial que é o processo de tomadas de decisão sobre a administração das organizações, contribui para as melhorias no ambiente de trabalho, onde os gerentes participam das decisões junto com os gestores da empresa. Assim, o artigo apresenta como objetivo analisar a possibilidade da gestão participativa para o desempenho das atividades em loja de varejo na cidade de Juazeiro Bahia. Conhecer a gestão participativa nesse estudo de caso é expor comparações entre as ideias dos gestores com os gerentes. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido através de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e descritiva, aplicando assim um questionário de 8 questões para 3 gestores e 11 gerentes, onde foi evidenciado através da pesquisa que a empresa tem interesse na implantação da gestão participativa para a melhoria do   desempenho das atividades na organização. Conclui-se que para a implantação da gestão participativa requer mudanças de comportamentos não só da chefia, mas também de todos os gerentes vale ressaltar que tomar iniciativa, agir, discutir, questionar e sugerir devem ser ações espontâneas e voluntárias, portanto, sem adequação na empresa não há possibilidade de uma gestão participativa.
O COACHING COMO FERRAMENTA PARA DESENVOLVER COMPETÊNCIAS: Um estudo de caso na Secretaria de Planejamento do Estado de Alagoas - SEPLAG
Authors: Dos Santos Fernandes Palmeira , Siqueira Edilene Gomes Queiroz , Mota Ramos Katia Jeane Alves , Nascimento Jr. Orlando Ramos
Published: May 2020

Este artigo analisa a possibilidade do uso do coaching como auxiliar no processo da gestão por competência. O presente estudo visa responder a seguinte indagação, quais as dificuldades no desenvolvimento e aprimoramento da gestão por competência? E tem como objetivo analisar as possíveis soluções para as dificuldades no desenvolvimento da gestão por competências. Abordando os diversos conceitos de competência, as formas de implantação desse modelo de gestão, as dificuldades encontradas na implantação desse modelo, e as formas de soluciona-las, tendo em vista o coaching como a principal ferramenta de solução. Foi adotado como metodologia deste estudo a pesquisa bibliográfica e estudo de caso, na coleta de dados incluiu livros, periódicos, artigos científicos entre outras fontes. Foi utilizado um questionário contendo 10 itens para avaliar a percepção de pessoas que vivenciam o processo da gestão por competência. A partir da coleta de dados foi possível obter conclusões parciais sobre o uso do coaching como uma ferramenta essencial para a implantação da gestão por competências, auxiliando no desenvolvimento e aprimoramento das competências individuais, e por sua vez, organizacionais.
SOFTWARES DE ANÁLISIS DE DATOS CUALITATIVOS (QDA): Un análisis de artículos publicados em las bases de datos SPELL y SCIELO
Authors: Mativi Cleiva Schaurich , Niveiros Sofia Ines , Carneiro Junior João Bosco Arbués
Published: May 2020

Una de las formas de facilitar y optimizar la investigación cualitativa que utiliza grandes cantidades de datos obtenidos en entrevistas y/o cuestionarios es el uso de softwares específicos para este propósito. Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo identificar las publicaciones en las bases de datos Spell y Scielo que utilizaron el estudio de los softwares de análisis de datos cualitativos. Se utilizaron los términos "Nvivo", "MAXQDA", "Atlas.ti" y "Software de análisis de datos cualitativos", donde se encontraron 181 artículos. Se decidió hacer la investigación más genérica posible, haciendo el filtro al examinar los artículos a través de la lectura individual, solo se seleccionaron aquellos que analizan y evalúan el software y no aquellos que los utilizan como herramientas, lo que resultó en 9 artículos . Luego, la fase de sistematización de los resultados comenzó a realizar el análisis, buscando resaltar los elementos que los autores de los artículos publicados abordaron en su investigación de acuerdo con las categorías especificadas para esta investigación. Entre los resultados obtenidos, se destaca que el software ayuda al proceso de análisis de la investigación, sin embargo, se enfatiza el papel insustituible del investigador, con la necesidad de un conocimiento previo del software y su estructura de trabajo. Además, se presentó un resumen de la estructura para el uso del software QDA.
PERCEPÇÃO DE QUALIDADE EM GESTÃO DE PROJETOS DE OBRAS CIVIS
Authors: Moretti Douglas Renan Fachinelli , Oliveira Jairo Cardoso
Published: May 2020

As empresas de Construção Civil estão utilizando com maior frequência as estruturas organizacionais de gerenciamento de projetos e as ferramentas de planejamento, monitoramento e controle com o objetivo de obter melhores índices de sucesso e qualidade nos seus entregáveis. Nem sempre os resultados são visíveis e menos frequentemente são analisados pela perspectiva do cliente. Este trabalho se propõe a abordar se existe alguma influência na percepção de qualidade dos clientes, quando utilizada ou não as ferramentas de monitoramento e controle. A avaliação da qualidade percebida foi feita utilizando o método Servqual e aplicado com dois clientes responsáveis por obras civis de até 5000m2 de porte similar. Os resultados demonstraram uma melhora na percepção de qualidade na obra que utilizou essas ferramentas. A aplicação das mesmas demonstrou maior facilidade no entendimento, melhora na confiabilidade e respostas imediatas, por parte do cliente.
COMPETITIVIDADE LOGÍSTICA AEROPORTUÁRIA NO BRASIL
Authors: Marques William , Brasil Augusto Cesar de Mendonça
Published: May 2020

