bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENDAMPINGAN PENGEMBANGAN VARIASI PRODUK ROTI DAN JENIS CAKE DI LA-DONAT, DESA TANGGIR, MALO, BOJONEGORO, JAWA TIMUR
Authors: Minantyo Hari , Winarno Prasetyon Sepsi , Yuwono Victor , Kusumaningrum Evita Mei , Aquilera Ivana
Published: May 2021

Makanan dan Minuman (MaMin), adalah kebutuhan yag sangat mendasar terhadap kehidupan manusia. Kota Bojonegoro merupakan ”Kompetensi Inti Industri Daerah” berdasarkan Undang-Undang No 3 Tahun 2014 tentang perindustrian yang kemudian dijabarkan dalam Rencana Induk Pembangunan Industri di Desa Tanggir Kecamatan Malo Kota Bojonegoro. La-Donat merupakan mitra yang bergerak dalam industri makanan yaitu donat dan roti, yang sedang berusaha menangkap peluang untuk mengembangkan usaha ”jajanan” khususnya donat dan roti di Desa Tanggir. Permasalahan yang dialami oleh mitra ada 6 hal. Permasalahan Pertama adalah desain produk yang kurang variasi. Kedua adalah hanya tergantung pada konsumman yang datang ketempat produk. Ketiga, ketidaktepatan memenuhi pesanan. Keempat, kualitas produk roti kurang bagus. Kelima, belum mempunyai merek yang berkarakter. Keenam, kurangnya kegigihan karyawan dalam menghadapi permasalahan. Solusi yang dalam permasalahan ini adalahpendaampingan pengembangan produk roti dan cakeyang sesuai kebutuhan masyarakat sekitarnya, perbaikan sistem sales dan marketing untuk menjaga penjualan agar tidak berfluktuasi, perbaikan sistem manajemen kebersihan (HACCP), meningkatkan sistem operasional (DIFOTEF), perbaikan kualitas produk dengan sistem (organoleptik), menggunakan teknologi proses pemilihan dan penanganan bahan, pengolahan, penyimpanan, penambahan peralatan produksi, dan pengembangan brand personality produk roti dan cake yang kuat untuk memperkuat identitas Desa
PELATIHAN DAN PENDAMPINGAN PEMBUATAN MULTIMEDIA INTERAKTIF UNTUK GURU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA KRISTEN INDONESIA SECARA VIRTUAL
Authors: Ambarita Jenri , Siahaya Agusthina
Published: May 2021

Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk : menigkatkan keterampilan guru PAK Indonesia dalam merancang dan mengembangkan multimedia interaktif. Kegiatan ini diikuti oleh guru PAK Indonesia sebanyak 214 orang yang terdiri dari 83 orang guru SD, 79orang guru SMP dan 52 orang guru SMA/K. kegiatan ini dilakukan secara virtual melalui zoom dan livestreaming melalui channel youtube.Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif. Adapun tahapan-tahapan dalam kegiatan ini adalah sosialisasi, pre test, pelatihan, penugasan/pendampingan, post test, dan penutup. Kegiatan PKM ini dilaksanakan selama lima hari pertemuan, dimana pada hari pertama pembukaan sekaligus materi sosialisasi dan dilanjutkan kegiatan inti yaitu pelatidan dan pendampingan pembuatan multimedia interaktif, penugasan dan post test. Hasil yang diperoleh dari kegiatan ini adalah peserta dapat membuat multimedia interaktif dengan menggunakan PPT. Hasil post test yang dilakukan pada tahap akhir kegiatan menunjukkan peningkatan keterampilan yang signifikan dalam membuat multimedia interaktif.
BREAST FEEDING AND WEANING PRACTICES IN RURAL AREAS: ITS RELATION TO MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF AGE
Authors: Adeen Akram  , Muhammad Saleem Channarh  , Ahsan Ahmad
Published: May 2021

Abstract: Objective: The objective of this study is to see the current breast feeding and weaning practices in our rural areas and its impact on the growth of children less than one year of age. Design: It is an observational descriptive study. Place and duration of study: Madinah Teaching Hospital University Medical and Dental College Faisalabad from June to September 2015. Patients and Methods: A total of 300 children belonging to rural areas were included in the study. The address was noted from the CNIC of father/mother/caregiver. Only children < 1 year of age belonging to rural areas were included in the study. Infants having chronic illnesses like congenital heart disease, Asthma, Tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, immunodeficiency or congenital defects like cleft palate and lip were excluded from the study. The weight of each infant was recorded and Classified according to gomezs classification for malnutrition on a predesigned proforma. The data was assessed by using SPSS version 19. Results: Out of 300 infants 121 were on exclusive breast feeding, 81 were on predominant breast feeding and 98 were not being given breast milk. Early ablactation was also observed, at the age of>8-12 months 36 children were not being given breast milk. Weaning foods were started in 152 infants only. The infants who were not being given breast milk were the worst affected group by malnutrition, 37 infants had 3rd degree malnutrition similarly the infants who were not given weaning foods were also affected adversely by malnutrition , 40 infants had 3rd degree malnutrition as compared to 17 who were being given weaning foods. Conclusion: The breast feeding practices in our rural areas are not optimal, the timing and quality of weaning foods are also not appropriate. There is a significant association between breast feeding and weaning patterns with malnutrition in infants less than 12 months of age.
USING BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS TO IMPROVE WORKPLACE COLLABORATION BASED ON PREDETERMINED WORKERS’ AND BUSINESS VALUES
Authors:   Turiba	University,	Latvia, Mons Arturs , Vevere Velga ,   EKA	University of Applied Sciences, Latvia
Published: May 2021

