bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Leto 2020 a intencia cestovať na dovolenku po vypuknutí pandémie: Analýza zistení vybraných vedeckých štúdií
Authors: Ňakatová Darina
Published: January 2022

Cieľom príspevku bola analýza vedeckých prác, ktoré sa venovali výskumu intencie cestovať na letnú dovolenku v lete 2020 po prvej vlne pandémie. Na základe prehľadu vybraných publikovaných zistení možno konštatovať: približne jedna pätina až jedna tretina opytovaných prejavila intenciu necestovať v aktuálnom roku, nízku intenciu cestovať vyjadrili staršie osoby a s horším zdravotným stavom a vyššiu muži, zamestnané osoby, osoby s vyšším príjmom a osoby, ktoré sú ochotné viac minúť. Zo psychologických faktorov sa ako negatívny činiteľ intencie cestovať javila cestovná úzkosť, obavy a zhoršená schopnosť vyhnúť sa neistote vyplývajúca zo zdravotnej krízy. Naopak, zistený bol pozitívny efekt intencie cestovať v zmysle, že pozitívne emócie, ktoré prináša cestovanie, môžu u niektorých ľudí prevážiť potenciálne riziko nákazy spojené s cestovaním. Ochota prijať nefarmaceutické opatrenia akými sú nosenie masky a podobne, ktoré môžu oddialiť prepuknutie choroby a znížiť celkový počet infekcií, pozitívne ovplyvňovala intenciu cestovať.
TURISMO RURAL Y DESARROLLO PRODUCTIVO
Authors: Paredes-Rodríguez Benjamín Franklin , Chiriboga-Mendoza Fidel Ricardo , Zambrano-Pilay Enrique Cristóbal
Published: January 2022

La innovación en el turismo rural es un proceso complejo que involucra el intercambio de conocimientos y recursos entre muchos actores y la relación entre estos actores en el entorno empresarial. Por esta razón, es necesario identificar partes importantes del ecosistema de renovación, así como activar las funciones y obstruir que estos interesados juegan en la innovación. Hoy en día, el turismo se ha convertido en la industria líder, con diez veces mayor valor que el valor de producción agrícola durante el recorrido. Estos datos argumentan que la estrategia de recuperación rural beneficia a las comunidades no urbanas sobre el desarrollo económico global y el crecimiento. En este contexto, el desarrollo de productividad del turismo en los ecosistemas rurales no es solo una estrategia para promover el desarrollo rural sostenible en los países en desarrollo, sino también una tendencia compleja.

Palabras claves: turismo rural, desarrollo, entorno empresarial, comunidades, desarrollo.
Satisfacción Sexual: Una revisión de literatura científica
Authors: Challco-Luza Sheyla Jazmín , Salvador-Carranza Margarita Priscila
Published: January 2022

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la información que aportan los artículos científicos en relación a la satisfacción sexual en los últimos 5 años, mediante una revisión de la literatura científica en base a las investigaciones encontrados sobre la variable, la cual paso por un proceso de selección en el cual se fue estableciendo los artículos científicos más relevantes para la investigación. Por otro lado, también se fueron ajustando en base a nuestros objetivos planteados. Se logro recopilar informaciones de alto impacto facilitándonos así, los contenidos sobre definición, instrumentos, teorías y variables relacionadas a satisfacción sexual. Dentro de los resultados vemos 3 grupos asociados al concepto de satisfacción sexual, así mismo hay que resaltar que no existen variedad de teorías relacionadas a la satisfacción sexual, hay que resaltar la existencia de dos instrumentos sobre el Inventario y Escala de Satisfacción Sexual que son más completos para la medición de la variable y es desarrollada en adultos. También, se identificó que el bienestar psicológico y la autoestima son variables más asociadas a la satisfacción sexual. Finalmente, se concluye, que la variable satisfacción sexual no cuenta con teorías profundas y actualizadas, por lo que recomienda continuar desarrollando y ampliando las existentes.
The Innovative Learning of Square and Rectangle using Macanan Traditional Indonesian Game
Authors: Angraini Padhila , Prahmana Rully Charitas Indra , Shahrill Masitah
Published: January 2022

Geometry is one of the essential mathematics materials, such as square and rectangle. However, most elementary school students experience difficulty in understanding it due to the abstractness of the geometric material. Furthermore, teachers teaching in the remote areas of Indonesia still encounter problems exploring this abstract material to make students understand caused by the limited learning resources. On the other hand, students in remote areas are familiar with traditional games, such as Macanan. Hence, the objective of this study is to design learning activities utilizing Macanan game in assisting students understand the concept of the perimeter and area of squares and rectangles for fourth-grade students. A design research approach was implemented and performed at one of the elementary schools in Jambi, Indonesia. The research results presented that Macanan could be a context for a starting point in this learning design of both square and rectangular learning. Employing this context, it would be fun, enjoyable, and easy to understand the perimeter and area of squares and rectangles for students. This game could be a context for teachers in remote areas in teaching geometry and be a reference for identifying other contexts which can make mathematics learning easy in remote areas.
Uma contextualização acerca da formação do professor frente às teorias e concepções pedagógicas contemporâneas
Authors: Bertão Laine Marques dos Santos Almeida , Barreto Maria Luiza
Published: January 2022

