bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of Aloe-Buni Drink with Proportion Treatment of Aloe-gel and Buni Extract at Different Temperatures
Authors: Anak Agung Sagung Manik Chindrawati  , Luh Suriati  , I Gede Pasek Mangku
Published: July 2022

The combination formulation of aloe vera gel (Aloe-gel) and buni fruit extract (EB) into a functional drink will optimize its function as a drink rich in fiber, antioxidants, and flavonoids which are good for health.The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of aloe-buni functional drink with the proportions of aloe vera gel and buni fruit extract at different storage temperatures. This study used a factorial Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with two factors, namely the proportion of Aloe-gel and EB consisting of 3 levels, namely 75%: 25%, 50%: 50%, and 25%: 75%, and storage temperature consisting of over temperatures of 6±1°C, 11 ±1°C, and 27±1°C. The results showed that the proportion of Aloe-gel and EB affect the characteristics of Aloe-Buni drink. Meanwhile, the storage temperature and its interactions did not affect the characteristics of the Aloe-Buni drink. There was a decrease in the characteristics of Aloe-Buni drink during 3 days of storage. The best characteristics of Aloe-buni drink were obtained from the treatment of Aloe-gel 50%: EB 50% at a storage temperature of 6±1°C, where vitamin C content was 171, 62mg/100gr, pH was 3.29, total dissolved solids was 19, 18°Brix, viscosity of 7.75 m.Pa.s, and antioxidant activity of 28.14%.
Comparison of Push-Up Exercise Methods on Push-Up Test Ability in Medical Students at Warmadewa University
Authors: Subrata Tanjung , Ni Wayan Rusni  , I Nyoman Arie Purwana
Published: July 2022

TBM members require muscle endurance to implement their tasks, particularly while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which requires chest, shoulder, and upper arm muscle endurance. Push up is a type of muscle endurance training for the chest, shoulders, and upper arms that do not require any particular equipment or skills. Therefore, the Push Up Test is required for TBM members, and the results suggest that 62% of 2020 TBM members' abilities are below average. The study was conducted on members of the Warmadewa University FKIK Medical Assistance Team to compare the Push Up workout regiments with the same concentric and eccentric phase tempo (P1) and a slower eccentric phase tempo (P2). The two methods are compared to determine which method is more effective in increasing Push Up Test ability. A total of 46 TBM members were involved in this study. The data was analyzed using the paired t-test to compare muscle endurance before and after the exercise was performed. The push up test used during the screening revealed a decrease in muscle endurance fitness, with of students having normal abilities the previous year, but only 16.4 percent in 2021. The exercise intervention 38% had a significant effect on the push up score, which increased by 4.7 points for male after the intervention, while the push up scores for women increased by 5.6 points (95% CI, 3.32 - 8.01). The results revealed that P2 intervention had a greater influence on changes in push-up scores than P1 intervention (mean change was 5.7 for males and 7.3 for females; mean change was 3.8 for males and 4.0 for females; respectfully). This difference, however, was not statistically significant. It can be concluded that push up training improved push up test ability significantly, whereas the comparison of training methods between P1 and P2 was not significantly different.

Keywords: muscle endurance, push up method, push up test
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols decrease length of hospital stay and maintain functional independence in elderly patients undergoing colorectal surgery
Authors: Hawes Kristen
Published: July 2022

A clinical decision report using:

Ostermann S, Morel P, Chalé JJ, et al. Randomized controlled trial of enhanced recovery program dedicated to elderly patients after colorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum. 2019;62(9):1105-1116. https://doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000001442

for an elderly patient undergoing colorectal surgery.
Radiation therapy for older women with early breast cancer: An unnecessary hardship
Authors: Shawver Lauren E.
Published: July 2022

A clinical decision report using:

Kunkler IH, Williams LJ, Jack WJ, Cameron DA, Dixon JM; PRIME II investigators. Breast-conserving surgery with or without irradiation in women aged 65 years or older with early breast cancer (PRIME II): a randomised controlled trial [published correction appears in Lancet Oncol. 2015 Mar;16(3):e105]. Lancet Oncol. 2015;16(3):266-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(14)71221-5

for an older patient seeking treatment for Stage 1 Ductal Breast Carcinoma.
Desenvolvimento de simulador de baixo custo para o ensino de punção intraóssea na pediatria
Authors: Consulin Mariana Fagundes , Truppel Thiago Christel , Osternack Karyna Turra
Published: July 2022

