bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Stress and anxiety among nurses working in tertiary care hospitals in Nepal during COVID- 19 pandemic
Authors: Neupane Mamata Sharma , Angadi Siddeshwar , Joshi Alisha , Neupane Harish Chandra
Published: October 2020

Background: Healthcare workers like nurses’ are the primary group who come in contact with patients, an important source of exposure to infected cases in healthcare settings. Co­rona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought all the health care professionals including nurses to work as a frontline member which may bring threat to mental wellbeing. The nurse’s psychological impact including stress and anxiety remains unknown. Hence, this study aimed to assess the stress and anxiety regarding COVID-19 among nurses working at Chitwan medical college and teaching hospital.

Methods: A Descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among nurses working in Chitwan Medical College and teaching hospital. A total of 181 Nurses were selected through non probability consecutive sampling from various wards of Chitwan Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Data was collected using structured questionnaire. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 20 for window using descriptive statistics.

Results: The findings of the study revealed that out of 181 nurses 54.7% nurses reported moder­ate and 37.6% reported high level of stress and 10.5% of nurses reported mild to moderate level of anxiety.

Conclusions: Considerable proportion of nurses working in different wards of hospital appear to experience some degrees of stress and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, it is essential that health organization takes measures to improve nurses’ mental health by intervening stress management programme to ensure positive attitude and maintain mental well-being.
Epidemiological and clinical spectrum of dengue fever at tertiary care hospital in Chitwan: a hospital based study
Authors: Shrestha Bidhan , Shrestha Rakshya , Sedhain Arun , Shrestha Sabita , Dhital Bishnu Mani , Shrestha Suresh , Tiwari Rituraj
Published: October 2020

Background: Dengue fever is one of the most common tropical diseases caused by an arbo­virus. This virus is a member of genus Flavivirus and flaviviradae family, is transmitted by bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito. Its outbreak is being reported from different parts of the world including Nepal. This disease is prevalent throughout Nepal mostly in terai regions. The aim was to study the epidemiological and clinical spectrum of dengue fever at tertiary care hos­pital in Chitwan.

Methods: This study was a hospital based prospective study where a total of 241 patients di­agnosed with dengue fever were assessed. This study was carried out from September 2019 to February 2020. Data was entered on predesigned proforma and analyzed by using SPSS version 16.0. Mean and standard deviations was calculated for continuous variables and frequencies for categorical variables.

Results: More than half (56%) of the dengue patients belonged to the age group of 25-44 years. Out of 241 patients, 61.4% were males. Apart from fever the other common symptoms were ret­roorbital pain/headache comprising around 80% of patients. The mean duration of hospital stay in our study was 3.86 days. Approximately 72% (173) patients had leucopenia and 8.7% (21) had severe thrombocytopenia(<50000/cumm). NS1Ag positive were in 84% of total patients.

Conclusions: Dengue fever is one of the dreadful diseases in tropical and hilly areas of Nepal. With the help of public health authorities, educating public about vector control and immediate medical attention may help in curbing this deadly disease.
Physiology general concepts course for first year undergraduate medical students using team based learning: a descriptive study
Authors: Timilsina Sameer , Bhusal Poojan , Yadav Ram Lochan , Sapkota Niraj Khatri , Islam Md Nazrul
Published: October 2020

Background: Several teaching-learning methods are widely used in medical schools all over the world. Optimizing and promoting active student learning has been the fundamental goal of these strategies. Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a structured form of small-group learn­ing which is a relatively new pedagogy in medical education. We aimed to introduce TBL in place of traditional lectures to teach physiology general concepts and evaluate its perception among undergraduate medical students at Chitwan Medical College.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among all 100 (95/100 respon­dents) year I undergraduate medical students. We requested the students to complete a Team- Based Learning- Students Assessment Instrument (TBL-SAI) to study the preference towards TBL after completing 12 weeks of TBL.

Results: The study included 67 males and 28 females. Students reported agreement in TBL-SAI statements complementing and enjoying this newly introduced method. The overall mean TBL-SAI score was 111.55±11.05 (Range 78-128) which was above the defined threshold of 102 indicating favor to TBL over traditional lecture system. Sex, entry-type, and, past educational institutes were not associated with a preference of TBL. TBL-SAI is a reliable tool to use among undergraduate medical students in Nepal.

Conclusions: The study demonstrates TBL could be an effective way of teaching physiology general concepts to undergraduate medical students.
Comparative study of cast immobilization of wrist in functional position versus conventional palmar flexion in Colles’ fracture
Authors: Shrestha Shriraj , Bhandari Parash , Dahal Saurav , Maharjan Basanta , Bajracharya Suraj
Published: October 2020

Background: Colles’ fracture is a common injury in the elderly population. Although it can be easily reduced, it is difficult to maintain the reduction in the conventional position of the wrist in palmar flexion with a poor functional outcome. Thus our study aimed to compare the radiological and functional outcome of such fractures with the wrist in two different posi­tions of dorsiflexion and palmar flexion.

Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted from April 2019 to March 2020 in the Orthopedics and Emergency department of KIST Medical College Teaching Hospital, Lalitpur, Ne­pal. Sixty-two patients, 31 in each group, all above 45 years with Colles’ fracture underwent close reduction and below elbow cast immobilization under hematoma block. Maintaining palmar flex­ion and ulnar deviation at the fracture site, the wrist was immobilized in dorsiflexion and palmar flexion attitude alternatively. During the respective follow-ups, the Demerit Scoring System of Saito was evaluated. Data collection and entry was done using the statistical package for social science version 16 and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: All fractures were united. At the end of twelve weeks, Saito Scoring System of good to ex­cellent was markedly better in dorsiflexed group 29(93.5%) patients as compared to palmar flexed group 22(71.0%) patients, similarly grip power was also superior in dorsiflexed group 19(61.3%) patients than in palmar flexed group 11(35.5%) patients.

Conclusions: Cast immobilization of Colles’ fracture with the wrist in dorsiflexion prevents re-dis­placement of the fragments resulting in significantly better radiological and functional outcomes.
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Chitwan, Nepal
Authors: Nepal Richa , Sapkota Kalyan , Paudel Pramod , Adhikari Bhojraj , Adhikari Kalidas , Sapkota Kiran , Nepal Rhishikesh , Adhikari Bishow Nath , Paudyal Nabin
Published: October 2020

Background: The cases of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been gradually increasing in Nepal. The objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Chitwan, one of the districts located in central Nepal.

Methods: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted among healthcare workers from differ­ent health institutions of Chitwan, over the span of two weeks from 1st April, 2020 till 14th April, 2020. Bivariate analyses of knowledge, attitude and practice scores were done with different variables using appropriate tests in SPSS IBM version 25.

Results: Out of 353 responses, 166 (47%) were nurses, 102 (28.9%) were doctors, 41 (11.6%) were health assistants, 7 (2%) were community medical assistants, and the remaining 37 (10.5%) were cat­egorized as others. 290 (82.2%) healthcare workers obtained moderate to good knowledge scores, 295 (83.6%) obtained moderate to good practice scores, and 321 (90.9%) had positive attitude scores. Doctors had highest mean knowledge scores (23.70 ± 4.48, p value- 0.000) and health assistants had highest mean practice scores (15.10±3.61, p value- 0.007). Positive correlation was obtained between knowledge and practice scores (r= 0.476, p value- 0.000); and attitude and practice scores (r= 0.238, p value- 0.000). Only 20.4% healthcare workers were confident to handle the pandemic in their health­care setup.

Conclusions: The majority of healthcare workers had moderate to good knowledge and practice scores and had a positive attitude toward COVID-19. There was a significant association between knowledge, attitude and practice scores obtained by healthcare workers from Nepal.
Financing of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Nepal
Authors: Aryal Baikuntha Prasad
Published: October 2020

Considering Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector as an enabler for the socio-economic transformation of the nation, preparing competitive, skilled human resources has become a global priority, which has ushered increased financing in TVET. Of late, TVET governance has become a greater policy concern in Nepal mainly to address the constitutionally designated functions between the three tiers of government as well as to establish a sustainable financing mechanism for better TVET service delivery. Mixed methods approach was applied using survey, questionnaire and focused group discussion, including secondary information to capture the current TVET financing domain from the federal line ministries. The study found that TVET financing has been influenced mainly by the national economy, equity and inclusion, inter-governmental coordination, global political context, external funding, private sector engagement, and mobilisation of the youth. This study reveals that though the trend of budget allocation for TVET is highly correlated to the total national budget and total education budget, the actual allocation still seems significantly low to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4 targets and the government policy of quality expansion of TVET. The study explores specific models on TVET financing and indicates the viability of integrating funds so that TEVT can serve as an avenue for national prosperity.
Coping Stress ditinjau dari Character Strength pada Klien di Loka Rehabilitasi BNN Deli Serdang
Authors: Su Esti Su , Manurung Yulinda Septiani , Sarinah Sarinah
Published: October 2020

Pasien yang berada di rehabilitasi narkoba sering merasa tertekan secara mental. Pemikiran yang seperti itu merujuk pada keadaan di mana para pecandu narkoba melakukan self-blame, karena itu penting bagi para pasien untuk mengatasi tekanan tersebut atau yang di namakan coping stress. Untuk merealisasi hal tersebut, diperlukan sikap positif yang terefleksikan dalam pikiran, perasaan dan tingkah laku pasein. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara character strength dengan coping stress. Subjek penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh pasien di Loka Rehabilitasi BNN Deli Serdang, sebanyak 151 orang. Data diperoleh dari skala untuk mengukur character strength dan coping stress. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah menggunakan korelasi product moment melalui bantuan SPSS 17 for windows. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan koefisien korelasi sebesar r = 0,781 dan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0.000 (p < 0.05). Ini menunjukkan ada hubungan positif antara character strength dengan coping stress. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa sumbangan yang diberikan variabel character strength terhadap coping stress sebesar 61,1 persen, selebihnya 38,9 persen dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang tidak diteliti. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa hipotesis penelitian diterima, yaitu ada hubungan positif antara character strength dengan coping stress.
Pengaruh Beban Kerja Berlebih terhadap Konflik Kerja Keluarga dan Tuntutan Keluarga sebagai Variabel Moderator
Authors: Baskoro Fariz Aryo , Handoyo Seger
Published: October 2020

