bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Micoplasmose respiratória murina em ratos (Rattus norvegicus): revisão de literatura
Authors: Palladino Thais Urbano , Biegelmeyer Patrícia
Published: May 2021

O Mycoplasma pulmonis é o agente etiológico primário da micoplasmose respiratória murina (MRM), uma importante patologia em ratos de laboratório. Os ratos são considerados ferramentas fundamentais em pesquisas experimentais há muito tempo, e ao decorrer dos anos é possível observar a sua crescente criação como animais de companhia e sua crescente presença em clínicas veterinárias. A MRM é uma patologia crônica e muitas vezes apresenta-se de maneira subclínica. Sua progressão é principalmente associada ao manejo inadequado, ressaltando a importância do conhecimento sobre os aspectos da MRM em ratos, sendo fundamental para a convivência saudável dos tutores com esses animais, além de ser uma ferramenta importante para a obtenção de resultados experimentais fidedignos.
Summary Findings of Re-engineered Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement: Volume 1
Authors:   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Roesler Jeffery , Dahal Sachindra ,   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Zollinger Dan ,   Texas A&M University, Weiss W. Jason ,   Oregon State University
Published: May 2021

This research project conducted laboratory testing on the design and impact of internal curing on concrete paving mixtures with supplementary cementitious materials and evaluated field test sections for the performance of crack properties and CRCP structure under environmental and FWD loading. Three experimental CRCP sections on Illinois Route 390 near Itasca, IL and two continuously reinforced concrete beams at UIUC ATREL test facilities were constructed and monitored. Erodibility testing was performed on foundation materials to determine the likelihood of certain combinations of materials as suitable base/subbase layers. A new post-tensioning system for CRCP was also evaluated for increased performance and cost-effectiveness. This report volume summarizes the three year research effort evaluating design, material, and construction features that have the potential for reducing the initial cost of CRCP without compromising its long-term performance.
Cost-Effective Construction Innovations/Improvements for CRCP: Volume 5
Authors:   Texas A&M University, Speakmon Tyler , Mirsayar Mirmilad ,   Texas A&M University, Jumah Atheer ,   Texas A&M University, Zollinger Dan ,   Texas A&M University
Published: May 2021

This volume addresses key factors such as cracking behavior of CRC pavement, end movements at terminal and header joints, and interfacial bond and erosion damage between the slab and the base layer as it may pertain to punchout development and the performance of CRCP. This volume also addresses measures to reduce initial cost of CRC pavement construction through modification of base types, pavement and jointing configuration, and transverse crack spacing variability.
Pandemic Impact of Covid 19 on Compliance of Mother for Pregnancy Reviews
Authors: Hutagaol Iin Octaviana , Arini Arini , Mujianti Cicik Mujianti
Published: May 2021

Maternal and neonatal services have not escaped the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic. It can indirectly increase the return of mortality and morbidity to both mother and baby. This study aims to assess the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on the compliance of pregnant women to revisit antenatal care. The sampling technique used in this study was stratified random sampling, using the Lemeshow formula with a sample count of 126 people with the inclusion criteria set by the researcher. The design of this study was analytic observational. Data collection was carried out through observation questionnaire sheets that were collected offline and online (Google Form). The test used in this study was Mann Whitney. The results of the analysis show that the significance value is 0.003 at the 2nd-trimester pregnancy visit and 0.001 at the 3rd-trimester pregnancy visit, therefore, statistically p <0.05 there is a relationship between the impact of the pandemic and the 2nd and 3rd-trimester pregnancy visits. Mann Whitney with a higher ranking ratio (mean) between the affected groups (66.92) and those not affected (41.59). Thus, s who were affected by the pandemic were economically more likely to not attend pregnancy visits compared to those who were not economically affected by the pandemic. The results of the study show that there is a relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unity of mothers carrying out pregnancy visits during the pandemic, this is due to government policies to limit and also anxiety of pregnant women.
The Limits of Deliberation About the Public's Values
Authors: Seidenfeld Mark
Published: May 2021

A Review of The Public's Law: Origins and Architecture of Progressive Democracy by Blake Emerson.
Natural Language Processing for Lawyers and Judges
Authors: Fagan Frank
Published: May 2021

A Review of Law as Data: Computation, Text, & the Future of Legal Analysis. Edited by Michael A. Livermore and Daniel N. Rockmore.
Pride and Predators
Authors: Bond Heidi
Published: May 2021

A Review of Pride and Prejudice. by Jane Austen
Will Legal Education Change Post-2020?
Authors: Gerken Heather
Published: May 2021

The famed book review issue of the Michigan Law Review feels like a reminder of better days. As this issue goes to print, a shocking 554,103 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States alone, the country seems to have begun a long-overdue national reckoning on race, climate change and economic inequality continue to ravage the country, and our Capitol was stormed by insurrectionists with the encouragement of the president of the United States. In the usual year, a scholar would happily pick up this volume and delight in its contents. This year, one marvels at the scholars who managed to finish their reviews on time.

