bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Compressive Strength Performance of Alkali Activated Concretes under Different Curing Conditions
Authors: Niş Anıl , Altındal İlhan
Published: January 2021

This study investigated the influence of different curing conditions on the compressive strength (CS) of the different alkali activated concrete (AAC) specimens at the ages of 2, 28, and 90 days for the structural utilization and standardization process of AAC instead of OPC concrete. For this aim, 100% slag (S100), 75% slag and 25% fly ash (S75FA25), and 50% slag and 50% fly ash based (S50FA50) AAC specimens were produced. Based on the oven-curing (O), water-curing (W), and ambient-curing (A) methods, the influence of 2O for 2 days, 26A2O, 2O26A, 28A, 28W, 26W2O, and 2O26W for 28 days, and 88A2O, 2O88A, 90A, 88W2O, 2O88W, 90W for 90 days on the CS of the AAC were examined in details. In addition, the influence of delayed oven-curing conditions on CS development was also investigated. The results indicated that curing conditions significantly affected on the CS and the water-curing condition could provide a better CS for those of AAC at 90 days. Although, the oven-curing enhanced CS of the S100 specimens at initial ages (first oven-curing applied), delayed oven-curing (oven-curing applied later) was found significant for S75FA25 and S50FA50 specimens. The delayed oven-curing affected more on the CS of the AAC when fly ash content increased. The most of AAC specimens with oven-curing had significantly enhanced the CS at 28 days, but S50FA50 at the age of 90 days decreased. Different curing regimes were proposed for the superior compressive strength values for each AAC specimens at the ages of 28 and 90 days.
Calibration of a Nonlinear DC Motor under Uncertainty Using Nonlinear Optimization Techniques
Authors: Neghab Hamed Keshmiri , Neghab Hamid Keshmiri
Published: January 2021

The use of DC motors is increasingly high and it has more parameters which should be normalized. Now the calibration of each parameters is important for each motor, because it affects in its performance and accuracy. A lot of researches are investigated in this area. In this paper demonstrated how to estimate the parameters of a Nonlinear DC Motor using different Nonlinear Optimization techniques of fitting parameters to model, that called model calibration. First, three methods for calibration of a DC motor are defined, then unknown parameters of the mathematical model with the nonlinear optimization techniques for the fitting routines and model calibration process, are identified. In addition, three optimization techniques such as Levenberg-Marquardt, Constrained Nonlinear Optimization and Gauss-Newton, are compared. The goal of this paper is to estimate nonlinear parameters of a DC motor under uncertainty with nonlinear optimization methods by using LabVIEW software as an industrial software and compare the nonlinear optimization methods based on position, velocity and current. Finally, results are illustrated and comparison between these methods based on the results are made.
Hinn stóíski Jesús.
Heimspekileg stef í persónusköpun samstofna guðspjallanna
Authors: Þorsteinsson Rúnar M.
Published: January 2021

Guðspjöll Nýja testamentisins eru bókmenntaverk, þar sem persónusköpun er beitt í ríkum mæli, m.a. sem sannfæringartæki. Meginviðfangsefni þessarar greinar er persóna Jesú í persónusköpun guðspjallamannanna Markúsar, Matteusar og Lúkasar með hliðsjón af sam-tímalýsingum á fyrirmyndarheimspekingum, einkum í textum stóumanna. Leitast er við að svara eftirfarandi spurningum: Hvað einkenndi hinn stóíska vitring? Hversu „stóískur“ er Jesús í guðspjöllunum og hvað felur það í sér? Er munur á guðspjöllunum að þessu leyti? Til að svara þessum spurningum eru tvö meginstef tekin fyrir, annars vegar sú áhersla meðal heimspekinga, einkum stóumanna, að viðkomandi málstaður eða lífsstefna sé fjölskyldu-tengslum æðri, og hins vegar hin útbreidda ímynd í grísk-rómversku samfélagi af fullkominni sjálfstjórn hins vitra manns. Niðurstaðan bendir til þess að guðspjallamennirnir hafi að mörgu leyti viljað kynna „stóískan Jesú“ fyrir lesendum sínum, í mismiklum mæli þó.
Lifandi vatn
Authors: Þórðarson Sigurður Árni
Published: January 2021

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Redystrybucja: pomiar i ocena
Authors: Rutecka Joanna
Published: January 2021

Chociaż redystrybucja emerytalna występuje w każdym z bazowych systemów emerytalnych, niezależnie od zastosowanej formuły świadczenia i metod finansowania, pomiar jej zakresu i kierunków dokonywany jest niezwykle rzadko. Sytuacja taka jest konsekwencją problemów z jej oceną wynikających głównie ze złożoności tego zjawiska i braku niezbędnych danych do pomiaru redystrybucji, zarówno w punktu widzenia ogólnego jej poziomu, jak kierunków transferów. Tym rzadziej prowadzone są badania porównujące zakres redystrybucji w systemach emerytalnych poszczególnych krajów. W niniejszym rozdziale podjęta zostanie próba oceny poziomu progresywności systemów emerytalnych w krajach Unii Europejskiej w oparciu o wybrane miary opisane w rozdziale 4, a następnie sformułowane zostaną pytania określające pożądanych zakres dalszej analizy jakościowej.
The other “Bangla-Town”: Marginality in the center of Rome
Authors: Piazzoni Francesca
Published: January 2021

