bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Teacher self-efficacy and its relationship with students’ affective and motivational variables in higher education
Authors: Rodríguez Susana , Regueiro Bibiana , Blas Rebeca , Valle Antonio , Piñeiro Isabel , Cerezo Rebeca
Published: February 2018

During the past few decades, researchers have proposed that teacher self-efficacy influences student achievement and motivation. The main aim of this work is to identify possible teacher self-efficacy profiles and to determine possible differences in some affective-motivational variables of students. 95 teachers and 1924 students from five Spanish public Universities took part in this study. Using cluster analysis, three distinctive profiles of teachers were generated: high self-efficacy, medium self-efficacy, and low self-efficacy. ANOVA results suggest that teachers with intermediate self-efficacy perception have more learning-oriented students than teachers with high self-efficacy. Students of teachers who are overconfident of their teaching capacity seem to engage less in studying to learn, they are more indifferent to the subjects, and they value the contents of the subject less. These students could also be less confident about the results of their efforts, showing a low perception of self-efficacy, greater academic work avoidance, and more anxiety than students of teachers with a moderate perception of self-efficacy. The results are discussed in light of the hypothesis of overconfidence.
Escala de Evaluación de la Autorregulación del Aprendizaje a partir de Textos (ARATEX-R)
Authors: Núñez José Carlos , Amieiro Natalia , Álvarez David , García Trinidad , Dobarro Alejandra
Published: February 2018

Los diferentes modelos de aprendizaje autorregulado proponen que este se desarrolla en tres fases (pensar antes, pensar durante, pensar después) y que se aplica a las diferentes áreas (cognitiva, motivacional, emocional, conductual). El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la validez estructural de un nuevo instrumento de evaluación del aprendizaje autorregulado (la Escala de Evaluación de la Autorregulación del Aprendizaje a partir de Textos, ARATEX), elaborado según esta teoría. Los resultados derivados de los análisis factoriales confirmatorios apoyan una versión reducida de dicha escala, con una estructura factorial jerárquica organizada por áreas o dimensiones (cognición, motivación, planificación, evaluación, gestión del ambiente) más que por fases (antes, durante, después), y un factor general de autorregulación como factor único de segundo nivel. Los resultados se discuten con referencia a la teoría propuesta por Paul Pintrich.
Programas para la promoción de la autorregulación en educación superior: un estudio de la satisfacción diferencial entre metodología presencial y virtual
Authors: Cerezo Rebeca , Bernardo Ana , Esteban María , Sánchez y ElliánTuero Miguel
Published: February 2018

Cada vez son más los programas destinados a fomentar la autorregulación del aprendizaje en educación superior. Del mismo modo, la implementación de estos programas en formatos virtuales es también creciente. En este trabajo se compara la satisfacción de un mismo programa de entrenamiento en estrategias de estudio y autorregulación implementado en dos formatos, presencial y virtual, con el objetivo de observar si existe alguna diferencia entre ambas metodologías. Para ello se cuenta con una muestra de 370 alumnos de una universidad del norte de España. Los resultados sugieren una mayor efectividad del programa llevado a cabo en formato virtual. Se discuten los resultados partiendo de la controversia existente entre el potencial motivador de los entornos virtuales y las dificultades que pueden añadir al proceso de aprendizaje de los alumnos.
Implementasi JST Dalam Menentukan Kelayakan Nasabah Pinjaman KUR Pada Bank Mandiri Mikro Serbelawan Dengan Metode Backpropogation
Authors: Windarto Agus Perdana
Published: February 2018

The purpose of this study was to develop a decision support system that can facilitate in determining the eligibility of borrowers KUR (Kredit Usaha Rakyat) through predictive use based on existing data and presents various alternative solutions in the selection of a feasibility customers in KUR loan. This study uses Artificial Neural Network applications using Backpropogation method. Criteria used as an assessment in this study is Collateral, Capacity, Loan Application Form, Income and Establishment Business License (Business License). The decision making process consists of two (2) phases where the first phase and pattern recognition, the second phase is forecast feasibility KUR customers. pattern recognition and predictive feasibility KUR customers using different data with the same process using training and testing. The conclusion by the two architectural models 5-2-1 and 5-3-1, obtained 93% accuracy with 0.0009995807 MSE is the 5-2-1 model architecture. This model is used to predict the feasibility of KUR customers with accuracy> 90% and MSE truth 0.0009566280.
Penentuan Penilaian Kredit Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes Berbasis Particle Swarm Optimization
Authors: Rinawati Rinawati
Published: February 2018

Bad credit is one of the credit risk faced by the financial and banking industry. Bad credit can be avoided by means of an accurate credit analysis of the debtor. The accuracy of credit ratings is crucial to the profitability of financial institutions. Improved accuracy of credit ratings can be done by doing the selection of attributes, because the selection of attributes reduce the dimensionality of the data so that operation of the data mining algorithms can be run more effectively and more cepat.Banyak research has been conducted to determine credit ratings. One of the methods most widely used method of Naive Bayes. In this study will be used method Naive Bayes and will do the selection of attributes by using particle swarm optimization to determine credit ratings. After testing the results obtained are Naive Bayes produce accuracy value of 72.40% and AUC value of 0.765. Then be optimized by using particle swarm optimization results show values higher accuracy is equal to 75.90% and AUC value of 0.773. So as to achieve the increased accuracy of 3.5%, and increased the AUC of 0.008. By looking at the accuracy and AUC values, the Naive Bayes algorithm based on particle swarm optimization into the classification category enough.
Analisis Perbandingan Toolkit Puran File Recovery, Glary Undelete Dan Recuva Data Recovery Untuk Digital Forensik
Authors: Handrizal Handrizal
Published: February 2018

