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Developing Skills to Unlock Kenya’s industrial Growth: The Influence of Provision of Modern Teaching and Learning Equipment in TVET in Kenya
Authors: Musyimi Caroline
Published: July 2022

This study explores the influence of modern teaching and learning equipment on improving vocational education quality and employment rates and its long-term effect on Kenya’s journey to achieve industrialisation by the year 2030. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design. Stratiﬁed random sampling was used to sample 172 students. Data was collected using questionnaires and analysed through the theoretical lenses of globalisation and vocationalism. The results show that the provision of modern equipment has improved Kenyan TVET classrooms to meet industrial standards and allowed the development of essential skills. Also, there has been improved collaboration between TVET institutions and local industries, exposing TVET students to the real labour market while still in college. The TVET students had also improved confidence in themselves and they had acquired employability skills. The findings of this study further revealed that the government of Kenya has increased its efforts in revitalizing the TVET institutions with modern teaching and learning equipment to improve the quality of training in those institutions.
Rethinking A Framework for Contextualising and Collaborating in MOOCs by Higher Education Institutions in Africa
Authors: Erkkie Haipinge , Kadhila Ngepathimo
Published: July 2022

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online courses that are open to anyone with Internet access. Pioneered in North America, they were developed for contexts with broader access to technology and wider access to the Internet. As globally networked learning environments (GNLEs), MOOCs foster collaborative communities and learning in ways not conceived as feasible until recently. The affordances of MOOCs, such as the ability to access learning beyond one’s immediacy, exemplify their benefits for open and distance learning, especially in developing countries that continue to consume rather than produce online courses. However, the globality of MOOCs and their delivery mode pose a challenge of contextualising learning content to the local needs of educational institutions or individual students that choose to use the courses. This theoretical paper used a desk-research approach by revising literature to investigate and propose ways of contextualising MOOCs to the African higher education setting. It applied the principles of reuse and repurposing learning content, while suggesting the use of mobile learning as a technological delivery solution that is relevant to the local context. The paper also suggests a framework for inter-institutional collaboration for higher education institutions to guide future efforts in the creation and sharing of credit-bearing MOOCs.
The Effects of Authentic Learning Practices on Problem-Solving Skills and Attitude towards Science Courses
Authors: Aynas Naciye , Aslan Mecit
Published: July 2022

This study aims to investigate the effects of authentic learning methods — applied in science courses — on the problem-solving skills and attitudes towards those courses. As a research design, a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control groups was used in the study. The data of the study were collected from 92 students at the level of 6th grade in Van, Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year. As data collection tools, the Problem-Solving Skills Test and Science Attitude Scale were used throughout the study. During the data analysis phase, descriptive statistics, one-factor analysis of variance for unrelated samples, t-test for related samples, Kruskal Wallis-H and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used. As a result of the study, it was realised that there was a significant difference between the experimental group and control groups' problem-solving skills total scores in favour of the experimental group. Furthermore, it was ascertained that authentic learning practices improved the problem-solving skills of the experimental group students to a significant extent. In terms of attitude points towards science, it was determined that the post-test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control groups and authentic learning practices had a positive effect on attitude.
What Prevents Teacher Educators from Accessing Professional Development OER? Storytelling and Professional Identity in Ugandan Teacher Colleges.
Authors: Buckler Alison , Stutchbury Kris , Kasule George , Cullen Jane , Kaije Doris
Published: July 2022

Tutors working in colleges of education in sub-Saharan Africa are responsible for teaching, and inspiring hundreds of thousands of aspiring teachers, yet they have received little attention in the literature, often being depicted as a conservative cohort of professionals, unprepared for their role, yet resistant to change.

This study reports on how 39 tutors from 8 colleges in Uganda see their professional role and their responsibilities. The research adopted a storytelling approach. Tutors were supported in developing a (true) story about their work that they felt would give previously untold insight into their profession. The stories were analysed through a professional identity lens.

The group emerge as agentive and caring, committed to developing as teacher educators, but with a highly individual approach to their work. The nuanced understanding of tutor professional identity provided, facilitates insights into why professional development OER aimed at this group did not have the intended impact.
Barriers to the Quality of Emergency Online Pedagogies in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the University of Namibia
Authors: Kadhila Ngepathimo , Nyambe John
Published: July 2022

Using the TIPEC framework, this study undertook a critical literature analysis, and student survey to explore challenges experienced by higher education institutions during emergency online pedagogies because of disruptions from the COVID-19 outbreak. The study revealed that most higher education institutions are still grappling with getting technicalities in place such as reliable network connectivity, IT capacity, clear navigation to learning content, timetabling, and session scheduling, and reliable hardware and software required to access online learning platforms to keep teaching and learning afloat. However, little attention is placed on the provision of quality online learning. Therefore, there is a need to move towards enabling epistemological access through the use of online tools in a pedagogically sound and inclusive manner to enable students to develop critical thinking skills. The current quality assurance practices also need to transform to effectively respond to the learning needs of the new normal. Students also need to be equipped with skills that will empower them to effectively use the online system.
Effects of Internet Access During Examinations
Authors: Mitra Sugata , Dangwal Ritu
Published: July 2022

