bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Using Blended Learning in Teacher Training Programs: Perspectives of Pre-service Teachers
Authors: Le Phuong Thi , Pham Hien Thu Thi
Published: March 2021

Blended learning (the combination of face-to-face and online learning) has become increasingly favored in teacher education. This learning approach has been identified as an effective method of providing opportunities for pre-service teachers to work in both online and face-to-face environments. This paper employed a quantitative research design to explore the pre-service teachers’ perspectives regarding the use of blended learning in their training programs. This study surveyed 624 pre-service teachers in different fields at multiple universities with teacher training programs in Vietnam. The results revealed that pre-service teachers favored the blended learning method. In addition, teachers engaging in the blended learning approach used teaching methods and technologies appropriately. The study also investigated the relationship between online and face-to-face learning implemented in the blended learning approach. Compared to face-to-face or online learning alone, blended learning was observed to be more effective. In conclusion, Vietnamese pre-service teachers reacted positively and preferred the use of blended learning in their training programs.

 

Received: 13 November 2020 / Accepted: 19 January 2021 / Published: 5 March 2021
Assessment for Student Success: Delivering High-Quality Modules and Improving Educational Methods in Civil Engineering Program
Authors: Abushandi Eyad
Published: March 2021

There are many internal and external factors influence student success such as optimization of student support services, campus resources, teaching methods and learning outcomes achievement, and many others. Understanding student success due to the global declining quality of undergraduate engineering students is very demanding. Post training or re-educating graduates is expensive and time consuming and can be prevented by if structured educational process took a place. The aims of this study were to identify student’s success related factors and assess how a new teaching method will impact student success. Assessment of student success within civil engineering major was analyzed. After conducting the teaching method, a structured reflective questionnaire was carried out among 50 students targeting two modules namely traffic and transportation engineering from level three, and introduction to structural analysis and design from level two. Students’ satisfaction and teaching method effectiveness emerged as significant indictors of student success. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate student responses. Person correlation and Multiple Linear Regression were used to test and predict the relationships between the variables mainly gender, teaching method effectiveness, and overall evaluation. Gender plays a moderate to strong role in the response for method effectiveness indicator and overall evaluation indicators. The performance of Multiple Linear Regression was exceptionally well with very low average relative error (5%). Students are more likely to be engaged onsite rather than online to adjust their need and trigger academic support. Improving student support services, student’s engagement, and update module materials to be more problem based are recommended to ensure students success. In addition, proper student’s feedback analysis, formative and summative assessments were primary tools to improve teaching practices.

 

Received: 26 November 2020 / Accepted: 27 January 2021 / Published: 5 March 2021
Improving managerial decisions in health care sector: application of Promethee II method I n public hospitals
Authors: Miszczyńska Katarzyna
Published: March 2021

Problems related to lack of financial stability of hospitals, which have a negative impact on the development of health care, gave rise to the need of implementing appropriate effectiveness measurement methods. Thus, the aim of this article is to assess the functioning of public hospitals in Poland between the years 2007-2017. The analysis is based on data reflecting the financial and organisational sphere of individual 321 public hospitals, divided into groups, according to their founding body, in the same time span. The Promethee II method in conjunction with the Balanced Scorecard methodology was implemented. The study allowed not only to distinguish groups of hospitals with the highest level of effectiveness as compared to the group under study, but also to identify the criteria that are most important in shaping it. The application of Promethee II gave the opportunity to assess the functioning of hospitals, as well as to compare their results with the results of leaders.
MENCEGAH PERILAKU BULLYING DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH
Authors: Sudjiwanati Sudjiwanati
Published: March 2021

Masa remaja adalah masa pertumbuhan fisik dan perkembangan  mental emosional, yang masih membutuhkan  bimbingan yang mendasar terhadap masa perkembangan kepribadiannya.  Masa remaja terjadi peristiwa yang dapat membuat bahagia namun juga ada yang membuat menderita karena mendapatkan bullying dari teman dan dari lingkungan hidupnya.  Rumusan masalah adalah adakah pada masa remaja yang menjadi pelaku bullying dan korban bullying. oleh sebab itu perlu dilakukan pencegahan perilaku bullying, sebelum terjadi kasus yang sulit diatasi. Metode penelitian kualitatif dan  analisis deskriptif   yang diperoleh dari temuan di lapangan secara langsung, alat ukur menggunakan tes psikologi yaitu BAUM dan DAM dan HTP dan WARTEGG, dan penyuluhan tentang materi bullying. Hasilnya  terdapat beberapa  siswa  yang memiliki karakteristik emosi labil, perilaku, mudah tersiggung, mudah memaki, adanya perilaku kurang santun, teriak-teriak dan  menggoda dengan  mempermainkan barang temannya,  mengejek, mengolok, mengancam, bahasa yang digunakan menyinggung harga diri teman. Bullying yang terjadi pada siswa di SMP yang   menimbulkan dampak yang buruk bagi pelaku dan korban bullying, dampaknya korban bullying mengalami kecemasan, trauma dan depresi, yang perlu mendapatkan penanganan secara tepat yaitu konseling dan psikoterapi.