Para possibilitar o processo de transformação na educação, faz-se necessário ao professor reconhecer o fenômeno educativo como um processo relacional, contextual e intencional. No entanto, tal ato não é algo espontâneo na natureza, não é mera aprendizagem natural, que se nutre dos materiais culturais que os rodeiam, mas uma invenção dirigida, uma construção humana que tem sentido e que leva consigo uma seleção de possibilidades, de conteúdo e de caminhos. Diante dessa realidade, este artigo traz uma contextualização acerca da formação do professor frente às teorias e concepções pedagógicas contemporâneas. Assim, na intenção de viabilizar a pesquisa, utilizou-se alguns autores que versam sobre a temática, tais como: Libâneo (1990), Luckesi (1996), Nóvoa (1996), Macedo (2007) e Silva (2009). E, a partir da reflexão proposta por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica desenvolvida, é possível afirmar que é de suma importância promover a contínua reflexão sobre o trabalho desenvolvido pelo pedagogo frente à sala de aula, prezando sempre pelo processo de construção da aprendizagem integral do aluno.
Estrategias didácticas y comprensión lectora en educación básica
Authors: Torres Nora Mercedes Torres , Atoche César Balladares , Vera Ana Maricela Jácome , Barco Betty Salavarria
Published: January 2022

La presente tesis denominada: Estrategias didácticas y la comprensión lectora en estudiantes de una  Unidad Educativa Fiscal de la Provincia del Guayas “., tuvo como objetivo el determinar la relación que existe entre las estrategias didácticas y la comprensión lectora en los estudiantes, fue de tipo no experimental, asumió el diseño correlacional causal, de enfoque cuantitativo, tomó en cuenta una población de 270 estudiantes y 159 en la muestra, aplicó la técnica de la encuesta y empleó como instrumentos dos cuestionarios, investigación que obtuvo como resultados que el 88,1% de los estudiantes se ubicaron en el nivel medio para la comprensión lectora y otros 19 estudiantes que representan el 11,9% lograron un nivel bajo en comprensión lectora, llegando a la conclusión que las estrategias didácticas se relacionan con la comprensión lectora de los estudiantes, debido a que el 76,1% de los estudiantes que trabajaba con estrategias didácticas, mejoran su comprensión lectora, pues el 88,1% de los estudiantes lograron un nivel medio, relación que se comprueba con el valor de Rho de Spearman obtenido de 0,790 que indicó una correlación positiva alta, con un Sig. (bilateral) de 0,000, valor significativo en función de alfa de 0,01 bilateral.
COMPARISON OF HEURISTIC EVALUATION AND COGNITIVE WALKTHROUGH METHODS IN DOING USABILITY EVALUATION OF MOBILE-BASED DEL EGOV CENTRE HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Authors: Tambunan Gracella , Malem Ginting Lit
Published: January 2022

Usability is a factor that indicates the success of an interactive product or system, such as a mobile application. The increasing use of smartphones demands a more accurate and effective usability evaluation method to find usability problems, so that they can be used for product improvement in the development process. This study compares the Cognitive Walkthrough method with Heuristic Evaluation in evaluating the usability of the SIRS Del eGov Center mobile application. Evaluation with these two methods will be carried out by three evaluators who act as experts. Finding problems and recommending improvements from each method will produce an improvement prototype made in the form of a high-fidelity prototype. Each prototype will be tested against ten participants using the Usability Testing method, which will generate scores through the SUS table. From the test scores, the percentage of Likert scale and the success rate of each prototype will be found. The results show that between the two usability evaluation methods, the Heuristic Evaluation method is the more effective method, finds more usability problems, and has a higher Likert scale percentage, which is 66.5%, while Cognitive Walkthrough is 64.75%.
APLIKASI PENELITIAN DAN PENGABDIAN MASYARAKAT PADA UNIVERSITAS MULIA KAMPUS KOTA SAMARINDA BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Tandi Ivan Leonard , Tri Wulansari Tina , Wanti Wulan Sari Nariza
Published: January 2022

Pada Universitas Mulia Kampus Kota Samarinda, data-data penelitian maupun pengabdian masih dikelola secara manual, pencatatan data masih dilakukan secara terpisah, pada proses pengumpulan data penelitian masih harus menemui dosen terkait. Hal ini dapat mengakibatkan terjadinya kesalahan seperti pencatatan data penelitian yang terpisah sehingga saat mengirimkan berkas data yang dikirimkan tidak lengkap. Karena itu proses digitalisasi merupakan hal yang sangat penting untuk proses penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat pada Universitas. Aplikasi yang dibuat menggunakan metode prototype. Alat bantu yang digunakan dalam merancang sistem adalah use case diagram, class diagram, activity diagram dan sequence diagram. Pembuatan aplikasi menggunakan bahasa pemograman javascript, database menggunakan mysql, dan pengujian menggunakan black box testing. Aplikasi yang dibuat ini dapat memproses rekapitulasi data agar menjadi terdigitalisasi, monitoring penelitian dapat dilakukan secara online, dan penginputan data penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat dapat dilakukan dimana saja dan kapan saja.
Formative Assessment Practices in Federal Government Schools: Issues and Problems
Authors: Shakir Muhammad Akram , Bahoo Rabia , Jahan Musarrat , Javed Muhammad Latif
Published: January 2022