Simulators are interactive and dynamic tools that stimulate, encourage new ideas, and instigate knowledge acquisition to support problem solving and decision making. Their use is fundamental in health professionals’ training. This is a technological study for the experimental development of a low-cost prototype for training technical skills in intraosseous puncture, using the methodology of problematization. Intraosseous puncture is a simple procedure, quick to perform, and with a high success rate, all advantageous characteristics in emergency facilities. In recent years, it was observed that prior training in simulators for patient safety was required, making it essential in quality professional training. It is concluded that the model presented becomes feasible in teaching of intraosseous puncture procedure as it allows this skill training in a safe and low-cost way.
Impact of CEO Characteristics on Capital Structure: Evidence from a Frontier Market
Authors: De Silva Loku Galappaththige Romal Vindula , Banda Yatiwelle Koralalage Weerakoon
Published: July 2022

Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This study examines the impact of CEO characteristics on the capital structure of non-financial listed companies in Sri Lanka Design/methodology/approach: This study employs multiple regression selecting a sample based on a data set from a panel of 123 mainboard listed companies which covers all the non-financial sectors of the Colombo Stock Exchange for an eight-year period from 2012 to 2019. Research findings: This study finds a significant positive relationship between male CEOs and capital structure. It suggests that male CEOs tend to employ more debt within the capital structure due to their aggressive nature and overconfidence. Similarly, this study finds a significant positive relationship between CEO’s age and capital structure. The evidence provides that as they age, CEOs tend to have more experience, better risk management capabilities, and enhanced business sense to take proper financing decisions at the right time with more debt financing. Theoretical contribution/originality: Since there is no research conducted on CEO characteristics and capital structure in the Sri Lankan context, this study has made a significant contribution to the local literature and mitigates the gap in the frontier market literature. Practitioner/policy implications: The findings are helpful for the organisations when appointing key decision-makers to run the organisation and make strategic choices based on formulating corporate policies among debt and equity. Research limitation: The study has been limited to six CEO characteristics; there are other factors such as risk appetite levels that may have implications and the study has not focused on any impact towards real financing decisions. Keywords: CEO Characteristics, Capital Structure, Frontier Market, Non-Finance Companies, Sri Lanka, Upper Echelon Theory. JEL Classification: G32
Classificação supervisionada dos elementos arquiteturais da Praia das Cabras, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Authors: Oliveira Elaine Baroni de , Rosa Maria Luiza Correa da Camara
Published: July 2022

Este trabalho apresenta uma classificação automática pelo método de máxima verossimilhança dos elementos arquiteturais presentes na Praia das Cabras, Rio Grande do Sul, baseando-se na resposta espectral dos alvos, utilizando a imagem óptica do Quickbird. O resultado da classificação apresentou acurácia de 61% e índice Kappa igual a 0,56. Os valores refletem a confusão entre algumas classes, principalmente entre planície de deflação e interdunas; e entre cadeia barcanóide e dunas barcanas isoladas. Esses erros estão associados principalmente à dificuldade do usuário em diferenciar os limites entre as classes. Apesar da confusão, a classificação automática mostrou uma correspondência geral das classes delimitadas, indicando que o método selecionado foi eficaz no mapeamento dos sistemas deposicionais e dos elementos arquiteturais presentes na região de estudo.
Blue quartz in Brazil: the Rio dos Remédios occurrence – preliminary study
Authors: Pantia Adrian-Iulian , Cruz da Silva Danielle , Filiuță Andra-Elena
Published: July 2022

Rock forming blue quartz occurrences are reported on all continents, but little is known about the specific causes for the coloration, and even less about its geological significance. The present study investigates the occurrence hosted by the metarhyolites of the Rio dos Remédios Group in order to determine the potential causes of the blue coloration and gain insight into the geological significance of the occurrence in the wider context of Brazilian geology. The optical observations have shown that the blue color is likely the result of the Rayleigh scattering of light. The color is stable even at temperatures of 800°C. The FT-IR investigations have not detected the presence of inclusions capable of scattering light. The electron microscopy has shown that there are significant amounts of Fe and Ti in the system, clearly concentrated as Ti/Fe oxides hosted by the matrix, and potentially as light scattering nanometric inclusions. This type of inclusions would likely be syngenetic with the host quartz. The alternation between the blue and colorless areas could be the result of chemical fluctuations in the melt, which may have resulted in disruptions of the crystallization of the light scattering inclusions. A potential metallogenic correlation with other blue quartz occurrences from the Paramirim Aulacogen and Arai Rift is suggested.
A New Numerical Approach to Gardner Kawahara Equation in Magneto-Acoustic Waves in Plasma Physics
Authors: karaagac berat , UCAR Yusuf , YAGMURLU Nuri , Esen Alaattin
Published: July 2022