Pekerjaan dan keluarga merupakan dua aspek yang memiliki peran penting didalam kehidupan individu, namun sering ditemukan konflik diantara kedua aspek tersebut, sehingga diperlukan keseimbangan dalam melakukan kedua peran tersebut dalam waktu yang bersamaan. Ketika keseimbangan itu tercapai akan membuat tingkat terjadinya konflik kerja keluarga berkurang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh beban kerja berlebih terhadap konflik kerja keluarga, serta untuk menguji apakah tuntutan keluarga dapat memoderasi pengaruh beban kerja berlebih terhadap konflik kerja keluarga. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada 136 orang karyawan di Kota Surabaya, menggunakan metode kuantitatif., teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan survey. Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan teknik Moderated Regression Analysis, yang digunakan untuk melihat ada atau tidaknya efek moderasi yang dihasilkan oleh variabel tuntutan keluarga. Dalam penelitian ini tuntutan keluarga ditemukan dapat memoderasi pengaruh beban kerja berlebih terhadap work-family conflict.
Pengaruh Stres Kerja terhadap Cyberloafing dengan Kepuasan Kerja Sebagai Variabel Moderator pada Karyawan di Surabaya
Authors: Moffan Mazzanov Dhira Brata , Handoyo Seger
Published: October 2020

Menghabiskan waktu kerja menggunakan internet yang tidak ada kaitanya dengan pekerjaan merupakan perhatian utama bagi perusahaan. Penggunaan internet yang tidak ada kaitannya dengan pekerjaan saat jam kerja berlangsung disebut dengan cyberloafing. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah kepuasan kerja dapat memoderasi pengaruh stres kerja terhadap cyberloafing pada karyawan di Surabaya. Penelitian ini bertipe penelitian kuantitatif dengan jumlah subjek penelitian sebanyak 174 responden yang tersebar di Surabaya. Alat pengumpulan data berupa general work stress scale, job satisfaction survey, dan skala cyberloafing. Analisis data dilakukan dengan teknik Moderated Regression Analysis. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa stres kerja berpengaruh langsung terhadap cyberloafing. Sedangkan kepuasan kerja tidak memoderasi pengaruh stres kerja terhadap cyberloafing.
PENERAPAN METODE AHP UNTUK MENENTUKAN KUALITAS PAKAIAN JADI DI INDUSTRI GARMENT
Authors: Rachman Rizal
Published: October 2020

Dalam era globalisasi, persaingan bisnis menjadi sangat tajam, baik dipasar nasional maupun di pasar internasional. Meningkatnya intensitas persaingan dan jumlah pesaing juga menuntut setiap perusahaan untuk selalu memperhatikan kebutuhan dan keinginan konsumen serta berusaha memenuhi apa yang mereka harapkan dengan cara yang lebih memuaskan dari pada yang dilakukan para pesaing. Kualitas merupakan faktor terpenting untuk menghasilkan standart mutu dalam mengambil keputusan. Selama ini di perusahaan hanya mengandalkan perhitungan manual untuk sistem penunjang keputusan. Biasanya penilaian terhadap kualitas suatu jenis pakaian biasanya bergantung pada jenis bahannya. Padahal bukan hanya bahan pakaian saja yang bisa menjadi acuan kualitas. Berbagai hal detail lainnya juga patut menjadi perhatian, misalnya bagian jahitan. Maka dari itu peneliti akan membuat perhitungan dengan menggunakan metode AHP (Analytic Hierarchi Process) dengan mendefinisikan masalah, pembuatan struktur hierarki serta menentukan kriteria-kriteria dan alternatif-alternatif pilihan. Selanjutnya menghitung nilai Eigen Vector dan menguji konsistensinya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sistem penunjang keputusan yang digunakan untuk menentukan kualitas pakaian jadi sudah dapat melakukan perhitungan dengan metode AHP lebih cepat dibandingkan perhitungan secara manual sehingga bisa lebih efesien dan tingkat keakuratan data
A comparison of the modal dać się structure with the dispositional middle in Polish
Authors: Bondaruk Anna
Published: October 2020