Kata Kunci: Perilaku, Bullying, Mencegah
Efficacy of Bhramari Pranayama on Dyspnoea among the Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Authors: Heera Jayasheela
Published: March 2021

Background: Pranayama is composed of two Sanskrit terms, “Prana” is breath or vital energy in the bodyand “yama” means control. Pranayama is the practice of breath control in yoga. WHO has estimated by2020 COPD is predicted to rank as the third leading cause of death worldwide. Dyspnoea is the commonsymptoms which has an impact on quality of life in COPD patients. Complementary therapy of pranayamais the non pharmacological management of dyspnoea among the COPD patients. The aim of the study wasto explore the impact of Bhramari pranayama on dyspnoea among COPD patients admitted in Pravara RuralHospital, Loni (Bk).Method: A quasi experimental study, pre test post test with control group and evaluative approach wasaccomplished for the present study. The present study was conducted in Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni (Bk).Total 60 (study group: 30 and control group: 30) COPD patients were enrolled patients using convenientsampling technique. The self prepared validated questionnaire and Modified Borg’s Dyspnoea scorewas used for data collection. Baseline assessment was performed for both groups. During thefirst weekof admission the researcher assessed dyspnoea by Modified Borg’s Dyspnoea scale and implementedintervention of Bhramari Pranayama sessions every four hourly twice in day till discharge. Follow up homevisit was conducted by researcher for every 15 days till 12 weeks. After intervention post test assessmentwas performed after 12 weeks. The control group patients continued their routine care. Inferential statistics‘t’-test was used to evaluate the effectives of Bhramari pranayama on dyspnoea score among the COPDpatients. Chi-square test was used to associate the level of dyspnoea score with the demographic variablesof COPD patients.Results: The study findings revealed that in study group, there is statistically significant difference ofModified dyspnoea scores after implementation of Bhramari pranayama training as compared to controlgroup. Chi-square test shows there is statistical association between demographic profile namely; genderand duration of illness (p<0.05) level in study group.Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that Bhramari pranayama minimized dyspnoea among theCOPD patients. Bhramari Pranayama was effective to improve the pulmonary function of COPD patients.
tecnologías digitales en el teatro. "Situation Rooms" de Rimini Protokoll
Authors: Nawrot Julia
Published: March 2021

Situation Rooms, un montaje teatral del colectivo alemán Rimini Protokoll, es un ambicioso proyecto de concienciación sociopolítica que se construye alrededor de las narraciones de veinte protagonistas cuidadosamente seleccionados, y cuyas vidas están marcadas por la producción, tráfico y uso de armas en diferentes partes del mundo. Su experiencia es muy dispar, lo que permite presentar a los espectadores, que durante la función se convierten en participantes activos de estas narraciones, esa realidad desde múltiples perspectivas. El espectáculo se inscribe en un amplio universo transmedial que gira alrededor del tema de las armas y la guerra: desde las noticias de prensa y televisión, reportajes o tweets, activando el conocimiento previo de cada uno de los participantes. A través de la descripción de este proyecto, el artículo reflexiona sobre los efectos que tienen las tecnologías digitales en el teatro. A pesar de una presencia notable en la vida cotidiana, los nuevos medios todavía llaman la atención sobre sí mismos en el ámbito del espectáculo, teniendo un impacto de doble vertiente: por un lado, le confieren una dimensión transmedial al espectáculo, a la vez que subrayan la importancia de la mirada del espectador.
The Strategies of Translating “ABB”-construction Adjectives into Russian in “A Dream of Red Mansions”
Authors: Байвэй Лю.
Published: March 2021

Синологи уже достаточно детально изучили тему удвоенных прилагательных (редупликация имен прилагательных) по таким моделям, как АА, ААВВ, АВВ, АВАВ, однако сопоставительных исследований, посвященных проблеме перевода удвоенных прилагательных на другие языки, немного, еще меньше анализирующих их перевод на русский язык. В данной статье предпринята попытка классифицировать удвоенные прилагательные, образованные по модели АВВ, и проанализировать форму их выражения в романе Цао Сюэциня «Сон в красном тереме» в первых шестидесяти главах. Автор раскрывает закономерности перевода этих прилагательных и предлагает эффективную стратегию их перевода на русский язык.

Sinologists have made a detailed study of various models of overlapping, or “doubled” adjectives: AA, AABB, ABB, ABAB and others, but there is little researchcomparing the overlaps with other languages in terms of theirtranslation, and there is even less researchon the translation of doubled adjrctives into Russian. This paper attempts to classify the ABB varieties of Chinese “doubled” adjectives as the entry pointof research, analyze the ways of their translation in the first 60 chapters of the Russian translation of “A Dream of Red Mansions”, and,hopefully,to summarize the rules and finally put forward the translation strategies.
Sociosemiotic Approach to Structure and Composition of a Fragmentary Novel
Authors: Марьяновская Е. Л.
Published: March 2021

В статье фрагментарный роман рассматривается с позиции социосемиотического подхода, позволяющего интерпретировать все компоненты художественного текста как знак, имеющий форму выражения и содержание. Автор статьи останавливается на голосе автора, представляющего собой лингвориторический феномен, и показывает особенности его формирования в двух фрагментарных романах — Шер-вуда Андерсона «Уайнсбург, штат Огайо» и Эрнеста Хемингуэя «В наше время», а именно в какой зависимости находится голос автора от цели и коммуникативного намерения писателя и каким образом он влияет не только на выбор лексики и синтаксических структур, но и на композиционную организацию повествования, определяя единство эффекта каждого отдельного рассказа-фрагмента в канве целого романа.

