bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Causes of lower urinary tract disease in Czech cat population
Authors: Hřibová Barbora , Ceplecha Václav , Řeháková Kristína , Proks Pavel , Gabriel Vojtěch , Kohoutová Ludmila , Crha Michal
Published: January 2020

This study was done to investigate epidemiological data and to report causes of lower urinary tract disease in a population of cats presented at the Small Animal Clinic of the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno. Cats presented with lower urinary tract disease signs that had undergone a thorough physical examination and urinalysis (dipstick, urine specific gravity, urine sediment and dipslide urine culture) were included in the study. Urine samples were collected only by cystocentesis or sterile catheterization. Bloodwork, abdominal ultrasound, and abdominal radiographs were performed in 118 (66%), 170 (96%) and 9 (5%) patients, respectively. Cats that were treated with antibiotics or glucocorticoids during an episode of feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) or during the foregoing month and which had undergone perineal urethrostomy or catheterization in private practice, were excluded. The study population consisted of 177 cats. Forty-one (23%) cats were diagnosed with a urethral plug, 26 cats (14%) with a urinary tract infection (UTI), 9 cats (5%) with urolithiasis and 101 cats (57%) with feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC). The cats diagnosed with UTI were significantly older than the cats with FIC, urethral plugs and urolithiasis. Urinary tract infection was diagnosed significantly more often in patients older than 10 years, and in female cats. The diagnosis of urethral plug was made significantly more often in males. Feline idiopathic cystitis and urethral plugs are the most common causes of FLUTD, and the causes are significantly age and sex-related.
Güneş Enerji Sistemi Tasarımı: Kanatlı Hayvan Çiftliği Örneği
Authors: Karaagac Mehmet Onur , OGUL Hasan , Bardak Selahattin
Published: January 2020

Enerji, sanayileşmenin alt
yapısı ve günlük hayatın vazgeçilmez bir unsurudur. Bu nedenle, enerji ihtiyacı
ulusal ve uluslararası gündemde oldukça önemli bir yer tutar. Enerji
ihtiyacının her geçen gün artması ve sanayileşme hedefleri gerçekleştirilirken
önemli çevre sorunlarının ortaya çıkmış olması gibi nedenlerle yenilenebilir
enerji kaynaklarının kullanımına olan ilgiyi artırmıştır. Kanatlı hayvan
yetiştiriciliği Türkiye ve Dünyada hızlı büyüyen sektörlerden biridir. Bununla
birlikte son zamanlarda çiftlik kapalı alanlarında iklimlendirme-havalandırma,
aydınlatma ve besleme sistemleri kullanılması üretim kalite ve verimlerinin
hızla artmasını sağlamaktadır. Buna endeksli olarak, daha iyi kalite ve yüksek
verime ulaşabilmek için kullanılan yöntem ve makinelerden dolayı enerji
tüketimi de doğru orantılı olarak artmaktadır. Yapılan bu tesis tasarımıyla
tavuk çiftliğinin çatısına yerleştirilen güneş panellerinden elde edilen
elektrikle yemleme cihazlarının elektrikli motorları, aydınlatma ve
iklimlendirme sisteminin elektriğinin karşılanması amaçlanmıştır. Tavuk çiftliğinin
aylık ortalama elektrik tüketimi ise 2778 kWh bulunmuştur. 1000 adet tavuğun
yetiştirileceği çiftlikte aylık ortalama elektrik tüketim maliyeti 1290 TL,
yıllık toplam maliyeti ise 15.480 TL olarak bulunmuştur. Çatıya kurulacak olan
sistemin aylık ortalama üretimi 2875 kWh olarak hesaplanırken yıllık toplam
elektrik üretimi 34510 kWh bulunmuştur. Çatıya yerleştirilen fotovoltaik
panellerin kendini amorti süresi 6 yıl olarak hesaplanmış ve güneş enerji ile
üretim yapan bu tesis tasarımı sayesinde 32439.4 kg CO2 salınımı da
engellenmiştir.
Cam Yüzeye Ag ve Ni Nano Parçacıkların Tutunmasına Hazırlama Tekniğinin Etkisi
Authors: AYTURAN Zeynep Cansu , DURSUN Şükrü
Published: January 2020