We are living in a time where technology is evolving tremendously transforming the traditional way of working. Due to technological development, factors such as general globalization, challenges caused by the current pandemic outbreak, have forced usto perform multifaceted tasks in collaboration with other individuals. As it was reported in the Harvard Business Review (2016) based on research over the last two decades, managers and employees spend half as much time in collaboration. The same study concluded that suggestively the majority of the employee’s workday is spent in communication with work peers. Besides work teams are becoming bigger, diverse, scattered in different locations, and more specialized than beforehand. Even though such teams with the prior mentioned characteristics can face daily challenges, they still can successfully overcome them and endeavor with collaboration. The aim of this paper is to evaluate which are the values that determine successful workplace collaboration. The paper will also investigate how group effort can increase employee satisfaction levels and their overall motivation. Furthermore, conclusions will be drawn on how the improvement of workplace collaboration can generate more value for businesses. The consequential outcome of this paper is knowledge gathered on difficulties employees face daily and how teameffort can stimulate innovations attheworkplace. Furthermore, by applying this knowledge in organizational management, leaders can keep up good teamwork practices as employees undertake progressively more employment of inter‐reliant nature.
Usages grammaticaux du verbe -guma ‘rester’ en kirundi (JD62) : Une étude linguistique basée sur un corpus
Authors: Misago Manoah-Joël , Nshimirimana Epimaque , Tuyubahe Pascal
Published: May 2021

In Bantu languages, verbs that have a general meaning can become grammaticalized. The purpose of this study is to show that in Kirundi (JD62), the variant spoken in Burundi, the stative verb -guma ‘to stay’ can appear in given morphosyntactic structures to contribute to the production of various grammatical semantics. This article, examines the different grammatical uses of -guma based on one corpus of Kirundi texts from BantUgent. According to corpus data three grammatical uses of the verb could be identified: continuity, regularity and gradual process. First of all, the verb -guma (used as an auxiliary) marks continuity depending on its conjugation and that of the main verb. Secondly, it marks a regularity of the action described by the main verb. Finally, it is used to mark a gradual process. These grammatical functions as well as the different forms of conjugation of -guma and the main verb do not have the same frequency in the written corpus and in the oral language. The statistical distribution shows that the use of -guma as a continuity marker is more frequent both in the written corpus and in oral language compared to regularity and gradual process.
Linguistic aspects of the forms of address in Nyakyusa
Authors: Lusekelo Amani
Published: May 2021

The main contribution of this article revolves around the choice of address forms as a mechanism to express politeness in an institutionalised setting in African context. To achieve this goal, I worked with spoken texts which enabled to unravel three issues. First, maternal forms of address in Nyakyusa reveal a dichotomy of male-female distinction, which adopts the male-oriented terms when the general population is referred to. Terms of masculine status are preferred in addressing the general public. In this case both male and female members of the community are addressed by male-oriented kin terms. Second, since utility of address forms primarily involves selection of kinship terms, their choice is a strategy employed to express politeness in face-to-face conversations. The extensions and incorporation of kinship terms in the forms of address is a testimony that the Nyakyusa people manoeuvres terms to express politeness. Lastly, Nyakyusa people have adjusted their kin system. This is obvious with such terms as usangasi (< Swahili: shangazi ‘father’s sister’), ugwifi (< Swahili: wifi ‘brother’s wife’) and abalongosi (< Swahili: viongozi ‘leaders’). In this regard, findings show that the lexicon for the traditional leadership is slightly disrupted by the introduction of the modern system of government.
Christian Oughtness for Today: Biblical Perspectives for Christian Living
Authors: Nti-Abankoro Ignatius
Published: May 2021

The world has traveled on a path that has presented inherent complexities and untold challenges as well as difficulties to the living of the ‘religious’ life in general and the Christian life in particular. Often, modern-day values offer a contradiction to traditional, religious, and biblical values which most of the time eclipses the Christian understanding of how one ought to live in the awareness of one’s Christian identity and vocation. This has culminated in the laxity of awareness in the Christian oughtness, in other words, of how the Christian ought to live in response to one’s identity and calling. This paper has sought to re-present the Christian oughtness anew situating it in its biblical-ethical perspectives. The paper used a narrative paradigm to reflect on biblical Christian ethics in the light of imperatives from the Old and New testaments. The paper envisages deepening a treatise on the awareness of the Christian oughtness from the biblical ethical perspective as a new paradigm through which Christians and people of goodwill would live as they ought to live, in promoting justice, progress and development of all people and their nations. Keywords: Christian Oughtness, Ethics, Biblico-imperatives
PAPILDYTOSIOS REALYBĖS IR BIM MODELIO INTEGRACIJA
Authors: Jankauskis Karolis , Popovas Darius
Published: May 2021

