bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
LEGAL SUPPORT STATUS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SAFETY
Authors: МАСЛОВ М.Ю. , СПОДОБАЕВ Ю.М.
Published: September 2021

Концептуальный кризис в электромагнитной безопасности телекоммуникационных сетей и систем охватил деятельность ряда хозяйствующих субъектов и ведомств и продолжает активно проникать в социальную сферу. В статье рассматриваются серьезные противоречия хозяйствующих субъектов в области правовых, организационных, методических и научных проблем электромагнитной безопасности, которые и являются источником кризиса. Анализируются правовые механизмы, сложившиеся в международной практике. Российская Федерация - одно из немногих государств, которое полностью берет на себя ответственность за электромагнитную безопасность населения. В настоящее время прямое правовое регулирование в области обеспечения электромагнитной безопасности населения РФ отсутствует. Необходима разработка Концепции и Федерального закона «Об электромагнитной безопасности населения», в котором будут прописаны согласованные тонкости и особенности государственного контроля над источниками электромагнитного излучения.

А conceptual crisis in the electromagnetic security of telecommunication networks and systems has engulfed the activities of several economic entities and departments and continues to actively penetrate the social sphere. The article considers serious contradictions of economic entities in the field of legal, organizational, methodological, and scientific problems of electromagnetic safety, which are the source of the crisis. The article analyzes the legal mechanisms that have developed in international practice. The Russian Federation is one of the few states that fully assume responsibility for the electromagnetic safety of the population. Currently, there is no direct legal regulation in the field of ensuring the electromagnetic safety of the population of the Russian Federation. It is necessary to develop a Concept and a Federal Law "On Electromagnetic Safety of the Population", which will spell out the agreed subtleties and features of state control over sources of electromagnetic radiation.
ULTRA-BIG DATA IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: TECHNOLOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES
Authors: ВЫБОРНОВА А.И. , БОРОДИН А.С. , КУЧЕРЯВЫЙ А.Е.
Published: September 2021

Интерес к новым технологиям и алгоритмам обработки больших объемов данных, возникший в начале века и оформившийся в концепцию больших данных, оказал заметное влияние на область телекоммуникаций. Однако объемы данных, хранимых и обрабатываемых в мире, продолжают быстро расти, в том числе благодаря телекоммуникационной области. В данной статье рассматривается концепция сверхбольших данных применительно к некоторым областям телекоммуникаций.

The interest in new technologies and algorithms for processing large amounts of data, that arose at the beginning of the century and contributed to the concept of big data creation and development, had a noticeable impact on the field of telecommunications. However, the amount of data stored and processed in the world continues to grow rapidly, thanks in part to the novel telecommunication applications. This article discusses the concept of ultra-big data as applied to some areas of telecommunications.
THE METHOD OF ESTIMATION FRACTAL DIMENSION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK
Authors: НАХЛИ Ф.Х. , ПАРАМОНОВ А.И.
Published: September 2021

Анализируется фрактальная размерность (ФР) сети связи и ее использование для исследования и планирования сетей связи. Рассматривается применение метода «выращивания кластера» для оценки ФР и предлагается новый метод определения ФР сети, основанный на оценивании связности сети путем поиска кратчайших путей. Показано, что оценка ФР сети является дополнительной характеристикой, отражающей топологические свойства сети. Дается сравнительный анализ предложенного метода и «выращивания кластера». Полученные результаты позволяют выбрать метод и получить оценки ФР сети в зависимости от ее особенностей.

The paper analyzes the fractal dimension of the network and its use for telecommunication networks research and planning. The analysis of the "cluster growing" method for assessing the fractal dimension is given and a new method for assessing the fractal dimensionof anetwork is proposed, based onassessing the network connectivity by finding the shortest paths. The article shows that the assessment of the fractal dimension of the network is an additional characteristic that reflects the topological properties of the network. Comparative analysis of the proposed method and "cluster growing" is given. The results obtained make it possible to select a method and obtain estimates of the fractal dimension of the network, depending on its features.
A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND RECOGNIZING MOVING BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS FOR UNMANNED VEHICLES BASED ON INTELLIGENT EDGE COMPUTING
Authors: АЛЬ-СВЕЙТИ М.А. , МУТХАННА А.С. , БОРОДИН А.С. , КУЧЕРЯВЫЙ А.Е.
Published: September 2021

Обсуждается возможность применения бортовых платформ с целью поддержки наземных сетей для использования ресурсов автономных транспортных средств как части критичных к задержкам приложений. Бортовые платформы могут повысить безопасность поездок транспортных средств, доставляя на них своевременную информацию об окружающей обстановке даже в отдаленных районах земного шара. Обсуждаются требования и потенциальные решения для поддержки инфраструктуры автономных транспортных средств как части интеллектуальной транспортной системы. Предлагается использовать вдоль дороги энергоэффективные сенсоры, которые могут объединяться друг с другом в Mesh-сети. Кроме того, предлагается новый подход к обнаружению активности биологических объектов на обочине дороги, основанный на технологиях искусственного интеллекта.