The editors have asked me to reflect on how 2020, particularly the pandemic, will change legal education. Like most institutions, law schools have undergone a stress test over the past year. During the early days of the pandemic, every school put a centuries-old teaching tradition online, often within the space of a single week. Most thought that the pace of change would slow down in April. It didn’t. For months, COVID generated crisis after crisis. Schools had to deal with budgetary shortfalls, a stock market crash, job losses, postponements of the bar exam, the loss of virtually all of their international students, and the terrible hardships that COVID caused for students, staff, and faculty. To top it all off, any school that—like Yale—brought its students back in the fall for in-person learning had to invent new forms of teaching for the classroom and an entirely new set of communal rules for campus interactions. Even though the pandemic has not yet lifted, one can already make out the ways in which law schools’ adaptations to the pandemic will eventually be structured into legal education’s gene sequence.
Determination of the correlation relationship between irrigation and distribution of agricultural lands
Authors:   Bakı Dövlət Universiteti doktorant, Zakir oğlu İbrahimli Kamil
Published: May 2021

The importance of the statistical method is great in the study of natural and economic processes. It is possible to conduct analyzes and obtain results with the help of this method. Sometimes phenomena and processes co-exist and develop interdependently. In this case, it is necessary to determine the relationship between them, to express this relationship. Key words: perfect positive correlation, perfect negative correlation, direction of correlation, degree of correlation, methods of calculating correlation, Spearman᾽s method
Justification of resource-own technologies and technical equipment for preparing fodder on small livestock farms
Authors:   Azərbaycan Dövlət Aqrar Universiteti doktorant, Faiq qızı Verdiyeva Ləman
Published: May 2021

In the current situation, if the characteristic feature of livestock development is, on the one hand, related to the diversification of agriculture, on the other hand it is also associated with the production of various forms of ownership in the country, large farms and small private farms. At present, interrelated financial, technological, social and natural factors remain in our country as factors limiting the development of small-scale livestock farms. However, it should be noted that despite the lack of opportunities and material and technical support, small farms, peasant farmers and households currently produce more than 80% of meat and milk in our country.
Features of development and formation of morphostructures in Acinohur-Jeyranchol lowland
Authors:   Bakı Dövlət Univesrteti magistrant, Daməd oğlu Bağırov Ceyhun
Published: May 2021

The subject studies the formation of morphostructures and features of its development in Acinohur-Jeyranchol lowland. From the researches it can be concluded that the influence of the development of mofrostructures on the tendency, fragmentation, and viscosity is discussed. The formation of morphostructures also affects the development of different types of relief in the area. Analysis of morphological structures was studied with the help of maps, space rocks and other geographical materials.
Complex geomorphological characteristics and relief geodynamic features of morphostructural units of the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus
Authors:   Bakı Dövlət Universiteti magistrant, Tərlan oğlu Məmmədli Qüdrət
Published: May 2021

According to the modern geodynamic concept of lithosphere pans, the geological structure of the Greater Caucasus in the system of geosynclinal and platform regions is very complex. This situation, along with different conditions for the geomorphological development of the area, led to the formation of a complex and diverse relief with different ridges, massifs, inland basins, river valleys and other small morphostructures and morphosculptures. Key words: Greater Caucasus, southern part of Greater Caucasus, southern slopes, mosfostructure, geomorphological analysis, relief forms
The place of Azerbaijani geography on the topic of lithosphere in the geography curriculum
Authors:   Bakı  Dövlət Universiteti magistrant, Natiq qızı Məmmədli Elnurə
Published: May 2021

As we know, in the traditional teaching, the geography of Azerbaijan was taught in the VII grade. Physical geography of the Republic of Azerbaijan was taught in the first half of the eighth grade, and in the second half economic and social geography of the Republic of Azerbaijan was taught. In the curriculum geography it completely differs. In the active training, the geography of Azerbaijan is given both in the form of a free topic and in the all other topics.In this article was given an analysis of the lithosphere in Azerbaijan geography by grades and topics. Keywords: mud volcano, breccia, salza, denudation, accumulation, endogenous, exogenous, bedland
PERSIAPAN PESERTA UJIAN MENGHADAPI UJI KOMPETENSI NASIONAL DIII KEBIDANAN
Authors: Fitria Rahmah
Published: May 2021

ABSTRACT

 

The objective of this study was to look at the phenomenon of participant’s efforts in preparation for the National Diploma III Midwifery National competency test. The National Competency Test is an effort to measure the final result in the form of an outcome as a standard for measuring the knowledge, skills, and behavior of students in health institutions. This research used a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach. Data collection using the Snowball Sampling technique and collected using in-depth interviews conducted in a semi-structure. Data analysis refers to the constant comparative method and reliability is believed using triangulation. The results of the study revealed that all parties agreed with the policy of holding a national competency test but the participants opposed being carried out as an exit exam. The preparation that the exam participants did to face the Diploma III Midwifery National competency test used 3 methods, they were the private institution tutoring program, Self Directed Learning, and Institutional Guidance.