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas lazerinio skenavimo technologijos taikymas ir nauda BIM modelio kūrimui, taip pat antžeminio lazerinio skenavimo, BIM modelio ir papildytosios realybės apibrėžtis, samprata, taikymo sritys. Tyrimo objektas 3D modelio kūrimas ir integravimas į BIM papildytosios realybės panaudojimą kaip vientisas informacinis statinio modelis, jungiantis visas projektines dalis ir papildytosios realybės pritaikymą bei naudojimą BIM srityje.
Functional Principal Component Analysis of Radio–Optical Reference Frame Tie
Authors: Makarov Valeri V.
Published: May 2021

The Gaia optical reference frame is intrinsically undefined with respect to global orientation and spin, so it needs to be anchored in the radio-based International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) to provide a referenced and quasi-inertial celestial coordinate system. The link between the two fundamental frames is realized through two samples of distant extragalactic sources, mostly active galactic nuclei and quasars, but only the smaller sample of radio-loud ICRF sources with optical counterparts is available to determine the mutual orientation. The robustness of this link can be mathematically formulated in the framework of functional principal component analysis using a set of vector spherical harmonics to represent the differences in celestial positions of the common objects. The weakest eigenvectors are computed, which describe the greatest deficiency of the link. The deficient or poorly determined terms are specific vector fields on the sphere that carry the largest errors of absolute astrometry using Gaia in reference to the ICRF. This analysis provides guidelines for the future development of the ICRF maximizing the accuracy of the link over the entire celestial sphere. A measure of the robustness of a least-squares solution, which can be applied to any linear model fitting problem, is introduced to help discriminate between reference frame tie models of different degrees.
Energy Budget of Plasma Motions, Heating, and Electron Acceleration in a Three-loop Solar Flare
Authors: Fleishman Gregory D. , Kleint Lucia , Motorina Galina G. , Nita Gelu M. , Kontar Eduard P.
Published: May 2021

Nonpotential magnetic energy promptly released in solar flares is converted to other forms of energy. This may include nonthermal energy of flare-accelerated particles, thermal energy of heated flaring plasma, and kinetic energy of eruptions, jets, upflows/downflows, and stochastic (turbulent) plasma motions. The processes or parameters governing partitioning of the released energy between these components are an open question. How these components are distributed between distinct flaring loops and what controls these spatial distributions are also unclear. Here, based on multiwavelength data and 3D modeling, we quantify the energy partitioning and spatial distribution in the well-observed SOL2014-02-16T064620 solar flare of class C1.5. Nonthermal emission of this flare displayed a simple impulsive single-spike light curve lasting about 20 s. In contrast, the thermal emission demonstrated at least three distinct heating episodes, only one of which was associated with the nonthermal component. The flare was accompanied by upflows and downflows and substantial turbulent velocities. The results of our analysis suggest that (i) the flare occurs in a multiloop system that included at least three distinct flux tubes; (ii) the released magnetic energy is divided unevenly between the thermal and nonthermal components in these loops; (iii) only one of these three flaring loops contains an energetically important amount of nonthermal electrons, while two other loops remain thermal; (iv) the amounts of direct plasma heating and that due to nonthermal electron loss are comparable; and (v) the kinetic energy in the flare footpoints constitutes only a minor fraction compared with the thermal and nonthermal energies.
One Health EJP - RaDAR model inventory: a user-friendly tool for annotating and exchanging models
Authors: Fusiak Jakub , Käsbohrer Annemarie
Published: May 2021

The lack of a harmonized model exchange formats among modelling tools impedes communication between researchers, since the exchange and usage of existing models in various software environments can be very difficult. The RaDAR model inventory aims to provide a platform to exchange models among professionals utilizing the Food Safety Knowledge Exchange (FSKX) Format (de Alba Aparicio et al. 2018) as a harmonized model exchange format. FSKX defines a framework that encodes all relevant data, metadata, and model scripts in an exchangeable file format. However, the creation of such a file can be a time-consuming and difficult process. To increase the usage of the FSK standard, we developed the RaDAR model inventory web application that targets the process of creating an FSKX file for the end user. Our inventory aims to be a user-friendly tool that allows users to create, read, edit, write, execute and compile FSKX files within the web browser. The possibility of sharing models with the public or a specific group of people facilitates collaboration and the exchange of information. Since the RaDAR model inventory is based on the open-source technology of Project Jupyter (Granger and Perez 2021), it can support nearly all relevant programming languages executed within a reproducible cloud-computing environment. The intuitive nature of the RaDAR model along with its wide range of features reduce the threshold for contribution to a harmonized model exchange format and eases collaboration. The RaDAR model inventory can be accessed at http://ejp-radar.eu.
Designing Telecollaborative Projects for Professional Communication and User Experience
Authors: Arnó-Macià Elisabet , McCall Mary , Kenzie Daniel , Isohella Suvi , Maylath Bruce
Published: May 2021

This article draws on Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project (TAPP) collaborations (e.g., [Arnó, 14] [Vandepitte, 16]) to show how students in already-existing technical communication classes can join other classes in realistic transnational projects through ICT and thereby acquire and enhance various types of transversal competences necessary to students’ future performance in a globalized workplace.
The effect of mobile and information technologies on the language development design of preschool children: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis study
Authors: Mavi Duygu , Erbay Filiz
Published: May 2021