The scores obtained by students in examinations where internet access was allowed during the examination were compared with the scores obtained in traditional examinations where no assistance was allowed. These scores were then compared with those obtained in a standardised school examination on the same topic or subject, taken by the same students a year before. We observed that scores dropped by over 70% within a year of taking a traditional examination but could be significantly improved if internet access is allowed in the later examination. We further observed that scores in examinations where internet access was allowed were consistently higher than where internet access was not allowed. Finally, we report an analysis by rank and observe that student rankings change both over time and whether internet access was allowed or not. This leads us to suggest that use of the internet during examinations measures abilities that are different and more meaningful to our times than those that are measured by traditional examinations based on memorisation and unassisted recall.
El Anhelo Social y la Tradición del Ser, Hacer y Pensar
Authors: Bojorque-Pazmiño Erick
Published: July 2022

El presente artículo tuvo como objetivo establecer los elementos físicos emocionales, mentales entendidos como anhelo social o recuperación del pasado que sostienen la tradición del hacer, del ser, del pensar en las parroquias rurales del Cantón Píllaro, provincia de Tungurahua desde su propia historia. Amparado en epistemologías sostenidas, como el interaccionismo simbólica abordado desde Blumer, Edgar Morín con el pensamiento complejo, Wallerstein, y su apreciación sistema - mundo, Orlando Fals Borda, investigación, acción participativa; entre otros. La metodología utilizada fue la mixta. La cualitativa en razón de recopilar datos descriptivos que mediante palabras escritas de las propias personas objeto de estudio involucradas conllevó al apoyo de historias de vida que permitió comprender conceptos mediante pautas referenciadas por las personas dentro de un marco referencial. Lo mencionado conjugó aspectos objetivos y subjetivos propios de la comunidad, cuya población constituyeron moradores seleccionados al azar; según el grado de confiabilidad establecido en la determinación de la muestra durante el período 2017-2019. En lo concerniente a lo cuantitativa, parte de la comprobación de la hipótesis de la aplicación de una encuesta a los miembros de las siete juntas parroquiales del cantón Píllaro. Por ser características similares que cumplen las limitadas unidades de observación se aplicará la prueba de Friedman que, según Quispe, Calla, Yangali, Rodríguez, & Pumacayo (2019, p.42) es “no paramétrica”. La hipótesis de que anhelo social sostiene la tradición del ser, hacer y pensar se comprobó mediante una triangulación que permitió recaer en conclusiones.

Palabras Clave: Anhelo social, comunidad, identidad, oralidad, tradición.
USING PROTOTYPING METHOD FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR STUDENT REGISTRATION IN SEKOLAH MASTER
Authors: Lasminiasih  , Saputra Guntur Eka , Rooswhan Budhi Utomo  , Elbi Wiseno
Published: July 2022

Sekolah Master or Master’s Schools is one of the schools for Education for equality of students for the less fortunate. One of the obstacles that master schools have is the absence of technology in student enrollment in schools. Many students wish to enroll and continue Education in masters schools to get an equivalency Education, so as to have the recognition of such Educational status. So far, schools are still using conventional methods in registration. Where, students and parents or families must come to school to register students or students by bringing the required documents, not to mention the requirements that cannot be completed, even queue time is needed to be served by the operator or staff on duty at the school. This shows that a technological device or system is needed to facilitate student enrollment in schools. One method that can be used to collect the required requirements and make a design is the prototyping method. The prototyping method is one of the methods used as an effort to develop a system with almost finished services and products. This method produces an analysis of functional and non-functional requirements that form the basis of the system that can be developed. This research also produced a design with a navigation structure, use case diagrams with a unified modeling language, relation tables, and interface proposals from end users and admins. This interface is used as a basis for the system to be made as a user-approved interface, so that the development of this system can be carried out properly during implementation and future trials.
Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube–Titanium Dioxide Hybrid Structure and Photodegradation
Authors: Irmawati Yuyun , Manzalini Shofia , Sugeng Bambang , Sudirman Sudirman , Asahara Harayasu , Yudianti Rike
Published: July 2022

Decoration of a functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube (f-MWCNT) surface with titanium dioxide (TiO2) was designed to improve its photocatalytic degradation performance. Structural decoration was achieved by microwave heating at various mass ratios (1:2; 1:4; 1:8; 1:16 wt.%) of titanium (IV) isopropoxide as precursor. The hybrid structure of TiO2/f-MWCNT was characterized by scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The crystallite form of the TiO2 nanoparticles was further studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and HR–TEM. We report the conformation of high-density TiO2 coated on an f-MWCNT surface at a mass ratio of 1:16 wt.%. XRD analysis revealed a structural transformation from mixture phase (anatase–brookite) at mass ratios of 1:2 and 1:4 wt.% to fully anatase phase for mass ratios of 1:8 and 1:16 wt.%. The transformation was also confirmed by selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and HR–TEM analysis. Our results showed that anatase phase plays a significant role in photodegradation activity.
Reelección en Francia: la amarga victoria de Emmanuel Macron
Authors: Richard Eugénie
Published: July 2022

Aunque Macron resultó reelegido para el cargo de presidente de Francia por 5 años, jamás los extremos habían sido tan fuertes en el país Galo, demostrando la crisis de los partidos tradicionales, así como el éxito de los discursos antisistema de extrema izquierda y derecha. La desafección de los franceses por su líder tiene que ver con su estilo de comunicación frentero y provocador, así como su manejo «jupitarino» del poder. Las elecciones legislativas a venir serán la prueba de fuego para el presidente y su partido de gobierno.
STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN DESA BOTUBARANI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Moonti Usman , Rahim Erman I. , Ardiansyah Ardiansyah
Published: July 2022