The basic idea of this article is to investigate the numerical solutions
of Gardner Kawahara equation, a particular case of extended Korteweg-de
Vries (KdV) equation, by means of finite element method. For this
purpose, a collocation finite element method based on trigonometric
quintic B-spline basis functions is presented. The standard finite
difference method is used to discretize time derivative and
Crank-Nicolson approach is used to obtain more accurate numerical
results. Several numerical examples are presented and discussed to
exhibit the feasibility and capability of the finite element method and
trigonometric B-spline basis functions. More specifically, the error
norms $L_{2}$ and $L_{\infty }$ are reported
for numerous time and space discretization numbers in tables. Graphical
representations of the solutions which describe motion of wave are
presented.
Missed bronchial web in a 4-years old boy with foreign body aspiration: a case report
Authors: del Mahsa Mirzandeh , Abedini Atefeh , Rahimi Fatemehsadat , Afaghi Siamak , Kiani Arda
Published: July 2022

Congenital bronchial webs are extremely rare and usually remain
undiagnosed due to non-specific symptoms. Herein, we reported a
4-years-old case of the bronchial web who was initially undiagnosed upon
bronchoscopy following foreign-body aspiration and afterward
misdiagnosed as childhood asthma through his consistent cough and
exertional dyspnea for several months.
Documentation of Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used in Health Care by Poumai Tribe of Manipur, India
Authors:   Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur (795 003), India, Vemai Shihraveine , Dilip Salam ,   Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur (795 003), India, Ranibala Gurumayum ,   Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur (795 003), India, Loushambam R. S. ,   Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur (795 003), India
Published: July 2022

The paper deals with plants used as a traditional system of medicine by the Poumai tribe of Manipur, India. The Poumai tribe is one among the major tribes of Manipur, mostly resides in the Senapati District, Manipur. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood and also the main sector for employment although it is highly unorganized and unskilled. An ethno-medicinal investigation was conducted to understand the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants being used by the local healers of Poumai tribe, Manipur, India. Some of the medicinal plants used by the community exhibits established pharmacological activities which signify the importance of the traditional knowledge of the tribes. Besides, many other species traditionally used by the tribes assume to have pharmacological potentiality. The result documented 35 plant species belonging to 23 families were found to use for curing 22 ailments. Leaf was used in the majority of cases for medicinal preparation (20 species) followed by bark, fruit, whole plant, flower, stem, bark, seed and rhizome. Among the 35 plant species, they were mainly used to treat diabetes (6 species) followed by diarrhoea and dysentery, hypertension and gastritis (5 species each). The study thus focuses on the potentials of the ethno-botanical research and the need for the proper documentation of indigenous healthcare knowledge pertaining to the medicinal plant utilization for the greater benefit of human mankind.
Harnessing Fuelwood from Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
Authors:   Dept. of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,  Madhya Pradesh (482 004), India, Patil Dhaneshwar B. , Thomas Moni ,   Directorate of Research Services,  Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,  Madhya Pradesh (482 004), India, Upadhyay Anubha ,   Dept. of Plant Physiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,  Madhya Pradesh (482 004), India, Bajpai A. K. ,   Dept. of Soil Water and Conservation, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,  Madhya Pradesh (482 004), India, Bhan Manish ,   Dept. of Physics and Agrometeorology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,  Madhya Pradesh (482 004), India, Bhowmick A. K. ,   Dept. of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,  Madhya Pradesh (482 004), India
Published: July 2022

A two-year field trial on lac production on Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. was conducted on the research field of Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh of India following randomized block design during 2019-20 and 2020-21. After harvest of C. cajan seeds and lac as cash crops, the left-over wood of C. cajan was evaluated for fuelwood (as an energy stove) for the small and marginal farm households. The mean dry weight of total fuelwood (including shoot+root) varied from 1196.67 to 1393.67 g plant-1 in pooled data. The estimated mean weight of total fuelwood (root+shoot) of C. cajan varied from 1447.98 to 1686.34 kg ha-1 in pooled mean of both the years. The value of total (shoot+root) dry fuelwood per plant varied from Rs. 7,239.85 to Rs. 8,431.70 in pooled mean of both the years. This total fuelwood can fulfill daily household requirement of fuelwood upto 3 years (891 to 1037 days) @ 4.06 kg day-1 household-1.
Concept design and simulation analysis of floating water turbine
Authors: Al-Quraishi Mohammed Baqer Zaki Yahya , Binti Mohd Siti Syafiqah , Sarip Shamsul , Binti Mohammad Roslina , Mad Kaidi Hazilah
Published: July 2022