A desregulação da infraestrutura aeroportuária no Brasil é um marco no setor, induzindo o mercado a uma competição mais acirrada entre os aeroportos e maiores investimentos nas infraestruturas aeroportuárias. Este estudo tem por objetivo identificar as variáveis determinantes para o desempenho logístico dos terminais de carga das administradoras aeroportuárias, aplicáveis ao caso brasileiro, e mensurar a competitividade, pelo critério da eficiência, dos 12 principais terminais de carga, que correspondem a 97,39% da movimentação no Brasil. A abordagem contemplou cinco dimensões: infraestrutura, operação, demanda, receita, localização e serviço, desmembradas em 22 variáveis. Adotando a análise de componentes principais, foi identificada as variáveis que retém maiores informações sobre os aeroportos e obtido os pesos das variáveis a partir da normalização dos 3 componentes principais que explicam 85,55% da informação total dos dados. Os resultados apontam que as variáveis de maior relevância são, na ordem de importância, fluxo total carga origem-destino doméstico, movimento anual pouso-decolagem, quantidade de posições no pátio de aeronaves e quantidade de ligações (conexões) áreas domésticas. O aeroporto mais eficiente, considerando a produtividade agregada medida pela razão entre inputs e outputs, é Viracopos, seguido por Manaus, Guarulhos, Curitiba, Galeão, Confins, Porto Alegre, Goiânia, Recife, Fortaleza, Salvador e Brasília.
TRATAMENTO ESTÉTICO DO FIBRO EDEMA GELÓIDE:
Authors: Pinto Tatiele Berberino , Da Silva Danieli Andressa , Da Rocha Sobrinho Hermínio Maurício
Published: May 2020

O Fibro Edema Gelóide (FEG) constitui uma alteração cutânea comum e de grande importância para a maioria das mulheres, a partir da puberdade. Apresenta etiopatogenia complexa e multifatorial, causando transtornos estéticos, problemas álgicos, psicológicos e sociais. Existem diversos recursos e tratamentos estéticos invasivos e não invasivos disponíveis para tratar esta disfunção dermatofuncional, tais como: radiofrequência, carboxiterapia, dispositivos baseados em ondas de choque, ultrassom terapêutico, associado ou não a agentes farmacológicos, a drenagem linfática manual, e o microagulhamento. Foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica nas bases de dados virtuais Portal Periódicos Capes e PubMed (MEDLINE), de estudos que abordavam o tratamento estético do FEG, publicados no período de 2009 a 2018. O objetivo desta revisão foi abordar a importância e eficácia das terapias estéticas invasivas e não invasivas utilizadas no tratamento do FEG. Observou-se que a associação entre duas ou mais terapias estéticas foi mais eficaz para a melhora da aparência da pele e do quadro do FEG do que utilizando-se apenas uma terapia isolada.  Entretanto, há estudos com falta de padronização das técnicas e métodos de avaliação dos resultados obtidos, dificultando inferências acerca dos níveis de evidência e eficácia das terapias. Conclui-se que há necessidade de se investigar se determinadas terapias utilizando-se radiações eletromagnéticas podem ser usadas, com segurança, em todas as áreas do corpo, bem como em todas as populações de pacientes. Portanto, estimular mudanças no estilo de vida dos pacientes, assim como, novas investigações sobre o tema com desenhos metodológicos adequados são imprescindíveis.
ARBORIZAÇÃO E ESTRUTURA URBANA NAS PRAÇAS DO BAIRRO TRÊS ANDARES, TERESINA-PI
Authors: TORRES PORTELA MIRYA GRAZIELLE , Pires Barbosa Ranyellson , Ribeiro Barbosa Machado Roselis
Published: May 2020

O crescimento e desenvolvimento das cidades tem causado inúmeras mudanças e dificuldades no planejamento das cidades, dificultando a busca pela compatibilidade entre o espaço natural e construído. O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar um diagnóstico da arborização das praças do bairro Três Andares, Teresina-PI, confrontando com a infraestrutura presente. No estudo, foram adotadas fichas para quanti-qualificação dos indivíduos arbóreos e arbustivos, nos quais foram avaliadas a fitossanidade, área permeável, altura total, necessidade de poda e a relação dessas características com os equipamentos urbanos presentes em três praças do bairro. Foram registrados 56 indivíduos, distribuídos em 14 espécies. Na praça Mª Lourdes Rêgo 70% dos indivíduos são exóticos, enquanto nas praças restantes, esse percentual é menor que 50%. Estes resultados são preocupantes, tendo em vista que não são recomendados altos percentuais de espécies exóticas em arborização urbana. Nas três praças, a maioria dos indivíduos estão em boas condições fitossanitárias e com altura menor que 6 metros. Quanto a compatibilidade entre arborização e infraestrutura, observou-se que poucos indivíduos possuem alguma relação de conflito, havendo uma relação equilibrada entre as partes, com poucos ajustes. As estruturas físicas das praças, apesar de serem dotadas de elementos essenciais ao espaço, ainda precisam de melhorias principalmente quanto às placas de identificação, iluminação, estruturação dos passeios e adequação da vegetação.
QUALIDADE DO AR EM AMBIENTES HOSPITALARES:
Authors: Costa Vitor Akira Uesugui , Souza Cassiano Ricardo de , Melo Luciane Andrade , Rezende Driano
Published: May 2020