Strategi pengembangan potensi kewirausahaan desa Botubarani masa pandemi covid-19 bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman wawasan tentang pendidikan kewirausahaan. Kegiatan pengabdian ini diharapkan bisa mendorong masyarakat untuk berwirausaha dengan memanfaatkan sumber daya yang ada di Desa Botubarani. Masa pandemi covid-19 memberikan dampak pada masyarakat di berbagai sektor kehidupan termasuk pada sektor ekonomi. Kegiatan pengabdian dilakukan dengan cara memberikan sosialisasi pada masyarakat untuk mengubah mindset pola pikir mereka sehingga tertarik berwirausaha dengan melakakan inovasi kewirausahaan untuk mengatasi keterbatasan akses selama masa pandemi Covid-19. Materi yang disampaikan terkait tentang stategi Pengembangan kewirausahaan pada masa pandemi Covid-19, Stategi pemasaran, dan jenis jenis kewirausahaan yang cocok di masa pandemi Covid-19. Hasil dari sosialisasi ini menumbuhkan keinginan yang sangat kuat dari masyarakat sehingga tergerak hatinya untuk merintis usaha secara mandiri dengan ketersediaan sumber daya yang dimiliki di Desa Botubarani. Hal ini juga akan berlanjut pada kegiatan pendampingan dan pelatihan inovasi kewirausahaan untuk lebih menggali potensi diri yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat di desa Botubarani.
PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT PESISIR DESA HUANGOBOTU KECAMATAN KABILA BONE MELALUI PENINGKATAN KAPASITAS SDM UKM
Authors: Rasyid Abdul , Lasalewo Trifandi , Rauf Fentje Abdul , Lahay Idham Halid , Hasanuddin Hasanuddin , Giu Jamal Darusalam
Published: July 2022

Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian ini merupakan buat memberdayakan warga warga pesisir tepi laut selatan Kabupaten Gorontalo spesialnya Desa Huangobotu lewat kenaikan keahlian pembuatan proposal usaha. Diharapkan dengan aktivitas ini warga pesisir hendak sanggup membuat proposal usaha sendiri dengan baik serta benar secara mandiri bila diperlukan buat pengajuan permintaan dana dalam pembuatan usaha. Pemberdayaan Warga Pesisir Desa Huangobotu Kecamatan Kabila Bone lewat kenaikan Kapasitas SDM UKM dicoba bersama mahasiswa dengan sebagian sesi ialah:( 1) sesi persiapan, dicoba dengan survey dini kemampuan Desa setelah itu penjajakan kerjsama antara pihak Jurusan Metode Industi dengan Desa Huangobotu,( 2) Tahapan penandatanganan kerja sama,( 3) tahapan dialog dengar komentar antara pihak Jurusan( regu dedikasi) dengan seluruh elemen Desa menimpa kemampuan serta permasalahan yang terdapat di Desa( 4) Tahapan penentuan judul selaku turunan dari tema dedikasi yang telah terdapat selaku hasil dari dengar komentar. Hasil aktivitas dedikasi kepada warga diperoleh kenaikan kemampuan serta kasus yang nantinya jadi bahan pertimbangan dalam keberlanjutan program dedikasi desa binaan. Salah satu permasalahan yang sangat berarti yang di angkat ialah Pemberdayaan Warga Pesisir Desa Huangobotu Kecamatan Kabila Bone lewat kenaikan Kapasitas SDM UKM
PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN BERWIRAUSAHA DI MASA PANDEMI MELALUI PROGRAM ECONOMY TRAINING DI DESA ‘LIMEHE BARAT KECAMATAN TABONGO KABUPATEN GORONTALO’
Authors: Tine Nurhayati , Pauweni Apriyanto A.J. , Marhawati Besse
Published: July 2022

Dengan adanya pandemi Covid-19 perekonomian di Indonesia mengalami penurunan maka dampak yang ditimbulkan dari penurunan presentase ekonomi di Indonesia adalah meningkatnya angka pengangguran dan penduduk miskin. Melalui program  Economy Training yaitu salah satu program mahasiswa KKN yang hadir untuk membantu mensosialisasikan kepada masyarakat tentang bagaimana berwirausaha dimasa pandemi covid 19, serta memanfaatkan peran media sosial Facebook sebagai media untuk mempromosikan produk dengan jangkauan yang lebih luas. Khususnya masyarakat Limehe Barat, Limehe Barat merupakan salah satu desa yang berada di Kecamatan Tabongo, Kabupaten Gorontalo. Program ini bertujuan untuk memberikan motivasi berwirausaha dan pelatihan pemasaran di masa pandemi kepada masyarakat khususnya yang berprofesi sebagai pedagang. Berdasarkan hasil survey bahwa banyak masyarakat Limehe Barat khusunya para ibu rumah tangga yang mempunyai Hp Android namun masih belum digunakan secara maksimal untuk penjualan online. Maka dengan program ini diharapkan masyarakat bisa menggunakan android-nya dengan maksimal dan menjadi ladang penghasilan.  Program ini dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan empat metode yakni survey, sosialisasi, demonstrasi pertunjukan dan tanya-jawab. Kegiatan berjalan dengan lancar dan masyarakat mengikuti kegiatan dengan aktif.
KONSEP “MO MAYANGO” SEBAGAI TRADISI PEMBELAJARAN PEMBANGUNAN RUMAH TINGGAL DI GORONTALO
Authors: Trumansyahjaya Kalih
Published: July 2022

