bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABLE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION: THE CASE OF GORO GUTUU WOREDA OROMIA, ETHIOPIA
Authors: ABEBE KETEMA , TIKII WAKTOLI
Published: July 2021

Monitoring the importance of civic participation in the process of sustainable soil and water conservation measures in cases where irregular and unstable participation of civic/community in the process of sustainable soil and water conservation measures has been observed is taken as central problem of the study area. The sequential exploratory mixed type of research was used to answer the stated research questions; moreover, to make sure of getting reliable and valued data both primary and secondary data was collected through FGD, KII, Questionnaires and field observation. As a result, from 203 persons, 24, 12 and 167 informants participated in FGD, KII and survey respectively. The collected data was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively through narration and statistical description respectively. The statistical significance of perception of the difference between informants gathered from three agro ecological zones of study sites was tested by Kruskal Wallist Test. This study significantly identifies the importance of community participation as it is important to develop awareness, sense of ownership, transparency and self–trust among communities in sustainable soil and water conservation activities. Also, the small size of farm leads to low level of annual agricultural income and wealth, low educational status leads to low level of awareness and health status of farming communities, reactive culture of farming communities toward conservation activities and low commitment and weak capacity of front line leaders was identified as economic, social, cultural and political factors that affect dependable participation communities in sustainable soil and water conservation activities. Accordingly, the researcher recommended that, Bureau of agriculture and natural resource office should look again and set clear strategies towards the right of ownership / the right of use of resources produced on rehabilitated closed farm land. Also, the district and zone agriculture and natural resource office should capacitate and empower the front line mobilization agent through training and motivational activities. The future researcher should give emphasis and come up with most possible alternatives which will help to minimize the effect of the small size farm land leading to low level of annual agricultural income and wealth resulted from uneven participation of community in sustainable soil and water conservation activities.
CENSORSHIP IN SOCIAL NETWORKS AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Authors: DZIHORA KYRYL
Published: July 2021

The article clarifies the socio-philosophical nature of censorship, the methods of its action and the restrictions it may impose on the information presented on social networks. Using specific examples from the work of social networks, the author argues that censorship creates the availability of information. The problem of user's subjectivity in the virtual space have been described. The complexity and contradiction of the phenomenon of censorship on the Internet have been disclosed. Technical, non-technical and indirect methods of implementing censorship frameworks for information in cyberspace have been analyzed. The technical methods are described in more detail in the article. They were grouped according to the following classification: methods that slow down the operation of services; methods that block the activity of services; methods that block information with human participation; methods that block information using algorithms; marking information as unreliable It is stated that censorship today complicates access to information instead of completely blocking it. The problem of new type of censorship on the Internet created by the recommendation systems have been considered. It is noted that the use of these systems enhances the subjectivity of users, and leads to the creation of echo cameras. Thus, the research hypothesis stating that “availability of information generates censorship” was confirmed with the above arguments and examples from the work of social networks.
Review on the monograph “Socio-political paradoxes of José Ortega y Gasset” (Kyiv, 2021, 211 pp.)
Authors: DODONOV ROMAN
Published: July 2021

by Oleh Turenko
Определение концентрации компонентного состава газов методом оптической спектроскопии в условиях перекрытия их спектральных линий
Authors: Кугейко М.М. , Баравик А.А.
Published: July 2021

Исследована эффективность определения концентрации компонентного состава газовых сред методом оптической спектроскопии на основе использования регрессионных соотношений, устанавливаемых между определяемыми и измеряемыми параметрами. Показаны возможности оперативного определения количественных значений концентраций исследуемых компонент газовой среды, повышения точности. Оценена эффективность использования данного подхода в условиях сильного перекрытия спектральных линий газовых компонент. Ключевые слова: многокомпонентные газовые среды, концентрация компонентного состава, перекрытие спектральных линий, поглощение, главные компоненты, связь главных компонент с поглощением.
Изотопные эффекты в спектрах комплексов с водородными связями. Расчет структуры и колебательных спектров поглощения комплексов H-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-O...HF, H-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-O...DF, D-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-O...HF и D-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-O...DF
Authors: Булычев В.П. , Бутурлимова М.В. , Тохадзе К.Г.
Published: July 2021

Рассчитаны частоты и интенсивности ИК полос поглощения комплексов с водородными связями H2O...HF, H2O...DF, D2O...HF и D2O...DF с использованием колебательной теории возмущений второго порядка. При определении равновесной конфигурации, поверхностей потенциальной энергии и дипольного момента этих комплексов, а также при вычислении спектральных параметров электронные волновые функции вычислялись по методу MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ с учетом ошибки наложения базисных наборов мономеров. Показано, что при образовании комплексов более всего меняются частоты и интенсивности валентного колебания молекул HF (DF) и интенсивности валентных колебаний молекул H2O (D2O). ариационный расчет либрации молекулы воды в потенциале с двумя минимумами объяснил причину более высокого значения частоты фундаментального перехода по моде ν1(H-F) по сравнению с частотой горячего перехода по этой моде с первого возбужденного состояния либрации. Выполнен анализ зависимости межмодового ангармонического взаимодействия от изотопного замещения. Ключевые слова: водородная связь, расчеты спектров молекулярных комплексов, ангармонические взаимодействия, изотопные эффекты.
К магнитооптике холестерических жидких кристаллов
Authors: Геворгян А.А. , Голик С.С.
Published: July 2021