As neoliberal forms of governance marginalize immigrants in cities across the world, newcomers in turn challenge exclusion by emplacing urbanisms of survival and belonging. Most scholars of migrant urbanisms have focused on low-income, “marginal” districts that remain separate from “prime” spaces such as historic downtowns and financial headquarters. This article widens the focus on migrant urbanisms by considering the ways in which Bangladeshi immigrants inhabit Rome’s historic center, an iconic space designed to normalize—and capitalize upon—dominant expectations of “the appropriate.” Roughly 2,000 immigrants eke out a living in Rome’s center by selling trinkets to tourists. Drawing from observations and interviews with Bangladeshi vendors, this paper details how diverse sellers emplace their own Rome within Rome by working, hiding, praying, and relaxing in its iconic landscapes. Volatile, and yet persistent, the vendors’ volatile and persistent urbanisms of survival and belonging destabilize dominant logics of identity and call attention to prime spaces as potential arenas of insurgency.
Edgar Allan Poe’s “Hideous Drama of Revivification”: Resurrecting His Mother in Female Vampires
Authors: Gündoğan Ufuk
Published: January 2021

This paper aims to analyze Edgar Allan Poe’s fiction and poems from a psychoanalytic perspective. The Romantic writer’s short tragic life was governed by his Oedipus complex and a strong death drive as the result of his traumatic experiences at an early age. He witnessed his mother’s battle with tuberculosis, which was followed by her death. Throughout his entire life, he has searched for a mother figure. In his works, Poe revives his mother in his portrayals of female characters in the forms of vampires. These characters and all their experiences in his writings appear as uncanny reflections from his unconscious, which he had a strong grasp on long before Sigmund Freud researched and theorized these terms. Resulting from a strong death wish, Poe’s narrators, who are mere reflections of himself, create dark, tomb-like settings where they isolate themselves from reality or consciousness, focusing on the female vampire figures who they admire. However, these figures also horrify Poe as they are the embodiments of death itself. In creating these undead women, Poe expresses his strong desire to reunite with his dead mother and endeavors to uncover the link between life and death, a secret that the female holds. This research focuses on Poe’s short stories “Berenice,” “Ligeia,” “Morella,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” in addition to various of his poems.
Bizans Sanatı’nda Alegorik Bir Figür: Hades
Authors: Kaya Zenbilci İlkgül
Published: January 2021

Bu çalışmada Bizans Sanatı’nda alegorik bir figür olarak beliren Hades’in ikonografisi, kanonik, apokrif ve edebî kaynaklar ışığında ele alınmaktadır. Antik dönem görsel ve edebî kaynaklarına dayalı “kült”ünden tanınan, yer altının -veya ölüler ülkesinin- tanrısı Hades’in Orta Çağ’da süren efsanevi varlığı, ölüm temasının ve cehennemin alegorik bir görüntüsü olarak Bizans tasvirlerinde kendine yer bulmuştur. Hades’in alegorik imgesi, Septuagint’i temel alan Mezmurlar Kitabı’nın 9. yüzyıl ve sonrasına ait resimli kopyalarında pek çok marj resminde karşımıza çıkar. Bu resimler mezmur dizeleri ile ilişkilendirilmiştir ve aynı zamanda belli ayinlerde (orthros, hespera vs.) okunacak mezmurlar için bir tür işaretçi görevi görmüştür. El yazmalarında Hades, günahkârların kabul edilmesi, Lazarus’un diriltilmesi, Anastasis gibi bilindik konulara ek olarak, Barlaam ve Ioasaphat’ın Vita’sındaki hikâyeler gibi, Bizans yazınından seçilen farklı konular içinde de tasvir edilmiştir. Kimi zaman mezmur metinlerindeki kavramsal anlam, içinde Hades’in ve ölülerin yer aldığı sahneler yardımıyla açıklanmıştır. Bu sahnelerdeki figürler günahkârları, Hades ise günahkâr ruhları kucağında tutarak cehennemi temsil eder. Bizans kilise resim programında Hades yalnızca Anastasis sahnesinde görülür. Ancak Hades figür olarak, Anastasis’te her zaman Âdem, Havva ve kral peygamberler Davud ile Süleyman gibi geleneksel bir öge değildir. Tasvirlerde, Hades’in belli bir standart görüntüsü olmasa da onun pagan, günahkâr ve korkunç yönüne vurgu yapılır.
Makedonya 1900’de Adalet ve İntikam Arayışı
Authors: Ulutürk Sakarya Yasemin
Published: January 2021

Türk edebiyatının önemli simalarından biri olan Necati Cumalı; kimliğin, kültürün ve tarihin toplumları ayakta tutan yegâne unsur olduğuna inanmış, insancıl gerçeklik üzerinde durarak toplumsal değer, inanç, tutum ve davranışların eserlere yansıması gerektiğini savunmuş bir sanatkârdır. Bu amaçla Türk insanının sorunlarına değinmeyi ihmal etmeyen Cumalı, hayatın gerçeklerinden de yüzünü çevirmemiş, bu bağlamda kaleme aldığı ‘Makedonya 1900’ adlı kitabında Balkanlarda yaşayan Türklerin meselelerine el uzatarak anne ve babasından duyup kendi müşahede ettiklerini öyküleştirmiştir. ‘Makedonya 1900’ kitabında on bir tane öykü bulunmakta, öykülerde sıklıkla ‘intikam / öç’ duygusuna yer verildiği görülmektedir. İntikam / öç, insanî bir duygu olmakla birlikte gerçekleşen menfi davranışa biçilen paye yahut mukabele olarak tanımlanabilmektedir. Dolayısıyla intikam almak isteyen kişi ya hukuk yolunu tercih edecek ya da şahsî çabaları ile adaleti sağlamaya çalışacaktır. Söz konusu eserde ise yazar, kişi ya da kurumların suçlu olarak gördüklerinden intikamlarını hangi yol ve yöntemler ile nasıl aldıklarını ortaya koyarken intikam duygusunun adaletin tecellisindeki yerine dikkatleri çekmekte, ele aldığı zaman ve mekânlarda adalet kavramının varlığını / yokluğunu sorgulamaktadır. Biz de bu çalışmada, ‘Makedonya 1900’ adlı öykü kitabı özelinde, söz konusu sorgulamanın intikam ve adalet duygusuna tesirini irdelemeye çalışacağız.
Sertkaya, O. F. & Uzuntaş, H. Dede Korkut’un Günbed Yazması Üzerine Araştırmalar ve İncelemeler, Bilge Kültür-Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020, 176 sayfa, ISBN: 978-605-7931-98-6
Authors: Uzuntaş Hülya
Published: January 2021