Researchers in Malaysia are attempting to advance and develop the renewable energy sector in response to increased emissions, fossil fuel exhaustion, and the need for electricity in remote areas. Water turbines are known to have a high potential for generating electricity. This paper aims to propose a new floating turbine concept and analyse it using Computational Fluid Dynamics. In the study, finding the idea started with infaring the market needs in Malaysia and transforming them into design requirements by utilising tools like the requirement table and the objective tree. After that, the requirements were changed to a function box to understand the functionality of the turbine. A task specification table was implemented to assign the specifications and create four concepts. One of the four concepts was chosen using the evaluation chart to undergo CFD analysis. The selected concept was validated using the dynamic mesh technique in ANSYS Fluent. A grid independence study and boundary sensitivity study were conducted to ensure the accuracy of the solution. The sliding mesh technique measured the performance of the turbine. It was found that the proposed turbine has higher performance than typical Savonius turbines, from 0.1 to 0.42 and 0.8 to 1.3  (Turbine Performance) and TSR (Tip Speed Ratio), respectively.
Sustainability and friendly circulation path in Sangiran museum, Sragen Indonesia
Authors: Hanendya Seruni Inas , Syamsiyah Nur Rahmawati
Published: July 2022

Museums are windows into a country's past. Museums can tell stories about history and life. Sangiran museum is one of the world's heritages that tell the story of human evolution from prehistoric times to the present. The presence of historical or other information in the museum heavily relies on the zoning of space and circulation paths. The circulation of visitor movements between spaces and buildings significantly impacts the museum's function. Submission of historical information to visitors will be easier to understand if there is good circulation, which supports visitor movement activities. In the observations, the movement of visitors at the Sangiran museum has constructed an uncomfortable feeling for the users. This study aims to assess the circulation path's compliance with government standards. Due to the nature of this study, a descriptive qualitative approach is required. The study discovered three types of circulation paths that were not user-friendly, namely ram, stairs, and hallways. They did not meet Indonesian government and international data architecture standards. Hence, this study proposes an easy-to-implement design to ensure the long-term function and sustainability of the circulation pathway.
Foreword July 2022
Authors: JGE Editor
Published: July 2022

Foreword July 2022
ISOLASI MIKROORGANISME HETEROFERMENTATIF PADA BIJI KAKAO (Theobroma cacao L.) SELAMA FERMENTASI SPONTAN
Authors: Sari Dwi Indah Puspita
Published: July 2022

Kakao merupakan komoditas perkebunan terbesar ketiga setelah kelapa sawit dan karet, produksi nasional dari biji kakao meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Tetapi tingginya produktivitas kakao Indonesia selama ini kurang didukung dengan upaya peningkatan mutu dari kakao, salah satunya dikarenakan biji kakao tidak difermentasi. Padahal proses fermentasi merupakan proses vital dalam peningkatan mutu dan cita rasa. Dalam proses fermentasi, mikroorganisme memegang peran sangat penting, sehingga perlu dilakukan isolasi mikroorganisme yang terlibat didalamnya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh perubahan pertumbuhan dari bakteri asam laktat (BAL), bakteri asam asetat (AAB), khamir dan kapang selama proses fermentasi spontan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode eksperimental yang dianalisis secara deskriptif dengan enam perlakuan dan setiap perlakuan diuji secara duplo. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pertumbuhan optimum BAL pada biji kakao adalah pada lama fermentasi 24 jam, sedangkan AAB dan khamir optimum tumbuh pada lama fermentasi 48 jam. Perubahan pertumbuhan mikroorganisme didominasi oleh bakteri asam laktat dengan total koloni tertinggi yaitu 6,1 log CFU/g dan jumlah terendah 1,3 log CFU/g. Berdasarkan perubahan pertumbuhan mikroorganisme yang terjadi selama fermentasi, waktu optimum untuk proses fermentasi kakao adalah selama kurang dari 5 hari.
Using Self-Correction and Peer-Correction Techniques to Improve Students’ Writing Skills: A Comparative Study
Authors: Yanti Ade , Hadi Abdul , Settiawan Dodi
Published: July 2022

This research aimed to examine and compare the effects of using self-correction and peer-correction techniques on improvement of  students’ writing skills at Language Development Centre of a state Islamic university in Sumatera. The data were gathered using pre-test, post-test, writing assessment sheet and guidance sheet of self and peer correction techniques. This quantitative research was carried out by using an experimental method. The population consisted of 34 classes, and the samples were taken through cluster random sampling. As a result, 3 classes, consisting of 77 second-semester students, were selected. The research hypotheses were tested by using the Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests. The results showed that, first, there was a significant difference in the students’ writing skills before and after using the self-correction technique. Second, there was a significant difference in students’ writing skills before and after using the peer-correction technique. Third, there was a significant difference in writing skills between the students who were taught using the self-correction technique and those who were taught using the peer-correction technique. The results also showed that the peer-correction technique had a more significant effect size on the scores for the students’ writing skills. Keywords: self-correction technique, peer-correction technique, students’ writing skill
Motivácia profesionálnych tlmočníkov a študentov/absolventov: podobnosti a rozdiely
Authors: Melicherčíková Miroslava
Published: July 2022