Теоретически изучены особенности оптических свойств холестерических жидких кристаллов (ХЖК) во внешнем статическом магнитном поле с учетом магнитооптической активности. Рассмотрена граничная задача отражения от полупространства планарного ХЖК и прохождения света через конечный слой магнитоактивного ХЖК при нормальном падении света. Исследованы особенности эволюции отражения от полупространства при изменении параметра магнитооптической активности. Показано существование эффекта магнито-индуцированного пропускания (МИП) в ХЖК с реальными параметрами. Обсуждены особенности резонансных линии МИП при различных значениях локальной оптической анизотропии ХЖК. Ключевые слова: холестерические жидкие кристаллы, полуметаллы Вейля, гигантский магнитооптический параметр, дифракция, собственные поляризации, магнито-индуцированная прозрачность, оптическая анизотропия.
Идентификация продуктов реакции комплексов железа по колебательному спектру на примере гидроксокатиона железа [Fe(OH)-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-(H-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-O)-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-]-=SUP=-+-=/SUP=- в водной среде
Authors: Симон К.В. , Тулуб А.В.
Published: July 2021

The change in the vibrational spectrum of iron hydroxocation [Fe(OH)2(H2O)2]+ in the course of its interaction with peroxynitrite [NO–О2]- in an aqueous medium described by the PCM-SMD model was investigated in order to identify the reaction products, primarily nitrogen dioxide. The quantum-chemical calculation of the complex by the CASSCF method is identical to that previously used in the description of reactions in the active center of the tubercular bacillus M. tuberculosis (trHbN). The reaction products in these processes are compared, and the most characteristic vibration frequency is found, which makes it possible to establish the appearance of nitrogen dioxide. The energetic effect in the reverse process, the capture of nitrogen dioxide by the iron complex, has been estimated.
Акустические и акустооптические свойства стекол Ge-=SUB=-a-=/SUB=-Se-=SUB=-b-=/SUB=-Te-=SUB=-c-=/SUB=- и Si-=SUB=-a-=/SUB=-Se-=SUB=-b-=/SUB=-Te-=SUB=-c-=/SUB=- в случае дифракции на продольных и сдвиговых акустических волнах
Authors: Хоркин В.С.
Published: July 2021

We investigated acoustic and acousto-optic properties of glasses based on germanium, selenium, silicon and tellurium. The results of measurement are presented for two group of glasses including germanium, selenium and tellurium (GeSeTe) and silicon and tellurium (SiTe). The major characteristics of glasses such as the velocity of longitudinal and shear acoustic waves as well as the values of figure of merit are presented. The values of figure of merit are obtained by diffraction on longitudinal and shear acoustic waves at the wavelength of optical radiation λ = 3.39 µm. We also present the results of measurements of acoustic attenuation values α for longitudinal and shear acoustic waves in tellurium glasses at ultrasound frequencies in the range f = 75-100 MHz.
Индуцируемые напряжения, возникающие в кристаллическом кремнии при воздействии ультракоротких лазерных импульсов различной длительности в воздухе и воде
Authors: Смирнов Н.А. , Кудряшов С.И. , Мельник Н.Н. , Папилова П.М. , Шерстнев И.А. , Ионин А.А. , Чэнь Ц.
Published: July 2021

Производилась модификация поверхности кремния в одноимпульсном режиме фемто-пикосекундными лазерными импульсами (0.3 и 10 ps) ближнего ИК диапазона (1030 nm) при абляции в воздухе и воде. Полученные структуры изучались с помощью микроскопии комбинационного рассеяния света. В ходе исследования установлено, что на границе кратера появляются нанокристаллиты размером 7-8 nm. Обнаружены локальные механические напряжения в центре кратера, знак которых зависит от приложенной плотности энергии. Наибольшие локальные сжимающие напряжения возникают в воде в субфиламентационном режиме при максимальных плотностях энергии. Ключевые слова: кремний, спектроскопия комбинационного рассеяния света, ультракороткие импульсы, одноимпульсная абляция в воздухе и в жидкости, локальные напряжения.
Evaluation of a Commercial Mobile Health App for Depression and Anxiety (AbleTo Digital+): Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Anton Margaret T , Greenberger Heidi Mochari , Andreopoulos Evie , Pande Reena L
Published: July 2021

Background

Digital solutions, such as web-based and mobile interventions, have the potential to streamline pathways to mental health services and improve access to mental health care. Although a growing number of randomized trials have established the efficacy of digital interventions for common mental health problems, less is known about the real-world impact of these tools. AbleTo Digital+, a commercially available mental health app for depression and anxiety, offers a unique opportunity to understand the clinical impact of such tools delivered in a real-world context.