Arsitektur merupakan suatu kegiatan kebudayaan secara komplit jika dilihat dari sudut pandang Antropologi. Karya arsitektur yang diperoleh dari suatu proses dan bentuk dari sebuah kebudayaan merupakan pertanda bahwa arsitektur hasil dari proses terbentuknya suatu kebudayaan. Wujud fisik dari suatu peninggalan adalah karya arsitektur yang terbentuk akibat adanya pemikiran dan kegiatan dalam suatu kebudayaan. Rakyat tradisional Gorontalo sebagian besar dalam melakukan pembangunan rumah tinggal masih memegang teguh tradisi adat-istiadat  yang disebut dengan Mo Mayango sebagai suatu pemikiran dan kegiatan dalam suatu kebudayaan yang dapat menggambarkan pengaruh suatu adat dan budaya rakyat Gorontalo sehingga terbentuk sebagai jejak antopologis arsitektur Gorontalo. Materi artikel ini mengangkat prosesi tradisi yang berhubungan dengan penentuan hari baik (panggoba), pengukuran bahan bangunan (payango), dan menolak bala atau malapetaka yang ada kaitannya dengan proses pembangunan tempat tinggal di Gorontalo. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelusuri sejarah dan detail pelaksanaan kebudayaan Mo Mayango pada proses pembuatan rumah tinggal sebagai hasil dari suatu pemikiran dan kegiatan masyarakat tradisional sehingga memperoleh makna di balik prosesi tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan tanpa melakukan pengamatan lapangan sehinga bersifat penjelajahan terhadap pustaka. Produk dari penelitian ini merupakan bentuk edukasi yang lengkap tentang sistem kerangka kebudayaan Mo Mayango pada arsitektur Gorontalo.
Desenvolvimento e Avaliação de Usabilidade e Acessibilidade do Sonata: um Aplicativo para Auxiliar Crianças com Dislexia Auditiva
Authors: Costa Gabriel Alves da , Aguiar Yuska Paola Costa , Silva Lucas Fernando Lopes da , Cardins Douglas Valentim de Almeida
Published: July 2022

O Sonata é um jogo mobile para auxiliar crianças com dislexia auditiva no processo de alfabetizar-letrando, a partir da associação de grafemas e fonemas. Nele, o tempo e o percurso do aprendiz são respeitados ao permitir que a criança aprenda a partir da repetição e da mudança de níveis de dificuldade. Seu projeto foi antecedido pela análise de cinco soluções similares (Dyslexia learn letters, Dyslexia Go, Eye Game, Domlexia e Percival's Helps for Dyslexia) de forma a destacar seu diferencial. Para seu desenvolvimento adotou-se a EducAPI, cuja base de dados multimídia possibilita agrupar palavras por contextos a fim de personalizar o jogo aos interesses do aprendiz. O Sonata foi avaliado a partir do método de inspeção heurística, aplicado por três avaliadores com perfis complementares. A avaliação foi conduzida contemplando 43 recomendações de acessibilidade para dislexia e as 10 heurísticas clássicas de usabilidade. Como resultado, foram identificados 32 problemas, com predominância para o aspecto de Layout, Meios de comunicação e Títulos e Ênfase, as heurísticas de Visibilidade do status do sistema e Consistência e Padrões tiveram predominância de problemas, uma guia para o redesign do Sonata antes que o mesmo seja avaliado com os usuários finais.
Acurácia da Autoavaliação Discente no Ensino Superior: Um Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura
Authors: Amâncio Indianara , Kemczinski Avanilde , Dickel Marlow R. B.
Published: July 2022

A autoavaliação discente é uma estratégia de avaliação que proporciona benefícios educacionais aos estudantes, como a capacidade de avaliar seu próprio trabalho e a autorregulação de seu aprendizado. O objetivo desta pesquisa é apresentar como a autoavaliação discente vem sendo aplicada no ensino superior por meio de um Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura (MSL) sobre o tema. Os quarenta e seis trabalhos relevantes mostraram que a autoavaliação normalmente é aplicada junto a outras estratégias, como avaliação em pares e do professor. Ganhos educacionais como melhora no desempenho acadêmico, autocrítica, reflexão e responsabilidade foram observados pela prática da autoavaliação. Ainda, dos 53% dos trabalhos que mencionaram o uso de ferramentas computacionais no emprego da autoavaliação, observou-se que foram necessárias duas ferramentas, uma para aplicação da autoavaliação e outra para análise de dados. Já em relação à acurácia, não foi percebido um consenso por parte dos autores, sendo que 26% mencionam utilizar o coeficiente de correlação de Pearson, que não atende a todos os cenários possíveis na comparação de estratégias como a autoavaliação e avaliação do professor. Um coeficiente que permite mensurar a acurácia da autoavaliação discente é sugerido nesta pesquisa, haja vista que a dificuldade em mensurar acurácia foi uma lacuna observada.
Das Geräusch der Stadt
Authors: Hasse Jürgen
Published: July 2022

Cities are gripping worlds of fascination and seduction. However, their everyday soundscape is difficult to deal with using habitual language. Their tones and sounds only exceptionally become the subject of literal speech. Urban sounds could help us more to gain a better understanding of the world around us. More acute listening and speaking abilities therefore require training in detail. Against the background of phenomenology, this book is dedicated to listening with understanding to the virulence of urban places. What do sounds tell us about situational meanings hidden behind what we hear in passing?
Ständige Erreichbarkeit im Mobile Office
Authors: Wollert Philipp
Published: July 2022