 

Keywords: National Competency Test; Midwife Competency Test; Midwifery Diploma; Exam Preparation.

ABSTRAK

 

Penelitian bertujuan melihat fenomena upaya persiapan peserta mempersiapkan diri menghadapi uji kompetensi nasional DIII Kebidanan. Uji Kompetensi Nasional adalah suatu upaya pengukuran hasil akhir berupa outcome sebagai standar untuk mengukur pengetahuan, keterampilan dan perilaku peserta didik pada institusi bidang kesehatan. Desain penelitian adalah kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik Snowball Sampling dan dikumpulkan dengan cara wawancara mendalam yang dilakukan secara semistruktur (Semistructure Interview). Analisis data mengacu pada constant comparative method dan kreabilitas diyakini dengan cara triangulasi. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa semua pihak setuju dengan kebijakan diadakan uji kompetensi nasional tetapi peserta ujian menentang dilaksanakan sebagai exit exam. Persiapan yang peserta ujian lakukan untuk menghadapi uji kompetensi nasional DIII Kebidanan menggunakan Tiga metode yaitu mengikuti program lembaga swasta bimbingan belajar, Self Directed Learning dan Bimbingan Institusi.

 

Kata kunci: Uji Kompetensi Nasional, Ukom Bidan, DIII Kebidanan, Persiapan Peserta Ujian.
LATIHAN FISIK PENDERITA DM TERHADAP PENURUNAN KONSENTRASI GLUKOSA DARAH, LDL DAN PENINGKATAN HDL
Authors: Soep Soep
Published: May 2021

Latar belakang; Diabetes melitus merupakan sindrom metabolisme yang dikarakteristikkan dengan kehilangan homeostatis glukosa sehingga menyebabkan kerusakan pada metabolisme glukosa, kolesterol, LDL dan HDL. Latihan fisik merupakan salah satu pilar penatalaksanaan DM. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui pengaruh latihan fisik terhadap kadar glukosa, kolesterol total, LDL dan HDL. Metode Penelitian; Penelitian  ini merupakan Kuasi-Eksperimental dengan rancangan pre-post-test group design. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini yaitu 47 orang. Latihan fisik dilaksanakan selama 4 minggu,5 kali/minggu dengan durasi 30 menit. Hasil Penelitian; Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh latihan fisik pada penderita DM terhadap penurunan glukosa darah, LDL dan peningkatan HDL di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Medan Helvetia dengan nilai p<0,05. Penelitian ini dapat dijadikan masukan bagi dalam pengambilan kebijakan dan peningkatan mutu pelayanan petugas kesehatan dalam menyelenggarakan kegiatan olah raga bagi penderita diabetes mellitus sebagai bagian dari penatalaksanaan diabetes mellitus dalam mengontrol gula darah dan profil lipid.
Pestis: The Collective Challenges of Epidemics
Authors: Ferreira Carlos Miguel , Serpa Sandro , Ferraz Jorge
Published: May 2021

Currently, COVID-19 is perceived as an epidemic, a new «plague», referring to the matrix metaphor of the pestis expressed in the series contagion – death – fear – isolation. This article aims to understand the multiple collective challenges posed by plague epidemics. The analysis of these challenges may contribute to the reflection on several dimensions that shape the COVID-19 pandemic threat. Individuals interpret the different pasts aiming to solve the problems they face in the present. The collective challenges that the political and medical «management» of the plague place are shaped by circumstantial coalitions of diverse interests, enabling the recognition, demarcation, and legitimisation of actions regarding its public management and control, materialised in concrete health policies, such as the development of several specific devices (isolation, health cordons, lazarettos, quarantine), thus intervening in the configuration of «collective management» of epidemics.
 
Received: 20 November 2020 / Accepted: 22 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
The Aspect of Mobility and Connectivity While Assessing the Neighbourhood Sustainability
Authors: Verovšek Špela , Zupančič Tadeja , Juvančič Matevž , Petrovčič Simon , Svetina Matija , Janež Miha , Pušnik Žiga , Bajec Iztok Lebar , Moškon Miha
Published: May 2021

The rapid evolution of information and communications technologies has brought the potential held by urban analytics up to a higher level and thus promises more well-informed decisions, including advances in the assessment methodologies and monitoring based on existing data and its reuse. The paper provides an insight into an ongoing national research project examining the assessment methodologies and data integration for the purpose of monitoring the progress as regards sustainability and quality in urban environments. Specifically, we focus on the level of the neighbourhoods; by measuring the extent to which the built environment comprehends the required characteristics and configuration for efficiency, or contribute to quality living and sustainability. Current study covers the aspect of efficient mobility and connectivity, revealing the potential of the location-based data provided by mobile devices and associated infrastructures. While such data are widely recognised as a beneficial source of information in various fields and solid advances have been made in both analytics and modelling, little progresses has been seen in exploiting that potential as regards sustainability assessment tools. This study examines the viability of indicators addressing travel time reliability throughout the empirical testbed, exemplified by six strategic routes associated with three neighbourhoods in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The paper summarizes current progress of the study.