The article focuses on a fragmentary novel from the perspective of the sociosemiotic approach, which emphasizes that everything about a text is meaningful and, thus, can be interpreted as a sign having form and content. Among all the features of prose fiction the author’s voice is chosen and analyzed as a lingua-rhetoric phenomenon in two fragmentary novels: “Winesburg, Ohio” by Sherwood Anderson and “In Our Time” by Ernest Hemingway. The author’s voice is determined by the author’s purpose and communicative intention, and influences the choice of vocabulary and syntax as well as the composition of the narrative. Moreover, the article proves that the author’s voice viewed in terms of the sociosemiotic approach is responsible for the holistic effect of all the successive episodes in a fragmentary novel.
Open Access in einem geisteswissenschaftlichen Fachbuchverlag
Authors: Hanneken Stefanie
Published: March 2021

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit den Open-Access-Aktivitäten des Bielefelder transcript Verlages, den Open-Access-Leistungen, die Buchverlage erbringen, und dem Nutzen, den eine Publikation daraus zieht. Des Weiteren geht es um die Kosten,
die durch professionelles Open-Access-Publizieren entstehen. Ferner werden einige der von transcript angebotenen Open-Access-Modelle vorgestellt. Die Open-Access-Transformation gewinnt auf dem Publikationsmarkt –
endlich auch in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften – zunehmend an Dynamik und so unterliegen auch die im transcript Verlag praktizierten Modelle einer ständigen Weiterentwicklung.
UNDER INVOICING IN THE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET IN PAKISTAN
Authors: Wahid Abdul , Mantell Edmund H. , Mumtaz Muhammad Zubair
Published: March 2021

In this paper the meaning of “under invoicing in a real estate market” signifies that the market value of real property exceeds its record value appearing in government documentation. The purpose of this study is to identify the level of under invoicing and determine the factors that affect the under invoicing in real estate markets in Pakistan. We apply OLS and Extreme Bounds Analysis techniques to test our propositions. The statistical sample consists of 338 real estate contracts. We find that under invoicing is determined by a multiplicity of factor. These include: the capital gains tax rate, the measurable amount of corruption in the economy, the risk-free rate, a buyer’s profession, the reputation of the local housing authority, and the degree of disequilibria in regional real estate markets. Our findings are consistent with four distinct hypotheses: (a) tax evasion hypothesis, (b) widening gap hypothesis, (c) a corruption hypothesis and (d) a signaling hypothesis. The evidence suggests that higher rates of taxation and a larger statistical incidence of corruption in markets tend to be associated with a greater probability of under-invoicing. The findings of the study have practical implications for those investors who are interested in real estate markets of emerging and developing economies.
Individual biometrics pattern based artificial image analysis techniques
Authors: Khudher Israa Mohammed , Ibrahim Yahya Ismail , Altamir Suhaib Abduljabbar
Published: March 2021

Biometric characteristics have been used since antiquated decades, particularly in the detection of crimes and investigations. The rapid development in image processing made great progress in biometric features recognition that is used in all life directions, especially when these features recognition is constructed as a computer system. The target of this research is to set up a left foot biometric system by hybridization between image processing and artificial bee colony (ABC) for feature choice that is addressed within artificial image processing. The algorithm is new because of the rare availability of hybridization algorithms in the literature of footprint recognition with the artificial bee colony assessment. The suggested system is tested on a live-captured ninety colored footprint images that composed the visual database. Then the constructed database was classified into nine clusters and normalized to be used at the advanced stages. Features database is constructed from the visual database off-line. The system starts with a comparison operation between the foot-tip image features extracted on-line and the visual database features. The outcome from this process is either a reject or an acceptance message. The results of the proposed work reflect the accuracy and integrity of the output. That is affected by the perfect choice of features as well as the use of artificial bee colony and data clustering which decreased the complexity and later raised the recognition rate to 100%. Our outcomes show the precision of our proposed procedures over others' methods in the field of biometric acknowledgment.
Organizzazione funeraria e struttura sociale degli inumati di Casal Bertone (Roma, I-III sec. d.C.)
Authors: Catalano Paola , Giannantonio Stefania Di , Pantano Walter
Published: March 2021

Gli scavi archeologici preventivi alla realizzazione della Ferrovia ad Alta Velocità, hanno portato in luce, nel quartiere romano di Casal Bertone, un vasto impianto produttivo, pertinente ad una fullonica, e tre aree sepolcrali, indicate come: mausoleo, necropoli ed Area Q. Per tentare di ricostruire le condizioni di salute e la qualità di vita delle comunità di riferimento, sono stati rilevati, sui 199 inumati recuperati, i seguenti indicatori: le patologie orali, gli indicatori di stress aspecifici, i marcatori muscolo-scheletrici e ligamentari, i traumi, le fratture e l’osteoartrosi. I risultati ottenuti evidenziano che le condizioni di vita del campione del mausoleo fossero migliori di quelle della necropoli e dell’Area Q. Inoltre, condividendo lo stesso monumento sepolcrale, la comunità potrebbe far riferimento ad un collegium. Per il campione della necropoli, come indicato soprattutto dai markers occupazionali, si può ipotizzare l’impiego nelle attività del vicino impianto produttivo.
Le droit de sépulture dans les tombes monumentales en Asie Mineure romaine
Authors: Laforest Caroline , Castex Dominique
Published: March 2021