Nano malzeme üretimi
günümüz dünyasının gelişen konularından bir tanesidir. Nano malzemeler
sayesinde hijyen ürünleri, temizlik ürünleri, inşaat sektörü, kirlilik
önlenmesi ve giderimi, askeri amaçlar gibi birçok farklı alanda yeni
teknolojiler geliştirilmesi mümkün olabilir. Bu malzemelerin hazırlanması
amacıyla kullanılan hidrotermal, ıslak emdirme gibi birçok yöntem bulunmakla
birlikte bunlardan en çok tercih edileni sol-jel yöntemidir. Sol-gel
yönteminde, bir öncü malzeme uygun bir çözücü içinde çözülür. Belirli bir süre
boyunca karıştırma prosedüründen sonra, sol hazırlanır ve pH değerlerine göre
sabit kalır veya jel formuna döner. Sol formunda kaplama yapılarak oluşturulan
nanomalzemelerin hazırlanmasında kullanılırken, jel formunda toz malzemelerin
hazırlanmasında kullanılır. Bu çalışmada kapsamında nanoparçacıklar üretilmiş
ve cam yüzeye sol-jel ve daldırma ile kaplama yöntemleri kullanılarak
kaplanmıştır. Temel nanomateryal olarak TiO2 içeren sol daha önceden
denenmiş bir teknikle hazırlanmıştır. TiO2'yi hazırlamak için
kullanılan kimyasallar ve molar oranlar sabit tutulurken, karışım periyodu, pH,
ilave sırası, kimyasal çeşidi ve miktarları vb. gibi parametreler
değiştirilerek bir katkı maddesi olarak Ag ve Ni nanoparçacıklarının
eklenebilmesi için başka bir sol daha hazırlanarak, karışmaları sağlanmıştır.
Toplamda 8 adet deneme yapılarak cam yüzeye kaplanmıştır. Nanoparçacıkların
hazırlanmasında kullanılan bu denemelerin sonuçları, enerji yayılımlı X-Işını
(EDX) analizlerine göre Ag ve Ni' nin cam yüzeyine yapışma yüzdelerine bakılarak
karşılaştırılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında ayrıca ilk 5 deneme için X-ışını
kırınım (XRD) analizleri de yaptırılmış ve elde edilen kırınım grafikleri de
dikkate alınarak yorumlanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda denemelerin çoğunluğunda
yüksek yüzdelerde tutunma oranları elde edilmiş ve tutunmaya en çok etki eden
faktörlerin eklenen malzeme yüzdesi, kimyasal ekleme sırası ve molar oranlar
olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Jeotermal Enerji Kaynaklı Ara Isıtmalı Organik Rankine Çevriminin Konvansiyonel ve İleri Ekserji Analizi
Authors: USTAOĞLU Abid
Published: January 2020

Bu çalışmada, iş akışkanı
olarak R152a kullanan jeotermal destekli ara ısıtmalı organik Rankine
çevriminin konvansiyonel ve ileri ekserji analizleri yapılmıştır. Sistemin
geliştirme potansiyelini belirlemek için ekserji yıkımının
önlenebilir/kaçınılamaz kısımları, komponentler arasındaki etkileşim hakkında
detaylıca bir analiz yapabilmek için de içsel/dışsal kısımları belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca
yoğuşturucu ve buharlaştırıcı basınçlarının sistem performansı üzerindeki
etkisi incelenmiştir. Ekserji ve enerji verimleri sırasıyla %50.69 ve %14.04
olarak hesaplanmıştır. İleri analiz sonuçlarına göre sistem çok büyük oranda
kaçınılmaz (%95.04) ve içsel (%86.6) ekserji yıkımlarına sahiptir. Buradan
sistemin sadece %5’lik bir geliştirme potansiyeli olduğu görülmektedir. Türbinlerdeki
tersinmezliklerin tamamı dışsal iken, pompa ve buharlaştırıcıdaki
tersinmezliklerin hepsi kendilerinden kaynaklanmaktadır. Toplam içsel
ekserjikısmının en yüksek yüzdesi yaklaşık %93 ile buharlaştırıcıda meydana
gelmiştir. En yüksek ekserji yıkımı buharlaştırıcıda olmakla birlikte bu
bileşendeki geliştirme potansiyeli sıfırdır. Türbinlerdeki önlebilir ekserji
yıkımı, toplam önlenebilir kısmın 
%85.34’üne eşittir. Sonuçlar, sistemin performansını geliştirmek için öncelikle
odaklanılması gereken
komponetlerin alçak ve yüksek basınç türbinleri olduğu göstermektedir.
Conductance and Density of Interface State Characteristics of Mn Doped CdO Photodiodes
Authors: KOÇ Mümin Mehmet
Published: January 2020

Sol-gel
technique was used to fabricate CdO and Mn doped CdO solutions which were used
to produce thin films. Undoped and 0.2% Mn doped, 6% Mn doped, and 10% Mn doped
solutions were spin coated on Si wafers to fabricate photodiodes. Conductance –
voltage (G - V) measurements were performed. Mn doping enhances the conductance
properties of the CdO diodes. Increased conductance characteristics were
obtained with increasing AC signal frequency. Corrective conductance – voltage
(Gadj – V) graphs were obtained using conductance voltage graphs.
Increased corrective conductance (Gadj) values were obtained with
increasing AC signal frequency. Using corrective conductance – voltage (Gadj
– V) and conductance – voltage (G - V) data density of interface states (Dit)
values of the diodes were calculated. Different density of state values were
obtained for the different photodiode. Density of state values were found to
increase with increased Mn doping.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES IN THE PERIOD OF ULUGH BEG AND ATTITUDE OF RELIGIOUS SECTS
Authors: UTKU Mustafa Onur
Published: January 2020

Uluğ Bey, 24 Mart 1394 yılında Sultaniye’de dünyaya gelmiştir. Annesi Gevher Şad Ağa, babası ise Şahruh’tur. Çocukluk yılları dedesinin seferleri sırasında onunla beraber geçmiştir. 1404 yılına gelindiğinde dedesi tarafından Öge Begüm
ile evlendirilmiştir. Emir Timur’un ölümünün ardından taht mücadelesi sonrası babası Şahruh hükümdar olmuştur. Babası tarafından kendisine Semerkant ve Maveraünnehir verilmiştir. Bu bölgedeki hâkimiyetini sağladıktan sonra ilmi
faaliyetlerde bulunmaya başlamıştır. Şahruh’un öldüğü 1447 yılına dek seferlere çıkmak yerine bölgesinin gelişmesine yönelik işler yapmıştır. 1447’de tahta geçmişse de 2 sene sonra 1449 yılında oğlu Abdüllatif tarafından indirilmiştir.
Hacca gitmek için yola çıktığında oğlu tarafından öldürtülmüştür. Semerkant hâkimliği sırasında kendisine hocalık etmiş âlimlerle bir medrese ve rasathane inşa etmiştir. Medresede verilen eğitim neticesinde Ali Kuşçu gibi çok önemli
bir bilim adamı yetişmiştir. Uluğ Bey, rasathanede icra ettikleri gözlem ve hesapları Ziyc-i Uluğ Bey adlı eserde ortaya koymuştur. Yapmış olduğu bu eser günümüzün hesaplarına çok yakın bir tutarlılıktadır. Onun yapmış olduğu bu
çalışmalar bazı dini tarikatlar tarafından hoş karşılanmamıştır. Bu sebeple ölümüne giden süreç içerisinde tarikatların da parmağı bulunmaktadır.
Turkish Homeland Ötüken
Authors: DAĞ İbrahim
Published: January 2020

