bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
RF85 THE ROLE OF NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY ON PATIENTS OUTCOMES: THE REAL CLINICAL IMPACT.
Authors: CUKO E. , SBAFFI A. , SCARPARI C. , PELENGHI S. , TOTARO P.
Published: November 2018

Aim:

The clinical impact of AF in postoperative outcome following CABG surgery is still a controversial issue. In this study we sought to elucidate the real clinical impact of transient and persistent postoperative AF (TPOAF and PPOAF) occurring in patients previously in SR undergoing CABG surgery.

Methods:

All patients undergoing isolated CABG surgery during the last two years period at our Division were enrolled in this study. History of previous paroxysmal AF was not exclusion criteria, providing the presence of SR at hospital admission. Both TPOAF and PPOAF were then correlated to the incidence of postoperative unfavourable events such as death, mayor and minor complications. Incidence of AF recurrence, in patients discharged in SR, was also investigated.

Results:

175 patients (mean age 67 + /-11, male 84%) were enrolled. Postoperative incidence of TPOAF and PPOAF are shown in Fig 1a. Cumulative outcomes are summarized in Fig 1b. Mechanical Ventilation time, ICU and total hospital stay of TPOAF patients were not significantly increased, while ICU stay was higher. compared to stable sinus rhythm patients. TPOAF, was not risk factor for any of the complications considered (inotropic support, infections, bleeding and blood transfusion). At 1-year follow up 2 pts (5%) presented recurrence of AF.

Conclusions:

In patients in SR undergoing satisfactory isolated CABG surgery, transient postoperative AF, despite being a frequent event, usually does not impact significantly postoperative outcome. In such patients, furthermore, the incidence of recurrence of AF, even without a maintenance therapy is quite low.
RF34 PARADOXICAL ARTIFICIAL CORDS TECHNIQUE TO TREAT SAM IN HOCM
Authors: KASSEM S.
Published: November 2018

Introduction:

The Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of mitral valve (MV) associated with the asymmetric hypertrophy of left ventricular septum are the two components responsible for left ventricular outflow obstruction (LVOTO) in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM). The transaortic left ventricular septal myomectomy has been proposed as the gold standard surgical procedure for symptomatic patients with severe HOCM since the late 1960 s.

Objective:

We have previously described one technique to prevent SAM post MV repair, the so-called “paradoxical artificial cords to prevent SAM after MV repair”. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the efficacy of this technique also to treat SAM in HOCM patients, in case of concomitant moderate septal myectomy.

Methods:

The subjects of the study are 5 patients with both SAM and LVOTO. All of them have been surgically treated, performing moderate transaortic septal myomectomy and correction of SAM by paradoxical artificial cords and ring annuloplasty.

Results:

The postoperative course of all patients was regular. No one of them developed the usual complications of this surgery (Ventricular Septal Defect [VSD] or Pacemaker [PM] implantation). Transthoracic Echocardiography TTE has demonstrated good result of the early postoperative interventricular gradient. The MV function was preserved and free of SAM.

Conclusion:

This technique could be considered as a valid treatment for SAM in patients with HOCM and LVOTO, if associated with moderate septal myectomy. The combination of these two surgical procedures is particularly important to avoid complications, especially VSD, in patients with a relatively thin interventricular septum, even in presence of hypertrophy.
RF60 PERICARDIECTOMY: ETIOLOGIES, RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES, SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE
Authors: Travaglini S. , Bonalumi G. , Naliato M. , Cavallotti L. , Dozio A. , Alamanni F.
Published: November 2018

Background and aim:

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is characterized by dense fibrosis and adhesions that encase the heart into a rigid non-pliable pericardium. The surgical management remains the most effective treatment for this patients, who have high rates of morbidity and mortality without therapy. We evaluated the current results and the predictors of in-hospital complications for isolated pericardiectomy in our centre.

Methods:

Between October 2007 and September 2017, twelve patients (M/F 83.3/16.7%) underwent pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis; mean age was 61.4 ± 12.7 years, 50% of patients were in NHYA class III, 16.7% of patients in NYHA class IV. The operative approach was median sternotomy in all patients and cardiopulmonary bypass has been used only in one patient.

Results:

The most common etiologies of CP were idiopathic (91.6%), post-operative + post-radiation (8.4%). Total pericardiectomy was performed in 91.7% patients. 33.4% of patients had pericardial calcification. The mean pre-operative EF and pulmonary pressure (PAPs) were 60.7 ± 11.6% and 32.3 ± 10.6 mmHg respectively. 16.7% of patients died during hospitalization (one for hepatic failure due to cirrhosis, one for sepsis), 16.7% of patients died during the follow up period (one death at 8 years). The mean post-operative EF and PAPs were 57.8 ± 7.7% and 27.3 ± 12.4 mmHg respectively. Improvement of clinical conditions (dyspnea reduction) was seen in all patients.