Assessment is the key element of teaching learning process in schools. Formative assessment is generally accepted as a valuable component of teachers’ classroom assessment strategies. The study intends to explore the level of association of formative assessment with academic performance of secondary school students and to analyze the practices of formative assessment in schools. The study was descriptive in nature. The focus group interviews and observation techniques were used to gather information regarding academic, social, emotional, and cultural activities of students in schools. The population of the study comprises over all the principals, teachers and students of FGEIs of Lahore region. Sample was drawn by using simple random technique. The findings of the study revealed that teachers don’t have enough knowledge about formative assessment but they possess appropriate understanding of summative assessment. Replication of test is the exclusive kind of assessment for improvement of different learning skills of students. It was recommended that authorities may develop and execute some plan to train and give awareness to the administration and teaching staff about the use and importance of formative assessment during teaching-learning process in schools
Pengelolaan Sampah Plastik di Desa Layeni Kecamatan TNS Kabupaten Maluku Tengah
Authors: Angga La Ode , Fataruba Sabri , Sopamena Ronald Fadly , Saununu Danillo O
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Outreach to the community with the title Plastic Waste Management in Layeni Village, TNS District, Central Maluku Regency.Purposes of Devotion: Provide understanding to the community regarding plastic waste management and it is hoped that the people of Layeni Village, TNS District, Central Maluku Regency can carry out waste management in an effective, integrated and sustainable manner.Method of Devotion: Performed with the lecture method by each of the presenters. The lecturer is given time to deliver the material, after which the participants are invited to ask a problem or question, which is then answered in turn by the speaker according to the problem being asked.Results of the Devotion: This community service activity is a form of tridarma activity for educators to play a role in solving problems that occur in the community, especially regarding the management of plastic waste. Through community service by conducting counseling on this plastic waste management, the community will know good, integrated, effective and sustainable waste management.
Pembentukan Peraturan Negeri yang Partisipatif Dalam Pelaksanaan Pemerintah Negeri Hutumuri Kecamatan Leitimur Selatan Kota Ambon
Authors: Holle Eric Stenly , Nendissa Reny Heronia , Lumintang Junior A N
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Community involvement in the formation of Negeri Regulations from the beginning of the process to evaluation is a condition that must even exist in a country that adheres to the understanding of people's sovereignty.Purposes of Devotion: Providing education and legal knowledge to the Negeri Government and Public Affairs Hutumuri District of Leitimur South Ambon City so as to engage and be involved in every process of establishing the Regulation of Foreign. Method of Devotion: Sources describe materials related to the establishment of rules of domestic participatory followed by a discussion and question and answer between the presenters and participants in the activity.Results of the Devotion: The Negeri Government and the community are able to understand matters related to the formation of Negeri Regulations and are able to resolve problems related to community involvement in the process of forming Negeri Regulations as regulated in various laws and regulations so that it is hoped that the draft of a legal product in the form of a Negeri Regulation can actively involve the community in contributing thoughts, ideas, ideas, and suggestions that affect the substance of the Negeri Regulation
Hak Atas Tanah Pada Kawasan Konservasi
Authors: De Rooy Orias Reizal , Salmon Hendrik , Nendissa Reny Heronia
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Regulation of the land control and land use on conservation areas, especially in coastal and coastal areas refers to the agrarian regulation in general, both for the benefit of the government and the public interest. The public interest is related to the rights that the State can give to its people for certain objects. Concerning the rights of the people, the state constitution guarantees the existence of the basic rights of the people, not only to the rights to land but also to other basic rights that are indeed held by the people and must be protected by the State.Purposes of the Research: Analyze the status of land rights in conservation areas and the legal consequences of land rights in conservation areas.Methods of the Research: The research methods used in this article is Normative Research, which is to examines and identify laws and regulations as well as legal concepts, especially about Land Rights on Conservation Areas to be the subject of study in finding the answers to the issues above.Results of the Research: The nature of the law which is always open and dynamic following the dynamics of changing community needs is expected to be able to answer the need for legal certainty itself through synchronization and harmonization of laws and regulations that explicitly regulate control and use of land in conservation areas that can guarantee certainty of community rights in the area. the coast.
Nilai-Nilai Transedental Dalam Pancasila Sebagai Kepribadian Bangsa Indonesia (Perspekspektif dari Seorang Muslim)
Authors: Basri Basri , Kurniaty Yulia , Krisnan Johnny
Published: January 2022