 

Received: 21 January 2021 / Accepted: 22 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Albania and the Education Policies of Italy from the Beginning Until the End of the 30s of the Twentieth Century in Archival Documents and in the Albanian Press in General
Authors: Sota Jani , Lutaj Lindita
Published: May 2021

This paper is dedicated to the education policies of Italy for the expansion and consolidation of Italian schools in Albania, from the point of view of archival documents and the Albanian press at that time. The study focuses primarily on the efforts of the Italian government to organize the education system, establish schools, prepare programs and textbooks, equip schools with the necessary acts, etc., as an attempt to outline the European profile of education in Albania after 1912. As a part of the general analysis on the effects of the Italian schools on the life of Albanian society, would undoubtedly be the analysis of the "individual" type that it produced. On the one hand, the changes after the World War I generated a complex, renewed and more productive national education, but on the other hand, it was highly dependent on the Italian-Albanian education policies, and consequently, oriented towards a more open education system which promoted the cultural tendencies and aspirations of the Albanian nation. New democratic developments in Albania, gave us the opportunity to shed light on Italian-Albanian education policies within the context of the Italian-Albanian relations. Thanks to this, prominent figures left in oblivion, their work for the spread of new pedagogical ideas and the development of Western schools are given the acknowledgment that they deserve. The tendency to embrace and adapt those policies to the conditions of Albania of that time, reflect the important phenomenon of its developments and intellectual thought, so that the school could help more in the civilization and education of the Albanian society.

 

Received: 12 January 2021 / Accepted: 31 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Implementing of the COM-B Model in In-Service Training of Civil Servants as a Prerequisite for Effective Public Governance
Authors: Rozskazov Andriy G. , Chaliuk Yuliia O. , Anishchenko Viktoriia O. , Smal Iryna , Matviichuk Olena
Published: May 2021

The purpose of the study was to identify how the reshaped COM-B model-based refresher courses for the civil servants influences the sampled students’ intrinsic motives of performing their job functions and to identify how the students perceived the upgraded course that used the COM-B model. The study combined an exploratory design that was used in the baseline phase and a one-group-based pre-test-post-test design that was used in the quasi-experimental intervention. It used the data collection tools such as the baseline study online survey, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, the HR departments’ assessment reports, the Awareness of Public Service Legislation Test, and the focus group survey questionnaire. The IBM SPSS Statistics (25.0.0.1) was used to process the data. The reshaped COM-B model-based refresher courses for the civil servants are capable to influence positively the sampled students’ intrinsic motives of performing their job functions. The use of the COM-B model provides a triple influence on the intrinsic motives of the civil servants, changes their behaviour, and increases their work performance level. It was found that respondents benefited from the challenges of performing different roles in the civil service that they experienced in the course. They upgraded their professional knowledge. The extrinsic motivation factors dominate the civil servants’ motivation and the management of public institutions underperforms in identifying and using the appropriate solutions to stimulate the inner motivation in civil servants for higher standards of their work performance. The civil servants should receive yearly training using more student-focused methods, the cognition function development-aimed, and function-through-context-based.

 

Received: 12 December 2020 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
South Korea's Halal Tourism Policy - The Primacy of Demographic Changes and Regional Diplomacy
Authors: Marlinda Ajeng Puspa , Cipto Bambang , Al-Fadhat Faris , Jubba Hasse
Published: May 2021

Halal tourism policies are alternatives in the diversification of the tourism industry. In non-Muslim majority countries, such as Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea, these policies expand the market segmentation, especially tourists from Muslim majority countries. This paper explains the halal tourism policy in South Korea, which only started in the last 5 years. Specifically, it analyzes various factors supporting halal tourism in South Korea, despite being a non-Muslim majority country. The study uses qualitative data collected through direct observation and interviews. This paper argues that economic and market factors are not the only considerations for the Korean government in supporting this policy. The results indicate that halal tourism emerged due to domestic demographic changes with increasing Islam in South Korea. Moreover, this policy was strengthened by China's economic pressure, which restricted its population from visiting South Korea. The restriction was due to the adoption of the THAAD policy by the Korean government. This study recommends that research on halal tourism should be conducted in other non-Muslim, or compared to Muslim majority countries. Moreover, the research time should be increased to establish result differences. Future studies should also adopt different scientific perspectives apart from international relations.