Conclusions:

Total, isolated pericardiectomy is associated with reasonable perioperative mortality. This procedure confers significant
RF62 PREVENTION OF STERNAL WOUND INFECTION WITH PREVENA DRESSING
Authors: D’Alessio A. , Hutton S. , Krasopoulos G.
Published: November 2018

Background:

Sternal wound infections are a common complications in cardiac surgery. Our aim is to investigate if negative pressure on close wound with Prevenatm dressing might be a good method of prevention in selected high risk patients.

Methods:

We retrospectively reviewed 1115 consecutive patients that had cardiac surgery operation at Oxford University Hospital from January 2017 to May 2018. A single surgeon used Prevena dressing as prevention for wound infections in a group of high risk patients. The dressing was applied in theatre at -125mmHg and removed prior to discharge. The choice of the patient was led by surgeon decision with a Fowler score greater than 10.

Results:

25 patients received Prevena dressing, 15 of them underwent CABG. Only one developed superficial wound infection, but his Fowler score was 26 (predicted infection 16%). In our department sternal wound infection for heart operations was 2.4% (3.9% in CABG group). The average Fowler score in Prevena group was 16.8 and 18 in CABG sub-group with a predicted wound infection respectively of 6.6% and 8.2%. The wound infection rate on Prevena was 0% in the non-CABG group and 6.6% in CABG group. The cost of Prevena is 330£, while the cost per day of a patient with wound infection can be as high as 2000£

Conclusion:

Close incision negative pressure therapy with Prevena dressing is a cost effective and safe tool in selective high risk patient that can help reducing the incidence of sternal wound infection in selected high risk cardiac surgical patient.
RF71 RETROAURICOLAR VS ABDOMINAL CABLE MEDICATION: A NOVEL PROTOCOL
Authors: Pagnin C. , Tarzia V. , Tessari C. , Fabozzo A. , Bottio T. , Tiso L. , Gerosa G.
Published: November 2018

Background and aim:

Driveline infection (DLI) is a common and serious complication in patients undergone left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) implant. Prevention of DLI has demonstrated to be crucial in improving patients’ clinical outcomes. Aim of this study was to create a standard of care for patients with different exit-sites (ES) of LVAD cable.

Methods:

From December 2008 to March 2018, 136 patients undergone LVAD implantation. A retroauricolar cable (RAC) was associated to Jarvik 2000 (=62 pts), whereas abdominal cable (AC) with HVAD (=47 pts), HM2 (=2 pts) and HM3 (=25 pts). Two different medication strategies were used, according to different exit-sites. A not-occluding medication, which facilitates re-epithelization and allows patient self-care, was used for RAC (Fig.1A). For AC, on the contrary, an occluding, waterproof and breathable medication was preferred as it prevents infection while it favors wound healing maintaining a dry environment (Fig.1B).

Results:

Overall DLI was 11.8% (16 patients). In detail, infections were 6 (9.7%) and 10 (13.5%) in RAC and AC patients, respectively. Median time of DLI was 243 days (IQR: 113-514). Freedom from DLI was comparable in both RAC and AC groups using not-occluding and occluding medications as appropriate.

Conclusions:

Medication of driveline should be calibrated based on exit-site drive-line. This novel approach resulted safe and effective for DLI prevention and easy to manage.
RF01 ANGIO-VAC ASPIRATION SYSTEM: THE LARGEST ITALIAN SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Authors: Tarzia V. , Piperata A. , Tessari C. , Rubino M.G. , Zanella F. , Pittarello D. , Gerosa G.
Published: November 2018

Background and Aim:

AngioVac system is a vacuum-assisted venous drainage device recently introduced into clinical practice for the removal of fresh and/or soft emboli/thrombi from vessels and right atrium. The aim of this study was presenting our center experience.

Methods:

From July 2016 to July 2017, 6 patients (mean age 58 ± 15 years) were treated with AngioVac system for right atrial masses (=4, 66.7%, 2 of these were electrode lead vegetations) and thrombosis of inferior vena cava (=2, 33.3%). We used both femoral and jugular vein percutaneous accesses and echo- or fluoroscopy guiding.

Results:

Therapeutic success (defined as a complete aspiration of the mass or return to an anterograde caval flow) was achieved in 5 cases (83.3%). One percutaneous approach was converted in open-chest because of pericardial tamponade and the mass suction was performed directly through the right atrium. Median intensive care unit stay was 1 day and all patients were discharged in good clinical conditions. At 1-year follow-up, all patients were alive.