This paper presents a comparative analysis of three digital forensics toolkit for data recovery scenario that has been deleted. Toolkit used is Puran File Recovery, Glary Undelete and Recuva Data Recovery. Their ability to restore deleted data has been tested and analyzed in a USB flash drive. The results of the comparison show that this third toolkit can work well in terms of finding the data that has been deleted or in recovering the deleted data.
Fuzzy Query Database Untuk Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Yang Cerdas
Authors: Poningsih Poningsih , Jalalludin Jalalludin
Published: February 2018

The process of education and teaching is one of the acts of Tri Dharma College. The success of the learning process can not be separated from the role of a lecturer. Quality of faculty plays an important role in a college that wants to achieve the goal of teaching and learning processes that produce graduates (output) quality. Lecturer rated quality if it has the value of a good performance, which is reviewed from several aspects. This paper proposes an analysis based on the evaluation of faculty performance feedback using fuzzy query the database for intelligent decision support system. The value of diverse faculty performance, so as to the criteria of each lecturer is still ambiguous and still need to be clarified. Here will be determined three criteria of assessment of faculty performance is lacking, just and good. Of the three criteria are later obtained a recommendation to make a decision. Model rules obtained is the value of students and professors taken the maximum value, then rules obtained from students and professors taken minimum value, in order to obtain the value of the performance of lecturers as well as the criteria. Then the value of this performance, it can be used by institutions as advice on making a decision relating to a lecturer.
Analisa Terhadap Perbandingan Algoritma Decision Tree Dengan Algoritma Random Tree Untuk Pre-Processing Data
Authors: Saifullah Saifullah , Zarlis Muhammad , Zakaria Zakaria , Sembiring Rahmat Widia
Published: February 2018

Preprocessing data is needed some methods to get better results. This research is intended to process employee dataset as preprocessing input. Furthermore, model decision algorithm is used, random tree and random forest. Decision trees are used to create a model of the rule selected in the decision process. With the results of the preprocessing approach and the model rules obtained, can be a reference for decision makers to decide which variables should be considered to support employee performance improvement
Efektifitas Aplikasi RDBMS Sebagai Media Arsip Data Pada Kantor Kesehatan Pelabuhan Pekanbaru Berbasis Online
Authors: Febriadi Bayu , Zamsuri Ahmad
Published: February 2018

Kantor Kesehatan Pelabuhan Kelas II Pekanbaru is a government office that concerns about healthy, especially about environment health. There is a problem in case of saving electronic data, also in analyzing daily data both for internal and external data. The office has some computers and other tools that are useful in saving electronic data. In fact, the data are still saved in available cupboards and it is not efficient for an important data that is analyzed for more than one time. In other words, it is not good for a data is needed to be analyzed continuously. Rational Data Base Management System (RDBMS) application is an online based saving data and it uses System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) method. Hopefully, the application will be very useful for employees Kantor Kesehatan Pelabuhan Pekanbaru in managing their work.
PENERAPAN C 4.5 UNTUK MENENTUKAN CALON SUAMI TERBAIK DALAM PERNIKAHAN PADA KANTOR KUA SIANTAR MARTOBA PEMATANGSIANTAR
Authors: Hawani Siti , Windarto Agus Perdana , Solikhun Solikhun , Hartama Dedy
Published: February 2018

Penentuan Calon Suami terbaik merupakan salah satu cara untuk mengetahui kriteria-kriteria apa yang diperlukan dalam penentuan calon suami terbaik dalam pernikahan. Seorang calon suami harus memenuhi beberapa kriteria tertentu untuk dapat dinyatakan layak. Penelitihan ini bertujuan untuk mengklasifikasikan dan memprediksi layak dan tidak layak calon suami untuk dinyatakan menjadi calon suami terbaik dalam pernikahan dengan menggunakan Metode C4.5. Algoritma C4.5 merupakan algoritma yang digunakan untuk membentuk pohon keputusan. Pohon keputusan merupakan metode klasifikasi dan prediksi yang sangat kuat dan terkenal.
EVALUASI MEMBANGKITKAN FUNGSI KEANGGOTAAN PADA FUZZY MODEL MAMDANI
Authors: Dewi Rafiqa
Published: February 2018

Paper ini membahas tentang perbandingan dua bentuk dalam membangkitkan fungsi keanggotaan. Menentukan fungsi keanggotaan melalui segitiga sama kaki akan mendapatkan nilai menurun pada segitiga tersebut. Sedangkan pada segitiga siku-siku, setelah puncak segitiga tidak ada kemungkinan nilai menurun. Sehingga nilai yang diperoleh merupakan nilai menaik dan putus setelah puncak segitiga. Dihitung dengan model Mamdani, nilai output yang dihitung dengan segitiga sama kaki memiliki nilai yang lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan yang dihasilkan oleh segitiga siku-siku. Hal ini disebabkan segitiga siku-siku tidak memiliki bagian sisi yang menurun setelah puncak segitiganya, sehingga tidak memiliki pendekatan kepada variabel setelahnya.
Penerapan Weighted Sum Model (WSM) Dalam Penentuan Peserta Jaminan Kesehatan Masyarakat
Authors: Mesran Mesran , Suginam Suginam , Nasution Surya Darma , Siahaan Andsyah Putera Utama
Published: February 2018