This paper attempts to compare performance motivation among four groups (professional interpreters with longer and shorter experience, interpreting trainees and recent graduates). The main objective was to identify similarities and differences between the groups compared by using a psychological instrument: the Achievement Motivation Inventory (LMI). The data indicated that there were some similarities but also differences between the four groups. All four groups were very similar on two scales (eagerness to learn and goal setting). In terms of differences, overall, the highest mean scores were most often found in the group of professional interpreters with longer experience (more than 20 years); they dominated on six scales (persistence, dominance, confidence in success, internality, preference for difficult tasks, and independence). The professional interpreters with shorter experience (6 to 10 years) scored highest on four scales (compensatory effort, pride in productivity, self-control, and status orientation). The trainees had the highest mean scores on three scales (engagement, flow, and fearlessness). The recent graduates displayed the highest means on two scales (flexibility and competitiveness). These findings, although they only apply to a small research sample, suggest an association between length of experience and performance motivation scales: the longer an interpreter’s experience in the field, the higher their mean values.
RUSSIA’S FIRST EXPERIENCE OF THE USE OF EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION IN A GIRL WITH PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY MULTISYSTEM SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19
Authors:   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, Novikova Yu.Yu. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Abramyan M.A. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, Afukov I.I. ,   Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia,   N.F. Filatov Moscow City Children's Clinical Hospital of the Moscow Department of Healthcare, Moscow, Russia, Glazyrina A.A. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Gorev V.V. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Kantemirova M.G. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Korovina O.A. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Kurbanova S.Kh. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Miroshnichenko V.P. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Nikolishin A.N. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Ovsyannikov D.Yu. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Chagirev V.N. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
Published: July 2022

Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) associated with the new coronavirus infection is the most severe late complication of the COVID-19 infection in children. We present the Russia’s first clinical observation of a 9 years old girl with PIMS with successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in treatment. The disease was characterized by rapid progression of myocardial dysfunction, shock, multiple organ failure, secondary hemophagocytic syndrome, and resistance to therapy. Intensive therapy, including glucocorticosteroids, tocilizumab, intravenous immunoglobulin, antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants, respiratory and cardiotonic support, ECMO, renal replacement therapy and antimicrobials have allowed the child to stabilize and recover.
LARGE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION IN AN INFANT WITH AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS IN THE HYPOTHYROIDISM PHASE AND THE DOWN SYNDROME: A CLINICAL CASE
Authors:   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, Korovina O.A. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Kantemirova M.G. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Ovsyannikov D.Yu. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Knyazeva T.T. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Rybkina I.G. ,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Abramyan M.A. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia, Petryajkina E.E. ,   People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia,   Morozov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
Published: July 2022

The article describes the difficulties in diagnosing and treating a large pericardial effusion caused by the autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis with a debut in the form of a myxedema coma in a 7 months old child with Down syndrome. The clinical, laboratory and instrumental picture of a rare complication of a hypothyroidism - a hypothyroid (myxedematous) coma, the epidemiology and comorbidity of Down syndrome, autoimmune thyroiditis and hypothyroidism, manifestation of hypothyroidism with pericardial effusion prevailing in the pathological symptom complex are discussed in the article.
Coping with Stress of Nurses Employed in the Internal Medicine and Surgical Departments
Authors: Kundrata Danijela , Pukljak Zrinka , Repustić Marin , Rotim Cecilija , Friganović Adriano , Kurtović Biljana
Published: July 2022

Introduction. Stress is a state of tension that arises when events or requests from the environment are assessed as threatening or too demanding. in the process of coping, we use different cognitive and behavioral strategies. problem-oriented coping involves strategies aimed at changing or removing stressors. emotion-focused coping encompasses stress-induced arousal management strategies. no coping strategy is universally effective, but the success of coping is assessed in the interaction of an individual’s characteristics and a stressful situation. The prevalence of individual coping patterns among nurses may depend on their workplace.Aim. To determine nurses in the internal medicine and surgical departments of two croatian hospitals cope with stress.Methods. The participants were 163 nurses from the internal medicine and surgical departments of the Sisak general Hospital “dr. Ivo Pedišić” and the general Hospital Karlovac. The measuring instruments used are the Questionnaire on how to deal with stress and the Scale for assessing the importance of events and the possibility of control.Results. The most common ways of coping with stress are planned problem solving, seeking social support, and self-control, while the rarest way of coping is avoidance. nurses perceive the success of coping with stress as moderate, and the degree of control over stressful situations as rather low. Stressful situations are most often perceived as a threat, and least often as a challenge.With the perception of a greater degree of control over the situation, they more often choose to accept responsibility as a way of coping. In internal medicine departments, stressful events are assessed as significantly more disturbing than in surgical departments.Conclusion. The results confirm that for further education of nurses on successful coping with stress, it is important to examine and further explore cognitive processes in selecting ways of coping: the meaning they attach to the situation, assessing control over the situation, and self-assessing coping success.
THE EFFECT OF USING FLASHCARDS MEDIA TO INCREASE VOCABULARY SIZE FOR THE SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS AT MTs MADANI ALAUDDIN
Authors: Siti Hardiyanti Pratiwi  , Andi Asmawati  , Indah Miftah Awaliah
Published: July 2022