Permanent availability has led to a blurring of the line between working time and rest time. For years, the question has been raised as to whether current regulations still adequately protect employees. The study examines whether a right to disconnect, based on the French model, could also provide a solution to current working time problems in Germany. Other countries have already addressed this issue in recent years and created similar rights. In particular, mobile office work, which is being used more and more, makes it possible to work at any time and from any place. However, the current legal situation cannot keep pace with work 4.0.
Linksterrorismus zwischen Konkurrenz und Basissolidarität
Authors: Pesch Jan-Hinrick
Published: July 2022

Not only do terrorist actors interact with supporters loyal to their cause, but there is also interaction between such actors. Although relationships between terrorist actors can have serious consequences, they are rarely the subject of research. This work aims at filling that gap. Based on a self-developed typology of terrorist group interaction and building on international theories, it illuminates the history of the so-called ‘Big Three’ of West German left-wing terrorism, revealing both the forms and causes of the relationship between the Red Army Faction, the Movement of 2nd June and the Revolutionary Cells.
Longitudinal Study of Growth Variation and Its Determinants in Body Weight of Children Aged 1 - 15 Years in Ethiopia
Authors: Wake Senahara Korsa , Baye Bayisa Abdissa , Gondol Ketema Bedane
Published: July 2022

Background: Child growth assessment serves as a tool for assessing children's health and nutritional condition. Longitudinal studies have statistical power in inspecting growth changes. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the longitudinal growth differences and determinants of children's body weight in Ethiopia. Methods: Longitudinal data were obtained from the Young Lives cohort study conducted in Ethiopia from 2002 to 2016. The study involved 1,665 Ethiopian children who were followed from age 1 to 15 years. The obtained data were analyzed using a fractional polynomial mixed-effect model. Results: Children's weight gain followed non-linear trajectories. There were considerable differences in children's body weight across different regions of Ethiopia. Children in Addis Ababa, Oromiya, and SNNPR had much faster weight growth than Tigray children. There was no substantial difference in the children's rate of weight gain between Tigray and the Amhara region. Boys had a faster rate of change in weight gain than girls. Conclusions: Controlling for other factors, gender, residence, region, parental education, household size, wealth, and mother's age had significant influences on the longitudinal weight growth of children. However, safe drinking water, sleeping time, and father's age were not related to the weight trajectory over time.
Quality Assessment Methods of Hospital Services from the Viewpoint of Patients Based on Standard Assessment Models in Iran: A Narrative Review
Authors: Rahimi Mehdi , Solymani Fateme
Published: July 2022

Background: Controlling and measuring the quality of health services is the first necessary step in providing good services. Hospitals, as the most critical healthcare organization in various countries and communities, need assessment most. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the quality assessment methods of hospital services from the patients’ viewpoints based on standard assessment models in Iran. Methods: A narrative literature review was conducted in IranDoc, SID, Magiran, IranMedex, PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, and the World Health Organization (WHO) databases. The relevant English and Persian publications were selected between January 1994 and December 2020. The quality of studies was assessed using the STROBE checklist. A total of 212 articles were found, of which 48 articles related to the purpose of the study were selected according to the inclusion criteria. Quality assessment and data extraction and analysis were performed for all studies. Results: One of the most widely used methods for assessing the quality of hospital services was the standard SERVQUAL model to assess customer expectations and perceptions of service quality. Conclusions: The SERVQUAL tool appropriately assesses patients' satisfaction with hospital services. Therefore, it can be used along with other health system stakeholders' views to assess the quality of hospital services.
Philosophical Architectonics and Theatricality in Gilles Deleuze’s Theory
Authors: Hatipoğlu Özüm ,   Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi
Published: July 2022

Theatricality, as a methodological basis of Deleuze’s theory, insinuates a new thought of Being/beings by emancipating philosophy from its anthropological orientation. Despite the fact that the phenomenological methodologies attempted to link the transcendental with the empirical domain, the source of reflexivity was still the subject. Deleuze’s ontological repetition maintains the infinite reflection of the transcendental and the empirical domains into each other, yet it posits the symbolic order as the third order where the infinite reflexive expansion between concept and matter becomes immanently transcended. By taking this formulation as its point of departure, this article analyzes how Deleuze’s notion of theatricality operates as the self-reflexive and excessive origin of thought.
The Anarchy of Justice: Hesiod’s Chaos, Anaximander’s Apeiron, and Geometric Thought
Authors: Griffith James ,   Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi
Published: July 2022

This article examines Hesiod’s Chaos and Anaximander’s apeiron individually and in relation to each other through the frame of René Descartes’ notion of natural geometry and through bounds and limits in Euclid and Immanuel Kant. Thanks to this frame, it shows that, in his poetic vision, Hesiod saw in Chaos the act of bounding such that different things can appear while, in his speculative vision, Anaximander saw in the apeiron the self-limiting limit of bounded things, which is to say, time as distinct from the temporality of bounded things resulting from Chaos. Thus, together, Chaos and the apeiron present the spatiotemporal order of the world. Finally, delving further into Anaximander’s fragment shows that the justice (dike) ruling over all includes the apeiron as the time foundational to temporality, meaning justice is without foundation and therefore anarchic.
Kirene Okulunda Mutluluk Ahlakının Reddi
Authors: Duran Zeynep ,   Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi
Published: July 2022