This study aims to reveal the effect of mobile and information technologies (IT) supported education on the language development design of children, in different cultures in the preschool period, using the methods of meta-analysis and meta-synthesis. Fifteen (15) studies were examined in the meta-synthesis and 22 reviews in the meta-analysis. The studies reviewed in the meta-synthesis were subjected to content analysis, and codes were grouped under six themes. Taking into account the effect sizes reported in the experimental studies in the meta- analysis, the total effect size was calculated by using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. The analysis revealed that mobile and IT supported education had a high positive effect on the language development of preschool children in different cultures.
Diversity of alien roadside herbs along an elevational gradient in western Mexico
Authors: Pérez-Postigo Isabel , Bendix Jörg , Vibrans Heike , Cuevas-Guzmán Ramón
Published: May 2021

Growing numbers of alien plant species threaten natural ecosystems worldwide. Mexico, as a megadiverse country, has lower numbers of alien species than other regions in America. However, there is a lack of information on the factors that determine the diversity patterns of alien species and their relative importance in the vegetation. The diversity of alien roadside herbs was analysed along an elevational gradient in western Mexico, including their relationship with environmental factors. Three hundred and seventeen herbaceous species were found in 37 sampling sites; 10% were aliens. The proportion of alien species in the ruderal herbaceous communities was lower than the average for this vegetation type in the country. Absolute species richness of natives was significantly and positively correlated with elevation. Absolute species richness of aliens was not significantly correlated with elevation, still; higher values were found at lower elevations. Generalised linear models for relative species richness and relative abundance of aliens with elevation had positive estimates near 0, which, though statistically significant, indicated a weak relationship. Other environmental co-factors, such as the distance to roads and highways, climatic variables, and disturbance indicators, were included in a random forest model. No clear correlation patterns were found. This seemingly random distribution of alien herbaceous plants in the region might be caused by the relatively recent introduction of most of the species. They have not yet had time to expand their distribution to their potential maximum. The early stage of the naturalisation process allows us to minimise the further spread of some species with targeted management and prevent them from becoming invasive.
Features of the immune status in patients with chronic and complicated pyodermas: choice of a therapeutic correction method
Authors: Khmel’nitskij Roman A. , Vislobokov Andrej V. , Kalutskii Pavel V.
Published: May 2021

Introduction: To compare the features of the immune status in patients with chronic and complicated pyoderma in the course of complex pharmacotherapy using immunomodulators based on transfer factors and glucosaminylmuramyldipeptide.

Materials and methods: A clinical examination of 107 patients with pyoderma, divided into three groups, was carried out. All individuals underwent immunological examination before and after etiopathogenetic treatment. The patients of the first group were additionally treated with a drug containing signaling immunoactive molecules (transfer factor) as an immunomodulator; the patients of the second group received glucosaminylmuramyldipeptide; and the patients of the third group received standard antibacterial therapy.

Results and discussion: Prior to the beginning of pathogenetic therapy, the patients were found to lack non-specific mechanisms of antimicrobial protection; there was a decrease in the activity and intensity of phagocytosis: phagocytic index and phagocytic number of neutrophils by 1.2 and 1.3 times; the production of proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 increased by 2.3 times, IL-8 –by 2.1 times, and TNFa – by 2.4 times. The study of immunological parameters after the inclusion of immunomodulators into the therapy revealed an increase in the phagocytic activity of neutrophils, and the indicators of the NST test were close to the control ones. The production of proinflammatory cytokines in the blood serum was restored to the level of the healthy individuals. Normalization of the number of CD4+-, CD8+-, CD19+-cells was observed in 86.0 ± 3% of the patients. At the same time, against the background of the use of glucosaminylmuramyldipeptide, a more intensive recovery of all links of anti-infectious immunity was recorded in comparison with the group where transfer factor molecules were used.

Conclusion: A drug based on glucosaminylmuramyldipeptide can be recommended as the drug of choice in non-specific immunocorrection for complex pharmacotherapy of pyoderma accompanied by secondary immune insufficiency, in comparison with a drug containing transfer factors.
L’enseignement universitaire en milieu carcéral
Authors: Prina Franco
Published: May 2021

Cette contribution vise à décrire les éléments essentiels qui caractérisent l’engagement, riche et articulé, des universités italiennes - à ma connaissance unique dans le panorama international - dans les établissements pénitentiaires, sous la forme de Pôles universitaires pour étudiants détenus ou, en tout cas, à travers la présence organisée avec des activités didactiques visant à garantir le droit à l’éducation, même l’éducation supérieure, à ceux qui y sont restreints.
Le moi et son corps. Lelarge de Lignac et les matérialistes
Authors: Bardout Jean-Christophe
Published: May 2021

Lelarge de Lignac occupe une place singulière dans l’abondante littérature anti-matérialiste du xviii e  siècle. Combattre efficacement le matérialisme impose de réconcilier métaphysique et expérience. L’analyse du « sens intime de notre existence » offre une base phénoménale pour une nouvelle élaboration des principaux concepts de la métaphysique (substance, cause, contingence et nécessité, etc.). Un tel sens intime reste cependant aveugle au phénomène du corps. Lignac lui adjoint donc un sentiment de coexistence, susceptible de faire droit au phénomène particulier du corps vécu. La stratégie anti-matérialiste met au cœur de son dispositif cette singularité phénoménologique d’un corps propre et en quelque sorte immatériel, objet d’une expérience irréductible à celle des corps physiques.
La perception de plénitude dans l’escalade durable : l’écologie corporelle pour une éthique du soin
Authors: Zimmermann Ana Cristina , Ito Eric Sioji , Chung Saura Soraia
Published: May 2021