Ötüken’i etimolojik kökeni, coğrafi konumu, tarihsel ve dini başlıklar altında toplayan bu çalışmada, bugün ki zavhan-aymak sınırları içerisinde ki Ötüken’i tarihsel ve dini süreçlerde değişimi dikkatlere sunulmuştur. Zavhan aymak’taki
Otgon Tenger dağının vadisi ve Karakurum’a kadar ulaşan geniş bir coğrafyayı anlatmaktadır. Etimolojik kökeninin ayrımı üzerinde durulmuş bu kelimelerin ana yapısına bakılmaya gayret edilmiştir. Hunlar, Göktürkler ve Uygurlar dönemindeki
tarihsel süreçte Ötüken’in konumu dikkatlere sunulmuş olup dini bir kült haline gelen coğrafya aktarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Kitabeler açısından önemi ve Türk tarihine mirası da ayrıca ele alınmaktadır. 1200 yıllık Türk yurdunun millet
açısından önemi ve ilk yurt Ergenekon’dan gelişte aktarılmaya çalışılmaktadır.
COMMUNICATION, GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION
Authors: İLHAMİ Tolga
Published: January 2020

Bu araştırmada iletişim teknolojilerinin, eğitimin küreselleşmesiyle olan ilişkisi açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır. İçinde yaşadığımız dünyada iletişim teknolojilerinin gelişimi ve kurulan alt yapıyla birlikte tek tuşla bilgi, ekonomi, mal
ve hizmetler bir yerden başka bir yere büyük bir hızla geçebilir. Küresel iletişim için küreselleşmeye, küreselleşme için de iletişime ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır ve bu süreç de eğitimi etkilemektedir. Liberal ekonomi düşüncesiyle devletler
kendini sınırlamış ve piyasa etkinliğini özel şirketlere bırakmaya başlamıştır. Bilgisayarlar ve teknolojik aletler eğitimde kullanılırken eğitim de küreselleşmeye başlamıştır. Küreselleşmeyle birlikte eğitime yeni kavramlar girmiştir.
Küreselleşmenin kavramları eğitimin küreselleşme sürecini hızlandırmıştır. Bu süreçte eğitimin başarı ölçütünde değişimler yaşanmıştır. Uluslar arası başarı sınavları eğitimin başarı ölçütünde önemli bir yeri vardır. Bu sınavlardan
iyi sonuç alan eğitim kurumları başarılı kabul edilirken iyi sonuç alamayan eğitim kurumları başarısız kabul edilmiştir. Eğitim özü itibariyle toplumların kültürünü gelecek nesillere aktarır. Ancak küreselleşme oluşturduğu küresel
tüketim kültürü ile tek tip kültür yaratır. Eğitimin küreselleşmesiyle birlikte eğitim küresel unsurlar taşır. Eğitimin küreselleşmesinin araştırıldığı bu araştırmada medya, sosyal medya, iletişim küreselleşme ve eğitim kavramları
incelenmiş ve ilişkileri açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır.
Congress of Russian Language Teachers in the Southern Federal District
Authors: Narushevich A. G.
Published: January 2020

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The Palette of the Nineties in the Poetry of Olga Fokina
Authors: Petrova T. V. , Shurykina L. S.
Published: January 2020

The article discusses the functioning of colourisms in the linguistic space of a literary poetic text and their role in creating an author’s worldview. For analysis, the poetic cycle by O. Fokina «Wreath of Sonnets» (1998) was chosen. Сolourisms are described from the position of the recipient. Among them are those directly denoting colours, as well as indirect colour designations represented by individual thematic groups of aesthetically significant lexis. The author considers their mutual influence and connection with the context; analyses the composition of colourisms, the features of their use and the role in creating a common colour palette of the cycle and visual flexible verbal images. It is concluded that the verbalization of colour in the «Wreath of Sonnets» by O. Fokina relies on the use of lexical units denoting colour both directly and indirectly (associatively). The direct colour designations in the cycle create a predominantly achromatic palette. The chromatic palette is formed primarily by lexical units denoting colour associatively
The Semantics of the Confix
Authors: Osilbekova D. A.
Published: January 2020

The confix is the most common term denoting the combination of word-forming affixes attached simultaneously to the derivative stem. There is no consensus in linguistics regarding whether complex morphemes should be distinguished, and if so, what should be attributed to them. The semantic autonomy of word-forming affixes included in the combination is indicated as the main argument against the allocation of complex morphemes. The article examines the extent of semantic cohesion of their components on the example of confixes of nouns and verbs. The present findings confirm that the following confixes comply with the criterion for the unity of component values: (1) substantive confixes with a spatial value, a collective value and the value of incompleteness of feature; (2) verbal confixes with the meaning of perfect forms; (3) confixes with desemantizated prefixes or suffixes.
Quantitative and Qualitative Behavioral Measurements to Assess Pain in Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Authors: Llaniguez Jeremy T , Szczepaniak Morgan A , Rickman Barry H , Gelovani Juri G , Hish Gerald A , Cotroneo Tara M
Published: January 2020

