bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Family Empowerment with Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Methods on Covid19 Prevention Compliance
Authors: Januarti Luluk Fauziyah , Haris Mustofa
Published: July 2022

Research design uses Quasy Eksperiment with the Two Group Pre Test – Post Test design approach. The sample was taken by 32 treatment groups and 32 control groups. Sampling technique using Probability sampling with simple random sampling technique. Family empowerment research dependent variables with Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method, Independent Variables of COVID19 prevention compliance. Data collection techniques using questionnaire sheets. Statistical tests using Mann whitney. The results of the study after being given treatment obtained the results of the Mann Whitney p-value 0.012 (p <0.05) so that it can be concluded that there are differences in family empowerment to the compliance of covid-19 health protocols between the two groups
The Effect of Independent Double Check Implementation against the Six Correction Principle in Preparation and Administration of Injected Medication on Inpatients X Hospital, West Java
Authors: Manurung Junita Maulina , Tarigan Emiliana , Tjitra Emiliana
Published: July 2022

The study was conducted from March until June 2021. The number of nurses involved were: 39 first nurses and 33 second nurses. The research data were analysed using SPSS program version 25. The implementation of IDC on 5895 injected medication affected right time (p=0.000) and right documentation (p=0.041) in preparation of medication. IDC has a partial or simultaneous effect with the characteristics of the first nurse on the right dose and right time in preparation of drugs (p = 0.000). IDC also affects the right dose, right time and right documentation in administration of injected medication (p<0.05). The characteristics of the first nurse's education had a partial effect on right documentation in preparation and administration of drugs, and right time in administration of injected medication (p<0.05). Nurses' work experience also had a partial effect on right documentation in administration of injected medication (p= 0.001). IDC implementation reduces ME < 5%.
Pengembangan Media Board Game Jumanji Matematika pada Materi Bilangan Kelas VII SMP
Authors: Putri Aldelia Manasika , Setyadi Danang
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan media board game jumanji matematika pada materi bilangan kelas VII SMP yang valid, praktis dan efektif. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan atau reseacrh and development (R&D) dengan menggunakan model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). Subjek penelitian ini adalah peserta didik kelas VII SMP sebanyak 11 peserta didik. Media board game jumanji matematika telah melalui uji kevalidan yaitu menghasilkan persentase 79,67% dengan kategori sangat baik. Media ini juga diuji kepraktisan dengan persentase 88,75% dalam kategori sangat baik. Uji paired sample t-test menghasilkan nilai signifikansi 0,000 kurang dari 0,05 dengan rata-rata posttest lebih baik dari pretest. Hal ini didukung dengan adanya hasil presentase respon peserta didik yang memperoleh persentase 94,88% dengan kategori sangat baik. Penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa media board game jumanji matematika dinyatakan valid, praktis dan efektif.
Analysis and Optimization of Lower Control Arm
Authors: AR Kale
Published: July 2022

Control arm in automotive vehicle acts as a linkage between sprung and unsprung mass of vehicle. Lower control arm is subjected to various loads. Due to this type of loading, there are chances of bending of control arm. Hence failure of lower control arm occurs. Weight reduction of vehicle component is one of the main concerns. The aim of the paper is to analyze and optimize the lower arm using finite element analysis. The model of lower control arm is done in CAD software. Static analysis of lower control arm is carried out in analysis software. Topology optimization of lower arm is performed for weight reduction. After topology optimization static analysis of optimized lower control arm is carried out. Results obtained from analysis where studied to check whether the design is within the yield strength. Cost analysis of existing and optimized lower control arm has been carried out to know the cost effectiveness. The purpose of automobile suspension system is passenger comfort and vehicle control. The lower control is one of the important parts of suspension system.
A Brief Review of the Impact of Ergogenic Supplements for Athletes
Authors: Oral Onur
Published: July 2022

Background: The study aims to investigate and evaluate the impacts of energy drink and ergogenic aid use among athletes and examine the possible results of these consumptions. Materials and methods: In the search for scientific literature related to this review the US National Library of Medicine (PubMed) used MEDLINE and Sport Discus data and the terms “energy drink”, “ergogenic aid”, “physical activity” and ‘’sports drink ‘’were used. The relevant literature has also taken its source from the research of relevant articles from reference lists derived from data studies. Results: Energy drinks are known to enhance performance. However, they also pose a possible threat to the athletes’ health. The consequences of energy drink use may result in a variety of disorders such as nervousness, headaches, nausea, organ damage, cardiac disorders, and even sudden death. Conclusion: Achieving top athletic performance is the primary goal for every athlete. For this reason, the use of ergogenic aids is a very common choice among athletes. Water and minerals lost by athletes during exercise and competitions should be replaced with water consumption and sports drinks.
Dry Needling of the Medial Gastrocnemius as Novel Treatment for Type-VI Functional Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome
Authors: Hu Yao-Wen Eliot
Published: July 2022

Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is rare, commonly overlooked, and characterized by the compression of the popliteal artery via the surrounding myofascial structures. Presented is a 28-year-old active-duty male service member with unilateral exertional left lower extremity pain, paresthesia, and discoloration. Popliteal musculoskeletal and Doppler ultrasound showed normal anatomy with functional compression of the popliteal artery by the medial head of the gastrocnemius. This is the first case in current literature to report ultrasound-guided dry needling to the medial head of the gastrocnemius as novel treatment for functional popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.
Chamaenerion danielsii (D. Löve) Czerep. (Onagraceae) in the flora of Eastern Europe
Authors: Tikhomirov V.
Published: July 2022

The species status of Chamaenerion danielsii (D. Löve) Czerep., a tetraploid in the Chamaenerion angustifolium-complex, is reasoned. C. danielsii occurs in the Eastern Europe, being in the Crimea a common native species, and a rare introduced plant in the rest of the Eastern Europe. Distribution map of the species, its synonymy and morphological description are given.
Written response: The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs’ Consultation on the Bill of Law that regulates the random reward mechanisms associated with interactive leisure software products
Authors: Xiao Leon Y. , Henderson Laura L.
Published: July 2022

This is a written response to the Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs’ (Ministerio de Consumo’s) consultation on the Bill seeking to regulate random reward mechanisms (e.g., ‘loot boxes’) in video games (Anteproyecto de Ley por el que se regulan los mecanismos aleatorios de recompense asociados a productos de software interactivo de ocio; the ‘Consultation’), launched in July 2022. Link to the consultation paper: https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100532/https://www.consumo.gob.es/sites/consumo.gob.es/files/BORRADOR%20APL%20Y%20MAIN%20MECANISMOS%20ALEATORIOS%20RECOMPENSA%20010722.pdf
PERKEMBANGAN DAN PERTUMBUHAN ILMU PEMERINTAHAN TERHADAP TRANSPARANSI MASYARAKAT
Authors: PUTRI MELSY ANDINI
Published: July 2022

Democratization of the mass media is a central issue in the era of globalization. Thedevelopment of mass media in various parts of the world so quickly and growingdemocratization of mass media is relatively new and difficult to measure with politicalissues, economic, cultural and other. Democracy has become a unity in all communityactivities such as the freedom to communicate, express and association are rightsfundamental as a citizen. Democratization in the perspective of how the mass media ofcommunication associated gain freedom in carrying out its function and role as the press in presenting information, and realize the rights of citizens to obtain information in the space of civil society, including in the freedom to think and act without the intervention and pressure from any party . Due to the freedom think honest communication is achieved, will make public an informative, intelligent and evolved. The silencing of a freedom in the mass media will make people less informative and will become a marginalized community.
The brain works hard to learn physical skills
Authors: Mindsponge AISDL
Published: July 2022

Muscle memory tends to be quite persistent. Once a person has learned a physical skill to the level of second nature, the action can still be carried out well even after decades without doing it. Think about the skills of riding a bike, playing musical instruments, or techniques in martial arts. This can be because of how motor memories are formed in our brains. ***** For more information, please visit: https://mindsponge.info/posts/34 *****
How effective is death registration in India? Evidence from recent National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2021)
Authors: Akhtar Saddaf Naaz , Anson Jon
Published: July 2022

Background: There is a paucity of research on death registration in many developing countries, including India, but the evidence suggests that it is inadequate, incomplete, and out of date, undermining its effectiveness.Objective: In this study we use a comprehensive national survey to investigate how gender, together with socio-economic and demographic factors, impact the registration of deaths in India.Data: The National Family Health Survey-5, conducted in 2019-2021 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and for each state and union territory. The survey includes questions on deaths in the household in the previous three years, individual information on the deceased, household level information and whether the death was registered in the civil registry or not. The total sample comprises of 636,699 households with 81,336 deceased cases, of which 46,917 cases were males and 34,419 cases were females.Methods: We performed univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. We calculated the proportion registered, by gender and other indicators, and then multilevel regression used to examine the risk factors for registration.Results: About 70% of all deaths were reported as being registered, 73% of male deaths and 64% of female deaths, an absolute gender gap in registered deaths of 9%. Infants, children, rural-residents, Muslims, Christians, Scheduled Castes and Tribes, and deaths in eastern India (North-Eastern, Central and Eastern regions) all had significantly lower odds of registering deaths with the civil authorities. Registration was also lower for deaths due to non-external causes, large households and poorer households.Conclusions: The data from the NFHS-5 suggest there are large and gender and other social and locational biases in the registration of deaths. Unless corrected, these biases are liable to cast serious doubts over the credibility of mortality statistics published by the Indian, State and other official statistical agencies.Contribution: Research indicates that India needs targeted-based initiatives to strengthen the death registration systems.
A Theorem on the Annamalai’s Binomial Identities
Authors: Annamalai Chinnaraji
Published: July 2022

This paper presents an algorithmic technique to establish a theorem on the Annamalai’s binomial identities. The binomial theorem and its computing technique refer to a sort of methodological advances that is useful for researchers working in computation, science, engineering, and management.
Transforming our world from high-value culture
Authors: Khuc Quy Van
Published: July 2022

Transforming our world from value-surplus to high-value culture
The brain works hard to learn physical skills
Authors: Le Tam-Tri
Published: July 2022