Community Health Insurance is one of the government programs for the people of Indonesia in obtaining treatment services at Puskesmas. The program is very helpful for people who are low income and live below the poverty line. Indicators for the government in providing this service consists of 10 (ten) criteria that are House Ownership Status, Floor Area per Household Member, Type of Floor of House, Type of Wall House, Lighting House Used, Fuel Used, Frequency Of Eating In A Day, Ability Buy meat/chicken/milk in a week, Employment of head of household, Education of head of household. In the application, of course, has constraints in deciding who the participants who get the Jamkesmas service. With the application of one of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) able to overcome obstacles faced by government. Some methods of MCDM such as Simple Additive Weighting(SAW), Weighted Product(WP), Weighted Sum Model(WSM) can solve this problem. By applying the WSM is relatively easy and fast, is believed to be able to get the best results.
E-Voting Berbasis Website Pada Pemilihan Kades Di Rantau Jaya (Lake) Dengan Keamanan Data Menggunakan Enkripsi Base 64
Authors: Wijaya Harma Oktafia Lingga
Published: February 2018

The world of technology and science at this time is growing rapidly, resulting in many changes that occur in human life. Thus, with the development of this technology every work will be realized more efficiently and effectively. Information Systems made to facilitate the management and storage of data it can produce a precise and accurate information. Currently a form of information and data can be made in accordance with what we want, and many opportunities that can be exploited to develop it. From the above information, to overcome perkembanagn existing technology it is necessary to create a website-based information system, is expected to facilitate the delivery of information and minimize fraud, e-voting refers to the process of utilization of electronic devices to further support the smooth process and also the automation model that allows intervention At least from individuals in all processes. The electoral system in this village still uses the conventional electoral system, the voting process and the vote count in the conventional election are still many weaknesses among them is the wrong voters in terms of marking on the ballot paper, because the provisions of the validity of the marking is less clear that many sound cards are in And the second is on the announcement of the results of the slow election because it must perform calculations manually and often fraud, and data equality is very important in this system because the election is a crucial problem in the community so that the necessary security of data election results tersebut.maka in The data security researchers use base 64 encryption.
Implementasi Metode SAW Dalam Penerimaan Siswa Baru Pada SMA Negeri 16 Medan
Authors: Setiawan Adil
Published: February 2018

Acceptance of new students In public schools has always been the number 1 attraction, because the quality of a school is influenced by several things, one of which is the value of prestige against an unstoppable modernization, and one other due to the high accreditation value, as well as the source Competent teaching power. But in this case, to have a quality student resources it is necessary to select the acceptance of students. Similarly, for SMA Negeri 16 Medan which is one of the favorite state high school in marelan area, which is one area in the city of field. In fact quite a lot of prospective students who enroll in SMA Negeri 16 Medan who have high school grades, because the number of prospective students who register exceeds the capacity, the selection of student acceptance based on rankings SMP report cards, and written test only. From the existing problems sometimes there are prospective students who were excluded because they get enough test score when he has a non-academic achievement, and a good personality. Criteria other than academic value, and such as personality and non-academic values, should be used as criteria as well as to determine which students are truly eligible to receive using the SAW method. Non academic is an achievement beyond the academic field that a student has ever achieved. Interview test is an assessment of the personality of the prospective student will be in by the enrollment system. This SAW method serves as a tool of SMA Negeri 16 Medan in making decisions on the selection process of new admissions.
Perlindungan Hukum Bagi Pembeli Dalam Sengketa Jual Beli Online
Authors: , Asri Wijayanti, Rizania Kharismasari Aditya Ayu Hakiki
Published: February 2018

In community disputes often occur online purchase adverse buyers. The purpose of this study was to determine the forms of legal protection and remedies for aggrieved buyers in selling and buying online dispute. This research is normative juridical approach to legislation. Results of the first study is a form of legal protection for the buyer in a dispute over online trading that is the rule of law on the rights and obligations of the seller and the buyer (Article 1473-1519 BW), proof of electronic transactions (Article 5 of Law No. 11 of 2008), right to sue tort (Article 1365 BW) if the aggrieved buyer can file a lawsuit based on their default. Results of the second study are legal remedies which can be done by consumers were harmed in selling and buying online dispute consists of litigation (PN, PT, MA Article 48 of Law No. 8 of 1999 jo. Article 38 of Law No. 11 of 2008) and non-litigation through mediation, conciliation or arbitration (Article 39 of Law No. 11 of 2008). The resulting recommendations are needed socialization of legal protection under the Act ITE
Adab Konstitusi; Upaya Meluruskan Kesesatan Pikir Konstitusi
Authors: Prasetyo Yogi
Published: February 2018