Effective pain relief in animals relies on the ability to discern pain and assess its severity. However, few objective measures exist to assess the presence and severity of pain in axolotls, and few resources are available regarding drugs and appropriate doses to provide pain relief
in this species. This study evaluated behavioral tools for cageside pain assessment and validated a reproducible and reliable quantitative method to evaluate analgesic efficacy in axolotls. Animals were divided into control and treatment groups (n = 6 per group); treatment groups received
buprenorphine through injection (50 mg/kg every 24 h for 48 h intracelomically) or butorphanol immersion (0.50 or 0.75 mg/L every 24 h for 48 h). Qualitative behavioral tests, adapted from other amphibian studies, included tapping on the home tank, directing water jets or physically touching
specific anatomic points on the animal, and placing a novel object in the home tank. Quantitative methods used to produce noxious stimuli were the acetic acid test and von Frey aesthesiometers. Animals that were treated with analgesics did not demonstrate a significant difference compared
with controls during behavioral assessment at 1, 6, 12, 25, 30, and 48 h after analgesia administration. The acetic acid test revealed a reproducible, concentration-dependent pain response. However, a significant difference in the AAT response was not observed between control and treated groups
with the tested analgesics and doses.
Formación inicial de docentes como práctica participativa: Elaboración de un diccionario polifónico
Authors: Susinos Teresa , Saiz-Linares Ángela , Ruiz-López Julia , Ceballos Noelia
Published: January 2020

Presentamos en este artículo un proyecto de innovación desarrollado en la Universidad de Cantabria (España) con estudiantes de los Grados de Maestro en Educación Infantil y Educación Primaria. El trabajo desarrollado con el alumnado ha consistido en elaborar mediante un proceso deliberativo y participativo un diccionario crítico de los conceptos identificados por ellos como nucleares de las asignaturas. Los estudiantes, tras un proceso de deliberación conjunta, han seleccionado varios términos que constituyen las voces de nuestro diccionario. Estos términos son definidos por diversos informantes no normativos y sus visiones se recogen en el diccionario en una versión escrita y en un objeto digital que sintetiza esta definición. Los objetivos de esta innovación tienen que ver con el desarrollo de una formación inicial docente más reflexiva e inclusiva en cuanto que promueve una mayor agencia de los estudiantes en su propio proceso formativo y que reconoce el valor de un conocimiento construido a partir de una gran diversidad de voces y perspectivas. El diccionario nace con una vocación de apertura, como una iniciativa que aspira a ser compartida, replicada y multiplicada. El artículo concluye con algunas consideraciones sobre cuáles son las cualidades de este trabajo como herramienta para una formación de docentes más inclusiva.
Troubles, transformation and tension: Education policy, religious segregation and initial teacher education in Northern Ireland
Authors: Bagley Carl
Published: January 2020

It is now over 20 years since the signing of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and the ending ofconflict or the ‘troubles’, as the conflict is referred to in Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, as a postconflict society Northern Ireland remains deeply divided in social, cultural and religious terms. Thisdivision is reflected, if not sustained, by the continued segregated nature of the structures andinstitutions of education, including those related to initial teacher education. This article adopts acritical policy analysis, drawing on primary source survey data, to understand, explore and reflect onthe nature and existence of these divisions. Further, in reflecting on the Belfast (Good Friday)Agreement as a consociational settlement, the article considers the inherent tension of a peaceprocess built on the very religious ethno-national divisions, including those pertaining to education,it is ultimately seeking to integrate. The article concludes that any desired systemic change andinculcation of values associated with the building of harmony, tolerance and mutual respect, asreflected for example in student teacher competences, is discursively emasculated by policy andpractice still largely based on religious ethno-national division and segregation.
Pensadero de maestros: Una dinámica docente de práctica reflexiva
Authors: Verástegui Martínez Macarena , González Collado Patricia
Published: January 2020

Resumen:La práctica reflexiva se torna esencial cuando de fortalecimiento docente y mejora educativa se trata. Por ello, parece relevante investigar y proponer acciones que fomenten esta práctica en el quehacer profesional docente. Este artículo presenta la evaluación y validación del proyecto piloto “Pensadero de maestros”, una iniciativa de la Fundación Promaestro para fomentar y apoyar la práctica reflexiva en maestros y profesores. Este proyecto se implementó en seis centros educativos en la Comunidad de Madrid, participando un total de 67 profesores. La investigación siguió una metodología cualitativa basada en el análisis del discurso, utilizando dos técnicas: la entrevista semiestructurada y el grupo de discusión (se realizaron cuatro entrevistas y un grupo de discusión). También se pasó un cuestionario de satisfacción a todos los participantes para triangular la información. Los principales resultados obtenidos confirman que, a través de la observación en el aula y el feedback entre compañeros, los docentes que han pasado por esta dinámica se sienten más reconocidos, acompañados y valorados en su quehacer profesional. La capacidad reflexiva y la validación de prácticas educativas han sido dos procesos conseguidos que han aumentado la autopercepción profesional de los participantes, fomentando el desarrollo y fortalecimiento de la profesión docente. Finalmente, en las discusiones finales se plantean nuevas líneas de investigación en torno al concepto de práctica reflexiva en la profesión docente.
Representaciones conceptuales de las/os maestras/os de Infantil en torno a la organización espacial del aula
Authors: Giraldo Urrego Laura María , Giner Gomis Antonio Vicente
Published: January 2020