 

Received: 18 February 2021 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
The Recognition of Customary Rights by Indonesian Constitutional Court
Authors: Rudy . , Perdana Ryzal , Wijaya Rudi
Published: May 2021

Formal law and customary rights never-ending contest have been a challenge for Indonesia in its effort to construct a modern nation. In this kind of battle, there are two conflicting values, the certainty of law versus harmonious value within society. However, the idea of constitutionalism can incorporate customary law as part of its fabric. Within the array of positivism and legal pluralism, the Indonesian Constitutional Court is trying to take leadership in the role of customary rights recognition. One of the legal standings that can put a petition to the constitutional court is a representative of the adat community as long as it still lives according to the values Indonesian State as required by legislation. The provision requires the existence of customary communities stipulated in a specific law. However, the required legislation is not stipulated yet in Indonesia, creating the institutional difficulty for The Constitutional Court upon accepting the customary rights case from specific adat communities. Given the limitation, this paper turns attention to how the Indonesian Constitutional Court deals with the recognition of customary rights as outlined in the Constitution. This study will attempt at answering this question by integrating the reading of Indonesia Constitutional Court judgments, the institutional framework analysis with a sociological approach through Indonesian Constitutional Court judges’ interviews. The study reveals one possible picture of how customary law and constitutionalism can co-exist in the same vision in Indonesia's pluralistic society.   This co-existence is not without risk of tension, but with the possibility of success under the name of constitutionalism order to protect, rather than neglect, the national people living on the plural law.

 

Received: 16 January 2021 / Accepted: 6 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Covid-19 Pandemic: Psychological, Social and Economic Impacts on Saudi Society
Authors: Alkhamshi Sara Saleh , Bin Shalhoubm Haiaf abdulrahman , Hammad Mohammad Ahmed , Alshahrani Hind Fayi
Published: May 2021

COVID-19 is a global crisis that has caused many consequences on societies, including Saudi society. For instance, fear, anxiety, and social divergence due to the disease's rapid spread and the absence of efficacious treatment. In addition to closures and quarantine. This study aims at identifying the psychological, social, and economic effects on Saudi society. We used the analytic approach. More specifically, the snowball sampling method was conducted with (1624 participants) aged between (18 -+60) during the COVID-19 pandemic from Riyadh and Najran cities. Accordingly, an online survey was conducted during the outbreak's peak phase, using the researchers' questionnaire. The results indicated that the psychological impact level was 42.25%, social (64.4%), and economic (51%) on Saudi society during the COVID-19 outbreak. In particular, psychosocial influence levels are exceptionally high for unmarried women, patients, and over 60 years. In contrast, the economic impact is high for married couples, private sector employees, and those living in rural areas with less than SAR 5,000. As a result, the study recommended that the Saudi government pay more attention to individuals' social, psychological, and economic aspects by developing medium and long-term political strategies, such as mapping the rates of psychological, social, and economic health problems to allocate adequate support and creating innovative ways online to increase the people well-being.

 

Received: 2 February 2021 / Accepted: 31 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
The Use of Social Media as a Platform in Education: Ramifications of COVID-19 in Iraq
Authors: Makki Alaa , Bali Ahmed Omar
Published: May 2021

Social media applications have become a vital tool for human daily communication and are widely used in the education process worldwide. Regardless of the use of social media by some instructors as a personal initiative, in Iraq, social media's use for educational purposes has been neglected. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the world to implement online teaching using varying technology applications including social media as an essential tool in the learning process. This shifted the Iraqi government’s understanding of social media's role in education to the extent that they formally recommended that the educational departments, schools, universities use social media as a formal platform to keep the education going. However, there were concerns about using social media for several factors such as internet services, information and communication technology skills of instructors and students, integrity, and quality insurance of education. This study investigated the teachers' and students’ perceptions regarding these concerns by adopting a survey method through an online questionnaire using 'google forms' (N= 2010) with responses from teachers and students of universities and high schools and parents of students of basic schools. This study revealed that less than half of the respondents were in favor of using social media in the learning process. The findings suggested that the educational level, age, and geographical hierarchies and jobs of respondents are also correlated with using social media and e-learning.

 

Received: 12 September 2020 / Accepted: 11 February 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Tourism and Cultural Interaction: A Paradoxical Relationship
Authors: Ferraz Jorge , Serpa Sandro
Published: May 2021

The objective of this paper is to discuss and contribute to the understanding of the relationship between tourism and cultural interaction, as well as the relationship between people of different cultural backgrounds in tourist context. The interaction between cultures framed by an ideal intercultural communication is frequently the center of a tourism discourse, promoting a possible heavenly world brought by tourism. This paper argues that its relationship is, by definition, problematic because of the complexities of the tourism and the cultural phenomena, clearly shown on the contemporary social and scientific debate about monoculturalism, multiculturalism and interculturalism, and the problems and paradoxes it entails. The discourses of international organizations on the specific subjects of cultural issues and relationships, having in mind their institutional roles, also reflect, in their choices and silences, the complexity of the subject. The main conclusion of this piece of research is that such a relationship is inescapably complex, and sometimes paradoxical and contradictory or irreducible due to the complex natures of tourism and intercultural communication themselves.