Antik Yunan felsefesinde “nasıl yaşamalıyız?” sorusuna farklı okullar tarafından verilmiş farklı cevaplar, büyük ölçüde “mutluluk ahlakı” (eudaimonism) ile ilişkilendirilir. Buna göre, insan yaşamının nihai ereği, merkezinde erdemin yer aldığı mutluluktur. Sokratesçi küçük okullar arasında yer alan ve kendine özgü bir hazcı ahlak anlayışı benimseyen Kirene Okulu ise, haklarındaki sınırlı antik kaynaklardan edindiğimiz tanıklıklar ışığında, bu genel çerçevenin dışında duruyor gözükür. Bu yazı, Okulun ahlak kuramının geleneksel Yunan mutluluk ahlakı ile uyuşmama iddiasını, Okulun benimsediği şüpheci bilgi kuramı ile gerekçelendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bunun için, Okulun, bilgi kuramlarına dayanan üç temel fikir kabul ettiği öne sürülmüş ve bu fikirler doğrultusunda mutluluk ahlakı altında yer alan varsayımları reddettiği gösterilmeye çalışılmıştır.
Evaluation of Some Recent Debates on Scientific Progress
Authors: Neslioğlu Serin Funda ,   Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi
Published: July 2022

At first glance, what scientific progress means seems to be a quickly answered question. It is not easy to think of the sciences without progress; sciences and the notion of progress seem identical in general. Describing the nature of scientific progress is an important task that will have practical and theoretical consequences. The approach, which argues that the background on which sciences are based does not have a historical or cultural character following the positivist interpretation, accepts sciences as testing the validity of observation and experiment data to a large extent. On the other hand, the tendency that emphasizes that the complex functioning of the history of science has an indelible mark on scientific theories prefers to build sciences on a historical and social basis. How both major approaches ground the idea of scientific progress profoundly affects both our understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge and the way we do science. This paper aims to evaluate scientific progress based on the views of prominent philosophers of science in the twentieth century.
Five new species of the genus Andes Stål, 1866 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)
Authors: Wang Xiao-Ya , Zhi Yan , Chen Xiang-Sheng
Published: July 2022

Five new species of the genus Andes Stål, 1866, A. balteiformis Wang, Zhi & Chen sp. nov., A. bifidus Wang, Zhi & Chen sp. nov., A. furcutus Wang, Zhang & Chen sp. nov., A. latanalus Wang & Chen sp. nov. and A. pallidus Wang & Chen sp. nov. from China, are described and illustrated. A key to the species of Andes in China is provided.
Corrupción: ampliando el alcance
Authors: Núñez García Manuel
Published: July 2022

En este artículo se propone una definición múltiple de corrupción que tome en consideración los tres tipos de corrupción -individual, institucional y sistémica- susceptibles de ser encontradas en cualquier régimen político. La corrupción no aparece como una conducta «excepcional» o «anormal» sino en directa continuidad con la propensión humana a la cooperación. Se evidencia como la corrupción sistémica ha sido conceptualizada como causa del cambio de régimen político en la tradición política occidental; esta relación causal es muy relevante para explicar las actuales amenazas a las democracias modernas. Se estudian en detalle los impactos de los diferentes tipos de corrupción y se procede al cuestionamiento de la teoría del ciclo de vida de la corrupción y su relación con desarrollo económico. Se señala la necesidad de diferentes y mejores mediciones de la corrupción, que den cuenta de la corrupción sistémica, y de nuevas instituciones diseñadas para revertir su generalización en las democracias modernas.
Félix Requena Santos y Luis Ayuso Sánchez, Teoría sociológica aplicada, Barcelona: Anthropos-Siglo XXI, 2016 (430 págs)
Authors: Alfaro Cremades Irene
Published: July 2022

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Reseña del libro: La negociación política en México y España. Las dinámicas legislativas en gobiernos de minoría
Authors: Hernández Trejo Ninfa Elizabeth
Published: July 2022

El documento es la reseña a la obra colectiva denominada La negociación política en México y España. Las dinámicas legislativas en gobiernos de minoría, coordinada por Lorenzo Arrieta Ceniceros.
Evaluación del Orbit Bleeding Risk Score como predictor de sangrado mayor en pacientes con síndrome coronario agudo
Authors: Chirino Navarta Daniel A. , Pinel Sebastián , Vitale Federico , Iglesias Julieta S. , Leonardi Mariela , Tellechea Francisco E. , Calderón Gustavo J. , Dizeo Claudio
Published: July 2022

