bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
COVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde İdeal Vücut Ağırlığının Önemi
Authors: SALTEKİN Ayşe , ERZURUM ALİM Nural
Published: August 2021

The Importance of Ideal Body Weight in the COVID-19 Pandemia Period Obesity is an important public health problem that is common worldwide. With obesity, there is an increase in many diseases, including hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, which are risk factors for COVID-19. In 2009, obesity was first defined as a risk factor for disease severity and mortality in infected individuals in the pandemic caused by H1N1 Influenza A virus affecting the upper respiratory tract. Then, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which emerged in 2012, was also found to be more common in individuals with obesity. These findings, which show that obesity increases the risk of disease severity and death in viral respiratory infections, suggest that obesity may increase the risk of another viral respiratory disease, COVID-19. Studies show that individuals with obesity suffer from COVID-19 disease more severely than individuals with normal body weight, and their intensive care unit needs are higher. Obesity is a risk factor for more severe COVID-19 disease due to a low-grade inflammatory condition and weakened immunity. There are studies in the literature showing that obesity as well as low body weight negatively affect the outcomes of COVID-19 disease. These studies revealed that COVID-19 patients with low body weight are at greater risk of mechanical ventilation and death. It has been observed that low body mass index and low body weight especially in infected elderly individuals increase the severity of COVID-19. Therefore, individuals having ideal body weight can prevent the negative consequences of COVID-19 disease. In addition, healthy nutrition plays an important role in the optimal functioning of the immune system and weight control. Keywords: COVID-19, obesity, underweight, immunity, nutrition
AÇÕES ADOTADAS PELAS EMPRESAS DA B3 ALINHADAS COM OS 17 OBJETIVOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL (ODS): UMA ANÁLISE DOS RELATÓRIOS DE SUSTENTABILIDADE
Authors: Da silva Barbara Siqueira , De Queiroz Jamile Neme , Da Silva Ricardo Carvalho , Francisco José Roberto de Souza
Published: August 2021

A preocupação com as questões sociais, ambientais e econômicas é uma tendência mundial. Dada essa importância, as empresas podem publicar relatórios de sustentabilidade para evidenciar suas ações socioambientais. Portanto, o objetivo da pesquisa é verificar nos relatórios de sustentabilidade, publicados em 2017 e 2018, as ações adotadas pelas empresas da Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3) para contribuir com os 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). A amostra é constituída por 44 empresas, e as informações foram coletadas por meio da análise de conteúdo dos relatórios de sustentabilidade. A partir desses dados, gerou-se uma análise fatorial com o objetivo de agrupar os ODS em fatores. Dessa forma, formaram-se quatro fatores, denominados de fator Econômico, fator Social, fator Ambiental e fator Preservação. Sendo assim, o estudo apontou, dentro desses grupos, em quais ODS as empresas têm mais ações voltadas para o atingimento do desenvolvimento sustentável. Os resultados mostram que as empresas da B3 empregam esforços em prol dos ODS relacionados à melhoria das comunidades onde estão instaladas e oferecem beneficios aos trabalhadores para garantir sua saúde e bem-estar. Além disso, adotam medidas para reduzir impactos ambientais e preservar a vida na terra e na água. Assim, a principal contribuição da pesquisa é demonstrar que os ODS implementados, bem como as ações para atingi-los, estão relacionados ao âmbito interno das empresas. Diante disso, é necessário um maior esforço para colaboração com o meio externo à empresa, como erradicação da fome e da pobreza.
MODELS AND FUZZY MICROCLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE STORAGE OF ARCHIV GE OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMEN AL DOCUMENTS
Authors:   Termez State University, Marakhimov Avaz , Abdullaev Abdushukur ,   Tashkent State Technical University
Published: August 2021

In this article, the main object of research is the creation of appropriate microclimatic conditions to ensure reliable and high-quality storage of archival documents, as well as automatic control of the optimal values of the main parameters of the external and internal environment that directly affect the quality of storage. To control the microclimate, three categories of models for automatic control of these parameters are considered separately in the archives: the “white box”, “black box” and “gray box " models. The results of the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the considered models are presented. The generalized structure of the microclimate management system is also given, as well as a list of controlled and changeable parameters of the microclimate management system of archives. It is proposed to use the fuzzy logic apparatus to create microclimate control systems in archival repositories, which allows synthesizing stable algorithms for its functioning in conditions of uncertainty. The specific steps that need to be performed when designing and using fuzzy inference systems and which are implemented based on the rules of fuzzy logic are listed. When designing and using fuzzy inference systems, it is necessary to observe certain stages that are implemented based on the rules of fuzzy logic. A generalized algorithm for forming a rule base with a technique for implementing the fuzzy inference procedure is presented. The tasks that need to be solved when designing a fuzzy control system are indicated. A system of automatic temperature control in archival repositories with a fuzzy logic controller is presented.
A critical analysis of the indigenous woodcarving tradition in the Northern Province : influences and interventions (1985-2000) with specific reference to selected carvers
Authors:   , Coates Kathleen Una
Published: August 2021