 

Received: 18 January 2021 / Accepted: 2 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Readiness of Social Services Specialists for Gender-Sensitive Activities with Offence-Prone Juveniles
Authors: Rasskazova Olha , Anholenko Valentyna , Kravchenko Anton , Sulimenko Olha , Mohylka Oleksandr , Kuzminykh Maryna
Published: May 2021

This research deals with the issue of diagnosing the readiness of social services workers to implement gender-sensitive approach to working with offence-prone juveniles. As a subject of such diagnosis, we have determined a corresponding professional readiness – social service specialist’s theoretical and instrumental mastery of a sum of methods, means and techniques, and also offence-prone juvenile resocialization algorithms that are based on gender-sensitive approach. Criterion basis for researching the readiness state of social services specialists for gender-sensitive activities with offence-prone juveniles (motivation criterion: aiming towards success in the profession; ability to implement professional aims, notably to work with juvenile offenders; cognitive criterion: knowledge of legal and regulatory framework of Ukraine, primarily international documents that protect the rights of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care, notably the juvenile offenders, which were ratified by Ukraine; knowledge regarding non-discriminatory approach to social work with offence-prone juveniles; theoretical and practical knowledge and abilities, which are necessary during resocialization of juveniles based on gender-sensitive approach; operation-activity criterion: ability to analyze, predict, develop and carry out social projects and technologies aimed at social-pedagogical accompaniment based on gender-sensitive approach; ability to carry out social-pedagogical accompaniment of juveniles, taking into account non-discriminatory approach) was justified. The result of diagnostics that was carried out for social services specialists shows mostly medium and low levels of readiness practically by all indexes, “blind spots” and contemporary challenges of such preparation were defined. It was proven that such preparation must be based on pervasive approach and the concept of constant professional growth, raising qualification and life-long education.

 

Received: 8 February 2021 / Accepted: 19 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
Albanian Schools in The Framework of The European Education Standards During 1920 - 1939
Authors: Sota Jani
Published: May 2021

Since the beginning, the first Albanian school had the physiognomy of a school with a contemporary tendency. It is well known that the creators and founders were the Renaissance man, who praised and supported the ideas of the new pedagogy. This mindset set the Albanian school free from the mentality of didactic practices, which were commonly used by the old school. Over the years, Albanian education has tried to follow the footsteps of the European education. The object of this study is to recognize the attitude that Albanian school has held towards new pedagogical theories and developments of Western schools, as well as its tendency to embrace and adapt them to the political, economic, social and cultural situation of Albania. Here, I want to present this important phenomenon of the development of Albanian education and our pedagogical thought during the '20s and '30s of the 20th   century. The purpose of this study is to give a scientific synthesis of the history of the development of education and pedagogical ideas in Albania, from 1920 until 1939. Within the limits allowed in a research paper, the reader can draw certain conclusions and experiences. If we look back and see how this progressive trend, turned into a movement that was becoming more powerful day by day and if we take a look at the past and all the other developments during 1920-1939, it is not difficult to understand that this trend would also appear in the Albanian school system. The basic legitimacy is that all dimensions of time - past, present and future are directly reflected in the fact that during all these years the Albanian education has tried to follow the footsteps of the European education.

 

Received: 2 February 2021 / Accepted: 19 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
A Corpus-Driven Study of Terms Used to Refer to Articles and Methods in Research Abstracts in the Fields of Economics, Education, English Literature, Nursing, and Political Science
Authors: Hussein Riyad F. , Haider Ahmad S. , Al-Sayyed Sa'ida Walid
Published: May 2021

The present study attempts to identify the most frequent terms that are used in research abstracts relating to research articles designations, research methods, and research goals and quantify them in various disciplines, namely, economics, education, English literature, nursing, and political science to see whether there is a unique pattern characterizing terms peculiar to each of the five disciplines under investigation. It also explains why specific terms are overused/ underused by researchers. The current study follows a corpus-driven approach. For this purpose, we compiled a corpus of 2500 research abstracts from online refereed journals in the fields mentioned above. The corpus linguistic software program, AntConc (3.5.8), was used to analyze the collected data. The analysis revealed that some terms are more frequently used in some areas than others. For example, the term 'study' was the most common word to designate academic research. The most frequent term to refer to population and subject-related terms was 'sample/s,' while the least frequent was 'interviewee/s.' The words used to designate tools or instruments varied, with 'test' being the most frequent and 'checklist/s' the least. This study is of significant benefit for researchers in various disciplines. It acquaints them with terms used to designate articles in their respective fields, in addition to terms used most frequently to refer to sample- related terms and finally to words used for setting goals such as objectives, aims, and goals. This, in turn, can help researchers and graduate students embarking on writing their theses to opt for the most relevant terms peculiar to their disciplines. Unlike most studies that focused on developing academic word lists (AWL), this study set off with terms previously established and used in research bodies and research abstracts to unveil their popularity and the extent to which they are used in various discipline abstracts.