O presente estudo apresenta informações referente aos aspectos científicos, normativos e legislativos da qualidade do ar no ambiente interno de unidades hospitalares, seguida de uma investigação empírica em uma unidade hospitalar na região da floresta amazônica, estado de Rondônia. O trabalho foi realizado em duas etapas, a primeira etapa consiste em apresentar revisão bibliográfica de artigos científicos, normas e leis sobre qualidade do ar em estabelecimentos de assistência à saúde, na segunda etapa foi caracterizada a realidade de uma unidade hospitalar do interior do Estado de Rondônia sobre o tema abordado. Por meio do presente trabalho foi possivel disponibilizar informações sobre a qualidade do ar interior e potenciais riscos em ambientes hospitalares, servindo de base a pesquisadores, projetistas, adminitradores, colaboradores e até mesmo pacientes, de modo a disponibilizar conhecimento de projetos, implantação, gerenciamento e riscos relacionados a sistemas de climatização em diferentes setores hospitalares, por fim, na investigação empírica foi comprovada a completa incompatibilidade com normas e legislações específicas, apresentando uma análise realista proposta para a adequação normativa e legislativa do estabelecimento.
O O CONHECIMENTO JURÍDICO COMO RECURSO EMPRESARIAL SEGUNDO A TEORIA DO RESOURCE-BASED VIEW (RBV)
Authors: Meloni Monteiro-Bressan Paulo Roberto , Persch Hudson Carlos Avancini , Da Silva Fernando Alves , Maciel Leandra de Paula
Published: May 2020

O conhecimento é um recurso que vem ganhando espaço na Ciência da Administração, no entanto este conhecimento acaba sendo direcionado para os modelos de gestão, para questões da atividade empresarial a que se propõe, enquanto o conhecimento jurídico é ignorado por muitos no meio empresarial. Este artigo tem como análise o conhecimento jurídico como um fator de vantagem competitiva sobre a perspectiva da Teoria da Visão Baseada em Recursos. Por meio de pesquisas documentais realizou a análise de conteúdo com abordagem qualitativa. A pesquisa demonstrou que há implicações empresarial no desconhecimento legal, gerando um custo operacional adicional a empresa, e concluiu que o conhecimento jurídico é um recurso que gera vantagem competitiva.
MOBIS-COVID19/07: Results as of 18/05/2020
Authors: Molloy Joseph , Tchervenkov Christopher , Schatzmann Thomas , Schoeman Beaumont , Hintermann Beat , Axhausen Kay W.
Published: June 2020

To slow down the spread of the Coronavirus, the population has been instructed to stay at home if possible. This measure consequently has a major impact on our daily mobility behaviour. But who is being affected, and how? The MOBIS-COVID-19 research project, an initiative of ETH Zurich and the University of Basel, is a continuation of the original MOBIS study. The aim of the project is to get a picture of how the crisis is affecting mobility and everyday life in Switzerland.
Administrasi Keuangan
Authors: Razak Safira Amalia
Published: May 2020

Definition of finnancinal nadministrnation in the bronadest sense is na policy regnarding the nand use of orgnaniznationnal finnance to renalize the nactivities of the orgnaniznation, where the form of finnancinal mnannagement includes plnanning, regulnation, naccountnability, nand finnancinal supervision.
String theory, information Fisher, entanglement
Authors: Kuyukov Vitaly
Published: May 2020

String theory, information Fisher, entanglement
Aplikasi Da'i Masjid
Authors: ATHFAL MUHAMMAD
Published: May 2020

aplikasi ini adalah aplikasi yang membantu panitia masjid untuk mencari ustad untuk memasok kajian di masjid mereka
Holographic groups and conformal surface
Authors: Kuyukov Vitaly
Published: May 2020

Holographic groups and conformal surface
Administrasi Layanan Khusus
Authors: Razak Safira Amalia
Published: May 2020

This article aims to fulfill administrative duties and educational supervision. Where this article is titled "Administration of special service". This article was created to fulfill the administration and supervision courses. This article is about how special service in the world of education. Among several countries in the world, Indonesia does not show significant result. This is coused by several factors, both internal and eksternal factors. With the government special service administration hopes education in Indonesia can change through a god process and show maximum and satisfying result.
Administrasi Kurikulum
Authors: Razak Safira Amalia
Published: May 2020