Engram neurons responsible for motor memories create both new synaptic inputs and outputs during skill learning.
Unraveling the role of polysaccharide-goethite associations on glyphosate’ adsorption-desorption dynamics and binding mechanisms
Authors: Azimzadeh Behrooz , Martínez Carmen
Published: July 2022

HypothesisGlyphosate retention at environmental interfaces is strongly governed by adsorption and desorption processes. In particular, glyphosate can react with organo-mineral associations (OMAs) in soils, sediments, and aquatic environments. We hypothesize mineral-adsorbed biomacromolecules modulate the extent and rate of glyphosate adsorption and desorption where electrostatic and noncovalent interactions with organo-mineral surfaces are favored.ExperimentsHere we use in-situ attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and batch experiments to characterize glyphosate’s adsorption and desorption mechanisms and kinetics at an organo-mineral interface. Model polysaccharide-goethite OMAs are prepared with a range of organic (polysaccharide, PS) surface loadings. Sequential adsorption-desorption studies are conducted by introducing glyphosate and background electrolyte solutions, respectively, to PS-goethite OMAs. FindingsWe find the extent of glyphosate adsorption at PS-goethite interfaces was reduced compared to that at the goethite interface. However, increased polysaccharide surface loading resulted in lower relative glyphosate desorption. At the same time, increase PS surface loading yielded slower glyphosate adsorption and desorption kinetics compared to corresponding processes at the goethite interface. We highlight that adsorbed PS promotes the formation of weak noncovalent interactions between glyphosate and PS-goethite OMAs, including the evolution of hydrogen bonds between (i) the amino group of glyphosate and PS and (ii) the phosphonate group of glyphosate and goethite. It is also observed that glyphosate’s phosphonate group preferentially forms inner-sphere monodentate complexes with goethite in PS-goethite whereas bidentate configurations are favored on goethite.
Geochemical implication of Eu isotopic ratio in anorthosite: new evidence of Eu isotope fractionation during feldspar crystallization
Authors: Lee Seung-Gu , Tanaka Tsuyoshi , Lee Mijung
Published: July 2022

Rare earth element geochemistry can provide critical information on the evolution of the crust-mantle system. Europium (Eu) exists in divalent and trivalent states, and Eu2+ can substitute for Ca2+ during plagioclase feldspar crystallization in reducing magmas. This leads to positive Eu anomaly in Ca-plagioclase-rich anorthosite derived from the mantle and negative Eu anomalies in fractionated silica-rich crustal rocks. While many studies have addressed Eu anomalies in REE data, especially in igneous rocs, almost none have evaluated ratios of Eu’s two stable isotopes (151Eu and 153Eu) alongside Eu anomalies. Here we report systematic variation of the Eu isotopic ratio (δ153Eu) from igneous rocks including anorthosite. This study detected a linear relationship between Eu anomalies and Eu isotopic ratios. Rhyolites and highly fractionated granites exhibited large negative Eu anomalies and negative δ153Eu values while anorthosites exhibited large positive Eu anomalies and positive δ153Eu values. In the case of the highly fractionated igneous rocks with negative Eu anomaly, the Eu isotope fractionation slope varied according to the degree of magmatic differentiation for both extrusive and intrusive rocks. Our finding reveals that Eu isotope fractionation in igneous rocks can provide new information related to magmatic differentiation and plagioclase feldspar fractional crystallization including anorthosite formation.
Warum klingt der verminderte Septakkord erschreckend?
Authors: Willimek Bernd
Published: July 2022

Der verminderte Septakkord wird traditionell als Klang mit mehreren starken Strebungen beschrieben. Die Anwendung der Strebetendenz-Theorie macht deutlich, warum der Akkord seit langem als Ausdruck des Schreckens gebraucht wird. Beim verminderten Septakkord identifiziert sich der Hörer auf mehrfache und intensive Weise mit einem Willen gegen eine Veränderung. So kann sich eine Vorstellung ergeben, die an ein "Sich-mit-Händen-und-Füßen-Wehren" erinnert. Dieser Klang kann – wenn er laut gespielt wird und die Tonika ein Mollakkord ist – den Eindruck von Verzweiflung erzeugen. Franz Schubert nutzt diese Wirkung des Schreckens, indem er mit dem verminderten Akkord das Wort "Grabe" untermalt.
A comparison between different variants of the spatial Stroop task: the influence of analytic flexibility on Stroop effect estimates and reliability.
Authors: Viviani Giada , Visalli Antonino , Finos Livio , Vallesi Antonino , Ambrosini Ettore
Published: July 2022