This dissertation examines the influences and interventions affecting five selected woodcarvers working in the Northern Province over a period of fifteen years. Chapter Orneis divided into three sections. The first section explores the emergence of the woodcarving tradition through the watershed exhibition of Tributaries (1985), which claimed the 'discovery' of the master woodcarvers from the region. Shortly following on from this was the Neglected TradihmD exhibition (1988) whose role defined a turning point in the exhibiting and documentation of black artists within a changing art historical perspective.
PHYSICOCHEMICAL, SENSORIAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED FRUITS OF PAPAYA AND PINEAPPLE
Authors: . Rizwana , Sharma Ruchi , Rao Eram , Swer Tanya Luva , Agarwal Aparna
Published: August 2021

The current study intended to discover the storage/shelf life of papaya and pineapple, minimally processed fruits, based on their physicochemical, sensorial, and microbiological analysis. They were stored at low temperature at 4?C for 8 days. Methods: The papaya slices were dipped into 1000ppm citric acid solution and a solution of 150ppm ascorbic acid and 1000ppm citric acid. On other hand, pineapple slices were dipped into a solution of 1% sodium chloride and 1% calcium chloride and another solution of 150ppm ascorbic acid and 1000ppm citric acid. Both fruit samples were immersed into the respective solutions for around 2-3minutes. Results: From the results of treatments, it was revealed that the combination of 150ppm ascorbic acid and 1000ppm citric acid solution, in both the samples showed the best outcomes. Conclusion: It ultimately concludes that after this treatment the minimally processed papaya and pineapple can be stored effectively and safely in good conditions for 8 days at low temperature.
INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS HOLDING SOLUTIONS ON VASE LIFE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM CV. PUJA
Authors: Roshikanta Singh Chingangbam , Yadav Kulveer Singh , Kumari Shabnam , Kishor Sachin
Published: August 2021

The present experiment entitled “Influence of various holding solutions on vase life of Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) cv. Puja” was carried out under Complete Randomized Design with three replications in the Horticulture Laboratory of School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab during 2020. The result showed that the vase life was significantly affected by different holding solutions. Among the various treatments, T10 (Sucrose 6% + Citric acid 300ppm) was resulted in minimum number of days taken (3.22 days) for bud opening, fresh weight of spike (11.04 g), flower height (6.89 cm), stem diameter (4.85 mm), minimum moisture loss (44.44%), maximum vase life (19.33 days) and dry weight of spike (2.46 g). Whereas, treatment T9 (Sucrose 4% + Citric acid 200 ppm) was resulted in maximum total solution consumption (24.00 ml). Maximum diameter of the flower on 6th, 9th and 15th days of experiment was recorded in treatment T10 (Sucrose 6% + Citric acid 300 ppm). Treatment T9 (Sucrose 4% + Citric acid 200 ppm) was also resulted in maximum diameter of the flower on 3rd and 12th day of trial. Treatment T10 (Sucrose 6% + Citric acid 300 ppm) was resulted in maximum weight of spikes on 3rd, 6th and 9th day of experiment. And also maximum weight of spikes on 12th and 15th days of trial was observed in treatment T9 (Sucrose 4% + Citric acid 200 ppm).
SELF v1.0: A minimal physical model for predicting time of freeze-up in lakes
Authors: Toffolon Marco , Cortese Luca , Bouffard Damien
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Predicting the freezing time in lakes is pursued by means of complex mechanistic models or by simplified statistical regressions considering integral quantities. Here, we propose a minimal model (SELF) built on sound physical grounds, which focuses on the pre-freezing period that, in dimictic lakes, goes from mixed conditions (lake temperature at 4 °C) to the formation of ice (0 °C at the surface). The model is based on the energy balance involving the two main processes governing the inverse stratification dynamics: cooling of water due to heat loss and wind-driven mixing of the surface layer. They play an opposite role in determining the time required for ice formation and contribute to the large inter-annual variability observed in ice phenology. More intense cooling, indeed, accelerates the rate of decrease of lake surface water temperature (LSWT), while stronger wind deepens the surface layer, increasing the heat capacity, and thus reduces the rate of decrease of LSWT. A statistical characterization of the process is obtained with a Monte Carlo simulation considering random sequences of the energy fluxes. The results, interpreted through an approximate analytical solution of the minimal model, elucidate the general tendency of the system, suggesting a power-law dependence of the pre-freezing duration on the energy fluxes. This simple, yet physically based model is characterized by a single calibration parameter, the efficiency of the wind energy transfer to the change of potential energy in the lake. Thus, SELF can be used as a prognostic tool for the phenology of lake freezing.
Calibration of sea ice drift forecasts using random forest algorithms
Authors: Palerme Cyril , Müller Malte
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Developing accurate sea ice drift forecasts is essential to support the decision-making of maritime end-users operating in the Arctic. In this study, two calibration methods have been developed for improving 10 d sea ice drift forecasts from an operational sea ice prediction system (TOPAZ4). The methods are based on random forest models (supervised machine learning) which were trained using target variables either from drifting buoy or synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) observations. Depending on the calibration method, the mean absolute error is reduced, on average, between 3.3 % and 8.0 % for the direction and between 2.5 % and 7.1 % for the speed of sea ice drift. Overall, the algorithms trained with buoy observations have the best performances when the forecasts are evaluated using drifting buoys as reference. However, there is a large spatial variability in these results, and the models trained with buoy observations have particularly poor performances for predicting the speed of sea ice drift near the Greenland and Russian coastlines compared to the models trained with SAR observations.
Field measurements of wake meandering at a utility-scale wind turbine with nacelle-mounted Doppler LiDARs
Authors: Brugger Peter Andreas , Markfort Corey D. , Porté-Agel Fernando
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Wake meandering is a low-frequency oscillation of the entire wind turbine wake that can contribute to power and load fluctuations of downstream turbines in wind farms. Field measurements of two Doppler LiDARs mounted on the nacelle of a utility-scale wind turbine were used to investigate relationships between the inflow and the wake meandering as well as the effect of wake meandering on the temporally averaged wake. A correlation analysis showed a linear relationship between the instantaneous wake position and the lateral velocity that degraded with the evolution of the turbulent wind field during the time of downstream advection. A low-pass filter proportional to the advection time delay is recommended to remove small scales that become decorrelated even for distances within the typical spacing of wind turbine rows in a wind farm. The results also showed that the velocity at which wake meandering is transported downstream was slower than the inflow wind speed, but faster than the velocity at the wake center. This indicates that the modelling assumption of the wake as an passive scalar should be revised in the context of the downstream advection. Further, the strength of wake meandering increased linearly with the turbulence intensity of the lateral velocity and with the downstream distance. Wake meandering reduced the maximum velocity deficit of the temporally averaged wake and increased its width. Both effects scaled with the wake meandering strength. Lastly, we found that the fraction of the wake turbulence intensity that was caused by wake meandering decreased with downstream distance contrary to the wake meandering strength.
Dialogic pedagogy and semiotic-dialogic inquiry into visual literacies and augmented reality
Authors: Hurley Zoe
Published: August 2021