The paper compares the modal dać się structure with the dispositional middle in Polish. It is argued that the two structures are similar as regards argument realization, i.e. in both constructions, the theme argument appears in the structural subject position. The two structures also have a dispositional meaning in common. However, they show a number of differences. They differ in the presence of a syntactically active agent, their aspectual properties, the availability of episodic interpretations, the obligatory presence of an adverbial modifier, and verb class restrictions. Although these differences seem to argue against a common syntactic derivation for the two structures analysed here, they do not preclude classifying the modal dać się structure as a subtype of the dispositional middle. If middles are seen as a notional category, understood as a special meaning that different grammatical structures can have, along the lines postulated by Condoravdi (1989), then the modal dać się structure can be subsumed under the label of middle. In fact, it is argued that the modal dać się structure represents Type II middles in Ackema and Schoorlemmer’s (2005) typology, and it shows properties typical of lassen-middles in German (Pitteroff 2014).
When focus goes wild: An empirical study of two syntactic positions for information focus
Authors: Jiménez-Fernández Ángel L.
Published: October 2020

My goal in the present paper is to carry out an analysis of the syntactic and discourse properties of Information Focus (IF) in Southern Peninsular Spanish (SPS) and Standard Spanish (SS) varieties. Generally, it has been argued that IF tends to occur last in a sentence since new information is placed in final position, following the End-Focus Principle as well as the Nuclear Stress Principle (Zubizarreta 1998). Focus fronting has been hence reserved for those cases in which a clear contrast between two alternatives is established, namely Contrastive Focus (CF) and Mirative Focus (MF) (cf. Cruschina 2012). The starting hypothesis here is that IF can appear as a fronted element in a sentence and that SPS speakers show a higher degree of acceptability and grammaticality towards such constructions, as opposed to SS speakers. This points toward a certain degree of microparametric variation in Spanish syntax (an understudied area), which will be tested by means of a grammaticality judgement task run among both SPS and SS speakers.
Do they understand more? Turkish EFL speakers perception of sentence stress in English
Authors: Buczek-Zawiła Anita
Published: October 2020

As one of the most prominent elements of intonation sentence stress frequently contributes to the meaning expressed by speakers. It most typically signals details of an utterance information structure, but it also performs a contrastive or emphasizing function, thus expressing focus in the spoken discourse. In English and many other languages its location, while exhibiting certain regularities it additionally determined by extra relevant or relative information. As such, either alone or in combination, it may communicate certain additional shades of meaning that, similarly to the contribution of sentence intonation, may escape the attention of EFL speakers.

The paper explores the comprehension sensitivity of Turkish speakers of English when it comes to identifying meaning details contributed by sentence stress. It investigates their awareness as detected through perception of variable sentence stress location. The target group are Turkish advanced speakers of English, with various levels of competence, and only sporadic phonetic training in English for part of them. In a perception-based experiment they were asked to identify the details they perceive. Their results were then compared and analysed, also in relation to what their native language (with a distinction into sentential and focal stress) adds in terms of this module of utterance intonation. Finally, their results were correlated with those achieved by Polish advanced speakers of English as investigated in a similar study conducted earlier. The interpretation of the results reveals that Turkish EFL speakers are more sensitive to the highlighting or contrastive function of sentence stress, achieving overall better result here than when they are to judge its contribution to notion such as politeness or impatience. They are also rather competent at detecting the prominent element in an utterance.
Exemplification in academic discourse structure
Authors: Kucelman Ewa
Published: October 2020

The study examines the role that exemplification plays in academic discourse. As the latest approaches emphasize, discourse is an interactional activity involving as participants both the writer and the reader. In order to ensure the proper understanding of his/her message, writers make use of different discourse strategies such as reformulation, specification, generalization or elaboration. We focus on how exemplification, viewed as the satellite, contributes to the better recognition of the subject matter, which is understood as the nucleus. In the first two sections of the study, we present an overview of discourse relations which call for the use of constructions applied in exemplification. The second part, which is based on the linguistic material obtained from a close scrutiny of two classic articles from the field of linguistics and one linguistic textbook, is devoted to the description of how exemplification contributes to specification and elaboration. We try to find and describe the specific relations, for example set-member, whole-part, process-step and object-attribute which hold between the nucleus and the satellite. Finally, we attempt at listing discourse areas which call for exemplification. The study illustrates that what are known as separate discourse relations are in fact closely related.
Two steps backwards: A bibliometric analysis of L2 vocabulary research in 1984
Authors: Meara Paul
Published: October 2020

This paper is the fourth instalment in a series of studies which attempt to plot the way research in L2 vocabulary acquisition has developed over the last fifty years. Earlier papers have analysed the research for 1982, 1983 and 2006 (Meara 2012, 2014, 2015). This paper follows on directly from my analysis of the 1983 research, and it uses the same bibliometric techniques that were used in the earlier papers: the co-citation methodology, first developed by Small (1973) and White and Griffith (1981). The analysis of the 1984 data shows some consolidation of the main research themes, but for the most part the L2 vocabulary research published in this year continues to be made up of small research clusters, sharing few common points of reference.
Little pro’s, but how many of them? – On 3SG null pronominals in Hungarian
Authors: Dalmi Gréte
Published: October 2020