Conclusions:

In our experience, AngioVac is a safe and reliable device that allows good results and patient's fast recovery. Because the procedure requires patient monitoring and the use of venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, we suggest performing it in cardiac or hybrid operating room.
PROVOLVOUS CYTOKINS IN DETERMINATION OF LOCALIZATION OF INFLAMMATORY PROCESS IN THE UROLINE SYSTEM WHEN PROVIDING EMERGENCY UROLOGICAL CARE
Authors: Pavlov A. L. , Marusanov V. E. , Korenkov D. G.
Published: November 2018

The paper presents the results of the study of the content of proinflammatory cytokines (IL‑8) in the urine from the ureter from the affected side and the bladder. This allowed to carry out differentiated therapy depending on the localization of the inflammatory process in the urinary system.
PREVALENCE AND CHARACTER OF POLYTRAUMATIC INJURIES IN CHILDREN IN UZBEKISTAN FROM 1995 TO 2015
Authors: Mutalova Z. J. , Alimova H. P. , Sharipova V. H.
Published: November 2018

Current retrospective analysis contains detailed information on prevalence, character and methods of treatment of polytraumatic injuries in children in Uzbekistan from 1995 to 2015. Analysis of mortality, disability and total number of injuries are given in accordance to three separate phases development and establishment of Emergency Medical Service in Uzbekistan.
PROSPECTS OF EXTRACORPORAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION IN PRACTICE OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Authors: Skvortsov A. E. , Reznik O. N. , Komedev S. S. , Teplov V. M. , Bagnenko S. F.
Published: November 2018

The article presents a review of modern approach to the application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to aid cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest, discuss main include and exclude criteria for the patients.
INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL AID SERVICE OF KRASNODAR REGION
Authors: Bagdasaryan A. S. , Gerashyenko E. V. , Pukhnyak D. V. , Linchenko S. N. , Sirunyants A. A. , Kamalyan Zh. A. , Staritskiy A. G.
Published: November 2018

For optimization Krasnodar region medical aid service, it’s developed software global navigational control system. Medical aid team is supported with pads. The research aim: estimate of efficiency and supporting medical aid team mobile computer devices with remote access to “AWP manager” program under Krasnodar region common control room medical aid service. The development of common informational control system of medical aid and medical aid team supporting with pads are improved basic processing indices of its work: time for medical aid teams arrival is reduced, including TA; execution of the call; TA death rate indices are reduced. The development makes it possible to carry out reception, collection of information and data handling automation about the service work and standardization, sorting calls according importance and complexity, controlling the time and the quality of medical aid service and hospitalization.
SPINE AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES IN A RUSSIAN METROPOLITAN AREA: INCIDENCE, INJURY CHARACTERISTICS, AND PUBLIC BED DEMAND
Authors: Dulaev A. K. , Manukovskii V. A. , Kutianov D. I. , Parshin M. S. , Dulaev D. V. , Zhelnov P. V. , Alikov Z. Iu.
Published: November 2018

Current incidence and characteristics of subaxial cervical and thoracolumbar spine injuries in a metropolitan area in Russia (in St. Petersburg) were studied. The results showed the annual incidence of 15.4 cases per 100,000 population, and the relative frequencies found to be high were that of isolated trauma with  SCI (41.8% and 23.7%) and of spine injuries in polytrauma patients (7.5% and 7.9%). Also, the relatively  low need for allocated specialty beds was adequately supplied in the setting of centralized delivery of acute  spine services.
RHEUMATOLOGIC PATIENTS HOSPITALIZATION FEATURES
Authors: Povzun A. S. , Mazurov V. I.
Published: November 2018

The purpose of the work was to study the nosological structure of rheumatologic patients hospitalized  in emergency hospitals. The analysis of the obtained distribution and its comparison with the structure  of patients at the Scientific Research Institute of emergency care named after I. I. Djanelidze and the City  Rheumatology Center were done. Determination of the current structure of hospitalization of rheumatologic  patients can serve as a basis of its forecasting for the subsequent periods.
FEATURES AND ORIENTATIONS OF TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN AT PATIENTS WITH HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
Authors: Girsh A. O. , Stukanov M. M. , Macsimishin S. V. , Malyuk A. I. , Stepanov S. S. , Korzuk M. S.
Published: November 2018

In work results of the research executed at 50 patients with hemorrhagic shock of the 3rd degree are presented. It is revealed that at the remaining shock phenomena, elimination of deficiency of oxygen at patients  happens due to high consumption of oxygen fabrics which is carried out only due to his increased extraction  from arterial blood. At elimination of symptoms of shock at patients correction of deficiency of oxygen is  carried out at the expense of two mechanisms: increases in productivity of heart and his increased extraction  from arterial blood.
O turismo para a comunicação ou a comunicação para o turismo?
Authors: De Sousa Aldrigue Natalia
Published: November 2018

Este artigo está inserido no contexto do turismo e da midiatização, ou seja, neste novo cenário comunicacional em que o campo dos mídia estão atravessando todos os demais campos sociais (inclusive o turismo), e por eles sendo atravessados. Nesta perspectiva, as práticas turísticas que estão em constante crescimento, têm utilizado dessas estratégias comunicacionais para fazer valer cada vez mais o seu discurso, fazendo com que, muitas vezes, o turista (ator amador) seja o próprio propagador da atividade (ator especialista) através de blogs, sites ou fanpages. Esta ambiência da comunicação está proporcionando uma nova forma de se fazer turismo, em que observamos a quebra de fronteiras entre os campos e uma comunicação turística circular.
Brasília:
Authors: Santiago de Brito Pereira Amneres , Avena Biagio Mauricio
Published: November 2018