Il est courant dans différentes pratiques corporelles de décrire un sentiment de plénitude souvent associé à la perception de se sentir vivant. Explorons ce sentiment dans la perspective de l’écologie corporelle, examinons des expériences du sport en pleine nature, en particulier l’escalade et ses différentes façons d’établir des relations avec l’environnement. Quelles perceptions décrivent les pratiquants ? Il existerait un moyen de dialoguer avec l’environnement qui nous aide à actualiser nos relations, avec une plus grande attention aux conséquences de nos actions. L’écoute de la nature semble éveiller un sentiment d’humilité et ouvre la possibilité d’une compréhension de la vitalité du corps par rapport à l’environnement. La perception de la vitalité aide à élargir les réflexions sur l’éthique durable des soins – pour nous, avec les autres et avec l’environnement.
Les valeurs écoresponsables des expéditions en fauteuil tout terrain, un moyen de renforcer la mise en scène de la différence handi-capable
Authors: Perera Éric , Thaler Roland , Galy André
Published: May 2021

L’usage de Fauteuils Tout Terrain (FTT) permet un accès au milieu naturel des personnes handicapées. Cette pratique est révélatrice d’expériences sociales et de sensations de proximité avec la nature. Plus remarquable encore, les expéditions réalisées en FTT supposent des logiques slow en intégrant des préoccupations éthiques et environnementales contemporaines. Effectivement, l’esprit du FTT, impulsé par les pionniers de cette pratique en France dès 1990, persiste et consiste à prévoir des adaptations pour accéder à la nature et non l’inverse. Cependant l’impact carbone des expéditions lointaines en FTT interroge sur l’affichage d’une prise en compte écologique. Cet impact est d’autant plus sujet à débat que la nouvelle génération d’handisportifs promeut l’handicapacité en recherchant une autonomie la plus complète possible. Assurément, l’étude du montage d’un projet d’expédition en FTT (Chili), montre que le développement de FTT innovants à maindalier avec assistance électrique tend à reléguer la préoccupation écoresponsable au second plan. Seulement, la recherche de performance n’éloigne pas pour autant d’une approche écoresponsable car il est nécessaire de penser un usage minimal des aides modernes, et ainsi d’un moindre impact. Ces expéditions FTT, qui sont par nature impactantes en moyens de transports transcontinentaux, impliquent un équilibre entre engagement handi-capable et affichage écoresponsable.
Se débrouiller avec son corps sexué
Authors: Allio Deborah
Published: May 2021

Les adolescents sont encombrés avec leur corps qui se transforme. Sans mode d’emploi, ils cherchent auprès des professionnels de la maison des adolescents comment faire avec l’identité de genre et/ou leur orientation sexuelle.
Pas de panique ! À propos de l’initiation à la recherche dans les mémoires de pratique professionnelle
Authors: Ferrand Laure
Published: May 2021

L’introduction d’une démarche d’initiation à la recherche dans les mémoires de pratique professionnelle des diplômes de niveau II n’est pas sans susciter interrogations et inquiétudes tant du point de vue des formateurs en travail social que de celui des étudiants. À travers l’énonciation de six principes de travail, cet article vise à répondre à ces questions et à envisager de manière claire, structurée et apaisée une méthodologie de travail inspirée de la démarche de recherche en sciences sociales au service de la pratique professionnelle.
Aux armes, éducateurs !
Authors: Lateurtre Jérôme
Published: May 2021

Être éducateur, c’est savoir animer. Les médiations éducatives sont essentielles dans l’accompagnement des publics et c’est le rôle de l’éducateur de les mettre en place et d’être aux côtés des jeunes. À l’heure où les tâches administratives prennent de plus en plus de place, il est bon de se le rappeler.
Incorporating Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Cardiac Arrest Simulation Program Into Nursing Staff Continuing Professional Development
Authors: Ozkara San Eda , Maneval Rhonda , Myers Patricia
Published: May 2021

Background:

The Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice (RCDP) is an innovative team-based simulation method that has been shown to be effective particularly in cardiac arrest education. Via a partnership between an educational institution and a hospital, the RCDP cardiac arrest simulation program was developed to improve nurses' cardiac arrest response preparation.

Method:

A pre- and posttest educational intervention study design was used. Participants included staff nurses (
n
= 89) who underwent a 2-hour RCDP simulation. The adapted version of the Simulation Effectiveness Tool–Modified and a five-question pre- and posttest knowledge survey were used to assess the effectiveness of the intervention.

Results:

The simulation program increased participants' knowledge of cardiac arrest response (
p
< .05) and improved their confidence in communication (
p
= .036) and assessment skills (
p
= .029).

Conclusion:

The RCDP cardiac arrest simulation is an effective strategy for increasing nurses' confidence and knowledge in cardiopulmonary resuscitation delivery.