La composition des groupes humains inhumés dans les chambres des monuments funéraires d’Asie Mineure pendant l’époque romaine est le plus souvent inconnue en raison des pillages. Les inscriptions indiquent que le droit à la sépulture est attribué par le propriétaire de la tombe ; toutefois, la longue durée d’occupation de ces monuments induit nécessairement des remaniements par rapport à cette organisation planifiée. La découverte exceptionnelle d’une chambre souterraine non pillée, construite à l’époque augustéenne dans la nécropole nord de Hiérapolis de Phrygie, permet d’étudier le recrutement sur le temps long. Plus de 290 individus ont été déposés dans cet espace d’environ 3 x 3 mètres sur un période couvrant sept siècles, avec un rachat de la tombe au IIIe siècle. L’analyse archéo-anthropologique révèle que la richesse du mobilier n’a pas constitué un critère d’accès à la tombe, où les objets personnels sont relativement rares. Les paramètres d’âge et de sexe ne montrent pas de sélection, si ce n’est une exclusion des plus jeunes individus (classe 0-1 an).In Roman Asia Minor, the composition of human groups buried in the chambers of funerary monuments is often unknown because of grave looting. Inscriptions indicate that the grave’s owner was the one to attribute the right of burial. However, the use of this kind of tomb on a long period necessarily involves reorganizations compared to planned arrangement. The exceptional discovery of a non-plundered subterranean chamber built during the Augustean period in the Northern necropolis of Hierapolis, in Phrygia, enables us to analyse the selection of the deceased over a long time. More than 290 individuals were buried in this space measuring approximately 3x3 m. over seven centuries, with the tomb being repurchased during the third century AD. The archeo-anthropological study reveals that the lavishness of the funerary goods was not a criteria to be buried in the tomb, where personal objects are quite scarce. The age and sex parameters do not support any selection, except an exclusion of the youngest individuals (0-1 year old).
Monumentum servorum et libertorum M. Agrippae?
Authors: Ricci Cecilia
Published: March 2021

Un discreto gruppo di iscrizioni sepolcrali urbane riguarda i liberti e gli schiavi dell’amico e collaboratore di Augusto e di suoi familiari. Il piccolo dossier ha già ricevuto attenzione in passato, per chiarire i passaggi di proprietà della familia, per individuare le occupazioni degli schiavi e distinguere tra coloro che furono al servizio di Agrippa come privato e coloro che furono messi al servizio della res publica. In questa occasione s’intende riprendere sistematicamente in considerazione la documentazione dal punto di vista delle informazioni che è possibile ricavare circa la collocazione dei monumenti cui originariamente appartenevano e di cui poco o nulla è rimasto. Si propongono inoltre varianti di lettura di alcuni testi e una riflessione sulla diversa situazione che, per quanto riguarda la sepoltura, toccò alla familia servorum et libertorum Maecenatis e alla servitù della famiglia imperiale.
Cenotafi ellenistici e romani in Asia Minore
Authors: Christof Eva
Published: March 2021

Questo articolo parte dall’osservazione di Cecilia Ricci che distingue tra cenotafi di necessità (quando mancano corpo e tomba) e cenotafi di memoria (quando la tomba che contiene effettivamente il corpo è altrove) ed elenca i termini greci e latini che si riferiscono a tale realtà. Dall’attento esame della parola cenotafio nelle iscrizioni dell’Asia Minore e dallo studio della tomba M1 a Perge, chiamata anche tomba di Artemone, che occupa una posizione chiave in questo ambito, emerge che il termine cenotafio nelle iscrizioni va letto prendendo in considerazione che, in alcuni casi, qualcuno vi è stato sepolto negli anni successivi alla redazione dell’iscrizione senza che l’iscrizione sia mai stata aggiornata. Quattordici epigrammi greci contenenti la parola cenotafio e iscritti su altari e stele – in traduzione italiana – servono come fonte per capire chi erano i dedicanti e perché si sono impegnati. I monumenti descritti appaiono spesso molto simili a vere tombe, tanto che il confine con esse appare sfocato. Ma anche la statua di una persona defunta eretta in un santuario poteva essere chiamata cenotafio. Da questa prospettiva devono essere visti anche i cenotafi di due personaggi della famiglia imperiale romana: quello di età augustea di Caio Cesare a Limyra, e quella dell’imperatore Traiano in Cilicia, entrambi a forma di tempio/heroon posto nel mezzo delle rispettive città.
Corpi smembrati non sepolti di età romana dal Modenese
Authors: Labate Donato , Gruppioni Giorgio , Milani Vania , Simonini Camilla
Published: March 2021

Dal territorio di Modena romana provengono tre singolari rinvenimenti di corpi smembrati: da Fossalta, una fossa con parte di un corpo smembrato (giovane di 18-24 anni) in un'area a valenza funeraria; da Via Emilia-Via Pica, i corpi smembrati di tre giovani tra i 16 e i 30 anni gettati in un canale che correva vicino alla necropoli orientale di Mutina; dal parco Novi Sad, il corpo smembrato di un giovane di 16-18 anni gettato in una discarica pubblica (collocata vicino ad una necropoli) dove sono state rinvenute altre ossa e crani in giacitura secondaria. I contesti si datano dall'età repubblicana (Via Emilia-Via Pica), alla tarda età repubblicana - inizio I sec. d.C. (Fossalta), fino alla seconda metà del I sec. d.C (Parco Novi Sad). In questo contributo, si propone l’analisi e l’interpretazione di questi rinvenimenti singolari nel panorama dell'archeologia romana modenese, che potrebbero essere da riferire a casi di condanne a morte o vendette private.
Consegna nossale del cadavere e privazione di sepoltura in diritto romano
Authors: Martín José-Domingo Rodríguez
Published: March 2021