While Hungarian 3SG individual reference null pronominals are in free variation with their lexical counterparts, 3SG generic reference null pronominals do not show such variation. This follows from the fact that Hungarian 3SG generic null pronominals behave like bound variables, i.e. they always require a 3SG generic lexical antecedent in an adjacent clause. Both the 3SG generic lexical antecedent and the 3SG generic null pronominal must be in the scope of the GN operator, which is seated in SpeechActParticipantPhrase (SAPP), the leftmost functional projection of the left periphery in the sentence (see Alexiadou & D’Alessandro, 2003; Bianchi, 2006). GN binds all occurrences of the generic variable in accessible worlds (see Moltmann 2006 for English one/oneself). These properties distinguish Hungarian from the four major types of Null Subject Languages identified by Roberts & Holmberg (2010).
Political discourse as practical reasoning: A case study of a British Prime Minister candidate speech
Authors: Harmon Lucyna
Published: October 2020

The paper outlines the method of political discourse analysis proposed by I. Fairclough & N. Fairclough (2012), who point to argumentative and deliberative nature of political discourse as practical reasoning that aims to decide a problem-solving action in a given situation. The novelty of this approach is explained through references to its established alternatives as focused on representation and power relations. The above mentioned method is applied to the British PM campaign candidacy speech by Andrea Leadsom to test how it works in the case of this type of political discourse which is different from the one originally examined. On this occasion, the meaning of the term ‘discourse’ is illustrated through the practical necessity of involving in the analyses the extra-linguistic and intertextual context.
Verbal prefixation and realizations of antipassive alternations in Polish
Authors: Mroczyńska Katarzyna
Published: October 2020

Various works on transitivity suggest that aspectual notions may constitute semantic determinants of argument realization. Observations included in these works prompted theories implying that argument realization may be aspectually driven. Following this line of thought, this article presents the results of corpus-based studies on antipassive structure in the Polish language and makes an attempt at confirming the fact that aspectual notion may determine argument realization.

The article consists of three main sections. The first one focuses on notions of aspect and various aspectual propositions distinguished in the literature on the subject, regarding the Polish language in particular. The second section, illustrated with examples extracted from the National Corpus of Polish (NKJP) and the corpus of Wielki Słownik Języka Polskiego (KWSJP), gives an overview of Polish perfectivizing verbal prefixes, i.e. a roz‑, na-, o-/ob- and u-prefix, and deals with the effect they may have on sentence structure and semantics. It also shows how the prefixed verbs combine with the marker się, which flags antipassive, i.e. is a recurring marker attested in antipassive constructions in the Polish language. In section three, an attempt is made at analyzing the interrelations between aspect and antipassive reading of a structure. As it seems that a perfective prefix used with a verb imposes certain requirements on the argument structure of the verb it combines with, we also offer a possible explanation to different aspectual requirements of verbs occurring in antipassive structures, assuming that projections coded in a verb may play a role here.
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: Can linguistic and semiotic analysis clarify their contrasts?
Authors: Sullivan William J. , Tsiang Sarah
Published: October 2020

The western and eastern branches of Christianity, broadly speaking Roman Catholicism (RC) and Eastern Orthodoxy (EO), have been formally separate for almost a millennium. Yet they share the fundamental dogmas laid down by the first ecumenical councils. History and politics are entwined in the disputes since the Great Schism of 1054, but even earlier there was controversy over basic dogmatic questions and other doctrinal matters. Some, like using leavened or unleavened bread for Consecration, are now considered “matters of custom,” not requiring argument. Other matters are said to block reunification. One of these is Purgatory, for which EO does not even have a term, making a direct comparison difficult. We begin our analysis with the RC teachings on Purgatory, its locus, characteristics, and functions, and provide a simple relational network that shows Purgatory in relation to the afterlife, in particular to Heaven and Hell. With EO we begin with the teachings about life after death and provide a first approximation of Heaven and Hell and their relation to Paradise and Hades, both in characteristics and functions. Again, a simple relational network is enlightening. A surface comparison between the two networks distinguishes between those beliefs about the afterlife that are shared between RC and EO and those parts which house differences. It is these differences that must be subject to careful semiotic analysis to discover whether they are etic and possibly serious but not grounds for mutual excommunication or emic and a true barrier to reunification. We leave the possibly lengthy semiotic analysis for a subsequent study.
Laying the foundations: A bibliometric analysis of L2 vocabulary research in 1982-1986
Authors: Meara Paul
Published: October 2020

This paper uses a co-citation analysis to examine the research on L2 vocabulary acquisition that was published in 1986. This year seems to mark a serious consolidation of L2 vocabulary research, with the main themes of future research appearing. The paper also reports a larger analysis of all the work that appeared in a five-year window from 1982-1986. This analysis clearly shows the beginnings of a recognisable research focus on L2 vocabulary acquisition, though this work is influenced by some surprising sources, who do not figure in more recent work in the field.
Smartphone for palm oil fruit counting to reduce embezzlement in harvesting season
Authors: Aripriharta Aripriharta , Firmansah Adim , Mufti Nandang , Horng Gwo-Jiun , Rosmin Norzanah
Published: October 2020