Introductioan: If we dig deeper, there is a compatibility between Islamic teachings and the values of Pancasila.Purposes of the Research: This study aims to analyze and discuss perspectives and attitudes in the context of Pancasila values that are practiced in social life.Methods of the Research: Answering the problems raised in this paper, the author conducts a literature study and observes what happens in social life.Results of the Research: The results of the study show that there is no longer any reason to contradict the teachings of Islam and Pancasila. The values of Pancasila are colored by the teachings of Islam itself and it is possible that the values of Pancasila are derived from Islamic teachings. Therefore, for Muslims, there is no need to question Pancasila as the basic philosophy of the Indonesian nation and state. For others, when there is a reaction from Muslims, for example there is an issue to replace Pancasila with another ideology, there is no need to react excessively, because it cannot happen and be carried out by Muslims. Such an attitude is basically just a reaction to what happened, where some Muslims are seen as contradicting the values of Pancasila as the personality of the Indonesian nation.
“There Are Many Kinds of Justice”: Confessing Growing Up an Indian Legal Subject in Louise Erdrich’s 'The Round House'
Authors: Vlaicu Cornelia
Published: January 2022

This paper looks at Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich’s National Book Award-winning The Round House as a novel that mixes and reworks genres from a Native American perspective to narrativize the “(post)colonial” (Cheyfitz) status of contemporary American Indian nations. An autobiographical story that can be read as a “postcolonial Bildungsroman” (Nayar), The Round House uses crime fiction as a pretext for writing Indian sovereignty. The legal is fully involved in the construction of the Indian colonized subject. Erdrich’s novel can be read as a confession to “a wrong thing that serves an ideal justice” (RH 306). The main character’s statement that “[t]he sentence was to endure” (RH 317) can be understood both in terms of his admitted moral guilt, and as a proclamation of “survivance” (G. Vizenor). The paper approaches the novel in light of the inseparability of U.S. federal Indian law and American Indian literature (Cheyfitz). My reading relies on Lyotard’s “différend” and on Agamben’s “state of exception” to discuss the plot and its dénouement as Erdrich’s way to wage a contemporary “Indian war” (E. Cook-Lynn).
English Teaching Practices and Intercultural Issues
Authors: Iftimie Nicoleta-Mariana
Published: January 2022

Saying that English has become a language of global communication has become a truism. Some of us may wonder: Why English? Why not another language? The reasons that brought about its status as a lingua franca are many, but the main ones have to do with the growth of the British Empire and its expansion as a colonial power, England’s economic development as a result of the Industrial Revolution and America’s growth as an economic and scientific power in the post-war era. Communication in English has expanded to multiple settings that include native-to-native, native to nonnative and nonnative to nonnative interactions. As a result, the new role of English as a language of international communication shared by people with different national and cultural backgrounds has brought to the fore discussions regarding the neat relationship between a particular language and a particular culture, which was for a long time one of the central tenets of foreign language education. Thus, the concept of one language has been challenged by the multilingual nature of English in various countries, which brought about the concept of new Englishes. The idea of one culture, on the other hand, has been challenged by the multinational and multicultural nature of the English speaking community, spread all over the globe. The article examines the global spread of English and discusses its implications for teaching practices, which need to cater for the dimension of intercultural communication set against global issues of standardization and intelligibility and local issues connected to a specific social, cultural and educational context. The analysis is based both on the theoretical issues dealt with in the literature and on the author’s own experience as a teacher of English in Romania and abroad.
Factors Facilitating Teacher’s Professional Competence Development
Authors: Shyba Alyona
Published: January 2022

The objective of the article is to further study the concept “teacher’s professional competence” as well the ways of its formation. The research was conducted among the students as prospective teachers, and teaching staff of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. The analysis of the research helped prove the essential role of some factors in the professional development of future teachers. In particular, such factors as knowledge of the teaching subject, knowledge of effective teaching methods and skills to implement them, the importance of teaching practice, the personality factor, teacher’s self-education were singled out. Therefore, the paper aims to outline a few ideas on how to ensure the implementation of the above-mentioned considerations. We also dwell upon the impact of the human behavior on the process of foreign language learning and teaching. That is why knowledge about affective factors is consequential in the academic process and using some interactive methods can also help lower the affective filter. Types of motivation and ways to enhance it are described in the paper too.
Terms Denoting Parts of a Tree - A Contrastive Approach
Authors: Stan Alexandra
Published: January 2022

The frequent misuse of specialized terms by forestry students, due to the wrong assumption that they are synonymous, requires an endeavor to detect and correct inaccuracies in monolingual and bilingual lexicography for a more efficient process of learning and/or teaching L2. In this spirit, the aims of this article are to identify the denominations of the parts of a tree in Romanian and English, and to verify their equivalence in both languages. The method used to describe and examine this sector of the lexicon is the semic analysis, commonly applied in lexical field theory. The first section of the article presents a brief theoretical overview of the lexical field theory and the methodological framework. The discussion continues with the semic analysis of a number of lexemes denoting parts of a tree in Romanian, which is based on the lexicographic and terminological definitions, and ends with several observations regarding the distinction between these two types of definitions (section two). Section three is dedicated to the semantic analysis of the English equivalents of the Romanian lexemes, while the last section reveals important concluding remarks related to the similarities and differences between the two language systems. The desired final product of this research resides in its didactic applicability, more specifically in efficient methods of L1 and L2 lexical acquisition.
Misleading Simplicity: 'The Great Divorce' and the 'Divine Comedy'
Authors: Erskine-Hill Patricia
Published: January 2022