In questo lavoro si propone un confronto tra il testo dei cosiddetti Fragmenta Augustodunensia e quello delle Istituzioni di Gaio in tema di consegna nossale del cadavere. L’esegesi dei due testi permette di constatare l'applicazione in diritto romano della privazione di sepoltura al debitore come mezzo di punizione e di pressione alla famiglia per ottenere un risarcimento.
Corporate Social Responsibility Performance Evaluation of Construction Organisations in Sri Lanka
Authors: Somarathna H.M.P.P. , Mathusha Francis , Mallawarachchi H.
Published: March 2021

Through considering social and environmental factors in organisational activities, the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is broadly defined as ensuring organisational effectiveness. In the construction industry in Sri Lanka, organisations are very excited to take part in CSR initiatives for sustainable business growth. The current research tends to investigate CSR performance indicators of Construction organisations and develops a CSR performance evaluation framework for construction organisations.A comprehensive literature review was executed identifying CSR performance indicators for the construction industry. Literature review found that, CSR holds that three main dimensions as economic responsibility, social responsibility and environmental responsibility. Correspondingly, in literature review identified CSR performance indicators of those CSR dimension. Then a quantitative approach using questionnaire survey is adopted to investigate the research phenomena. Subsequently, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique used to determine relative performance scores of each CSR dimension and CSR performance indicators. Finally, a CSR performance evaluation framework was developed for construction organisations in Sri Lanka.
An Alternative Approach to Assess the Residential Population Resilience to Urban Flooding
Authors: Kalpana L.D.C.H.N. , Jayasinghe A.B. , Abenayake C.C. , Wijayawardana P.N.P.
Published: March 2021

Community resilience assessments and minimizing the anticipated disruptions to vulnerable communities, is a broad topic in disaster studies. In common practice, most of the indicator-based resilience assessment studies rely on statistical aggregation methods of tabular data collected for macro administrative units, as it is readily available in most of the countries. However, this method confronts severe drawbacks in converting such data into micro-scale geospatial units. To address those issues, this study proposes to utilize the Dasymetric Mapping Technique in the geospatial population resilience assessments, as it is capable of identifying the micro level impact to the population distribution as a pixel representation. In order to geospatially demonstrate the population exposure, the study has selected three major flooding events occurred in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The results revealed a great applicability of the proposed method as a statistical approach which estimates the exposed population by over 90% accuracy. Therefore, the proposed method is recommended to be utilized as an efficient tool of community resilience assessment as it is highly accurate in downscaling the spatial distribution of population data.
Wildlife Tourism Resources Development: A Case Study of Beijing Wildlife Park
Authors: Wang Duoduo , Lück Michael
Published: March 2021

In this era of mass tourism, and to create social and financial benefits, it is useful to clarify the positive and negative aspects of animal tourism resources. Following the principles of environmental protection, public relations methods can make the most of existing animal tourism resources from the perspectives of tourists, aid government bodies to strengthen scientific methods of animal production, help promote scientific knowledge of the ecological environment, and stimulate animal protection education. However, with information on visitors’ positive and negative comments about captive wildlife attractions, operators may identify other actions they need to take. Using netnography to extract meaning from online conversations, this study used qualitative methods to collect data from the online comments on two Chinese travel applications (apps) and conduct a thematic analysis to identify the main themes in the data. This study investigates the development of the wildlife tourism resources at Beijing Wildlife Park (BWP), and aims to determine the means of sustainable development of the BWP.
Book Review: Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation edited by Tajeddini, K., Ratten, V. and Merkle, T. (Routledge; 1st Edition (2019); Pages: 242)
Authors: Gamage Thilini Chathurika
Published: March 2021

Digitalization has profoundly changed and keeps changing the way people live, work and travel and has opened up unprecedented opportunities for tourism and hospitality firms to compete in global markets. Rapidly evolving multiplicity of technological novelties (e.g., robotics, artificial intelligence, Internet of things, blockchain and cryptocurrency) has influenced tourism and hospitality industries in all aspects of its operations. Digital innovations and technological novelties are changing the way work is organized and services delivered, and also presents opportunities to capture and process data and information on supply and demand, and integrate operations along value chains and business ecosystems. In line with the technological revolution, there is a dynamically increasing demand for unique, seamless tailor-made travel experience beyond mass tourism. Accordingly, tourism and hospitality firms have started leveraging technology to reinvent the customer experience through service innovations. Although digitalization has opened up unparalleled opportunities for tourism and hospitality firms of all sizes to reach new heights in profitability, successful digital transformation has been a great challenge for many firms. With a compilation of eleven chapters edited by the renowned contemporary tourism, hospitality and strategic management scholars, namely Kayhan Tajeddini, Vanessa Ratten and Thorsten Merkle, this book is a timely effort which critically analyzes various challenges tourism and hospitality industries face in coping up with digital transformation and how the two sectors have strategically responded to such challenges.
ERRATUM: The biological mechanism involved in anticancer properties of amniotic membrane
Authors: Jafari Ameneh , Niknejad Hassan , Rezaei-Tavirani Mostafa , Zali Hakimeh
Published: March 2021

Due to an error, Dr. Caitlin D’Amico was mistakenly included as author in this article, published in 2020 in Oncology Reviews (DOI: 10.4081/oncol.2020.429 - PMCID: PMC7036708 - PMID: 32153725), and then retracted (DOI: 10.4081/oncol.2020.493 - PMCID: PMC7196932 - PMID: 32391127).