Technological determinism has been driving conceptions of technology enhanced learning for the last two decades at least. The abrupt shift to the emergency delivery of online courses during COVID-19 has accelerated big tech’s coup d’état of higher education, perhaps irrevocably. Yet, commercial technologies are not necessarily aligned with dialogic conceptions of learning while a technological transmission model negates learners’ input and interactions. Mikhail Bakhtin viewed words as the multivocal bridge to social thought. His theory of the polysemy of language, that has subsequently been termed dialogism, has strong correlations with the semiotic philosophy of American pragmatist Charles Sanders Peirce. Peirce’s semiotic philosophy of signs extends far beyond words, speech acts, linguistics, literary genres, and/or indeed human activity. This study traces links between Bakhtin’s dialogism with Peirce’s semiotics. Conceptual synthesis develops the semiotic-dialogic framework. Taking augmented reality as a theoretical case, inquiry illustrates that while technologies are subsuming traditional pedagogies, teachers and learners, this does not necessarily open dialogic learning. This is because technologies are never dialogic, in and of themselves, although semiotic learning always involves social actors’ interpretations of signs. Crucially, semiotic-dialogism generates theorising of the visual literacies required by learners to optimise technologies for dialogic learning.
CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON BREAST CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTHRACYCLINES
Authors: Tri Bui Dang Minh , Truc Doan Thanh , Ngoc Tri Kim , Cuong Vo Van
Published: August 2021

Objective: Describing the clinical and subclinical characteristics on breast cancer patients treated with Anthracyclines at Thong Nhat hospital.Subjects and methods: a prospective descriptive study on 43 patients with breast cancer was treated with Anthracyclines with 4 to 6 cycles as determined by clinical doctor at Thong Nhat hospital. Results: Average age: 49.2 ± 3.2 years old. The age group accounted for the largest proportion in the study object was the 50-60 age group (48.84%). The percentage of patients who self-examined the tumor was the highest with 79.07%. There were 9.30% of patients with pain symptoms, 11.63% of patients with nipple discharge. Tumor position in the upper-external quadrant accounted for the largest percentage with 55.81%. The average size of tumors was 2.56 ± 1.2 (cm). The main form of lesions detected on ultrasound was the local lesion with over 80% with an unknown boundaryfeature (81.40%) and predominantly invasive (76.74%). The histopathological type accounted for the highest percentage was the invasive tubular carcinoma (79.07%), the medullary carcinoma andmucinous carcinoma body accounted for the lowest rate with 2.33% and 0%, respectively. The histological degree accounted for the highest percentage among the research subjects was degree 2with 50.18%. Stage III accounted for the highest rate with 46.51%.Conclusion: The most common age group for breast cancer was 50-60 years old, the main symptom was self-examination with breast tumors, breast cancer were mainly local tumor at the upper-externalposition. On ultrasound, the lesions were the local, unknown boundary, and invasive lesions. Breast cancer was mainly invasive ductal carcinoma, histologic degree 2.
La Tecnoética: la importancia de enseñar ética en las carreras tecnológicas
Authors: Crovetto Angel
Published: August 2021