Sertkaya, O. F. & Uzuntaş, H. Dede Korkut’un Günbed Yazması Üzerine Araştırmalar ve İncelemeler, Bilge Kültür-Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2020.
THE PREDICTORS OF NINTH GRADE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS PLANTS
Authors: Selvi Meryem , Çelepçıkay İslam Emel
Published: January 2021

As plants are vital to the survival of the planet, developing positive attitude towards them is important for protection of plants, biodiversity, and the environment. The aim of this research was to determine the predictors of ninth grade students’ attitude towards plants. In the study, a descriptive correlational design was used. The data were collected from 773 upper-secondary students selected through stratified-purposive sampling. The “Plant Recognition Test” and “Plant Attitude Scale” were used as data collection tools. Multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the way different variables predicted attitude towards plants. The results of research indicated that the linear relationship between predictive variables and attitude towards plants explained 14% of the total variance in attitude towards plants at a significant level. Among the variables, gender, time spent in a garden, involvement in indoor or outdoor cultivation, experience with picking flowers, fruits, and/or vegetables, and plant recognition level had significant contributions to predicting variance in attitude towards plants, and the recognition of plants was determined to be the most important predictor relative to all the other variables. Keywords: descriptive correlational design, plant recognition, secondary education
ANALYSIS OF TWO-TIER QUESTION SCORING METHODS: A CASE STUDY ON THE LAWSON’S CLASSROOM TEST OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING
Authors: Zhou Shao-Na , Liu Qiao-Yi , Koenig Kathleen , Li Qiu-ye , Xiao Yang , Bao Lei
Published: January 2021

The Lawson’s Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (LCTSR) is a popular instrument that measures the development of students’ scientific reasoning skills. The instrument has a two-tier question design, which has led to multiple ways of scoring and interpretation. In this research, a method of pattern analysis was proposed and applied to analyze two-tier item pairs on the subskill of Control-of-Variable (COV) of LCTSR. The data were collected from students in grade 4 through college in both the United States and China. Students’ response patterns to two combined item pairs were analyzed and compared against students at different grade levels and reasoning development levels. Six performance levels were established based on students’ response patterns, serving as indicators of COV reasoning development levels. With the new method, a relation was obtained between students’ level of COV skills and grade level, as well as their level of overall reasoning development. It can provide useful information on the possible developmental levels of students’ reasoning skills.
Keywords: control-of-variable, grade level, pattern analysis, scientific reasoning
DEVELOPING A SELF-EFFICACY SCALE TOWARD PHYSICS SUBJECTS FOR LOWER-SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Authors: Fidan Mustafa , Tuncel Meric
Published: January 2021

Physics subjects or topics as a part of science education enable students to explore nature and natural events by using physics laws and scientific methods. In the lower-secondary school, physics is a subfield within the science curriculum developed holistically with the broad field curriculum design unlike the subject-centred curriculum in the upper-secondary education. As an important factor that directs the achievement, self-efficacy is one of the predecessors of these cognitive and affective skills. Accordingly, most of the scales which evaluate the students’ cognitive or affective skills in the lower-secondary school are related to science course in a general context. This research aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale measuring the students’ self-efficacy beliefs toward physics subjects for lower-secondary schools. The sample consists of 2737 students. The draft scale consisted of 52 items and was applied to 1882 students in the first stage. To construct validity of the scale, exploratory factor analysis was performed. The results showed that the scale consisted of single- factor with 28 items. To confirm its factor structure, the scale was applied to 785 students. The research findings indicate that the scale is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the self-efficacy beliefs towards physics subjects. Keywords: lower-secondary school, physics subjects, scale development, self-efficacy belief
Karaim z ulicy Marszałkowskiej
Authors: Sulimowicz-Keruth Anna
Published: January 2021

Rodem z Trok, przybył nad Wisłę we wczesnej młodości, by pozostać tu na całe życie.
Karaimska mapa muzyczna już w sieci
Authors: Krawczyk Ewelina
Published: January 2021

Krótko i nieco przewrotnie można by powiedzieć, że powstanie tej niezwykłej mapy zawdzięczamy pandemii. Droga, która prowadziła do powstania tego artystycznego projektu, była jednak dłuższa i pełna niespodzianek.
Therapeutic Success in Amoebic and Pyogenic Liver Abscesses
Authors: Gani Azhari , Malahayati
Published: January 2021