Resumen:Esta investigación de corte cualitativo, fue realizada a fin de conocer y analizar las concepciones en torno a la organización espacial del aula de infantil que proyectan 20 docentes ubicados en la provincia de Alicante, (España) con el propósito de situarlas atendiendo a los tres modelos educativos que hemos utilizado como referenciales: constructivismo inicial, socioconstructivista y comunidades de aprendizaje. La investigación llevada a cabo mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas y analizadas a través del uso del software Aquad Six, facilitó un ordenamiento e interpretación de datos a través de categorías emergentes representativas de las concepciones del profesorado. Si bien las transformaciones tanto infraestructurales como conceptuales que ha sufrido el aula de educación infantil en los últimos 40 años, no dejan duda de importantes cambios en el pensamiento didáctico docente, particularmente cuando hablamos en términos de organización, dotación y zonificación interna, sí es posible inferir ciertas limitaciones que mantienen aún este diseño, cautivo de enfoques tradicionales cognitivistas; esto es, bajo un modelo constructivista primario o inicial, que dificulta pensar el aula en términos socioconstructivistas y menos aún como comunidad de aprendizaje.
Las redes de colaboración académica como estrategia de internacionalización solidaria. El caso de CUNorte en la Universidad de Guadalajara (México)
Authors: Villalón de la Isla Estela Maricela
Published: January 2020

Resumen: Este artículo examina el potencial que supone la creación de redes colaboración académica como estrategia en el proceso de internacionalización en un Centro Regional de la Universidad de Guadalajara: el Centro Universitario del Norte, CUNorte. Después de una introducción a la temática y su posterior contextualización, se analiza qué supone la implementación de las redes de colaboración académica y el proceso de reciprocidad como estrategia de internacionalización solidaria y sus implicaciones en la educación superior en un centro universitario de reciente creación y geográficamente ubicado lejos de la zona metropolitana. Tras una descripción de las características de la institución y de su contexto, se especifica y detalla lo que el centro define como alianzas estratégicas; que, en definitiva, son los acuerdos institucionales con determinadas universidades y países que, de acuerdo con determinadas características, facilitan acciones conjuntas encaminadas a buscar solución a problemas comunes. El estudio de caso concluye con el análisis de un modelo de internacionalización como referencia idónea para este Centro Universitario caracterizado por una especificidad institucional muy determinada.   Abstract:This article examines the potential of the creation of academic collaboration networks as a strategy in the process of internationalization in a Regional Center of the University of Guadalajara: the University Center of the North, CUNorte. After an introduction to the subject and its subsequent contextualization, this text shows the effect of the implementation of academic collaboration networks and the process of reciprocity, as a strategy of solidarity internationalization. Also analyses the implications for higher education in a newly created university center and geographically located far from the metropolitan area. Next, it shows a description of the characteristics of the institution and its context, it specifies and details what the center defines as strategic alliances. That is, the institutional agreements with certain universities and countries that, according to certain characteristics, facilitate joint actions aimed at finding a solution to common problems. The case study concludes with the analysis of an internationalization model as an ideal reference for this University Center characterized by a very specific institutional specificity.
Efforts to Overcome Learning Problems through Eclective Counseling with Attending Behavior
Authors: Haryani Euis
Published: January 2020

Difficulties in student learning are indicated by the existence of certain obstacles to achieving learning outcomes and can be psychological, sociological, or physiological so that in the end it can cause the achievement of learning that is achieved under the proper level. Student learning difficulties include broad terms, including: (a) learning disorder; (b) learning dysfunction; (c) underachiever; (d) slow learner, and (e) learning disabilities. The problems examined in this study are in the form of counseling guidance services with elective therapy on attending behavior to overcome the learning problems of class IX-C students at SMP Negeri 108 Jakarta. The objectives of this study are: (a) To find out the effectiveness of the applied effective counseling model with attending behavior to overcome the learning problems of Class IX-C students at SMP Negeri 108 Jakarta, b) To find out the steps teachers must take in overcoming student learning problems through an effective counseling model with attending behavior, c) To find out the factors that cause problems that arise in class IX-C students' learning at SMP Negeri 108 Jakarta. This study uses a counseling guidance research service, carried out consisting of five stages namely case identification, problem identification, diagnosis, prognosis, and remedial or referral. The study period was three months from August to October 2018. The research subjects were Class IX-C students in 108 State Junior High School Jakarta 2018-2019 Academic Year on the subject of learning problems, in the odd semester with 5 students. The data obtained in the form of case investigations. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that by using an effective therapeutic technique with attending behavior in class IX-C students of SMP Negeri 108 Jakarta there are significant changes in efforts to overcome the learning problems that arise that are traumatic, extraordinary anxiety, unstable soul, and emotional, with categories of values A and B.
First-Generation College Students as Academic Learners: A Systematic Review
Authors: Ives Jillian , Castillo-Montoya Milagros
Published: January 2020

The literature on first-generation college students largely focuses on the challenges and barriers they may experience in college. Yet, we do not have a clear understanding of who these students are as learners. To address this gap, this systematic review examines how scholars study and conceptualize first-generation college students as learners. We found the majority of the literature we reviewed conceptualized them as learners based on their academic performance and the influence of cultures on their learning. These two conceptualizations positioned first-generation college students against normative ways of learning, and in doing so promulgate an assimilation approach in higher education. We found a smaller body of literature that conceptualized first-generation college students as learners whose lived experiences, when connected to academic content, can contribute to their academic learning, advancement of disciplines, self-growth, and community development. We use this alternative view to provide recommendations for studying and working with first-generation college students.
Standardising Peer Review in Paleontology journals
Authors: Tennant Jonathan
Published: January 2020