Objective

The primary aim of this study is to examine the magnitude of change in depression and anxiety symptoms among individuals who used AbleTo Digital+ programs. The secondary aim is to evaluate Digital+ module completion, including the use of 1:1 coaching.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed previously collected and permanently deidentified data from a consecutive cohort of 1896 adults who initiated using one of the three Digital+ eight-module programs (depression, generalized anxiety, or social anxiety) between January 1 and June 30, 2020. Depression, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety symptoms were assessed within each program using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and the Social Phobia Inventory, respectively. Linear mixed effects models were built to assess the association between module completion and symptom change among users who completed at least four modules and had at least mild baseline symptom elevations, controlling for age, gender, and baseline symptom severity. Digital+ use, including module completion, 1:1 coaching calls, and in-app coach messaging, was also evaluated.

Results

Significant effects were observed among depression (Cohen d=1.5), generalized anxiety (Cohen d=1.2), and social anxiety (Cohen d=1.0) program participants who completed at least four modules and had mild baseline elevations (n=470). Associations between module completion and change in depression (β=−1.2; P<.001), generalized anxiety (β=−1.1; P<.001), and social anxiety (β=−2.4; P<.001) symptom scores retained significance with covariate adjustment. Participants completed an average of 2.6 (SD 2.7) modules. The average total length of app use was 52.2 (SD 83.5) days. Approximately two-thirds of the users engaged in at least 1 coaching call (66.82%, 1267/1896) or in-app text messaging (66.09%, 1253/1896). Participants who completed at least four modules participated in significantly more coaching calls per module (mean 1.1, SD 0.7) than users who completed fewer than four modules (mean 1.0, SD 1.2; t1407=−2.1; P=.03).

Conclusions

This study demonstrated that AbleTo Digital+ users experienced significant reductions in depression, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety symptoms throughout the program.
Analysis of Starbucks Supply Chain Status Based on 3A3S Model
Authors: Chen Ao , Liang Jingjing
Published: July 2021

The 3A supply chain was proposed by Stanford University Professor Hau L. Lee in 2004. In the past five years, he has studied more than 60 leading companies focusing on supply chain management, including Wal Mart, best buy and Martha, and found that the first-class supply chain has three characteristics: agility, alignment, and adaptation. It represents the best state of current supply chain management. He believes that only enterprises with the 3A supply chain can continue to gain a competitive advantage and take the lead in the competition. 3S model refers to the analysis of substitution effect (business substitution), scale effect (scale expansion) and structure effect (production structure and distribution channel change) used in enterprise supply chain management. This paper aims to use the 3A3S model to analyze the current situation of the company’s supply chain with Starbucks as an example and draw conclusions through detailed research and analysis, to provide some experience and lessons for more enterprises’ supply chain management.
Towards a situated reading of L’Urbanisme, utopies et réalités. Une anthologie (1965), organized by Françoise Choay
Authors: Peixoto Priscilla Alves
Published: July 2021

The present article is dedicated to undertaking a close reading of L’Urbanisme, utopies et réalités. Une anthologie (1965), organized by Françoise Choay. It seeks to situate this anthology within the intellectual trajectory of the author, as well as in the discursive, urban culture in which it was conceived and had it first distribution. In order to develop this work, the approach adopted was based on authors who study books as “practices and representations”, with particular emphasis on Roger Chartier. It has also been guided by the notion of "nebula", as conceived by Margareth da Silva Pereira. The article has been structured into three parts: in the first, the anthology is presented, especially, its introductory text; following on, situations are investigated in which it is possible to contemplate its conception process and how it was received; and, lastly, the findings are problematized by returning to a reading of the introduction to Françoise Choay’s anthology.
Investment Strategies and Tools of Foreign and Russian Universities
Authors: Eremchenko О. А. , Kurakov F. A.
Published: July 2021

In the context of the increasing competitiveness of the scientific and educational environment, the emergence of parallel educational systems, and the instability of budgetary spending on education and science, university administrators are faced with the task of finding a balance between the commercial and academic needs of universities. For Russian universities, the issues of diversifying financing and increasing investment activity are of particular relevance. This issue is crucial for entrepreneurial universities, which face the acute problem of resource provision for scientific and engineering problems. This encourages universities focused on applied problem-oriented research and commercialization of results to expand and diversify their funding sources, including through the implementation of new investment strategies.This study aimed to analyze the volumes and models of foreign universities’ investment activities and assess the prospects for reproducing such investment practices in Russian universities.It is shown that leading foreign universities successfully combines scientific, educational, and innovative activities with investment while using a wide range of tools and professional management companies. In the last decade (2011–2020), they have been seen as participants in mergers and acquisitions, the objects of which are most often university startups. As a result, universities have high incomes, new strategic partners, and the geography of investors is expanding. It is noted that most domestic university endowment funds have insufficient funds for investment activities, which makes it expedient to create a University Fund Fund as a new financial instrument for the development of academic entrepreneurship in the country’s regions.
Methodological Approach to Determining the Contribution of Patent and Innovation Activity of Universities to the Country Scientific and Technological Development
Authors: Klypin A. V. , Vyunov S. S. , Zaharevich E. V. , Tikhonov R. A.
Published: July 2021