The correct authorship appears above.
Degenerating sequences of conformal classes and the conformal Steklov spectrum
Authors: Medvedev Vladimir
Published: March 2021

Let
$\Sigma $
be a compact surface with boundary. For a given conformal class c on
$\Sigma $
the functional
$\sigma _k^*(\Sigma ,c)$
is defined as the supremum of the kth normalized Steklov eigenvalue over all metrics in c. We consider the behavior of this functional on the moduli space of conformal classes on
$\Sigma $
. A precise formula for the limit of
$\sigma _k^*(\Sigma ,c_n)$
when the sequence
$\{c_n\}$
degenerates is obtained. We apply this formula to the study of natural analogs of the Friedlander–Nadirashvili invariants of closed manifolds defined as
$\inf _{c}\sigma _k^*(\Sigma ,c)$
, where the infimum is taken over all conformal classes c on
$\Sigma $
. We show that these quantities are equal to
$2\pi k$
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Health Related Quality of Life of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic of a Tertiary Level Hospital
Authors: Deuja Anisha , Paudel Radha
Published: March 2021

Background: Pregnancy is a normal process in the female life cycle. The complexity of the changes caused by pregnancy restricted to not only the physical problems, but also psychological and social problems and impact on health related quality of life (HRQOL). The objectives of the study were to assess the HRQOL and find out the associations of HRQOL with socio-demographic and obstetric factors of pregnant women.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used among 106 pregnant women. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. Data were collected using semi-structured interview schedule that were analyzed by using descriptive statistical methods such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics as chi-square test.

Findings: The study showed that respondent’s level of QoL was highest on psychological domain (96.2%) and the lowest level (14.2%) was found in Physical domain. There was significant association of physical domain in Quality of Life with the age (p=0.003) while type of family, parity, mode of delivery and duration of pregnancy were not associated with physical, psychological and social domain at 0.005 level of significance.

Conclusions: Based on the findings, this study concludes that the quality of life of pregnant women in general tends to be good. The physical domain is most affected rather than psychological and social domain. Level of QoL of the pregnant women in Physical domain is seems to be associated with age. Initiation of the especial counseling on the institution that address to physical domain must be to promote the quality of life in all domain of the pregnant women.

Keywords: Pregnant women; Health-related quality of life; Antenatal clinic
ASPEK HUKUM PERLINDUNGAN TENAGA KERJA WANITA SEKTOR UMKM DI KOTA MEDAN
Authors: Khalid Zuhriati , Pratitis Sugih Ayu
Published: March 2021

ABSTRAKHukum sebagai alat control prilaku sosial masyarakat diciptakan guna memenuhi rasa keamanan,kenyaman,kesejahteraan dan keadilan dalam interaksi sosial sehari-hari dimasyarakat. Oleh karenanya sebuah strategi hukum diperlukan guna terciptanya perlindungan hukum secara universal. Perlindungan universal tersebut tertuang dalam berbagai aturan perundang-undangan di Indonesia. Akan tetapi dalam implemetasinya peraturan yang tertuang didalam berbagai bentuk perundang-undangan yang seyogyanya memberikan perlindungan hukum secara universal tersebut belum terlaksana seperti yang diharapkan,salah satunya tampak pada masih kurangnya perhatian terkait perlindungan terhadap pekerja wanita yang bekerja disektor UMKM khususnya di Kota Medan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelaah berbagai bentuk instrument hukum baik internasional maupun domestik yang mengatur tentang perlindungan hukum terhadap tenaga kerja wanita, dan melihat sejauh mana daya yang diperbuat oleh faksi terkait supaya efektifitas instrument-instrumen hukum tersebut benar-benar memberikan perlindungan secara universal khususnya bagi para tenaga kerja wanita yang sumber penghasilan nafkahnya berasal dari sektor UMKM di kota Medan. Metode kualitatif dalam penelitian ini digunakan dengan memakai konsep dasar hukum,esensial berbagai aturan perundang-undangan, dan dogma-dogma yang dapat menghasilkan solusi dalam penelitian ini.Hasil dari riset ini menunjukkan bahwa dalam implementasinya perlindungan hukum terhadap tenaga kerja wanita khususnya disektor UMKM di kota Medan masih jauh dari harapan, terlihat dari munculnya berbagai kasus ditengah-tengah masyarakat terkait dengan tenaga kerja wanita. Kendati demikian guna mengatasi hal tersebut sebenarnya Indonesia telah memiliki berbagai instrument hukum baik nasional maupun internasional yang tertuang didalam berbagai aturan perundang-undangan yang bahkan telah ada sejak kurun kerajaan hingga dengan sekarang. Guna terpenuhinya perlindungan hukum atas pekerja wanita sektor UMKM khususnya dikota Medan ini melibatkan banyak pihak terkait, seperti Pemerintah, Pengusaha/Asosiasi, NGO (NonGovernment Organisation) dan masyarakat. Adapun upaya yang dilakukan pihak-pihak tersebut pada intinya adalah dengan dilaksanakannya berbagai bentuk kebijakan dan program yang berkaitan dalam pengawasan dan pelaksanaan perlindungan tenaga kerja wanita khususnya di sektor UMKM.Kata Kunci : Perlindungan Hukum, Tenaga Kerja Wanita, UMKM
REPOSISI PENGAWAS KETENAGAKERJAAN BAGI PENEGAKAN UU NO.13 TAHUN 2003 TENTANG KETENAGAKERJAAN DI PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA
Authors: Utami Sheren Murni , Ginting Budiman , Agusmidah Agusmidah
Published: March 2021