The Constitution as the legal basis for formation of legislation in the system of Indonesia. The misuse of the constitution (UUD 1945) by the political interests of goverment caused mislead and made the situation of the nation getting worse. Liberal capitalistic value wrapped in modern positivistic legal system that puts the ratio had diverge from culture constitution. needs to be clarified with the balance of conscience through culture constitution. Culture constitution is a constitutional concept who saw citizen of Indonesia as creatures of God by virtue of intelligence and unseen. So with that constitution is formed, conceived and executed to be qualified and to bring the benefit of the world and the hereafter.
On The Legality of a Marriage and It's Legal Implication: An Unjustified Heroic Decision
Authors: Mustofa Latif
Published: February 2018

Objek artikel ini adalah Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 46 Tahun 2012. Isu sentral dalam putusan tersebut berkait-kelindan tentang keabsahan perkawinan dan status hubungan keperdataan anak di luar nikah menurut Undang-Undang Perkawinan. UU Perkawinan digugat inkonstitusional di hadapan Undang-Undang Dasar yang mengatur tentang kesetaraan setiap orang di hadapan hukum. Hakim Konstitusi mengabulkan sebagian gugatan oleh Machica Mochtar dan anaknya Iqbal. Artikel ini ditulis setelah lima tahun Mahkamah Konstitusi memutus gugatan konstitusional keabsahan sebuah perkawinan. Rentang waktu tersebut mengindikasikan tujuan artikel ini untuk mengupas secara filosofis alasan hukum yang dikemukakan dalam putusan tersebut. Pertanyaan yang hendak didiskusikan dalam tulisan ini adalah benarkah Undang-Undang Perkawinan bertentangan dengan Konstusi? Untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut, tulisan ini memanfaarkan konsepsi penemuan hukum oleh Ronald Dworkin, H.L.A. Hart, dan Lord Fuller untuk melakukan analisa alasan hukum putusan. Tulisan ini berpendapat terdapat norma yang kontradiktif dalam kasus ini. Dalam bingkai kontradiksi norma tersebut, tulisan ini menunjukkan ketidaktepatan logika hukum Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi sebagai bahan renungan untuk putusan di masa mendatang ketika isu yang sama muncul. Kata kunci: anak di luar nikah, kontradiksi norma, hukum perkawinan
Penanganan Anak yang Berkonflik Dengan Hukum
Authors: Rosna Wati Emy
Published: February 2018

Penanganan anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum bukan hanya masalah nasional Indonesia saja, melainkan menjadi masalah internasional dengan disepakatinya Konvensi tentang Hak-Hak Anak yang disetujui oleh Majelis Umum Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa pada t    anggal 20 Nopember 1989. Hal yang dipermasalahkan adalah: Penanganan anak yang  berkonflik dengan hukum ditinjau dari beberapa peraturan perundang-undangan. Berdasarkan penelitian mengenai penanganan anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum di Indonesia dapat disimpulkan bahwa Indonesia merupakan satu negara yang menyetujui dan meratifikasi Konvensi tentang Hak-Hak Anak sebagaimana diwujudkan dalam Keputusan Presiden Nomor 36 Tahun 1990 tentang Pengesahan Convention On The Rights of Child (Konvensi Tentang Hak-Hak Anak). Indonesia konsisten dalam penanganan anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum, diwujudkan dengan dilakukannya  Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 35 Tahun 2014  Tentang Perubahan Atas Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2002  Tentang Perlindungan Anak. Diberlakukannya Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 11 Tahun 2012 Tentang Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak dengan mencabut Undang-Undang Nomor 3 Tahun 1997 tentang Pengadilan Anak.  Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 11 Tahun 2012 Tentang Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak lebih mengedepankan penyelesaian anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum secara keadilan restoratif yaitu penyelesaian perkara tindak pidana dengan melibatkan pelaku, korban, keluarga pelaku/korban, dan pihak lain yang terkait untuk bersama-sama mencari penyelesaian yang adil dengan menekankan pemulihan kembali pada keadaan semula, dan bukan pembalasan serta dilakukan  diversi yaitu pengalihan penyelesaian perkara Anak dari proses peradilan pidana ke proses di luar  peradilan pidana. Kata Kunci: Penanganan, Anak, Berkonflik Dengan Hukum
Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Konsumen Go-Jek (Layanan Transportasi Dengan Aplikasi Online) Dalam Perjanjian Aplikasi Go-Jek Berdasarkan Pasal 1320 KUHPerdata
Authors: Bagus Wicaksono Dimas
Published: February 2018

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji apakah perjanjian dalam aplikasi layanan transportasi dari GO-JEK sudah memenuhi syarat sah dalam Pasal 1320 KUHPerdata dan bagaimanana perlindungan hukum bagi konsumen menurut Pasal 1320 KUHPerdata. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum normatif (Normative Legal Research) yang mengunakan pendekatan perundang-undangan dan pendekatan konseptual. Kemudian dibantu dengan bahan-bahan hukum yang akan diuraikan, dideskripsikan, dan dianalisis keterkaitan satu sama lain. Dalam penelitian ini didapati bahwa perjanjian dalam aplikasi layanan tranportasi GO-JEK tidak sah sebagaimana diatur dalam Pasal 1320 KUHPerdata, maka pemerintah harus memberikan perlindungan hukum bagi konsumen yang menggunakan layanan tranportasi ini. Kata Kunci: Layanan Jasa GO-JEK, Perjanjian Aplikasi Berdasarkan Pasal 1320 KUHPerdata, Perlindungan Hukum
Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions in the Nepalese Perspective
Authors: Pathak Hari Prasad
Published: February 2018