Dante’s Comedy is famous, or should we say notorious, for being ‘difficult’, so thoroughly medieval as to be irrelevant for current readers. Most of this is a misapprehension based on the first canticle, Inferno, which few have actually read. Purgatorio and Paradiso are almost never mentioned. With The Great Divorce CS Lewis has taken the Divine Comedy and reworked it, yet still retaining the gravitas and much of the colour. This is a deceptively simple, easy to read work, but it carries a significant punch if carefully studied. For Lewis, the common human sin is not exciting – say, murder or hatred - but ‘accidia’; hell is a featureless grey expanse, and heaven is not easily gained, though we are all invited. All of this is modelled on the Comedy: as in the Comedy, what is easy is not what is valuable, and the struggle of a soul to rise above itself (and the many more who do not even try) is a memorable re-positioning of Dante’s great fable. In the Great Divorce CS Lewis is a master story-teller: we underestimate him at our peril.
The Derivative Aspect of the Formation of the Prefixal and Onomasiological Category of Negation
Authors: Migorian Olga
Published: January 2022

The article addresses the formation of the prefixal and onomasiological category of Negation in Old English, Middle English, Early New English and New English. The work represents basic lexico-semantic groups of verb and noun bases, which actively participate in the formation of the onomasiological category of Negation across different periods in the history of the English. It includes a complex diachronical study of the English prefixal derivatives from the point of view of their word-formation potential within the onomasiological category of Negation. It presents an analysis of the considerable changes in the semantic and onomasiological structures within the frame of the onomasiological category of Negation in the history of the English language.
Current Trends in Business Communication: Anglicisms in German
Authors: Bruckner Alina
Published: January 2022

Anglicisms have invaded all languages nowadays, but it seems that German is being invaded by English loanwords not only in oral but also in written communication. This article intends to briefly analyze whether Anglicisms represent an enrichment or rather an intrusion to a language, taking into consideration the fact that the influx of English loanwords upon German has even led to the appearance of a hybrid means of communication named Denglish. Examples of Anglicisms and pseudo-Anglicisms in German originate from an area that is nowadays mainly English, namely the business communication, more presicely advertising. But, apart from the linguistic considerations, Anglicisms are to be understood also as an expression of cultural, social, economic and even political aspects.
The Peculiar Position of Germanic Runes in the History of Script
Authors: Poruciuc Adrian
Published: January 2022

The present article is based on the material of a keynote presentation that was delivered at the International Conference From Runes to the New Media and Digital Books, which took place at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi on 30-31 May, 2019. In order to make that material more coherent, the author of that presentation will add supplementary clues and comments, all meant to sustain the idea that the Old Germanic runes – although commonly considered to be just alphabetic signs – have peculiar features that resemble the ones of much earlier historical scripts, and even of prehistoric ones, such as the now much discussed Danube Script. The issues and illustrations of this paper may be of interest not only for linguistic and cultural studies, but also for the domain of European history.
The Birth of a New Narrative: Jewish-American Autobiographical Writing
Authors: Iosif Ștefana
Published: January 2022

The Jewish diaspora quickly became one of the most notable immigrant groups in the American context. Faced with an arduous process of assimilation and acculturation, as exiles, Jews in America felt the pressure of the difficult choice between preserving their tradition and adapting to the new pragmatism and materialism that their new circumstances required. The issue of accelerated assimilation and loss of Jewishness became a real concern. As such, initiatives such as the one proposed by the YIVO Institute of a contest for autobiographical writing belonging to Jewish immigrants, dedicated to protecting Jewishness, offered a forum for personal written histories, submitted in different languages, but united through their English translations. Autobiography, as an essentially American genre, constituted an auspicious venue of expression, thus aiding the communal efforts of (re-)shaping and (re-)defining what it meant to be a Jew and what it meant to be a Jewish-American.
Their Labyrinth Mouths of History
Authors: Sulak Marcela
Published: January 2022

This paper outlines reading strategies to help map Hart Crane’s book-length poem, The Bridge, as a repository of American runes and writing. Contextualizing the poem in the philosophical, historical, and popular culture that influenced its creation, we can examine Hart Crane’s linguistic condensation, puns, and etymological play as techniques for balancing the clash between eternity and secular history upon which America was founded, rehearsed in The Bridge in the clash between secular a-temporality and the historical moment.
The Dead Body as a 'Lieu De Mémoire'. The Body-Object and the Living Body in Caitlin Doughty’s Nonfiction
Authors: Botîlcă Cristina-Mihaela
Published: January 2022