The spatial Stroop task measures the ability to resolve interference between relevant and irrelevant spatial information. Besides satisfying the requirements for being a proper Stroop task, its purely spatial version ensures methodological advantages over the original color-word verbal task. We recently proposed a 4-choice spatial Stroop task that benefits from such advantages, which requires participants to indicate the direction of an arrow while ignoring its position in one of the screen corners. However, its peripheral spatial arrangement might represent a methodological weakness and could introduce experimental confounds. Thus, with the aim of improving our “Peripheral” spatial Stroop, we designed and made available five novel spatial Stroop tasks (Perifoveal, Navon, Figure-Ground, Flanker, and Saliency), wherein the experimental stimuli appeared at the center of the screen. In a within-subjects online study, we compared the six versions to identify which task produced the largest but also the most reliable and robust Stroop effect. Indeed, although internal reliability is frequently overlooked, its estimate is fundamental, also in light of the recently proposed reliability paradox. Data analyses were performed using both the classical general linear model analytical approach and two multilevel modelling approaches (linear mixed models and random coefficient analysis), which specifically served for more accurately estimating the Stroop effect by explaining intra-subject, trial-by-trial variability. We then assessed our results based on their robustness to such analytic flexibility. Overall, our results indicate that the Perifoveal spatial Stroop is the best alternative task for its statistical properties and methodological advantages. Interestingly, our results also indicate that the Peripheral and Perifoveal Stroop effects were not only the largest, but also the one with highest and most robust internal reliability.
How Hedges Impact Persuasion
Authors: Oba Demilade , BERGER JONAH
Published: July 2022

Communicators often hedge. Salespeople say that a product is probably the best, recommendation engines suggest movies they think you’ll like, and consumers say restaurants might have good service. But how does hedging impact persuasion? We suggest that different types of hedges may have different effects. Six studies support our theorizing, demonstrating that (1) the probabilistic likelihood hedges suggest and (2) whether they take a personal (vs. general) perspective both play an important role in driving persuasion. Further, the studies demonstrate that both effects are driven by a common mechanism: perceived confidence. Using hedges associated with higher likelihood, or that involve personal perspective, increases persuasion because they suggest communicators are more confident about what they are saying. This work contributes to the burgeoning literature on language in marketing, showcases how subtle linguistic features impact perceived confidence, and has clear implications for anyone trying to be more persuasive.
Visuospatial Priors Revealed through Serial Reproduction
Authors: Wang Yang , Lew Timothy Franklin , Brady Timothy F. , Vul Edward
Published: July 2022

Working memory is a reconstructive process that requires integrating multiple hierarchical representations of objects. This hierarchical reconstruction allows us to overcome perceptual uncertainty and limited cognitive capacity, but yields systematic biases in working memory as individual items are influenced by the ensemble statistics of the scene, or of their particular group. Given the importance of the hierarchical encoding of a display, we aim to characterize what structured priors people use to encode visual scenes using a nonparametric data-driven approach. In Experiment 1, we examine visuospatial memory’s priors for locations by asking participants to recall the locations of objects in a serial reproduction task. We show that people have priors that bias items toward a more compact structure and organize them into clustered spatial groups. In Experiment 2, we explicitly introduce discrete color groups, allowing us to test whether the color feature governs the spatial grouping. We find that the spatial structures were color-contingent. By analyzing color groups, we circumvent the grouping uncertainty in Experiment 1 and further reveal spatial priors that compress color groups into collinear structures with similar orientations and equidistant spacing.
Perceptions of Empathic Norms are Overly Negative in Intergroup Contexts
Authors: Stojanov Jelka , Razum Josip , Zezelj Iris , Stantic Mirta , Bird Geoff , Parkinson Brian
Published: July 2022

Groups influence empathy; people empathise less with outgroup members than with ingroup members, or in more extreme cases, even take pleasure in outgroup suffering. One way to encourage empathy for outgroups involves portraying intergroup empathy as normative, but little is known about people’s unaltered perceptions of empathic norms in intergroup contexts, which arguably provide the basis for most normative effects outside the laboratory. In three experiments, spanning ethnic, political, and minimal intergroup contexts, participants were asked to report how much empathy they assumed average ingroup and outgroup members would feel for a range of own-group and other-group empathic targets. We found that perceptions of empathic norms were overly negative, with people assuming that others would show more intergroup empathy bias than they themselves showed and overestimating the bias actual ingroup and outgroup members showed. In real-world, but not minimal intergroup contexts, we observed empathic norm perception asymmetry, wherein outgroup members were assumed to discriminate more than ingroup members in their empathy, especially when empathic targets’ group membership was made salient by their emotional experiences or experimental manipulations. Perceptions of empathic norms were reliably predicted by same-direction perceptions of prejudice, pointing to the possibility that people rely on their perceptions of group relations to make specific social predictions in novel circumstances. Taken together, these findings document people’s tendency to overestimate intergroup antagonism in the domain of empathy and highlight the need to expand models of intergroup social perception to include perceptions of group relations in addition to groups’ traits.
The “Unclaimed Experience”: Trauma and Crime Fiction
Authors: Jaber Maysaa H.
Published: July 2022