This paper attempts to identify the motives of mergers and acquisitions in the Nepalese financial sector.Questionnaire survey method is used to obtain the views of randomly selected 122 bankers of 21 post-merged financial institutions.A two-stage multivariate procedure is used to identify the important factors that drive the merger of financial institutions.In the first stage, an exploratory factor analysis is performed using ten statements that were put in the Likert scale in the questionnaire. In the second stage, important motives of mergers are determined by conducting an ordinary least squares regression using the factors extracted from factor analysis. It checks the internal consistency and reliability of the data using the Cronbach’s Alpha. The paper concludes hat the three most important motives for mergers of Nepalese financial institutions are: (i)meeting the regulatory requirement of paid up capital, (ii) realization of economies of scale and scope, and (iii) generation of efficiencies due to synergistic gains.

 Economic Literature, Vol. XIII August 2016, page: 9-18

 
Effect of Bank Competition on Financial Stability: Empirical Evidence from Nepal
Authors: G.C. Surya Bahadur , Sharma Gyaneswar
Published: February 2018

There are two hypotheses about the relationship between competition and financial stability in the banking system: “competition-fragility” view argues that competition makes banks more likely totake excessive risks, thereby leading to fragility, while “competition-stability” view suggests that higherinterest rates in less competitive environments may cause borrowers to take higher risks,resulting in higher probability of non-performing loans and a more fragile system. This paper empirically examines the impact of competition on Nepalese banking system employing annual data of commercial banks from 1999 to 2012 period using fixed effects panel data model. The study period represents the era of rapid growth in financial institutions in Nepal. The HHI and n-bank concentration ratios are used as measure of competition while Z-index and nonperforming loans ratioare used as proxies of financial stability. The effects of macroeconomic factors and bank specific indicators are also taken into account. The results reveal that there is apositive relationship between greater banking competition and financial stability in Nepal, supporting the “competition-stability” view. Competition in banking sector is found to result in decrease in credit risk and contribute for financial stability. Mixed results have been achieved incase of the impact of bank competition on overall stability. The findings indicate that both higher concentration and higher competition are detrimental for stability. Hence, policymakers should facilitate further consolidation in the financial industry, however, it should be ensured that excessive consolidation doesn’t result in an environment that hinders competition. In addition,besides competition level in the banking system, macroeconomic situation of the country is found to be an important determinant of banking system stability.

 Economic Literature, Vol. XIII August 2016, page 19-31
Clinico-Laboratory Observations and Outcome of Dengue Infection In a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Jaiswal Niraj Kumar , Chaudhary Shatdal , Chaudhary Nagendra
Published: February 2018

INTRODUCTION: Dengue fever (DF) is highly prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries all over the world. This study was done to study the clinico-laboratory profile of DF patients and their outcomes in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal.MATERIAL & METHODS:  A prospective observational cross-sectional study conducted over 6 months (October 2016 to March 2017) in patients admitted to medical inpatient ward of a tertiary care referral hospital located at south west Nepal. All febrile patients underwent dengue antibody (IgM) testing. Patient details, clinical manifestations and laboratory parameters were recorded. Descriptive analysis was done as mean and percentage.RESULTS: Out of total 2653 hospital admissions, 1274 patients (male: 780, female: 494) presented with fever. Forty patients between 17 years to 84 years (Mean age ± SD: 40.3±17 years) were diagnosed as DF. All the age groups were almost equally affected. The average duration of hospital stay was 5.4±3.2 days. Fever (n=40, 100%), body ache (n=29, 74.4%) and headache (n=28, 70%) were three leading complaints in dengue patients. Only 22.5% (n=9) of the patients had thrombocytopenia (mild and moderate). Severe thrombocytopenia was not noticed. Only 10% of total dengue cases received platelet transfusion. The mean platelet count increased from day one to day seven gradually. All the patients recovered.CONCLUSION: DF is a well-established vector-borne disease in south west Nepal; may be due to rapid urbanization and poor hygiene facility. Appropriate disease control programme emphasizing on vector surveillance and control, early clinical diagnosis and treatment reduces the dengue-related deaths.Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences (2017)Vol.05 No.02 Issue 16, page: 3-7
Registration of Cotton Germplasm USDA MD 16‐1 and USDA MD 16‐2 with Enhanced Lint Yield and Fiber Quality
Authors: Bechere Efrem , Manning Rex
Published: February 2018

Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm USDA MD 16‐1 (Reg. No. CV‐138, PI 682133), and USDA MD 16‐2 (Reg. No. CV‐139, PI 682134) have enhanced yield and good fiber quality. These germplasm lines were developed by the USDA‐ARS, Stoneville, MS, and released on 27 June 2017. Two crosses, MD 25‐51 × MD 10‐9‐1 and MD 25‐51 × MD 10‐9‐10 were made at the Jamie Whitten Delta State Research Center, USDA‐ARS, Stoneville, in 2010. The F1 population was grown at the winter nursery in Mexico in 2010. The F2 populations were planted at Stoneville in 2011. One boll per plant was bulked, and the F3 population was grown in 2012. This process was repeated during 2013 (F4). In 2014, individual plants (F5) were selected for progeny rows. In 2015 (F6) and 2016 (F7) selected progeny rows were tested for yield and fiber quality, and one progeny row from MD 25‐51 × MD 10‐9‐1 (named USDA MD 16‐1) and another progeny row from MD 25‐51 × MD 10‐9‐10 (named USDA MD 16‐2) were identified for their superior lint yield and fiber quality. During 2015 and 2016, the two germplasm were planted along with the check cultivars in randomized complete designs at Stoneville and were evaluated at the 2016 Regional Breeders’ Testing Network (RBTN) test across 13 locations spanning across all cotton growing regions. Data were collected on lint yield and quality parameters. Data at Stoneville indicated that both USDA MD 16‐1 and USDA MD 16‐2 had 9 to 16% and 6 to 14% higher lint yield than the two check cultivars, MD 25 and MD 10‐5, respectively In the 2016 RBTN across 13 locations, USDA MD 16‐1 was the top yielder (1710 kg ha−1), and USDA MD 16‐2 had the strongest fiber (355 kN m kg−1).
Association of Hypertension with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adult female
Authors: Yeasmin Nahid , Mahmuda Sayeeda , Akther Shamima , Nahar Sharmin , Sultana Zakia , Khanam Afruza
Published: February 2018

Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most widespread endocrine disorder in female and its complications are increasing all over the world, leading to life threatening medical problems like cardiovascular diseases, stroke and end stage renal diseases. An association between hypertension and diabetes mellitus has been identified.Objectives: The study was carried out to observe the association of hypertension with diabetes mellitus in adult female subjects.Methods : This cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, during the period of January 2011 to December 2011. A total number of one hundred female subjects were selected with age ranging from30 to50 years. Among them 50 diabetic female subjects were included from out-patient department of Endocrinology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka as study group(B) and 50 apparently healthy female were taken as control group(A) for comparison. Fasting serum insulin level was measured by ELISA method in the Department of Laboratory of National Institute of ENT, Dhaka and fasting blood glucose was estimated by glucose oxidase method in Department of Dhaka Medical College in both groups. Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure of all participants were recorded by standard method. Data was analyzed by Unpaired Student’s- test and Pearson’s correlation co-efficient (r) test as applicable.Results: The value of fasting serum insulin level was significantly higher in diabetic subjects than those of non-diabetic subjects. Fasting blood glucose level was significantly higher diabetic patient in comparison to those of non-diabetic subjects. In diabetic subjects fasting serum insulin and fasting blood glucose levels were higher and showed positive correlation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure.Conclusion: Present study revealed that systolic and diastolic blood pressure has positive relationship with fasting serum insulin and fasting blood glucose levels.Bangladesh J Medicine Jan 2018; 29(1) : 7-12
Des racines et des liens : les racines de la perestroïka et les liens de Gorbatchev
Authors: Comte Philippe
Published: February 2018

The article shows that perestroika has its origins in the many plans and diverse attempts to reform the Soviet system in the years between 1945 and 1984. In fact it now seems clear that certain members of the Soviet nomenklatura - a group which was gradually transmuting into a new bourgeoisie during this period - wanted from a very early stage to make the system less rigid : their projected reforms would, however, have left them in possession of the wealth and advantages which they had acquired. They would also have continued to be in control of society. Beria worked out an ambitious reform plan which Khrushchev partially adopted after having him shot and before being himself removed from power by a group which would succeed in resisting essential reforms for two further decades. The article also explains that it was in fact the KGB which acted as the laboratory for the regime's projected reforms. This was no doubt because the KGB was best placed to know about the real state of Soviet society at the end of the 1950s and the evolving nature of public opinion. It is also likely that they believed that prevention was better than cure. It seems certain that Andropov was the eminence grise of perestroika. It was he (amongst others) who was working over a long period of time to place Gorbachev in the top job : doubtless he trusted a man who was connected early in his career with the information-gathering service Andropov had himself run from 1967 to 1982. He had possibly worked out that the striking qualities of the man Brezhnev had dubbed 'The Tsar of the sheep' - i.e. indecisiveness, inability to make up his mind, procrastination, a taste for luxury - were those most likely to lead to the break-up of the old system and to open up the path to the future.
Gorbatchev et « la maison commune européenne », une révolution mentale et politique ?
Authors: Rey Marie-Pierre
Published: February 2018

This article focuses on Soviet- West European relations during the Gorbachev perestroïka era. Three periods are distinguished. In the years 1985-1987, the New Thinking generates a new mental framework and new diplomatic practices. Relations between the USSR and Western European countries slightly improve but, on both sides, mistrust and a wait-and-see attitude continue to prevail. 1988 marks a milestone : the concept of a "Common European Home" gains strength and earns credibility in the eyes of the main West-European partners of the USSR. The "Common Home" becomes the sign of a "return of the USSR towards Europe" and of its adherence to Western values. These are times for optimism. However, despite being relayed by the confederation project launched by François Mitterrand, the "Common Home" runs up against the combined opposition of the United States and of the former popular democracies, and eventually collapses.
Une approche exotique de la littérature russe juive
Authors: Czerny Boris
Published: February 2018

Since the emergence of a Russian- Jewish literature in the 1 860s, a great many debates have opposed the supporters of the existence of such a literature and others who, at best, considered that those books written in Russian by Jewish writers were of insufficient quality and could not be regarded as genuine literature, especially when compared to the "great" works of Russian literarure.