The article discusses the possibility of using onboard platforms to support the terrestrial networks for autonomous vehicles resources as a part of delay-critical applications. Onboard platforms can improve the safety of vehicle rides by delivering time-critical information about the environment to the vehicles, even in remote areas of the world. In this paper, we discuss requirements and potential solutions for supporting the autonomous vehicle infrastructure, as a part of an intelligent transportation system. It is proposed to use energy-efficient sensors along the road, which can connect with each other in a Mesh network. In addition, a new approach for the detection of biological objects activity on the roadside, based on artificial intelligence technologies is suggested.
ATTENUATION OF LASER RADIATION IN RAIN
Authors: МИЛЮТИН Е.Р.
Published: September 2021

Рассматривается ослабление волн видимого и инфракрасного диапазонов в дождях. Показано, что ослабление ; увеличивается при наличии поглощения в капле.

Attenuation of visible and infrared waves in rain is considered. It is shown that the attenuation increases in the presence of absorption in the drop.
REFORMA DE COSTUMES: EDUCAÇÃO E CATEQUESE PARA ÍNDIOS
Authors: Eduardo Sousa da Silva Carlos
Published: September 2021

This article seeks to present a historical discussion on the Pombaline Directory, seeking to reflect on the indigenous implantation in the second half of the 18th century. The text intends to analyze the paragraphs that refer to a “reform of customs” in the indigenous colonial populations. In particular, it seeks to present a historical discussion on Decree no. 426 - of July 24, 1845, which contains Regulation on the Missions of Catechesis and Civilization of the Indians seeking to discuss and present some relevant aspects of how the policy of Catechesis and civilization of the Indians took place. It is intended to analyze the paragraphs that refer to a form of domination based on Catholic evangelization and to dialogue with the Pombaline Directory regarding the indigenous policy present in the country.
RESTRUTURAÇÃO ORÇAMENTÁRIA COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE DIMINUIÇÃO DA CARGA TRIBUTÁRIA E AUMENTO DE COMPETITIVIDADE DE UMA EMPRESA NO MERCADO
Authors: Barbosa Rangel Bruno
Published: September 2021

This article aims to address the possibility of generating a decision-making process, especially about the use of corporate restructuring as a strategy to reduce the tax load by a company and to reposition itself in the market, to increase your level of competitiveness among yours competitors. Will be verified the main features of corporate restructuring operations: Transformation, incorporation, merger and split. Also, using a case exemple it will verified the possibility of a company divide yours activities adopting the split strategy, accourding to the taxes planning’s principles, analyzing the cost-benefit ration of corporate reoganization, concluding to what extent should invest in this strategy, observing the previous moment before the separation, considering the used bibliographic reference.
REGIMES DE EXPLORAÇÃO E PRODUÇÃO DE PETRÓLEO NO BRASIL E O NOVO MARCO REGULATÓRIO
Authors: Garcia de Freitas Pacheco Pedro
Published: September 2021

The New Regulatory Framework for the oil and gas sector, in force since August 2009, brought a major change to the political and economic landscape of Brazil. The main proposal of the new law is to change the form of bidding for operating companies, more precisely from the Concession Regime to the Production Sharing Regime. This work exposes the differences between the regimes and the end of Petrobras obligation to be the explorer of all exploration blocks in the Pre-Salt.
RESÍDUOS DA CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL: O NOVO OLHAR PARA A RECICLAGEM
Authors: Perpetuo Serinolli Gustavo
Published: September 2021

The waste of materials used in building construction are the main responsible for generating CCW on construction sites. Recycling CCW is an option to minimize the environmental impact caused by it, so that these residues can return as new products for civil construction. The final destination of CCW must be done in dumps, controlled landfills or sanitary, the latter being the most favorable option to the environment, when the disposal is irregular the damage to the environment is significant, due to the variety of materials discarded. The recycling of CCW provides the reuse of waste, which previously would be discarded, in products that have the advantage of reducing spending on the purchase of inputs, and contribute to sustainable. With this, this article aims to discuss sustainability through the recycling of CCW and its final destination. A literature review was carried out through the bibliographic research of articles, scientific works and books according to the theme in the last 20 years. It is concluded that it is essential to have a CCW Management Plan in future works in order to control the generation, recycling and disposal of waste, thus minimizing environmental impacts.
TRABALHO DO PRESO: O TRIPÉ DO DEVER SOCIAL, CONDIÇÃO DA DIGNIDADE HUMANA E FINALIDADE EDUCATIVA
Authors: Rodrigues Peyneau Isabella , Vivianne Miranda Cury Letícia
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this article is to analyze the feasibility, in Brazil, of re-socializing prisoners through work, objecting to their return to society, as well as analyze the importance of the education actions on prisons that should prepare them for professional life. Furthermore, this article exposes the matter of the productive activities to generate financial support as a means for the inmate to contribute to its own family or, even more, somehow, reimburse the State for the prison costs. Besides that, the prison models adopted worldwide, and their historical evolution, as well as the model used in Brazil, will be presented. Lastly, data about the work of prisoners in Brazilian prisons will be shown, exposing the positives and negatives of the reality of this country; in the same way, this article will analyze projects by private companies and public institutions that aim to reinsert inmates and ex-inmates into society.
DEPRESSÃO E CAPACIDADE FUNCIONAL EM IDOSOS INSTITUCIONALIZADOS
Authors: FIGUEIREDO ARAUJO NANDIARA
Published: September 2021