O presente artigo propõe-se a fazer uma reflexão crítica sobre duas hipóteses discutidas por autores que estudam a cidade de Brasília, a partir da premissa de que a capital do País caminha para tornar-se uma megalópole polinucleada e desigual. Por meio do diálogo com autores que vem estudando Brasília, desde sua fundação, em 1960, e com outros que tem se debruçado sobre os conceitos de geopolítica, morfologia do espaço, urbanismo, paisagem, território, segregação, hospitalidade, hostis e hospes, pretende-se contribuir para o aprofundamento da reflexão sobre as seguintes hipóteses: primeiro, a hipótese de que o contexto sócio-histórico-cultural desde a fundação de Brasília e, sobretudo, nos últimos 57 anos, determinou a estratificação e segregação do seu espaço urbano; e, segundo, e em consequência desse contexto, aquela de que o acolhimento turístico ao viajante e habitante de Brasília é mais hostis e menos hospes. O método utilizado é o brico-método, como proposto por Avena (2008), por meio da abordagem do objeto de pesquisa a partir de múltiplos olhares de autores, no exercício de apreender a Cidade, enquanto espaço urbano apropriado pelo viajante e habitante.
Periferização urbana e negligência ao patrimônio-territorial de Diamantina (MG)
Authors: Ramos Alves Vitor João , Borges Uliane Cristina dos Santos
Published: November 2018

O presente artigo propõe, por meio de uma abordagem dialética, de tipo qualitativa, analisar o movimento de periferização e a negligência ao patrimônio-territorial no município de Diamantina (MG), tendo como estudo de caso o Bairro da Palha, localizado a 4 km do centro histórico tombado pela Unesco e porta de entrada da conhecida “Rota do ouro e do diamante”. Pôde-se observar que o bairro pesquisado se desenvolveu e consolidou por meio de uma ocupação urbana caracterizada por recorrentes processos de segregação socioespacial, intensificada pelas ações conjuntas do poder público ao tombamento do centro histórico, que contribuíram para uma negligência ao patrimônio-territorial do bairro e das áreas periféricas de Diamantina (MG) em sua totalidade.
ENERGIZING STUDENTSâ€™ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH MULTIMODAL TEXTS
Authors: Januarty Resky - , Azizah Nima Hanna Novariana
Published: November 2018

Teaching and learning process is an essential aspect of a successful English teaching and learning. Reading skill is one of the language skills in English which gives a huge input to the learner. Nevertheless, it is mostly found that reading material and its exercises examine explicitly of what have been learned. Recently, multimodal texts become more popular in educational aspect especially the use of multimodal text in the teaching and learning reading. Multimodal text is a text that contains semiotic mode which covers gesture, visual image, document, layout, music, architectural design, etc. This study interviewed 10 Junior High School students and 1 English teacher regarding the use of multimodal text in reading class. The design of the study was a qualitative descriptive study which investigates the use of multimodal texts in teaching learning process in Indonesia compare to other countries. This study is expected to have a deeper insight and significant contribution for the English pedagogy.Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Â
STUDENTSâ€™ READING STRATEGIES IN COMPREHENDING ACADEMIC READING: A CASE STUDY IN AN INDONESIAN PRIVATE COLLAGE
Authors: Fitriana Meida
Published: November 2018

This study was intended to find out the certain strategies which were used by low level and high level English proficiency students in comprehending academic reading and the aspects which influence studentsâ€™ reading comprehension. The methods of the research used a qualitative approach based on the theory of case study. The data were collected by using interviews, documentary studies and questionnaire. The data were analyzed using data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The results of this study showed different strategies using between low and high proficiency students. Moreover, the result also showed that there are five aspects which influence studentsâ€™ reading comprehension such as, motivation, linguistics competence, interest, characteristic of the text and the last is environment role.

Key words: Reading strategies, comprehension and academic reading
THE USE OF MULTIMODAL TEXT IN ENHANCING ENGINEERING STUDENTSâ€™ READING SKILL
Authors: Cahyaningati Desi Tri , Lestari Lies Amin
Published: November 2018

Abstract

It is believed that the studentsâ€™ low reading proficiency, as shown in their TOEIC scores, is due to their poor reading habit. One of the ways to overcome such a problem is by facilitating them with a lot of reading practices in an extensive reading program. Since today non-printed multimodal texts (NPMT) and Linear texts (LT) are available in the society, an experiment on which mode is most effective to enhance the studentsâ€™ reading proficiency needs to be done. This study aims to investigate the effect of implementing non-printed multimodal text in an extensive reading program on the studentsâ€™ reading comprehension. Two groups of students undertaking engineering major at a polytechnic in Surabaya, one group was exposed to NPMT and the other to LT in a one-semester extensive reading program, were chosen to be the subject of this quasi experimental study. A pretest and posttest on TOEIC were conducted to measure the studentsâ€™ reading proficiency (only the reading scores of the test were analysed for the purpose of the study). The t-test analysis using SPPS for windows 23 shows that there is a significant difference in achievement between those who are exposed to NPMT and LT after the reading program ends (p-value = 0.010). The NPMT group gain better reading proficiency than that of the LT. It means the use of non-printed multimodal text in extensive reading can boost the studentsâ€™ reading comprehension.
The Twelfth Grade Students’ Error Analysis in Using Conditional Sentence Type I, II, III
Authors: Novarita Novarita
Published: November 2018