The adoption of an exotic approach consists in considering Jewish-Russian literature as a triangular territory whose three apexes are the reader, the time and the society he or she lives in, and the Jewish world as a cultural entity. Those studies which use ethnic origin to determine whether a writer belongs to the Jewish-Russian literary tradition are not very convincing. Neither is the language used a satisfactory criterion. So, what remains is, as some American scholars advocate, to regard each text as an authentically exotic territory so as to discover to what extent it contains elements of Jewish culture. Studying the inner workings of these texts is rather like undertaking an expedition in an unfamiliar, exotic country.
Les enjeux identitaires dans «There are Jews in my House» de Lara Vapnyar et Tout est illuminé de Jonathan Safran Foer : une affaire de patates ?
Authors: Chard-Hutchinson Martine
Published: February 2018

This article seeks to show that potatoes are used as striking indices both in Jonathan Safran Foer' s novel, Everything is Illuminated and Lara Vapnyar' s short story, "There are Jews in my House", both authors being contemporary Jewish American writers of Russian and/or Soviet descent. The presence of potatoes will be studied in key scenes that crystallize the Russian-American Jewish-Non- Jewish interaction and confrontation, albeit in radically different ways. While Foer' s novel is characterized by the extensive use of the grotesque and the camivalesque to describe tragic events, there is no such alleviation in Vapnyar' s short story. Both works deal with the impact of history and anti-Semitism on the lives of the Jews in Central Europe., whether focusing on a pilgrimage of tragic-comic proportions, or portraying the devastating consequences of an everyday denunciation.
Réflexions terminologiques
Authors: Kastler Ludmila , Krylosova Svetlana
Published: February 2018

In the present article, we try to trace the genesis and the evolution of two correlated and closely connected concepts : New man and Soviet man. Our approach is to analyze the discursive contexts in which these two concepts circulate, to determine the relations between them as well as their links to other neighbouring concepts, and to identify their characteristic elements. Born at the crossroads of diverse discursive practices, the two concepts in question can be considered as a double concept which contains two representations, closely related to a single phenomenon. The multiple nuances of meaning of this single phenomenon place it at the reference level between reality on the one hand and modern mythology on the other. Being a hybrid product of the Utopian dreams of several generations, it designates a new species, unique in its kind, namely homo sovieticus, an extraordinary phenomenon in the world history.
L'Antiquité classique : à prendre ou à laisser
Authors: Gamalova Natalia
Published: February 2018

This paper discusses the place of ancient Greek tragedies in the repertoires of Russian theatres in the period from 1917 to 1927. Immediately after the Russian Revolution, the new regime readily accepts to be compared to Athenian democracy ; the revolutionary zeal implies the Fervour of Aeschylus or the Glory of Pericles. In theatre, ancient tragedies were considered by playwrights and, especially, by directors (Sanin, Radlov, Tairov, Yuriev, Ferdinandov) to be inherent in drama experimentation. This paper critically examines theoretical works by Adrian Piotrovski, as well as his two expressionist plays The Fall of Helen Ley (1923) and The Death of the five {The Army Commander's Death, 1925) as examples of the Ancient Greek theatrical tradition.
La fabrique du soviétique à travers le quotidien d'une famille de ci-devant
Authors: Jobert Véronique
Published: February 2018

This article demonstrates, through an analysis of family letters, the extent to which the Soviet authorities went to manufacture the new Soviet man and woman. The letters in question were written between a noble women bora in 1885 and living in Leningrad, and members of her family (her daughter, one of her sons, and three grand-daughters, all living in Manchuria). In total, 312 letters penned between 1927 and 1933 - a crucial period in Soviet history - are examined. In the first part of our article, we analyse the various ways in which the "Sovietisation" of everyday life took place in Russia. This includes the emergence of communal apartments, and the disappearance of basic foodstuffs from shops (together with the interminable queues that such shortages inevitably engendered). Then we go on to look at how the regime crushed all forms of resistance. The various means employed included selective food rationing, draconian working conditions, and arbitrary arrests and deportations. What emerges from our analysis of these letters is the fact the Soviet state interfered in every aspect of its citizens' daily lives.
La mission rééducatrice des écrivains prolétariens au sein du vieux Théâtre d'Art
Authors: Autant-Mathieu Marie-Christine
Published: February 2018