Scientific and technical activities in Russia are mainly concentrated in scientific organizations and universities. Taking into account the tasks of improving the mechanisms of public administration in the field of intellectual property, the development of tools to stimulate extra-budgetary financing of R & D, as well as the use of scientific results in the production activities of industrial enterprises, it is advisable to identify higher education organizations with significant performance in scientific and technical activities as well as creating and using RID, or leaders in patent and innovation activity, as well as creating and using RID. The tasks set in the study were solved using methods of retrospective analysis, methods of empirical research, including international and Russian approaches to ranking national and foreign universities. The proposed methodology of ranking Russian higher education organizations by the patent and innovation activity can be used for comparative assessment of scientific and technical competence in terms of Strategy of scientific and technological development areas of research. That, in turn, can be used to allocate funds and develop regulatory impact mechanisms for the sector of research and development, including universities and industrial enterprises, to stimulate them to effective research and innovation activities within the framework of scientific and production cooperation.
State Support for The Venture Industry: Global Practice
Authors: Eremchenko O. A. , Zinov V. G.
Published: July 2021

The experience and features of state models of support for the corporate venture sector in the USA, China, and EU countries are summarized. A general trend in the development of the venture capital industry for foreign countries is the shift in the focus of venture capital funds to investments of late stages of financing. It is shown that the greatest efficiency of government programs in stimulating large companies to innovative and technological development is achieved with joint financing of startups, with the creation of a venture capital fund, with the introduction of tax incentives aimed at companies with high growth potential.
Diferença sexual, feminilidade e diferença em si mesma (Sexual difference, femininity and difference in itself)
Authors: Maciel Júnior Auterives , Fonseca-Silva Maria da Conceição , Bonomo Hudson Augusto Rodrigues
Published: July 2021

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As identificações hiperdinâmicas: os errantes (The hyperdynamic identifications: they roam)
Authors: Bonomo Hudson Augusto Rodrigues
Published: July 2021

Este artigo é uma reflexão sobre o sujeito da cena contemporânea, que se apresenta com sua angústia por estar cada vez menos identificado com as estruturas tradicionais como a família, a sociedade, a religião, entre outras e cada vez mais implicado em identificações provisórias. Esta movimentação entre identificações provisórias, com espaços de vazio, silêncio e angústia que se intitula neste artigo como “identificações hiperdinâmicas”. Este sujeito erra como um navio no oceano com uma nova dinâmica de subjetivação ou do silenciamento desta mesma subjetivação, promovendo a necessidade de uma nova escuta ética da psicanálise.
O homossexual disciplinado e suas verdades (The disciplined homosexual and his truths)
Authors: Salztrager Ricardo
Published: July 2021

A proposta do artigo é analisar como se deu a produção da homossexualidade pelo saber científico no contexto do exercício do poder disciplinar. Assim, examinamos como o discurso da ciência, envolto com questões classificatórias relativas a uma sexualidade normal e outras desviantes, acabou por constituir o próprio sujeito homossexual. Demonstramos também as principais operações em jogo em sua construção: a elevação do desejo homossexual à categoria de verdade do sujeito, a circunscrição de uma natureza homossexual, o remetimento da homossexualidade à categoria de causa difusa de todos os comportamentos subjetivos e a construção do homossexual como um personagem. Por fim, lançamos alguns questionamentos visando à problematização da identificação dos homossexuais com os postulados disciplinarizantes do saber científico.
Diferença, simulacro e pensamento: a proposta do método de dramatização (Difference, simulacrum and thought: the proposal of the dramatization method)
Authors: Lobo Amanda Souza Ávila , Lobo Danilo Moraes , Gusmão Milene de Cássia Silveira
Published: July 2021

Este artigo se configura como uma tentativa de apresentar a perspectiva do pensar subjacente à proposta do método de dramatização de Gilles Deleuze, que se faz por uma valoração positiva da ideia de diferença e do simulacro. Para tanto, apresentaremos, rapidamente, as considerações platônicas em torno da passagem do tempo e da permanência, atreladas à teoria das formas que sustentam a busca pela verdade no método do pensamento representativo, bem como as críticas a esse modelo, realizadas pelo filósofo Gilles Deleuze em discussão entre simulacro e filosofia antiga, contida no apêndice da obra “Lógica do sentido” (1969), com sua proposta de reversão do platonismo para, então, adentrarmos  no texto “O método de dramatização” (1967) e, por conseguinte, extrair dele a apresentação de uma nova forma de pensar que, a partir da proposta de valorização da diferença pura, rompe com uma vontade de verdade pautada em fundamentos transcendentes e morais e apresenta uma condição de pensamento imanente à existência, valorando o corpo, seus encontros e suas experimentações.
Para uma história natural do mesmo e da diferença: uma jornada do bóson ao gênero (For a natural history of the same and the difference: a journey from the boson to the genre)
Authors: Ledo Eduardo
Published: July 2021