Harvest estimation is an essential parameter in the agriculture industries to estimate transportation facilities and storage areas in the harvesting season. Meanwhile, companies are required to calculate crop yields quickly and accurately. This paper reports on an experimental study in the form of a smart application to count oil palm fruit in the field quickly and accurately. The system used a single shot detector algorithm to count the number of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) on-site using a smartphone camera. The cutting area (CA) at the top of the collection was collected in various positions in the database. Our research documented that the algorithm matched the CA with the picture taken by the operator. Hence, the application automatically calculated the number of harvests per-site in the FFB unit. The data were then sent to the cloud database via a wireless router in a warehouse or through a cellular network. The main advantage of this application is reducing the theft that usually occurs on the spot. The model used performs very well for agricultural applications, with 94% to 99% accuracy.
Pola Penggunaan Media Sosial Whatsapp Dalam Pemenuhan Informasi Mahasiswa Universitas Terbuka Mataram
Authors: Prihandoyo Windi Baskoro , Sudarwo Raden , Suryani Nining
Published: October 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis pola penggunaan media sosial WhatsApp dalam pemenuhan informasi mahasiswa Universitas Terbuka Mataram. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah survei korelasional deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah: 1. Frekuensi dan waktu yang digunakan oleh responden dalam mencari informasi di komunitas WhatsApp tergolong tinggi. Jenis informasi yang paling banyak dicari oleh responden adalah tutorial dan nilai. Faktor kepemilikan TIK dan motif mencari informasi memiliki hubungan yang sangat nyata dengan pola penggunaan komunitas WhatsApp, sedangkan faktor jenis kelamin, umur, pekerjaan dan informasi yang paling banyak dicari tidak memiliki hubungan yang nyata. 2. Tingkat pemenuhan kebutuhan informasi mahasiswa melalui komunitas WhatsApp tergolong tinggi. Faktor pola penggunaan komunitas WhatsApp seperti jumlah hari kunjungan, jumlah kunjungan, dan jumlah waktu kuncungan memiliki hubungan yang sangat nyata dengan tingkat pemenuhan informasi mahasiswa.This study aims to identify and analyze  pattern of the use of WhatsApp social media in fulfilling information of students of Mataram Open University. The method used in this research is a descriptive correlational survey. The results in this study: 1. The frequency and time spent by respondents in finding information in the WhatsApp community is high. The types of information most sought by respondents were tutorials and grades. ICT ownership factors and information seeking motives have a very real relationship with WhatsApp community usage patterns, while the sexes, age, occupations and information that are most sought after do not have a real relationship. 2. The level of fulfillment of student information needs through the WhatsApp community is high. Factor patterns of use of the WhatsApp community such as the number of visit days, the number of visits, and the amount of time the kuncungan has a very real relationship with the level of student information fulfillment.
Prospects and social effects of carbon dioxide sequestration and utilization projects
Authors: Ilinova Alina , Romasheva Natalya , Stroykov Gennadiy
Published: October 2020

The issues of global warming and occurrence of the greenhouse effect are widely discussed on a global scale. Various methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are actively being investigated and tested, including technologies for sequestration of carbon dioxide, the implementation of which is carried out in the form of CC(U)S (carbon capture, utilization and storage) projects related to capture, disposal and, in some cases, use of CO2. In Russia, CC(U)S technologies are not yet used, but there is a significant potential for their development and distribution. CC(U)S technologies acquire a special role in the context of the development of the energy and industrial sectors of Russia, which are key sources of emissions, and the geological objects belonging to them are potential carbon storages. The purpose of this study is to conceptually analyze the CC(U)S technological cycle and typify such projects, assess the prospects for their implementation in Russia, and identify social effects from the implementation of CC(U)S projects. The main results of the study are presented in the form of a typology of CC(U)S projects, a strategic analysis of the prospects for introduction of such technologies in Russia, as well as development of approaches to assessing social effects with systematization and highlighting a set of indicators for their assessment, which can serve as a basis for re-estimation of the values of CC(U)S projects. The main research methods used were methods of decomposition, systematization and typology, as well as strategic analysis with a focus on relevant practical materials on the topic of the work. Directions for further research are related to the substantiation of the methodology for assessing social effects of CC(U)S projects, including for the conditions of Russia, based on the principles of balancing the interests of key participants.
Using fuzzy Indicators in customer experience analytics
Authors: Nicolas Carolina , Gil-Lafuente Jaime , Urrutia Angélica , Valenzuela-Fernández Leslier
Published: October 2020