Considering that the Government of the Republic of Indonesia consists of the central government and regional governments, the administrative system also "adjusts so that it is subject to a centralized system and a decentralized system. The centralized administration system is a system that refers to the administrative authority of the central government. • The decentralized system is a system that "refers to the administrative authority that is in the regional government. The second implementation of the administration system is a dynamic cycle and administrative mechanism. in Indonesia both systems have been implemented. Its application is aimed at supporting the integration and harmony of the implementation of education or curriculum that is realized through quality requirements and management authority. One example of the application of the administrative system si decentralized in the development of educational programs (curriculum development) at Elementary School is a local content program} ". In the development of this local content curriculum to local governments, local elementary schools and other relevant parties are given the authority to develop local content programs that are implemented. The existence of a decentralized system in developing curriculum in the cycle and mechanism of administration of the Indonesian national education system it is expected to be able to form students who have basic capital and broad insight, as a provision in developing their regional potential, realizing national culture, strengthening the independence of national identity, improving the quality of life and the environment ", and fostering cadres that will continue the nation's struggle and national development.
Rancangan pemilihan RT/RW pada sebuah lingkungan atau perumahan
Authors: baskara ricky
Published: May 2020

Rukun Tetangga (RT) adalah pembagian wilayah di Indonesia di bawah Rukun Warga. Rukun Tetangga bukanlah termasuk pembagian administrasi pemerintahan, dan pembentukannya adalah melalui musyawarah masyarakat setempat dalam rangka pelayanan kemasyarakatan yang ditetapkan oleh Desa atau Kelurahan. Rukun Tetangga dipimpin oleh Ketua RT yang dipilih oleh warganya. Sebuah RT terdiri atas sejumlah rumah atau KK (kepala keluarga). Dalam sistem birokrasi di Indonesia, biasanya RT (Rukun Tetangga) berada di bawah RW (Rukun Warga). Sedangkan RT/RW biasanya memiliki masa jabatan aktif, jika masa jabatan aktif ini habis makan ada pergantian struktur RT/RW. Pergantian RT/RW ini dilakukan dengan cara voting oleh warga sekitar dan setelah voting maka akan di ambil voting tertinggi
Administrasi Proses dan Teknik Supervisi
Authors: Razak Safira Amalia
Published: May 2020

To make it easier for principals in conducting supervision activities supervision techniques are needed. The experts differed in formulating the stages of the supervising techniques but basically remained the same. The core academic supervision competence is to foster lecturers or instructors in improving the quality of the learning process. Therefore the target of academic supervision is the lecturer or instructor in the learning process, which consists of the main material in the learning process, preparation of syllabus and lesson plans, selection of strategies / methods / techniques of learning, use of media and information technology in learning, assessing the learning process and results and classroom action research.
Deep Fakes, Artificial Intelligence & Eco Species
Authors: Semwal Abhilasha
Published: May 2020

Interestingly art is full of reproductions. Some are replicas, like Mona Lisa and others are fake or forgeries, like the ‘Vermeers’ painted by Han van Meegeren that was sold for $60 million (Kreuger and van Meegeren 2010).Now the distinction between real and fake is based on the concept of authenticity. The question is, is this artefact what it claims to be? The answer seems simple, but in reality, things are complicated. Today, the painting of the forger John Myatt are so famous that they are valued at up to $40,000 each, as ‘genuine fake’ (Furlong 1986). So technically, they are not what they say they are, but they are authentically painted by him and not by any other forger. And they are beautiful, “a bit as if one were to utter a beautiful lie, not any ordinary lie.”According to research out of cyber security company, Deeptrace, the numbers of ‘deepfake’ videos on the internet have doubled in just nine months from 7,964 in December 2018 to 14,698. Of these ‘deepfakes’, 96% were pornographic, often with a face of a celebrity morphed onto the body of an adult actor engaged in sexual activity . Accordingly, Facebook has invested $ 10M into research effort to produce a database and benchmark for detecting deepfakes, and is partnering with top research institutions such as MIT, UC Berkeley, and Cornell Tech . It is clear that deepfakes are alarming and firms like Facebook are doing something about it, but the question is what are deepfakes? And why are they alarming?Due to increased concentration of users around social media and democratization of means by which deepfakes are produced, the web is seeing and increasing propagation of hyper-realistic deepfakes without technical understanding of machine learning, and their increased realism and scale is largely due to improvements in the organization of datasets being fed into machine learning algorithms, as well as the introduction of Generative Adversarial Network (GANs).When truths are indistinguishable from falsehoods, we put at risk our democracy, our ‘national security, and public safety. When the world of the ‘perfect’ deepfake, the waters of fact and fiction are muddled, creating a fog of questioning what’s real and what’s fake?How might deepfakes make us question our national security in times of war? Deepfakes sent from adversaries can show our soldiers killing civilian to invoke an environment of distrust and instability.
Administrasi Sarana Prasarana
Authors: Razak Safira Amalia
Published: May 2020

This article aims to find out about the administration process of facilities and infrastructure in education whether it is suitable or not. A best facilities and infrastructure can made success of the education. The method used this article system literature review (SLR). First collected theory / literature relevant to educational facilities and infrastructure. Then summarize all the theories needed then analyze the theory. Then make a conclude that administration facilities and infrastructure process is planning, procurement, inventory and distribution.
Proses dan Teknik Supervisi
Authors: Aulia Mutiara Nurul
Published: May 2020