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J Contin Educ Nurs
. 2021;52(6):274–279.]
Los isópodos terrestres de Andalucía, España (Crustacea: Isopoda, Oniscidea)
Authors: Cifuentes Julio
Published: May 2021

Los isópodos terrestres de Andalucía han sido objeto de numerosos estudios, por lo que el inventario de especies citadas ascendía a 90. En este trabajo se han estudiado 2.046 ejemplares pertenecientes a 41 especies y se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica de todas las citas anteriores. Como consecuencia, 13 especies se eliminan del inventario original por tratarse de errores en la determinación, porque su estatus como especie es dudoso, o por la carencia en su descripción de rasgos que permitan distinguirlas de otras especies de manera inequívoca. Por tanto, la fauna conocida de isópodos terrestres de Andalucía está formada por 77 especies, pertenecientes a 30 géneros y 11 familias. Para todas ellas se facilita su distribución en Andalucía y una distribución general en el área iberobalear. Se proporcionan datos inéditos para 41 de ellas. Se citan 4 nuevas especies por primera vez para Andalucía, y otras 20 especies para alguna de las provincias andaluzas. La familia Porcellionidae Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831, con 38 especies, y el género Porcellio Latreille, 1804, con 24 especies, son los que presentan mayor riqueza en la región. A nivel provincial, Málaga con 39 especies conocidas es la más rica, seguida de Cádiz (36) y Almería (34). En Andalucía solamente se conocen 11 especies endémicas de isópodos, el 14% de su fauna, frente al 52% del área iberobalear. De todas las especies citadas, solamente cuatro (5%) son cavernícolas.
PISA : politique, problèmes fondamentaux et résultats paradoxaux
Authors: Sjøberg Svein
Published: May 2021

Durant la dernière décennie, PISA a renforcé fortement son influence sur les politiques éducatives dans les pays participants. Les résultats de ces enquêtes ouvrent bien des débats publics sur la qualité de l’enseignement scolaire. En effet, les résultats concernant les tableaux de scores et les classements des pays, bien que souvent pris dans leur valeur nominale, sont exploités tant par les médias que par les politiques et les décideurs. Cet article fait état de certaines réserves quant à la validité de ces scores et de ces classements que nous exposerons plus loin. Mais il y a, tout d’abord, lieu de soulever certaines questions fondamentales sur les raisons du lancement du projet PISA par l'OCDE. Des raisons qui sont, bien évidemment, fortement liées aux objectifs politiques d’ensemble de l’OCDE et à son engagement sous-jacent dans une économie de marché mondiale et concurrentielle. Pour étayer ce propos, des exemples seront donnés pour expliquer l’influence qu’exerce PISA sur les politiques éducatives. Nous commencerons par émettre deux catégories de critiques qui seront discutées. La première a trait au projet PISA en tant que tel. Nous montrerons qu'il est impossible de construire d’une manière objective une enquête qui peut être utilisée pour des pays et des cultures différents. De même, l’exclusion du local et du spécifique va à l’encontre des préconisations de l'UNESCO, de celles des éducateurs et des programmes scolaires nationaux relatifs à l'éducation scientifique. La deuxième catégorie de critiques se rapporte à certains résultats paradoxaux. Il semble que les élèves dans les pays à hauts scores développent les attitudes les plus négatives envers la science. Il ressort également que les scores sont indépendants de certains facteurs comme le niveau des ressources pédagogiques, la taille des classes, etc. Enfin, les résultats sont corrélés négativement à l'utilisation des méthodes pédagogiques actives, des démarches d’investigation et des TIC. En tous les cas que l'on croie ou non au bien fondé du projet PISA, de tels résultats aussi surprenants soient-ils méritent d’être discutés.
Retour sur un paradoxe de la normativité éducative
Authors: Go Henri Louis
Published: May 2021

L'individu ne peut prendre réellement place comme sujet dans une collectivité, qu'à proportion de dispositions à agir construites pour lui et avec lui, dispositions qui résultent forcément de sa compréhension des raisons d'être des normes correspondantes. Pour tout individu, agir de soi-même c'est d'abord et paradoxalement agir selon les normes d'une culture donnée : quel que soit le contexte dans lequel agit tel ou tel individu, il agit forcément selon des habitudes et un conditionnement propres à un groupe donné, et dans toutes les formes d'éducation, on habitue les enfants à réagir selon un système taxinomique organisant tout leur vécu social. Les classifications grâce auxquelles nous pensons, nous sont toujours fournies déjà toutes faites. Les tentatives pour ne plus penser sur des rails, pour ne plus être pensé par les institutions et pour échapper à leur contrôle, risquent fort de n'être qu'un trompe-l'œil, tant elles semblent conduire en bonne logique à l'apparition de nouvelles institutions, qui produisent de nouvelles classifications, qui développent de nouveaux styles de raisonnement. L'enjeu est de savoir si l'enfant peut apprendre à s'engager de lui-même sur le plan des valeurs et de ces idées communes qui lui sont transmises, de façon à entrer dans un régime de significations collectives, mais en devenant progressivement un sujet normatif des institutions.
Pricing and Public Policy Issues
Authors: Mandal Pratap Chandra
Published: May 2021