Los grandes avances tecnológicos impulsados principalmente por el mercado, exigen a las instituciones de educación superior acelerar y enfocar sus esfuerzos en la formación de profesionales en ciencias computacionales y afines; pero este desarrollo tecnológico también trae diversos dilemas éticos que impactan la vida de las personas, dilemas que deben ser estudiados desde la academia y la formación profesional. Este artículo aborda la importancia de incorporar la ética como parte de la formación de los futuros gestores y creadores en ciencia de datos.
Operation Storm: Ending Humanitarian Disaster and Genocide in Southeastern Europe
Authors: McClellan Dorothy S. , McClellan Dorothy S.
Published: August 2021

Operation Storm was the single-most decisive battle of the Croatian War for Independence (1991-1995). Launched by the Republic of Croatia in August 1995, it was the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Outnumbered, outgunned, but not outmaneuvered, this tiny new democracy prevailed in a David versus Goliath encounter, a moral as well as military victory. Storm ended a massive humanitarian disaster and genocide. It led to the liberation of one third of Croatian territory, and made possible the Dayton Agreement that brought peace to the region. Based on interviews conducted with the American Ambassador to Croatia during the war years, military and political principals in the battle, noted scholars, security and intelligence agency officials, humanitarian leaders and journalists, this social scientific qualitative study examines the political and historical origins of the war and its aftermath. The article documents the events leading up to the war and surrounding this extraordinary military operation, providing strategic and political insights into the need for cooperation between democratic allies.
Seeing through Words: Hypotyposis and its Functions
Authors: Prato Alessandro
Published: August 2021

This essay aims to analyse the rhetorical device of hypotyposis, which is held in great consideration both by ancient rhetoricians (Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian) and by modern critics (Dumarsais, Barthes and Eco) for its capacity to portray visual experiences through the use of words, so as to make them as perceptible as if they were present before the reader’s eyes.
The essay compares hypotyposis with other similar rhetorical strategies, such as description (an important moment in which the narratio is suspended and the author describes a place or character), evidentia, and especially ekphrasis - which comes from ekphràzo, meaning “describe, represent”, it is used with reference to the description of artworks - which all exercise a significant persuasive function, for they make arguments more tangible and convincing.
HUBUNGAN KECEMASAN DENGAN MINAT IBU MENJADI AKSEPTOR KONTRASEPSI METODE OPERATIF WANITA (MOW)
Authors: Nur azizah Eva
Published: August 2021

Kecemasan adalah kebingungan, kekhawatiran pada sesuatu yang akan terjadi, sedangkan minat adalah penerimaan akan suatu hubungan antara diri sendiri dengan sesuatu diluar diri, sehingga kecemasan yang ada masyarakat masih menjadi faktor yang mempengaruhi minat yang rendah terhadap kontrasepsi MOW. Tujuan penelitian penelitian ini untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya hubungan kecemasan dengan minat ibu menjadi akseptor kontrasepsi MOW. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan analitik korelasional Case Control dimana dalam penelitian ini melihat kebelakang untuk mengali dampak yang terjadi. Pengambilan sampel secara Purposive sampling berjumlah 30 responden. Penelitian ini menggunakan Uji statistik Spearman Rank. Hasil uji statistika didapatkan angka probabilitas (p) = 0,000 < 0,05 maka H0 ditolak dan H1 diterima, hal ini menunjukkan ada hubungan kecemasan dengan minat ibu menjadi akseptor kontrasepsi MOW. Nilai r = 0,701, maka ada hubungan positif kuat antara kecemasan dengan minat ibu menjadi akseptor kontrasepsi MOW berarti bahwa sebagian besar ibu yang merasakan kecemasan sedang maka ibu hanya berminat. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diatas, sebaiknya sebagai petugas kesehatan lebih banyak melakukan pendekatan ke masyarakat agar kecemasan dalam masyarakat dan minat ibu semakin tinggi.
TINGKAT STRES MAHASISWA S1 KEPERAWATAN TINGKAT SATU DALAM MENGHADAPI WABAH COVID 19 DAN PERKULIAHAN DARING DI STIKES KARYA HUSADA KEDIRI
Authors: Sari Melani Kartika
Published: August 2021

The Covid-19 outbreak is a new type of disease and is highly contagious. This new virus was previously unknown before infecting many residents of Wuhan, China. This virus is now spreading to most of the world. To prevent its spread, the government urges people to stay at home and learn online. The aimed of this study was to determine the level of stress of first-degree students in the Nursing Study Program at Stikes Karya Husada in dealing with the Covid-10 outbreak and online lectures due to the outbreak. This type of research is a descriptive study with cross sectional design. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique to get a total sample of 70 respondents. Data were collected using a questionnaire in the form of google and found that most students experienced moderate stress (38.57%), some experienced severe stress (28.57%), and mild stress (32.86%). The stressors that cause the most stress are difficulty understanding online material and worry about contracting Covid-19. Pandemic conditions that are full of uncertainty need to be addressed wisely by various parties. It takes effort to reduce stress by doing a variety of fun activities in the home that can be done by students.