The elderly population has grown considerably in recent decades with a significant increase in psychic diseases, including depression, considered one of the major causes of functional decline and decreased quality of life. The purpose of this research was to understand depression in institutionalized elderly and to relate which levels of depression interfere with their functional capacity. The applied methodology consists of an integrative review based on scientific production, used as inclusion criteria, articles selected from the databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL): LILACS, SciELO and MEDLINE, which were published between 2006 to 2016 and collected in the first half of 2017, in Portuguese and English. The results of this review are expected to contribute to the reflection on the needs of psychological support to the elderly living in the institutional context. Thus, it is important for health professionals to understand about the necessary knowledge about the symptoms of depression to serve as subsidies in the performance of humanized and integral care, with appropriate guidance for the prevention of this mental disorder and functional capacity in the elderly.
O REGISTRO DE MARCA DOS EXPORTADORES DE AÇAÍ NO PARÁ
Authors: DE SOUZA CORREA DE MELO SHEILA , DE SOUZA CORREA DE MELO ALEXANDRA
Published: September 2021

This research focuses on the registration of trademarks made by açaí exporting companies in the State of Pará with the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). The research was methodologically oriented as a case study and was performed using data mining technique in official databases such as INPI e-marcas and DataScience Brasil. The results obtained in the research point to the low percentage of protection of intangible assets of the brand type by this group of companies and the result shows all the distinctive signs used by companies in their products and/or services. Our indication is that brand registration is included in the companies' business plan as a priority for better positioning of their products and/or services and that there is an incentive from the public administration of Pará through educational campaigns regarding the importance of brand registration.
Il terzo genere? Koṭhī, hijṛa, kinnar e donne trans alla ricerca di cittadinanza nell’India contemporanea
Authors: Consolaro Alessandra
Published: September 2021

Hijṛā communities from South Asia are often taken as an example of social acknowledgment of transgender in a ‘traditional’ context. Nevertheless, this exoticizing representation erases all distinctions among hijṛā, kinnar, koṭhī, third gender persons, transmen and transwomen, and other individuals whose gender identity does not conform to the man/woman binary. In this article, I will introduce the debate about identity construction of people that complicate the binary gender identity, within the framework of citizenship claims and homonationalism.
Paggi, coppieri e imberbi: gli effeminati nella cultura persiana
Authors: Vanzan Anna
Published: September 2021

Mentioned in the Qur’an and ḥadīṯs, described by Muslim treaties of medicine, and celebrated in the literature and visual arts, effeminates have a central place in Persianate culture, as indicated by the fact that Persian language has a rich vocabulary to define them. Poetry also abounds of aesthetic and erotic descriptions that turn effeminates into objects of desire, at time sublimating them with mystic fervour, at other times celebrating them more prosaically and physically. Through a diachronic approach, the essay places these figures in a theoretical, socio-cultural and artistic-literary perspective.
G. Ranzi (a cura di), Dmitrij Šostakovič. Il grande compositore sovietico, Fondazione Mudima, Milano 2019, pp. 611.
Authors: Giust Anna
Published: September 2021

Book Review
N. Gogol’, Storie di Pietroburgo, a cura di C.G. De Michelis e N. Marcialis, Voland, Roma 2020 (= e.klassica, 12), pp. 113.
Authors: Strano Giacoma
Published: September 2021

Book Review
S. Toscano, Ju. Nikolaeva, P. Buoncristiano (a cura di), Roma e il mondo/Rim i mir. Scritti in onore di Rita Giuliani, Lithos, Roma 2019, pp. 646.
Authors: Ferrazzi Marialuisa
Published: September 2021

Book Review
Z. Kovačević, Andai in Italia per cambiarmi l’anima e il corpo. L’immagine del Belpaese nella letteratura di viaggio serba tra Ottocento e Novecento, Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria 2020, pp. 166.
Authors: Banjanin Ljiljana
Published: September 2021

Book Review
M. Cvetaeva, V lučach rabočej lampy. Sobranie poėtičeskich perevodov, sost. E.B. Korkina, Boslen-Institut perevoda, Moskva 2019, pp. 559.
Authors: Napolitano Pina
Published: September 2021

Book Review
V.S. Tomelleri, Linguistica e filologia in Unione Sovietica. Trilogia fra sapere e potere, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2020 (= Eterotopie, 667), pp. 170.
Authors: Biasio Marco
Published: September 2021

Book Review
‘Verbal Pictures’ in Seventeenth-Century Orthodox Sermons: Predmova svjaščenničeskaja pri šljube malžen’skom in Trebniks, L’viv 1644 and 1645
Authors: Korzo Margarita Anatol'evna
Published: September 2021