A existência da matéria incontável e a sua organização em coisas singulares contáveis, organizadas em dialética de contrastes entre o mesmo e o diferente, é apresentada na sua complexidade progressiva, com a emergência de sucessivas organizações da natureza física contingente como o-que-há, passando às suas singularizações em objetos pregnantes, recortados pela linguagem e apresentados à consciência. Das diferenças sub-atômicas às separações em gêneros, o mesmo e o diferente são apresentados como dependentes da consciência que observa e separa os objetos nos seus contrastes com o mundo e com outros objetos. Partindo de contrastes entre os recortes objetais imagéticos e as suas ordenações simbólicas na linguagem, emergem os instrumentais do pensamento, criador e criatura da realidade humana.
Paradoxical Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Type 2 Diabetes patient on Dapagliflozin: A Brief Case Report
Authors: Matli Venkata Vinod Kumar
Published: July 2021

A 48-year -old male patient with Type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2D) on
insulin replacement therapy, glipizide and Dapagliflozin admitted for
generalized weakness found him in euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis which
means normal or near normal glucose levels with high anion gap metabolic
acidosis recovered on insulin drip per DKA protocol.
Evaluation of early postoperative period results of patients with type 2 diabetes taking oral anti-diabetics or insulin medications, with microalbuminuria and normal creatinine levels after coronary artery bypass.
Authors: Gemalmaz Huseyin , yücel cihan
Published: July 2021

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to compare the early postoperative
period results of type 2 diabetes patients taking oral antidiabetics or
insulin medications, with microalbuminuria and normal creatinine levels
after coronary artery bypass. Materials and methods: Eighty patients
with type 2 diabetes and taking oral antidiabetics or receiving insulin
medication all with normal creatinine levels with microalbuminuria were
included in this study. Preoperative creatinine values of the patients,
albumin levels in spot urine, creatinine levels on the postoperative 3rd
day, duration of ventilation, amount of drainage, length of stay in the
intensive care unit, length of stay in the hospital, mediastinitis and
mortality rates were recorded. Results: A statistically significant
increase in creatinine was found in both taking oral antidiabetics type
2 diabetes and insulin medication patient groups with microalbuminuria.
When the two groups were compared with each other, increase in
creatinine levels of the patients using insulin was higher than the
patients taking oral antidiabetics, and was statistically significant.
Conclusion: According to the result of our study it can be suggested
that postoperative creatinine elevation is observed in patients with
type 2 diabetes mellitus with microalbuminuria and with normal
creatinine levels, either having insulin medication or not. The
elevation is higher in patients having insulin medication while other
results are similar, except for impaired renal function. Keywords: Type
2 diabetes mellitus, insulin, microalbuminuria, coronary artery bypass.
Predicting Ecosystem Metaphenome from Community Metagenome: A Grand Challenge for Environmental Biology
Authors: Martinez Neo
Published: July 2021

Elucidating how an organism’s characteristics emerge from its DNA
sequence has been one of the great triumphs of biology. This triumph has
cumulated in sophisticated computational models that successfully
predict how an organism’s detailed phenotype emerges from its specific
genotype. Inspired by that effort’s vision and empowered by its
methodologies, this Viewpoint describes a grand challenge to predict the
biotic characteristics of an ecosystem, its metaphenome, from nucleic
acid sequences of all the species in its community, its metagenome.
Meeting this challenge would integrate rapidly advancing abilities of
environmental nucleic acids (eDNA and eRNA) to identify organisms, their
ecological interactions, and their evolutionary relationships with
advances in mechanistic models of complex ecosystems. Addressing the
challenge aims to help integrate ecology and evolutionary biology into a
more unified and successfully predictive science that can better help
describe and manage ecosystems and the services they provide to
humanity.
Translational Modelling of the Burden of Disease for Acute Aortic Dissection
Authors: Schiele Philipp , König Adriana , NIENABER CHRISTOPH , MPH Dr. Stephan Kurz,
Published: July 2021

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Does Dry Needling Treatment Make an Extra Contribution to Conventional Treatment in Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain? A Randomized Controlled Study
Authors: Bağcıer Fatih , Yurdakul Ozan Volkan , Deniz Gamze , Akbulut Ahmet , Çelik Yusuf
Published: July 2021

Aim: To evaluate the effect of adding dry needling treatment to
conventional rehabilitation on pain, range of motion, and functionality
on hemiplegic shoulder pain. Methods: A total of 38 patients with
hemiplegic shoulder pain were divided into two groups. A multimodal
rehabilitation protocol including physical therapy methods and exercise
treatments was applied to both groups (5 sessions per week for a total
of 15 sessions). In addition to the rehabilitation, three sessions of
dry needling treatment were applied for dry needling group. Pain with
visual analog scale, range of motion with a goniometer, functionality
was evaluated by quick disability of the arm, shoulder, and hand and
fugl meyer assessment upper extremity. Evaluations were made before
treatment, after treatment, and at the third month of treatment.
Results: Patients aged from 30-60 years (mean±SD=53.1± 5.3). The average
duration of HSP was 6.7±1 months. While a significant improvement was
observed in both groups in all parameters after the treatment, a
statistical superiority was found in the dry needling group
(p<0.05). At the 3rd month follow-up, there was no difference
in pain and functionality parameters between the groups, while flexion
and abduction measurements were higher in the dry needling group (p
<0.05). Conclusion: Adding dry needling treatment to
conventional rehabilitation did not show any difference except for some
joint range of motion measurements in the subacute period.
Care Burden and Related Factors on the Caregivers of Patients Receiving Service from Hemodialysis Unit
Authors: AKCIN Mucahit , CUBUKCU Mahcube
Published: July 2021