Keywords: stress level, students, covid-19, online lectures
HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN PADA REMAJA TENTANG DAMPAK SEKS BEBAS BAGI KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI
Authors: NURIN FAUZIYAH
Published: August 2021

Abstrak

Kematangan seksual pada remaja  menyebabkan munculnya minat seksual dan keinginan remaja tentang seksual sehingga dapat mengakibatkan dampak yang negatif terhadap pergaulan remaja yang berdampak pada seks bebas. Seks bebas mempunyai resiko yang sangat besar terhadap remaja. Dampak seks bebas remaja biasanya akan mengalami kehamilan diluar nikah, terinfeksi penyakit menular seksual (PMS) dan beresiko pada psikologi remaja. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan pada remaja Tentang Dampak Seks Bebas Bagi Kesehatan Reproduksi Di SMPN I PLEMAHAN  Kabupaten Kediri Tahun 2019. Desain penelitian menggunakan desain diskriptif. Populasi penelitian adalah siswa-siswi kelas IX Di SMPN I PLEMAHAN  kabupaten Kediri Tahun 2019.  Dengan menggunakan teknik Stratified Random Sampling diperoleh sampel sebanyak 80 responden. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Analisa data menggunakan diskriptif. Hasil penelitian yakni  responden yang pernah mendapat informasi sejumlah 80 responden (100%), dengan kriteria cukup baik 32 responden (40%), dan sebagian kecil berkriteria kurang baik 3 responden (3,75%). Jadi mayoritas responden memiliki tingkat pengetahuan berkriteria cukup baik yaitu sebanyak 32 responden (40%) dari total 80 responden. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini berarti semakin baik pengetahuan remaja tentang dampak seks bebas, maka semakin menjauhi perbuatan seks bebas dan dapat berhati-hati dalam memilih setiap pergaulan yang aman.

 

Kata kunci: Pengetahuan, Remaja, Dampak Seks Bebas, Kesehatan Reproduksi.
Potensi Kompres Hangat Jahe Merah Sebagai Terapi komplementer Terhadap Pengurangan Nyeri Artritis Gout
Authors: Anis Rahmawati
Published: August 2021

AbstrakArtritis gout merupakan salah satu penyakit Metabolisme yang disebabkan oleh penumpukan monosodium urate monohydrate crystals pada sendi. Gejala utama yang lazim dirasakan oleh penderita gout artritis adalah nyeri sendi. Untuk mengatasi nyeri terapi farmakologi yang lazim diberikan adalah obat obatan analgesik. Penggunaan antinyeri pada penderita gout artritis yang umumnya dibutuhkan dalam jangka waktu yang panjang dan banyak yang timbulnya efek samping sehingga terapi non farmakologis diharapkan menjadi alternatif untuk mengurangi nyeri artritis gout sehingga menurunkan penggunaan obat antinyeri. Salah satu terapi komplementer untuk mengurangi nyeri gout artritis adalah terapi kompres jahe. Tujuan tinjauan pustaka ini adalah untuk mengkaji lebih dalam publikasi hasil penelitian yang berkaitan dengan terapi kompres jahe untuk mengatasi nyeri pada penderita gout artritis. Metode penulisan studi literatur ini adalah merujuk artikel publikasi pada jurnal nasional maupun internasional dengan topik terkait, meringkas, membandingkan hasil dan disajikan dalam bentuk artikel. Hasil dari penelusuran artikel publikasi yang terkait secara keseluruhan menyatakan bahwa kompres jahe hangat dapat mengurangi nyeri pada artritis gout. Kesimpulan yang dapat diambil adalah kompres jahe hangat adalah pengobatan tradisional atau terapi alternatif untuk mengurangi nyeri sendi gout.

Kata kunci : gout artritis, kompres jahe

 

Abstract

Gouty arthritis is a metabolic disease caused by a buildup of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals in the joints. The main symptom commonly felt by people with arthritis gout is joint pain. To deal with pain, pharmacological therapy that is commonly given is analgesic drugs. The use of painkillers in people with gouty arthritis is generally needed for a long period of time and there are many side effects so that non-pharmacological therapy is expected to be an alternative to reduce gouty arthritis pain so as to reduce the use of painkillers. One of the complementary therapies to reduce gouty arthritis pain is ginger compress therapy. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the publication of research results related to ginger compress therapy for pain management in patients with gout arthritis. The method of writing this literature study is to refer to published articles in national and international journals with related topics, summarize, compare results and present them in the form of articles. The results of the search for related published articles as a whole suggest that warm ginger compresses can reduce pain in gouty arthritis. The conclusion that can be drawn is warm ginger compress is a traditional medicine or alternative therapy to reduce gout joint pain.