This paper puts forward some hypotheses on the sources of a ‘verbal picture’, that is to say allegorical love poetry, in a prosta mova marriage sample sermon addressed to laity and found in two Orthodox Ritual (Trebnik) editions: the first is by the publisher Michail Slezka (L’viv 1644) and the second by the bishop Arsenij Želiborskij (L’viv 1645). I shall argue that that the very combination of vernacular homiletic material and traditional ecclesiastical rites therein found goes back to sixteenth-century Polish Catholic Rituals; in the Orthodox Church of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, this model was introduced for the first time in the Ritual of the Orthodox Brotherhood of Vilnius (1621). The verbal picture analysed in this paper draws on Pictura amoris sive amicitiae, a short moralistic text written by the English Dominican Robert Holсot (ca. 1290-1349) which appears in his exegetical voluminous work In Librum Sapientiae Regis Salomonis Praelectiones ccxiii (ca. 1333-1342). Popular among late thirteenth-early fourteenth century English Dominicans, verbal pictures did not rely on earlier samples and were a literary product, a sort of exemplum or mnemonic tool for preachers to memorize abstract concepts. Since the sixteenth century, works of different genre reproduced Holcot’s verbal picture, without any attribution to its author, as emblem to create the so-called emblemata nuda (‘naked emblems’), which describe images but lack illustrations. The article suggests that the author(-s) of the Orthodox marriage sample sermon used a textbook on rhetoric Orator extemporaneus, seu artis oratoriae breviarium bipartitum by Michael Radau (1617-1687) as his main source, of which several manuscripts had started circulating by 1644. The article also presents some concluding remarks about the authorship of the marriage sample sermon.
Albert Ladenburg (1842-1911) – The Distinguished German Chemist and Historian of Chemistry of the Second Half of the XIX Century (To the 110th Anniversary of His Death)
Authors: Sztejnberg Aleksander
Published: September 2021

Albert Ladenburg (1842-1911) was an outstanding German chemist and historian of chemistry of the second half of the 19th century. He ascertained the formula of ozone as O3 and proposed a triangular prism structure for the molecule of benzene. He studied the structure of aromatic hydrocarbons and organic compounds of silicon and tin, and devoted his work to explaining the structure of alkaloids and their synthesis. The purpose of this paper is to familiarize readers with the important events in the life of Ladenburg and his writing and research activities, in particular some of his experimental results, as well as his selected publications.
Review of "Ethics of Chemistry: From Poison Gas to Climate Engineering" by Joachim Schummer & Tom Børsen, eds. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2021
Authors: Gerontas Apostolos K.
Published: September 2021

BRINGING THE ETHICS OF CHEMISTRY TO THE CLASSROOM AND THE EXISTENCE OF A DOMAIN OF KNOWLEDGE

Whoever has attempted to bring ethical discussions on chemistry to a student audience of chemistry and related fields knows of the problem: in contrast to the relatively robust bioethical literature, the literature of chemical ethics is poor, disconnected, and scattered all around the place even in rare cases that it exists. This is an interesting fact, especially if one considers the extended moral (and moralist) discussions over chemistry and its products, and that a great part of the bioethical challenges of the last forty years or so have been generated not by biology (or medicine) per se, but from their marriage to chemistry and its practices. The lack of ethics of chemistry literature dictates to the lecturer unprecedented levels of creativity and demands extra workload to be effective –and this, in times where ethics courses, in general, have become a necessity. It is this gap that the editors of this book (Schummer and Børsen, Ethics of Chemistry: From Poison Gas to Climate Engineering, World Scientific, 2021) have detected, and they strove to create a collection of case studies to cover it. In the introduction of the volume, the editors state teaching as the first aim of its existence –and add the establishment of the ethics of chemistry as an autonomous discipline in its own right.
Use of Reflective Practices on Teaching-Learning in Distance Education
Authors: Uzma Murad Panhwar  , Muhammad Farshad  , Zohran Jumani
Published: September 2021

This study is aimed at examining the use of teacher reflective practices in future professional development. The research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of educators' reflective behaviors on prospective teachers. After completing their under-graduation/ graduation degree from the distance teacher education programs, how much they will be professionally developed to use reflective practices effectively. Here, particularly the effectiveness of reflective practices of teacher educators for the professional development of future teachers has been investigated. For this survey, the researcher has used a five-point Likert scale, interview, classroom observation, and one-way Chi-square test. The study concludes with recommendations and implications based on the findings.  For this investigation, the population is all the distance teacher educators’ program from all the public universities in Sindh. The researcher selected 595 prospective teachers as a sample purposefully and 32 teacher educators for classroom observation.
Attitude of University Students and Teachers towards Instructional Role of Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Irshad Hussain
Published: September 2021