Introduction Caregivers of hemodialysis patients may experience stress,
depression, fatigue, and decreased quality of life. This study aimed to
examine the caregiver burden and related factors in patients’ caregivers
under dialysis treatment. Method Our study was conducted between
February and April 2019 in the Hemodialysis Unit of our Hospital
Internal Diseases Clinic. Eighty-three people providing primary care to
patients who had received hemodialysis service for at least three months
were included in the study. The socio-demographic data of the caregivers
were recorded. Care burden was evaluated by Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI)
and dependency status with Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
instrument. Quality of life was evaluated with the 36-Item Short Form
Survey (SF-36). Results The mean age of 183 caregivers included in the
study was 46.35 ± 24.20 years; 67.5% of them were female. The mean ZBI
score of the caregivers was 32.5 ± 14.4. Care burden was observed to be
absent or very mild in 20.5% of the caregivers, mild-moderate in
57.8%, moderate-heavy in 19.3%, and heavy in 2.4%. The care burden
was higher in those who felt insufficient to provide care or did not
receive help from other family members for patient care
(p<0.05). Besides, if the hemodialysis frequency was more than
three times a week, the care burden was higher (p=0.003). Care burden
was higher in functionally dependent patient (p=0.013). ZBI was
negatively correlated with the SF-36 subscales, except for the physical
function subscale (p<0.05). Conclusion The care burden was
high in primary caregivers of hemodialysis patients. The care burden was
higher in caregivers of patients with bedridden, high frequency of
hemodialysis, and low quality of life. In addition to hemodialysis
patients’ routine treatment, it may be appropriate to develop support
groups and new care approaches for caregivers to reduce the care burden.
Top-down effects of foraging decisions on local, landscape and regional biodiversity of resources (DivGUD)
Authors: Eccard Jana , Ferreira Clara , Arce Andres Peredo , Dammhahn Melanie
Published: July 2021

Foraging by consumers acts as a biotic filtering mechanism for
biodiversity at the trophic level of resources. Variation in foraging
behaviour have cascading effects on abundance, diversity, and functional
trait composition of the community of resource species. Here we propose
diversity at giving-up density (DivGUD), when foragers quit exploring a
patch, as a novel concept and simple measure to quantify these effects
at multiple spatial scales. In experimental landscapes, patch residency
of wild rodents decreased local α-DivGUD (via elevated mortality of
species with large seeds) and regional γ-DivGUD, while dissimilarity
among patches in a landscape (ß-DivGUD) increased. Thus, DivGUD provides
a framework linking theories of adaptive foraging behaviour with
community ecology allowing to investigate cascading indirect predation
effects across multiple trophic levels e.g. the ecology-of-fear
framework; feedbacks between functional trait composition of resource
species and consumer communities; and effects of inter-individual
differences among foragers on the biodiversity of resource communities.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Is General Anaesthesia a Necessity?
Authors: Savarimuthu Sugeevan , Harky Amer
Published: July 2021

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has emerged over the last
decade and has become a viable treatment option for those with severe
symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS). The numbers of TAVI that are being
performed in centres across the world is rising rapidly, and
revolutionising treatment for AS and steering away from the need for
open heart surgery. TAVI has been targeted for those who are deemed high
risk to undergo open heart surgery such as the elderly, frail, or those
with multiple co-morbidities. General anaesthesia (GA) has been used to
facilitate TAVI especially when the procedure was in its infancy. The
use of GA comes with its own set of risks such as haemodynamic
compromise, risk for aspiration, longer procedure time and
post-operative nausea and vomiting. These side effects and or
complications may not be tolerated well in those who are elderly or have
numerous co-morbidities. This article seeks to understand the outcomes
of patients who undergo TAVI with the support of sedation and local
anaesthesia (LA) in comparison to those who received GA.
Analiza ryzyka usług logistycznych na podstawie audytu logistycznego na przykładzie wybranego przedsiębiorstwa
Authors: Dendera-Gruszka Małgorzata , Kulińska Ewa , Wojtynek Lilianna
Published: July 2021

Badania prowadzone były w przedsiębiorstwie produkcyjno-usługowym. W publikacji przedstawiono metody badań ryzyka w usługach logistycznych oraz ich wpływ na badane przedsiębiorstwo, poprzez wykorzystanie audytu logistycznego oraz mapy ryzyka. Celem artykułu jest analiza zagrożeń związanych z działalnością operatorów logistycznych oraz oferowanych przez nich usług, które mają wpływ na działalność przedsiębiorstwa produkcyjnego.
(De)monstration: Interpreting the monsters of English children's literature.
Authors:   ,   Swansea University, Padley Jonathan
Published: July 2021