This paper examines the intersections between trauma and literature and crime fiction, more specifically. By looking at the representations of trauma in crime fiction, it is argued here that trauma in crime novels involves a multilayered and complex discourse that generates its own narrative, one that relies on techniques like fragmentation, repetition, puzzle-solving, deliberate vagueness, and obscurity. It is also proposed that the use of trauma as a lens to examine crime narratives is both valuable and problematic, as it brings forth the conflict and the tension in the trauma discourse regarding words and wounds; expression and silence; representation and unspeakability. This paper will highlight that exploring the meeting points between trauma and crime narratives can also function as a as a point of departure from the conventional readings of crime fiction and contemplates a reading of the crime novel as trauma fiction. By so doing, this paper stresses the configurations of trauma in crime fiction beyond the medical framework and addresses the aspects and techniques in which trauma is centrally positioned in crime narratives.
Iraqi Parents‘ Instructions to Their Teens: A Pragma-Stylistic Approach
Authors: Al-Saate Wafaa S. , Hassoon Fatimah Khudair , Thalab Ameera Hussein
Published: July 2022

Parents are supposed to be responsible for the education of their children. However, other sources of information participate in this challenging mission. Technological advancements, media, friends, and schoolmates have a significant effect on how our sons think or behave. Hence, it becomes crucial for parents to consider how to approach or deal with them. The way parents give instructions to sons concerning their daily routines of educational, moral, and health care practices is of great importance. This paper aims to find out how educated Iraqi parents give instructions to their sons. The study identifies the pragma-stylistic devices that characterize Iraqi parental instructions. It attempts to specify which speech act is most dominant in parental instructions and if politeness strategies are adhered to or not. Twenty Iraqi parents who have a degree in the English language participated in this research work. A questionnaire of ten different scenarios concerning some basic daily instructions that are often likely to be given to sons or daughters who are between the age of 12 to 16 is delivered to those parents. The responses to this questionnaire are scrutinized in terms of the pragma-stylistic perspective following Black (2006) by activating three pragmatic theories, namely; Searle’s (1969) theory of speech acts, Brown and Levinson’s (1987) theory of politeness as well as Culpeper’s (1996) theory of impoliteness. It is found that educated Iraqi parents prefer the indirect way of giving instructions to their teens concerning the daily practices regardless of the importance of these instructions in life. Analysis reveals that most Iraqi parents use the speech act of advising when giving daily instructions to their teens. Direct instructions are rare. If found, they are softened with polite expressions.
Enacting the Pandemic: Analyzing Agency, Opacity, and Power in Algorithmic Assemblages
Authors: Lee Francis
Published: July 2022

This article has two objectives: First, the article seeks to make a methodological intervention in the social study of algorithms. Today, there is a worrying trend to analytically reduce algorithms to coherent and stable objects whose computational logic can be audited for biases to create fairness, accountability, and transparency (FAccT). To counter this reductionist and determinist tendency, this article proposes three methodological rules that allows an analysis of algorithmic power in practice. Second, the article traces ethnographically how an algorithm was used to enact a pandemic, and how the power to construct this disease outbreak was moved around through by an algorithmic assemblage. To do this, the article traces the assembling of a recent epidemic at the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention—the Zika outbreak starting in 2015—and shows how an epidemic was put together using an array of computational resources, with very different spaces for intervening. A key argument is that we, analysts of algorithms, need to attend to how multiple spaces for agency, opacity, and power open and close in different parts of algorithmic assemblages. The crux of the matter is that actors experience different degrees of agency and opacity in different parts of any algorithmic assemblage. Consequently, rather than auditing algorithms for biased logic, the article shows the usefulness of examining algorithmic power as enacted and situated in practice.
Análise de Séries Temporais de departamento do Walmart
Authors: Filho Jeová Ribeiro Falcão
Published: July 2022

Muitas empresas buscam fazer previsões para entender seu comportamento no mercado, bem como de seus produtos. Com isso, utilizam-se de métodos estatísticos aplicados nos seus bancos de dados a fim de gerar alguns insights. Neste trabalho será desenvolvido um forecast utilizando o AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) como método preditivo, passando por todos os conceitos básicos de uma série temporal. Os dados foram tirados de uma competição do Kaggle, onde o objetivo era buscar as previsões das vendas da Walmart e como se comportaria cada departamento. Para fazer a previsão foi utilizado o ARIMA (6,1,1), posto que, após deixar a série estacionária observou-se que o lag mais significante de autocorrelação parcial foi o 6, equivale ressaltar que para deixar a série estacionária foi feita uma diferenciação, e o lag mais significante de autocorrelação da série estacionária foi o lag 1. Com todo o processo do ARIMA, obtemos um Coeficiente de Akaike de 7462.520. Além disso, utilizando o teste de Dickey-Fuller o resultado do p-valor foi menor que 0,05.
When Fear Spreads: Individual- and Group-Level Predictors of Deportation Worry Among Latino Immigrants
Authors: Lai Tianjian , Hoffmann Nathan Isaac , Waldinger Roger
Published: July 2022

What shapes Latino immigrants’ worries surrounding deportation? Using five waves of the Latino National Survey, we examine this question by considering immigrants’ own legal status, their social background, and the legal vulnerability of their national origin group. We find that while individual legal vulnerability heightens deportation worries, social and group markers also have independent and intersecting associations with immigrants’ worries. Disadvantaged social traits such as lack of English language proficiency and lower levels of education are associated with higher rates of deportation anxiety regardless of legal status, while also differentially shaping the effects of legal status. In addition, while all national origin groups are likely to report worrying about deportation, immigrants from national origin groups at greater risk of deportation tend to worry more, regardless of individual legal status. Finally, decomposition analysis suggests that individual legal status does not have greater explanatory power over deportation fears than social markers or group-level legal vulnerability. Even while being undocumented remains significant in shaping deportation fears, these fears vary widely and systematically within and across legal and social categories.
The Internet as a Social Institution: Re-thinking Concepts for Family Scholarship
Authors: Longo Gina Marie
Published: July 2022