Between Pierre Nora’s lieux de mémoire and Paul Ricoeur’s body-object there appears to be a relation of community and personal memory. Before death, the human body holds three meanings: material, symbolic, and functional, but post-mortem the body also becomes a place where both community and individual can update their relationship with death and mortality. In the twenty-first century, secularization of death practices inevitably leads to a secular view of the body. In Cailin Doughty’s nonfiction, the body seems to stand at the crossroad between spirituality and secularization, so between the meaning of the body and the body as a lieu. This paper will discuss how Nora’s and Ricoeur’s interpretations of memory and body apply to Doughty’s representation of the dead body within a death denying twenty-first century Western society.
I’m Taking Back My Body (The Female Body in the ‘Purity’ Culture)
Authors: Cruț Ligia
Published: January 2022

This paper aims to analyse the American purity movement by examining how the female body became part of an ideology offered as the most viable solution to moral and cultural crises and how this generated counterreactions from the members of the evangelical community (insiders and outsiders alike) since the evangelical discourse on body with its gender-based expressions produces schematised gender constructions and toxic forms of masculinity and femininity that generate confusion, shame and guilt. The four American writers mentioned here (Dianna Anderson, Bromleigh McCleneghan, Rachel Held Evans and Sarah Bessey) agree that biblical womanhood is a myth; a woman’s body is not what “purity” culture suggests it should be; human sexuality is more than premarital abstinence and a set of rules; sacredness is not the appanage of marital sex. The red thread of all four writings is given by the non-dualistic thinking (rejecting Neoplatonic dichotomous separation between body and spirit) that asserts women’s right to body ownership, a sexual ethics based on consent, mutuality, safety and respect, gender equality and partnership. Anderson, McCleneghan, Evans and Bessey are also among the fiercest contesters of the “purity” movement, an American evangelical movement that reduced purity to its genital dimension and salvation to purification of sexual desire.
What a Man Wants, What a Man Needs: Markers of Masculinity in Print Advertising
Authors: Blöhdorn Lars , Meyn-Kruse Sabrina , Linke Nadja
Published: January 2022

Which advertisements appeal to a male readership? What are the underlying strategies used to target men? With the help of a corpus of adjectives derived from the men's magazine GQ, this study seeks to analyze how masculinity is constructed in print advertising. In doing so, it approaches the phenomenon of 'male language' from a sociolinguistic perspective focused on gender and employs quantitative as well as qualitative evaluation methods to reveal that current advertising campaigns construct 'male lifestyles' around products by using adjectives that convey simplistic and straight-forward messages, but also go beyond that by taking into account non-linear approaches when targeting a male audience. Finally, a comparison with advertisements in the women's magazine Cosmopolitan highlights the emergence of gender-specific features as well as gender-oriented product groups and reveals categories and concepts that are exclusive to their target genders.
The Annex-Metaphor and the Nature of the 'Blind Self' in D. H. Lawrence’s “England, My England”
Authors: Anghel Camelia
Published: January 2022

The article explores D. H. Lawrence’s technique of portrayal in the short story “England, My England” (1921) by applying the key terms annex-metaphor and “blind self” to Egbert, the central male character. The former term is coined by the author of the article as a means of understanding Lawrence’s treatment of his protagonist’s inner life. With the help of the daughter figure, the British author manages to shape the abstract character of notions, and to produce a figurative, volatile version of the father’s psyche. The latter concept, “blind self,” belongs to Lawrence himself, and can be transferred, the paper argues, from one character to another in the process of uncovering Egbert’s metaphorically shaped responses to different types of environment: the mystical, the social, the political. The idea of blindness is materialized as attraction towards nature, as denial of society or, on the contrary, as denial of the self, and, last but not least, as automatic response to the whims of history and national politics.
Development of a high-performance liquid chromatography method for simultaneously analyzing Guanosine 5’-monophosphate (GMP) and Inosine 5’-monophosphate (IMP) in food
Authors: Le Dinh Hai , Nguyen Thi Thu , Vu Thi Trang , Le Thi Thuy ,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam
Published: January 2022

This study aimed to develop a HPLC method to simultaneously analyze guanosine 5’-monophosphat (GMP) and inosine 5’-monophosphat (IMP) in food products. Sample preparation procedure was simple, fast. A C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) was used as stationary phase, and a mixture of 10 mM potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 5 mM sodium heptanesulfonate was applied as mobile phase, and PDA detector at 250 nm. The method validation followed AOAC criteria. Selectivity, linearity (R2 > 0.999), recovery (IMP: 90.5 % - 102.8 %, GMP: 91.5 % - 103.9 %), repeatability (RSDR of IMP: 3.07 % and GMP: 2.83 %) were acceptable to determination GMP and IMP in food matrix under AOAC guidelines. LOD of GMP and IMP were of 2.32 and 2.77 mg/kg, respectively. This method was used to determination GMP, IMP in food products collected in Hanoi markets.
Study on the production of Reference Material (RM) for Vitamin B1, B2, B6 in health supplements
Authors: Nguyen  Thi Hang , Le Thi Phuong Thao , Dang Huu Cuong , Luu Thi Huyen Trang , Le Thi Hong Hao ,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam
Published: January 2022