A 52 year old male patient presented with complaints of upper right abdominal pain since 1 month ago, worsening in the last 1 day. Fever has been complained of since 1 month ago, fever fluctuates indefinitely, comes down with fever-reducing drugs, complained of weakness. There is nausea and vomiting, vomiting 1-2 times per day, black vomit like coffee is not there. Complained about weight loss. BAK is like strong tea. Liquid defecation has been complained of since 5 weeks ago, initially liquid defecation was accompanied by mucus and blood with a frequency of 3-4 times per day for 3 days, at that time the patient went to the health center and complaints were reduced and now liquid CHAPTER 1-2 times a day is yellow, liquid, no mucus, no blood for the past 1 month. The patient is an agricultural instructor with his daily activities going down to the farm. History. History of diabetes mellitus denied. Patients diagnosed with multiple pyogenic liver abscess were treated at RSUDZA and received bed rest therapy, 1800 kcal / day soft food diet, IVFD NaCl 0.9% 20 drops per macro minute, metronidazole drip 500 mg every 8 hours, ciprofloxacin 2x 500 mg, intravenously paracetamol 1 gram every 8 hours. The patient was treated for 17 days, on the 10th day of hospitalization the patient was performed a laparotomy and multiple incisions of the liver abscess, purulent abscess fluid mixed with blood. The abscess fluid was cultured as a result of Entamoeba Colli, and metronidazole antibiotic therapy was continued. During treatment, the patient experienced clinical improvement, the patient was opened surgical sutures on the 10th and 15th day after laparotomy, the surgical wound improved, the patient experienced clinical improvement, currently the patient is still a control at the Internal Medicine and Surgery Department at Cut Nyak Dhien Meulaboh Hospital.
A importância do plano de cuidados para pacientes oncológicos em cuidados paliativos desenvolvidos pelos enfermeiros da Estratégia Saúde da Família
Authors: Santos Camila Stefani Lomanto dos , Matozinhos Fernanda Penido , Araújo Laydson Adrian de , Silva Thales Philipe Rodrigues da
Published: January 2021

Objetivo: O presente estudo objetivou descrever a importância do plano de cuidados na assistência de enfermagem ao paciente oncológico que necessita de cuidados paliativos realizado pelos profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família. Métodos: Estudo de revisão integrativa da literatura, desenvolvida por meio de pesquisa sistemática na base de dados PUBMED e BVS. A revisão bibliográfica se restringiu às publicações dos últimos cinco anos. A análise dos resultados foi feita de forma crítica, finalizando o processo de inclusão e exclusão das obras que não se encaixam com o tema proposto, garantindo a validação da revisão e das obras selecionadas. Resultados: Os resultados encontrados ressaltam que o enfermeiro oferece assistência que conferem meios que propiciam um enfrentamento eficaz da doença, por meio da redução dos impactos dos sintomas nos pacientes oncológicos. Conclusão: Evidenciou-se a importância do Enfermeiro nos cuidados paliativos domiciliares, que atua oferecendo uma assistência pautada na humanização, conforto e dignidade durante o processo de terminalidade da vida do individuo.
A Lei de Cotas (12.711/12) está sendo efetiva, eficiente e eficaz? Uma análise seguida de proposta de avaliação a luz da Teoria da Administração Pública gerencialista
Authors: Sadocco Rafael Rodolfo Sartorelli , Moreira Lídia Maia , Oliveira Junior Marcelo , Teixeira Mariane Beatriz Silva , Ferraz Elivelton Luiz Semião
Published: January 2021

Resumo
Entender como as Leis, projetos públicos, programas sociais estão de fato impactando a sociedade, se estão funcionando e se estão sendo bem avaliados é imperativo para o novo gestor público. A nova administração pública, desde a década de 1980 requer cada vez mais a utilização do conhecimento científico para se validar, e uma das ferramentas para isso é a utilização do modelo de eficiência, eficácia e efetividade. Assim, este trabalho buscou realizar uma análise por essa perspectiva da Lei de Cotas 12.711/12, interpretando trabalhos que a avaliaram. Concluiu-se que a Lei de Cotas tem sido eficaz no que tange a entrada de alunos beneficiados nas IES, e que os cotistas estão tendo rendimento acadêmico similar aos não-cotistas. Todavia, nenhum trabalho abordou corretamente a eficiência e a efetividade, gerando distorções interpretativas da realidade favoráveis a permanência da Lei, fato que este artigo busca mitigar por destrinchar que faltam dados sobre sua efetividade e eficiência. Em paralelo, criou-se uma proposta de modelo de árvore, que permitiria futuras avaliações sobre a Lei.
Students’ perception toward the use of tiktok video in learning writing descriptive text at MAN 1 Gresik
Authors: Nabilah Alfufatin , M.P Dewi Larassati , Lazuwardiyyah Fairuz , Syaifuddin Syaifuddin , Abdi Wiwik Muyassaroh
Published: January 2021

The purpose of this study was to explain the students’ perception towards the use of TikTok in learning writing descriptive text. This analysis was a descriptive quantitative with a survey approach through questionnaire. The total of sample was 85 students at Islamic Senior High School of 1 Gresik especially from X MIPA 3, X MIPA 4, and X MIPA 5 in the 2020/2021 academic year. The information of this study was obtained through 15 questions adapted from Ilmiyah et al. & Ilmi. The researchers analyzed the data from questionnaire using SPSS 16 program to find out the descriptive statistical analysis. The finding captured that the interpretation of students regarding the use of TikTok in descriptive text of learning writing was positive. The students said they agreed with the use of TikTok in learning writing descriptive text due to it contributes positively and can foster the motivation of students. Furthermore, it makes the learners pay attention and participate in the learning process. Therefore, it is also recommended to students and teachers to use TikTok in order to create a contextual, relevant, and meaningful learning process, especially in writing descriptive text. They also allow students to participate in the learning process actively.Keywords: TikTok; video; descriptive text
Coping with large multi-level class in English language learning
Authors: Kurnianto Benny
Published: January 2021