Supervision is a process, namely a series of activities that are regular and regular and related to one another and directed towards a goal. Broadly speaking, the activities in the supervision process can be divided into planning, implementation, evaluation, and follow-up. The education supervision process consists of planning, implementing, evaluating and following up. Educational supervision techniques are tools that are used by supervisors to achieve the objectives of supervision which at the end can make improvements in teaching that are appropriate to the situation and conditions. In the implementation of education supervision, as a supervisor must know and understand and carry out techniques in supervision.
CULTUR RONGO-RONGO DISTRICK NAMLEA
Authors: HARZIKO
Published: May 2020

Rongorongo culture plays an important role in the economic life of the people of the island of hurry. This is what helps the community's economic wheels, especially in the traditional Namlea market. This study aims to examine the cultural characteristics of Rongongo in Namlea Village. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach. A qualitative approach is a research procedure that produces descriptive data in the form of people's written or spoken words and observable behavior. Qualitative approach has natural characteristics (Natural serfing) as a source of direct data, descriptive, process is more important than the results. Analysis in qualitative research tends to be done by inductive analysis and meanings are essential. The data of this study are the people who work as rongorongo in the Namlea market. The data source is the Rongongo workers. The results of the research show that the culture of rongo-rongo existed before the Kabuapaten hurry to bloom, this was influenced by the large number of people from outside the island of hurry inhabiting the island of hunt. Furthermore, in the development of this work, not all Rongongo workers can adapt to the environment. This is influenced by several factors, namely culture and income.
WRITING SKILLS IN SMP USWATUN HASANAH, BURU DISTRICT
Authors: HARZIKO
Published: May 2020

Reading is a process carried out and used by the reader to obtain a message, which the writer wants to convey through the media of written language. A process that demands that groups of words which are a unity be seen at a glance, and so that the meaning of individual words will be known. If this is not fulfilled, then the explicit and implicit message will not be captured or understood, and the reading process will not be carried out properly. A process that demands that groups of words that represent a group will be seen in a glance, and so that the meaning of individual words will be known. This study aims to describe the language skills of Uswatun Hasanah Middle School students in Buru Regency. The research location is in the Islamic boarding school of Uswatun hasanah Namlea. data and data sources namely students of class VII Uswatun hasanah. the method in this study is PTK or classroom action research. The results of the study showed that the language skills of the seventh grade junior high students were very prominent as evidenced by the assignment of language assignments, namely.
Increasing Interest in Computer Science through Group Work: A Goal Congruity Approach
Authors: Montoya Amanda Kay , Master Allison , Cheryan Sapna
Published: May 2020

Women’s underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is well established; however, there is much variation in women’s among STEM fields. Women received 60% of bachelor’s degrees in biology but only 18% of computer science degrees in 2009. One explanation for this difference may be social stereotypes of the fields. Male-dominated STEM fields are stereotyped as asocial, which may lead women to think that these fields will not give them opportunities to work with and help others. Three studies examined how communal goals, goals related to creating and maintaining interpersonal relationships, relate to interest in STEM fields. Study 1 (N = 120) found that women were more likely than men to endorse communal goals. Additionally, women were more interested in STEM classes they thought would fulfill their communal goals. Participants’ communal goal endorsement was negatively correlated with their interest in male-dominated STEM fields, like computer science. Study 2 (N = 296) examined group work as a potential factor that could affect perceptions of communal fulfillment in science classes. Classes with group work were perceived to be higher in communal goal fulfillment. Male-dominated STEM fields were perceived to have less group work than female-dominated STEM fields. Additionally, preference for group work was positively correlated with communal goals. Study 3 (N = 91) experimentally manipulated the collaboration policy of a computer science class syllabus, testing for changes in communal goal fulfillment and interest. The class with a pro-collaboration policy was perceived as having the most communal goal fulfillment, but these perceptions did not carry over to perceptions of the field of computer science as a whole. These studies suggest that increasing opportunities for communal experiences in computer science may help women to feel that computer science would fulfill their goals, increasing their interest in the field.
Rethinking the elusive construct of global self-concept: A latent composite score as the apex of the Shavelson model
Authors: Braun Laura , Rieger Sven , Spengler Marion , Göllner Richard , Rose Norman , Trautwein Ulrich , Nagengast Benjamin
Published: May 2020