This research aims to find out the effect of Flashcards media to increase vocabulary size for the second grade students at Mts Madani Alauddin. This research was conducted at Mts Madani Alauddin Regency in academic year 2021/2022. The researcher used the instrument to collect data Vocabulary Size Test and Vocabulary Level Test (VLT). This research used quantitative data applied a pre-test and post-test group design, in this research the population were 145 students of the second grade at Mts Madani Alauddin. The sample were 20 students of Class VIII A as an experimental class using the pre-experimental design method, type one group pretest-posttest (single group initial test).  The research findings showed that the second grade of students at Mts Madani Alauddin obtained scores on the pre-test with a mean score of 50.5, which was classified as very poor. After giving treatment, they obtained a score with a mean score of 65.5, which was classified as fair. It means that there was a significant increase in students’ vocabulary size using Flashcard media it was supported by the results of the one-sample T-Test where sig. (2-tailed) 0.001 < 0.05 has an effect in increasing students’ vocabulary. Therefore Ho is rejected and H1 is accepted, apart from that the results of the vocabulary level test showed that the average student got a fair score. The result of the data analysis indicated that there was the improvement in the students’ vocabulary size after being taught using Flashcard media.
THE EFFECT OF USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 10 MAKASSAR
Authors: Afika Nurul , Kaharuddin  , Abubakar Multazam , Nawir Muhammad Syahruddin
Published: July 2022

This research focuses on the students’ writing skills in writing descriptive text. The purpose of this research were (1) To find out if the clustering technique is able to improve the students skills in writing descriptive text. (2) To find out to what extent clustering technique affects the development of the students skills in writing descriptive text. In this research, the population was the First Grade of Senior High School 10 Makassar consist of 15 students from X IIS 1. The method of this study was a Mixed Method, the design of this study was The Explanatory-Sequential (QUAN-qual) design where quantitative data were collected first. Pre-experimental method was applied in this research with a group pre-test and post-test design. The instrument used to collect data were writing test and questionnaire. The result of the research presented that the pre-test of the class got the mean score 40.33. After giving treatment the students got the the mean score 71.00. The outcome of the data analysis revealed that there was a significant improvement in the students’ skill in writing descriptive text after being taught using clustering technique. It can also be supported the strength of clustering technique, that is the students can generate their ideas in writing descriptive text. Subsequently, the result of one sample t-test where Sig. (2-tailed) = 0,000 < 0.05. Therefore, the null (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. In addition, the qualitative result from the questionnaire showed there were 4 factors affecting the development of students’ writing skill in descriptive text, those are: teaching materials’ content, method in the teaching process, activities in the teaching materials, task given in teaching materials. Based on the result analysis, the researcher may conclude that using Clustering Technique was effective to improve the students’ skill in writing descriptive text because the learning objective was achieved, that was the students were able to write English descriptive text appropriately in English by following the generic structure and language features.
STUDENTS’ SELF-REGULATED LEARNING AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER FOR WRITING PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT UIN ALAUDDIN MAKASSAR
Authors: Isfani Aini Nur , Siti Azisah  , An Nur Muhammad Jabal
Published: July 2022

This research addresses issue of self-regulated learning in students writing performance for the fourth semester of English Education Department at UIN Alauddin Makassar. The research objectives are to find out the students’ who have Self-Regulated Learning in doing Writing Assignment for the fourth semester students’ of English Education Department at UIN Alauddin Makassar, and addition to find out do Self-Regulated Learning influence students’ Writing Performance in English Education Department at UIN Alauddin Makassar. The method of this research used qualitative method. The subjects of this research were thirty two (32) students of English Education Department at UIN Alauddin Makassar academic year 2018 which taken by using purposive sampling. The data of this research is obtained from semi structured interview instrument with supporting data from questionnaire. The data analysis techniques in this research used three steps, i.e. reading/memoing, describing and classifying. The result shows that the experience Self-Regulated Learning can organize and control the learning schedule according to the priority scale and plan each learning activity where the student's metacognition will work when he obeys the plan he made. In self-regulated learning there is motivation in which students really need the role of motivation from both a person and the environment. With the existence of self-regulated learning and contributed learning environment can improve and structured learning outcomes behavior in order to get good achievement.
Dancing in Clay: Pottery-making as a Safe Space Activity for Girls in Southwestern Kenya
Authors: Nyaberi David
Published: July 2022