Introducción: El sangrado mayor es la complicación más importante del tratamiento antitrombótico en el síndrome coronario agudo (SCA), y se asocia a mayor mortalidad. Evaluar el riesgo de sangrado es un desafío. La utilidad del Orbit Bleeding score (ORBIT) para evaluar el riesgo de sangrado en SCA ha sido poco estudiada. Objetivo: Evaluar al ORBIT como predictor de sangrado mayor en pacientes internados por SCA en los que se decide la anticoagulación como parte de la estrategia antitrombótica. Materiales y métodos: Se incluyeron en forma retrospectiva pacientes internados en dos unidades coronarias con diagnóstico de SCA que recibieron anticoagulación como parte de la terapia antitrombótica. A todos se les calcularon los scores CRUSADE, ACTION-GWTG y ORBIT con los datos clínicos del ingreso. Se analizo el punto primario de sangrado mayor, definido como una clasificación de BARC 3 o 5. Resultados: Se incluyeron 762 pacientes. El sangrado mayor se presentó en el 3.4%. En el análisis univariado los tres scores fueron predictores de sangrado mayor, mientras que en el multivariado sólo el ORBIT fue predictor independiente de sangrado mayor, con OR 2,46, IC95% 1,61-3,97, p <0,001. El área bajo la curva ROC fue de 0,70, 0,68 y 0,80 para los scores ACTIONGWTG, CRUSADE y ORBIT, respectivamente. El ORBIT presento una mayor área bajo la curva que el CRUSADE (p = 0,03) sin diferencias significativas con el ACTION-GWTG (p = 0,06) Conclusiones: El ORBIT fue el único predictor independiente de sangrado mayor, con una mejor capacidad de discriminación que el CRUSADE, y tendencia a mejor capacidad que el ACTION-GWTG
Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Hypertensive Heart Failure Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Chandra A Jasmine , Singh B Sudagar , Mohanalakshmi P , Kumar K Mahesh , Silambanan Santhi
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Heart Failure (HF) is a major disorder causing mortality and morbidity in the elderly population. Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) is considered as the gold standard biomarker for diagnosis of HF. Aim: To find the association of plasma BNP levels with heart failure in hypertensive patients with and without diabetes mellitus. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of 35 hypertensive heart failure patients who attended the Outpatient General Medicine Department at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, between March 2020 to December 2020. The patients who belonged to class IV heart failure of the New York heart association were included. Total 35 HF patients were divided into two groups. Group 1 included 10 patients with hypertensive heart failure without diabetes mellitus. Group 2 included 25 patients with hypertensive heart failure with diabetes mellitus. Parameters such as Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), waist to hip ratio, Body Mass Index (BMI), Ejection Fraction (EF), transmitral filling velocities (E/A ratio), Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Thickness (LVPW), Left Ventricular Internal Dimension in diastole (LVIDd) and BNP level, random plasma glucose and HbA1c % were assessed in all the patients. Student’s t-test and Mann-Whitney U test were used to statistically analyze the data and p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Mean age of patients were 65.80±12.72 years in group 1 and 66.56±11.72 years in group 2. All patients in group 1 and most of the patients in group 2 (15,42%) were males. All the patients were in the obese category (BMI>27 kg/m2 ). Serum BNP level was 1365 (243-3680) ng/L in group 1 and 691 (44.7-4261) ng/L in group 2, but this difference was not statistically significant (p-value=0.23). Echocardiography showed significant differences in left ventricular internal dimension in diastole, left ventricular posterior wall thickness and E/A ratio-integrated between hypertensives and hypertensives with diabetes mellitus. Serum BNP had a significant positive correlation with systolic blood pressure (r=0.33, p-value=0.05). There were highly significant differences in random plasma glucose and glycated haemoglobin between the groups. Conclusion: Plasma BNP levels were associated with systolic blood pressure in heart failure patients with hypertension. The significance of association is the same in hypertensives with diabetes mellitus. Thus, BNP as a biomarker plays a major role in the prediction of heart failure. But BNP could not differentiate whether the heart failure was due to hypertension alone or due to associated metabolic conditions.
Determinants of Corporate Earnings Management on the Indonesian Stock Exchange: An Empirical Study of Fraud and Corruption
Authors: Assagaf Aminullah , Sayidah Nur , Albab Ulul , Sugiyanto Hadi , Tyas Alvy Mulyaning
Published: July 2022

This study aims to examine the phenomenon of corruption fraud which is proxied by earning management in companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. This study uses the variables of leverage, capital expenditure, and profitability as key variables that influence earning management practices that lead to fraud and corruption. This study uses time-series data from 2017 to 2021 and selects a sample by purposive sampling of as many as 28 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The results of the study found that the key variables of leverage, capital expenditure, and profitability, turned out to have a positive and significant effect on corruption fraud which was proxied by earning management. The contribution of this research is mainly to the management of shareholders, practitioners, and investors to predict the possibility of earning management practices that lead to corruption fraud committed by the company. The originality of this research is mainly in measuring corruption fraud which is projected by earning management, thus providing a reference for future research.
Distressed Lives and Livelihood in Biosphere Reserves during Anthropocene; Similipal Forest Blaze -2021
Authors: Mishra Siba Prasad , Mishra Abhisek , Kumar Chandan , Sahu Deepak Kumar , Mishra Saswat
Published: July 2022

Inland Biosphere reserves are mainly focusing on conservation of forests for a sustainable biodiversity that has. alerted the ecologists, and forest managers. The reserving forests were under jurisdiction .of the state forest department. The aboriginal tribes were the forest savers,  so the damages by the wild fire were less in past.

Present investigation includes the wild forest blazes in India during 2021 with special attention to the Similipal forest fire 2021 in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. The socio-biological impacts of the forest fire on the aboriginal communities are searched. The soft-wares used in the present study were ArcGIS, QGIS, GPS Visualizer, USGS Earth Explorer, Google Earth Pro-Paint, Bhuvan, Accu-Weather, and ERDAS IMAGINE 11 for analyzing, image processing, and presentation. 

The assessment of the anthropogenic burnt area has been about 1000 Km2. The involvement of the ethnic communities is found to be the protectors of the fire in past are now oustees. The wild blaze management in forests can be done by public private partnership mode. The mass consciousness can be adopted involving the particularly vulnerable tribal group like, the Vana Suraksha Samiti, under the Forest Rights Act of the state government.
Survey Study on Fundus Diagram: The Untended Dexterity
Authors: Khaqan Hussain Ahmed , Eric Sabah , Rehman Ateeq ur , Buksh Hasnain Muhammad , Haider Muhammad Ali , Jabran Aamna
Published: July 2022

Aims: The objective of this survey was to evaluate how routinely and efficiently the skill of fundus drawing is practiced among retinal specialists.