The present study evaluated the attitude of university students and teachers towards instructional role of artificial intelligence. It was a descriptive study and the researcher used survey approach for data collection. The data was collected from 323 university students and 196 university teachers by using two questionnaires developed (one for students and one for teachers) on five point rating (Likert) scales. Descriptive statistics i.e. percentage was used for data analysis. This study demonstrated positive attitude of university students and teachers towards AI and its instructional role. It appeared to be encouraging for the respondents as well as for the administrators and policy makers. The study suggested higher education institutions to formulate a feasible policy to get benefits of instructional role of AI in higher education.
Factors Affecting Behavioural Intentions in the Use of Mobile Learning in Higher Education
Authors: Nighat Parveen  , Shazia Zamir
Published: September 2021

The technological revolution in the recent era is adding up means of learning. The launch of 3G/4G technologies supplementing with the latest applications and software have made mobile devices an effective medium for learning. The portable devices are facilitating the newest trends of learning such as e-learning and online learning. This study aimed to explore factors affecting students’ behavioural intentions regarding the use mobile learning and to investigate the moderating role of age, gender and programs of studies in the use of mobile learning at higher education level. Data were collected from 45 students through a questionnaire. Statistical techniques like frequencies, mean, correlation coefficient, t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze data. It was concluded that all respondents possessed behavioural intentions to learn through mobile devices. There was no significant difference between the behavioural intentions of male and female respondents for using mobile learning. No significant difference was observed in behavioural intensions of respondents from different age groups and respondents enrolled in different programs to use mobile learning. It is recommended that management of higher education may design and implement the use of mobile devices in learning at higher education.
Cognitive Flexibility, Procrastination, and Need for Closure Predict Online Self-Directed Learning Among Pakistani Virtual University Students
Authors: Itbar Khan  , Marlene Schommer-Aikins  , Nazia Saeed
Published: September 2021

This study investigated the relationship between students’ self-directed online learning and their everyday psychological factors often associated with learning in general.Total 140 Virtual University students in Pakistan completed measures of online self-directed learning and psychological factors, including cognitive flexibility, procrastination, and need for closure.  Regression analyses indicated that the less students procrastinate in general, the more students embraced cognitive flexibility, and the less they impulsively sought quick solutions, the more likely they reported effective online self-directed learning.  In contrast, younger students, had a need for quick answers, procrastinate in general, and who embraced cognitive flexibility, were more likely to report ineffective online self-directed learning.The results suggest that students may be given training on how to avoid procrastination. Students need for closure can be eased by quizzes throughout the semester and students may be taught alternatives for encouraging cognitive flexibility.
A Study of Evaluation Methods of Teaching Practice of Distance Teacher Education Institutions
Authors: Fouzia Younas
Published: September 2021

This study was aimed to investigate evaluation methods of teaching practice of distance teacher education institutions in Pakistan. Major objectives of the study were: to examine the evaluation methods of teaching practice used in distance teacher education institutions; to analyze the effectiveness of teaching practice at distance teacher education institutions; and to find out the problems/weaknesses in evaluation of teaching practice in these institutions. The population was consisted of all the supervisors of distance teacher education institution offering teacher education programmes. Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad in Pakistan is example of distance education. Two questionnaires were developed on the basis of related literature for prospective teachers and supervisors to get the responses. The data were collected by administering the validated questionnaires. Randomly 200 respondents were selected. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using percentages and two-way chi-square square techniques. Inferred results were discussed and reported. The major conclusions of the study were that the prospective teachers of distance teacher education institutions are not very satisfied with the duration of teaching practice. Some of the recommendations are that there is a need to put in place a continuous system of monitoring and evaluation of teaching practice including observations of prospective teachers for distance teacher education institutions. The time period of teaching practice may be increased. Self-evaluation of prospective teachers may be included in the evaluation of teaching practice.
The Degree of Relationships and Differences Among Level of ICT Utilization in Instruction and Lectures’ Demographic Factors in Selected Universities of Pakistan
Authors: Shahbaz Ahmad
Published: September 2021

The ICT (Information & Communications Technology) utilization in instruction among university and college lecturers is gaining prominence in many countries in the world, including Pakistan, for the purpose of globalization and enhancing the quality of instruction and learning.  The purpose of the study was to examine the benefits of ICT utilization, the extent of success factors, problems and constraints encountered in ICT utilization in instruction among lecturers in universities of Islamabad. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was used to find out the level and extent of ICT utilization in universities of Islamabad. The sample from the study consisted of 260 lecturers drawn from the 14 universities of Islamabad. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation, and chi square. Results of the study showed that there were significant relationships among the 14 areas of ICT utilization, significant relationships between ICT utilization and lecturers’ characteristics, and significant relationships between ICT utilization and university demography. There were positive correlations between ICT utilization and some demographics such as lecturers’ age, working experience, experience in computer use, frequency of ICT use, computer use at home, ICT training duration, extent of ICT knowledge, awareness of ICT and ICT written / published in university. The findings of this study could be used for improving instruction among lecturers and for designing a training model for instruction among lecturers in the pursuit of enhancing excellence and quality of education in universities.  This study was subjected to several limitations that include online assessment, incorporating audio video conferencing tools, giving more sophistication to educational management software.
Contemporary Trends in Quality Assurance in Distance Education
Authors: Shahzada Masoud ul Hassan Bukhari  , Nazir Haider Shah  , Manzoor Hussain Arif
Published: September 2021