There were two problems of this study; first, what kinds of error, second, what were the factors of students’ errors in using conditional sentence type I, II, III. The objectives of this study were: 1) to find out kinds of errors, 2) to find out the factors of students’ error in using conditional sentence type I, II, III. The method used in this study was descriptive. The population was the twelfth grade students of SMK Negeri 4 OKU. The sample of this study was chosen through a random sampling. The total number of sample was 60 students. In collecting the data, the writer asked the sample students to translate 22 items of conditional sentence type I, II, III from Indonesian to English. The data were classified the table of errors in order to find out kinds of error. So, the result of this research showed that there were one thousand (1000) errors. The kinds of errors grouped into eleven (11) major categories namely: addition verb (ing), addition “be” (was), addition “be” (is), addition “punctuation” (comma), omission “will”, substitution (do became did), substitution (would became will), substitution “be” (were became was), substitution (should became will), substitution “verb”, disordering “ subject (i).Keywords: Error , Using , Conditional Sentence , type 1,2,3.
Style in Jakarta Post Editorial
Authors: Hawa Faiza , Setyorini Ajeng
Published: November 2018

The objectives of the study is to find out whether the writers’ articles of the Jakarta Post issued in January 2015 have good style in their writing or not and to find out the element of  style used in Jakarta Post articles issued on January 2015. The subject of the study is the Jakarta Post Issued  in January 2015. There are five editorials selected and then analyzed based on Seyler’s theory. Based on the analysis, the editorials applied formal words. From the analysis, it was found that the total sentence for simple sentence is 34, 14 compound sentences, 24 complex sentences, 24 expanded sentences, 2 antithesis, and 1 metaphor.  In organizating the text, the writer of the editorial placed the main topic in the beginning paragraph. A writer can make good style in his/her writing by applying more active sentences in his/her writing, use familiar words and not using cliché, use short sentences, and write with nouns and verbs.
PROFIL GENERALISASI BERDASARKAN PERSPEKTIF SEMIOTIK SISWA OPERASIONAL KONKRET DAN OPERASIONAL FORMAL
Authors: Fadiana Mu'jizatin , Amin Siti , Lukito Agung
Published: November 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan proses generalisasi berdasarkan perspektif semiotik pada siswa operasional konkret dan operasional formal. Material semiotik yang akan dianalisis meliputi, gestur, ucapan dan tulisan. Penelitian kualitatif eksploratif ini dilaksanakan di salah satu SMP swasta  di Tuban Jawa Timur Indonesia. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah seorang siswa Kelas VII yang berada pada tahap operasional konkret dan operasional formal. Subjek dipilih dengan menggunakan instrument GALT (Group of Assessment of Logical Thinking). Data dikumpulkan dengan think aloud, yaitu saat menyelesaikan tugas generalisasi pola, siswa menyatakan proses berpikirnya secara lisan. Selain itu, juga dilakukan wawancara. Data yang telah terkumpul kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik analisis data kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa operasional konkret melalui tiga tahapan proses generalisasi, sedangkan siswa operasional formal melalui empat tahapan proses generalisasi. Tahapan membuktikan kebenaran rumus umum tidak dilakukan oleh siswa operasional konkret. Siswa operasional konkret menyatakan produk generalisasi dalam bentuk kalimat sederhana berdasarkan pada konteks gambar yang dilihat, sedangkan siswa operasional formal menyatakan produk generalisasi dalam bentuk aljabar simbolik.
Russian Gold Mining Output in 1901-1917: A Source Studies Aspect
Authors:   N. A. Shilo North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Magadan, Russian Federation, Grebenyuk Pavel S.
Published: November 2018