The aims of this study is to propose a model for managing customer experience analytics focused on value generated in an online market, this study to explore touch points experience, measured with conventional indicators and fuzzy indicators, using to a structural equation model analysis and Mamdani inference method. The investigation has delved deeper into the nature of the value of the experience construct, the results revealed of the empirical study confirm regarding how the experience value is related with the key touch points of the customer/company relationship. Very few studies in the reviewed literature about the conceptualization on customer interactive experience focused on value generated in an online environment. This study becomes more relevant today, where, after the pandemic, the value of the online customer experience becomes more important.
Fuzzy classification of OpenCL programs targeting heterogeneous systems
Authors: Al-Zoubi Ahmad , Tatas Konstantinos , Kyriacou Costas
Published: October 2020

Heterogeneous systems featuring multiple kinds of processors are becoming increasingly attractive due to their high performance and energy savings over their homogeneous counterparts. With the OpenCL as a unified programming language providing program portability across different types of accelerators, finding the best task-to-device mapping will be the key to achieve such a high performance. We introduce in this work the design of a fuzzy logic classifier and the evaluation of its performance in classifying OpenCL workloads in a CPU-GPU-FPGA heterogeneous environment based on carefully analyzed kernel features. The classifier is designed as part of a scheduling scheme. Results demonstrate substantial improvement in accuracy when compared to other classifiers such as the K-Nearest- Neighbor (KNN), Support-Vector-Machine (SVM), Random-Forest (RF), Naïve-Bayes (NB) and the Bayes-Network (BN) with low computational complexity, facilitating run-time operation.
A novel hybrid feature selection and modified KNN prediction model for coal and gas outbursts
Authors: Liu Xuning , Zhang Guoying , Zhang Zixian
Published: October 2020

The feature selection of influencing factors of coal and gas outbursts is of great significance for presenting the most discriminative features and improving prediction performance of a classifier, the paper presents an effective hybrid feature selection and modified outbursts classifier framework which aims at solving exiting coal and gas outbursts prediction problems. First, a measurement standard based on maximum information coefficient(MIC) is employed to identify the wide correlations between two variables; Second, based on a ranking procedure using non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm(NSGAII), maximum relevance minimum redundancy(MRMR) algorithm is subsequently performed to find out candidate feature set highly related to the class label and uncorrelated with each other; Third, random forest(RF) is employed to search the optimal feature subset from the candidate feature set, then the optimal feature subset that influences the classification performance of coal and gas outbursts is obtained; Finally, an improved classifier model has been proposed that combines gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT) and k-nearest neighbor(KNN) for outbursts prediction. In the modified classifier model, the GBDT is utilized to assign different weights to features, then the weighted features are input into the KNN to verify the effectiveness of proposed method on coal and gas outbursts dataset. The experimental results conclude that our proposed scheme is effective in the number of feature and prediction accuracy when compared with other related state-of-the-art prediction models based on feature selection for coal and gas outbursts.
Andersen-Tawil Syndrome Presenting with Complete Heart Block
Authors: Suetterlin Karen , Männikkö Roope , Flossmann Enrico , Sud Richa , Fialho Doreen , Vivekanandam Vino , James Natalie , Gossios Thomas D , Hanna Michael G , Savvatis Kostas , Matthews Emma
Published: October 2020

Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is a rare autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder due to mutations in the KCNJ2 gene. The classical phenotype of ATS consists of a triad of periodic paralysis, cardiac conduction abnormalities and dysmorphic features. Episodes of either muscle weakness or cardiac arrhythmia may predominate however, and dysmorphic features may be subtle, masking the true breadth of the clinical presentation, and posing a diagnostic challenge. The severity of cardiac involvement varies but includes reports of life-threatening events or sudden cardiac death, usually attributed to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. We report the first case of advanced atrioventricular (AV) block in ATS and highlight clinical factors that may delay diagnosis.
Kernel-based spatial error model for analyzing spatial panel data
Authors: Shim Jooyong , Lee Sang Bum , Kim Daiwon , Yu Jung-Suk , Hwang Chanha
Published: October 2020

Spatial panel data model captures spatial interactions across spatial units and over time. Lots of effort have been devoted to develop effective estimation methods for parametric and nonparametric spatial panel data models. Varying coefficient model has received a great deal of attention as an important tool for modeling panel data. In this paper we propose a kernel-based spatial error model for the purpose of analyzing spatial panel data. This model is based on the idea of fixed effect time-varying coefficient model and the kernel technique of support vector machine along with the technique of regularization. A generalized cross validation method is also considered for choosing the hyperparameters which affect the performance of the proposed model. The proposed model is evaluated through numerical studies.
Testing parallelism for the four-parameter logistic model with D-optimal design
Authors: Ying Lin , Seung Won Hyun
Published: October 2020

In order to determine the potency of the test preparation relative to the standard preparation, it is often important to test parallelism between a pair of dose-response curves of reference standard and test sample. Optimal designs are known to be more powerful in testing parallelism as compared to classical designs. In this study, D-optimal design was implemented to study the parallelism and compare+ its performance with a classical design. We modified D-optimal design to test the parallelism in the four-parameter logistic (4PL) model using Intersection-Union Test (IUT). IUT method is appropriate when the null hypothesis is expressed as a union of sets, and by using this method complicated tests involving several parameters are easily constructed. Since D-optimal design minimizes the variances of model parameters, it can bring more power to the IUT test. A simulation study will be presented to compare the empirical properties of the two different designs.
Semantic Web of Things for Industry 4.0
Authors: Thakker Dhavalkumar , Patel Pankesh , Ali Muhammad Intizar , Shah Tejal
Published: October 2020