Companies adopt pricing policies to maximize the revenues and profits generated. Some of the policies are not fair. Major public policy issues in pricing include unfair pricing practices within distribution channel levels such as price-fixing and predatory pricing, and across distribution channel levels such as retail price maintenance, deceptive pricing, and discriminatory pricing. Companies set dynamic pricing and high prices for products to cover distribution costs, advertising and promotion costs, and excessive mark-ups. Companies try adopting fair pricing policies. Nevertheless, laws and regulations are enforced to ensure that the policies are followed and customers are benefited. Sometimes, it is difficult to ensure that the practices are legal and ethical. Governments and companies should also be aware about the pricing implications of the social goods used by customers. Proper understanding and implementation of pricing policies will benefit both companies and customers and help in developing sustainable strategies and long-term customer relationships.
Incorporating Physics Principles in General Biology to Promote Integrative Learning and Thinking
Authors: Presley Tennille D. , Harp Noelle A. , Holt Latrise S. , Samuel Destini , Harp Jill JoAnn
Published: May 2021

Students often struggle to identify correlations among various concepts in STEM courses, such as energy, mechanics, and cellular communication. Integrative learning incorporates numerous concepts and subjects to aid understanding and enhance critical thinking. This research describes an integrative learning approach in a General Biology I course where key physics-based concepts that are connected to biological topics were emphasized. In addition, students’ knowledge and their beliefs towards biology in all General Biology I classes were assessed using American Association of Colleges and Universities’ Integrative Learning VALUE Rubric and the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS). It was found that correlations existed between students’ attitudes towards biology and their overall content knowledge. The results of this study support that integrative learning is a powerful approach to aid in the understanding of physical and biological concepts, leading to improved student success.
COVID-19
Authors: Sarwari Sara , Huq Samina , Minar Tanvir Ahmed
Published: May 2021

The recent pandemic named COVID-19 has led to a worldwide panic as a consequence of its deadly nature. This pandemic has a catastrophic impact on the hospitality area, one of the world’s largest sectors that changed the employment opportunity of relevant people. The research investigates the impact of COVID 19 on the hotel industry, more precisely, on luxury hotels both in the global and Bangladesh perspectives. Furthermore, the research also examined the business recovery possibilities with the sustainability of this hotel industry in a dramatically changed world of post-COVID-19. Secondary research methodology as well as content analysis are used here to compile various information from published sources. In conclusion, this study will help to take precautions and apropos plan to recuperate any unavoidable circumstances in the future.
Development of Combined Rolling-Extruding Modes for Producing Longish Deformed Semi-Finished Products from Aluminum Alloy with Low Cerium Content
Authors: Voroshilov D. , Sidelnikov S. , Bespalov V. , Kovaleva A. , Nazarenko D.
Published: May 2021

The paper presents the data obtained in the course of experimental studies on the production of rods from the Al-0.5% REM alloy using combined processing methods, such as combined rolling-extruding (CRE) and combined casting and rolling-extruding (CCRE). The variable parameters were the temperature of the ingot or melt, the degree of deformation and the strain rate. With the help of strain gauge equipment, experimental data were obtained on the forces acting on the rolls and the die of the CCRE-200 combined processing unit in the process of obtaining rods with a diameter of 5 and 9 mm. The estimation of the dependence of the mechanical properties of the rods on the variable factors has been carried out. The highest strength properties are possessed by a bar obtained by the CRE mode at a temperature T = 550 oC and a strain rate ξ = 0.74 s-1. When comparing the temperature of pouring the metal, the highest strength properties are possessed by a rod with a diameter of 9 mm and 5 mm and a strain rate ξ = 0.74 s-1. If compare in terms of the deformation rate, then the highest strength properties are possessed by a rod with a diameter of 5 mm and a deformation rate ξ = 1.49 s-1. The plasticity of deformed semi-finished products in all modes is at a high level, which allows further processing.
The Mechanism of Getting New Composite Polymer Materials with Improved Hardness Properties
Authors: Elbakyan L.S. , Zaporotskova I.V. , Vilkeeva D.E.
Published: May 2021

The main aims and the objectives of the study focused on solving current problems of nanomaterial science of new materials – creating the scientific basis for competitive methods of obtaining and controlling new composite materials having improved strength properties based on carbon-containing polymer matrices with nanotubes stabilized in them. A technology for obtaining experimental samples of nanocompositional polymer material based on polymethylmethacrylate, polybutylmethacrylate, and methacrylic acid doped with carbon nanotubes has been developed, using ultrasonic action and mechanical mixing of the composite mixture to achieve the most uniform distribution of nanotubes in the matrix. To determine the possibility of implementing the mechanism of adsorption interaction of the studied polymer material with the surface of carbon nanotubes, DFT calculations of the interaction of the polymer material component and single-layer carbon nanotubes of various types have been done.
Correlation analyses of detection thresholds of four different odorants
Authors: Zernecke R. , Frank T. , Haegler K. , Albrecht J. , Bruckmann H. , Wiesmann M.
Published: May 2021

The detection threshold task of the Sniffin` Sticks can be conducted using two different odorants - n-butanol or phenylethyl alcohol (PEA). Previous studies show contradictory results regarding the correlation analysis of the two odorants. The current study investigated the relationship between PEA and n-butanol with respect to previous findings and subject population. We compared four different odorants (PEA, n-butanol, isoamyl butyrate, isobutanol) in an olfactory detection threshold task depending on subject population. Test odorants were applied to 73 healthy subjects. The experiment was divided into two sessions performed on two different days. The correlation coefficient between individual thresholds of PEA and n-butanol was not significant when exclusively normosmic subjects were included, but significant when additionally hyposmic, older subjects were studied. Comparable results were found for the analysis of the odorants n-butanol and isoamyl butyrate. Correlation between n-butanol and isobutanol was significant, both for exclusively normosmic, and additionally older, hyposmic subjects. The analyses of all other odorants revealed no significant correlations. Results give explanations for previous contradictory findings regarding investigations of PEA and n-butanol in a detection threshold task, and indicate that a formal validation of the Sniffin` Sticks with PEA as odorant is required.
Revison endonasal dacryocystorhinostomies: analysis of 44 procedures
Authors: Kominek P. , Cervenka S. , Pniak T. , Zelenik K. , Tomaskova H. , Matousek P.
Published: May 2021