The multidimensional, hierarchical model of self-concept by Shavelson et al. (1976) is a cornerstone of modern self-concept research. Given the comprehensive research interest in it, it is surprising that one core aspect of this model has yet to be clarified: What is the best way to operationalize the elusive construct of global self-concept as the apex of the hierarchy? Previous research has implemented global self-concept by applying reflective modeling procedures (e.g., second-order factor models) that followed a top-down logic, which assumes that global self-concept affects lower order self-concepts. However, theoretical considerations have often equally emphasized bottom-up processes, in which lower order self-concepts form a global self-concept. Yet, a bottom-up approach has not garnered much empirical interest, most likely because the requisite statistical models have not been available. The recently proposed model-based latent composite score can fill this gap. Therefore, we contrasted top-down and bottom-up representations of global self-concept by comparing traditional one-dimensional second-order factors and model-based latent composite scores. Across three independent, large-scale studies (Study 1: N = 8,063; Study 2: N = 3,081; Study 3: N = 2,106), the second-order factors reproduced only small amounts of interindividual differences, which boosted the correlations with external criteria (i.e., self-esteem, enjoyment of school, academic outcomes) to theoretically and somewhat empirically implausible levels. By contrast, the composite scores showed plausible patterns of stabilities and correlations. We discuss the consequences of the two approaches and propose the latent composite score as a new perspective on the apex of the Shavelson model.
War Commemorations 5 Nations Pre-print 2020
Authors: Watkins Hanne M , Allard Aurélien , Li Mengyao , Leidner Bernhard
Published: May 2020

We remember the past in order not to repeat it - but does remembrance of war in fact shape support for military or diplomatic approaches to international conflict? In 7 samples from 5 countries (collected online, total N = 2493), we examined support for military and diplomatic approaches to conflict during war commemorations (e.g., Veterans Day). During war commemorations in the U.S. support for diplomacy increased, while support for military approaches did not change. We found similar results in the U.K. and Australia on Remembrance Day, but not in Germany, or France, nor in Australia on Anzac Day. Further, support for diplomacy was predicted by concern about loss of ingroup lives during war, independently of concern about harm to outgroup civilians. These studies expand our understanding of how collective memories of war may be leveraged to promote diplomatic approaches to contemporary geopolitical conflict.
Predictive Processing: Avoiding the elephant in the room
Authors: Klein Colin
Published: June 2020

Reflections on Sun and Firestone's 2020 TICS paper, and some further problems and opportunities for predictive processing.
Endometrial assessment by transvaginal ultrasonography and correlation with histopathology among post menopausal women
Authors: Shrestha Hari Kishor , Adhikari Ram Chandra , Shrestha Khadga Bahadur
Published: May 2020

Background: Transvaginal ultrasonography has increased the reliability of imaging diagnosis of women with endometrial pathologies and this technique has become widely used to evaluate endometrial thickness in women with postmenopausal bleeding.
Materials and methods: 359 women presenting with history of at least three months amenorrhea were undergone transvaginal ultrasonography with measurement of endometrial thickness and uterine size. Endometrial biopsies were taken in 69 cases (19.2%) only.
Results: The median age of patients was 53 years with the age range of 42 years to 81 years. Abdominal pain was the commonest symptoms followed by backache. 3/69 cases with histopathological diagnoses had normal sized uterus, while 66 cases had bulky (>6.0 cm) uterus. 58/69 cases showed > 5 mm thick endometrium and the endometrium was abnormal in 31/69 cases. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of transvaginal ultrasonography to detect abnormal endometrium were 91.2%, 22.9%, 53.4% and 72.7% respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of transvaginal ultrasonography to detect endometrial hyperplasia and carcinoma were 100%, 17.5%, 10.3% and 100% respectively.
Conclusions: Transvaginal sonographic evaluation of endometrial thickness and uterine size is useful for exclusion of endometrial pathology and to avoid unnecessary invasive surgical procedures.
Comparison between direct assay and popular equations for Low Density Lipoprotein-cholesterol estimation in Nepalese Population
Authors: Thapa Saroj , Gyawali Pratikshya , Bhatta Rajendra Dev , Risal Prabodh
Published: May 2020

Background: The aim of this study was to compare LDL-C estimations using various equations with directly measured LDL-C and to find the most accurate and reliable equation for measuring serum LDL-C at different triglycerides level.
Materials and Methods: In this study, we performed a retrospective analysis on the database of our Laboratory Information System to retrieve results of lipid profile in patients visiting Dhulikhel Hospital during the period of 6 months. A total of 1420 participants were classified into three groups according to triglyceride (TG) concentrations as follows: <150, 150–199 and >199 mg/dL. LDL-C was calculated using the Friedewald, Chen, Vujovic, Hattori, Anandaraja and modified Friedewald equations and compared with directly measured LDL-C concentration (enzymatic method on Biosystems, BA-400).
Results: In most of the instances, calculated LDL-C value was higher than the directly measured LDL-C values with negative mean difference with the exception of Hattori equation. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between the estimated and directly-measured LDL-C was higher with the Friedewald equation (ICC=0.917; 95% CI: 0.904-0.927) for all serum TG ranges compared with other equations. The reliability of all the equations was good with ICC being above 0.75 while that of the Friedewald equation was excellent in all the TG groups with ICC being above 0.9. Hattori equation was better in estimating LDL-C at normal TG range (ICC=0.927; 95% CI: 0.917-0.937) and borderline high TG (ICC= 0.933; 95% CI: 0.908-0.951).
Conclusion: Calculated LDL-C using appropriate equations can be an alternative cost-effective tool to measure LDL-C when the direct measurement cannot be afforded.
Spectrum of hemoglobinopathies in a tertiary care centre
Authors: Sharma Nisha , Pant Anil Dev , Manandhar Usha
Published: May 2020