Vitamins are essential nutrients commonly found in food products in general and health supplements in particular. In order to accurately evaluate product quality, laboratories need to use reference material in analysis, proficiency assessment, method validation and ensure the validity of the results. The use of reference materials plays an important role in the quality control of test results and is a mandatory requirement for laboratories wishing to demonstrate appropriate competence as required by ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The need to provide reference materials for laboratories is huge. However, at present, there are very few domestic organizations that can produce reference materials, while the cost of buying reference materials from reputable firms in the world is expensive. In this study, we introduced the procedure and production reference materials for the analysis of B-group vitamins (B1, B2, B6). These reference materials were evaluated for homogeneity and stability in 322 days. The certified values are consistent with the concentrations of substances present in normal samples in practice. The measurement uncertainty ranges from 14.5 - 23.3 %. The reference materials can be used for internal quality control for domestic laboratories and is also a premise for further research on standard samples with different matrix and analytical criteria.
STATUS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE COLD CHAIN SYSTEM IN KENYA: THE CASE OF THE FISHERIES SECTOR IN LAMU AND MOMBASA COUNTIES
Authors: Kabibi Sofia Tumaini , Okeyo Benards , Timamy M. H. Khalil
Published: January 2022

Purpose: This study examined the status, challenges and opportunities of the fishing sub-sector in Mombasa and Lamu counties in Kenya. The study examined the various opportunities cold chain have in development of the fisheries sector. The study zeroed on factors like the economic, administrative, financial, technological and cultural attributes that influence the efficiency of the cold chain.

Methodology: Literature reviewed showed that shortage of reliable and adequate cold chain facilities in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the main causes of losses of perishable products however there’s little documentation of the study on the status, challenges and opportunities of cold chain technologies in the fishing sector in Kenya.  The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study focusses on 2 counties in Coastal Kenya i.e. Mombasa and Lamu Counties. The justification for selecting the 2 sites was that Lamu fisheries industry is extensive and highly developed, Lamu receives the highest number of fish harvest. Primary data was obtained through questionnaires and personal interviews. The personal interviews took 5 days in Mombasa and 5 days in Lamu. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences; SPSS version 20.

Results: The main result of the study was showed that cold chain is widely used and required in the advancement of fishing in all the study sites. The study also revealed that Lamu County is more dependent on cold chain for fishing to earn profit for the sector as it final market is Mombasa a distance of over 200km away. The needs of the type, capacity and partnership is different from one Beach Management Unit to the other. This is primarily due to factor such fish catch, governance dynamics, access and affordability of cold chain technology and distance to the market.

Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study indicated that there has been deliberate effort by the two tier government – National and County to invest in Cold chain however this has been faced with myriad challenges where this installed equipment are either not operating efficiently or have stalled. The study indicated and showed that there needs to be systematic approach when selecting and managing cold chain equipment in the fishing sector.
Using self -suture branching artificial vesssels in aortic arch surgery at Hanoi Heart Hospital
Authors: Minh Nguyen Thai , Thien Le Quang , Hien Nguyen Sinh , Ha Nguyen Hoang
Published: January 2022

Background: For aortic arch surgery, the improvement of anastomosis technique, and the improvement of using self-suture branching artificial vessels have shortened the time and reduced the cost of surgery. The study aimed to evaluate the improved results of using self-suture branched artificial vessels in aortic arch surgery.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of the use of self-suture branching artificial vessels in aortic arch surgery at Hanoi Heart Hospital from October 2018 to May 2021.

Results: There were 33 cases of aortic arch replacement using self-suture branching artificial vessels. The rate of postoperative bleeding was 6.06%. The rate of artificial vessel infection is 0%.

Conclusion: Using self-suture branching artificial vessels in aortic arch surgery is a safe and effective technique.
Relationship of NT-ProBNP and pacemaker parameters in patients with sick sinus syndrome?
Authors: Hung Pham Nhu , Viet Truong Quang
Published: January 2022

Objectives: NT-ProBNP could influence the pacemaker parameters in patients with sick sisnus syndrome?

Methods and Results: 93 patients with sick sinus syndrome were implanted 2 chambers pacemaker with mean aged 61,19±14,95 years old and 37,6% of male. The pacemaker parameters of ventricular lead include: Pacing thresholds were measured 0.75 ± 0.17 V, sensing amplitudes were measured 9,93 ± 4.01 mV, and lead impedances were measured 710,06 ± 130,86 ᾨ. The pacemaker parameters of atrial lead include: Pacing thresholds were measured 1,06 ± 0,29 V, sensing amplitudes were measured 2,58 ± 1,23 mV, and lead impedances were measured 509,13 ± 69,22 ᾨ. There is not significantly relationships of NT-ProBNP and pacemaker parameters of ventricular lead, atrial lead impedance, atrial lead sensing amplitudes (p>0,05). However, there is significantly relationship of NT-ProBNP and atrial lead pacing threshold (r=0,34; p=0,003).