Keywords: Gouty Arthritis Pain, Warm Compress, Red Ging
ANALISIS BENTUK LAYANAN HOMECARE YANG DIINGINKAN PASIEN BERDASARKAN KASUS PENYAKIT DI MASA PENDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Nugroho Christianto
Published: August 2021

Homecare merupakan pelayanan kesehatan di rumah yang memberikan  kesempatan bagi masyarakat mendapatkan pelayanan kesehatan yang maksimal. Faktor kasus penyakit terhadap bentuk layanan homecare masih memerlukan analisis lebih mendalam. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis kasus penyakit terhadap  bentuk layanan homecare yang diinginkan pasien pada masa pendemi covid-19 di rsud pare, kediri, jawa timur, indonesia.

Desain penelitian ini adalah cross-sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah semua pasien di RSUD Pare dan sampel penelitian 172 responden dengan tehnik simple random sampling. Pengumpulan data dengan kuesioner tentang bentuk layanan homecare dan kasus penyakit pasien, kemudian dilakukan analisis multivariat dengan uji regresi linear.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkkan bentuk layanan homecare berurutan sebagai berikut Perawatan 91 responden, pengobatan 54 respoden, konsultasi kesehatan 22 respoden, dan Fisoterapi 5 responden dari semua kasus penyakit yang dialami oleh pasien.

Bentuk layanan homecare dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelayanan keperawatan oleh tenaga perawat, pengobatan oleh dokter, konsultai kesehatan dan fisioterapi merupakan perpaduan yang harmonis untuk mewuudan pelayana homecare yang baik dan servis yang memuasakan bagi masyarakat, sehingga kesehatan ditengah masyarakat bisa terwujud.
Creative teaching design in STEM: Using graduate learning outcomes to distribute students' existing knowledge in first-year biology practical work groups
Authors: Savage Julia , Healy Jillian
Published: August 2021

In Australia, a significant number of students enrol in first-year university biology without the benefit of high school biology. In order to help students support each other, the authors of this paper (a central unit academic developer and a biology coordinator of first-year biology) created a classroom activity that facilitated the distribution of the more experienced students of biology throughout the practical work groups. An important feature of this creative design for forming groups, called the GLO Activity in this paper, was the embedding of two of the University’s key teaching and learning priorities within the activity. These were the University’s eight graduate learning outcomes (GLOs) and, inclusive education practice. We discuss creative pedagogies in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and their link to supporting students in their first year of university study. We explain our scholarly thinking behind the GLO Activity and evaluate its impact. Finally, we reflect on how we, the educators, found satisfaction in thinking deeply to create a new learning structure for a biology practical class that solved one teaching challenge but also met a number of the University’s curriculum principles.
An online testing design choice typology towards cheating threat minimisation
Authors: Munoz Albert , Mackay Jonathon
Published: August 2021

Online testing is a popular practice for tertiary educators, largely owing to efficiency in automation, scalability, and capability to add depth and breadth to subject offerings. As with all assessments, designs need to consider whether student cheating may be inadvertently made easier and more difficult to detect. Cheating can jeopardise the validity of inference drawn from the measurements produced by online tests, leading to inaccurate signals and misperceptions about what students know and can do. This paper extends theoretical understanding about cheating behaviours to link online test design choices and their influence on a student’s capability and willingness to cheat. This research reviews the literature on cheating theories and a typology construction methodology to relate common online test design choices to their cheating threat consequence. In doing so, the typology offers educators designing online tests general normative guidance aimed at reducing threats to assessment inference validity, and academic integrity in general, brought about by student cheating. While we admit that cheating cannot be completely eliminated in online testing, the guidance provided by the typology can assist educators to structure online tests to minimise cheating.
Bridging Distances: Professional Development for Higher Education Faculty Through Technology-Facilitated Lesson Study
Authors: Soto Melissa , Gupta Dittika , Dick Lara , Appelgate Mollie
Published: August 2021

Higher education faculty benefit from participating in communities of practice focused on developing and improving their own instruction. However, collaborators with common interests are not always located at the same physical location. In this article, we share how participation in a technology-facilitated lesson study provided the means for five higher education faculty across the U.S. to engage in professional development and evolve into a virtual community of practice. Through the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication technology, we formulated goals, planned a common lesson, conducted research on our students’ learning, and reflected on our own teaching practice. For this paper, we share how the process of technology-facilitated lesson study provided professional learning for us as individuals.
Achieving WIL placement and theoretical learning concurrently: An online strategy for Higher Education Institutions
Authors: Sheridan Lynnaire , Gibbons Belinda , Price Oriana
Published: August 2021

The Australian Government requires Higher Education Institutions to demonstrate the work-readiness of graduates. Consequently, Work Integrated Learning (WIL) has been adopted to enhance the workplace skills and professional networks of students to improve graduate employability. While WIL can take many forms, experiences located in workplaces (placements, internships) have been popular. The introduction of the Australian Government’s Fair Work Act 2009 required that placements be tightly embedded within curriculum thereby presenting the challenge of how to enable WIL via placements and theoretical learning in already compact study programs. As a response, we present the pragmatic use of online theoretical instruction and online WIL assessment within an undergraduate core Capstone business subject, as an enabler of the WIL placement. We examine learner perspectives on, and grade outcomes from, undertaking online theoretical instruction concurrent with WIL placements to discuss the key WIL and online learning design implications for this cohort of learners. Our findings are increasingly pertinent given the 2017 Australian Government Higher Education Reform package incentivising the expansion of WIL into all degrees.
How recorded audio-visual feedback can improve academic language support
Authors: Cavaleri Michelle , Kawaguchi Satomi , Di Biase Bruno , Power Clare
Published: August 2021