 

Received: 20 January 2021 / Accepted: 30 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Basotho Teenage Mothers’ Experiences in Early Motherhood at a Rural School
Authors: Mukuna Kananga Robert
Published: May 2021

This study explored Basotho teenage mothers' experiences in early motherhood at a rural school in a district in South Africa. The interpretative phenomenological qualitative approach and the contextual and phenomenological study designs were used in this study. Five participants (N=5) were purposively selected. Semi-structured interviews were employed as a tool for data collection. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the data. The findings demonstrated that Basotho teenage mothers experience insufficient support from the family and the school management team. They are expelled from the school during their pregnancy and only allowed to return to school after giving birth.  They also lack support from their teenage husbands. Thus, Basotho teenage mothers are stigmatised, discriminated against, and lack support from their teenage husbands, peers, and the community during their early motherhood. The study recommended that the School-Based Support Team (SBST) should train teachers on the best support mechanisms for teenage mothers.

 

Received: 24 August 2020 / Accepted: 21 November 2020 / Published: 10 May 2021
Teachers’ Perspectives on Professional Development in South Africa and Nigeria: Towards an Andragogical Approach
Authors: Ajani Oluwatoyin Ayodele
Published: May 2021

This study explored the perspectives of teachers in both South Africa and Nigeria on professional development using andragogical approach. The quality of teachers translates to the quality of the education system; this is why many African countries have been making a significant impact on the professional development of their teachers. A qualitative method approach was employed to explore the views of South African and Nigerian teachers on the professional development activities available to them. Adult learning theory was used as the theoretical framework to underpin this interpretive study. Data collection was through semi-structured face to face interviews with 6 Heads of Departments and semi-structured focus group interviews with 10 teachers from 16 high schools in both countries. The interviews were audio-recorded with permissions from the participants, further transcribed, coded and analysed through content thematic analysis. Findings from both countries revealed that though there were professional development programmes for teachers. However, they were inadequate and irregular for the teachers every year. The study, therefore, recommends appropriate professional development activities for teachers at least once a term. The study also recommends that these professional development activities should focus on the teachers’ diverse classroom needs.

 

Received: 12 August 2020 / Accepted: 3 November 2020 / Published: 10 May 2021
Source alerts can reduce the harms of foreign disinformation
Authors: Arnold Jason Ross , Reckendorf Alexandra , Wintersieck Amanda L.
Published: May 2021

Social media companies have begun to use content-based alerts in their efforts to combat mis- and disinformation, including fact-check corrections and warnings of possible falsity, such as “This claim about election fraud is disputed.” Another harm reduction tool, source alerts, can be effective when a hidden foreign hand is known or suspected. This paper demonstrates that source alerts (e.g., “Determined by Twitter to be a Russian government account”) attached to pseudonymous posts can reduce the likelihood that users will believe and share political messages.
FORMULASI DAN EVALUASI PERMEN JELLY SAMBILOTO (Andrographis paniculata Nees) MENGGUNAKAN BASIS KARAGENAN-KONJAK
Authors: Rahmamulia Yusdwianta Adinda , Dwi Lestari Ratih , Dwihan Saputra Damas
Published: May 2021

Sambiloto merupakan bahan alami yang memiliki khasiat dapat meningkatkan fungsi sistem pertahanan tubuh. Dengan memformulasikan ekstrak sambiloto ke dalam formula permen jelly akan menambah nilai gizi yang terkandung dalam permen jelly. Permen jelly sambiloto dapat meningkatkan pemanfaatan herba sambiloto (Andrographidis paniculata Nees) menjadi sediaan yang mampu diterima oleh berbagai kalangan masyarakat. Mengetahui formulasi yang tepat dalam pembuatan permen jelly dengan penambahan karagenan dan konjak.

  Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan penelitian eksperimental dengan rancangan percobaan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan satu faktor yang terdiri dari 3 formula perbandingan karagenan – konjak dengan konsentrasi 2%, 2,5%, dan 3%.

  Evaluasi permen jelly yang dilakukan meliputi keseragaman bobot dan pengujian hedonik dengan atribut warna, rasa, aroma, tekstur, dan nilai uji hedonik keseluruhan (overall). Bobot rata-rata permen jelly adalah 5,12 gram dengan penyimpangan bobot 0,01 sampai 0,11%, formula terpilih ditentukan berdasarkan hasil uji hedonik. Nilai uji hedonik tertinggi didapatkan oleh perlakuan F2(2,5%) dan F3(3%) dengan hasil tidak beda nyata yaitu 6,35 dan 6,36. Permen jelly sambiloto dengan konsentrasi karagenan-konjak 3% (F3) dipilih sebagai formula terbaik, karena memiliki tingkat kesukaan paling tinggi Semakin besar konsentrasi karagenan konjak yang ditambahkan pada formulasi berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan kekerasan, kekenyalan, aroma dan kepekatan warna permen jelly sambiloto yang dihasilkan
A new way to derive the Rodrigues formula for the Lorentz group
Authors:   BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA E-mail address: dandrica@math.ubbcluj.ro, ANDRICA DORIN , ROHAN RAMONA-ANDREEA ,   BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA E-mail address: ramona.rohan@ubbcluj.ro
Published: May 2021