Fundus drawing is an invariably accepted evidence worldwide for documenting various retinal disorders.

Methods: A self-administered online questionnaire was circulated among various ophthalmologists. Potential participants were vitreo retinal surgeons and those ophthalmologists who work in a vitreo retinal department within Asia, United Kingdom and USA. The                   respondents were asked to mark either “YES” or “NO” for the given questions through google survey form.

Results: Responses were obtained from 68 ophthalmologists in total out of which 57(83.82%) were retinal surgeons and 11(16.18%) were not. 32 (46.38%) admitted drawing fundus diagrams in their routine practice whereas, significantly 37 (53.62%) were not practicing it routinely. 45(66.18%) confessed that they draw single colored fundus drawings of retinal patients and 23(33.82%) did not.

Conclusion: Regrettably, a large number of ophthalmologists according to our survey seem to be unenlightened with the imperative requirement of a fundus diagram in order to document various retinal pathologies in vitreo retinal patients, despite the fact that this skill has been considered mandatory in routine clinical practice of ophthalmologists.
Molecular Typing of Dermatophytes Isolated from Pupils and Staff Members of Some Selected Schools in Anambra State, Nigeria
Authors: Nwankpa Nwanneamaka Samuel , Enweani-Nwokelo Ifeoma Bessie , Agbakoba Nneka Regina , Unaeze Bright Chukwuebuka
Published: July 2022

Dermatophytes are the fungal pathogens of human and animals infecting the keratinized tissues of the body namely skin, hair and nails. They include species of Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. This study was aimed at molecular typing  of dermatophytes isolated from school pupils and staff members of some selected Schools in Anambra East and Ayamelum L.G.As of Anambra State in Nigeria. One thousand (1000) samples  (scalp/hair, nail, feet, glabrous skin and groin/perianal) were collected from pupils and staff members of both gender and age bracket of  (1 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 30 etc ) years that showed visible signs of skin infection located in these two Local Government Areas. Standard procedures were employed in processing of test samples and inoculation on dermatophyte test medium. The plates were incubated at room temperature (25 – 270C) for 7 – 10days for observation of fungal growth. Colonial, morphology, and molecular studies and sequencing were used for identification. Sensitivity was performed using sterilized discs (6mm) prepared from whatman No. 1 filter paper, impregnanted with different concentrations (25mg, 50mg, 100mg and 200mg) of terbinafine, itraconazole, ketoconazole, fluconazole and griseofulvin dissolved in 2% dimethylsuphuroxide (DMSO). Molecular studies were used as confirmatory tests on dermatophytic isolates using Sanger sequencing method. The results show that the dermatophytic isolates includes: Trichophyton tonsurans, Microsporum audounii, Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton verrucosum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Epidermorphyton flocossum. Results also revealed the nucleotide sequences of the dermatophytes and genetic relationships between isolated dermatophytes from different pupils and schools. PCR-RFLP was used as gold standard for the diagnosis and Confirmation of Source of infection of dermatophytes and can aid in initiating prompt and appropriate antifungal therapy. Phylogenetic tree was drawn to show the relationships between the isolates.
Receptor‐activated increases in intracellular calcium and protein tyrosine phosphorylation in vascular smooth muscle cells
Authors: Semenchuk Lori A. , Di Salvo Joseph
Published: July 2002

We studied the effects of protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors (genistein and tyrphostin) on receptor‐activated increases in cellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i), and protein tyrosine phosphorylation in cultured canine femoral arterial smooth muscle cells. Fura‐2 imaging analysis showed that each agonist evoked a transient increase in ([Ca2+]i) followed by a sustained plateau phase. Experiments in Ca2+‐free medium showed that 70–80% of the transient increase in [Ca2+]i evoked by either agonist is due to influx of extracellular Ca2+ whereas the plateau phase is only due to Ca2+ entry. Pre‐incubation with genistein or tyrphostin markedly inhibited the transient rise in [Ca2+]i evoked by serotonin or phenylephrine. Immunoblot analysis of cell extracts with antiphosphotyrosine antibodies revealed that serotonin and phenylephrine also evoked an increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of several substrates. These increases were abolished by tyrosine kinase inhibitors. One of the major substrates was recognized by an antibody for rasGAP. These data suggest that receptor‐activated increases in [Ca2+]i in vascular smooth muscle cells may be coupled to receptor‐activated increases in protein tyrosine phosphorylation.
Whole‐Cell Immobilization Using Cell Surface‐Exposed Cellulose‐Binding Domain
Authors: Wang Aijun A. , Mulchandani Ashok , Chen Wilfred
Published: July 2002

Specific adhesion of Eshcherichia coli with surface‐exposed cellulose‐binding domain (CBD) to cellulosic materials was investigated. Whole‐cell immobilization was very specific, forming essentially a monolayer of cells onto the different supports. Cells with surface‐exposed CBD bound specifically and tightly to cellulose supports at a wide range of pH. In contrast to CBD, which shows the highest binding to cellulose at 4 °C, highest cell loading was observed at 37 °C. The extent of immobilization was dependent on the amount of surface‐exposed CBD. Cells binding increased with increasing amount of CBD until binding was saturated. Even induction of very low level of CBD (0.05 mM IPTG) was sufficient to provide specific and tight binding to cellulose support. Because optimal binding can be obtained under physiological conditions such as pH 7 and 37 °C, the results demonstrate the general utility of surface‐exposed CBD as an efficient means of whole‐cell immobilization.