With the emergence of day-by-day increasing distance learning institutions worldwide, the question of quality assurance (QA) in distance education (DE) needs to be addressed at appropriate level. The objective of this paper was to examine various QA practices undertaken by several QA regulatory bodies and existing models in distance and online education being followed globally. The researcher undertook extensive review of related literature pertaining to QA practices worldwide to reach at a common ground that how a DE institution be dealt in relation to its QA needs.  The paper highlighted that prevailing QA models in distance and online learning have been developed in response to specific demands of stakeholders to ensure transparency and improved attention towards learning outcomes, that means a single model is not likely to fulfil the needs of all stakeholders. The paper also emphasised that it will neither be appropriate nor admissible to prefer and recommend one system of QA to another since the selection mostly depends on the efficacy and relevance of model to the specific needs, aims and maturity of educational institutions. In addition, the paper provided a comparative review of research on the effectiveness of QA practices in DE.  Some recent studies reviewed in this paper highlighted the similar nature of benchmarks or dimensions for an external QA system for distance and online programs with minor variations on account of institutional local needs. However, due to technological developments external QA instruments may need revision to deal current standards and best practices.
COVID-19 Pandemic and University Teachers’ Experiences about Challenges of Online Teaching: A Phenomenography Approach
Authors: Sufiana Khatoon  , Nasreen Akhter  , Nadeem Talib
Published: September 2021

With the advent of current Corona pandemic /COVID-19, the universities around the world were closed for face -to- face education. In the pandemic crisis, universities had to transform teaching- learning milieus instantly and online teaching went viral at universities. This transition from on campus to online education delivery services affected university teachers in many ways. By applying phenomenography approach, the present paper examines university teachers’ perceptions about the challenges they faced in Pakistani context, university teachers’ re-action towards university decision about the overnight teaching paradigm shift from face-to- face to online teaching, institutional support to teachers for online teaching; students’ caliber for online learning,   and to assemble university teachers’ opinion about the pre- requisites of online teaching. The data was collected through written answers to open- ended research questions. Interpretative phenomenography analysis (IPA) framework was used to extract finding from the text data.  The major findings emerged that mostly university teachers accepted the transition of teaching paradigm however some were under stressed for the online teaching. The training provided to teachers was not sufficient to meet actual requirements of online teaching. Teachers realized that universities did not have up-graded relevant infrastructure required for online education.  Teachers perceived that mostly students did have the caliber to learn online moreover many students who were living in the remote areas did not have resources to get benefit from online classes. There was common consensus among university teachers that before launching online educational programs all pre- requisites of online education may be fulfilled at satisfactory level to achieve the targets.
Risk-Taking Behavior among Senior Secondary School Students: Does it make any difference?
Authors: Jena Prakash Chandra
Published: September 2021

For the purpose of national development, the contribution of citizens of a country in general, and the contribution of youth, in particular, are of immense importance. The youth of today is full of vigor and vitality. Because of this vagueness and vitality, they accept challenges. To show their best, they can accept any challenges even though it is risky for their life, they think that by taking a risk, they show their talent. During their work period, they have to take risks only one time, and then if their life would be saved better results will be before then.
Vocational Interest of Tribal Adolescents of Eklavya Model
Residential Schools of Madhya Pradesh Boys and Girls
Authors: Jain Shelly
Published: September 2021