The Making of a new man, in art and culture, emerged against the figure of the intellectual with its humanism, tolerance and compassion towards the class enemy. In 1931, the Moscow Art Theatre is attacked for its excessively moderate repertory and is forced to stage the proletarian playwright Alexander Afinogenov whose play Fear (Strakh) (1931) is a perfect manual for rebuilding scientific and artistic circles : Professor Borodin, defeated by the arguments of the Bolshevik Klara, after being arrested, questioned, and released on condition that he renounces his work publicly, says at the end : "I accept your conditions". Delighted with the success of the performance which places him among the most famous playwrights, Afinogenov would continue to propose his plays to Soviet theatres. But for him, too, history is moving forward. Suddenly he becomes a pariah. Through the notebooks he kept during the period of ostracism (April 1937-January 1938), one can follow the moods of a communist who remained believing, despite the difficulties, in the cause of socialism. Afinogenov' s diary shows biased thinking and writing, and self-censorship due to the birth of a new mentality. Disgrace is the test from the party (Providence) to test his faith. The man will be reborn purified after this initiation ritual.
Dans la fabrique de l'imaginaire soviétique : la consultation littéraire du magazine Komounarka Oukraïny (1932-1934)
Authors: Aunoble Éric
Published: February 2018

As ideological discourses have often been studied, we intend to highlight the construction of the Soviet imaginary, through literary texts that were sent by readers for publication in the magazine Komunarka Ukrainy. The archives contain a hundred manuscripts and the reviews of them by the «literary consultation» of the editorial board. To understand the values, strategies and interactions of various actors in this vast literary game, we will present the magazine, study the profile of writers «from below» and their texts before considering their critique by the editorial board. Dealing with poetry and fiction in the cultural sphere, we nevertheless do not lose site of the key historical problems of Soviet society : adapting one's prose to the Stalinist storytelling style means is synonymous with backing the regime itself.
Nikolaï Miaskovski, un des piliers de la musique symphonique soviétique
Authors: Gali Frank
Published: February 2018

Nikolai' Miaskovski, the "conscience of the musical Moscow", is considered as the father of the Soviet symphonic music. An advocate of musical modernism, he was at the head of the Association for Contemporary Music (ASM) who competed with the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians ( RAPM) for control of Soviet music in the 20s. Miaskovski, a shy, sensitive and introverted man was not the kind of composer the Revolution would like ; he reflects life not through the feelings and spirit of the masses, but through the prism of his personal feelings. A reviewer and composer, Miaskovski was appointed to teach composition for 30 years at the Moscow Conservatory and had as pupils Kabalevski, Khatchaturian, Khrennikov, Shebalin, etc. Miaskovski was honoured many times by the Soviet State and these awards and decorations gave the illusion of a successful and harmonious existence even though he was stung during the 20s and 30s by the many accusations in the Soviet press of individualism, decadence, pessimism and complexity and in 1948 by the Zhdanov's decree against formalism. Miaskovski was not an active dissident, but his attitude and his resistance towards the Soviet regime transformed him into an inner exiled. A prolific composer, he left an output of eighty-seven published opera, symphonies, concertos and vocal works. The entire symphonic output of Miaskovski was recorded by Evgueni Svetlanov.
L'habillage idéologique dans les écrits de Nikolaï Akimov
Authors: Tokmakov Anatoly
Published: February 2018

Thdirector in the Soviet theatre is a person entrusted by the authorities with the mission to implement the party's ideology. Once at the head of an institution, many talented artists found themselves in a situation where they had to choose between dogma and freedom, but most often sought a compromise. A form of compromise in which N. Akimov, director of the Leningrad Theatre of Comedy, excelled, was to present an unclassifiable work as a work of socialist realism, spreading in the press and specialized literature prolix arguments in a Soviet style whose purpose was to defend his work, and the work of his employees, against the inevitable ideological criticism. The text of Akimov from 1940 justifying the staging of «The Shadow» by Shwartz giving it the status of a «Soviet fairy story» is an excellent example of this art of disguise.
L'Idéal au service de l'idéologie : le cas de Et l'acier fut trempé de Nikolaï Ostrovski
Authors: Goloubinova-Cennet Katia
Published: February 2018

The article concerns the history of this autobiographical novel which illustrates in a particularly fascinating way the principle of ideological commitment after the Revolution of 1917. Not only does Nikolai Ostrovski's cult text, the Soviets' ideological Bible, illustrate the way in which the «new Soviet man» was constructed, it also has much to say about the principle of the personal commitment of a writer in the service of his people.
Les mystères des Mystères de Saint-Pétersbourg (1878)
Authors: Niqueux Michel
Published: February 2018

The present paper is an introduction to the Mysteries of Saint-Petersburg by Ivan Doff, a serialized novel published in 1877-1878 in Le Petit Parisien and ignored by bibliographies. The author, whose real name is still to be discovered, unfolds a weird plot in a fantasized Russia, resorting to all the ropes of serialized novels. Basing himself on Vs. Krestovski's novel The Slums of Petersburg, without even bothering to mention it, Doff concludes his novel with an epilogue inspired by Vera Zassoulich's attempt, which makes his work the first French novel about the «nihilists».
Développement de la langue orale par les textes littéraires
Authors: Soujaeff Natalia
Published: February 2018

Mastering a foreign language supposes developping a certain number of abilities : the ability to understand, read, write and speak. Working with students studying Russian as a foreign language shows that work on oral speech demands a special approach. The present article shows how using literary texts can help develop oral speech. The author introduces specific criteria which should be considered in view of selecting texts and shows how to sequence work with literary texts. An exemple is provided, which highlights the different stages of work on a modern prose text in the course of one lesson. A special attention is paid to exercises aimed at developing oral speech skills.