This paper explores the problem of gold mining output in the Russian empire in 1901-1917 drawing on published and archival data. The aim of the study is to clarify indicators of gold mining production, since in the leading studies the data vary due to the peculiarities of metal accounting. It draws on published materials and archival documents of the State Institute for Design of Enterprises of Gold and Platinum Industry of the Glavzoloto of the People's Commissariat of Nonferrous Metallurgy (Giprozoloto), prepared in 1944 as a ‘Collection of Materials on the Gold Industry: 1493 - 1943’ and stored in the State Archive of the Magadan Region. Materials of the Giprozoloto Institute contain calculations of gold production in Russia and the USSR from 1745 to 1943, as well as technical and economic information on national gold mining industry in the early 20th century. The analysis shows that gold mining indices in scientific literature and sources are given according to data from gold log-books or gold-smelting laboratories. Gold log-books did not reflect the volume of actual mining, they only showed the gold registered in mines; moreover, some gold was withheld, and then came in to laboratories for alloy. Accounting for metal in the gold-smelting laboratories showed higher and more accurate production figures, since it included artisanal mining gold. However, as the source study demonstrates, figures of gold production in 1901-1917 according to the Giprozoloto Institute (805.4 tons) and according to L.B. Kafengauz (814.6 tons) based on data of gold-smelting laboratories and incorporated volumes of uncleaned bullion gold entered in there. The results of the study change the views on the volume of gold mining in Russia in this period that prevail in the historiography. It should be noted, that according to calculations, confirmed indicators of industrial production of chemically pure gold in Russia in 1901-1917 amounted to 682.5 tons. Final figures of gold industry of the period in amount of chemically pure gold obtained in gold-smelting laboratories corresponded to indices of value of gold production used in the analysis industry dynamics, and is considered correct, when compared with the USSR gold-mining indices.
‘There Is No Alms to Live by, Everyone as Poor as the Next.’ The Activities of the Tsesarevich's Special Committee in the Context of the ‘All-Russian Ruin’ of 1891-1892
Authors:   Orel State University, Orel, Russian Federation, Rogozhina Angelina S.
Published: November 2018

The famine of 1891-1892, known in the modern Russian historiography as the ‘all-Russian ruin’ of early 1890s, on the one hand, revealed the shortcomings of the state food policy, the carelessness of the gubernia authorities and local self-government bodies, the imperfection of principles underlying the food system, and on the other hand, caused an unprecedented rise of social forces, which translated into unprecedented activity of the Russian charity. At the head of all the charitable assistance was the Special Committee, chaired by the Heir Tsesarevich. Its purpose was to create conditions for unity of action of all charitable institutions. In the various gubernias most affected by the crops failure, the Committee consistently provided assistance: purchased food, funded seeding of the fields, fodder, handicrafts and public works, assistance to burned-out peasants, and medical assistance. In these spending activities, private parties from nobility took an active part; their active participation in the assistance to the famine victims provided a significant support to the government combating the consequences of the crop failure and the famine of 1891-1892. Free public canteens (stolovayas) were organized everywhere, home industry was organized for women and children. Public need rallied both nobility and peasants in a common struggle against the famine. But afterward, hopes for class unity were disappointed. This was largely due to the Russian peasant mentality with its belief in a free ‘tsar’s ration’ and landlords’ duty to feed them. Generally speaking, the Special Committee achieved its goal. The food campaign of 1891-1892 became a people's struggle with want and famine.
Vyatka Revolutionaries in the “Government Facility”: 1905—1913
Authors:   Linguistic Gymnasium of Kirov, Kirov, Russian Federation, Masyutin Alexander S.
Published: November 2018

The article analyses various aspects of the life in prison of political prisoners of the Vyatka gubernia. Unpublished documents from the archives of Kirov and Moscow, on which this study is based, designate the subject of the study; that is, they allow to establish forms of resistance of political prisoners to prison regime, to identify patterns of their escapes, to trace dynamics in occupancy of political prisons in the Vyatka gubernia, to establish instances of interaction between representatives of different left parties while in penal institutions. The timeframe of the study is the period of the first Russian revolution of 1905-1908, when prisons ceased to be the tenement of few and far between ardent revolutionaries from the privileged strata of society, and swarmed with much less versed ideologically masses of the discontented. Thus, in view of a participant of the revolutionary events of 1905-1908, Socialists-Revolutionary Maximalist G. A. Nestroev, the ideological grounding of the political prisoners deteriorated significantly. The author, however, believes that this ‘diversity’ of prisoners allows to conduct a more thorough analysis of their public activity in prison and to better link the activities of prisoners with the people on whose behalf the revolutionary forces acted. The author focuses on the Socialists-Revolutionaries, as their percentage among prisoners was much higher than that of the Socialists-Democrats. Known for several high-profile assassinations, the former were considered more dangerous state criminals than the Socialists-Democrat ‘propagandists,’ and thus were subject to more severe punishments. After the October revolution 1917, the Bolsheviks created an extensive mythologized literature on fellow party members who served time in tsarist prisons but mentioned only several Socialists-Revolutionaries, and these were politically harmless, or deceased (like E. S. Sazonov), or attached to the Bolshevik party (like V. N. Rukhlyadev). Findings and conclusions of the article can be used in research of the later periods in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, particularly, for comparison of the prisoners’ struggle with the prison administration and of the forms of assistance to prisoners from the outside in tzarist Russia and later.
J. V. Stalin’s Road to Power: From Project of Socialist Control to Heading of the People's Commissariat of Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russian Federation, Anfertiev Ivan A.
Published: November 2018