To improve students’ English proficiency, Indonesian Civil Aviation Institute has placed TOEFL® preparation in the curriculum of study program. Nevertheless, the learning design was not common compared with similar program of TOEFL® preparation in another institution. ICAI put a single teacher in class consisted of 24 students with various skills. Consequently, the English teacher had to employ a strategy to cope with this large multilevel class. This qualitative research was conducted to analyze the teacher’s strategy. Its purpose is to give enlightenment toward the conformity between learning design and learning objectives. A pre-test and post-test were given to a determined class and the grades were compared to see the fulfillment of the objective. An observation and note taking was undertaken during the learning process to explain the strategy. The result shows that the teacher occupy cooperative learning through flexible grouping to cope the class challenge. While the result shows 57% students in the class were able to gain 500 as minimum required score, it has implication in examining the learning design in broader context.Keywords: classroom; multilevel; teacher-students ratio
The effectiveness of generating interactions between schemata and text (gist) strategy towards the students’ writing skill in Indramayu
Authors: Prawiro Indra Yoga
Published: January 2021

Many students have difficulties in writing the text. Some of the problems in writing such as the difficulties in expressing their idea into the words, time consuming activities and the limited number of vocabularies. This study focused on the effectiveness of GIST (Generating Interaction between Schemata and Text) strategy in improving students’ writing skill at the second grade of SMK Negeri 1 Sindang. The GIST is strategy for taking notes while the students are reading and writing good summaries. This strategy works on many levels, this allows students to put concept into their own words. This activity helps teachers and students to identify key concept. By using quasi-experimental method non-equivalent design, the instruments of this research were pre-test and post-test. The participants of the research were class XI TOI 1 and XI TOI 2 of first semester in SMK Negeri 1 Sindang. Each class consisted of 33 students. The statistical analysis showed the value of Tobs was 2.23 while the value of Ttable was 1.669 which means Tobs was higher than Ttable 2.23>1.669 (Tobs>Ttable). It means that the GIST strategy is effective in teaching and learning writing especially in report text.Key words: GIST strategy; writing skill; report text
Blended learning to enhance English writing assignments without using online tools
Authors: Charernwiwatthanasri Parichart
Published: January 2021

From face-to-face to online teaching an English for Reading and Writing course is challenging to provide learning strategies and assessments that fit the pedagogical style of the online environment since there are many online tools (e.g. translation machine, grammar check software, and websites) for assistance in English writing. This study aims to investigate students’ learning strategies in taking an online writing assignment, with an emphasis on using authentic assessments to encourage students to avoid using online tools and plagiarism in their writing. The findings show that during online learning, students made use of online tools, and they searched for the information on the internet as an assistance in writing an assignment.  However, using Blended Learning and four different types of writing tasks significantly reduces the use of online tools, and it enhances students’ active participation in the assessment process. The guided instructions of each task also help students to improve their writing skills, and most of the students preferred to work in small groups to complete the activities online which enhanced interaction and the sense of an online learning community.Keywords: blended learning; writing assignment; online tools
The effectiveness of using metacognitive strategy to teach online reading comprehension for English Young Learners
Authors: Jamilah Nur
Published: January 2021

This research aims to identify the effectiveness of using metacognitive strategy in teaching online descriptive text. Fifty students of the second year at MA Al-Istiqomah, Mojokerto were involved in this study. This research is One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Students’ reading achievement based on the minimum passing score and field notes were the instruments to get the data. The present study results in the implementation of metacognitive strategy improved the students’ skill in reading online descriptive text especially in ascertaining main idea, supporting idea and topic sentence. This showed the significant improvement of the students’ reading comprehension skills of an online descriptive text when implementing metacognitive strategy on their learning process. The finding of the present study is expected to be applicable in the online based class during this pandemic Covid -19.Keywords: online reading comprehension; descriptive texts; metacognitive strategy
HUBUNGAN AKTIFITAS FISIK DENGAN KUALITAS HIDUP PASIEN HIPERTENSI
Authors: Saudah Saudah
Published: January 2021

Hipertensi merupakan salah satu penyakit yang dapat mempengaruhi kualitas hidup terutama pada domain fisik. Aktivitas fisik merupakan salah satu kegiatan yang dapat dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien dengan hipertensi. tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan aktivitas fisik dengan kualitas hidup pasien hipertensi berdasarkan studi empiris dalam lima tahun terakhir. Metode penelitian ini menggunkan metode literature review berdasarkan hasil laporan studi empiris selama lima tahun terakhir yaitu 10 jurnal berbahasa Indonesia dan berbahasa Inggris dengan kata kunci  dalam pencarian yang sesuai dengan kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi. Hasil penelitian berdasarkan 10 jurnal hasil pencarian yang sesuai didapatkan hasil penelitian aktivitas fisik berupa senam dan berjalan terhadap kualitas hidup pada pasien dengan hipertensi. aktivitas fisik yang dilakukan secara rutin dapat meningkatkan kualitas hidup pada pasien hipertensi terutama pada domain fisik. Kesimpulan penelitian terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara aktivitas fisik terhadap kualitas hidup pada pasien dengan hipertensi. aktivitas fisik seperti senam, brisk walking dan berjalan sejauh mungkin dalam 6 menit dapat meningkatkan kualitas hidup pada pasien dengan hipertensi terutama pada domain fisik.
Changes in the epidemiology and management of bacterial infections in cirrhosis
Authors: Piano Salvatore , Tonon Marta , Angeli Paolo
Published: January 2021