This thesis is intended to document and explain the peculiarly high incidence of monsters in English children’s literature, where monsters are understood in the term’s full etymological sense as things which demonstrate through disturbance. In this context, monsters are frequently young people themselves; the youthful protagonists of children’s literature. Their demonstrative operation typically functions not only as an overt or covert tool by which to educate children’s literature’s implied child audience, but also as a wider indicator - demonstrator - of adult appreciations of and arguments over children and how children should be permitted to grow. In this latter role especially, children are rendered truly monstrous as alienated and problematic tokens in adult cultural arguments. They can fast become such efficient demonstrators of adult crises that their very presence engenders all the notions of unacceptability with which monsters are characteristically associated. The chronological range of this thesis’ study is the eighteenth-century to the present. From this period, the following children’s authors, children’s books, and series of children’s books have been examined in detail: • Thomas Day: Sandford and Merton • Anna Laetitia Barbauld: Lessons for Children and Hymns in Prose for Children • Sarah Trimmer: Fabulous Histories • Mary Martha Sherwood: The Fairchild Family • Charles Kingsley: The Water-Babies • Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass • George MacDonald: At the Back of the North Wind • J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Peter Pan, and Peter and Wendy • C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Last Battle) • J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter {The Philosopher’s Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, and The HalfBlood Prince). The theoretical notions of monsters and monstrosity that are used to discuss these texts draw principally on the writings on the sublime by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant, the uncanny by Sigmund Freud, and the fantastic by Tzvetan Todorov.
The Effectiveness of PBL Assisted by EBM to Increase Students' Conceptual Understanding
Authors:   Postgraduate Physics Education, State University of Malang, Indonesia, Maksimilianus Dhey Nesi Yustinus , Purwaningsih Endang ,   Postgraduate Physics Education, State University of Malang, Indonesia
Published: July 2021

Conceptual understanding involves students' abilities in the aspects of translation, interpretation, and extrapolation. A way to increase conceptual understanding is to use excel-based modeling (EBM). However, the use of excel-based modeling (EBM) has not been applied in physics learning at the junior high school level. This study aims to test the effectiveness of project-based learning assisted by excel-based modeling to increase students' conceptual understanding of wave material. The sample of this study were students of class VIII-1 junior high school who were selected using the purposive sampling technique. This study used a one-group pretest-posttest design. Research data determine the effectiveness of using excel-based modeling using a pretest and posttest in the form of 7 identical essay questions. The data obtained were analyzed using a paired-sample T-test. After the treatment, data on the increase in the value of each indicator of concept understanding were obtained, namely 91.18 (translation), 86.65 (interpretation), and 83.09 (extrapolation). In the end, excel-based modeling is quite effective in improving students' understanding of concepts. Keywords: Conceptual Understanding, Excel-based Modelling, Project-based Learning
How to Bring Computational Thinking Approach to The Non-Computer Science Student’s Class???
Authors:   Physics Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Edication, Universitas Lampung, Indonesia, Maulina Hervin , Abdurrahman Abdurrahman ,   Physics Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Edication, Universitas Lampung, Indonesia, Sukamto Ismu ,   PGSD, Faculty of Teacher Training and Edication, Universitas Lampung, Indonesia
Published: July 2021

Computational Thinking (CT) skill is the ability to solve problems with computer thinking. In addition, CT can be seen as a structured and systematic approach that can be implemented in learning. This study aims to bring the computational thinking approach to the non-computer science student’s class and involved 35 undergraduate students of physics education in the computational physics course. The research method used was the mixed method sequential explanatory design (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011), with the following design. Broadly speaking, the flow of the mixed method research method with an explanatory sequential design in this study includes the collection of quantitative data obtained from student self-evaluation instruments related to the understanding of the CT approach stage. The results showed that the Computational Thinking (CT) approach can be applied to non-computer science students in online learning which includes 6 stages of implementation and 6 stages of implementation. Other results indicate that this method can be used in improving student CT skills. Keywords: Computational thinking, physics, problem solving
Development of CBT- Based Assessment Instruments Using WQC Application to Measure HOTS in Impulse Momentum
Authors:   Departement of Physics Education, Lampung University, Indonesia, Wulandari Anggun , Suyatna Agus ,   Departement of Physics Education, Lampung University, Indonesia, Viyanti Viyanti ,   Departement of Physics Education, Lampung University, Indonesia, Rosidin Undang ,   Departement of Physics Education, Lampung University, Indonesia
Published: July 2021