The article analyzes activities of J. V. Stalin, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP (B), while serving as People's Commissar of State Control. The study aims to identify main objectives of the reorganization of the People's Commissariat, which resulted in its gaining supervisory supra-government functions under the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee in April 1918. The decree rather dubiously attempted to shift the blame for governing bodies’ shortcomings to tsarist bureaucrats who cooperated with Soviet authorities and were dubbed ‘technical officers with pre-revolutionary experience.’ The draft of the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee ‘On State Control’ of March 8, 1919 showed the same intention to cover up a dangerous phenomenon — formation of close-knit Soviet bureaucracy which was characterized by incompetence, low standard of culture, irresponsibility, and tendency to feather their own nest. The article reveals cases when crimes of such party and soviet officials could no longer be concealed; control bodies — workers’ and peasants’ inspectorates — formed spontaneously to unmask and punish them, and yet some of their members, under pressure or from self-interest, tended to show understanding for offenders and petitioned for commutation. To admit publicly (i.e. in a decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee) to the dangerous phenomenon was impossible, since it rose a legitimate question of advantages of the Bolshevik coup in October 1917. And yet it was likewise impossible to ignore malfeasance in office perpetrated by the new Soviet bureaucracy. Neither reorganized People's Commissariat of State Control, nor its successor, People's Commissariat of Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection (formed by incorporation of the Central Control Commission of the RCP (B)), could eradicate this so-called ‘bureaucracy.’ The author brings into question the popular thesis that J. V. Stalin was an ‘accidental’ figure to succeed to the Bolsheviks’ leader V. I. Lenin.
Illegal Prison Press Materials as a Source on the history of the Bolshevik Opposition of Late 1920s – Early 1930s
Authors:   G. I. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russian Federation, Potemkina Marina N. , Makarova Nadezhda N. ,   G. I. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russian Federation, Lubetsky Artyom E. ,   G. I. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russian Federation
Published: November 2018

The intra-party struggles of late 1920s and early 1930s being a key factor in socio-economical and government and party development of the country, understanding modernity is impossible without understanding Soviet experience. The issue has been actualized by recent introduction of new sources into scientific use. Illegal prison press published by political prisoners in the USSR as Stalin's regime was enhancing and opposition was being eliminated, allows to trace alternative trajectories of political development of the Soviet state. Historiography on the intra-party struggles of late 1920s ? early 1930s is quite extensive. The issue has been studied both in Russia and abroad. However, a limited range of primary sources made it impossible to analyze discussions on ideological, economic, and political development of the Soviet Union as reflected in illegal prison press. In view of this, the authors consider it necessary to scrutinize materials of illegal press originating from the detention facility for political prisoners in Verkhneuralsk and to assess their gnoseological value for studying political struggles in the USSR in 1920s – 1930s. These materials have been found during the repair works in the Verkhneuralsk prison in January 2018. Magazines and records of political prisoners’ disputes were handwritten in notebooks and dated 1930-1933. Guided by the principles of historicism and objectivity and working within the methodological frameworks of ‘new political history,’ which pays special attention to political ideas and forms of political communication, the authors have made the following conclusions. (1) Recently found sources allow to clarify biographical data on inner-party opposition. (2) Introduction into scientific use of new documents and their comprehensive study can provide scholars with valuable information and flesh out intra-party struggles of 1920s – 1930s. (3) Analysis of political prisoners’ magazines and records provides details on everyday life in the ‘political isolator’ and its custodial system, and also gives some clues to alternative ways of Soviet development proposed by Stalin’s political opponents.
Sources for Studying Administration Policy of the Russian Empire in the Kazakh Steppe in the 18th Century and in the First Half of the 19th Century from the Archives of Russia and Kazakhstan
Authors:   Russian Academy of Business Studies, Moscow, Russian Federation, Vasilyev Dmitry V.
Published: November 2018

The article reviews major groups of sources on the administration policy of the Russian Empire in the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century and in the first half of the 19th century. Acts of law and legislative drafts make up the first group. Materials of the Asian and the Siberian Committees, supreme bodies directly involved in imperial policy-making in the Kazakh steppe, form the second group. Official correspondence (dispatches, official reports, statements, official notes, directions, and letters) of the major regional and central authorities that concern the carrying out the state policy in the southeast periphery are included in the third group. Studying laws, bills, and supporting materials allows not just to highlight changes in governmental views over time, but also to understand basic principles underlying state policies. Legislation concerning the Kazakh steppe was deposited in the archives of the State Council, the Governing Senate, the Committee of Ministers, the Asian Committee, the Siberian Committee, the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some pertinent materials can be found in papers of the Siberian Prikaz and, in some measure, of the Ambassadorial Prikaz: they contain documents on the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with the Kazakhs. Fonds of the governing bodies of the Russian Empire store unpublished legislation and documents on the legislative process (drafts, materials for their discussion, etc.), correspondence of high-ranking officials with regional administration and traditional Kazakh elite. Some legal documents of imperial lawmaking are deposited in archival fonds of central governing bodies – the Collegium of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of War. A sizeable portion of materials on discussions of legislative drafts is stored in regional archives, in fonds of local (regional) administrative agencies (boards, offices of military governors and governor generals) and in the Central State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Archive of the Navy — Branch of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Stages of History
Authors:   Research Institute (of Military History) of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Korshunov Eduard L. , Rupasov Aleksandr I. ,   St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Published: November 2018