Patients with cirrhosis are susceptible to develop infections because of immune dysfunction, changes in microbiome and increase in bacterial translocation from the gut to systemic circulation. Bacterial infections can worse the clinical course of the disease, triggering the development of complications such as acute kidney injury, hepatic encephalopathy, organ failures and acute on chronic liver failure. In recent years, the spread of multi drug resistant bacteria made more challenging the management of infections in patients with cirrhosis. Hence, the mortality rate associated to sepsis is increasing in these patients. Therefore, the optimization of the management of infections has a high priority in cirrhosis. Herein we reviewed the recent changes in the epidemiology and the management of bacterial infections in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Effect of Short-Term Maximal Exercise on BNP Plasma Levels in
Healthy Individuals
Authors: Krupička J , Janota T , Kasalová Z , Hradec J
Published: January 2021

Many studies documented the relationship between elevated
plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides and cardiovascular
diseases, especially heart failure. However, it is still uncertain
whether physical exercise leads to a significant release of
natriuretic peptide in healthy subjects. The aim of this study was
to determine the effect of maximal physical activity on plasma
BNP concentrations in healthy individuals within 3 hours after the
short-term exercise. BNP plasma concentrations were measured
in 15 healthy volunteers before, immediately after as well as
1 hour and 3 hours after bicycle spiroergometry. Maximal
workload and exercise capacity were assessed in watts, wattseconds, metabolic equivalents and VO2max. Mean BNP plasma
levels before, immediately after, 1 hour and 3 hours postexercise were 19.4±2.5; 30.6±4.7; 17.9±2.5 and 18.7±3.1
pg/ml, respectively. The increase of BNP concentrations
immediately after exercise was statistically significant (p=0.0017)
compared to baseline values. We did not find any correlation
between the post-exercise increase of BNP levels and age, body
mass index, maximal workload or exercise capacity. In
conclusion, short-term maximal physical exercise in healthy
individuals led to a fast and transient rise of plasma BNP
concentrations, which remained well within normal range and far
below the cut-off value for heart failure (100 pg/ml).
The Effect of Chronic Alcohol Administration on Bone Mineral
Content and Bone Strength in Male Rats
Authors: Broulík PD , Rosenkrancová J , Růžička P , Sedláček R , Zíma T
Published: January 2021

Alcohol use has been identified as a risk factor for the development
of osteoporosis. Eight male Wistar rats at two months of age were
alcoho-fed (7.6 g 95 % ethanol/kg b.w. per day) to evaluate the
effects of long-term administration (three months) of alcohol in
drinking water. We have used a dose which is considered to be
comparable to a dose of 1 liter of wine or 2.5 liters of 12°
beer
used in male adults daily. The bones were tested mechanically by a
three-point bending test in a Mini Bionix (MTS) testing system. The
bones from alcohol-fed rats were characterized by a reduction in
bone density as well as in ash, calcium and phosphate content. In
alcohol-fed rats the reduction in bone mineral density (10 %) was
reflected by about 12 % reduction of mechanical strength of femur
(158±5.5 vs. 178±3.2 N/mm2
). Alcohol significantly altered femoral
cortical thickness. In our experiment alcohol itself did not exert any
antiandrogenic effect and it did not produce changes in the weight
of seminal vesicles. Liver function test (GGT, ALP, AST) did not
differ between alcohol-fed rats and control rats. Alcohol-induced
bone loss is associated with increased bone resorption and
decreased bone formation. These results document the efficacy of
alcohol at the dose of 7.6 g 95 % ethanol/kg b.w. to cause bone
loss and loss of bone mechanical strength in intact rats. The results
of the present study may be interpreted as supporting the
hypothesis of alcohol as a risk factor for osteoporosis.
Potential Major Depressive Disorder Biomarkers in Pediatric Population – a Pilot Study
Authors: KRIVOSOVA M , GRENDAR M , HRTANEK I , ONDREJKA I , TONHAJZEROVA I , SEKANINOVA N , BONA OLEXOVA L , MOKRA D , MOKRY J
Published: January 2021

Mental disorders affect 10-20 % of the young population in the world. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental disease with a multifactorial and not clearly explained pathophysiology. Many cases remain undetected and untreated, which influences patients’ physical and mental health and their quality of life also in adulthood. The aim of our pilot study was to assess the prediction value of selected potential biomarkers, including blood cell counts, blood cell ratios, and parameters like peroxiredoxin 1 (PRDX1), tenascin C (TNC) and type IV collagen (COL4) between depressive pediatric patients and healthy peers and to evaluate a short effect of antidepressant treatment. In this study, 27 young depressive patients and 26 non-depressed age-matched controls were included. Blood analyses and immunological assays using commercial kits were performed. Platelet count was the only blood parameter for which the case/control status was statistically significant (p=0.01) in a regression model controlling for the age and gender differences. The results from ELISA analyses showed that the case/control status is a significant predictor of the parameters PRDX1 (p=0.05) and COL4 (p=0.009) in respective regression model considering the age and gender differences between MDD patients and controls. A major finding of this study is that values of platelet count, monocyte to lymphocyte ratio, white blood cell, and monocyte counts were assessed by the Random Forest machine learning algorithm as relevant predictors for discrimination between MDD patients and healthy controls with a power of prediction AUC=0.749.
POTENSI MINYAK ATSIRI BUNGA KENANGA (CANANGA ODORATA) SEBAGAI ANTIBAKTERIA DALAM SEDIAAN HAND SANITIZER GEL
Authors: Herlina Eka , Widiastuti Diana , Triadi Akhwan
Published: January 2021