Education is to bring happiness within and outside. Education can be defined as an instrument for developing the best human being. Vocational
interest is defined as an expression of an individual’s personality in work, school subjects and hobbies, and recreational activities and preferences.
Vocation means a type of work or a way of life that one thinks suitable for him. When we go through the meaning of the word vocational, it is
connected with the skills, knowledge, etc., that you need to have to do a particular job. The study was conducted on 300 tribal adolescents (150
boys and 150 girls) of 16 to 18 years, studying in the Eklavya model residential schools of Madhya Pradesh (MP). The sample was selected
randomly. The vocational interest of students was assessed by the vocational interest record constructed by the researcher. The data were
analyzed with the help of mean, standard deviation (SD), and t test to study the vocational interest of tribal adolescents of the Eklavya model
residential school of MP. There is a significant difference between the mean scores of boys and girls’ vocational interests in literary, household,
agriculture, persuasive, constructive, scientific, social, commercial, technology, management, defense, media, and medical. Still, there is no
significant difference between the mean scores of boys and girls’ vocational interests scores in artistic and education.
UPAYA MENINGKATKAN DAYA INGAT SISWA DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 MELALUI PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN TAKE AND GIVE PADA SUBTEMA PERISTIWA KEBANGSAAN MASA PENJAJAHAN KELAS V SD N DONOTIRTO KASIHAN BANTUL YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Nugraheni Ilma Fahmia , Gularso Dhiniaty Gularso
Published: September 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan daya ingat siswa di masa pandemi covid-19 melalui penerapan model pembelajaran take and give pada subtema Peristiwa Kebangsaan Masa Penjajahan kelas V SD N Donotirto Kasihan Bantul Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK). Subjek penelitian ini adalah 9 siswa dari total 24 siswa kelas V SD N Donotirto tahun ajaran 2020/2021 yang diizinkan untuk berpartisipasi dalam penelitian berdasarkan surat dari Kepala SD N Donotirto Nomor : 25/SD. DNT/Kshn/X/2020 dikarenakan untuk mengantisipasi penyebaran virus covid-19 dengan meminimalkan kerumunan siswa. Objek dalam penlitian ini adalah daya ingat siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi, wawancara tak berstruktur dan tes. Teknik analisis data deskriptif kuantitatif dengan menghitung persentase dan rata-rata skor.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pada kondisi awal daya ingat siswa diperoleh hasil rata-rata persentase 26,7% dengan kriteria kurang dan hasil observasi kegiatan mengajar guru dengan persentase 80% dengan kriteria baik. Setelah dilakukan tindakan pada siklus I, peningkatan daya ingat siswa diperoleh hasil rata-rata persentase 46,65% dengan kriteria cukup dan hasil observasi kegiatan mengajar guru dengan rata-rata persentase 98% dengan kriteria sangat baik. Penelitian ini dihentikan sampai siklus II karena telah mencapai indikator keberhasilan dengan diperoleh hasil rata-rata persentase daya ingat siswa sebanyak 81,1% dengan kriteria sangat baik dan diperoleh hasil observasi kegiatan mengajar guru dengan hasil rata-rata persentase 100% dengan kriteria sangat baik. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan model pembelajaran take and give dapat meningkatkan daya ingat siswa.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PAPAN BALIK (FLIPCHART) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BACA ANAK BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DENGAN HAMBATAN AUTIS DI SEKOLAH INKLUSI
Authors: Lutfia Suchaimatul , Yuwana Setya , Hendratno Hendratno
Published: September 2021

This study aims to produce flipchart media products to improve the reading ability of children with special needs with autism in inclusive schools. Because education is the right of every child. Therefore, children with special needs with autism have the right to receive learning according to their conditions. This research method uses research and development methods with a 4-D cycle (define, design, develop and disseminate). The subjects of this study were 6 students with special needs with autism at SD Muhammadiyah, Tulangan sub-district Sidoarjo. The sample of 6 students was selected based on categories, 2 students with mild autism and reading difficulties, 2 students with moderate autism and reading difficulties and 2 students with severe reading difficulties. The results of the study are as follows: (1) the material from the flipchart media developed is declared very feasible with a percentage value of 85.5%. (2) the results of the percentage value of media flipchart get a value of 83.75% with a decent category. (3) the test of the effectiveness of the developed flipchart media obtained a percentage value of 83.33%, a significance value of 0.000 > 0.05 so that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test. Through the n-gain test, the score was obtained 0.33 which means the effect of the application is categorized as 'medium'. It can be concluded that the flipchart media developed had a positive effect on the reading ability of students with special needs with autism at SD Muhammadiyah Tulangan Sidoarjo.

Keywords: Reading Ability, Flipchart Media, Autistic Child, Inclusive School
ANALISIS PEMBELAJARAN DI SEKOLAH DASAR DENGAN SISTEM DARING PADA MASA PANDEMI
Authors: Vilda Ghasya Dyoty Auliya , Johan Gio Mohamad
Published: September 2021

Abstrak

Keberadaan pandemi Covid-19 yang telah sekian waktu terjadi Indonesia secara langsung sangat berdampak pada kegiatan pembelajaran di sekolah dasar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pelaksanaan kegiatan pembelajaran secara daring, faktor pendukung, kendala yang dihadapi, dan keefektifannya selama Pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di sekolah dasar yang berada di Kecamatan Pontianak Kota dari bulan Juli sampai Agustus 2021. Ini Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk memberikan gambaran pembelajaran online di sekolah dasar Kecamatan Pontianak Kota. Penelitian ini menggunakan data dari wawancara semi terstruktur yang diberikan kepada guru kelas, siswa, dan orang tua siswa. Analisis data menggunakan teknik analisis data menggunakan model interaktif. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan pandemi Covid-19 berdampak pada kegiatan pembelajaran. Pembelajaran secara daring dilakukan dengan menggunakan media Google Meet dan WhatsApp. Pembelajaran daring dirasakan kurang efektif karena materi tidak tersampaikan seluruhnya kepada siswa. Sebagian besar kegiatan dilakukan hanya dengan memberikan materi secara singkat dan pemberian tugas serta mengumpulkan tugas. Dengan demikian perlu adanya langkah terobosan yang perlu dilakukan guru agar pembelajaran tidak monoton dan bisa bermakna bagi siswa meskipun dalam keadaan pembelajaran daring.