Purpose: To determine the success rate of revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomies (DCR) and to analyse 44 revision DCRs. Methods: The operative and postoperative data were collected in 44 revision DCRs. The corrections of associated structural anatomic alterations were performed during the surgery (resection of the scarr, the bone window creating, resection of the head of the middle turbinate, septoplasty, ethmoidectomy etc.) and the intubation was performed in all cases. Results: The follow-up interval ranged from 12 to 36 months. The 44 ReEDCRs were performed in adults and there were only 5 children under the age of 15. The surgery was performed under local or general anaesthesia. The most frequent secondary procedures were scar resections, creating a wider bone window, and partial middle turbinate resection. Four patients were excluded for their follow-up periods had not been completed. An average time of the tubes removal was 5.6 months. The total success rate was 84.0%; the success rate was 85.7% in the group with closed rhinostomy and 1/2 in the group of canalicular and rhinostomy obstructions. Conclusions: The endonasal revision DCR is a safe and very effective surgical procedure following the failed DCRs. The correction of associated structural anatomic alterations that may be involved in the failure of previous surgeries can be easily performed.
О сходимости многочленов Бибербаха: теоремы Келдыша и гипотеза Мергеляна
Authors: Aptekarev Alexander Ivanovich
Published: May 2021

В обзоре рассматриваются результаты М. В. Келдыша по сходимости многочленов Бибербаха и полноте многочленов в пространствах аналитических функций. Обсуждаются их развитие и актуальность в современном контексте конструктивного комплексного анализа. Особое внимание обращено на гипотезу Мергеляна об оценке скорости сходимости в областях с гладкой границей, не доказанную до сих пор.
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Survey of Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease by Traditional Medical Practitioners of Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria
Authors: Famojuro TI , Moody JO
Published: May 2021

Ethnobotanical survey was conducted on plants used traditionally for the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in Gbonyin Local Government Area (LGA) of Ekiti State, South Western Nigeria. The study was conducted to document some of the medicinal plants used in the management of SCD with the aim of identifying possible drug leads from the phytomedicine of the area. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on the use of herbal remedies for the management of SCD. A total of 32 respondents were interviewed in this study. twenty of them were males while twelve were females with the age range of 25 to 70 years. A total of 44 plant species belonging to 44 genera and 30 families were identified to be useful for the management of SCD. The most prominent among these plant families (genera) are Anacardiaceae (Anacardium occidentalis, Mangifera indica, Spondias mombin), Euphorbiaceae (Croton lobatus, Jatropha gossypifolia, Plukeneta conophora) and Fabaceae (Cajanus cajan, Pterocarpus osun, Cassia siamea) with three species each. Eighty percent (80%) of the 32 respondents interviewed said that their clients did not report any side effect and that the herbs were either collected from the forest (where available) or purchased from the herb markets. In all, the commonest plant species among the recipes given by the respondents according to their Use Mention Index (UMI) include: Elaeis guineense Jacq., Arecaceae (0.124); Khaya grandifoliola C.DC., Meliaceae (0.094); Carica papaya L., Caricaceae(0.094); Hymenocardia acida Tul., Phyllanthaceae (0.094); Mangifera indica L., Anacardiaceae (0.094); Parquetina nigrescens (Afzel.) Bullock, Asclepiadaceae (0.094) and Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich., Annonaceae (0.094).The main method of preparation is by decoction and in most cases, the preparation is taken orally twice to thrice daily. All the plants identified in this work have been used by most of the herbalists and adjudged to be efficacious in SCD management. The study concluded that the medicinal folklore of the Ekiti State LGA covered by this survey indicated high potential for drug discovery for the management of sickle cell disease.Keywords: Ethnobotany, Sickle Cell Disease, Traditional Medicine, Gbonyin LGA, Medicinal Plants
Traditional Institution and Nation Building: The Role of Traditional Rulers in the Maintenance of National Security for Sustainable Development
Authors: Igwubor Joseph I.
Published: May 2021

Nigeria has been faced with many security challenges especially since her return to democracy in 1999. Since 1999, the nation witnessed serious security challenges that has not only threatened her existence as a nation but has defied all solutions for its eradication including the efforts of the security agencies to tackle the problem. This calls for an urgent attention and collaboration of the traditional rulers in checking the rising tide of insecurity in Nigeria. As the rulers of various communities, and the custodian of the people’s culture, they have a grip of the people at the grass root and therefore can mobilize  the people for action against insecurity in their domain and by extension the nation. The paper is to examine not only the roles of the traditional rulers in the maintenance of security for an effective nation building but also how the institution to be restructured for it to perform better in the maintenance of national security for sustainable development in Nigeria. This demands that the traditional institution be restructured in a way and manner that it will operate optimally in the maintenance of national security