Background: Thalassemia and other structural hemoglobinopathies are the most common single gene disorders throughout the world with the highest frequency in the tropics, subtropics, Mediterranean basin and Southeast Asia. This study aims to provide a better assessment on the spectrum of hemoglobinopathies in our context.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was done at our tertiary care center, from November 2014 to October 2015. Hematological indices were derived from coulter counter, haemoglobin electrophoresis was carried out by cellulose acetate medium at alkaline PH. Sickling test, Hb H inclusions demonstration and Hb F estimation were performed. Parental screening was done wherever feasible.
Results: Out of 350 cases referred from various out-patient departments of TUTH and different peripheral hospitals for suspected hemoglobinopathies, 97 cases (27.71%) had hemoglobinopathies. The most predominant hemoglobinopathy was thalassemia (57.73%) followed by sickle cell disorders (28.87%) and Hb D/Hb E hemoglobinopathies (13.40%). Most disorders were observed in the age group 21-30 years with many of the cases seen clustered in the families and a slight male preponderance. Terai region (71.13%) had a very high number. A significant high frequency of thalassemia (33.93%) and sickle cell disorders (75%) were seen in Tharu community.
Conclusion: Hemoglobinopathies were seen widespread in Nepal. An extensive screening of the population is important to assess the prevalence of hemoglobinopathies, which will help in identification of carriers and take adequate therapeutic and preventive measures.
Polypoidal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract
Authors: Sherpa Palzum , Jha Abhimanyu , Koirala Sudhamshu , Ghimire Rojan
Published: May 2020

Background: With increasing usage of endoscopic procedures, gastrointestinal polypoidal lesions are commonly encountered specimens. Histopathological examination is crucial as biological behavior is dependent on its pathological nature.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study performed in Pathology department, Om Hospital and Research Centre from January 2017 to June 2019. The study included lesions received as polyp or polypoidal lesions of gastrointestinal tract for histopathological examination. Data was analysed using SPSS version 17.0. Gender, number and site were analysed using Chi square test to evaluate its association with neoplastic nature. Correlation with age and size was tested with Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Results: Among 150 cases of gastrointestinal tract polypoidal lesions, 58% were seen in male and 42% in female. Hyperplastic polyp and conventional adenoma were the commonest non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions respectively. The age of patients ranged from 7 to 84 years with a mean age of 50 years. Rectosigmoid region was the commonest site. 134 patients had single and 16 had multiple polypoidal lesions. Most polypoidal lesion had size <1 cm. Gender, age, number and size showed no correlation with neoplastic nature. A significant association was found with site with notably higher number of neoplastic lesions in large intestine.
Conclusion: A spectrum of histological types of polypoidal lesions were found in Gastrointestinal tract, most frequently in colorectal region. Hyperplastic polyp and adenomatous polyp were the commonest non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions respectively. A notably higher number of polypoidal lesions in the large intestine were found to be neoplastic in nature.
Cervical cytochemistry: a potential adjunct to cytomorphology for detection of abnormal cells in cervical cancer screening
Authors: Krishnappa Indrani , R. Kalyani , Parthiban Raja , Agrawal Abhishek
Published: May 2020

Background: Pap smear examination has been universally used as an effective screening tool for early detection of cervical carcinoma. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of Cervical Acid Phosphatase staining as an adjunct to routine Pap smear testing to improvethe sensitivity and specificity of routine Pap smear examination for cervical cancer detection.

Materials and Methods: Cervical smears were taken from patients attending the gynecology department and a few cervical cancer screening programmes. One set of slides were alcohol fixed and stained with rapid pap stain and another set of slides were fixed in a special fixative and stained with Cervical Acid Phosphatase -Pap stain. The nuclear features of these Cervical Acid Phosphatase stained dysplastic cells was studied on Pap stain to diagnose cervical intraepithelial lesion/ malignancy.

Results: Out of 489 cases included in the study 6 cases were diagnosed with intraepithelial lesion/ malignancy. On Cervical Acid Phosphatase -Pap stain 2 of the cases diagnosed as inflammatory smears on pap stain showed Cervical Acid Phosphatase positivity and thus were re evaluated. Mild nuclear atypia was observed in the Cervical Acid Phosphatase positive cells and these cases were diagnosed as Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and later biopsy proven to be Cervical intraepithelial Neoplasia I. Therefore Cervical Acid Phosphatase -Pap test was 100% sensitive and specific for cervical cancer detection.