This paper explores elements of traditional art education embedded in pottery-making activities of a specific community among the Luo people of southwest Kenya. In a society where sociocultural norms tend to favor the education of boys over girls, conversations with Mama Nyungu—a pottery-making group in Homabay County in southwest Kenya reveal some sophisticated and organized tradition-related strategies for preparing young girls for adult life. In building upon Dietler and Herbich’s assertion that pottery making is “a social labor that involves women in an important network of shared activity, knowledge, and personal relationships” (1989 p. 149), this paper demonstrates that this network provides a haven for girls in a community with a tradition and history of underage marriages. Through engagement in and learning about the customs and norms expected of girls, pottery making activities provide a sanctuary, which enables young girls to complete their formal education.
Tarot as a Technology
Authors: Wu Hong-An (Ann)
Published: July 2022

In this paper, I situate Tarot at the worldmaking juncture where anti-oppression meets technological innovation among social justice activist communities in the United States. The adoption, appropriation, and adaptation of Tarot and other delegitimized technologies by and for marginalized communities to cultivate imaginations informed by ancestral wisdoms demonstrates the resilience and resourcefulness of social justice activism. In light of these innovations, I propose Tarot as a technology, extending the meaning of Tarot into a technology of care, for art educators to consider. My aim is to draw attention to common assumptions we make about technologies, what we choose to name as technologies, and assumptions technologies make about us, particularly in the field of art education. Art educators can use Tarot to begin an exploration of justice, where the card decks serve as tools and the reading strategies serve as techniques that constitute a practice of justice-oriented worldmaking.
White Empathy and the Educational Neutralization of Hip-Hop
Authors: Stabler Albert
Published: July 2022

There are many reasons why the rich popular tradition of hip-hop culture has become attractive to teachers as a means of engaging students, and many classroom experiments with hip-hop have surely met or surpassed the teacher’s curricular expectations. The political implications of such pedagogical appropriations are worth considering, however. I reflect in this article on my own experiences as a white art teacher and hip-hop enthusiast working with students of color in a large city. Drawing on Black Studies theorists associated with a tendency known as “Afro-pessimism,” I make larger connections between the philanthropic aspirations of white teachers like myself and the experiences of Black and brown students in American public schools, as well as the troubled history of sentimentalist anti-racist white mimicry in education and American culture more generally. While I used graffiti art in several lessons over the years, my most meaningful classroom encounter with hip-hop was whimsical and accidental, when a sound project took an unexpected turn. Using this experience as an informative example, I contend that the sensuality, humor, and resistance that appears throughout much of Black popular culture, while fascinating to non-Blacks in and beyond the U.S., remains inaccessible to an anti-Black institutional gaze. It seems to me that hip-hop thrives in Black and brown public schools via infiltration, rather than through an instrumentalization that, in its politics of respectability, seeks to negate the pleasure that gives it life.
Creative Trouble: Making Spaces for Collectivity within Art Education
Authors: (crea+e) Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts and Education
Published: July 2022

The Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts and Education (crea+e) is a collective body whose primary aims and activities concern advocacy, teaching, research, and publishing on issues related to race and intersectional racism in the arts and arts education. The collective engages in critical race arts-based research practices that incorporate strategies and tactics of disruption that operate on multiple registers to undermine the normalization of whiteness and spur much needed conversations on how to abolish systemic racism in the arts and arts education. This article discusses crea+e’s collective orientation, its mission, and how it operates. It also chronicles three interventions the group undertook that illuminate critical, creative, and constructive modes of coalition-building. The article articulates the significance of collectives in resisting co-optation by white normative institutions while insisting on joy in the pursuit of justice.
Deconstructing Narratives About Artistic Mastery in Art Education
Authors: Graham Mark A.
Published: July 2022

A recurring challenge for art educators is how to include Black voices within the art curriculum. This challenge seems ever more relevant as a pandemic underlined the inequalities and injustices within our culture and society. A critical question for many White visual arts educators is: How do I, as a White educator, bring important issues of race, privilege, ideology, gender, and anti-racism into the art classroom? How can I help students to understand Whiteness as a cultural text and set about destabilizing White identity? How does one make space for an antiracist pedagogy? One way to begin conversations about these issues is to bring the voices of Black artists into the classroom through viewing their artwork and listening to recorded accounts of their experiences. These artists have a transformational urgency in their work; they embody another artistic canon that includes ways of working that are on the cutting edge of contemporary art. The artwork and stories of Black artists are not just alternative voices, their work is shaping the future of art, culture, and society.
Whiteness, Artist Identities, and Artworld Spaces
Authors: Travis Sarah
Published: July 2022