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini merupakan penelitian yuridis normatif dan bersifat deskriptif analitis menggunakan pendekatan perundang-undangan (statute approach), dengan memaparkan serta menganalisis peraturan-peraturan dan pasal-pasal yang berisi kaidah-kaidah hukum yang mengatur tentang pengawas ketenagakerjaan, reposisi dari pengawas ketenagakerjaan dari kabupaten/kota ke provinsi, serta dalam pengawasan dalam penegakan undang-undang ketenagakerjaan khususnya di Provinsi Sumatera Utara.Hasil penelitian disimpulkan, bahwa reposisi pengawas ketenagakerjaan di Indonesia terjadi sejak berlakunya UU No.23 Tahun 2014 tidak bertentangan dengan kaidah hukum yang ada, pelaksanaan penegakan Undang-Undang Ketenagakerjaan di Sumatera Utara dilakukan dengan adanya penggunaan upaya hukum, termasuk hukum pidana, salah satunya untuk mengatasi masalah sosial. Provinsi Sumatera Utara membuat beberapa kebijakan dalam penyelanggaraan penegakan hukum, salah satunya adalah dengan dibentuknya Unit Pelaksana Teknis (UPT) di Provinsi Sumatera Utara berdasarkan pada Peraturan Gubernur Sumatera Utara Nomor 59 Tahun 2018 tentang Tugas, Fungsi, Uraian Tugas dan Tata Kerja Dinas Tenaga Kerja Provinsi Sumatera Utara Pasal 2 ayat (4). Oleh karena itu, di Provinsi Sumatera Utara terdapat enam (6) wilayah UPT yang ada di beberapa kabupaten/kota. Selain itu ada beberapa faktor penghambat, salah satunya yakni faktor sumber daya manusia, serta agenda perbaikan dalam penyelenggaraan pengawasan ketenagakerjaan di Provinsi Sumatera Utara untuk meningkatkan efektivitas penyelenggaraan penegakan Undang-Undang Ketenagakerjaan di Provinsi Sumatera Utara, salah satunya yaitu dengan penguatan sumber daya.Kata Kunci : Pengawasan, Penegakan, UU Ketenagakerjaan, di Provinsi Sumatera Utara
ANALISIS YURIDIS PENGGUNAAN TEKNOLOGI DALAM PROSES PENYELIDIKAN DAN PENYIDIKAN UNTUK MENGUNGKAP KASUS PEMBUNUHAN BERENCANA
Authors: Tobing Martuasah , Syahrin Alvi , Ablisar Madiasa , Sunarmi Sunarmi
Published: March 2021

ABSTRAKPengungkapan kejahatan adalah salah satu tugas pokok Polri dalam rangka penegakan hukum. Pada dasarnya penyelidikan dan penyidikan tindak pidana adalah untuk mengumpulkan alat bukti guna membuat terang peristiwa yang terjadi dan menemukan pelakunya. Konsep kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji dan menganalisis pengaturan proses pengambilan data elektronik yang digunakan sebagai alat bukti dan prosedur penggunaan teknologi dalam proses penyelidikan dan penyidikan kasus pembunuhan berencana. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum normatif yang bentuk penyajianya bersifat deskriptif analisis. Akhir kesimpulan di hasilkan bagaimana bukti-bukti elektronik sebagai kajian bukti yang sah dalam mengarahkan pertanggung jawaban pelaku atas tindak kejahatan yang dilakukan dalam menjerat pelaku telah sesuai dengan prosedur kewenangan, sebagaimanana Cek/Olah TKP; Permintaan Salinan CCTV; Permintaan Otopsi dan Uji Balistik; Permintaan Cloning Handphone ke Labfor Mabes Polri; dan Permintaan CDR ke Telkomsel sebagaimana aturan dasar dalam pemenuhan minimal 2 (dua) alat bukti yang sah sesuai dengan Pasal 184 KUHAP dan ditambah dengan perluasan alat bukti yang sah berdasarkan Pasal 5 ayat (1) dan ayat (2) UU ITE.Kata Kunci: Penyelidikan dan penyidikan; teknologi informasi; pembunuhan berencana.
Two-dimensional stochastic modeling for predicting bankruptcy for manufacturing companies
Authors: Fu James C. , Fu Winnie H. W.
Published: March 2021

Increasing accuracy of the model prediction on business bankruptcy helps reduce substantial losses for owners, creditors, investors and workers, and, further, minimize an economic and social problem frequently. In this study, we propose a stochastic model of financial working capital and cashflow as a two-dimensional Brownian motion X(t) = (X1(t),X2(t)) on the business bankruptcy prediction. The probability of bankruptcy occurring in a time interval [0,T] is defined by the boundary crossing probability of the two-dimensional Brownian motion entering a predetermined threshold domain. Mathematically, we extend the result in Fu and Wu (2016) on the boundary crossing probability of a high dimensional Brownian motion to an unbounded convex hull. The proposed model is applied to a real data set of companies in US and the numerical results show the proposed method performs well.
Defining, Understanding and Promoting Cultural Diversity Through the Human Library Program
Authors: Yap Joseph Marmol , Labangon Donna Lyn Gloriane , Cajes May Laureno
Published: March 2021

The paper is intended to present the role of libraries in promoting dialogue to reduce discrimination; share how libraries document human library sessions as a form of oral history and provide information on the effect of human library sessions to readers. The paper documents the human library program as an alternative source of information which promotes cultural diversity to improve many facets of literacies, which include media and information literacy. Human library aims to lessen our prejudices and makes us more tolerant individuals. In order to achieve cultural equality and social inclusivity, De La Salle University (DLSU) Libraries continues to offer human library sessions to form critical thinkers, lifelong learners and catalysts for social transformation. Most readers thought that the most important learning experience they gained while reading the books was to accept and understand each one of us as unique individuals. The human library program encourages people to be more tolerant and embolden acceptance.
Effect of lactation number on milk yield in Holstein dairy cows
Authors: EŞKİ Funda , KURT Serdal
Published: March 2021