Conclusions: With 100% sensitivity Cervical Acid Phosphatase -Pap test satisfies the criteria of an efficient screening test.
Prevalence of subtypes of gastric intestinal metaplasia and its relationship with Helicobacter pylori infection
Authors: Chalise Sanat , Ghimire Roshan , Pradhan Sailesh B.
Published: May 2020

Background: Gastric intestinal metaplasia is seen chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of subtypes of intestinal metaplasia and presence of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study done at Kathmandu Medical College teaching Hospital in Pathology department from December 2018 to August 2019. The endoscopic biopsies were evaluated for intestinal metaplasia and Helicobacter pylori with the help of Hematoxylin and Eosin stains as well as Giemsa stain. Subtypes of intestinal metaplasia were classified with the help of periodic acid- Schiff/Alcian Blue stain combination and High Iron Diamine- Alcian Blue stain at pH 2.5. The relationship between Helicobacter pylori and subtypes of intestinal metaplasia were compared. Fisher’s exact test was used for statistical evaluation. A p value of ˂0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Results: The prevalence of intestinal metaplasia was found in 57 (12.2%) biopsies. Type I intestinal metaplasia was found in 23 (40.4%) biopsies, type II in 10 (17.5%) biopsies and type III in 24 (42.1%) biopsies. Helicobacter pylori was positive in 28(49.1%) and it was negative in 29(50.9%) biopsies. No statistical significant correlation was seen in the subtypes of intestinal metaplasia with Helicobacter pylori status (p˃0.05).
Conclusion: Intestinal metaplasia is frequently observed in endoscopic biopsies, most common being type III subtype.
Histopathological analysis of tumours and tumour-like lesions of colon and rectum
Authors: Vaidhya Pramila , Adhikari Ram Chandra , Pant Anil Dev
Published: May 2020

Background: Tumours and tumour like lesions of the colon and rectum have overlapping clinical presentation and may be difficult to diagnose on clinical grounds alone. Histopathological examination although helpful to arrive at correct diagnosis, at times may be difficult and may require ancillary tests such as immunohistochemistry.
Materials and Methods: A prospective cross sectional study enrolled 125 cases of colorectal biopsies after histopathological confirmation of tumours and tumour like lesions. The specimens were received at the Department of Pathology, of TUTH, from December 1, 2015 to November 30, 2016.
Results: Out of 125 cases, 32 cases were benign tumours, 36 cases were malignant tumours and 57 cases were tumour like lesions. Most common age range was 51-60 years with mean age of 38 years. Males comprised 76.74% and females 23.26% with ratio of 3:1. Juvenile polyp was the commonest lesion. Among benign tumours, tubular adenoma was the most common (19.2%), adenocarcinoma was most common malignant tumour (25.6%) and juvenile polyp was the most common tumour like lesion (27.2%). Left side was most common side (66.67%) and rectum was the most common site (48.8%).
Conclusions: The commonest indications for colorectal biopsies were tumours and tumour like lesions. Juvenile polyp was the most common tumour like lesion, tubular adenoma was the most common benign tumour and adenocarcinoma was the most common malignant tumour. Histopathological examination is a gold standard for confirmation of all tumour and tumours like lesions of colon and rectum.
COVID-19: a brief review
Authors: Nayak Niranjan , Ghosh Arnab , Bhatta Dharma Raj , Gharti Magar Dilasma
Published: May 2020

In December 2019, Wuhan, in China, became the center of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause. In January 2020, a novel coronavirus was identified. Later the whole genomic sequence of this novel virus was established. The World Health Organization named the disease “COVID-19” and marked it as a pandemic. The origin of the virus is still conjectural. Studies suggested markedly increased levels of several pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in these patients, which lead to injury to several organs. The organ which is most commonly damaged is the lungs. On histopathology, lung shows diffuse alveolar damage with hyaline membrane formation. The incubation period ranges from 1-14 days. The clinical features vary widely, from asymptomatic to multi-organ failure and shock. The common clinical features are related to the respiratory system. For diagnosis, oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal swabs should be collected by Dacron swabs under proper precaution and the samples should be collected in viral transport media. The viral ribonuclei acid is detected by Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction. Till now no definite therapy or vaccination is available and the main approach to manage the pandemic is by preventive measures like social distancing, hygiene maintenance, and contact tracing.
Laboratory testing COVID-19
Authors: Baral Reetu
Published: May 2020

In an ongoing pandemic it is critical to track the virus, understand pathogenesis and epidemiology, manage the cases and suppress transmission that requires effective laboratory testing. In December 2019, a cluster of patients with a novel coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, China. Initially tentatively named 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the virus has now been named SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). This virus can cause the disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Peningkatan Kemampuan Ketrampilan Administrasi Menggunakan Komputer Di Desa Cigugur Girang Parongpong Bandung Barat
Authors: Maulani Muhammad Ruslan , Hamidin Dini
Published: May 2020

Berdasarkan Undang-undang Desa No. 6 Tahun 2014 bahwa pemerintahan desa memiliki tanggung jawab untuk melaksanakan tugas, hak, kewajiban dan tanggung jawab kepala desa dalam menyampaikan laporan maupun menyerbarkan informasi penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Desa secara tertulis. Pelaksanaan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilaksanakan di Desa Cigugur Girang Parongpong Kabupaten Bandung. Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini mengadopsi metode action research dan menggunakan model SKA untuk mengetahui tingkat pembelajarannya. Hasil pelaksanaan menunjukkan bahwa pelatihan peningkatan peningkatan Kemampuan Ketrampilan Administrasi Menggunakan Komputer Di Desa Cigugur Girang Parongpong Bandung Barat dapat meningkatkan baik skill, knowledge maupun attitude dalam menggunakan Microsoft Word untuk kepentingan menyelesaikan pekerjaan administrasi Desa.