 

Kata kunci: pembelajaran daring, pandemi, sekolah dasar

Abstract

The existence of the Covid-19 pandemic that has occurred in Indonesia for a long time has a direct impact on learning activities in elementary schools. This study aims to analyze the implementation of online learning activities, supporting factors, obstacles faced, and their effectiveness during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This research was carried out in elementary schools located in Pontianak Kota District from July to August 2021. This study used a qualitative descriptive method to provide an overview of online learning in Pontianak City elementary schools. This study uses data from semi-structured interviews given to classroom teachers, students, and parents. Data analysis using data analysis techniques using interactive models. The results of this study show that the Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on learning activities. Online learning is carried out using Google Meet and WhatsApp. Online learning is felt to be less effective because the material is not fully conveyed to students. Most of the activities are carried out only by giving material briefly and assigning assignments and collecting assignments. Thus, there is a need for breakthrough steps that teachers need to take so that learning is not monotonous and can be meaningful for students even in a state of online learning.

 

Keywords:  online learning, pandemic, elementary school
STRATEGI MEDIA KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA GURU SDN KALIANGET TIMUR 1 KALIANGET SUMENEP
Authors: Suhartinah Suhartinah
Published: September 2021

Upaya kepala sekolah meningkatkan kinerja Guru dengan menggunakan strategi studi banding terhadap sekolah unggulan lainnya, dapat dipahami sebagai tindakan stimulan kepala sekolah tehadap kinerja guru dengan saling berbagi informasi antara satu sekolah dengan sekolah lainnya. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti akan menjawab beberapa rumusan masalah yang berkaitan dengan tindakan kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan kinerja guru dengan menggunakan strategi media studi banding. Pertama, bagaimana upaya kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan kinerja guru sebelum dilakukan studi banding? Kedua, bagaimana kinerja guru setelah diadakan studi banding oleh kepala sekolah?

Metode Penelitian ini, akan menggunakan penelitian tindakan sekolah (PTS) yaitu dengan melakukan tindakan perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengamatan dan  refleksi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa kinerja guru sebelum dilaksanakan tindakan dapat dibilang stagnan, setelah studi banding dilaksanakan dapat menjadi strategi media peningkatan kinerja guru oleh kepala sekolah. Studi banding sebagai media sharing informasi dan pengalaman guru dalam meningkatkan kinerja. Dan kinerja guru semakin menunjukan performance yang lebih baik.
Promoção de saúde oral em indivíduos com microcefalia: Relato de experiência
Authors: Félix Gabriella Souza Santos , Freitas Maria da Conceição Andrade , Gonçalves Taylline Das Mercês , Silva Dara Vit´oria Pereira Lopes , Reis Fernanda De Carvalho , Castro Felipe Barros , Souza Mayana Narde , Santos Matheus Soledade Carvalho
Published: September 2021

Um aumento significativo de recém-nascidos com microcefalia ocorreu desde 2015 no Brasil. Este relato descreve ações extensionistas desenvolvidas pelos discentes do curso de Odontologia de uma universidade pública brasileira. De 2017 a 2019, efetuaram-se ações de prevenção de doenças e promoção de saúde bucal, acompanhamento do desenvolvimento dentário/craniofacial e tratamento odontológico em indivíduos com Microcefalia. Foram atendidas 17 crianças e 2 adolescentes. Referente a hábitos alimentares e higiene oral, observou-se dieta pastosa e noturna, ausência de escovação da língua e a dentária, apenas uma vez por dia. Na análise facial, desarmonia e comprometimento funcional orofacial. No exame intraoral, observou-se biofilme visível, interposição lingual anterior atípica, mastigação unilateral, bruxismo dentário e desenvolvimento dentário normal. Realizaram-se abordagens educativas de higiene oral aos familiares, atenciosos ao aprendizado. O atendimento odontológico ocorreu de acordo com as necessidades de risco de cárie, desgastes dentários e doença periodontal. Houve a promoção do conhecimento científico e os benefícios advindos do ensino, pesquisa e extensão destas ações proporcionaram um elo entre a comunidade acadêmica e a sociedade.
Palavras-chave: Assistência Odontológica; Pessoas com Deficiências; Saúde Pública; Odontologia
Promotion of oral health in individuals with microcephaly: Experience report
Abstract: A significant increase in newborns with microcephaly has occurred since 2015 in Brazil. This report describes extension actions developed by students of the Dentistry course at a Brazilian public university. From 2017 to 2019, actions for preventing oral diseases, monitoring dental/craniofacial development, and dental treatment were made available to individuals with microcephaly by students of the Dentistry course at UESB. Seventeen children and two teenagers were attended. A pasty and nocturnal diet, absence of tongue, and dental brushing were observed only once a day regarding eating habits and oral hygiene. In facial analysis, disharmony and orofacial functional impairment. Visible biofilm, atypical anterior lingual interposition, unilateral chewing, dental bruxism, and normal tooth development were observed in the intraoral examination. Educational approaches on oral hygiene were carried out to family members, attentive to learning. The dental care was following the needs of risk of caries, dental wear, and periodontal disease. Scientific knowledge was promoted. The benefits arising from teaching, research, and the extension regarding these actions link the academic community and society.
Keywords: Dental Care; People with disabilities;  Public Health; Dentistry