I argue that scholars study the Internet as a social institution. This study employs a critical literature review of multi-disciplinary scholarship on the Internet, the family, and adjacent institutions comparing it to Patricia Yancy Martin’s (2005) fourteen criteria of social institution to demonstrate how the Internet represents a new social institution, worthy of inquiry through its fourteen defining characteristics of endurance (persistence over time), social practices, conflicts, power struggles, identity formation, and change, among other criteria (Martin 2004; 1256). I, then, I discuss the potential starting points of digital data research methods for newcomers to the field, such as data acquisition, coding potential, and approaches to analysis.Conceptualizing the Internet as a social institution will ultimately improve the evaluation of peer-reviewed digital research, expand social theory more broadly, elevate our awareness of the Internet’s sociality, and subject the interconnections of the social institution of the Internet and other social institutions to more critical investigations.
The legal needs of those living with chronic hepatitis B in Australia: A Rapid Review of the Literature
Authors: Carter David J , Jamshedi Negar , Robertson Hamish , Carpenter Casey , Travaglia Joanne
Published: July 2022

Hepatitis B is Australia’s most significant communicable disease. In 2018, it was estimated that there were approximately 230,000 people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) living in Australia. The overarching aim of this evidence-based review was to collect published evidence through a comprehensive search of the current research available on the legal needs of patients living with hepatitis B in Australia in order to identify key barriers to accessing justice, legal information, advice and support as well as supporting a Delphi process of people with lived and learned expertise on Hepatitis B. This process concluded that there are significant legal barriers for people with hepatitis B while this article shows that the evidence base regarding the legal needs of this population was not strong enough to support action to close the gap between current practice and the hepatitis B testing and treatment goals in the National Hepatitis B Strategy.
Impoliteness Formulas, Triggers, and Purposes to Refusal as Employed by Iraqi English Learners
Authors: Qassim Tabarek Ali , Abbas Nawal Fadhil
Published: July 2022

The present study aims at scrutinizing the impoliteness types, causes, and purposes utilized by Iraqi English language learners when refusing marriage proposals. Thus, it attempts to answer the questions: (1) what are the impoliteness formulas used by the Iraqi learners of English in refusing marriage proposals?, and (2) What are their impoliteness triggers/causes and the purposes? The study is significant in bridging the gap that few linguistic types of research concentrate on studying intentionality and emotions allied with impoliteness. Data were collected from 35 Iraqi learners of English responding to 6 situations of marriage. The data were analyzed using Culpeper’s (2011) formulas of impoliteness and Bousfield’s (2007) impoliteness triggers and intentions. The findings revealed that the most regular impoliteness formulas were insults and pointed criticisms/complaints. Regarding impoliteness triggers, the Iraqi learners’ responses reflected anger and disapproval as the most common triggers of impoliteness. Lastly, impoliteness was utilized as an instrument of insulting, quipping, and showing grudge when refusing the marriage situations; however, some impoliteness occurred as a counseling technique. The study concludes with some recommendations for future works.
Perceptions of Iraqi EFL Learners towards Non-native English Instructors at the Department of English of Komar University
Authors: Aziz Awder Raza , Saeed Kochar Ali , Ismael Kozhin Omer , Mahmood Raniya Mohammed
Published: July 2022

This study investigates the Iraqi learners’ perceptions of non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) at Komar University, Iraq and explores the extent to which NNESTs can be differentiated in terms of teaching different skills and their English language knowledge. A quantitative questionnaire focusing on NNESTs effectiveness in teaching the target culture, easing the learning process, their own proficiency, and effectiveness of their techniques to teaching different language skills was adopted from Ürkmez (2015) to collect the data of the study. A total of 37 responses were collected among students at Komar University through Google Forms software. The data were subsequently analyzed using tables to understand the data in a better way. The findings of this study reveal that Iraqi students studying at Komar University have a positive attitude toward non-native teachers at Komar University. Indeed, students even show a preference for non-native teachers for learning particular language skills.
Um estudo das Séries Temporais dos principais indicadores inflacionários brasileiros e seus reflexos na performance do índice Ibovespa
Authors: Camargo Daniel , da Silva Moura Rayane Francisca
Published: July 2022