Providing effective, high quality feedback that students engage with remains an important issue in higher education today, particularly in the context of academic language support where feedback helps socialise students to academic writing practices. Technology-enhanced feedback, such as audio and video feedback, is becoming more widely used, and as such, it is important to evaluate whether these methods help students engage with the feedback more successfully than conventional methods. While previous research has explored students’ perceptions of audio-visual feedback, this paper seeks to fill a gap in the literature by examining the impact of the audio-visual mode on undergraduate students’ engagement with feedback compared to written-only feedback. Evidence from an analysis of feedback comments (n = 1040) and corresponding revisions as well as interviews (n = 3) is used to draw conclusions about the value of providing audio-visual feedback to help students revise their writing more successfully. In line with multimedia learning theory (Mayer 2009), it is argued that the multimodal format, conversational tone, verbal explanations and personalised feel of audio-visual feedback allows for a more successful engagement with the feedback, particularly for students with a lower level of English language proficiency.
Using “just in time” online feedback to improve first year undergraduate nursing students’ essay writing performance
Authors: Beccaria Lisa , Kek Megan , Huijser Henk
Published: August 2021

Undergraduate nursing students often find essay writing challenging, and feel underprepared, yet the impact of using online feedback to support essay writing has been underexplored. First-year nursing students from a regional university were involved in a project that encouraged them to access an online tutoring service, as part of their development of an essay task. Significant differences were found in students’ final essay marks for those who accessed the online writing support. Students who accessed online writing support were also more likely to be deep, rather than surface learners. The findings indicate that the provision of prompt or ‘just in time’ feedback, using an online feedback mechanism, can greatly enhance students’ essay writing performance.
Editorial 17.5: Strengthening our focus for a post-COVID-19 environment: Learnings from a pandemic in higher education
Authors: Crawford Joseph , Percy Alisa , Kelder Jo-Anne , Butler-Henderson Kerryn
Published: August 2021

The year 2020 will unlikely be one that any member of the higher education community will forget. It has posed challenges and opportunities to rethink aspects of tertiary learning and teaching, and also confirmation of some of the better practices we have engaged in. For some, the novel coronavirus pandemic has forced bad practice – such as simple and rapid digitalisation of existing curriculum – often bundled into the pedagogically-ambiguous ‘emergency remote teaching’ or ERT (Toquero, 2020). The intense pressure for academics to deliver curriculum online, typically to the exception of time for comprehensive academic development and upskilling.
The practice for an overnight transition to online learning, while deemed by many to have been essential at the time, has created a myriad of future decisions to be actioned across the sector. These range from deploying future academic development workshops to transform the workforce for continued online learning to employment of educational technologists, learning designers, or similar to enable purposeful decisions of pedagogy within online learning environments. Financial constraints have tempered the deployment of additional resources, with institutions suffering from financial modelling unexpected in late-2019 budget forecasting meetings. A reduction in student enrolments from international markets offers complexity for higher education exporter nations like Australia (Marshman & Larkins, 2020). Nonetheless, there has been a resilience from the sector to ensure continuity of education under all circumstances.
The role of journals like the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice during the pandemic has been to support timely publication of evidence-based practices for responses to COVID-19. This has included a need to balance the acceptance of manuscripts with pre-COVID-19 data and implications, and those authors contributing to the exponentially expanding knowledge base for teaching and learning during COVID-19. For the former, we have encouraged authors during final acceptance to reflect on their work’s role in enabling a positive response to the pandemic. For those in the latter, we have ensured that writers have considered the broader implications of their work beyond the pandemic. These decisions support manuscripts publishing in JUTLP to contribute to the contemporary landscape, and also beyond the pandemic.
A practical look at the why and how of supporting international students: A checklist of teaching tips
Authors: Beatty Shelley , Clark Kim , Doherty Sally-Anne
Published: August 2021

This paper looks at a pilot of a strategy designed to help academic staff better respond to the inclusive teaching needs of its international students. The strategy was implemented by a School in a Western Australian University and offered academic staff evidence-based information on specific techniques for internationalising curriculum content and delivery. The extent to which international students perceived lecturers had implemented the suggested strategies was subsequently evaluated. While the evaluation found the School had performed adequately in the eyes of its international students across key areas of teaching practice, it also suggested that achieving greater inclusiveness required attention to things beyond classroom processes. These broader aspects included the University’s climate of belongingness and the extent to which the curriculum content took account of international perspectives.
Enhancing metacognition through thinking instruction: A case study in a Taiwanese university
Authors: Chen Mei-Hui
Published: August 2021