Using the system (1.4) in Theorem 1.1, we present in Section 3 a new way to derive the Rodrigues formula for the exponential map of the Lorentz group SO(3, 1).
Separation problem for the Grushin differential operator in Banach spaces
Authors:   MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT RABIGH COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ART KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY P. O. BOX 344, RABIGH 21911, SAUDI ARABIA, ATIA H. A. ,   ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SCIENCE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT ZAGAZIG, EGYPT E-mail address: h a atia@hotmail.com
Published: May 2021

Our goal in this work is to study the separation problem for the Grushin differential operator formed by ... in the Banach space H1(R2), where the potential Q(x, y) ∈ L(1), is a bounded linear operator which transforms at 1 in value of (x, y).
Note on stability of the Cauchy equation – an answer to a problem of Th. M. Rassias
Authors:   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY PODCHORA¸ ZYCH ˙ 2, PL-30-084 KRAKOW, POLAND E-mail address: jbrzdek@up.krakow.pl, BRZDEK JANUSZ
Published: May 2021

We give an answer to a problem formulated by Th. M. Rassias in 1991 concerning stability of the Cauchy equation; we also disprove a conjecture of Th. M. Rassias and J. Tabor. In particular, we present a new method for proving stability results for functional equations.
Superadditivity and subadditivity of some functionals with applications to inequalities
Authors:   MATHEMATICS, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & SCIENCE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, PO BOX 14428 MELBOURNE CITY, MC 8001, AUSTRALIA E-mail address: sever.dragomir@vu.edu.au URL: http://rgmia.org/dragomir, DRAGOMIR S. S. ,   SCHOOL OF COMPUTATIONAL & APPLIED MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND PRIVATE BAG 3, JOHANNESBURG 2050, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail address: sever.dragomir@wits.ac.za
Published: May 2021

The superadditivity and subadditivity properties of certain composite functionals are investigated. Applications in refining Jensen’s, Holder’s, Minkowski’s and Schwarz’s inequalities are given.
The least r-concave majorant of the continuity modulus ωr
Authors:   DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY EROILOR 29, 500 036 BRASOV, ROMANIA E-mail address: marias td@yahoo.com, TALPAU DIMITRIU MARIA ,   mdimitriu@unitbv.r
Published: May 2021

We define the least r-concave majorant for the modulus of continuity of order r on C[a, b], denoted by −r ω r and we establish the inequality ...
The lichens of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Authors: Wilkie I.C.
Published: May 2021

A total of 62 lichen taxa was found during a survey of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Scotland conducted in 2018-20. This adds 54 taxa to the previous list of 14 recorded in the Gardens. Twelve lichen species have not been previously recorded in Glasgow and two - Catillaria nigroclavata and Verrucaria dolosa - are new to VC77 (Lanarkshire). Factors affecting the distribution and diversity of lichens in the Gardens are discussed.
Creative cities and sustainable development: mural-based tourism as a local public strategy
Authors: De Miguel-Molina María , Santamarina-Campos Virginia , De Miguel-Molina Blanca , Segarra-Oña María del Val
Published: May 2021

Creative locations become a key element of public regeneration strategies and develop innovative services based on intellectual proper ty. Some communities that have chosen to develop their tourism potential through the use of murals have improved their local development in a sustainable way, thus meeting a need expressed by tourists to create a more active experience with an opportunity for the destination to embed experiences in the locality. In this study, which was carried out as part of an international cooperation research project with Uruguay, we have explored whether Uruguayan mural art may be a way for Uruguayan towns to develop sustainable, creative, mural-based tourism. We used a qualitative content analysis, through in-person interviews, and found that its potential has not been exploited due to the lack of an organized public strategy.Keywords: creative cities, mural art, local sustainable development, mural-based tourism.Ciudades creativas y desarrollo sostenible: turismo basado en el arte mural como estrategia pública localResumen: Las localidades creativas son un elemento clave para el impulso de estrategias de regeneración pública y de creación de servicios innovadores basados en la propiedad intelectual. Algunas comunidades que han optado por desarrollar su potencial turístico a través del arte mural han mejorado su desarrollo local de manera sostenible, uniendo la necesidad de los turistas de vivir una experiencia más activa con la oportunidad de incluir en esas experiencias a la localidad. En este estudio, llevado a cabo en el marco de un proyecto de investigación de cooperación internacional con Uruguay, analizamos si el arte muralista uruguayo podría ser una vía para las localidades uruguayas de desarrollar un turismo sostenible y creativo. Para ello hemos realizado un análisis cualitativo del contenido de diversas entrevistas observando que dicho potencial no ha sido explotado debido a la falta de una estrategia pública organizada.Palabras clave: ciudades creativas, arte mural, desarrollo local, turismo basado en el muralismo.