This paper considers a research study into the artist identity formation in young people engaged in a teen arts internship program at a contemporary arts center in post-Katrina New Orleans using the construct of whiteness to examine access to artist identities and artworld spaces. Art has always been embedded into the cultural and spiritual practices of people’s everyday lives. Yet, modern and contemporary artworld identities and spaces have been shaped by exclusionary and oppressive practices. In the city of New Orleans, there is a persistent presence of African American art and cultural practices that thrive outside of artworld institutions. And yet, as this study demonstrates, artworld identities and spaces within the city of New Orleans and beyond, even when they espouse social justice orientations, often remain within the milieu of whiteness and related power structures.
Re|Centering Indigenous arts in art education: Decolonizing identity politics, censorship, and home
Authors: Slivka Kevin
Published: July 2022

This manuscript critically examines the deployment and pervasiveness of Whiteness defined by structural power/knowledge relationships related to Indigenous ways of knowing and the arts. Spaces of inquiry include: settler colonial structures that perpetuate Indigenous cultural censorship exemplified during a three-day, professional development “Institute” that focused upon Native American art, education, and scholarship across a western-American tri-state region; additionally, the print exchange, “Home: Contemporary Indigenous Artists Responding,” is leveraged to re | center Indigenous arts in arts education, further informing critical multicultural art education and decolonizing research methodologies.
Educating Diversely: The Artist Talk Platform
Authors: Garcia-Fialdini Arianna
Published: July 2022

Artist-teachers can inspire diverse audiences to adopt innovative teaching practices through artist talks fueled by a social justice and awareness-raising agenda. This article presents ways to incorporate social problematics like mass displacement and pressing international immigration policies into diverse art classrooms and unconventional pedagogical platforms (in this case, through artist talks). It focuses on an artist talk given in collaboration with the Immigrant Workers Centre, a non-profit organization of newly arrived immigrants and refugees located in Montreal, Canada, and explores how the artist-talk platform reaches communities outside the traditional classroom and creates space for an exchange of ideas, artistic intervention, and learning from diverse participants. Additionally, I discuss my observations on potential pedagogical exchanges based on experiences from the event, concluding by further exploring the relevance and potential development in personal artistic and teaching practices for and with this specific community.
Global Narratives of Refugee Youth: Examining the Interwoven Strands of an Interdisciplinary Arts Process
Authors: Collins Kate
Published: July 2022

The following is a critical analysis of the pedagogical and creative practices developed as part of a new community-engaged interdisciplinary arts graduate course which partnered a range of educators pursuing a Master’s degree in interdisciplinary arts infusion with high school students who are refugees. This article explores the question of how the arts can be a vehicle to effectively and ethically share the global stories and narratives of refugee youth and how sharing those stories can affect change. The author first describes the unique context of the project and its participants and then lays out the framework of scholarship that informed the course and its culminating artistic products. The second half of the essay describes the three main artistic strategies that grew out of the collaborative efforts, how they told the global narratives of refugee youth offering nuance and complexity, and how that, in turn, held potential for change. The three interwoven strategies include the creation of an original performance script, a photo essay, and a series of visual art installations. The project director reflects on these efforts as a means to uncover some of the core values important for future replication of the work as well as more broadly applicable insights.
Fostering Dialogue in a Post-Racial Society
Authors: Buffington Melanie L.
Published: July 2022

This article explores strategies for promoting classroom discussions with pre-service art teachers. Ranging from ways to build a classroom environment conducive to sharing ideas to some specific video resources, the author explains some techniques she has implemented. Though the results of these efforts are mixed, continuing to explore ways to address race and culture in our post-racial society is an important step towards building the cultural competency of pre-service teachers. Because of the far-reaching and insidious effects of institutionalized racism throughout society and education, it is especially important for teachers to see and understand the profound effects of racism to work toward a more just society.
(re)Mixing Girlhood
Authors: Ivashkevich Olga , Wolfgang Courtnie
Published: July 2022

This article positions remix as an agentive site for girls and women in their consumption and production of popular media, one that disrupts dominant gender norms and representations and the pervasiveness of male gaze. Noting girlhood as connected to but also unique from womanhood (Kearney, 2009), the authors offer feminist interpretations of collage and video mash ups created by adolescent girls in a program of juvenile arbitration as a series of messy, non-linear readings of visual and textural fragments of girls’ work, interlaced with authors’ reactions to girls’ productions as female facilitators/audience. The authors pose that this double-folded, dialogic, intergenerational remix generates a flow of female gaze—as a continuous repetition and collaborative disruption of dominant gender codes—which is produced, reproduced, and passed on to other girls and women to elicit reactions of difference.