Conclusion: There is significantly relationship of NT proBNP and atrial lead pacing threshold in patients with sick sinus syndrome who were implanted the pacemaker.
Comparison of Outcome of one Versus two Drains Insertion for Seroma Formation Following Modified Radical Mastectomy in Breast Carcinoma
Authors: Shiraz Shaikh  , Ambreen Munir  , Shahnawaz Abro  , Shahida Khatoon  , Zameer Hussain Laghari  , Aisha Memon
Published: January 2022

Objective: Comparative outcome of one versus two drains insertion for in the term of seroma formation following modified radical mastectomy in breast carcinoma.
Methodology: This Prospective Interventional trial was conducted at Department of General Surgery, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad from February 2018 to January 2019.Â  Females with breast carcinoma admitted for modified radical mastectomy were included. Patients were divided into two groups. Â Groups I underwent one drain placement and group II underwent two drains placement. All patients were observed to measure and record the volume of the fluid. Patients were discharged from Hospital in stable condition and after removal of drains, and followed up weekly for one month. Data was recorded on self-made proforma and analyzed by using SPSS-20.
Results: Total of 80 patients were selected, 38 in group A and 42 in group B. Mean age of patients of group A was 49.08 Â± 9.89 years and group B was 51.40 Â± 13.59 years. , Excised Mass weight was lesser in group A as compared to group B. Mean volume of drain discharge was significantly higher in Group B 323.43 Â± 158.88 ml, while it was in group A 230.29Â± 200.98, findings were statistically significant 0.013. Seroma formation was statistically insignificant among both groups as 8(21.1%) in group A andÂ Â  10(23.8%) in group B, p-value 0.768.
Conclusion: One-drain and two-drain insertion are equally effective to reduce the seroma formation after modified radical mastectomy; however, one drain insertion leads to more patient compliance and comfort with probably less morbidity and cost.
Huge Retroperitoneal Lymphangioma Presenting With Duodenal Obstruction: a case report.
Authors: M Shahwaiz Malik  , Komail Malik  , Sana Sharafat Ali  , Huma Saifullah
Published: January 2022

lymphangiomas are benign tumors caused by the congenital proliferation of lymphatic tissue, causing an obstruction in the lymphatic ducts, producing fluid filled cysts (1). Histologically they are polycystic, with cysts divided by thin septas lined with endothelial cells. Most common presentation of cystic lymphangiomas are in the neck (75%) and axillary region (20%) and only 5% are intra-abdominal, while retroperitoneal lymphangiomas account for only 1% of cases (2). It is more common in children with males affected more than women, while women have shown to encounter pancreatic lymphangiomas more than men (3). Often retroperitoneal lypmhangiomas are asymptomatic but due to their large size they might cause a wide variety of symptoms from mild abdominal distention/discomfort and back pain to duodenal obstruction, sepsis and DIC (4). Diagnostic techniques are ultrasound, CT scan and MRI but often it is found accidentally and definitive diagnosis is made post-operatively. Treatment of choice is complete surgical resection with cystectomy
Effect on post Tonsillectomy pain control with IV and infiltrated dexamethasone and infiltrated bupivacaine: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Authors: Amjad Nadeem  , Mirza Nasheed Baig  , Nayyer Ayub  , Farhan Ahmed
Published: January 2022

Objectives: To evaluate the effect on post tonsillectomy pain control with IV and infiltrated dexamethasone and infiltrated bupivacaine.
Methodology: This randomized controlled trial study was conducted in the department of ENT and neck surgery of Holy Family hospital, Rawalpindi, over a period of one year from May 2019 to May 2020. A total of 140 pediatric patients were selected and were divided into four equal groups randomly by lottery method. Patients in all four groups had endotracheal intubation with general anesthesia. As premedication, all the patients received intravenous midazolam (1mg). Intravenous fentanyl (1.5mg/kg) and propofol (2.5 mg/kg) followed by endotracheal intubation facilitated with atracurium (0.5 mg/kg) were used as general anesthesia in all patients.
Results: There was no significant (p-value >0.05) difference in gender, age of children, postoperative heart rate, postoperative SPO2, and fentanyl consumption. The duration of surgery was significantly (p-value < 0.05) different in all four groups. According to the results, no significant (p-value >0.05) difference was found based on postoperative nausea and vomiting and the requirement of antiemetics. The requirement of analgesics was significantly (p-value <0.05) different among four groups. Minimum number (22.86%) of patients who required the analgesic were in IV dexamethasone group and highest requirement rate (60%) was found in local dexamethasone group followed by bupivacaine (48.57%) group.
Conclusion: Intravenous dexamethasone was found to be more effective for early postoperative pain control and reduction in requirement of analgesics. The use of dexamethasone can be a preferred choice in patients undergoing tonsillectomy.