Welcome to this special issue of the Semantic Web (SWJ) journal. The special issue compiles four technical contributions that significantly advance the state-of-the-art in Semantic Web of Things for Industry 4.0 including the use of Semantic Web technologies and techniques in Industry 4.0 solutions.
Man-machine interaction-based motion control of a robotic walker
Authors: Zhang Chengjie , Guo Shuai , Xi Fengfeng (Jeff)
Published: October 2020

BACKGROUND: The aging population brings the problem of healthcare and dyskinesia. The lack of mobility extremely affects stroke patient’s activities of daily living (ADL) and decreases their quality of life. To assist these mobility-limited people, a robotic walker is designed to facilitate gait rehabilitation training. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to present the implementation of a novel motion control method to assist disabled people based on their motion intention. METHODS: The kinematic framework of the robotic walker is outlined. We propose an intention recognition algorithm based on the interactive force signal. A novel motion control method combined with T-S fuzzy controller and PD controller is proposed. The motion controller can recognize the intention of the user through the interactive force, which allows the user to move or turn around as usual, instead of using their hands to control the walker. RESULTS: Preliminary experiments with healthy individuals and simulated patients are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. The results show that the proposed motion control approach can recognize the user’s intention, is easy to control and has a higher precision than the traditional proportional–integral–derivative controller. CONCLUSION: The results show that users could achieve the task with acceptable error, which indicates the potential of the proposed control method for gait training.
Performance pay and low-grade stress: An experimental study
Authors: Allan Julia L. , Bender Keith A. , Theodossiou Ioannis
Published: October 2020

BACKGROUND: Although recent economics literature suggests a link between performance-related pay (PRP) and ill health, this finding is contested on the grounds that this link is plagued by endogeneity between the two variables of interest. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the adverse effects of performance-related pay on stress which is an important determinant of physical health. METHODS: Forty subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups: either being paid by performance or being paid a flat fee. Both objective (saliva samples to measure cortisol elevation) and subjective (self-reported stress level) measures of stress were obtained before and after participation in the experiment. This experimental methodology purges the effects of self-selection into performance pay and identifies the direction of causation from performance-related pay to stress which is measured by cortisol levels. RESULTS: Those who were paid for their performance experienced higher levels of stress, both in terms of perceived stress and in terms of objectively measured cortisol levels, compared to those who were paid a flat fee for minimum performance. CONCLUSIONS: Performance-related pay induces objectively measurable stress. Self-reported stress levels and the objective stress measure obtained by measuring cortisol move in a similar direction for the PRP and non-PRP groups, but only the cortisol group shows statistically significant differences between the PRP and non-PRP. This also suggests that individuals underestimate the stress caused by performance pay.
Promising research fields in supply chain risk management and supply chain resilience and the gaps concerning human factors: A literature review
Authors: Senna Pedro , da Cunha Reis Augusto , Castro Alexandre , Dias Ana Claudia
Published: October 2020

BACKGROUND: Recent studies concerning supply chain management have shown that topics such as supply chain risk management (SCRM) and supply chain resilience (SCRes) are the new trends in supply chain management. Initial studies in the early 2000s developed frameworks to identify, measure and mitigate risks and assess/evaluate the degree of resilience of a company or supply chain. Recently, a large variety of studies has emerged, including more conceptual and review studies as well as more sophisticated, quantitative studies. However, studies on human-related factors are still lacking, and there is no systematic method to answer questions such as “What literature is available concerning human factors related to SCRM and SCRes?”, “Which human factors contribute to SCRes?” and “Which human factor can amplify SC Risks?” OBJECTIVE: The main goal of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review to identify human factors that impact supply chain resilience and supply chain risk management. METHOD: This study was performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. The objective of using this review protocol is to ensure that the review has the minimum amount of bias due to research expectations. RESULTS: This study highlighted a summary of human-related risk and resilience factors as well as a discussion about these preliminary findings. CONCLUSIONS: As our main conclusion, we highlight that human factors may generate significant risks in the supply chain, nevertheless, there are other human factors that must be nourished to obtain SCRes.
The Diversity of Non-Vascular Land Plants (Bryophytes) in the Kakkayam Forests of Kerala, India
Authors: Surendran Bichin  Sheena , Thomas Biunu
Published: October 2020

The current study on the bryophytes of Kakkayam Forests, Kerala, India revealed about 20 species of these plants documented in the study area. These documented species are classified in 13 families and 15 genera. The current observation also found that out of the 20 documented species 9 are common, 6 are uncommon and 5 are rarely distributed in the study area. More bryo-explorations are essential in unexplored areas for its proper documentation and conservation.