Sumber daya alam yang dimiliki Indonesia akhir-akhir ini semakin banyak dieksploitasi sebagai bahan obat-obatan baik untuk farmasi maupun untuk kepentingan pertanian. Salah satu tanaman tersebut adalah tanaman kenanga yang bisa dimanfaatkan minyak atsirinya sebagai bahan antibakteri pada produk hand sanitizer gel. Minyak atsiri kenanga diperoleh melalui proses destilasi uap bunga kenanga, kemudian diuji identifikasi fitokimia lalu fisiknya dan kualitasnya meliputi bobot jenis, indeks bias, dan bilangan ester sesuai SNI 06-3949-1995 lalu diuji potensi aktivitas antibakterinya. hand sanitizer gel minyak atsiri bunga kenanga dibuat sebanyak 4 formula. dengan konsentrasi minyak atsiri bunga kenanga 5%; 2,5%; 1,25% dan 0,5%. Data yang diperoleh meliputi fisik, viskositas, pH, daya sebar, daya lekat, organoleptik dan uji aktivitas antibakteri. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hand sanitizer gel dengan minyak atsiri bunga kenanga memiliki aktivitas antibakteri terhadap bakteri S. aureus dan E. coli. Dari uji daya hambat disimpulkan bahwa hand sanitizer gel dengan konsentrasi minyak atsiri bunga kenanga 5% paling optimal yang memiliki pH 5,75; viskositas 4120; daya sebar 5,5 cm2 dan daya lekat 18,33 detik.
PEMANFAATAN KIJING LOKAL (Pilsbryoconcha exilis) SEBAGAI BIOFILTRASI LOGAM ARSEN (As)
Authors: Darmawan Muhammad Fikri , Rahayu S.Y. Srie , Sudrajat Cecep
Published: January 2021

Heavy metals in waters are a threat to living things both biota that are in these waters, as well as on plants and humans that depend on these water sources. Water quality improvement can be done by utilizing local gravestone (Pilsbryoconcha exilis) as a natural filter. In this study consisted of four treatments and three replications. The amount of gravestone weights of 200 grams, 300 grams and 400 grams acts as a treatment that will later be seen its effect on water containing arsenic metal. The results of this study indicate that local gravestone can reduce arsenic levels in waters with a treatment weight of 400 grams showed the best results with the final result arsenic level of 0.0101 ppm and the highest daily growth rate is 200 grams of weight treatment with a market value of 4.40%.
POTENSI INTERAKSI OBAT AMLODIPIN PADA PASIEN HIPERTENSI DISALAH SATU PUSKESMAS KABUPATEN SUMEDANG
Authors: Anggriani Ani , Kusumahati Eva , Mutazam Irfan Hilmi
Published: January 2021

Hypertension is still a main health problem in indonesia, the purpose of this research is to know the profile of the antihypertensive agent and the interaction potency of the drugs and the relation between the amount of the drugs towards the interaction occurrence in public health centre of sukasari in district of sumedang by the period of July-December 2019. This was observational research with descriptive method. The data collection was performed using drug interaction checker software. There are data of 112 patients. The analysis was performed quantitatively and qualitatively. the result shows the interaction occurrence are happened to woman with percentage of 90% in age group of 65-74 years (30%). Hypertension stage 2 is the most occurred (69%), also there are 82 (73%) patients with potentially might have interaction, meanwhile from all medicines, there are 116 occurrence of interatction might happen. The most interaction occurred happen to amlodipin and hycrochlorothiazide (41%), with pharmacodynamic interaction of 62% and minor severity of 62%.
The Specifi c Features of University Education in Russia: The Conception of “Educational Distribution”
Authors:   Bashkir State University, Vakhitov Rustem R. , Rodionova Anna E. ,   Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla
Published: January 2021

There is a predominating opinion that higher education in Russia principally does not differ from that in other countries, having been at a certain time created following the example of the later, while merely endowed with regional specifi c features. However, its peculiarities (higher education as a social status, the social distribution of diplomas of a single sample, absence of academic freedoms) are so essential, that they make it possible to speak of education of a different type, contrasting the modernist research “Humboldt” university. In to the opinion of the authors, it is based on “distribution”, the mechanism of which has been described by economist Olga Bessonova and sociologist Simon Kordonsky. “Distribution” includes in itself handing over and disbursement, nationalized instrumental property, compulsory subservient labor, planned organization of labor and, fi nally, the institution of complaints — the reverse connection between the distributing and the receiving channels. The authors of the article defi ne higher education in Russia (both the state-run and the so-called “commercial”) as “distribution of higher education” and consider that it corresponds with the peculiarities of the Russian civilization, which has preserved a traditional character at its core. The aspects of the “distribution of higher education” (both the social status and the sum of knowledge indispensable for it) are briefl y described in this work.
Karl Eduard Weber, How He was Known in Russia
Authors:   Tambov State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after S.V. Rachmaninoff, Sorokina Anna V. , Okhotnikov Vladimir E. ,   Tambov State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after S.V. Rachmaninoff
Published: January 2021