Objective: Aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the lactation number on milk production and to detect the most economical lactation period in Holstein dairy cows.Materials and Methods: The animal materials of the study were 392 Holstein dairy cows with a similar dry period and lactation length. The cows were divided into 6 groups according to the number of lactations. The groups were formed as 1st lactation (Group 1; n=67), 2nd lactation (Group 2; n=124), 3rd lactation (Group 3; n=51), 4th lactation (Group 4; n=62), 5th lactation (Group 5; n=41) and 6th lactation (Group 6; n=47). Results: Average lactation milk yields for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th lactations of the cows used in the study were 7860.03 kg, 9010.02 kg, 10207.15 kg, 10165.89 kg, 8430.57 kg and 8069.78 kg, respectively. It was determined that the highest milk production and highest daily income were obtained during the 3rd and 4th lactation periods (p<0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, milk production increased in the first three lactations, 3 and 4 lactation remained stable and decreased in 5th and 6th lactations. But, regardless of the number of lactations during the first 6 lactation periods, it is considered economical to use healthy cows for milk production in dairy farms.
Immunohistochemical Investigation of Lipid Peroxidation in Renal Coccidiosis of Geese
Authors: YILDIZ Ayfer , KARAKURT Emin
Published: March 2021

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the oxidative damage caused by lipid peroxidation due to renal coccidiosis by histopathological and immunohistochemical methods.Material-Method: The material of this study was made up of tissue samples taken from 139 geese whose average age was 10 weeks, who were brought to our department dead between 2013-2020. Tissue samples taken were fixed in 10% buffered formaldehyde solution. 5 µm-thick sections were taken from the paraffin blocks prepared after routine tissue follow-up procedures. Hematoxylin & Eosin staining was applied to the sections in order to detect histopathological changes. Sections were examined and photographed under a light microscope. Results: Various clinical signs such as fever, respiratory distress, weakness, anorexia, tremors, inability to get up from the ground, balance disorders, rotational movement, diarrhea, wheezing were detected in geese. In systemic necropsies of geese, large and small white nodular structures were detected in the kidney. In histopathological examinations, coccidiosis agents (E. truncata) were found in the tubular epithelium of the kidney. Necrosis and mononuclear cell infiltration were observed in the tubules due to the presence of E. truncata. In addition, edema and hyperemia in the lungs, multifocal necrosis in the liver, cell infiltration in the portal spaces, and enteritis were other important histopathological findings. In one case, aspergillosis was detected together with renal coccidiosis. We observed that MDA expression was more severe in the oocyst stages, which is the mature form of the parasite, compared to other parasitic life stages. Conclusion: Based on the results obtained from this study, it was revealed that renal coccidiosis in geese caused lipid peroxidation / oxidative damage through the increase in MDA expression.
A 5.5 years observational follow-up study of patients with critical limb ischaemia treated efficiently by endovascular approach
Authors: Filip Dan F. , Kozma Gabriela , Pop Calin F.
Published: March 2021

Objectives – The aim of this study was to describe our experience with endovascular treatment in critical limb ischaemia and to bring new follow-up data about these patients with initial successfully revascularization. Methods – A retrospective study of 181 patients with critical limb ischaemia, with successful endovascular treatment in our institution was performed. We followed death, reintervention and amputation rates during a mean period of 55.1 ± 8.2 months. Results – The mean age of the patients was 65.2±11.6 years. Of these patients, 66.3% were males, 38.1% diabetics, 51.4% active smokers, 21% with chronic kidney disease, 32.6% with other clinical forms of peripheral artery diseases. The final treatment was stenting in 31.5% of cases and balloon angioplasty alone in the rest of the cases. Treated arteries were in the femoral-popliteal segment – 55.6%, aorto-iliac segment – 31.4% and infrapopliteal segment – 13%. 27.6% of the patients underwent procedures on more than one arterial segment. During follow up 11 deaths occurred (6.1%), 27 patients (14.9%) underwent reinterventions for revascularization (endovascular or surgical) and 31 patients (17.1%) suffered further amputations. Conclusions – Despite a certain rate of death, amputation and reintervention, our results suggest that endovascular approach in critical limb ischaemia can be an effi cient and feasible treatment option if its results are optimal at the time of implementation.
Novel potential biomarkers with predictive power on response to therapy in cardiac resynchronization therapy – cardiac oxidative stress assesment
Authors: Sipos Sergiu , Ciudin Radu , Grigore Corina , Ginghina Carmen
Published: March 2021

CRT represents the transition from the heart rhythm therapy, started more than 60 years ago with the first pacemakers, to the optimization therapy of myocardial contractility in heart failure. It is estimated that about a quarter of the population of patients with heart failure have electrical and mechanical criteria for cardiac asynchrony. They are the target of resynchronization therapy. The current indications for resynchronization therapy use basic selection criteria, without having high predictive power in terms of response to treatment. About one-third of patients undergoing resynchronization are found to be non-responsive to therapy. In this study we tested a new direction in our effort to increase the number of post-resynchronization beneficiaries, using markers of oxidative stress in patients with heart failure, assessed before and after intervention, with promising results.