This study investigated the impact of thinking instruction on students’ metacognition and thinking behavior. Higher-order thinking occurs when individuals use their underlying metacognitive strategies which increase the probability of achieving a desirable result. The study was designed as a case study of an intervention and a posttest-only control group design was adopted. Participants consisted of students with a variety of majors were recruited from a medium-size university located in southern Taiwan. Two classes of the Developing Thinking course, totaling 78 students, comprised the group receiving the intervention, while 196 students in six General English classes comprised the comparison group. The intervention students were introduced to thinking skills, facts and opinions, question stems, and thinking from different perspectives. The quantitative results show strong evidence that the thinking instruction exerts statistically significant positive effects on students’ metacognition. Qualitative evidence also shows improvements in cognitive awareness with students demonstrating a more consistent application of thinking skills, an increased ability to think critically with thinking dispositions cultivated, and most importantly, a transfer of thinking behavior across the curriculum and in their personal lives. The researcher suggests the value of introducing thinking instruction to promote critical thinkers.
Building online degrees quickly: Academic experiences and institutional benefits
Authors: McInnes Richard , Aitchison Claire , Sloot Brigitte
Published: August 2021

Universities everywhere are rushing to upgrade their digital learning capabilities — and, more so now, in response to COVID-19. Long term, large-scale development of online courses requires investment in digital infrastructures and collaborative curriculum design involving educational, technical, and subject-matter experts. However, compared to the resources invested in course development, there is relatively little investment in researching such development processes. Drawing on findings from a study of a strategic initiative to rapidly develop 12 fully online undergraduate degree programs in one Australian university, this paper reports on a study that aimed to capture the experiences of academic course writers. Findings show broad satisfaction with the production processes, courses created, and knowledge acquired - although also demonstrating key differences between senior, junior and casualised staff. This empirical case study contributes to knowledge about capacity building arising from large-scale, in-house development of fully online degree programs.
Student perceptions of technological tools for flipped instruction: The case of Padlet, Kahoot! and Cirrus
Authors: Dianati Seb , Nguyen Mai , Dao Phung , Iwashita Noriko , Vasquez Claudia
Published: August 2021

Technological tools used in teaching and learning have been reported to influence their satisfaction, engagement and their continued effort in learning (Roach, 2014). The present study, therefore, investigated students’ perceptions of technological use in a flipped classroom at university level through evaluation of three different web-based tools, using the lens of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, 1989; Venkatesh & Davis, 2000). These tools include a collaborative canvas tool (Padlet), a live polling platform (Kahoot!) and an annotation tool (Cirrus). Results from focus group interviews show that most of the students had positive perceptions of the three technological tools targeted in this study. Nevertheless, using the TAM model that draws on two indexes, namely usefulness and perceived ease of use, the findings revealed students’ mixed perceptions towards the three tools. Particularly, Padlet was perceived to be useful for both independent and colloborative learning, but less easy to use when there was too much content. Kahoot! was considered the most useful and easy to use for revision of learnt concepts. Finally, Cirrus was easy to use, but less useful for creative tasks. The results are discussed in terms of the role of technological tools in flipped learning, and implications for technologically enhanced flipped instruction are suggested.
O FATOR DE VISÃO DO CÉU E AS CARACTERÍSTICAS CLIMÁTICAS LOCAIS DO RECIFE – PE/ BRASIL
Authors: Moreira Ayobami Badiru , Nobrega Ranyére Silva , Mendes Tamires Gabryele de Lima , Dos Santos Pedro Felipe Cavalcanti , Zamparoni Cleusa Aparecida Gonçalves Pereira
Published: August 2021

O presente estudo se propôs a discutir os valores de FVC e sua relação com o clima na malha urbana do Recife a partir da utilização de dois métodos de estimativa: processamento de fotografias hemisféricas e processamento digital de imagem. Foram utilizados de dados de temperatura e umidade obtidos em três pontos específicos do Recife de modo a registrar a respostas destas variáveis à diferentes tipos de cobertura de superfície. Correspondentes aos locais de obtenção de dados de temperatura e umidade, foram registradas fotografias hemisféricas em três pontos da cidade e calculado o FVC destes correspondentes às fotografias a partir do software RayMan. A obtenção do FVC a partir do processamento digital de imagem foi feito sobre o Modelo Digital de Superfície do Recife, com resolução de 2m, no Sistema de Informação Geográfica GRASS. A discussão dos resultados teve como base a relação entre os dados climáticos, os valores de FVC e o processo de verticalização do Recife. Os valores de FVC indicaram maior adensamento urbano na costa litorânea seguido pelos bairros da margem norte do Rio Capibaribe, os valores de temperatura na margem norte do Capibaribe foram mais elevados durante o período diurno e, para Boa Viagem, no período noturno. O método de estimativa de FVC por fotografias hemisféricas apresentou valores mais conservadores em comparação ao processamento digital de imagem, respeitando as devidas escalas, o processamento digital de imagens é capaz de cobrir todo o espaço construído da cidade e fornece um panorama dos valores espacializados enquanto a fotografia hemisférica complementa este panorama, com uma informação pontual em escala mais detalhada.