This study aims to develop an instrument for HOTS questions with the help of the Wondershare Quiz Creator (WQC) application on Momentum and Impulse materials with design and material feasibility, suitable settings for HOTS questions with four types of HOTS questions, namely Multiple Choice, Multiple Responses, Sequence and Matching. The research method used is Research and Development (R & D). This type of research is used to adapt the research design by Borg & Gall. The product development stages consist of research and data collection, planning, product development, product validation, product revision, and product results. The data collection technique used expert validation in developing HOTS questions based on CBT, then the data were analyzed quantitatively and descriptively. The analysis shows that the validity of the design has an average value of 4.21 with very high quality or validity and the validity of the material has an average value of 3.75 with high quality or valid. The highest scores for design and material validity were multiple responses 4.22 and 3.79. At the levels on C4, C5, and C6, there is no difference in the validity and complexity of thinking caused by different types of questions. Keywords: CBT, HOTS, Momentum and Impulse, Wondershare quiz creator
Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Rachman Fazli , Azam Quadi
Published: July 2021

Pandemi Covid-19 memaksa pemerintah untuk menutup sekolah dan beradaptasi ke pembelajaran jarak jauh. Artikel penelitian ini bertujuan memotret efektivitas pembelajaran jarak jauh (PJJ) pada mata pelajaran PPKn. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada tiga desa di wilayah perkebunan sawit di Sumatera Utara. Data dikumpulkan dengan melakukan survei, wawancara, dan studi dokumentasi selama bulan Oktober hingga Desember 2020. Data dianalisis dengan model interaktif. Penelitian menunjukan PJJ mata pelajaran PPKn tidak efektif pelaksanaannya karena: (1) keterbatasan perangkat teknologi pendukung PJJ dan akses internet menyebabkan keterbatasan keterhubungan dengan sumber belajar PPKn; (2) PJJ PPKn didominasi aktivitas pengerjaan tugas; (3) pembelajaran cenderung monoton, minim kreativitas dan inovasi; (4) kualitas pendampingan orang tua rendah karena komunikasi guru dengan orang tua tidak terjalin; (5) siswa sulit untuk menguasai substansi materi pembelajaran PPKn. Proses pembelajaran dan pencapaian hasil belajar yang tidak maksimal selama PJJ PPKn tersebut menyebabkan lebih dari 60% responden menganggap PPKn Masa Pandemi Covid-19 tidak efektif.
PENGEMBANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI PELAYANAN SURAT MENYURAT (SIRA) BERBASIS WEBSITE DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN FRAMEWORK CODEIGNITER
Authors: Syaebani Ahmad , Tyasmala Dita Via , Maulani Rahma , Utami Erina Dwi , Wahyuni Sri Ngudi
Published: July 2021

Layanan surat menyurat merupakan hal penting dalam proses penyelesaian administrasi di masyarakat.   Kelurahan Mendawai merupakan salah satu kelurahan yang terletak di Jln. Dewan Amir Husin Hamzah Nomor: 22, Kelurahan Mendawai, Kecamatan Arut Selatan, Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat, Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah dan saat ini membutuhkan sistem untuk mempermudah layanan surat menyurat guna memberikan layanan prima kepada masyarakat. Selama ini, layanan administasi dan surat menyurat dilakukan dengan sistem konvensional, yaitu dengan langsung datang kelokasi.  Warga harus menemui ketua RT meminta persetujuan permohonan surat, kemudian datang ke kantor kelurahan untuk mengajukan permohonan surat yang dibutuhkan tersebut.  Cara tersebut dirasa kurang efektif dan kurang efisien karena membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama untuk melakukan pemrosesan surat. Pada penelitian ini akan diberikan solusi bagaimana pengembangan sistem informasi surat menyurat berbasis website.  Pada sistem informasi ini melayani 14 jenis surat yang dapat diajukan dan 7 jenis surat download template. Sistem informasi ini hanya dapat diakses oleh warga, ketua RT, kepala desa maupun admin pengelola website yang datanya telah tercatat dalam database. Sistem ini dibuat menggunakan Bahasa Pemrograman PHP dengan Framework CodeIgniter, dan MySQL sebagai Database Management System. Dalam melakukan pengujian sistem ini, penulis menggunakan metode white box testing dan System Usability Scale (SUS). Hasil yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini adalah Sistem Informasi Surat Menyurat (SIRA) berbasis Website yang akan mempermudah pelayanan surat menyurat di Kelurahan Mendawai.
Training future engineers in conditions of educational and information environment of a technical university
Authors: Rakhmanov Vitaliy , Koval Myroslav , Lytvyn Andrii , Kusiy Myroslava , Snitsar Inna , Artiushyn Georgii
Published: July 2021

The study presents the results of exploring the training of future engineering specialists in the conditions of educational and information environment of a technical university, as well as methodological recommendations formulated on the basis of the results obtained. The research assumes that the educational and information environment of a technical university should be designed as an open dynamic and synergetic system, in which future engineers should be given a possibility to design an individual educational trajectory based on the use of educational and information resources and considering the individual psychological capabilities of students. The functioning of the educational and information environment of a technical university provides for a cyclical type of management of professional training of future specialists and adhering to the principle of feedback in student training. The results of the study, in particular a comparison of the levels of competence formation of future engineers in the control and experimental groups at the beginning and end of the study, confirmed the correctness of the hypothesis put forward.