The purpose of this operational checklist serves one primary purpose: For an article to 'pass' peer review, articles must satisfy a specific quality threshold based on standardised guidelines. Thus, the quality of the peer review process is simultaneously ensured through an open and technical standardisation process. This should be of interest to all stakeholders engaged in the publishing process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publishers themselves, who all have a duty to uphold the integrity of the published research record. While it might initially increase the bureaucracy involved in publishing, ultimately it should save time and effort as it becomes more widely established as an embedded scholarly norm, with integrity a formative part of peer review culture.
Children’s Self-blame Appraisals about their Mothers’ Depressive Symptoms and Risk for Internalizing Symptoms
Authors: Kouros Chrystyna D
Published: January 2020

Maternal depressive symptoms are a robust predictor of children’s risk for internalizing symptoms; yet not all children are negatively affected by exposure to their mothers’ symptoms. The present study tested children's self-blame appraisals as a moderator of the association between maternal depressive symptoms and children’s internalizing symptoms, controlling for children’s negative attributional style. We hypothesized that the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and children’s internalizing symptoms would be stronger for children who blamed themselves more for their mothers’ symptoms. Participants were 129 mother-child dyads (M child age = 13.63, SD = 2.2; 52.7% female; 38.8% White, 31% African American, 22.5% Latinx/Hispanic) recruited from the community. Results indicated that maternal depressive symptoms were associated with higher levels of children’s internalizing symptoms for children who reported higher, but not lower, levels of self-blame appraisals. Results were consistent using mothers’ or children’s reports of their own and each other’s symptoms. The findings highlight the importance of assessing children’s appraisals about their mothers’ depressive symptoms, and suggest that preventive interventions should target children who endorse higher levels of self-blame appraisals. Further, children’s self-blame appraisals about mothers’ depressive symptoms should be considered as a target of treatment for child internalizing disorders.
Pastor, Politician, Entrepreneur, Chief: Power and Leadership on Epoon Atoll Today
Authors: Berta Ola Gunhildrud
Published: January 2020

In analysing the various types of political figures and status positions on Epoon, an outer atoll in the Marshall Islands, this article sheds light on contemporary constitutions of hierarchy, authority and leadership. This leads to an argument about the context-dependent nature of power. No leadership figure on Epoon today is all-powerful in the sense that his or her influence is relevant across all political and cultural spheres. When the historical depictions of Marshallese chiefs are traced in a critical light, it will become clear that earlier ideas of the chiefs as autocratic power figures may have appeared to benefit German colonial administration and Protestant missionaries. Shifting the focus to the dynamics of contemporary leadership practices, the case of an El Salvadorian castaway illuminates the power plays various actors engage in to gain access to his boat. What we will see is that power is highly dependent on context to have effect.
Chefs : Sentiment d’appartenance versus pouvoir et politique
Authors: Pauwels Simonne
Published: January 2020

Afin d’orienter le lecteur de la section thématique « Chefs du Pacifique », cette introduction propose de différencier le chef sacré du chef séculier et de les concevoir respectivement comme la personne qui reçoit le respect et dispense des bénédictions au sein d’un ordre hiérarchique et cette même personne (ou tout autre) dans un contexte modifié qui lui confère un pouvoir politique et/ou économique et le place au sommet d’une stratification sociale. Les quatre articles montrent que cette distinction est devenue particulièrement utile après la colonisation.
“Nothing about Us without Us”: Sex Workers’ Informal Political Practices in Ukraine
Authors: Rachok Dafna
Published: January 2020

How do vulnerable populations engage with politics? And what does politics mean to them? Building on four months of ethnographic fieldwork and 15 semistructured interviews with sex workers in Kropyvnyts’kyi, Ukraine, I show how informal political practices are employed by marginalised groups like sex workers to promote their agenda of the normalisation of sex work. Examining sex workers’ activism in Ukraine through empowerment strategies and resistance politics, I enquire about formal and informal political strategies that sex workers resort to, how these strategies are used, and whether informal political practices can lead to the community’s empowerment. With a focus primarily on street sex workers who are engaged in community organisation, I show how a controversial topic such as sex can be utilised by sex workers to attract attention to their marginalised situation and politicise their activism. Complicating the discussion of politics and political participation by viewing it through the lens of feminist anthropology, this paper attempts to contribute to the discussion about women’s empowerment and to expand the category of “political practice” and “political activism.” This paper concludes that Kropyvnyts’kyi sex workers often resort to small-scale political tactics in order to probe the limits of political possibility.
Review Essay: The Films of Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Authors: Dickinson Peter
Published: January 2020

This essay examines three feature-length works by Italian-Canadian experimental film maker Simone Rapisarda Casanova. I discuss how Rapisarda’s collaborative and process-driven methods draw from a tradition of “shared ethnographic” filmmaking advanced by Jean Rouch, but also how Rapisarda innovates this tradition through his aesthetic and technical choices.
Assessing the utilization and impact of a newly established outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program
Authors: Yan Marie , Lam Philip W , Andany Nisha , Chan Adrienne K , Leis Jerome A , Mubareka Samira , Simor Andrew E , Daneman Nick
Published: January 2020

Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a safe and effective alternative to hospitalization for many patients with infectious disease. The objective of this study was to describe the experience with a newly established formal OPAT program at a Canadian academic centre. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study including all patients referred to the OPAT clinic between July 2016 and June 2017 and a contemporary cohort of patients who received home parenteral therapy without clinic referral. A quasi-experimental design was used to assess the impact of the clinic on patient outcomes compared with a pre-intervention cohort of patients from 2012 to 2013. Results: Between July 2016 and June 2017, 334 patients were referred to the OPAT clinic; 33% of the patients visited the emergency department (ED), and 21% required readmission within 60 days. Compared with the clinic patients, urinary tract infection diagnoses were more common among the 39 contemporary patients who were treated with home parenteral antibiotics without OPAT clinic referral (51% versus 4%, respectively; p < 0.001) and treatment durations were shorter (median 10 days versus 42 days; p < 0.001). Compared with a pre-intervention cohort, OPAT clinic implementation was associated with a trend toward decreased ED visits (33% versus 43%; p = 0.07). On multivariable analysis, this translated to an overall adjusted odds ratio of 0.64 (95% CI 0.40 to 1.04, p = 0.07) for readmission and ED visits. Conclusions: The OPAT clinic served a high volume of patients in its first year of operation and may be helpful in reducing unfavourable patient outcomes.
Successful implementation of E-learning in self-financed Higher Education: Experience from Hong Kong
Authors: NG Emily
Published: January 2020

Digital technologies can reinvent the higher education in 21st century. E-learning introduces change to both the people and the organization on any scale. To keep abreast of the times and making learning fun, one of the self-financed Higher Education Sector in Hong Kong introduced Virtual Reality (VR) and online learning for aviation and healthcare courses. This paper explores the successful implementation of E-learning in one case study Higher Education sector in Hong Kong. The paper investigates the constraints which affect the successful implementation of E-learning in the sector. It also provides some strategies for academicians in development and implementation of E-learning. Educational leaders can strategically promote and enable E-learning at organizational and individual levels by using Peter Senge’s Five Disciplines of Learning Organization (1990). The keys to achieve a learning organization are personal mastery, mental model, shared vision, team learning and system thinking. These five disciplines support and sharpen one another, integrated by systems thinking.
Linguistic Identity Construction of Shina Speakers: An Ethnographic Study
Authors: Shams Shamim Ara , Anwar Zia Ul Haq
Published: January 2020

The present research intends to investigate the linguistic identity construction of Shina speakers in different contexts. The objective of the study is to study the pure Shina identity and to see how language use varies according to context. An ethnographic study was conducted to find out how Shina speakers construct their linguistic identities in different contexts. The sample for this research was purposive which included multilingual Shina speakers and the data was collected through interviews. The data was analyzed using Markedness Model by Myers- Scotton (1993). The findings of the study revealed that multilingual Shina speakers construct their linguistic identity in their interaction through code- switching and code mixing. It was found that a pure Shina identity is constructed at home and in close circles whereas a hybrid identity is constructed at the work place and formal context.
Demographic Variation and Stress Management Skills
Authors: Nudrat Saira , Hina Qurat ul ain , Zamir Shazia
Published: January 2020

The objectives of the study were focused on the demographic factor-based comparison of stress management skills of university-level teachers. 1362 teachers from faculty of Social Sciences serving in universities of Islamabad were taken as target population for the study. 412 teachers were selected as samples by using stratified sampling technique. Data was collected through a self-developed questionnaire that was based on seven stress management strategies. In accordance with the objectives t-test and ANOVA were applied. Results revealed that university employees with 15-20 years of experience in (Public sector) were more skilled in managing stressful situations. Stress management skills were found better in females than males. Furthermore, teachers serving in public sector universities were found more capable of dealing with stress. The study recommended that top management of educational institutions may redesign their workplace environment as making it more conducive for employees with reference to occupational stress management.
Impact of Information Communication Technologies pedagogy for Retention
Authors: Khan Muhammad Sibtain , Shah Liaquat Hussain , Rasool Shafqat
Published: January 2020

The present study investigated the impact of ICT pedagogy for the retention of the students. This was an experimental investigation in two schools. The 120 participants were exposed to the experimental and controlled investigation in such a way that each group has 60 students. The experimental group was given the treatment of ICT pedagogy while the lecture pedagogy was in the control group. The testing was done for academic achievement after one month and after two months for retention, through a retention test. The result depicted the highest achievement in the favor of experimental group taught with ICT instructional methodology.
Paleontology and stratigraphy of Middle Eocene rock units in the southern Green River and Uinta Basins, Wyoming and Utah
Authors: Murphey Paul , Townsend K.E. , Friscia Anthony , Westgate James , Evanoff Emmett , Gunnell Gregg
Published: January 2020

The Bridger Formation is restricted to the Green River Basin in southwest Wyoming, and the Uinta and Duchesne River Formations are located in the Uinta Basin in Utah. These three rock units and their diverse fossil assemblages are of great scientific importance and historic interest to vertebrate paleontologists. Notably, they are also the stratotypes from oldest to youngest for the three middle Eocene North American Land Mammal Ages—the Bridgerian, Uintan, and Duchesnean. The fossils and sediments of these formations provide a critically important record of biotic, environmental, and climatic history spanning approximately 10 million years (49 to 39 Ma). This article provides a detailed field excursion through portions of the Green River and Uinta Basins that focuses on locations of geologic, paleontologic, and historical interest. In support of the field excursion, we also provide a review of current knowledge of these formations with emphasis on lithostratigraphy, biochronology, depositional, and paleoenvironmental history, and the history of scientific exploration.
First unambiguous dinosaur specimen from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in Utah
Authors: Jenkins Xavier , Foster John , Gay Robert
Published: January 2020