The article illustrates the life and creative activity of German pianist and pedagogue Karl Eduard Weber in Russia. Weber received his education at the Leipzig Conservatory. In 1854 he went to Russia, where musicians of high professional level were on demand, and taught for over 20 years at the Tambov Music College. However, having engaged in pedagogical activity in various Russian cities, Weber frequently experienced discontent. Having observed the unsatisfactory level of musical education, he began creating methodological works. Among them, those which became famous and were disseminated were “Rukovodstvo k sistematicheskomu obucheniyu igre na fortepiano” [“A Manual for the Systematic Instruction of Playing the Piano”] (1866), and “Putevoditel' pri obuchenii igre na fortepiano” [“A Guide to Instruction of Piano Playing”] (1876). In 1881 Karl Eduard Weber received the position of an instructor at the Tambov Alexandrinsky Institute for Noble Girls. In 1889 he switched to working at the Tambov Musical Classes (since 1900 — the Tambov Music College), where he worked until the end of his life (1913).Weber brought up the talented student Anna Gravert-Lavdovskaya (1881 – 1888). She provided initial instruction to the future outstanding pianist Victor Merzhanov. Therein, undoubtedly, lies a great merit of the Weber school. Many of the foundational traits of piano pedagogy of Karl Eduard Weber are inherent to the pedagogy of Victor K. Merzhanov.
Music Computer Technologies in Teaching Children with Profound Visual Impairment: Peculiarities, Problems and Perspectives
Authors:   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Gorbunova Irina B. , Govorova Anastasia A. ,   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Published: January 2021

The article analyzes the processes of information, transforming the educational environment of children with profound visual impairment. It emphasizes the need for changes in the content of musical education in connection with the use of specialized software and hardware, digital educational resources. The features of the process of teaching music using musical computer technology for blind people, which is due, in particular, the complexity of the complex psychological reactions of people with profound disabilities
About the Educational-Pedagogical Work of the Moscow Conservatory in the Pre-Revolutionary Period
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Glushkova Olga R. , Glushkov Sergei V. ,   Institute of World Civilizations
Published: January 2021

The educational activities of the Imperial Russian Musical Society (IRMS) were of indelible significance in the formation of the Russian musical enlightening and educational system. The Moscow Conservatory became one of the greatest achievements of the IRMS, since it concentrated in its image — its spiritual and artistic orientations, administrative and tutorial structure, and pedagogical — the characteristic particularities the development of which subsequently consolidated and elevated its significance in music history. The article examines the questions of the establishment of the tutorial-pedagogical work of the Moscow Conservatory during the prerevolutionary period: the formation of the managerial apparatus, its evolution (depending on the quantity of students), a perception is provided about the makeup of the pedagogical faculty. The peculiarities of the pre-revolutionary organization of tutorial courses of the Conservatory are briefly illuminated as being accessible (for involvement in it at any stage) and as being compound, comprised of several interconnected steps: from the elementary to the artisanal-professional and to the advanced level. The latter also provided the possibilities to acquire indispensable knowledge in the humanitarian sphere for those to wished it. On the example of the Moscow Conservatory the achievements of the educational achievements of the IRMS are demonstrated, which during the Soviet period led to the threelevel system of national musical education in Russia (school — college — higher educational institution), which exists up to the present day.
Ensemble Music-Making in the Mirror Reflection of 17th and 18th Century Western European Painting
Authors:   Laboratory of musical semantics, Morein Ksenia N. , Shaymukhametova Liudmila N. ,   Scholarly-Methodical Center “Innovation Art Studies”
Published: January 2021

During the Baroque era ensemble music-making was a favorite pastime. For the nobility and the middle class “communication by means of music” was an inherent part of life: the musical language was the means of expressing respect, presenting “musical offerings” and confessions of love. In musical competitions virtuosi demonstrated their exceptional performing skills, and high-society ladies accompanied readings of poetical works with playing the harp or the lute. The desire to make music in the form of solo or ensemble performance was shared by players on various instruments endowed with different levels of preparedness. This “social demand” resulted in the appearance of the two-staff form of notation, endowed with traits of a quasi-score, which it was customary to call the keyboard urtext. However, this music can be termed as being for the keyboard only upon the condition of their performance on the organ or the harpsichord. The structure of the “two-staff scores” from the 17th and 18th centuries possesses immense possibilities, since it presents a universal form of notation for ensemble and orchestral compositions in convolved form. As the result of the traits of the quasi-score, the baroque urtext became a unique phenomenon, a peculiar “mirror of the epoch”, which registered numerous 17th and 18th century musical instrumental clichés, scenes of music-making in duos, trios, and even images of groups of the baroque orchestra — the solo and the continuo. A sort of mirror reflecting pictures of music-making and ensemble groups was provided by the art canvases of 17th and 18th century painters.
Sergei Rachmaninoff and Mikhail Vrubel: Creative Parallels
Authors:   Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatoire, Merzlov Arseniy N.
Published: January 2021

The article offered to your attention is dedicated to the interrelations between Sergei Rachmaninoff and Mikhail Vrubel. Turning directly to the legacies of the two artists, it is possible to observe a definite and continued “creative dialogue” between them manifested in the artistic themes in images to which Rachmaninoff and Vrubel consistently turned. Most prominent among them are the images of the Lilac and Goethe’s “Faust”. The author examines the peculiarities of their interpretations by the two artists in such works as Rachmaninoff’s song “The Lilac” opus 21 No. 5 and the First Piano Sonata opus 28, as well as Vrubel’s “Faust” triptych (1896) and the painting “The Lilac” (1900). Also subjected to analysis are a number of biographical details, which make it possible to assert that one artistic experience had exerted direct influence on the other. From the perspective of the art of performance, such tracing of artistic parallels makes it possible to glance anew at certain compositions by Rachmaninoff particularly from the position of interpretation in the context of the Art Moderne artistic direction, to which the greater part of Vrubel’s artistic legacy may be attributed.