The article reviews creation of the departmental archive of the National Commissariat of the Navy (1937) and its functioning to this day. ‘The Statute of the Branch of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Archive of Navy)’ was adopted on February 20, 2013. According to this document the Archive of Navy became a subdivision of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, deployed separately and functioning independently. The departmental archive began its acquisition in September 1940. Satisfactory execution of functions by Archive was impeded by multiple changes in the structure of the Directorate of the Peoples’ Commissariat of the Navy, which complicated processing of documents entering the storage. Tasks of the Archive were reduced to the following: to control files condition and document destruction; to compile lists of documents with terms of their storage; to inspect the state of archiving in the Navy; to advise archives and records management offices of central directorates (departments) of the Peoples’ Commissariat of the Navy on formation and registration of files and their transfer to archive; to enter documents of the central directorates (departments) on storage; to track and safeguard documents. On the eve the Great Patriotic War transfer of document from fleet, flotillas, and naval bases was in its initial stage. The first months of the Great Patriotic War prompted evacuation of archival fonds from Moscow to Ulyanovsk (August 1941). By January 1945 these numbered 26550 files and 1234 bags of unsorted documents. At the end of war the Archive was relocated from Ulyanovsk to Leningrad, and then to Kronstadt (1947). In 1950s the Archive continued moving to new places — to Pushkin, to Leningrad, to Gatchina (1961). The fonds of the Archive store unique documents of the Peoples’ Commissariat and Ministry of the Navy, governing bodies under the Commander-In-Chief of the Navy, research establishments, Navy schools, river flotillas, materials on ships and submarines, air force, marines, coastal and anti-aircraft defense, rear, hydrographic, medical and sanitary, and other services. Of great interest for researchers are documents of the General Staff of the Navy.
Pengaruh Faktor Fundamental Makro Dan Mikro Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan (Studi pada Saham Perusahaan Sektor Infrastruktur dan Sektor Konstruksi yang Terdaftar di BEI Periode 2015-2017)
Authors: Karim Amirullah Ahmad Fatoni , Hermanto Hermanto , Ardana Putra I Nym Nugraha
Published: November 2018

This study aims to determine the effect of macro and micro fundamental factors on the value of the company, which takes the object of research on infrastructure sector companies and the construction sector on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the period 2015 to 2017. Fundamental macro factors consist of inflation and exchange rates. While the micro fundamental factors consist of DER and ROE. The type of research used is associative research. The population in this study were 13 companies that were included in the research criteria, which were engaged in the Infrastructure and Construction Sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Data collection techniques are documentation techniques and then the data are analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that partially, inflation, exchange rates and DER have no effect on firm value. ROE has a positive and significant effect on firm value. The variable that has the most dominant influence on firm value is ROE. This shows that among the research variables, ROE most influences investors' decisions to buy the company's sharesKeywords:inflation, exchange rate, DER and ROE
Utilizing Sulawesi Folktales Into The Teaching Of Reading Comprehension
Authors: Upa Rahmawati , Mangalik Heryanto
Published: November 2018

Utilizing local wisdom into the teaching process has been a national agenda in Indonesia Curriculum today but it commonly pay less attention by the teacher including EFL teachers. Meanwhile Indonesia is well known for its diversity of local wisdom. Local wisdom in this case included folktales. This research was done in order to find out whether or not the utilization of Sulawesi folktales into the teaching of reading comprehension is effective. This research applied quantitative method obtained through pre-test – treatment – post-test. The subjects of this research were the fourth semester students of English Language Education Study Program of Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo. After having data analysis, then the researcher come to the conclusion that the utilization of Sulawesi folktales into the teaching of reading comprehension  is effective to improve the students’ reading comprehension. It is proofed through the mean score of the pretest (5.05) and the mean score of the posttest (7.30). The standard deviation of pretest is 1.27 and the posttest is 0.97, while t-test is 0.001, (α) = 0.05.
Learning by Teaching, Why Not?
Authors: Damayanti Sri , Hastuty Sri , Crestiani Juwita , Saruman Alim Surya , Irwan Irwan
Published: November 2018

Lesson Study for Learning Community was held by applying Magang Based Lesson Study at Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo. There were ten  Students collaborated with 4 lecturers and 4 teachers. Those teachers are the teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Palopo, SMP Negeri 2 Palopo, SMP Cokroaminoto Palopo, and a teacher at SMA Negeri 6 Palopo. This paper aimed is describing the students’ activities in learning by teaching and how they prepare their class. The research question of this paper is what are the students’ activities in preparing their class? How do the students’ prepare their class? What Lesson learned found in Magang Based Lesson Study? In answering the research question, the researcher conducted a research in a year by participating in learning community. Although this research has not finished yet, she describes that the students who conducted Magang prepared their class by learning how do their students learn. After that, they discussed it by collaborating with lecturers at Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo. In doing teaching in classroom, the rest of the students observed the students’ way in learning. It is about when do the students start to focus on studying, how did they learn collaboratively with their groups.