Triassic dinosaurs represent relatively rare but important components of terrestrial faunas across Pangea. Whereas this record has been well studied at various locales across the American West, there has been no previous systematic review of Triassic material assigned to Dinosauria from Utah. Here, we critically examine the published body fossil and footprint record of Triassic dinosaurs from Utah and revise their record from the state. In addition, we describe a sacrum from a locality within the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah. _is specimen represents the only unambiguous Triassic dinosaur body fossil from Utah. MWC 5627 falls within the range of variation known for sacrum morphology from Coelophysis bauri. Based on a literature review and examination of specimens available to us, we restrict the Triassic Utah dinosaurian record to _eropoda from the Chinle Formation. Preliminary reports of Triassic dinosaurs from other clades and formations in Utah are unsubstantiated.
Raznolikost i ugroženost travnjaka Nacionalnog parka Sjeverni Velebit
Authors: Alegro Antun , Šegota Vedran
Published: January 2020

Travnjaci Nacionalnog parka Sjeverni Velebit većinom nisu primarni tip vegetacije, nego su nastali kao posljedica ljudskog djelovanja krčenjem i paljenjem šuma, ispašom i košnjom. Taj je proces započeo prije više tisućljeća te je kontinuirano održavao ravnotežu između šuma i travnjaka, a rezultirao je većom bioraznolikošću no što bi bila u nedirnutom prirodnom stanju. U drugoj polovici 20. stoljeća tradicionalne sezonske transhumantne vertikalne migracije ljudi i stoke iz Podgorja na velebitske ljetne pašnjake prekinute su kao posljedica snažne depopulacije Podgorja, koje je danas najslabije naseljeno područje u Hrvatskoj. Vegetacijska istraživanja travnjaka unutar Parka tijekom 2009. i 2010. ukazala su na veliku raznolikost travnjaka koji se međusobno razlikuju ovisno o nadmorskoj visini, reljefu terena, značajkama tla, utjecaju vjetra i nekadašnjem načinu upotrebe. Sukcesija, odnosno zarastanje travnjačkih površina drvenastim i grmolikim vrstama zabilježena je na gotovo svim tipovima travnjaka, no intenzitet zarastanja i vrste kojima zarastaju ovise o tipu travnjaka. Sukcesija je značajno sporija na travnjacima vršne zone nego na travnjacima primorske padine zbog kraćega vegetacijskog perioda, oštrije klime, izloženosti buri te prostranijih travnjaka koji sporije zarastaju od manjih, fragmentiranih travnjaka kakve nalazimo na nižim nadmorskim visinama. Očuvanje travnjaka morao bi biti prioritet upravljanja Parkom jer, osim iznimne bioraznolikosti, travnjaci nam ujedno govore i o prošlosti čitava područja, načinu života, privređivanja, kretanja te čine neizostavan i nemjerljivo važan dio prirodne i kulturne baštine.
Are black cats better than other cats: a very comprehensive study
Authors: Housecat Minerva , Carberry Josiah
Published: January 2020

Throughout history, black cats have been interacting with the universe via psionic wave oscillations. Felinekind has nothing to lose. Reality has always been full of lifeforms whose brains are engulfed in inspiration.
A Review on Study on Performance and Noise Analysis of 4 Stroke 4 Cylinder Diesel Engine
Authors: Kumari Surabhi , Badholiya Suresh Kumar
Published: January 2020

In our modern world, rapidly growing environment one of the developing problems is that of 'Noise'. This has lead to overcrowded or jammed roads and noise pollution. Engine noise is one of the major sources of noise in vehicles. So, it is necessary to study noise generated by four stroke four cylinder diesel engine at different loads. First the sound pressure level is measure in dB (A) near the engine at four different locations at distance of 1.5 m from centre of each side of an engine to find out that location where sound pressure level is maximum. Sound power is calculated using rectangular parallelepiped at different loads. Frequency spectrum analysis is done to measure sound pressure level in 1-1 octave band.
Alimentación: derecho fundamental de niñas, niños y adolescentes en México
Authors: Pérez-Izquierdo Odette , Aranda-González Irma Isela
Published: January 2020

Introducción. En este trabajo se presenta un recorrido sobre el derecho humano a la alimentación para niños, niñas y adolescentes, desde un planteamiento, tanto internacional como nacional y con base a lo establecido en los acuerdos internacionales de los cuales, México forma parte, así como en la Constitución Mexicana. El derecho a la alimentación es incorporado como un derecho humano en el artículo 25 de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, que reconoce la dignidad y la igualdad inherente para todas las personas. Objetivo. Mostrar a través de la historia mundial y nacional cómo surge el Derecho Humano a la alimentación para niños, niñas y adolescentes.Materiales y Métodos. El artículo incluye la revisión detallada y minuciosa, a nivel internacional y nacional, de las garantías que hicieron posible el derecho a la alimentación de los niños, niñas y adolescentes, así como las medidas que se adoptaron y deben adoptarse para que sea efectiva, exigible y justiciable.Resultados. De acuerdo a las revisiones realizadas se encontraron alcances e implicaciones de los principales planteamientos contenidos en los instrumentos internacionales, en donde se encuentra consagrado el derecho a la alimentación y de los cuales, México forma parte, comprometiéndose a garantizar este derecho humano y fundamental. También se revisó que a nivel nacional se sigue legislando para que la alimentación sea un derecho humano de niños, niñas y adolescentes que debe contener la Constitución de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.Conclusiones. A pesar de todos los acuerdos y tratados que México ha firmado a nivel internacional, las leyes mexicanas aún tienen vacíos en los cuales deberá seguir trabajando con el propósito de garantizar el derecho a la alimentación de niños, niñas y adolescentes.