A pandemia do COVID-19 está infligindo perdas humanas em todo o globo e as medidas de proteção necessárias estão impactando as diversas atividades econômicas. O Brasil está enfrentando o maior colapso sanitário e hospitalar da história do país e por conta disso, o ano de 2020 ficou marcado pelos impactos resultantes do coronavírus no mercado financeiro como um todo. O objetivo da pesquisa consiste em investigar através das séries temporais os principais indicadores inflacionários brasileiros e seus reflexos na performance do índice Ibovespa para o período de 2010 a 2020. Por meio do modelo ARIMA, foram elaborados alguns gráficos para avaliar como as variáveis irão se comportar no ano de 2023. Há a possibilidade da bolsa de valores subir, mediante a vacinação contra a COVID-19 e a possível recuperação da economia. Além disso, a menor atratividade da bolsa nem sempre será justificada por juros mais altos.
Impact of Microfinance in Agriculture and Livestock Production; Insights from Central Nepal
Authors: Sapkota D. , Subedi S. , Dhungana S.M.
Published: July 2022

This paper examines the impact of microfinance in agriculture and livestock in Dhading and Chitwan districts of Nepal.  Municipalities within the districts were selected purposefully, and 60 respondents from each district were selected by simple random sampling method to comprise 120 respondents. The study showed significantly higher percentage of people participating in microfinance had self-sufficient food production. Probit regression analysis was done to estimate the impact of different predictor variables on farmer’s participation in microfinance. Although the production, income and gross margin of rice and wheat and gross margin of livestock was found statistically higher among the farmers participating in microfinance, the expense for rice and wheat was also found significantly higher among the farmers participating in microfinance. The result of Probit regression analysis showed six variables namely age of household head, caste/ethnicity, education of household head, agricultural credit, livestock unit (LSU), and annual household income were statistically significant for farmer’s participation in microfinance.
Common allergens in patients of allergic rhinitis in Gandaki province of Nepal
Authors: Nepali Rajendra , Sigdel Brihaspati , Dubey Tulika , KC Neeraj , Gurung Banita , Baniya Pravin
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Atopic disorder is very common globally and in Nepal which has affected quality of life resulting into loss of working and school days. Change in lifestyle is one of the important recommendations for fighting back with allergy, which suggests for avoidance of allergens developing allergic rhinitis. The objectives of the study were to find out common allergic conditions in Pokhara, Nepal and to identify the allergens, which induced IgE mediated disorder.
Methods: A retrospective study was done among the patients with different allergic disorders who were referred from different specialist clinic attending Pokhara ENT Center at Pokhara from January 2011 to December 2017. The study sample included 1810 patients to find the distribution of various allergic disorders among them. Further, a sample of 430 patients of allergic rhinitis who had undergone skin prick test according to international guidelines were included in order to find out the common allergens among them. Set of allergens included in this study were mites, pollen, fungus, insects, dusts, epithelia-danders, feather & fabric, non-juicy foods, and juicy foods. These nine allergen types further included several allergens. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics using Stata 15.1. The study was done from after taking ethical clearance from the institutional ethical committee of Gandaki medical college.
Results: Among various types of allergic diseases, allergic rhinitis accounted for one fourth (23.8%) of the cases. The patients with allergic rhinitis who underwent skin prick test against various allergens were evaluated. Skin prick test positive test result were seen for non-juicy foods (96%), pollens (95%) and then juicy foods (93%). On the contrary, least percentage (13.72%) of people were found positive against feather & fabrics. Radish (7.7%) and snake gourd (6.99%) were only two juicy vegetables against which people were found positive in skin prick test. Among non-juicy foods, tobacco was the commonest allergens which was reported positive in skin prick test of 16% people. Pollen of Zea mays, Azadirachta indica, Mangifera indica and Prosopis juliflora were top allergens diagnosed positive among 12.65%, 10.95%, 7.79%, and 7.54% of people respectively. The mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus yielded highest prevalence (69.36%) of positive test.
Conclusions: Based upon the findings of our study, allergic rhinitis is one of the most common allergic diseases in Gandaki province, Nepal. Patients of allergic rhinitis should be tested for certain allergens which are locally present and they need to modify lifestyle and avoid allergens which can induce IgE-mediated disorder. Further research is needed to establish causation.
Prevalence of cervical rib in patients visiting department of Radiodiagnosis at a tertiary care hospital: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Authors: Pandit Ruku , Adhikari Aarati , Sharma Nitasha , Upadhyay Hari Prasad
Published: July 2022

Introduction: The cervical ribs are the supernumerary ribs that are often associated with neuro-vascular symptoms in thoracic outlet syndromes. The objective of the study is to find the prevalence of cervical ribs among the patients visiting the Radiodiagnosis department of a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study comprising 1533 chest and cervical spine radiographs of patients visiting the Radiodiagnosis department of a tertiary care hospital from March to June 2021. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee at the College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital (Reference Number: COMSTH-IRC/2021-63). The presence or absence of a cervical rib was noted in the digital x-rays. The collected data were statistically analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 20.
Results: The prevalence of cervical ribs was 1.5%, with males and females accounting for 0.85% and 0.65% respectively. Amongst the cases with cervical ribs, the unilateral (73.91%) cervical rib was significantly more than bilateral (26.01%) occurring more frequently on the left side. The cervical rib was found to be more predominant in males than in females without significant difference. Sexual dimorphism was not found to be significantly associated with laterality and sidedness of cervical ribs.
Conclusions: The cervical ribs were commonly encountered in our study. As the presence of the cervical rib is one of the leading causes of thoracic outlet syndromes, clinicians should not overlook the existence of cervical ribs while ruling out the etiology of thoracic outlet syndromes.
Ant Genus Tetraponera SMITH, 1852 In Nepal, with Two New Records and Keys to Workers (Formicidae: Psueudomyrmecinae)
Authors: Subedi Indra Prasad , Budha Prem Bahadur , Thapa Vasanta Kumar
Published: July 2022

Tetraponera Smith, 1852 is one of the least studied ant genera in Nepal, with only four known species. A taxonomic study was carried out on Nepalese Tetraponera collected mostly from forested habitats ranging in elevation from 98 to 1400 m above sea level using pitfall trapping, baiting, beating low vegetation and hand collecting. The study reports four species – Tetraponera aitkenii (Forel, 1902) and T. difficilis (Emery, 1900) of nigra group as the first record, and T. allaborans (Walker, 1859) of allaborans group, and T. rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851) of rufonigra group as new distribution records for Nepal bringing the total number of known species to six. Taxonomic as well as distribution notes for all four species recorded in this study, and a distribution map of all Nepalese species, are provided. An identification key for Nepalese Tetraponera workers is also presented.
Terror and Horror : Gothic Crosscurrents in Literature
Authors: Bhandari Sabindra Raj
Published: July 2022

The word “Gothic” was originally implied to anything that is wild, barbarous, destructive and outlandish. When applied to literature, the term, was used both with eulogistic and disparaging connotations and became the synonyms for the grotesque, ghastly and violently supernatural. The literature was based on gloom, fear, terror and horror. In its long run, the Gothic literature got its horizon expanded with the touch of novelty and multi dimensional perspectives. This study relates the affinity between the spirits of Gothic architecture and literature that came as a vogue in late eighteenth century England. The main argument of this study is to reveal how the spirits of horror and terror intersected in literature. Similarly, it is also interesting to see how the aspects of horror and terror have crosscurrents between themselves. The more the genre found its way, there remained crosscurrents between the Gothic literatures propagated in Germany, England and France. This study is qualitative and its nature, purpose and approaches are historical. As such, this study makes a systematic and objective evaluation of facts, themes and ideas related to the previous study to understand causes, development, and trends of Gothic. This analysis helps to explain the present relevance, and also anticipates future aspects of the Gothic literature, exploring how this literature got its efflorescence in our own day being modern Gothic, which incorporates many shades of interpretations.
इथर नाटकको पात्रविधानमा प्रयोगशीलता
Authors: चालिसे गणेश
Published: July 2022

प्रस्तुत अध्ययन सरूभक्तद्वारा लिखित इथर नाटकमा प्रयुक्त पात्रविधानमा प्रयोगशीलतामा केन्द्रित छ । यस नाटकका चरित्रमा पाइने प्रयोगशील पक्षको निरूपण गर्नु यस अध्ययनको उद्देश्य हो । इथर नाटकमा प्रयुक्त पात्रगत नवीन प्रयोगको पहिचान प्रयोगशील नाट्य मान्यताका सापेक्षतामा गरी पात्रविधानमा पाइने प्रयोगशील प्रवृत्तिको पहिचान यस अध्ययनमा गरिएको छ । पूर्व स्थापित चरित्र सम्बन्धी नाट्यमान्यताहरूलाई खण्डन मण्डन र निलम्बन गर्ने कार्य कसरी भएको छ भन्ने खोजी यस शोधलेखमा गरिएको छ । स्थापित मान्यताबाट नवीनतातिरको यात्रा र एक मान्यतालाई बहुल मान्यतामा रूपान्तरण गर्न गरिने अभ्यास एवम् नव प्रयोगको विधिलाई प्रयोगशीलता भनिन्छ । यस नाटकमा परम्परितभन्दा भिन्न पात्रको प्रयोग गरिएको पाइन्छ । इथर नाटकमा मानवीय तथा यान्त्रिक पात्रको प्रयोग गरिएको छ । प्रमुख पात्र डा. एक्स, श्रीमती एक्स १, छोरी एक्स ० र डा.एम जस्ता पात्र विश्वजनीन, प्रतीकात्मक, शून्यवादी मान्यताबाट प्रभावित र असामान्य छन् भने ०१,०२, ०३ जस्ता पात्र रूपान्तरित, स्वैरकाल्पनिक, साङ्केतिक पात्रका रूपमा आएका छन् । यन्त्रलाई पात्रत्व प्रदान गर्नु, गणितीय चिन्हको प्रयोग गर्नु, स्वैंरकाल्पनिक, प्रतीकात्मक, सार्वभौम एवम् लेखकीय शून्यवादी अवधारणबाट प्रभावित पाइनुले यस नाटकमा पात्रगत नवप्रयोग देखिई नाटकको चरित्र सम्बन्धी शास्त्रीय नाट्य मान्यता भत्किन पुगेको देखिन्छ ।

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Indexed Absolute Cesaro Summability for Infinite Series
Authors: Sonker Smita , Munjal Alka , Mishra Lakshmi Narayan
Published: July 2022

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